Volume 3
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) Chapter 208
Translator Corner
The chapter is actually done last week.
But, o
ne of the editors is quite busy, so here’s the chapter!
Welp,
it’s not like you guys will need this at all.
I’ll just go back playing my Granblue Fantasy
Next chapter is Sushi’s
~Guro
Translator
Guro
&
YukkuriOniisan
Editor
Door Matt
Vs Dagruel Part 4
The battle between
Albert and Grasword grew more intense.
Because each of the
commanders were fighting, the chain of command ceased in it’s functioning, as
such, the troops fell into disorder.
However, such a matter
was a trifling issue for the commanders in question――
Both of them had
recognized the other as a worthy opponent and were enjoying the battle.
「
Kakakakakaka! Quite the
skill you have there, you amazed me.
To have a chance to
cross swords with a person like you, it is a great honor as a warrior!
」
「
This is not by my skill.
Only by these, the
equipment which was given to me by my master Rimuru, that have granted me such
strength.
If it was with my former
equipment, I would already be defeated without being able to so much as endure
the pressure of your sword.
」
Albert calmly turned
aside Grasword’s praise.
It was true, however it
was only by Albert’s ability that the power of the God grade equipment was
drawn out.
「
Ha! No need to be
humble. Amongst the Giants, there are only a few who can fight me.
Although we were going
to do a pincer attack on Demon Lord Ruminas’ army with the angels
――the situation
is now beyond our control.
However, defeating one
of the enemy generals is also an important duty. Since there is no lack of
opponents!!
Yet…… still, my younger
brother Fenn really picked the short straw.
Even though he was this
precious opportunity where he can rampage as much as he wants, he received a
weak magician as his opponent.
Certainly knowledge is
wonderful, as a person that man may have a favorable impression, however……
Because we have
『
Magic
Nullity
』
, a magician is utterly useless.
」
He exclaimed so whilst
brandishing his Great Sword.
He planned to make
Albert, who was worried about his master, become agitated by his words. A small
mistake would lead to death. It was an excellent tactic to induce unrest to the
mind of his opponent.
On the other hand, Albert,
without changing his expression――
「
It seems you are clearly
misunderstanding something.
Certainly, I, as the
guard of Adalman-sama, am the one in charge of the vanguard.
However, I would like to
ask you to not forget this――
Adalman-sama, as one of
the 12 Guardian Lords of Rimuru-sama, is far stronger than me!
You understand what that
means, right?
」
He said that and denied
Grasword’s words.
Grasword muttered “Ho?”,
and raised one of his eyebrows.
Then he suddenly raise
his sword over his head without speaking further.
His strategy to provoke
his opponent seemed to have failed, then, in that case he will just beat him
from the front. Grasword decided on such a plain and simple tactic.
「
Fufufu, is that so? In
that case it’s good that Fenn will truly enjoy his battle.
Oh well. Then I shall
accomplish my duty!
」
And so the intense sword
fight restarted.
Their clash reached the
climax, before long the two payed no attention to their surroundings, focusing
their minds only on their swords.
Being thrown to the
ground, Adalman felt that his consciousness was about to disappear for an
instant.
He could understand
exactly what had occurred. He was able to see the moment the enemy had jumped,
matching the timing of the activation of his magic.
Adalman prioritized the
incantation of the great magic in order to overturn the situation of the
battle.
Even though he could
invoke the magic without the chant, it was limited to the image of what he had
experienced before.
As for the great magic
that he was about to use, He considered that chanting was necessary in order to
invoke it successfully, once he had ascertained the situation.
This reasoning came
about because he wanted to use his recovered energy effectively. Especially
since, after he had invoked the great magic at the beginning, he had kept on
invoking spells one after the other.
That
wa
s why he thought that it
wouldn
’
t be amusing if
the magic incantation that he had been working on, was interrupted part-way, so
he focused his concentration on the invocation of said spell.
He had decided such only
because he was confident with his defenses against physical attacks, yet……
The enemy
’
s ability seemed to have
surpassed what Adalman had expected.
