Chapter 211

Volume 3

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) Chapter 209

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Sushi

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Lesari

Sprout of Envy

Guy and Chloe have been locked in combat for

3 consecutive days.

Although neither of them are taking it

seriously, fatal attacks are mixed in every so often.

They are probing each other, trying to

discern the scope of their opponent’s strength.

「

Die, Calamity Claw!!

」

「

Naive.

」

Chloe received the attack that Guy released

towards her with the Spirit Sword she wielded.

Her Spirit Armament has evolved into a God

class weapon. It hasn’t been destroyed, even while she’s used it to receive

attacks from the “Strongest Demon Lord” Guy.

Not just that, she makes use of the sword’s

capabilities to repel Guy’s attacks.

Chloe moves in for a counterattack.

But, strength escapes from Chloe’s body.

「

Gofu!!

」

(TN: it’s a coughing/choking sound)

She began coughing up blood, and blood

started flowing from her eyes and nose.

The previous attack was supposed to have

been perfectly parried. But, that was only what it looked like on the surface.

An attack invisible to the naked eye made

contact with Chloe, and was attempting to take her life――

「

Die, Calamity Claw!!

」

Without any change in expression, Chloe evaded

the attack with large exaggerated movements.

Then, she took stance with her sword

pointing towards Guy, like nothing had happened.

Her face, which should have been bloodied

after receiving Guy’s attack, was now back to her normal pretty face as though

nothing ever happened.

It was a mysterious phenomenon, as though

showing Guy’s earlier attack hadn’t happened――

「

Ahhahahahaha! As expected of the hero!! Not shabby at all.

I’m

pretty amazed you managed to avoid this attack.

」

「

――Right.

」

「

You’d probably be dying right about now, if you received that

attack instead.

」

Chloe gave a mild response, in return to

Guy’s honest praise.

She didn’t give much of a response, to the

many other taunts that came after. That was because, she knew what he said was

all true…

Which was the reason, for how complicated

she felt on the inside.

The attack that Guy used――Calamity Claw――,

was an attack that carried an intense poison property.

But it wasn’t something on the level of a

“poison”, it was an attack that infected the target with an

infectious virus, which also corrodes the mind, starting from the point of

contact.

In fact, Chloe has… Really

“died” once to this attack.

Although her absolute defense automatically

blocks incoming attacks, it doesn’t stop the virus which spread to her from her

sword.

As such, Chloe met her demise from the virus

that was spread unto her from receiving Guy’s attack.

Using

Ultimate Skill

『

Space-Time King

(Yog-Sothoth)

』

, she successfully evades the attack, after

“remembering” the memory of dying once in the future.

After experiencing the event once, she

returns to the past.

In other words, “remembering” a

memory from the future.

To the opponent facing her, it’d simply look

like Chloe made the “lucky” choice of evading the attack, but the

truth is far from that.

With great confidence, Chloe was making the

best choices in defense she could choose.

But, even though she is totally evading

Guy’s attacks by making use of her ability to “remember” future

events, Chloe had no margin for making mistakes.

Compared to Veldora, one of the strongest

existences, whom she had battled in the past, she needs to take all of Guy’s

attacks seriously.

Even though there was no intent of taking

the fight seriously from either side, attacks that are lethal get mixed in

nonchalantly, it wasn’t a situation where she could be complacent.

Intricately cunning, Guy released attacks

that meticulously attempted to set up his opponent in layer upon layers of

traps.

But his intentions have been fairly obvious,

as he has been using attacks that could be recovered from, even if the attacks

were able to outright “kill” Chloe.

He was planning to get Rimuru to owe him

one, from releasing Chloe from her curse.

But, Chloe knew, that such a feat was

impossible.

The

reason was that Chloe “remembered”, in one of the instances where she

died, Guy tried to undo the curse but regretfully mumbled

「

So it failed

」

.

This proved that he curse that Yuuki cast on

her wasn’t something that could be so easily removed.

So Chloe moved according to what she was

ordered to do, which is to keep Guy occupied.

And from that, she understood just how

nonsensically strong Guy is.

Hes seen through all of Chloe’s attacks.

Even though neither of them are taking this

fight seriously, Chloe has already “died” 3 times.

