After I was finished with the ceremony of giving my underlings spirits, a Dryad appeared before me.
'Devourer!'
I ate her, though not completely to keep her alive.
[Mimic Dryad now possible]
[Greater Forest Spirit acquired]
[Plant Whisperer acquired]
[Extra Skill Fusion acquired]
[Greater Wind Elemental Summoning: Sylphide acquired]
Plant Whisperer is a perfect skill for information gathering. It allows me to talk to trees over a very large area.
Hakurou panicked, "Apolloyon-sama! I apologise for the disrespect, but that was a Dryad! I don't think she was hostile!"
"Really? Then I will trust your judgment."
I spit her out.
"Sorry. But you suddenly appeared before me without any prior notice. I thought that you might be an assassin."
"N-no! I apologise! It was my mistake suddenly appearing like that!"
Hehe...
"Well, it's okay. So, did you have any business with me? Ah. Maybe because of deforestation?"
"No. I came here with a request since you met the Spirit Queen. I would like to meet her after the Orc Lord is handled.
I am Treyni, one of the overseer of the Great Jura Forest. The Orc Lord invasion is destroying the forest, annihilating many species. Even the Gozu and Mezu tribes have been eliminated and eaten.
Right now, the Lizardmen and Slime, Rimuru Tempest are about to battle the Orc Army.
Please defeat the Orc Lord."
Hmmm... I do want to get the Orcs for labour.
[Report: Not getting Orc Lord's Unique Skill might result into Devourer's evolution into an Ultimate Skill not have a 'Food Chain', which is beneficial—]
Say less.
You know, I can just devour Orc Disaster and then give the extra Demon Lord Seed...
What if I have two Demon Lord seeds and awaken both of them?
[Report: Communicating with Voice of the World...]
[Report: No prior example. Theoretically, it's possible. But the effects are unknown.]
Then I am the one who is devouring Orc Disaster. I am a better slime than that noob anyway, given that I started later and with less advantages.
But first, let's get poison resistance. It should be useful against the rot of Orc Disaster's skill
"Alright. Benimaru, Souei, prepare for heading to the battlefield. Rest of you, stay in the village and protect it from possible intruders.
Shion, I need to eat my fill before heading out. If you make food, I might forgive you."
Everyone's face paled, except that idiot Shion's.
She gave a bright smile.
"I will do my best, Apolloyon-sama!"
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Ughhh...
[Poison Resistance acquired]
Even though I turned off my tasting and smelling ability, and turned off Magic Sense so that I would not see, smell or taste what I ate, it was still horrible.
If I wasn't so strong, I would have died.
As soon as I acquired the resistance, I spat her food back at Shion.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
She started screaming as it started burning her.
[Extra Skill: Extreme Poison Spit acquired]
Her poison is stronger than Black Serpent's.
"Shion is incharge of poison department from now on."
Throwing a potion at her, I let out my Dragon wings. Though I know Flight Magic, Dragon Wings are cooler.
"Let's go. Shuna, you are my secretary from now on and responsible while I am away. And Shizu, protect my place and don't let any intruder come."
"Thank you Apolloyon-sama! I will do my best!"
"Be safe, Apolloyon-san."
So, I headed to the direction Treyni pointed at. Souei went into my Shadow, having already learnt something useful from the Dark Elemental Magic he acquired through the spirit.
He is kinda cool.
On the other hand, Benimaru will have to head to the battlefield on foot.
Through [Plant Whisperer], I already know that the fight between Rimuru and Orc Disaster has not begun yet.
Seeing how it has already evolved into Orc Disaster without eating Gelmund, I guess he took a different path this time.
Afterall, I am basically under Milim's protection. So Clayman can't really point it towards me.
Or maybe he can. He is that much of a fool.
Anyway, Orc Disaster, here I come!
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