His multiple barriers
were all broken through, hardly even one of his defensive measures showed any
effect. If not for that one defensive measure, there
wa
s a possibility that
Adalman would have received a fatal blow at that moment.
Though, it
’
s kind of strange to say
that he, who is already dead, would receive a fatal wound again.
(How!? For him to
penetrate my magic barriers as if he was ignoring them, does that mean that
this guy
’
s ability is
actually
『
Magic Nullity
』
!?)
Adalman had arrived to
the correct answer instantly.
It was fortunate that
what Gadra had hinted at before came into his mind.
If that
’
s the case, he was
correct in preparing a defensive measure other than magic.
(Oh well. After all,
this magic will have exhausted my magic power.
Whether it
’
s
『
Magic
Nullity
』
or anything else, it already doesn
’
t matter! Rather it
’
s convenient for me.)
Though he can
’
t be said to be
unharmed, his plan had succeeded.
The great magic that
Adalman had chanted activated without any problems.
The invoked magic was
called Immortal Legion.
[1]
One of the ultimate
magics that have a wide area of effect.
Just like the word
“Legion” in the spell name suggests, it was the highest level forbidden spell
of Undead Magic which uses and turns the dead into soldiers.
The magic transforms and
turns the dead in this battle, regardless whether they were allies or enemies,
into soldiers faithful to his command.
Giants have a high
regeneration power and don’t die easily.
Because superficial
injuries would be restored by themselves, it was necessary to destroy them
completely.
Therefore there was the
need to wait for corpses to build up in the battlefield…… Watching the state of
the battlefield, Adalman had decided that it was the time to use the spell.
For that reason he had
concentrated in order to chant the magic.
The bodies of the giants
scattered on the ground were combined by the huge magic formation that appeared
in the sky and on the ground into several lumps of flesh.
Then limbs appeared from
the lumps of flesh, and 4m tall giants were born.
Death Giants, that were
one size larger than the Death Knights.
Their fighting power
greatly surpassed the power they had whilst alive. Not only from their body
’
s own properties, they
also had enormous energy as the souls of the death giants gathered as one.
Originally, they would
lose their regeneration ability when they become zombie, but this trait is kept
as is.
They were reborn as
monsters with fighting power Over A rank which surpasses even the Death
Knights.
Though, since there were
many bodies which weren’t completely usable, the number of the created Death
Giants were only about 1.000, but it
wa
s plenty sufficient.
The created Death Giants
attacked the other giants who were their former comrades.
Even though Adalman’s
magic power had run out after using Healing Rain, he already stood up as if
there was no problem.
Once he had glanced
around for an instant and made sure that the Death Giant had begun to rampage,
he turned his eyes to Fenn who was trampling upon his army.
「
Wenti,
are you okay?
」
「
Yes,
I have been careless――
」
Wenti who quietly turned
into her human form, answered Adalman’s question.
Although it was true
that she had received severe damage, her recovery finished at the same time she
transformed herself into human form.
It was only usable once
a day, but the super recovery is activated due to the change of her body
constitution.
「
No,
no, you’re not careless, it’s just that that small stature giant is strong.
You’re being alright is
more important.
From what I see, that
giant has a body with unbelievably dense energy.
Looks like he has holy
attribute, magic won
’
t
work on him.
Had we not change our
attribute into holy attribute, we would have been purified.
」
Adalman spoke of the
facts plainly.
Like a magician, Adalman’s
eyes, which looked at Fenn, were like those of a researcher.
(Even so―― That giant is
too strong)
Combat Speed,
destructive power, and defense power.
Looking from many
aspects, he
‘
s top class, if
you only see the amount of his energy, he
’
s equal to a True Dragon.
Even if Adalman sent
Giant Skeletons (Big Skeleton Knight) against him, they would only be smashed
up.
「
Good
grief. It seems that it’s time for my long trained body.
」
「
Ha?
」
At Adalman’s confusing
words, the Death Dragon Wenti, who had pledged her loyalty to Adalman, let out
a questioning voice.
