- Raiden -
She looked down towards the Dragons that she saw worthy of serving her master, these Dragon's were quite resistant to serving someone at first, they are quite prideful after all.
But, all they needed was a little reeducation and they were willing to serve, yes, maybe her master will reward her once she accomplishes the task he ordered her to do?
She turned towards where she felt a few of the more promising Dragon's approaching from, "Raiden-sama! We are ready to go, we had to beat some of the others into submission, but after some time we did it!"
She turned towards the only Dragon capable of human speech, he was a bit odd, though to reach his level of strength without a name is impressive, she's sure her master will appreciate him. Though he seemed to be under the impression that she is the one they will be serving rather than her master.
Oh well, she won't correct him, after all once he meets her master he will surely bow down and proclaim his eternal loyalty as is natural, umu.
She turned to look towards the other Dragons she is bringing, they are a rowdy bunch seeing as they don't have much intelligence and mostly rely on instinct. She had to beat them into submission at first in order to get them to fall in line.
They are all incredibly weak as well, though even she was weak once upon a time, before she saw the light and met her master.
She is helping these Dragons, they are purposeless, all they do is rampage around and kill other monsters, most of them aren't even intelligent enough to pursue further strength. She is helping them by giving them a purpose, something to fight for. Her master will treat them well after all.
Those prideful Dragon Lord were a bit annoying to deal with, they were upset at an outsider like her coming in and taking their only source of amusement. But they were far too weak to inconvenience her. They were strong, and smart, but they weren't strong enough to cause any trouble for her.
She got quite a bit stronger from her Master's blessing, it would be a waste if she had lost to these unnamed worms.
Saeko should have already had her time with master as was agreed upon when she wished to become her master's full time maid. Saeko had originally been quite against letting her cook all of master's meals, but after she promised that she could have her turn with master first she agreed.
She would get her turn to serve her master soon enough, after all it is a maid's duty to make sure their master is completely satisfied in all areas.
"Let us head back, I'm sure my master must be expecting us."
- Hinata Sakaguchi -
She looked towards her subordinates, The Ten Great Saints, said to be capable of matching a Demon Lord.
What a joke she thought, even she herself didn't stand a chance against any of the True Demon Lords, let alone them, maybe they could deal with a Demon Lord like Clayman, but against an ascended one….
All of them, including her, needed to become stronger in order to take on those monsters. She knew from experience.
"This meeting is over, we have our orders, God Luminous has told us not to interfere with the Monster Nation Tempest, or the Kingdom of Azeroth, and so we shall follow her orders."
As they cleared out she contemplated everything that took place during the meeting, to think that Rimuru Tempest is truly an otherworlder, he probably hated her guts for not even attempting to communicate and jumping straight into attacking.
At this point it is clear that the tip she got from the merchant was false.
Hopefully she can convince him that she alone is the one responsible and not the entire Western Holy Church. According to rumors Rimuru is on good terms with Demon Lord Felix White, someone even Luminous was wary of, she did not want to be on his bad side.
And then she had those infuriating Seven Luminaries getting in her way, did they really think she didn't know what they were up to? Giving her a weapon that can defeat the Storm Dragon Veldora? Yeah right, chances were it would somehow inhibit her in the middle of a fight in the hopes that she gets killed!
Still, to think Rimuru would kill an entire army of twenty thousand in an instant, Demon Lord indeed.
The current lineup of the Demon Lords, The Nine Sovereigns are on an entirely new level in terms of threat level.
Still, something felt off about the whole situation, Rimuru has been trying to be subtle, his takeover of Falmuth hasn't come out to the public yet, so sending her a message blatantly asking for a fight seemed a bit counterproductive.
Could he hate her to that level where he simply ignores all his other goals? No, from what she knew of him she didn't think so.
That is unless… an evolution into a Demon Lord changes someone, gaining that much power at once would be difficult for any human soul to handle. She saw herself how much trouble Shizu-sensei had with containing Ifrit. And Rimuru is multiple times more powerful than that.
She considered if Rimuru lost his last shreds of humanity when he ascended.
Sigh, well she will have to see when she goes to meet him, hopefully he can be reasoned with.
- Granbell -
He looked towards his descendants, The Five Elders as they took their seats, the true rulers of the West.
The Council of the West was formed due to their influence, and while the Council seats were theoretically chosen by each individual nation, in practice only those under the Rossos ever got picked.
Their power stretched far beyond their own borders, outclassing that of entire nations with ease. The Rossos could be called the de facto rulers of the West, it was due to their influence that Yuuki Kagurazaka was even able to form his Free Guild.
