I had decided to play a game with Hinata again so I borrowed one of the crystal balls that clayman had in his castle which I gained control of after I killed him and took his seat, they can be used to record messages or view from the eyes of another crystal ball holder if they're linked.
I decided to record a message and send it to Hinata since she is probably contemplating what to do, since luminous has most likely told Hinata about the mind manipulation thing I did on her or at least she knows its there but doesn't know how to get it off even if I did use a Weaker level of manipulation.
Hinata pov
Currently I am having a meeting with the master rooks and crusaders who are the 3rd highest ranking among knights with me being second and the seven days clergy 1st even though technically i am the highest ranking knight taking direct orders from luminous who is considered god here, the meeting were having is the rebirth of the storm dragon and the rise of a new demon lord.
"The roads are well maintained and I saw many merchants going in and out of blumund from the monster nation" a report is stated "the magicule density is slightly higher but not enough to have an effect on the human body" she continues "It gave the impression that Demon lord Rimuru seeks friendship with the people as she claims" Litus finishes
"Did you see Veldora?" Ask Hinata
"No I did not, the sealed cave was closed off and I did not know his location" she replies
"I understand the urge to panic" says the master rook Saare "We allowed the birth of a new demon lord then failed to prevent the revival of the storm dragon, all because someone let them get away" he finishes
"You're being rude Saare" says the crusader Renard
"Whatch it boy. If you have a problem with captin Hinata you will have to deal with me" says the crusader Arnaud
"Keh. You want to rumble then? You fancy saints are always talking tough like you even know how to get dirty" say the master rook Grigori
"What did you say?"
"You seem to have a death wish"
The saints work under the western holy church. While the master rooks work under the papacy of the holy empire of lubelius.
Both further the cause of luminism but they are hardly on good terms with one another. Only one person can unify them
"Are you quite done?" Says the holy Knight Hinata captin of both the rooks and saints
"You're free to be rivals but his holiness is just behind the veil. This is not the time to be bickering"
"Yikes she looks ready to kill" says the crusader Fritz
"Saare. I await your report next. You witnessed the internal situation in falmuth right?"
"Fine fine... the new king Edward is desperate to expand his strength, there will be a civil war soon, Mark my words" say Saare "he has made contact with a trader from the east to aquire more weapons"
"I'd heard the succession was peaceful" says Litus
"Kind of. They have been forced to pay tempest reparations for their invasion, according to the nobles they have been forced to pay more than what the kingdom can pay" finishes saare
"So the new king doesn't want to pay it?"
Asks Hinata
"If he's just taken up the throne he will have to clean up the old Kings mess, he's either too nice for his own good, or a thoughtless fool" says Gridori
"Perhaps the demon lord expected these things to happen" says Hinata
"You mean they want to incite a civil war there?" Ask Saare
It would be much easier to deal with this if she were trying to subdue falmuth by force. But she's tricker than that. Rimuru tempest...
"There is something that stood out to me. You said that the new king Edward is contacting an Eastern trader. Has he been taking any strange actions?" Asks Hinata
"Why do you care? You should be concerned about the demon lord Rimuru-" Saare says but is cut off
"Because. I'm curious" Hinata says
That man gave me false information
"Glenda. Did you hear anything about the Eastern merchant in the trade city?" Ask Saare bored
"Good question. As far as I know there hasn't been anything unusual" says the rook Glenda
"But if the chief Knight is so concerned I can have a look"
"Good. Please do so, be through and skeptical" says Hinata
"No worries." Glenda says Grinning
She doesn't respect me... discipline has slipped somewhat. I'm not surprised. They dont know that luminous exists in flesh and blood.
"Those are the reports. Any notes?" Ask Hinata
"May I?" Ask the crusader Bacchus "the effect of the sorm dragon is smaller than expected. In older writings it is said that he is extremely combative and violent. Let us hope this is not merely the calm before the storm"
"I'm not worried" say Hinata
"Oh?"
