"So...that bastard Clayman was behind the Great Storm Demon Vortex incident?"
In Carrion Castle, after listening to Fleur's explanation of the recent situation, Carrion asked Frey with a stern face: "That bastard is really bold!"
The so-called Great Storm Demon Vortex refers to a mindless natural disaster-level monster that was born in the core of the storm dragon Veldra's magic element. It only knows destruction, and its several appearances have brought disasters.
Not long ago, the Great Storm Demonic Vortex revived again and went straight to the Jura Forest. It fought hard with Rimuru. In the end, it was Milim who took action and killed him instantly.
If you want to ask why Carrion is angry, it is because the appearance of the Great Storm Demon Vortex is closely related to him. It was one of his three beast warriors, Black Panther Teeth Fabio, who was bewitched by the enemy and led the Great Storm Demon Vortex.
Here comes the energy carrier of resurrection.
This almost caused him to lose one of his generals. Fabio, who was standing behind him, was naturally even more angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "It turns out that behind those two clowns is the Demon King Clayman!"
"Joker?" Fleur asked.
"An organization called the 'Zhongyong Clown Company' has an unknown number of people and unknown strength. I met two of them, one named Tia and one named Fordman. They are both very strong demons." Fabio replied:
"They are probably... better than me."
It is not easy for a powerful orc to admit that his skills are inferior to others. Fleur thought thoughtfully: "The guy who was responsible for controlling the Orc King before was also a member of this clown company? Clayman actually hid a powerful force.
?”
"So?" Carrion asked, "What are you and Milim doing this time?"
Fleur looked at Milim, but she only saw a round blue slime on the chair where Milim was sitting. She touched her head with two short hands gesticulating, with a strange look on her face, as if it was something strange.
It has nothing to do with oneself and is completely outside the situation.
'well--'
She let out a long sigh in her heart, glanced at Ji Xing on the other side, and then explained: "Clayman threatened me with the Great Storm Demon Vortex to help him control Milim, which is what Milim wears around her neck.
But how could Milim be controlled? She was just playing with Clayman.
We certainly didn’t come here to kill you this time, we just wanted to knock you out and trick Clayman into letting you join Milim’s plan. As for what the plan is, you can ask her herself.”
So Carion looked at Milim and saw 'himself' sitting upright.
"Hey, is it really okay to sell that kind of skill to Milim?" Carion couldn't help but cursed, but thinking about the previous battle between Milim and Ji Xing, he had to be patient and asked:
"Mirim, what is your plan?"
"Huh? Oh, a plan!" 'Carion' smiled like a chicken thief, without the majesty and domineering look of the Lion King: "Of course I have a plan!
Clayman's plan against Rimuru will definitely fail. When the time comes, he will think of other ways. Most likely, he will launch a Demon King's Feast to investigate Rimuru's secret claim to the king before he became the Demon King. Only three demon kings must agree to launch the Demon King's Feast.
The feast, together with Fleur and me, will be just right, and then Rimuru will have the opportunity to kill Clayman!"
It can be said that Milim is playful, but it cannot be said that Milim is stupid. She can even predict the next development of events in advance.
"The Demon King's Feast..." Carrion whispered.
In the outside world, in human society, some people regard the Demon Lord's Feast as a synonym for terror, thinking that it is the Demon Lord's negotiation to destroy the world, but in fact it is just the Demon Lord's tea party.
Every once in a while, a demon king's feast will be held, and all demon kings must participate, but the content of the meeting is basically to talk about recent encounters and some fresh information.
However, the initiators of the feast are usually the three ancient demon kings, Guy, Milim, and Ramiris. As one of the most junior demon kings, Clayman did not have such ability before.
"Speaking of this." Carion looked at the sleeping flame dragon outside the window: "I was just going to ask you, Milim, how many of the current top ten demon kings are as unawakened as me?"
"Well, you know?" Milim changed back to her original appearance, kicking her legs and said: "You, Frey, and Clayman are the only three who have not awakened to become Demon Lords in the past few hundred years. Oh, Ray
Although that guy Ang has similar qualifications to you, he fell from a 'brave' to a demon king, which is equivalent to directly passing through the awakening stage."
"I didn't know about this before today." Fleur said: "What is the difference in power between before awakening and after awakening?"
"Well, about...ten times?" Milim looked at Ji Xing and said, "This matter is not a secret. It's just that everyone who knows it has a tacit understanding and doesn't spread it to the outside world. It's not that I'm worried about adding competitors to myself, but
Because the awakening of the Demon King requires 10,000 human souls, that guy Qi Yi was worried that too many monsters would know about it and kill them, causing chaos in the world, so he didn't let it go around.
