The Ogres

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'Summoning Noir? Is that even possible?' Rimuru questioned. That man was in another dimension. Surely summoning him wouldn't be that easy. 'You're going to do something reckless again, right?'

Despite its success, the evolution of Great Sage into Raphael almost did not happen. There were 2 failed attempts, and Rimuru had to pay Stardust Particles for Raphael to be born. The investment was worth it, but he didn't want to take that kind of risk so often.

«Notice: I won't fumble this time.» She had confidence in this plan.

After she became Raphael, her voice could express more emotion than before. With her voice filled with a noticeable confidence, Rimuru couldn't bring himself to deny her.

After planning a village restoration plan with Myrd and his group, Rimuru went out to find a silent and isolated spot in the forest. 'This place will do. Whatever you want to do. You can start it now,' Rimuru signaled Raphael.

«Notice: Using Summoning Magic: "Spiritual Life-Form Summoning".» A spell that was an upgrade of what Rimuru used to have was deployed.

Summoning across dimensions sounded difficult, but it was possible. Shizu-San was summoned by a similar means too.

The ritual that was used to bring Shizue Izawa here used 30 mages continuously casting the same spell for 30 days straight. But that same limitation wouldn't work on Raphael. She was an Ultimate Skill, bending the law of nature was her expertise.

The duration was shortened to a few seconds, and at last! «Notice: The summoning of Black Primordial: "Noir" was...denied.»

'Eh?' Rimuru exclaimed.

«Eh...?» Raphael surprisingly had the same reaction.

It wasn't that the ritual failed. The request reached Noir, but it was denied by him.

'He probably doesn't know that it was me trying to summon him. Well, that's just unlucky.'

Rimuru didn't blame Raphael. After all, he didn't lose anything. It also wasn't her fault that Noir denied his request.

But Rimuru underestimated Raphael's ambition. For her, a failure was a failure. Failures would not be tolerated. It was a matter of pride at this point.

«Notice: The summoning of Black Primordial: "Noir" was...denied.»

«...denied.»

«...denied.»

«...denied.»

'You can't just try to brute force it...' Raphael still tried to summon Noir, but it wasn't working.

«Notice: Using 20% of "Stardust Particles" to "Perform Miracle".»

'What, no!' Rimuru shouted. 'Wait a minute! That wasn't a question?!' Rimuru really underestimated her. She didn't just get better at her work, she also became more overbearing too. 'For God's sake! Stop messing with limited resources!'

But before Rimuru could scold her further, a summoning circle appeared on the ground in front of him. A purple aura spread around, signaling the arrival of a Daemon.

"How dare you!"

"—Woah?!" Rimuru dodged Noir's claws that were aiming for his life. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"Don't try to act innocent. I already denied your summoning requests a bunch of times. Yet you still found a way to bring me here. How annoying!" He tried to attack Rimuru again, but Rimuru dodged that too.

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