Black and soft short short hair, clear purple pupils, a face as delicate as the one in a painting, and a heroic figure when walking.
Sakaguchi Hinata, who was walking quickly in the Western Saint Church Church, slightly frowned her delicate brows, with a rare feeling of worry lingering on her body.
It is easy to tell from the name that she, known as the most powerful saint in the West, is also a visitor from another world. Unlike summoners like Ji Xing, she came through the gaps in the world by chance.
She is also worthy of the name of a genius. After studying with her mentor Izawa Shizue for one month, she surpassed him in swordsmanship. Later, due to disagreement with her mentor's ideas, she left and joined the Western Holy Church.
It takes one year to become a paladin, two years to become a paladin leader, and three years to become a saint.
As her status increased, she gradually came into contact with the nature of the church and discovered that Pope Rey Valentine and Demon King Roy Valentine were twin brothers, so she attacked them.
When she was exhausted and about to kill the brothers, the real Demon King Ruminas appeared in front of her. In her despair, he did not kill her, but instead refuted her view of justice.
Hinata was let go by her, and she made an appointment to fight Luminas again after completing the Nanayao Trial, but the result was a disastrous defeat, so she finally agreed to Luminas-as long as the other party did not become an enemy of mankind, she would obey his orders
Yuruminas.
So he became the right hand of God to this day.
The unfortunate experience in her childhood gave her the ideal of "building a world without disputes." Today's Holy French Empire is such a land.
Even if that's because for noble vampires, humans are equivalent to 'livestock', but Ruminas is a restrained guy and can restrain her subordinates. It was under this kind of pressure that Utopia was born, but Hinata is already very
Satisfied.
Of course, she has never stopped exercising her own strength. If one day Demon King Ruminas loses control, she will kill him with her own hands.
Even if this possibility is slim.
The days passed like this, but suddenly something unexpected happened.
A slime appeared in a place like the Great Jura Forest and began to build an advanced city. The place called the Monster Federation quickly prospered, approaching and even challenging the Holy Kingdom. More importantly, it violated the Holy Church's rules.
doctrine.
On the other hand, the over-prosperity of the town will attract an attack from the angel army. Hinata has been working hard to fight against that army. If the angels arrive early due to the establishment of the Monster Federation, no one knows how many people will lose their lives.
In addition, her mentor Shizue Izawa was swallowed by the slime, and for various reasons, she personally attacked Rimuru, but unexpectedly she escaped with her life and awakened as a true demon king.
"Now it seems that there may be another hidden reason why Teacher Jing was devoured. As a human being, Teacher Jing is about to reach the limit of her lifespan. Is it a kind of inheritance? She has committed the problem of not wanting to listen to other people's explanations again, and was deceived by Kagura.
That bastard Yuki Ban has a plan." She murmured in her heart, recalling the news she just heard in Luminas's palace.
…
half an hour ago.
"He actually escaped even if you took action personally?" Hinata looked at Luminas with an annoyed look above her in slight surprise: "He is obviously the guy who ran away in panic when he saw me..."
"Maybe he has other purposes. He has the ability to confront you head-on." Luminas commented angrily, and added: "But you will probably win in a head-to-head confrontation, but he is particularly good at escaping, damn bugs,
I was careless."
"Are you a master? Sorry, Luminas-sama, I am also guilty of judging people by their appearance. If I keep chasing them..."
"What, do I have to work with you to catch a mouse?" Luminas snorted.
"No, Luminas-sama..."
Knowing that she was an evil fire that was gathering more and more tonight, Luminas did not take it out on Hinata anymore, but said: "A lot of things happened at the Demon King's Feast. Compared with that, the one named Laplace
The clown is not worth mentioning."
Hinata was originally curious as to why Luminas returned from the feast early, so she listened quietly and quickly understood the general process of the feast.
"Skills Merchant, Ji Xing..." She whispered this frequently appearing name.
Pope Rey Valentin, who came over while Ruminas was telling the story, said: "This human being who has been active in the past year has more supernatural powers than we expected. He actually has the ability to read the past of the Demon King, and also
She has a deep relationship with Demon Lord Milim, Ramiris and the new Demon Lord Rimuru, and even her servants..."
"Put aside the relationship between him and his dragon girl." Luminas said sternly: "Listen, the evil dragon has been resurrected, and that slime has become a recognized demon king. This is an indisputable fact.
A countermeasure must be formulated.”
"Yes." Hinata agreed: "Leave Veldora to me."
But Ruminas's reaction was very cold, and she asserted: "No, Hinata. Forget about Demon King Rimuru, you can't defeat that evil dragon."
