When Alice heard this, a hint of envy flashed in her eyes.

Strictly speaking, the Ruby Guard is a profession that is not inferior to the Eternal Blade.

——The premise is that the emperor did not add any ingredients to Louis.

LV1 Eternal Blade can acquire two skills.

The first one is the Blade Mentor.

The second is eternal training.

These two abilities make the Eternal Blade exceptionally powerful.

She looked at the ball of light floating next to Louis and reached out to poke it.

It's soft and fun.

"Girl, you should be respectful to a weathered warrior. Your look is a bit too much. I am not a pet."

Hearing this, Alice's eyes widened.

"A Blade Mentor with complete consciousness? I believe this guy is really a gift prepared for you by your father-in-law."

Yes, although the Blade Mentor is called a mentor, his essence is actually the spirit of a member of the ancient [Eternal Blade] organization, a phantom cast in the main material world.

No matter how powerful a warrior is, it is difficult to resist the erosion of time.

The souls of most Blade Mentors have long since dissipated with the passage of time, leaving behind only spiritual bodies that carry past memories.

Although they can provide advice, tactical guidance and training to the Eternal Blade, they are essentially just a question-and-answer machine with a huge combat database.

Only a very small number of Blade Mentors are able to communicate vividly with the Eternal Blade.

Obviously, the Blade Mentor beside Louis is such a person.

Louis said curiously:

"What should I call you?"

The ball of light snorted and said:

"My real name is too long. According to your human custom, my name is Merlin Stormblade. You can just call me Mr. Merlin."

Louis nodded: "Okay, Mr. Merlin, I want to ask a question."

Who would have thought that before I could even open my mouth, Teacher Merlin responded with three questions in a row.

"First of all, I can only observe the main material world through your five senses, and this must be approved by you."

"Don't try to use me as a scout. I can't see what you can't see."

"Don't worry about me observing your unique XP. If you plan to have a beastly love affair with a goblin, please block me. I will thank you."

"Secondly, my soul is rooted in the outer plane. What you see now is just my reflection projected into the main material world."

"I am immortal. You don't need to take care of me during the battle, and don't be idle to block the sword for me. And don't try to put me in a weird place. I can fly."

"Finally, I cannot communicate with any living being other than you, as a matter of principle."

"But if I am willing to expend my energy, I can indeed appear in ghost form for a short period of time, but only for 10 minutes a day."

"In this state, I can indeed act as a scout, but please don't always think of sending me to die. People can't and shouldn't do that."

"10 minutes"

Merlin snorted and said:

"It's only 10 minutes a day. If possible, don't always let your mentor be your scout."

"Although I am indeed immortal, I still feel pain in my soul state."

"Now, you have 8 minutes left. Okay, please start your questions."

The four of them looked at each other.

What on earth had this Blade Master experienced to become so skilled?

For some reason, he seemed to feel the past of various former weird Eternal Swords from this person.

——What on earth did you do to Blade Master? ! Louis nodded and said, "Basically nothing. You have answered my biggest question."

Hearing this, Merlin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Not bad, not bad. I finally met a normal person for once."

But Louis then asked Merlin a question that embarrassed him:

"Teacher Merlin, why did I seem to see you being caught by the black sun in the sky and stuffed directly into my body?"

Merlin: ...

Although Merlin is now just a ball of spiritual light, Louis can still feel Merlin's speechlessness from the waves constantly rising from the ball of light.

"What can I do?"

"The Black Sun suddenly projected a projection toward the outer world, telling me that if I didn't take the initiative to come to my door, He would come to block my door."

"I asked Him what He wanted to do, and He told me that He wanted me to guide a new Eternal Blade."

"Damn it, doesn't He know that doing this would break the rules?"

"Work hard, kid. You must become a hero who will be remembered for generations to come. At the very least, you must become a scourge filled with evil."

"Don't disgrace the reputation of the Blade Master."

