"Ah~ Ramiris, what are you doing here?"
Milim greeted her close friend happily upon seeing her.
"Hmph hmph, Milim is here too."
"I've decided! I'm going to move the Labyrinth entrance to the Jura Great Forest! Wahahaha!"
Ramiris said with a face full of determination.
"Hey! Don't just decide things on your own."
"Oh, it's a small matter, don't worry about the details."
Facing the nonchalant Ramiris, Rimuru shook his head helplessly.
"Setting that aside for now, how did you get here? You actually didn't get lost."
Draco looked at Susu in his arms, feeling curious.
"Hehe, I modified the base teleportation point Rimuru left behind and teleported straight here. Pretty impressive, right?"
Ramiris spoke up first, boasting smugly.
"That is indeed quite clever," Draco praised with a smile.
"Of course!"
At this moment, Fuze couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Lord Rimuru, this pixie is...?"
"Uh... despite her appearance, she is technically one of the ten demon lords."
"She's an acquaintance of mine, Ramiris."
"A Demon Lord?!" everyone exclaimed.
The crowd fell into a collective silence.
A Demon Lord is... this?
She's too pathetic.
"Hey hey hey, what's with those looks? Don't let my appearance fool you, I am the most terrifying existence among the ten demon lords!"
"I am the legendary Labyrinth Pixie! Shouldn't you all be a bit more shocked?"
"Uh..."
Fuze didn't know if he should pretend to be shocked just to escape this "Demon Lord's" incessant chatter.
"Alright, Ramiris, we have serious business to discuss. Go play with Milim for now."
"Hmph!"
Hearing Draco's urging, Ramiris huffed twice in annoyance, then flew over to Milim's side. She discovered the magical items known as manga and began reading them with great interest.
"Veldora, I'll leave these two to you to look after," Draco instructed.
"? Oh, okay."
"..."
"Wait!"
Gazel: "Vel... dora?!"
Elado: "Veldo... ra?!"
Fuze: "Veldora!!?"
Hearing that name was like a bolt from the blue for the three of them.
Terrifying images of the Storm Dragon ravaging the world surfaced in their minds and wouldn't go away.
This blonde man in front of them was actually the Evil Dragon Veldora?!
Fuze fainted on the spot from fear.
Aside from that, there was also Ramiris... "Sigh, junior brother, you've really given me a difficult problem."
"I declare here that for this visit, His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor of the Magic Dynasty Sarion has granted me full authority. My words represent the attitude of the Dynasty, so please, Lord Rimuru, explain yourself properly!"
The revival of the Storm Dragon was no laughing matter.
One wrong move, and the kingdom could be destroyed.
"Uh, don't get excited, listen to me..."
Rimuru eventually told them everything about his reincarnation and how he had swallowed the Storm Dragon.
"..."
The others might not have thought much of it, but after listening, Elado and Gazel's brows were tightly furrowed, their faces full of solemnity.
"A Demon Lord joining forces with a True Dragon... is there any problem more troublesome than this?"
King Gazel muttered to himself.
"This joke isn't funny at all."
Elado let out a long sigh.
"Indeed."
Draco sipped his tea calmly.
"Hey, you should at least be a little shocked along with us!"
Faced with King Gazel's complaint, Draco remained as calm as ever.
"Well, don't get so worked up. You should be glad you came to this meeting; it gives you a chance to pick a side early," Draco advised.
Elado and King Gazel nodded in agreement simultaneously.
"Going against a country that possesses a Demon Lord and a True Dragon is just too stupid."
"Thanks to Ellen-chan."
Elado gave his beloved daughter a doting look.
"Bang!"
"Get serious, honestly."
Ellen's staff struck him again.
"The problem now is the Western Holy Church. According to information from my shadow units, the Holy Knight Order has already started marching toward Jura Forest."
Setting aside the issue of the Storm Dragon for the moment, Gazel brought up the key point of this meeting.
"His Majesty Gazel, we signed the Six Nation Alliance, so don't even think about staying out of this."
Draco stared at Gazel like an old fox, making him feel uncomfortable.
"Hmph, even without an alliance, I would still take action. Compared to fearing the Holy Church, I am more worried about the Storm Dragon Veldora. There is no need to think twice about how to choose."
"The Magic Dynasty is the same. Our strength is not inferior to the Western Nations, but the existence of the Church is quite troublesome. If Veldora is present, everything else becomes unimportant."
The representatives of the two great powers stated their positions, but Fuze was a bit troubled.
"Ah~ How am I supposed to report this to my superiors? It's a headache."
Although he said that, Fuze's intention to support the Jura Tempest Federation had not changed. It was just that the existence of the Evil Dragon would affect the Jura Tempest Federation's reputation, making it difficult to report back.
No one wanted to get involved with a world-destroying Evil Dragon. Although the current Evil Dragon had turned into a middle-aged man with chuunibyou tendencies who loved manga, the outside world didn't know that, and they wouldn't believe it even if they did.
It was a difficult situation.
"Wait, His Majesty Gazel, did you say the Holy Knights have been deployed?"
Rimuru asked, surprised.
"That's right."
After receiving a definitive answer, Rimuru turned to look at the gloomy-faced Diablo, his eyes full of inquiry.
"Diablo, could it be that Lecim didn't send the message back?"
"My apologies, Lord Rimuru. I can no longer sense Lecim's presence; it is highly likely that he is dead."
Killing intent rose in Diablo's eyes. Whoever dared to disrupt his plans—this was an important task entrusted to him by Lord Rimuru—was unforgivable.
Having committed such a serious error, Diablo began to think rapidly about the key to the problem.
Since Lecim, the pawn used to relay information, had been erased, then what about those reporters...
Thinking of this, Diablo was shocked.
"Lord Rimuru, I am worried that the intelligence from Farmus will not reach the Western Nations. This is what happened that day; it has already been recorded in the Magic Projection Stone."
After handing the crystal ball to Rimuru, Diablo stated he would go to confirm the life or death of those reporters, and then he left the Jura Tempest Federation without a moment's delay.
With Draco around, Diablo didn't worry about any problems in the Jura Tempest Federation. That power transcending life, death, and time made even him feel palpitations, so he left the place with peace of mind.
He had to find a way to make up for the things he hadn't done well; Diablo had already started thinking of new countermeasures.
Inside the Jura Tempest Federation, everyone had finished watching the footage in the Magic Projection Stone. It should have been explained by Diablo himself, but now they could only let the new king, Youm, narrate it.
...
After a long time.
"Junior brother, is there anything else I don't know? Why don't you just say it all at once."
Gazel's eye twitched after hearing this.
This mess was growing bigger and bigger.
"Hehehe, that's it, it's all here."
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