Episode 22: Conquering the Labyrinth
((Note: 2 more episodes left. Let’s do this!))
Kirby POV
We are in front of a tree.
Rimuru: This is the entrance?
Me: So the Dwelling of Spirits is right inside here.
Rimuru: Are you guys ready for this? Once we go in, we may never come out.
Kenya: O-Of course I’m ready!
Gale: Yeah!
Ryota: I’m fine.
Alice: I-I’m not scared at all!
Chloe then grabbed Rimuru’s sleeve with a determined look.
Me: Ragna, if anything happens, take care of them.
Ragna: Your students are my students, Master. I will protect them with my life!
Me: Good. Let’s go.
I carefully put my hand as the door then opened. I decided to lead the way.
Kenya: It’s just a straight path.
Alice: What the heck? For a labyrinth, this looks easy!
Ryota: B-But something seems weird about it…
Me: Whatever you do, don’t wander away from the group.
Students: R-Right!
After a few more feet, I stopped the group. We then started to hear laughter.
Kenya: What are those voices? Where are they coming from?
Gale: It sounds like they’re resonating inside our heads.
Me(Mind): Telepathy…?
???: Not very amusing, visitors. Be more afraid! Feel more fear! Good, good! It’s no fun for me if you show no fear!
Rimuru: Are you a spirit who lives here? We need to talk to some superior spirits. If possible, could you take us to them without impeding us?
The voice laughed.
???: What am assuming thing to say! Of course, of course. I’ll tell you.
Rimuru: Oh, that was easier than I expected.
???: But before that…
Rimuru: Before that?
Chloe: Sensei, look…
We then been blinded by the light and saw a pillar.
Me: Looks like an invitation to me. I guess we’ll have to go.
We then went on the path that leaded us a dead end.
Rimuru: A dead end?
???: No rush, no rush. Small World!
The room change into a small room for us.
???: Well? Amazing, don’t you think?
Kenya: Wow…
I am face with one of the minions.
???: Now, it’s time for your test!
The machine then started to stand.
Rimuru: Hey, is our “test” to defeat this thing?
???: Ding-dong! That is correct!
Me(Mind): Too easy.
Ragna: Shall I handle it?
Me: No, you protect the kids for me. If anything happens to the both of us, get them out of here.
Ragna: I will.
Ragna then grow big as the students
Ryota: Sensei…
Kenya: It’ll be fine.. Sensei’s strong.
???: What’s this? What’s this, what’s this, what’s this? You’re doing this alone? Overconfidence is a dangerous thing, you know.
Me(Mind): Great Sage, appraisal.
Great Sage: Answer. It is a golem with a body made of magisteel.
Me(Mind): Damn, this thing’s intense. Its magicule energy is off the charts. It’s even stronger than that thing from the other day. What to do? It looks pretty damn heavy, too…
I then looked at the Golem as it is about to swing a punch. So, I wind-up up my fist.
Me: DK Skill: Full Charged…
The golem & I then throw our fist…
Me: Giant Swing!
The fist collided, but the golem’s arm broke, while I felt the pain in my right hand. It does look broken a bit, but I ignored it.
((Note: That line… Let me mention that as Human Kirby, he is NOT mallow like his original state. Don’t get me wrong. He still have the same durability as Kirby, but he is breakable in that state.))
???: What?! My elemental colossus.
I then fixed my hand with a flick of the wrist.
???: Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-
I then turn around & summoned the Falchion.
Me: Chrom’s Final Smash…
I then backflips away, then dashes forward while attacking the stunned colossus again with a more powerful strike, cutting it diagonally.
Me: Awakening Aether!
Kenya: Incredible.
Alice: I-It’s nothing that special, but… Wow…
???: No! This can’t be! It only took one hit?!
I then looked at the Golem.
Me(Mind): I wonder…
Rimuru(Telepathy): Little brother…
The students ran towards me.
Kenya: Sensei, you’re awesome!
Ryota: Yeah! Yeah!
Gale: You really are as strong as Shizu-sensei!
Alice: Well, of course he could beat that thing!
Ryota: Why are you talking tough, Alice?
We all had a good laugh.
Me: Now, then… please come on out here. I know where you are hiding.
???: Right! Right, right, right, right…
A portal activated as a tiny light came out & went close to my face. It resembles a normal Pixie and can easily be mistaken for one due to her complete lack of presence. She is flat-chested and small enough to rest on a flower. She has golden eyes and blonde hair done in pigtails.
Pixie: Humiliating though it is, I have come in response to your call!
Gale: A Fairy?
Chloe: She’s cute…
Rimuru: Who are you?
Pixie: Ta-da! I am one of th—
The Pixie covered her mouth.
Chloe: She bit her tongue.
Gale: Must’ve been her first time speaking without telepathy in a while.