"...Is he really that strong? But he was still sealed by the 'brave'."
"I told you before, Hinata." Luminas said: "Special A level is the disaster level, which corresponds to the demon king species, just like Clayman's unawakened demon king. S level is
Disaster level, all demon kings including me are in this category, even a saint like you can barely be considered.
On top of this, there is also the special S level, which is the natural disaster level. The only recognized natural disaster levels in the world are four dragon species including the evil dragon. They are extremely powerful. Although I don’t want to admit it, even I can’t defeat that.
Head evil dragon."
Luminas said this, Hinata finally nodded solemnly, but what she was thinking was that even so, if the evil dragon dared to break this peace, she would fight tooth and nail.
"...What's going on with the guys from the Eastern Empire?" After a pause, she asked again: "I know we have always used that empire as the imaginary enemy, but even Demon King Clayman can control the power of the empire...
…”
"Very strong." Ruminas hummed: "Although the demon kings are all classified as S disaster level, there are two guys who are particularly special. Everyone recognizes that they - Qi Yi and Milim have reached the natural disaster level, even higher than the natural disaster level.
Which dragon species are stronger.
It seems that Qiyi has been competing with the empire, and there is no clear winner. Even my actions of secretly controlling the Western countries are actually supported by Qiyi, in order to confront the empire... Of course, I
Ignore him, there is no affiliation between me and him."
This is the first time Hinata knows about this kind of thing. Luminas has always been her target, but she considers herself inferior to dragons, and the two demon kings Guy and Milim are vaguely superior to dragons...
"So I'm still so small?" She murmured, returning from memories to reality.
Subsequently, she, Rey, and Luminas conducted a series of discussions on the policy towards the Monster Kingdom, and finally got a result that she was somewhat unwilling to accept - political consultations with the Monster Kingdom, and the Western countries covered it up.
.
This is a kind of 'compromise', Luminas also reminded: "If you want to deal with the current monster kingdom, you may have to take the skill merchant and the new demon king 'Dragon Blood Warrior' Shyvana into consideration. The newly promoted
The Dragon Girl's transformation into the Flame Dragon King may be stronger than Roy and the others. Of course I don't care, but that skill merchant...
I am a little bit elusive about his strength. At least he is a saint and can fight with Milim and still be intact. Even if Milim is not serious, I am afraid he will not lose to you. I even have a vague feeling.
, this human being might be strong enough to fight against me.
Anyway, be careful, Hinata, I still don’t want to lose you.”
Some time ago, the king of a kingdom named Gurdovia among the Western countries was assassinated. The assassin was an "adventurer" who had bought skills, so Hinata had actually investigated Ji Xing for a long time.
The adventurer named Domini was the first person to buy skills from him. He got a discount and bought two skills at the same time. So in just one year, he soared from D level to A level, and even in A level.
All are exceptionally outstanding.
He was obviously a guy with no talent, but he kept up with his own progress. Those two skills were amazing to Hinata once he understood them.
Because the assassination was a 'just revenge', after investigation, Hinata believed that the assassinated king was indeed cruel and unjust, had ascended the throne improperly, and violated the teachings of the church, so he took Domini away.
Now that Domini is working under her, Hinata is very aware of the 'power' of the skills Ji Xing sells. Now that she knows Ji Xing's true identity and some information, she can't help but have an idea in her heart -
If I buy it, get those two skills...
"...I am too weak to put my hope on others." In just two seconds, she shook her head and gave up this idea, "When I am with Rimuru, I don't know whether I am a friend or an enemy."
For the next week, Hinata worked almost non-stop, relying on the physical strength of a saint to maintain, and worked hard to collect all kinds of information.
Until the monthly contract meeting of the Emperor's Wings was about to begin, the Holy Knights directly under Hyuga, the Guards Division directly under the Emperor, and the Guards Knights affiliated with the Emperor's Hall gathered.
As the leader of the Holy Knights and Speaker of the Parliament, she will announce the church's attitude towards the Demonic Federation at this meeting - in front of those Holy Knights who don't know the true identity of the God Ruminas, she expected that this matter would not happen
Too easy.
So before the meeting, she first summoned several of her cronies, including Domini, who was the first to buy Ji Xing's skills.
Just when she was about to explain something, she suddenly noticed a slightly unfamiliar face following Domini, a green-haired beauty with a good temperament. She frowned and asked, "Who is she?"
"Oh... Master Hinata, she is Xilian." Domini, who was not quite used to the Paladin's style of conduct, scratched his head and said: "Didn't you say before that I could choose any deputy among the Paladins? Xilian is me.