It wasn’t caused by any single unavoidable

attack, but was more of a series of moves which ended up leading to her death.

It looked as though she was being given

choices, but in fact, the whole fight has been moving in whichever direction

that Guy wanted.

There was once, where she “died”

due to her own carelessness.

She made the choice to try and evade an

attack by stopping time, but ended up getting her heart pierced.

This simply means, that Guy can move

normally even when time is stopped.

After “remembering” that result,

Chloe has forgone with the usage of time stopping abilities. As all it would do

was let her opponent know she can stop time.

Guy has not made use of time stopping in his

attacks.

If he did that, Chloe would also be able to

move―― which meant that knowledge of her being a space time type ability user

would be made known to Guy.

But Guy wouldn’t make such a simple attack.

On this point, he was an opponent which was

very different when compared to Veldora.

Having absolute confidence in his skills, he

wasn’t one who would use such ability driven attacks.

Which was why, Chloe was embarrassed at the

fact that she made such a mistake herself.

When one releases an attack, one needs to

take into account the possibility of the attack being guarded, so there was a

need to chain attacks to the point of a finishing blow; this turn of events got

Chloe to reaffirm this need.

This was something she was supposed to have

understood, from her long journey.

Chloe was reflecting on her own actions, as

she didn’t notice she has gotten negligent, because she had attained an ability

which was all too powerful.

And once again, she confronts Guy.

If they both went at this seriously, the

situation would probably be a whole lot more different than it is now.

Guy wouldn’t have the chance to play around

comparatively, and Chloe had the confidence to defeat Guy with her full power

Absolute Blade Flash.

But, if it was an all out brawl against Guy

without the use of any abilities, there was almost no doubt that Chloe would be

defeated.

That

was just how powerful Ultimate Skill

『

Space-Time King (Yog-Sothoth)

』

was.

Which was also why it wasn’t a good thing,

that she has been so reliant on it up till now.

Through this battle with Guy, Chloe was

brought back to the basics, she returned to the moment with her honest feelings

and renewed focus.

Guy squinted at the appalling results.

He has yet to meet such a formidable foe,

ever since his encounter with “White Ice Dragon

[1]

”

Velzard.

He prided himself to have become even

stronger than before, but looks like this still wasn’t enough.

Chloe never fell for Guy’s traps. Another

supposedly fatal attack whiffs, his many feints mixed into his attacks were all

seen through.

That’s damn impressive thought Guy.

Though neither of them are taking this

seriously, would he be able to win if he did? Even if he asks this question

it’s not like he has the answer to it would be his honest thought.

What this means, is that he has to

acknowledge it.

The

fact that “The True Hero” Chloe O’bell, is an existence that was

equal to Guy Crimson.

(What

strength!)

Guy let out a content snicker.

Here he was thinking of defeating Chloe and

removing the curse that was plaguing her, as a card he can play against Demon

Lord Rimuru, but things aren’t going as planned.

Chloe, was an even stronger being than Guy

has assumed her to be.

For Guy, he was already at the point of

“A Farce? No shit dude!”.

Against Chloe’s ultra first class sword arm,

Guy was unarmed.

At this point, this was more of an insult

than anything, so Guy drew his sword whilst thinking of such thoughts.

「

Take pride in the fact, that you have managed to make me draw

my sword.

」

As he said that to Chloe, he pulls a sword

out of another dimension.

Demon Sword “Earth”

[2]

has been yielded to Milim.

To replace that, he created Demon Sword

“World”

[3]

.

It was the strongest sword in existence,

forged from the hardest physical element known as the “Star Heart”.

Compared to Milim’s sword, this sword has

been maintained constantly, and it gave off a rainbow colored luster.

The demon sword was pulsing, as it was

gripped in Guy’s hand.

Suppressing the waves emanating from the

sword, he took a stance facing Chloe.

He had the intention of enjoying a pure duel

of only swordplay.

He was confident in his chances of victory,

against Rudra or Velzard.

But, as he faced Chloe, the strongest hero,

he had no such confidence in being victorious.

This was what it really meant, to be on

equal terms.

Although he has been treating Leon and

Velzard as though he would a friend, deep inside he knew that neither of them

could be called equal to himself.

