The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 541: Rimuru

The story is about a girl and her pet dragon——

The girl's dragon, her only friend and pet, was tragically killed for some reason. The news of its death made the girl extremely sad. In a rage, she destroyed the kingdom that killed the dragon, as well as the hundreds of thousands of residents living there.

Afterwards, the girl evolved into a demon king.

A miracle happened at that moment. The dragon that had a deep bond with the girl had died, but because of her evolution, it changed and completed its evolution.

However, the miracles only go so far.

The dragon, whose soul vanished into thin air the moment of death, was reborn as a chaos dragon, becoming an evil being without will. The dragon became an evil dragon that obeyed the girl in every way, but showed no mercy to other things.

Awakened by anger, the girl turned into a demon king, and she was heartbroken and had no choice but to seal him with her own hands.

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"If a goddess was present, she would surely revive him, but unfortunately, I don't have the ability to cause miracles, and I have no way to bring her here, so I can only use this method."

After Zun Zun finished his story, Rimuru fell into deep thought.

"The method is given to you. It's up to you to decide whether to use it or not."

"Well..."

Rimuru fell into deep thought, and after a while he slowly spoke: "This, is it not a rural legend? It is no different from a certain legend. To be honest, I doubt whether it can succeed."

However, although he said that, Zun Zun could hear what he wanted to express.

"3.14% success rate...?"

The great sage should tell him the feasibility.

At first glance, it seems very low, but on the contrary, it should be considered high. After all, he is a person who has no resurrection magic at all, and using the evolutionary family to add abilities is a difficult methodology.

"Zun Zun, where did you get this information? Didn't you travel through time later than me? By the way, what you are doing is like asking me to become the Demon King?"

"There are many ways to get information, this is not important. Let you become the Demon King... Rimuru, I said I want you to live. And now, becoming the Demon King is one way."

Information was pouring in, and Rimuru was at a loss as to what to choose.

He is not a man who makes decisions on the spot.

Otherwise, he would not have asked his men to abide by the treaty with humans, leading to such a tragedy.

"By the way, Zun Zun, you are a human, right? Is it really okay for you to help me like this?"

"What are you talking about? Besides being in need of something from you, I am also your friend. Most importantly... I am not a real human, I am a cyborg."

"Cyborg!?"

Rimuru’s eyes widened.

Oh, yes, I don’t think I told him that the Crimson Demons are cyborgs.

Anyway, this matter has been put on hold for the time being.

Rimuru still has a lot of things to do, but he has already decided to become the Demon King. However, there is currently insufficient information, and the town is in urgent need of preparation, so the matter of becoming the Demon King has been postponed.

Zun Zun called out his fairy cat.

Using Yin magic, together with Shuna, they expanded the barrier to prevent the souls of Shion and others from spreading. They didn't know when this barrier would dissipate, so they had to take over.

That afternoon.

Eileen, a noble from the Magic Kingdom, came to the town, and she quickly ran to meet Rimuru, while also telling him about the evolution of the Demon King.

It would be easier with more accurate intelligence.

First, Rimuru asked Zun Zun to remove the surveillance camera and curse on Mulan. As the culprit who caused the fall of the town, the others really wanted to kill her, but Rimuru wanted to spare her life.

——Too kind!

If it was the Red Demon Clan, she would have been the one to raise all the ashes!

But this was Rimuru's decision, and Zun Zun had no right to interfere.

Then everyone started the meeting again.

Too long, so skip it.

In general, Rimuru and his men plan to annihilate the entire human kingdom army that is about to attack the Great Forest. In addition to the tens of thousands of souls that need to evolve, they also want to intimidate the enemy.

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

Rimuru had always taken advantage of Zun Zun to gain a lot of benefits. If he didn't fight back thoroughly, not only would Karion have other ideas, but the Dwarf Kingdom would also have to consider the cooperative relationship.

So this battle must be fought!
And you have to win beautifully!

After that, Rimuru told everyone that he was a visitor from another world and that he was originally a human. He had two purposes: one was to shoulder the responsibility this time, and the other was to make his attitude clear.

The barriers between humans and monsters are nothing, as long as there is a spiritual connection, it can be overcome.

After conveying this idea to his monsters, they responded one after another and said they would definitely follow Rimuru, and he won the cheers of everyone with his emotional speech. From then on, everyone in the Great Forest was united.

"So, what do you need me to do?"

"No, Zun Zun doesn't have to do anything."

Rimuru refused.

"Zun Zun has helped me a lot, not only telling me about the Demon King, but also helping the development of the village... I finally understand that blindly relying on others is ultimately an unorthodox path. Only when you become strong yourself can you be truly strong!"

