Chapter 32: Development (asking for monthly votes at the end of 7k)
Chapter 954: Cultivation (please vote for me at the end of 7k)
"Everyone! I... am not right... I am... I am the Demon King Rimuru!"
"Yes, I am Demon King Rimuru. Please give me some advice. Well - thank you for coming here at our country's invitation. I am very happy..."
At noon the next day, the sky was clear and clear. As Rimuru stumbled on the balcony of the Central Assembly Hall to make his opening remarks, the founding ceremony of Jura Tempest Federal State officially kicked off.
It can be seen that Rimuru is a little nervous and not used to it. After all, she was just an ordinary office worker before time travel. Looking at the past, Ji Xing, Hinata and even Izawa Shizue and others are looking at her in a corner.
This made her even more confused and nervous.
But fortunately, in addition to her citizens, the only people staying in the square were the princes and nobles who had interacted with her on the eve of the festival last night.
They didn't care about Rimuru's nervousness, or they just regarded it as the excitement of founding the country, so Rimuru adjusted as quickly as possible.
Her speech was also very simple, explaining the friendly policy and attitude of the Demon Kingdom Federation to foreign countries. She also used the Kingdom of Farmus as an example to illustrate her determination to show no mercy to the enemy, with firmness and slowness, and finally ended with the sentence "Everyone has a good time."
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The civilians and businessmen gradually dispersed, enthusiastically participating in the many activities of the founding ceremony, while Rimuru went down to the lobby on the first floor and saw the children jumping towards them at a glance.
"How embarrassing, Rimuru-sensei!"
"Yes, he stumbles over his words!"
Rimuru wiped the sweat from his forehead and rolled his eyes at the children: "I deliberately told everyone not to be afraid of me because of my status as a demon king, and to make everyone think that I am also an ordinary person."
"Is this a forced explanation?"
"It must be, hahaha..."
Rimuru was speechless. These children are starting to look less cute...but this is a good thing. With Miss Jing and Hinata by their side, their smiles have been many times more than before. Miss Jing is like a gentle mother, and Hinata is strict.
…
Oh, sin, sin, it's really inappropriate to think of such a great beauty as a father.
She touched the heads of Alice and Chloe, looked at Ji Xing and others and said, "The next project is a one-hour music appreciation. Ziyuan and the others have been rehearsing for a long time, shall we go together?"
Ji Xing nodded and followed with Shyvana and Cagalli, chatting along the way to the opera house in Rimuru Town.
"It really surprises me when I say it." Rimuru said with emotion: "Despite the lack of technology, the level of music in this world is almost the same as ours. Even some musical instruments including pianos are available here."
"It's normal." Ji Xing said: "Reincarnators, summoners, and visitors from other worlds. There are so many people who have traveled through time. There are always a few people with professional counterparts. It's not surprising that musical instruments are reproduced here."
"That's right." Rimuru nodded: "It's just that most of the music in this world can only be appreciated by princes and nobles, and even if it is appreciated, it is done quietly. Such advanced and progressive things may attract attacks from the angel army."
At this point, she frowned, looked at Hinata and said: "Although Hinata also explained the interests and harms to me, this fact is strange. I am not prepared to give up the development of the country and culture just to avoid the angel's attack. It's okay, right?
, Ji Xing?”
"I don't know, I've never seen an angel or anything." Ji Xing said with a smile: "Just live your life as a monk hitting the clock."
Rimuru smiled "sweetly".
To be honest, she has been a little drifting recently, and she feels it herself. Although she is a little busy, establishing the Monster Federation is really a sense of accomplishment.
Moreover, the Monster Federation currently has no internal or external troubles. It has established an alliance with Luminas, the misunderstanding with Hinata has also been resolved, and even Miss Jing has made up for her regrets by 'resurrecting'.
In addition to possessing the powerful forces of Veldora and Ji Xing, she, Shyvana and others are not vegetarians. In addition to being a little afraid of the mysterious Eastern Empire, she really can't think of anything else that can stop the demon.
The development of the federation.
——Although Ji Xing and Shyvana do not belong to the Demon Kingdom Federation, they are just guests, but when they encounter danger, he will not just sit back and watch, right?
With a relaxed mood, everyone arrived near the opera house. Rimuru, who was playing with the children, suddenly noticed a small dispute at the door of the opera house.
