Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Ch.104-200+

Chapter 171 - Clash! Storm Dragon vs Scorch Dragon - First Part -

171. CLASH! STORM DRAGON VS SCORCH DRAGON – FIRST HALF –

That battle had affected the surrounding topology, and caused great change to the ecosystem.

A ‘calamity’ which was later named ‘The Scorching Tempest’ had occurred.

No matter the conclusion, it was definitely a battle that surpassed human understanding.

The only silver lining was that the it had taken place over the ocean.

The heat had caused the seawater to evaporate, which formed clouds that brought forth heavy rain to the surrounding areas, but there was no major impact on land.

If it had been over land, or worse, in close vicinity of a country, the scale of damage would have been catastrophic.

But, there definitely was some damage.

The marine life which inhibited that ocean region had been significantly affected, and as a result, the already huge sea creatures ended up evolving into even bigger, more terrifying sea monsters.

With the creation of these sea monsters, this ocean region had become an untraversable region.

As a result, the sea route was closed off, and even the airspace above that ocean region was deemed unsafe.

This was the reality of the great damage that ‘The Scorching Tempest’ had brought about.

Among the central islands of the ‘Continent of Eternal Ice’, was an area of sea that lay in permafrost.

The surrounding skies were controlled by aerial demons that had become more savage due to being bathed Demon Lord Guy Crimson’s magic.

Because of that, and because one of the sea routes had ended up being closed off because of the ‘calamity’, there was a need to accelerate the establishment of a railway network and of Transit Gates for travel over the main land.

As this was part of Demon Lord Rimuru’s motives, it was debated whether the events were part of the Demon Lord’s strategy;

Whether he wanted to gain total control of the land transport routes. (TN: it was stated that Rimuru intended to spread his rail network in an older chapter)

It was a fact that the transport network prepared by the Demon Lord contributed to the advance of human technology.

But was the ‘calamity’ purposefully caused by the Demon Lord?

This would become a hot topic of debate for historians of the future.

But that this calamity was simply an amusing twist of fate; no historian could have predicted this culmination of events.

The phrase “reality is often stranger than fiction”, couldn’t have suited these string of events better.

Putting the debate aside, the cause of this ‘calamity’ being a battle among ‘True Dragons’ would be made an undeniable fact by future historians.

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Veldora, comfortably soaring through the skies, tried increasing his speed slightly.

Compared to when he was sealed, having better control of his magic now, his flying speed has increased.

「Kuahahahaha! Superb. This is a superb speed!」

He said, getting carried away.

It felt comfortable.

With the knowledge attained from the scriptures (manga) that Rimuru possessed, Veldora tweaked around with the logic here and there and produced good results.