48 Total Defeat and Celebration
-Rosso's Family Territory
"Hmmm"
An old man with an aura of Hero Haki, albeit a weaker one, destroy the heart of the black knight that tried to destroy their territory. At the same time, he looks at the disappearing dark molts of the corrupted black knights of Farnus Kingdom and the black knight itself.
"This guy, he is not dead... I could not detect his soul."
"..."
Damrada said with a grave expression while looking at the corpse of the black knight who injured him while making the head family of Rosso appear just to kill him.
(The emperor should be informed about this guy's particular power... the power to control the dead and the living people)
Damrada thought while the old man just nodded at him while he deactivated his unique skill: Hope, he who was once a great hero, was now only a shadow of his former self. He is also one of the subordinates of the true demon lord Luminous Valentine itself, who controls the whole Western Kingdoms in the shadow.
"Still, are you okay with this? He might be a subordinate of a Demon Lord."
Damrada said while looking at his client's expression, which gave an intimidating aura even to Damrada himself.
"Nothing would be able to hinder our family's great plan on this world, not even the demon lords."
The old man said while walking away as he decided to reinforce their defense while seeking a piece of advice from his granddaughter, whose ambition was comparable to the ambition of the grand master of the Free Association Guild, Yuuki Kagurazaka.
(The power to control this world using great reliance on the economy, huh)
Damrada thought about the ambition of Rosso's family. Then he disappeared as a hundred corpses of a black knight disintegrated into dark molts.
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- Free Association Guild, Main Branch
"I see... Laplace could no longer be contacted..."
The young man said with seriousness while his partner Elf shook her head with disappointment while being worried about Laplace itself.
"There is nothing we can do about it... after all, we might be playing on something we should not touch given our current strength."
Yuuki Kagurazaka said while looking outside his office as he narrowed his eyes in the direction of the Great Forest of Jura, making his partner look at him with knowing eyes.
"So, are you going to make a move against them?"
"Well, even though I do not mind losing, losing on those guys consecutively is not fun in its own right. What is the status of Footman and Tear?"
"They are now recovering their wounds... I fear that they won't be able to move as the poison inflicted by that archer was still currently infesting even their souls..."
"..."
"A total defeat, huh..."
Yuuki Kagurazaka said as he predicted what would happen to Clayman on Walpurgis, making him plan a much more devious scheme for his enemies in the Great Forest of Jura, even though some of its results were their fault, to begin with.
(Maybe I should use Hinata... even though I plan to lay low, I think playing a prank on them was still fine as I have a feeling that the Demon Lord already knows about us from the beginning)
Yuuki Kagurazaka, though, while walking in the direction where Tear and Footman are currently resting, as he used his anti-skill on Tear and Footman, making the poison inflicted by Tristan to disappeared.
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-Walpurgis venue
(She's really a subordinate of the Demon Lord Dino and also that woman that rescued me from Hinata Sakaguchi)
Rimuru Tempest thought as he monitored his ally and benefactors. At the same time, he had already destroyed Claymans last effort as he used his Ultimate Skill: Beelzebub, on him, making the clown of Walpurgis disappear into oblivion.
"..."
"Heh-"
*Clap Clap*
The sound of the clap resounded from Guy Crimson, making Rimuru look at him with cautiousness and annoyance.
"Splendid! That was a good show."
"..."
"From today on, I will allow you to refer to yourself as a Demon Lord. Any Objections?"
Guy Crimson declared while looking at other Demon Lords' opinions. Still, with Guy Crimson acknowledging Rimuru as a Demon Lord, they did not deny his entry to their group aside from Demon Lord Valentine's objection, making Rimuru officially join the ranks of Demon Lords.
"You guys!!! I have a spicy news-noda!!!"
Milim, who already finish Apito's Honey, raises her hand while looking at Dino with an innocent smile.
"Hoh? What is it, Milim? I hope it's not another of your nonsense talking."
Guy said while looking at Milim with curiosity. At the same time, Dino, whose been napping since Kondou's escape from his subordinate, woke up due to a bad premonition he detected from Milim.
"You see! Dino's already MARRIED!!! This is a celebration! Wahahaha!"
"!!!"
"Wha- That loner is!?"
"Impossible! How could that gloomy guy would become married!?"
"Heh, if that were the case, this would be a lively banquet as we celebrate our comrade's happy marriage."
(F*ck...)
Dino said to his mind while the Demon Lord started celebrating his supposedly fake marriage. At the same time, Rimuru looks at Dino with jealousy, while Artoria does not say anything, but the blush in her ears could not be mistaken as being embarrassed by the situation itself.
(This... I might be the only Demon Lord who's already officially married, as the other Demon Lords won't acknowledge their partners or lovers as their spouses... Welp can't be helped... might as well follow the tide.)
Dino, though, as he shamelessly celebrated his party together with other Demon Lords who thought he was really married. At the same time, a certain slime drank off his wine as he turned off his poison resistance to forget the loneliness of his heart.
