Re-becoming a human being from Conan

"So... Clayman was the bastard behind the Storm Demon Whirlpool incident?"

In Carion Castle, after listening to Frey's explanation of the recent situation, Carion asked Frey with a sullen face: "That bastard is really bold!"

The so-called Storm Demon Whirlpool refers to a mindless natural disaster-level monster born in the core of the Storm Dragon Veldora's magic element. It only knows how to destroy, and its appearances have brought disasters.

Not long ago, the Storm Demon Whirlpool revived again and went straight to the Jura Forest. It fought with Rimuru and was in a stalemate. In the end, it was Milim who took action and killed it in seconds.

If you want to ask why Carion is angry, it is because the appearance of the Storm Demon Whirlpool this time is inseparable from him. It was one of his three beast warriors, the black panther fang Phobio, who was bewitched by the enemy, that brought the energy carrier of resurrection to the Storm Demon Whirlpool.

This almost caused him to lose a general. Phoebe, who was standing behind him, was naturally even more angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "So the demon king Clayman is behind those two clowns!"

"Clowns?" Frey asked.

"An organization called 'Medium Clown Company', the number of people and strength are unknown. I met two of them, one is called Tia and the other is called Footman, both are very strong demons." Phoebe replied, "Probably... stronger than me."

It is not easy to make a powerful orc admit that he is not as skilled as others. Frey said thoughtfully, "The guy who was responsible for controlling the Orc King before is also a member of this clown company? Clayman actually hides a strong force?"

"So?" Carion asked, "What the hell are you and Milim doing this time?"

Frey looked at Milim, but only saw a round blue slime on the chair where Milim was sitting. Two short hands were gesturing and touching their heads, with a curious look on their faces, as if it had nothing to do with them and was completely out of the situation.

‘Ah——’

She sighed in her heart, and looked at Ji Xing on the other side before explaining: “Clayman threatened me with the Storm Demon Whirlpool to help him control Milim. It was the thing Milim wore around her neck. But how could Milim be controlled? She was just playing with Clayman.

We didn’t come here to kill you, of course. We just wanted to knock you out and trick Clayman into letting you join Milim’s plan. As for what the plan is, you can ask her.”

So Karion looked at Milim, but saw ‘himself’ sitting upright.

‘Hey, is it really okay to sell that skill to Milim? 'Karrion couldn't help but complain in his heart, but thinking about the previous battle between Milim and Ji Xing, he had to patiently ask: "Milim, what is your plan?"

"Hmm? Oh, plan!" 'Karrion' smiled like a chicken thief, without the majesty and dominance of the Lion King: "Of course I have a plan!

Clayman's plan against Rimuru will definitely fail. At that time, he will think of other ways, most likely to hold a demon feast to investigate Rimuru's claim to the throne without becoming a demon king. The demon feast can only be held with the consent of three demon kings, and adding Frey and I is just right. At that time, Rimuru will have the opportunity to kill Clayman!"

It can be said that Milim is playful, but it cannot be said that Milim is stupid. She can even predict the development of the next event in advance.

"Demon feast..." Karrion whispered.

In the outside world and human society, some people regard the demon feast as a synonym for terror, thinking that it is a discussion among demon kings to destroy the world, but in fact it is just a tea party for demon kings.

Every once in a while, the Demon King Feast will be held, and all the Demon Kings must attend, but the content of the meeting is basically to talk about recent encounters and some fresh intelligence.

However, the initiators of the feast are usually Guy, Milim, and Ramiris, the three ancient Demon Kings. Clayman, as one of the least experienced Demon Kings, did not have this ability before.

"Speaking of this." Carion looked at the sleeping Flame Dragon outside the window: "I was just about to ask you, Milim, among the current ten Demon Kings, how many are like me and have not awakened?"

"Well, you know?" Milim changed back to her original appearance, kicking her legs and said: "Only you, Frey, and Clayman, who became Demon Kings in the past few hundred years, have not awakened. Oh, although Leon has similar qualifications as you, he fell from a 'hero' to a Demon King, which is equivalent to directly passing the awakening stage."

"I didn't know about this before today." Frey said: "How big is the power gap before and after awakening? Less?"

"Well, about... ten times?" Milim looked at Ji Xing and said, "This matter is not a secret, but those who know it have tacitly agreed not to spread it. It's not that they are worried about adding more competitors to themselves, but because the awakening of the Demon King requires 10,000 human souls. Guy is worried that too many monsters will know about it and kill them wantonly, causing chaos in the world, so he doesn't let people spread it everywhere.

