That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4
Episode 74: The Dungeon Evolves
Let's go.
I'll handle this one!
Masayuki!
I get it!
A pincer attack!
So this is what Masayuki was trying to do!
That's our Hero!
I'll back you up!
Mad Hand!
Now's your chance!
Wind Cutter!
Jiwu!
Masayuki!
Huh?
Master Masayuki, you saved me!
We've got new merch on sale commemorating Masayuki the Hero's conquest of floor 30!
If you're not gonna buy them now, then when?!
We've got tasty Masayuki Buns!
Hey, did you hear about Masayuki the Hero's battle?
Yeah! I can't believe he snapped that sword in two and stabbed the boss with it!
Masayuki the Hero is on the scene!
On the scene!
Man, you're a real hit with the general public now...
Masayuki-san the Hero!
Not you, too, Rimuru-san.
I barely did anything.
Oh, please. You certainly are a master of humility.
Seriously, though, that was a huge success!
The rest area accessible from all areas
and all the other ideas you gave us were perfect!
Right, right, right! You mean the door to the town on floor 95!
And the idea of charging three silver to go there!
It might be a bit steep for a usage fee,
but the inn there is getting rave reviews!
Everyone is thrilled to have a place in the dungeon
where they can get a warm meal and a safe place to sleep!
It's immensely popular!
In other words, our shoring up of the dungeon was a great success!
It sure was!
And challengers of higher levels are showing up, too.
It's perfect!
Incidentally, there are some adventurers who've been standing out lately, huh?
Team Green Fury.
The up-and-coming party that cleared twenty floors in just three days.
And the key to their speed is probably their leader, the elementalist,
who uses Spirit Correspondence
to get the spirits in the dungeon to show them the way.
That's what Raphael-sensei taught me, at least.
What do you wanna do? I bet I could slow them down.
Nah, we shouldn't.
It's a valid way to take on the dungeon.
And having multiple teams in the spotlight will generate more excitement!
Roger!
Thanks to them, profits are on the rise, too.
Even after deducting necessary expenses, we're making plenty of profits.
Profits?!
Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You mean I'll finally get paid soon?!
I-It's so much...
Oh, I get money, too?
Of course!
When you do good work, you get to enjoy the profits.
That's very important.
Indeed!
I have experience working at a food stall.
I understand that work is a noble thing.
Said with such an air of superiority.
This is it!
At last, my time has come!
Yes, the dungeon is a rousing success thanks to you two!
Businesses on the surface are booming these days, too.
More and more merchants from the Western Nations are looking to trade here.
Really? Just what we were hoping for!
Our nation draws people to it by appealing to their desires.
If they think of us as people who can fulfill them,
we have a good chance of getting along.
Yes. There's no doubt that we are regarded as worthy of trust.
You're fitting right into your job as minister of finance,
aren't you, Mjöllmile-kun?
All thanks to your guidance, Your Majesty Rimuru.
Management of our dungeon is finally on track.
The lowest floor is a large space that starts with Veldora's hall
and opens up into all sorts of research facilities.
Among these facilities headed by Director Gabiru and Deputy Director Vesta
is the facility where Ramiris does research of her own.
I also asked Ramiris to make a development facility just for me.
Here, I don't need to worry about protection or having secrets leaked,
so I can focus on the vessel that Diablo asked me for.
I also promised I'd make vessels for Treyni-san's sisters while I'm at it.
I see... If I do this, it'll be more...
Great Rimuru!
What now? Just when I was getting somewhere...
Notice.
You have had no contact with the outside for several days.
It is possible that something has happened.
Huh?!
Um... What is it?
Oh, you're all right!
We were so worried.
You didn't even come back for your meals.
Sorry, I kinda got absorbed.
Not at all. We're just glad you're all right.
Yes.
No one would complain about you using your own time freely.
I'll try to put in an appearance every day from now on.
Ooh, these look great!
Oh, by the way, Mr. Mjöllmile was searching for you.
Mjöllmile was?
