Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 146: Rimuru: "I am not jealous."

Short in height, tattered in armor and weapons, and green skin.

It was his first time seeing a goblin. Yet, unexpectedly, they had this naive-like expression on their faces, making him wonder whether the image of the aggressive goblins he read in a certain book was just an imagination, or was it because of his uncle.

Tamazuki looked at the naive slime, who exposed his aura like it was something natural.

Similarly, Rimuru also looked at their guests.

Those goblins were all trembling as they faced them.

"Tamazuki-kun, Tamazuki-kun."

"What's wrong, Uncle?"

"They are goblins, right?"

"You're right. They are goblins." Tamazuki looked at Rimuru and asked, "I almost forgot to ask you before, but do slime have eyes?"

"Ah, I used a skill known as "Magic Sense," Rimuru explained how to use "Magic Sense," as it was a good ability since it was an ability to perceive the surrounding magicules to see a full 360 degrees around them without leaving a single blind spot.

[Confirmed. Extra Skill [Magic Sense] has been acquired]

'How easy...'

Tamazuki was speechless, but frankly, this skill wasn't as perfect as it seemed since his "Blindspot Talent" could still find a blindspot on Rimuru's "Magic Sense."

Nevertheless, Tamazuki and Rimuru had never thought that the group of goblins before them were their enemies, especially when they compared all the opponents they had faced.

Still, while Tamazuki was waiting for the fun, Rimuru was quite cautious as he thought that he should protect Tamazuki, one of the goblins stepped forward, probably the leader, and opened his mouth.

"Guga. Oh, a strong one... Do you have any business up ahead?"

Tamazuki looked at Rimuru, who had an interest in talking with those goblins, but he didn't bother. Frankly, they were too filthy, and he didn't think that there would be heroines that could be born among them.

As expected, as Rimuru talked, the goblins were trembling in fear, and he quickly realized that he emitted such a strong aura.

"Why didn't you tell me, Tamazuki-kun?"

Rimuru complained a bit.

"I thought that you did that deliberately since you don't want the monster to approach you, no?"

"We-Well, you are right." Rimuru didn't want to lose face somehow.

After some chagrin, they continued to talk about many things while he fell into deep thought.

Still, even if he had read the story of this world, it didn't mean that he had read it until the end. The only thing that he knew was the anime, but unlike Rimuru, who was almost clear to his eyes, the goblins' appearance was hardly appreciable. He had a hard time thinking how the goblins in front of them could become cute goblins which he watched in the anime.

As the leader of the goblins talked with Rimuru while trembling, the leader decided to bring Rimuru to his village.

"Tamazuki-kun, what do you think?"

"Well, it's not like I have anything to do, but I wonder what I should do with this."

Tamazuki looked at the mountain of prey that he had taken.

"Oh, that, leave that to me."

Rimuru decided to show his awesomeness to Tamazuki.

Then, suddenly, Tamazuki saw black smoke appear on Rimuru and swallow all of his prey.

[Confirmed. Unique Skill [Predator] has been acquired]

[Confirmed. Unique Skill [Great Sage] has been acquired]

"...."

Tamazuki thought that he was glad that he had met Rimuru.

Nevertheless, wasn't his [Previllage] too amazing?

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With the guidance of the group of goblins, they arrived in their village. Even though it was a village, they hardly got an image of a village from it. Still, they brought him to the best house, though even if it was the best, it was even worse than housing in the slum.

By then, the chief of the village, who was the father of the leader of the goblin group, met them, and they gave them the best hospitality they could give. Facing strong monsters like Tamazuki and Rimuru, what could the weak do?

Still, unlike Rimuru, who emitted such a strong aura beforehand, the way they looked at Tamazuki was kind of unique...

Rimuru wasn't sure what to say, but he felt that those goblins had the urge to worship his nephew.

"Is it only me, or do they want to worship you somehow?"

"I am cute. Isn't that normal?"

"..."

