As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster.Mikami's middle age hasn't gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he's disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he's not a knight or a wizard but a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero …
The Tempest Founder’s Festival is finally over—but now the bills are due! With all the human merchants refusing to accept the monsters’ currency, it looks like trouble for the monster kingdom until a handsome nobleman offers them a loan. Or is this seeming generosity just a trap set by the secret leaders of the human nations, the mysterious Five Elders? Meanwhile, a party of skilled adventurers forces Rimuru to defend his dungeon personally!