Also... Monsters that have been named and have established soul corridors with others need ten times the life fire to awaken. Even I don't know this. Where did you hear it from?"

"I have skills." Ji Xing 'explained'.

Milim suddenly realized: "Oh! The ultimate skill that can even analyze my star particles? And the skill that gives me the ability to transform seems to be an ultimate skill too. It's amazing. Generally, awakened demon kings have only one ultimate at most!"

"Wait..." Carion couldn't help but interrupt the topic and said, "What is the ultimate skill?"

"As you can guess from the name, if a unique skill evolves, it will become an ultimate skill." Milim shook his head as he explained: "Generally, people without ultimate skills will never be able to defeat people with ultimate skills!"

Carrion and Fleur looked at each other, reading similar emotions in each other's eyes.

It turns out that although we are both the top ten demon kings, we are so different from the real demon kings. We have not even heard the slightest bit of this knowledge.

The next moment, they all said in unison with a tacit understanding: "Milim, can I borrow ten thousand human souls from you?"

"...Huh?" Milim was startled for a moment and looked around: "That's no problem. With the help of Ji Xing's skill, I can indeed lend you my soul to awaken, but... the devil usually needs to After sleeping for a while, what will Clayman do?"

"Do you still plan to continue acting?" Fleur asked.

"Of course!" Milim said: "Although there is a little surprise in the plan, if you cooperate with me, Clayman won't be able to find it!"

"Well, that kind of thing is no problem, just think of it as the advance payment for borrowing my soul from you." Carrion didn't care about pretending to be dead. The previous battle had stimulated the Lion King quite a bit.

Fleur said: "I don't have any problem, I can just find an excuse to deal with Clayman's return a few days later. Besides..."

She considered it for a while and said: "It would be just right if we held a feast of the Demon King. I plan to announce my withdrawal from the ranks of the Demon King at the feast and follow you, Milim. This can be regarded as my reward for lending you 10,000 human souls."

"Hey...hey?" Milim was shocked.

How can we repay kindness with hatred? !

"No, no need! Fleur, you are my friend. There is no need to repay friends! Ji Xing, please help take away my 10,000 human souls and give them to Fleur to help her awaken!"

"No, I have to repay you." Fleur said expressionlessly. It's a foregone conclusion that Milim has acquired the transformation skill, and someone must take care of her, otherwise the world will really become a mess.

Fortunately, although Milim is too powerful to control, she can also obey the rules sometimes, and she can distinguish between things that are good for her.

Fleur made up her mind to play the role of housekeeper: "Please give me your guidance in the future, Milim-sama."

With a click, Milim turned into a slime and landed on the chair. She pretended to be innocent and said that she was a slime that didn't understand anything.

But the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and even Carion hesitated for a moment, whether it would be better to take advantage of the situation and switch to Milim's command - he could see that even if he awakened, he would still be among the weakest among the demon kings.

The next moment, the 20,000 human souls that Ji Xing moved from Milim's body each got into the bodies of the two demon kings. The evolution began, and sleepiness swept over the two of them. Carion only had time to tell Sophia and Fabio behind him. Then he fell asleep.

"Well, I still want to find a bed to lie down on..." Fleur murmured and fell asleep leaning on the chair.

Milim breathed a sigh of relief. The two slimes rolled their eyes and suddenly turned into a young man with white hair and a gloomy temperament.

It’s none other than Demon King Clayman!

She lowered her head and looked at herself, nodded with satisfaction, and muttered: "Fule should sleep for two or three days, so... let's give Rimuru a surprise first! Wow hahaha——"

"Ji Xing, I'll leave Karion and Fleur in your care here. I'll be back soon!" Then she waved to Ji Xing and flew straight out of the window, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Ji Xing shook his head and could roughly deduce what Milim wanted to do. He looked at the Beast King Warrior Group and said, "I have to stay here for a few more days. Could you please arrange a place for me to stay?"

White Tiger Claw Sophia replied respectfully: "Yes, Master Carrion is about to awaken as the true Demon King. Thanks to your help, I think Master Carrion will welcome you to the Beast Kingdom as a guest at any time!"

She has always admired the strong. After watching the previous battle, she already regarded Ji Xing as a strong person on par with Milim.

This attitude lasted until I started drinking...