He looked towards the center of the room where one of his best agents was seated. From the look on Glenda's face it seems her cover is still intact, truly she is one of his best agents, he lucked out when summoning her and binding her to his will. She even managed to become one of the Ten Great Saints, an impressive feat. And while even with his binding on her he could not completely trust her, but as his beloved Mariabell said, he could trust her desire to live and her Greed for money.
He looked towards the so-called Merchant of Death, Damrada of Gold. "Sir Damrada, it seems your lies have been discovered, have they not?" According to Glenda's report, Hinata had discovered that she was used to instigate conflict with Rimuru Tempest.
"Heh heh heh, that is correct, but I don't see an issue with that, I may have lost Hinata Sakaguchi's trust but I gained something far more valuable, your trust."
Shrewd businessman indeed.
He ignored his rambling as he considered how to deal with Hinata, Rimuru Tempest, and this new Demon Lord he hadn't heard about, Felix White.
Though he had heard of an adventurer with the name of Felix.
"We both agree that Hinata needs to be dealt with correct?"
"Of course. Originally Veldora, The Storm Dragon was the Empire's greatest impediment in claiming The Jura Forest, it does not matter if he is truly under Rimuru Tempest's control, after all we now know he can be negotiated with. That can be an opportunity for us."
Hmm, in that scenario they can both win, The Eastern Empire can get rid of a thorn in the form of The Storm Dragon, while he can get rid of Hinata, she has grown far too powerful far too quickly, she stands above even Yuuki Kagurazaka. Then there is that Rimuru Tempest, he does not know what sort of motivation he has for ruling Falmuth, but he does not want that land under the control of a Demon Lord.
They continued to discuss the finer details of the plan before coming to an agreement, "So you want us to deal with Hinata then Sir Damrada? That should be possible."
"No need to worry there, Hinata saw Rimuru Tempest's message, she should be marching to Tempest soon." said Glenda
"I see, that is good to know."
"But what if Hinata actually kills Demon Lord Rimuru?"
"That can be useful to us as well, but don't worry, Rimuru is not like Demon Lords like Clayman, he is dangerous. We will have to take care of him sooner or later, but with Veldora on his side it would be ill advised to do so without a plan."
"I see, I will leave it in your hands then, but what about the Demon Lord Felix? I've heard from a verified source that he and Rimuru Tempest are quite close, if both he and Rimuru face Hinata, even she won't stand a chance. Won't that be counterproductive as they are likely to take her in for questioning rather than killing her?"
Hmm, he makes a good point, he looked towards Glenda and smiled. Yes, she will do quite nicely, but she won't be enough to stall a Demon Lord, let alone possibly maim one. While this Demon Lord Felix White should still be in the process of awakening, he used non-human souls for his ascension after all, he is not to be underestimated. Maybe he can have her take one special member from Blood Shadow, the shadow force of the Rossos.
There are some stronger otherworlders part of it, but the one he had in mind was a cut above the rest, she could have even posed a challenge for his younger self. She could have been the leader of the Blood Shadow rather than Glenda, if only she was more proactive. Her ability to control Dragons should also help in their fight against the Demon Lord. After hearing about the new Daemon Demon Lord he ordered his subordinates to investigate him and was able to learn that Demon Lord Felix White has a Dragon subordinate he cares for, something that can be used against him.
If the two of them kill this Demon Lord great, if not then they should at the very least stall him long enough for this Rimuru Tempest to finish Hinata off.
They should be capable of getting away fairly easily as well, Glenda is quite capable at Spatial Motion after all.
He smiled as he began to explain his plan.
- Glenda Attley -
She grit her teeth as she left to go get ready for her suicide mission.
That damn Granbell, sending her against a Demon Lord?! That's practically suicide, even with the help of her it would be incredibly difficult.
She could suck up being practically enslaved, after all she got paid well, and got stronger. But this?
She needs to find a way to get out of this mission along with her dear friend, she didn't deserve this, being summoned to another world and enslaved due to the greed of a few people.
She is one of the last people that can be called a Saint, but at least she had a bottom line.
Once she arrived at her destination she heard someone singing, sigh, this is all she does in her free time. A shame that no one else got to hear her beautiful voice.
"Ah, Glenda-san, is that you?"
"Yes, it's me, I just got back from meeting the Boss, we have a mission coming up, get ready."
Hopefully she can get the Demon Lord to spare her friend, she can save herself, but Ingvild is far too innocent for this cruel world, no matter what her race is.