36 Carrion

After sparring for a while a few people had come to watch the matches. Among them was Carrion and the three Beastketeers. Once we were done they all came down from where they were watching the fights.

"Demon Lord Rimuru, I have come to give you my thanks." Carrion spoke first

"Oh? Why is that?" I answered

"After returning from Walpurgis I had some time to talk with Albis and to learn more about what happened with Jistav. If it wasn't for you transporting my people out they could have been in trouble during the fight. In fact, if you hadn't attacked Jistav I am sure there would have been many deaths on my side. Whether you realize it or not, you have helped out Eurazania a lot." Carrion said as he gave a short bow followed by the three Beastketeers behind him.

"No problem, Jistav was aiming to attack me after you so I just followed the best course of action. If you want to pay me back you can send some people to assist in the building of roads. If progress continues as it is now in the next couple of years the whole continent will be connected to Tempest."

Carrion let out a small laugh before he said. "Actually, I think I can do you one better. But first, would you allow us to have a short fight? There is something I want to confirm before I make my decision. Since you have just finished sparring with the ones behind you I am willing to wait until you are at full strength."

"If you want, we can fight now. I am pretty close to full tank right now. Let's move to a bigger area first. Any type of environment you prefer for fighting?"

"Whatever you decide is fine with me. I am the one asking for the fight after all."

"In that case take this, it's a resurrection bracelet made by Ramiris. It only works in the dungeon but it should bring you back if we get too carried away."

…

We were now standing in the middle of a large field. As if were currently on the outside the ceiling was emulating a sky during the day, with clouds and what appeared to be sunlight. There were rows of seats in the distance in which everyone else was sitting. A few of the people working on the Labyrinth decided to drop by to watch and the news of the fight had spread out like the plague. The seats Ramiris created were now packed full of people eager to watch the fight.

With Carrion standing not too far in front of me we were ready to start the fight.

Carrion was holding a large spear in his hand and he had a serious expression on his face.

"I am going to go all out, so don't hold back on me alright." Carrion said as he readied his spear.

Albis, as the leader of the Beastketeers, was going to be the one who counted us down. And the moment she said Go Carrion acted.

"ROYAL BEAST TRANSFORMATION!"

Carrion's body grew hair everywhere and his muscles increased in size. A pair of hawk-like wings emerged from his back and he launched a spear thrust in my direction. An immense amount of energy was wrapped around his spear. He was moving at an incredible speed and the spear reached me in moments.

And once the spear was about to reach me I lifted my hand and caught it. The physical strength boost Aeshma had given me was no joke. A giant shockwave was created from the spear suddenly slowing stopping which created a large gust of wind. Taking advantage of the momentum he still had left Carrion jumped in the air and prepared to give me a kick with all of his strength.

However, he was still holding onto the spear so all I did was twist it and Carrion's body followed the spear's movement and got flipped onto the ground which cracked on impact. I let go of the spear to give him room to retreat. A chance he didn't take, standing up he continued to try to attack me with the spear.

I slapped his spear away when he tried to hit me from the side. With no time to pick it up, he tried to use hand-to-hand combat. With every punch he threw, I would block it and return the punch. Punch after punch until I finally grabbed him and threw him away near his spear.

"You said you would go all out, but so far you haven't used your strongest move have you?"

Giving me a small look of disbelief he picked up his spear and flew up into the air.

"Beast Roar!"

Carrion began to gather a large number of magicules on his spear. Creating a giant magicule monster that flew in my direction. This attack was created to take care of large armies, so it was meant to be hard to dodge. However, it had one fatal flaw, it was a projectile.

'Beelzebuth'

Once the attack was close enough to me it was consumed. Leaving a shocked Carrion on the air.

"I like that attack." I said while pulling out my sword and pointing it towards him. "Let me try it."

Just like Carrion, magicules began to gather around my sword. However, they were much more stable, creating a larger creature. A familiar-looking black storm dragon made of black lighting began to form on my blade. The main elements it was formed from were lightning, wind, and space.

"Dragon's roar"

The large dragon left my blade and flew towards Carrion. It disturbed the space around it as it went and was flying at great speed.

"Carrion!" The three beastketeers jumped from their seats in hope of reaching Carrion in time to protect him but it was useless.

The giant dragon opened its mouth and ate him before creating a large explosion leaving nothing behind. The air was quiet for a second before Carrion popped back to life in the middle of the room, thanks to the bracelet. He was laying down on the ground with a shocked expression before he started to burst out laughing.

"KUAHAHAHAHA I thought I was done for KuaHAHAhaHA."

Standing up from the ground he walked in front of me before kneeling down.

"Sir Rimuru Tempest. Not only did you protect my city in my stead, but you have proven my strength. During the Walpurgis, I was made aware of how weak I truly was. I heard of you assisting Albis with my citizens and wanted to go back and check with her properly the results of the battle against Clayman. You have proven both then and now that I am not wrong in my decision. Especially after I personally looked at your city. I, Carrion, wish to be your subordinate."

"If that is what you have decided I won't deny your request. From now on you and Eurazania will be under my protection."

Looking to my side where the three people that had rushed out were I saw them standing with shocked expressions. Seeing their leader die and come back to life was not something they were familiar with. Albis and Suphia blushed slightly before fumbling for a second and dropping down to their knees. Leaving the shocked Phobio with his mouth open, noticing what the other two did he also dropped down. A cold sweat running through his back.

The crowd of people that had gathered to watch the fight began to cheer excitedly now that the fight had been won.

'Maybe it would be good to set up the Colesseum in here, after all, you can't die as long as you wear one of Ramiris' bracelets.'

[Analysis complete, Usurper's Copy has been successful.

Carrion's spear arts have been copied.

Carrion's martial arts have been copied.

Royal Beast Transformation has been successfully copied.

Beasts Roar has been successfully copied.]