C212: A Peculiar Visit
Alt Title teaser: Meeting Another Slime.
Date published: 4/24/2025.
Posting this early to make up for the day I took extra from last chapter, tho by that technicality I probably have a day or two extra from that one week where I posted 2 chapters with 2 days each. But whatever, ENJOY.
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Finally escaping his current predicament, Axel spends a few months recovering as all the energy he used during his time there was never regained from his world. The reason is due to Axel partially cutting the connection so the chaos gods could not access it by any cost. At his current destination, he set up a small stone home using his dungeon creation. He then began to meditate to accelerate his recovery.
If anyone is wondering, for any and all energy he had gained there, it was all corrupted psychic energy of the warp, all purified into it's most primal state which makes it also completely liable to corrupt him if he allowed it close or let it touch him when he uses it. That is why he completely discarded the whole package and only took a small bit of physical strength from each creature he killed.
Even with all these, he didn't escape without a little bit of corruption and that is due to the mental barrier he set up against Slaanesh's and Tzeentch's memories not being properly set up. Who knows what actually came through but preliminary scans tell Axel that his lust had returned to the level it was before he originally initiated the divine domain back when he saved his soul. As such he spent a lot of time with his wives helping him recover.
Axel also marginally increased his understanding of [chaos] thanks to the two gods' memories, or rather the chaos caused by their memories and bits of power he absorbed and then later kicked out. During his time recovering, he also double and triple checked to make sure the chaos gods could not follow him through any sort of wonky portal.
Satisfied with his work and recovery, Axel collapses the time bubble around him that he set up, it helps him regain the other laws power but not time itself. He has no problem with that itself as he rarely uses his time power so it can naturally heal.
Axel finally steps out of his hut as he looks around the primal greenery surrounding him. Luscious tall trees, vibrant green grass and a silver sword pointed at him. Axel spots a total of 6 humans surrounding his little stone house.
"Who are you? Identify yourself" The man wielding the sword has black hair and brown eyes, relatively good looks but average in a global scene. He wears silver armor that bears a few battle marks, this shows that he is certainly has 'some' experience in battle yet pointing the sword so close to a persons face when they don't understand anything is beyond rude.
Axel scratches his eye slashes as he dusts off the actual dust which clung to him from his recovery period. His nonchalant actions cause the swordsman to step back once, allowing Axel to continue. Axel even goes so far as to stretch, blatantly not showing respect for the party before.
"Hey, do you not understand what we are saying?"
"I don't, I've never understood uneducated monkeys waving their weapons around thinking it makes them high and mighty." Axel calmly responds, the man seems to turn red, be it from embarrassment or rage but he has enough sensibility to put his sword away and apologize.
"I'm sorry sir but we were sent by the guild to investigate the seal placed upon the dragon Veldora. We are hoping you could tell us anything you know."
"Hmm, better, but unfortunately I don't know anything. I've spent the past few weeks recovering from injuries i've obtained from fighting the local direwolves as a private request to a noble lady who demanded their pelt." Axel makes up a casual lie but the adventurer group seems to suck in their breath at hearing there are dire wolves nearby and they luckily didn't encounter any.
"Are you a mage sir?"
"Best description for my occupation but not complete. I'm a forbidden mage"
"Ugh, what?"
"My speciality is every magic type empowered to its highest possibility: Elemental, dark, spiritual, Illusion, Aspectual and Holy magic."
"So many magic types" a beauty of a woman who has a witch style aesthetic mutters in awe yet she at least has the mentally to not take Axel's words at face value until she witnesses it herself.
"Sir, if you truly possess so many abilities then how did you get injured?" A ranger male in the party steps in with curiosity.
"A demon lord was visiting the area. As for how things here recovered back to normal, I have no clue except think that a dryad or something helped it recover while i sealed myself away until a moment ago" A second shiver passes through the group as they did hear reports of intense magicule particles being used in the area but hadn't been able to visit until the recent week.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to return to my work before I can return home and finish my current job. Here, ill provide a small ward so you shouldnt attract any beasts attention as long as you don't attack or get too close." Axel waves his hand and the party of 6 is covered in a green light. The elf in this group seems to sniff themselves as they mention how they smell like a tree.
After saying their goodbyes, the two groups left in opposite directions. The humans returned home while Axel went deeper into the Great Jura Forest. He already has a destination in mind but wonders how far the timeline had progressed while he was in recovery.
