Chapter Summaries

Mo Li joined Rimuru as she prepared to name the Direwolf Tribe and explained why he could not name as many monsters as she could. When Rimuru called the Direwolves their shared subjects, Mo Li gained a new perspective on the world and experienced a rise in strength.

• Mo Li followed Rimuru to watch her name the Direwolf Tribe and startled her by lifting her from behind.
• Rimuru asked Mo Li why she could name many monsters while he struggled after naming only a few dozen, and he explained the difference between their abilities and magicule reserves.
• Mo Li realized Great Sage had not told Rimuru that it drew magicules from Veldora, and he decided to keep that secret.
• Rimuru corrected Mo Li when he called the Direwolves her subjects, saying they were both of their subjects.
• Mo Li understood that the people of this world were real, experienced a sudden increase in strength, and thanked Rimuru before they agreed to name the Direwolves together.

Rimuru named Ran-ga, but naming the entire Direwolf Tribe drained her magicules and sent her into dormancy. Mo Li took her to rest, revealed that the monsters should call him Morax, and settled in beside her while the others returned to their work.

• Rimuru named Ran-ga and learned that naming him had named the entire Direwolf Tribe, exhausting her magicules.
• Rimuru collapsed into dormancy, and Mo Li caught her and explained that she would recover in a few days.
• Ran-ga asked Mo Li for his name, and Mo Li told the monsters to address him as Morax.
• Mo Li ordered the monsters to keep quiet while Rimuru rested, then carried her back to their dwelling.
• Mo Li held Rimuru as he sat down to rest, reflected on his feelings for her, and fell asleep.

Rimuru discovered that Mo Li had exhausted his magicules to help her recover and watched over her, then grew jealous of his striking appearance. After Mo Li woke and reassured her that they were friends, Rimuru realized she saw him as more than a friend, and they set out to check on their subjects.

• Rimuru asked Great Sage why Mo Li was asleep and learned he had spent his magicules helping her recover and caring for her.
• Rimuru admired Mo Li's dragon form and argued with Great Sage about why she had reincarnated as an ordinary Slime.
• Mo Li woke while Rimuru was arguing, and Rimuru explained that she had been jealous of his good looks.
• Mo Li comforted Rimuru and said he treated her well because they were friends, leaving Rimuru disappointed.
• Rimuru realized she did not see Mo Li as just a friend, then agreed to go with him to see how their subjects were doing.

Rimuru woke to find the Goblin village full of evolved monsters and learned that she had been unconscious for nearly four days after naming them. She met the transformed Rigurd and Ran-ga, whom she eagerly inspected.

• Rimuru woke and was stunned to see tall monsters working throughout the village.
• Mo Li explained that the Goblins and Direwolves had evolved after receiving names and magicules, while Great Sage reminded Rimuru that she had already explained the process.
• Rigurd appeared as a muscular, green-skinned man, and Rimuru initially failed to recognize him.
• Mo Li told Rimuru that she had been unconscious for nearly four days because her magicules were depleted.
• Rimuru asked Rigurd to bring Ran-ga, then circled the evolved demonic wolf to inspect his new form.

Rimuru and Mo Li inspected the preparations for a celebration honoring their arrival and the Goblins and Direwolves receiving names. After Rimuru noticed their food would spoil in the summer heat, she assigned Rigurd to organize the feast and use as much of it as possible.

• Rimuru complained to Great Sage that naming had improved Ran-ga and Rigurd but had not changed her appearance, and Great Sage explained that only becoming a Demon Lord could change her race.
• Mo Li calmed Rimuru by reminding her she could choose her appearance when she learned to transform into a human, then redirected her attention to the celebration.
• Rigurd explained that the celebration would welcome Rimuru and Mo Li and mark the naming of the Goblins and Direwolves.
• Rimuru and Mo Li inspected a storehouse filled with meat, fruits, and vegetables gathered by the Goblins and Direwolves.
• Rimuru pointed out that the food would be difficult to preserve in summer and told Rigurd to organize the celebration and use as much of it as possible.

