Volume 3
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) Chapter 211
Guro’s Corner
Heyya~
Here’s a chappie for you guys.
Also Lesari got busy with RL.
It’s not really edited, but I have correcting some typos in it.
Btw about the pronoun for Kazaream, we decided to use he even though his body is female (Kagali) as he proclaim himself as Kazaream. (Female in body, Male in mind and spirit)
Anyway, enjoy it~
~Guro
Translator
Sushi
Other Stuff
Guro
Calculation that Goes Amiss
Kazaream
has not noticed that he has thoroughly stepped onto a landmine.
Now that he has attained power and significant growth, the thought that the
majin before Kazaream was a being greater than himself never crossed his mind,
not even til the very end.
Footman was lightly slugged by Benimaru, and he was launched all the way to the
end of the hall.
And, he lay there not moving one bit.
「
Footman, stop
playing games. We’re gonna massacre all of them.
Get up quickly, and get on with killing Leon’s weakling followers!
」
Even though Kazaream gave him orders, Footman showed no sign of moving.
「
Oi, Footman. What
are you playing at? Hurry up and――
」
Kazaream went and had a look at Footman in a fit of anger, only to lose all
words shortly after.
Footman lay sprawled on the ground showing the white of his eyes along with a
bleeding nose, as though the entire ruckus he has been causing was but a lie.
After crashing through a wall and bouncing a few times, his neck was twisted in
an impossible angle.
Both his upper and lower front teeth were broken. It is no coincidence, that
the teeth caved-in in the shape of a fist.
Some sections of space were fixed too, making said sections unable to
regenerate.
Turning his attention to Benimaru, Kazaream clicked his tongue in another fit
of anger.
In the hall which turned silent in an instant, one being fleetingly approached
Footman.
It was Laplace.
He walked as he ignored Claude and Fran who assumed wary stances with their
swords, Laplace stopped beside Footman.
And,
「
Nee-san, this
looks bad. Our boy Footman, is down and out from thae blow.
Well, he is barely alive though, that Nii-san there probs had nae intention of
killing him.
」
Laplace said with a ‘Oh well’ kind of tone, as he lightly shrugged his
shoulders.
「
What’s that? You
mean to say Footman was taken out in one hit!?
」
Tear the Teardrop shouted out in surprise.
Hearing that her fellow brethren, who was easily tougher than herself, was
downed in a single attack, was a way too unreal topic.
「
Tear, this ain’t gud. Fall back. It’s nat a good idea to
take those onii-sans lightly.
From my perspective, ye ain’t gonna cut it. It would most likely take me ‘n’
our captain, to be able to deal with them somehow….
There’s also that pretty demon jou-chan with Demon Lord Leon, th’ odds are
stacked against us now.
What’s the plan, Nee-san?
」
With
an easy going tone, Laplace gave Kazaream his analysis of the current
situation.
He was hinting at ‘If we’re gonna retreat, now would be the time’.
Kazaream snorts,
「
Laplace, no need
to cower that much.
Leon is already in tatters.
Guy’s minion too, is at most a demon lord class weakling.
Sure demon nobles are pretty capable among the upper tier demons, but she ain’t
any better than Tear who is demon lord class herself.
We only need to be wary of those two.
You and me are more than enough to deal with them.
」
He impertinently declares.
To his unshaken confidence, Laplace has nothing more to say, and simply shrugs.
Kazaream was totally ignoring the fact, that Footman who was demon lord class
himself, was out of commission from a single attack.
Kazaream thought, the one he needed to be wary of was only Benimaru who stands
before him, and he can let Laplace deal with the inferior Souei.
The truth was,
「
It is a fact, that
we haven’t even showed what we are really capable of….
」
Laplace affirms Kazaream’s words.
As per Kazaream’s orders to overwhelm Leon’s forces, it’s a fact that they have
been slowly bashing down on them.
But Laplace was still considering retreating, even after taking all that into
account.
Laplace’s intuition sensitively picked up the changes in the situation, and was
sounding a warning alarm.
As if to prove Laplace’a intuition was true, Mizari coolly stood back up.
All the damage she took earlier, regenerated in an instant.
All her external injuries disappeared, and her new outfit looked more dreadful
than before.
Gaining an impressive presence, she stays as expressionless as before, but
gives off an imposing feeling.
「
――Nee-san, that
jou-chan’s existential values have rocketed up.
They’re called awakened demon lords aye? Though she is inferior to Nee-san,
Tear ain’t able to handle that….
」
Just as Laplace analyzed it, Mizari’s Energy levels swelled up to the level of
an awakened demon lord.
