Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (LN) - Volume 20 Chapter 1.8

Before Gobta’s eyes, Peliod was transformed beautifully.

Although she had always had an unusual and beautiful appearance, now Peliod is transformed into a mysterious and beautiful woman in everyone’s eyes.

No, it is not a change but an evolution.

Peliod’s scars accumulated from the battle have been torn open, and a beautiful woman with beautiful ‘skin’ has emerged from under the scars.

“How do you do? I am Peliod, queen of the bugs.

Even her speech had become fluent.

It was obvious that she had become a supernatural being, different from the ones she had been fighting.

It was no wonder.

This Peliod was the vice king of the Insectar and the female emperor who truly rules the Insect General.

Now that she had revealed herself, Gobta’s chances of victory were as good as lost.

“You’ve got to be kidding me, really…”

Gobta muttered his true feelings.

It’s not like we’re getting stronger or anything. This is not the time to say that we should be stronger.

Ranga nodded his head in agreement.

What are you going to do then?

Gobta asked Ranga in return, and Ranga seemed to be at a loss for words. But then, as if he had made up his mind, he spoke his mind.

We have no choice but to run away. Gobta, you also feel he is dangerous, don’t you?

Gobta is stumped by the blunt answer.

No, I think so… but I don’t think it’s a good idea to escape by ourselves…’ he says.

Gobta, too, thinks Ranga is right.

Peliod, who had been fighting earlier, might have had a chance to win depending on the way they fought. But now, there is no chance at all.

So much so that the current Peliod has an overwhelming presence.

She calls herself a queen, and she is beyond the power of all Insect Generals. Yes, she is even superior to Zess, the head of the Insect General that Carrera is dealing with.

Ranga and Gobta sensed it correctly.

Even if they fought, they would lose.

However, they did not want to be the only ones to escape.

If they ran away, they would not be able to show their faces to their friends.

If it is hell to go, it is also hell to escape. But there was no time to worry.

“Shut up! We may look different, but we’re still going to do the same thing.

Karion was the first one to make a move, shouting “I don’t care if I look different, I’m still going to do the same thing!

Karion chose the Burst Roar, his best special move. Without thinking of what would happen later, he unleashed his versatile diffuse-focused particle cannon without hesitation.

Karion’s body transformed into a particle with a will and approached Peliod, who stood tall.

For a moment, an instant. Peliod does not move.

It is not that he cannot move.

“No, you idiot…”

He doesn’t even need to move.

Peliod’s breath had turned into a poisonous mist that clung to Karion in the form of particles. Peliod’s breath turned into a poisonous mist that clung to Karion as he turned into a particle, and then drained him of his kinetic energy, rendering him immobile.

However, Frey did not expect Karion’s defeat at this point. He flew away from Karion’s attack as a distraction and landed behind Peliod.

And here was Frey’s trick.

“I’m going to block your movement,” he declared.

he declared right after he grabbed Peliod with “Garuda Claw”.

Frey’s ‘Magic Interference’ is effective to the ultimate realm of divinity. Its power is so strong that it can block Adalmann’s ‘Necronomicon’, and with her ‘Garuda Claw’, she can kill any opponent. She can block the ability of any opponent with her “Garuda Claw”.

-No, she should have.

Peliod smiles, even though he is in a tight spot.

And then he says.

“It’s sad. My children were defeated by someone of this caliber.”

“What?”

Frey asks, but is immediately silenced by a hard blow to the abdomen.

“Huh, huh ? ”

Despite his startled expression and bleeding, Frey follows his instinct and removes his hand from Peliod’s. That saved his life.

This saved Frey’s life.

If he had believed in the Garuda Claw, the next blow from Peliod would have killed him.

“I see, you have good intuition. The claws made me a little weak, but I could have killed him with two blows. But it makes sense now. You were experienced in combat, not in strength. Then, my children’s honor will be a little better restored.

Peliod sings as if he were singing.

“I can’t believe… that you could so easily disable my claws. You’re an unbelievable monster!”

Frey is now convinced, too.

Like Gobta and Ranga, this would be the place to die.

The same is true for Karion, who is lying on the ground.

Karion is so exhausted that he cannot even make a sound, and he is unable to even try to fight back. In this situation, he has no choice but to run away.

(Hey, I don’t mean Frey’s words, but I didn’t expect him to be such a monster…)

I regretted that I had not seen it at the beginning of the battle.

(Well, even if I had seen it, what does it matter?)

Karion says to himself.

Come to think of it, I should have been more careful when he threw Carrera’s “Abyss Annihilation” back at me.

It was the fault of all of us who were present that we thought that she was a mid-range and long-range magician.