Great Rimuru!
What's got you in such a panic?
W-We have a problem!
There's someone, in addition to
Master Masayuki, who's about to beat floor 30!
Do you mean...
Yes! Team Green Fury!
Oh, right! It's this one!
Next.
What the heck?
These guys are really pushing the boundaries of our rules!
Like with this!
A Recording Crystal.
It's a single-use save point that all members of a party can use.
Say they use these right before a boss room.
Then they can use the Return Whistle to leave the dungeon.
Then the party is dissolved.
Party Dissolved
Then each member comes back with ten members, the max allowed,
Party Reformed
forming a new party and returning to the save point.
Then they have 100 people.
By that point, it's a small army.
They can defeat bosses that way?
I had Miss Soka look into it,
and it seems she's part of a famous mercenary band called Vert.
We suspect she's getting her money from Engrassia.
Engrassia, huh?
We predict they'll succeed in defeating the boss on the fortieth floor, as well.
Even Bovix and his crew on the fiftieth floor
may struggle with a force so great in number.
True...
This is bad.
This is a very bad turn of events.
The thing is...
What?!
The boss monsters from the sixtieth floor down aren't working right?!
Well... remember when you told the Crusaders at the festival
that they could train here?
While you were holed up underground, they started from floor 51.
In the end, they were destroyed by my Elemental Colossus on floor 70...
but then Hinata apparently got fed up with them.
This can't be possible, even for Lady Hinata.
What?
Not possible?
And then Hinata's march of fury began!
Yikes.
It was absolutely dreadful.
First, as if it wasn't enough that she destroyed the Elemental Colossus,
she went on to destroy all the following bosses!
She made it all the way to the ninetieth floor in no time.
I-It wasn't in its best condition due to reasons!
And then she spent a nice, restful night at the inn on floor 95,
after which she destroyed all the dragons Lady Milim caught for us.
Is she just trolling?
Wait, that means...
Yes. At last, it was my turn.
Are you kidding me?! You fought her?!
Let all who will come, come!
As the final boss, I will neither run nor hide from anyone!
Hinata was strong!
She fought in a way that let her discern what attacks would affect me.
That also meant she wasted quite a lot of time,
but her final attack was a good one.
She actually damaged me, even if only slightly.
It reminded me of
the Absolute Severance that the Hero who sealed me 300 years ago used.
Come to think of it, her sword skills were similar, as well.
There was nothing wasteful about the Hero's attacks, though.
Damn, I wish I'd seen that!
And then? You won, right?
Of course.
Don't tell me you were actually worried.
Well, you do have a history of losing
because you were captivated by your opponent.
H-Hey! I can grow up, too!
This Hinata-san must really be something.
Okay, I get what's going on.
So we need to figure out something for the bosses from floor 60 down.
A-Also, well... you see...
Lady Hinata asked us if she was entitled to a monetary reward, too...
Tell her no.
What a petty Captain of the Holy Knights!
Don't they pay her enough?!
Well, in that case... I was hoping you would be the one to...
You've got this, Mjöllmile-kun!
W-Wait! Great Rimuru?!
We'll start by strengthening the sixtieth floor.
The one I've asked to be the boss is...
Adalmann, the Wight King.
My defeat at the hands of the Crusaders has brought me the deepest shame!
I am willing to accept any punishment you see fit!
Raise your head. We were too naïve, that's all.
The Holy Knights were the wrong opponents for an undead like you.
Plus, you can't use your holy magic anymore, right?
How did you know about that?
Holy magic is the power of conviction.
To use it, you need to believe in a being who can manipulate spiritrons
and forge a contract allowing you to borrow their power in return.
I think Luminus incorporated these contracts
into a ritual for entry into her faith.
But your object of worship is me now.
In other words, you breached your contract.
It's no wonder you can't borrow Luminus's power.
Wh-What?
Shuna must have learned the secret without realizing it.
That's why you can use holy magic, right?
Strictly speaking, I just copied it using Analyst.
