Charybdis, the calamity, has awakened,
and it's heading straight toward the capital city of Rimuru.
It seems like I'm the one it's after... I think.
The forces we have ready to go up against Charybdis
are Benimaru's group, Gobta and the Goblin riders,
the High Orcs led by Geld,
Gabiru and his men,
and some help sent by King Gazel:
100 Pegasus Knights, led by the knight captain Dorf.
Their presence here is definitely reassuring.
It's only natural that I help my junior in his time of need.
Yes, sir.
For some reason, King Gazel likes to think of himself as my senior...
Well, ready to do this?
Yes, sir!
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Episode 19: Charybdis
Eat this! Hell Flare!
That's my Benimaru. He toasted that thing to a crisp.
But...
It's shocking that even his attack wasn't enough to destroy it.
Is that one of Charybdis's skills?
Notice.
Notice
With the extra skill Magic Jamming,
Magic Jamming
the movement of magicules in a 300-meter radius is disturbed,
reducing the efficacy of magic.
So this guy's going to be trouble...
Stick to the plan! Scatter them and strike each one individually!
I'll stop it from moving! All of you, attack!
Sir Geld!
Attack!
Well, now what?
My comrades can't do anything now, so to attack this thing...
Let me give you a hand!
Vortex Crash!
Sir Gabiru, you're so cool!
Indeed!
Tend to the wounded!
We're on it!
Since you stopped it, I had a much easier time taking it down!
Thank you for the assistance, Gabiru.
We'll bring that one down! You can take it from there!
Right! I'll stop it myself this time!
Sir Gabiru, you're so cool!
On the pride of the Pegasus Knights, we will stop them here and now!
Fall back for now!
Some will divert, others will attack.
Enter this battle with a clear understanding of your own role...
and without fear of death!
Hakurou's such a pro at giving orders.
Regaining his youth has allowed him to refine his tough teaching style.
Hey, I wanna play, too!
Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to wait back in town?
B-But I can watch, at least, can't I?
Staying in town is boring!
Come on, I'll just—
No!
Looking at me like that won't help.
Now, Master Souei!
Right!
Puppet Strings!
Wow! He's manipulating the Megalodons to make them fight each other!
Anything goes for that dreamboat, huh?
Wait for the right moment, then kill it.
Understood. Leave the rest to us.
They're flying? When did Ranga learn that?
Also, when did he team up with Shion?
I must play an active role and stand out this time.
Indeed. I feel the same way!
Decapitating Demon Blade!
Decapitating Demon Blade
Let me, too! Let me, too!
I told you, it's not happening.
Now, that just leaves...
Let's see just how strong it is!
That's our Ranga!
Disappointing.
You have improved a bit, but to think you couldn't even stop one of them...
You will need much tougher training.
Hey! Anything tougher than this is gonna kill me, old man!
Old man, you say?
Great Rimuru.
So all that's left now is Charybdis...
With his ability, it shouldn't be a problem.
Besides...
That thing sure is huge, though...
Answer.
Answer
Judging from its size, the—
I don't need to hear it!
If you're gonna say something, tell me the easiest way to beat it.
Now she shuts up...
Looks like they're not even leaving a mark.
True.
It might try to pull something! Don't let your guard down!
Roger!
Right!
Understood, Master!
Evade! Get away from it!
I can't dodge them!
Dodge? Don't be a weakling!
Souei, use Shadow Movement to escape.
I will act as Shion's shield.
You fool! Do you want to die, Ranga?!
I'll do this alone!
Great Rimuru's chosen course of action is the one granting the highest chance of survival.
Highest chance of survival, eh?
In that case, I'll stay, too.
Oh, don't get the wrong idea.
The real me will withdraw before I get killed, so don't worry.
Typical Souei...
In that case, let us all survive!
You guys really are idiots.
You could at least rely on me at a time like this.
Great Rimuru!
Devour all! Gluttony!
All those scales, in a mere instant...
Leave the rest to me. You guys fall back and rest for a bit.
We can still help you!
Take it easy. Look.
The scales are starting to regenerate.
The next time it uses those,
I don't know if I'll be able to protect you again.
I'll fight it for a while. Attack at Benimaru's order.
I wish you luck.
Be careful, Great Rimuru!
Master, I will return to help you shortly!
Yeah.
Now, then... I guess I'll just do whatever I can.
Is it actually hurting... a little?
But...
Hey, does this thing have Rapid Regeneration?
Answer
Answer.
Judging from the speed at which it repairs its body tissue,
there is no doubt that the individual Charybdis
possesses the extra skill "Ultraspeed Regeneration."
Extra Skill
Ultraspeed
Regeneration
Using Ultraspeed Regeneration, it is estimated that
it will regenerate all its scales within three minutes.
So we have three minutes before a repeat of what it did earlier...
Everyone, utilize all methods at your disposal to attack Charybdis!
Even if the effects are weak! Don't give it a chance to recover!
Yeah!
The support of the Pegasus Knights increased our strength more than tenfold,
so we thought we'd take down with an all-out attack, but...
I think Charybdis is damaged by about 30% at most...
An all-out attack managed 30%... This is looking bad.
What do we do?
D-Damn you...
M-Milim...
Milim?
You just said "Milim," didn't you?
Great Sage, use Appraisal!
Answer
Answer.