Also... monsters that are named by others and have established soul corridor connections with others require ten times the fire of life to awaken. Even I don’t know about this. Where did you hear about it?"
"I have skills." Ji Xing explained.
Milim suddenly said: "Oh! Is it the ultimate skill that can even analyze my star particles? And the skill you gave me the ability to transform seems to be an ultimate skill. It's really powerful. Generally, there is only one awakened demon king at most.
It’s the ultimate!”
"Wait a minute..." Carion couldn't help but interrupt the topic: "What is the ultimate skill?"
"As you can guess from the name, if a unique skill evolves, it will become an ultimate skill." Milim shook his head as he explained: "Generally, people without ultimate skills will never be able to defeat people with ultimate skills!"
Carrion and Fleur looked at each other, reading similar emotions in each other's eyes.
It turns out that even though we are both the top ten demon kings, we are so different from the real demon kings that we have not even heard the slightest bit of this knowledge.
The next moment, they all said in unison with a tacit understanding: "Milim, can I borrow ten thousand human souls from you?"
"...Huh?" Milim was startled for a moment and looked around: "That's no problem. With Ji Xing's skill to help me, I can indeed lend you my soul to awaken, but... the devil usually needs to
After sleeping for a while, what will Clayman do?"
"Do you still plan to continue acting?" Fleur asked.
"Of course!" Milim said: "Although there is a little surprise in the plan, if you cooperate with me, Clayman won't be able to find it!"
"Well, there's no problem with that kind of thing. Just think of it as an advance payment for borrowing my soul from you." Carrion didn't care about pretending to be dead. The previous battle had stimulated the Lion King quite a bit.
Fleur said: "I don't have any problem, I can just find an excuse to get over Clayman's return a few days later. Besides..."
She considered it for a moment and said: "It would be just right if we held a feast of the Demon King. I plan to announce my withdrawal from the ranks of the Demon King at the feast and follow you, Milim. This can be regarded as my reward for lending you ten thousand human souls."
"Hey...hey?" Milim was shocked.
How can you repay kindness with hatred?!
"No, no need! Fleur, you are my friend. Friends don't need to repay each other! Ji Xing, please help take away my 10,000 human souls and give them to Fleur to help her awaken!"
"No, I have to repay you." Fleur said expressionlessly. It was a foregone conclusion that Milim had obtained the transformation skills, and someone had to take care of her, otherwise the world would really become a mess.
Fortunately, although Milim is too powerful to control, she can also obey the rules sometimes, and she can distinguish between things that are good for her.
Fleur made up her mind to play the role of housekeeper: "Please give me your guidance in the future, Milim-sama."
With a bang, Milim turned into a slime and landed on the chair, pretending to be innocent and showing that she was a slime that didn't understand anything.
But the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and even Carion hesitated for a moment, whether it would be better to take advantage of the situation and switch to Milim's command - he could see that even if he awakened, he would still be among the weakest among the demon kings.
The next moment, the 20,000 human souls that Ji Xing moved from Milim's body each got into the bodies of the two demon kings. Evolution began, and sleepiness swept over the two of them. Carrion only had time to tell Sophia and Fabio behind him.
Then he fell asleep.
"Well, I still want to find a bed to lie down on..." Fleur murmured, leaning on the chair and falling asleep.
Milim breathed a sigh of relief. The two slimes rolled their eyes and suddenly turned into a young man with white hair and a gloomy temperament.
It’s none other than Demon King Clayman!
She lowered her head and looked at herself, nodded with satisfaction, and muttered: "Fule should sleep for two or three days, so... let's give Rimuru a surprise first! Wahahaha——"
"Ji Xing, I'll leave Carrion and Fleur under your care here. I'll be back soon!" Then she waved to Ji Xing and flew straight out of the window, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Ji Xing shook his head and could roughly deduce what Milim wanted to do. He looked at the Beast King Warrior Group and said, "I have to stay here for a few more days. Could you please arrange a place for me?"
White Tiger Claw Sophia replied respectfully: "Yes, Master Carrion is about to awaken as the true Demon King. Thanks to your help, I think Master Carrion will welcome you to visit the Beast Kingdom at any time!"
She has always admired the strong. After watching the previous battle, she already regarded Ji Xing as a strong person on par with Milim.
This attitude lasted until I started drinking...
