In the early morning, the golden sun still slowly rose from the east. Under the morning sun, the many monster residents in the central city of 'Rimuru' began a new day. The stone-paved streets quickly became bustling with activity, and many monster residents greeted passing monsters with happy smiles on their faces.
"Snacks, snacks, I want to eat delicious snacks today too."
On the sunlit street, Milim skipped forward, her small hands full of various delicacies. Her smiling face showed that Milim was very happy this morning.
"Lord Lu Minghao, are you sure there really won't be any problems?"
Behind Milim, Benimaru watched Milim skip ahead. Her cute, innocent, and radiant little girl appearance made it impossible for him to connect the current Milim with the Demon Lord from yesterday who exuded overwhelming power and inspired despair just by standing there.
During last night's meeting, Lord Rimuru also told them that Demon Lord Milim would be staying here temporarily. Honestly, Benimaru was very worried about this. After all, with Demon Lord Milim's power, this city would be destroyed immediately if she got serious.
"Don't worry, Milim is actually very easy to get along with, as long as you don't deliberately anger her."
Lu Minghao yawned and turned to look at Benimaru, who had a worried expression on his face. He casually waved his hand. Last night, he secretly followed Fabio, Foucault, and Tia, and personally watched them send Fabio, that muscle-brained guy, into the cave sealed by the Storm Great Vortex before leaving.
This caused Lu Minghao to feel sleep-deprived today, but in reality, with Lu Minghao's current strength, not sleeping wouldn't have any effect. The feeling of sleep deprivation was just a habitual illusion.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Lu Minghao slightly narrowed his sleepy eyes and suddenly opened them, looking at the open space in front of Milim. Benimaru, who was originally troubled by Milim's matter, also turned around with a vigilant expression and looked ahead.
"Who's there!"
Beside them, Shion casually tossed Rimuru, who was in her arms, onto Ranga's head, gripped her long sword tightly with both hands, and shouted solemnly at the front. The next second, a figure exuding a natural aura, wrapped in green and red light, appeared. Moreover, within the natural aura she emitted, there was also a sense of madness and destructive desire.
"That aura... Is it Treyni? No, the aura is a bit different."
On top of Ranga's head, Rimuru, who remained in his slime form, curiously looked at the suddenly appearing dryad. Although the natural aura she emitted was similar to Treyni's, it was different from Treyni's pure natural aura.
"I am the dryad Toray, Treyni's younger sister. There is an emergency, disaster is approaching."
The dryad Toray raised her head, slowly opened her eyes, and looked at Lu Minghao and his group. Her tone was full of worry as she said that last night, she and Treyni suddenly discovered that the sealed Storm Great Vortex had actually acquired a physical body and was resurrected, and was currently heading towards here.
"Disaster?"
Rimuru, upon hearing Toray's words, had a question mark appear above his head. How could there be another disaster? Didn't they just solve the Orc Disaster not long ago?
"The Disaster-class monster, the Storm Great Vortex, has been resurrected. It possesses tyrannical power comparable to a Demon Lord. My sister Treyni and the others went to stop it, but it was completely useless, and the Storm Great Vortex's destination seems to be here."
As she spoke, Toray raised her hand and looked at the red light wrapped around her palm. That was the remaining power from when she and Treyni tried to stop the Storm Great Vortex. During that time, she and Treyni tried their best, but they still couldn't stop the Storm Great Vortex.
Therefore, Treyni was now staying behind alone to delay the Storm Great Vortex's advance, while she had come to inform Rimuru and the others.
"What?"
On the opposite side, not only Benimaru and the others, but even Rimuru himself showed a solemn expression when he heard that the destination was here. If the opponent really had power comparable to a Demon Lord, then a battle within the town would cause a large number of casualties.
"Facing the sky's dominator, the Storm Great Vortex, ground forces are useless. Therefore, I have come to advise you to urgently strengthen defenses and prepare aerial combat forces."
Looking at Toray, who was looking at him after speaking, Rimuru became serious. He wouldn't think this was Toray's prank, which meant that the Storm Great Vortex was about to attack here.
"That Storm Great Vortex, what exactly is it?"