Well, it can't be considered a dispute, because the seats are limited, and the only people she invited to enjoy the orchestra's performance today were nobles from various countries, but now it seems that two 'commoners' who have not received the invitation are hoping to enter the opera house as well.
"Are we not qualified to enter? Open your eyes and see, we are adventurers from Mr. Masayuki's team. The king of a small country also treats us as guests, but you actually said that we..."
"No, it's not that you're not qualified, it's that the seats for this performance are already fully booked. If you two want to attend the concert, there will be two performances tonight and tomorrow night, please..."
From a distance, Rimuru heard such a conversation. She felt that her men handled it fairly, but the beauty with short blond hair opposite was a bit aggressive in her words.
According to the content of the conversation, she also remembered the identities of the two people on the other side - Bonnie and Qiu, the subordinates of the shining hero Masayuki.
The Honjo Masayuki and another subordinate, Mad Wolf Thunder, must have entered the underground maze to compete for the qualifications to obtain Ji Xing's skills. They were the first batch to enter, and they should come out of the underground maze after seven days this evening.
These two people have not entered the underground palace, but they have not had any presence in the past seven days. They must be waiting quietly, right? Are they feeling bored and want to listen to a concert?
Well, although according to Ji Xing and the King of Wisdom, Masayuki Honjou seems to be a parallel importer, but at least he is A-level, and such a special status seems to warrant an invitation.
Lack of thinking - Based on the idea of peace being the most important, Rimuru attributed the fault to himself, so he walked over quickly and said: "I'm really sorry, I didn't think carefully enough. I didn't expect you to be good at music."
Interested. Please come with me to enter, just two extra seats."
"The Demon King..."
As adventurers of the brave team, Qiu and Bonnie were naturally on guard.
They stared at Rimuru distrustfully for a few seconds before Bonny said, "With Masako-sama here, there is nothing we dare not agree to, and I understand that this demon king does not dare to play any tricks."
Hey, is there any mistake? You two were obviously the first to enter the opera house, but I made a mistake in inviting you?
Rimuru was a little helpless, but not too angry. Instead, the children started shouting, saying something like 'I don't know good people's hearts', which made the two adventurers a little embarrassed.
Rimuru shook his head at them, signaling to stop talking nonsense, and prepared to welcome everyone into the opera house.
At this moment, Ji Xing suddenly said: "You two, stop listening and go back."
"...Huh?" Rimuru turned around in surprise.
Bonnie and Qiu also looked over, with tense expressions. Qiu said: "You are the skill merchant Ji Xing, right? We respect the skills you have given us to cultivate adventurers, and we recognize that you are on par with Master Masayuki, but you are now
...What do you mean? It’s just a concert, we don’t have to listen to it, but we can’t accept your hostility towards us and Mr. Masayuki for no reason!”
Hinata also looked at Ji Xing in surprise. In her opinion, Ji Xing is a man who doesn't like to meddle in other people's business and does things as he pleases. He can help Teacher Jing resurrect and enlighten Gulanbeer based on his whim. He can also help others when they are busy.
When you have to go around, you can prepare a feast for yourself and enjoy it leisurely.
This man lives an extremely leisurely and carefree life, and is domineering only on the inside and not on the surface. In this way, he inexplicably refuses the adventurers who follow the hero to attend irrelevant concerts, and even overturns the arrangements made by Rimuru. This can only be...
There is something wrong with these two people!
"Masayuki's unique skills can influence others, but they can't influence you." Sure enough, Ji Xing smiled and said, "Two saints sincerely follow a fake brave man? Why don't I believe it."
"!!!"
Two... saints?!
Rimuru and Hinata looked shocked. When did saints become cabbage? There should be only a handful of saints in the Western countries, but Ji Xing's judgment cannot be wrong. In other words... these two people are from the East.
People from the Empire?!
Bonnie and Qiu's expressions changed, and their auras also changed. Qiu quickly changed from a 'simple adventurer' to a cold killer.
"I just said we can't take any chances." She complained to Bonnie: "The emergence of that kind of magic detector is too dangerous. Your Majesty's power may not be able to help us hide from the cold equipment."
"What's the use of saying this now?" Bonnie was not polite: "Our mission seems to have failed, but fortunately Mr. Ji Xing doesn't seem to be prepared to leave us here. Even the Marshal can defeat him.
If he takes action, I really don't think we can survive. From this point of view, we should be grateful for his exposure."