"I received an oracle from Luminous: only Demon lord Rimuru can manage the storm dragon" says Hinata "therefore you must not interfere with demon lord Rimuru" finishes Hinata
"Fine I know Demon lords are untouchable but... that's just for show right!? Were the ten great saints! Were not inferior to any demon lord!" Says Saare
"Also if demon lord Rimuru is manipulating falmuth... that means abandoning its people" says the Litus
"That's not true, Litus. The nation is merely caught in a civil war. It may result in the head of the kingdom changing. But to intercede would be engaging in internal politics" say Hinata
"What will we do then? Rimuru I'd already hostile to you before any talk of what we might do isn't she?" Says Gridori
"That's a good point. We can't forget you tried to kill her" says Glenda "you can't be surprised if she wants Revenge"
"Good point. So before we get into hostilities I would like to have a conversation with her" says Hinata
"That's insane!" Says saare
"It's too dangerous!" Says Arnaud
"What if all the monsters under her attacked you all at once!?" Says Fritz
"Calm down first I would like to know what he-" Hinata says but was interrupted
"Ah there you are, I am archbishop reyheim of falmuth"
"From falmuth? Oh one of the survivors" Saare says
"I called him here to speak the truth" says Hinata "the circumstances of the storm dragons revival is being spoken of in Rumor are all too unnatural. I suspect that Demon lord Rimuru is spreading misinformation" says Hinata "will you yell us the truth, archbishop?"
"I was a fool.. tw-two people walked up and with a single s-swipe everyone d-died! They turned to dust instantly!" He says covering his bald head and kneeling with his eyes wide and tears falling from them
"An army of 20.000 just by 2 people!?"
"It must be a joke... its as if... he's a true demon lord!"
So she is indeed awakened. Rimuru...
"So what's the plan? She is an awakened Demon lord not a seed. If we don't do something he could turn into a second lord of darkness or destroyer!" Says Saare
"If he desires peace with Humanity he shouldn't want to fight" say Hinata
"But if its true that She Eliminate 20.000 soldiers without blinking, she is a threat. I'm not sure we can simply trust demon lord Rimuru's word" says Fritz
"Quiet everyone. The oracle is absolute. In anycase you will not antagonise Rimuru... reyheim any other messages?"
He panics and falls on the floor and 7 people come from behind him
"The seven days..." hinata mutters
"The seven days clergy!?" Says Saare
"What brings you here today?" Hinata asks
Rotten or not they have long served lubelius. Their word carries much power. This could be trouble. I just wanted to wrap things up neatly
"HA ha ha don't be so way of us, Hinata. We're simply concerned... for the fate of lubelius and our dear disciple" the lead one says "now reyheim we're there any messages?"
"M-message? W-well I am in possession of this item" he says and brings out a small orb "I believe it is a message from demon lord Rimuru to lady Hinata.
"What a surprise... I'll take you on. You and me one on one" say Velzard through the crystal ball
"T-thats it?" Asks Litus
"Give me the order lady Hinata! I will lead a team a crush that wicked demon lords ambitions!" Shouts fritz
"How stupid are you? He is an awakened demon lord. If he wants solo combat we obviously leave it to chief" says Saare
"What!?"
"And there's the storm dragon. If we lead a company to vanquish him, it could turn into a war that engulfs the western nations" says Litus
"It's simply too risky to throw man power against then and expect it to work" says bacchus
It was too short. if this was to signify revenge against me... its much too simple and direct compared to her strategy against falmuth. It doesn't seem like Rimuru to me... perhaps it's someone else's plot at work...
"But my lady!"
"And if Rimuru desires it I am not opposed to single combat"
"It's too dangerous! Just knowing that the demon lord wishes you harm.. means that it would be nothing mire than wandering into his trap" says Cardinal nicklaus cheif consul of the papacy
"that message was too short to comprehend his true intent. So I ought to meet and speak with him don't you think?" Says Hinata
"But..!"
