Chapter 86 (1/2)

Those who move in the dark

After being recognized by the other demon lords without any problems, I returned to the Monsters’ Country Tempest

Co was a quick leap via Spatial Movement

“I came back and the country wasn’t there!” Scenario didn’t happen and seeing everyone’s happy faces put me at ease

As I ordered, various divisions have dispersed in a defensive formation

And thus i to the safety of the region

Truly, our country’s defenses are so superior to other countries’ that they can hardly pose a threat to us

After all, our average soldiers are mostly B ranked

Such that surrounding ic beasts and youma steer clear

And while it’s great that the vicinity has gotten rather peaceful, I worry that the monsters chased away from here would wreak havoc elsewhere

I guess we need to investigate that some time

While thinking these things I brought Veldora and shi+on into the city

When I entered the city, the citizens and the patrolling soldiers bowed on the the edge of the street–opening a road

Maybe they were practicing while I ay at the Walpurgis Banquet because they moved as one

Just what are they doing, I thought, and then saw the Depart over

And,

「Hither we sought to honor Your ascension to the seats of the demon lords!

We are filled with endless joy that You have returned to us!」

Rigurdo exclaimed as the representative

Well, this has gotten rather e

Every tirandiose Honestly, I’m happy, but far more embarrassed than happy

And since every time we have a banquet follow so hasn’t nearly every day of this month been spent in festivities? At this rate every ill attract tourists

I guess it’s fine?

Our lord (well, me…) had officially become a demon lord

So I do understand if they wanted to celebrate Though I guess the huht~?

And because of this and that, before returning to my house, we held a banquet

On the day followingwith the department heads

In the mean time, I ordered Souei to observe the ion

Souei accepted, albeit added that「There’ probably no longer a reason to worry about that」

What does he er a reason to worry about that? Are they all coexisting happily now?

Well, I’d be happy if they were

Eliood ideaAnd besides, since so many of us radiate powerful auras, the chance of a you has decreased

After all, we need to insure that the human merchants are able to traverse our roads safely

Moreover, the weaker uess exterroups is our only option

In response to my worries,

「In that case, how about we set up an antithe roads?」

Bester suggested

And as if planning this in advance,

「Danna, we have succeeded! A ic tool that creates barriers!」

Kaijin exclaimed with a satisfied smile on his face

Seriously?!

These old geezers are too a

I did know that they were developing this in secret, but it’s a real sha the earlier incident

But to be able to create test products in less than a eniuses?

Kaijin, Bester, and I guess Gabil have developed quite a few things already

By now, Kaijin had completely left the smithy to Kurobee and wholeheartedly devoted himself to research

Well, as souess he can’t spend all his time on research

Froy concentration around here is now able to gather easily Moreover, superior auras tends to drift freely around here

Even the concentration inside the cave, where B+ ranked otten denser In other words, our country is rather abnormal

As a result, they have been analyzing the effects of change in aty concentration on the formation of demon crystals

It seeic concentration decreases, “Demon Crystals” tends to appear

Moreover, as the concentration decreases, the chance of aless

It’s a truly wonderful discovery

This is crucial for our country to release competitive products

And as a byproduct of their research, we have now obtained a way to obtain Demon Crystals and have also discovered the creation ic Stones

Seedom came in handy

Well, they did tell e instruments, but it truly is an arduous process

Even if we had discovered thethem, it will take time for us to produce any

On the other hand, we can easily use demon crystals alone as fuel

Unlike the ic Stones are, using Demon Crystals is easy

Noas recently developed was a barrier inscribed on top of Demon Steel

It uses the artificial “Demon Crystal” as a fuel source

It’s currently shaped like a cube with a volume of 1 meter The thickness of the barrier is 50 cm

Thus, it’s pretty heavy and hard to carry

But, once you start it, it will naturally absorbindefinitely

It would be great if we could reduce it to a single sheet of demon steel, but at least it’s easy to use

So e put this siic circle – we na the 10 k the route

But I guess adjusting it so that it runs just along the route of the highway is the most praiseworthy part

I’ve been told that it took the coe of not just Bester and Kaijin, but also Shuna and Kurobee

It wasn’t so for the last

It’s a bit

I quickly gave hway

I altered the order I gave to Souei to include observing the effects the barrier will have

And so, the Monsters’ Country Te to become the center of this world’s commerce

Next, I heard the current state of affairs

I really should have heard this first, but people speaking out of turn got us sidetracked

Things have gotten rather quiet

There have been no changes in the region and no country is taking any visible measures

I also heard You according to our expectations

It really would be i, to control the nobles So, ittry to befriend us and use us to his advantage

If he does befriend us, it ht come in handy to Youmu later on

While hearing the report I made this mental note

Thus the report paused

Everyone has been trying really hard to secretly resolve all my worries, so I just asked whether there were any new problems

「Not a problem, but I want to let my brethren know about Rimuru-sama’s ascension as a Demon Lord

Would it be acceptable for e as transportation skill practice?」

Gerudo raised his hand and asked

Now that he hway that I have no idea how the High Orcs are doing

I had heard that the food situation was solved as expected but nothing after that

I permitted his journey And,

「Oh by the way I hadn’t iven the Jura Forest as my domain

Which is why – and I don’t think it will happen – but if anyone comes to invade, we’ll need to repel them

Oh and how should I declare ion? Or should I just leave it as is?」

My words caused everyone to stare at me

What? Did I do so?

「Umm… the whole forest? Really?」

Rigurdo asked hesitantly

「Hey, hey, seriously? This area had been treated as neutral zone!

The treants being our acquaintances and the mostly immobile is not a problem…

But how the secret villages of the Elves react could be problematic」

Benimaru added

「Well, that shouldn’t be a problem

Unless they decide to fight us

I hts of the forest have been bestowed upon Rimuru-danna by the demon lords

Which is a

Until now, cities and villages have been developing into the forest taking the resources as they pleased

We have done the same and didn’t ask for permission Because we didn’t need to

But now, even the Elves would have to ensure that they can still continue living in their hidden villages