Kaijuno's Pov:
We were told the tale of the Dragon Princess, aka Milim's story of becoming a demon lord along with the reveal of Ellen's identity as Eren the elf. With this new found knowledge of the possibility of resurrecting the dead, we called everyone to reveal what was gonna happen. But right before that, we'll settle about what to do with Mjurran
Rimuru: So, Are you ready to accept your punishment?
Youm: what!
Mjurran:...yes, I shall accept what must be done
Grucias: NO!
Youm:Don't do it!
Before the two could get in the way, they were restrained by Benjamin and Napoleon
Mjurran: Youm thank you for looking out for me, but you need to stop getting tricked by evil girls
Youm: No no! Rimuru please don't!
With no hesitation, rimuru stabbed through Mjurran's heart
Youm/Grucias:Nooo!
Mjurran:....I'm still alive?
Youm/Grucias:What!?
Rimuru: Yup, I just replaced the your heart. Basically freeing you from clayman's control
Mjurran:wha...I...th-thank you so much, Rimuru-Sama
Rimuru:No worries about it
Youm: thank you, THANK YOU for sparing her mister rimuru
Rimuru: of course, actually Youm, I got a surprise for you too
Youm: what is it?
Rimuru: Youm.... you're fired
Youm: W-what!? Why am I getting fired?
Rimuru: No need to see it as firing, just take it as a promotion
Youm: Oh really? Promotion to what?
Rimuru: A Promotion, to King
Youm:....huh?
With the matter with Mjurran settled, we made our way to the meeting room to discuss our next course of action. There, Rimuru retold Milim's tale to give context for everyone else
Rimuru: The army from the Falmuth Kingdom numbers are approximately 20,000. I'll be using 10,000 of them as nourishment to evolve into a demon lord. I will use this power to revive Lavandra and the others.
Everyone broke a sweat hearing that Rimuru will evolve into a demon lord, causing a mild worry
Kaijuno:....I..have a proposal
Everyone:?
Kaijuno: If...half of the Falmuth army can be used to evolve into the demon lord....then I would like to take the other 10,000 as evolution nourishment....as well
This tensed up the room even more, with the inclusion of Rimuru dropping a sweat
Cameilla:...Kaijuno-Sama-
Rimuru: AHEM! we will talk about this afterwards. I know this may seem concerning, to become a demon lord. But there's something I have to confess...the reason why I made the no attacking humans rule is because...I am a reincarnated human, I'm what you would call an Otherworlder
Kaijuno:I have to confess as well...I was also a human in a previous life
Rimuru: I made the rule because I hoped to mingle with the humans. This naivety ended up getting people killed. I'm...sorry everyone, if I simply left Ingraccia sooner-
Napoleon: That's not completely true. We kept relying your power way too much and this is the result of it
Cameilla: correct, we should've been capable of handling this on our own
Benjamin: Just as they said. I'm ashamed to call myself a warrior
RIgur: No Benjamin, I hold fault in this too
Geld: I hold fault in this too, if only I could've done something about the army before they arrived
Gobta: I'm guilty too, if only I didn't egged the bad guys too much
Rigur: That wouldn't have changed anything Gobta
Kaijuno: n-NO! it's my fault, IT"S ALL MY FAULT!
Rimuru: Wait wait! knock it off, all of you! I put my own feelings first and this is what happened. I'm truly to blame, I'm truly sorry
Rigurd: Rimuru-Sama....
Shifu: Rimuru-Sama, the fact that you prioritized your feelings is nothing to be ashamed. this happened simply because we were all weak. It was due to our own negligence that allowed such bastards to commit such horrific actions. Am I right?!
Rimuru:you guys...
Kaijuno:...
Rigurd: Rimuru-sama, Kaijuno-sama, you two are our great leaders. If you wish to be friends with humans or become demon lords, if it's your wishes then as subordinates, we of course will follow you two
Rimuru:...really? you're okay with having former humans as your leaders
Gobta: well you two are infact our Rimuru-sama and Kaijuno-sama right?
Rimuru: well of course
Kaijuno:....yeah...
