Tensura Alteration: The Accursed One

Terror In Resonance

-"You heard the fuss lately?"

Rimuru stared perplexed at Benimaru who was chatting with Souei, they seemed to want to keep it low profile for a particular reason.

They were sitting in a meeting room a few days after the events of the Orc Disaster and Laplace, things had quieted down mainly but a few celebrations here and there still took place.

Rimuru was intrigued by this conversation taking place infront of him so he asked them straight up.

-"What's going on? Why are you talking so quietly all of a sudden? You're not preparing another surprise party, are you?"

Souei and Benimaru looked at each other and nodded like it was time for something, and then faced Rimuru, Souei taking the lead in talking.

-"Lord Rimuru, my group and I have spotted movement of a single man through the forest, and his direction of movement seems to be headed directly to Tempest, now, normally, that might not be concerning but.."

Souei looked at Benimaru to finish his speech, both of their eyes held worry, like this was a supreme form of bad news, and they didn't want to ruin their lord's day with such news, but they couldn't act autonomously for such an event.

Benimaru continued with hesitancy in his voice.

-"...Lord Rimuru, there has been rumors- no, news, circulating through the western parts of the forest that the dryads picked up on..

The news involve a man that caused a massive uproar in Ingrassia, a kingdom to the west, clashing against the Guildmaster of the Free Guild, the largest mercenary organization in the world by far.

We have had a few workers for them in the past come to this forest, and through limited interaction, we came to know that they are aggressive humans with no mercy for us.

Now, that might make it seem like the man could be on our side, but I differ in that opinion, he could pull the entire Ingrassian army behind him, causing massive conflict...

What should we do about him, Lord Rimuru.."

Benimaru trailed off in his last few sentences, he was lost, even as a general overseeing the army, Benimaru had no way of deciding the proper action of situations like this, he was not experienced in the art of judgement.

Placing a hand on his chin and falling into a short period of deep thought, Rimuru took to asking his skill, [Great Sage].

{Answer..

A high probability of recruitment might be possible for this individual, providing the individual with a place of rest and protection temporarily has a chance of persuading the person at joining later on.

It is imperative to recruit said person, as was the case with Artorias, said individual might wield power higher than Master's.}

[Great Sage], to Rimuru's satisfaction, provided him with a great and detailed enough answer.

Rimuru, also having thought slightly about recruitment while [Great Sage] was talking, decided to act on this thought, having no other information on said person, he'll just have to trust his gut to let this person in.

Just when Rimuru raised his hand to give the word, a large aura could be felt approaching, Souei, out of developed instinct, called for his subordinates and immediately asked them for the situation.

-"What? The person has sped up and is nearing Tempest now?!"

Souei was about to leave by himself to dispatch the person in fear of danger, but Rimuru stopped him.