'I finally get to use this skill. Sage, search for the important people we should keep alive to be captured. The people who will have important information or will be useful for the takeover of Falmuth. Make sure to keep the mage Razen alive, he has a lot of useful knowledge when it comes to magic.'
[Understood.
Analysis complete.
All the targets for capture have been successfully chosen with the information gathered from Souei.]
Turning to the members of the shadow squad that were around me I gave them the final orders of the day.
"Once I attack some people will remain alive. They are the capture targets. Make sure to take them to the prison we have set up. You know the rest of the procedure."
Taking a final look ahead of me I could see all the people in front of me. Enough to awaken a demon lord. In truth, I was angry at them. If I didn't know their plans ahead of time they might have killed a lot of people in my city. All without a single care. So since karma is a bitch, I will not care for them.
'Spatial motion'
Appearing in the sky in the middle of the camp I saw all the people who were around me. Preparing to activate my skill I saw some of them notice me flying and trying to get ready for battle. But it was too late.
[Targets selected.]
'Death blessing'
A wave of magicules emerged from my body, passing through everyone in the camp. From the skies, a brilliant light shone on everyone. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at the light. Except for the few who were not targeted they were all mesmerized. One by one half of the people in the camp began to drop down like flies. A moment of absolute peace before their souls left their bodies.
The faces of those who were still alive changed from calm to panicked. I had intentionally only killed a portion of those in the camp. Even now, their lives were in my hands as they had been affected by Death blessing. Nothing they did now could change that fact. I needed them to fear me with all of their hearts. I might as well give them a little push.
"Fear me"
With the activation of Bewilder, they all fell to their knees. Fear was the only emotion they could feel at the moment.
{The Unique skill Merciless has been obtained}
'Activate it on everyone except the ones we want alive'
[Understood.]
From the nearly 20,000 soldiers only a few remained alive.
I flew down to the ground and gave the command to the ones alive.
"You will now do as you are told."
The shadow squad emerged from the shadows and began to capture the few living people.
I could feel Berzerker giving me strength from all the deaths that had happened around me. My body was enhanced with more magicules than I had held previously. It was so much I felt as if my body was going to explode, not able to contain the sudden increase.
[Report. You do not need to worry about that, I will keep you safe]
'Thanks, sage.'
{The number of souls required for evolution has been confirmed. The harvest festival will now begin.}
Adding to the unstable feeling my body was already in, a gigantic sense of tiredness fell upon me. I was forced into my slime form and even then I could barely hold myself upright.
'Not much time left.'
"With all the bodies as my offering, come out and serve me."
A shining dark magic circle was created from the ground and from it arrived three demons. To the left was a tall demoness with dark hair. She exuded an aura of charm. To the right, a short demon with white hair and dark skin. And standing in the middle was a tall, dark-haired demon with two strands of hair that stuck out. One was golden and the other one was scarlet red. He had an elegant aura and stood tall.
(Image here)
"Kufufufufu. The birth of a new demon lord. It's been so long since the last time but yet it feels so familiar. And with such a great offering to summon us! This is such a great honor; I could not feel more enthusiastic about this. Would it be alright for us to continue serving you in the future, my lord?" the demon in the middle said
"Help to transport us, and our prisoners to my city, Tempest. Make sure no one escapes."
"Of course, my lord, it would be my pleasure."
Once he said those words the scenery around us changed and my vision faded to dark.
{The individual Rimuru Tempest's Harvest festival is about to begin. Upon its completion, all monster in his genealogy will receive their due gifts.}
{The harvest festival has begun. Your bodily structure will be reconstructed in order to evolve into your new species.
Super-evolution from type "slime" to type "demon slime" successful. All bodily attributes have been greatly enhanced. The material and spiritual bodies are now freely transformable.
Intrinsic skills Infinite Regeneration, Lord's ambition, and Darkflame Lighting acquired.
Resistances acquired, Cancel Natural Elements, Cancel Ailments, and Resist spiritual attack gained. Evolution is now complete}
[Report. Re-executing skill acquisition requested earlier. Unique skill Great Sage attempting evolution… Failed
Unique skill Great sage will consume the Skill Degenerate… Successful. Unique skill Great Sage has Evolved into Rapahel, Lord of Wisdom.
