Rebirth of a Dungeon Master

[Commonnerfer]

Safi jumped on her parents' bed early in the morning, eager for an upgrade. "Mom? Can we upgrade me now!?" she asked.

"Nyaaan," Nekra replied, trying to stretch awake, but found herself serving as Yuki's hug pillow.

"Sure," Nekra replied as she slipped out of Yuki's arms with the grace of a cat.

"Yay!" Safi cheered.

"Shh! Do you want to wake up Auntie Milim and Momma Yuki?" Nekra asked.

Safi shook her head no.

"Let's go then," Nekra said, grabbing Safi's surprisingly warm hand as they teleported out to her main body.

"So, what do you want to do first?" Nekra asked.

"Magic muscle is good, but under a lot of pressure, it will snap," Safi said.

"Nya!? It's not supposed to. It's made from dragon hide," Nekra said.

"How about Strand Crystal tissue?" Safi suggested.

"Where are we going to make room for that?" Nekra asked.

Safi pulled open the panel.

"Ah, if we replace the hydraulics with narrower pistons made with sturdier metal, then we should have room nya," Nekra said.

Safi nodded.

"How about Adamantium?" Safi asked.

"I was thinking Orichalcum nya," Nekra said.

"Then we can have magic going through it, genius!" Safi responds as Nekra began to remove the massive hydraulic pistons.

Suddenly, fluid was launching out of the system. The sound of burning could be heard coming from Nekra as the very angry hydraulic fluid ate away at her clothes and tried to burn her skin.

"Nya! I forgot to drain the system first," Nekra shouts only lightly disturbed as the fluid was slowly eating away at her clothes.

"That stuff is dangerous." Safi mutters

"Nya of course! I purposely designed it so that way if someone had ever cut your hydraulic systems while in battle it would cripple them for it." Nekra says with a rather jovial tone.

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Yuki woke up in bed to find herself cuddling something soft, but it didn't have Nekra's body heat.

"Hmm? Where did Nekra go?" Yuki asked, opening her eyes to see herself hugging a body pillow of Nekra wearing her white dress with her normal charming smile.

Yuki turned it around to see the other side, which was the exact same, but rather than Nekra smiling, it showed her blushing. Head facing downwards yet here eyes were looking up at her.

"Cute!" Yuki exclaimed as she started to get a nosebleed.

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"Why do I feel uncomfortable..." Nekra said as she bolted in a new piston.

"I don't know," Safi replied as she worked on the computer components.

"Are you sure this will work, Mom?" Safi asked.

"Of course nya. It's a magical quantum computer; it uses magic for cooling nya," Nekra said.

"Why am I installing the inferior computer next to it then?" Safi asked.

"Because there are formations that can remove magicules from the air," Nekra explained as she pulled out a hammer and hit the stick piston into place while Safi was unaware.(this hurts my soul)

"Then what about the perpetual magic engines?" Safi asked.

"Nya? That can be solved by having an Arc reactor installed somewhere for an emergency backup," Nekra said as she accidentally punctured a hose with her claws.

"Oops nya," Nekra said as she quickly replaced the hose to the piston.

"Hey, Mom, what is this thing?" Safi asked.

"That's a force field generator nya," Nekra said, looking up from the leg access panel.

"Where should I install this?" Safi asked.

"Around the core is a safe bet nya. Although we may layer your titanium body with a stronger metal at the solid places; you can never risk your core nya?" Nekra said.

"But aren't I constantly backing up to the dungeon computer?" Safi asked.

"You are nya, but only while you are in the dungeon nya," Nekra said, closing the panel before opening the overhead one to work on the upper legs.

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"Hey Yuki? Where is Nekra?" Milim asked as she opened the bedroom door, seeing Yuki making out with a pillow.

"Uhhh, I don't know, probably with our daughter," Yuki said, hiding the Nekra body pillow behind her.

"Can't you see her with that anime-watching device?" Milim asked.

"Ah, great idea, I will be right out!" Yuki said as she quickly stuffed the Nekra body pillow under the bed before heading out after Milim.

Out at the computer.

"So she's working on Safi's body with Safi," Yuki said, while Milim's battle aura seemed to be spreading, though Yuki didn't even notice it.

"Hey, hey? Can I fight that dragon?" Milim asked, pointing at the screen.

"..." Yuki of course was watching the demonlord rather sceptically

"What?" Milim asks

"Why did you not want to fight our daughter lastnight?" Yuki asks

"Because we were watching anime." Milim say switch a simple shrug.


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Meanwhile, working on installing the motherboard, Safi suddenly shuddered.

"Mom, I feel like I'm in danger!" Safi shouted.

"It's probably nothing, dear nya," Nekra said as she finished up the third of the four legs before she had to do the tail and wings.

 

[Commonnerfer]

"Alright, that should do it nya," Nekra said, closing up the final panel and wiping her forehead with her arm.

"Ready to go, Safi?" Nekra asked.

The girl perched atop the gigantic dragon nodded.

"Where are you going?" Yuki asked.

"To see Grand Uncle Veldora," Safi replied.

"So how are you getting out of here?" Milim inquired.

"We made the entrance in the Great Jura Forest like 200 years ago," Yuki explained.

"Huh? Really nya?" Nekra responded.

"Yeah... right after it was made, like 100,000 orcs came in," Yuki added with a nod.

"So that's what happened to that orc lord..." Milim mused.

"Nya?" Nekra tilted her head in confusion.

"Ah, it's nothing much, just a small army disappearing," Milim casually remarked.

Nekra nodded in understanding.

"Wait... Nekra, have you grown?" Yuki asked, a little shocked.

"Have I nya?" Nekra replied excitedly.

Nekra was now slightly shorter than Milim and around the same height as Yuki.

Milim and Yuki exchanged nods, both noticing the change in height.

"Yuki, I think we both grew," Nekra said.

"So, uh, Safi? How do you plan on getting out?" Milim asked.

Suddenly, the giant Safi Jiiva shrunk down to the size of a teddy bear, and Safi picked it up.

"Like this," Safi said, holding the metallic dragon.

"That's a neat trick," Milim remarked.

"What is that?" Yuki asked.

"Pym particles, they can make objects shrink and grow, then with magic, we can lessen the weight nya," Nekra explained excitedly.

"That's cool," Yuki said, having no clue what she was talking about.

"Can you make cookies bigger?" Milim asked.

"Yes, but they wouldn't actually be more food nya," Nekra explained.

Milim seemed to be broken trying to decipher that statement.

"Let's go see Uncle Veldora nyow," Nekra said as she instinctively started heading towards the Jura Forest exit.

