Becoming a Demon King from Inuyasha

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The next morning, after entrusting all matters in the Jura Forest to Shiraori, Yemen and the others boarded the carriage and began their journey to the other world.

Listening to the chatter of several people and looking at the world map in front of him, Rimuru suddenly had an idea:

"By the way, I haven't asked you this morning. Where is our destination?"

"There is no destination. We'll just go wherever we want. Or, just see which direction Xia drives." Ye Men said with a smile.

"Why……!?"

Rimuru couldn’t help but let out a surprised cry.

As a fellow slime, it was rare for him to meet a fellow tribesman with whom he could communicate. Yesterday, while reading the magic book, he also talked a lot with Xia.

You know that its intelligence is equivalent to that of a child and it is full of curiosity about everything in the world. In other words, it is just a naughty child.

"You let a slime drive? Isn't that weird?"

"I think it's quite interesting," Ye Men said with a chuckle. "After all, we don't have any particular destination. We just want to look around and see the scenery. Wherever we go is fine."

Rimuru was speechless. This man was sometimes very reliable. For example, yesterday morning, with just a thought, he made countless crops grow in the Jura Forest, which caused cheers from everyone. He was really reliable.

Although you need to spread fertilizer on the ground every day, cast magic, and wait for ten days or half a month specifically for soil cultivation.

But sometimes he can be unexpectedly thick-skinned, like now, he actually lets a slime with the IQ of only five or six-year-old drive a car. Isn't he afraid of falling off the cliff?

"Forget it, I'll go outside and drive too. It's safer to go outside than to be a light bulb in the car."

Although the carriage with space magic is really big, about half the size of a basketball court, it also has its own bathroom, kitchen, and living room, which is really super convenient.

But after all, this atmosphere is not suitable for a single person like me.

How can this be repaired! What kind of harem anime is this where all the girls like one boy? This kind of thing is no longer popular now, right?

"Come to think of it, you came from the southern Kingdom of Ri*Estij. Have you ever thought of going back to take a look?"

"Not yet. There is another guild there. I want to develop separately from them. I don't want to compete with them for resources. Besides, there are not many resources in the kingdom anyway."

"Magic stone?"

"Part of it, money is also part of it. After all, although we have a world-class prop cash cow, the problem is still that the output is too small to meet the demand."

Ye Men paused deliberately and said with emotion:

"If you just want to be content with a small fortune, it's actually best to do nothing. The money tree can produce 10,000 gold coins every day anyway."

"But if you want to develop your power, or in other words, if you want to maintain or even expand your guild, you must occupy a territory and communicate with the outside world."

“If you want new clothes, you need all kinds of cloth; if you want to mine, you need mining tools; if you want to treat illness, you need medical equipment.”

"And if all these things are to be self-sufficient by the devices on the floating island, then the number of residents must be maintained below a certain value."

"But people have children, and outsiders will join the territory, so it's difficult to limit the number of residents."

“That’s true.” Rimuru responded unconsciously, and said with deep conviction, “As the population grows, more and more resources will be needed, and war will eventually become inevitable.”

"Yes, that will be several dozen or even hundreds of years later."

"Haha...that's true."

Rimuru couldn't help but laugh.

Considering the area of ​​the Jura Forest, if it is well developed, it will have no problem accommodating a population of several million.

At present, the total number of local monsters and residents on the floating island is only more than 100,000.

"Since you don't plan to go back, I will drive the carriage to the northwest."

"Okay, I'll trouble you then."

Chapter 114: The Shield Hero of a new country still has a difficult start

"Look! There are actually two slimes driving the car."

"Yeah, a slime can actually drive a carriage. Am I dreaming?"

"These days, even slimes can drive. In my impression, aren't slimes the lowest level of monsters? No, they're not even monsters, they're just animals."

"You remember correctly, slimes are animals. There are also many people who think slimes are monsters. But no matter which one it is, it's unheard of for slimes to drive cars."

Driving the carriage into a small village, Rimuru had no intention of staying there for long, he just wanted to ask someone for directions.

But listening to the villagers whispering, he suddenly realized the problem and hesitated for a moment.

Driving was already strange, would it scare them if I started talking too?

At this moment, Xia suddenly stopped the carriage, his body automatically formed a gesture, and pointed to the house next door.

"Rimuru, Xia feels a little unwell. There is a strange smell in that room."

? ?

Limru looked surprised and looked in the direction Xia pointed, but found nothing. He asked unconsciously in his heart:

[Great Sage, is there anything over there?]

《Information: There is the resentment of slimes in that room, and only the Slime King can sense it.》

[Eh...!? Slime King? Is Xia stronger than me?]

《Notice: That is not the case. The Slime King is a unique skill of the Slime Clan. Only special individuals of the Slime Clan who meet certain conditions can be born.》

[What conditions?]

《Information: The condition is to rescue your own kind more than three times and gain its trust.》

[Slimes generally don't seem to have intelligence, right?]

