04x10 - The Master of Greed

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I had no idea that Demon Lord
was such a dreamer.

Let me show you
how harsh reality can be.

You've left me no choice.

Let's settle this and see who's right.

I'll keep you company.

Oh? Interesting.

Such weaklings who let others
control them are no match for me!

Transform!

I'm also one of the Four Heavenly Kings!

This is the result
of my training with Ranga...

You wretched werewolf,
servant of the evil Demon Lord!

I'm your opponent!

Let me finish my line, dang it!

Demon Lord Rimuru,
you took their life...

Is that knight harboring
a grudge against me?

Is he manipulated by his desire for revenge
and made into Mariabell's pawn?

Your turn to go, Gaiye.

Beat the Demon Lord Rimuru to a pulp!

Gaiye?

That arrogant bloke?

I see...

He's already...

Huh?

You said you were dying to fight me.

At least I've fulfilled
your wish before you die.

Impossible...

What on earth is that power...

Really now? Haven't you the slightest idea
who you've made an enemy of?

You're next, Mariabell Rosso.

Do your best to become my nourishment.

THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED
AS A SLIME SEASON 4

EPISODE 82: THE GREEDY MASTER

Even Gaiye went down that easily...

He had burned every fragment
of his soul to reach peak strength.

I thought it would buy me time until
I could subdue that Demon King.

I was naive.

However...

Notice. Detected intent to use magic call
from individual Mariabell Rosso.

It's assumed she gave
an order to outsiders.

M-My body feels heavy!

This feeling... it rings a bell.

Holy Field, huh?

Correct. You're absolutely right.

I'm not so naive as to think that
we'd have any chance fighting you head-on.

Yet you, who overestimated
your own strength just now,

have exposed your vulnerability
before me.

That will spell your doom.

Let this be a lesson about the gap
between human and monster intelligence.

Such an open book you are.

I figured it'd come to this.

The intel on Granville being
the Western Holy Church's Seven Days Clergy

has already leaked.

You probably tried to trap me,
but I've got you right back.

I lured you out by using myself as bait.

You'd have to show up in person
if you want to manipulate me.

Right. I admit it.

I was the one
who overestimated my own power.

The idea of subjugating Demon Lord Rimuru
was nothing but a pipe dream...

It's not what I want,

but it would be foolish to ignore
such a dangerous threat...

I have no choice.

I'm going all out.

I'll k*ll you with everything I've got.

Yeah, I'll give it my all too.

Crave the death, Lost Entropy!

Master Rimuru!

Do you have time to worry
about other people?

Very anticlimactic, this.

No matter your strength, you can
never let go of your craving for life.

And that's why I'm invincible.

My Greed is the strongest, after all.

I see.

Every living thing possesses
an instinctive craving for life.

So this is the technique to reverse that?

You'd be right in calling this
the strongest skill.

There's no way...

What it is, however,
is only the strongest of unique skills.

Affirmative.

It is ineffective against Master
who has awakened the Ultimate Skill.

It is a matter of soul strength.

Which makes the probability of victory for
the individual known as Mariabell Rosso...

...zero.

Too bad, I've finished analyzing you.

Your powers won't work
on me anymore.

Just how far are you going to
bend the common sense...

Stand down, Mariabell.

This is your final warning.

Live as ordinary as any girl,
then I'll spare your soul.

I can't afford to lose.

There is no other path for me except
to defeat the Demon Lord Rimuru.

The Western Nations and this world,

all belong to me alone.

More, give me more!

I'm going to win this battle,
even if it costs me everything!

I see. So this is how Gaiye
got stronger.

No, wait...

Notice. The physical abilities
of the individual known as Mariabell Rosso,

alongside her unique skill, Greed,
have increased significantly.

Even the power of her skills too...

Meet your demise,
Demon Lord Rimuru!

Didn't I tell you that your power
won't work on me anymore?

I'll put you out of your misery.

