The World's Ego

Awakening

Rimuru POV

With everything set aside, we began working on training to restrain Veldora's magicules to a minimum to not harm anyone in the town. While he does that, I began going through my skills with Raphael-san.

<Ultimate Skill <<Storm King, Veldora>> consists of the powers:

<Storm Dragon Summon>
<Storm Dragon Restoration>
<Storm Magic>.>

Hm... I think I understand what <Storm Dragon Summon> and <Storm Magic> are, but what about <Storm Dragon Restoration>?

<Answer. It establishes a 'Soul Corridor' by means of which Master is enabled to duplicate individual Veldora's memories. Therefore even if for some reason, Veldora perished, restoration by Master is possible.>

Ah... I see. So I'm a backup, huh?

Looking at Veldora to check on his progress, it seems like he's still struggling a little to restrain the aura.

"Try thinking about piling it up inside!" I suggested

Taking my advice, Veldora gives it a try again. This goes on for quite a long time, though, with me continuously giving advice to him.

Oh, right! Before I forget, what about my <Suppressed Ego> skill? Since I evolved, what has happened to it?

<Answer. Since Master's evolution, the skill has received a portion of the Gift's blessing. Every cell of Honkai energy in your body has been purified and converted into Arcadia Honkai energy, an energy developed by the mix of magicules and the blessing given by the world.>

Huh...? Explain it in more detail, please. Tell me everything.

<Understood. Arcadia Honkai energy is a purer form of the previous Honkai energy that now exists in this world due to Master's existence as a Herrscher. However, in order for it to successfully evolve, sacrifices had been made. <<Herrscher of Human:Ego>> and Master's connection to the Will of Honkai were made the sacrifices.>

I... I think I understand why that Herrscher self has been sacrificed but the Will of Honkai? Because I am still a Herrscher from that world, it was still connected? But now that I became a Demon Lord and evolved...

<Master's existence has surpassed the laws that the Will of Honkai can touch and thus your connection with it has been severed.>

What do you mean by severed?!

<Unfortunately, I did not cause the optimization of the skill during evolution. Something interrupted me and took a part of the Gift from the Harvest Festival to make the skill evolve while severing the connection and making the sacrifices. Thus, I do not know who or what caused the severance. I will investigate this thoroughly.>

That's incredibly worrying and odd... Who could have such power to interfere with my evolution? It couldn't have been the Voice of the World...

Oh...! No need for investigation, Raphael-san. I might have figured it out myself.

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Eh? She sounds surprised.

<I apologize for my incompetence, Master.>

No, I didn't mean that you were incompetent! I just have a good feeling about who the culprit was. You helped me more than I could have ever imagined ever since I came into this world! So please, continue helping me from now on, too!

<... Understood. I shall work up to Master's expectations.>

Mm! Thank you! So, back to the Herrschers...