Chapter 9: Meetings and Demon Lords

Story: I'm a Daemon, so what?

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Chapter 9: Meetings and Demon Lords

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- Felix -

I watch on as Arcueid spars with Raiden.

It's been a few days since I woke up from my ascension, not much has been going on so far.

The Walpurigs is coming up soon, so while I wait I've just been training, and discovering new ways to use my new skills.

I've also learned some new magics from Arcueid, the biggest gain was Dark Magic, specifically a branch of it called Nihility Magic.

It uses Summoning Magic to call forth the Void from the abyss of hell, basically the deepest and darkest pit of the underworld.

This sort of magic has the potential to destroy the entire world if in the wrong hands, and it can even threaten Ultimate Skill wielders.

Arcueid herself wasn't an expert in Nihility Magic but she knew enough about it due to her rivals using it quite a bit.

I didn't even know she had rivals until she mentioned it, apparently she is in a constant rivalry with Jaune and Violet, they even had a competition on who could manifest in the Material World first and with me summoning Arcueid she won.

She offered to use her victory prize for me, basically she can request one favor from both Jaune and Violet.

Now this might not seem like a lot but a favor from a Primordial can get you quite a lot in this world.

I had mentioned that I wanted more useful subordinates to her so she offered to use her favor to bring them to me, after that it was up to me to convince them to serve me.

I saw no reason to disagree, I just told Arcueid to hold off on it for now, at least until after the Walpurgis.

Back to Nihility Magic, I was able to learn one application of it. I'll do some more research on it together with Odin later so hopefully I can find some more uses for it.

The spell I was able to learn is something created by Jaune, it basically combines Gravity Collapse with Nihility Magic.

Gravity Collapse on its own is already fearsome, but with Nihility Magic it is absolutely absurd.

You basically mix the Void from the abyss together with Gravity Collapse, the resulting magic can destroy dimensions and planets with ease.

Man Nihility Magic is scary.

I also got a new subordinate, I ended up taking that 3 tailed fox that was being controlled by Clayman out of my Stomach a few days ago. The control over her was gone as Clayman is dead.

She ended up deciding to serve me seeing as she didn't have anything else to do, I ended up naming her Kurumi, named after Kurama from Naruto.

When I named her she ended up evolving into a Nine Tailed Fox, and gained a human form in the process.

She gained nine summons that she can summon with her tails, and on Odin's recommendation I also named each of those summons causing Kurumi's power to spike, as she can absorb her summons and gain all their power in the process.

Originally she had a more childlike form, but after I named her tails she gained a much more mature look.

I'm not going to complain, more strong and beautiful subordinates for me.

Rimuru also ended up unsealing Veldora, to be honest he is kinda disappointing.

I thought True Dragons would be fearsome monstrosities but Veldora is just a NEET.

Don't get me wrong, he is extremely powerful, he even has an Ultimate Skill, he just isn't what I had in mind when I think of a True Dragon.

Cool guy though.

Along with that, I have been experimenting with Stardust Energy, at its core Stardust is incredibly dense energy that can be diluted down into magicules, but you can't create Stardust using concentrated magicules.

It is also incredibly difficult to control, just adding a miniscule amount of Stardust into an attack increases its ability by multiple times.

Theoretically I can destroy an entire continent with a casual Nuclear Canon if it is fueled by a tiny amount of Stardust.

Along with that I tried experimenting with 'Material Creation' using Stardust, the weapons formed out of Stardust are incredibly durable and easily reach God tier in terms of ranking.

With the help of Odin I was able to infuse my own Legend Rank Katana with Stardust upgrading it to God Grade.

Stardust is an absolute cheat.

Oh Rimuru is approaching.

"Hey Felix, why were you so sure that naming Diablo would have such a high risk of permanent magicule loss? My skill said there was only a 0.0742% chance of that happening."

"What really?" 'Odin what the hell?'

'Answer, his skill likely took his question literally, since Veldora's magicules were at risk and not Rimuru Tempest's the risk for him personally, probably was only a 0.0742% chance.'

"Ah, I see now. Your skill likely took your question literally. Go ask your dragon friend about the consequences of your naming spree."

"Ah!? Has he been taking the permanent loss of magicules risk in my stead? Ah so he has. Thanks Felix I best go apologize to him."

I nod towards Rimuru as I continue to observe their fight, Arcueid is practically toying with Raiden, even without a Unique Skill her abilities are not to be underestimated.

It seems like Arcueid has decided to stop playing around and finish the fight. These fights are more for Raiden and Saeko's sake than Arcueid's, she isn't learning all that much from these fights after all. 

Once the fight is over I call everyone over to head back, we've been training pretty much all day after all, man am I looking forward to the hot spring.

- Rimuru - 

He sat in the meeting room with all his subordinates and Felix, he was planning to reveal to everyone that he was going to become a Demon Lord.

He checked in on those other two Daemons he summoned, they have taken to their roles as Diablo's helpers quite well, though they might have already been doing something similar in the Underworld seeing as he is the big boss of his Lineage.

He gave them both magisteel bodies for them to inhabit, he also named them.

Once everyone was seated and ready he began, "I decided to become a Demon Lord."

He looked around the room for everyone's reactions but no one looked surprised.

"Hmm, yes that will be a good move, no one would attack Tempest again if it was under a Demon Lord." said Felix

Seriously?

That's all they have to say?

"Though, you have to be careful when you announce it, some other Demon Lord could take it as a challenge, you could just have Carrion and Milim recommend you and then come to the Walpurgis with me."

Hmm, yes that does sound like the safer move.

"Hmm, that sounds good, I just have to convince the two."

"I wouldn't worry about that, I can just ask Milim to do it and she'd agree, and Carrion owes me a favor so I can call that in."

That is a good plan, though it might come at a cost to Felix.

"Don't worry about the cost, it's only one favor, and besides you've helped me out a bunch already so I'm just repaying the favor." Is he reading my mind?!

'Answer, No you just have a terrible poker face.'

'You're sassing me again!'

'Answer, You're imagining it.'

"Alright, I guess if you say so." essentially answering Raphael and Felix at the same time.

Fuze also rushed in revealing his aid, and was quite shocked to learn the situation had already been dealt with, Youm had to comfort the poor guy.

And that concluded the meeting.

He saw that Felix was looking somewhere, "It seems that you have some guests Rimuru."

Huh?

"They are likely out of your range but I sense some people heading in this direction, one of them is quite strong as well."

He took Felix at his word and gathered everyone up in case this was an attack, though shortly after the visitors entered his range.

Phew, thankfully it's just Gazel.

"It isn't just the Dwarves, I sense some more people coming. I will remain hidden, there is no reason to make the situation more volatile, I will rush out to aid you if needed though."

Gazel's party soon land.

"Hello there Rimuru, well met. I heard you're a Demon Lord now."

"You heard right, things have been kind of crazy. You've got great timing though, we were just having a big meeting to discuss our future plans. Though we have more guests incoming so it's best we put this conversation on hold."

Soon enough a small group appears out of the forest, it seems like Gazel recognizes him.

"Ah, so it's just you." said Gazel

"I never expected a coward like you to back a Demon Lord."

Sigh, he has a feeling this meeting is going to be a bit messy.