Reflect on your sins inside me.

Shion!

Master Yuuki!

Yuuki...

I completely underestimated you,
Demon Lord Rimuru.

I didn't think you'd push me this far.

Notice. The power of the individual named
Yuuki Kagurazaka has rapidly increased.

It seems that the individual
named Mariabell Rosso

has transferred her power
via her unique skill, Greed.

How cumbersome.

I'll take that as a compliment.

You sure had the audacity
to look around.

I'm going all out now.

Shock. Uriel's Universal Barrier
has been broken.

Impossible!

It's assumed that the individual
named Yuuki Kagurazaka

possesses an extremely unique physical
constitution, known as an Anti-Skill.

So, not only will my Absolute Guard
not work,

but all my attacks will
also get nullified as well?!

Correct.

Anti-Skill is a type of
spiritual constitution

that nullifies magic and skills.

Arts still work, then...

The fact that an Ultimate Skill
can be penetrated is simply unheard of!

Didn't you say you couldn't acquire
unique skills or special abilities?!

I did not lie.

Didn't I say that only my physical abilities
are abnormally developed?

This guy...

If he's just being manipulated,
I'd rather not k*ll him if possible...

But I guess I have no choice.

Wow. Quite a sword you got there.

Don't blame me when you die.

That's my line.

Why, Grandmaster?

It looked like he was following
that girl's orders...

Did she take advantage of us?

No way!

There's no way Master Yuuki
would betray us!

I believe, he has his reason.

T-That's right!

There has to be some reason
he can't tell us!

You're right.

What should I do now?

If only I could break him
from the mental interference...

Notice. The attempt to interfere
was blocked by his Anti-Skill.

Thought so.

In my case, even a simple punch
is delivered with skills in effect.

Which renders my attacks useless.
Or so it's supposed to be.

Is he just dodging or countering
sword attacks with his own weapon?

Notice. Anti-Skill has
no effect on weapons.

I knew it!

So physical attacks from
weapons actually work?!

Then, Yuuki's weapon attack is...

Caught you off guard, Rimuru.

Too bad you didn't.

Your bare hand punch hurts more.

No way, you take that on purpose?!

That's too ridiculous!

Attacks from Yuuki's weapons
won't penetrate my absolute defense.

Storm Break!

That was a single strike
that merges a sword slash

with the storm-type magic
of the Ultimate Skill, Veldora.

Notice. Part of the effect of this Art
is negated by an Anti-Skill.

It's fine.
I don't intend to k*ll him.

Storm-type magic destroys
bodily tissue through wounds,

and corrodes the entire body...

But, with your Anti-Skill constitution,
it shouldn't be lethal.

Forensic Analysis.

As expected, he's completely
corrupted by Mariabell's Greed.

I couldn't even break
the mental interference.

The only means left is...

Stay asleep until
I've dealt with Mariabell.

It's gonna hurt a bit,
but don't take it personally.

Please wait a minute!

Please have mercy
and spare Master Yuuki!

That's dangerous!
Yuuki's being controlled, you know?!

No!

It's impossible for Master Yuuki

to be surpassed in inner strength
by a girl like that!

Master Yuuki,
please pull yourself together!

You're not the type of person
to let others push you around!

Miss Kagali...

Yeah, she's right.

Yeah!

Our Grandmaster isn't that weak!

H-Huh...?

Suddenly it feels like
I'm the bad guy here...

Y-You guys...

Master Yuuki!

If you put it that way,
I can't let you down any more than this.

Huh?

Grandmaster!

Did you just come to your senses...?

Yeah.

It feels like your voices
brought me back to my senses.

Thank you.

Grandmaster!

I'm really glad!

I believed in you!

Ah...
- Notice.

Detected a change in the individual
named Yuuki Kagurazaka.

It seems the mental interference
caused by Greed has been lifted.

Is such a convenient plot twist
even allowed?!

