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

CH-35 Busted

Rimuru's POV

I open my eyes. The ceiling is quite unfamiliar. It is made out of rocks and stones. Completely different from the one I am used to seeing. I can't feel the left part of my body at all. Was i run over by a truck or what?
"Wahahaha. You still have a lot to learn Bestie."
"Geez. Can't you take it easy for once Milim."

How did it come to this?

Few days back

About a month has passed since the festival. Masayuki has helped a lot in making the labyrinth better. With the inclusion of testing spaces and extra rewards for clearing floor bosses. I was just finishing my paperwork when the door to my room flew off its hinges.
Haaaa. Can't she ever enter a door normally? It's such a common occurrence now that most of the doors in the castle are now enchanted to auto repair and move back to their places once destroyed.

"Bestieeeee....."
Milim said as she dashed onto me.
"What is it?"
"You see, we found ruins in Clayman's domain, so I decided that it would be fun if you came along with me to see what is there."

I see. Ruins. They might be interesting.

"But, you know, I am a king and-"
"I know that. So is asked Frey and she said that by making it something like a visit for extending friendship between our countries, you could come."

She really thought about something. Even if it was Frey who answered, she atleast thought about the consequences of her actions. She is growing.

"I see. I will have quite a bit of time about a month from now. Let's go there then."
"Okay.."
"Hmm? Anything else?"
"You said you would fight me later. So..."
"You want to fight me?"
She nodded.
"You know, I am not that strong."
"You are quite strong."
"No. Compared to you I am not strong at all. Whatever. Meet me in the labyrinth's 103rd floor in about 2 hours. I will be there by then."
"Okay"

She said and flew off. Gobta and Ranga are currently in the City of the Forgotten Dragons. They had been undergoing 'training' according to Milim. Oh well. I quickly complete my work and move towards the labyrinth. I decided to fight her because I promised her, but also because, I might be able to absorb her dragon aura. That could help my True Dragon Seed to awaken.

I go to the labyrinth's 103rd floor. This floor serves as a ground for battle between my executives, especially Carrera and Ultima to vent out. When I reach there Milim was already there.

"Bestieeee. What took you so long?"
"I told you 2 hours. I am already half an hour early you know."
"Mou. Well. I wanted to fight as quickly as possible. So let's fight."
"Alright." I say and put a barrier around to absorb any spray attacks. I am not sure how strong Ramiris's maze is, but I don't want to test it out against 2 awakened demon lord individuals.

"Alright. Let's star-" I didn't even finish and Milim dashed at me. I quickly dodged but she continued to attack with a kick to my torso. I wouldn't be able to stop it so I decided to sacrifice my left arm. Literally. I block her leg with my left arm but it just blows away. I quickly make some distance between us regenerate my lost arm. Should I take out my sword? Kurobee had made a new sword for me. It was a top-grade legend equipment, just a step away from mythical class. Well, assuming I am fighting Milim, it will break within a few attacks. So I cannot defend with it but only attack.

As soon as I create some space, i fire black flames at her. She just flies through it but gets caught in my strings. I hid them amongst the fire to prevent her from detecting it. Though she managed to get free in less than a second, I quickly take out the sword from my stomach and move towards her. She punches me in the chest but I sidestep and manage to cut off her left arm. I then cast a Beelzebub on her arm to swallow any magicules she uses to regenerate. Seeing this she just smiled and continued to pour more mana in it. Just how much mana does she have? After a few seconds, I am forced to take Beelzebub away and she regenerates her arm. Geez. I could have gotten Magicule poisoning. What the hell.

"That was a good plan Bestie. But against me it's useless." She says so and dashes at me.
We continue to exchange clashes. Well it was mostly her attacking me and me dodging and putting in a few sneaky counter attacks. I surprisingly managed to fight for about an hour before she went seriously and nearly killed me.

"Wahahaha. Rimuru, this is fun I am getting serious now."
"Milim! No! Don't do it."
"Battle Form."

In her battle form, I will not survive even a single attack from her.

"Dragoooo-Buster." As she says that, large amount of pure magicule come flying at me. I quickly start dodging and devouring them. Each of these shots was about 15% of my magicules and she just shot atleast 20 of them. Just how much magicules does she have. Just as I devoured the last one,

"Dragonova."

What is that? That single attack has atleast 3 times my magicules quantity. What the hell. I quickly set up a barrier with Uriel and use Beelzebub at full power. Just as the attack hits, it nearly breaks the barrier but I started devouring it just before it could be completely devoured and repaired my barrier. I continued to devour before her output literally overpowered my devouring abilities. I manage to move out of the way just enough to save at least half my body.

I open my eyes. The ceiling is quite unfamiliar. It is made out of rocks and stones. Completely different from the one I am used to seeing. I can't feel the left part of my body at all. Was i run over by a truck or what?
"Wahahaha. You still have a lot to learn Bestie."
"Geez. Can't you take it easy for once Milim."

I look at her from the ground as she looks down on me.
"Why don't you heal yourself?"
"Because someone just forced me to use all of my magicules to defend against an attack which could wipe an entire country head on."
"Hmm?"
"So my magicules are all used up."
"Ahh!" She said as if she just understood.
"I remember Guy something similar that he was running low on mana after we had fought for a week straight."

Guy fought her for a week straight? What a monster.

"Want my magicules?"
"Huh? Aren't you low on magicules yourself?"
"Nope. I have a skill that produces magicules for me, so I never run out of them"
"Hahahaha. Really. What a cheat. This is cheating. You should get nerfed. What the hell?"

She just looked at me confused but I couldn't care less. Skill to make magicules? How overpowered is that. Where is Lavoisier now? Where is his conservation of mass law?" She just made magicules out of nowhere. I am so done.

"So, do you want the magicules or not?"
"Ya please."

She then transfers her magicules to me at a slow rate which I devour with Beelzebub. I quickly regenerate myself and stand up.

"That was quite fun but you really are a cheat huh?"
"Cheat?"
"Nothing."

After that we continue to go around Tempest and spend the day enjoying, just the two of us.

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