Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Cryer's POV
Rimuru was inside the city for a day or so, eventually coming back with four dwarves they recruited to help build the town and teach the Goblins to craft and most importantly taught them how to make clothes, I'm not one to judge but it's kinda awkward to be the only one around besides the slime wearing more than a loincloth.
There was another small issue, when we got back a bunch more goblins from nearby villages showed up looking to meet the heroic slime who saved this village and praise them but it also meant we needed a bit more space.
"You're so popular." I laughed looking at Rimuru who seemed half hibernating "I'm sure it's not just cause you give out names like candy. So, you said we need more space, right?"
"Yeah, there's too many Goblins now for the old location." They sighed.
"Okay then I'll get off my butt and lend a hand alright." I smiled and held my hands out "Oh but if this pisses of the Dryads I'll be counting on you to back me up pal."
"What are you gonna do?"
I flicked my wrists a few times while making some signs with my hands.
"Whirl Cutter!"
A ferocious wind blew through the forest and leveled dozens of trees to the stump in a flash.
"What the heck?!" Rimuru yelled.
I moved my hands again and this time vines rose from the ground and moved the logs into a neat pile to the side while uprooting the stumps and moving them into a pile as well.
"I know a good number of interesting spells." I smiled "Have you ever seen magic before?"
"Monster attacks mostly." The slime admitted.
"Well, I suppose the easiest way to explain magic is that it's Magicules given form." I said "That's obviously simplifying it a lot but with it you can bend nature itself to your will, at least with Elemental Magic like mine."
"Magic is awesome." Rimuru said.
"I agree." I nodded "I've spent years learning hundreds of spells, some are more practical than others, for example there's a magnetism spell that I can use to manipulate these chains on my arms, but other than that it's not very useful."
Rimuru had more questions for me about magic and the nature of Magicules, they were certainly a curious little creature.
"Slimes are adaptable as a race." I told them "So odds are if you keep up what you're doing you'll learn plenty of interesting skills or spells-wait."
"You feel it too?" they asked.
"Magic." I looked back "Danger as well, I can sense it."
Rimuru bounded off rather quickly and I followed as well, the sensation of magic in the air was strong and when we came to a smaller clearing there was a group of four dealing with giant ants.
"Get back!" Rimuru yelled to the woman standing at the front before they summoned a blot of black lightning to fry the ant.
Impressive use of a skill.
"Jeez I held back and it still did all that." Rimuru sighed.
"You're pretty strong for someone so tiny." I laughed "You remind me of someone else I know; she was small but packed a punch."
I spun my finger and generated a small whirlwind to carry the dust and smoke away so we could get a better look at those people.
"You must be adventurers." I said.
There were two women and two men there. The women were a young-looking girl who I sensed potent magical aura from, while the two male companions seemed more dimwitted and physical in their abilities, the second woman was older with dark black hair and ominous energy about her.
She's not from this world…
"A slime?!" the blond guy said.
"That a problem?" Rimuru asked "Anyway this mask belongs to that lady right, sorry I'm not used to that skill so I overdid it."
"I'm alright." The woman took the mask "Thank you very much for saving me."
"You all seem to be in one piece." I looked at them.
"I'm beat." The blonde guy groaned.
"We've been being chased by those bugs on and off for days." The other guy explained.
"We lost our luggage and most of our stuff too." The girl pouted and frowned.
"Giant ants tend to be relentless on a hunt." I told them "But they don't usually get so angry."
"If it's just getting something to eat, I can manage that." Rimuru said "My treat."
"You live near here?" the young girl asked.
"Just over there." They pointed "I'm building a small town over there."
"Monsters building a town?" the group seemed surprised.
"We're not gonna eat you if that's what you're worried about." I spoke "I am Cryer."
"And I'm Rimuru, I'm not a bad slime." They bounced.
The older woman snickered a bit.
"What is it Shizu?" the blonde man asked.
"Oh nothing." She picked Rimuru up "They're trustworthy, we should accept their hospitality."
She trusted him that quickly? I'm not familiar with any secret passphrase like that…
Shizu walked off with Rimuru and I just hummed to myself and followed a few feet behind.
"You three coming?" I called out.
LATER
After we got back to the village the other three introduced themselves as Eren, Gido and Kaval. They were a loud bunch.
"HAHAHA!" I suddenly laughed when they started arguing over who was eating what.
"What's so funny?" Eren asked.
"You three remind me of some old friends is all." I smiled leaning back "we used to bicker and joke like that too, you three must really care about each other."
They all seemed to calm down a bit, while I chatted with the adventuring trio Rimuru was talking with Shizu.
"So, what brings you three our here?" I asked.
They were here on a guild job looking into some matters related to the sudden disappearance of Veldora.
"Have you heard anything, since you were out here and all?" Eren asked.
"No, I'm pretty curious about it myself." I admitted "I came out here to study in peace figuring the presence of the Dragon would keep any annoyances away but it seems it wasn't to be, so I've been hanging out with this interesting little slime I met."