Cameilla:*chuckle* we're simply thankful for who you two are now. what you were in your previous life doesn't matter
Benjamin: Indeed
Rigurd: All of us feel the same, no one is concerned about such details
Rimuru: Really?
Kaijuno:.....*hic*.....
Kaijin: now then, how should we be viewing humans from now on?
Kaijuno:...
Rimuru: Well it's hard to say. An individual human's can vary but they're greatly influenced by their environment. A good person from an evil country will eventually feel its influence. I would like to give them a chance to learn about us, maybe then they could be good neighbors and maybe could bridge the gap between humans and monsters. It's merely possibility that I'm hopeful for even if it's idealistic
Napoleon: I think I'm starting to see it, if this nation were to be ruled by a demon lord, the human nations would reconsider negotiating through force.
Rimuru: Exactly, this will also give us the opportunity to keep an eye on the other demon lords too. I know it's premature hope but let's take time to build a friendly relationship with humans. That's my idea
Kaijin: It is quite idealistic. Not really something a demon lord would think of. But I'm not against it
Cameilla: so what if it's idealistic, I believe such a dream of a world can be achieved
Geld: There's no need to overthink it
Settling the matter, we spent the rest of meeting going over which of our forces will take on which army settlement. Everyone was dismissed once the counter attack was made with Benjamin being the last to leave
Benjamin:...if you are going to be demon lords, then maybe we should have a password for afterwards
Rimuru: A password?
Benjamin: yes, to insure whether you're the same after becoming a demon lord
Rimuru: ok, but what will the password be?
Benjamin: how about " Lavandra's cooking....taste like shit"
Rimuru:What?!
Benjamin: yeah, that should be it
Rimuru: But Lavandra would be pissed!
Benjamin: yeah she would, but she would be mad enough to rise from the dead
Kaijuno:...Benjamin....that's not cool man
Benjamin:...my apologies
Rimuru:...Benjamin, if by the chance becoming a demon lords back fired, have our entire army be ready to fight
Benjamin: I'm...not exactly sure-
Kaijuno: It's better to be ready just in case
Benjamin:hai...
Kaijuno:...
Rimuru:...alright now that it's just us, what was that?
Kaijuno:Well...we both know that we only have a 3% chance of success, so I thought that maybe if I also evolve into a demon lord, we end up with a 6% chance
Rimuru: But kaijuno, even if there is another 10,000 souls to use, I'm the only who could use those to evolve into a demon lord
Kaijuno: actually that's the thing *removes mask* see for yourself
Rimuru:(Great Sage, can Kaijuno actually evolve into a demon lord?)
Great Sage:[Answer:Individual Kaijuno Tempest possess a demon lord seed, making them qualified to evolve into a demon lord]
Rimuru: What!? since when did you get a demon lord seed?
Kaijuno: Turns out, constantly predating magical beast to a large stockpile fairly effective
Rimuru: I guess that explains why you're taller than the last time I saw you. But this is massive decision to make though. you don't need to do this
Kaijuno: y-yeah but I should be doing this, I have to do this. It's all my fault after all
Rimuru: kaijuno, it's not your fault, like I said if I only gotten here sooner-
Kaijuno: BUT I WAS HERE! I COULD'VE STOP THIS!
Rimuru: kaijuno-
Kaijuno: Don't start telling me this is somehow not my fault! Even if you weren't here, I was still here! I should've stopped them before they stepped into town! Instead I let all of this happen! I let all of them get killed! I was useless! Even now I still don't know what could've been done, I-I don't kno-
Wise Sage:[Activating Unique Skill Humility]
Rimuru: Kaijuno! Don't you dare think your alone in this! Everybody was negligent about this in some way. This is not a burden for you to carry alone!
Kaijuno:b-but-
Rimuru: Nobody is blaming you solely for all of this, so don't start blaming yourself
Kaijuno: *hic* a-...alright... but as you said, all of us were negligent. Just like everyone else, I need to do my part as well and if not only taking part in fighting against the Falmuth army but also evolving into a demon lord will raise the chances to save everyone, then I'll whole heartly take the opportunity. so please! Rimuru, let me help save them too
Rimuru:mmmmm.....*sigh*, you're really set on becoming a demon lord?
