Without Chloe's repeated travels through time, there would be no timeline resets.
Therefore, Rimuru's first thanks for Shizue still being alive went to Chloe.
Shizue's death had been her greatest regret.
Now, that regret was finally being compensated for.
However, with her presence, Chloe's journey of over 2000 years of reincarnation could finally come to an end.
As for Shizue's impending lifespan issue, for Rimuru, it was a completely minor matter.
Don't forget she had once devoured the Dark Space and gained partial authority over it.
She could completely utilize the energy of the Dark Space to help Shizue gain more lifespan.
"Sleep, sleep, when you awaken again, you shall embrace your youth once more!"
Rimuru removed the mask from Shizue's face, touched her forehead, and helped her smooth out the damage her soul had sustained from long-term suppression of the High Spirit Ifrit.
At the same time, Rimuru transferred a portion of the Dark Space's energy into Shizue's body.
With her heart completely relaxed, a soothing smile slowly appeared on Shizue's face.
Battlefield.
A great battle thus began!
For Benimaru and the others, who had already evolved into Ogre Mages, dealing with Geld the Orc lord and his Orc Tribe army was simply a one-sided slaughter.
In the shadows, Gelmud and Laplace of the Moderate Clown Troupe, secretly watching everything through a crystal ball, were completely stunned.
Where did this group of people come from?
How could each of them be so strong?
Especially the golden-haired leader wearing a mask; his methods were incredibly powerful.
Leaving aside the rainbow light that descended from the sky earlier, just the magic of flipping the entire land made people feel awe.
Clown Laplace's favorite thing to do was act foolish and stupid; he was a character similar to Obito from Naruto.
But at this moment, he dared not act playful at all!
It was fun to be playful for a bit, but if he lost his life being playful, then it would be completely over.
As for Gelmud, his heart was now in his throat.
He didn't know how strong Rimuru, the leader, was!
But he knew that Benimaru, Souei, Hakuro, and even that unusually strong Goblin could contend with him on equal terms.
Gelmud knew that the Jura Great Forest had never before had such strong Goblins and Great Ogres.
But now they had all swarmed out, which could only mean one thing—they were all creations after being named!
For Gelmud, who always liked to cause trouble by bestowing names, no one understood better than he did what powerful evolution bestowing a name could bring to monsters.
If she could so easily create such powerful "playthings," then how powerful must Rimuru herself be?
Could she be the legendary Awakened Demon Lord?!
Thinking of this, Gelmud dared not think further.
Go, hurry and go!
Gelmud and Laplace were both terrified; how could they dare to linger any longer?
Both of them wished they had two more legs!
Fortunately, they successfully escaped; that unknown existence did not pay them any mind.
But the joy of successful escape was soon swallowed by endless frustration!
They had always been arrogant, always hiding behind the scenes, treating the world as their chessboard, even calculating against Demon Lords.
But this time, they didn't even have the courage to face that strong individual!
How ridiculous was that?!
As for Treyni and the rest of the Dryad tribe observing in secret, they were completely bewildered at this moment.
The Dryad tribe were the guardians of the forest.
They had always taken it upon themselves to maintain peace in the forest and generally did not participate in conflicts within the Great Forest, belonging to a legendary tribe.
Their status was extremely transcendent!
They had some understanding of Rimuru's strength.
But they had absolutely not expected that this battle to subjugate the Orc lord would evolve to such a degree.
Rimuru hadn't even made a move, and the Orc lord, along with his army, had been completely dealt with by her subordinates.
Amazing, truly amazing!
Good birds choose their trees to perch on; even the transcendent Dryads could not remain transcendent at this moment.
Regarding joining Rimuru's banner and becoming one of the hundred tribes, no one had any objections.
As for the rescued Lizardmen, they were now filled with both surprise and joy.
Of course, more than that, they had been taught an incredibly vivid lesson by reality.
They discovered for the first time that they, who had thought themselves powerful, were actually nothing in the face of true strength.
The Orc lord was defeated, and even more, he was defeated one-on-one by Shion, who knocked him unconscious with her bare hands.
After the Orc lord fell unconscious, his Unique skill lost its effect.
