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

Naming Convention

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"Everyone, stand up and line up in order from shortest to tallest. Elders, children, and women first."

Lord Rimuru shouted loudly.

Listening to Lord Rimuru's sales pitch, Mo Li wondered if this guy really wasn't good at interacting with people as she claimed.

Her tone was that of a social butterfly. And that tone, like a pyramid scheme, made Mo Li sigh inwardly.

Hearing Lord Rimuru's shout, all the goblins scrambled to line up. The Direwolves followed closely, and soon the lines were formed.

Lord Rimuru nodded repeatedly at the neat formation.

"Alright, enough talk. The naming ceremony begins."

Lord Rimuru even named this event the Naming Ceremony.

Seeing Lord Rimuru's happy expression, Mo Li just went along with it.

"Okay, let's start with the old village chief!"

Lord Rimuru said, looking at the old goblin chief not far away.

Lord Rimuru looked at the old chief's face and began to think of a name for him. Just then, Lord Rimuru had an idea.

"Oh, right. Didn't your son who sacrificed himself become a Named Monster? What was his name?"

Lord Rimuru asked the old goblin.

"My son's name was Riguru."

The old goblin quickly replied upon hearing Lord Rimuru's question.

"In that case, your name shall be Rigurd."

Lord Rimuru pondered for a moment and decided.

"Thank you for your grace, Lord Rimuru! Rigurd is here, Rigurd is here!"

The old chief said emotionally, tears welling up in his eyes.

Seeing the old chief like this, Lord Rimuru quickly said, "You can go down now. I still have more naming to do."

"Yes, Lord Rimuru."

The old goblin answered and then walked to an open space nearby.

Next was the goblin who organized the goblins and Direwolves to fight during the subjugation. To Lord Rimuru's surprise, this goblin was the old village chief's son. No wonder he had such organizational skills.

"Since your brother sacrificed himself, you shall inherit his name. You will be called Riguru."

Riguru quickly knelt on one knee.

"Thank you for your grace, Lord Rimuru."

"Alright, you go to the side too. I need to continue naming."

Lord Rimuru didn't want to waste any more time, wanting to finish naming quickly and go to A Li's arms to sleep.

Riguru quickly ran to the side.

"Okay, next."

"You are Gobniu."

"You are Gobda. Next."

"Gobmei, next..."

"Gobbo, next."

"Gobte, next..."

"Gobhe, next."

"Gobde, next..."

Soon, a goblin with a large nose and extremely short stature appeared before Lord Rimuru.

"You shall be Gobta."

Lord Rimuru decided, looking at his appearance.

Hearing the name, isn't this the little bro? Mo Li couldn't help but cast his gaze over, wanting to see what Gobta looked like. After all, this was a tough guy.

In the original work, he was endlessly courting death.

He courted death not only in front of the Moe King but also in front of Haku the Sword Demon. Even more admirable was that this guy courted death several times in front of Milim, surviving two punches from Milim without issue. Of course, Milim wasn't using her full strength, otherwise, how many lives would this little bro have would not be enough for Milim to kill.

Moreover, this guy had a particularly large heart. When he was captured by the dwarves and thrown into prison, he slept for three days straight without waking up. And Lord Rimuru even forgot about him. If it weren't for the Direwolves, Mo Li seriously suspected he would have stayed in prison for a lifetime.

"You shall be Goblu. Next."

"Gobyi."

"Gobbyi."

"Gobsan."

Hearing the names Rimuru was giving out, Mo Li found them increasingly perfunctory. He couldn't be bothered to say anything else, especially since there were nearly two hundred thousand Orcs waiting for Rimuru to name them later. Mo Li truly didn't know where Rimuru came up with so many names.

Honestly, in this world, only Rimuru would dare to do something like this.

"Um, Lord Mo Li, we are very grateful to Lord Rimuru for bestowing names upon us. I know Lord Rimuru is powerful, but is it okay to name so many monsters at once?"

Rigurd walked up to Mo Li and said.

Listening to Rigurd, Mo Li shook his head.

"It's fine. Rimuru has plenty of Magic Essence. It's not just over a hundred of you; even ten times that number would be no problem."

Mo Li explained to Rigurd.

It was true that Rimuru's Magic Essence alone wouldn't be enough, but this guy had cheat skills. With Great Sage and the Storm Dragon as power banks, how could it lack Magic Essence? You could say that Magic Essence was the least of Rimuru's worries.

"But naming consumes a lot of Magic Essence. We should let Lord Rimuru..."

Rigurd tried to persuade him.

"Right, I'll go talk to Rimuru."

Mo Li understood what Rigurd meant before he could finish. Rigurd wanted Rimuru to rest before continuing the naming, but he didn't dare to say it himself, so he wanted Mo Li to do it.

"Rimuru, let's rest a bit before continuing. After all, naming so many monsters at once would be tiring even for you. Besides, there aren't that many left. I'll do the naming."

Mo Li persuaded Rimuru.

"Alright then."

Rimuru hopped off the cushion and prepared to rest nearby.

Looking at the Goblins before him, Mo Li didn't say anything more and prepared to start naming. After all, with the Storm Dragon's blessing, even if he couldn't name too many, he could still manage to name dozens.

"You shall be Gobhua."

After finishing the naming, Mo Li felt a fleeting sense of dizziness and weakness, but it was nothing serious.

"You shall be Gobunai."

"You shall be Gobjia."

"As for you, you're a rather delicate-looking female Goblin." Mo Li looked at her face, finding it somewhat familiar.

"You shall be Haruno."

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

Mo Li then started to feel a bit dizzy. As expected, without the Storm Dragon's cheat power bank, it was still quite strenuous to name so many monsters at once.

Just then, Rimuru had also finished resting.

Seeing Mo Li's condition, Rimuru felt a pang of concern.

"Ah, Mo Li, I've rested. Shall I do the naming now? You should go rest for a bit."

Rimuru said softly to Mo Li.

"No need, I'll just rest here for a bit. Then, I'll leave the rest to you."

Mo Li smiled at Rimuru, saying with some fatigue.

"Okay, I'll handle it. I won't disappoint you, Ah, Mo Li."

Rimuru said with a determined expression.

"Alright, hurry up and go name the Direwolves."

Mo Li said to Rimuru.

"Okay, I'm going to name the Direwolves. You rest well."

Rimuru said, showing concern for Mo Li.

Then Rimuru walked towards the Direwolf Tribe, preparing to begin the naming.

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