Reform Ideas!!

A fleet of airships could be seen flying deep in the sky.

Inside the leading airship, only Rudra and Velgrynd were inside a mini-conference room that was built in the airship.

A long table could be seen with Velgrynd sitting on top of it, and an exhausted Rudra on a chair.

"What's the plan now?" Velgrynd questioned exasperatedly.

"For now we will regroup back at home, we will replenish our soldiers and come back stronger. Even I stand no chance against them, we need to prepare ourselves to fight the likes of Guy Crimson, Milim Nava, and more. " Rudra stated while rubbing his temples.

"That would take a year! Maybe even more!" Velgrynd exclaimed while hopping off the table.

"Do you think I don't know that? If there was a better way I would do it-" Rudra tried to stand up but staggered one step before catching himself with the table.

Velgrynd rushed up to him and looked at him worriedly.

"Are you okay!?"

Rudra just stayed silent.

"I've noticed you acting weird lately! Tell me what's wrong!" Velgrynd looked at his eyes fiercely.

Rudra silently stared at her brimming golden eyes before sighing.

"I suppose if it's you it's fine."

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In a certain Japanese home, in a living room, Lucifer and Rimuru could be seen on the couch.

Rimuru looked at Lucifer's chest worriedly before slowly reaching out.

Lucifer didn't attempt to move and just silently stared at Rimuru's actions.

Putting her hand on Lucifer's chest she closed her eyes and spoke to Wisdom King Raphael.

'What's his status, Raphael?'

[The individual named Lucifer's soul is rather missing a piece and is slowly disintegrating at a constant pace unless strained which will fasten the process.] Raphael monotonously replied.

Rimuru's expression hardened which Lucifer found cute.

'Are there any solutions?'

[Well as a temporary measure you can insert your Magicules as a substitute and stop any disintegrating, similar to your other world's object which is called duct tape.] Raphael responded.

'Hmm, I see, do that now.'

[Yes]

[Commencing insertion of Magicules to the individual named Lucifer....]

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[Magicule Insertion is Complete]

[Magicules have been Substituted into the Missing Soul Piece of the Individual named Lucifer]

Lucifer felt much better than before and the pain he was feeling better was somewhat alleviated.

Rimuru smiled looking up at Lucifer who seemed to have relaxed.

"Feel better?" Rimuru questioned.

"Definitely feels better." Lucifer stated while putting his hand over Rimuru's hand on his chest.

Rimuru's eye's slightly widened, he was about to pull away before seeing Lucifer's face.

He genuinely looked happy and Rimuru didn't wanna spoil it for him, he liked it anyways so he just responded with the same energy.

With a slight tinge of pink on her cheeks, Rimuru interlocks his fingers into Lucifer's.

Lucifer was surprised but responded back by interlocking his own, now they could be seen just holding hands and gently gazing at each other.

"So what'd you do?" Lucifer broke the calming silence with a question.

"I just used my Magicules as a substitute for your missing soul piece, it's only a temporary solution though." Rimuru responded with a worried smile.

"Don't worry, today is supposed to be a happy day, we can discuss a more permanent solution tomorrow." Lucifer replied while they continued to hold hands.

"I understand." Rimuru nodded understandingly, even though he was still worried, Lucifer would be fine for now, so a one day delay isn't much of a big deal.

"Oh! Oh! I have an idea for the political reforms I wanna put into action soon." Rimuru's eyes suddenly gleamed with excitement.

"Alright, I'm all ears." Lucifer slightly smiled.

"Lately I've been questioning on why we have to do so much work, so I suggest we do a system similar to the U.S. from our old world. Let's have a chamber full of representatives that represents our citizens and each district in Tempest. We can also have a speaker of the house who will handle the chambers for us, and then we can give them a good chunk of our workload."Rimuru smirked mischievously.

"Agreed but-"

Before Lucifer could finish his sentence Rimuru cut him off.

"Your probably worried about us losing power, but unlike the U.S., we will hold absolute power as Emperor's or Kings, whatever you wanna call it. While this normally wouldn't really be called a democracy it's more of a mix with monarchy, as long as we're the ones leading we will do what is best for our citizens and listen to them to the best of our abilities."

"So the chamber is more of a way to lessen our workload while representing our citizens."

Lucifer nodded contently.

"Yeah they would hold no actual power, their only job is to represent the citizens and do some paperwork for us. Of course, such a system could backfire on us if someone irresponsible were to take over a mantle but we can change it in the future." Rimuru explained nonchalantly.

Lucifer stared at Rimuru weirdly.

"What?" Rimuru looked at Lucifer confusedly.

"Where the hell did my Rimuru go? You turned into one devious slime, I didn't think you'd be the type of person to trick your own people just to lessen your workload." Lucifer chuckled.

"You could say one of my new Ultimate Skills called [Duke of Hell, Agares] influenced my personality to be a bit more selfish and realistic." Rimuru sheepily smiled while explaining.

"But don't worry! I will never drastically chang-" Rimuru thought Lucifer wouldn't like the new him so he worriedly tried to explain himself but...

Lucifer suddenly put his opposite hand's finger against Rimuru's lips signaling him to be quiet.