Mo Li and Rimuru celebrated the Goblins’ transformation, then discussed the settlement’s unmet needs for clothing, food, shelter, and roads. The next morning, Rimuru announced three rules for the monsters, and Mo Li questioned her rule against harming humans.

• Mo Li joined Rimuru and the Goblins’ celebration and noticed how much the Goblins and Direwolves had changed.
• Mo Li told Rimuru that the settlement lacked proper clothes, food preservation, sturdy homes, and roads, and Rimuru realized she had not planned that far ahead.
• The morning after the celebration, Mo Li gathered the monsters and brought Rimuru to address them.
• Rimuru announced rules against harming humans, infighting, and bullying weaker monsters.
• Gobta asked why they could not harm humans, and Rimuru said she liked humans.
• Mo Li questioned what the monsters should do if humans harmed them.

Mo Li warned Rimuru that his rule forbidding harm to humans could leave Tempest’s monsters defenseless, and Rimuru revised the rule to allow them to fight threats. The chapter left Rimuru and Mo Li promising to protect their subjects.

• Mo Li pointed out that Rimuru’s rule against harming humans failed to account for humans attacking the monsters, and urged him to take responsibility as their lord.
• Rimuru agreed to revise the rule so any creature threatening him, Mo Li, or their subjects could be eliminated, regardless of race.
• Rimuru told the Goblins and Direwolves to defend themselves against attackers and flee if they could not win, prioritizing their lives.
• Mo Li told the monsters not to provoke trouble or submit to bullying, and promised that he and Rimuru would stand behind them.

Mo Li helped Rimuru recognize that he needed to protect Tempest’s people rather than judge matters only from humanity’s perspective. They then planned to address the territory’s basic needs by seeking help from the powerful Dwarven Kingdom of Dwargon.

• Rimuru apologized to Mo Li for his naïveté and promised to be more careful about putting his people first.
• Mo Li warned Rimuru that human kindness could not be taken for granted and said he would handle threats Rimuru could not bring himself to confront.
• Mo Li reminded Rimuru that they still needed to solve Tempest’s problems with food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
• Mo Li explained that Rigurd knew of no goblins skilled in those areas but had told him about the nearby Dwarven Kingdom of Dwargon.
• Rimuru grew excited about meeting the dwarves, and Mo Li described their king, Gazel Dwargon, as a powerful warrior known as the Hero King.

Mo Li explained the Dwarven Kingdom’s formidable strength and trading opportunities to Rimuru, who eagerly agreed to travel there. After arranging supplies and a guide, Mo Li prepared to leave Rimuru Village under Rigurd and Ran-ga’s protection.

• Mo Li told Rimuru that the Dwarven Kingdom and its king, Gazel Dwargon, were powerful, and Great Sage confirmed his account.
• Mo Li explained that the kingdom was a trading hub where they could buy useful goods, and Rimuru became excited to go shopping.
• Mo Li reminded Rimuru that they needed money, so they planned to trade monster corpses, Magic Ore, and medicinal herbs.
• Mo Li asked Rigurd to prepare food and find a guide, and Rigurd returned with backpacks and chose Gobta to lead them.
• Mo Li ordered Rigurd and Ran-ga to protect the village while he and Rimuru were away.

Rimuru and Mo Li set out for the Dwarf Kingdom with Gobta and supplies, while Rigurd stayed behind to oversee the village. After Gobta described Dovagon, the group reached its heavily guarded gates and joined the waiting line, with only Gobta accompanying Rimuru and Mo Li.

• Mo Li brought Rimuru food prepared by Rigurd, then told Rigurd to take charge of the village before they departed.
• The monsters saw Rimuru and Mo Li off as they traveled toward the Dwarf Kingdom with Gobta and several Goblins.
• Gobta explained that Dovagon was a powerful forging and trading center where different races were forbidden to fight.
• The group reached Dovagon's guarded gates and found a long, orderly line of people waiting to enter.
• Mo Li sent the other Goblins back and joined Rimuru in line with Gobta.