Qiu was silent and looked at Ji Xing: "I do want to thank you for your kindness, although I don't understand the reason. Since you have seen through it, why don't you wait until we start to catch it?"
"Your mission is nothing more than to assassinate Rimuru and the nobles of various countries? Or is it to cause other major damage to the founding ceremony, affect monsters, now called demi-humans, affect the harmony between demi-humans and humans, and at most add
Let this city’s Masayuki take the blame.”
Every time Ji Xing said something, Rimuru's heart beat violently. Hey, don't say it so easily. I've been really careless these days. I'm actually hiding such a crisis?
Hinata's expression also turned cold, and Shizu protected several children, although it was not necessary.
After being exposed, Bonnie and Qiu obviously had no intention of resisting and acquiesced to Ji Xing's speculation.
Ji Xing said again: "Go back and give your emperor a message for me - don't do any wasted tests or play tricks. I know all his secrets. If you feel that the time is not right and don't want to ignite a war, just
Don't look for trouble."
Do you know His Majesty's secrets? What secrets does Your Majesty have? Bonnie and Qiu were stunned, but they knew enough not to ask in detail. As the "single digits" of the Empire, they are two of His Majesty's closest confidants, but they also cannot know everything about the Empire.
secret.
They have never even seen His Majesty in person, and they don't know why His Majesty sent them to follow Masayuki in this city - they shouldn't be a prophet of the future, preparing for today.
They responded, resigned, and left the Demon Kingdom Federation without looking back. Rimuru breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's really hard to guard against. Thanks to you again, Ji Xing. If something happens to the nobles of various countries here, especially
Empest is really incapable of making excuses and is about to become a public enemy of mankind."
"But..." She said solemnly: "Isn't it true that the empire is not simple, and the Burning Flame Dragon is not their highest combat power? Even you are a little afraid, and you let the spies go back after discovering them?"
"No." Ji Xing said with a smile: "Some opponents have to be left for you to level up, so what if I take care of them all? You can't bring peace to the world with your current strength, so work hard."
"..."
Hinata and Jing want to laugh a little. Is the Rimuru we are all looking forward to like this from Ji Xing's perspective? The kind of workers who need to be cultivated to make the world peaceful and beautiful?
Rimuru's eyes were twitching, and he lost the ability to speak. What's going on with leveling up for me? You don't need to...well, you've already reached the full level!
Really, this guy.
I have been so dependent on him during this period that I have forgotten that this is a shameless guy who openly expresses "I work hard and he enjoys it"!
"Is this... the development in the game?" Alice said weakly: "Teacher Ji Xing is the player, Teacher Rimuru..."
"No!" Rimuru interrupted hurriedly: "The teacher is a big person!"
"Eh——"
"oh!"
The children played long notes, and Rimuru held his forehead in pain. During the laughter, Bonnie and Qiu just seemed to have become a sideshow, but in fact, Ji Xing's words to the two of them were much more powerful than she felt.
, at least in 'Rudra'.
…
"Know all my secrets."
As single-digit guards, Bonnie and Qiu had the ability to directly contact Rudra. As soon as they left the town of Rimuru, they used magic to cross half the continent, indicating the failure of their mission.
Sitting on the throne, Rudra savored Ji Xing's words and replied: "I know, even Velgrendo was defeated, so it's not surprising that I can't hide my skills from him. But let you
You are in danger, come back, as for my city Masayuki... don't worry about it anymore."
"Serve your Majesty!"
In the loud reply, the magic communication was cut off, and Rudra tapped the armrest of the chair with her fingers, her expression dark and uncertain.
Shaoqing, the green-haired beauty Velgrendo walked in from the door with a cup of tea. Seeing Rudra sitting up, she said with a surprised look on her face: "Rudra, you ended your lunch break early today?"
"Ah, I'm in good condition today." Rudra responded with a smile, with a charming mature charm on the face of a handsome blond boy.
"That's a good thing." Velgrendo seemed to be caring: "I heard from Kondo that today is the founding ceremony of the Demonic Federation Tempest. Isn't it because of this that you were so nervous that you missed a little sleep?
?That won’t work.”
"No." Rudra shook his head: "There is another thing that surprised me. It was just reported by Bonnie and Qiu."
"What--?"
"Oh, they found a young man named Masayuki Honjo in the west. He said he looks exactly like me, which is strange."
Velgrendo's palm trembled, and some of the tea she was pouring spilled. This was an extremely rare thing for her as a dragon.
