“Nothing, I was just wondering what your plans are next?”
Hearing Morax’s question, Rimuru also fell into deep thought.
Ever since it came to this world, it had either been running around or eating.
It seemed it really hadn’t planned for the future.
“It seems I don’t.”
Rimuru looked confused.
Looking at Rimuru, Morax understood a little.
It seemed Rimuru hadn’t yet embarked on its path.
However, according to the original plot, Rimuru would embark on its own Demon Lord path.
In this life, due to the butterfly effect, Rimuru’s previous life had changed from male to female.
So, would it still establish Tempest?
Would it still become one of the Eight Star Demon Lords?
Morax fell into deep thought.
Morax deeply understood the horror of the butterfly effect.
In many novels, a small event leads to huge changes.
Even if Rimuru has a protagonist’s halo, Morax believes it’s impossible for it to remain unaffected.
Now it’s just the beginning; Rimuru’s previous life has already changed from male to female.
Morax doesn’t dare to imagine what the future holds, so the original plot can be referenced but not fully trusted.
However, Rimuru should still be a powerful ally, after all, it is the reincarnation of the Star King Dragon.
Perhaps the process will be different, but some major events should remain unchanged.
Therefore, Morax’s most urgent task now is to stay by Rimuru’s side and ensure the plot’s development.
To be honest, Morax also considered establishing a country, just like Rex Lapis, but after thinking about his own lazy personality, he decided against it.
Just like in the original, let Rimuru establish Tempest, and he would just help guide and assist it.
Morax greatly admired Rimuru’s character.
Among all the anime characters, Rimuru’s character is one of the best, but precisely because of her overly righteous nature, many tragedies occurred from the beginning.
Because Rimuru was originally human, she was innocently fond of humans from the start, but she underestimated human desires, which led to the attack on the Jura Tempest Federation (commonly known as the Demon Country Federation) by a trio of “Otherworlders” from the Falmuth Kingdom during her round trip to the Blumund Kingdom, resulting in the deaths of Shion and 100 others.
It was Rimuru’s naivety that led to these tragedies.
Morax almost died of anger when he read this part.
Of course, it was also because of this lesson that Rimuru became Awakening, single-handedly subjugating 20,000 Falmuth soldiers and sacrificing 10,000 souls to “evolve” itself.
At the Demon Lords’ Walpurgis, it declared, “Anyone who tries to obstruct me, be they human, Demon Lord, or Holy Church, they are all my enemies.”
To be honest, Morax still felt Rimuru was too merciful.
Take Mjurran, for example.
In the original plot, it was Mjurran’s anti-magic barrier that turned the Capital, Rimuru, into an area where magic couldn’t be used.
Coupled with Sakaguchi Hinata’s Four Directions Sealing Demon Barrier, the monsters’ strength was greatly reduced.
For example, Shion wouldn’t have died otherwise, given her strength.
And Rimuru’s handling of the two of them afterward, in Morax’s opinion, was extremely poor.
Even if Mjurran was controlled by the Demon Lord Clayman, it was a fact that she caused the deaths of Tempest’s monsters.
If Morax were to handle it, he would definitely kill her, no matter who pleaded for her.
“Debts must be paid, and a life for a life” is an eternal iron rule.
However, Rimuru easily let her go.
This only happens in another world; if it were on Earth, Rimuru would definitely be cursed to death.
And Sakaguchi Hinata, if it weren’t for Sakaguchi Hinata’s ambush, Rimuru wouldn’t have arrived at Tempest so late.
Coupled with Sakaguchi Hinata’s Four Directions Sealing Demon Barrier, she accounted for a large part of the harm caused to Tempest.
And Rimuru forgave her simply because she was merely being used and was Miss Shizu’s disciple.
But what it didn’t know was that if its strength hadn’t been so great, it would have been killed by Sakaguchi Hinata long ago, and there wouldn’t have been so much afterward.
This was equivalent to taking its life, but what did Rimuru do?
It just fought her, and then everything was settled.
In Morax’s opinion, this kind of action was truly too illogical.
This kind of grudge, this kind of hatred, was just dismissed.
This wave truly left Morax speechless.
So, upon arriving in this world, Morax felt that either he wouldn’t do anything, or he would do his best.
At the very least, he had to prevent those tragedies.
“Big Brother Dragon, Big Brother Dragon, snap out of it!
Snap out of it!”
At this moment, a voice sounded in Morax’s ear.
Morax then came back to his senses.
“Big Brother Dragon, what were you thinking about?”
Rimuru looked curious.
“Nothing.”
“I was just thinking about whether I should go on an adventure with you in the future.”
Morax said thoughtfully.
“Really?
You’re willing to take me with you?”
Rimuru’s eyes immediately lit up.
“Yes, it’s rare to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign land.
Please take care of me from now on.”
Morax said gently.
Rimuru immediately jumped up and down, overjoyed.
Ever since it had transmigrated to this world, Rimuru had truly been a little scared, unfamiliar with the place and knowing nothing.
Now it was good; with Morax, it could cling to a powerful ally.
But what it didn’t know was that Morax was also planning the same thing.
Thus, for the next few days, Rimuru and Morax began their lazy life of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating.
As usual, Morax was carrying Rimuru and walking inside the cave.
“Can you hear my voice, little ones?”
A strange voice directly echoed in Morax’s mind.
“Little Slime, did you hear anything?”
Morax looked alert.
“Big Brother Dragon, you heard it too.”
Rimuru said.
“Little ones, can you hear my voice?”
The voice echoed in Morax and Rimuru’s minds once more.
Morax looked around.
In the vast space, there were still only him and Rimuru.
“Who, who’s there?
What kind of hero hides?”
Morax shouted.
“Hide?
Why would I hide?”
The voice sounded a little angry.
“Thump, thump…”
Heavy footsteps echoed in the cave, and two bright points of light slowly emerged from the darkness behind the air wall.
The faint magicules light could only illuminate a tiny part of the massive body.
What entered Morax’s sight was a colossal creature.
“Is this the Storm Dragon?”
Morax murmured in his heart.
This was a Western Dragon with a massive body, unlike Morax.
Its body was covered in scales primarily blue and black.
Its muscles were exquisitely crafted, giving a unique sense of beauty.
Blue-black scales were neatly arranged on its dragon body.
The enormous dragon body in the dark cave exuded a pressure like a mountain.
Its gigantic dragon wings seemed capable of covering the sky, extremely oppressive.
“Oh my, it’s actually a dragon.”
Rimuru looked scared, jumping into Morax’s arms and burying its head deep in his embrace.
Although Rimuru had already seen Morax, a creature very much like a dragon, it was still very afraid to see a colossal creature like the Storm Dragon.
Because of Morax, Rimuru had already learned the skill of perception.
Of course, the main credit still belonged to the Great Sage.
Just by explaining the principle of magic perception, Rimuru had mastered it.
One could only say it was enviable.