Chapter Summaries

Rimuru returned to the hall excited to taste Shion’s cooking, unaware that Shion’s food terrified the others. Mo Li spent the day alone in a pavilion, while Ari remained missing.

• Rimuru stopped Benimaru and Gobta’s landmine work at noon so they could eat lunch.
• Benimaru and the others learned that Shion had gone into the kitchen, and they feared her cooking while Gobta looked forward to eating it.
• Rimuru happily headed to lunch after gaining the ability to taste, wondering where Ari had gone.
• Mo Li drank tea alone in a pavilion he had created and wondered who was thinking about him.
• Rimuru arrived at the hall, greeted Shion, and decided to eat Ari’s share because Ari was still missing.

Rimuru eagerly awaited Shion’s meal while Benimaru, Old Man White, and Souei feared her cooking and tried to escape. Shion brought out the food, leaving Benimaru panicked and Gobta delighted at the thought of having it all to himself.

• Rimuru looked forward to Shion’s feast as Benimaru and Old Man White worried about the meal, while Gobta moved closer to the table.
• Souei made six clones and convinced Rimuru to let him leave to handle urgent work.
• Old Man White also excused himself and vanished, leaving Benimaru behind.
• Benimaru nervously drank Gobta’s water while Gobta imagined eating all of Shion’s food.
• Shion announced that lunch was ready and emerged carrying two huge platters, making Benimaru shudder and Gobta excited.

Shion’s dangerously poisonous stew knocked Rimuru and Gobta unconscious, forcing Benimaru and Shion to rush them to a physician. Rimuru survived after Great Sage developed poison immunity, while Mo Li remained unaware of the commotion.

• Gobta eagerly took a seat at the dining table, while Benimaru refused Shion’s stew and Souei and Old Man White left before it was served.
• Rimuru and Gobta ate Shion’s stew, collapsed from its toxins, and Rimuru reverted to Slime form as Great Sage gained poison immunity.
• Shion carried Rimuru while Benimaru carried Gobta, and Rigurd led them to a physician.
• Old Man White and Souei watched from outside and prayed that Rimuru would recover.
• The Goblins spread conflicting rumors about why Rimuru had collapsed, while Mo Li sneezed, wondered if he sensed something, and returned to drinking tea.

Mo Li explained to Gamer why he was staying out of Rimuru’s fight against the Orc Army: he wanted Rimuru and the village to face the crisis without relying on him. He planned to intervene only if the situation became uncontrollable, leaving Rimuru room to grow.

• Mo Li relaxed in a pavilion with tea and a book while Gamer urged him to help Rimuru prepare the village and plan against the Orc Army.
• Mo Li argued that Rimuru and her capable companions could build the village without him, and that interfering might disrupt the course of events.
• Mo Li and Gamer discussed how the butterfly effect had strengthened the opposition, leaving Rimuru’s village badly outmatched by the Orc Army.
• Mo Li told Gamer that Rimuru relied on him too much and that he wanted to test her determination by letting her and the village face the crisis.
• Mo Li revealed that he would step in if the situation became uncontrollable, and admitted that his earlier display of panic had been an act to keep Rimuru from asking him for help.

Mo Li spoke with Gamer and reassured her that he trusted her, while she privately longed to become his companion. Their conversation was interrupted when Toreni, a Tree Sprite, emerged from the ground and approached Mo Li.

• Gamer worried that the commotion in the Jura Great Forest might awaken the powerful mount she had prepared for Mo Li.
• Mo Li returned to reading, while Gamer admired him and complained that Rimuru was too close to him.
• Mo Li told Gamer that he trusted her, and he agreed that she could call him Ari.
• Mo Li sensed an eavesdropper and confronted Toreni when she emerged from the ground.
• Toreni apologized, and Mo Li recognized her as a guardian of order in the Jura Great Forest and asked what she wanted.

Toreni sought Morax’s help against the Orc Lord and another powerful force threatening the Jura Great Forest. Morax agreed to resolve both dangers if the Tree Sprite race would assist his friend in establishing a city or nation in the forest.

