Hans (Konosuba)

Hans, also known as Hans the Deadly Poison Slime, is the main antagonist from the fourth volume of the light novel series, Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!. As such he also serves as the main antagonist of the Konosuba manga adaption's seventh volume, as well as the main antagonist of the second half of the anime adaption's second season.

He was voiced by Tsuda Kenjiro in the Japanese Dub of the anime.

Appearance
Hans, as a powerful slime, didn't have a remotely humanoid appearance. Due to the amount he had consumed in the past, Hans was incredibly massive, even for a slime. His body was almost entirely made up of a purple gooey substance which was toxic to organic creatures and would burn anything it touches. He appeared as a massive lump of this gooey substance, and had many tentacles sprouting out of his body which he used as arms. Hans did have a skeleton of sorts, as shown when he was encased in ice by Wiz. He had no legs to speak of, instead crawling along the ground like a slug. Finally, he had a set of sharp teeth and iridescent red eyes.

After Hans was weakened by the combined efforts of Megumin and Wiz, his size was drastically reduced, to around the size of a human child. In this weakened state, Hans slightly resembled a stingray, although his body was still made of the same toxic substance as before. His face also resembled a human more then his previous state, featuring a human-like mouth and teeth. Lastly his eyes turned from a bright red to yellow.

In his human disguise, Hans appears as a rugged and well-built man with purple eyes. He also had brown, slicked-back hair, with a matching brown goatee. Hans wore a green blazer with a tall collar, a black vest, black trousers with a red belt, and a jeweled necklace.

Background
Hans was a deadly poison slime, a type of creature that thrives off of filth and consumes any living creature or object to make itself more powerful.Eventually Hans joined the Demon King's army as one of the eight generals who maintain the barrier around his castle.

At one point a powerful Lich by the name of Wiz laid siege to the Demon King's Castle. Hans was one of the Demon King's generals who went to confront the Lich, however she proved too powerful for Hans, who was completely encased in ice. The Demon King was able to convince Wiz to join his army as one of the eight generals who maintain the barrier, however she eventually retired and opened a store in the town of Axel.

Corrupting the Springs
Sometime after Wiz retired, Hans was sent by the Demon King to corrupt the hot springs located in the city of Alcanretia using his powers as a slime. Alcanretia was home to the Axis Church, a cult of fanatical worshipers who worshiped Aqua, the Goddess of Water. The Axis Cult had been a major thorn in the side of the Demon King for ages, so he wanted Hans to destroy the springs, which were the main monetary source for the Cult, thus crippling it.

Hans excepted his mission and headed to Alcanretia, where he covertly began corrupting the springs' source day by day. Unfortunately, the aggressive recruitment schemes of the Axis Cult and the cleanliness of the town soon began to take their toll on Hans, who wanted to be done with his mission as soon as possible.

Conspiracy Revealed
Sometime after Hans began his mission, Wolbach, a fellow Demon King general, came to town on a vacation. One day, Hans tried to convince her to help him in his mission while Wolbach bathe in the mixed hot springs. However as the two generals talked, a young adventurer came into the bath. Fearing that the adventurer might get suspicious of him, Hans quickly left the scene.