He was shaking his long blue hair and looked very energetic.

"This is our war!"

"That's right! It's our war!" "Our war!" "Our war!"

The slogans were shouted loudly.

Hong Wan, Bai Lao and others shouted loudly. They were originally monsters and believed in the principle of never relying on others. Such speeches naturally boosted everyone's morale. But just when Zun Zun thought that he really didn't plan to rely on himself this time, a slime about the size of a palm jumped into his arms, put his hand on his ear and whispered a request.

"Well, I don't know if someone will come to steal my house, so the matter of the barrier is..."

"hehe."

Laughing finger.

This shameless slime has never changed from the beginning to the end.

Zun Zun still agreed to his request.

They came to the altar in the center of the town. This was where Rimuru had just given his speech. It was also the place where the dead such as Shion were temporarily placed. Zunzun, Shuna, and Mulan were guarding here.

The townspeople gathered here and began to pray.

The purpose is to maintain the barrier.

Although he didn't really need them, Zun Zun couldn't refuse.

The stronger ones lined up outside the town to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies. At the same time, they released magic power into the barrier to increase the magic power concentration inside the barrier.

At the same time, Zun Zun has another purpose for appearing here.

That is, once Rimuru fails to evolve, or evolves incorrectly like Digimon, then Zun Zun will have the responsibility of destroying him.

And you still say you don't rely on others.

"...So? This should be the first time we meet. Do you have anything to say, Miss Mulan?"

"No, no..."

Zun Zun was a little curious about Mu Lan who always looked at him secretly, so he took the initiative to talk to her, but she just lowered her head deeply.

"Thank you, and I'm sorry."

“If you mean I helped you break Clayman’s curse, that was Rimuru’s request so you don’t need to thank me. And if you mean that the town became like this because of you, then you’re apologizing to the wrong person.”

Zun Zun seems a little inhuman.

But it's true.

"But I am curious." Zun Zun turned to look at the apologetic beauty, "You work under Clayman, right? Did he tell you anything about me? What did he say about me?"

"……what?"

Mulan looked confused.

Apparently not.

Soon, she also reacted and shook her head, saying, "I'm sorry, actually, there are many pawns like me under Lord Clayman... Lord Clayman's men. I didn't know about Lord Zunzun's affairs, I just received the order to deploy the barrier."

"I see. Do you think the more you know, the more flaws you'll reveal?"

If she knew about Zun Zun's existence, she would definitely feel uneasy and reveal her flaws, right? Or maybe she was worried that once she knew about Zun Zun's existence, she would resist her orders?
"Forget it, it's not important."

Zun Zun had no feelings for him, after all, he was an insignificant existence. If it were Rimuru, Benimaru and Bai Lao, they would definitely want to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

"Come to think of it, in order to make sure that you remain sane after waking up, what was the code?"

“I will ask Rimuru-sama, ‘How does Shion’s cooking taste?’”

"The answer is?"

“It’s so unpalatable.”

"——Shion will cry."

Shuna just smiled and didn't answer. She gently stroked Shion's cheek with a complicated expression, just like their relationship.

"When that time comes, I'll ask Master Zun to teach Shion the real cooking skills."

"Wait, how can I cook delicious food? Even I don't know. I mean, maybe it's because I have the relevant skills that I can cook delicious food."

"How can you have such skills?"

"Really, really, I really didn't lie."

Zun Zun and Shuna were chatting in a somewhat relaxed manner, without any sense of tension before a battle. I don't know if it was an illusion, but I seemed to see Shion's fingers twitching slightly.

No, no, no, Shion has been dead for several days, this won’t happen...right?

Time passed little by little.

The sun rises in the east and is about to set in the west.

Suddenly, in Zun Zun's perception, a powerful magical power was gathering and rushing towards this side at an extremely fast speed - but Zun Zun was not nervous or afraid, because this breath was very familiar.

“It’s Rimuru.”

“Is Lord Rimuru back?!”

Zhu Cai was slightly delighted.

Then they saw Ranga carrying Rimuru running towards them madly, and then Benimaru hurriedly went over and carefully dragged Rimuru, who was in his true form as a slime, onto the altar.

In front of everyone, Rimuru's body shape kept changing strangely. Sometimes it was a slime, sometimes it was an irregular shape, and even the shadow of a golden dragon was seen.

at the same time--

[Announcement. Individual name 'Rimuru Tempest' is about to evolve into a Demon King. Once the evolution is complete, the monsters of this family will receive a blessing.]

The sound of the world echoed in the town, making the atmosphere tense.

Once Rimuru evolves successfully, all family members whose souls are connected to him will be blessed.

Success or failure depends on this.

(End of this chapter)