Just as Rimuru, Benimaru, and the others were seriously thinking about how to deal with the Storm Great Vortex, Loryna, who had returned from investigating the underground great cave in the Lizardmen territory, curiously approached and looked at Toray and asked. It was the first time she had heard the name Storm Great Vortex. Was it very strong?
"The Storm Great Vortex was born a long time ago, repeating death and rebirth. It is a ferocious sky dominator, worthy of being the child of the Storm Dragon Veldora, who dominates and protects the Jura Forest."
Speaking of this, Toray lowered her head. After all, for the dryads, the Storm Dragon Veldora was like their master, but now the Storm Dragon Veldora's child had become a ferocious monster destroying the Jura Forest.
"Veldora's child?"
On the opposite side, when Rimuru heard that the Storm Great Vortex was Veldora's child, he subconsciously raised his head to look at Toray. Even Milim, who was originally indifferent, perked up her ears. After all, logically speaking, the Storm Dragon Veldora was her uncle, which meant that the Storm Great Vortex was her cousin.
"The Storm Great Vortex is a monster born from the aggregate of magic essence leaked by Lord Veldora."
Looking at Rimuru, who was looking at her, Toray explained the reason for the Storm Great Vortex's birth. During the hundreds of years that the Storm Dragon Veldora was sealed in the Infinite Prison, a large amount of magic essence flowed out. A small portion of it formed a large number of precious magic ore and herbs in the cave where Rimuru was born, but the vast majority of the remaining magic essence gathered together and gave birth to the Storm Great Vortex.
"Uh!"
On the opposite side, after Rimuru understood the reason for the Storm Great Vortex's birth, beads of sweat dripped down his round body. It seemed... it seemed that the Storm Great Vortex was coming here because of him. After all, he and the Storm Dragon Veldora had given each other names, making them equivalent to brothers, and now the Storm Dragon Veldora was in his body.
As a monster born from the aggregate of Veldora's magic essence, it seemed normal for it to be able to sense Veldora within him.
"In addition, the Storm Great Vortex's unique skill [Monster Summoning] can summon a monster called the Sky-Swimming Great Serpent from another world, and this time the summoned Sky-Swimming Great Serpent has also possessed the bodies of thirteen lower-ranking Sky Corpses."
Just as Rimuru, covered in sweat, was attributing the reason for the approaching Tempest Great Whirlpool to himself, the Treant Treyni supplemented the information about the Tempest Great Whirlpool once again. As they learned more, it could be said that everyone present, except for Lu Minghao, Shuna, Luminous, and Milim, became increasingly serious.
This scale and strength, the degree of threat, had already surpassed that of the previous Orc Lord war.
"So, Rimuru, what are you going to do?"
At this moment, Lu Minghao turned his head, looked at Rimuru on top of Ranga's head, and asked with a light smile. Although the Tempest Great Whirlpool had already been internally decided as his meal, Lu Minghao was still a little curious about what Rimuru would do.
"Of course, it's to defeat the Tempest Great Whirlpool. Everyone, get ready."
Facing Lu Minghao's question, Rimuru lightly jumped down from Ranga's head, transforming into a human form in mid-air, a faint smile on his cute face as he looked at everyone and said.
"Hmph, a mere Tempest Great Whirlpool, it will definitely not be a match for me, Milim! Watch me easily solve it!"
At this time, Milim jumped in front of everyone, her little face full of confidence. She was too lazy to care whether that Tempest Great Whirlpool was the child of her uncle, the Storm Dragon Veldora, but Milim would absolutely not allow that guy to destroy this place where she could eat all sorts of delicious things.
"No, Milim, and Minghao, this time the Tempest Great Whirlpool is coming for us, so this time I want to rely on my own strength to resolve the crisis."
The next second, Rimuru stepped forward and shook his head at Milim, then looked at Lu Minghao with a smile on his cute face. Rimuru knew that although he didn't know how powerful that Tempest Great Whirlpool was, it was completely an opponent that Lu Minghao and Milim could easily deal with.
However, Rimuru didn't want to completely rely on Lu Minghao and Milim this time. After all, the other party was coming for him, and Rimuru didn't want to rely on Lu Minghao and Milim for everything. As their close friend, the ruler of the Jura Tempest Federation, he also had to become stronger.
"Hmm. Since this is your choice, Rimuru, then as your beloved friend, I naturally agree."