"Heh heh heh. A wise decision" says one of the seven days
"You should be able to defeat Rimuru. Bit don't forget he is accompanied by a great dragon" says another
"Even you are no match for that thing. But I have no concern"
"We gift you this" says a seven days as a light glows and a sword appears "the dragon buster!"
"Take this mighty weapon. If it is needed this sword will protect you"
Their plot is quite transparent. They're so desperate... to eliminate Veldora. No to eliminate me. The only other person who receives Luminous favour.
"You're on charge while I'm gone, rennard"
"Yes my lady"
"I humbly accept this gift... from the seven days clergy. This meeting is adjourned. You have your duties to see to as best you can" says Hinata and walks out
Velzard pov
"Lady Velzard, according to a report from nanso, no one has been detected leaving the city of lubelius. Also... Hinata sakaguchi has departed from the kingdom of Engrassia" says gabiru's sister who now works for souei "souka" "she has not taken anyone with her... but based on her heading she appears to be making for Tempest!"
"(Smirk) keep an eye on her but don't be seen under any circumstances" says Velzard taste testing the last of the food
"As you wish lady Velzard" says souka as she disappears into the shadows to spy on Hinata
[Master, it seems that he has started to move] says Ciel through thought communication
"Him huh.... that will be trouble though great experience for my subordinates if he does arise" says Velzard in her thoughts "though if he does come back they will also follow... I don't think my subordinates alone would be able to deal with it, if i need to i could send veldora who would probably be evenly matched with only experience setting them apart" she finishes
Later that day (Hinata pov)
I was riding my horse down one of Blumunds roads on the way to Tempest when I heard my name being called from behind and when I turned around I saw Fritz, Litus, baccus and arnaud
"Getting a head start are ya?" Asks Fritz
"What are you doing here?" Ask Hinata
"The message never said you had to come alone and anyway saare and glenda are holding down the Fort, anyway isn't blumund much busier.. I mean before it had at lot of people wondering but never this many people and they've all got massive smiles on their faces" says Litus
"Yeah also what's is that food..? Raman? Raden?" Asks Arnaud
"What do you think lady Hi- Lady Hinata!?" Litus was asking but when she looks at Hinata she is in a que for ramen with some drool coming out of her mouth
"Lady Hinata I have never seen you so excited before, do you know this... ramen?" Asks Bacchus
"It is food from my home land" says Hinata while cleaning herself up, after awhile they sit down at a table to and order, Hinata orders a ramen and the rest follow not knowing any of the food on the menu
"Th-this is amazing!"
"How has this kept away from us for so long!?"
"This is truly amazing!"
They all compliment it while Hinata sits their with a smug face and carries on eating and then they set on their way to tempest once again and find a place to spend the night and the comfort is so surprising they all sleep past when they were ment to and move at a faster pace but when they get half way to Tempest a goblin appears from the shadows catching them all of guard
"You don't need to be so scared! I am just here under lady Rimuru's order!" Says the goblin panicking
"Being us to her we will talk then" says Hinata but is interrupted by some explosions off to the side and 4 of the crusaders go to check it out and Hinata stays there confused as she can see that they are holy Knights from the church but she never ordered them to attack
"Oh... it seems someone brought an army ro our 1 on 1" says Velzard behind Hinata who she never sensed and instantly brings up her full guard
"I don't know why they disobeyed my orders to stand down but it seems either saare or Glenda wanted a war" says Hinata who is currently shaking as Luminous had told her that Rimuru is actualy Velzard the strongest true dragon and behind her is a red haired ogre looking monster but the aura he radiates is 1000x greater than an ogre and a black haired demon with a red stripe who gives off a much greater aura than an arch demon who could destroy a country on their own who she suspects is a primordial demon who even unnamed can rival even true demon lords
"So then they are also blaming me about killing reyheim then?" Says Velzard
"Killing reyheim?" Hinata mutters confused
"Khfufufu it seems you don't understand, one of your subordinates blamed us for killing reyheim in an attempt to start a war between the holy church and Tempest" says Diablo the Black primordial