Just like Rudra...Masayuki Motojo?
Since the last battle with Ji Xing, after Ji Xing had revealed a forgotten memory to the King of Exploration, Velgrendo discovered that there was something wrong with Rudra in front of him, and also found that he was quietly being raped by someone.
A situation of skill control.
But she didn't say anything, and she wasn't anxious.
She still accompanies Rudra as before, because she wants to determine the exact situation of Rudra - whether an extra personality has been derived due to the wear and tear on the soul of reincarnation, or whether it has completely died and been replaced by something unknown.
?
She hoped it was the former, even if it was the latter, she loved Rudra deeply and needed to make thorough preparations to protect Rudra's body and then find a way to resurrect Rudra.
But what does the boy who looks exactly like Rudra represent? Is it the reincarnation of Rudra's broken soul? Or maybe my strangeness has been discovered and this guy in front of me is testing me?!
Immediately afterwards, 'Rudra' added: "It is said that Masayuki of this city is still a visitor from another world. He has unique skills and is mistaken for a brave man. He is very famous in the West. This is really interesting.
One day when the war starts, he, as a brave man, might be pushed before my eyes."
"...It's indeed a rare thing. It's funny to think about the scene." Velgryndo said calmly: "You mean Bonnie and Qiu? I haven't seen them two for a long time. It turns out they were sent by you.
To the West? Like Damrad?"
"Well, I just went to the Demonic Federation today to investigate some information." Rudra said: "That's where they met Masayuki Honjo. It's just that the boy who looked very similar to me was warmly received by Ji Xing.
They dare not come near."
"..." Velgryndo bit her lip lightly.
Damn it! Ji Xing knows what Rudra looks like. If these are true, does he have any other plans to entertain that boy?!
She couldn't see through Ji Xing at all. Ji Xing used his skills to help her detect Rudra's strange behavior, and she didn't feel much gratitude in her heart - in her feeling, this kind of behavior was the enemy's internal strategy to break down the opponent.
It's just that Rudra is too important to her, so she can only 'fall into the trap'.
What is he thinking? Who is Masayuki Honjo? What is Rudra planning to tell me? All kinds of emotions and information rushed into her thoughts. Suddenly, her body shook and she was in a daze for a moment.
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When she came to her senses, she found that the face of Rudra next to her was not very good, and she was pale and weak. She quickly helped her halfway: "Rudra, lie down quickly! Why did you get up before lunch break?"
"Haha, I'm fine." Rudra's voice was hoarse: "I just thought that today the Demonic Federation held an official founding ceremony and became a trouble between the empire and the west. After all, I was a little worried and couldn't sleep well."
"It's my incompetence." Velugrendo said solemnly: "When the time comes, I will never lose to the skill merchant Ji Xing easily. I will help the empire's army to level the Demon Kingdom Federation!"
"Well, please."
Velgryndo helped Rudra lie down, and no longer cared about the city's Masayuki, nor did she think about the problem of Rudra in front of her, and took good care of him until he fell asleep as before.
Because she forgot.
Just like I forgot the conversation between Rudra and Damrad before, I forgot Ji Xing’s reminder last time and the conversation about Honjo Masayuki!
'Rudra' took advantage of the moment when her mind was shaken to strengthen her control!
When she left the room, Rudra, who was lying on the couch, slowly opened her eyes. Her calm eyes contained an indifference that was not like human beings.
"Even with my authority, it is very difficult to control a dragon species, especially when she has partially awakened. That Ji Xing has left me in big trouble." He whispered.
"How long can it last?" A second voice suddenly appeared in the originally empty room.
"If she doesn't receive additional stimulation, it can continue forever." Rudra responded: "But the skill merchant... He said he knew all my secrets is an exaggeration, but he can probably guess my situation, which is very troublesome.
"
"On the day the Burning Flame Dragon fought with him, I considered sending out. Even Jasir had already sent out. But the performance of the skill merchant... I felt that it would be difficult for me and the Burning Flame Dragon to kill him together. The Burning Flame Dragon
They may not fully cooperate with me."
"You are doing the right thing, Feldwey. If the Scorching Flame Dragon suddenly rebels during the battle, even you will be in danger."
"What now, Michael?"
During the conversation, they mentioned each other's names. Feldevi, the head of the Seven Angels of the Origin, once followed the Star King Dragon Veludonava, or in other words, he was the life created by him.
And Michael is an archangel, essentially the ultimate skill - the King of Justice.