I have faith in you, Great Rimuru.
That's why I just had a feeling I'd be able to borrow the power somehow.
Right! That's my girl!
So on that note, I will now grant you two the Secret of Faith and Grace.
I've come up with a makeshift original spell for it
so that a Wight like you can use it without taking damage.
Y-You have done so personally?
Remember, this is a contract.
It's also top secret.
Make sure you don't speak of it to anyone.
Of course!
Holy Ray!
It rises! I feel power rising within me!
O God! My God, Great Rimuru!
He's even more smothering now...
Oh, I know! While we're at it...
What do you think? This is Adalmann's new boss room.
Nice! Nice!
A throne entrusted to me by my God, Great Rimuru!
I will protect it at any cost!
And now the sixtieth floor is all set.
I told him to team up with partners of different types, too.
I guess that's about all we can do.
Yes. All that remains is to wait for the other bosses to grow and evolve.
Wait just a minute!
What about floor 70?
My Elemental Colossus is still broken, you know!
What? Don't monsters in the dungeon come back to life after they're slain?
Well, actually...
It was the same when you broke
my Elemental Colossus in my old dungeon, too...
For some reason, golems don't come back to life!
Don't worry. I have an idea.
At any rate, what we need to do now is buy time.
We should think of this whole thing as an opportunity.
We can't forget that our dungeon is an advanced dungeon, one that can evolve.
It overcomes various difficulties to grow stronger.
Right?
Yes, of course!
So this is where you guys were.
I heard, you know!
All of my dragons were defeated?!
Y-Yeah...
What kind of brutal training have they been through?
I... did it...
Indeed! You were truly brilliant!
I never would've expected you to clear Hell Mode!
Oh? Then I shall also teach them Veldora's way of killing—
Never!
Gobta is my student!
C-Can't breathe...
M-Master... I have returned.
You really gave it your all. Come rest in my shadow.
You did great, too, Gobta.
I'll take you to the place with the Elves, just like I promised!
You mean it?!
Oh? You still have so much energy.
Please give me a break already!
Well? Just what is going on right now?
Did you say Team Green Fury?!
Yes. It seems they've now defeated the boss of the fortieth floor, as well.
What are you gonna do?! We can't have people taking us lightly!
It's not a problem.
If they keep this up, they'll reach floor 49 and the trap I set there.
It's a lovely place designed with a focus on being mean.
But you're not gonna tell us to go out there in person, are you?
We'll use these.
What are they?
They're pseudo souls,
substitute souls I modeled after soul vessels.
Huh...
I wondered what you holed up down there to invent.
What are these black ones?
Master cores.
I made them from the magic core of Charybdis, and...
Well, it'd be faster to just try it out.
Everyone, hold one of these and imagine any monster you like.
Oh, and you can't change it later.
A monster?
I don't know what you're thinking...
What is this amazing thing that just popped into existence?!
Master cores change their shape based on their user's thoughts.
They should be perfect for housing soul vessels...
This is so cool!
There's just something epic about a skeleton, right?!
They're not listening.
When it attacks, I hope it says, "I see right through you!"
Milim?
That's a slime!
What's wrong with that?!
You said to imagine any monster we liked!
Th-This is kinda embarrassing.
I see.
You think we should put these guys in place to stop Team Green Fury.
Exactly.
But the golems you make...
don't move!
The main event is yet to begin.
Possess.
Rimuru! Are you hungry?!
That was sudden!
He's unconscious...
This is more comfortable than I expected.
You're... Rimuru?
Yep!
What did you do?
By fusing a pseudo soul containing my own soul with a master core...
I create an avatar core that I can control freely.
Let us try that!
Possess!
I can control it as I wish!
I knew it was you, Rimuru! I've always thought you were amazing!
I believed in you all along!
You guys sure changed your tune quick.
Now, let us go!
We will drive away those challengers—nay, invaders!
Well, that was easy.
Those guys were small fry.
I can't believe we lost to a rookie party!
We need training!
The Avatar Team Is Formed