The chosen one.”
"Lord Knight." Xilian lowered his head.
Hinata looked at her carefully and found that she was not impressed by him. He was probably not an outstanding guy among the Paladins, but was chosen by Domini because of his beauty? This guy still needs a good education.
Seeing nothing else, she nodded slightly, returned her gaze, and got down to business.
Xi Lian raised her head, her expression seemed serious, but in fact she was watching all this with indifference.
‘Tsk, this is so troublesome.’ Yes, she is none other than the Scorching Flame Dragon, Velgrendo!
Rudra made a decision, and as Rudra's wife, she would not object, so she went out in person and crossed the Jura Forest to come here.
The reason why we didn't go directly to the Demonic Federation was because of Rudra's subsequent analysis - 'That guy Qi Yi is too familiar with me, and he might have guessed my plan. In other words, if he attacked directly
, you are likely to be ambushed by him, or face your sister.'
Well, as opponents, Rudra has the Burning Flame Dragon by his side, and Guy has another dragon species by his side - the White Ice Dragon Velzard.
Velgrendo is very strong, but the strongest among the strongest. Whether it is Guy or Velzard, she can only fight evenly.
More importantly, as a wife and Rudra's guard, she cannot use her true body.
Not really a clone.
She possesses a unique and powerful skill, "Body Dividing", which can create an unlimited number of clones, and each clone has the same combat power as the main body. As long as the clones are not dead, she will not die.
Of course, this ability also has limitations, and a fixed amount of magic is its limitation. For Rudra's attention, she created a clone with half of her magic this time. If it is defeated by Guy or Velusha,
If she were to ambush her, she would probably lose this part of her magic energy permanently.
Caution is necessary.
According to Kondo Tatsuya's analysis of Western intelligence, he believed that with a little interference, the Holy French Empire would take action against the Demon Kingdom Federation.
So she took the place of a spy lurking in the Holy Kingdom of France, a marginal trainee paladin, and used a little trick to get here.
Playing tricks is rare for powerful dragons, so she finds it particularly boring.
"It shouldn't take more than a few days." She looked at Hinata Sakaguchi in front of her and murmured in her heart: "In terms of strength, she is enough to be in the single digits that can carry Rudra's power. Maybe she can be taken away?"
Now that she has spent some energy on infiltrating, besides killing the skill merchant Ji Xing, Velgrendo also wants to do more for Rudra!
So after this meeting, the situation changed and the situation was beyond Hinata's control.
…
Demonic Federation, capital Rimuru.
Diavolo, the ancestor of the pure black demon, stood beside Rimuru with a look of frustration and said: "Resim is dead, he should have been killed. This was my dereliction of duty, I was too careless."
Resim, the church archbishop of the Kingdom of Farmus, is also one of the only two survivors in Rimuru after the previous war.
When the Demon King's Feast was in progress, Diavolo was sent by her to escort Resim and the King of Farmus back to their homeland, using these two people to take control of Farmus. Everything was going well before, but suddenly something bad happened.
information.
"As a result, the Kingdom of Farmus began to spread rumors that the Archbishop died due to the devil's conspiracy." Diavolo said with a bitter look on his face: "I seem to have messed up, Lord Rimuru."
Next to her, Ziyuan was still vying for favor: "So you can only be the second secretary..."
"Okay Shion." Rimuru interrupted with a headache, wondering if it could be related to Yuuki?
The day after the Demon King's Feast, she took people to find the guy who had plotted against her, only to find that the Free Guild headquarters was already empty. Yushu seemed to be extra vigilant. He got the news from somewhere and evacuated from there first.
.
After a week, Souei, who was out exploring, found no trace of Yuuki, but Rimuru became more and more disappointed with some of the rewards he received - it seemed that Yuuki was acting out of his own will, rather than being influenced by someone.
control.
"...It doesn't matter, Diavolo, we still have the card Razan."
She turned around and said, "By the way, Ziyuan, what is Razan doing during this time?"
Ziyuan replied: "That demon and Bai Lao get along well. The two of them often drink together recently. When nothing happens, he and Bai Lao will train Gobda and the others together."
I am living a retirement life... please get busy! Rimuru, who felt that he was busy all day, thought with resentment in his heart, and asked: "Where are Taguchi Shogo and the three of them?"
A strange look flashed across Ziyuan's face: "They are...learning 'Chinese'."
"……ha?"