All the Orc Tribe members who had been controlled by the "Hungry One" slowly regained their senses!
But upon regaining their senses, all their vitality and spirit had been completely drained.
Every Orc Tribe member was plunged into endless panic and confusion.
Panic over their impending judgment, confusion over the future fate of the Orc Tribe; their wish had clearly been only to eat their fill and for no one in their tribe to starve to death, nothing more!
"My Lord, I have not failed your trust; the mission to subjugate the Orc lord has been successfully completed!"
Seeing Benimaru and the others standing before her, looking as if they were saying, "Praise me, praise me quickly."
Rimuru couldn't help but smile wryly!
Compared to humans, the minds of monsters were truly much, much simpler.
However, it was precisely because of this that Rimuru increasingly enjoyed interacting with monsters.
"Well done; each of you will receive a 'Great Merit' reward."
Hearing Rimuru's praise, everyone smiled.
The so-called Great Merit reward was actually a reward and promotion system that Ciel had helped her devise.
It was basically divided into Minor Merit, Great Merit, Special Merit, and Heavenly Merit; as long as enough merit was accumulated, one could receive promotions and corresponding rewards.
This system, once announced, immediately received unanimous praise!
It must be said that anything Ciel produces is a masterpiece.
Shion: "My Master, how should Geld the Orc lord and the Orc Tribe be handled?"
Hearing Shion's words, all the demon kin looked towards Rimuru.
After the Orc lord fell unconscious, the Orc Tribe had all surrendered.
But even so, the Orc Tribe still had a population of nearly one hundred thousand.
How to deal with them was indeed a big problem.
Not to mention the other demon kin, even the completely bewildered Orc Tribe members, who were almost resigned to their fate, all raised their heads and looked towards Rimuru.
Rimuru did not answer directly; with a wave of her small hand, the half-dead Orc lord awoke from his unconsciousness.
Seeing the awakened Orc lord, all the monsters were startled.
They had personally witnessed the terrifying nature of the Orc lord's Unique skill.
If the Orc lord woke up, wouldn't the Orc Tribe once again become monsters that only knew how to eat?
Not to mention other races, even the Orc Tribe themselves were scared half to death.
But very quickly, everyone was surprised to find that the Orc lord had woken up, but his Unique skill had not activated.
All the Orc Tribe members, including the Orc lord, were completely conscious.
The Orc lord was bewildered; who exactly was this being before him?
She could even erase the effect of his Unique skill?
"No need to look anymore; your Unique skill has already been extracted by me."
Rimuru said, while playing with a profound and unfathomable ball of light.
Everyone swallowed hard.
A Unique skill could be extracted with one hand?
The Orc lord's "Hungry One" indeed hadn't activated again, so it was true!
This was too unheard of!
Although they had long witnessed Rimuru's omnipotence, everyone felt that their worldview had been refreshed once again.
The Orc lord was even more speechless; he truly had no grievances at all in losing to such a powerful existence as Rimuru!
"The entire cause originated from an unprecedented great drought; children born the day before yesterday died yesterday, and children born yesterday were already on the verge of death today."
As the Orc lord recounted, everyone finally understood what the Orc Tribe had gone through.
Even the Lizardmen, who had just suffered heavy losses, no longer had the thought of exterminating the Orc Tribe.
Many sentimental demon kin even shed crystal tears.
If placed in their shoes, if their tribe had faced the same predicament as the Orc Tribe, what other choice would they have had besides accepting the arrangements of the mastermind?
The sentimental Shion wiped away her tears and said, "Geld, although your Orc Tribe destroyed our village, I no longer hate you now. The ones who deserve to die are that Gelmud and the guy wearing the Joker mask!"
"Right!"
Gabiru wielded his trident and said bitterly, "Big Sister Shion is right; my Lizardmen will also fully account for this to that Joker and Gelmud!"
Gelmud was the My Lord who had bestowed Gabiru his name; that he could say such words now showed how much he hated Gelmud.
Hearing everyone's words, Rimuru couldn't help but smile.
Rimuru still admired Geld the Orc lord.
Her intention had been achieved!
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