This powerful ultimate skill was given to Rudra by Veludonava, and Rudra established the empire with it. However, the more powerful the skill, the harder it is to master. Over the long years, the King of Justice was gradually born.
With the 'sanity core', just like Chronoa to Chloe, he has a personality.
On the other hand, Rudra's soul continued to weaken due to his reincarnations, and one day, he was completely replaced by the King of Justice!
As the 'Archangel', the King of Justice's most powerful ability is the ability to control all people with the ultimate angelic skills.
Unfortunately, Raguel, the King of Salvation of Velgrendo, is included in it, and even Raphael, the King of Wisdom of Rimuru is included.
"...Don't worry, although things went as we feared, the skill merchant used that ultimate skill to guess my true identity."
The King of Exploration revealed by Ji Xing at the Demon King's Feast was the core reason why he sent Velgryndo to kill Ji Xing. Who knew that Ji Xing could even defeat Velgrendo, but instead the secret was leaked.
Apart from lamenting that things were not as unexpected as expected, he had no other choice: "But this human being does not seem to be completely on Qi Yi's side. At least so far Qi Yi is not aware of Rudra's death, otherwise he should have reacted long ago.
.
Just like what Bonnie and Qiu Dai said this time, he didn't seem to want to take the initiative to lead the war between the East and the West, and gave us time to prepare."
"That's why I'm worried." Feldweir said: "Most of the ultimate skills in the world were created, deduced and distributed by Master Xing Wanglong, but we have never heard of any of the three ultimate skills known to Ji Xing.
But, he is an 'extraterrestrial'."
"Indeed." Michael fell silent again.
What is this human being doing? What does this human being want? What attitude should we adopt to deal with his problems?
The two archangels couldn't come up with an answer no matter how much they discussed, and they never imagined that Ji Xing was 'growing' Rimuru.
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Yes, cultivate.
It sounds like a joke, but in fact Ji Xing is eight points sincere.
He hopes that Rimuru will grow up and become stronger as possible, because Rimuru is the second person he has met since he invaded various worlds, besides Kaguya, who has the capital to become a 'Kingdom Master'.
As an intruder, he himself cannot become the World Lord. This has been verified in many worlds. When he takes the step to become the World Lord, the Seven-Star Pearl will prompt "Entering the Seven-Star World"
Interrupt his intrusion.
But native life can.
If Rimuru can become a world master like Kaguya, and Ji Xing can also practice in this world to 'ascend out', then he can get on the train directly like the Naruto world and contract the world's will instantly.
——Although Ji Xing still hasn’t figured out how many stars he should rank in this world.
When it comes to combat power and destructive power, five stars is about the same, but there are many weird things. For example, the comics of various worlds that exist here make Ji Xing's previous invasion experience the power of skills, and for example, the ability to directly modify the past
The super time-based skills, and the God of Creation who only exists in the background.
But to say six stars is a bit false.
After just over a year of accumulation, Ji Xing has basically reached the peak of his combat effectiveness even though his soul power has been suppressed. It is not as difficult as Dragon Ball World, which is also a six-star.
As for the situation in the Eastern Empire, Ji Xing certainly did not obtain it through a brief exploration of Velgrendo's memories. He had read the novel Slime - although the novel has not been completed, and he has not read it all, but the Empire's
He knows all the secrets.
It is a bit exaggerated to say that we can push those guys evenly now, but if the part of the novel is not updated, the combat power will not collapse in the later period. It is nothing more than a dozen more rounds of vampires. Unfortunately, there is an upper limit to the benefits of the same skill.
There are not many skills that can keep monsters using when spawning monsters, otherwise Ji Xing wouldn't have to sell a lot of skills.
Sitting on a leather chair with excellent texture, Ji Xing thought about these complicated things in his mind, listening to the music played by the band in front of him evolving from a gentle tune to a solemn duet, intoxicating the audience.
He smiled: "Do you like to read Appical?"
Next to him, Rimuru groaned: "You even know music well? Hey, hey..."
It was Raphael, the King of Wisdom, who sorted out my memory and searched for everything I had heard and seen from the corners to compile today's music performance. But you, like a cheater, understood it all at once, making it difficult for me to perform.
I feel like I'm a waste!
Not long after, the music on the stage changed to another tune, making Rimuru's mouth twitch.
"Hey, Mr. Raphael, why are there even animations? Can these be connected together?"