Rimuru was furious that all the war preparations he had made with great effort were thrown away by Milim with one attack that was not even a special move.
When he questioned Milim until she burst into tears, Shuna carefully combed the hair and clothes of Verustila, who was messed up by Milim.
Rimuru calmed down a little because of this. Milim must have good intentions anyway, so he asked calmly: "Mirim, can you tell me what you think?"
Milim: "Of course it's to see their purpose clearly."
Rimuru: "You can see it just by jumping up?"
Milim: "Isn't it strange that you dare to attack with ordinary troops even though you know that Veldora and I are here?"
Rimuru felt that the ordinary army should be used to clean up ordinary Demon Kingdom residents, wild monsters and seize territory. Moreover, although Milim has a fierce reputation, not many people know that she is this kind of lolita.
Milim: "In short, although I have no doubts about Rimuru's strength, I am worried that Rimuru has been deceived, so I plan to go up and see who is planning what conspiracy."
Rimuru always felt that it was against his will to be worried about being deceived by Milim.
Milim: "It's basically confirmed now. The purpose of the mastermind No. 1 is to weaken or simply kill Hinata Sakaguchi's faction; the mastermind No. 2 Clayman has withdrawn and will continue to be friendly with Rimuru; the mastermind behind the scenes
The purpose of number three or more is to take this opportunity to conquer the Demon Kingdom."
Next is the spread out content.
Number 1 is very obvious. Hinata was killed by the mysterious light just after her armor was broken by Milim. Even Milim did not find the source of the light;
The purpose of No. 2 is probably to awaken and become a true demon king. The plan should have been started since the Pig Head Emperor incident. However, various battles were interfered by external factors, preventing him from collecting souls properly, but he did not miss any opportunity.
Clayman vigorously assists the trade of the Demon Kingdom to increase the output of high-end goods and reduce their prices, which will increase human hostility and greed towards the Demon Kingdom. However, there is no trace of any of Clayman’s subordinates or puppets in this battle. It was probably the last maintenance.
The battle of annihilation of Rustila has been completed;
No. 3 hasn't fully seen it yet, but it may be something that many forces want to do. It doesn't matter if they lose. They can take advantage of several countries being greatly weakened to intervene in many things. Knowing Rimuru's ideas will give them a chance.
Granting favors and infiltrating. But since Number Three is so confident, he must have a trump card that can compete with beings like Veldora and Milim.
The doubt is that she feels that Hinata is not very strong. Even the sacred power of the monster's natural enemy is only damage that can be resisted by spending more magic energy to her, even if it is suppressed and dispersed by the barrier.
With a large number of skills and magic elements protecting her companions, I really don’t think Crounpis will lose. Then there are two possibilities, faking death or seeking death for some purpose, or the enemy is really capable of dealing with Veldora
The ultimate weapon for beings like Milim.
The corners of Rimuru's mouth twitched a little. Was this the Milim he knew who often did things without thinking and took her as if he were taking a child to an amusement park?
In fact, Milim is quite smart. She just does it when she thinks it can achieve her goal. She usually doesn't bother to explain or skips the process willfully, which makes people feel simple-minded.
After Milim explained briefly, she added: "In this way, Rimuru can do whatever he likes in the Kingdom of Farmus. The neighboring countries on both sides of that country are Rimuru's friends. How can he deal with the mastermind behind the scenes?
It depends on Rimuru's ability to fight wits and courage before the fight begins."
[Raphael, the King of Wisdom] continues to hit—
"It is speculated that the 'Mastermind No. 3 or more' and the intelligence just received refer to the same group of targets."
Just when Rimuru felt that his brain was really running out, Velustila adjusted his clothes and hair with the help of Shuna, and said: "Thanks to Rimuru's help, I have all the necessary materials to resurrect my mother."
A quarter of the materials have been collected."
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Rimuru was confused when [Raphael, the King of Wisdom] began to explain——
"Analyze the individual 'Verustira Hekatia Tempest', integrate the unique skill [Heartless One] with [Lampas, the King of Hades], and obtain this ultimate ability
Additional skill [Ghost Domination]. The souls of those who have surrendered to the skill owner and recognized companions will be absolutely dominated and plundered.》
To be precise, plundering human souls was not done by Verustila as an individual, but by [Lampas], the King of Hades, which contained the instinct of Crounpith.
The so-called absolute control is not just as simple as being able to control the soul at any time. It means that any part related to the soul can be freely taken, whether it is the skills that have been hard-earned, the qualifications of immortals, saints, or warriors that have been sublimated.
, the qualifications to become a demon are enough to form weighty memory experiences of various skills, and the future potential space can be single-refined and transformed into pure soul energy to be recycled by Verustira.
In the original time and space, a certain adventurer who was used as a gun user was once forced to drain out everything by the villain who was just going through the motions with his unique skill [Greedy], and his strength was raised to the basic level of a demon king to fight Rimuru.
The soul energy Verustila can obtain is three to ten times that of a direct and brutal killing of the soul. If you are lucky enough to encounter an individual who has the possibility of awakening as a true demon king and hero, it can exceed a thousand times——
Of course, that kind of individual generally doesn't exist.
This technique also has limitations. If you directly use this technique to fight against the real devil or the brave, the possibility of being avoided or defended is very high. For some people who have special soul properties or are numb in their hearts, or who don’t know it until they die, and have no time to be afraid.
Nor can any soul energy be captured.
Neither Masayuki nor Hinata captured anything. There were also a few civilians left alone.
So having said that, do people whose souls have been completely scraped have no hope of truly living anymore? The answer is, the soul is a carrier that contains various pieces of information about itself such as the spiritual body, astral body, soul-related skills, and experience.
, therefore, the development of "virtual souls" that only require physical bodies to maintain existing energy can be used as a substitute.
Verustila took away the souls of hundreds of thousands of people, leaving them with "artificial souls" to survive. As long as they are not cheaters relying on skills and characteristics, they can still maintain their strength as ordinary humans by exercising their bodies and skills well.
The upper limit can still be maintained at A-level strength. If there is an opportunity and enough character to inspire the "Voice of the World", the possibility of breakthrough is not impossible.
However, even so, he could not betray because he was dominated and plundered at any time.