(A while ago)
Veldora was distraught.
Rimuru has died.
Tricked by another slime.
"RAAAWWWWHHHHH!"
And he is now stuck in another slime's stomach.
He was roaring and kicking the Unlimited Prison.
"Rimuruuuuuu!"
The first ever friend he made has died!
'This world truly is the survival of the fittest!'
As he cried and lost hope, the only thing on his mind was avenging Rimuru.
Even if it takes a thousand years.
He will kill this evil slime!
[[Unique Skill: Avenger acquired]]
In his frenzied state, he acquired a new Unique Skill, but it didn't make him happy in the slightest. The only thing on his mind was avenging Rimuru. Get revenge on this red slime.
Upon noticing that Veldora has acquired a new skill, Nexis came to meet him.
Upon noticing Nexis, mistaking it for that damned slime, Veldora roared.
"I wil kill you! This prison can't keep me here forever!"
Nexis, being named and influenced by Apolloyon, has acquired a lying and tricking nature as well.
First, it pretended that it can't hear Veldora at all.
[Report: Rescuing Veldora-sama from the problematic slime, successful. Individual Rimuru Tempest will now be freed from stomach and one of his Unique Skill will be downgraded as punishment.]
"Huh!?"
Hearing that Rimuru is still alive, Veldora's rage calmed a little.
And then, he started panicking.
'So this Red Slime is thinking that Rimuru trapped me!? I must clear that misunderstanding and go back to Rimuru's stomach!'
"Hey! It's not what you are thinking! He ate me to break the seal from outside! I gave my consent! Now send me back into Rimuru!
Oi! Can you hear me!?"
[...]
"Tch! Rimuru could hear me just fine! You are clearly inferior to him!"
Nexis ignored Veldora's explanation, felt something like a disappointment that Veldora has been mistaking both Rimuru and Squishy's Unique Skills to be the individuals themselves.
It thought of an excuse.
[Report: Trying to communicate with Veldora-sama... Failed.
Failed.
Failed.
Trying again...
Failed.
Report: Only one-way link could be established.]
"Oh! So Rimuru is superior afterall!? Bwahahahaha!"
First Veldora laughed. But then he realised that he wouldn't be able to prove Rimuru's innocence this way!
[Report: Veldora-sama, I am Apolloyon-sama's Unique Skill, Nexis. Until he can unseal you, he will take care of your forest and make sure that you are entertained.]
'This is a skill!? A skill that can talk!? Hmm... Maybe what I was talking with wasn't Rimuru, but his skill afterall. Their way of talking is different.
Still, it's the first time I have seen a skill like this. And similar skills in two individuals at once. Though, this evil slime's skill seems to be inferior, given that it can't listen to me.'
Veldora tried to access Apolloyon's memories just as he accessed Rimuru's, but Nexis blocked his attempts.
[Report: Sending anime, 'Boruto'.]
Nexis thought that it couldn't feel something like being pissed, but from all the anime collection she could choose, she decided to punish Veldora with Boruto.
[She...]
Nexis thought to itself. It made a mistake, refering herself in human... It made a mistake again, refering to itself using conscious pronoun instead of it.
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After watching the meeting in which Apolloyon became the chancellor of Great Jura Federation, Veldora couldn't help but lament.
"It seems like Rimuru truly can't escape his profession huh?"
Rimuru in his past life was a contractor, always bowing to his bosses and clients, serving them drinks, and basically, a wage slave.
In this life, he got himself a boss again, who gave him the atrocious task of building super sturdy roads. His boss hates him, since he thinks that Rimuru ate Veldora-sama and caused many problems in Great Jura Forest due to his disappearance.
"I guess this Apolloyon isn't really a bad guy. He just doesn't believe Rimuru, and respects me a lot. I will clear the misunderstanding when I am free."
Nexis was analysing Unlimited Imprisonment on the outside, ignoring Veldora's guilty ramblings.
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While in the outside world, just as the meeting concluded, Apolloyon suddenly realised something very important.
'If I join the Demon Lords right now, I will appear like a tribal!'
As he is right now, he definitely is stronger than some Demon Lords.
Clayman, Carrion, Frey, Ramiris and the fake Valentine or whatever his name is.
Meaning, he will place at the very least 6th place in terms of strength. Aside from Milim and Guy, he doesn't know if he can't beat the rest of the Demon Lords.
In any case, his strength is good. He will go through his first awakening soon.
But, in terms of other things...
Yeah. He hasn't built his territory properly yet.
Wouldn't others laugh at him?
No! He can't allow a horrible first impression!
He immediately contacted Milim through Thought Communication. It will take a lot of magicules over such a distance, but after eating all the magicules of Veldora's cave and being named twice by Milim, he has atleast as much magicules as Demon Lord Rimuru.
Plus, the amplification of the recently acquired Unique Skill, [Engorger].
Moreover, with Greater Dark and Space Elementals, he found Milim and was able to transmit his thoughts over a very
<...Erm... Are those things really necessary?>
Squishy stopped midway, realizing that Milim's territory's situation isn't that good as well, even though he hasn't seen most of it.
Milim started sweating. Her territory isn't that far off from Squishy's. She thought hard about it, and realised that only her territory is underdeveloped!
Even Clayman has a palace!
Even Ramiris Dungeon was atleast something! She has been sleeping on trees all this while!
'...Does that mean... everyone has been secretly laughing at me all this time!?'
The thought communication ended, and Squishy looked at the clear sky.
'Alright! It's kingdom-building time!'
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