Chapter 16

He looked around and like I said, cultivators used different methods to observe me..Spiritual sense, mirrors, various techniques or peeking a glance at me occasionally.

Most of the reason is probably investigating my presence out of curiosity but they can't ask permission because of the King's treatment towards us, we must be bigshots in their mind so they did it secretly. They respect the King very much and I admit that he's a good king.

They are stupid since they didn't think that I'm strong enough to feel what they are doing, or maybe they dare do it because they noticed I don't care when some brave one did it at first.

If it's someone else, a fight already happened..doing it to someone is disrespectful after all.

Not asking carelessly is also a good move, if this is a novel.. for those who would have asked or tried to pry secrets, a fight would happen.

There is also no stupid young masters or bitchy maidens..only dumb people like Derek or Prideful person like Lin Fan dared to talk to me.

Thanks to unsealing my bloodline, my perception increased a lot and I would have noticed any prying techniques they do.

"Should I protect the Prince or stay here?" Lin Fan asked

"No need to help them, it was already an overkill" Rimuru alone is enough to defeat them all.

"I'll stay here then, I can at least see and help immediately if something wrong happens," he said and joined me to watch the hall. As for Derek, he already left long ago..for the food.

"What do you think about the blue-haired one?" I asked about Rimuru since he didn't look at him with doubt like the others.

"Cute?" he confusingly said

"I mean about his strength," I said

"It's easy to underestimate him or her?" he said in a questioning tone.

"Him," I said

"right..him, I know it's a stupid move since I felt that the most dangerous is him..my institution are screaming danger," he said seriously

"I see..he's not a human," I said

"What is he? a beast in human form? a demon?" he asked.

I found out earlier in the kingdom history that Justine told us that the human race is at odds with the demon race but there's a treaty of peace between them..unless they want an all-out war, the peak cultivators can't intervene with their race's development.

Goblin, Ogre, Kobolds, and Trolls are considered demons. Elves and Dwarves don't exist here. Dragons, the usual apex predators belong to beasts.

Humans and Demons always hunt the beast for materials so the dragons made a deal..only someone in the cultivation threshold they set can hunt the beast or else..the Dragons will launch an attack.

If not for the dragons, a lot of beasts will die and go extinct.

The smart beasts are servants for the dragons, it'll be bad if they died.

"He's a slime," I said enjoying his shocked expression.

"You mean the slime? the weakest demon?" he asked

"Yes, that kind of slime..the weak yet scary slime," I said..slimes in here like dissolving clothes so they are feared by weak cultivators, humans and demons alike. They eat (dissolve) everything except for flesh so they are considered harmless, only evolved Slimes has a chance of being able to eat meat.

They are born from the qi on the surrounding, forming a core then the jelly body will naturally form... destroying the core is the only way to kill them.

They are also good at adapting, you put them on fire..as long as the core is intact, they will turn into a fire slime.

They also increase in amount fast so they've been made as a training partner for newbies which is stupid since slimes are slow and won't have that much training effect.

The adapting ability itself is op, if not for their slow advancements..this world was long conquered by slimes.

"That's..unexpected," Lin Fan said, still shocked.

*chuckle* "I know right"

"Then if someone manages to destroy his core, he'll be done for good?" he asked

"Core?, I see no such thing in him. I already saw him getting smashed, getting stretched to the limit and getting played by his subordinates but no core showed.. it either he has a method to hide it to safety or he never had one in the first place" I pondered a little before answering.

"That's overpowered then? how can you kill him if he's alive without a core? how about cutting his body?" He asked, taking the chance to know about Rimuru's ability more.

"As long a piece of him remains, he can regenerate. I theorize that his core is his soul, of course, you need to destroy his body first," I said without care of keeping secrets, it's not like they'll meet after this... if they did, I think Rimuru is not that easy to defeat.

"and his lifespan?"

"About that, I don't know since it's only been a year or two since he became a slime," I said nonchalantly.

"I think I heard wrong!"

"You didn't, he's a 37 years old man who died and switched body..with his human memories, he accidentally got strong," I said

"Accidentally? he must be lucky then," he said enviously

"I guess so.."

"How can you kill him then?" I heard Lin Fan whisper to himself.

"Instant obliteration, destroy the whole body instantly to avoid regeneration and to make sure..capture his soul," I said

"Eh? with his rate of getting strong..there will be no one here that will be able to kill him soon." He said

"I know" and here I am getting reminded again of how overpowered Rimuru is.

"Wait, something is wrong.." he suddenly said.

"What is it?" I know what's wrong but I don't care.

"Isn't he your friend or something? how can you tell someone the method to kill him?" he said with a displeased expression, ohh..he hates people like that? well..every Protagonist does.