CIATB Chapter 938 Clayman's 'Previous Life and Present Life' (7k2)
Chapter 938 Clayman's 'Previous Life and Present Life' (7k2)
Chapter 938 Clayman's 'Previous Life and Present Life' (7k2)
It was not easy to lose memory for 10 seconds. Even if the other demon kings did not dare to intervene or play along with Milim, the two parties involved could not ignore the previous situation.
“Hey… Hey! Ji Xing, do you know Milim?” Rimuru, who gradually came to his senses, stuttered, “When? When we went to the Beast Kingdom? Milim was not controlled by Clayman, but… was acting? Where’s Karion?!”
Milim’s fierce aura was lost. Was it really not possible? She forced a smile.
Clayman became furious at this moment.
“You idiot, Milim! What are you doing?! Didn’t you hear my order? Go and kill that human and that flaming dragon! Did you hear me?!”
It wasn't that he didn't react, but that he couldn't accept it. How could this be possible? Milim was wearing the pendant given by that master, the Spell King Kazaream-sama, and she had clearly become his puppet, so why was this happening? !
Milim curled her lips.
Since she was no longer pretending, she certainly would not allow Clayman to abuse and insult her. At this moment, she suddenly had an idea and came up with a plan.
The next moment, Milim disappeared from her seat. Her astonishing speed made it so fast that the other demon kings could only vaguely see her trajectory. Clayman, who had not yet awakened, sadly had no reaction at all and was slapped in the face!
Boom——
Amidst the violent shock, Clayman crashed into the door of the banquet hall and groaned miserably in pain, his face showing horror.
This finally made him give up the hope that it was 'just an accident', but he was no longer able to ask for help or resist.
Milim rushed over and beat him up effortlessly, leaving him black and blue. Then, she dragged him out of the banquet hall.
Rimuru swallowed her saliva. She found that Milim seemed to be even stronger than she expected. Even Clayman, the Demon King, was completely powerless to fight back. If she really fought against her, she might not be able to hold out for long, but...
Something that scared me and made me terrified these days can't just let it go like this!
Punish Honey, you must punish her Honey!
And Ji Sung, how involved was he?!
Just when Rimuru was going crazy and the other demon kings thought that this farce was finally over, another person suddenly walked in from the door of the banquet hall.
A crazy smile and a nervous pace.
The figure who walked in with an indescribable temperament shocked everyone again.
Clayman? What happened? Wasn’t he caught and beaten by Milim? Why did Clayman come back but Milim didn’t?
“Wahahahaha—hehehe.” Clayman let out a strange laugh. “Please forgive me, there was a little accident. As expected of an ancient demon king, Milim may seem clumsy, but she’s actually quite smart. So, I’ll have to let everyone see my true strength!”
He swept his eyes across the entire place, then looked at Rimuru and Jixing Shivana with malice, and said, "You are unlucky, this time I have to take action myself. I have already dealt with Milim, and it will be your turn next!"
Milim was taken care of by Clayman? Rimuru couldn't help but look out the door. This is impossible!
The King of Wisdom: 《……》
No, no. Fortunately, every failure makes one wiser. This time, Rimuru reacted faster, and his ability to interpret the aura also gave her a hint.
“No, this Clayman…” She murmured, “Although the fluctuations of the demonic energy are exactly the same as before, the amount is much stronger, and it happens to be the same as Milim’s demonic energy…?”
Clayman paused, feeling somewhat guilty.
The other demon kings also reacted. Frey smiled helplessly. The maid behind Valentine looked troubled. No way, Milim has the ability to change her appearance and even simulate aura? She was originally a problem child, and this time she gave people a bad feeling. Will she cause any big trouble?
Even Qi Yi couldn’t help but sit up straight and look at Ji Xing: “You… sold it?”
“I’ll go see Milim.” Ji Xing turned calmly and walked out of the banquet hall.
He turned around and opened the door again. He had turned into Milim with a bruise on his cheek. He said angrily, “Not bad. I underestimated you. I’m going to be serious this time! Wahahaha——”
The temperament, laughter, and even the fluctuations of the demonic aura on the body are 100% restored, so real!
Clayman was stunned for a moment before he chuckled darkly, “This is interesting, interesting! Come on, Rimuru, Milim!!”
“Don’t do it, it’s already exposed.” Ji Xing shook his head and smiled, returning to his original appearance and said: “I’m just demonstrating it to everyone - the skills I sell are not perfect, but the loopholes are not that big. Milim just hasn’t mastered it yet, otherwise it can be 100% restored and simulated, the smell, the demonic energy fluctuations, the voice and appearance, all simulated.”