Kaijuno: yes
Rimuru:.....alright, We'll go through with this
Kaijuno: ok but there's something I want to bring up before we announce this to everyone
Rimuru: what is it?
Kaijuno: I think it's safe to assume that a single demon lord don't just casually pop up all willy nilly, especially two. If the both of us were to self-proclaim ourselves as demon lords after awakening, it would look suspicious to the other demon lords. I doubt that milim's and/or Carrion's support would really cover us. It's best that only one of us proclaims the title of demon lord
Rimuru: and you're saying that it should be you?
Kaijuno:...yes
Rimuru: you're already making a big decision. As the youngest, you shouldn't have to take such a big responsibility
Kaijuno: I know you might be against this, but I think this might be for the best. We're similar in strength with you having the edge over me. It would be smart to have the lesser be the us be in the demon lord spot light, as to trick the other demon lords into believing that I'm the strongest there is in tempest when in reality, I'm only the second strongest, aka we would be hiding our cards
Rimuru: But are you really sure you should take the risk to being a demon lord along with the rest?
Kaijuno: I'd say you're overthinking it. After all, worst case scenario of something happening to me, at least you'd still be here to pick up the pieces
Rimuru: DON'T think like that Kaijuno
Wise Sage:[Notice: Individual Rimuru is correct, master shouldn't have such a self-destructive mindset]
Kaijuno: alright, alright, I'll make sure be cautious with the other demon lords, of course I'll make it clear that I have a matter to settle with clayman
Rimuru: but still, I feel it should be me
Kaijuno: why? is there something else that factors into this?
Rimuru: well...It's just that there is something I have against one of the other demon lords
Kaijuno: Which one?
Rimuru: Leon Cromwell, he was the one who made Shizue suffer for so long, I just want to slug at him for what he did
Kaijuno: Rimuru... look, we're already risking making the risking making all of the demon lords enemies by targeting clayman. If we include Leon on our hit list, it will cement the idea that we're to much trouble to keep around
Rimuru: y-yeah, but-
Kaijuno: If this ends up working out in the end, then I can try to arrange something to give you that opportunity. It doesn't need this time
Rimuru:....fine, we'll go with this arrangement
Kaijuno:ok, let tell everyone about this
Rimuru:ok
We arranged not only the executives but every citizens hear the announcement about what will happen with most of them standing infront of town hall and the rest of us on the outdoor balcony
Rimuru: For three days, I did nothing, I am sorry to have worried you. I will share the details with you in good time. For now, Kaijuno has an announcement to make
Wise Sage:[Activating Unique Skill Humility]
Kaijuno:...my people, my kin! For all of you, for our fallen brethren, I shall...become a demon lord!
Everyone:!
Kaijuno: I shall use that great power to cross the borders between life and death. I shall use that power to take back the lives that were taken away from us! Last night a barrier was put up to help preserve their souls! We shall be removing the restricting barrier and and putting a second barrier to prevent the dissipation of souls! While we're away to fight against Falmuth and to remove the barrier, Cameilla and others will set up the second barrier, but it will not hold with their power alone!
That is why, I will need all of you to pray, to lend your strength, to fight with us!
Citizen #1:...A demon lord?
Citizen #2: like Milim-Sama?
Citizen #3: or Carrion-Sama?
Citizen #4: If Kaijuno-Sama becomes a demon, then he will wear a cool costume!
Citizen #5: Yeah! and He will shout out the cool name of his awesome killing moves!
Kaijuno: EH!
Crowd: RAAAAAAAAAAH! Kaijuno-Sama! Kaijuno-Sama! Kaijuno-Sama!
Cameilla: seems everyone has cheered up
Benjamin: heh, a killing move?
Napoleon: Kaijuno-Sama, do you truly wish to become a demon lord?
Kaijuno: yes, Rimuru and I already discussed this. While we both will evolve into demon lords, I will be the one to publicly accept the title
Napoleon: I see then
Soon after that announcement, we set up our final preparations for out counter attack. It was organized about roughly the same as in the source. Dovakin and his dragonnewts will go to the South, Leonardo and his fellow spies will head up North. Geld, Shifu, Gobta, and Rigur will go west. Napoleon will take charge of defense will the rest of us are away. Rimuru will go over to their biggest settlement on his own. I myself will go east while being chaperoned by Benjamin.