That night, Sophia, who had returned to her original form as a white tiger, rubbed Ji Xing's shoulder like a big cat, burping with wine and said: "Lord Ji Xing, you visitors from other worlds... are so awesome! These fine wines brewed by Lord Rimuru , much more delicious than the wine we drank before!

Hehe, um, um... I also want to buy skills. Is there any kind of powerful skill that allows me to swallow that bastard Clayman in one bite? Sell ​​me, sell me one! "

Ji Xing smiled and said, "Carion will give feedback to you subordinates when he awakens. Although you have not fallen asleep, after the feedback is over, you should be about the same strength as Clayman."

"Eh? Really, really? Hiccup~" Sophia licked Ji Xing's face twice excitedly, making Ji Xing's face covered in wine-flavored saliva: "That's great!"

When Lord Carrion fell into a deep sleep, didn’t we ‘family monsters’ all hear the voice of the world? You're really not suitable for drinking, Sophia! Fabio's face was full of pain, and he was pushed aside by Sophia several times.

So starting from that night, Ji Xing didn't see Sophia again for the next two days.

Too presumptuous, I became autistic.

…

On the other side, the monster kingdom.

With the help of the Great Sage, who has a unique skill, Rimuru's process of awakening as the Demon King is faster.

It evolved from an ordinary slime into a brand new species, the 'Slime Demonic Spiritual Body'. All attributes were greatly enhanced, and the amount of magic element even increased tenfold.

More importantly, it directly obtained two powerful ultimate skills, Raphael, the King of Wisdom, who evolved from the Great Sage, and Beelzebub, the King of Gluttony, who evolved from the Glutton.

With the help of the wiser and more awakened Raphael, its soul-returning secret technique successfully resurrected Shion, and everyone got a happy ending. At this moment, Shion was shouting with surprise: "Great! I don't have to become someone else's heroic spirit! I only belong to Lord Rimuru!"

Well, weird.

Rimuru complained in his heart, looking around at the evolved Demon Country cadres around him, and felt that there was a lot to do next, but just as he was about to issue an order, he suddenly felt danger in his magic perception.

A powerful magic is coming!

"Protect Lord Rimuru!"

Hongwan, who also sensed the magic, immediately shouted loudly, and Shion, who was still immersed in the joy of resurrection, immediately half-blocked in front of Rimuru.

"Who is this guy..." Rimuru pushed aside the purple lilies, stared at the person flying in the sky in the distance, and compared it with the intelligence: "Demon King... Clayman?"

Yes, it was 'Clayman'!

"He is the culprit?!"

"How dare he break in here!"

"What does he want to do?!"

Amid the hostility of everyone, Clayman hovered a few hundred meters away and said in a cold voice: "Wahaha... cough, huhuhuhu! You are quite capable, a mere slime! Not only did you destroy this demon king's plan, you also became a demon king!"

"Plan?" Rimuru said as loudly as anyone: "Are you admitting that the Tempest Federation was attacked, and you did it all?"

"Ha, so what if you admit it?" Clayman spread his hands and said: "A mere slime, does it really think of itself as a demon king? Wahaha——hum!"

《……》

Rimuru felt that Master Raphael, who had just evolved into the ultimate skill, seemed to have something to say , but she ignored it for the time being because of the enemy: "So... are you here to fight me? Clayman!"

"Fight? Don't be so arrogant, Slime! This demon king is just here to tell you when you will die!"

Clayman said coldly: "Wait, I will kill you, the guy who dares to call himself a demon king, in front of all the demon kings at the demon king banquet! Oh~ let Milim do it."

《……》

"Milim..." Rimuru was shocked and said: "What did you do to her?!"

"Wahahaha——Are you worried about her? Don't worry, she's fine, she just listens to me in the future! Think about it carefully, how can you defeat the most powerful ancient demon king!" Clayman laughed out loud.

"Damn..." Rimuru gritted his teeth and was about to transform his wings to fight Clayman.

Hongwan quickly grabbed her: "Lord Rimuru, don't fall into the enemy's trap!"

"You are so impatient, you are just a slime." Clayman smiled and turned to fly away: "You will wait for your death in fear!"

"You bastard!"

Rimuru can bear it, but Shion can't.

She immediately jumped up and slashed at Clayman with a knife. At the same time, a man with black hair, golden eyes and elegant posture attacked her.

That was the demon summoned by Rimuru when he cleared the army of the Kingdom of Farmus and was about to fall asleep and found that he had no ability to protect himself. He sacrificed the bodies of all the members of the Kingdom of Farmus!