“Is that so?” Milim also scratched her head and said in frustration, “It really doesn’t work.”
Rimuru and Shion behind him narrowed their eyes, looked at Jixing, and then at Milim.
The demons remained silent.
Guy suddenly let out a long sigh.
……
The farce finally came to an end. Clayman himself was knocked unconscious by Milim with ease, and his followers were even less worthy of mention.
The two adventurers who came to give false testimony for Clayman were both threatened with their lives by Clayman. After all, Clayman’s title was ‘Puppet Master’.
The demon Myulan who had previously caused chaos in the Demon Federation is an example. Now the control over Myulan has been released by Rimuru, and it is naturally not difficult for Ji Xing to release it.
After he was done, he simply teleported the two to a small town in the Western countries that had a branch of the Adventurer's Guild, without having to listen to their remorse and excuses, and Ji Xing was not angry about it.
Life is more important than anything else, and it’s a fair trade. Ji Xing didn’t expect that they would rather die for him than surrender.
Milim briefly explained the situation: "...This is it, I made a pact with Frey and pretended to be deceived.
This is because Clayman once said something strange. He wanted to make Rimuru and others the enemy of mankind and plan a war between humans and demons. It would not be fun if he succeeded, so I intervened! Rimuru, I did all this for you... When Clayman beat me up, I had to secretly eat green peppers to keep a straight face! "
When she said this, she held her head high and chest out, as if she was taking credit for something great.
So Rimuru also had a blank expression: "So you were already exposed before, and you still said that you wanted to 'play' with me, and even transformed into Clayman to make up for it, it was also for my own good?"
Milim immediately felt guilty and said with her neck stiff, “That’s not it… Oh, that’s right, it’s so that you can become a true demon king. You have to show your strength to everyone!”
Rimuru was speechless. Thank you!
“It’s all Clayman’s fault!” Milim was still very angry when she said this: “I don’t know what’s wrong with him. The plan was to deal with Rimuru and the others, but he changed it to deal with Ji Xing and Shivana. It’s so annoying!”
“Hmm…” Rimuru looked at Jixing again and asked, “So you join her in fooling around, Jixing?”
Ji Xing smiled and said, "After-sales service."
...The after-sales service is terrible!
Rimuru didn’t believe it at all. He gradually discovered Ji Xing’s true nature of “watching the fun and making trouble”. Milim laughed:
"When Frey and I went to the Beast Kingdom, we were following Clayman's orders. In order to avoid being discovered by Clayman, I had to fight with Carrion. As a result, Ji Xing turned into Carrion and fought with me on his behalf. So if I want to continue the show, I can only drag him along with me."
Milim was quite a one-person-takes-one-person-takes-one-person attitude, and she took all the responsibility.
"Fought a fight on behalf of Carrion?"
“Ha, this human is still alive. Milim, you are quite sensible this time.”
“No, it’s because Ji Xing is very strong, very strong!” Milim emphasized.
The demon kings fell silent, their expressions uncertain.
Rimuru was shocked and confirmed: “So you were lying when you said you didn’t dare to stop Milim? No… In this way, before you went to the Beast Kingdom…”
“Damn it!” At this time, a scream even more angry than hers came out. It was Ramiris.
She flapped her little wings and flew to Ji Xing, circling around Ji Xing’s head and said, “Milim has ‘after-sales service’, why have I never heard of it?! Why don’t you let me join you? With my wisdom, you will definitely not be exposed. By then, Rimuru... mmmmm..."
Rimuru pinched the wings and covered the mouth in one go, and stopped Ramiris from causing trouble with an expressionless face.
She just wants to be quiet now.
Ji Xing did not continue the topic, but said: "Don't pay attention to me, everyone can see that I don't want to lead mankind to destroy all demon kings like Clayman slandered me. I am just a businessman.
As long as I can sell it, I will sell it to anyone or any race. I won't hide it from you. You can guess that I get some benefits from selling skills. Simply put, the more the buyer uses my skills, the better they will master them. This is beneficial to both parties. As for controlling someone through a skill, it's impossible.
Now... don't you want to know who is behind Clayman, and why he suddenly shifted his target from Rimuru to me?"
“That kind of thing can be put aside.” Dino muttered, “I want to know why the Demon King’s Banquet has become a stage for acting competitions and human speeches? When can we eat?”