As long as Yuuki isn't hostile,
the remaining knight isn't a threat.

Once the mental interference was released,

it turned out that the person mentioned by
the knight was none other than Glenda.

Turns out this guy used to be
one of the Three Battlesages.

When Glenda took his seat, it seems
she stole his heart along with it...

I wish you'd told me sooner
if Glenda was still alive.

I've told you a million times already!

Also, Yuuki has recovered from his injury.

Apparently, he can enable or disable
the Anti-Skill himself...

I'm sorry about the trouble I caused.

But you really helped me out.

That's just too outrageous.

Rimuru.

Would you let me chase after Mariabell?

Can you win against her?

It will be a breeze,
as long as I'm careful.

I just can't accept being manipulated
when my Anti-Skill is off.

It hurts my pride.

Yeah...

I think she probably wants to overload
the power plant deep underground

and drag you down with her, Rimuru.

Power plant?

If it goes out of control, the expl*si*n
at the ruins won't be the end of it.

Please allow me to come along.

I've already surveyed ruins of this kind
in full detail after exploring Soma.

Should the worst-case scenario occur,
I would be able to stop it.

The serious expression
of a beautiful woman is really striking.

All right. Then I'll leave it to you.

Shion, Gobta!

You guys will guide everyone
to meet up with the dark elves.

Act as their guards!

Understood!

Where are you going, Master Rimuru?!

I'm backing Milim up!

Without catching him off guard,

there's no way we can take down
that Demon Lord.

It's a risky method
that could get me dragged in too...

However, now is not the time
to worry about that.

Huh?

There's nothing.

That's weird...

What's going on?

There never was a magic-powered
reactor down here.

There never was one in Soma either.

Is that you, Yuuki?

Yeah, it's me.

How was your fight with Demon Lord Rimuru?

It's over.

I gave it my all, but there's
just no way I can beat him.

I thought I'd finish him off
once there's a chance.

That got me sweating b*ll*ts.

That aside, I was frantically worried
that I'd actually been betrayed.

Ahaha, my bad.

I thought it would sound more convincing
if I kept it from you too.

It can't be.

But the fact is as clear as day.

There's indeed no sign of Greed's
influence on Yuuki right now...

Did you break my power, Yuuki?

How did you do it?

Since when?!

Are you curious?

Just tell me already!

All right, I'll show you.

No way...

It's not true.

It can't be true...

Have you been pretending to be
under my control all this time?!

Yes.

It was all an act!

What do you think?
Quite the performance, wasn't it?

Ridiculous!

The greater your desire,
the harder it becomes to resist me...

Especially for someone as greedy as you!

My power stems from
the root of the emotion: desire.

It's the strongest there is!

It should not be possible to defeat!

And you'd be right.

However, right after crossing over
to this world, I created Anti-Skill.

Created?

Yeah, to nullify all
the malice directed at me.

Even so, none of that matters.

After all, my desires
are far greater than yours.

Your Greed won't work on me,
even without Anti-Skill.

This world is my playground.

My ambition is...

...to become the ruler of this world.

Don't mess with me...
I'm... Mariabell...

Mariabell of the Greed!

The likes of you are beneath me.

It's futile.

Your petty desires won't be
enough to defeat me.

No way...

The power of Greed is...

You are taking my...

Correct.

There's no way you can do...

Of course I can.

It's just a matter of transferring
to someone more suitable.

Had you been born
in this world ten years earlier,

you could have ruled the world.

The luck wasn't on your side.

With that young body, you likely couldn't
have masterfully wielded that skill.

Hmm?

You can't hear me anymore, huh?

I mean, you said it yourself.

That my desires are too great.

Good night, Mariabell.

I'll be the one
to take care of your desires.

Mariabell,
who lived through turbulent times,

came to her end in this world
after a short life.

As the world's truths dictate,

those without strength
are destined to be losers.

Next time: Milim's Friend.