Kaijuno: Alright! in order for our highest rate of success, you must not kill the soldiers. I know this might be frustrating to hear, but in order to become a demon lord, I must be the one do the killing blow. Any objections?!
Everyone: No objections!
Kaijuno: ok, of course you're free to rough them up. You can also use these sticky steel threads provided to help detain them till I arrive
Everyone:Hai!
Kaijuno:(Man, everyone is so stern and serious. Geld, Gobta, Benjamin, even... wait who's that lycanthrope actually who is the humanoid dragon newt and harp- OH wait, they're from the spin off manga aren't they?)
Wise Sage:[Answer: Correct, The Individuals consist of Pho, Stella, and Nemu]
Kaijuno:(I guess it's nice to know they ended becoming friends in this timeline too)
Gobta: Hey can we come up with a cool operation name for this?
Rigur:Seriously?
Kaijuno:(so much for seriousness)
Rimuru:hmmm
Kaijuno: I think I got something
Rimuru: Like what?
Kaijuno: well this will be out of respect of the deceased mass our people. The purpose of the is to cause a greater mass of deaths. A fitting name for this operation would be...Requiem!
Rimuru: alright, help me out with opening up this barrier
Kaijuno: Right!
We manipulated our aura to open a hole in the barrier, rushing everyone to get. Once we were all out, we immediately went our separate ways to each settlement
Kaijuno: make sure you give them hell Rimuru!
Rimuru:Will do!
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Luminous Pov:
Luminous: Damn! nothing is going as expected. To think that barrier was constructed by my people, this just complicated things. This along with Hinata's fight, reconciliation with tempest is looking severely bleak. She really didn't explain it well to me let alone much to begin with
I didn't even know that Rimuru person even had some sort of twin brother. Speaking of who, to think that this Rimuru that they adored was infact a princess fufufu. Now not only her, hinata, but also rimuru, my dream of a harem grows even bigger now fufufufufu-
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Kaijuno Pov
Benjamin and I made our way to the eastern camp. Neither of us spoke a word for the short journey. It was obvious that both of us were boiling with rage. It wasn't until we reach the camp when Benjamin spoke up
Holy Knight #1: Halt! come any closer, and we will show no mercy
Benjamin: We're the ones who'll be showing no mercy.
Kaijuno: We're not sorry for how we'll show just how feeble you all are
In a flash, we mercilessly humiliated all of the knights. slamming them into the ground, wrapping them up in stick steal threads, or just slice off a limb to prevent them from running. It was far from a battle, more like one-sided bullying
Benjamin: well, now the hard part is over
Holy Knight #1: Damn you monsters! In the name of God, you all will pay for your wicked sins!
Kaijuno:(this piece of shit! Are they really still preaching about God and justice! Do these bastards truly have no sense of awareness to even acknowledge their own disgusting actions!)
Getting more pissed off, I simply grabbed a hold of his head and jaw to get him to shut up
Holy Knight #1: Don't think this is over, our God will never accept such-*muffle*
Kaijuno:shut...the hell up
Holy Knight #1:*muffle*
Holy Knight #2: Get your disgusting hands off of him!
Kaijuno:(I get one prick to shut up only for another to start yapping, isn't anything I have that can keep their mouths shut?)
Wise Sage:[Suggestion: Use Unique Skill Enemy of Man to silence the holy knights]
Kaijuno:(Enemy of Man? I don't remember having that Unique Skill before)
Wise Sage:[Answer: It was obtained and analyzed during master's emotional rage while sitting at the plaza]
Kaijuno:(Really?....I guess I just wasn't paying attention. Well what are the sub-skills of Enemy of Man?)
Wise Sage:[The Unique Skill Enemy of Man consist of the following sub-skills Soul Consumption, Monster Haki]
Kaijuno:(only 2? and I thought Humble sounded underwhelming. Ok I got soul consumption, actually that perfect for this but the second one sounds strange. I know of haki, demon lord haki, hero haki, and dragon spirit haki, but this is the first I'm hearing of monster haki, what is up this kind of haki?
