"Yes, but can we just leave like this?" Looking at the barrier around them, Tsumugi asked doubtfully.
"Not sure, let me try." Hearing her words, Takeru promptly created a Gate and released a Shadow Clone through it. The clone quickly reached outside the barrier and then dissipated. Takeru sensed no danger.
Clearly, this protective barrier was meant to safeguard them, not restrict them.
"It's fine. Let's leave directly." The reason for this was mainly that Takeru didn't intend to interact with these people, even though they had been assigned to the same world.
"Okay." Hearing Takeru's words, Tsumugi understood his intent and quickly nodded.
Then, Takeru directly took Tsumugi and disappeared from the spot, reappearing outside the circle. Looking at the two, Takeru thought for a moment and used Transformation Technique to change his appearance.
"Huh, Takeru, do... do I need to change my appearance too?" Seeing Takeru transform into a different look, Tsumugi asked nervously.
"No, it's not necessary. There's someone over there I've met once. I'm not sure if he remembers me, but I'd rather he didn't recognize me." Hearing Tsumugi's words, Takeru directly said.
"Is that so?" Hearing Takeru's words, Tsumugi replied blankly.
"Yes. Well, since we're here, let's first enter this Dwargon and gather some information about this world." Looking at the somewhat nervous Tsumugi, Takeru directly changed the subject.
"Yes." Hearing this, Tsumugi had no objections and followed Takeru, starting to queue at the end of the line.
While Takeru and Tsumugi were queuing, the two protected by the light barrier slowly regained consciousness. Noticing only each other around them, they were somewhat surprised but didn't pay it much attention. They directly greeted each other… apparently, they knew one another.
Seeing this, Takeru didn't pay much attention either and quietly queued with Tsumugi to enter the city.
As time passed, soon it was Takeru and Tsumugi's turn. After a brief inspection, the guards let them through. Takeru led Tsumugi straight into the city.
Although he had just entered, through Observation Haki, Takeru already had some understanding of the interior.
Once inside, it was a small town. Perhaps because the population was mainly dwarves, most buildings were somewhat short.
"Wow, this looks amazing!" Looking at the area completely enclosed by mountains, which is essentially a vast space carved out within the mountains and a town built inside, Tsumugi was extremely surprised.
However, looking at the civilization's level, it was approximately medieval, relatively backward. Takeru wasn't surprised. Most magical worlds' civilizations leaned toward medieval levels, there wasn't much to say about that.
"Tsumugi, let's find a place to stay first." Looking at the amazed Tsumugi, Takeru directly said.
"Eh, okay. But Takeru, do you have money?" Hearing Takeru's words, Tsumugi nodded but then worried.
"Don't worry." Seeing her concerned expression, Takeru smiled and nodded. Then, with his mana surging, he quickly manifested some gold and silver coins of this world in his hand.
Through Observation Haki, Takeru had naturally understood this world's transaction methods and currency. Manifesting such substances posed no difficulty for Takeru. Especially since he had confirmed the currency didn't have any special markings or magic based authentication methods, he could safely use it.
As for the mana expended to manifest these coins, for Takeru with his 600,000 mana reserves, it was a drop in the bucket...
"So amazing!" Seeing Takeru actually produce this world's currency, Tsumugi exclaimed in surprise.
Then, Takeru took Tsumugi directly to a place resembling an inn and used gold coins to book two rooms. Afterwards, they began discussing matters in one of the rooms. However, calling it discussion was really just Tsumugi asking for Takeru's opinion.
Knowing she was in the same world as Takeru, Tsumugi was basically in a state of complete relaxation. Takeru didn't mind accompanying this cute young lady.
Just as they entered this inn, Takeru roughly understood what world this was. Because he saw several familiar figures… four dwarves.
Combined with conversations about the Dwarf King, Gazel Dwargo, Takeru realized this world was [That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime].
Knowing this, Takeru fell into thought. Noticing the four individuals still here meant the storyline was still relatively early. However, whether the human named Satoru Mikami had already reincarnated as a slime was uncertain.
But given the Reincarnation Space's usual nature, they basically arrived at the initial stage of the storyline each time. Perhaps it was to allow them to change the world's plot and thereby complete side missions or hidden missions.
Also, under normal circumstances, if they arrived in the late stages of the plot world, aside from Takeru, even Ui, Yukino, and the others would have difficulty surviving if slightly affected. The Reincarnation Space was probably protecting everyone.
Regardless, investigating the situation in the Jura Forest would clarify things. That meant they could directly set out for the Jura Forest. However, it seemed unnecessary since the four were still in Dwargon, meaning the slime would come here...
Takeru had no particular dislike for Satoru Mikami. His personality and character were quite good. Without conflicting interests, Takeru felt he could become friends with him.
The only pity was that they should technically count as Reincarnators in this world, yet they hadn't received anything like blessings.
If they could acquire some special talents and skills, that would be quite good.
Similar to Rimuru, who immediately gained numerous innate skills upon reincarnation, especially the unique skills: Great Sage, Gluttony, and Predator… three extremely powerful abilities.
As for becoming a demon lord, that would greatly enhance one's abilities and evolve innate abilities. He wondered if he could evolve into a demon lord.
If Takeru remembered correctly, the evolution condition for a demon lord, calculated in human souls, was ten thousand. Thinking this, Takeru couldn't help but lick his lips.
"What's wrong, Takeru? You seem unwell." Noticing Takeru's condition, Tsumugi asked.
Hearing Tsumugi's words, Takeru snapped back to reality. Seeing her concerned expression, Takeru paused slightly, then smiled and shook his head, indicating he was fine.
After briefly reassuring Tsumugi, the idea of becoming a demon lord took root in Takeru's mind. The demon lords of this world were roughly equivalent to the witches of the Re:Zero World, with some being strong, some being weak, but undoubtedly, all were very powerful. Takeru didn't believe he was inferior to these existences.
As for the method of devouring souls, Takeru had just learned it in the Re:Zero World but had never used it before.
Also, the most important aspect of becoming a demon lord wasn't just the title but the tangible benefits. Rimuru before and after becoming a demon lord were entirely different levels of existence.
Before becoming a demon lord, although due to his unique innate skills and the Storm Dragon Veldora, he was already at the top tier of demons, he was not on the same level as the strongest demon lords.
Besides this, Takeru also looked forward to clashing with this world's demon lords. Surely, it would be very satisfying.
Of course, Takeru wouldn't be complacent. Even with various means and special time-based skills, he wouldn't arrogantly believe himself absolutely invincible.
If he could become a demon lord, even without rewards from the Reincarnation Space in this world, Takeru wouldn't feel disadvantaged at all.
However, he needed to carefully plan how to achieve this. After all, casually sacrificing ordinary citizens would greatly affect Takeru's character. This wasn't a matter of one or two hundred people, but ten thousand...
Speaking of villains, Takeru immediately thought of the Falmuth Kingdom. In the original work, they were extremely infuriating and also the key to facilitating Rimuru's evolution into a demon lord.
Perhaps without the Falmuth Kingdom, with Rimuru's character, he would never evolve into a demon lord in his lifetime.
But saying the Falmuth Kingdom was evil… they were merely acting for their own interests. And now, for his own interests, Takeru had also decided to sacrifice most of this country's people. In this respect, he wasn't much different from them.
Shaking his head, Takeru stopped dwelling on it. Everything was too early to discuss. He would decide specifically how to proceed later.
After thinking it through, Takeru decided to temporarily stay here today and begin acting tomorrow after assessing the situation.