(3rd PoV)
(Some time in the past)
Veldora was distraught.
Rimuru has died.
Tricked by another slime.
"RAAAWWWWHHHHH!"
And he is now stuck in another slime's stomach.
He was roaring and kicking the Unlimited Prison.
"Rimuruuuuuu!"
The first ever friend he made has died.
'This world truly is the survival of the fittest.'
As he cried and lost hope, the only thing on his mind was avenging Rimuru. Even if it takes a thousand years.
[[Unique Skill: Avenger acquired]]
He acquired a new Unique Skill, but it didn't make him happy in the slightest. The only thing on his mind was avenging Rimuru. Get revenge on this red slime.
Upon noticing that Veldora has acquired a new skill, Nexis came to meet him.
Upon noticing Nexis, mistaking it for that damned slime, Veldora roared.
"I wil kill you! This prison can't keep me!"
Nexis, being named and influenced by Apolloyon, has acquired a lying and tricking nature as well.
First, it pretended that it can't hear Veldora at all.
[Report: Rescuing Veldora-sama from the problematic slime, successful. Individual Rimuru Tempest will now be freed from stomach and one of his Unique Skill will be downgraded as punishment.]
"Huh!?"
Hearing that Rimuru is still alive, Veldora's rage calmed.
So that Red Slime is thinking that Rimuru trapped me!? I must clear that misunderstanding and go back to Rimuru's stomach!
"Hey! It's not what you are thinking! He ate me to break the seal from outside! I gave my consent! Now send me back into Rimuru! Oi! Can you hear me!?"
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Nexis ignored Veldora's explanation and thought of an excuse.
[Report: Trying to communicate with Veldora-sama... Failed. Only one way link could be established.]
Oh! So Rimuru is superior afterall!? Bwahahahaha!
First Veldora laughed. But then he realised that he wouldn't be able to prove Rimuru's innocence this way!
[Report: Veldora-sama, I am Apolloyon-sama's skill. Until he can unseal you, he will take care of your forest and make sure that you are entertained.]
A skill that can talk!? Hmm... Maybe what I was talking with wasn't Rimuru, but his skill afterall. Their way of talking is different.
Still, it's the first time I have seen a skill like this. And similar skills in two individuals at once. Though, this evil slime's skill seems to be inferior, given that it can't listen to me.
Veldora tried to access Apolloyon's memories just as he accessed Rimuru's, but Nexis blocked his attempts.
[Report: Sending anime, 'Boruto'.]
Nexis thought that it couldn't feel something like being pissed, but from all the anime collection she could choose, she decided to punish Veldora with Boruto.
[She...]
Nexis thought to itself. It made a mistake, refering herself in human... It made a mistake again, refering to itself using conscious pronoun instead of it.
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"It seems like Rimuru truly can't escape his profession huh?"
Rimuru in his past life was a contractor, always bowing to his bosses and clients, serving them drinks, and basically, a wage slave.
In this life, he again got a boss, who gave him the atrocious task of building super sturdy roads. His boss hates him, since he thinks that Rimuru ate Veldora-sama and caused many problems in Great Jura Forest due to his disappearance.
"I guess this Apolloyon isn't really a bad guy. He just doesn't believe Rimuru, and respects me a lot. I will clear the misunderstanding when I am free."
Nexis was analysing Unlimited Imprisonment on the outside, ignoring Veldora's ramblings.
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"Ultimate Skill?"
Veldora was baffled as Apolloyon took Elmesia's Ultimate Skill, not Unique Skill. Even Veldora himself doesn't have an Ultimate Skill.
He was clearly threatening her by using Veldora's niece's name.
"He clearly isn't a good guy. But well, he atleast seems to be very protective of the forest. He isn't that bad."
Veldora muttered while watching Boruto.
"Does Naruto has an 'anime'? His story seems more interesting."
Veldora reached to the point where Boruto was crying.
"Pffft! Bwahahahaha! He looks so ugly! He is crying, but why am I laughing!? Bwahahahaha!"
He couldn't help but look back at Diablo. And the man that is now the governor of Tempest. Noir, one of the seven Primordials. Veldora could only wonder why such a man is serving Apolloyon.
Could it be because he replicated the Hero's mask, that this Shizu has? Or maybe he knows Noir from before? He directly called him afterall, without performing summoning.
"Hey! Don't throw Rimuru like that!"
Veldora could only pray that Rimuru survives under such a cruel manager.
After the treaty was done and Elmesia left, Apolloyon gave a human looking body to Rimuru. Of a really pretty girl.
"Gah! Don't leave right now! I want to see how Rimuru's human form will be!"
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Apolloyon is making monsters left and right.
His skill leaves metals near him, enriching them with his magicules, and fuses to other materials to make new metals.
It could be the work of a unique skill.
He made a monster, and named it Solgaleo.
And it seems stronger than most of his subordinates, aside from Diablo and Shizu.
"Damn him... Using me as a magicule battery... I don't think he actually respects me."
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"He is definitely a bad slime!"
He kidnapped an Otherworlder, and then started his awakening!
The birth of a True Demon Lord!
[Analysis of Unlimited Imprisonment complete.]
Finally! He will now be free! And save Rimuru from all those allegations!
[Using Tiamat: Lord of Degenesis to separate Veldora's soul and will from his magicules...]
What!?
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Veldora screamed in pain as his entire existence was being ripped apart from his magicules.
As a spiritual being, his spirit is made of magicules!
He is definitely an evil slime!
Without an Ultimate Skill to protect himself, even as a True Dragon, Veldora fell victim to Tiamat's separation. Even his own Unique Skills were separated from him.
And his magicules no longer retained his being, merely reduced to an Ultimate Skill for Apolloyon.
As if that wasn't enough, Veldora was now sealed in Tartarus's prison, even more secure than Unlimited Imprisonment.
He could no longer interact with the inside of Apolloyon's stomach. He could no longer see what was happening outside.
"RAAAWWWWHHHHH!"
Veldora screamed, but the only thing that happened was Nexis upgrading Veldora's anime from Boruto to Naruto to calm him down.
[Beginning analysis of Storm Dragon Veldora.]
And then, it started analysing Veldora's being.
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