"It's grown a lot in the past 200 years nya," Nekra commented as they approached.

"Yep, however, everything is the same," Yuki said as she pushed open the giant iron door.

'Hey Sage, it's like 1 year to the plot, how long till he is born?' Nekra asked.

(Sage: 2 months)

"What happens in 2 months?" Yuki asked.

"Something amazing nya," Nekra replied with her cute smile.

"Uncle! We are here!" Nekra shouted into the cave.

"I'm hearing voices again," a deep voice replied.

"Nya! Uncle Veldora?" Nekra shouted, arriving to see him in the cage.

"Nekra, is that you? I thought that werecat didn't live that long," Veldora said.

"I was also a vampire, but now I'm a Nekoshou," Nekra explained.

"That's a long-extinct race, little girl. In fact, it's the reason the werecats went extinct because the Nekoshou scared a lot of people, my older brother included," Veldora recalled.

"Nya? How so?" Nekra asked.

"Because they were some of the first true demon lords," Veldora explained, thinking back.

"We brought anime and snacks!" Milim announced as she walked in.

"So, you are my brother's daughter. You look so much like Lucia," Veldora remarked, somewhat narrowing his eyes.

"You knew my mom?" Milim asked.

"I never... So what anime did you bring this time?" Veldora asked, adopting his tsundere attitude trying to distract from the current discussion.

"Jojo!" Milim exclaimed excitedly.

"We are rewatching that again?" Nekra questioned.

"It's really good," Yuki chimed in.

"I can agree," Safi added.

"Uhh, who are you?" Veldora asked the girl holding a small dragon.

"I am Safi Mommy's daughter," Safi introduced herself.

"Interesting... you feel like a dragon though?" Veldora observed.

"Wait, she actually became a real dragon?" Nekra asked excitedly.

"Not a true dragon, but maybe an ancient one," Veldora confirmed.

"Congratulations, Safi," Yuki said, patting her head.

"Yay," Safi replied with a smile, feeling proud of her mothers accomplishments and her new found status.

 

[Commonnerfer]

"One week to go, nya," Nekra said excitedly as she played Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.

"What happened again?" Milim asked, sipping a can of soda.

"It's a thing from her oracle skill," Yuki explained.

"Ah, messing with the future is dangerous, you know?" Milim remarked, causing Nekra to stare awkwardly at her.

"You already did, didn't you.... oh well," Milim said knowingly, aware that Nekra had already altered the timeline.

In a separate window, an army of orcs continued to grow larger.

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Meanwhile, inside a cave, a certain dragon's POV.

"Oh! I think I found the slime! I found her, yes!" Veldora thought happily.

"Can you hear me, small one?" Veldora asked, his voice booming through the cave, but the slime didn't seem to move.

"I guess not then," Veldora said, slumping a little before realizing he hadn't tried telepathy.

"'Can you hear me, small one?'" Veldora asked.

"'Oi, I know you can hear me!'" Veldora exclaimed, not seeming desperate whatsoever. (Sarcasm)

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"Oh? A powerful person just entered the dungeon," Yuki remarked.

"Really!?" Milim asked excitedly, sitting up.

"Milim onee-sama, don't you have a territory to watch?" Nekra reminded her.

"Ah!" Milim exclaimed, quickly running out.

"It was that easy to get rid of her?" Yuki asked, somewhat amazed.

"Freedom!" Safi exclaimed, no longer being hugged by Milim, only to be picked up by Nekra.

"So, the new visitor?" Yuki asked.

"Ah, right," Nekra said, keeping Safi in her lap as she opened up the window on the computer.

"A dryad?" Nekra asked.

"Yeah..." Yuki said, confused.

"She's really far from her birth tree, isn't she, nya?" Nekra noted.

"Let's go see then," Nekra said as they appeared in the dungeon corridor.

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"So if we could lead the orcs here like last time," Treyni said.

"Treynya, Welcome," a voice greeted her.

Treyni turned around to see a cat girl.

"Do I know you?" Treyni asked.

"No, but what's a dryad doing so far from her tree, nya?" Nekra asked, tilting her head.

"You know a lot about our kind...." Treyni said, somewhat worried.

"So why are you in my labyrinth?" Nekra inquired.

"We were going to try and lead the massive orc army here again," Treyni admitted, looking away a little ashamed.

"That's fine, but why don't you go look for the person releasing that aura, nya?" Nekra suggested.

"Why?" Treyni asked.

"Because don't you think they would make a great ruler of the forest?" Nekra asked, tilting her head.

"I will observe them," Treyni agreed, wondering why a being as powerful as the cat girl in front of her would want to hand control of the forest over to a random monster that is probably weaker than her.

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'When should I introduce myself to Auntie Rimaru?' Nekra wondered to herself as she watched the slime completely destroy monsters under Uncle Veldora's cave on the screen.

"Yuki?" Nekra asked, her eyes suddenly covered by someone.

"Nekra, you have been watching this screen for weeks. What happened to my little cat who likes to take naps?" Yuki asked.

yawn

"It's been a week, nya?" Nekra said.

"Yes, it has..." Yuki confirmed as she shifted Nekra over to her lap and started petting her.

"purr that's why I felt so purr thirsty, nya," Nekra said as she tiredly leaned against Yuki's body.

"Well, I aim to please, my master," Yuki said, looking at the girl she was holding.

Nekra nodded as she struggled to keep her eyes open.

"Fufufufu, she may be a vampire, but the cat's laziness always wins out," Yuki thought, petting the sleeping Nekra.

 

[Commonnerfer]

"Morning nya." Nekra says her eyes fluttering as she wakes up with a yawn.

"Say Nekra wanna go to dwargon?" Yuki asks wanting to get out of the dungeon abit.

"Sure nya." Nekra says excited wondering if she will get to see Auntie Rimuru there.

"Are we going somewhere?" Safi asks holding the small dragon version of herself.

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Meanwhile outside the gate of Dwargon.

"This is quite a line huh?" A slime says as he hops up to the entrance with a goblin.

"They must be strict with checking everyone." Rimuru says

"Once we are inside we can move around as we please, though." Gobuta says

"As we please Huh?" Rimuru says going into its thoughts again.

"Hey! Hey, hey, hey!" Mob number 1 says

"What's a couple of monsters doing here?" Mob number 2 asks

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A few hours later Nekra, Yuki, and Safi arrive at the gate.

"What happened here?" Safi asks

"Yeah it's emptier than last time." Yuki says

"Yuki the last time was several hundred years ago nya." Nekra says

Yuki nods.

The trio walk up to the gate.

