Chapter 16

"Oh…" the soon to be demon lord stared into the crystal ball observation device. "That's not good, that's not good at all." He had read about the risks of summoning world travelers. The summoning itself bended space and time in order to bring someone to this world. Effectively creating a portal to transport them, after that then the portal would close. However there was a small risk, a one in a billion chance that the portal wouldn't close and the worlds would become connected. "I really hate humans." He growled. "I don't think that it's Earth on the other side of that portal; it might be where that vampire came from." He would have to watch and wait as he couldn't leave his base, it would be suicide. The other demon lords would want his head on a silver platter. "My plans are screwed if something happens to that brat…Izuku, you better survive!"

The Next Day – Jura Tempest Federation – Midoriya - Vesta's Lab

Izuku had honestly forgotten about the corrosive effect of his poisonous breath. A trio of rather violent foreign monsters had tried to kill while he and Shion went out walking. He had reacted and had gassed them. They'd been reduced to bloody lumps of flesh almost instantly. It had sent an accidental message to those that would try to harm him, their death would not be painless.

The Capital, Midoriya was very lively now, there were a great many travelers of various races of demi-humans and monsters. Including dwarves, one in particular was Vesta who'd been dropped off by Gazel. The man was a 'gift' of sorts, and Kaijin wasn't fond of the man considering their last interaction. Thankfully, Vesta was trying to make amends and was making himself useful as a researcher; a very good researcher.

"Orichalcum and adamantite, I've never heard of such materials before but from the way you describe them; they could put mythril and solid gold to shame." Vesta stated as he inspected the magic ore that Izuku had made. It was amazing to say the least and could greatly help with his current project. Creating a new and more potent restorative medicine than the ones that adventurers currently used, replicating Izuku's own was going to take some time. His aim was a full restore potion.

"Yeah, and the only place to get them was in YGGDRASIL, but that place no longer exists; well there's a surplus of the stuff in Nazarick…" he sighed. "That stuff could greatly increase our value."

"If it's any consolation, the blueprints for this advanced technology from your old world will do the same, but by much more no doubt."

"I didn't exactly have friends when I was young, so I had time to learn a lot of useless information about how things worked."

"That useless information is going to make the lives of the people of the nation much better, we're lucky." The two chuckled. "Also, I'm almost done with the prototype warp portal, so we'll be ready to test it in a few days."

"That's good to hear, I'll leave you to your work, and remember to take a break to eat and rest; I'd rather you not work yourself to death." He stated while waving goodbye to the man.

Jura Tempest Federation – Midoriya – Administrative Building

Thought Communication, it was a skill that Izuku had completely forgotten about, but Benimaru and Ranga hadn't. "I have a lot of skills that I haven't used in a while so it's no surprise that I've forgotten about some of them." He said. "So, what's going on?" it had been 3 and a half months of peace; he was hoping that no sudden problems had come up.

"Bring him in." Benimaru called. Souei walked into the room with Souka and a few others. Tied up in Souei's arcane threads was a demi-human. A member of the Lizardmen tribe, but he looked different. Bigger, thicker scales, and a bit more primal.

"You don't look like any lizardman that we've seen before." He said. "Who are you?" the captive Lizardman glanced around at those who surrounded him. It didn't take a genius to figure out that one wrong move would mean instant death for him. Especially the green haired being in front of him, whatever he was he was definitely the strongest thing in this room.

"Shasuryu Shasha." He said. "I am the chieftain of the Green Claw Lizardmen Tribe that dwells in the Wetlands of the Great Lake."

"Yeah, definitely not from around here, in fact—oh, I haven't introduce myself yet; sorry about that." He said. "I am Izuku Tempest the ruler of the Jura Forest Federation, and you are in the nations capital, Midoriya." He said. "Now, Souei please untie the man." His order was followed. "Now, take a seat so that we can speak."

In the corner of the room, Shalltear watched the Lizardman carefully; this was the same type of Lizardmen that Nazarick had taken over before she ended up in Veldora's Cave. 'Could there be a way to contact Nazarick?' She wondered. 'Could I go back?' her eyes widened. 'Do I even want to go back, I like this place and I love serving Lord Izuku…I love him.' She'd given up on Ainz though she still respected the hell out of him, and she respected Izuku in equal measure; maybe a bit more even. Getting back in touch with Nazarick did sound nice though.

Shasuryu told Izuku as much as he could, leaving out the fact that his people were now being ruled by some kind of lord of death who had brought him back to life. He couldn't risk that, especially not with the vampire behind him. 'Is she serving a new master?' he hadn't heard of something happening to Ainz Ooal Gown, but he had heard about a certain vampire going missing. 'So, this is where she's been.'