That was why, he was elated.

(This is much more than I could have ever

hoped for, “Hero” Chloe!!)

With tensions as high as that one time when

he took on “Stellar Dragon King” Veldanava, Guy confronts Chloe.

There was someone observing the battle

between the two of them.

It was “White Ice Dragon” Velzard.

Seeing that Guy is enjoying himself, she bit

her lip.

That which was swirling within her innermost

thoughts, was a searing blaze.

Anger? No, it’s something else. It was Envy.

Velzard has been envious for the longest

time, ever since her brother “Stellar Dragon King” Veldanava

acknowledged Guy.

Staying humorous about the topic, she kept

her true thoughts away from Guy.

What was coursing through that heart of hers

now, were the contents of a message that she received a few days ago.

There was a special form of telepathic

communication limited to the True Dragons, it was a message from her supposedly

deceased elder brother Veldanava, that has her bewildered.

――Would you mind destroying Guy, for my

sake――

She lets out a sigh, as she thought of the

contents.

She has knowledge of the current dispute

with Yuuki, and also about the contents of Demon Lord Rimuru’s request to Guy.

To

think the true identity of Angra Mainyu that resides within Yuuki would be Veldanava….

Velzard was hesitant.

In truth, there was no need for her to

hesitate.

Her original purpose, was to observe Guy by

getting closer to him.

Except――

She has enjoyed it a little too much, the

time which she has spent together with Guy.

The proud Guy.

The foolish Guy.

The kind Guy.

The cruel Guy.

The fearsome Guy.

And, the friend who was acknowledged by her

brother, Guy.

She has grown fond of spending time together

with him, who has many faces.

But, if her brother is telling her to kill

Guy, she….

Also, Guy would most likely, never show her

that face of his own volition.

The face he has when he enjoys the battle as

much as he is now.

When he fought Velzard in the past, it was

as though Guy was an adult taking on a child, taking pains to not cause unto

her undue harm.

It was probably since then.

When she began feeling the sprout of envy

within her heart.

Towards

the man acknowledged by her brother, the Demon Lord known as Guy Crimson.

And――

(Guy, he treats me kindly. But, he never did

see me as an equal to himself.)

――That was because, you were too weak.――

(I am

strong. I, am of the strongest species, a True Dragon!)

――No, you are weak. Even now, you are still

unable to stand beside Guy as equals, am I wrong?――

(That’s――)

――Do you want power? If you had more power,

you’ll be able to stand alongside Guy.――

(But,

that is not what I wish for….)

――Are you sure about that? It is because you

do not have enough power, that Guy doesn’t look at you.――

(If I

had power, if I was even more powerful than before, would Guy finally look at

me?)

――Certainly. Maybe even more than just that,

he might even grant you what you have always wished for.――

(Aah….

Power, I want more power.)

Hearing those words, an evil will somewhere

let out a snicker.

――Now then, release that Envy within you.――

The Keyword reverberated in her head.

That’s right, this was the Keyword, to

releasing the ability that was carved in Velzard’s heart.

And thus, the seal on Envy, that

“Stellar Dragon King” Veldanava set in place, began to unravel.

――After you kill Guy, you can do whatever

you desire.――

She has gotten her elder brother’s

permission.

She now releases her original abilities, and

gain new powers.

At that very moment, “White Ice

Dragon” Velzard’s heart fell under the influence of Velda, and any trace

of her sanity were blown away.

Among the few rampaging True Dragons, her

strength was second only to “Stellar Dragon King” Veldanava.

Immense energy waves raged about, and began

filling the land.

Though Hirari tried to stop Velzard head on,

it only resulted in her getting her upper and lower body separated into two

from a single strike of Velzard’s magic.

The magic was overpowering, it showed how

properly controlled the potent energy was.

And――

She awakens.

True to her desires, a goddess of Envy.

All for the sake of killing Guy, to fulfill

her greatest desires.

In

addition to her own Ultimate Skill

『

Patience Lord Gabriel

』

, she obtains Ultimate Skill

『

Envious Lord Leviathan

』

as well.

(I,

shall be the one to kill Guy!!)

She stays true to her desires, blindly

following that one motive.