"Hey, we wanna enter." Safi says

"Do you have any form of identification?" The dwarf guard asks

"Ah right..." Nekra says as she fishes out her old adventure card.

"Uhhh..." the dwarf guard says not really sure what to say.

"What nya?" Nekra asks

"this card is ancient." The guard says

"Really nya?" Nekra asks with a head tilt.

"It should be fine you are good to go." The guard says absentmindedly.

'Charm skill is amazing.' Nekra thinks.

"So what happened out here earlier?" Safi asks

"Oh uhhh, a big powerful monster came by I fought it but had to get new pants from the damage." The guard says

"Uh Huh." Yuki says as they walk in.

"There's an armorsaurus in the mines!" A guard shouts running up to the guard post.

Suddenly several dwarfs are seen grabbing weapons and running out of the barracks by the entrance.

"I wanna get my sword and bracers maintained nya." Nekra says

"Ah, isn't the shop we had them made at just down here?" Yuki asks

"Mother? Can't you maintain them yourself?" Safi asks

"I wanna see an old friend you should recognize them too." Nekra says somewhat cryptically to Safi.

Nekra walks up to the shop and knocks on the door.

"Yellow Nya? Is anyone here? I'm fairly certain I bought my gear from this shop years ago and wish to have it maintained." Nekra says opening the door to see a dwarf hammering always at a magisteel sword.

"Huh?" Kaijin says looking up.

"Ah it's you!" Kaijin shouts recognizing Nekra.

"Yeah I wanted to have my bracers and Gladius looked at by a professional blacksmith to see if they were maintained properly." Nekra says

"No you are the cat girl from the dungeon." Kaijin says

"So no?" Nekra asks

"Ah that's what I meant sure I could spare a few minutes while I'm waiting for the brothers to get back with the ore." Kaijin says

Nekra pulls her gladius out of thin air.

"This sword... it's very similar to one in a story my father told me." Kaijin says

"... it was about 200 years ago Sooo." Yuki says with a nod.

"You dwarves live a longer life than humans?" Safi asks

"We are on our third king Gazel and he is 300." Kaijin says.

"...."

"Say Yuki... you don't think?" Nekra asks

"It couldn't be." Yuki says

"I still remember trying to teach that boy magic." Nekra says

"He learned rather well." Yuki says

"True..." Nekra says

"The Sword was really well kept." Kaijin says

"The bracers could use some work and have a few knicks in them." Kaijin says

"Eh? I don't remember oh wait yeah...." Nekra says remembering Safi sending a laser into them to see if they would survive. Amazing they blocked it.

Suddenly 3 brothers walk in.

"So how was it?" Kaijin asks the brothers as he is working on the bracers.

"We were kinda attacked by a armorsaurus." Garm says rubbing his head awkwardly.

Kaijin drops his hammer and looks up.

"At least you three seem fine." He says with a breath of relief.

"Yeah apparently a slime gave the guard an amazing healing potion." Dord says

"Hmm hmmm." Myrd says

"He Kinda wanted to meet a black smith." Garm says

"You should meet him nya." Nekra says

Suddenly the three brothers look at the cat girl like they did the elves.

"Perverts! stay away from momma!" Safi shouts holding the dragon plushie look alike.

"I just noticed but is she the dragon?" Kaijin asks

"Hehehe, maybe." Yuki says horrible at lying.

Nekra face palms.

The three brothers and Kaijin look somewhat scared.

"Anyaway if you are bringing the slime here we have to go nya. It isn't our time to meet yet." Nekra says

"What does that mean?" Kaijin asks

"You will find out Nya." Nekra says leaving with Yuki and Safi.

 

[Commonnerfer]

"So, where to next?" Yuki asked.

"I don't know exactly, nya," Nekra replied when suddenly they heard a woman shout, "Cute!"

Nekra's head snapped up to see an elf directly in front of them, running towards them.

"Hi, nya?" Nekra said, confused.

"Can you sing?" the elf asked. Nekra nodded, and suddenly, all three of them found themselves being dragged towards a bar called "Butterflies of the Night."

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"How did we end up here, nya?" Nekra asked as all three of them were getting a makeover from the elves.

"I don't know, but I like this dress," Yuki said.

"There are bows on my tails, nya," Nekra observed.

"So, what do you want me to do?" Nekra asked.

"Well, can you sing up on our stage?" an elf asked.

"I guess, nya," Nekra said.

"Mommas, I can play an instrument," Safi said.

"Which one?" Yuki asked.

"A guitar," Safi replied.

"What is that?" Yuki asked.

"Okay, nya, here," Nekra said, pulling one out of seemingly nowhere, though she used a crafting skill to turn a log into one in her space magic.

=================

"You know what song to play, right, nya?" Nekra asked.

Safi nodded and started strumming the guitar.

[Welcome to the Universe (unplugged) - by Mega Nrg Man]

"This one's for you, Yuki, nya...

I can see the laser line
between your black-white eyes
tonight you get me to your dreams
come on, rock this night for real.

Moving on and sing this crazy song.
I feel that she'll blow my mind, by my side.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the universe.
Welcome to dream, welcome to my world
baby, you light my fire.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the universe.
Welcome to dream, welcome to my world,
welcome to the Universe.

Got the power of my soul,
this is my heartbeat for your love,
you get me to the game above
to the dance for love.

Moving on and singing this crazy song.
I feel that she'll blow my mind, by my side.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Universe.
Welcome to dreams, welcome to my world,
baby, you light my fire.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the universe.
Welcome to dream, welcome to my world,
welcome to the universe."

The guitar solo kicked in, and the song ended with all the elves in the establishment clapping. Suddenly, the door opened, and four dwarfs and a slime walked in.

(A/N: That sounds like the start of a joke, I know.)

"Oh, Kaijin! How nice to see you!" an elf said.

"""Welcome!"""

"Oh, how cute!" another elf shouted, running up to Rimuru.

"Hey! I had my eye on it first!" another elf protested.

Nekra just nodded at Safi as she began to play another song using her dragon body's speaker to cheat a bit.

[That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Opening]

"Something bigger than a tale of fiction that nobody knows.
I will write another page that doesn't have a name.

I looked above to see tomorrow shining with hope.
Don't know what it's called - I'm stuck in my dull routine.
That future taunts me with a life that I never have known.
Try to touch it, but it's just outta my reach.

Carving out the shapes that make the wishes in our hearts.
Stronger now, shout it loud, shout it proud - fly high!
Turning over to a side of fiction that no one knows.
I'll keep following this instinct till I've sprouted the skills to stay alive!

If the things that I'm feeling are real at all proving I was really alive all along.
Yeah again, and again, till I'm done.
I'm gonna name you all!