Walking through the completely normal forest, Axel ends up spotting a small group of wolves who seemed to also notice him a run off immediately, Axel begins to follow them, at a walking pace of course, as he isn't in a hurry. He still needs to formulate the proper plan depending on which part of the timeline he is in.
What he does know is that the wolves he saw were certainly bigger and bulkier than regular direwolves, this means that he has at least progressed past episode 4 or 5. He continues his brisk walk, encountering a few more groups of wolves watching him. He soon realizes that glorified puppies are attempting to lure him away from the village.
"I feel like im not getting any closer to the village"
["Answer: The wolves are luring you in a completely wrong direction. The proper direction is 120* (degrees) left of where you currently are facing"] Raphael answers Axel in a way that makes him feel like the Skill had chosen to revert to it's original great-sage style. Nevertheless Axel waves at the wolves he just spotted and turns around to make way to the real location.
With few other obstacles, Axel finally begins to peer through the trees to the ever-forming town down below him as he is stuck on a cliff side. He turns to the left and walks down the path once more but has to stop as he sees something flash in the distance. Gaining a new fancy, Axel makes his way through the trees into a new clearing and spots a group of 6 traveling through the forest. There is a Japanese aesthetic of this group. Next to the group is a few wolves and goblins which have fallen asleep due to magic. While they would have their full attention on Axel, a big blue wolf with a star mark and a horn growing through the star is fighting against one of the members
The group tenses up upon seeing Axel, a human, walk out through the trees.
"Hold it there Human, turn back from whence you came or we will not grant you mercy should you approach us further. " The leader of the group, a red haired man wearing red samurai armor and red hilted sword. He has two horns on his head and has a permanent scowl on his face. This man is no human but an ogre and the rest of his group get to attention.
One girl with a single thick horn holds a maul aggressively as she chases one of the still awakened goblins, or rather a hobgoblin. Another more petite oni girl has a blue shiny fire above her finger. The rest are men also bear arms. One has a short sword and is fighting what seems like a regular goblin but stronger. The leader and the old oni next to him have their swords drawn but don't move to kill the sleeping monsters so it's hard to tell what is going on. The last ogre has a thick club. The entire group of 6 has permanent scowls on their faces.
Axel raises his hands showing he is unarmed but they do not stand down as they are still fighting the sole conscious wolf and two hobgoblins, Seeing this he chooses to tease them a bit.
"I heard of a certain rumor that the ogres were destroyed by the orcs, isn't that interesting, such weak creatures capable of annihilating a race so much stronger. Now imagine my surprise spotting a group of ogres so far from their home. Though I also heard a few rumors about a certain demon lord orchestrating the whole thing." His words are loud enough that when another individual comes out from the woods from the same direction that the goblin looking hobgoblin is sent flying after being cut by the short sword using ogre.
"Eh, ogres, orcs? A demon lord, Naruhado" The newly arrived individual says in confusion until he sees the full situation of the conflict, he quickly spots the others are put to sleep and heals the injured goblin while the true hobgoblin retreats to the masked persons, same goes for the big horned wolf who retreats who apologizes for his failed protection.
Yet the masked individual's attention seems to falter upon spotting Axel, the sole seemingly normal human. The Ogres too are conflicted on who they should focus on. The human who might possess information on their target or the unknown 'evil maijin' who might be a collaborator of the one who destroyed their home. Seeing no alternative, the old man amongst the oni moves to capture Axel after informing his group. The one with the club also moves against him while the rest should take care of the unknown 'majin'.
Seeing the old man and the one who was canonically named Kurobe (middle aged dude) surrounding Axel on both sides.
"Now now, I'm sure we can come to a reasonable situation, don't you think so" His smile is still ever so cheeky that it rubs the old man the wrong way. He gets the sensation that something is wrong. Yet he senses absolutely no magicules from this person, this must mean that either they have something completely suppressing its output or he is just a standard human.
On the other side, the big wolf has cornered the shorter pink haired ogre girl, the girl with a maul is being teamed up against by the two goblins and the remaining 2 are fighting the masked man. The leader/prince of the group keeps yelling out the masked person being an evil majin while they keep trying to talk the fight down.
Seeing the fight progressing in a similar style as canon, Axel chooses to accelerate the situation. Lowering the fingers of his right hand except the pointer finger. He spins it around in a small circle still pointing up before tilting his wrist and pointing down. This causes a field of enhanced gravity to spread out causing all the ogres to fall to their knees.
Of course Axel doesnt allow the gravity to affect either the masked man or his companions: the goblins and wolves.