Allowing the Unique skill Gluttony to consume the skill Merciless… Successful. Unique skill Gluttony has evolved into Beelzebuth, Lord of Gluttony.
Allowing the Unique skill Eros to consume Bewilder… Successful. Unique skill Eros has evolved into Asmodeus, Lord of Lust.
The Unique skill Berzerker is brimming with energy. The skill has started to evolve by itself. Unique Skill Berzerker has evolved into Aeshma, Lord of Fury.]
{Individual Rimuru Tempest's harvest festival is now complete. The monsters in his genealogy will now receive their due gifts.}
[Attempting to create hero's egg.
Error. Rimuru does not qualify for a hero's egg.
Reasons for failure.
Not a human.
Due to being a demon lord, hero, is a diametrically opposed attribute.
…
Attempting to Find a solution.
Using Universal shapeshift condition human has been forcefully fulfilled.
Analyzing harvest festival gifts.
Unique skill Reverser found in the subject Beretta.
Using Food chain activating the skill Reverser.
Hero's egg has been successfully created]
...
"My lord! You have awoken! With my Lord having become a demon lord I would like to offer my servitude" Said the demon with the two colored streaks of hair as he kneeled down
"Yes! My lord, I would also like to offer myself as your eternal servant!" Said the female demoness, kneeling right next to who would soon become Diablo. A smaller demon a few feet behind her was also kneeling
Diablo, moving a bit forward while still kneeling to be closer to me than the demoness said.
"Well, of course, my servants here will also offer their servitude to you if you will accept us. I have made sure to teach them how mighty My Lord is."
'This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them. Are all of Diablo's servants like this? Taking a look at the smaller white-haired demon behind them he appeared to be a bit more serious. Maybe not.'
"Well, since you have offered to serve me I will not deny you. Stand up, I will give you your names."
"Your name will be Diablo."
I felt magicules leaving my body but… It was surprisingly less than I expected, only around 20%.
[Thanks to the use of the skill Berzerker, your physical strength has increased massively. As a side effect, your magicules have also grown in number. Then, due to the evolution into a demon lord, your magicules have also increased tenfold]
'Alright, in that case, I'll name the other two now. What should I pick... Digirono, Diavolo, Dio… Wait.'
Looking at the demoness first I named her.
"Your name will be Nyx."
And lastly, I look at the white-haired demon.
"Your name will be Helios."
Once the evolution was done they had now evolved. Diablo became a Demon Peer. And Nyx and Helios became Arch demons.
They kneeled down and thanked me for their names. Looking around the town I could tell that I had woken up a bit before everyone else. I was currently in my slime form sitting in a chair that overlooked the city.
Turning into my kijin from I tried to take a step but.
*booomm*
I destroyed the chair and the floor around me.
[Hehe, Analyzing current strength, adjusting for the difference. Adjustment complete. You can now move normally. I apologize for not adjusting it before. Analysis of the infinite prison will be completed shortly.]
'Did you just laugh?'
[Denied. Analysis of current skills is recommended, as new evolutions have occurred]
'And now you are diverting the conversation. Well, you do have a point'
Standing up properly this time I took a look around and commanded Diablo.
"I have some things I have to do really quickly. Look after the people while they are still sleeping. If they wake, up let them know that I will be back shortly."
I then teleported to Veldora's cave.
…
Asmodeus, Lord of Lust came with increased control over the forces of life and death. It also came with the benefit of being able to directly attack the soul of the target. Since it had integrated with Bewilder it had also gained its skills.
Aeshma, Lord of Fury now directly increased all of my attributes instead of just my physical strength. Before my magicules had increased with this skill due to the fact that I am a monster and with such a sharp increase in strength my body required more magicules to further increase them. Now my physical strength, Magicules, Soul, and mental strength would increase with Death Benefit.
It had also added the skill Lord of Fury. It allowed me to strengthen anyone under my command, however, if I increased their strength too much they would enter a Berzerk state. It was kind of like giving an adrenaline rush.
[Notice. Analysis of infinite imprisonment complete.]
[Dismantle unlimited imprisonment?]
'Yes'