Swirling Plots

Swirling Plots (渦巻く陰謀) is the seventy-second chapter of the manga adaptation of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

Summary
While Veldora was suppressing his aura, Raphael explained to Rimuru what the Ultimate Skill Veldora could do. After a few moments, Veldora was almost fully suppressing his powers. After the massacre of the Kingdom of Falmuth, Raphael explains that the monsters under Rimuru's lineage have evolved successfully and are trying to evolve his skills. The unique skill Unlimited Imprisonment has successfully evolved to Ultimate Skill Uriel.

After the discussion with Raphael about how easy it was to obtain an Ultimate Skill so easily, Veldora suppressed his aura completely and was ready to head out of the cave for the first time in 300 years. As soon as the duo walked out of the cave, they were met with a crowd of people. Suphia was arguing with Diablo about the appearance of the storm dragon. Benimaru acted wisely by deescalating the situation and announced that Rimuru would be safe, and they planned to not act irrationally.

After Rimuru apologized, to everybody concerned about his safety, he introduced the group to the person standing behind him. Veldora exclaims to everyone that Rimuru is his "pal" and was welcomed by the Dryads. Benimaru wanted to befriend the Storm Dragon, while Diablo wanted to learn how to hold in his aura. Souei was tasked with summoning all the officers to the briefing room, after his reconnaissance of Clayman's activity, including Youm and Kaval.

In the Puppet Nation Jistav, Clayman threw a wine glass on the floor out of frustration. He reminisces about the plan for the day that he was supposed to evolve a Demon Lord, but was foiled by Rimuru. Frey entered the room to inform Clayman that Demon Lord Carrion and Eurazania had been taken out by Demon Lord Milim. As Frey was about to leave, Clayman ordered Frey to take care of Milim because Milim was Clayman's "puppet." After Frey and Milim left, Clayman thought to himself about his plan to eliminate Demon Lord Leon Cromwell and was waiting for more intel from Laplace about the church.

Outside the Western Holy Church, Demon Lord Valentine was eliminating the intruder, who just so happened to be Laplace. While Laplace's infiltration didn't go as planned, he barely survives the attack done to him when he was planning to escape. To Be Continue Here...

Characters

 * Rimuru Tempest
 * Veldora Tempest
 * Benimaru
 * Diablo
 * Gabiru
 * Treyni
 * Trya
 * Suphia
 * Gobta
 * Rigur
 * Rigurd
 * Phobio
 * Albis
 * Souei
 * Lamrys (Flashback)
 * Youm Farmenas (Mentioned)
 * Kaval (Mentioned)
 * Other Goblins
 * Clayman
 * Frey
 * Leon Cromwell (Mentioned)
 * Laplace
 * Roy Valentin

Skills

 * Raphael
 * Uriel (Mentioned)

Creatures

 * Slime
 * True Dragon
 * Dragonewts
 * Kijins
 * Mystic Onis
 * Dwarfs
 * Daemons
 * Dryads
 * Goblins
 * Demon Lords
 * Deathman
 * Harpy
 * Humans
 * Vampire

Regions

 * Sealed Cave
 * Tempest
 * Puppet Nation Jistav
 * Western Holy Church

Trivia

 * None.

Adaptation Notes

 * Light Novel Volume 5: Demon Lord Awakening