Empire Attacks!!

Deep in the sky, multiple airships could be seen flying toward The Jura Forest.

Under those airships were hundreds and thousands of soldiers and magical beasts marching.

There were even tanks present.

The airships were in a tight arrow formation, with one particular airship leading them.

Inside that airship could be seen a golden-haired man sitting on a golden throne, with a blue-haired beauty right next to him.

In front of them were a few people lined up, who would give even Lucifer a run for his money in terms of strength regardless of his Ulitmate Skill.

"Tatsuya how are our plans?" Rudra questioned calmly.

"We are doing fine for now your majesty. The western council doesn't know we've entered their territory but I believe Dwargon has noticed our arrival." Tatsuya Kondo the commander of the Royal Guard informed, stepping up.

"Well it doesn't matter, we'll have to deal with them eventually anyways, so if they intervene destroy them." Rudra smirked.

"Of course your majesty!" Tatsuya stood at attention and stepped back in line.

"I still don't get why you wanna attack now, weren't you planning on attacking in a year or two?" Velgrynd questioned confusedly.

"I changed my mind, regardless it doesn't matter, we're basically already there anyways." Rudra replied indifferently but inwardly he was slightly worried.

'I can't tell them that Ivaraj warned me because if I did, their loyalty would start to waver because of Ivaraj's evil reputation and enmity against Veldenava.'

'Even Velgrynd might start to question me, plus if what he said was true I don't have time, Michael is slowly taking over. I need to defeat these opponents now so that my Empire can strive in the future!' Rudra hardened his resolve inwardly.

Velgrynd just furrowed her brows at Rudra, she could tell he was hiding something but decided not to force it out of him.

"Your majesty, may I ask why we brought 300,000 soldiers with us? We could have handled this ourselves without bothering someone such as yourself." Calgurio the leader of the armed corps questioned.

"Do I even have to tell you? Even though we're only attacking a new nation, they have two potential Demon Lords and thousands of subordinates. They started their nation a few months ago but they reached such a level already, imagine in 1 or 2 more years. They could become literal emperors rivaling myself, and I also came to observe just in case anything happens, it's not like I can intervene anyways." Rudra explained.

"And as you know, if it comes to it, we can summon over a million of our soldiers but I doubt it will come to that." Rudra added.

"I see, I understand your majesty." Calgurio did a slight bow and stood ready.

"Be ready guys, we'll be going to war!" Rudra smiled in excitement.

****

At a certain castle on top of a mountain, a certain room with a long table can be seen, and a few people can be seen gathered on each side.

On one side was Frey and Milim and on the other was Clayman.

"KakaKaKa, if what you say is true we should mobilize immediatley!" Clayman laughed in delight after hearing a report from one of his subordinates saying that Tempest was under attack by the Holy Knights.

It seemed Clayman hadn't been informed of the Empire being on the move for some reason.

"Clayman I don't think we should attack, rather we should wai-" Frey the Demon Lord was trying to reason with Clayman but was cut off.

"What are you talking about you stupid bitch! I'll kill that damn slime and cat!" Clayman exclaimed but soon calmed down.

'Those two bastards ruined my plans for the Orcs! If I can also take the Chief of Holy Knights head, I can finally prove myself to all those damned Demon Lords. I can also show Yuuki and the clown troupe that I'm not the same weakling I was before!' Clayman clenched his fist with a smirk.

Suddenly he felt a monstrous aura descend upon him.

"Arghh!" Clayman stumbled on the ground, he felt as if he was about to die.

But suddenly it disappeared immediately.

Getting up slowly, Clayman grasped his chest, breathing hard he eventually looks up and notices Frey and Milim looking at him.

For a second he thought he saw Milim glaring at him but she seemed to be staring at him emotionlessly like normal.

"What was that!?" He exclaimed.

"What was what?" Frey questioned acting oblivious.

"What do you- Fuck! Whatever, get out and get ready to leave for battle in 30 mins! Make sure to not lose Carrion's soul, since you guys just came back from defeating him!" Clayman dismissively waved them away.

Frey just nodded and grabbed Milim, they walked towards the exit and left.

Once they were at a far distance in the hallway, Frey looked at Milim pointedly.

"What did we talk about earlier?" Frey questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"To control your emotions no matter what.*whistle*" Milim stated while whistling and looking in the opposite direction.

"Did you do that?" Frey questioned.

"No, but he was talking bad about my besties, whoever dares to talk about them like that has to deal with me!" Milim puffed her chest out proudly.