"Strange, it's not like something like that would just vanish." Kaval admitted.
We chatted for a while longer, Rimuru and Shizu left at one point seemingly having hit it off.
"Wandering off with a pretty lady all alone, what a charismatic slime." I smiled taking out a book.
"Is that the Nature of Crystal Magic by the wizard Haroon?" Eren asked "I didn't think there were any copies left where did you find such a thing?"
"I picked it up when I passed through the Sorcerer Nation once upon a time, Crystal magic is interesting, rare but potent in the proper hands." I told her "I'm surprised it's such a rare book I find so few who are familiar with it."
"I heard about it from my father once but-."
"Ahem." Her companion made a not so obvious cough that seemed to make Eren get quiet.
"Well, maybe when I finish reading it, I'll let you borrow it." I smiled "I have more books than I know what to do with."
"Really you would, that would be wonderful!" she clapped.
I casually read a few more pages and when I was about to start the next chapter, I felt a sudden spike in the magic around me.
"This magic…" I snapped my book closed and hurried outside to see a massive flare in the sky "Fire Magic?"
"What is that?" Rigurd asked.
"Evacuate now." I told him running ahead "Something very dangerous is here!"
"Are you sure?"
"I'm going after Rimuru!" I told him.
"What's going on?" Kaval asked.
I ignored him and followed the overwhelming depth of magic out into the hillside where Rimuru was with Shizu, the woman was wreathed in flames though, and here eyes seemed dark with a sharp glare.
"Is that Shizu?" Eren asked "What's going on?"
"Shizue?" Gido said "Do you think she could be Shizue Izawa?"
The woman lifted two fingers and a burst of flame opened up from the ground.
"The Conqueror of flames." I glared "The host of Ifrit."
Why is she here?
"Rimuru!" I yelled as the heat made the air ripple and the earth under Shizu melted into lava "In this state she's extremely dangerous, I had them evacuate as a precaution."
"Get the others out of here." He told me.
"No way!" Eren said "She's part of our party, we can't just leave!"
"…alright be careful."
"Get…away." Shizu groaned "I can't…hold it back any longer."
Could the spirit be trying to control her body by force?
"Don't worry, we'll help you." Rimuru told her "Leave it to me, our goal is to suppress Ifrit and rescue Shizu."
"Right!"
The flames swirled around Shizu once more and the powerful Fire Spirit Ifrit appeared, towering over us with a head pouring out flames, it's red and black armor shimmering under the hot light of its fire.
"What is it your after?" Rimuru asked it.
"HMPH!" Ifrit raised a hand and summoned a cluster of fireballs.
I quickly moved my hands and cast a spell.
"Water Wall!"
I lifted my hands up and a wall of water rose around us to block the fire attack, though it filled the air with steam.
"Ifrit won't be reasoned with." I warned Rimuru "It will burn anything to ash and evaporate the water around us."
My defensive technique quickly faded in the presence of Ifrit's heat, a similar thing happened when Rimuru tried to blast it with his Water Blade attack. Ifrit seemed to be getting bored of playing around, going so far as to use body doubles.
This is getting out of hand, maybe I should use something of a higher caliber?
"Icicle Lance!" Eren cast her own spell and shot one of the clones making it vanish.
"Icicle Lance huh, cute spell." I stood there "Now then…"
I waved my hand and made a few signs causing a pillar of ice about as tall as I was to rise from the ground, holes appearing in the front of it.
"Hand casting?!" Eren gasped
"Icicle Ballista!" a flurry of shots flew out and cleared away most of the clones.
"I'm gonna borrow this." Rimuru ate the attack as well "Hmm Icicle Shotgun!"
"GRRR~" the real Ifrit reformed and glared at Rimuru before a magic circle appeared under the slime.
"It's Flare Circle?!" I hissed.
"Rimuru!" The trio yelled.
Suddenly a metallic string flew out of the fire and wrapped up Ifrit.
"Fire doesn't work on me." Rimuru said as he bounced out a bit.
Thermal Resistance?
"Now, give back Shizu!" Rimuru yelled swallowing up Ifrit like a snack, Shizu dropping free at the same time.
This slime…he's strong.
LATER
Rimuru asked if I could help Shizu, unfortunately my use magic that could do such is basically nonexistent, my spells are battle focused not healing focused. Rimuru stayed with Shizu for a while after that, as far as I know she didn't wake up for at least a week.
Eventually something had to be done about it and when we went to check on them Shizu was gone and in her place was a smaller younger looking girl with sliver blue hair.
"This aura." I tilted my head "Rimuru?"
"Huh?" they looked at us.
"What the hell do you mean that's Rimuru!" Eren yelled "She's naked?!"
"Oh, they are, how petite." I smiled "The perfect body type for a cute girl."
"OW!" she suddenly jabbed her two companions and myself in the eye "stop being creeps!"
AN
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