At this time, Rimuru didn't know that this demon was the black ancestor of the seven original demons. If it was the real Clayman, he might have been torn seriously by this claw.

But this 'Clayman' just brightened his eyes, stretched out his two hands and easily blocked and offset the attacks of the two people, and swept them away.

"Don't be too anxious, Slime."

Leaving behind this sentence, 'Clayman' flew and disappeared into the sky.

The original black that landed was a little surprised, and Shion said solemnly: "You actually blocked my attack so easily? I just evolved. You are worthy of being a demon king."

The joyful atmosphere of Rimuru's evolution into a demon king dissipated, and the people of the Demon Federation felt heavy in their hearts when they were declared war by a demon king.

"Don't worry, Lord Rimuru will definitely win!" someone comforted.

"What is the Demon King's Feast?" someone asked.

"No matter what it is, I will definitely rescue Milim and kill Clayman who dared to attack us!" Rimuru said firmly and worriedly: "Damn it, if I had known that Milim was really controlled, I would never let Ji Xing go to the Beast Kingdom. I hope he is okay."

《……》

"……Master Raphael, you seemed to have something to say from the beginning. Is it information about the enemy?" Rimuru asked after reacting.

《……No. Announcement, the 'Infinite Prison' that seals the Storm Dragon Veldora is about to be analyzed and will receive strong support. 》

Oh! Rimuru cheered in his heart, great, because the Great Sage evolved into Teacher Raphael, has it changed so fast?

In the distance, 'Clayman' was almost laughing: "Wahahaha——Fun, this is too fun! Rimuru, just take the heavy pressure and 'challenge' me and Clayman! Wahahaha——"

…

"Huh? Frey, haven't you forgotten yet?"

Three days later, Milim looked at Frey in front of her with a slightly different temperament: "You are already a real demon king, a powerful demon king, how can you be my subordinate?"

"No, I have decided, Milim-sama." Frey smiled, "My power is far less than yours."

"That's true. Thinking of the battle scenes of the past few days, the joy of being promoted to the True Demon King has dissipated a lot." The awakened Carrion gesticulated his muscles and said, "There is one more thing. After all, "Extreme Skill', why didn't I get it when I awakened? "What about you, Fleur?

"Me neither." Fleur shook her head.

"Probably because you got the Fire of Life from Milim and didn't go through a battle worthy of transformation." Ji Xing said: "It doesn't matter. Ultimate skills can't only be obtained when you evolve. You still have a chance after becoming the Demon King."

Kalion and Frey looked at Shyvana.

At this moment, Shyvana's image changed again, her surging power became restrained, and overall she became more like a human being. She shook her head and said: "I didn't get the ultimate skill either."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Shyvana say: "But Master, I have obtained a skill called Ultimate Endowment, which seems to be related to your skill. It is called Ultimate Endowment 'Dragon Blood Warrior Ji Xi'. Vana', the skills I got from you have been greatly enhanced."

"Dragon-Blooded Warrior?" Ji Xing whispered.

The world will of this world can even be read by one's other invasion experiences. Its specifications are even higher than those of the Dragon Ball world. Although the strength does not look like a seven-star one, it should have some unique secrets, 'Dragon Blood Warrior' It's also normal.

Shyvana was originally trained by Ji Xing to be a dragon-blooded warrior queen in the alliance world.

"It doesn't matter. It's probably because you are the Demon King under my soul lineage. The ultimate skill has been expressed in a different way. I will try the power of your skill later." Ji Xing said.

"yes!"

So the three of us evolved into demon kings at the same time, but only this dragon girl has the ultimate skill. Is it possible that she is stronger than us?

Carrion whispered in his heart, looked back at Fabio and said: "Then, I will accompany Milim in your performance as agreed. Over here in the Beast Kingdom, Fabio, you and... By the way, where is Sophia? ? "Why didn't you see her?"

Fabio paused and said, "She has evolved because of your awakening and is exercising to control new powers. Shall I call her?"

"Oh, no need for that now." Carion continued: "You and she will lead the people to clean up the previously destroyed areas of the Beast Kingdom, and let Alvis bring the citizens back from Rimuru."

"yes!"

Karion then stood up and faced Milim solemnly and said: "Milim, although I am a little overestimating my abilities, I still want to test the power gap between you and me now. Having said that, I I should have fought with you originally, but now I’m just making up for it!”