Wise Sage:[Monster Haki mainly functions similarly as haki with the biggest factor that it puts more pressure and fear on humans]
Kaijuno:( both seemed to be convenient for today, lets make use of it. Oh! I should probably remove my mask to not block it from emerging)
Holy Knight: If you dare not release us, the holy church shall-UGH!
Benjamin:Woah!
Kaijuno: you fools seem to have it wrong. Your God's light doesn't shine here, for this is my land, beyond the clutches of your God's hands
Holy Knight:h-how d-dare you monster! who do you think you are!
Kaijuno:monster? I am no mere monster, for I am...the devil
Holy Knight #1:AAAAAAA-
Before I knew it, the man who I was holding ended with a crushed head practically dead. This was a person's life that I took. It wasn't some mindless beast, but a sentient life that was now gone.
I just straight up killed a person. Even if give the excuse that they would die anyways if I didn't do it, I still committed a murder of someone, someone died and it was by my own volition, by my own hands, by my own desire
yet I wasn't feeling sorrow over it. I felt indifferent, no maybe I was feeling something but I wasn't sure what it was
Kaijuno:Oh....it seems I put too much pressure him, the fool was crushed like a grape
Holy Knight #2: aa-a-a...
Kaijuno:well since you kept going out your way to piss me off, you'll be next
Holy Knight #2: n-no, plea-
I then proceeded to bash his head into the ground violently till his face was red and flat. With no response from him and confirmation of his death from Wise Sage, I proceeded to the next victim. I after each knight I killed, the more eager I become to kill the nearest. It was by this point where I sub-consciously realized what I was feeling, it wasn't panic, sorrow, indifference, no it was excitement, specifically...
bloodlust
That description finally dawned on me. Then it all finally settled within me. Was no longer human, I haven't truly been human for a while infact. Not sure if it was because of what I reincarnated into or was it something truly internal.
Doesn't truly matter in the end, these men didn't have the power to resist me. I'm the strongest one here and in this blood thirsty monster kingdom
The fate of the weak is decided by the will of the strong
I decided the fates of these men. If wanted to choke them, they'll be choked to death. If I wanted to crush them, their head will flatten at the gravity of my foot. If wanted to make a donut out of them, they would have a hole in their stomach by the jab of my hands
I was committing horrific acts but I wasn't getting punished for doing it. I was getting away with it. This malice flowed through me, embrace me.
This excitement intensely populated my mind, like I was going insane and yet I felt like I was in a trance state as well. It wasn't until Benjamin called out to me was when I was finally released from this state
Benjamin: so, are you gonna head over to the next camp?
Kaijuno:h-huh? what?
Benjamin: well you just finished the remaining guards, you should start heading to the next settlement
Kaijuno:....yeah...I shall. Benjamin head back to town to assist with defense
Benjamin:h-hai.....
Kaijuno:....
Benjamin:(Kaijuno-Sama....PLEASE! don't let this turn you into such a horrific being. I...none of us hold the wills to kill you.....)
*short time later*
Benjamin Pov:
it's been a hot minute since the first crystals was destroyed Ass I expected, the other two were to have been destroyed since then. Looks like the others weren't weak enough to rely on my assistance thankfully.
Guessing everyone are wasting no time to head back to town, would've thought they would at least confirm their success, although I guess the weakening of the barrier is enough of a message. I decided to call up the others via thought communication in case....something unexpected happened
Benjamin:(Benjamin calling, can you hear me?)
Dovakin:(Hai, Dovakin listening)
Leonardo:(Leonardo reporting as well)
Benjamin:(Great! How were things looking on your end?)
Dovakin:( Well . . .Good for the most part, our crystal is destroyed)
Leonardo:(same here, in the end we were able to destroy our crystal)
Benjamin:(good, good....how about the knights?)
Leonardo:(Well as planned, Kaijuno-Sama came over and killed them....Benjamin)
Benjamin:(yeah?)
Leonardo:(Did something happened while he was with you?)
Benjamin:(no....technically nothing outside of what we expected had happened)
Dovakin:(technically?)
Benjamin:(well.....was he by any chance...acting strange by the time he arrived in your area?)
