With the Veldora situation sorted I still have other things to do. While walking into Migeru City I decide it's about time to test out [Tempest Link]'s little update for once.
{Notice- Ultimate Skill [Saul], subskill [Tempest Link] has been activated.
Opening connection 35,278.}
Uh, yeah no. Can you change the connections to be based on how much I care about that person?
{Answer- Understood
Notice- Reordering connections.
Reordering process complete.
Notice- Opening connection 3.
Communications with individual Milim Nava have been accessed.
Communications have been set up.}
"Yo, Milim, can you hear me?"
"Eh? Migeru? How can you..."
"It's a new skill I have. Well, more like an upgrade on an old skill. The old version allowed me to talk with Rimuru in a way that made it impossible for other people to understand, now with this new one I can do that with anyone I have a connection with."
"That's amazing!"
"I know...wait, never mind that. I'm contacting you because I know what you're doing right now."
"Oh, I'm sorry if you..."
"No, don't worry, I understand why you're doing this, I won't stop you, I know you have a plan. The reason why I contacted you was because of something I'm going to do. In your absence Tempest got attacked and to save it Rimuru and I evolved into Demon Lords. To make it official I'm planning to attend the upcoming Walpurgis Banquet."
"That's great! Wait, how do you know?"
"There's nothing I don't know, Milim, I'll leave it at that. Ignoring that for now I have to say, be sure to add that to your plan and be prepared to change your plan on the fly because I have a feeling this won't exactly be a normal Walpurgis."
"I see. Okay!"
"Also, are you okay?"
"Eh?"
"That bastard Clayman. He's hurting you, or at least trying to right? I'm..."
"Don't worry! It's fine! There's nothing he can do to me! The Great Destroyer Milim Nava!"
"I see. I'll trust you. Of course that doesn't leave Clayman off the hook." I smile in reality, "I'll make sure he doesn't get a painless death."
"Okay then, so, how's Rimuru, does he know?"
"Oh, Rimuru, he doesn't know but he is a little worried about you."
I can sense Milim trying to smile on the other side but being unable to, "I see. Thank you."
"You're welcome. Well, I know that was a short talk but I guess that's about it for now. See you soon Milim."
{Notice- Ultimate Skill [Saul], subskill [Tempest Link] has been deactivated.
Closing connection 3.}
That's great, so it works as intended. And it works over any distance and can be shared to other people. Tempest now has a private communication network that is unable to be blocked by barriers. Incredible.
Arriving at my final destination I put my hands in my sweater pockets and look up. The Slime Farm, finally it'll be put to use. "Things are about to get interesting."
[Solomon], it's time, start production of the skills I'll give to my Slime Corps. Especially that last one. That'll come especially handy in case things go south in the Walpurgis.
I make it to the observation deck and see the groups of Slime's rolling around on the ground. A pit filled with 152 Slimes total sits below me. It's time, the strongest army in the history of Tempest is about to be created, how exciting.
I jump down and put up a Magicule Barrier around me to not get jumped on by the Slimes. They're pretty cute I guess, I can start to see what Shion and Shuna mean but still. I still think they are overreacting a little though. Welp, might as well start.
I lean down and start naming. "You'll be Aqua, then you'll be Cobalt, you'll be Azure..." The naming process takes a while but not as much as the Orc naming process. Overall, not that bad. As I finish [Solomon] gives me a notification.
{Notice- All named Slimes have begun evolving into Tempest Slimes.}
After that, they begin to glow and as they all slowly stop glowing I see a lot of them have changed they're shades of blue. That's interesting. Less noticeable though, I see that their movements become slower and they seem to feel around their surroundings more.
I see. So they are definitely smarter than before. I look around the pile of Slime's and find one particular Slime that is stronger than the rest. Putting down my barrier I pick it up. "Found you." I need one Slime to lead the others in case I am to go away for some reason. With this one being the strongest, this one will be the leader of my new army.
Alright [Solomon], it's time. You know what to do.
{Notice- Ultimate Skill [Saul], subskill [Subjugate] has been activated.
Using an absolute subjugation on all surrounding entities.}
A burst of gold light is sent out in all directions. All the Slimes begin to glow a little.
{Notice- Ultimate Skill [Saul], subskill [Tempest Link] has been activated.
Notice- Human mimicry has been gifted to all surrounding Tempest Slimes.
[Magic Sense] has been gifted to all surrounding Tempest Slimes.
Knowledge has been gifted to all surrounding Tempest Slimes.}
With that, the most basic needs to become strong have been given to the Tempest Slimes. They can sense their surroundings, turn into their human forms and have even higher intelligence.
After doing this I see as one by one, the Tempest Slimes begin to mimic human shapes. Once they all complete this transformation, I see they all look like Rimuru and I with minor differences and different shades of blue in their hair colors.
Alright, good start. Let's continue. First, they need to be stronger so let's give them some more skills.
