Walpurgis

Undisclosed Location,

Walpurgis Banquet,

Galahad POV,

Galahad looked at the unmoving Clayman before sighing and pulling back his sword, "I....just sit down." he said yawning and waving his hand dismissively before walking over to the table to take a seat right next to Milim's, he had no time for throwing tantrums. Clayman looked at him for a moment as several veins popped out on his forehead from pure anger, however he knew that making any moves for now would be rash. Later on he could simply get this idiot killed by Milim, he nodded and walked over to his own seat.

Rimuru looked at Galahad and tried to appraise him, just if to get some idea about how strong this lazy guy actually was but it always returned empty. He seemed to be a human by all means and apparently Clayman noticed that as well but being the idiot he was he stood up and pointed at Galahad, "He's just a regular human." he said folding his arms, if anyone could've noticed it would be Clayman.

Guy started chuckling as the others simply stayed quiet before it turned into full blown laughter as she banged her hand down on the table, "Didn't know you could make jokes too little Clayman, pay attention to the matter at hand." she said folding her arms, this guy was a human? He wasn't human even when she saw him thousands of years ago. She looked at Galahad who was resting his head in his arms, completely unbothered by Clayman's claim.

A maid walked forward and bowed down, it was her job to introduce all the participants of this Walpurgis. She signalled to Guy Crimson, "Demon, Lord of Darkness: Guy Crimson." she grinned in response, that title was a good one! She turned towards Ramiris who folded her arms and smiled smugly, "Pixie, the Labyrinth: Ramiris." Ramiris put a hand on her chest, "Kuhum." she liked it when people addressed her properly.

She turned to Milim who was blankly staring ahead, "Dragonoid, the Destroyer: Milim Nava." this brought no reaction out of the little girl who still silent. She signalled to Galahad who slightly raised his head and waved his hand before resting his head on the table again, "Nephalem, Lord of Calamity: Galahad." she said respectfully as Galahad clicked his tongue, he disliked that chuuni title a lot.

Rimuru looked at him wide eyed, as an avid gamer and manga reader in his previous life he knew perfectly well what a Nephalem actually was, this was an end game boss level race! She turned to Dagruel who folded his arms, "Giant, the Earthquake: Dagruel." he was the ruler of the western barren lands and the man who destroyed a continent just by stomping his foot.

"Vampire, Queen of Nightmares: Luminous Valentine." she said bowing to Luminous who huffed and turned away, she had intended to hide her identity but Guy ended up saying something that made her reveal her actual self. This surprised the three other Demon lords in the room namely, Carrion who was in a disguise, Frey and Clayman himself since all of them had only seen Roy Valentine sitting in her seat and had taken him to be the Demon Lord Valentine, "Wait what?"

She bowed to Frey who straightened up a bit, "Harpy, Sky Queen: Frey." that was her title because she was the one among the demon lords who had the highest proficiency in sky battles. She turned to Clayman, "Deathman, Marionette Master: Clayman." Clayman put a hand on his chest and nodded in agreement. She looked to Leon who was silently sitting in his seat, "Demonoid, Platinum Saber: Leon Cromwell." Leon straightened up and nodded, okay that should have been good enough.

Finally she turned to Rimuru himself, "Slime, The Leader of the Jura Tempest Federation: Rimuru Tempest." she went back to a corner, "That concludes the introductions." she said and teleported away, she didn't want to be in that room! From there began Clayman's explanation about how Carrion was the one who convinced Rimuru to become a Demon Lord.

Together Rimuru and Carrion instigated the Kingdom of Falmuth to attack them and by using the unsealed Veldora massacred them. Afterwards Carrion gave Rimuru his full backing so that the slime could become a legitimate Demon Lord the proof of that was the fact that Carrion's armies were currently residing in Tempest. He slammed his fist on the table, "And so when Milim learnt of Carrion's betrayal she destroyed the Beast Kingdom and killed Carrrion, please don't blame her." with that he sat down silently believeing he presented a good case.

Now it was Rimuru's turn to explain, he showed that the armies belonging to Clayman which had begun marching on Carrion had been completely decimated and also told them how the people in his own country were simply refugees from said war. Complete with visual proof and folded his arms with a smirk, with this Clayman had no way out.

