I Am the Emperor in the World of the Demon Lord
Chapter 20

Naming Conference

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"Everyone, get on your feet and line up in order—from shortest to tallest. Elderly, children, and women first."

Rimuru shouted loudly.

Hearing Rimuru call out like a street vendor, Mo Li doubted whether she really was as bad at interacting with people as she claimed.

She sounded exactly like a social butterfly. And that sales-pitch tone of hers made Mo Li sigh inwardly.

At Rimuru's shout, all the Goblins hurriedly began lining up. The Direwolves followed close behind, and before long, the lines were neatly arranged.

Rimuru nodded repeatedly at the orderly formation.

"Alright, no more nonsense. The Naming Conference begins."

Rimuru had even named this naming event the Naming Conference.

Seeing Rimuru's delighted expression, Mo Li simply let her have her fun.

"Alright, we'll start with the old village chief!"

Rimuru said to the elderly Goblin village chief standing not far from her.

Rimuru looked at the old chief's face as she considered a name for him. Then, an idea suddenly struck her.

"Right, wasn't your son who died a Named Monster? What was his name?"

Rimuru asked the old Goblin.

"My son's name was Riguru."

Upon hearing Rimuru's question, the old Goblin hurriedly answered.

"If that's the case, then your name will be Rigurd."

After pondering for a moment, Rimuru made her decision.

"Thank you for Lord Rimuru's blessing! Rigurd is good, Rigurd is wonderful!"

The old village chief said excitedly, tears streaming down his face.

Seeing him like this, Rimuru hurriedly said,

"Go on and step aside. I still need to continue naming everyone."

"Yes, Lord Rimuru."

The old Goblin answered, then walked over to an open space nearby.

Next came the Goblin who had organized the Goblins and Direwolves during the battle. To Rimuru's surprise, this Goblin was actually the old village chief's son. No wonder he had such organizational ability.

"Since your elder brother died, you'll inherit his name. You'll be called Riguru."

Riguru hurriedly dropped to one knee.

"Thank you for Lord Rimuru's blessing."

"Alright, go stand to the side too. I need to keep naming people."

Rimuru did not want to waste words with him. The sooner she finished naming everyone, the sooner she could sleep in Ari's arms.

Riguru hurriedly ran to the side.

"Alright, next."

"You'll be Gobniu."

"You'll be Gobda. Alright, next."

"Gobmei. Alright, next..."

"Gobbo, next."

"Gobte, next..."

"Gobhe, next."

"Gobde, next..."

Soon afterward, an extremely short Goblin with a large nose appeared before Rimuru.

"You'll be Gobta."

Rimuru decided after looking him over.

Upon hearing that name, Mo Li could not help but focus his gaze on him. Wasn't this the little guy? He wanted to see what Gobta looked like. After all, this was a real madman.

In the original story, he had been endlessly courting death.

Not only did he court death in front of the Cute King, he also did it before Old Man White and the Sword Demon. Even more impressively, he had provoked Milim several times. He was the little guy who had taken two of Milim's punches and come out fine. Of course, Milim had not used her full strength. Otherwise, no matter how many lives he had, it would not have been enough for Milim to punch away.

And he had an especially big heart. After being thrown into prison by the Dwarf Tribe, he had slept for three whole days without waking up. Rimuru had even forgotten about him. If not for the Direwolves, Mo Li seriously suspected he would have stayed in prison for the rest of his life.

"You'll be Goblu. Next."

"Gobyi."

"Gobbyi."

"Gobsan."

By the end, Rimuru was becoming increasingly perfunctory with the names. Mo Li could not even be bothered to comment. After all, there would be nearly two hundred thousand Orcs waiting for Rimuru to name later on. He really did not know how Rimuru had come up with so many names.

Honestly, Rimuru was probably the only one in this world who dared to do something like this.

"Um, Lord Mo Li, we are extremely grateful to Lord Rimuru for bestowing names upon us. I know Lord Rimuru is very powerful, but will she be alright naming so many monsters at once?"

Rigurd walked up to Mo Li and said this.

Hearing Rigurd's words, Mo Li shook his head.

"It's fine. Rimuru has more magicules than she could ever use. Forget just over a hundred of you—even ten times that number would not be a problem."

Mo Li explained to Rigurd.

Indeed, Rimuru's own supply of magicules would not have been enough. But she had cheats. With Great Sage and the Storm Dragon as rechargeable batteries, how could she possibly lack magicules? It could be said that magicules were what Rimuru lacked least.

"But naming consumes a huge amount of magicules. Lord Rimuru should..."

Rigurd tried to persuade him.

"You're right. I'll go talk to Rimuru."

Before he could finish, Mo Li already understood. Rigurd merely wanted Rimuru to rest before continuing, but he did not dare say it himself and wanted Mo Li to do it.

"Rimuru, take a break before you continue naming them. Naming so many monsters at once would tire even you out. There aren't many left anyway, so I'll name them."

Mo Li urged Rimuru.

"Alright, then."

Rimuru jumped down from the cushion and prepared to rest nearby for a while.

Looking at the Goblins before him, Mo Li said no more and prepared to begin naming them. With the Storm Dragon's blessing, although he could not name too many, naming several dozen was still possible.

"You'll be Gobhua."

After naming him, Mo Li felt a fleeting wave of dizziness and weakness, but it was nothing serious.

"You'll be Gobunai."

"You'll be Gobjia."

"And you..." This was a rather delicate-looking female Goblin. Mo Li found her face somewhat familiar.

"You'll be Haruno."

After a while, through Mo Li's tireless efforts, all the Goblins were finally named.

Then Mo Li began to feel a little lightheaded. Sure enough, without the Storm Dragon's cheat-like rechargeable battery, naming a large number of monsters at once was still quite a strain.

Just then, Rimuru had finished resting as well.

Seeing Mo Li's condition, Rimuru felt a little distressed.

"Ari, I've rested enough. Let me do the rest of the naming, alright? Go rest for a while."

Rimuru said gently to Mo Li.

"No need. I'll be fine after resting here for a bit. I'll leave the rest to you."

Mo Li smiled at Rimuru and said wearily.

"Alright, leave it to me. I won't let you down, Ari."

Rimuru said with a resolute expression.

"Alright, go name the Direwolves."

Mo Li said to Rimuru.

"Alright, I'm going to name the Direwolves. Make sure you rest properly."

Rimuru said with concern.

Rimuru then walked toward the Direwolf Tribe, preparing to begin naming them.

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