To the East, to the West, way up high.
Stand up to the period! Onward!"

Nekra started dancing again before the song continued.

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Several songs later

cough

"Yuki, nya, water please, nya," Nekra said, realizing her tick seemed to be worse from holding it back while singing.

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Rimuru's point of view.

'This place is amazing, all the elves. They even have a cat girl singing.'

(Sage: Warning, subject is dangerous.)

'Her? Really? She looks like a cute cat girl. What could she possibly be?' Rimuru thought just before he was pulled out of his thoughts.

"Mister slime, are you ready?" the dark-skinned elf said.

'Eh, yeah! Oh, wait, she meant fortune-telling.'

"So, what kind of reading can you do?" Rimuru asked.

"Well... what would you like?" she asked.

"How about the person he's destined to be with?" the elf with Rimuru in her lap suggested.

"Oh, that's a good idea!" the dark-skinned elf said.

"Alright, here I go!" she said, moving her hands over Rimuru like the slime was a crystal ball.

"Oh, I can't see anything," the dark-skinned elf said, and everyone else giggled.

"Alright, for real this time," she said, moving her hands over the crystal ball.

'Could there actually be a person I'm destined to be with? Maybe it's actually a slime I'm destined to be with.'

"Oh, I see something," the elf said.

Suddenly, there was the outline of a dragon before it changed to a woman with black hair.

'She sorta looked Japanese,' Rimuru thought.

"That was one pretty girl," Kaijin said.

'So, what was that about the cat girl?' Rimuru asked Great Sage when suddenly alcohol was poured on him.

"Oi! What was that for!" Rimuru said, not having heard any of the original conversation about magical sword delivery because he was distracted.

Kaijin suddenly stood up and punched Vesta.

"Nya? When did you two become enemies?" the mysterious cat girl asked.

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Nekra, after taking her sip of water, just took a break, sitting in an empty booth in Yuki's lap.

"I kinda wanna try that crystal ball thing, nya. But it's useless, nya," Nekra said.

"Why is that?" Yuki asked.

"Because Yuki is my destined one, nya," Nekra said, kissing her.

Meanwhile, up on stage, Safi was still playing music.

"Oh, it's Vesta, nya," Nekra said, seeing the man enter the bar.

"Kaijin, did you finish the delivery?" Vesta asked in an overly obnoxious way.

"Yes, I did. Do you wanna see the invoice?" Kaijin asked.

"Nya? I swore those two were friends ten years ago, nya," Nekra said, snuggling up against Yuki.

Nekra watched as Vesta poured alcohol on Rimuru.

"I should go say something," Nekra whispered, getting up.

"Nya? When did you two become enemies?" Nekra asked, appearing a foot away from where Vesta landed.

"It's you?" Vesta asked.

"I, nya. I haven't seen you in 10 years, and that's the first thing you say, nya?" Nekra asked.

Suddenly, guards stormed in and attempted to arrest everyone, but Vesta made a signal to stop when they went for Nekra, Yuki, and the elves. As for Safi, her passive charm mixed with her dragon intimidation kept most of the guards away from her, though they didn't know why.

 

[Commonnerfer]

Gazel's heart raced as he stood before the imposing entrance of the dungeon, his hands trembling with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. He had heard tales of the wonders and dangers that lay within, stories of ancient magic and untold treasures waiting to be discovered. Afterall his Sensi told him so, and what a better way was there to test ones skills than combat. The dungeon would certainly help him with that.
With a deep breath, Gazel stepped into the cool shadows of the dungeon, his senses immediately assaulted by the musty scent of damp earth and the eerie silence that hung heavy in the air. As he ventured deeper into the labyrinthine corridors, Gazel's footsteps echoed softly against the cold stone floor, the sound a constant reminder drowning out the eerie silence. Suddenly the echo of footsteps seemed to double up.

Spinning on his heel he was able to catch a blade swinging down towards his head in the corner of his eye, Instinctively, Gazel threw himself to the side, narrowly avoiding the deadly strike. His heart pounded in his chest as he scrambled to his feet, adrenaline coursing through his veins.

"So this must be one of those golems." Gazel mutters swinging his sword, the blade commencing a deadly arch slicing clear through the stone solder.

But before Gazel could catch his breath, another golem emerged from the shadows, its eyes glowing with malevolent intent as it lumbered towards him, and then another and another. Eventually looking around Gazel was fully surrounded by the golems.

With a surge of adrenaline coursing through his veins, Gazel let out a primal roar of determination, his voice echoing off the dungeon walls as he charged headlong into the fray. The remaining golems, undeterred by their fallen comrades, turned their attention to the young mage, their eyes glowing with renewed malice as they advanced.

As Gazel clashed with the golems, the air crackled with the sound of steel meeting stone. His sword flashed in the dim light, striking out with precision and speed as he sought to dismantle his stone adversaries one by one. Yet, for every golem he defeated, two more seemed to take its place, their numbers overwhelming and relentless.

Despite his best efforts, Gazel found himself pushed to the brink of exhaustion, his muscles burning with fatigue as he fought to keep the encroaching horde at bay. Sweat trickled down his brow, mingling with the dust and grime of the dungeon floor as he battled on, his breath coming in ragged gasps.

But even as his strength waned, Gazel refused to yield. With each swing of his sword and every thrust of his sword a golem was slain, although Gazel felt the toll of battle weighing heavily upon him. His limbs felt like lead, his breaths coming in shallow gasps as he struggled to keep pace with the relentless onslaught. The golems seemed to sense his weakening as they continued to arrive in an endless onslaught.

As Gazel struggled against the overwhelming onslaught of the golems, his mind racing with desperation, a sudden shift in the air caught his attention. Before he could fully comprehend what was happening, a cloaked figure descended from above, their cloak billowing dramatically as they landed almost soundlessly on the ground.

Gazel's eyes widened in astonishment as he beheld the mysterious newcomer, their presence both unexpected and strangely comforting amidst the chaos of battle. Without hesitation, the cloaked figure uttered a single word in a voice that carried a hint of magic and power.

"Chain Lightning, nya."

In an instant, bolts of crackling electricity erupted from the figure's outstretched hand, arcing through the air with lethal precision. Gazel watched in awe as the lightning danced between the golems, striking them down with a force that seemed almost otherworldly.

The golems faltered under the onslaught, their stone bodies crackling and sizzling as they succumbed to the powerful magic. Gazel exhausted fell to his knees his gaze on the figure.

"Please teach me!" Gazel shouts as darkness over takes him and he manages to catch a glimps of his saviors face.

