THAT TIME I REINCARNATED SLIME LIGHT NOVEL SC (2025)

"Living alone and never having had a girlfriend, 37-year-old Satoru Mikami is dissatisfied with how his life has turned out. But after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a new world...as a slime monster."

"37-year-old Satoru Mikami got a new lease on life when he was reincarnated into another world...as a slime named Rimuru Tempest. But with the help of his wits, his newfound powers, and a little luck, he's started building a cross-species village of goblins, direwolves, and dwarves! Rimuru doesn't know it yet, but his arrival is bringing major changes to his new world..."

"After a furious battle with the orcs, peace has returned to the Forest of Jura. Rimuru's mostly worried about finishing his town... until a visit from King Gazel Dwargo of the dwarves turns everything upside down, and he's about to have a run-in with an exceptionally dangerous demon lord. What's a slime to do?!"

"Rimuru is gaining more and more power with his monster country, especially now that he has demon lord and dwarf allies. But then he has a dream about Shizue-a grief-stricken plea to save her former students "

"Despite Rimuru's absence, Tempest was as peaceful as always. Well, as peaceful as a monster town called 'Tempest' could get, anyway. But that was only until they learned that a bunch of heavily armed humans were coming their way. To make matters worse, the Beast Kingdom of Eurazania has declared war on Milim, and Rimuru is nowhere to be found !"

"Newly-minted Demon Lord Slime Rimuru has received word of a special assembly of all the demon lords, known as the Walpurgis Council. It just so happens that the topic of this year's meeting is how best to punish Rimuru for assuming his new demonic title... Will this hotshot slime go and crash this council himself?! "

"News of demon lord Clayman's defeat by Rimuru shakes the Holy Empire of Lubelius to its core, especially since the Chief Knight of their Holy Imperial Guard, Hinata Sakaguchi, had once attacked Rimuru not long ago. In an attempt to avoid total warfare at all costs, Hinata shoulders the blame for all the bloodshed and decides of her own accord to head for Tempest...! For readers ages 13 years and up."

"It's festival time in Tempest, and this exuberant ectoplasm knows how to throw a party! After reconciling with Hinata and securing his title as demon lord, Rimuru's pulling out all the stops to hold a massive bash in his nation of monsters, along with a little help from his many friends and allies!"

"The day has finally come for the Tempest Founder's Festival to kick off! From live concerts to incredible feats of monster engineering (and most of all, the massive labyrinth), revelers are sure to have their minds blown. And who should decide to participate in the battle tournament than the hero himself, Lightspeed Masayuki?! For readers ages 13 and up. "

The Tempest Founder's Festival was a roaring success, and Rimuru's next goal is to join the infamous Council of the West. However, a certain influential figure within the Council has no intention of letting someone as powerful as Rimuru have a seat at the table, and they will stop at nothing to quietly snuff him out before he makes any moves!

Rimuru and his crew are off to visit the demon lord Luminus in the Holy Empire of Lubelius for a music recital. Everything seems to be going smoothly...until Rimuru and Luminus get caught up in some crafty schemes that threaten to put the performance on hold! Will this big event manage to go off without a hitch?!

Threatened by Tempest's rapid expansion, the Eastern Empire finally begins to strike back. According to Chloe, the time-traveling Hero, there exists a timeline in which the Empire defeats Rimuru and Tempest subsequently collapses. While Rimuru's doom isn't set in stone, his victory isn't a foregone conclusion either. And to make matters worse, an Empire spy seems to have infiltrated Tempest...

The Empire deploys a vast army over 900,000 soldiers strong to invade the Forest of Jura. In response, Ramiris evacuates Tempest Ä s inhabitants into the Dungeon for safety. While Primal Demons Testarossa and Ultima duke it out with the Empire on the front lines, the rest of the imperial army attempts to invade Ramiris Ä s labyrinthine shelter. Little do they know, however, that the only thing they Ä ll find there is a devastating bloodbath courtesy of Tempest Ä s own mighty forces...

Having easily thwarted the Eastern Empire's invasion, Rimuru wishes to end the conflict once and for all and therefore heads for the imperial capital to take out the source. Meanwhile, Yuuki has worked his way up inside the Empire with the intention to stage a coup d'état and usurp the throne. Rimuru, however, comes to find that the Empire's true power is on a whole other level from what he's seen so far...

After a fierce battle, Veldora has fallen into the enemy's clutches, and Rimuru is furious. The order comes down to unleash a massacre, and Benimaru and the other Tempest executives couldn't be more thrilled. The fuse has been lit for the final battle between Tempest and the Eastern Empire. But if he wants to save Veldora, Rimuru will need to evolve even further. It's time to release the power he's been holding back!

Rimuru has emerged victorious in the war against the Eastern Empire, but between the ultimate skill Michael taking over Ludora's body and the mystic lord Feldway lurking behind the scenes, he still has a lot left on his plate. Meanwhile, the fight at the labyrinth-conducted while Rimuru was busy with his own climactic battle-revealed some serious flaws in the monster nation's defenses. Now that things are calmer, it's time for our favorite demon slime to address some major infrastructure issues with his team...

This volume marks the first short-story collection in the Slime series, taking a deep dive into the epic tale's fantasy world-and what its characters get up to when Rimuru isn't bossing them around! Gard Mjöllmile, the most powerful human member of Tempest's government, is up to some less-than-proper dealings in the Western Nations; Velgrynd gets involved with a familiar-looking planet as she traces the trail of her lover; Caligulio starts facing up to his past as he strives to rebuild the Empire; and Raine, Primal Demon and servant of the demon lord Guy Crimson, has a complaint or two about her toxic work environment. All that plus an extra tale you won't want to miss in this stellar collection!

The seraphim army's invasion under Michael's command moves forward, and the Walpurgis Council is held for the eight demon lords of the Octagram to respond to the threat. Veldora's eldest sister, the true dragon Velzard, has fallen into the enemy's hands through Michael's skill Ultimate Dominion. Rimuru will need to deploy Tempest's military to various places if he hopes to rectify this situation...

Rimuru and his forces fight heroically on all fronts to stop Michael's plan...only to lose the demon lord Leon to Feldway's schemes. Michael's next target is Masayuki the Hero, who possesses the soul of Ludora, Michael's former host. There to meet him in battle are the paladin Hinata, the Primal Demon Blanc, and Velgrynd the Flame Dragon. But just when Michael begins to set things in motion, the situation devolves even further into chaos...

Although Rimuru managed to defeat his archenemy Michael, battles continue to rage across the land, and the fighting between Milim's forces and the Insectors is particularly chaotic. Just when the outcome looks to be in Milim's favor, a beautiful woman of ice and snow appears, drastically altering the tides of the war. She is none other than Velzard, the eldest of the only three True Dragons in existence. Once Velzard overwhelms the situation, encasing everything in ice, Milim begins to go on a rampage-and Rimuru has no choice but to return to the battlefield to stop her.

Rimuru's disappearance struck the land of Tempest like a violent tremor, but this time, the monsters leading his government quickly regained their cool. They know for certain that Rimuru is still alive, and if he returned to find his nation wrecked, there would be hell to pay. For now, they must deal with the problems in front of them…and so Benimaru shifts his focus to the force of angels led by Deeno. They're invading the labyrinth, and Vega's corrosive abilities have made them a worrisome threat indeed-that is, until two pillars of the dark stand before them…