Meeting the Goblins

Veldora renames Satoru "Rimuru", and Rimuru gives them the shared surname "Tempest". Rimuru absorbs Veldora in hopes of finding a way of freeing him from his prison.

Leaving the cave, Rimuru finds that Veldora's disappearance has caused a change in the balance of power in the surrounding area, as well as concerns in the nations of the world. He meets some goblins whose village is being threatened by dire wolves. Sensing his great power, the goblins entreat him to save their village.