《Notice: Slime souls are weak and cannot generate intelligence, but sometimes special individuals will appear.》

[That's true. Geniuses will appear in any group. There are so many slimes in the world, so it's not surprising that one or two geniuses appear occasionally.]

Rimuru sighed here, turned around and said, "Xia, drive the carriage slower, I will catch up with you!"

Then he jumped slightly, broke the glass, and flew into the house.

The next moment, he was shocked by the scene inside the house.

This is a kitchen. There is a little fat man in the room. He is putting his hands on a translucent slime body and slicing it with a kitchen knife.

"What are you doing!"

Hearing the sudden sound of breaking windows and angry shouts behind him, the man subconsciously turned around, and then was frightened by the slime that exuded powerful magic all over its body. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously.

"I'm sorry! I will never dare to eat slime again. Please forgive me. I'm really sorry!"

"Eh...!? Can slime still be eaten?"

“Yes… yes, this is the method I learned from a small tribe west of the empire. By gently hitting the core of the slime with a stick, the slime’s body will be left intact.

After drying, cut into strips and cooked into noodles, which taste very good.

By the way, I heard that in some places, there are people who specialize in making slime juice and slime jelly, but because the taste is average and unpopular, no one makes it anymore. "

Rimuru was completely stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.

Is the living environment of slimes in this world so harsh?

Slime noodles, slime juice, slime jelly?

Damn it! So angry! Even though I wasn’t the one being eaten, I still felt angry.

Thinking of this, Rimuru's body grew larger, instantly filling the entire kitchen.

Then, a majestic voice was heard:

"I am the ancestor of the slime clan, or Slime Clan for short."

"We have been asleep for thousands of years and have only just woken up recently. I never thought that our Slime Clan has fallen to this point."

"Go tell everyone that from now on, as long as a slime dies with resentment, I will come and punish its enemies."

"Yes, I will tell everyone the truth." The man kept kowtowing, full of fear.

I didn’t expect that the Slime clan actually has an ancestor. This world is about to change.

Rimuru turned and left, flying back to the carriage with the magic he had just learned yesterday, and landed next to Xia.

"Rimuru, that uncomfortable feeling has disappeared. Thank you."

"You're welcome. This is what I should do."

Rimuru smiled and immediately jumped into the carriage.

“Ye Men, you should have seen what happened just now, right?”

"That's right, do you want me to remotely monitor his every move?" Ye Men naturally understood what he meant.

"That's it. I'll see what he does."

Rimuru sighed softly and continued:

"Most slimes have no intelligence and are no different from animals, so it's no problem for them to be treated as food."

"It's just that, as a slime, I really don't like this kind of behavior, so I can only impose my own ideas on them."

"Although it may not have much effect, as long as it can save a few more slimes, it will be worth it."

"Of course, if he's lying to me, then he's a liar and I'm going to turn around and kill him."

"Ah."

Ye Men chanted the name of the magic spell softly, and a rectangular image formed by magic automatically appeared in the carriage.

Rimuru breathed a sigh of relief after watching the fat man on the screen repeatedly apologizing to the slime's corpse and burying it.

The slight feeling of dissatisfaction in my heart also dissipated.

Although I know that from a human perspective, I am just being unreasonable, but sometimes rationality conflicts with sensibility.

"Ugh……"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Kagome took the initiative to speak and tried to change the subject:

"Is this the Kingdom of Elfriden? From the map, the land area is not very large. We have been traveling all the way here and have seen cotton being grown. Is there a famine here as well?"

So, that's why you even eat slime?

Thinking of the situation in the Jura Great Forest, Rimuru could not help but remain silent.

And Ye Men recalled the distant memories.

The Kingdom of Elfriden is the home of Zheng Yong. In the plot, due to the occupation of many territories of the northern countries by the Demon King's army, cotton was in short supply and the price soared, so people began to grow cotton.

However, because too many countries planted cotton, the price of cotton plummeted. Citizens who had wanted to make a fortune from cotton and then buy food from other countries fell into trouble, and a food crisis broke out in the country.

This plot is so brainless, the people are blindly following others, the officials are short-sighted, and no one in the country can see the crisis.

The queen, who had the ability to transmit information to the past, did nothing but waited silently for the hero to arrive.

Reality is not a game. If a story is to develop in a similar way to the one in the plot, it cannot be without the promotion of the mastermind behind the scenes.

In other words, it's not that no one has seen the drawbacks, but that they have already seen through them, but remain silent for their own interests.

For example, nobles and businessmen who wanted to watch the farmers go bankrupt and then take away their land at a low price or even turn them into slaves.

They want to create food shortages in their country so they can make a fortune, or they want to start a war and seize territory from their neighboring countries.

Reality is not a story. It is not so dramatic. It is more about calculations and interests.

Thinking of this, Ye Men shook his head slightly.

This matter has nothing to do with me. Just thinking about it makes me feel troubled. I'd better let Zhengyong worry about it.

The carriage continued to move forward. When it was almost noon, Night Gate spoke at the right time:

"It's time for dinner, let's get ready to eat."

"Okay."

Kagome responded subconsciously and couldn't help laughing again.