2 300 Years
300 hundred years.
You hear me, 10 years of becoming a villain, and 300 years of imprisonment.
I was a guy known as the Demon Patriarch in my past life, and now I was sealed in some cave for the past 300 years. Does that fair? No.
But am I happy? Yes I am, I am no longer in that "YoU cOUrtIng dEATh"-- world everywhere I go after all.
After taking every bit of energy from the Cultivation world, I self-destruct and leave the now normal world.
Resources needed to cultivate will no longer be found in that world anymore. This makes a normal world without power.
When I woke up, I am a dragon. If anything, I am just happy to take some afternoon naps.
Well, until something bumped the barrier that imprisoned me that is...
"Can you talk, little one?" I am trying to communicate with the little slime.
It seems a bit confused, it turns around to look for my voice.
'--How can I talk if I don't even have a mouth!
"Hey, you can just talk..."
'Geez stop being so inconsiderate baldy!'
I swear a vein just pop from my head.
Baldy? Is this little guy serious?
"Baldy huh? I see you have some guts..."
'WA-!!! I'MSORRYI'MSORRYI'MSORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME!!'
And that little interaction lead me to a whole fated event of my life...
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--- Third Person's POV ---
A certain middle-aged man died and got reincarnated as a slime, that slime was now named Rimuru Tempest opened his sight upon this world.
«Report: intrinsic skill, 『Ultrasonic Waves』successfully acquired»
There are two kinds of voices inside Rimuru's head right now...
One was his trusty skill called Great Sage and the other...
『I'd eat all the monsters spawned inside this cave if I were you.』
Was his friend turned skill, Sealed Skill, 『Veldora Tempest』
"Why do I need to eat everything? I've already taken skills..."
『To gain their magicules. Magicules are precious for a monster like you.』
Long story short, they both become friends. However, Rimuru, in his sense of comradeship, won't leave a friend who was sealed for 300 years just like that.
So in the end, he ate the Storm Dragon with the unique skill, Predator, and stored him inside his stomach. The storm dragon understood what he meant by that, and now he is working on destroying the seal as he watches over Rimuru.
"Ah, right... You did say I need Magicules to evolve... But rather than that, are you analyzing the barrier properly? You sound like you're slacking off..."
『Rude, how do you think we're able to communicate with each other? This is the handiwork of my temperance!』
"Ah, I see..."
They seemed to have developed a casual relationship with each other. The dragon used all the wisdom of 310 years he had to try and break free from the 『Unlimited Prison』.
It was hard even for the ex-Demon Patriarch himself. Now the question is: how would one break free without their Magicules?
Simple, one should just make a new concept of using magic.
『I may be able to analyze the barrier and destroy it on my own if it didn't stop me from using Magicules, but this is your stomach I am currently residing in, not the material world. So just give me a few days I might be able to get it done.』
"Oh!! As expected of the Storm Dragon! Or was it Demon patriarch- something?"
Veldora had told Rimuru about his reincarnated life too. He told him about cultivation, sects, and the concept of "Heaven".
He told him how he gets betrayed, and how he stole every single martial technique that existed in that world.
"That being said, I couldn't help but notice a massive plot hole in that story."
『Huh? What do you mean?』
"The fact that everyone you met suddenly wants to kill you... Is that even normal for the world to be like that? You sure it wasn't because you got cursed?"
『That's just how the cultivation world is. Every got damn person there is a hypocrite. Their common sense of "morals" is simply broken, if you know what I mean?』
"Sounds like a shitty world..."
Veldora discarded the word "Evil" and "Good" from his dictionary. There's only "Comrade" and "Enemy". His morals were greatly affected by the world's common sense because there are only two ways to survive in such a world:
You either kill your emotions, or go crazy with them.
Veldora chose the latter.
『 There seem to be three people ahead, hide for now... Rimuru.』
"Eh? Ah, sure!"
Using a camouflage skill, Rimuru hide to observe three adventurers coming in from a gate of the cave. They appear to be two males and a female human.
Soon Rimuru sneaked out after the three adventurers passed by.
And finally after 300 years...
『Hooh~! Freedoooooom!! Well not exactly...』 Veldora exclaimed happily inside Rimuru's stomach.
"You seem happy"
『310 years, imagine that.』
"Ah, right..."
They enjoyed a chat as they strolled into the forest, the both of them seemed happy. But then,
"May we know what you came here for, Strong one?!"
The owner of that voice had pale green skin, they are short on their build, and wore tattered equipment. One word entered both Veldora's and Rimuru's minds: Goblins.
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"We beg you to help us! We offer you our faith!" After an episode of conversations, Rimuru went to look at the sight in front of him. The chief of the goblins had his head down sticking to the ground: begging Rimuru for his protection.
His son also did the same thing next to him.
'Veldora... These guys, seems to be your follower you know?' Rimuru stated this via his thoughts.
They mentioned that their "god" disappeared a month ago when in reality, Veldora who's presence keeps the chaos of Jura Forrest at bay.
Veldora's existence was the reason the Jura Forrest was treated as a neutral zone and no sentient monsters came near his cave due to his immense aura.
And once he disappeared, those guys began to move.
*Awooo*
"I-it's the dire wolves!" A goblin can be heard screaming outside of the tent of the Goblin chieftain.
『If I was going to be honest with you, I don't really care about them.』
Rimuru let those words sink in before going for a retort, but it seems like the dragon wasn't finished.
『I am still not ready to have subordinates again... I think you know why, Rimuru.』
The slime went speechless.
'well, I guess I can't blame you for that. I know you too, were like me... The kind of guy who's weak against someone who deeply bowed at you.'
『True... though, in a sense, you are my subordinate, you know?』
'huh?'
『Your slime body was created from the leakage of my Magicules, I named you, and you are helping me... But what's exactly the correct word? Right... Rimuru, you are my partner.』
The slime, for a second, felt extreme joy when he heard that.
'Ah, is that so? Hahaha! You really can't be honest aren't you, Tsun-dora~♪'
『Don't call me that.』
The slime then turned towards the goblins.
"Hark, you all! You do not need to worry anymore." Thus he stated.
"Rimuru-sama, then will you---!?" The chief then looks at him with hopeful eyes.
"In lieu of the Storm Dragon, Veldora... I, Rimuru Tempest will accept your request."
In response to his announcement, every single goblin present summited to him.
"Starting today, we are Rimuru-sama's faithful servant!!"
And that was the start of Veldora's fateful events.
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To be continued.