That night, Sophia, who had returned to her original form as a white tiger, rubbed Ji Xing's shoulder like a big cat, burping with wine and said: "Lord Ji Xing, you visitors from other worlds... are so awesome! These fine wines brewed by Lord Rimuru
, much more delicious than the wine we drank before! You are more, more...
Hehe, um, um... I also want to buy skills. Is there any kind of powerful skill that allows me to swallow that bastard Clayman in one bite? Sell me one! "
Ji Xing smiled and said: "Carion will give feedback to you subordinates when he awakens. Although you have not fallen into a deep sleep, after the feedback is over, you should be about the same strength as Clayman."
"Eh? Really, really? Hiccup~" Sophia licked Ji Xing's face twice excitedly, making Ji Xing's face full of alcoholic saliva: "That's great!"
When Master Carrion fell into a deep sleep, didn't we 'family monsters' all hear the voice of the world? You are really not suitable for drinking, Sophia! Fabio's face was full of pain, and he was pulled by Su several times.
Feia kicked to the side.
So starting from that night, Ji Xing didn't see Sophia again for the next two days.
He was too presumptuous and turned into autistic.
…
On the other side, the monster kingdom.
With the help of the Great Sage, who has unique skills, Rimuru's process of awakening as the Demon King is faster.
It evolved from an ordinary slime into a brand new race, the 'Slime Demonic Spiritual Body'. All attributes have been greatly enhanced, and the amount of magic energy has even increased tenfold.
More importantly, it directly acquired two powerful ultimate skills, Raphael, the King of Wisdom, which evolved from the Great Sage, and Beelzebub, the King of Gluttony, which evolved from the Gluttony.
With the help of the wiser and more alert King of Wisdom Raphael, its soul-returning secret technique successfully resurrected Ziyuan, and achieved a happy ending. At this moment, Ziyuan was shouting with surprise: "Great!
I don’t have to be someone else’s heroic spirit! I belong only to Rimuru-sama!”
Hmm, weird.
Rimuru cursed, looking around at the evolved Demon Kingdom cadres, and felt that there was much to be done next, but just when it was about to issue an order, danger suddenly came from the magic perception.
There is a powerful magic coming!
"Protect Rimuru-sama!"
Benimaru, who also sensed the magic power, immediately shouted out instructions, and Shion, who was still immersed in the joy of resurrection, suddenly stopped in front of Rimuru.
"This guy is..." Rimuru pulled Shion away and stared at the person flying in the distant sky, comparing it with the information: "Demon King... Clayman?"
Yes, it’s ‘Klayman’!
"He is the culprit?!"
"How dare you come directly here!"
"What does he want to do?!"
Amid everyone's hostility, Clayman hovered a few hundred meters away and said in a cold voice: "Wow...cough, ho ho ho ho! You're quite capable, just a slime! Not only did you destroy this demon king,
Plan and become a demon king species!"
"Plan?" Rimuru said without losing his voice: "Are you admitting that the attack on the Tempest Federation was all your fault?"
"Ha, so what if you admit it?" Clayman spread his hands and said: "Does this mere slime really think of himself as the devil? Haha - hum!"
"..."
Rimuru felt that Master Raphael, who had just evolved into the ultimate skill, seemed to have something to say, but with the enemy at hand, she ignored it for now: "So...are you here to fight me? Clayman!"
"Fight? Don't be arrogant, Slime! This demon king is just here to inform you of your death date!"
Clayman said coldly: "Just wait, I will kill you, the guy who dares to call himself the Demon King, in front of all the Demon Kings at the Demon King's Feast! Oh~ let Milim do it."
"..."
"Mirim..." Rimuru said in surprise: "What did you do to her?!"
"Hahahaha - are you worried about her? Don't worry, she is very good, she will just listen to my words in the future! Think about it, how can you defeat the most powerful ancient demon king!
"Kleiman laughed loudly.
"Damn it..." Rimuru gritted his teeth and was about to use his wings to fight Clayman.
Benimaru quickly grabbed her: "Master Rimuru, don't fall into the enemy's trick!"
"Such an out-of-control temper, it's just a slime after all." Clayman smiled upon seeing this, turned around and flew away: "Just wait for your death in fear!"
"You bastard!"
Rimuru can endure it, but how can Shion endure it?
She immediately jumped up and slashed hard at Clayman. Also attacking at the same time as her was an elegant man with black hair and golden eyes.
It was a demon summoned by Rimuru when he was about to fall into a deep sleep after clearing out the Farmus Kingdom army and found that he had no ability to protect himself. He sacrificed the corpses of all the Farmus Kingdom army as a sacrifice!
