"Rimuru-sama, you're awake!"
Disoriented, Rimuru in his Slime form 'opened his eyes', looking around.
'Great Sage, why did I faint this time?'
Upon hearing that, Rimuru wasn't too surprised. Zaydas had already told him before that he was close to reaching another level... And after the battle against the Orcs, Rimuru found it normal that he advanced—after all, unlike him, Zaydas devoured several Orc corpses, and thanks to that, he probably managed to evolve.
'By the way, why did my color change to gold?'
It was strange; he saw himself in the form of a golden ball... He could still be seen as a Slime—or should he say he became a ball of gold or something like that?
Seriously, if it weren't for him being semi-transparent, it would look even more ridiculous.
Taking on human form, he said: "Fumu, good morning?"
He had no idea what time it was.
By the way, his hair also turned a shiny, silky gold. It was like he had become one of those shampoo or hair dye models whose hair shines beautifully after use.
"Dsuu~ It's almost night already, Rimuru-sama."
Looking at the Goblin who replied—Gobuta—Rimuru scratched his head, then sighed: "I see... By the way, I see some of you have changed a bit."
"Master!" Ranga, now with three horns on his head, wagged his tail so fast inside the cave that he created a powerful gust of wind, tossing nearby Gobuta away with just the breeze.
"Ahhhh!"
"Stop, stop." Rimuru intervened, saying: "Ranga? Ohh, you've grown a bit too."
Although he let out a sad sound at first when being scolded, he perked up again when Rimuru noticed his growth.
"Yes, thanks to Master!"
Ranga replied in his cheerful voice.
Clenching his hands, Rimuru didn't know exactly how much he had improved, but it was clear that he had become at least 5x stronger. Maybe even 10x+.
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A month has passed since Zaydas and the rest started training.
After one month, he removed the barrier that surrounded the mansion and the flow of time returned to normal. During this time, he used [Odin, God of Wisdom], recreating the intrinsic skill [Chakra] and raised it to Rank S.
Of course, the main point is... He learned to control his strength.
Now, his actions had become more refined with a touch of natural nobility. Though not on purpose, by being careful at first not to break things, his movements gradually became more and more graceful.
Not in a feminine way—although the girls did have that feminine and graceful touch, since even though their increase wasn't as grand as his, it was still a 10x+ power boost. That kind of power-up isn't easy to learn how to control.
It's not like there's a switch to turn their powers on and off—and even if there were, they wouldn't use it. After all, if they had something like that turned on, wouldn't it be dangerous if something tried to hit them and caught them off guard?
"Okay, time for me to go back," Zaydas murmured softly.
Then, he appeared in the mansion's courtyard and making a hand seal, he thought: 'Multiple Shadow Clones.'
Soon, a thousand identical clones made from his chakra were created. Only 10% of his Demonic Power and Magicules were shared with them, but that alone brought the clones' combat power to nearly Rank S.
Afterward, the clones dispersed toward Zaydas' 'farm'.
'By the way, the 'Devil Fruits' are ready thanks to the time-flow change I put in the greenhouse... I wonder if it'll work like in One Piece...'
To test it, he planned to grab a random criminal.
Although he could use 'Odin' or even the 'Great Sage' to analyze it, there are things better tested in practice.
...
"This ability is enviable..." Rikoto muttered upon seeing all the shadow clones created by Zaydas harvesting all the fruits in the orchards.
The clones moved so fast they barely had time to help with the harvest.
It didn't take more than 10 minutes for everything on the farm to be organized.
It could be even faster if the clones were able to use Ultimate skills. But only clones created from the [Body Double] skill are capable of such a feat. Of course, there was the updated version he merged with the shadow clone, but it was still limited to 10 clones at the current moment.
Putting that aside for now, Zaydas dispelled all the shadow clones and gathered everyone in the mansion's courtyard.
"First of all, I need to say something." Zaydas cleared his throat, and under everyone's gaze, he said: "Shuna asked me if it's possible to create a way to make travel between worlds more flexible. And, after deep analysis, I managed to find a way to make it work."
Upon hearing that, many of their eyes sparkled, since they liked this dimension but also wanted to explore the other dimensions, especially Zaydas' world of origin.
"Zaydas-sama..."
Gesturing with his hand to stop, Zaydas interrupted Ravel who was about to speak: "I know. You're worried about the coming and going between worlds, right? But... there's no need to worry, I'll have control over who gets permission to go and come. In other words, no person without my authorization will be allowed to travel to another world through the passage I intend to create."
Ravel nodded in understanding.
"Zay-kun." Grayfia suggested: "Zay-kun, what if we used this to create a group chat between worlds? That way, if someone from the group is in danger or something like that, they can ask for help in the group chat."
"Huh? That's a good idea..." Zaydas became thoughtful.
'Odin, analyze whether it's possible to create a network connection between dimensions.'
{Right away!}
Odin was no different from a quantum computer. The process of analyzing this ability had now reached an incredible level.
It took less than 1 second for 'Odin' to find an answer.
{Answering. It is possible, but for such a connection to work, the 'Dimensional Gates' must be created first. Without this 'Bridge' connecting the dimensions, it's practically impossible to force a connection. Unless, of course, through the [Dimensional Jump] skill, but it would still be limited and with obvious flaws.}
'Well, I already intend to create portals connecting the dimensions I've been to, so...'
Thinking that far, he smiled a little as he said: "About Grayfia-nee's suggestion, it's possible. I'll try to make it happen as soon as possible!"
With that, there was a round of applause before they calmed down again.
"Of course, before putting this into practice, I will create durable smartphones and distribute them to each of you." Saying that much, he already started thinking about the materials he would use to create such smartphones.
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Because of Grayfia's idea, their stay lasted a few more hours until Zaydas finally finished all the smartphones.
Each of them was already fully prepared for when the dimensional connection was opened. However, even without that, the internet network was already functioning to allow communication between them within the same dimension.
Since he had a complete database through 'Odin' who had 'read' several books... The internet network created by him was quite complete. Even information from the TSSDK dimension was available—after all, he had gone to the library before and analyzed several books beforehand.
Everything that had been analyzed before was transferred to 'Odin'.
With all of that done, it was finally time to return to his own dimension.