{Notice- Skills [Telepathic Communication, Hive Mind, Adrenaline Rush, Streamline, Phantasm, Magic Armor Plating, Super-Regeneration, Black Lightning, Body Double, Multilayer Barrier, Magic Jamming, Spatial Travel, Sticky-Steel Thread, Super Strength, and Master-Servant Corridor] have been gifted to the surrounding Tempest Slimes.}
Most of the skills I gifted to them are weaker versions of skills that I myself have. These are simply to make them stronger, however, there is one that stands out among these skills, that being [Master-Servant Corridor]. This skill is the one I had [Solomon] make for this specific moment.
What it does is create an indestructible soul corridor between a master and a servant. The servants being the Tempest Slimes and the master being me. This corridor comes with many benefits but the main one is it serves as a last resort in the event someone on either side of the corridor is about to die. On the occasion one dies, their soul will go through the corridor and reappear in the body of the person on the other side. For us, that's basically a free revival because both sides have clone skills meaning it's as simple as the master or servant making a body double for the other to inhabit for us. With this this army is basically the Yomigaeri on steroids.
It doesn't end there though. Cerulean will get special treatment.
{Notice- Gifting Unique Skills [Great Sage, Predator and Hyper Regeneration to individual Cerulean.}
I expect great things from Cerulean, hopefully he can live up to those expectations. Cerulean senses himself getting much stronger as some other Tempest Slime's around him look at him as well after sensing him skyrocketing. I watch the Tempest Slimes get used to their new bodies for a while until I decide it's time.
{Notice- Ultimate Skill [Saul], subskill [Alpha's Call] has been activated.}
A regal presence radiates throughout the Slime Farm as I make my presence known to everyone around. The Tempest Slime's turn to look at me and immediately realize who exactly I am and immediately bow down.
Not only are they grateful as well as following the monster rule to always follow the strongest. But they are also in the presence of my [Alpha's Call], a skill that makes it so anyone that's been subjugated sees me as an untouchable borderline Omniscient entity beyond the understanding of those affected. They essentially see me as a god now which is useful.
I command, "Okay then, I see you all are already listening. To start, I need Cerulean to come forward."
Cerulean jumps a little as he immediately moves forward and bows. He then says, "Greetings Lord Migeru, we are in deep gratitude for your great blessings."
"So you already know."
"Of course. Thanks to the great knowledge you have bestowed upon us we know all about you and the great country of Tempest."
"I see. Then I accept your gratitude. In that case may I assume you already know why I have given you those blessings?" I'm getting a little uncomfortable with this. I'm talking a bit too regally for my tastes here. A little more and I'll end up talking like Veldora when he's confident.
Cut to Veldora and Rimuru. Veldora sneezes as Rimuru asks, "Can Dragons get sick?"
Veldora responds, "No, this is quite the odd occurrence. I've never sneezed before."
They both sense a massive amount of Magicules in Migeru City. They both yell, "What the!?"
Back with me, Cerulean says, "Why yes, we have learned of your great plan and humbly accept our role in our lord's plan."
I essentially gave them a mission in that gifted knowledge. They're mission is to protect Tempest as its guardians.
A flash of light appears in my vision.
Oh, come on! What caused that!? Fine, Tempest's protectors. Basically what they'll do is protect Tempest from danger as the main defense line in the case of a severe emergency. I highly doubt even a natural Tenma War would pose a significant threat at this point.
Moving back to the task at hand I say, "I see, then in that case, I hope you all can live up to my high expectations."
Now to get this out of the way. "Anyways, to get this out of the way, can you all change your forms a bit. You all look almost exactly like Rimuru and I in almost every trait, that could cause some issues. So for my first order, I need you all to change your forms."
They all understand and immediately begin changing shape. Cerulean, the one I'm particularly paying attention to the most, becomes more masculine and taller with some feminine features. I ask, "I see, what made you make that decision Cerulean?"
He answers, "The longer limbs should make it easier to fight with."
"Not bad, good planning Cerulean."
One of the Tempest Slimes, after seeing everyone change shape, asks, "Might this be sufficient my lord?"
"Why yes, that should be good." Moving to the door I say, "Part of the knowledge I sent are the rules that must be followed in Tempest. I need you all to follow them. As the protectors of Tempest it wouldn't be a very good example to have you all not respect the country you are supposed to be protecting." Signaling Cerulean to come up I continue, "Finally, to finish I have one last announcement. Cerulean here is the strongest among you and the possessor of three of my previous Unique Skills. With these traits he will be promoted to second in commands behind me. I will coach him on what he is to do, he will be the Slime you listen to after me, only I can overwrite his commands. You are to listen to his orders alright?"
They all nod. "Yes sir!"
"Cool! Now to introduce you all to Tempest. I hope you make a good first impression."
We walk out only to see Rimuru and Veldora. Rimuru looks at the Tempest Slimes and says, "You've done a lot of crazy stuff before but this," he points at the army behind me, "This is going to need a lot of explaining, Migeru. What have you done!?"
I look behind me to see why he's so worried and then realize, they're combined Magicule count is higher than a True Demon Lord's. They couldn't beat Rimuru in a fight because of Ultimate Skills like [Beelzebuth], but they could get pretty damn close.. I comment, "Well this is interesting."