Since he had already made his decision, Rimuru no longer hesitated.
Neither of the two plans proposed by Great Sage seemed particularly reliable to Rimuru. As Great Sage had said, the chances of failure were greater than the chances of success.
Advancing within three years did not seem especially difficult for Rimuru.
But one had to remember that a large part of Rimuru's previous advancement speed had been supported by the resources of the countless worlds under R'lyeh.
And as he rose higher, the types and quantities of resources he needed increased geometrically. Yet at this very moment, Rimuru had lost the support of the colossal R'lyeh because he was outside it.
Rimuru had always complained about how cumbersome his advancement ritual was, but now it seemed that this complicated ritual had instead become the condition he was most confident in fulfilling.
The second plan would directly give him an enemy at the Domain level. There was no need to elaborate on that. However, Great Sage's plan also made Rimuru's habit of trying to build connections at the drop of a hat flash through his mind, and he discovered a third possibility.
Distant water could not quench immediate thirst. If he truly wanted to turn defeat into victory, then rather than relying on the distant Star Spirits and the uncertain R'lyeh, Amishir, once it resumed activity, might instead become his strongest support.
Although Rimuru did not think he had the ability to solve a problem Amishir had failed to find an answer to for ten thousand years, there was nothing left to lose. Trying would not hurt, right?
It was not as though he had no ideas of his own. Amishir claimed to want an answer, but ultimately, it was merely because of the Machine Clan's limitations. After losing their