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Chapter 9:

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They sat in silence in the conference room. Milim was there, too. She had heard what happened and came right over. She hadn't wanted to believe it but the cold truth was staring her in the face. She started crying. Frey, who had accompanied her, embraced her and tried to calm her down.

The rest were not better. They were either still crying or had the marks of tears left on their face. There was nothing they could do. There was no way to bring him back. The one who had always saved and protected them. Without him, so many of them would have perished long ago.

Veldora was in his cave. Nobody dared go near him. Not even his sisters. They would die from his energy leakage alone. Even now, it was strangling them but not enough to kill them. It was filled with anger. The corpse, he had taken with him.

A Walpurgis was called together in a hurry. The ones who arranged it were Milim, Ramiris and Guy.

Veldora was angry. How long until he blew up?

The eastern Empire was no threat for now but it was in a bad state even with all soldiers and the Emperor returned.

The Great Jura Forest was a mess. What to do with it? Leave it to Veldora?

That was out of the option. Furthermore, the Monsters were not over their leaders death. Until then, Benimaru was in charge. Milim kept arguing to find a way to resurrect her friend. It fell on deaf ears.

[Arcane Soul Recall] was out of the question, there was no soul left. Even if, where would they get the massive amount of energy needed?

The same problem lay with the [Lustful King]. Even if Ruminas somehow managed to evolve her skill into it, there was no soul. It was a truly hopeless situation.

Therefore the official decision was that until the Monsters stopped mourning, the Forest would remain under Benimaru and Veldora. Anything else and the dragon would be all over them.

The meeting was adjourned with this conclusion. They just couldn't continue. Milim and Ramiris were not listening most of the time, lost in their own little world. Ruminas was worrying her head off about Chloe who was devastated by the news, Leon not as much, but he was also worried about her. Dino and Dagrule kept out of it, not wanting to butt into affairs that had nothing to do with it. Guy was absentmindedly thinking about something as well.

Since the beginning, the meeting was only half-hearted.

Somehow, even though he was only in their lives very shortly, Rimuru had wormed his way into all of their hearts. Now that he was gone, something was missing. Seeing everyone like this, it reminded Dino of the time Veldanava died. Except now nobody had something to let their feelings out on.

It was a dreary and bleak scene.

He hated it. And he wasn't the only one. Ramiris was playing with her hair, wondering if she could have done something. Why didn't she just give them a revival bracelet to force on him during the fight. Why hadn't she thought about it? It might have helped Velda, sure, but it might have saved Rimuru's life just as well.

Milim was sitting at the edge Tempest after the Banquet. Had she been there, she could have helped stall for time. With her help, they may have been able to destroy Velda without Rimuru's sacrifice. She was sure of it! She may not know how but she was really, really sure there must have been a way. But she wasn't there.

Leon and Ruminas were comforting Chloe. Chloe was a bit better off than the rest. She has seen many timelines where Rimuru died but this time it was worse. They had won this time but her teacher was gone as well. She wondered what such a victory was worth. Had she been there, could she have sealed Velda in [Infinite Prison] without sealing Rimuru? She wasn't sure and now she would never know. The conditions for a Time leap weren't met and even if they were, she was sure he wouldn't want her to.