I am the emperor of Mengwang

And Rudra poked Veludela who looked like a "dead fish" and murmured to himself with some curiosity.

"Isn't he really dead?"

Facing Ruota's teasing, Veludela did not dare to move, for fear that the crazy woman would use the skill that would make him "painful to death" on him.

Just like that, the "grand" banquet gradually came to an end amid the noise of the crowd.

After the banquet, Luminas also left Tempest with Hinata Sakaguchi, the remaining six paladins, and the Paladin Order.

As for the compensation and ransom, they will have to wait until they return to the Holy Empire before they can be sent. After all, the amount is too huge, and even Luminas will need some time to prepare it.

"Oh! Ruminas and the others left?!"

Looking at Luminas leaving with her subordinates, a certain red devil said something with interest.

"Yes! Ruminas left, when will you leave? After all, you should be aware of the burden on your shoulders! And as a demon king, it is not a good influence for you to stay in the Demon Federation all the time."

Mo Li looked at Qi Yi, who had no intention of leaving, and asked calmly.

"What? Li, are you telling me to leave? This makes me so sad."

Qi Yi looked at Mo Li who had ordered him to leave, and acted as if he was very sad, but how could Mo Li fall for it?

"You came here uninvited, so why should I order you to leave?! If you don't want to leave, then stay! I can still afford to support a freeloader here, no, a demon!"

Mo Li's tone was calm, and it did not change at all because of Qi Yi's pretense.

"Ah! You are such a boring guy! You have such a pretty face for nothing!"

Qi Yi looked at the handsome and godly Mo Li and complained slightly that it was "boring".

"I'll leave right away! I just came here to remind you. I have a feeling that the Empire's plan to move east is not far away, and the 'Demon War' should also be coming soon. Your Demon Federation is right next to that guy's empire, and I'm afraid the first stop of the eastward movement will be here."

"And the Demonic Federation is developing so rapidly now, those "angels" will probably set their sights on this place, huh!? When I think about it,... you have quite a lot of enemies!"

It would have been fine if Guy hadn’t said it, but now that he did, it became clear that the Demon Kingdom is really in “imminent danger”!

Then he looked at Mo Li, who had a calm expression, and directly kicked out his "extremely ridiculous" idea.

"Forget it. With your Tempest's fighting power, even if the Empire and the angels come, they will never come back. Why should I worry about it?"

Qi Yi shook his head regretfully, as if he felt pity for his old friend of the Empire or for the group of angels.

"Well, it's time for me to leave! I've been away from Baibing Palace for so long. If I don't go back, those two guys will probably blame me to death in their hearts!"

Qi Yi stood up and said something to Mo Li who was still drinking tea, as if reluctantly.

"I thought you were going to stay here for a while?!"

Mo Li was a little surprised. He had already prepared for Qi Yi to stay here for a few days, but he didn't expect that he was actually going to leave!

"Hehe! Why are you reluctant to let me go? If you really ask me to, I would be happy to stay."

After hearing what Mo Li said, Qi Yi's eyes lit up and he asked with some surprise.

"...No, I just thought that with your personality, you would be shameless enough to stay for a few days!"

When Qi Yi heard this, his charming face suddenly darkened. He knew that she would not have many good comments from here.

"Forget it, I won't say any more! Talking to you makes me depressed! You are the only one who dares to provoke me like this, if anyone else dares to provoke me like this, I will definitely..."

Qi Yi complained with resentment, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Mo Li.

"What? Are you going to beat me up again?"

Mo Li asked calmly.

"…I'm leaving! Let's meet again sometime later!"

Qi Yi was choked by Mo Li and was speechless. In the end, he cast a magic circle and left the spot.

Looking at Qi Yi leaving, Mo Li shook his head helplessly, and then continued to drink tea.

........................

Not long after Luminas and others left the Great Forest of Hela, a rumor spread on the road.

It is said that the 'Ten Saints' who are the 'Guardians of Humanity' marched into the Great Forest of Nyura to defeat the Demon King Rimuru, but not only did they fail, they also lost three Saint-level warriors.

Even the "strongest human" was defeated by the Demon King Rimuru. If it weren't for the appearance of Lord Luminas during the expedition, Hinata Sakaguchi would have died at the hands of the Demon King Rimuru.

