The Reincarnations of Veldanava

Flood of Visitors

Races and tribes from around the forest had gathered here, in the capital of monsters, to have an audience with the Demon Lord himself.

The Demon Lord sat calmly on the throne, looking both awe-inspiring and fear-inducing.

Next to his throne were his bodyguards. To the left were Tempest's Department of Defense, the Goblin Riders under Rigur's command. And to the right was the Kurenai, Benimaru's bodyguards under Gobwa's command.

Among those bodyguards were the Demon Lord's executives: Benimaru, Shion, Shuna, Souei, Hakurou, Geld and Gabiru, each of them was a high ranked Majin in their own right.

In fact, they had grown stronger while Rimuru wasn't watching.

There was no doubt that the strongest of Rimuru's forces were the Primordials, the Beauty Trio who became the Awakened Demon Lord and Diablo who became pseudo awakened via the Frost Wyrm Egg.

Meanwhile, Zegion, Benimaru and Carrion stood at the pinnacle of the Demon Lord Seed ranked individuals, far above Shion, Ranga, Gabiru and Geld who just recently acquired that status.

Shuna and Hakurou had been doing well for themselves as well. They often visited Adalmann and his Immortal Legion when they got some free time.

Shuna and Adalmann had a shared interest in magic and had been brewing up some new spells that even Ciel found intriguing.

Hakurou also got a chance to spar with Albert, Adalmann's Death Knight and a man whose sword technique rivaled that of Hakurou himself.

Souei had been training as well, although he didn't tell Rimuru about the details.

'Everyone is doing their best. I can't let their efforts be in vain.' After taking a deep breath, Rimuru made up his mind and sat as regally as he could.

"The audience ceremony will now begin!" Rigurd announced with a booming voice, prompting the first group to step up in front of the throne.

They were Abiru of the Dragonewt tribe and a few of his guards. With him already being Rimuru's subordinate, the conversation went smoothly and nothing headache-inducing was brought up.

Though he said he came here to greet Rimuru, his true intention was to see how Gabiru had been doing.

"He is working hard under my leadership. He is now working as part of the department of development."

"I'm glad," Abiru nodded.

Next was the chieftain of the Rabbitfolks. The chieftain knelt down and bowed his head in front of Rimuru, trembling on the floor.

Rimuru knew that he might look imposing in his true form, but there shouldn't be anything that elicited this kind of reaction from him.

It was Ciel who mentioned that the Rabbitfolks possessed 'Danger Detection'.

'He's afraid of me despite me not releasing any Aura or Haki. That Danger Detection sure is something, huh?'

The Skill Maniac was at it again; she gleefully copied Extra skill 'Danger Detection' and made it one of Universal Perception's Sub-skill.

Rimuru was about to tease Ciel for it, but refrained from doing so.

'There are times and places for everything. For now I have to focus wholly on the ceremony.'

"You're being overly formal, chieftain. Please raise your head."

"N-Not at all. Lord Rimuru is one of the Octagram; kneeling down in Your Majesty's presence is the least I can do."