"Dino the glutton!"
Ramiris broke free from Rimuru's hand and shouted, "You only know how to eat and sleep. Isn't the truth (liveliness) more important?!"
Milim’s eyes sparkled. “Yeah, I also want to know who those clowns behind Clayman are. Let’s interrogate him! Wahahahaha——Jixung, do you have any skills suitable for interrogation? If not, I’ll have to do it!”
Oh, I don't need to say anything. Rimuru felt that she, the protagonist, had become a bystander, but she was happy to be idle. Looking at the expressions of the other demon kings, she thought: "Just like what Clayman said before about Ji Xing and Shivana's 'evidence', I think no one would tolerate any organization planting spies among the demon kings, right?"
Several of the demon kings still looked indifferent. As the oldest and strongest demon king and the real organizer of the Demon King Banquet, Guy spoke up:
“Clayman is trying to control Milim and spread rumors that the newly crowned Demon Lords Rimuru and Shyvana can be removed from the Demon Lords.”
Before this feast, he had already planned to clean up the useless demon kings, that is, the unawakened demon kings, and now he is just going with the flow.
The meaning of being removed from the list of demons is very simple, which means you can do whatever you want with me from now on.
Ji Xing nodded, turned and walked out, and soon walked in carrying Clayman, who was bruised and battered.
“Do you guys want to watch it together?” Ji Xing placed his hand on Clayman’s forehead: “Then please don’t resist my soul link.”
I activated my unique skill, Wishing Home, to allow everyone present to see in real time what I discovered on Clayman. Then I used my ultimate skill, Exploration King, to target Clayman!
Before being promoted to the ultimate skill, the explorer can only explore the origin, purpose and everything else of a living thing, but after being promoted to the ultimate skill, even Milim's star particles can be analyzed, and a person's "past and present life" can be analyzed.
In an instant, an ancient scene unfolded before everyone.
It seemed like a military parade, but it also seemed not to be. Because in addition to the rows of knights, there were also women wearing old servants' clothes who looked like maids, and some civilians with fanatical eyes. They were neatly lined up, looking at an ugly man in the front.
The man was extremely ugly. If he was created by the Creator, it would be as if all the ugliness was piled on him.
Such a distinctive person immediately reminded the veteran demon kings of his identity. Although he mostly wore a mask when acting, he was also an awakened demon king who had participated in dozens of demon banquets and had served as a demon king for more than 1700 years!
“The King of Curses… Kazaream?”
But today he is not the protagonist. The protagonist is a civilian young man with fanatical eyes in the crowd.
Faintly, everyone could make out Clayman’s features, and at this moment, as Kazaream raised his hand, layers of strange blood cocoons surrounded them.
"Demons die and are born in the underworld!"
Ramiris chirped, “I’ve heard of this. The Demonic Death Clan was born this way. Well, Clayman and Kazaream are both Demonic Death Clan. It seems that Clayman is a Demonic Death Clan created by Kazaream himself. But this background architectural style… is a bit like the Super Magic Kingdom?”
Living long means seeing more.
The name of the Super Magic Kingdom is unfamiliar to the young Demon King, but some people will never forget it.
“Hmm? It’s Milim’s…”
“Yes, that’s it.” Guy said, “Huh, Kazaream is actually related to that kingdom? Even I don’t know this.”
Milim frowned, as if recalling unpleasant memories, because it was the king of that powerful kingdom who wanted to control her and killed her pet companion, causing her to go berserk and destroy the kingdom overnight, becoming the Demon King.
"Hey, aren't you surprised that we can see scenes from more than 2,000 years ago? This is the ultimate skill, right? It has to be, right?" Dino complained: "Add to that the skill that grants skills, this human, the businessman, has at least two ultimate skills. Isn't that too exaggerated?"
As the scene in everyone's mind turned, the blood cocoon burst, the original group of people disappeared without a trace, and only three naked people appeared.
It seemed that fate had arranged fairly that among them there was a commoner, a knight, and a maid.
Kazaream seemed to be satisfied with the result. He forced a smile on his ugly face and threw three pieces of clothing and three masks to them.
"Congratulations on your new life. Do you still remember your name?"
The three of them were silent in confusion. Only the maid seemed to have some impression and murmured, "I, I am Tia? You, you are... the princess?"
Hello, princess? How can this ugly man look like a princess? Haha... Would he lose most of his previous memories after transforming into a demon dead?