Mo Li killed a group of men who tried to capture him and Rimuru before they entered the Dwarf Kingdom. After Gobta explained the incident, a dwarven soldier escorted Mo Li and his companions past the line and into the kingdom.

• A group of men planned to capture Mo Li and Rimuru and sell them on the black market before they reached the Dwarf Kingdom.
• Mo Li unleashed his aura, silenced the attackers, and killed them with Rock Spears after they insulted him.
• Rimuru worried they would face trouble, but Mo Li insisted they had acted in self-defense outside the kingdom.
• Dwarven soldiers arrived, and Mo Li had Gobta explain what happened.
• A dwarven soldier offered to guide Mo Li, Rimuru, and their companions past the line into the Dwarf Kingdom.

Mo Li and Rimuru entered the Dwarf Kingdom and set out to find skilled smiths, hoping to recruit Kaijin and acquire weapons and armor for the goblins. They left Gobta to trade their hunted monsters and began searching the orderly city for a weapons forge.

• Mo Li and Rimuru arrived in the Dwarf Kingdom and noticed its impressive buildings, diverse inhabitants, and the powerful aura of the Dwarf King.
• Mo Li reminded Rimuru that they had come to find skilled craftsmen, including Kaijin, and told Gobta to trade the monsters they had hunted.
• Mo Li suggested finding a weapons forge so they could meet smiths and buy weapons and armor for the goblins.
• Rimuru realized they had no money, and Mo Li reminded him they could trade Magic Ore and valuable Recovery Potions made from Hippocrates Grass.
• Mo Li agreed to take Rimuru shopping after they finished their business, then carried him through the city as they searched for a forge.
• Rimuru praised the city's stable public order, and Mo Li explained that the Dwarf King's strength helped keep troublemakers in check.

Rimuru and Mo Li visited a weapon shop and found a fine longsword forged by Kaijin. Rimuru traded Magic Ore for the sword, and they left with most of the ore after the shopkeeper insisted on taking only what the sword was worth.

• Rimuru and Mo Li entered a weapon shop and examined its weapons.
• Rimuru found a longsword whose quality Mo Li praised after testing its blade.
• The shop assistant explained that Kaijin had forged the sword and offered it for six hundred and fifty gold coins.
• Rimuru offered Magic Ore in exchange because they had no gold coins.
• The shop assistant accepted one-third of the ore, and Rimuru retrieved the rest before leaving with Mo Li.

Rimuru and Mo Li sought out Master Kaigin and learned that he was struggling with an impossible order to forge twenty longswords in two weeks without enough materials. The chapter left them knowing Kaigin was anxious and short on time, with his friends injured and only enough materials for one more sword.

• Rimuru asked a female dwarf where Master Kaigin was, and Mo Li explained that the rare Magic Ore could put its owner in danger if she could not protect it.
• The female dwarf led Rimuru and Mo Li to Kaigin's forge, then left them there.
• Rimuru and Mo Li met Kaigin's worried brother, who complained that Kaigin had been given an unreasonable assignment.
• Kaigin told Rimuru and Mo Li that he had to forge twenty standard longswords within two weeks but lacked materials, and that his friends had been injured while gathering them.

Rimuru and Mo Li agreed to help Kaijin overcome an impossible assignment and suspected his rival had sabotaged the mine. They healed Kaijin’s four critically injured friends with Healing Spell and Rimuru’s medicine, leaving Kaijin astonished.

• Mo Li suspected that someone had arranged for monsters to appear while Kaijin was gathering scarce materials, injuring his friends and making the task impossible.
• Kaijin admitted he lacked evidence to report the sabotage, then promised to help Rimuru and Mo Li with anything within his abilities if they helped him through the crisis.
• Mo Li and Rimuru went with Kaijin to see his four gravely injured friends.
• Mo Li used Healing Spell to stabilize the dwarves while Rimuru provided medicine made from Hippocrates Grass.
• Mo Li and Rimuru healed all four dwarves in less than a quarter of an hour, leaving Kaijin dumbfounded.