More like, her magic power that has been restrained up til now have been
released, that kind of feeling.
「
That’s right.
I, with the help of Demon Lord Rimuru, have evolved to the level of the
awakened demon lords.
With the impression that real battle experience would help me master this power
most effectively, I took the liberty of having Kazaream-sama as my practice
opponent.
That being said, it looks like Leon-sama did notice, the fact that I have been
holding back――
」
Mizari took glances at Leon as she said
that.
Leon nods with a bitter looking face,
「
Of course I did. As if a measly demon noble could maintain a
barrier powerful enough to withstand my attacks.
How would I not notice that you were
restraining your output and planning to do something.
Who would have thought that your plan, was
to depend on the reinforcements from Demon Lord Rimuru.
So,
does Guy really trust Rimuru? Does he think he is the key to ending this
battle?
」
「
――about that.
It’s not like considerations from someone
like me would affect Guy-sama’s intentions, but personally, I have come to the
conclusion that believing Demon Lord Rimuru is the correct course of action.
That,
was what was decided at Walpurgis too.
」
To Leon’s question, Mizari stuttered for a
moment, before she answered.
Though her answer was the truth, Leon felt
he was pressured by those words, as he never did fully trust Rimuru even though
they talked of cooperation.
At the same time, Mizari who is a demon,
couldn’t hide her own surprise at herself for speaking of trusting any demon
lord other than Guy.
As one of the few absolute beings that were
crowned in ages past, Mizari was one of the capable few who surpassed the
ex-demon lords; as she understood her own true nature, she felt the surprise
excessively.
Mizari never broke her courteous tone
towards any other person, but turns into a cold-hearted slaughterer the moment
she is given orders.
That was her identity, as the great demon
who heads Guy’s minions.
「
So, the number of weaklings have increased, and one of you
insects got a little power-up, did you really think you could stand up against
me?
No
doubt Leon over there is mostly half dead, even if Mizari there did get a boost
in power, she’s not even close to half of me. I don’t see where the problem is.
」
With a fearless smile, Kazaream cuts into
Leon and Mizari’s conversation.
To Kazaream, he is already looking down on
his opponent as an awakened demon lord who is inferior to himself.
With a cold gaze towards Kazaream,
「
Then, allow me to give an additional explanation.
A
normal demon lord class being has [EP:200,000
?
400,000], and
that’s the lowest to the highest.
Similarly,
a demon noble is [EP:200,000
?
400,000] too and that is distinguished by the baron to the
duke classes.
Certainly,
Leon-sama’s followers have evolved and attained power, but they sit at the viscount
class of [EP: below 250,000] at most.
Kazaream-sama’s fellow brethren too, with
the exception of Laplace, are at the higher end of the demon lord class at [EP:
below 400,000].
Neither are even remotely close, to be
called beings that have power surpassing demon lords.
The
demon lords of the current Octagram, with the exception of one person, are all
of the Million class at [EP:1,000,000
?
].
From what I have just mentioned, the phrase
“surpassing a demon lord” is quite the excessive term.
Now
then, with all of that in mind, and though this might sound rude, the battle
between Leon-sama’s followers and the members of the Moderate Clown Troupe, is
naught but child’s play.
I have come to the conclusion, that it is at
a level that can be ignored.
The order I have received from Guy-sama, is
to obtain victory.
To that end, I have maintained this barrier
and awaited the reinforcements from Demon Lord Rimuru-sama.
This was the best course of action I have
taken in order to decisively defeat Kazaream-sama, a plan that ignores
everything besides the Million class.
So, that meant that Kazaream-sama’s victory
condition would be to defeat me before reinforcements arrived, that and nothing
else.
From
my analysis as I bought time earlier, the main ability that Kazaream-sama uses
is
『
Auto-reflection
』
.
You stack damage onto your opponent, by
neutralizing your opponent’s attack with the same attack with a roughly 20%
increase in output.
If this was done by a being that had
overwhelming amounts of Energy, it would be an incredibly efficient method.
It’s also troublesome, that you wield both
Holy and Demonic attributes.
As long as you have more Energy, you most
likely will never be defeated.
But, for you to continue neutralizing
attacks, it means you have no other choice but to consume Energy.
The 20% increase in consumption seems to apply
equally, whether it is one of Leon-sama’s attacks, or one of my held back
attacks.
The reasoning behind waiting for
reinforcements, would it be clearer to say that my aim was to gather enough
power to overwhelm what Kazaream-sama can neutralize?