Not to mention body,
Adalman doesn’t even have flesh. He can only be the so-called ‘skeleton’.
Answering Wenti
’
s question,
「
It
seems that I haven’t told you about it. When I took the position of ‘great
priest’, my job was different.
Originally, I was a
high-ranking class of priest and martial artist which was called Holy Fist Monk
[2]
.
Because there was
Albert, who is an excellent vanguard, I didn’t need to perform close range
combat.
When I fought against
you before, I didn’t think that it would be effective against you who had no
human form, so there were no opportunities to show my skills, you see.
」
「
E,
well. But that…… you don’t say, you intend to fight against that giant
barehanded?
」
「
What,
is there a problem?
」
“Errr, aren’t there
various problems though?”
Or so Wenti thought, but
she couldn’t say it strongly.
She was his long time
acquaintance, but she had never seen Adalman’s figure as that of someone who
had trained his body.
“Well, is there any
meaning to train as a skeleton?” so, she was troubled whether to even ask about
it.
「
No,
there’s……
」
Wenti couldn’t answer.
(For Adalman-sama who
seems to be an intellectual, unexpectedly――
）
She stopped thinking
further about it and turned her eyes towards the rampaging Fenn.
「
All
right. Then, I will tell you the strategy.
As magic doesn’t work,
hit with physical attacks. It’s just that.
Even your breath, which
could cause magic essence diversion, would be treated as magic.
Therefore, you and me,
who have no means with which to attack, our compatibility with him is horrible.
So, here’s a suggestion.
」
Saying so, Adalman began
to talk about his plan, it was something outside of Wenti’s imagination.
However, Wenti, who
believes in Adalman, agreed without any hesitation.
「
I
leave the rest to you, Adalman-sama. May fortune be with you!
」
So she replied with that
answer as she relaxed her body.
The plan that Adalman
proposed was, assimilation with possession.
Originally, Adalman, as
a ghost, is more like a spiritual lifeform.
It could be said that
his current state is merely him possessing his dead body (skeleton). The reason
is because he needs a temporary body in order to have influence in the physical
world.
Therefore, he can easily
perform possession. If Wenti doesn’t resist him, it would certainly succeed.
The problem was, it was
unknown whether they could separate or not.
「
Be
relieved. Even if I possess you, it doesn’t mean your consciousness will
disappear.
In the worst case, we’ll
ask Rimuru-sama to prepare you a new body!]
And so, Adalman
possessed Wenti.
A Death Dragon has a
strong body, high magical power, and energy. In addition to that, is Adalman’s
own magic power.
The possession
succeeded, a young man with black hair, clad in jet-black priest clothes, made
his appearance.
「
Fumu,
it was a success.
」
(As expected of
Adalman-sama!)
The two became one in
mind and body.
With a strong body and
possessing enormous magic power, it
wa
s the youth figure of
“
Gehenna Lord
”
Adalman―― though there
were some differences such as the hair color being different and etc.
(Fufu, I’m excited after
a long time. If it’s in this state, I might have a good fight against
Zegion-dono.
I seem to have become an
equal with Ultima-jou
[3]
.)
In his skeleton state,
he recalled that he couldn’t have an exchange of fists with his friend.
And so, a fearless smile
floated on his face as he flew towards the rampaging giant.
He didn’t believe that
he could beat the giant as it was now. But he could buy some time.
Besides, though the
giant in front of him is an incarnation of violence, it doesn’t seem that he
has high skills like the one fighting against Albert.
Although the giant has
energy comparable to a True Dragon, he can only rampaging without reason.
For him to aim at
Adalaman first may have been because he had reacted towards the one having the
highest energy in the army.
(In that case, we might
just defeat him if we perform well.)
(It will naturally be
possible, if it’s Adalaman-sama!)
Reacting to Wenti’s
thought in his mind, though Adalman was slightly surprised, he nodded frankly.
(That’s so, that’s
right! Because I am one of Rimuru-sama’s strongest subordinates.)
And so he charged towards
Fenn while laughing happily.
