Night in the Great Jura Forest.
Under the moonlight, a Fanged Wolf with a scarred eye stood on a giant rock, giving a pre-battle pep talk to the many Fanged Wolves below.
Tonight, they would bathe the Goblin Village in blood, taking the first step towards dominating the Great Jura Forest.
"What a beautiful night! This forest has lost Veldora's protection; there's nothing to fear!"
"Tonight, we will destroy the Goblin Village and establish a foothold for conquering the Great Jura Forest!"
"Awooo!" "Awooo!"
The many Fanged Wolves cheered in unison.
"We will become the rulers of this forest."
"Awooo!"
After speaking, the Fanged Wolf leader leaped from the giant rock.
"My subordinates, follow me!"
"Awooo!" "Awooo!"
The many Fanged Wolves followed their leader, running through the forest, and soon arrived at the open ground outside the Goblin Village.
"A Slime and a human?"
Looking at the human and the Slime standing at the entrance of the Goblin Village, the Fanged Wolf leader muttered in confusion.
Rimuru, on the other hand, warned the group of Fanged Wolves in front of him:
"If you retreat now, I won't do anything. Leave immediately!"
Hearing the Slime's warning, the Fanged Wolf leader felt underestimated. How dare a mere Slime order him around?
"Showing off your petty cleverness! A mere Slime dares to command us Fanged Wolves? Knock down that fence and sacrifice the Goblins!"
As the Fanged Wolf leader's command was given, all the Fanged Wolves began to charge towards the Goblin Village.
The Fanged Wolves' charge was astonishingly fast. In no time, they had reached the village entrance, about to tear down the fence.
Just then, an incredibly arrogant voice echoed from the village entrance into the ears of all the monsters present:
"Oh ho! A few small dogs dare to be so arrogant? Rimuru, let me handle this! Watch how I deal with these little dogs!"
Zhong Chen, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, finally couldn't hold back and decided to act upon seeing the arrogant Fanged Wolf leader.
Zhong Chen flipped his right hand, and a rusty, broken sword appeared in his palm.
"A Chen, your sword is so broken, it's almost as bad as the Goblins' broken swords!"
"Uh… that's not important!"
Hearing Rimuru's Make complaints, Zhong Chen's old face couldn't help but flush.
The system didn't give him good weapons, and there was nothing he could do. He didn't have any refining materials, so he couldn't refine them himself. He was helpless!
The system made him lose face. It's all the system's fault.
System: Oh, right, right, it's all my fault (▼ dish ▼ #)
"A mere human dares to be so arrogant? My subordinates, tear him to shreds!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's undisguised contempt, the Fanged Wolf leader's rage instantly peaked.
"Then let's see!"
With that, Zhong Chen's figure instantly vanished, reappearing in front of the Fanged Wolf running at the very front.
Zhong Chen raised the sword in his hand and unleashed a sword qi towards the Fanged Wolf's neck.
"Pfft…"
The sword qi sliced through, and the wolf's head fell to the ground with a thud. The wolf's body fell unwillingly.
"Damn it, you cursed human! Quick, all of you, attack together and tear him to shreds!"
"Awooo!" "Awooo!" "Awooo!"
Seeing their fallen companion, the many Fanged Wolves were not afraid. Instead, their latent ferocity was ignited, and they charged at Zhong Chen fearlessly.
"A Chen, be careful!"
"Lord Chen, be careful!"
Rimuru and the many Goblins couldn't help but voice their concern at this sight.
"Heh heh, warm-up's over. Time to show some real skill!"
No sooner had he spoken than Zhong Chen lightly tapped the ground with his right foot, and his body slowly floated up. As he flew higher and higher, in no time, he was above the heads of the many Fanged Wolves.
Floating in the air, Zhong Chen was bathed in moonlight, appearing like an immortal descending to the mortal world.
As Zhong Chen raised his right hand high, he shouted loudly:
"Let the world know pain!!!"
He sharply slashed downwards with his sword-wielding right hand, and a sword qi, over ten meters high, shot towards the Fanged Wolf leader.
"Danger! Dodge quickly! What kind of human is this?!"
The sword qi sliced across the ground. Not a single Fanged Wolf in its path could withstand it for even a moment.
As the sword qi passed, they all turned into corpses and fell. The Fanged Wolf leader looked at the sword qi before him and couldn't help but fall into despair:
"Was I wrong? I shouldn't have led my kin to their deaths. It's all my fault!!!"
Pfft!
