(3rd PoV)
"So Tear and Footman are dead?"
"Yes boss. I barely escaped with my life. That slime ate everything. If I had gotten caught in the barrier, I also would've died for sure."
Laplace reported Tear and Footman's death to Yuuki.
He was lucky enough to be not caught in the barrier and teleport back to Yuuki. Footman and Tear weren't.
Yuuki sighed and slumped back into his chair, looking up at the ceiling.
"So I guess that guy has Gluttony. You know, Seven Deadly Sins? Since Mariabell has Greed, it makes sense that there are other Sin-themed Unique Skills.
He will be a difficult opponent."
"Boss, we need to get revenge for Tear and Footman. Tell me your plan, and I will inform Clayman. We can't let that stupid guy screw up."
"Yeah."
Even though they killed so many people with their scheme of Orc Lord, now that their own was killed, they want revenge.
Yuuki thought for some moments, and smiled as a scheme formed in his mind.
"The Sorcerer's Dynasty of Sarion. A country made up of several kingdoms, ultimately ruled by the Emperor Elmesia. She must be pretty powerful, considering that Sarion doesn't care about Western Holy Church—"
"Don't try it. It will be annihilated!"
Kagali, still living in Yuuki's body at this point of time, shouted in his mind while panicking.
"Huh? Surely he can't be that strong?"
"Didn't you say that Milim named him? Even bragged about giving him her surname to the Demon Lords? If anything happens to him, Milim will rampage. And even you wouldn't be able to do anything."
"You are underestimating me, Kazalim. Whatever she has, it wouldn't work on me."
Yuuki was very confident in his Anti-Skill.
"Don't underestimate her! Aside from Guy, there is no one in the world even in the same league as her! She destroyed the kingdom of elves all by herself when she wasn't even a Demon Lord. Don't touch anything precious to her."
Yuuki grinned hearing that.
"Then, if we want to destroy a country, we just need to frame them for killing that slime.
Two-birds with one stone.
Moreover, if we can take control of Demon Lord Milim..."
"Wasn't Archduke of Sarion beating up the guildmaster of Blumund to send his daughter to investigate Great Jura Forest?"
Yuka got a plan.
He will leak a rumour that Sarion's Archduke's daughter was killed by Apolloyon.
And, he needs to get his hands on Mariabell's Greed soon, so that when Milim is devastated because of Apolloyon's death, in her emotional instability, he will be able to take control of her. There is Kazalim's Curse, but he doubted something not a Unique Skill will work on Milim.
This way, he will get revenge on Apolloyon, destroy Sarion, and get control of Milim. World Domination will become much easier like that.
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In the Sorcerer's Dynasty of Sarion, Archduke Erald arrived at Elmesia's palace.
"So, what was the result of your investigation?"
Some time ago, his daughter, Eren was sent to investigate the disappearance of Veldora by Free Guild of Blumund. And since then, she hasn't returned.
"I will destroy Blumund and Free Guild!"
"Don't be hasty, Erald. Eren-chan was hiding her identity, so it can't be helped. She should have used a homunculus when going to such a dangerous mission. It wasn't their fault.
We need to find out whose fault it is."
Elmesia was also pissed about it, but she has rationality to not do anything to people who don't have any fault in it.
Erald took deep breaths and calmed down a little, to tell her the information he has gathered until now.
"Around two weeks after Eren and her party not returning on their schedule, Guildmaster Fuze sent Shizue Izawa to check for them and investigate Veldora's cave. We have also investigated it.
But there were no signs of Veldora. In fact, the magicule density was too low inside the cave.
And, Shizue reported that there is a suspicious blue slime named Rimuru, who dodged her questions regarding Veldora. Moreover, from our spies in Dwargon, he can transform into a giant wolf of Great Jura Forest, create potions which can restore even lost limbs, and eat and replicate Kaijin's swords in no time.
And King Gazel sent Kaijin and his brothers with him, exiling Kaijin."
"He exiled Kaijin? That's surprising. And, aren't slimes generally blue anyway? Why mention that?"
"Because there is also a red slime. Apolloyon Nava. Named by Demon Lord Milim, and the one who took out Orc Lord.
He has established Great Jura Federation just recently, and Shizue is actually working for him. Her hair has changed to red color for some reason."
"Shizue... Shizue Izawa, the Conqueror of Flames huh? The one who Leon left behind for the Hero who sealed Veldora."
"Yes. And two of her students are Captain of Holy Knights in Western Holy Church, and the Guildmaster of Free Guild.
Damn it! That Fuze! He should have just waited for a few days and let her investigate Veldora's cave instead of sending my Eren-chan! I will kill him!"
"Calm down, Erald. In any case, that Rimuru is the most suspicious one. And we can't cross out Apolloyon either.
And, even if Apolloyon did it, we can't do anything to him."
"Yes. Afterall, Milim is behind him."
"And there is also a possibility of someone else. What if Veldora didn't die, but was just transported in other dimension, along with everything in the cave? Maybe Eren-chan got caught up in it and was also transported there? Maybe it happens on regular intervals? This transfer?"
"Then..."
"It's possible that she might be alive. Just trapped with Veldora and the monsters of that cave.
If Veldora's seal is still intact, she might be alive. Her guards can take care of those monsters. Otherwise..."
"..."
Erald was crying, just thinking about his daughter trapped in another dimension with Veldora.
And if it was actually a person who transported Veldora and her...
Elmesia put his hand on his shoulder.
"In any case, don't lose hope, Erald. I am heading to the Great Jura Forest to talk with Apolloyon."
"But—!"
"Don't worry. I doubt he will be unreasonable. Otherwise, Leon's pupil wouldn't serve him, right?
Though, you don't come with me and piss him off. Otherwise, our country will be in danger."
"...Yes."
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(1st PoV)
I am overseeing the construction of my city, while having sent Souei and some other Kijins to scout the forest and invite the other monsters to join me.
Now that Orc Disaster is done for, other countries will start interfering with Great Jura Forest.
Especially Western Holy Church and Yuuki.
Honestly, I am pretty confident in defeating Hinata as I am right now, but I don't know exactly how strong Luminous and Yuuki are.
So, it's better to evolve into a Demon Lord as quickly as possible.
But, that will lead to everyone falling asleep, and I don't want to risk it right now without Milim beside me.
Hmm...
If it's that guy, he will probably not fall asleep if I order him to. Afterall, even Benimaru was able to resist sleep for a while.
[Report: You have Unconsciousness Resistance.]
Oh right! I totally forgot about that!
It seemed pretty useless since I don't need sleep in the first place, but it turned out to have some use.
Still, I still want that guy to get a gift during my evolution and become stronger.
So, I rolled to Shizue, who was building the school, and asked her, "Hey, can you lend me your mask?"
"Ah, sure."
I ate the Anti-Magic mask.
[Report: Analysis complete. Replication possible. Replicate?]
Yes.
I took out two masks from my stomach. The two being exactly identical.
"Eh!? You can do that!?"
"Of course I can. Though, it's not to just show you.
I am sure I don't need to use Summoning magic to summon a Demon of your calibre, Noir?"
As I said that, Noir simply appeared before me.
He really was spying on us... What a creep. Does this mean Demon Realm can be used to spy on pretty much everywhere?
"Kufufufu! As expected of Apolloyon-sama."
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