Clayman stood up angrily and slammed his fist on the table, "This is just a bluff! This slime used the unsealed Veldora's power to destroy the Falmuth army and tried to pass it off as his own! It is preposterous that a weakling like him would declare himself a Demon Lord! Let us purge him right here and now!" he said realizing that his plans were falling apart.

Dagruel who had noticed a lot of inconsistencies in this explanation was about to speak out his own opinion but Galahad held up his hand stopping him. He yawned and sat up, "Well Clayman.....first of all...do you think some of us....even give a fuck about how he did it?" he asked a bit amused, he wasn't used to talking a lot but he could see the sheer stupidity in this claim of his. Even if Carrion backed him what's wrong with that? The Demon Lords can do whatever they want, whenever they want. That was a perk of being a Demon Lord.

"What I'm saying is you should!" Clayman shouted back, he needed to get rid of him right here! Galahad chuckled, "Well I.....don't. I don't care if he's weak.....what I know is....he's more useful than you." he said lazily, he actually contemplated punishing Carrera for letting Rimuru become a Demon Lord but then he realized that Rimuru was useful, he could bring about vast technological advancements in this world in a few years. Of course Galahad himself could too but he was too lazy for it and with this Rimuru's survival was guaranteed, Galahad wouldn't be interfering again.

"I'll back...him. I declare....the slime a Demon Lord." he said folding his arms with a lazy smile, now all possible arguments were null and void, if Rimuru had Carrion's backing too then that automatically made him elligible for a seat on the Council. Clayman's little explanation backfired on him, "But sad as it is Carrion is already dead!" Clayman retorted trying to salvage this attempt.

Rimuru looked at him with an amused smile, what was this guy on about? All of it came crashing down on him, his explanations were rendered useless and he was backed into a corner by none other than himself before his smile turned into a glare, but it didn't change the fact that some of his people almost died in the intial attack on Tempest so yes Rimuru hated Clayman for it and wanted him gone.

He stood up and pointed at Clayman, "I'm not letting you live Clayman." this guy was dead. Galahad whistled, this was unexpected Rimuru was actually agitated! Galahad didn't expect him to be so blunt about it. "Are you going to let him threaten me like that?!" Clayman asked angrily but recieved no response from the others, they saw that he had brought this on himself.

"Threaten? You were trying to control my mind! Is that allowed here?" he asked turning towards Guy who shifted in her seat clearly enjoying what was going on. "No. In the interest of impartiality for everyone here, it is only acceptable to speak with your own words." she said smirking. Clayman looked towards Guy, "But Guy, his very existence is a disresp-" he tried to retort but was cut off by Rimuru, "Shut up. This is between you and me. You see I just want to create a country where I can live in peace. For that I need the cooperation of the humans, which is why I've decided to protect the humans."

He pointed straight at Clayman, "Anyone who interferes with that, whether they're human, monster or even Demon Lord, is my enemy and that includes you." Rimuru truly wanted peace for his country and a simple enjoyable life for himself and his people so he was genuinely angry at Clayman for trying to take away all of that just for a scheme of his.

"That means you Clayman!" he declared pointing straight at Clayman, he would get rid of him here and now. Guy smirked and turned to Clayman, "He's right , it makes sense. You know if you're a Demon Lord, just defeat this guy yourself and be done with this." she said amused. After that took place a conversation of how Rimuru wished to proclaim himself a Demon Lord and that was accepted by Guy before ordering Clayman to deal with this himself.

Clayman chuckled and fixed his coat, this idiot really thought he could beat him! "Sigh.... I suppose to much scheming isn't good is it? You're up Milim." he said smirking, with her by his side beating this slime would be easy. The other Demon Lords looked on surprised as Milim stood up and went to his side, fully intent on aiding him. "You have no problems with this do you Guy?" Clayman asked smirking.

Guy shrugged, "If she helps you of her own volition then I've got no problem at all." she said and watched on amused, this idiot thought that he was actually controlling Milim! That was hilarious!

The others were actually very amused by the actions taken by Clayman, originally they planned to beat the shit out of him themselves but by the way this was shaping up. It would be much more amusing.

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