The leader of the Paladin Order, "Guardian of Humanity" Hinata Sakaguchi, who was involved in the incident, did not clarify the falsity of the matter, as if he had tacitly acknowledged it, causing the rumor to spread more and more on the road.

It caused terror in all human countries, especially in the Western countries. People could not help but think that another "natural disaster" that humans could not match had appeared on the continent, and Rimuru's reputation as the Demon King was directly pushed to the peak.

He even has the potential to be comparable to the 'ancient' demon lords Milim Nava and Guy Kulimthorne.

The human nations have directly raised the danger level of the Demon Federation to a level that must not be provoked.

And just when the entire human race was feeling extremely panicked, the Holy Empire, as the center of the Western countries, "unbelievably" established diplomatic relations with the power of Demon King Rimuru, the Demon Federation.

This also led to increasingly muddied public opinion in human society. Many major countries even sent envoys directly to the Western Holy Church of the Holy Empire to "interrogate" it, but they were all suppressed by the Paladin Order.

Finally, the Western Holy Church directly cited the oracle of the goddess Luminas to shut up the people.

After all, everyone knows that the Western Holy Church believes in the god Luminas, so although they are skeptical about this reason, they have to believe it.

At this point, the attitudes of human countries towards the Demon Federation have become increasingly subtle.

While human society was in turmoil, the Demon Federation, as the center of public opinion, entered a state of rapid development.

After all, the founding ceremony is approaching, and many monsters have invested in the construction, just to make the demon country more prosperous and powerful.

Not long after Luminas and others returned to the Holy Empire, they sent the compensation and ransom for the "contract". This "astronomical" amount of wealth directly filled the treasury of the Demon Federation.

As the Demon King, Rimuru also went to other countries to send invitations to some allies he could talk to. For example:

The Kingdom of Bloomt, the Armed Kingdom of Dowagon, the Magic Dynasty...etc.

Preparation also takes a certain amount of time, and many interesting things happened during this period.

The most representative and noteworthy one is that Ramiris, the 'Labyrinth Fairy' who is also the 'Nine Heavens Ruler' Demon Lord, moved into Tempest with the consent of Demon Lord Rimuru and Demon Lord Morax, thus forming an alliance with Demon Lord Rimuru and Demon Lord Morax.

Later, at Rimuru's suggestion and with the assistance of Ramiris, the arena in the original work and the famous underground labyrinth that "strangled millions of the empire's troops" were also built.

The management of the dungeon is the same as in the original work, and is directly handed over to Ramiris, the lord of the maze who "created the maze".

Veldora also needs a space to release its aura, so Rimuru plans to place [Storm Dragon] Veldora directly on the last floor of the underground maze. This will not only allow Veldora to release its long-suppressed aura, but also ensure the safety of the maze.

The only difference was that after hearing that Veldora had such a good job, Rota also quit and protested directly to Rimuru.

Sitting on the last level of the Great Maze,

The ultimate boss of the maze,

How could he give such a good opportunity to show off to that idiot Veludela? Only he, the "Lord of the Rādhāra", is worthy of such a prestigious identity.

After hearing Ruota's strong "request", Rimuru also felt a headache.

Rimuru proposed that Rota be the guardian of the 99th floor of the labyrinth, but Rota "undoubtedly" refused.

Veludela, who was supposed to be in charge of the 100th floor, was so angry when he heard that Ruota was trying to take his job that he ran up to Ruota and confronted him.

"Rota" was not afraid at all. In the end, the situation escalated. Seeing the two "Dragon Kings" trying to solve the problem with "force", Rimuru also panicked. If Veldora and Rota really fought, who knows what the impact would be.

In order to avoid the "Double Dragon War", Rimuru had no choice but to expand the scope of the last level of the underground labyrinth by two to three times, and the two big guys, [Storm Dragon] Veldora and 'Ancient Rock Dragon King' Rota, were in charge of it.

After hearing Rimuru's compromise proposal, Rota and Veldora agreed reluctantly.

In this way, the guardian of the last floor of the underground labyrinth changed from the original Veldora dragon to two dragon kings, Veldora the Storm Dragon and Rota the Ancient Rock Dragon King, these two Tempest's "disaster-level" existences.