Chloe and Guy retreated from where they were

at the same time.

An incredulously powerful Absolute Frost

Wave pierces through the ground where they previously stood, and began breaking

down the molecular structure of the ground.

What stood there, was a beautiful woman with

glacial white hair and alluring blue diamond eyes.

「

Velzard――you…. Oh that’s it, seems I forgot about this. So,

you have been harboring Envy all this while――

」

To Guy’s murmur, Velzard showed a slight

smile.

「

Guy, did you know―― I have, for the longest time――

」

And then, the world stopped.

It was now secluded, a world of indefinite

suspension.

By the will of one of its rulers, all laws

of motion came to a stop.

――All except the few who were unaffected by

this Frozen World.

Chloe, Guy and Velzard.

The 3 of them were observing each other, in

this world where time does not flow.

A world where even time has stopped flowing.

But, neither Chloe nor Guy have problems

moving.

The problem――

Is that for Chloe, there were now 2 enemies.

This turned her already low chance at

victory to no chance at all.

Differing from her own ability to stop time,

it can be said that Velzard has a near limitless amount of Energy.

That was, the kind of amount she felt

emanating from Rimuru when she sparred with him.

Which means, the current time stop is going

to last for quite awhile.

Though movement is possible, her ability to

“remember” future memories has now been sealed.

Having one of her trump cards, a lifeline

ability, sealed is a big blow to her.

She now needs to do whatever she can to

survive, until the moment when time is allowed to flow once more.

The situation now isn’t one where she can

afford the leisure of holding back.

Though Guy isn’t a “real” enemy to

her, he isn’t an ally either.

The biggest problem, is still the fact that

Chloe is still bound to her curse, and is unable to make any moves of her own

will.

This is the worst possible situation.

Chloe took a careful stance, as she prepared

herself for the battle with the 2 of them.

Guy had mixed feelings, being slightly perplexed

but also deeply understanding his current predicament.

At the same time he was thinking “Ahh,

so that’s why Envy took so long to fully sprout.”,

(This

looks bad. As I have given my word to Rimuru, I had only intended to play

around a little….)

Time to think.

Chloe, is under the influence of Velda’s

curse.

She seems to be valiantly resisting it, but

her free will is decisively withheld from her.

That means, co-op with her is out of the

question.

And, Velzard is――

(Tch. She’s totally being controlled.)

She was giving off the feeling of moving of

her own will, but is actually being made to think that is what’s happening.

Guy noticed, that it has been a very long

time since he felt this much anger flow out from the depths of his heart.

(Unforgivable.

To put your filthy hands on what’s mine!

That’s some balls you got there Velda, to

control my cute Velzard!!

If you wanna die that badly, I’ll give you

just that.)

With an intensely prickly anger, Guy’s

crimson hair started to bristle up.

He needs to confront Chloe, so as not to

outright kill her――but fatal attacks where revival is possible are

acceptable――to deal with her.

And at the same time, protect Chloe from

Velzard’s attacks, and return Velzard to her normal self.

(This

looks a little too hard, even for the awesome me――)

He was going ‘Tch’ in his head, while he

prepared himself for the worst.

And, the was the very moment, when Guy

confirms that he was going to totally kill Velda.

It

was also the moment, where he confirms that Velda ≠ Veldanava.

(That

guy, he wouldn’t stoop to paltry moves as low as this.

If he was really serious, something like

destroying the world, he can do it all by himself.)

Those were Guy’s true thoughts.

Which was why, he was able to cut the

emotions he had towards Velda without hesitation.

Veldanava has passed on.

And he sharpens his gaze, as he turns his

attention to the 2 others he is about to face.

The situation seems to be a 3 way

confrontation.

But, Velzard is the one with the biggest

advantage.

As she has nothing to worry about, and only

needs to advance towards her own goal.

Thus, the showdown in the Frozen World is

about to begin.

[1]

白氷竜

Shirokōri Ryuu

[2]

魔剣

”

天魔

(

アース

)” Maken “Tenma(

Āsu)” when it appears first with Milim before, the author didn’t give it

furigana.

[3]

魔剣

”

世界

(

ワルド

)” Maken “Sekai (Warudo)”.