The Reincarnations of Veldanava

Through the Dwarven Kingdom [Revised]

Rimuru and his followers had arrived at their destination. This place, the Armed Nation of Dwargon, was the largest settlement of the dwarves.

The civilization itself was embedded within the great mountains. Dwargon was an impenetrable fortress.

"Only Gobta and Ranga will follow me in."

"But..."

"I appreciate the fact that you guys want to protect me, but I can take care of myself. I'm pretty strong," Rimuru told Rigur, reassuring him. "And it is difficult to maneuver around when there are too many people with me."

"I understand..."

Looking past Rigur's shoulder, Rimuru said to other goblins, "You guys don't need to be so sad. I will be fine. Just wait out here and don't cause any problems."

After that, Rimuru and Gobta joined the line which led into the city. Meanwhile, Ranga, despite his size, was hiding inside Rimuru's shadow using the Intrinsic Skill called 'Shadow Motion'.

This was a lot better in Rimuru's opinion. Ranga was about two meters tall, and bringing a beast that huge into the town would lead to many, many complications.

As expected from a trading center of the western states, the line was really long. The visitors themselves were varied as well, being both humans and demi-humans.

"Ayo, what are these two doing here? Are they not just small flies?"

"A goblin and a slime? Ew."

"They probably have a dead wish. This is a civilized area, not a forest ground for monsters to run around."

"Let's make them regret showing up here."

A group of humans approached Rimuru's group and threatened them. They looked like some lackeys out of Fist of the North Star, but they were probably adventurers.

Everyone would be equal under the king's rule, but this wasn't Dwargon. Technically, Rimuru was on the outskirts of the land where the hand of the laws did not reach.

That was to say that nobody would lend a hand to Rimuru and Gobta in this situation.

Gobta looked scared. As his leader, it was Rimuru's duty to put his foot down.

"You all should stop."

Rimuru tried to reason with them, but a small blue slime like him wasn't threatening.

"Hmm, did that slime just yap?" The group leader stared at Rimuru. "Slimes are not supposed to do that, right? It's probably a rare breed. Do you think we can sell it for a fortune?"

Rimuru did not appreciate that tone at all.

"Hey, I told you to stop!"

"Only idiots will listen to a monster!" The leader pulled out a longsword and pointed it in the direction of Rimuru and Gobta.

'Ah, I don't like it at all when the situation worsens like this.'

Rimuru wanted to do something, but he wasn't sure whether there would be a consequence for his actions or not.

If loving a human was punishable by death, harming one should be equally as consequential. That made sense, right?

'They are rude, but I don't want to risk my life just because I want to get one over them.'

This miracle called life would be wasted if he got targeted by the Voice of the World over this nonsense. 'I just need to make them go away, not necessarily harm them.'