- Felix -
Now that she is free I stop using 'Thought Acceleration', she stops preparing her attack all of a sudden as her eyes widen. "I-I'm free?"
Huh, for her to immediately stop the attack must mean that she was trying to resist the command the entire time, truly a kind girl.
"Correct, I was able to free you from your binding. I didn't see a point in killing you since you were being controlled, I ordered my subordinate not to kill your friend either so she is fine as well."
I noticed her blink away the tears that were starting to form, "Ah! Thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me!"
"It's fine, as long as you can tell me a little about whoever sent you here, I'll consider your debt repaid."
"Yes! I would be more than happy to tell you about that. Umm, could I request if I could see Glenda, I would like to make sure she is okay, and explain everything to her."
"Yeah sure." I stop using 'Isolate' causing the barrier around us to dispel.
"Glenda!" I turn to look towards Raiden. Ah, it seems her friend was knocked unconscious. Man did Raiden cause a lot of damage to the area.
I turn towards Ingvild, "Ah, sorry about that, it seems Raiden had to knock your friend unconscious, if you want I could take you to my castle so your friend can recover?"
"Umu, thank you, I would appreciate that. Ah! I haven't introduced myself, my name Ingvild Leviathan!" She included her last name which is surprisng, though I guess the name Leviathan doesn't really have any significance in this world.
"Leviathan huh? Like the Devil?"
She looked shocked, "Yes! She was my ancestor, but how did you know? No one else in this world recognizes that name."
"That's because I'm an otherworlder like you."
"I see, like me and Glenda then huh?" So the redhead named Glenda is an otherworlder as well?
"Alright, we can talk later, let me take you back to my castle to rest first."
I teleported us back to my castle and undid Glenda's slave seal. I looked towards Saeko, Kurumi, and Megumin who appeared the moment I teleported back. "Alright you two, the situation has been dealt with, but be careful just in case there are more attackers. Saeko, can you show these two to a room to rest, be careful with the redhead, as you can see she is unconscious."
"Yes Felix-sama!" I wait for her to lead them away before turning to Megumin.
"Megumin, could you scout the perimeter of the castle, and make sure there is no one there?" I already checked with 'Universal Sense', but it's best to be careful, who knows what kind of bullshit skills someone might have.
"Got it!"
"Kurumi, I don't have anything for you to do now, so you can rest, you've been training relentlessly recently, it's good to want to pursue strength, but take a break every once and a while. Don't forget why you want to be strong in the first place."
Kurumi gave me a short nod, as she left looking thoughtful. It seems I gave her something to think about.
I turn to Raiden, "Thanks for taking care of her for me, you've been serving me for what feels like ages, so let me know if you want a reward or something."
"It has been my pleasure master! But a reward? May I get back to you on that?"
"Yeah sure, take your time."
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It's been a little while since Ingvild and Glenda decided to stay here and serve me. I ended up picking Milim up the next day and explaining what happened to Rimuru. Milim was upset that I didn't take her since she wanted to fight even though she had just fought Veldora the day before.
That girl is an absolute battle maniac at times.
Ingvild and Glenda ended up deciding to stay here since they don't really have anywhere else to go.
In the case of Ingvild I told her about what I knew about her and her world. She was quite heartbroken upon hearing that her mother had passed away long ago, but I did tell her that my information could be wrong. These aren't fictional worlds anymore after all, events may have gone differently. I told her not to get her hopes up though, and it seems like she understood. I didn't end up telling her about my ability to travel worlds yet as I haven't even tested it myself.
I wanted to wait before I got her hopes up like that.
Glenda ended up deciding to serve me since Ingvild decided to, it turns out the two are pretty close friends, the thing that truly won Glenda over was the food and promise of rewards though.
I told her that if she serves me well, I would upgrade her gun, so that gave her something to work towards.
Along with that she loved Raiden's cooking so much that she completely forgot that they had fought only a few days ago, and immediately began trying to butter up to her.
She must not have eaten a lot of good food then huh?
Glenda was an Enlightened with a Unique Skill called 'Sniper'. It has 3 sub skills, Magic Sense, Predictive Calculation, which allows her to predict the outcome of an action. And finally Spatial Manipulation.
This Unique Skill might seem basic but Spatial Manipulation is not to be underestimated, with sufficient mastery I could see someone creating something similar to 'Infinity'. Her armor was also quite interesting. The Elemental Mail is an armor that helps her draw out the true power of her contracted spirits, she herself only has contracted with Medium Spirits, so it isn't a massive boost, but it's still something.
According to her, all the members of the Ten Great Saints have it, while Hinata has the superior version of it.
That was another thing that came up, she was a member of the Ten Great Saints,
I can't wait to tease Luminous about that, she let another spy slip by into one of her most elite groups.
Ghahaha, I'll make sure she never hears the end of it.
It turns out that Glenda was spying for a man named Granbell Rosso. He summoned her, enslaved her, and has been using her for assassinations, spying, basically anything where her skills would be useful.
He has been around for over a thousand years, and has been secretly amassing more and more power.
He is located in the Kingdom of Siltrosso, a small country on the borders of Falmuth, and Ingrassia.
Apparently Granbell Rosso, and his descendants have been secretly controlling the Western Council since its founding, they formed a group called the Five Great Elders.
They will definitely make Rimuru's dreams of coexistence that much harder, seeing as how according to her, Granbell is obsessed with his own power, and keeping his family's power intact.
Basically a meddlesome old man that has outstayed his welcome in the living world. I made sure Glenda wasn't lying either thanks to Odin.
I will have someone keep an eye on her though, seeing as I don't have a connection with her, it will be harder to know what her intentions truly are.
After all trust is earned, not given.