Rimuru POV
It has been quite a while since anything happened, I'm still the same, generally speaking that is, I haven't done anything since then..
I'm sitting here watching Iudex fighting Guy..
Iudex had become a monster after regaining his strength little by little and acquiring skills.
It's not that he gained strength only, his speed which was already off the charts was increasing.
He had even gotten some skills like "Perfect Sync" which evolved from his older skill "Balanced Footing" meaning his entire body could move instantly and in perfect harmony, counting that with his speed means he can literally do any stance in the matter of no time.
He was not just fighting Guy, you could even say he was training him.
Iudex was an insanely good teacher at that, although not able to beat Guy in a real fight, Guy can't beat him either, he can't keep up too well, but for some reason their spars always ended in Iudex's victory, much to Guy's dismay, maybe it was because sparring instincts were different than real fighting instincts, that's probably the answer.
Iudex was training everyone, Veldora, Guy, Zegion, even me sometimes, his training is brutal, rivaling Hakurou's.
Speaking of Hakurou, they actually managed to create a few techniques mixing their skills in their respective combat masteries.
The day these 2 came together was the day Tempest saw dread, the fear in every student's eyes was visible.
One was the sadistic when given the chance teacher, the other was the ruthless brutal beat-it-into-you kind, up to you to decide who was who.
Today was a special day, since Ramiris had moved in with us after I finally paid her what she was owed, a new golem by the name of "Beretta", she showed us she was capable of creating a labyrinth.
We used this labyrinth to our hearts' content, she made those resurrection bracelets that make you immortal so long you were in the labyrinth, it was really cool, so we put everything there, research, sparring, and so on and so forth.
We wouldn't open this to the public until later of course.
Now, why was this day special, you asked? Because I'm finally going to get a measurement on everyone's strength, and an accurate one at that, hopefully at least.
Starting with me:
Name: Rimuru Tempest
Title: King of Monsters
Blessing: Oath of Brotherhood, Sleeping Wish
Ultimate Skills: Wisdom King Raphael.
Gluttonous God Beelzebuth.
Betrayed God Odysseus.
Storm Dragon Veldora.
EP: 7,705,000
Well, I wasn't that high, but I'm pretty sure that's not all there is to me.
Second we had Iudex.
Name: Iudex
Title: King of Combat
Blessing: None
Ultimate Skill: Divine God of Martial Arts Zhen Wu
EP: 49,000,000+
Damn, Iudex was quite a package, but you have to remember EP isn't everything, Guy who was lower than Iudex was still stronger than Iudex.
Third, Guy.
Name: Guy Crimson
Title: King of Demons
Blessing: Unknown
Ultimate Skill: Pride Lord Lucifer
EP: 44,000,000+
Guy was also quite the package, but no one knows what his Ultimate Skill does yet.
Lastly, Velzard.
Name: Velzard
Title: Ice Empress
Blessing: Unknown
Ultimate Skill: Patience Lord Gabriel
EP: 80,000,000+
Wow, Velzard was really something else, and Guy is supposed to match her, shows you what it really means to be ages old..
Our little group of four is commonly referred to as the "Four Rulers of the Realm", No idea why that name but apparently it refers to how we embody each race of existence on this earth, which is somewhat correct.
Me - Monster Representative
Guy - Demon Representative
Velzard - True Dragon Representative
Iudex - Human Representative
The fact that those 4 races are what generally rule the earth stands.
A True Dragon created this world, Demons are the ones who usually do the bidding of humans by summoning, I'll tell you a funny story about some Primordials later..
Monsters and Humans basically rule this world.
So I guess the title of "Four Rulers of the Realm" isn't totally wrong.
There were some interesting subordinates, like the new comers I stumbled across, turns out they were Primordials that got their asses handed to them by Diablo and he forced them to join along with all their subordinates.
There was also Zegion, the absolute menace to everyone, Iudex's pride and joy.
Let's measure them him.
