Talks Finished
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Sorry guys, i am not feeling this meeting too much so I will kinda skip over it a little, giving you a summary... There just isn't much passion is extrapolating boring conversation about shit you already know from Silviana...
I hope you enjoy anyway!
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Several hours passed in rather intense discussion and debate. Posturing from both sides was a theme that persisted throughout and ultimately the only decision we could agree upon was one of Truce. Ainz was aloof through much of the conversations on the finer details of Michael and Yuuki, Demiurge and Albedo talking for the majority of the meeting on his behalf. The lack of evident care on Ainz's part left some butterflies in my stomach, not to mention Yuna who was constantly glaring at him whilst looking towards Albedo and Shalltear... It seemed she was mildly interested in them.
Rimuru's attitude was utterly cold, devoid of all civility. Their lack of common ground and the silence of Nazerick's only Reincarnator seemed to have rubbed him the wrong way. By the end of the meeting we had agreed to a temporary cease fire for the time of Walpurgis and a month after that.
With my eyes I could sense something was wrong or off within Nazerick, something or someone changing Ainz in some way. Whether this was my hopes or actual reality was up for debate but it still set me on edge. There were many powerful people that were swarming around us of late, we needed every ally we could and even then I had very little hopes that we would be able to weather the 'storm' without casualty...
Diablo was positively excited about our opposition to Michael however, a huge toothy smile gleaming discordantly against his pitch black clothing and yellow eyes. Ruphia was too busy flirting with Souei who looked utterly uncomfortable... My primordial demon was broken... I facepalmed as Nazerick's portal vanished, all of their forces disappearing from the area in a flash of eldritch energy.
"Silviana, I think that it is too late for an alliance... Demiurge spoke about Yuuki to Ainz."
Rimuru seriously regarded me as Yuna's head instantly turned towards us, followed by my wife's; Milim's. Looking into his eyes I saw a flash of Ciel beneath his being, all of the essences merging into a being that was utterly devastatingly in intellect. Shivers smothered my skin and crept up my back as my head twitched to the side from the sensations. Dread, that was what I was feeling.
"Shizu..."
Rimuru gripped his throne and ripped it in half with just the smallest fragments of his aura. Demon Lord Haki oozing from him, changing from light aquamarine to a dark, DARK, deep ocean blue. Black lightning swirled around him and struck the tent before dissipating as I syphoned the magicules into my cultivation technique and stored the tent, I had spent way too much energy on this thing...
"I am going to kill Yuuki! Nothing can stop me!"
"First, we need to save the kids and then cure her of his influence. He controls minds and can copy skills and abilities... Rushing ahead dick first is never a smart idea..."
"Souei, go kill all of the criminals in Falmuth... Child Rapists, Rapists, Murderers, Slavers, Corrupt Nobles... I don't care. Just make sure that you get 10,000 of them at the minimum. When you have finished teleport back to Tempestus, you will be our hidden Demon Lord."
Rimuru was slightly confused by this order of mine but it seemed Ciel was telling him about my probable plans as within moments he nodded along and smiled towards me. It was great to know that Ciel was there to help him, help us. Morgan was here for us as well and although he could not currently manifest, It was something I wished to change. Turning to Yuna I smiled, my 'sister' arching her head in confusion as she slowly smiled despite herself.
"Yuna I need you to summon the rest of the Primordials, work with Diablo on it. They may not be on my level of power or your own but they will definitely be useful."
Before she responded I turned to Benimaru who was now standing behind us, his arrival recent. He was currently glancing between us and seemed slightly jealous of Souei in becoming a Demon Lord. Little did he know what I was going to ask of him.
"Benimaru, you will lead half of Tempest's army against Demon Lord Clayman. Obliterate his castle, burn it, sunder it, i don't care... Merely try to save his forces and commanders from his thrall."
Benimaru's eyes opened wide, the whites of his eyes revealing his shock as the cogs within his mind slowly began to churn. Tactics, strategy, combat, these were all things he knew well and at this moment I would bet that he was thinking of every way that we could approach the situation. Several moments of staring at me passed before his awareness returned to him.
"I need a tel-"
"-eportation of the forces in specific locations. I know. Rimuru could you?"
"Yes, I can do that! Is there a reason why we're attacking Clayman?"
"He is a puppet of Yuuki, he feeds information to him. Wipe him away and they take a significant information weakness. One they can't easily reforge or repair."
"Got it! Benimaru-san, I'll send the troops."
"Thank you Rimuru-sama." He bowed.
They nodded at one another before Milim jumped at me and sat in my lap, her energy mellowing out as she leaned back into me. She didn't seem to care too much about the whole thing, merely enjoying the fat that I was here. Veldora was the same, but for Manga, his constant page flicking adding a rather awkward undertone to the seriousness of our conversation.
"Ruphia, I need you to communicate with Sebastian from Nazerick. He seems to be more reasonable than many members of Ainz's possie. Ensure that all communications lack detail unless we specify."
"I can do that Silviana... But, can I have a day or two alone with Souei after all of this?"
