𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 (𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑥 𝑂𝑟𝑣)

Chapter 30: One With The Wind

Rimuru's POV

The flames covering the city and hurling around the barrier were sucked into the black vortex on my hands. His grip on my throat loosened and I choked him back. His eyes widened once he realized his fate.

"Die"

I choked him with both hands until the black vortex wrapped around him, sticking to his body like a second skin, before slowly and deliberately draining his existence, along with the flames he cast through the district.

It wasn't long enough before the flaming buildings and cars died out. There was not a single trace of ember, spark, or ash left around the area, not even his existence.

{You have successfully absorbed the raging energy from the 'Disaster of Questions'.}

{The analysis will be activated.}

"Delicious."

I felt satisfied, yet my stomach felt like it was burning. I just absorbed the flames that covered this entire district and even the person behind it. I patted my belly before walking away.

But then I felt my body throbbing.

I stopped and thought that it was just nothing. But as I took another step, the strength of my legs disappeared, causing me to fall on my knees. My breath turned shallow and heavy as I supported myself by placing my hand on the ground.

"T-This doesn't feel delicious..."

Sick. I feel so sick. My mind felt like it was melting, making me want to bawl my eyes out. But it worsened once my whole body got enveloped by a burning sensation, inside out. My chest tightened, and I gasped as air left my lungs.

"W-What's happening?" I blurted out between my clenched teeth. Just as I was about to continue, I felt bile erupting from my throat, and I covered my mouth instinctively.

{Notice! You have confined too much energy for your material body to handle!}

Material body? You mean my human body right now? But I'm... oh right.

I'm currently human.

That makes sense. 

My slime body before was flexible, strong, and didn't have blood or organs. It was a literal, sublime substance that could stretch, expand, and recover. With that slime body, there's no blood to shed, no organ to get damaged, and no nerves to feel pain. It was the perfect body to store energy.

But this time, I'm a human. My flexibility, strength, and other aspects were far from normal, but I'm still in a human body. I have organs, and they get damaged and cause concussions. I have blood, and it can be drawn with a simple cut on my human skin. This was far from being enough.

I realized what a monster I was back then. I suffered from just absorbing this amount of energy with a human vessel, and it isn't even close to the energy I had absorbed when I was a slime.

I completely forgot that humans have their own limits, and that applies to me now. But truth be told, I thought everything I devour wouldn't harm me since it's confined to my 'Stomach Sack'. But the pain I was experiencing slapped me with a 'you're just a mortal' lesson.

{Due to body difficulties, you will experience severe pain.} 

I felt blood rising to my throat along with bile. My hands covering my mouth couldn't stop me from puking both liquids, and my eyes couldn't hold back my tears from crying in pain. I gripped my throat; it was itchy and burning, and it stung to the core.