“Alright, don't worry, Loliina is fine.”
After figuring out from 【Great Sage】 why Loliina was asleep, Rimuru finally relaxed. Then, he stood up and began explaining to Benimaru and the others beside him.
“Demon Lord! Blessing!”
In the next second, cries of surprise rang out. Benimaru and the others quickly turned their heads, looking at the sleeping Loliina with astonishment. The worry in their hearts turned into joy. As monsters, they clearly understood what Loliina was experiencing.
That was something countless monsters longed for. Just like how they, as nameless monsters, awakened after being given names by Rimuru, Loliina, who was now receiving the Demon Lord's blessing, would definitely evolve into an even more powerful existence after waking up.
“It seems that after Loliina wakes up, she might be the strongest among us, besides Rimuru-sama.”
Benimaru walked to Loliina's side and squatted down, looking at her cute, innocent little face. A hint of a smile appeared on his originally handsome face. Although they hadn't spent much time together, he had already regarded this cute, innocent little one who called him 'Benimaru-oniichan' every day as his own little sister.
“Rimuru-sama!”
Suddenly, Shuna beside him called out to Rimuru, but her eyes were fixed on Loliina. Shuna, who possessed sensory skills, felt a terrifying power rising within Loliina's body, a power that made her despair.
Just as Shuna's voice fell, the goblin beauty who was holding Loliina suddenly changed her expression. Her body trembled uncontrollably, and she quickly put Loliina on the ground and moved away.
At this moment, a powerful and domineering pressure suddenly weighed down on all the monsters. Around Loliina on the ground, tangible magic essence continuously rose, wrapping around Loliina's body.
“Notice. Individual Loliina's magic essence is increasing, beginning evolution into a Demon Lord Seed.”
At the same time, 【Great Sage】's voice echoed in Rimuru's mind. The amount of magic essence Loliina was emitting became increasingly terrifying, even forming a tangible magic essence vortex around her body. At this point, everyone except Rimuru, whether it was Benimaru or Shion, had to retreat a distance.
“De... Demon Lord! Loliina is going to evolve into a Demon Lord?”
Not far behind Rimuru, the goblin Gobuta looked at Loliina, who was completely covered in magic essence, with wide eyes and exclaimed in shock. The faces of Benimaru and the others beside him were also filled with disbelief. How did the Demon Lord's blessing turn into Loliina evolving into a Demon Lord?
“Not a Demon Lord, a Demon Lord Seed.”
At this moment, Rimuru turned his head and explained to Benimaru and the others, then turned back to look at Loliina. In the eyes of Rimuru and the many monsters, the magic essence surrounding Loliina began to disappear little by little, completely merging into Loliina's body.
“Notice. Individual Loliina's evolution is successful.”
Just as the last trace of magic essence merged into Loliina's body, 【Great Sage】's voice rang out again. The 【Demon Lord's Haki】 that enveloped everyone had also disappeared. One by one, they quickly stepped forward and looked at Loliina, who was still asleep.
Compared to before the evolution, Loliina after evolving into a Demon Lord Seed... hadn't changed much at all. She was still that cute little girl with a childish air about her.
“Why hasn't she woken up yet?”
Gobuta approached Loliina, reached out, and poked Loliina's little cheek. Seeing that Loliina was still motionless, he subconsciously raised his head and looked at Rimuru, asking. Everyone else beside him also looked at Rimuru.
And at this moment, no one noticed that the fair and smooth skin where Gobuta had just poked was wriggling strangely. However, in the next second, the sleeping Loliina smacked her lips, and the wriggling skin returned to normal.
“Loliina's magic essence is still increasing. The blessing probably hasn't ended yet. Shion, take Loliina back first. Loliina should wake up in a few days after the blessing ends.”
Rimuru sensed the magic essence in Loliina's body that was still increasing through magic perception. After thinking for a moment, he knew the reason. After explaining to Benimaru and the others, he asked Shion to take Loliina back to her room.
“Rimuru-sama, it seems that this time we don't have to worry about the Orcs anymore.”
Looking at Shion's back as she carried Loliina away, Rigurd approached Rimuru with a happy expression. Rigurd had actually been worried about the Orcs attacking the Ogre village and invading the Jura Forest.
Moreover, he also knew that Rimuru-sama had taken in Benimaru and the others to strengthen their city's power. Now, with Loliina, who had evolved into a Demon Lord Seed, plus Rimuru-sama, the mere Orcs could definitely be easily dealt with.
“Yes, but we can't relax and be careless.”
Rimuru turned his head to look at Rigurd and the other monsters beside him and nodded. But in reality, Rimuru would never let Loliina go to the battlefield unless it was absolutely necessary.
