Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Number Four looked with embarrassment at the vortex that was only one meter in size in front of him. According to its senses, the slime was rapidly moving away from this place, and in a few minutes, it would completely leave its sensory range. Number Four had tried to chase it, but the crack was less than ten centimeters wide, making it impossible to enter.

Moreover, it had no idea how deep this crack was. Even if it wanted to forcibly widen the entrance and squeeze in, the slime would have escaped to who knows where by then.

"Damn it, if Lord Charles finds out that the experimental material he valued has escaped..."

Just thinking about Lord Charles's reaction after finding out about this, in case he became disappointed in it and considered it a failure, Number Four couldn't help but tremble. It had seen countless companions who were deemed failures being dissected. All the recoverable tissues from their bodies were dismantled, and the unusable parts were made into food. And throughout the entire process, their consciousness was guaranteed to be absolutely clear.

Afterward, their tormented souls would be extracted and used for various experiments. In short, once someone was deemed a failure, they would be ruthlessly squeezed of all their value, and even death was a luxury.

As for escaping, this option had never even crossed Number Four's mind. During its modification process, it had undergone countless brainwashings and memory-thought reconstructions. Even its current self-awareness was newly constructed.

Just as Number Four was pondering how to continue completing Charles's mission, in a corner not far away, the piece of body that Lu Minghao had been knocked away by the tentacles was constantly squirming. A fist-sized slime was silently watching Number Four.

"Charles and experiments... so it's you guys!"

Lu Minghao looked at the bizarre creature in front of him with beast horns on its head, covered in black scales, and limbs like tentacles. Memories of the Magic Beast Legion of the Eastern Empire surfaced in his mind. This was a powerful empire that would only appear later in the original story.

Its emperor, Rudra Nam Ul Naska, could be said to be one of the top existences in this world. He was once a disciple of the Creation God Star Dragon King and had obtained the Ultimate Skill 'King of Covenant' through his own efforts. However, because the Creation God Star Dragon King disliked the ability to control others, he exchanged his 'King of Justice' (Royal Authority Deployment, Royal Palace Barrier, Angelic Army) for Drulla's 'King of Covenant'.

Moreover, after the Creation God Star Dragon King's death, the 'King of Covenant' was awakened by Rimuru as a 'True Demon Lord'.

In addition, Rudra, as one of the strongest heroes, once led the Scorching Dragon and his companions to challenge Guy Crimson, the Primordial Red. Guy, who had been entrusted by the Star Dragon King to maintain world peace, had long been at odds with Rudra, who wanted to rule the world, and the two began a long war.

It wasn't until after the Star Dragon King's death that the battle between the two subsided. Rudra relied on the Ultimate Skill 'King of Justice' he had exchanged from the Star Dragon King to annex several kingdoms, eventually forming the Eastern Empire, which would never betray him.

However, because the Star Dragon King's 'King of Justice' was too powerful, it constantly eroded Rudra's soul, causing Rudra to rely on constant reincarnation to prevent himself from going berserk. But even though reincarnation would retain his memories, it would also cause his soul to constantly dissipate.

Knowing this, Rudra asked his friends, Dalaam and Kondo Tatsuya, and the Scorching Dragon to kill him when he went berserk and was completely controlled by the 'King of Justice'. But they still failed, and Rudra, whose soul had completely dissipated, became the 'King of Justice', and the entire Eastern Empire was controlled by Rudra, who had become the 'King of Justice'.

Its purpose also changed from the original goal of ruling the world to resurrecting the Creation God Star Dragon King.

The guy who chased Lu Minghao earlier was a member of the Magic Beast Legion, one of the three major legions of the Eastern Empire. After all, in this world, there was only one empire that combined magic and technology. It was precisely because of this that Lu Minghao was able to combine the scarce information with his knowledge as a human to know who the enemy was.

"I just don't know if the current emperor of the Eastern Empire is Rudra himself or the 'King of Justice'. But it doesn't matter, I've remembered today's hatred!"

According to the information Lu Minghao knew, when Rimuru reincarnated into this world, Rudra's soul had already completely lost itself in the long years and endless reincarnations, leaving only a 'King of Justice' with Rudra's appearance, memories, and abilities.

Although he didn't know the specific situation of Rudra now, Lu Minghao felt that he had already formed a feud with the Eastern Empire today. After all, the other party wanted to use him as an experimental material. He just simply wanted to live peacefully, so why did they always have to provoke him?

Since they were already enemies and threatened his survival, then there was only one outcome: either he or the Eastern Empire would live. Even though Lu Minghao's strength was not even comparable to an ant compared to the Eastern Empire, Lu Minghao didn't believe that he would still be like this after growing for hundreds or thousands of years.

Moreover, with his talent, Lu Minghao didn't think he would need that long.

Of course, the most important thing was that he, this slime, was extremely vengeful, and he was the kind who would take revenge on the spot if he had the ability. If he didn't have the ability, he would wait until he did. As long as it threatened his survival, Lu Minghao would never show any mercy.

As for telling him to be more generous and not be so vengeful, Lu Minghao could only say that forgiving others was God's business, and he was only responsible for sending them all to see God.

"So, in order for me to live peacefully, please all die!"

As Lu Minghao spoke, a trace of purple appeared in the fist-sized slime's body, and intense toxicity began to frantically corrode this body. Under the intense pain, Lu Minghao revealed a trace of a smile. At this moment, Lu Minghao's disguise as a human under civilization completely disappeared.

This assassination attempt had made him completely understand that this world was a world where the strong preyed on the weak. The weak were sinful even to live, and only the strong could act recklessly. And he was going to be that reckless strongman!

"Hmm?"

On the other side, Number Four in the stinking ditch seemed to have noticed something. A tentacle instantly appeared in front of Lu Minghao, but it was already too late. Lu Minghao's body had already become tattered under the erosion of the poison.

"We will meet again."

At the last moment, Lu Minghao's calm voice echoed in Number Four's mind, and then it turned into a puddle of highly poisonous liquid. Number Four, who had just arrived here, looked at the liquid on the ground with a face full of anger. Its last chance to complete the mission had disappeared in front of it.

As for the slime's threat, Number Four didn't take it to heart at all. How could a mere slime know their power? If this slime dared to appear again, then Number Four would definitely let it know what despair was.