Leon-sama along with Benimaru-sama and
Souei-sama would most likely be able to deal with Kazaream-sama, after some
depletion from having to face me at full power.
Victory
is ours this time, Kazaream-sama.
」
「
Hey hey, ojou-chan. What do ye mean by ‘with the exception of
me’?
」
「
――not to be rude, but I was unable to discern how much Energy
you have.
That
means, you are either equal to or above me, that is my conclusion.
」
「
Ye give me too much credit.
」
Thinning his eyes,
Laplace gave off a sharp gaze unbefitting of his casual attitude.
Towards Mizari who did not underestimate
him, he gave a “good grief”
impression.
Souei showed a bitter face as his true
identity was revealed by someone else, but did not voice his complaint.
The group of people who were ‘tossed aside’
in this conversation, namely Leon’s knights Claude and co. and Tear, were
unable to voice their words of rejection in the face of Mizari’s aura.
Because they understood what was said were
undeniable facts.
But, even after hearing Mizari’s explanation
and feeling her aura, Kazaream’s composure was not broken at all.
「
Fufun. I knew all along, that you were hiding your true
power!!
Don’t be giving such arrogant speeches,
being a weakling who cannot fight without resorting to such stopgap measures!!
Even if all you worms came at me together,
you still wouldn’t come close to the great me.
The
fact that none of you can beat me doesn’t cha~~~nge!!
Let
me show you weaklings, what real despair and fear is!!!
」
As he shouted, he released all the power he
has held back that stopped him from outright killing Leon.
In
addition to the pressure that distorted space within the barrier, an ominous
aura now dominated the field.
The aura Mizari was releasing, was quashed
in an instant.
By an overwhelming Energy, one which could
be said to surpass awakened demon lords.
There were no lies in Kazaream’s words, as
the storm of his tyranny vastly exceeds Mizari’s calculations.
「
Wha-!! It can’t be…. To think, he had that much――
」
What just happened was effective enough to
cause the composed Mizari to waver, and Mizari’s expression changed.
Kazaream was overwhelming, so overwhelming
that she couldn’t keep her composure.
She herself had Energy in the Million class.
Leon too.
Even so, she still felt so overwhelmed by
Kazaream.
The estimate that there is almost 3 times
the amount of Energy that she just told Leon earlier, felt like an
understatement.
「
This is more than what was anticipated. I had estimated it to
be 3 times or more than me, but this――
」
A blow from Kazaream made its way to Mizari’s
abdomen, to interrupt their conversation.
Kazaream’s fist pierced through Mizari,
breaking her arms which she crossed to protect herself, as though crushing
fragile rotten twigs.
「
Hahha
ーーーー
! Aren’t you misunderstanding something, just because I have
been holding back on killing you?
That’s
just naive, you weakliiiings! I, this Kazaream-sama, have gained the greatest
power ever!!!
」
Kazaream laughs boisterously.
「
Nee-san, that’s some absurd stuff ye’r pullin’ out there.
Fine by me, guess I’ll need to prepare for th’ worst too.
」
He took a rainbow orb out, as he said that.
That,
was a Spirit Jewel. It was an orb that housed Energy equal to the souls of
10000 humans.
Laplace breaks the orb, and replenishes his
Energy.
This didn’t cause him to awaken, he did it
to prepare himself to fully support Kazaream.
「
You lot have been sneakily thinking of many things, but all
of it was for naught. After all, this is but the fate of beings that do not
wield enough power!
」
Kazaream laughs haughtily.
Lamenting, Mizari says,
「
At this rate, accomplishing my orders would be….
My apologies, looks like my outlook was too
naive.
At
the least, I will attempt to cause mutual destruction with an Extreme
Anti-Demon Elimination attack, do take care of matters afterward――
」
Putting her existence in the line, to shave
off as much of Kazaream’s power as possible.
Leaving future matters to Leon and Benimaru
and co. , those were Mizari’s intentions.
But――
「
You’re called Mizari right? Like what that drag said, no need to overthink
things too much.
You called for reinforcements, we answered
the call and made it in time.
That’s
all that matters, right?
」
Walking past beside of Mizari who was
knocked down, Benimaru took the point.
And,
「
Souei, you deal with the Clown over there. I’ll be the one to
kill that drag.
」
He indifferently declares, paying no heed to
the situation whatsoever.
「
I guess I can accept that. I’ll give in, but be sure to
finish the job.
He
did insult Rimuru-sama nonetheless.
」
「
Don’t worry ’bout that. It’s not like there’s any worthwhile
information to obtain, so there’s no reason to let him live am I right?
」
「
True that.