Me: You okay?
Ramiris: I’m fine, I’m fine… I am one of the Ten Great Demon Lords, Ramiris of the Labyrinth!
Me: A Demon Lord?
Ramiris: Know your place! You should be groveli—
I then saw Rimuru karate chopped Ramiris.
Ramiris: Ow! What the heck was that?!
Rimuru: A chop?
Me: How could you even be a Demon Lord, anyway? If you’re gonna lie, make it believable. There’s no way a kid like you could become a Demon Lord.
Ramiris: Don’t call me a kid! How rude! What else could I be but a Demon Lord?!
Rimuru: An idiot?
Ramiris: Who’re you calling an idiot?!
Gale: A simpleton?
Ramiris: Right, right. I’m a simpleton. Hey! Don’t think just saying it politely makes it okay!
Me: Well, we have a friend named Milim who’s a Demon Lord, but you look too weak to compare even to her.
Ramiris: Hmph! You moron! Moron! Moron! Moron! Moron! Moron! You’re a moron!
Ramiris is panting.
Ramiris: Now, listen… Milim is known to us as the Demon Lord of Absurdity. She think she can just solve everything with strength. It’s beyond rude to compare my lovely self to that embodiment of absurdity!! I need you to understand that, or we’ll have big problems! Big problem! Big! Problems! And isn’t there something off about you, too? What’s your deal? How is it you can use a haphazard move like that? I wish you wouldn’t be so reckless! Do you really know Milim?
Me: Yeah.
Rimuru: We became friends recently.
Ramiris: Wait a minute… Are you two the slime & star warrior that became the new leaders of the Great Forest of Jura?
Me: That’s right.
Rimuru: I’m impressed you know that.
Ramiris: Oh! So it’s true!
Kenya: Sensei…
Alice: You’re a slime?
Chloe: And a star warrior?
Rimuru & Me: Oh, yeah.
We then transform into our normal slime & star warrior self as Chloe is holding Rimuru while I’m on Ryota’s back.
Ryota: S-Sensei is…
Alice: …a slime & star warrior?!
Me: Yep.
Rimuru: That’s how it is.
Chloe: Cute…
Rimuru & I then changed into our human forms.
Rimuru: Sorry to surprise you.
Kenya: Awesome!
Ryota: Both are you are a slime & star warrior, but you’re so strong!
Alice: Th-That’s not a big deal, okay?!
Gale: I guess anything goes! Amazing, Sensei!
Rimuru: I’ll tell you all the details some other time.
Ramiris: Excuse me! Have you forgotten that I’m here?!
Me: No. But how did you know about us?
Ramiris: Milim showed up here for the first time in ages, bragging about how she’d found herself a “bestie.”
Ramiris then looked at Rimuru.
Ramiris: What’s with that doubting look in your eyes? You’d better believe I’m a Demon Lord!
I then gave her a cookie & she started eating it while the students played with the other spirits.
Ramiris: It’s so good! Yep, so good! I never intended to kill you, or even hurt you.
Me: Really?
Ramiris: Yes, really. I just wanted to have a little fun scaring you, & then gallantry save you, so you’d respect me!
Rimuru: What the heck? Acting on my own play?
Ramiris: But then you actually destroyed my Elemental Colossus! I finally completed it after fiddling so much with that toy I found!
Me: What choice did I have? It was going to kill me.
Ramiris: Also, that thing was super sophisticated, you know!
I then sweat drop.
Ramiris: I used earth spirits to control its weight, water spirits to move its joints, fire spirits to generate power,& wind spirits to regulate heat, making it a composite of all the elements! I made it using the very best spirits engineering!
Rimuru & Me: Spirit engineering?
Me: Is it the Magisoldier that the Dwarves & Elves were working together to invent in Dwargon?
Ramiris: Ding-dong, ding-dong! So you know about that! That project failed because they couldn’t produce the magicore that would serve as its heart. Besides, there’s no way it could’ve withstood spirit power if it was made of normal steel. After it went Berserk & fell apart, they threw out its shell, which I brought here & restored! Could I be a genius? Aren’t I amazing? Aren’t I amazing?!
I then gave her another cookie.
Rimuru: Okay. I get that you’re amazing. And having seen how amazing you are, we have a favor to ask.
Ramiris: Huh? A favor? Why should I do what you—
I then brought out Falchion & pointed at Ramiris.
Ramiris: I’ll listen! I’ll listen! I feel like listening to the both of you now!
Rimuru: It’s good to be so accepting.
I put the sword back.
Me: We won’t ask you to do it for nothing. If you’ll help us, we’ll whip up a new golem for you.
This got Ramiris happy.
Ramiris: So start talking.
Me(Narrated): Rimuru explained everything about the kids to her, keeping nothing hidden. That we wanted superior spirits to inhabit them so they could control the energy within them, & that this was why we wanted to go to the Dwelling of Spirits.
