# E31 - Despair
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**[00:02] Hinata**
Die now!
**[00:03] Hinata**
Dead End Rainbow!
**[00:05] Rimuru**
Awaken, Gluttony!
**[00:08] Great Sage**
*Complete. Order accepted.*
**[00:11] Great Sage**
*Executing immediately.*
***SIGN*** That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
***SIGN*** Episode 31: Despair
**[01:54] Hinata**
I don't believe it...
**[02:01] Hinata**
I see.
**[02:02] Hinata**
This is a form specialized for combat,
incorporating the traits
**[02:05] Hinata**
of various objects and monsters.
**[02:09] Hinata**
So that's it.
**[02:23] Hinata**
And on top of that,
if Dead End Rainbow didn't kill you...
**[02:27] Hinata**
That means you don't have a soul.
**[02:31] Hinata**
Then...
**[02:34] Hinata**
Astral Bind!
**[02:55] Hinata**
That's not enough to stop you?
**[02:59] Hinata**
Spirit summoning!
**[03:10] Hinata**
I lift this prayer up to God.
**[03:13] Hinata**
I desire the power of the spirits.
**[03:23] Hinata**
I beg thee, heed my wish.
**[03:34] Hinata**
Put an end to all!
**[03:36] Hinata**
Disintegration!
**[04:09] Hinata**
I have avenged you, Shizu-sensei.
**[04:32] Rimuru**
I thought I was a goner!
**[04:39] Ranga**
At long last, I made it out!
**[04:41] Ranga**
Are you all right, Master?!
**[04:43] Ranga**
Master!
**[04:45] Rimuru**
I'm fine! I'm fine, really!
**[04:45] Ranga**
Master!
**[04:49] Rimuru**
* I really thought I was*
* in trouble that time...*
**[04:57] Rimuru**
*This isn't working.*
**[04:58] Rimuru**
*She's too strong!*
**[05:00] (Flashback) Hinata**
I think we're done.
**[05:02] (Flashback) Hinata**
It's impressive that you can move
so well inside this barrier.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Hinata**
Frankly, I had sold you short.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Hinata**
But you can't defeat me.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Rimuru**
Because you can kill me with one more strike?
**[05:14] (Flashback) Rimuru**
I wasn't expecting a fight that I
had so little chance of winning.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Rimuru**
But I'll keep fighting in
vain for as long as I can.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Rimuru**
I'm not so soft that I'd roll
over and die just like that!
**[05:26] Great Sage**
*Notice.*
**[05:26] Great Sage**
*Used unique skill "Degenerate"*
**[05:29] Great Sage**
*to isolate the superior spirit
Ifrit as a pure spirit.*
**[05:33] (Flashback) Rimuru**
All right!
**[05:34] (Flashback) Rimuru**
Defeat my enemy,
**[05:36] (Flashback) Rimuru**
superior spirit of fire, Ifrit!
**[05:52] Rimuru**
* ...so I quickly made a doppelganger*
* of myself and ran away.*
**[05:57] Rimuru**
*Running was definitely the right move.*
**[05:59] Rimuru**
*That Hinata chick, though...*
**[06:00] Rimuru**
*Her strength is just unreal!*
**[06:03] Rimuru**
* Even without the barrier,*
* I still might've lost.*
**[06:06] Rimuru**
*That "Disintegration" thing...*
**[06:17] Rimuru**
*There's just no avoiding that at all.*
**[06:19] Rimuru**
*I wonder if Milim could survive it.*
**[06:21] Rimuru**
*I should ask her sometime.*
**[06:23] Rimuru**
But seriously, damn that Hinata!
**[06:25] Rimuru**
She wouldn't even listen to me!
She just had to start a fight!
**[06:29] Ranga**
I don't know what happened, but I think
it's fair to say you won, Master!
**[06:33] Rimuru**
Right?! You think so, don't you, Ranga?!
**[06:35] Rimuru**
I mean, if Hinata really insists,
I'm willing to call it a draw...
**[06:39] Ranga**
I don't know what happened, but I think it's
fair to say you won overwhelmingly, Master!