Milim looked surprised, and there was a fight?

"Hahahaha - since you sincerely challenged me, I, the Demon King, will make up for this battle." She stood up and put her hands on her hips, laughing: "And Fleur and Shyvana, you all just became the Demon King, Do you want to try your strength?"

"I'll forget it. I don't have the habit of deliberately looking for beatings." Fleur said.

Shyvana also refused.

So three minutes later, Milim carried the unconscious Carrion with a cheerful expression and said with a smile: "Sure enough, he has become much stronger after awakening. He is a pretty good opponent. Fleur, let's go."

A one-sided battle, or even a one-sided show, is it really so far behind? Fleur couldn't help but glance at Ji Xing, then fluttered her wings and flew in the direction of Milim.

This glance seemed to make Milim think: "By the way, Ji Xing, do you want to come to the next Demon King's Feast? Although you are a human, your subordinates have become real Demon Kings!

Well, even if you don't come, Qi Yi will find you alone soon, right? That guy got the job of world mediator from my father. Although your power is not as good as ours, there are probably not many guys in the world who are stronger than you. You already have the possibility of affecting the balance of the world! "

Ji Xing said: "I'll think about it, maybe I'll go as Sivana's follower?"

"Huh?" Milim suddenly clapped her hands: "How about... Ji Xing, we will kill Clayman directly. You can use your transformation skills to transform into him and participate in the feast, so you don't have to act!"

"Then what?" Ji Xing said with a smile: "Where can Rimuru vent his anger? Do you want her to beat me? She can't beat me either."

"Oh, that's right -" Milim waved her hand: "Goodbye then, Ji Xing, I will have a good fight with you next time! Frey, let's fly quickly, Clayman should be waiting impatiently!"

…

Clayman was more than impatient.

He was already impatient.

His original plan was for Milim to sneak attack on Karion. He did not declare war openly and wait for seven days. But in the end, Milim didn't know what was wrong with him. Even though he was being manipulated, he still did something unexpected. Something to be expected.

It doesn't matter, just declare war. Carrion cannot be Milim's opponent in a head-on battle, but seven days later and three days later, there is no news at all. The spy sent is nowhere to be seen, and even Fleur has disappeared!

What happened?

On the other hand, he ordered the demon Myran to escalate the situation and use the Farmus Kingdom's army to destroy the Monster Kingdom. Things went badly, and even failed to the extreme.

The army of 19,000 people was originally an awakening gift prepared by 'that lord' for himself, but now they were all killed by the slime. Pironne, the confidant in charge of surveillance, was also discovered by the demon he summoned. Cleaning up caused him to completely lose understanding of the current situation of the monster kingdom.

As for ‘that lord’, his name is Kazaream, and he is an old demon king, but he was killed and replaced by the new demon king Leon more than ten years ago.

But the Curse King Kazaream is not dead. He now lives in the body of a human boy in a special state, commanding Clayman and other members of the ‘Medium Clown Company’.

Clayman is actually the weakest member of the Mediocre Clown Company, but he is good at strategy and can be said to be resourceful, so he was sent to temporarily replace Kazaream and absorb the remaining wealth.

Among all the demon kings, Clayman is the one with the most abundant financial resources, because he secretly trades with the Eastern Empire and maintains frequent trade relations with the Dwarf Kingdom. Using these trading channels, he purchased the latest weapons and protective gear from the two major camps of the East and the West, and used the legacy and magic equipment left by his predecessors to replace his subordinates to enhance their combat power, so as to make the demons who are eager for power submit, and lure the demons with huge wealth and use them.

His potential allies are all over the world, so his intelligence ability is also beyond all demon kings!

Yes, he is excellent, a resourceful demon king, and the only thing he lacks is force.

According to common sense, with his wisdom, now that there are many loopholes in the plan and the situation of Demon King Milim is still unclear, he should contact Kazaream to discuss the follow-up matters and terminate the current risky plan.

But for some reason, he is very persistent, so persistent that he seems to not consider failure and risks at all.

"Lord Kazaream's spell must be fine, but it may be that Milim is too strong and still retains some self-awareness, so she is a little willful. Next, we should strengthen discipline."

"Yes, that's right, next... arrange the materials to be transported to the Eastern Empire, and concentrate on dealing with the slime!"

Then it's revenge on Leon!

And then unify this world!

Although everything is extremely bad, the witty Clayman seems to have seen the day of victory and laughed wildly.