Because to Rimuru, he only regarded Loliina as a child. He didn't want the innocent and cute Loliina to participate in the battle until the very end.
Beside him, Benimaru and Hakurou exchanged glances at Rimuru's expression, both revealing a smile. Even if Rimuru didn't say it, they could guess what he was thinking from his expression. However, that was also what they were thinking.
Because even though Loliina had now evolved into a Demon Lord Seed, in their eyes, she was still a child. They would never let Loliina participate in the battle until the very end.
Whoosh!
At this moment, a black shadow flashed past Rimuru's shadow. Souei appeared beside Rimuru, and in his hand, he was holding a person.
“Rimuru-sama, I caught a human who said they were looking for you.”
Souei knelt beside Rimuru and said in a low voice. In his hand was a tightly restrained girl, who was looking at Rimuru with wide eyes and struggling constantly.
“Eren?”
Rimuru subconsciously called out when he saw the girl in Souei's hand, and quickly asked Souei to let her go. This girl was Eren, who had just arrived at the Jura Forest from the Blumund Kingdom not long ago.
“Eren, didn't you say you were going back to the Freedom Association? Why are you back again? Where are the other two?”
“Rimuru, something terrible has happened!”
Looking at Rimuru in front of her, Eren didn't care about anything else and quickly told him all the information she had obtained from the Blumund Kingdom. She even took out the information given to her by the Blumund King and a part of the Gluttony Monster's body to prevent Rimuru from disbelieving her.
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On the other side, in the Western Nations.
Three days had passed since the previous massive explosion. During this time, the various kingdoms of the Western Nations had dispatched many reconnaissance teams to the location of the previous explosion. However, they only found a cooling lava crater and a city that had been turned into ruins.
As for what exactly happened here, they didn't get any useful information at all. However, the various kingdoms could roughly guess based on the monsters that were attacking here before. Most likely, the hero of the Bruce Kingdom had perished together with those monsters in a great battle.
As for the Bruce Kingdom, it was the kingdom where Angelica and that hero originally belonged.
In addition, during these three days, the Western Nations also began to investigate the monsters within the Adalman Kingdom. They also dispatched many soldiers to investigate the destroyed kingdoms. Unfortunately, all the soldiers who stepped into the land of flesh and blood never returned.
They didn't get any useful information at all. For this reason, many kingdoms were forming powerful adventurer teams, intending to let them infiltrate and investigate. After all, three days ago, the monsters that were like a tide had suddenly disappeared completely.
If it weren't for the land of flesh and blood in the destroyed kingdoms, the entire Western Nations would have begun to suspect that the monsters that appeared before were all fake.
But in reality, if someone could withstand the Gluttony Sin and forcibly cross the destroyed kingdoms into the Adalman Kingdom, they would find that the entire Adalman Kingdom had completely turned into an ocean of monsters. The ruins of cities, mountains of flesh and blood, the earth, and the wilderness were all covered in densely packed sleeping monsters.
Even if you looked closely, you would find that the houses, city walls, trees, and vegetation in those cities were actually all disguised monsters. Or rather, they couldn't be said to be disguised, because they were originally these things, but now they were just being animated.
On the fourth day after the Gluttony Monster disappeared in the Western Nations, as the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the horizon and the entire earth was shrouded in darkness, the land of flesh and blood deep underground in the Yster Kingdom began to wriggle continuously. Lu Minghao, Sally, and the others who had been swallowed by it gradually appeared.
“Hmm.”
In the darkness, Lu Minghao slowly opened his eyes. The indescribable land of flesh and blood appeared before his eyes. The constantly wriggling flesh, the bulging veins on it, and the intertwined tentacles were so familiar.
“Did I successfully awaken?”
Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Lu Minghao just moved his body when he felt a bouncy sensation coming from behind him. Only then did Lu Minghao realize that he was being hugged tightly by Sally again, and Angelica and Flora were also sleeping beside him.
And within their bodies, Lu Minghao clearly sensed a huge amount of magic essence. Each of them was comparable to the previous Sally, which meant that they had all evolved into Demon Lord Seeds. And Sally and Adalman, who were originally Demon Lord Seeds, had become even stronger.
According to Lu Minghao's perception, the amount of magic essence in Adalman's body should have increased from the original 300,000 to nearly 700,000, which meant that Adalman was about to reach the point where he could awaken into a True Demon Lord.
As for Sally, the amount of magic essence had increased from the original 200,000 to nearly 600,000. As for what new skills she had acquired, he would have to wait until Sally and the others woke up to find out.
“However, since transmigrating to this world, I have finally awakened and become a True Demon Lord, and.....!”
In the next second, Lu Minghao gently wriggled his body and crawled out of Sally's arms. His round, jelly-like body began to wriggle and stretch, and a human body was gradually forming.