(But I can’t believe Milim didn’t notice it either…why didn’t he move? No, I see… Insect Lord Zelanus is a much more dangerous opponent…)

A chill ran down Karion’s back.

Then he remembered the battle with Milim.

The reason why Milim, who seems to be an absolute being, does not move even in this crisis. It was obvious that the Insect Lord Zelanus was the reason, which meant that we could not expect any help from Milim.

(Is that so, damn you! Then this war…)

It would be a disservice to our friends to even think about it from that point on. Karion thinks so and starts to think about what he can still do to help.

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Frey is seriously injured, though not as badly as Karion.

Frey’s and Peliod’s gazes cross.

Frey is prepared to die.

Since Peliod is the absolute leader of this place, no one can stop her. If that is the case, Peliod should kill the weakest one. Because Frey would definitely do so.

(I’m sorry, Karion. I wanted to know more about you… but it seems I’m done here.)

Frey made up his mind and prepared himself to at least take one last shot.

But then, a man stood in front of Frey.

This man, Midley, confronts Peliod to protect Frey.

“Oh, so that’s how it is. The purpose of the special ‘Barrier’ that has been spreading around the battlefield is to collect the energy of your dead comrades for you?”

“Not only to collect. I, on the other hand, want more power so that I can give birth to stronger children.”

Peliod answered with a smile as he looked at Midley.

That was enough of an answer for Midley, and he knew that he had to get rid of Peliod.

(If we let him go, we are sure to create many more monsters like the Insect General that we have just defeated. The problem is that we are the ones who want to escape.)

Midley’s eyes still had hope in them.

“Then, let’s defeat me first!”

He declared, and took a deep-crouching posture.

He shifted his center of gravity to his right foot and lightly moved his left foot forward. At the same time, he clenches his right fist and squeezes it at the waist, and holds his left hand out in front of him as a check against Peliod.

The next moment, he exploded his power starting from the tiptoe of his left foot, and his body was a cannonball.

Then, from the thrust with all his might, he released a mass of fighting energy in the shape of a fist.

“Dragon Fang Holy Fist!”

He unites the energy of the earth with his own fighting spirit, which runs through his body from his toes to converge into a fist. Then he unleashes this special move – “Dragonic Canon”.

He does not spare any energy, but uses all his strength, and even the energy of the earth is combined with it. It is a blow tinged with divinity, powerful enough to be used against superior opponents.

This was the profound essence of Midley, the greater chaos spirit “Ryu majin”.

Unfortunately, Peliod could not understand it.

“That’s an interesting move. If you learn this, your children will become stronger.

With a laugh, he easily deploys a magic circle to manipulate space and obliterate the Dragonic Canon.

However, this is just as Midley expected.

In fact, Midley did not think that this would be the end of the game from the beginning, and his role was a decoy.

And of course, it was Gobta who struck the real blow.

Don’t forget me! I’ll take this too ! I’ll take this one too!

Gobta jumped out of Midley’s shadow, and at the right moment, he performed the “Apocalypse Howling”.

However, that did not work either.

Peliod was unfazed and deployed another magic circle at the same time to eliminate “Apocalypse Howling” as well.

It was a complete surprise attack using Midley as a decoy, but it did not reach Peliod.

However, there was still a glimmer of hope in the faces of Midley and Gobta.

Here was another true contender who had finally made his move.

Who else but Obera could have done it.

“You’re so proud of yourself, you little bug!

While Peliod’s attention was drawn to Midley and Gobta, Obera was preparing a deadly attack. He unleashed his second “Planetes Booming” of the day.

Unlike Midley and Karion, Obera’s existence value is comparable to that of Peliod. Therefore, the attack would not have been safe even for Peliod – no, no. “Zalario is also a wise man.

“Zalario was a wise man, and I knew you would be one of them.

“What ? “Oh my God!

You’re lying…

I didn’t expect this.

Everything was in the palm of Peliod’s hand.

And there was no time for despair.

“I’ll pay you back.”

Peliod told me with a smile.

The intent was revealed by a shower of meteorites falling from the heavens. Peliod had diverted the power of Midley’s three special moves and spread them over the battlefield.

It was a devilish act.

It was a tyranny that took lives of both friend and foe alike.

“Chi!”

Midley glances up at the heavens in panic.

“Everybody, prepare for impact!”

Gobta, being Gobta, warns his friends of the danger via ‘Telepathy Net’.

Obera calmly slashes at Peliod.

He intends to kill Peliod in close combat, since he cannot use magic or emission techniques.

Peliod frowns at this.

As a matter of fact, there is not that much difference between Obera and Peliod in their overall combat abilities. Peliod’s ‘Spatial Domination’ gives him an absolute advantage over mid- to long-range fighters, but he is not that good in close combat, as evidenced by his failure to finish off Esprit and the others.