"From what you've told me, I'm going to take a guess and say that you came from across the sea or another world." Izuku said much to everyone's confusion. "My destined one, Shizu and myself are world travelers so it's a possibility that you might've become one against your will; however that's unlikely because nobody would try a summon like that here without my express permission." A dark expression made them all flinch. Try something like that against my back and the punishment will be worse than death. That was the silent message.

This expression dissapeared as quickly as it arrived. He hadn't flared his aura as he had no reason to do so. "Lord Izuku, nobody here or in this city would be foolish enough to do such a thing; I promise." Benimaru said.

"I'm happy to hear that." He looked to their guest. "Now as for you, come with me; kami knows you must be starving."

"Oh, I'll cook for our guest!" Shion said much to everyone's horror.

"Actually, I'll cook." Izuku said. "It's been a while since I've made something tasty, and I'd rather not let my skills go to waste." Needless to say he would be cooking for 7 people.

Jura Forest Federation – Midoriya – Izuku's Home

"I've never seen such diversity before, hell I've never heard of some of these races before; this truly is amazing." Shasuryu said while biting into the roasted deer meat. "And this food is amazing!"

"I'm glad you like it, though it's the simplest recipe that my mother taught me and I had to improvise with the spices that were on hand." The teen explained. "But, it looks like the others can't get enough of it." He chuckled. "So, what do you plan on doing?"

"Doing?"

"Yes, to get home, you are an important figure there; your friends and family are probably worried sick about your sudden disappearance."

"Yes, I should find a way back otherwise things might get worse; if they believe that I've abandoned them then it would shame my brother and Clan for years to come." He said. "Forgive me for asking, but would it be possible to provide me with some assistance?"

"Of course I'll help, after all if you managed to get here then it's possible that actual threats could come here as well, and I can't have that." He said. "Also." The teen went into his slime form. "I'm a slime." He transformed back into his humanoid form.

"A slime…well damn, I didn't see that coming!" he laughed. "Who knew that a slime could become this strong." This day was choke full of surprises. 'If we had him on our side then I'm sure we could've beaten Cocytus.' But, what's done is done and there was no changing the past. "May, I ask how you became so strong."

"Hm, that's a complicated question, but my strength can be attributed to one of my special skills, Predator." He said. "It allows me to consume my enemies and use their skills, the skills become ten times stronger when I use them and I can combine, and customize skills in order to make new skills." He explained. "So I guess my creativity contributes to my skill set as well."

"I can guess that many have fallen victim to your hunger."

"It's not about hunger, it's only if I see real value in my enemy's skills and to become stronger so that I can protect my nation and its citizens." He stated. "I have to protect them as king."

"Truly admirable." He said taking another bite of his meal, this slime was a better leader than he was, a stronger one as well. Just like the Lord of Death, Ainz Ooal Gown.

The Next Day – Jura Forest Federation – Forest

"As I thought." Izuku said as he, Shasuryu, Shalltear, Ragna, and the kijin minus Shuna and Hakurou inspected the reason for Shasuryu's arrival. "A teleportation circle and it's long range…really long range." This is what Shizu and Great Sage had told him.

"That's why you had Gobuta and the other scouts search for these, your intuition was right, but you were hoping that you were wrong." Benimaru said.

"That's right, now things have gotten complicated and a lot more dangerous." He said. "I swear, there's always—" the sudden sound of something roaring caught their attention. They readied themselves for a fight and just in time as some kind of creature that stood at 2 meters tall and adorned armor with sharp thorns everywhere and looked like the very incarnation of violence. There were 2 demonic horns are protruding from the helmet, with the face being visible underneath. It has a disgusting, rotted face whose empty eye sockets are filled with hate and killing intent, glowing with a flashing red light. The creature had a large tower shield and a rippled sword.

"That's a death knight." Shalltear said. The undead charged forward with the sole intention of killing it's targets; it was confused and didn't know where it was. Souei's arcane threads wrapped around the undead. It struggled, but such an attempt was pointless as it had no way to break free. Souei pulled and the mid tier undead was torn into pieces. The pieces burned just in case by Benimaru.

"Now, where were we?" They looked to the magic circle. "That was an undead from YGGDRASIL, I recognize all to well." He sighed. 'Yeah, this is really complicated.' He didn't know what would happen if he used Predator on an undead, but Death Knights special skill to survive anything fatal at least once would've been very useful.

"Lord Izuku, that Death Knight, was it from Nazarick?"

"I don't know, but that's what I plan to find out." He said. "If it was then the two of us will have to have a talk about reckless use of teleportation." Izuku said. "Shasuryu, let's go." He said. "Benimaru, you're in charge while I'm gone which should only be for a few days." He smiled. "Don't worry, I'll come back alive, I promise." Ranga would be going with him of course.

Chapter 16 End