That time I got reincarnated as a slime,no, a DRAGON?

CH-9 Preparation

Rimuru's POV

Throughout the night me and 《Wisdom》were busy the movement of soul and its activity by observing Shizue's soul. Shizue's soul and body is in a form of coma but are still alive. What we found was interesting.

Firstly, soul is completely independent of time and space. So it can travel and function even if time is stopped. So this could be a dangerous situation. If I can somehow become a complete spiritual being and leave my physical body, then theoretically, I can transcend space and time. But at the same time if someone is already a spiritual being then it should be impossible to beat them. But I believe there should be something else as well. After all demon and spirit are spiritual being and don't have a physical body yet can't move in stopped time. So there is some another piece of information is missing.

Secondly, I got a few skills. First was unique skill《Degenerate》. I also learnt spirit summoning. 《Wisdom》 tweaked the spirit summoning and I was able to obtain demon summoning as well.

Thirdly, her mask. The mask was nearly destroyed. So i recreated it. It had the same properties of aura suppression and functioning. But there was something odd. Even though both were made of same material, Shizue's mask was much stronger. It did not even have a crack after I used all my strength. After some researching, 《Wisdom》 told that me it was protected by time compression. It will break only when the time came. It was as if its life was already decided. It will break at one specific time. No matter the attack used. I took the mask and used its replica.

In the morning I saw Ellen and the others leaving. I called out to them.

Rimuru: Ellen. One moment.

Ellen: Rimuru-san. What is it.

I quickly made new armor for the trio with my magicules and gave it to them.

Rimuru: Take these. I don't want you guys to die in the forest.

Ellen: That is rude, Rimuru-San. But I will take the armor.

Rimuru: Alright. Have a safe trip.

The armor that I gave to them had more of my clones. This will help me to know about the human countries. Souie is good at spying but right now I am having him keep an eye on the orcs.

After that I went to Akamaru's house for the meeting. Everyone was already there. I was the last one there and only one seat at the head of the table. I took my seat and commenced the meeting.

Rimuru: There was no need to come and wait for me.

Akamaru: We can't have our master waiting for us.

Shuna: That is right, Rimuru-sama.

Rimuru: Fine but call me Rimuru, not master.

Akamaru: Very well, Rimuru-sama.

Rimuru: Souei. Your report.

Souei: Hai. It looks like the orcs are marching towards the Lake Siss where the lizardmen live.

Rimuru: Is that so? The orcs are led by the Orc Lord. So it would be better to have a fight away from here to minimize the damage. Also they have support from majins so this might be a plot of a demon lord.

Benimaru: I see. We had theory that there was an orc lord but if Rimuru-sama is saying so then it must be true.

Rimuru: Alright. We will have to make our army and train them.
Benimaru, you will lead our attacking forces. When we grow bigger, they will be used to invade our enemies if necessary so only choose those who can fight in unknown terrain.
Akamaru, you will take Rigurd's help and take care of political activities. While Akamaru you will also be the head of the defense forces. They will protect us from invaders such as Orcs so they must be well trained.
Hakurou, you will train the troops. Especially the goblins. They are weak but have a lot of potential.
Shuna, you will lead the clothing and cooking aspect of the country and will be my secretary.
Souei, you continue to spy at the orcs.
Shion, you will be my bodyguard and train the guards to protect me.
Is the rules of everyone clear?

Everyone:Hai!

Shion was about to say something but I quickly dismissed the meeting and left the meeting room. Not only me but everyone except Shion left saying that they had some job. It was for one reason. Because we knew that Shion was trying to become the chef and there is no way in hell we can let her be a chef. So we all quickly ran away. I quickly teleported outside the village while the rest went to do their job. Shion was rather reluctant but when Shion encouraged her, she went.

I looked at my surroundings and made sure that no one was near. After making sure that no one was near, I used my spirit summoning. A spirit came of darkness came out of the circle and bowed to me.

Spirit: I would like to form a contract with you Dragon-sama.

Rimuru: Very well. I shall name you Val.

After that I made contract with him and sent him back to the spirit world. Then I decided to do demon summoning. The demon I summoned was not an ordinary one at all. It was one of the primordial, Noir.

Noir: To be summoned by the great one is truly an honor. I hope to serve you. Please let me be your subordinate.

Rimuru: Very well Noir. But were you the one who's spying on me recently. And why do you want to serve me?

Noir: I am glad to know that you know of me great one.

Rimuru: Just call me Rimuru.

Noir: Understood. Yes. I was the one who was looking at you recently. The mask of that human interested me as I thought it was one of a kind but Rimuru-sama managed to replicate it. So I decided to serve you as you will definitely lead me to the truth of the world.

Rimuru: I see. Inhabit this body then.

I then made a body of orinichium I got from the sealed cave and let him inhabit him. I then named him Diablo.
He took nearly 90 percent of my magicules. But I got back a majority of them through soul corridor. I was surprised that the soul corridor was formed. Because soul corridor proved that he was loyal to me. I know《Wisdom》told me he was trustworthy but truth hits different I guess.

Rimuru: Very well. Diablo, follow me and don't create trouble for me.

I then introduced him to the others and briefed him on the situation. After that he summoned his two subordinates. I named them Aston and Chirron. Aston evolved into a demon peer like Diablo but Chirron remained at the level of Demon Duke. They both had 200 subordinates each and I named them all. I then took more magicules from Veldora to fulfill naming them all. After that I told Diablo to go and recruit more demons to help me. He quickly went to the demon world. I hope he brings the other 3 primordials as well. It will make me quite strong. After that I went to sleep to recover my magicules and have a rest.

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