Slime Who Turned into a Demon King
20.Smilingly

Then with that newfound confidence, I let my body

flow and follow Predict Future

Guide the attack, trying to snatch Hinata's sword from his hand...

It was an instinct, a baseless premonition in his mind, and it told him

that letting his sword continue along this path would be a mistake

fatally.

Hinata prefers a logical approach to combat. He was never involved

in behavior that is contrary to the evidence. But this time, he believed

on his sixth sense. That saved him. It was just a trick, fortunately enough, though,

and he can force his sword away from his path — or really, he

pushing his own body on the road, making contact with Rimuru and exiting

to a safe distance.

Rimuru looked a little surprised at this but readied his sword once more,

awaited him. Hinata does the same — but there is something different.

Now, Rimuru looked like a different fighter than before. Him

trying tricks. He ignored her, letting the sword whiz by like that

didn't even register, and slashed at Hinata instead. There is no doubt

for a moment, it was as if he knew exactly what Hinata would do next.

........Is that a coincidence? No. gabe... It's even more accurate than Compute

Predictions...

That's very close to predicting the future. He felt as if he was almost

perfectly read his mind.

The growth speed is incredible. I might beat him in skill

a sword, but its latent ability was more than just making up for it. There's no one

half-heartedly will work against it. But if it doesn't...

Coldly, impartially, Hinata compares herself to Rimuru. At the

at that point, he realized, his chances of victory plummeted in numbers

staggering. He was hoping for a quick resolution, because more time was just

will support the position of his opponent, and this is the result. If he wants to beat a man

this, he was now aware, he had to throw away all good, all efforts to

'to be easy' or not to actively kill him.

There is only one answer left. To start a step that he usually takes

never show in public and to win with him.

He kept his distance, aiming to start something new.

It looked like things were mostly settled around them. All

people stalled, as if time was frozen for them; they were all focused on

battle of Hinata and Rimuru. The two of them could not even attack each other

again — they both can read so far in the future, they can

predict the outcome before they take action.

Time pass.

“...Rimuru, I have a proposal.”

“Let's finish this with the next attack. I have finishing moves, though,

and I intend to put all My strength into it. If you

can hold it, you win. If not..”

“I lost?”

Hinata nodded. “But let me warn you in advance — moves

it's hazardous. Are you willing to accept this?”

He thinks he will. But now after Hinata was friendly

giving this warning, Rimuru was no longer in danger of death from the aftermath

assault. That meant Hinata could use it without regret. If he's right

right kill him, the high-level magic-born below him will turn into

a raging threat, attacking all humans without prejudice. Hinnata, hinata,

his exhausted strength, would be killed all at once, followed by all the fighters

his weak paladin. To avoid that, Rimuru needs to be kept alive.

This movement is called Meltslash, part of the Overblade family, and usually, he

prepare it secretly, not letting anyone

watch it first. It was a combination of magic and play

the sword, and its power is immense. There was no way to temper it in a feeble attempt to reduce his death. That's why he rarely uses it.

Besides, if I show you this, you just copy it like that

it's the easiest thing in the world, isn't it?

He had ordered Meltslash only for enemies he wanted to kill.

Reveal it to Rimuru, who can learn anything after a

same, frustrating him. But that's it. No one else is holding him back.

...I have to finish this here!

The only way to make Rimuru admit defeat is by

show him how much he lost.

“But let me warn you in advance — this step is dangerous. Is

you willing to accept this?”

He must be very confident about this finisher of his. But that doesn't make any sense

to me. Why did he give me a warning first?

Understood No desire can be detected on the part of Hinata Sakaguchi

to kill you. If he warns you, it shows how

dangerous that.

I-i understand. He didn't want to kill me.

Waitwhat? Didn't he come to do that? I mean, yeah, something

this looks a bit strange to me. Too late to boil it

now it's. There will be more time then — all the time in the world, on

in fact, once I win this.

“Sure. I accept your challenge.”

Hinata smiled at me. “Heh-heh... I thought you would do it.”.