• Toreni asked Morax to intervene against the Orc Lord and its army, warning that another powerful force might emerge at the same time.
• Morax confirmed that he had sensed the other force and could handle both threats, but questioned why he should accept the costs of helping.
• Toreni admitted she had no bargaining power and offered to pay any price for Morax’s aid.
• Morax offered to resolve both threats in exchange for the Tree Sprite race assisting his friend with establishing a city or nation in the Jura Great Forest.

Toreni agreed to help Mo Li and the Tree Sprites signed his magical contract, while she secretly developed feelings for him. Meanwhile, Gaviru led several hundred lizardmen into Rimuru and Mo Li’s territory, where Xiao nearly attacked them after they mocked him.

• Toreni accepted Mo Li’s request on behalf of the Tree Sprites and signed a contract enforced by Rock Eater’s Punishment.
• Toreni left after telling Mo Li to remember her name, and the Gamer warned him that she had bad intentions.
• Gaviru led several hundred lizardmen into Rimuru and Mo Li’s territory, where Xiao confronted them.
• Gaviru and a subordinate insulted Xiao’s clan and height, provoking him to tighten his grip on his spear.
• Old Man White and Souei stopped Xiao from attacking, and Xiao suppressed his anger before vanishing in a gust of azure wind.

Gaviru and his Lizardmen arrived to demand the village’s submission, and Rimuru confronted them after Rigurd reported their insults. Xiao told Mo Li about the supposed attack and warned him that Rimuru was missing after rumors spread that she had been assassinated or poisoned.

• Gaviru’s underlings threatened Rigurd’s village and demanded that its leader leave with them, while Rigurd sent for Rimuru.
• Rimuru arrived with Shion, Benimaru, and Gobta, heard Rigurd’s report, and angrily went to confront Gaviru’s group.
• A Lizardman underling insulted Rimuru as a human girl, provoking the group further.
• Xiao found Mo Li drinking tea and reported that Gaviru’s Lizardmen had come to attack the village.
• Xiao told Mo Li that Rimuru could not be found and that villagers suspected she had been assassinated or poisoned.

Rimuru beat Gaviru and his lizardmen after they provoked her, while Mo Li and Xiao watched from nearby rather than intervening. After Rimuru returned Gaviru to his subordinates and said her mood had improved, a familiar voice asked what she was doing.

• Mo Li asked Gamer to investigate Xiao's report, and Gamer confirmed that Rimuru was at the village entrance; Mo Li then flew there with Xiao.
• Gaviru provoked Rimuru, who unleashed her aura and overwhelmed him with a flurry of attacks while the lizardmen watched.
• Mo Li and Xiao arrived, but Mo Li decided to wait until Rimuru had finished venting.
• Rimuru slammed Gaviru into the ground, recognized him as a Named Monster, and kicked him back to his subordinates.
• Rimuru dusted herself off and said her mood had improved, then heard a familiar voice ask what she was doing.

Mo Li comforted Rimuru after she punished Gaviru and the Lizardmen, then used a giant stone hand to throw them away. Rimuru returned to the village with Mo Li, while Gobta headed for the kitchen and met an unseen mishap.

• Mo Li gently comforted Rimuru and offered to make her milk tea instead of his usual tea.
• Rimuru asked what to do with Gaviru and the Lizardmen, and Mo Li flung them far away with a giant stone hand.
• Rimuru transformed into a Slime and rode in Mo Li's arms as they returned to the village.
• Benimaru went to practice, Souei vanished, Shion followed Mo Li and Rimuru, and Rigurd went into the village while Gobta wondered who wanted food.
• Gobta ran toward the kitchen despite warnings that no one should enter, and a miserable scream rang out.

Mo Li revealed that the Orc Army numbered nearly four hundred thousand, prompting Benimaru and the others to offer to leave the village rather than endanger it. He rejected their request and announced that he and Rimuru would confront the army, whose target appeared to be the lizardmen’s wetlands.