Kazaream was silent for two seconds, then said one by one: "Put on your clothes and masks. From today on, you are just my confidants, members of the Mediocre Clown Company. Well, then you will be called Tia, you will be Footman and Clayman, and you will call me Kazaream-sama."
“…Yes! Master Kazaream!” As Clayman responded, the scene gradually faded away.
"Is this the origin of the clown troupe?"
Rimuru now has some resistance to what Ji Xing did, and asked: "Who is Kazaream? Everyone seems to know him?"
“He was the former Demon King.” Ramiris said, “Then I remember that he was killed by little Leon…”
"I defeated him." Leon said.
Guy snorted and laughed. “I heard Leon’s explanation about this matter. Kazaream attacked Leon first because he was jealous of his beauty. This is not surprising. I also admire Leon’s beauty, and Kazaream is particularly lacking in this aspect.”
"Defeated, not killed?" Dagril confirmed, "In other words... you just fought him, but didn't make sure he was dead?"
Leon remained silent. He had no intention to kill him. It was just that Kazaream was too weak.
After seeing the previous scenes, the demon kings had already guessed that if it was a spontaneous action of the Joker, it would be difficult for them to unite and cooperate without a leader, so Kazaream was most likely not dead.
Sure enough, the pictures brought by the King of Exploration later proved this.
Including Clayman, four clowns gathered together - in addition to the three people seen before, there was another stranger.
"That mask." The dryad who followed Ramiris interrupted, "It belonged to a person who appeared in the Jura Forest during the war between the Pig-Headed Emperor and Rimuru-sama. His name seemed to be Laplace."
Laplace spoke with a strange accent: “I don’t believe it. Lord Kazaream was defeated by the brave Leon, but how could he fail when occupying the body of a human boy who was just summoned?”
A human boy? Rimuru's heart sank.
Clayman in the picture said angrily, “I don’t want to believe that, but it’s the truth! Now Kazaream-sama can only negotiate with that boy to survive, and we can only hope that he will keep his promise and let him go once he finds a suitable body for Kazaream-sama!”
Laplace was silent for a moment, then asked, "What should we do now? Wait?"
“Of course we can’t just wait in vain!” Tia clenched her fist and said, “We must take revenge on Leon!”
They were quiet for a while, and Laplace noticed that the other three clowns were looking at him.
He shook his head quickly. “No, I can’t do that. Even though I’m the vice-captain and very strong, I’m no match for Kazaream-sama. If I go, he’ll definitely chop me to pieces!”
“Kazaream-sama also wants to slowly take revenge…” Footman said, “He wants us to choose one person to become the Demon King first, take over his territory and power, and keep an eye on Leon.”
The four of them looked at each other, and Clayman slowly took off his mask and said in a deep voice, "Then I am the only one suitable. I am the weakest among us, and I can only help in matters like this."
“Clayman is indeed reassuring…”
"But this is no joke. If you sneak into those demon kings, you could be in trouble..."
"Be careful..."
"Don't worry, it's no problem!"
At this time, Clayman looked quite handsome, in stark contrast to the pig head in Ji Xing's palm.
The second memory scene also gradually disappeared. This time, the eyes of the demon kings gradually focused on Leon. Rimuru twitched his mouth and complained: "So Clayman and his men's real target is you. We are just blocking his way? To protect you from disaster?"
The King of Wisdom: 《……》
Did I analyze it wrong? Feeling the hesitation, Rimuru asked in his heart. After learning from her mistakes, she would never ignore the actions of the King of Wisdom, Raphael, again.
King of Wisdom: "Information. The subject's analysis is reasonable and logical, which shows that the subject has a certain ability to analyze things. "
"......?" Rimuru felt insulted, but she had no evidence.
Leon didn't seem to be very interested in being stared at, and within a few seconds, a series of images appeared in front of everyone.
This includes the series of things Clayman did after becoming the Demon King, the deal with the Eastern Empire, the Pig-Headed Emperor incident that led to the birth of the new Demon King, the resurrection of the Storm Demon Vortex, and the plan to control Milim...
The participation and suggestions of other clowns are inevitable, which is nothing new. The only difference is the appearance of a human boy.
“Yuuki…”
The president of the Freedom Guild, Summoner Yuuki Kagurazaka, and Rimuru's friend.
Although Rimuru had been somewhat suspicious of Yuuki ever since he was strangely misunderstood by Hinata Sakaguchi, he still felt a little heavy when he actually saw this scene.
In the scene, Clayman and Yuuki are drinking in a bar, and Yuuki is giving him advice on many actions, including the actions against Rimuru.
