Rimuru walked among the ruins of Tempest.
Those who had survived were no longer sentient beings.
They were nothing more than shattered shells of pain.
When one of them, trembling and bloodied, whispered with a shaky smile:
"Master… smile…"
Rimuru's heart trembled—for the last time.
With cold hands, he sent them to eternal rest.
He murmured:
"This vengeance is not for you. It is for me.
You were my light… and they stole my sun.
Now, in this endless darkness, I find solace only in nothingness."
He turned toward Falmuth—not as a lord,
but as a natural calamity.
There was no battle.
There was only slaughter.
Twenty-five million souls were reduced to ash in less than an hour.
Rimuru transcended age, gender, and form.
He swore to make the entire world feel the same agony his people had suffered.
The wails of the innocent, the prayers left unanswered to the gods…
were nothing more than the soundtrack to his dance of death.
Blood did not flow through the streets of Falmuth.
Rimuru's hatred evaporated it before it even touched the ground.
Suddenly, time itself stopped.
A tremor ran through the pillars of existence.
The Voice of the World resounded:
"Announcement… The number of sacrificed souls has reached twenty-five million.
The prerequisite to surpass Demon Lord has been fulfilled.
The individual 'Rimuru Tempest,' formerly a slime, will evolve into [Origin Specie].
From this moment, the Voice of the World shall refer to him as Remilya.
All physical traits, soul, and magicules have been exponentially merged and enhanced."
Within her spiritual realm, Great Sage fought an unrelenting battle for evolution.
She was defeated millions of times,
but in the end, by sacrificing the skill Degenerate, she ascended into:
[Ultimate Skill: Raphael – Lord of Wisdom]
But this was not the end.
With calculated coldness, Raphael perfected the skill Beelzebub
by sacrificing Merciless.
And then, the most terrifying phase of evolution began.
The Voice of the World declared:
"Unique Skill [Hatred] has fused with the new Core of Power.
Ultimate Skill [Antares – Lord of Hatred] has awakened."
A halo of black and violet matter engulfed Rimuru.
This was no ordinary evolution.
It was the birth of a being who carried the Void itself in her heart.
Breaking free from her cocoon, the creature that emerged
was no longer the kind slime of old.
She was Remilya—the Origin of Nothingness.
Rimuru, as the torrent of newfound power coursed through her veins,
fell to the ground.
She sank into a deep slumber
so that her body could adjust to this infinite might.