Signs of life confirmed from the body that Charybdis has occupied.
The body appears to possess intense anger.
Anger
Intense anger?
Toward Milim?
So basically, Charybdis headed toward our town because Milim was there?
I thought it had figured out that Veldora was inside me...
I guess I was overthinking it.
Wait!
Can't I depend on Milim for this, then?!
Hey, she's asleep!
Milim!
I wasn't asleep! I was awake the whole time!
No, you were obviously asleep.
I was just meditating!
I was really cheering you guys on!
Listen, this guy seems to have business with you.
What?!
It looks like it's using that guy who came into town, Phobio, as its physical body.
That guy? Really?
Anyway, I had you sit this one out because I thought he was after me, but...
Are you gonna say I can fight him?!
He was here for you, and we were just in the way. Sorry about that.
It's fine! Don't worry about it!
I'll get him!
Oh, also...
Phobio works for the Demon Lord Carrion, right?
So I'd like to let him live and help him out...
That won't be a problem!
I'll show you how much restraint I've learned recently!
Restraint?
Does she really mean that?
Get away from here immediately!
Mili... Milim!
I've already seen that trick.
Now, I'll show you one of mine.
This is...
what you call "restraint"!
Drago Buster!
Where the hell is the "restraint"?
There he is!
Gotcha.
That was some nice restraint.
Notice.
The magicore of Charybdis has been removed from Phobio and consumed.
Preparing to isolate it and begin Appraisal.
Appraisal
That should do it.
Rimuru.
Oh, Dorf-san. I appreciate your help.
We were able to defeat Charybdis thanks to you.
No, it wasn't us who defeated Charybdis.
Could you explain what this is all about?
Well, um, actually...
this girl is called Demon Lord Milim, and... you see?
Demon Lord?
I see you have a fondness for jokes, Rimuru!
If you had such a powerful magical weapon,
I wish you had said so from the start!
It's no joke! I'm a Demon Lord!
I defeated Charybdis!
I see. You wish to keep the specifics of your weapon secret.
I understand that.
It's always best to keep your trump card hidden.
I'm telling you, I'm a Demon Lord!
Charybdis could have had catastrophic effects on all mankind,
so its defeat is most fortuitous.
I must report to my king, so I will take my leave now.
Hey, damn it!
You were a great help.
Give King Gazel my regards.
Hey. You awake?
Where... am I?
What... What did I...
Do you remember what you did?
I'm so sorry!
I've done something unthinkable to Lady Milim,
and I've caused so much trouble for you!
Why did you do—
How did you know where Charybdis was sealed?
We won't accept that you just happened to find it.
You heard her.
Right... You see...
Masked harlequins named Tear and Footman?
Did the mask look like this?
No, the ones I met were a girl in a mask with a tear under one eye
and a heavy man with an angry mask.
Um...
That Laplace guy also..
Laplace?
Laplace once showed up before me as a servant of Gelmud.
He was wearing a mask like the one Treyni described.
Also, he called himself the vice president of a jack-of-all-trades group
called the Moderate Harlequin Alliance.
Well, now the dots are connected.
I see.
And this person's name was Laplace?
Footman, huh?
We'll have to remember that name.
Yes, Brother.
A mysterious jack-of-all-trades group, the Moderate Harlequin Alliance?
They pretend they're helping you,
then use you to fulfill their goals without getting their own hands dirty...
They sound like they'll be trouble.
I don't know anything about them!
In fact, if fun people like that are really out there, I wanna meet them!
It may be that it wasn't Gelmud,
but Clayman who's plotting something in secret.
Clayman?
He loves coming up with schemes like that.
The Demon Lord Clayman...
Regardless of whose scheme I was roped into,
what happened was my own responsibility.
It has nothing to do with Demon Lord Carrion, so please...
Take my life and leave him out of this!
Next time, be more on your toes so you won't be fooled again.
Huh?
You can move now, right? So you can go.
But... what I did was unforgivable!
I don't even want your life.
Right, Milim?
Yeah, totally!
I thought I'd give him just one little whack,
but I've matured so much, after all.
You were going to hit him?
I'm not mad at all, so I forgive you!
There you go. So don't worry about it.
That's right!
That's okay with you, right, Carrion?
L-Lord Carrion!
So you figured it out, Milim?
Of course I did!
So this guy is the Demon Lord Carrion...
Yo.
Thanks for sparing this guy's life.
You're the masked majin who defeated Gelmud, are you not?
Yeah, that's right.
Are you here to avenge him?
Nah. Get up.
Y-Yes, sir!
Sorry about that.
Huh?
It seems my underling here was out of control.
That means I was negligent in his oversight.
I hope you'll forgive him.
S-Sure...
I owe you one after all this.
If anything comes up, you can always count on me.
In that case, I'd appreciate it if you'd enter a non-aggression pact with our nation.
That's all you want? Very well.
The Demon Lord... no...
The Beastmaster of the Animal Kingdom of Eurazania, Carrion,
swears on his name to never raise a blade to your nation.
Thanks.
All right.
Come on, we're out.
Uh, he's losing tons of blood!
Well, I'll see you again, Rimuru.
Now, then...
I guess that's over.
Let's head home.
Yes, sir!
Next time, "Yuuki Kagurazaka."
Yuuki Kagurazaka