• Mo Li reported that the Orc Army had nearly four hundred thousand soldiers, five Orc Generals, and an Orc Lord.
• Benimaru, Old Man White, Souei, Xiao, and the others knelt and asked Rimuru and Mo Li to expel them from the village.
• Mo Li ordered them to stand and follow his plans, declaring that he and Rimuru would wipe out the Orc Army before it became a nuisance.
• Rimuru beat Gobta and threw him out after he suggested Mo Li was bragging, easing the tense mood in the conference room.
• Mo Li said the Orc Army was north of the Great River and heading toward eastern wetlands, which Rigurd identified as the lizardmen’s territory.

At the meeting, Mo Li explained how the Orc Lord’s hunger skill let the Orc Army survive by eating corpses and grow stronger, then warned Rimuru that she would lead the fight while he held back part of the enemy force. He also revealed that a mysterious threat was present in the Jura Great Forest and that he had encountered the long-absent Tree Sprite tribe.

• Shuna questioned how four hundred thousand Orc Army soldiers could find enough food, and Mo Li explained that they ate corpses and gained strength and abilities through the Orc Lord’s Special Skill, 'Starved One.'
• Mo Li warned that the Orc Lord could become a Demon King level monster if allowed to keep consuming magical creatures, and said that seizing other races’ abilities was one purpose of occupying the Jura Great Forest.
• Mo Li stole and drank Rimuru’s milk tea while the others pretended not to notice.
• Rimuru asked when they would leave, and Mo Li said she would be the operation’s backbone while he held back two hundred thousand Orc Army soldiers and the Orc Generals.
• Mo Li revealed that a mysterious force threatened the Jura Great Forest and that he had encountered the Tree Sprite tribe, prompting Benimaru to exclaim that they had not appeared for decades.
• Mo Li offered to let the Tree Sprite leader appear and speak with the group himself.

Toreni arrived at the conference and warned Rimuru and the others about a mysterious force in the Jura Great Forest, including a monster stronger than the Orc Lord. Mo Li assigned Rimuru to face the Orc Lord and the remaining orcs while he planned to confront the hidden threat alone, but Xiao insisted on joining him.

• Toreni appeared before Mo Li, Rimuru, and the others, introducing herself as a guardian of the Jura Great Forest.
• Toreni explained that another powerful force lurked in the forest, and Mo Li said one monster within it had reached Special A-rank.
• Mo Li revealed that Toreni had asked him to intervene because the Orc Lord's disturbance might awaken the hidden force.
• Mo Li assigned Rimuru and the others to face the Orc Lord and two hundred thousand orcs while he held back the rest of the army and guarded against the mysterious force.
• Mo Li refused to take anyone with him, but Xiao knelt and firmly asked to accompany him.

Mo Li agreed to let Xiao accompany him on the dangerous journey and obtained Toreni’s plant-growth magic to help Tempest feed its future population. After Mo Li and Toreni left the meeting, Rimuru laid out the battle plan against the Orc Army and assigned Souei to forge an alliance with the Lizardmen.

• Mo Li agreed to let Xiao join his journey after Rimuru and the others urged him to grant Xiao’s request.
• Mo Li asked Toreni for magic that could accelerate plant growth, and she gave him the spell and promised Treant assistance.
• Mo Li left the meeting with Xiao, and Toreni followed after saying she had more matters to discuss with him.
• Rimuru outlined a two-stage battle plan, with an advance force supporting the Lizardmen and a fallback plan involving the Treants and humans.
• Rimuru tasked Souei with forming an alliance with the Lizardmen, then adjourned the meeting as the monsters prepared for battle.

Mo Li tested Xiao’s strength in a wasteland sparring match, giving him the Harp of Peace and challenging him to unleash his best attack. Xiao passed by producing a Special A-rank strike, though it pierced Mo Li’s barrier and left him with a hidden injury; Mo Li then sent Xiao to prepare for the coming battle.

• Mo Li took Xiao to a wasteland, gave him the Harp of Peace, and began testing his combat ability.
• Xiao attacked with increasing speed and ferocity as Mo Li blocked him and urged him to fight harder.
• Mo Li sent Xiao flying and asked him to use his strongest attack, so Xiao donned a yaksha mask and unleashed Wind Wheel Both Sides.
• Mo Li used Solid as a Fortress to stop Xiao’s strike, then declared that Xiao had passed after recognizing the attack’s Special A-rank power.
• Xiao left to prepare for battle, while Mo Li discovered that Xiao’s final strike had pierced his barrier and injured his hand.