At this time, Rimuru didn't know that this demon was the black ancestor of the seven original demons, and if it was really Clayman, he might have been seriously injured by this claw.
But this 'Clayman' just flashed his eyes, stretched out his two hands and easily blocked and offset the attacks of the two men, swinging them away.
"Don't be too impatient, Slime."
Leaving behind such a sentence, 'Clayman' flew and disappeared from the horizon.
The original black that landed on the ground was a little surprised, and Ziyuan said solemnly: "You can block my attack so easily? It's obvious that I have just evolved. I am worthy of being a demon king."
The joyful atmosphere of Rimuru evolving into a demon king dissipated, and everyone in the Demon Kingdom felt a heavy heart as a demon king declared war.
"Don't worry, everyone, Rimuru-sama will definitely win!" someone reassured.
"What is the Devil's Feast?" someone asked.
"No matter what it is, I will definitely rescue Milim and kill Clayman who dares to attack us!" Rimuru said firmly and worriedly: "Damn it, if I had known that Milim was really being manipulated, I would have
I will never let Ji Xing go to the Beast Kingdom, I hope he is fine."
"..."
"...Master Raphael, it seems like you have something to say from the beginning. Is it information about the enemy?" Rimuru reacted and asked.
"...No. It is announced that the analysis of the 'infinite prison' that seals the storm dragon Veldora is about to be completed, and strong support will be received."
Uh-oh! Rimuru cheered with surprise in his heart, it’s great, because the Great Sage evolved into Teacher Raphael, has it changed so quickly?
And in the distance, 'Klayman' was laughing so hard that he almost passed out: "Wow hahaha - fun, this is so fun! Rimuru, you are going to 'challenge' me and Ke with heavy pressure.
Lehman! Wahahaha——"
…
"Eh? Fleur, haven't you forgotten yet?"
Three days later, Milim looked at Fleur, who had a somewhat different temperament, with a slumped face: "You are already a real demon king. How can you be my subordinate when you are a powerful demon king?"
"No, I have already decided, Lady Milim." Fleur said with a smile, "My power is far worse than yours."
"That's true. Thinking of the battle scenes of the past few days, the joy of being promoted to the True Demon King has dissipated a lot." The awakened Carrion gesticulated his muscles and said, "There is one more thing, after all.
"Extreme Skill', why didn't I get it when I awakened? What about you, Fleur?"
"Me neither." Fleur shook her head.
"Probably because you got the Fire of Life from Milim and didn't go through a battle worthy of transformation." Ji Xing said: "It doesn't matter. Ultimate skills can't only be obtained when you evolve. You still have a chance after becoming the Demon King."
Kalion and Frey looked at Shyvana.
At this moment, Shyvana's image changed again. Her surging power became restrained, and overall she became more like a human being. She shook her head and said, "I haven't gained the ultimate skill either."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Shyvana say: "But Master, I have obtained a skill called Ultimate Endowment, which seems to be related to your skill. It is called Ultimate Endowment 'Dragon-Blooded Warrior Princess Xi"
Vana', the skills I got from you have been greatly enhanced in power."
"Dragon-Blooded Warrior?" Ji Xing whispered.
The world will of this world can even be read by one's other invasion experiences. Its specifications are even higher than those of the Dragon Ball world. Although the strength does not look like a seven-star one, there should be some unique secrets, 'Dragon Blood Warrior'
It's also normal.
Shyvana was originally trained by Ji Xing to be a dragon-blooded warrior queen in the alliance world.
"It doesn't matter. It's probably because you are the Demon King under my soul lineage. The ultimate skill has been expressed in a different way. I will try the power of your skill later." Ji Xing said.
"yes!"
So the three of us evolved into demon kings at the same time, but only this dragon girl has the ultimate skill. Is it possible that she is stronger than us?
Carrion whispered in his heart, looked back at Fabio and said: "Then, I will accompany Milim in your performance as agreed. Over here in the Beast Kingdom, Fabio, you and... By the way, where is Sophia?
?Why didn’t you see her?”
Fabio paused and said: "She has evolved because of your awakening and is exercising to control new powers. Shall I call her?"
"Oh, no need for that now." Carion continued: "You and she will lead the people to sort out the previously destroyed areas of the Beast Kingdom, and let Alvis bring the citizens back from Rimuru."
"yes!"
Karion then stood up and faced Milim solemnly and said: "Milim, although I am a little overestimating my abilities, I still want to test the power gap between you and me now. Having said that, I
The uncle should have fought with you originally, but now he is just making up for it!"
