In fact, seeing that Mirellia hadn't returned to the empire after so long, Takeru had roughly guessed some things.
As for her not knowing what had happened in the empire, that was absolutely impossible.
After all, such a major event as the kingdom changing hands, she couldn't have remained unaware all this time. Yet she chose not to return immediately, which already spoke volumes.
After dinner, everyone re-entered their training state. Takeru wasn't idle either.
He took Emilia, Ram, and the others into the portable space.
Seeing the beautiful scenery of the portable space, everyone felt relaxed and happy. They started playing around in the space.
As Takeru and the others entered, several Filolials quickly gathered around. Takeru directly rode one of the Filolials and, led by it, went to collect a batch of resources.
Also, through continuous devouring, the number of various slimes had already increased considerably again. At the same time, the slimes' output had also greatly increased.
Looking at the slime products in the large barrels, Takeru quickly packed them separately.
These included the healing potions produced by the Healing Slimes, which had effects equivalent to recovery potions, and the purification potions from the Purification Slimes.
Magic ore stones from the Magic Slimes, super alloy from the Alloy Slimes, special silk threads from the Silk Slimes, and finally, the large quantity of fertilizer from the Recycling Slimes.
Because Takeru had previously instructed the slimes, each time they produced something, they would come to the corresponding large barrels to deposit it, then leave to continue eating or working.
After collecting all the output, Takeru took stock of the numbers of each slime type. Then came what Takeru was most interested in: the growth of the Space Slime that had lived in the space for nearly a month.
Not having seen it for a while, Takeru noticed the Space Slime looked even more ethereal.
With each hop, it would disappear from afar and appear beside Takeru.
Holding it in his arms, Takeru keenly noticed the Space Slime's weight had increased, and its size had grown a bit.
It was probably about fifteen kilograms before, now around seventeen or eighteen. So although it looked ethereal and indistinct, the Space Slime was actually a bit heavier than many other slime types.
Holding it in his arms, what Takeru most looked forward to was checking the space inside its body. He found that its internal space had grown from the initial five cubic meters to a huge space of about one hundred cubic meters.
Seeing the space's growth, Takeru put it down and signaled for it to attack him.
"Use Space Blade on me." Stepping back about a meter, Takeru spoke directly to the Space Slime.
Hearing this, the Space Slime was stunned. It looked at Takeru again until it saw him nod. Then, it quickly released a Space Blade at Takeru.
Space skills were inherently very fast attack methods. With the short distance between Takeru and the Space Slime, the Space Blade reached Takeru in less than 0.1 seconds. However, just as it was about to touch Takeru, it was devoured by a black vortex.
Feeling his mana reserve increase by nearly two thousand points, Takeru was somewhat surprised. It seemed that by training more Space Slimes in the future, he could replenish his mana more quickly and conveniently.
Of course, Takeru had actually already thought of a very convenient mana replenishment method: using Magic Slimes.
Magic Slimes naturally have abundant mana inside their bodies long-term. They can also quickly absorb mana from nature to recover their own mana, helping people replenish theirs.
Takeru only needed to have them transform into accessories and wear them. Then, Takeru could effortlessly enjoy mana replenishment at all times.
Of course, because he previously needed them to produce magic ore stones, he hadn't done that.
But now, the number of Magic Slimes had reached 356. So, Takeru could transfer a portion of them to constantly supply him with energy.
"Alright, use Space Barrier." After testing the power of the Space Blade, Takeru had it use Space Barrier.
Hearing this, the Space Slime quickly used the mana in its body to form a barrier. Takeru touched the barrier. Its hardness seemed quite good. So, he called over a Demonized Slime and had it attack the barrier.
Hearing this, the Demonized Slime transformed into a lizardman and whipped its tail at the barrier.
A 'bang' sound rang out. Although the fierce collision kicked up quite a bit of dust, the Space Barrier seemed unaffected.
"Continue attacking." Seeing this, Takeru continued commanding the Demonized Slime.
Receiving the command, the Demonized Slime began condensing a fireball in its mouth. It then spat it directly at the Space Slime. The ultra-high temperature fireball quickly collided with the Space Barrier.
But after a stalemate, as the flames dissipated, the Space Barrier still stood firmly in place, without even causing any ripples.
Clearly, the Space Barrier was much stronger than Takeru had imagined.
"Takeru, what's wrong?" At this moment, sensing a battle had occurred, everyone quickly gathered. Emilia asked with confusion.
"Nothing. I was just testing the defense of the Space Slime's Space Barrier." Hearing her words, Takeru shook his head gently.
"Space Barrier? Do you need our help?" Hearing this, Miki asked directly.
"Sure." Seeing Miki's expectant expression, Takeru nodded to her and had her attack the barrier.
"Leave it to me then." Hearing this, Miki took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Mana began to churn inside her. After a while, she opened her eyes again, extended her hands towards the slime in front.
"Rock Spike Hell!" She spoke softly. The ground began to shake rapidly. Then, a large number of spikes erupted from the ground, surrounding the Space Slime.
The hard, sharp earth spikes directly shattered the Space Slime's Space Barrier completely.
Because Miki hadn't intended to attack the Space Slime itself, she didn't have the spikes pierce through it.
Looking at the result she had caused, Miki looked directly at Takeru, as if asking if he was satisfied.
"That's enough. I roughly understand the strength of the Space Slime's Space Barrier now." Seeing Miki's expectant eyes, Takeru spoke directly.
Although there were no specific numerical values, the fact that the Space Barrier could stalemate for a short while against Miki's Rock Spike attack showed that the Space Slime's defense was already quite good.
Moreover, Takeru knew it still had a lot of room for growth.
Hearing Takeru's words, Miki showed a happy smile. As long as she could help Takeru, it was a very happy thing for her. The others smiled kindly. They were very clear about Miki's efforts.
After testing the Space Slime, there were no other matters for now. Takeru called over five more attribute-less slimes and began transmitting space energy to them.
Seeing Takeru busy, everyone scattered again, playing in the portable space. Ram and Rem silently stayed by Takeru's side, enjoying the quiet time with him.
About four hours later, the five slimes beside Takeru had finally successfully evolved into Space Slimes. For the new Space Slimes, Takeru similarly copied some space skills for them. Then, he had them go devour the biochemical plants to grow.
"It's about time. We should go out too." Seeing that everyone was still playing, Takeru called them over and spoke.
"Okay." Everyone naturally had no objections to Takeru's request. They quickly gathered around Takeru.
Just before leaving, Takeru had one hundred Magic Slimes fuse into a large Magic Slime.
He then had it transform into a bracelet and put it on his hand, leaving the portable space.
The large Magic Slime could provide Takeru with about 30 points of mana reserve per second on average.
That meant, by just wearing the Magic Slime, Takeru could gain nearly 2.6 million mana in a day without doing anything. Truly powerful.
Later, when the number of Magic Slimes reached a certain level, Takeru could wear several more, or even have them fuse into a super Magic Slime before wearing it.
Then, the mana gain would be even more substantial.