"Since you're all being so nice and cordial, the name of the Majin who caused all this is called Gelmund, he serves the demon lord Clayman. They hope to create a new demon lord to use as a surrogate and gather attention for whatever purpose they have. That surrogate demon lord is the Orc lord who they hope to raise into an orc Disaster." The pressure on the Ogres initially decreases but still keeps up to keep them kneeling as they listen to the whole story. The ogres go through quite a bit of shock while the masked person can only think.
'Nai-wa (no way), that is such a demon king thing to do. He sounds like a lot of trouble if he goes through so much effort.'
"Oi, can you release them, this is all a big misunderstanding. From your words, they are obviously people who just suffered a bunch and need proper rest" The masked man says as he takes off the mask on his face which was the source of the misunderstanding that he then clears up. Axel releases the gravity and the ogres are able to scan the mask itself to find that it truly does just suppress magic energy.
With the misunderstanding cleared up, The entire group begins to move to the village, Axel included. The goblins and wolves go home to recover while the rest resume their hunts for the feast which was to be later today.
The masked man reverts to their slime form as they take the central seat. Information is sorted out about how the orcs invaded their home. The slime reveals their name to be Rimuru Tempest and they are the leader of this little village. He offers the ogres the chance to serve under him in hopes of adding their numbers and power to help defend this place. Rimuru then looks at Axel who has been leaning against his leg whilst sitting cross legged.
"What's your story anyways? Why are you even here?"
"Mostly meddling for fun but I am looking for a certain person to talk to, I think you may know them which was why I followed the wolves in hopes of finding you but they tried to lead me away, so mean." Axel casually states.
"Why don't you all go outside and enjoy the celebration about to happen while the two of us talk, you can also think about his proposition while I offer one myself."
"Regardless if you join him or not, I can take you to where the Majin you are searching for is. I can also buff you so you are actually able to kill them. They don't have much value, afterall, they are about to die anyway." His proposition causes a series of shocks through the room but none more so then as he spins his hands and expands a box to show a scene of where the orc lord gorges himself on the Majin to help complete him into the Orc Disaster.
"Did that already happen!??" The leader ogre asks as he grabs Axel by the top of his shirt but Axel just shakes his head. "It's a prophecy of what is to come. An inevitable circumstance. That is why I don't mind helping you all kill him, though of course not for free." His new words cause pause amongst them as they have nothing to really offer someone strong like Axel.
"What do you want?"
"Marriage"
"What!!" Less of a question and more a shocked statement as the prince of the ogres is about to trash Axel for running his mouth.
"There are two lovely ladies here, I'm sure if they are given names, that will become even more so. While an optimal situation would be just for me alone to get a wife, I also have to consider the feelings of the village lord here as well as your own, sir"
'Ehhh, he is thinking of me? Trying to get me a wife, please let me be your friend' Rimuru thinks to himself as he acts as the silent observer.
"What are you talking about?" The prince's day can't go even crazier than it already has.
"Well you need to marry and have kids to properly replenish your species' numbers. Unless you can marry other races to achieve the same result then it's less of an issue but one is your sister and I guess the other is a friend or companion. The result is obvious unless you're the purist type, not judging" The ogre's head is about to spin in confusion as it is far too soon to think about having kids for him.
"Naturally I'm not rushing anything here, It can be a simple engagement first if you wish, allowing us to properly get to know each other before the real marriage." Axel relents in the discussion and that seems to cool the ogre down as they all scurry away to properly discuss both propositions given to them. This just leaves Axel and Rimuru alone in the house.
Sigh "I need to sleep, my brain is shutting down these past few minutes." the slime sighs.
"You'll get used to it once you get a bit stronger and maybe get laid finally"
"Heeeeeyyyy." Rimuru groans in protest but cant make a counter argument as they are indeed a 34 year old virgin before dying.
"That's beside the point, who are you even looking for?" Rimuru can only hope to change the topic.
"Im looking for my father. Im sure you know him, but probably not as well as you hoped to…yet"
"Who is your father? I only know a handful of humans"
"Oh my father isn't human…"
"Eh"
"EEEHH"
"EEEEEHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Before Rimuru's 'eyes', Axel's body dissolves into a slime form of his own. Compared to Rimurus, Axel's own body is more star like thanks to his old gravity affinity. That was wiped out a long time ago when he first used the divine domain but he brought it back for style.
"My father is the future Demon Lord, Rimuru Tempest"
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Alt Title:Recovery, Tracking and Meeting Another Slime
Word count: 3021
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