[Book 3] That time I got reincarnated as a slime,no, a DRAGON?

Chapter 8:- A Decision

3rd Person POV

After Lilith had spoken everything, a deep silence filled the room. Everyone was trying to digest the information they had just obtained. Soon enough, the silence was broken, and it was Benimaru who spoke.

"How much can we trust her?" Benimaru asked. If what Lilith had said was true, then the consequences of their actions right now could have neverending repercussions.

"Good question. As a father, and as a person, she had my complete trust. But as a ruler? I can't exactly say." Rimuru replied. Seeing that Rimuru was still hesitating and didn't trust her, Lilith did what she had planned to do from the start. She pulled down her armor a bit, revealing the skin right below her neck, from their, a blackish blue tangible sphere came out. Obviously this did not go unnoticed by everyone else in the room.

Everyone had put up their guard, seeing Lilith doing something, yet, they did nothing, seeing that both Rimuru and Ciel were looking at her curiously, but were not at guard. But, seeing what Lilith just pulled out, a few in the room understood what was happening. Rimuru, Ciel, Adalmann, Zegion and the four demons quickly understood what it was. Though much different than what they had seen, it was without a doubt, a soul.

"I know it's difficult to trust me, so let me give this, my soul, to you as a sign of my trust, milord." Lilith said as she presented the blackish blue sphere, her soul to Rimuru. This shocked everyone in the room. Well, everyone except Rimuru and Ciel, as they already knew Lilith would do so beforehand. Giving someone else your soul directly shows how much you trust the other person, after all, your life is very literally in their hand. Even a weak monster can kill a God if he gets his hand on their soul.

"That is..." Seeing the extent of her devotion, the others could not question her anymore.

"Rimuru-sama. What do you want? We will follow you, regardless of what you choose." Zegion was the first one to speak.

"I know you guys will, but that doesn't mean the entirety of Tempest would agree. After all, not all of them are pure-blooded monsters." Rimuru said. The extent of power Rimuru had over the monsters depended majorly on his pure their blood was. Due to long millennias of intermingling with humans, the number of pure-blooded monsters were low, but that didn't mean their blood was not pure. Apart from a few humans in their family tree, most monsters still had a fine line that they maintained with humans.

"I doubt that will be a problem, after all, we are all monsters. If we can truly become stronger by taking in their Chaos Energy, then it's obvious that everyone would agree." It was Geld who said this.

"Even if we agree, the fact is, how do we break this news to the world? Not only to Tempest, but the other rulers as well." It was Testarossa who asked. Despite the fact that she didn't care much about anything apart from Rimuru, but she was still the one in charge of all the foreign connection of Tempest.

"Well, I have a few plans, but for that, I will have to confirm a few things." Ciel said as she glanced at Lilith.

"Ahem...! In reality, most of milord and milady's power and artifacts are conserved. It will be possible for them to regain that strength. Though it will take some time. But once they regain their strength, even that Veldanava won't be able to do anything." Lilith said with disdain clear in her eyes.

"How long?" Benimaru asked.

"About an year, after taking consideration of time dilation. But, as soon as I open that portal, everyone would be informed about a new passageway to the land of Chaos. This country will without a doubt become a war zone. Despite being under Veldanava's control, a direct path between our lands cannot exist. This was the main reason that I had to take such a roundabout method to reach till here." Lilith said.

"Then, you are telling us to hold our own against Gods? As much as I would love to fight them, I have no interest in being squashed like a bug." Benimaru said with a smirk. Though he was a warmonger and a battle freak, he knew where to draw the line. He would easily fight Guy. He won't win and would most definitely lose his life in an all out battle, but atleast it wouldn't be so one sided that he wouldn't even be able to retaliate. But other Gods are different. Those old monsters could easily crush them with a mere thought.

"Well, there is another way. After all, I did earn myself another world many years ago." Rimuru said with a smirk.

"But, wouldn't you be the first person to be questioned if a world under you is suddenly connected to the Chaos Lands?" Chloe finally spoke up for the first time.

"Who will they question if we are not here?" Rimuru asked with a grin.

"It's true that all the Gods will start to keep a strict eye on Tempest, considering that dear is the king of Tempest, but I doubt they will make a move of we can disguise the disappearance as a kidnapping." Ciel said, and everyone nodded in understanding. 

"But that does not mean Tempest won't be in danger. Especially considering the fact that both of you would be missing from Tempest." Chloe said in a serious tone.

"What do you mean us two? You will be coming with us too, Chloe." Ciel said as a matter of fact, which made Chloe look at them in surprise.

"Not only that, we do have a plan for the worst case scenario. Though my void isn't exactly the best place for living creatures, it can sustain life. If need be, I can just transport the entirety of Tempest to my void. As for where to bring it out, we can find some place for it." Rimuru said without caring about the last part. After all, of need be, he can just make Tempest an entire new continent in a water dominated world.

"We have no problems with your decision, Rimuru! As your sworn brother, I will follow you everywhere. Kwahahahah!" Veldora roared out loud as he finally put away the manga he was reading. Somehow, even though thousands of years had gone by, Veldora was unable to overcome his addiction to manga. How did Rimuru even manage to find enough manga to entertain Veldora is another mystery that would never be solved.

"That's right, milord. We will follow your decision. Just like how we have always had." Shion said as she raised her head in pride. The demons had a smile on their face, and Kumara and Benimaru had a huge battle hardened grin. Though Adalmann lacked any facial features, his emotions were not difficult to guess. Ranga barked loudly behind them, giving his acknowledgment. Gabiru was also quite excited, while it was difficult to gauge an emotion out of Geld and Zegion, a small smile had crept onto their face.

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