Looking at Rimuru with a smile on his face, compared to the Rimuru who was afraid and hesitant when he saw the bones covering the earth during the Orc Lord war, he had grown a lot at this time, at least he would no longer have overly naive illusions about war.
"Thank you, Minghao, but if we really can't beat the Tempest Great Whirlpool, then..."
"Don't worry, I would do that even if you didn't say it."
Looking at Rimuru's slightly flushed cheeks and the extremely cute look of turning his head to the side, Lu Minghao took a deep breath and reminded himself three times that Rimuru was a boy before reincarnation, then gave him a gentle smile and a thumbs up.
"Speaking of which, is there a possibility that after going to a new world, we can find something similar to the Nyon溺泉 Springs?"
The next second, a bizarre idea appeared in Lu Minghao's mind. He remembered watching an anime where there was a Nyon溺泉 Spring that could turn boys into girls, and it was the kind of perfect transformation, with everything a girl should have.
"Tsk tsk!"
Thinking of this, Lu Minghao touched his chin and looked at Rimuru, who was extremely cute. Since they were good brothers and beloved friends, wouldn't it be okay for him, this good brother, to make him feel good after turning into a girl?
"Minghao?"
At this time, Rimuru on the opposite side also noticed Lu Minghao's strange gaze. For some reason, Rimuru subconsciously pulled on his clothes. He only felt that under Lu Minghao's gaze, he seemed to have been done some indescribable things.
"Cough cough, it's nothing, Rimuru, would you say we are close friends and beloved friends?"
Looking at Rimuru looking at him, Lu Minghao coughed a few times and changed the topic. After all, although Rimuru can now freely imagine three forms of female, male, and neutral, these are all transformed by skills, and there are still some differences from the real thing.
"Of course."
Although Lu Minghao's question seemed a bit inexplicable to Rimuru, Rimuru still nodded, indicating that they were close friends. Facing Rimuru's answer, Lu Minghao nodded in satisfaction.
Since we are good brothers, that's fine!
"Alright, then next we should go and see the so-called Tempest Great Whirlpool."
The next second, Lu Minghao raised his head and looked into the distance. In the sky there, several black dots were approaching rapidly. The powerful magic essence could be easily detected even by Gobta, the little brother, and other weak monsters.
"Hmm."
Rimuru also raised his head and looked over there, then asked Rigurd to stay and arrange for the monster residents in the central city 'Rimuru' to begin evacuating, while Lu Minghao and his party flew towards the direction of the Tempest Great Whirlpool.
Before long, about one hundred kilometers away from the central city 'Rimuru', Rimuru finally saw the disaster-class monster Treyni was talking about, the Tempest Great Whirlpool. The huge body, hundreds of meters long, looked like a giant aerial fortress suspended in mid-air. The blue body was covered with huge scales, and the scales emitted a faint light under the sunlight.
On the huge body of the Tempest Great Whirlpool, two pairs of wings covering the sky cast huge shadows in the forest, and in addition to this, thirteen giant Sky Swimming Wyverns, nearly twenty meters long, swam around the Tempest Great Whirlpool. Just seeing that huge body, one knew that this thing was not an opponent that ordinary monsters could defeat.
"Gudong! Sister Shuna, they look so delicious."
On a cliff, Luminous stared intently at the dozen or so Sky Swimming Wyverns beside the Tempest Great Whirlpool. The way they swam freely in the air, their strong bodies, made Luminous swallow subconsciously.
"Hmm, they look very delicious."
Hearing Luminous's words, Shuna nodded in agreement, and crystal liquid dripped down the corners of her mouth. Such a big fish, and one that swims in the air, would definitely taste great as grilled fish.
"Sigh!"
The next second, Shuna and Luminous turned their heads to look at each other and sighed deeply at the same time. After all, Lu Minghao had promised Rimuru not to take action casually before.
"You guys."
Looking at Shuna and Luminous, who looked disappointed and pitifully at him, Lu Minghao waved his hand with both doting and helplessness. Anyway, what he promised Rimuru was not to attack the Tempest Great Whirlpool until the last moment, but not the Sky Swimming Wyverns it summoned.
Moreover, it's boring to just stand here, so why not let Shuna and the others catch some other world fish to grill.
