That Time I Got Reencarnated as a Demon Lord (English)

05 - Savior

I enfolded Kabal's hands with my body. From the startled look of the other two and the way they looked at me, I'd say they thought I'd dissolve him and devour him right away or something, wouldn't you? I mean, I'm a slime, so that's what you'd expect... and you're right. That's what you expect from a slime.

But this is not the case. I'm not the normal type of slime and I would feel bad if I dissolved a man like that. It doesn't matter if I want a human form, I wouldn't win it in a cowardly way.

"Hmm~?! Is that...?"

I hadn't stored the large amounts of hipokute grass for no reason. Just as the Sage told me, I used my Unique Skill [Predator] to infuse the hypokute extract with magicules and turn it into a healing potion classified as a higher level potion by the [Great Sage]. I didn't have a potion container and wasn't interested in letting the three of them know about it, so it was necessary to put Kabal's hands inside me for the potion application.

I could see the surprise on everyone's faces when they noticed that the wounds on his hands were gone instead of getting bigger. Of course, that was what a person should expect from me, wasn't it? I'm the slime that ate the (corpse of a) dragon! If I had all that power and I couldn't heal the injured and needy man in front of me, then what good would it be?

<< Notice. The Rimuru Tempest individual has no healing skills or spells in his arsenal. The responsible for the cure was the potion applied to the wound. >>

Yes, but who made the potion using the Unique Skill [Predator]? Who so generously applied a high-level healing potion to that wounded man? Tell me, am I or am I not a good samaritan?

<< . . . >>

I've seen that winning the friendship of this skill will not be an easy thing, is it? What do you want from me? Well, it doesn't matter. We'll have plenty of time to become friends, [Great Sage]!

<< . . . >>

Ah, the cure is over! So what's missing is...

I tore my gaze away from Kabal, who had sat down as the pain he felt had passed, and let my eyes find what I was looking for. Bingo! The Kabal's sword, which was in his hands when that Black Serpent's venomous attack hit his hands, was there on the ground next to him. To be honest, I don't even know if we could still call that thing a sword since it had melted and could barely keep its shape, but that didn't matter at the moment.

I could just abandon them and my conscience would remain clear. I mean, I already saved his hands, didn't I? Isn't that enough? Humans, always asking for more and more... Well, I saved them, but if they died on the way back to their city because they were unarmed, no other adventurers would know about me, and thus the number of times I would be attacked for mistaking my fluffy slime form for an evil slime would increase.

Let's do one more little favor for these silly humans!!!

I wrapped the molten sword in the ground, which startled the trio, but I continued to ignore them. I had a slight idea of ​​what I should do, but I had to concentrate so that I could do one part while leaving the rest to [Great Sage].

<<Activate Unique Skill [Predator]? [YES]? [NO]?>>

I thought a strong [YES] and imagined what had to happen, doing some light calculations inside my mind to confirm that everything would be all right. First of all, I devoured the steel sword that had melted, using [Predator] synthesis to separate the sword's poison and steel. So, based on all the knowledge I had of swords, which came more from manga than anything else, I reconstructed the shape of the sword back to its original greatsword. I added a small amount of Magic Steel and, forming magic lines across the sword using Magic Steel, I tried to improve the conduction of the magicules along the sword while leaving everything else to [Great Sage].