You being you, you may have forgotten about
this, but seems like that fellow is Clayman’s master.
That
means――
」
「
So he’s the source who was behind that Gelmudo guy, right? I
know that alright.
」
Benimaru and Souei went on with their
seemingly frivolous conversation in such a manner.
「
J-just what are you people talking about――
」
「
Hey you two over there, are you meaning to say, you are gonna
take on that monster Kazaream all by yourself!?
」
Mizari and Leon spoke out at the same time.
Mizari hastily regenerates and returns to
the frontlines in combat form, showing her stance to take on the challenge once
more.
Leon does so too, with his pride as a demon
lord on the line, in an effort to return the favor against Kazaream.
Despite that, Benimaru and Souei were
talking with the intention to do this themselves.
「
Aaahn? I just said it didn’t I. I’m going to
『
Kill
』
.
Starting
now I’ll be wiping the floor with that shitty drag, you injured fellows just
sit back and watch.
」
「
You heard him. I’ll be dealing with the Clown over there.
Leon-dono
and Mizari-dono, I’ll be trusting you two to keep a look out for the half dead
fatty, and to make sure that Teardrop girl doesn’t bother us.
」
「
But….
」
「
Enough. You two won’t understand unless I tell you that you
are only going to hold us back?
」
This last line from Benimaru sealed the
deal.
Ignoring Souei’s “You really should fix
how you speak to others.”, Benimaru draws his blade.
One of Kurobee’s greatest works, with a
fully crimson blade, it was Benimaru’s personal katana “Guren”.
Having been reforged countless times, the
original steel used to forge the katana has become something else altogether.
This katana which Benimaru wields as though
it is a part of himself, has become a “Wazamono”
which is comparable to Gods class weapons.
Benimaru’s thoroughly refined aura thinly
wraps around the katana’s blade.
Which resulted in the crimson blade getting
an exquisitely decorated gleam.
Kazaream laughs.
「
Heh weakling. Can’t do anything without a weapon?
Fine with me.
I’m
willing to bet, that dull thing ain’t going to do much of anything to me!
」
「
Fu
ーーー
n.
」
One instance.
Benimaru’s body blurred with a red flash.
Leaving behind a flash of light in that
moment, Benimaru appears behind Kazaream.
At the time every other person noticed he
has moved, the blurred body disappears.
「
Hup, you can have this back. Try not to drop it next time.
」
Benimaru throws something at Kazaream as he
said that.
It was an arm.
The arm of a women from the elbow onward.
「
Gyaiiiii!!
」
Kazaream lets out a scream.
He has finally noticed, that his arm was cut
off.
「
Y-you, you bastard!! Why, why is there pain!?
」
Kazaream tosses the question at Benimaru.
It’s kind of dumb to ask your enemy about
such things, but it looks like he’s not accepting what just happened.
For Kazaream who is a spiritual entity,
feeling pain shouldn’t be something relevant to him.
「
Tch. Are you really that dumb?
I’ll tell you since you look like you still
don’t understand, pain is a warning signal.
It works the same way even for spiritual
entities.
Your body felt something dangerous, so it is
sounding an alarm.
You
should properly control that kinda stuff before getting into a battle.
」
Benimaru gave a detailed explanation as
though mocking Kazaream.
In fact, during the time when he trained
with Diablo in the labyrinth, he got the same explanation after something
similar happened.
Benimaru has of his own accord accepted that
as Diablo’s way of getting back at him, after his loss against Benimaru in the
tournament.
But, that is something unrelated to what is
happening now.
It’s definitely not because he was upset
that it happened to him too, and is venting his frustration.
「
Haah? Warning signal? What bullshit is that.
As
if the awesome me, would feel danger from you!
」
Kazaream turns the arm into Energy and
absorbs it, then regenerates his arm from the elbow out.
He has long forgotten about his declaration,
the one where he said Benimaru won’t be able to harm him in any way.
「
Death. I shall definitely bring death unto you!
」
As he shouted, Kazaream turns into an ultra
dense mass of Energy, as he assaults Benimaru.
Benimaru receives the attack, and similarly
he himself turns into a flaming mass of Energy.
Thus, a battle between beings who have
surpassed mortal limits begins.
Existential values
= energy btw in this world.
Sushi: like wtf,
this is the longest amount of dialogue from one person i have seen yet.
Sushi: think Ichimaru
gin from bleach
Sushi: google yare
yare lol
Okama=transvestite
Wazamono
means the swords which cut well
, “sharp
swords”.
Sushi: this is benimaru breathing out
Guro: Benimaru is Logia user!! XD