That isn't all either, underneath the castle there are ruins of the former kingdom that used to be here, Amrita.
The only way to gain access to the ruins is through a special gate located in the castle; the gate itself is locked with magic, though Odin was able to get through that fairly easily.
Once you get through the gate there are a bunch of golems that have Unique Grade weapons along with a magical defense mechanism you have to get through.
I ended up destroying the golems and storing the Unique Grade weapons in my vault after fully analyzing them.
I decided to explore it another time as I had other things that I needed to get done.
My alliance with Tempest is also still going strong, and Arcueid said she would be able to create a formal alliance with Dwargon, and Sarion pretty soon.
Clayman already had a trading relationship with Dwargon so there isn't all that much that needed to be changed with them, Sarion is a bit different however, as they are a country of elves that split off from the branch that moved to Amrita. The Elves of Amrita turned into Dark Elves.
Hopefully Arcueid doesn't have any trouble building a relationship with Sarion.
Rimuru has already gotten to work building a path from Tempest to my territory so that traders and travelers can have an easier time moving between our two countries.
Rimuru did say he wanted control over the inns, and the amount of tax that needs to be paid when using the road. I didn't see an issue with it seeing as he was the one building the road.
I've left most of the ruling itself to Arcueid, I'm mostly just a willing figurehead that offers protection, humans generally don't want to invade a Demon Lord's territory after all.
Arcueid told me that Clayman has trade relations with almost every country on the continent, something incredibly impressive, even I have to admit.
Clayman used to have all sorts of products he used to trade with other countries, though he heavily relied on slave labor in order to create said products.
I told Arcueid to get rid of that practice and to pay all of our workers from now on. Most of the former slave workers ended up staying as they had nowhere else to go.
Hopefully I can make life a little bit better for them over time.
I do have some things I need to worry about like the fact that I am neighbors with the Eastern Empire.
They are not to be underestimated, they have a reputation for having the most advanced military in the world for a reason after all.
Their military power is greater than that of the West's combined.
The Council of the West is also likely going to be an issue at some point.
It was originally established to deal with monsters and other similar threats, as in general humans need to band together to survive in this world.
Now however they have grown incredibly influential, they control the guild, have a massive amount of funding and sway with all countries part of the council.
They are considered to be what is keeping the Eastern Empire in check, though if what I have heard of the Eastern Empire is true, then I doubt it.
The headquarters of the council are located in Ingrassia along with the headquarters of the guild itself.
The council itself doesn't have a military, but as they are what funds the guild they have the power to order the guild to do whatever they want, which can be a force on its own.
The council also acts as a mediator of sorts between nations, often waying each country's interests against the others, and managing them to prevent conflict from erupting between them.
Along with that, certain countries could gain more speaking weight within the council itself through money, the more you paid, the more power you had, and if you decide to stop paying, then you lose all the protection the council grants you, whether that is losing access to the Free Guild, or the protection that being part of the council on its own grants you.
Most nations rely solely on the guild to manage monsters, so a lot of nations had no choice but to support the council.
When it comes to war among the nations of the council, there are a few guidelines, for one, they must follow the strict rules that govern warfare, along with having a formal declaration of war.
If one country does not follow these rules, then all the other countries will rally together against that one nation.
When a nation in the council is at war with one not in the council, the rest of the council generally does not intervene, however if the nation in the council is unnecessarily cruel, then that can harm the nation's standing in the council.
The council also offers defense whenever a nation part of the council is invaded by an outside force, when this happens a nation can request the assistance of the rest of the council. This reason is why there are many smaller nations part of the council as it provides more security.
It is quite similar to the United Nations from my old world.
When compared to that, my nation is definitely lacking. Maybe not in raw power as any of my direct subordinates alone would be a challenge for the council to take on, the rest of my nation is not the same.
My subordinates and I can't always be there when needed, in these scenarios having other decently strong subordinates can help.
Unfortunately I ended up killing most of the standing military when I went through my Harvest Festival, there are still around 1,000 majins that are left in the military, but they are incredibly weak, likely why they were left behind by Clayman.
Still, I had Megumin take command of the remaining military, hopefully she can get them into shape so they aren't total fodder.
I definitely need to increase the amount of soldiers I have in the military, thankfully I do have a few ideas on how to go about that.
I sent Raiden to the Caanat Mountains a few days ago. I'm hoping she can recruit some Dragons to serve my nation. Once named, Dragon's can be quite the fearsome threat for a normal military.
Raiden should be able to handle all the Dragon's on the mountain, even the Dragon Kings, she is quite strong now, she's easily a Disaster-class and is only growing stronger.
Having an overpowered maid is great.
She can make me meals and rub my shoulders one moment, then the next moment she can go wipe out an entire army.
Then I also sent Arcueid to gather some Daemons to work for me, she's the Primordial of White so she has quite a few underlings.
Daemons are quite strong, and according to Arcueid her Lieutenant is quite powerful, he's been undefeated for tens of thousands of years, Arcueid said he may very well be the strongest Daemon other than the Primordials and of course, me.
I told her to pick up her other rival as well, having three Primordials as servants will be useful, not only are they strong, they each also have legions of subordinates.
Saeko is acting as my secretary, though I don't really need a secretary seeing as I don't really do any work.
Delegating all my work to subordinates is great umu.
I look to the side as I sense two people incoming, one of them is decently powerful too.
Ah, it's just Carrion, took him long enough, we can finally sort out his servitude to me.
Now that I've thought about it, having him as my subordinate can only be a good thing, sure I'm responsible for his nation to a certain extent, but I'm still gaining a lot more than I'm giving.
Maybe I can include a portion of his military into my nation, at least that will bolster my numbers a little bit. Along with that, Beastman can be quite strong as well.
Maybe I can have Kurumi lead them?
I turn towards Saeko, "Could you go and greet Carrion and his subordinates and bring them to the conference room?"
"Of course Felix-sama!" It seems Saeko is excited at finally having something to do, though she seems a little nervous today for some reason.
How odd.
Well, I'm sure she will come to me if she needs anything.
Sigh, well time to do some work, it's the least I can do seeing as I don't do nearly as much work as Arcueid, Megumin, or Raiden.
Hopefully Raiden gets back soon, she makes the best Dragon Steak, kinda weird seeing how she is a Dragon, but if she's not complaining then it should be fine.
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Author's Note:
Felix finally becomes a Demon Lord in this chapter, the chuuni was heavy in this chapter, and I struggled to write each word, but I got it done. I didn't want to go the canon way by naming them after stars so it was a pain to come up with something new.
We also finally get to see some kingdom building, our boy Felix is rich af now.
The chapter speed may slow down starting from here out as I can't rely on canon as much anymore seeing as everything is different now. People will act differently now that Felix's existence is widely spread, so please be patient.
Anyways, thanks for reading, hope you guys enjoyed!