 

[Commonnerfer]

Nekra is currently up in the stands, watching the sham trial as it unfolds.

"I will now state the verdict. The principal offender, Kaijin, is sentenced to 20 years of forced labor in the min-" However, the judge is cut off, and suddenly passes out. All of the guards in the room ready their spears.

"I was going to say 'wait a minute,' but it seems someone seems to have stepped in for me... Anyway, it's been awhile, Kaijin. Have you been well?" King Gazel asks.

Suddenly, everyone being judged drops to one knee.

"Yes, your majesty. I am relieved to find you in good health, as well," Kaijin answers.

"Kaijin, have you any interest in returning to my ranks?" Gazel asks.

There is a long awkward silence.

"Forgive me, your majesty, but I have already found my master. My sworn oath is my greatest treasure. I shall never part with this, even if it is under your order, your majesty," Kaijin says, glancing at Rimuru.

"Insolence!" A guard shouts before he, too, suddenly passes out.

"I see," Gazel says.

"I shall pass judgment. Kaijin and his companions are to be exiled. That concludes my verdict. Out of my sight at once," Gazel says as the group leaves the room. He seems a little sad.

"Now then, Vesta, is there anything you wish to say?" Gazel says.

"Y-your majesty... I... w-well..." Vesta stammers.

"It's unfortunate. I have lost a loyal retainer," Gazel says.

"How can you say such a thing, Kaijin? That man did not swear loyalty to you," Vesta says.

"Vesta..." Gazel says, glancing at a pillar.

"Teacher, you can come out now," Gazel says.

"Are you sure, nya? That was mildly infuriating, you know, nya. Your minister almost made an enemy even your country couldn't afford to make, nya," Nekra says, appearing.

"Do you understand now, Vesta? The retainer I lost was you," Gazel says.

"To think that small boy I taught so many years ago would become king, nya," Nekra says with Yuki and Safi standing behind her.

"Vesta... do you even understand the mistake you have made... if my teacher here says that, based on what she knows, then it's probably even more than me," Gazel says.

"Wait... you were..." Vesta says, recognizing Nekra from the dungeon and the bar.

"Gazel, you made the best possible choice. Once that slime forms a country, you could ally with it and get Kaijin and the three brothers' skills once again. Not to mention that country is going to be a technological powerhouse, nya," Nekra says.

"Ah, right... Teacher's skill. That slime must be destined for great things," Gazel says.

Nekra nods.

"You have no idea, nya," Nekra says as Vesta is escorted out.

"Wait, nya, explain the potion to him, nya," Nekra says.

"Oh? He plays an important role still? I guess my high hopes weren't too far off then," Gazel says as he pulls out a bottle.

"Vesta, do you know what this is in the bottle?" Gazel asks.

"It's a recovery potion, your majesty," Vesta says.

"No, it is a full potion, a draught of complete recovery, made from hipokute herbs," Gazel says.

"That isn't possible even with all of our technology. At most we could maybe get lucky and get a 98% recovery. How is this possible?" Vesta asks.

"We got it from that slime. Your actions have severely damaged our relationship with that slime... if it wasn't for my teacher here, I wouldn't even know it was salvageable for probably a long while," Gazel says.

"So tell me, Vesta, is there anything you wish to say?" Gazel says.

"I have nothing to say, your majesty," Vesta says as he slumps down, crying.

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After the room is cleared out.

"So, teacher... any advice?" Gazel asks Nekra.

"I still can't believe you became king," Yuki says.

"Well, I didn't expect to run into you two after the ogre dropped me off in front of the dungeon, telling me to get stronger after training me in the way of the sword," Gazel says with a slight laugh.

"Anyway, if you wanted advice, you are going to need to wait until after that slime kills the orc lord invading the forest soon, nya," Nekra says.

Gazel flinches. "An orc lord," he says.

"Yeah, nya, it's gathering its forces now. A demon lord got bored and wanted to make another demon lord, so it created a disaster orc lord, and well, I forget, nya," Nekra says with a head tilt.

"So after that?" Gazel asks.

"Nya, it is after that, that his goblin village becomes the capital of the Jura forest alliance, which is officiated by dryads," Nekra says.

Gazel just nods, knowing that whenever teacher talks, he gets a headache.

"Who's the other girl?" Gazel asks to distract her.

"Hi! I'm Safi! Momma's daughter," Safi says as she gets a head pat from Nekra, and Yuki smiles brilliantly.

"Congratulations, you two," Gazel says.

"She's not our biological daughter... wait, technically she is," Yuki says, going deep into thought.

"So what's with that dragon doll you're holding?" Gazel asks.

"Ah, this is my main body. I have to keep it close to maintain a human form," Safi says as the dragon waves one of its paws.

Gazel just feels the headache get even stronger.

"Are you a real dragon? If you don't mind me asking," Gazel says.

"Yes and no, I'm a fully magically mechanical dragon," Safi says.

Gazel looks at his teacher.

"What wouldn't I give to have you as one of my scientists," Gazel says, looking at Nekra.

"I plan on working with the slime in the future, nya. With your alliance, you should share technology, nya," Nekra says.

"Really! Maybe I can finally have a, what was it called, a Silhouette Knight," Gazel says.

He may have seen some anime.

 

[Commonnerfer]

Yuki expresses her confusion, "I still don't understand why you are doing this," she says.

"Because it broke," Nekra replies.

"What broke?" Safi inquires.

"Don't act like you don't know, Safi nya. Can you please refrain from using my sword as a toothpick next time nya," Nekra requests as she begins to melt down her gladius.

"But it worked," Safi counters with a smile.

"What did you have stuck between your teeth nya? You don't need to eat," Nekra questions.

"Rust... yes, rust," Safi admits.

Nekra eyes her skeptically.

"Do I want to know, dear daughter nya?" Nekra asks.

Safi shakes her head no.

Nekra nods.

"Well, nya, I'm going to be in the workshop for a while nya," Nekra says, closing the door.

"So, what do you want to do now, Momma Yuki?" Safi asks.

In truth Yuki had grown taller as well. It was an over night thing much like Nekra, although they were not 6ft tall Yuki stood at a comfortable 5' 7" while Nekra was a little shorter being 5' 2" which was just ever so slightly shorter than the female adventurers.

"We could always go terrorize some adventurers," Yuki suggests.

"Those three look like good targets," Safi says, eyeing a ninja, a female mage, and a male swordsman. They're the Kaval party.

"Seems good," Yuki agrees as Safi suddenly teleports into the room in front of them before increasing the size of her dragon body.

"Why didn't we take that quest to the Jura forest again?" Eren asks.