**[06:44] Rimuru**
Y-Yeah...
**[06:45] Rimuru**
Anyway, we gotta hurry home!
**[06:47] Rimuru**
I'm worried about everyone!
**[06:50] Rimuru**
To Tempest!
**[06:51] Ranga**
Yes, Master!
**[06:57] Rimuru**
What is it?
**[06:58] Great Sage**
*Notice.*
**[06:59] Great Sage**
*Specified destination not found.*
**[07:01] Rimuru**
Huh?!
**[07:02] Great Sage**
* It appears Tempest has been isolated from*
* the rest of the world by some sort of barrier.*
**[07:07] Rimuru**
This really doesn't sound good.
**[07:09] Rimuru**
Is there anyplace near
Tempest that we can jump to?
**[07:12] Great Sage**
*Searching.*
**[07:14] Great Sage**
*I have a hit.*
**[07:15] Rimuru**
Great! Off we go!
**[07:19] Gabiru**
I shall break through it with my attack!
**[07:22] Soei**
No, I'll go one more time.
**[07:24] Gabiru**
But...
**[07:27] Gabiru**
Oh! Great Rimuru!
**[07:32] Soei**
Great Rimuru, I am glad to see you are safe.
**[07:35] Rimuru**
Yeah... Wait!
**[07:36] Rimuru**
What about you, Soei?!
You look a lot worse off than me!
**[07:39] Soei**
This is nothing of consequence.
**[07:45] Vesta**
Ah, you're here, Great Rimuru!
**[07:49] Vesta**
Here, drink this.
**[07:52] Rimuru**
What's going on in Tempest?
**[07:54] Vesta**
We aren't sure.
**[07:57] Gabiru**
I can't get in touch with my men
who headed to town! I'm so worried!
**[08:05] Vesta**
It appears to be enclosed within a barrier.
**[08:07] Rimuru**
So it's true.
**[08:09] Soka**
Master Soei tried to break through the
barrier around Tempest and enter the city.
**[08:14] Soka**
That's when he got hurt.
**[08:15] Soei**
Quiet, Soka.
**[08:16] Soei**
Don't worry about me.
**[08:18] Soka**
Of course.
**[08:19] Rimuru**
If even Soei couldn't break through it,
**[08:22] Rimuru**
this barrier must be pretty tough.
**[08:24] Rimuru**
Who put it there?
**[08:25] Soei**
I believe...
**[08:26] Soei**
it was the human nation,
the Kingdom of Falmuth.
**[08:32] Soei**
I have confirmed that they have
initiated military action.
**[08:36] Soei**
A large army is headed toward Tempest.
**[08:39] Rimuru**
We gotta hurry to the city!
**[08:46] Gabiru**
That's the barrier?!
**[08:53] Rimuru**
Great Sage, analyze it.
**[08:58] Great Sage**
*Answer.*
***SIGN*** Answer
**[08:58] Great Sage**
* Confirmed great magic originating*
* inside the barrier, Anti-Magic Area,*
**[09:03] Great Sage**
* as well as reduced magicule density*
* caused by the barrier cast from outside.*
***SIGN*** Magicule Density Reduction Confirmed
**[09:07] Rimuru**
Reduced magicule density?
**[09:09] Rimuru**
Is it the same as Hinata's Holy Field?
**[09:11] Great Sage**
*Negative.*
***SIGN*** Negative
**[09:12] Great Sage**
*The principle is the same,*
**[09:14] Great Sage**
* but its purification ability is weaker,*
* making it an inferior version.*
***SIGN*** Inferior
Version
***SIGN*** Multilayer Barrier
Barrier's effects can be nullified
**[09:17] Great Sage**
*It can be resisted with Multilayer Barrier.*
**[09:19] Rimuru**
* Great magic from inside and*
* holy magic from outside...*
**[09:23] Rimuru**
*So it's a two-layered barrier.*
**[09:25] Rimuru**
*Who could have done this? And why?*
**[09:28] Rimuru**
Soei, I'll get whoever's
using the great magic.
**[09:31] Rimuru**
You guys find the one who's
erecting this barrier.