"Relax, I trust you, Rimuru is always Rimuru to me." Lucifer pulled his hand away and patted Rimuru's head.

Rimuru just accepted his pats with a pout because Lucifer's grasp on his hand was tight.

"Oh now that you talk about it! I also have an idea for military reforms and maybe infrastructure reforms." Lucifer's eye's started gleaming with excitement, similar to Rimuru's previous behavior.

"Let's hear it." Rimuru nodded.

"I've noticed that the good majority of our men were completely useless against the Empire's forces so we made them stay to defend Tempest. But what if we changed that?"

"What do you mean?" Rimuru looked at Lucifer curiously.

"You've watched Star Wars right?"

"Of course!" Rimuru's eyes gained enlightenment.

"You mean!?" Rimuru looked at Lucifer with shock.

"Yes it's as you think! What if we implement all the Star Wars technological innovations in Tempest's military? Imagine a high beam density shot of Magicules coming from weapons such as the DC-15A blaster, etc. Imagine them flying Magicule-powered X Wing Jets or Gigantic Star Destroyers! AT-TE's that are basically large tanks that can climb up mountains and have cannons on them. Imagine the snipers or artillery we could have!" Lucifer exclaimed standing up and letting go of Rimuru's hand.

Rimuru watched Lucifer with a chuckle, she was indeed impressed with his idea, they would basically be impossible to defeat, especially with a renewable energy like Magicules.

"I can tell you have more to say." Rimuru watched Lucifer with a gentle gaze.

Lucifer nodded with smile.

"Think about it! If we use all these innovations, our army would be unstoppable, we could even conquer beyond the multiverse! Especially on a planet such as this, not even the Eastern Empire would stand a chance against us!"

"I want to ask you Rimuru which route are we going to choose, are we going to become a friendly nation who simply stays passive? Or an imperialistic nation who conquers!?"

(Comment above which route yall want to go!!)^^

Rimuru silently stared at Lucifer with an unreadable expression.

"Of course, we won't become a ruthless nation, we will take over nations and raise them back up into proper nations. I'm not saying we should conquer the whole world, rather I'm saying let's conquer those who do not deserve to lead their nations!" Lucifer finished while flamboyantly spreading out his arms.

Silence..

Rimuru chuckled before speaking.

"While this is an interesting conversation, today is not the day for such discussions, let's talk about it tommorrow." Rimuru spoke with a slight smile at Lucifer's attitude.

"Hehe, sorry, I may have gone on a rant." Lucifer sheepishly scratched the back of his neck, while sitting back down beside Rimuru.

"Nah it was pretty intriguing." Rimuru nodded.

"I was also thinking of maybe building a sort of dome around Tempest." Lucifer added.

"You mean like from Legend of Korra in Zaofu?" Rimuru questioned.

"Bingo!" Lucifer playfully shot at Rimuru with his empty hand.

"Since we were talking about power, let me show you something." Rimuru stood up and put his hand out for Lucifer to grab.

"Before we go anywhere. Can I ask how you obtained the Ultimate Skill called, [Duke of Hell, Agares]?" Lucifer questioned curiously.

'He never got this skill in the original but I think I have a good guess on why he got it.'

"Well, I guess since I was so angry about you lying and getting hurt that the world responded to my will of fury." Rimuru shrugged.

'As I thought.'

Lucifer got up and put his hand into Rimuru's small hand.

Suddenly a blue light descended on them.

Whooshh!

One second they were in the living room and now there in the grass field at the previous battlefield.

The ground was still completely destroyed by Rimuru's magma attack, burned cracks could be seen everywhere.

Looking up, the glistening full moon could be seen in the sky.

"What are we doing at the previous battlefield?" Lucifer questioned as he remembered being stabbed at a spot that was only a few feet away.

"Wanna see something cool?" Rimuru questioned while ignoring his question.

Lucifer simply nodded, curious as to what Rimuru had in store.

Rimuru walked ahead of Lucifer and stopped, slowly raising his right hand, he spoke.

"Arise."

KEKEKK!

SHHHH!

A red mist started to steam off the cracks in the ground, slowly, bones started to reform onto the ground.

Thousands to hundreds of thousands of bones were reforming into red misty bodies.

"Surprised?" Rimuru questioned glancing behind him.

"No way." Lucifer's mouth was agape while staring at the scene before him.

"I know right. This is basically Sung-Jin-Woo's skill." Rimuru smirked at Lucifer's reaction.

Eventually, over 350,000 red misty bodies could be seen, the majority were human, while others were beasts.

"I lost over 50,000 but it should be fine. Now come into my shadow." Rimuru commanded.

All 350,000 red misty bodies instantly disappeared into his shadow that was cast by his shadow magic.

"You got all 350,00 to fit!?" Lucifer exclaimed.

"I got tricks!" Rimuru cheekily smiled.

"Come on, by now the celebration is probably ready." Rimuru added while holding Lucifer's hand and urging him to hurry.

"Yeah, yeah let's go." Lucifer helplessly shook his head as a blue light descended on them.

Whooshh!

Disappearing from their previous spot!

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