Name: Zegion
Title: None
Blessing: Rimuru's Touch
Ultimate Skill: Illusion King Mephisto
EP: 6,000,000
Zegion has been learning super fast with Iudex, almost anything Iudex shows him he immediately learns it, it would be absolutely awesome to have two Iudexes.
Since that should be enough information for now, I decided to just move on to what was going on right now, since Veldora refuses to accept the fact that his EP is "just" 88,000,000, and Milim doesn't even know how it works.
I was watching as it was the last lesson for today, and the last lesson before the "Students" all take a break for 2 weeks, kind of like a vacation.
"Alright, today's final lesson, and the final lesson of this quarter, watch closely.
Veldora, come here."
Veldora listened without saying a word.
He had literally turned him into a target practice doll.
"Observe, this is the final technique in the True Hero line."
Veldora took his place as Iudex breathed in a big breath.
"Remember this, how you breathe, even if you need air or not, is a big determiner of your focus.
As soon as you decide on this technique, the first thing that comes to your mind is stance, the best stance for this technique would be a stance that would make it easier for you to spin kick with your heel depending on which side you're using, if you're spinning right to left you use right leg-free stances, and the opposite is true."
Zegion nodded, waiting for the demonstration.
Velzard and Guy looked interested but they didn't see anything special with this.
"When you take a stance you remember the next thing.
Charge. Charge. Charge.
Condense your energy into your heel.
If you have supercharging skills like mine, even better.
Now, watch."
He took another big breath.
In a flash his right leg flashed a bright divine white aura, in the same split second that happened a spin kick hit Veldora's neck.
Guy immediately recognized this, although it was different.
"True Hero Style: Rudra's Neck Breaker.." Guy said in dismay.
His naming sense is amazing.
"But, nothing has happened, perhaps you-" Velzard was going for an immediate tease before a massive gust of wind blew our direction, sending the observing Ramiris flying, and everyone holding onto their place, in the next split second Veldora's neck twisted in a weird way and he was sent flying to who knows where.
"Wow.... and that's just one of his many skills..." I said excitedly.
The thing is there were so many students, way too many, Hinata herself was observing, Luminas had come just for the rumor that Veldora is used as a ragdoll, Diablo came because I said it would be interesting, Benimaru and Shion wanted to see if they could take Iudex in a fight, and Guy, Velzard and Zegion were all students, Hinata had wanted to join but saw how he was heavily outmatched by everyone, most of the other students were dismissed by now as this was a special extra class held after every normal class.
"Now.. it is time to spar." Iudex said, looking around, wanting to select a proper opponent.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Shizue's students were here, Chloe was sitting beside Hinata... and why was Leon here? I thought he never cared about anything but his country.
Chloe had started to act weird around me for about a month now, I could've sworn I saw someone who looked just like her but in an older way.
"Fine then, one week extra lessons since no one is courageous enough!"
The second he said that everyone raised their hands, including me for some reason.
"Wow.. you guys are really hopeless..."
"Fine you all can go.. no need for sparring."
A loud cheer erupted in the room as everyone left happily, Guy was smiling in relief as he didn't want to get beaten in a spar for who knows what time.
Velzard never participated because Iudex's ego is too large to be hurt.
Zegion had a hint of disappointment as he wanted to train more, but during those 2 weeks he could busy himself with anything else.
The kijin came with me and we started talking about whatever came on our mind.
Diablo stayed behind with Iudex.
"Iudex, I have a favor to ask of you."
"Yes, Diablo, what is it?"
"Can you train the three fools I've brought with me? I was thinking training them in physical combat might be much better since we're all already good with magic."
"Hm... what were their names again?"
"My lord Rimuru has granted them the names of Testarossa, Ultima and Carerra."
"Wow.. such names..."
"I know! I'm envious.."
"Your name sounds much better than theirs tho, for some reason it just does, it feels grander, you feel fear from the name Diablo more than you do the others."
"Really?!" Diablo asked me excitedly, I have fallen into a trap.
"Yes... I'll consider it.. Now, shoo!"