"They may want a war but I wihx to settle things peacefully. I hope you can forgive the church for our impudence" says Hinata and bows who one of Hinata's subordinates sees
Arnauds pov
As soon as we made it over to the battle I saw goblins fighting knights of the holy church, at first I tried to stop the knights since we don't want a war yet but when I was trying to stop one of them one of the seven days clergy appeared and told me that luminous valentine had been killed and that Hinata was suspected of working with her and to go kill her as she was also suspected of working with Demon lord Rimuru. So I went to see for myself to see if this was true and I saw her bowing before Rimuru and knew it was true and so I went to stab her in the back and as I did I suddenly felt as though I did the wrong thing
"Oh and who might you be?" Ask Velzard looking down at arnaud who had just stabbed Hinata
"Huh?" Hinata says as she falls over and as she does a crack in the sky appears and Luminous Valentine comes out of it and instantly all the knights kneeled and the seven days clergy appeared a the front
"God Ruminous you have not abandon-" the lead one was about to say but was interrupted
"Shut up!" Luminous shouts and kills them
All of them are frozen not understanding what is happening
"G-god Ruminous, w-what are you doing? Us your most faithful followers the seven days clergy have done everything for you, why must you kill us?" Asks a second
"Faithful followers? Don't joke! If you were truly faithful you wouldn't declare war on Tempest! Even I could not win against their Rulers Subordinates much less the Ruler themself!" Shouts Luminous killing the rest of the soldiers and the seven days leaving only the crusaders and Hinata alive making this day be known as Divine Judgment
"G-god Ruminous?" Asks Litus hiding behind bacchus
"Lady Velzard do you mind if we have a meeting in your city?" Asks Luminous
"Oh sure don't mind, I only said to have a 1 on 1 with Hinata to have peaceful relations anyway" says Velzard leading them in
"You can set up the meeting I will try to revive Hinata..." says Luminous walking over to Hinata and using [Lustful king Asmodious] do try revive her soul but Velzard moves her out the way and taps Hinata's head who then glows and is revived
"H-how?" Hinata asks looking up "Oh lady Luminous thank you" Hinata Says looking at Luminous
"It is not Me you should be thanking" say Luminous who then stands up to thank Velzard who had already left
Velzard pov
After I revived Hinata I teleported to the meeting room and set it all up and had shuna lead the guests in as she acts as the head maid. After she let them in and they sat down we then had our meeting begin
"So then what is it you wanted to talk about Luminous?" Velzard says which takes the crusaders off guard as they know her as the god Ruminous
"W-wait Luminous valentine as on the demon lord that the church was made to defend against!?" Asks Litus scared almost
"Yes god Ruminous is Luminous now that you know this you must either submit to her rule or you will have to die" says Hinata glaring at them giving them only one choice
"we submit" they all say in sync
"Good"
"As for what I wanted before they rudely interrupted was for a treaty between nations" says Luminous who also glares at the crusaders making them flinch
"How about a trade and mutual defence treaty?" Offers Velzard
"A mutual defence treaty? What would you gain to profit from that? Your subordinates alone could topple even the largest of nations including my own" says Luminous curiously
"Well my subordinates can't defeat everyone even if they all reach their full potential" says Velzard "and if you reach your full potential you could defeat them so a mutual defence treaty could mean getting another strong friend to help protect us if you do reach it" finishes Velzard
"Hmmm... I do see your point there, and for the trade agreement that would profit us both as you have an abundance of hipokute herbs along with high potions while we have materials such as steel, Magic steel and so on. I see no downsides" says Luminous as she and Velzard stand up and shake hands signalling another friendly relationship with another country, and now it is time to finish the preparations for the opening festival
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I originally was going to make this 5.000+ words but decided to shorten it
And also do you guys want me to make a book on Rimuru being a primordial as I've had 3 or more people suggest it to me and I also like the idea so if I get 10 or more people to agree I'll do it
Also last chapter I said this would be a side chapter bit i realised once I finished the chapter it would take at minimum 5 chapters to do it so I had to restart it hence the late chapter😅
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