**[09:34] Soei**
Understood.
**[09:35] Soka**
Yes.
**[09:36] Rimuru**
But don't engage in any fighting.
**[09:38] Rimuru**
Just find out their identity
and how strong they are.
**[09:41] Soei**
And how shall I contact you?
**[09:45] Rimuru**
Hmm...
**[09:48] Rimuru**
With this, we should be able to use Thought
Communication, even through a barrier.
**[09:52] Soei**
I see...
**[09:55] Rimuru**
Okay, go!
**[09:56] Soei**
Right!
**[09:57] Rimuru**
Ranga, stay in my shadow.
**[09:59] Ranga**
Yes, Master!
**[10:00] Rimuru**
Gabiru, you wait here.
**[10:02] Gabiru**
Be careful!
**[10:03] Rimuru**
Yeah.
**[10:21] Rimuru**
They've thinned out, but there
are still magicules around.
**[10:31] Rimuru**
This is terrible.
**[10:39] Woman**
The children we had with us
are all safe, thanks to you.
**[10:42] Guy**
Thank you for protecting them.
**[10:45] Guy**
Thank you so much.
**[10:46] Lizard**
No need for thanks. Sir Gabiru
would have done the same thing.
**[10:51] Lizard**
We only did what needed to be done.
**[10:53] Lizard**
I hope Sir Gabiru is okay...
**[10:58] Guy**
Look!
**[10:59] Guy**
It's Great Rimuru!
**[11:01] Woman**
Great Rimuru! You're back!
**[11:05] Rigurd**
Great Rimuru!
**[11:09] Rigurd**
I am so glad you've returned!
**[11:11] Rigurd**
Thank goodness you're safe!
**[11:12] Rimuru**
Sorry I'm late.
**[11:14] Rigurd**
You need not be sorry at all!
**[11:16] Rimuru**
What happened?
**[11:17] Rigurd**
Well...
**[11:18] Kaijin**
Oh, thank goodness you're all right!
**[11:21] Rimuru**
Kaijin...
**[11:27] Rigurd**
Great Rimuru! I must inform you of
our situation and seek your counsel!
**[11:30] Rigurd**
Please accompany me to the
emergency headquarters!
**[11:34] Rimuru**
Kaijin, who are they?
**[11:36] Kaijin**
Oh, uh...
**[11:37] Rigurd**
A very small problem has
occurred! That's all!
**[11:40] Rimuru**
Don't lie to me.
What's going on at the plaza?
**[11:56] Rimuru**
Was that...
**[11:57] Rimuru**
Benimaru?!
**[12:26] Benimaru**
You're protecting that woman, too?
**[12:28] Benimaru**
Sorry, but I don't have time
to be lenient right now.
**[12:31] Benimaru**
Step aside at once!
**[12:33] Grucius**
Can't do that. You've already lost your cool.
**[12:36] Grucius**
I can't let you have her now.
**[12:39] Benimaru**
Oh? I've lost my cool?
**[12:43] Benimaru**
If that were the case, I would have
burned all of you to cinders by now.
**[12:47] Benimaru**
Just shut up and—
**[12:48] Grucius**
Sorry, but no matter what happens,
I'm gonna protect her!
**[12:52] Benimaru**
I told you to shut up!
**[13:02] Grucius**
But... I... still...
**[13:07] Benimaru**
Stop resisting! Or I'll—
**[13:09] Rimuru**
Stop, Benimaru!
**[13:13] Benimaru**
Great Rimuru!
**[13:17] Rimuru**
Tell me what's going on.
**[13:20] Benimaru**
It's this barrier.
**[13:22] Benimaru**
It blocks the use of magic, and it
has reduced our powers, as well.
**[13:26] Benimaru**
This has produced victims within the city—
**[13:29] Rigurd**
B-Benimaru!
**[13:34] Benimaru**
We will discuss that later.
**[13:38] Benimaru**
That is when we realized that
the reason we are weakened
**[13:41] Benimaru**
lies in the magic that woman used.
**[13:46] Geld**
When we located the caster
and tried to capture her,
**[13:49] Geld**
Youm interfered, so we were
forced to engage in combat.