Alice clicked her tongue in amazement: "Rumor has it that the Eternal Blade among the elves is chosen by the Blade Mentor."

"When a Blade Master chooses a young elf as a spiritual companion, they appear to that child in their dreams long before the child is ready to train as a warrior."

"Sometimes it just gives a dream of a strange flight, and sometimes it announces that something big is about to happen on the continent."

"This is the original way the Eternal Blade was passed down. From this perspective, every new Eternal Blade has been selected before they take office."

"But according to rumors, in some cases, the Blade Mentor will appear later, even after the elves have changed their jobs."

"In the various adventure stories circulated by the elves, it is often implied that an elven warrior is destined to accomplish something great."

The Blade Mentor glanced at Alice in surprise:

“This part of history is no longer known to many people.”

Alice snorted and said:

"I also wanted to become the Eternal Blade, but the ceremony required was too troublesome, so I chose to become the Ruby Guard."

Merlin sighed and said, "It is rumored that there are only five elves who were directly selected by the Blade Mentor without going through the Dream of Omen."

"But I want to tell you, this is not a rumor, it is true."

"In history, every warrior selected in this way has led the Eternal Blade to complete seemingly impossible tasks."

Merlin's voice was filled with frustration:

"But Hei Ri is unreasonable and directly asked me to choose you! Fortunately, you are not bad and you are indeed a talented person."

He quickly cheered up:

"Given time, under my guidance, you will surely become a legend of this millennium!"

Louis smacked his lips.

Emperor Lao Deng, so domineering! "But I like it!"

But he never expected that the emperor is now unable to come down from the Golden Throne?

I didn’t expect there is such a powerful means to influence the outer world.

His heart skipped a beat.

An incredible thought flashed through my mind.

That is, the Emperor's influence in the main material world is actually greatly restricted.

For ordinary people, the main material world is a huge filter.

Because of the existence of this filter, gods are usually unable to bring their true bodies and kingdoms into the main material world.

As a result, even when the gate of the abyss was wide open, the Lord of the Abyss could only drive his army in, and could not directly invade the continent.

But maybe...the Star Continent is fair to everyone.

It is not just those who make the exceptions who are restricted.

For the Emperor, the Star Continent is also a shackle that restricts him.

"It's been a while since I've been in the Shadowless Underworld. The atmosphere here is still so bad when I come back."

"But it's much quieter now than before. Tsk, is this the work of the Black Sun?"

Merlin wandered around the area and looked at Louis:

"You are quite clever. You used the characteristics of the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake to fish them out of the water. We have done this a long time ago."

"But this is not the best method. I saw that you brought the descendant of the Shoggoth. Using it to fish is the best choice."

Louis heard this, raised his eyebrows and said:

“Are you talking about Rimuru?”

Merlin said, "If you mean the slime, then it's correct."

"The astral race called the Ancients created the Shoggoths. The Ancients gave them life, thoughts, and malleable organs and flesh."

(The Ancient One in the picture below) "Slimes are a subspecies of the Shoggoth family that have specialized abilities to reproduce, adapt, and transform."

"After devouring other monsters or even intelligent species, they have a chance to unlock the mimicry of that species."

Louis was overjoyed when he heard this.

He had always heard that some slimes had the ability of mimicry.

Mimetic capabilities seem to be scarce.

But from what Merlin said, Rimuru has a chance to acquire this ability?

Suddenly, Merlin's body changed from a solid mass of air to a translucent shadow.

"Ten minutes up?"

Louis frowned.

Then he heard Merlin's calm voice in his heart:

"Your pet is more likely to be able to mimic than others, not because it is gifted, but because of you."

"The Lord of Greed of this time, it is you who gave him endless greedy desires."

"It is an extension of your authority. The biggest obstacle to slime mimicry is their own weak strength and low efficiency in digesting and absorbing food."

"However, because of your existence, the descendants of the Shoggoths have undergone a transformation."