Guizhong was extremely unwilling to see Rimuru's country prospering under his rule, and wanted to prove himself. So, an old man who was drinking tea with him thought that a piece of territory he got from a clown had not been integrated yet, so he simply sent Guizhong over.

He also sent many three-eyed and five-manifested immortals such as Xueyue, Lishui and Liuyun to Guizhong's side. Even the 'Great Sage Conquering Demons' Xiao under Mo Li's command was sent out by Mo Li to protect his safety and prevent him from encountering any accidents.

With the protection of the "immortals", no one can endanger Gui Zhong's life unless they are powerful awakened demon kings with "ultimate skills".

Just like that, everything is moving in the right direction.

Sorcerous Dynasty Capital

In a white pavilion

A beautiful woman with a stunning appearance and tall figure was sitting lazily on a chair in the pavilion.

Her appearance is exquisite and beautiful, and her figure is as perfect as a work of art, as if it were a gift from God.

His snow-white silver hair and blue eyes add to his charm.

Her temperament is not the gentleness and virtuousness of an ordinary woman, but the aloof, domineering and imperial aura.

This is not the most amazing thing. The most amazing thing is that her extremely powerful aura is not weaker than that of the 'Awakened Demon King'.

This person is none other than the queen of the Sorcerous Dynasty Salion, Ameishia Elliu Salion, who is known as the 'Emperor of Heaven'.

The upper elves are thousands of years old and are the absolute rulers of the Magic Dynasty.

Sitting opposite him was Elalude, the father of Ellen, a great noble of the Magic Dynasty, who had gone to the Demon Federation to negotiate with Rimuru.

At this moment, Elaludo looked at the invitation letter on the table in front of him with some distress. There were so many things to do!

Compared to Elaludo's distress, Aimeshia, the "Emperor of Heaven", seemed particularly relaxed. She curled her silver hair and looked at the younger generation in front of her with a smile.

"Hey! Lord Tiandi, the invitation from Demon King Rimuru invites us to attend the founding ceremony, so should we go or not?"

What is different from the original is that this time, because of Mo Li's "fake death", the Magic Dynasty did not establish cooperation and alliance with the Demon Federation.

Therefore, facing the invitation from this "famous" demon king, Elalude was also "hesitant".

"Oh! Elalude, you have met Demon King Rimuru, what kind of person do you think he is?"

Aimexia asked Elaludo with some curiosity.

"Hmm!? I don't know, but she shouldn't be an easy person to get along with. After all, anyone who can become an "awakened" demon king must not be an ordinary person, not to mention that she is the ruler of the demon country!"

Recalling the last time he went to Tempest and was rejected, Elalude made a slightly 'serious' comment.

"Oh my! Elalude, your evaluation is completely opposite to that of Elaine! As expected, you two are completely different as father and daughter!"

Aimexia said with some surprise.

"What? Your Majesty, my daughter and I have completely opposite opinions? Impossible, how could this be?!"

When Elaludo heard Aimeshia's evaluation, he felt as if the sky had fallen and began to doubt his life as an elf.

“Okay, I won’t tease you anymore! After all, you’ve only met Demon King Rimuru once, so it’s understandable that you feel a little ‘strange’. It just so happens that Ailian is also in the capital. When Ailian arrives, we can discuss whether to go to the Demon Kingdom!”

Aimexia chuckled and said something with interest.

"After all, our Sorcerous Dynasty is adjacent to the Great Yula Forest of Demon Lord Rimuru. It would not be very rigorous to just reject it outright based on your own judgment."

Aimexia had just finished speaking when she chuckled as if she had sensed something.

"Well, speaking of Ai Lian, here comes Ai Lian!"

At this time, a familiar female voice came from not far away.

"Your Majesty! Here I come."

Looking at Ailian walking towards her, Aimexia's eyes were full of love and doting.

"Why call me Your Majesty? Call me cousin. Come! Ailian, come to your cousin!"

Not only does Elaludo, as a father, dote on Ailian, even Aimeshia, as the Emperor of Heaven, is very fond of his little cousin.

"Hehe! Cousin."

Ailian didn't care and sat down next to Aimexia.

It was not until then that Ailian saw Elaludo, whom she had ignored for a long time.

"Huh!? Dad, why are you here!?"

At this moment, Elaludo, who was a daughter slave, was directly touched by Ailian's words and felt bad all over.

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