The Reincarnations of Veldanava

The Eve of Battle

Ultima was in the Holy Empire of Luberius' territory. She was heading to the Capital City Rune with Hinata the Saint being carried on her back.

Hinata already recovered from her unconscious state once, but her resistances made traveling more difficult than it should be, so Ultima had to keep her asleep with a modified poison.

The poison wasn't life-threatening, but it was potent enough to keep an imperfected saint like Hinata in check.

She had the formula of this specific poison even before Unique skill 'Toxicologist' was given to her via Gift.

"Hmm?" Ultima sensed a dimension near her distorted.

A blue magic circle flashed on the floor before a beautiful man in a butler suit appeared out of thin air.

Diablo teleported to Ultima with Spacetime Domination. "Honestly, I didn't expect the Holy Empire to be here," he mumbled to himself.

Spacetime Domination could only bring Diablo to places he had visited before.

The Holy Empire of Luberius was founded during the period where Diablo was wandering in another world. Though this was his first time in this country, Diablo had a connection with this land.

"Oh, right! Your old master used to live here, didn't he?" Ultima asked.

"That's correct, and I am not surprised that Luminous chose this place."

The Capital City Rune was built surrounding the Mountain Haunted by God, one of the most important places in the West.

The god that used to live on this mountain was none other than the Star King Dragon. After his death, Luminous Valentine took this mountain as her own.

The Three Pupils of the Star was trained here as well, on top of that mountain by Veldanava himself.

This mountain was the place the true dragons hatched, and was also where Diablo's two disciples were born and trained by him.

Rune was covered by a barrier that repelled monsters, elementals and daemons. Even if they managed to get past that barrier, they would still be detected. "It's more secure than the last time I visited."

"Maybe your visit prompted her to upgrade her defense."

"Hey, that's your student! You should know how she would act more than me!"

Diablo shook his head. "I knew her two thousand years ago." Time changed people, ageless beings weren't an exception. "Let's go. We are not going to waste more time standing idly by."

Diablo grabbed Hinata from Ultima and placed her on his shoulder, his free hand then picked Ultima up by the collar of her shirt. He used Spacetime Domination again, this time aiming for the top of the Mountain Haunted by God.

He was now in the Inner Sanctum. The room was decorated, dimly-lighted by candles and the fragrant odor of incense lingered thick in the air.

He threw Hinata on the soft sofa before letting Ultima go. "Can't you be more gentle? I am quite delicate."

Diablo ignored. Though she acted delicate and innocent in front of Rimuru, Ultima was anything but that. She was a primordial daemon after all.

He settled on a sofa as Ultima was working on the antidote for Hinata.

Toxin had always been Ultima preferred weapon, Unique skill Toxicologist just added to her already excellent mastery over them.

It allowed her to create and modify poison and venom as she pleased. This was far better than making one in a lab like she used to do.