Rimuru used Great Sage to analyze Kaijin’s sample sword and discovered she had all the materials and the method needed to forge more. She left Kaijin confident that his deadline could be met.

• Mo Li told Kaijin that his injured companions had been treated and needed time to recover, especially the man whose arm had been severed.
• Kaijin despaired over lacking materials and time to forge the nineteen swords still required, while Rimuru realized her stored ores could solve the problem.
• Mo Li guessed that Rimuru planned to have Great Sage analyze the sword, and Rimuru confirmed he understood her well.
• Kaijin showed Rimuru and Mo Li the glowing longsword he had forged and promised to repay their help.
• Rimuru swallowed the sword, and Great Sage confirmed it had analyzed the forging method and that Rimuru possessed all the required materials.

Mo Li and Rimuru helped Kaijin fulfill his sword quota by having Rimuru copy the swords, and Kaijin agreed to find skilled workers for them. Kaijin then invited Mo Li and Rimuru somewhere nice.

• Mo Li told Kaijin they could solve his sword problem and asked Rimuru to show him how.
• Rimuru produced twenty swords identical to Kaijin’s, giving Kaijin enough to exceed his quota.
• Kaijin apologized for doubting Mo Li and Rimuru and thanked them for their help.
• Rimuru explained that they needed skilled workers to build houses, forge weapons and armor, make clothes, and farm.
• Kaijin promised to recruit skilled workers, including his brothers, and invited Mo Li and Rimuru somewhere nice.

Kaijin invited Rimuru and Morax to Night Butterfly, and Gobta reunited with them after completing his assigned task. The group set off together for the entertainment venue.

• Kaijin suggested taking Rimuru and Morax to a good place, and Morax agreed to go with them to Night Butterfly.
• Kaijin led Rimuru and Morax out of the smithy, where they found Gobta resting as he searched for them.
• Gobta explained that he had completed his task and showed them the remaining supplies in his backpack.
• Morax praised Gobta and let him keep the leftover items, and Rimuru introduced Gobta to Kaijin.
• Kaijin invited Gobta to join them, and the group headed toward Night Butterfly.

Kaijin brought Mo Li, Rimuru, and Gobta to the Dream Butterfly nightclub, where Rimuru and Gobta eagerly anticipated the beautiful women inside. Mo Li agreed to enter after checking his status panel and wondering what the venue’s fortune-telling might reveal about Rimuru’s fate.

• Kaijin led Mo Li, Rimuru, and Gobta to the Dream Butterfly nightclub and described its beautiful fairies and other women.
• Rimuru and Gobta enthusiastically urged Mo Li to come inside, while Mo Li wondered whether Rimuru’s destined person and future would differ from the original story.
• Mo Li checked his Gamer status panel and saw that he had reached level S- as an Elemental Dragon Race.
• Mo Li clarified that he had been distracted, not reluctant to visit, and Kaijin led the group inside.

Mo Li and Rimuru visited Night Butterfly with Kaijin, where Mo Li observed the establishment and gathered information about the countries reacting to Veldora’s disappearance. He learned that nations were eyeing the Jura Great Forest and that the Dwarven Kingdom was preparing for trouble, while the proprietress watched him closely.

• Kaijin brought Mo Li, Rimuru, and Gobta into Night Butterfly, where elf ladies welcomed them and Rimuru eagerly joined them.
• Mo Li sensed powerful presences in the establishment and suspected it was part of the Dwarf King Dovagon’s intelligence network.
• While Rimuru played with the elf ladies, Mo Li observed the patrons and listened for useful information.
• Mo Li learned that countries had sent adventurers into the Jura Great Forest after Veldora disappeared, though none had claimed it outright.
• Mo Li heard that the Dwarven Kingdom was forging weapons, likely including Kaijin’s twenty longswords, and learned about the powerful Elf Kingdom Sallion.