Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Deep beneath a city on the border of the Yst Kingdom, countless flesh and blood writhed incessantly. A vast network of scarlet veins pulsed continuously, an endless stream of flesh and blood flowing towards the deepest part of this indescribable land composed entirely of flesh.

The entire space was filled with a deep crimson mist, the extreme concentration of bloodiness almost suffocating. In the center of this space, a blood-colored lake nearly ten kilometers in diameter rippled slightly.

An ice-crystal-colored slime floated on the surface of the lake, absorbing and digesting large quantities of viscous, blood-red liquid mixed with blue soul orbs.

"Fifteen thousand souls short."

Above the blood-colored lake, Lu Minghao murmured to himself, sensing the number of souls within his body. Previously, when he had gathered all the Gluttony monsters to launch an attack on the major kingdoms, Lu Minghao had quietly come to the Ystar Kingdom alone and infiltrated deep into the earth, carving out this flesh cave.

After all, the Edras Kingdom would soon be the center of the storm, and Lu Minghao had no interest in staying there. What if some unknown human hero's unique skill found the root of the Gluttony monsters, exposing him?

Then, not to mention the entire world, at least most of the human and demon kingdoms would try to kill him. After all, Lu Minghao planned to erode and transform all the kingdoms within the Western Continent.

All life would have only two choices: either death, or transformation into a monster under the erosion of the Gluttony Sin, or adaptation to it. There was no other choice.

Lu Minghao didn't have Rimuru's idea of subduing monsters and living peacefully with humans, building a so-called equal and loving kingdom. For Lu Minghao, the entire Western Continent would be his nourishment and tools. Whether human or demon, they would either strive to adapt to the Gluttony Sin and become tools like Oz and Flora, or become Gluttony monsters or nourishment.

He didn't need so-called subjects. Within the entire Western Continent, apart from those who became his familiars, Lu Minghao didn't need any other intelligent beings not under his control!

Of course, if Lu Minghao did this, it would definitely be discovered by other human and demon kingdoms in the world. And upon discovering that Lu Minghao was transforming everything into Gluttony monsters, he would most likely become a Demon Lord feared by all humans and demons.

But for Lu Minghao, there was no need to care about such things, because apart from his familiars, no one would know that everything in the Western Continent was his doing. After all, Lu Minghao remembered a Storm Dragon, hailed as a Calamity-class powerhouse, being defeated and sealed by a [Summoner] after destroying a human city.

If it weren't for Rimuru's appearance, it would have died in less than a hundred years.

Therefore, Lu Minghao chose to leave the Edras Kingdom and hide deep beneath the Yst Kingdom, secretly absorbing souls and nourishment. As for turning the entire Western Continent into a Gluttony Hell, what did that have to do with a slime quietly absorbing nutrients underground?

That's what Lu Minghao thought anyway. After all, as long as no one knew, it was the same as Lu Minghao not doing it. The Gluttony monsters destroyed the Western Continent, what did it have to do with a slime? He was just picking up the souls and nutrients that the Gluttony monsters didn't want.

"Indeed, I am still a kind slime. In order to prevent you from having nowhere to bury your bodies and souls, I sacrificed myself to let you 'rest' within my body."

After some self-reflection, Lu Minghao reconfirmed that he was a kind slime. To that end, he even grabbed a ball of souls to ask, and faced with the soul's acquiescence, Lu Minghao contentedly shook his body and 'rested' it.

"Master!"

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside Lu Minghao, none other than the ogre Flora, who had originally been in the Lewood Kingdom. As for why she was here, of course it was because Lu Minghao had called her back.

It was to have her lead the remaining Gluttony monsters to attack the Yst Kingdom. Honestly, Lu Minghao hadn't expected the King of the Lewood Kingdom, the Demon Lord-class Three-Headed Serpent Lewood, to adapt to and even perfectly fuse with the Gluttony Sin so quickly.

It was as if it was born for the Gluttony Sin. When Flora appeared in the Lewood Kingdom's palace with a clone of Lu Minghao, Lewood sensed the Gluttony Sin within Lu Minghao's clone and directly relied on the powerful strength of a Demon Lord to forcibly snatch Lu Minghao's clone from Flora's hands.

Then, under Flora's bewildered gaze, Lewood swallowed Lu Minghao's clone.

At that time, Lu Minghao, who had just transferred his consciousness over, was stunned by Lewood's bizarre operation. He had just opened his eyes and saw himself heading towards the stomach along the esophagus. At that moment, Lu Minghao suspected that he had encountered the simple-minded devil fish that he had escaped from the sewer into the underground water veins with.

However, Lu Minghao, who reacted the next second, also knew that his clone had been swallowed by Lewood, and directly activated the Gluttony Sin with all his might. Originally, Lu Minghao thought that Lewood would instantly turn into a Gluttony monster under the erosion of the Gluttony Sin.

But that guy completely exceeded Lu Minghao's expectations. Not only did he completely absorb the Gluttony Sin, but he even directly adapted to and fused with it, becoming the same kind of monster as Flora and the others.

It was at that time that Lu Minghao learned of Lewood's unique skill [Gnawer]. Coupled with Lewood's inherent cruel, indifferent, yet greedy nature as a serpent demon, it allowed him to directly and perfectly accept the Gluttony Sin, because he himself was equivalent to a weakened form of the Gluttony Sin.

"How is that guy Lewood doing?"

Lu Minghao raised his head and asked Flora. After transforming Lewood into a familiar, Lu Minghao had not paid attention to the situation there.

"......Master, Lewood is... is trying to breed the next generation."

Faced with Lu Minghao's question, Flora fell into silence. A hint of blush appeared on her fair face, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she stuttered. After Lu Minghao's consciousness left, Lewood didn't know what was going on.

He suddenly wanted to try whether he could give birth to offspring who were naturally adapted to the Gluttony Sin through normal reproduction. He believed that this would definitely allow him to offer more 'tools' to the great master.

Then, regardless of Flora's anxious return to the kingdom, and regardless of the partner who had already fallen into madness under the erosion of the Gluttony Sin, he began the reproductive activities of a serpent demon.

"Huh? What the hell?"

A row of question marks appeared on Lu Minghao's jelly-like body. Was he hearing things? That guy Lewood actually went to do such a thing.

"Um, does Master need to stop it?"

"Forget it, let him try. I'm also a little interested anyway."

Flora looked at the puzzled Lu Minghao, squatted down, and asked seriously, but Lu Minghao didn't let Flora stop Lewood. Although what that guy was doing was a bit outrageous, Lu Minghao was also very curious whether he could pass on his Gluttony Sin and still possess reason through normal reproduction.

If it really worked, then it would mean that Lu Minghao would have more tools in the future.