After the sword qi split the Fanged Wolf leader's body in half, it continued to extend backward.
The sword qi lasted for over ten seconds before slowly disappearing, leaving a sword mark several meters deep and nearly a thousand meters long on the ground.
Silence… Looking at this sword mark, both Goblins and Fanged Wolves stopped moving, engulfed in deep shock.
"Lord… Lord Chen is too… too… too amazing!"
"With Lord Chen protecting us, we no longer have to fear being bullied!"
"Oh oh oh oh * n"
A moment later, the Goblins let out deafening cheers.
"A Chen, you're too incredible!"
Rimuru exclaimed, looking at Zhong Chen, who was slowly returning to the ground from the sky.
"Heh heh! Just average, third in the world! Don't worship me, I'm just a legend!"
Listening to Rimuru's flattery, Zhong Chen responded with extreme smugness.
The broken sword in his right hand had already been returned to the system space the moment he landed.
Looking at Zhong Chen's smug expression, Rimuru jumped into Zhong Chen's arms and said lightly:
"Hey, A Chen, do you also like carrying rice?"
"Ah, Rimuru, so you watch Naruto too!"
[It's over, my chuunibyou behavior has been discovered. Isn't this social death?!]
[System! Is there a way to make everyone lose their memories? Never mind… maybe I should just kill them all!]
System: Don't start talking about killing over such a small matter!
"I didn't expect A Chen to have such a chuunibyou side, hehe!"
Rimuru, having discovered Zhong Chen's chuunibyou side, felt inexplicably much better.
"Heh heh! A man is a youth until death, you know!"
Listening to Rimuru's words, Zhong Chen hugged Rimuru tightly with his left hand, scratched his head awkwardly with his right, and stubbornly retorted with a slight blush.
"Well! Let's skip this topic for now. Rimuru, you go deal with the problem over there!"
Rimuru followed Zhong Chen's gaze and saw that all the surviving Fanged Wolves were quietly looking at Rimuru and Zhong Chen.
"Ah, I almost forgot about these Fanged Wolves."
"Heave-ho!"
Rimuru jumped from Zhong Chen's arms to stand before the Fanged Wolf pack.
"I give you a choice: obey or die!"
Hearing Rimuru's words, the Fanged Wolves made no sound.
"Oh no, what if they attack with the spirit of absolute disobedience? Can they just obediently run away? I won't really have to kill them all, will I?"
Suddenly, Rimuru seemed to think of something and softly muttered:
"Predation!"
As the Predator skill activated, Rimuru's body instantly turned into liquid and consumed the Fanged Wolf leader's corpse.
[Analysis complete. Acquired Mimicry: Fanged Wolf. Acquired Fanged Wolf unique skills: [Super Olfaction], [Telepathy], [Intimidation].]
"Good! Great Sage, Mimicry: Fanged Wolf!"
[Understood!]
Rimuru's body began to change rapidly, instantly mimicking a majestic Fanged Wolf.
[It's so good to have the Great Sage. She can handle everything for him. I'm so jealous!]
Looking at Rimuru, who had turned into a Fanged Wolf, Zhong Chen's eyes couldn't help but well up with envious tears.
Rimuru, in Fanged Wolf form, came before the many Fanged Wolves and said in a deliberately fierce voice:
"If you are unwilling to obey, you are permitted to leave immediately!"
[Intimidation]
"Awooo!"
Rimuru let out a howl and activated the Intimidation skill, spreading its intimidating aura around.
The Goblins were pushed off balance, while among the Fanged Wolves, one with white fur on its neck and tail slowly walked out, enduring the intimidation.
[This one must be the second-eldest filial son!]
Looking at the Fanged Wolf slowly walking out, Zhong Chen couldn't help but think to himself.
"We are willing to follow you!"
Led by this Fanged Wolf, all the other Fanged Wolves prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted respectfully.
Hearing this, Rimuru immediately canceled the transformation.
However, during the cancellation, a pair of wolf ears remained on his head, and there was also a fluffy wolf tail behind him, but this appearance was fleeting.
[C-Kawaii!]
Looking at Rimuru's momentarily retained Fanged Wolf features, Zhong Chen, a former otaku, couldn't help but shout in his heart.
"Well, it's good that we don't have to fight. Yes, yes, peace is best!"
Watching Rimuru's cute head-wobbling, Zhong Chen's mood improved considerably.
The next day, Goblin Village.
[Genshin Impact launch, no… System check-in.]
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