Leonardo:(Yes, when he arrived, he check in on us for a moment. But once we were confirmed to ok, he immediately went after the knights. To say he made a mess of the area would be an understatement. It felt he was about to burst into laughter with how much he was enjoying it. We actually had create some distance since some of the soldiers were getting thrown around at intense speed. It was getting increasingly risky to stand close. There was a good chance some of mine would've gotten injured if they were hit)
Dovakin:(tell me about it! It didn't take long for us to cut our time short there with how rapidly destructive he was becoming. I wouldn'tbe surprisedif there remained a massive crater)
Leonardo:(what the hell!?)
Benjamin:(*sigh*.... were his hands "dirty" when he was you)
Leonardo:(if you meant the blood on his hands then yes, and by the time he was finished on my end, it reached about the wrists)
Dovakin:(For me, half of his arms were covered in red by the time he finished throwing around the knights as ragdolls)
Benjamin:(So that would mean he's heading west as we speak)
Dovakin:(hopefully things are going well for everyone else)
Leonardo:(well now, all we can do is help out in praying)
Benjamin:(....honestly, is it too late to back out for Kaijuno's awakening?)
Dovakin: (you also think its getting bad really fast huh?)
Leonardo: (If the carnage wasn't already a massive sign, I also have a deep feeling that this could lead to something horrific eventually)
Dovakin: (Well it could just a bumpy start is all. Even someone like milim isn't entirely someone to be scared of as long as you don't piss them off)
Benjamin: (We'll just have to hope this is just gonna be a bad case of puberty. Best bet that if we are successful and everyone time has come to recover, he will come back to his senses)
Leonardo: (agreed)
Leonardo Pov
Leonardo:*sigh*
Souka: is everything okay Leonardo?
Leonardo: Oh! Yeah, just... a bit anxious is all
Souka:Really? Kinda ironic coming from you
Leonardo:hmph
Souka: Don't be like that, it's Rimuru-Sama and Kaijuno-Sama we're talking about here. I'm sure things will work out
Leonardo: I guess you're right...
Souka:...Sooooo, I'm sure everyone will be tired by the end of this, don't you think we should take a small break after this
Leonardo:probably not, as a spy I always have to be on look out
Souka: Come one don't be like that, you gotta enjoy life in the town sometimes instead of keeping watch right outside
Leonardo: Well what do you recall I could do in town?
Souka: I know, there's this nice bakery cafe that opened up not too long ago, maaaybe we could check out once it's open again....
Leonardo:hmmmm... I suppose I could make some time for it if you insist
Souka:Great! It's a date then
Leonardo:what?
Souka:A-A-A! I meant it's a daaaaay for a great time to relax, y-yeah....
Leonardo:I see
Souka:phew
Leonardo:it's a date then
Souka:Hey!
Leonardo:heh
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Shifu Pov
Having settled the score the cocky brat of an otherworlder, I had him restrained in some of the tough spider silk we were provided with prior to the operation. we also chased down the second otherworlder til they ran into one of the tents. We could sense a seperate precense within the tent although I and Geld were unsure what they had in mind
Shifu:what is the young fool doing in there?
Geld:They're likely getting the third otherworlder for-...
It was clear the other was within the tent had their life taken by the one who was meant to be their ally
Shifu:...
Geld:scumbag
Shifu:goodness, it seems you don't have such reliable allies third rate
Kyoya:*muffle*
Shifu: Oh right, you can't talk with those threads covering most of your face. Although I guess it wouldn't be necessary since you have no limbs left to run away
Shogo:hahaha! Take that maggots! Thanks to taking Kirara's soul, I was able obtain the Unique Skill survivor! Your stupid corrosion doesn't scare me now!
Geld: Oh really? Let's see if those fists will yours will do you any favors
Shogo:Dumbass! With my superior strength and regeneration, I can easily kick your ass, you stupid pi-
Immediately the fool was knocked down. Even with his new skill, he was basically at the mercy of Geld
*bass punch*
Shogo:AAAAA-
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
bass punch
Shogo:p-p-plea-
BASS PUNCH
Shogo:AAAAAAAAAAAaaa! s-stop, please. It w-was just a joke
Geld:....You're a joke and my fist is the punchline and unfortunately for you, this is a running gag
BASS PUNCH
BASS PUNCH
BASS PUNCH
Shogo:AAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Shifu:Geld, I say we start getting him ready for Kaijuno's arrival, he could be here any minute
Geld: sure, I just wish to see if this bastard can survive being cleaved in half
Shogo:n-n-NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME MONSTER!