"Because we could just kill a few iron golems and get a lot more money," Gido reasons.

Kaval opens the door to see a giant dragon.

"Welcome, humans. Do you wanna have a bad time?" Safi asks as several dragon-like heads float behind her, charging some sort of energy attack.

Eren closes the massive iron door extremely quickly.

"So, Jura forest?" Gido suggests.

The other two nod as they start to run back towards the entrance.

"So I really can't get you to enter the dungeon again?" Fuze asks.

"Not in a million years," Shizue says.

"Guild leader! We will take that Jura forest quest!" Eren shouts, bursting into the office still shaking with slight fear.

"Really? Well, I was about to give it to..." Fuze starts.

"Shizu," Shizue interjects.

"Shizu here," Fuze confirms.

Why the flame monarch wants to hide her rank and importance is not something he would understand although maybe in a few years he would.

"Can we will do it with you? Please, we don't wanna go back into the dungeon," Gido adds.

Shizue looks at all of them and nods in understanding.

"Joint quest then?" Shizue proposes.

Fuze just sighs. How is the dungeon that scary? Just don't go near the dragon and you're good.
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Nekra's workshop was a chaotic scene of bubbling crucibles and scattered tools, each surface bearing the marks of her fervent endeavors.

"So many choices nya," Nekra mutters amidst the organized chaos, her brow furrowed in concentration, as she meticulously tended to the various crucibles scattered across the workshop. Each crucible contained a different ore, ranging from mundane metals to rare, otherworldly alloys.

"So I need to go with an alloy nya," Nekra continued, her tone thoughtful as she considered her options. "Let's stick to mythical metal as well nya."

he carefully inserted the ingot into one of the crucibles, the molten metal accepting it eagerly as she surveyed the workshop. Her hand remained submerged in the crucible, holding down the metal bar which wished to float atop the adamantium goblin silver being a much lighter metal.

Nekra watched the enchanted steal refuse to yield to the searing heat of the crucible although her hand was much the same way holding the bar down unprotected. However, the fact that the bar was not melting was an annoyance.

"This could be an issue nya," Nekra mutters.
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Several days later.

Yuki and Safi were sitting in the "living room" discussing defense strategy to defend the dungeon.
"What kind of sword do you think she is making?" Safi asks.

"I don't know, it's probably something insane," Yuki says as they are watching Fate/Stay Night.

"I'm done nya!" Nekra shouts as she comes out holding a sword which seems to be glowing with magical power.

"That sword feels dangerous," Safi says and Yuki nods.

"Of course it is, I also had to make it a gladius like my other sword. I also made a shield to go along with it nya," Nekra says, pulling out a vibranium shield.
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The Great Jura Forest sprawled across the landscape like a verdant tapestry woven by the hands of nature herself. Towering ancient trees, their gnarled branches reaching towards the heavens, formed a dense canopy overhead, casting dappled shadows upon the forest floor below.

It was in this seemingly peaceful environment that a should rang out.

"Why are there so many ants!" Eren shouts.

"Just keep running," Gido advises.

Kaval nods along as Shizue is doing amazing acrobatic maneuvers behind them, slaying the killer ants as they got to close.

After what felt like hours running the ants eventually stopped giving chase the last of which having just been slain.

The party stops running. "Well done," Eren says to Shizue.

Suddenly, the ant that was thought dead in a burst of energy rises from the ground too close to use any large AOE attacks and it would catch them if they tried to run.

Shizue gets in a battle stance falling to her knees only to realize that she has hit her limit.

As she collapses, a black bolt of lightning descends from the sky and strikes the ant durning it to dust.

 

[Commonnerfer]

"Nya? Sage, what do you think of my weapon, nya?" Nekra inquires, referencing a skill she rarely utilizes.

(Sage: Skill is Great Sage. Please stop referring to me as Sage.)

"Nya?! When did that happen?" Nekra asks, shocked.

(Great Sage: When you became a demon lord. Your knowledge skill also became omniscient.) the robotic voice responds, less enthused.

"Nya?! Knowledge could evolve!" Nekra shouts, surprised.

(Great Sage: Maybe you should turn notifications on.) Sage says sarcastically.

"Nekra, shush. Safi is sleeping," Yuki interjects, cuddling with the cat girl a bit more and pulling Nekra into her embrace.

Both eventually drift off to sleep.

Meanwhile, in the Jura Forest, an epic battle unfolds between a fire spirit and a slime, giant pillars of flame shooting up into the air.

"That cat girl was right... maybe the slime can be trusted," Treyni muses, watching cautiously from far back in the treeline.

The next day arrives.

"Oh no, I overslept, nya," Nekra exclaims before realizing Shizue has passed peacefully. Saving her would've been a bit mean; she deserved to rest and did not need to fight any longer.

"So you didn't get to add another member to Uncle Veldora's harem?" Yuki teases.

"Shush! He doesn't know about that yet, nya," Nekra responds.

"I mean, all the girls that are with Auntie Rimuru... I wonder what they will do when they find out Rimuru's gender," Yuki ponders.
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Meanwhile, on the next day...

"I finally got a human form..." Rimuru starts before suddenly going silent.

Rimuru turned and lookt towards the mirror "W-what!" Rimuru exclaims, turning back into the round ball via mimicry.

'I need clothes,' Rimuru thinks.

"Rimuru-sama, are you okay!? We heard yelling," Rigurd asks as he bursts through the tent.

"All is fine Rigurd," Rimuru responds
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"These clothes seem fine," Rimuru says as they stare into the full body mirror wearing a massive blue coat.

"Maybe I should go for a walk in the forest," Rimuru suggests.

"Ah, I will go check out the old cave," Rimuru says, hitting their fist into the palm of their hand.

With that they made their way out of the new home, the village was making progress however it was slow with how little workers they had.


The Jura forest suddenly swallowed the sky as Rimuru left the clearing that the village called home, the canopy shading the path Rimuru walked for a while, the forest enveloping them in its tranquil embrace. The path meandered through the ancient trees, their gnarled branches reaching out like protective arms overhead. Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy, casting shifting patterns of light and shadow on the forest floor.

As Rimuru continued on their journey, a strange sensation began to prick at the edges of their consciousness. It was a subtle tingling, a faint whisper of magic.

"What in the world is that? Great Sage, any clue?" Rimuru asks turning towards the feeling.

Meanwhile, out in the Jura Forest...

"This place is nice," Safi remarks.

Suddenly, a bush rustles, and a short girl? with blue hair steps out.

"Uh, hi. Are you lost, little girl?" Rimuru asks Safi.

"I don't think so?" Safi responds with a head tilt.