The plan was to gain a psychological advantage over Obera and overwhelm him. Yet, Obera was not afraid of having his special attack broken.

Obera was also a fierce fighter who had experienced fighting against cryptids. Having suffered from troublesome opponents with various characteristics, she was not fazed by a few things.

Although Obera’s attitude was a miscalculation, Peliod’s advantage remained the same. By sprinkling death on the battlefield, all the energy of the battlefield becomes Peliod’s power.

（But, isn’t it strange? I was able to recover the power of my children, but not the rest…)

Peliod looked around the battlefield with this question in his mind, and then he realized that he had made a second miscalculation.

The enemy force, that is, Milim’s army, was protected by Geld and his men.

“Don’t give up. As long as we are here, no one will be killed!”

Geld’s strong and reliable voice echoed across the battlefield.

Ow!”

The legionnaires led by Geld are also pushing themselves to meet the legionnaire’s expectations.

Even if their shields are shattered and their armor is lost. Their strong bodies were filled with strength to protect the others from the falling meteors.

And that’s not all.

The demons under Carrera’s command were also active.

Restoration magic flew over the battlefield, healing the wounded soldiers. And then…

“Hey, hey, you’ve got a lot more work to do!

one of the devil chevalier, with such a lighthearted remark, exercised the god’s miracle: Resurrection. By believing in Rimuru, they had even learned to resurrect the dead. Even if their bodies were shattered, their souls would be retrieved by the demons and resurrected at a later date.

The morale of Milim’s army remained high because even the dead could come back to life, albeit with a time limit. Everyone was facing this challenge head-on in order to accomplish the mission with all their might.

Peliod was the first one to become upset when he realized this.

“The dead are coming back to life? There is even such a secret technique in this world…” Peliod muttered in surprise.

Obera explains to Peliod, cowering her shoulders.

Obera explains with a cowering shoulder. It was supposed to be forbidden, but it was so widespread that it was irreversible.

In fact, Obera was also astonished when she found out about this. I was told this story in the strategy meeting, and I wanted to look up to the heavens and say, “No way!

But it is too late now.

Since this secret technique has already spread so widely that it cannot be recovered, it would be more constructive to make effective use of it. Obera decided that it would be the right thing to accept it, since it would reduce the rate of loss on the battlefield to as close to zero as possible.

Therefore, Obera also predicted this situation to some extent. They did not expect that their own techniques would be repelled, but the damage was only done by the enemy’s bugs. It was unfortunate that the energy was concentrated on Peliod, but considering that Peliod was the only enemy left, the situation did not seem that bad.

“Now, you must be prepared. From now on, it’s time for a one-sided hunt.”

Hunting down and killing prey is Obera’s specialty. Obera’s face is even beginning to show a smile, as he has always been leading a group battle with a superior opponent in mind.

“What are your instructions, Master Strategist?”

Midley was also relieved that the damage to the battlefield was minimal. He had not expected destruction on that scale, but he was happy to see that Geld and his team had escaped the disaster.

With his fears over, he gladly joined Obera’s command.

I don’t have any objection either!

Gobta was on board.

Against a strong opponent like Peliod, they would have no chance to win if they did not cooperate with each other. It was difficult for them to get along with each other on the spur of the moment without any training, so they decided to join Obera’s command.

Thus, Obera, Midley, Gobta & Ranga, and Peliod were pitted against each other. However, another intruder appeared.

“Mother. Grant me the honor of crushing your enemies!”

Mujika, who had left Geld behind, dug her way through the ground and jumped out.

The score is now three against two, but the numbers can change.

“Don’t forget about me too!”

“Me too. I hope you don’t think that was the end of it.

Karion and Frey, healed by Geld who had arrived on the scene, stand up, though still wounded to the bone. Their wounds are visibly healed, but they have not regained their lost strength. They could not perform any major moves when they were out of gas, but they were determined to do more than nothing.

“I’m here too!

Geld is also in high spirits.

The score was now six to two.

Gobua and the Beastketeers are on the battlefield, dealing with the remnants of the bugs. Either way, Peliod is not a force to be reckoned with, so it seems safe to assume that those who have gathered here are the total force.

Even in front of the assembled warriors, Peliod smiles bewitchingly.

“It’s a wonderful body. Yes, it is. We will use you to create stronger children.

This confident statement in front of Obera and the others.

And on that basis…

“Restorative life.”

Peliod was able to use his stored energy to strengthen the children he had created.

This, of course, only applies to those who are still alive. However, Zess and Mujika were still alive and well on this battlefield.

Here and now, with two super warriors as her escorts, the queen, the wife of Insect Lord Zelanus, has revealed her true nature.