While it was expected to be the end the heartless bastard, another individual arrived at the scene, surprising everyone
Geld/Shifu:huh!
Shogo:what?
Razen: goodness, I leave you all on your own and you get backed this much into a corner
Shogo:r-Razen-Sama
Holy Knight #1: it's Razen-Sama!
Holy Knight #2: we're saved!
Razen:hmmm, an orc king? Those aren't common to come by. Seems one otherworlder is dead and the other is in the hands of one the monsters, no matter, I'll make do with just you then Shogo. Let's withdraw for now
Geld: I won't let you!
Shifu: GET AWAY GELD!
Geld:!
At the next moment, a sudden burst explosion appeared right infront of Geld, narrowly escape but was also pushed back by the force of the explosion
Razen:Gahaha! Sharp eyes despite your shriveled face, maybe I should've focused more on you, kijin
Shifu: you wrinkly old fox, you were wary of me the whole time
Razen: to be fair, that's not actually the case. If we're going by strength alone, I would assume the orc king would be a bigger threat than an elder is at the point to rely on his cane. Now then, as long as you don't run out of steam til then, I'm sure meet again in the battlefie-
Shifu:that will not be the case
Razen:huh?
Shifu:It seems your great age didn't come with much wisdom it seems.While you're wasting your time here, one of our great leaders is already on their way towards that very battlefield
Razen:what? That brat of a prince of yours, what can he hope to do?
Shifu:wrong again you old fart, it's his sibling
Razen: You meant that one? She wasn't killed by that witch Hinata? She's still alive?
Shifu:So it's not only the flaps of your eyelid but your arrogance has also blinded you from how much you doomed yourselves. You've not only angered not one but both of the people who's wrathful flames should not have been ignited.
You don't have my sympathy, infact I hope the worst comes your way
Razen:Gahaha! Such empty bluffs. Well, I'll keep that mind gramps. For now, Farwell
Just as he appeared, both the otherworlder and the magician disappeared from the battlefield, leaving the remaining soldier on their own
Holy Knight #1: WHAT!?
Holy Knight #2: Damn you old man!
Geld: should we really have let them escape?
Shifu: While not completely preferable, it's better to let them leave than take them on here. Afterall, thanks to my third eye, I was able to see that the sneaky bastard had equipped himself with nuclear magic to activate once he's killed
Geld: Seriously!?
Shifu: Yes so not only would we be killed along with him, we'd also waste the humans here need for Kaijuno's evolution
Geld: I see, now we'll simply wait Kaijuno-Sama to arrive before proceedin-!
Before the mature Geld could even finish, all them noticed their viewer from above. Without anyone noticing their arrival, Kaijuno had already appeared before them. Unlike most of the time, he wasn't wearing his plain face mask and with his bare face exposed, they all immediately noticed his cold thousand yard stare.
They were confident Kaijuno held no ill will for them specifically but it was clear he was not in a friendly mood
Shifu:!
Kaijuno:....hello
Geld: Hello there Kaijuno-Sama, how did things went with the other crystals?
Kaijuno:.....destroyed. everyone else already went back to town, this forth one is the last remain
Shifu: that's great to hear, I guess once this one's destroyed the barrier will be gone
Gobta: Alright we rounded up the remaining knights, hey kaijuno- woah! Uuuuuh, do you want to... clean your arms... a bit
Kaijuno:hmmmm...NAH, they're gonna get dirty again anyways. Speaking of which, I'm guessing this is one of the otherworlders
Shifu: Yes, he's the one with the all-seeing eye skill
Kyoya:*muffle*
Kaijuno:...I wonder
Everyone:?
Kaijuno: if I were to I dunno, Stab both of your eyes with my fingers, would you still be able to use your skill?
Kyoya:*muffle*!?