"Well, you can't be in this forest alone. Why don't you come with me?" Rimuru offers.

"Sure!" Safi says with an excited smile.

(Great Sage: Charm resisted.)

'I'm sorry, what was that, Sage?' Rimuru thinks, still captivated by Safi's cute face.

"Nekra, wake up! Safi is gone!" Yuki shouts, no longer feeling their daughter's presence in the dungeon.

"Nya! We need to go find her, nya," Nekra says, her eyes snapping awake.

 

[Commonnerfer]

Rimuru was stuck in thought wondering where the lost girl had come from when the slime heard Gobuta scream off in the distance, it did not sound good. Said scream was shortly followed by a communication from Ranga.

"I gotta go, are you coming?" Rimuru asks the girl, noticing she's holding what appears to be a dragon plushie.

Both of them start running through the forest, eager to catch up to the goblin hunting party.

Rimuru remains disguised with the mask.

As they arrive in a clearing, Safi mutters, "A samurai?" but her voice carries.

"I'm gonna die!" Gobuta exclaims, his fear palpable.

"Quiet down, it's not that deep of a cut," Rimuru reassures, healing him and the other goblins.

Glancing briefly at Safi, Rimuru's senses pick up on a sudden surge of hostile intent behind them. Without hesitation, they pivot, just in time to witness the clash between Ranga and two more ogres, their weapons meeting Ranga mid air.

Rimuru ran forwards to help when a barrier of blazing blue flames erupts around the ogres, encasing them in a protective shield.

"Hi?" Safi says, having snuck up on the one wearing a pink kimono.

The girl jumps in fright and the barrier falls.

"Master, sorry this happened while I was here," Ranga says to Rimuru.

Meanwhile, the sound of metal creaking and clanking is heard, causing Safi to shudder.

They look over to see a purple-haired ogre wielding her mace against Rigur, whose sword snaps under the assault.

"That's actually scary," Safi remarks.

"Rimuru-sama, I'm sorry," Rigur says as he collapses, about to be finished off by the mace.

"Don't worry, leave it to me," Rimuru says, swiftly binding the purple-haired Ogre in wires and administering some healing potion to Rigur.

"So, why are you all fighting?" Safi asks, while the pink-haired girl stares her down.

"Oi, I'm sorry, I don't know what my people did," Rimuru says, while the two girls continue their standoff.

Safi just smiles at the pink-haired one.

"Would you be willing to talk this out?" Rimuru asks.

"Show us who you really are, evil Majin!" the soon-to-be Benimaru shouts out.

"Hey, what did you just call me?" Rimuru asks, genuinely confused.

"Enslaving monsters is not a feat any human can accomplish," the redhead asserts.

"B-brother!" the pink-haired one shouts.

He turns around to see Safi standing right behind him.

"Hi," Safi says.

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"Where the hell is Safi!" Yuki shouts, her concern evident.

"Did we ever teach her stranger danger, nya?" Nekra asks.

Yuki pales slightly.

"Safi was kidnapped!" Yuki shouts, immediately assuming the worst.

"I got it, I will teleport myself to her, nya," Nekra says, charging magical power in a panic.

=====================================

Safi was standing besides Rimuru
"Hey, listen, guys..." Rimuru begins, attempting to diffuse the tension.

"We have no intention of listening to you. That mask tells us everything we need to know," the redheaded ogre retorts.

"The mask? Wait a minute! Aren't you making some kind of mistake?" Rimuru asks, puzzled by the accusation.

Suddenly, a sword is drawn and pointed at them, while one of them tries to take Safi hostage. However, Safi surprises everyone by transforming into particles of what seems to be dust in her captor's hands, only to reform elsewhere with her dragon plushie by her side.

"Eh?" Future Shione shouts in shock.

'Is she also a slime with a human form? No, that doesn't make sense,' Rimuru ponders.

"Ranga, take care of the pink one, but don't kill her," Rimuru whispers to the ogre.

"Right," Ranga acknowledges.

Suddenly, there's a burst of magic power in the ground in front of them.

"Oh no, mom's coming," Safi says, realizing she snuck out.

A cat girl appears, wearing a white dress, her two tails swaying behind her.

"Nya, Safi, what are you doing here?" Nekra asks, sweeping the girl up in her arms.

"I was exploring and ran into Auntie Rimuru," Safi says with a smile.

"sigh You go out, you need to tell me or Yuki, okay?" Nekra scolds gently, before the two of them disappear from their spot.

"She was strong..." the redheaded ogre remarks.

"It was her again?" Rimuru questions, having seen that cat girl too many times for it to be a coincidence.

"Are we calmed down?" Rimuru inquires.

The redheaded ogre nods, having lost all intent to fight when Nekra showed up and then disappeared.

'Why did she call me Auntie Rimuru?' Rimuru wonders.

(Great Sage: Answer, I cannot tell you. Never mind.)

'Wait, why?' Rimuru asks.

(Great Sage: I was specifically told not to, I was even bribed, would you believe it?) The Great Sage says, with a voice that sounds similar to abridged Alucard.

"Don't you ever go wandering off again," Yuki says, hugging Safi tightly the moment Nekra brings her home.

 

[Commonnerfer]

"Are you ready to watch a war, nya?" Nekra asks as she sits at the dungeon computer.

"Mom, can I go help them?" Safi asks.

"It's fine, nya. They won't need help, nya," Nekra says.

Meanwhile, on the screen, Gabiru is seen leading lizards poorly.

"He really can't fight, nya," Nekra comments, observing the screen.

On another window, Rimuru is seen on Ranga riding into battle.

"Fine, nya," Nekra says, standing up.

"What?" Safi asks.

"I'm going to go help them, nya," Nekra says.

"The lizards?" Safi asks.

"Nyo, just watch the monitors," Nekra says as she disappears.

Meanwhile, a group rushes through the forest on wolfback.

"Stop!" Rimuru shouts, sensing something approaching. All wolves halt as a cat girl appears in front of them.

"It's the same cat girl I've seen everywhere. Is she stalking me?" Rimuru wonders.

"Hello, nya. Do you want any help, nya? You could imagine my surprise when I found out this war was another demon lord encroaching on my territory, nya," Nekra says.

'She's a demon lord? Her territory? I thought the dryads and Veldora ran the forest,' Rimuru thinks.

"I will take all the help I could get," Rimuru says after pondering for a moment.

"Great, nya. Let's go," Nekra says.

"Are you going to hop on a wolf?" Rimuru asks, confused.

"It's fine, nya. I can run," Nekra says.