Milim showed surprise, and there was a fight?
"Hahahaha - since you have sincerely challenged me, I, the Demon King, will make up for this battle." She stood up and put her hands on her hips, laughing: "And Frey, Shyvana, you all just became the Demon King,
Do you want to try your strength?"
"I'll forget it, I don't have the habit of deliberately looking for beatings." Fleur said.
Shyvana also expressed her refusal.
So three minutes later, Milim carried the unconscious Carrion with a cheerful expression and said with a big smile: "Sure enough, he has become much stronger after awakening. He is a pretty good opponent. Frey, let's go."
Is a one-sided battle, or even a one-sided show, really so much worse? Fleur couldn't help but glance at Ji Xing, then fluttered her wings and flew in the direction of Milim.
This glance also seemed to make Milim think: "By the way, Ji Xing, do you want to come to the next Demon King's Feast? Although you are a human, your subordinates have become real Demon Kings!
Well, even if you don't come, Guy will find you alone soon, right? That guy got the job of world mediator from my father. Although your power is not as good as ours, there should be no guy stronger than you in the world.
There are only a few, and it may already affect the balance of the world!"
Ji Xing said: "I'll think about it, maybe I'll go as Sivana's follower?"
"Hey?" Milim suddenly clapped her hands: "How about... Ji Xing, we will kill Clayman directly. You can use your transformation skills to transform into him and participate in the feast, so as not to have to act!"
"Then what?" Ji Xing said with a smile: "Where can Rimuru direct his anger? Do you want her to beat me? She can't beat me either."
"Oh, that's right -" Milim waved her hand: "Goodbye then, Ji Xing, I will have a good fight with you next time! Frey, let's fly quickly, Clayman should be waiting impatiently!"
…
Clayman was more than impatient.
He was already impatient.
His original plan was for Milim to sneak attack on Karion. He did not declare war openly and wait for seven days. But in the end, Milim didn't know what was wrong with him. Even though he was being manipulated, he still did something unexpected.
something expected.
It doesn't matter, just declare war. Carrion cannot be Milim's opponent in a head-on battle, but seven days and three days later, there is no news at all. The spy sent is nowhere to be seen, and even Fleur has disappeared!
What happened?
On the other hand, he ordered the demon Myran to escalate the situation, and the use of the Farmus Kingdom's army to destroy the Monster Kingdom was not going well, and even failed to the extreme.
The army of 19,000 people was originally an awakening gift prepared by 'that lord' for himself, but now they were all killed by the slime. Pironne, the confidant in charge of surveillance, was also discovered by the demon he summoned.
Cleaning up caused him to completely lose understanding of the current situation of the monster kingdom.
As for 'that lord', his name is Kazalim, and he is an old demon king who was killed and replaced by the new demon king Leon more than ten years ago.
But the Spell King Kazalim is not dead. He is now living in the body of a human boy in a special state, commanding Clayman and other members of the "Mediocre Clown Company".
Clayman is actually the weakest member of the mediocre clown company, but he is good at strategy and can be said to be resourceful, so he was sent to temporarily take Kasalim's place to absorb the remaining wealth.
Nowadays, Clayman has the most financial resources among all the demon kings, because he secretly trades with the Eastern Empire and maintains frequent trade relations with the Dwarf Kingdom. He uses these trading channels to purchase the latest weapons from the Eastern and Western camps.
and armors, using the legacies and magic left by their predecessors to enhance the combat power of their subordinates. They are used to bring the power-hungry demons into submission, and to seduce the demons with huge wealth and take advantage of them.
His potential allies are all over the world, so his intelligence capabilities exceed those of all demon kings!
Yes, he is very good and a resourceful devil. What he lacks is only force.
According to common sense, with his wisdom, there are many omissions in the plan now, and the situation on Demon King Milim's side is not yet clear. He should get in touch with Kasalim to discuss follow-up matters and terminate the current risky plan.
plan.
But for some reason, he was very persistent, so persistent that he seemed not to consider failure and risk at all.
"There must be no problem with Master Kasalim's spell, but it may be that Milim is too strong and has retained some self-awareness and is a little more willful. Then she can strengthen her discipline."
"Well, that's right, next...arrange the supplies to be transported to the Eastern Empire, and then concentrate on dealing with that slime!"
Then it’s time to take revenge on Leon!
Then unify the world!
Even though everything was in extremely bad condition, Clayman, who had always been quick-witted, seemed to have seen the day of victory and burst out laughing wildly.