Souei shivered behind her as he looked at me with desperation, shaking his head. It seemed Ruphia's constant bombardment of innuendos and sexual appeal were slowly starting to wear on the man and he was over her constant trials. Resisting the urge to chuckle at the entire situation I shook my head.
"I do not control his personal life. You will have to ask him... The two day holiday? Can be arranged."
"Great!"
She turned towards Souei only to find his figure gone and his presence erased, he had left seconds after I had declined to order him to do it. He was a smart man, it was no wonder why I trusted him so much... Rimuru is right, he is a dream boat... Licking my lips before sculling the entirety of my coffee I slowly stood up, grasping Milim in my arms as the defenders of the meeting slowly began to disappear, their commanders taking them back to Tempestus; Mages having combined their efforts to connect their meagre portal to one back in the capital.
"Why does he always leave...?"
Ruphia pouted before fading into shadow, her shadow merging with mine. Strangely however I could now feel the sensation as if it were within my mind, the newly acquired gauntlet causing heat-like ripples to shudder around my arm with every single movement. It was insanely cool and also somewhat disconcerting. Every now and then my arm would look as if it didn't exist, like it had been phased from the material plane to one of shadow and death. The singular gem on the back of the gauntlet gleamed a dark purple-silver every so often. With my distraction the conversation died down and we all strode away from our previous thrones and leaving through portals that the mages maintained; I grabbed the thrones subconsciously, or Morgan did.
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A few hours later I got back home and slumped down onto the couch, Shuna and Milim still at work. Milim had wanted to go get her followers and have them come to Tempestus, the inconvenience of not having her territory nearby getting to her. Shuna was unfortunately also busy as her work stacked higher due to the laziness of the workers that we had found the other day.
Basically we were suffering from success... And now I was alone in my own house, with very little to do. Watching shows seemed boring without my wives and even masturbating was unappealing to me. My thoughts flickered along the ideas and powers I had, the people I had met and the forces I had yet to come across. Blacksmithing was something I was getting into, I wanted to get better at it and honestly my Cultivation hadn't been investigated deeply yet. Qi techniques and powers were over powered usually so it was a shame. I stood and slowly began walking up to my bedroom, the Asura Cultivation stirring within me as hundreds of Magicules per second were being drained into my Qi reserves. Sitting on the edge of the bed I slowly began to enter into meditation.
DING, DING, DING
A bell sound rocked me from my thoughts as my mind and soul were drawn towards the Luminal space, specifically towards two men who were floating in the middle of the space. Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss hovered where we had once met before, the point like an anchor for them it seemed. Smiling softly as I considered that they were like children trying to navigate the Ocean using my help.
"Caleb, Essek... Nice to meet you again."
I suddenly emerged from space beside them as they recoiled a little from the jump scare. I looked exactly as I did in reality, the gauntlet on my hand and my form utterly stable. Raistlin had taught me many things about essence and once you knew what you were doing it was easy to maintain your form. Although the ease sparked the inquisitiveness within me about why he was split in two forms.
"Ah, you speak Zemnian?"
"I can speak most languages I come across."
"Interesting."
Essek was still standoffish about me but this would be the norm for any wizard or person within this space. Conjuring a seat below me I sat down, conjuring two for them as well. The spectacle drew their attention but they acquiesced to the offer. All three of us sat down before they began asking questions once again.
"Last time we got cut off due to the instability of our spell, I feel as if we have fixed this!"
Caleb was enthusiastic about the adaptation leading me to chuckle. I was happy that I was not alone at this moment, I had spent too many of my younger years alone to be left like that in my adulthood.
"Awesome, I definitely feel that you have improved significantly. You taming of the essences is incomplete but that is fine."
Essek picked up at this new word and chimed in.
"Essences?"
"Hmm, I learnt this from a God of Magic... Essences are like the building blocks of all reality. On your world the gods are said to have shaped the planet and life via their godly powers. Whilst this is true, it was not just because they were gods, the main aspect was the Essences."
"What are these essences?"
"There are infinite amount of them, different types, versions, generations... The most common ones are: Red, Black, Green, Blue, White and Colourless. This is in the order of most common to least."
"Hold on... So you are saying that all of existence is based off of colours!?"
"No. More like grand concepts. Red, represents the primordial creation of planets, planes, realms, dimensions and many other spaces. It is the material that is forged. In opposition would be Green or Colourless... These being representations of a completed forging, to a certain extent."
"What is magic then?"
"Who knows? Is it an extension of the power of will in mortals in combination with Blue essence? I certainly don't know... I don't even think my teacher understood what magic was truly."
"Interesting... Sorry to ask so much of you straight away, we can't even offer you anything, but what can these essences be used for?"
"Well..."
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I spent the next 'ten hours', within the Luminal space explaining the basics of detecting the essences... Was it smart to trust complete strangers like this normally? No, but did they exist on my world? Also no, so I don't care! It was just fun speaking with them.
Unfortunately however, after ten hours, they slipped away. Their spell had eventually faded and took them back to their world. I wished to go there sometime soon just to have fun. Tensura was all so serious at the moment with so many threats...
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