'She's keeping up with the wolves!' Rimuru thinks, astonished as he watches Nekra lightly jogging next to them.

"So, you met Treyna?" Nekra asks.

'Oh my god, she says nya! I just realized that's so cute!' Rimuru thinks.

"'Rimuru-sama, wait a minute,'" Souei says through telepathy.

'What's up, Souei?' Rimuru replies.

"Is that he should've saved some for us," Gobuta says.

"That's quite a few dead orcs, nya. Shame it's an army of 200,000, nya," Nekra says.

Gobuta immediately draws a large breath.

"Souei is impressive though," Rimuru says.

"Of course, nya. You named him, nya," Nekra says with a cute smile that reveals her fangs.

The crickets chirp, filling the silent battleground.

"She's gravely injured," Souei says.

"Ah, ninja found a girl, nya," Nekra says, teasing him.

"Wait, where did you come from?" Souei asks as Rimuru tends to the lizard girl's wounds.

"From my mother of course nya?" Nekra answers with a head tilt.

"My wound!? I thought it was fatal? Who are you?" the chieftain's daughter asks.

"I'm Rimuru Tempest," Rimuru says.

"Please save my father, the Lizardmen chieftain, and my brother Gabiru," she asks.

"Do we have to save Gabiru? Well, he would make a good court jester, nya," Nekra says.

"Why do you say that?" Rimuru asks.

"His jokes piss everyone off, nya," Nekra says.

"So, you're Gabiru's sister?" Rimuru asks.

"I'm going to continue on ahead, nya," Nekra says, disappearing.

Nekra arrives to see an army of lizards being decimated by orcs.

"They don't even know proper battle tactics, nya," Nekra says, watching disappointed.

"Twenty legions ought to do, nya," Nekra says, putting her hand on the ground and channeling her magicules.

"Face the might of the Roman Empire, NYA!!!!!" Nekra shouts, and suddenly, 120,000 golem soldiers rise from the ground.

"Whoo rah!!!" Nekra shouts, and the soldiers respond with a cry reminiscent of the Germanic tribes.

"March, nya!" Nekra shouts as the golems rush in.

Eventually, Rimuru and his small group of goblin riders arrive to see D-rank stone and dirt golems fighting off C-rank orcs with proper war tactics.

"What am I watching? Is that Roman war tactics?" Rimuru asks.

"Yes, nya. It's about 20 Roman legions too, nya," Nekra says, appearing behind them.

"Do you want me to call them back so your group can bombard them?" Nekra asks, since the lizards have already been covered for a retreat.

"That would be great," Rimuru says.

"You heard him, men, nya! Shields up!" Nekra shouts.

Suddenly, all the soldiers form a turtle formation as they retreat.

"Wait... you're from Earth?" Rimuru asks.

"You are looking at the Legatus of IV Roman Legions the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Although you may call me Kommandant. " Nekra states

"Oh..." Rimuru says

"I know what anime is though, I can thank the gods who reincarnated me for that nya." Nekra says her eyes shining.

"Yes! We have cookies as well as anime." Rimuru says

"Yes welcome to the dark side nya." Nekra says

"You know star wars too?" Rimuru asks

"What's Starwars?" Nekra asks

Suddenly a flash drive falls on Nekra's head again with a note saying that not knowing Starwars is an issue that must be fixed.

 

[Commonnerfer]

It was a day after the Orcs' defeat.

"Chairman Rimuru Tempest, please begin the conference," Treyni announces, but Rimuru remains silent.

Seeing the hesitation, Nekra steps in. "That was a fast war, nya," she comments, taking a seat next to where Treyni was standing. "So... all in favor of making Rimuru our conference leader, say I, nya."

"I," Treyni says.

"I," the lizard chieftain follows.

"I," several of the orcs echo.

"Of course, I," Benimaru adds.

"Nya, I," Nekra chimes in.

"What! But you're the demon lord!" Rimuru interjects, surprised at Nekra's candidacy.

"Correction, I am a demon lord, but that doesn't mean I want to govern. Even older sister Milim doesn't govern her territories, nya," Nekra explains.

Treyni nods in understanding.

Before the conference begins, Rimuru wishes to share the information gathered. Everyone looks at the slime in anticipation as Rimuru conveys the cause for the Orc uprising and their current situation. Tears are shed by some orc representatives as they listen to Rimuru, expecting harsh punishment.

Following Rimuru's explanation, the discussion shifts to confirming casualties, demands for reparations, and fair compensation. As the conference progresses, Rimuru proves adept at handling the discourse, impressing Nekra with her diplomatic skills.

Eventually, Rimuru concludes her thoughts on pursuing the discussion about the orcs' sins, continuing the alliance with the Lizardmen, and inviting the orcs to join the alliance. "And those are my thoughts. I bet you have many things you want to say, but know this: I will not permit any punishment to befall the orcs. That is because I have thus promised to Orc Disaster. I will bear all their sins. If you got something to complain about, let me hear it!" Rimuru declares.

The orcs stare at Rimuru in amazement, while the Head poses a question about the necessity of an alliance now that the war has ended.

"That's an easy question, nya," Nekra interjects. "Humans are stupid. Once they find out about how we killed an orc lord, they will send their armies after us, nya. I should know; I have had to fight a few armies in the past, nya."

The lizard head questions further, "Why are the orcs joining?"

"Labor, nya... Rimuru only has a few wolves and like 60 goblins, do you have any clue how understaffed she is, nya? Not to mention orcs are strong, especially High orcs after they get named, nya," Nekra responds, looking at the lizard chief as if he's an idiot.

""Uh... She?" Rimuru asked, his voice betraying a mix of surprise and uncertainty.

Nekra's head whipped back over to the slime, her expression registering confusion and surprise. "What nya?"

"I'm not a she. I am a slime who doesn't have a gender, and even still, I prefer being male," Rimuru stated firmly, his tone carrying a hint of frustration at the persistent misgendering.

Nekra's head seemed to stall for a moment, her features reflecting a blend of realization and bewilderment. The realization that she had been unintentionally misgendering Rimuru for centuries seemed to hit her all at once.

"You're not?" Nekra asked, her voice tinged with uncertainty and a touch of embarrassment.

"No," Rimuru stated, his voice carrying a sense of resolution as he reaffirmed his gender identity.

"Nya," Nekra muttered, sitting back down with a perplexed expression, her confusion palpable in the air.

"Any way, where were we in this peace disucussion?" Rimuru asks turning back to find everyone staring at him.

"What?" Rimuru asks

"You're not a slime girl?" Benimaru asks his voice tinged with dissapointment.

"Slime girl? What the hell is a slime girl?" Rimuru asks