"It was done by Mr. Ji Xing. He said that the three of them did not study at the age where they should study and lacked cultivation. They should make up for it. So they were assigned a lot of homework every day and used 'ancient poetry' to teach them and cultivate their
temperament……"
At this point, Ziyuan's face became increasingly uncomfortable, "Sir Ji Xing also said that those ancient poems will be something that all monster children need to learn in the future. Of course, children don't need to learn them in Chinese, just use our language.
"
Rimuru was silent.
What is this for? Inheriting Chinese culture in another world? Well, I heard that Chinese culture is profound and profound, but...it's scary no matter how you think about it, learning or something like that.
Fortunately, I am no longer a child.
"Yeah," she responded, "Ji Xing is also helping to make the town a better place. Children should really study more."
Changing the subject: "Diablo, please go and inform Razan to come to my place."
"Yes." Diavolo lowered his head and was about to retreat when he suddenly paused, his eyes showed a strange color, and he made a defensive posture.
Huh? Shion immediately made the same move, and Rimuru was also alert, but his own perception didn't capture anything, so he was a little confused.
"Information. Two high-level demons are approaching at high speed. According to the magic wavelength, they are two maids following Demon King Guy."
Guy's maids? Reine and Misali?
Rimuru was a little surprised, and the next moment he judged that it might be related to Ji Xing, so he said: "It doesn't matter, Shion, Diavolo, they are not my enemies, go and invite them over.
By the way, Diavolo, they are also demons, do you recognize them?"
She turned her head and realized that Diavolo's expression was a little strange, and she was worried, hey, no... there is some grudge between you, right?
The next moment her guess was confirmed, she saw a flash of figures in the office, Rein and Missali appeared, but two pairs of eyes focused on Diavolo: "...pure black? Why are you here?
?!Wait, when did you get your body?!"
Diavolo's expression returned to elegance, and he slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said: "Blue, Green, have you abandoned Crimson and come to join Lord Rimuru? What a wise choice."
"Asshole!" Rein suddenly shouted angrily: "How could we betray Master Qi Yi!"
Misali also said with a cold face: "Our names are Rein and Misali, pure black."
"Then please call me by my name." Diavolo said in a showy tone, "Diablo."
"..."
"Someone named you?!" Lei Yin was stunned and blurted out: "It's Ji Xing?! That's right, if it's him..."
Well, one sentence offended two people.
Diavolo exuded a ghastly murderous intent, and Rimuru, who was ignored, felt a little helpless. I just stood beside him. Am I not worthy?
But it sounds like Diavolo is very familiar with Guy's two maids. It seems that they are still a little uncomfortable with each other. It's really a headache. Why do they call each other by color...
"Declaration. Only the original seven demons match each other by color, which are red, blue, green, purple, yellow, white, and black. It is inferred that Qi is the original red, Rein is the original blue, and Misali is the original green.
, Diavolo is the original black.》
"……Why?!!"
Rimuru's eyes widened.
She did find that Diavolo was not a simple demon, he was extremely powerful, maybe even stronger than her now, but she couldn't believe that Diavolo was one of the original seven colors?!
Just like the strongest demon king Guy, Guy's two maids are also...
When she recovered from the shock, she found that the room was already tense. Diavolo and the two maids were about to fight. Although Shion didn't usually deal with Diavolo, she took out a knife and stood in front of Diavolo.
Polo side.
"Wait!" She quickly stopped: "Diavolo, put away your magic power, these two are guests from afar. Reine, Misali, Diavolo were named by me, not Ji Xing...
…Are you two here to see Ji Xing?”
So Rein and Misali looked at Rimuru with extremely shocked eyes, as if to say, you actually have the ability to name Pure Black? Is a guy like Pure Black willing to become your subordinate?
Rimuru: "..."
Diavolo shouted in a low voice: "You two, if you are disrespectful to Lord Rimuru again, don't blame me for killing you here!"
"...Huh? Come on if you can."
"The guy who just got a body and a name and became the Demon Lord, you can't say anything!"
"Okay!" Rimuru shouted helplessly: "Ziyuan! Go and ask Ji Xing to come over!"
At the same time, the office door was pushed open, and Ji Xing walked in with a puzzled expression: "What are you looking for for me? Oh, Reine, Misali, you two are here."
Rimuru hesitated. She suspected that Ji Xing had been watching the show outside the door, but she had no evidence. She sighed helplessly and said: "Thank God, Ji Xing, you showed up in time. Well... you and Qi Yi made an appointment to do it."
What's the matter, are they coming to pick you up?"
"No." Ji Xing looked at the two of them.
Rein and Misali looked at each other, and suddenly they both smiled. They looked at Diavolo provocatively, and when Diavolo had an ominous premonition, he looked at Ji Xing and said, "Mr. Ji Xing,
I'll be asking you to help us... awaken to become the true devil king in the next few days!"