Naturally, everyone knew that the person Kazaream wanted to take over but failed was this young-looking human summoner, and the Joker Team had long since changed from hostility in the beginning to cooperation today, and even tended to favor Yuuki.
"Is it possible... that Yuuki has been controlled by Kazaream? Or is someone else controlling Yuuki?" When the picture disappeared this time, Rimuru couldn't help but ask Ji Xing.
"I can't find out that." Ji Xing said, "Unless Kagurazaka Yuuki is arrested."
"...I will find an opportunity, and then I'll leave it to you, Jixing." Rimuru still held a one-tenth of hope.
Ji Xing indicated that it was okay, and Demon King Valentine said, "So the person behind Clayman is this human? If he wants to provoke a war between humans and demons, this kind of guy should really be strictly controlled!"
Qi Yi glanced at the maid behind Valentine, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Then let's stop here..."
"It's not over yet." Ji Xing said, "I only found out the reason why Clayman attacked Rimuru, but I haven't found out why he suddenly turned his guns against me and Shyvana. The truth is 'hidden'."
"Ok?"
"What do you mean?"
Guy narrowed his eyes. He was sure that Ji Xing's detection ability was an ultimate skill, and only the ultimate skill could be used to deal with the ultimate skill.
Could it be that……
Extraordinary rhythm surged in Ji Xing's body, and the unique skill, the Ascendant, activated! Blessing the King of Exploration, a picture slowly condensed!
Clayman was facing a man in armor, who snorted, "It's just a deal of magic metals, and you, a demon king, actually went out in person? If we get discovered, it won't be a good thing for either you or us!"
“I’ve been careful enough.” Clayman said lightly, smiling, “After all, this is my first time trading with your empire. If I don’t come in person, I won’t feel at ease!”
This scene had appeared before, and it was the "evidence" of Clayman's deal with the Eastern Empire, but it only stopped there last time. This time, there was a follow-up development. The imperial soldier smiled disdainfully: "As expected of that sir, he even expected the Demon King to come out in person."
“That lord?” Clayman was startled, and suddenly turned around. A golden bullet rapidly enlarged in his sight, and just as he showed fear, he was hit in the middle of his forehead by the bullet!
The screen froze for ten seconds, and then Clayman turned around and said as if nothing had happened: "The money has been counted. I hope the next transaction will go as smoothly..."
click-
The cracks in the spider web extended, and the obviously unfinished picture suddenly shattered like glass.
Unlike before, this is a passive cancellation.
Ji Xing said to the Demon King who was looking over: "That golden bullet is an ultimate skill. I was discovered by its owner. The information obtained is actually enough. In addition to Kazaream and the Clown Group behind Clayman, he was also secretly controlled by the other party when he was trading with the Eastern Empire.
The actions against me and Shyvana probably originated from the Eastern Empire's manipulation. Really... I didn't provoke them. Is it because I didn't go there to sell my skills?"
As expected... this is your move? Rudra, your method is too boring, just Clayman... Guy muttered in his heart.
At the same time, in the Eastern Empire, Kondo Tatsuya, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly sat up with a gloomy expression.
"You actually have this skill? This is troublesome."
His intention was to make Ji Xing and Shivana have no place to stay in the Demon King and the Western Kingdoms, so that they could only flee to the Eastern Empire, and then find a way to slowly recruit or control them. Now it seems... Not only did he fail, but my control over Clayman was also exposed.
Fortunately, the other party cannot confirm my specific identity. If they dare to come to the Empire to investigate...
Just thinking about this, Kondo Tatsuya was shocked again: "What... is this?!"
At the banquet venue, Ji Xing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if I didn't see him. I remembered the scent of that bullet. He can't get away."
"destiny!"
As he thought about it, an object like a roulette wheel of fortune suddenly appeared above his head. This was the ultimate move of Card Master Twisted Fate in League of Legends, which displayed the locations of all 'enemy targets'!
Highly concentrating on the smell of the bullet just now, Ji Xing's vision spanned half the world, allowing all the demon kings to see Kondo Tatsuya sitting on the bed!
"Yes, it's him. He gave Clayman a bullet and controlled him unknowingly. This guy is very dangerous. Everyone, remember his appearance. Maybe he can control you too." Ji Xing reminded.
Haha, you want to run away after offending the abbot?
The demon kings focused their attention.
At this moment, the most mysterious director of the Eastern Empire's intelligence agency has nowhere to hide!
(End of this chapter)