Chapter 184 Pandemonium Mother

The former sixth rank of the Great Eight Demons?

There are many things I want to tsukkomi. Level 8, huh

Lilys words shocked the girls. Even though a former, that slime was one of the Great Eight Demons, the pinnacle of the Demon Kings. Even though it took three people, they thought that they could fight it to some extent. However, that was arrogance and their fierce battle was only a warming-up. Moreover, the word clone just made them feel like its just an imitation.

No, more importantly, her bloodlust just now was obviously aimed at me, right? I cant stop getting goosebumps!

We were suffering from it too, you know?

Touko is trembling in a different sense.

As for phase 2, it wont attack unless you get close to a certain distance, so you dont have to worry for now. Lets see, I guess its a good opportunity. I will tell you about this slime while we are at it.

Lily turns back and turns her body towards the girls. They want to ask if its okay to expose her back in front of that slime, but they endure it.

S-Sure I also dont really understand about that phase you are talking about, so please do.

They considerably got used to it, but they still feel uncomfortable with this Lily. Shes extremely reliable and they feel complicated.

First, lets talk about why this guy is here. In the old days when they were still adventurers, Black Deris and Nell once fought against the armies of the Great Eight Demons.

!?

The girls were surprised once by the relation with the Great Eight Demons, and twice at the fact that Lily didnt call Deris Goshujin-sama. Without minding their reactions, Lily goes on with her story.

They fought three of the Great Eight Demons, from the sixth to eight ranks, and this Aralkar was one of them.

T-They even defeated three of them?

Yes, each of them fought one. At that time, there was another person in their party, so it was three people.

Apparently, instead of fighting together like Haruna and others, it seems that each of them defeated each of the three Demon Kings. Just what is the point of having a party?

Nell fought against Aralkar, who was particularly troublesome among them. Its a good thing that this one is just a clone, but she was quite strong with her main core. Well, you could say that she was troublesome. Anyway, even with Nells power, she was not an easy opponent to defeat.

Even Shish

Senpai! The word clone has come out several times since a while ago, whats that?

Haruna raised her hand.

Theres a small core inside this Aralkars body, right? Theres only this one spare core now, but she originally had several cores. Several cores were piling up with the main core, which had Aralkars will, in the center. Its easier if you imagine grapes, I guess?

In other words, the core inside that slime is a spare, not the main core?

Yes, thats why I called it a clone.

According to Lyly, the core holds various important organs such as the heart and brain for a slime. Unlike other slimes, which normally can only have one core, Aralkar had many cores inside her body in addition to the main core. And the one the girls are seeing before them is a clone, a spare core thats wrapped by a part of Aralkars body. Even though it doesnt have Aralkars will, it will fight back when attacked, and above all, it will protect the core. It means that it has the instinct as a living thing.

Ugh, she could split up into so many of this ridiculous thing, huh. The Great Eight Demons are bad news

But still, the number of cores is finite. If you destroy many of the cores of the clones, you will eventually reach the main core. And thats exactly what Nell did.

The Pandemonium Mother Aralkar was a Demon King with an extraordinary regenerative ability and had an overwhelming number with just her alone. As long as she had her core, she could keep increasing the slime body. The detached body could move on its own for a while, and if she put in the spare core, there would be no time limit and it could even regenerate and transform. Using this power, Aralkar created an army of her clones and fought against Nell with sheer numbers. However, as a result, everything else was burned down, leaving only this one core.

It seems that she actually didnt plan to leave even one core. But for some reason, only that spare core escaped Nells attack and survived. The core with Aralkars will is gone, but since it doesnt self-destruct, you can assume that its alive on its own It has the minimum instinct as a living thing to defend itself, but on the other hand, it does not have an established ego. Thats what Aralkar is now.

(Pshhhh)

Im sorry, Lily-shish. Please make it easier to understand

Haruna was desperately using her Calculation skill, but Touko abandoned her thinking.

You can think that its ridiculously strong as an individual, but its thinking level isnt that different from the normal slimes. What we have here is a remnant of Aralkar, and shes already dead.

H-Hee

Um, Ive been wondering it The phase that you mentioned earlier, could it be

Probably realized something, Chinatsu crossed her arms and made a gesture as if she was thinking.

Chinatsu sure is sharp. Nell brought back this survived core and trained it as a monster for training. As long as the core is safe, it will regenerate immediately no matter how much you burn it. She said that its a waste to kill it. Also, that phase thing is probably Nells hobby, I guess?

I knew it

Because its thinking level is low, Nell forcibly made it understand that shes superior. Well, thats Nell for you. She really trained it with her power.

Nell adjusted the slime to her liking. She made it remember that when the iron door is opened, its a signal to start training. Phase 1 is literally a light attack for warming up. When the core is touched, it will move to phase 2 and go into a quite aggressive form. Its currently in that phase. By the way, the core wont break even if it receives several attacks from Touko, but it seems that the basic rule is to touch it softly in order not to destroy it.

T-Thats amazing, huh.

Well, its Nell after all. And then, if you touch the core when its in this state, it will move to phase 3, the final stage of training. Aralkar will launch its greatest attack, and if you can negate it, the training will be over. After that, it will repair the training ground and go back inside the iron door on its own.

Amazing! Its trained completely!

Haruna, are you surprised by the latter part?

After finishing her talk, Lily began to crack her knuckles and turned her body toward the slime again. Is she going to show the process she mentioned earlier?

Speaking of which, Touko. Do you know the saying that you are out if you piled up two yellow cards?