COTE x Reincarnated As A Slime (On Hold)

Chapter 32

Rimuru POV

"What is going on? I have a bad feeling about this."

As the second shockwave hit, it seemed that even Gobta was mindful of what was going on outside as he raised his doubts. But, right now, I didn't have time to answer that. Because I saw it. A vicious dragon was closing in from the sky afar.

"Shit, that thing looks strong..." It was difficult doing this from inside the ruins, but I managed to use my magicule to have 'Magic Perception' expand to the outer region. It was then that I saw this vicious dragon.

It looked a lot like Veldora, but its size was a lot bigger. Its skin had rotted and its massive aura was leaking out. It looked like it possessed a great amount of magicule. It may even far exceed that of an awakened demon lord, its danger level must have reached Catastrophe class.

"I-is that bad?"

"Yes, looks like it's a dragon. But not just any greater dragon—it's probably stronger than a dragon lord. Could that be Veldora's brother...?"

"Y-you mean, Veldora-sama?"

It has already exceeded the size of a regular wyvern and could only be explained to be a True Dragon. However, it didn't look like Veldora either. It had no sense of majesty or grace...

Actually, that idiot dragon had no grace or majesty, either. That's not the point. I suppose the right thing to say is that they seemed different. They were similar but different at the same time.

"That's—!" Milim suddenly went wide eyed.

"Rimuru, I've got something urgent to do. Th-that dragon is—"

As she finished, Milim stared at the sky and left with 'Spatial Movement.'

Seeing how panicked she looked, I could sort of guess what had happened. The fact that she panicked meant things were dire. In other words, our enemy had brought out something incredible.

"Unbelievable, that seemed to be Milim's friend, the dragon she sealed in the past. It wasn't revived, but it seemed like someone had broken the seal and attempted to control it."

"What! Is this true, Rimuru-sama?"

"Umm. I felt an incredibly strong shockwave. I don't think even I have a chance of winning this."

This was a fact. Not even Charybdis... ahem... Sapphire in the past, who was born from the dregs of Veldora's power, could compare to this. I'm not sure if even Kiyotaka could beat that thing. I was sensing a fearsome aura of hatred and spite. It probably wouldn't stop until it destroyed the whole world.

Moreover, this emotion was under someone else's control. In other words, this dragon's emotion was being manipulated by Mariabell and it was her puppet.

"... Chaos Dragon, I never expected to see this tyrant in this day and age..." Hearing Kagali-san's mutter, I felt the same.

Thankfully, Milim was here. She should be able to defeat it and put the Chaos Dragon back to sleep. There was no need for me to worry here. I needed to handle what's coming for me instead.

"Gobta, Shion, we've got company."

"Understood!"

"Just leave it to me, these third-rate golems won't stand a chance against me!"

I was planning to use a 'Portal' to let the teammates flee to the outside, but it looked like I wouldn't have the time. We were huddled near the gate, and platoons of golems were marching towards us.

Shion lunged forward and swung her large sword, but the sad thing was, the ceiling was too low, and it got stuck.

"Idiot! You gotta check your surroundings carefully before engaging!"