"Among the last generation of Shoggoths, an extremely powerful being emerged."

"He later became the God of the Slime"

"Before falling into the abyss, in order to leave a way out for the descendants of the Shoggoth, He transformed some of the Soft Shoggoths into slimes with lower intelligence."

"These slimes are specialized in reproduction, adaptation, and transformation. Unlike the slime monsters that are becoming more and more chaotic and evil, they have become part of the continent's ecological chain."

"At this point, the slime and the ooze went their separate ways."

"Because of the [Sin of Greed] in you, this slime, while retaining its specialized abilities, has begun to regress towards a more primitive ooze monster or even a Shoggoth itself."

"At least for now, it's more dangerous than you."

"Young man, use your abilities wisely, and your enemies will be even more terrified of you."

Louis narrowed his eyes.

As expected of an old monster, no wonder he cancelled his ghost entity. It turned out that he was worried that his identity of [Capitalist Sin: Greed] would be exposed.

The operation is quite delicate.

This was the third time that someone had directly discovered the [Sin of Greed] in his body.

The first one was naturally Beatrice.

His first wife seemed to have some ability to see into the true nature of others.

The second is the emperor.

When facing the emperor, he had a feeling that he was seen through by the emperor.

Now, a third person appears who has become aware of the presence of the mortal sin.

Louis said softly:

"I thought you would just declare me guilty, Mr. Merlin."

Merlin sneered and said:

"The sin that is so heinous is the original sin in your body, and has nothing to do with the host."

"That's why I finally agreed to the Black Emperor's request."

"A host that has been entangled in the sin of greed needs someone to guide him onto the right path."

"Do you really think I'm afraid of the Black Emperor?"

Louis tried hard not to laugh.

Merlin spoke the first few sentences with great passion.

But in the last sentence, when he pronounced the honorable name of "Black Emperor", his tone suddenly weakened.

I am so timid, I can't really offer any persuasive words.

As if he noticed Louis's subtle expression, he instantly returned to his ghost form and loudly emphasized to the others: "I see it has absorbed a lot of the power of the Fallen Shadow. If it eats a few more, it will be able to unlock the mimicry of the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake."

Louis nodded.

He looked at the women.

Alice was the first to speak. She licked her lips gently, and a red light flashed in her eyes: "How many should we kill?"

Little Swan had a strange expression on his face. He patted Grace on the shoulder and said, "Grace, do you want to see a different look of Louis?"

Grace didn't understand and said softly:

"That depends on whether Mr. Caesar wants to do it!"

The little swan chuckled.

I almost forgot that Grace didn't know Louis' ability of [Greedy Dominator].

Who wants to see Rimuru's mimicry?! Wouldn't it be more interesting to see Louis' mimicry? So she emphasized again:

"Don't worry about what Louis thinks, just tell me whether you want to see it or not?!"

Grace lowered her head.

After a long while, she finally said:

"think."

"That's right, I think so too."

At this point, everyone reached a consensus on the goal.

Although they are a little tired now, the spiritual encouragement makes them more motivated.

And so, another 2 hours passed.

As the black light spread in Rimuru's body, after a moment, Rimuru's body was entangled by the diffuse power of Fallen Shadow.

Its body twisted and changed, turning into a Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake with a tail four or five meters long.

Perhaps it was not used to the new form, and it subconsciously swung its tail behind it.

The tail was very hard, and when it passed through the surrounding rocks, it instantly blew them into pieces.

"Huh? It's much better than I thought."

The Shadowless Beauty Snake is more like a beastmaster who has maxed out the [Taming Tigers] specialization.

Maybe it’s because his level is relatively low, and his physical fitness seems quite average to Louis.

It's effortless to kill one on one.

But now the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake that Rimuru transformed into was far superior to any beauty snake he had seen before.

"I see. Is the level after the mimicry based on the theoretical LV11 level of the serpentine?"

(End of this chapter)