After sleeping for a while, Rimuru sat up groggily and made her way down a river to wash her face. On her way there she saw a village, not far from her location. After cleaning herself up, she went to the village to learn more about the new world she was in. Upon closer look, the village looked beat down and dirty, she arrived at the gate and inspected the inhabitants. They were goblins and short; the majority wearing tattered clothing. They were moving quickly in and out of the buildings as if in a panic. One of them noticed rimuru and a small goblin soon arrived at the gate
Greeting her, he asked, "Hello traveler, what brings you here?"
Rimuru smiled at him and replied, "I just came to look at your village, and get information"
While talking, she quickly noticed the people were gone, they were peering through the windows of the buildings.
She questioned the goblin, "Why are your people afraid of me?"
"I am very sorry about that but we have been on edge lately" he apologized
"Why?
"A pack of direwolves attack us every week and it's taking a toll on the village"
"A pack of direwolves?"
"Yes, they are strong, we lost almost all of our troops defending our home" he sadly said
Suddenly, The chief stepped out of the biggest hut
"Holy one!" and he bowed with the rest of the villagers following suit
"Wait what?"
"Please tell us your name"
"Umm.. Rimuru Tempest…?"
"Please help us Rimuru-sama" he begged crying
Feeling bad and wanting to help, rimuru softly asked, "You want me to get rid of the wolves?"
He nodded and Rimuru put her hand on his shoulder, reassuring him, "I'll try my best ".
Smiling rimuru stepped on a table and announced "From now on, all of you shall be under my protection", emitting loud cheers in the village. She stepped down and asked the chief
"Why me though?" he questioned curiously
He said, "Because our mage noticed your aura, it was abnormally large, much like a sealed entity that is infamous around here"
"Hmmm… Must be Veldora"
Rimuru proceeded to go to where the injured lay. Going inside the tent, she was gasped and was greeted with dozens of injured goblin soldiers.
"These are all the casualties, rimuru-sama, sadly we don't have the right medicine to treat them" he cried
Thinking of how to transport the medicine fast, she asked the great sage if there were any options
At your level you can currently craft healing potions with the plants and herbs you've gathered in the cave.
Potions?...Sweet!
Creation: Revival Potion
Soon a blue ball of slime appeared in his hand,
Hm..? This is a weird potion
She threw it at an injured person and they healing them instantly.
The goblins stared at rimuru in surprise. Even she was surprised. They quickly looked at each other and cheered loudly
"Our lives will always be in your debt, Rimuru-sama"
Rimuru smiled at them and made more potions until every person inside there was healed. Then she started to fortify the place with the help of the goblins. Building over the broken walls and sealing the cracks, at sundown the wall seemed impenetrable. She also placed traps near the entrance, steel spider silk.
"Will they be here today?
"Yes they will rimuru-sama"
And sure enough the wolves appeared at the horizon, howling, they charged at the village. But luckily rimuru already prepared
Shouting, "Fire" she also fired off a bow at them
The goblins armed with bows fired upon the wolves killing some of them. Angered, they charged more quickly until they were at a few feet from the entrance
"R-Rimuru-sama"
"Too bad for you guys, ya'll fell for it" Rimuru giggled
The spider silk sliced through the charging wolves, killing at least 4. Rimuru jumped down from a watch tower and stood at the entrance
"Stop! If you want to die then step right up!"
The biggest wolf stepped closer and howled deafeningly
"So I get it your the chief..?"
"Indeed I am, I challenge you to fight to the death! Howling the chief swiftly charged at rimuru
Rimuru sighed and took a step forward " you brought this upon yourself" as she raised her arms
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Spider series: Steel Threads
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Before the chief was about to hit rimuru, a set of steel threads appeared in front of rimuru ,chief in mid-air tried to avoid them, but it was too late, he hit the threads and instantly died, with some of his limbs dismembered. Widening his eyes to avoid the blood, but it was too late, rimuru got splashed with the chief's blood and got her skirt and jacket soaked.
"Ugh, why me…" she moaned
The wolves were now standing still since their chief died. Hesitant to rush, some of them backed up. A lone wolf suddenly stepped forward and bowed his head, the others following. Rimuru sighed in relief and went to the wolf.
She looked at the wolf and asked "Why did you attack the goblins?"
"W-We didn't have a choice, I tried to stop my father, but he was bloodthirsty and saw this village."
"Your father-? Oh the chief?"
" Yes indeed, I am- no we are all sorry for attacking this village, you can kill me for compensation but please leave the others.
"No you i-idiot, why would you treat your life so carelessly, why don't you guys and the goblins reconcile?"
"B-But"
"No buts, when I come back from a bath, you guys better reconcile" Rimuru glared at him and started going to a lake for a bath to wash off the blood. She made spare clothes to wear after, a blue shirt and some shorts.
After 15 minutes, rimuru was going towards the village, fiddling with her blue hair, where she could hear the goblins laughing. Curious, she peeked a look at what was going on and she saw the goblins riding on the wolves. Smiling she decided to leave the village now that her job was done. Heading towards the forest, suddenly a cry pierced through the silence.
"Stop her!"
It was the goblins riding on the direwolves. They soon caught up with her and surrounded her, giggling.
"Where are you going rimuru-sama? We didn't thank you properly yet"
They hopped off and bowed down deeply, some cried as they bowed. Patting their heads, she comforted them.
"Rimuru-sama please become our chief"
"Huh?"
"Please you are only fitting one to hold the title of chief" the "former chief" begged
"Well…."
"The village is in a poor state and in need of a person that can direct us properly"
Hearing their story of betrayal and poverty, Rimuru sighed and begrudgingly agreed. She was led back to the village where shouts and cheers rang out happily
"Rimuru-sama!"
"Our savior!"
Scratching her scalp she blushed and waved her arms around. After celebrating, Rimuru stood on a table and assumed the role of a chief, asking different people questions about the finances and housing of the village. Glancing at the huts, she assumed it was pretty bad and needed a skilled carpenter fast.
Noticing, she asked "Wait, what is your name" to the chief and he replied "No one has a name rimuru-sama, it is very rare for a monster to have a name"
Surprised, "Really?"
"Yes, a high-level mage is needed in order to name us" he told her
"Hmm...Then I shall name all of you" she smirked
"R-R-Rimuru-sama do you even know what you are saying, naming someone takes a lot of mana and makes them stronger along with it."
Rimuru rolled her eyes, "Yes, I know… Everybody form a line!"
Looking at each other the goblins and wolves formed a line in front of rimuru. She pointed at the chief and said "You are rigurd", the chief a flash of light appeared where he was, after the light dissipated, what appeared shocked rimuru entirely. The chief was huge, with bulking muscles and looked 20 years younger.
She proceeded to name everyone in the village, after she was done she took up a podium. Scanning the area, every goblin was now at a human- height. Everyone was cheering and hugging one another. Now that she was done she felt a little tired, but ignored it.
"Everyone now that we're okay, please rest up for tomorrow because we will be renovating the-"
Suddenly getting dizzy, she stumbled and fell from the podium. Luckily rigurd was there to catch her.
Gasps and alarmed shouts everyone rushed to rimuru
"Rimuru-sama! Rimuru-sama! Please wake up, stay with us!" rigurd cried
Rimuru felt herself closing her eyes, and slowly everything turned black...
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A/N: Chapter 2, sorry kinda rushed. Going to add a hot spring scene soon. Next, she will be headed torwards dwarf city, IDK what it's called... I need to do research again. Bye!