**[13:54] Rimuru**
Hmm...
**[13:55] Youm**
Master Rimuru!
**[13:57] Youm**
I'm sorry!
**[13:59] Youm**
I never had any intention of betraying you.
**[14:02] Youm**
I just... want to save Mjurran here.
**[14:06] Rimuru**
Mjurran?
**[14:07] Mjurran**
It's all right. Just abandon me.
**[14:11] Youm**
Don't talk like that.
**[14:14] Mjurran**
There's no reason for you
to be dragged into this.
**[14:17] Youm**
I said don't talk like that!
**[14:20] Grucius**
Great Rimuru...
**[14:22] Grucius**
I'm well aware that, as a visitor,
I'm in no position to interfere.
**[14:27] Grucius**
But even so... would you please
hear what I have to say?
**[14:32] Rimuru**
All right.
**[14:36] Mjurran**
No, Youm, Grucius.
**[14:39] Mjurran**
I have no right to ask you two to defend me.
**[14:42] Both**
Mjurran!
**[14:44] Mjurran**
How many in this city have
been sacrificed because of me?
**[14:48] Mjurran**
I'm the one who caused that horrific scene.
**[14:52] Rimuru**
Horrific?
**[14:58] Rimuru**
What do you mean by that?
**[15:08] Mjurran**
You'll understand when you see it.
**[16:06] Rimuru**
What is all this?
**[16:08] Rimuru**
What... happened here?
**[16:12] Rimuru**
Are they all...
**[16:14] Rimuru**
dead?
**[16:18] Regurd**
The humans were merciless...
**[16:22] Rimuru**
Humans?
**[16:27] Regurd**
We did just as you ordered, Great Rimuru,
**[16:30] Regurd**
and welcomed the humans.
**[16:32] Regurd**
The result of that...
**[16:34] Rigurd**
Quiet.
**[16:37] Rigurd**
Be quiet.
**[16:40] Regurd**
P-Please forgive me.
**[16:45] Rimuru**
*What I said...*
**[16:47] Rimuru**
*My own words...*
**[16:50] (Flashback) Rimuru**
There are three rules.
**[16:54] (Flashback) Rimuru**
First, no attacking humans.
**[16:57] (Flashback) Rimuru**
Second, no fighting amongst yourselves.
**[17:00] (Flashback) Rimuru**
Third, no belittling other races.
**[17:03] (Flashback) Rimuru**
That's it.
**[17:07] Rimuru**
Because they... followed my orders?
**[17:11] Mjurran**
If I hadn't used that great magic,
**[17:13] Mjurran**
this wouldn't have happened.
**[17:21] Rimuru**
*This woman...*
**[17:25] Great Sage**
*Notice.*
**[17:26] Great Sage**
* The great magic Anti-Magic Field alone*
* could not cause this degree of weakening.*
**[17:31] Great Sage**
*The more likely cause*
**[17:32] Great Sage**
* are the humans that you instructed*
* the one named Soei to investigate.*
**[17:40] Rimuru**
*That's right. I need to calm down.*
**[17:43] Rimuru**
* Is this Mjurran woman trying to anger*
* me so I'll kill her and no one else?*
**[17:49] Rimuru**
*To protect Youm and Grucius?*
**[17:56] Rimuru**
Mjurran, was it? I want to hear more.
**[17:59] Rimuru**
Come with me to the meeting room.
**[18:01] Mjollmile**
Great Rimuru.
**[18:02] Mjollmile**
Would you mind if I participated
in that meeting, as well?
**[18:06] Mjollmile**
Perhaps I can offer an
outsider's perspective.
**[18:10] Rimuru**
You're...
**[18:12] Rimuru**
You were here?
**[18:14] Rimuru**
Sure. I'd appreciate that, Mjöllmile.
**[18:20] Rimuru**
* I received a report on what*
* had transpired in Tempest.*
**[18:33] Rimuru**
*Mysterious attackers...*
**[18:35] Rimuru**
*And knights from Falmuth...*
**[18:39] Benimaru**
If this hadn't weakened us,
Hakuro wouldn't have lost.
