Beelzebuth

**Beelzebuth** (暴食之王(ベルゼビュート), *beruzebyūto*, lit. "Lord of Gluttony"?) is one of Rimuru Tempest's Ultimate Skills. With the help of Raphael it evolved from the Unique Skill Gluttony at the cost of Merciless during Rimuru's Harvest Festival.

## Abilities

### Sub-Skills

* **Predation** (捕食, *hoshoku*?): Absorbs the target into the body. If the target is conscious, however, the success rate greatly decreases. The affected targets include but aren't limited to: organic matter, inorganic matter, skills, and magic. Like with Gluttony, it can be used at a range though now it can now even affect Space itself.
* **Imaginary Space** (虚数空間, *kyosū kūkan*?): A world of chaos. An ultra-evolved version of Stomach and Isolation with unlimited space. It is a prison where those who need to be quarantined are locked up. This ability was added to Beelzebuth during the events of The Abyss Unleashed.
	+ Stomach (胃袋, *ibukuro*?): Where all absorbed targets are stored. Items produced via Analysis can also be stored. Anything that is stored in the Stomach is not affected by time. Its capacity has been greatly enhanced compared to Gluttony.
	+ Isolation (隔離, *kakuri*?): Harmful materials or things unnecessary for analysis can also be stored. They will be used to replace magic energy.
* **Mimicry** (擬態, *gitai*?): Replicates the absorbed target's appearance. The skills and abilities of the target can also be used. However, this depends on the successful analysis and acquisition of relative information regarding the target.
* **Corrosion** (腐食, *fushoku*?): The ability to decompose the target in conjunction with Predation. It also can add the abnormal condition of decomposition. There is a chance of acquiring an ability after consuming only a part of a target's body. However, the chance of that happening is less than consuming the whole body.
* **Soul Consumption** (魂喰, *konjiki*?): Only able to be activated when the targets lose their will to resist. Once that condition is met, from that point on, whenever the holder wishes, they can reap the marked target's Soul even if the target has recovered their will to live and fight in the meantime.
* **Food Chain** (食物連鎖, *shokumotsu rensa*?): Operates through a skill tree with the user at its pinnacle, establishing a connection with subordinates. This link facilitates the user in gaining power and original skills acquired by their linked subordinates, thereby enhancing the user's own power reserves. As subordinates grow stronger, the user's power increases proportionally.

## Trivia

* Beelzebuth is another name for the Devil in Christianity.
	+ In Demonology, Beelzebuth is one of the seven princes of Hell, associated with the sin of gluttony.
* In That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Memories, the "Rimuru Tempest 「Awakened Demon Lord」" unit uses this as a Secret Skill.
* In Last Cloudia, Rimuru uses this as his Special.
* In Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, unit "「Octagram」Demon Lord Rimuru Tempest" uses it as an all enemy attack Debuff card that blocks out healing.

## References

1. ↑ *That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime* Anime
2. ↑ *That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime* Game: ISEKAI Memories