"……What?!"
…
A few minutes later.
Rimuru watched Rein and Misali enter Ji Xing's home, looked at Diavolo who was staring at the window in disbelief, and sighed secretly in his heart.
Since Ji Xing agreed to Qi Yi, it means that he is indeed sure that nothing will go wrong. Shyvana is also an example, but he didn't expect Ji Xing to be able to help other people's subordinates awaken.
How is this done?
King of Wisdom: "Declaration. Using 100,000 copies of the Fire of Life, you can help the monsters under the soul lineage awaken. There are currently five people who meet the conditions, namely Diavolo, Shion, Benimaru, Gade, and Lanya.
》
Oh, can Mr. Raphael do it too? But it requires one hundred thousand human souls, ten times that?
Speaking of which, Diavolo is not surprised. Are Shion and the others qualified to become demon kings? Everyone has grown up.
Rimuru sighed inwardly, and noticed strange fluctuations coming from Ji Xing's home. He was sure that Misali and Rein were really starting to awaken, and couldn't help but look at Diavolo again.
That 'poor puppy'-like expression made Rimuru a little unbearable, but she knew the right amount.
Not to mention that there are not a hundred thousand human souls, even if there were, her choice would be Shion and the four of them, not Diavolo, the demon who had just become her subordinate, not to mention the original one who had just learned that Diavolo was so dangerous.
So black!
Diavolo's words at the next moment confirmed that she was right - "Lord Rimuru, since the humans in Farmus Kingdom dare to cause trouble, let us destroy them!"
"Don't even think about it!" Rimuru firmly denied: "We will become the public enemy of mankind."
"...Yeah." Diavolo took a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "Sorry, please punish me, Lord Rimuru, I lost my temper."
"It's okay, I understand."
The original brothers who were in trouble... No, they can't be called brothers in trouble. Two of the original small rich friends suddenly became rich, and they were still two people who were not easy to deal with. Everyone would have a momentary psychological gap, right?
She shook her head and saw Ji Xing walking out of the house and said: "They are beginning to awaken, and it will take about three days to complete. Rimuru, please don't let people come near my house during this period. Although Shyvana is guarding it personally, after all
He is the original devil, and he may not be able to control his power well after awakening."
"I know." Rimuru nodded: "Qi Yi called you next door that night just to ask you about this? Why didn't you help them immediately?"
When she said this, her expression changed: "Is it because I don't have enough soul? These days..."
"How is it possible?" Ji Xing said: "A great demon who has established himself as a public enemy of mankind to prevent mankind from consuming itself due to internal fighting has collected souls that are difficult to count over the past two thousand years.
I proposed it a week later. I originally wanted to solve some troubles first, but I didn't expect that after a week of leisure, the person I wanted to wait for has not come yet, so I am very cautious."
"The person you are waiting for?" Rimuru felt strange. Before he could ask, a figure suddenly appeared next to him. It was Soue's confidant Souka.
"Lord Rimuru, Hinata has left the Holy Kingdom and is advancing towards us!"
"What?" Rimuru was suddenly startled and said, "She is alone?"
"Yes, Nanqiang is observing outside the boundary of the Holy Kingdom of France. Only Hinata Sakaguchi..."
"No, there is a new situation!" Donghua appeared from Canghua's shadow: "There are four holy knights following in Hinata's footsteps!"
"Four paladins?"
"Yes, they are fully armed and have strong magic skills. We lost track of them all at once!"
"He's fully armed, is he strong?" Rimuru became solemn, but at this moment he saw Souei himself jumping out of Donghua's shadow.
"Are you... playing with matryoshka dolls..."
"No, Lord Rimuru, the situation has changed again. Two new paladins have also set off from the Holy Kingdom of France to chase Hinata and others. According to the intelligence, one of them should be..." Souei paused and asked Ji Xing
Bowed his head: "Domini is the first adventurer who sells skills and has two skills, Master Ji Xing! The other person is unknown!"
"Domini? Oh, I've heard before that the guy who assassinated the king but was recruited by Hinata reportedly caused some discussion..."
Rimuru murmured: "How long will it take for them to arrive at our place?"
"According to their footsteps, using the teleportation array between towns... they should enter the Jula Forest in three to four days!"
"Three or four days?"
"It's just in time." Ji Xing shook his head and pointed in the direction of Rein and Misali: "We can let them move around after they have just awakened."
"Uh, Ji Xing, Hinata's words..."
"It's not Hinata." Ji Xing said, "Maybe...there will be someone I'm waiting for inside."