The “Seven Celestial
Sages” had finished the reconnaissance mission and reported it to Demon Lord
Ruminas.
Afterwards, they
followed Ruminas who came to the outer district area in order to confront the
giants.
And so they would
encounter a surprising situation.
There exists a knight
who can fight Grasword, who has been called the strongest ‘Sword King’ that
ever existed, on equal terms.
The attack of Ruminas,
who is their master whom they adore and respect, hadn’t worked against Demon
Lord Dagruel.
And the last thing, a
person, with a nostalgic face that they remember seeing somewhere, having
started a battle against a rampaging giant who was like a berserker, on equal
terms.
These three events were
things that happened almost at the same time.
「
What,
what the heck is this!
」
「
To
be fighting evenly against the Sword King, who is that knight?
」
「
This
bad, this is bad! As it is now, Ruminas-sama will lose!!
」
「
Hey,
wait. That person, surely――
」
「
Adalman,
isn
’
t he Adalman!!
」
「
Really!?
Then, that knight is Albert!!
」
「
Those
two are Demon Lord Rimuru
’
s
subordinates!? What the heck is this joke!?
」
Thinking at the same
time, the “Seven Celestial Sages” exchanged the information each of them found.
And sharing all of the
information at once, they were wrapped in surprise.
Adalman and Albert were
famous in the past.
Adalman who was the
Great Priest was a talented master of Holy Magic.
Then, Albert was the
strongest Holy Knight of the previous generation.
The two were people who
had the qualifications to become the Hero. But the Hero’s egg hadn’t dwelled
inside either of them.
Normally, they’d become
sages. And, as it was, they’d eventually become saints.
If they couldn’t be the
Hero, they only became unnecessary people for the “Seven Celestial Sages”.
Furthermore, they were both too much of geniuses.
They hadn’t accepted
Ruminas’s Mind Rule, as they were affiliated to the church of Ingrasia Kingdom
without staying in the Holy Capital.
In other words,
according to the “Seven Celestial Sages” the two had been a two-edged sword.
In ability, the two
could become strong individuals which could threaten them, or worst, the two
could become existences that would even jeopardize their position.
Although the two hadn’t
seemed to notice the existence of Demon Lord Ruminas, it was certain that the
two had some kind of doubts about it.
Whilst admitting the
ability of those two, to they who wouldn’t become their comrades
――
The “Seven Celestial
Sages” had manipulated the Pope and ordered for them to do the purification of
a large-scale undead disaster.
It was officially
announced as an indirect subjugation request, but the two people had strong
senses of justice and bit the bait splendidly.
The two willingly went
to Great Jura Forest.
And there, the two would
perish while bringing down the Dragon Zombie together as the “Seven Celestial
Sages” had planned, or it should have been.
「
It
can’t be, for him to be alive……
」
It was the same thought
for all of the “Seven Celestial Sages”.
「
Well,
what should we do? That’s the question.
」
「
Right
now, it’s almost impossible to defeat Adalman and Albert.
」
「
Besides,
in this situation we don’t have such free time as to have internal conflict.
」
「
That
is so……
」
「
It
would be excellent if the two beat both of the giants. If they lose, we won’t
be safe.
」
「
That’s
right. We are to only help the princess.
」
「
I
agree. About those two, let’s think about it after they survive.
」
The “Seven Celestial
Sages” decided on their plan.
Without using any
underhanded plans as the situation was a pressing one.
They threw away their
wicked thoughts and moved to attack the enemy as according to the initial plan.
They had, in their own
ways, began their action in order to help Demon Lord Ruminas who is their
respected and adored master.
[1]
不死者軍団創造
(
イモータルレギオン
)
。
Fushisha Gundan Souzou (Imoutaru
region) Fushinsha=Immortal, Undead, Gundan=Army, Souzou=creation. Undead Army
Creation.
[2]
聖拳導師
Seiken Doushi, Sei=Holy Ken/Kobushi=
Fist, Doushi= Monk.
[3]
Jou = Miss, lass.
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