**[18:43] Rimuru**
Lost? Hakuro lost?!
**[18:46] Rigurd**
He was severely wounded, but he will recover.
**[18:49] Rigurd**
Lady Shuna is treating both him and Gobta,
who was wounded just as severely.
**[18:54] Rimuru**
I see...
**[18:55] Rigurd**
As the knights from Falmuth were leaving...
**[19:03] (Flashback) Folgen**
This city has been contaminated by monsters!
**[19:06] (Flashback) Folgen**
As the protectors of humanity,
**[19:09] (Flashback) Folgen**
we must never recognize a nation of monsters!
**[19:11] (Flashback) Folgen**
Therefore, we will consult
with the Western Holy Church
**[19:14] (Flashback) Folgen**
regarding what must be
done about this nation!
**[19:17] (Flashback) Folgen**
We will return one week from today,
**[19:20] (Flashback) Folgen**
under the command of the great and
renowned King Edmaris himself!
**[19:25] (Flashback) Folgen**
It would behoove you to surrender
and swear allegiance to him!
**[19:27] (Flashback) Folgen**
If you refuse...
**[19:29] (Flashback) Folgen**
I shall eradicate every last
one of you in the name of God!
**[19:35] Rimuru**
What a farce.
**[19:37] Rigurd**
Yes, it is precisely that.
**[19:40] (Flashback) Hinata**
You see, your city stands in my way.
**[19:44] (Flashback) Hinata**
So I'm going to destroy it.
**[19:46] Rimuru**
The Western Holy Church and the Kingdom of
Falmuth have been colluding from the start.
**[19:50] Rimuru**
I'm betting the Church
has it in for us because
**[19:53] Rimuru**
their doctrine doesn't condone
the existence of monsters.
**[19:57] Rimuru**
But then, what's the Kingdom
of Falmuth's reason?
**[19:59] Mjollmile**
Great Rimuru, may I?
**[20:04] Mjollmile**
As we speak, a new trade route is coming
into existence with Tempest at its center,
**[20:08] Mjollmile**
which is bringing about
drastic changes in commerce.
**[20:12] Rimuru**
And?
**[20:13] Mjollmile**
Trade routes are crucial.
**[20:15] Mjollmile**
Simply imposing tariffs creates
the potential for immense profits.
**[20:20] Koby**
The Kingdom of Falmuth profits so much
from trade that it has been called
**[20:24] Koby**
the gateway to the Western Nations.
**[20:27] Rimuru**
So a profit for Tempest means a
loss for the Kingdom of Falmuth?
**[20:32] Koby**
Correct.
**[20:33] Mjollmile**
A tremendous loss, at that.
**[20:35] Rimuru**
Now I get it.
**[20:37] Rimuru**
I've been playing with fire,
and I didn't even realize it.
**[20:42] Rimuru**
Mjöllmile-kun.
**[20:43] Mjollmile**
Yes, sir?
**[20:44] Rimuru**
Can you update the Kingdom of Blumund
on Tempest's current situation
**[20:50] Rimuru**
and the approach of a large army
from the Kingdom of Falmuth, ASAP?
**[20:53] Mjollmile**
Of course.
**[20:54] Mjollmile**
I will impress upon them that
Tempest is in the right.
**[20:57] Rimuru**
Thank you.
**[20:58] Mjollmile**
I'll start getting ready at once.
**[21:02] Rimuru**
Now, as for you, Mjurran-san...
**[21:05] Rimuru**
Why don't you tell me in detail
what led you to mess with us?
**[21:13] Youm**
Mjurran...
**[21:14] Mjurran**
It's all right. I have nothing to hide.
**[21:23] Mjurran**
I am Mjurran.
**[21:25] Mjurran**
I serve the Demon Lord Clayman.
**[21:27] All**
What?!
**[21:30] Rigurd**
A Demon Lord?
**[21:41] Rimuru**
I see.
**[21:43] Rimuru**
So Clayman is the one pulling the strings.
**[23:37] Great Sage**
*Next time, "Hope."*
***SIGN*** Hope