Mo Li discussed a hidden group in the Jura Great Forest with Toreni while waiting for Xiao, then prepared to leave to deal with the Orc Lord incident. The chapter ended with Mo Li, Xiao, and Toreni setting out.

• Toreni appeared before Mo Li and asked when they would leave to help the Lizardmen.
• Mo Li brewed tea for Toreni and explained that he had discovered a hidden group in the Jura Great Forest, whose strongest member was at the peak of Special A-rank.
• Mo Li said he would deal with the mysterious group and that he had intervened because the Orc Lord incident might awaken them.
• Xiao returned after preparing food, and Mo Li announced that it was time to depart.
• Mo Li, Xiao, and Toreni set out.

Mo Li and Xiao rushed ahead while Toreni followed underground, leaving the battlefield as Gaviru’s Lizardmen were pushed to the brink by the Pigheaded Tribe. Gaviru accepted a duel with an Orc General and received the Water Vortex Spear before the fight began.

• Mo Li flew off with Xiao, while Toreni complained that they had left her behind and followed underground.
• Gaviru’s Lizardmen suffered heavy losses as the Orc Army overwhelmed them, and an elite black-armored legion led by an Orc General entered the battle.
• Gaviru challenged the Orc General to a one-on-one duel, hoping to kill him and give his clansmen a chance.
• A Lizardman soldier brought Gaviru the Water Vortex Spear, the symbol of Lizardmen royal authority.

Gaviru fought the Orc General with the Water Vortex Spear but was saved by Benimaru before he could be killed. Rimuru’s forces joined the battle against the Orc Army, while Mo Li and Xiao headed to another battlefield.

• A Lizardman soldier delivered the Water Vortex Spear to Gaviru, who thanked his father and charged the Orc General.
• Mo Li told Xiao that Gaviru would lose and instructed him to save Gaviru when the time came.
• The Orc General nullified Gaviru’s strongest attack and nearly struck him down, but Benimaru blocked the blow and Gobta pulled Gaviru away.
• Ran-ga and Old Man White explained that Rimuru had sent them to support the Lizardmen, then joined the fight against the Orc Army after Benimaru’s signal.
• Mo Li flew toward another battlefield, and Xiao followed him.

Xiao confronted the three Orc Generals to avenge his sibling, while Mo Li restrained the hatred-fueled power threatening to consume him. After Xiao defeated one General but exhausted himself, the Orc Army moved to attack him until Mo Li intervened.

• Mo Li and Xiao found the remaining two hundred thousand Orc troops advancing through the Jura Great Forest, and Xiao's hatred for the Orc Generals awakened his Yaksha power.
• Mo Li suppressed Xiao's rising aura, then told him to face the three Orc Generals while Mo Li dealt with the rest of the army.
• Xiao charged the Generals and fought all three at once, matching their Chaos Eater attack with Wind Wheel Both Sides.
• One Orc General collapsed after the clash, while Xiao exhausted his magicules and struggled to stay upright.
• The Orc Army rushed toward Xiao, and Mo Li invoked All Phenomena of the World.

Mo Li arrived to save Xiao, defeated the Orc Army, and judged the three Orc Generals for the crimes of their tribe. He left the remaining Pig Head Tribe members trapped in an abyss to atone and waited with tea, hoping things were going well for Rimuru, as Toreni approached.

• Mo Li descended on a golden meteor that crushed tens of thousands of orcs, then carried the exhausted Xiao to safety and told him to rest.
• The three Orc Generals knelt and asked Mo Li to spare their people, but he said they could not bear the sins of others and sentenced them to death while giving the remaining Pig Head Tribe a chance to atone.
• The three Orc Generals turned to stone, and Mo Li trapped the remaining orcs in an abyss sealed by four stone pillars.
• Mo Li settled beside the unconscious Xiao, brewed tea, and wondered whether things were going smoothly for Rimuru.
• Toreni emerged from the woods, and Mo Li told her she was late.