Kaijuno:Let's see if that the case
Kyoya:*MUFF-
*stab*
Kyoya:....
Kaijuno: oh...seems I pierced too deep....oh well
Gobta: serves that bastar-Ow!
Rigur: You really don't know when to keep your mouth shut
Kaijuno:Well since all the holy knights are restained, you're all free to head back, just make sure to destroy the crystal on your way
Gobta: You sure?
Kaijuno: Yep
Shifu: It's fine Gobta, we're no longer needed here
Geld: best of luck to you, Kaijuno-Sama
Kaijuno:thanks.....
*meanwhile*
Kahil: Damn it Rommel! Can you not focus on writing your story for one second!
Rommel:my work! Why Kahil-san!?
Kahil: Everyone need to pray right now, that's why. Out of all the times to do this, now is the worst to do it
Rommel: But this mission was given to me by Kaijuno-san and as a passionate story teller, I must see through this with these eyes
Kahil:go get new glasses then
Rommel: besides, someone has to document Kaijuno's rise to demon lord status.
Youm: are you kidding me?
Rommel: plus I need to add in the love triangle of Mjurran between Youm and Grucias
Grucias: hmph, I'm liking where this is going. You clearly hold great talent
Rommel: thanks Grucias
Garm: Excuse me Rommel, while we're on the matter there's something I want to bring up in regards to your story
Rommel:sorry, none of you three had much character potential
Garm: it's not that! It's how you designed Cameilla in your story. It's inaccurate, she needs to be more petite!
Rommel:But Kaijuno-san told me to design her more like this and when I brought this up to her, she seemed to-
Cameilla: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!
Everyone:!
Cameilla: *sigh* look, I appreciate your cooperation, but you need to be more considerate about the situation
Rommel:Right! I'll accept your feedback and work towards to accurately portray your image in the future
Cameilla:NO-
Rigurd: The enemy's barrier is broken!
Everyone:!
Cameilla: Hurry Mjurran! We need to set up the new barrier!
Mjurran:Right!
*short time later*
Kaijuno Pov:
Kaijuno: phew, we're almost there.... it's...almost time.....
Kaijuno:(Wise Sage)
Wise Sage:[Answer: Unique Skill Wise Sage is listening]
Kaijuno:(based off what is soon gonna happen, I won't be conscious for a couple days so I won't be active to finish the rest. As such, when I'm undergoing evolution, you are to finish helping out in my place. Do everything you can to revive them all. This is an order from your master that you must absolutely fufill)
Wise Sage:[Notice: Order Accepted, Wise Sage shall fulfill master's desire for revival]
Kaijuno:(.....thanks)
{Notice: The Harvest Festivel to Evolve Individual Rimuru Tempest into a Demon Lord will now begin}
Kaijuno:that's my que, better hurry. Enemy of Man, Soul Consumption!
Wise Sage:[Notice: The required number of souls has been fufilled. All conditions to evolve into a demon lord has been. The Harvest Festival shall now begin]
Kaijuno:m-man, this drowsiness feels more intense than Vesta's sleeping pills. Willfla!
Willfla: Hai!
Kaijuno: get me back to Tempest as soon as possible
Willfla: Right!
I had to be picked up since most of my strength was drained from the harvest festival, I was barely hanging on to consciousness
Kaijuno:(Wise Sage...please....PLEASE save them...please do not....fail this....)
Wise Sage:[Notice:Unique Skill Wise Sage will do everything possible to satisfy master's desire]
Kaijuno:(...)
Wise Sage:[...]
Subconsciously, I had a strong feeling that this harvest festival would not only awaken me as a demon lord but would most likely awaken Wise Sage to an ultimate skill. Although I wasn't sure what type of skill I would expect for Wise Sage to evolve into. Great Sage had some sort of second name or title as "Wise One". But I never actually checked if Wise Sage had it's on equivalent to this.
It wouldn't be possible that Wise Sage would evolve into Wisdom King since that's already Raphael. What could Wise Sage turn into if it were to evolve to the level of Ultimate.
Could it be a King of Knowledge? Intelligence? Or . . . could my change of heart in the last couple of days have a possible influence?
Could there be a more . . . sinister form of wisdom?