"*Sigh*, just please be more careful, we can't let our plan fail because of such mistakes." Frey sighed.

"I know, I'll become an even better spy, James Bond style." Milim started punching the air excitedly.

"James Bond?" Frey questioned but just shook her head and took Milim to leave for battle.

****

In the clear field in front of the Jura Forest, over a thousand individuals can be seen with varying races standing in a tight formation.

A few distinct ones could be seen standing in front of them seemingly waiting for something.

Lucifer, Benimaru, Shion, and Gabiru were the individuals patiently waiting at the front for the coming battle.

Currently, Lucifer was in his military uniform standing at the forefront with the other three directly behind him.

"You nervous?" Lucifer questioned looking at the fidgeting Gabiru and nervous soldiers in the formation.

"Well this is Gabiru's first serious war and I don't wanna fail my lord's first task!" Gabiru spoke in the third person when replying.

"I see, don't worry, and just fight your hardest. I'll make sure to protect you all so rest assured." Lucifer assured, he could tell some of the people in the formation were nervous so he tried his best to reassure them.

Hearing their Lords promise, most of the people in the formation relaxed including Gabiru.

"My Lord if I may ask, wouldn't Sir Diablo's help be useful here? If I'm gonna be honest, I don't think we'll be enough." Benimaru spoke his honest thoughts.

"It would be, but he has another task to handle. Of course, we have thousands of other soldiers but they would be completely useless in this battle. Ranga, Geld, Zegion, Souei and the others are back at Tempest just in case some slip past us or if an attack on Tempest happens." Lucifer explained.

"The soldiers here with us are the strongest of the bunch, varying from C, B, and very few A ranks. If we had more time, we could have trained and evolved our army but we are quite unlucky." Lucifer added.

"I know sir, but we're still in a very unfavorable situation." Benimaru remarked.

"I agree, that's why if it comes to it, I'm gonna need you and the others to escape back to Tempest if I say so. Someone like Shion or Gabiru might be against it, which is why I need your help to take them away by force if it comes to it." Lucifer slightly smiled.

"My L-lord, I could never d-"

"Benimaru, you of all people know how bad this situation is so just trust me. And to be honest you guys will probably end up getting in my way." Lucifer cut off Benimaru before he could even try to reject it.

"*Sigh* I understand." Benimaru sighed dejectedly because of his weakness.

"What are you guys talking about?" Shion questioned, seemingly popping out of nowhere.

"We were just talking about how long it would take Rimuru to wake up." Lucifer replied calmly since he already noticed her.

"Before Lord Rimuru wakes up it will already be over!" Shion started punching and kicking the air, doing different martial art techniques she learned from Lucifer, some of them being Brazillian Jiu-Jutsu, Capoeira, taekwondo, etc.

"Yeah, fight to your heart's content!" Lucifer patted Shion's head while laughing at her enthusiasm.

Shion just smirked in triumph at the pat.

"So once Lord Rimuru wakes up, he'll be evolved to a Demon Lord? But won't it take a few days?" Benimaru questioned, interrupting their antics.

"Don't worry, his skill made it possible so he can evolve at a much faster rate, so he'll be down here in no time." Lucifer replied with a thumbs up.

Lucifer suddenly snapped his head toward the open field in front of him, he could see thousands of silhouettes appearing.

*BRRRRRR*

Hearing some sort of motor, he squints his eyes and sees hundreds of magical tanks spread out through the army.

Benimaru and the others readied their weapons once they followed his gaze.

*TATATATATA*

Hearing some sort of rotor, Lucifer and the others look up and see airships in the sky.

"Wow those are big." Shion stared at the airships curiously.

"That's what she said." Lucifer muttered.

"Huh?" Shion looked at Lucifer confusedly.

"Nothing." Lucifer just innocently smiled and stepped up.

"Listen up, as we discussed before, Benimaru, Shion and some others will go against the ground soldiers while Me, Gabiru and some others will take care of the flying airships." Lucifer reminded the others.

"Remember stick together no matter what, try not to separate yourselves from each other. You guys are not strong enough to fight by yourselves." Lucifer added with a serious face.

"Okay go!" Lucifer ordered.

As soon as Lucifer finished his words, everyone advanced, Gabiru and some other jumped up into the air towards the airships.

While the others started running toward the ground troops in a tight formation with Shion and Benimaru leading them.

Lucifer himself stood there silently before sighing.

"This is gonna be troublesome."

Lucifer muttered before launching up into the sky, catching up with the others.