You were right, but as a slime, Rimuru believed that he was also cute. Yeah, right, but somehow, he felt that Tamazuki had more advantage over the girls and women since they loved paws and fur more, which made him depressed. Yet, his squishy body wasn't bad at all, right?

Still, unlike him, who was curious about his surroundings, Rimuru could tell that Tamazuki seemed to have gotten used to his surroundings and walked bored like he owned this place. While he was speechless, he didn't say anything.

"I am sorry, this is such a dirty place that it might dirty your beautiful white fur, but this is the best that we can do."

The chief of goblins bowed his head at Tamazuki.

"....." Rimuru.

Tamazuki summoned a leaf and then transformed it into a massive luxurious pillow.

"..."

Rimuru looked at his straw carpet and tried not to feel jealous.

"Wow!" 2x

The two goblins were amazed.

"You should talk to my uncle. Don't bother me." Tamazuki yawned and slept. Frankly, what he needed to do was to wait for the heroines, but before that, he was going to rest as he hadn't taken a rest, considering he had gone to this world after a tough negotiation with Isabella.

It was really tough that he hadn't taken a wink of sleep.

"Yes!" 2x

The two bowed once again.

"....." Rimuru.

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When the goblins swore their loyalty to Rimuru, Tamazuki woke up.

"Oh, you have woken up?"

"Yeah." Tamazuki looked at Rimuru and asked, "So what did you talk about that they were bowing at you now."

"Haha..." Rimuru was a bit awkward since facing Tamazuki was different from facing ignorant goblins. Still, he told everything from how he wanted to help the group of goblins from a hundred Direwolves tribes.

With the disappearance of Veldora, a Dragon God that protected this place, the lives of those weak monsters became hard as the number of adventures increased, and many monsters wanted to challenge themselves of the domination of this forest.

However, for those goblins, who were weak, this was nothing but a nightmare as they could do nothing and could only seek protection from the strong, so without hesitation, they sought to become Rimuru's vassals to protect themselves.

In exchange, they would be loyal to Rimuru and Tamazuki.

Tamazuki wondered whether it was really okay for those goblins to swear loyalty so easily to him when all he did was sleep.

"What do you think?" Rimuru asked.

"I think it's okay. It's good to have followers since they can help you with many things, but I want to improve this village's quality."

"You are right, but we should think about our opponents first."

"Direwolf, right? Okay, I will help you."

"Thank you, Tamazuki-kun!"

Rimuru was glad that he had met Tamazuki.

By then, they walked around and helped with various things to prepare for the battle that would happen tonight.

"What is that, Uncle?"

Tamazuki asked curiously as Rimuru threw something like water at the wounded goblins and healed them instantly, but...

[Report. It is a recovery medicine made from Hipokute Grass and magic essence]

It seemed he didn't need to hear the answer from Rimuru as he got the answer from [Great Sage].

"Oh, it's a potion I made from grass that I have found in the cave."

Tamazuki listened to Rimuru's explanation even if he knew the answer, but he thought that his [Predator] and [Great Sage] were slightly different from Rimuru.

'Hmm... it seems I need to understand those skills better.'

As he made such a thought, he asked for some of the "Recovery Potion" from Rimuru as they walked around, strengthening the wooden fence for protection until, finally, it was his time to shine.

"...are those only your weapons?"

He looked at the tattered, rusty, and old, almost broken weapons that they held in their hands, speechless.

"Yes." The chief nodded wrily, yet what could they do? They were just a goblin!

Tamazuki then summoned a lot of leaves before all of them transformed from various weapons such as spears, bows, swords, and even shields. All of them were brand new and had a quality that was impossible to be held by the group of goblins.

"....." Everyone.

"Use them."

As they bowed their heads at him and looked at him gratefully, with amazement, and reverence, Tamazuki knew the time of the battle was coming, and he hoped that he could find something interesting.

Still, Rimuru, who was by Tamazuki's side, thought that Tamazuki's skill was too strong, right?