Ramiris: I see. Those kids have it pretty rough.
Rimuru: Right? That’s why we want you to introduce us to the Queen of Spirits.
Ramiris: Hmm? Oh, didn’t I tell the both of you?
Me: Wait. You mean… The Queen of Spirits…is you?
Ramiris: Yep. That’s me.
Rimuru: Huh?
Ramiris: I’m saying the Queen of Spirits is me.
Rimuru is stunned a bit.
Me: When you think about it, her explanation on the Golem is understandable.
Rimuru: This is no time for joking aro—
Me: I don’t think she is joking.
Rimuru: Okay, look… Why would a Demon Lord a Queen of Spirits?
Me: I think the question is “Why would the Queen of Spirits a Demon Lord?”
Ramiris: The Queen of Spirits fell from grace to become a Demon Lord!
Rimuru: Is “fell from grace” something you’d say about yourself?
Ramiris: Well, I did fall from grace. It’s so easy to fall… Oh, come to think of it, he fell from grace, too.
Rimuru: “He”?
Ramiris: Leon-chan?
Rimuru & I are shocked to hear that name.
Ramiris: Apparently, he had something he wanted to look into, so he called in a superior spirit from ancient times, & they forged a contact. Shocking, right? So then I had no choice, as Queen of Spirits, to recognize Leon-chan as a Hero & grant him the divine protection of the spirits.
Rimuru: Hang on! Why did a guy who was declared a Hero become a Demon Lord?
Ramiris: He must have fallen from grace. Maybe he copied me.
Rimuru: So you have to fall from grace to become a Demon Lord?
Ramiris: Of course, I could knock him out with one punch! Easy peasy. One punch, one punch!
Ramiris then throw some punches in the air.
Ramiris: Come to think of if, Leon-chan said something pretty outrageous. He asked me to summon a specific individual from another world.
Me: A specific one?
Ramiris: As if that’s even possible! What a moron! He looked like he might cry! No, he did cry! It’s not a stretch to say he cried! Pretty impudent for such a crybaby! That moron! Just one punch! One punch!
Ramiris then throw air punches. She then turn to Rimuru.
Ramiris: Hey! You’re thinking something really ruse right now, aren’t you?!
Rimuru: Nope, not at all! So, are you going to us to the Dwelling of Spirits?
Ramiris: You know, I’m not just a Demon Lord. I’m also the Guide of Saints & the Fairy of the Labyrinth, as well as the former Queen of Spirits I have the duty of bestowing the spirits’ divine protection upon Heroes, as I did with Leon-chan. So the both of you don’t need to worry. I am impartial. I am the one who maintains the balance of this world.
She has ascended high in the air.
Ramiris: I will aid you in your summoning. I hope you can call forth powerful spirits.
She then shined as we then go to the one person.
Ramiris: Treyni? Wow, it’s good to hear that those girls are well. They were such cute little spirits back in the day
Me: Huh?
Rimuru: But Treyni-san said she had no connection with the current Queen of Spirits.
Ramiris: Ah, right… Even after dying & reborn, I still retain my memories of previous life. I guess they don’t know that. We got split up a long time ago, & I haven’t seen them since. Tell them to come pay me a visit sometime.
Me: Will do.
Ramiris: I can’t wait!
We then made it to the Dwelling of Spirits.
Rimuru: So this is…
Ramiris: The deepest part of the Labyrinth, the Dwelling of Spirits.
Me(Mind): It’s a lot like Veldora’s cave. It’s overflowing with natural energy.
Rimuru: And there are superior spirits here?
Ramiris: There are, but they have wills of their own. They’ll only respond to your Summons if they feel like it.
Kenya: What happens if they don’t come?
Ramiris: You can just separate some of the energy & create a new superior spirit.
Ryota: Create one?
Rimuru: So if they won’t respond to our summons, we should just make a new one?
Ramiris: Right!
Rimuru: Everyone…
Kenya: Y-Yeah.
Ryota: We’re ready.
Chloe: Sensei…
Alice: O-Of course we’re all right!
Gale: We’ll do our best!
Ragna then woof as we all looked at him.
Ragna: That’s the spirit!
Me: You know I’m with you brother.
Rimuru: Right! Kenya, Ryota, Gale, Alice, Chloe… Let’s do this!
Students: Yeah!
Ramiris then head up as we are standing shoulder to shoulder looking up top.
((DONE! RAMIRIS GUIDED RIMURU, KIRBY, & THE STUDENTS TO THE DWELLING OF SPIRITS. WILL THEY SUCCEED IN SUMMONING OR WILL THEY HAVE TO CREATE THEIR OWN? UNTIL THEN, STAY SHOCKING!!))
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