CIATB Chapter 937: Turning the Gun (7k)
Chapter 937: Turning the Gun (7k)
Chapter 937: Turning the Gun (7k)
Perhaps to match the title of Demon King, the time of the Demon King's Banquet was set at twelve o'clock midnight.
The war between the Demon Federation and Clayman's side had begun earlier. Led by Rimuru's trusted general Benimaru, the cadres launched an attack on Clayman's territory.
Rimuru, Ji Xing, Ramiris and others were waiting for the "Guide" to pick them up and take them to the venue, and by the way, they talked with Veldora about the situation of the current ten demon kings.
Just like that, time passed little by little and came to the agreed time. Everyone caught a glimpse of the distorted fluctuations in space, and a door appeared in front of them.
This was a deliberate show, so the shape of the door was very complicated and unique, like a passage to hell, and from the door, a green-haired beauty in a maid outfit walked out.
"I'm here to pick you up, Lady Ramiris." She greeted Ramiris first, then her eyes moved to the others, finally locking onto Shyvana and Rimuru.
"Are these the two you mentioned? If you don't mind, please come with us."
Of course, the two of them didn't mind, as they didn't know the way themselves. Rimuru could feel that this guide was a high-level demon like Diablo, but seeing that Ramiris had happily flown into the passage, he had no time to explore, and quickly nodded to Ji Xing and followed into the passage.
Jisung and Shivana then walk in.
After passing through the luxurious door, they arrived at the venue. The decoration of the venue was relatively simple, with only an extremely large round table.
Around the round table, there are twelve chairs arranged at equal intervals. It is very well thought out. Even if you add Carion, who is currently "missing", and Rimuru and Shyvana, the two "new demon lords" introduced by Ramiris, there is enough space.
Before them, only a charming red-haired man arrived at the venue. He sat casually opposite them, seemingly resting with his eyes closed.
From his body, only the magic fluctuations equivalent to that before Karion awakened were emitted. It looked ordinary, but no one dared to underestimate him, because he was the original red Guy Kulimthorne among the original seven demons, the oldest demon king, the mediator of the world, and an existence who had fought with Milim for seven days and seven nights without a clear winner.
Ramiris, who entered the venue first, had already sat down on the chair next to him, throwing her short legs in front of him, happily taking credit like a child: "Guy, Guy! Our demon lord team has grown! Look, Rimuru and Shivana, they are both powerful demon lords I brought in, well, they will be my subordinates who will obey my arrangements in the future!"
Guy opened his eyes and saw Ramiris waving her fist in a proud manner. He did not comment but just chuckled and looked away.
"Oh? Have they all awakened?"
Forget about the Flame Dragons, but a slime could also become an awakened demon king? He was a little surprised, thinking that it seemed that Clayman would be the one who would be "eliminated" this time. No, even if the slime didn't awaken, from the moment he felt that he controlled Milim, Clayman was already certain to fall behind.
The unique skill cannot surpass the ultimate skill, and even he cannot control Milim who has the ultimate skill, so he just treats it as a farce.
As a world mediator, his goal is to maintain the balance of this world and prevent it from being destroyed. The Demon King Banquet is an event he organized to fight against certain guys. Excluding the weak unawakened Demon King Clayman and adding two awakened Demon Kings, this really makes him feel good.
but……
"Human?" His eyes turned to Ji Xing.
"Hello, I'm Ji Xing." Ji Xing greeted him with a smile, "Because I'm a little curious about the Demon King's Banquet, I came here as Shyvana's follower to take a look. I hope you don't mind."
Each demon king can bring two followers to the demon king banquet, but even Leon, who fell from a human hero to a demon king, never brought a pure human. Ji Xing did not pretend to be a servant of Shyvana, because he was treating the demon kings as fools.
Although there was no precedent, there was no clause that prohibited humans from participating in the Demon King’s Banquet. Guy didn’t care about this matter and just said, “Did you say your name is Ji Xing? I think I’ve heard of this name before, a wild skill merchant?”
"Well, it's me."
Oh, so this awakened Fiery Dragon... is his subordinate? Qi Yi murmured in his heart, a little surprised, "I have heard a lot about you, and I was just looking for you. After the Demon King's Feast, you should stay for a while, and we can talk alone."
"Okay." Ji Xing agreed.
Rimuru, who was led to his seat by the devil Misali, looked at Ji Xing with some worry. She hoped that Ji Xing could come to give her confidence, but she was also worried that Ji Xing would get into unnecessary trouble by attending the Demon King's banquet, because his human identity made him a target of the demon kings, and this kind of thing had been mentioned several times before.
Is that right now? As soon as I arrived, I was targeted by the most troublesome guy. I was left alone after the Demon King’s feast. It sounds like that...
Don't leave after school?
The wonderful metaphor in her mind made her feel a little funny, so her nervousness subsided a little and she focused on observing another demon king who was coming.
He didn't bring anyone else with him, he was alone, but his aura shocked the whole audience. He was so tall and strong that he was full of oppression just by walking.
The giant demon king, Dagril!
This man did not restrain his own magic fluctuations like Guy did. The amount of magic was so huge that Rimuru felt that if he had 1, the other person had at least 10.
As expected of the fourth ancient demon lord who had fought Veldora many times, Rimuru felt pressured, but he was not overly afraid, because the amount of magic element does not completely represent combat power.
After the Giant King came the Demon King Valentine of the vampire clan. This Demon King was also quite powerful, but after Rimuru’s analysis by the King of Wisdom, he discovered that the beautiful maid with shiny silver hair behind Valentine possessed a greater deterrent power.
Well, analysis and identification may not be foolproof. Maybe Demon King Valentine has hidden some magical fluctuations, just like Guy and even Ji Xing. The King of Wisdom, Teacher Raphael, cannot read the power behind them at all.
The King of Wisdom: 《……》
Rimuru thought so and found that the King of Wisdom was once again hesitant to say something, and was soon attracted by the fifth demon king who arrived.
He was a sleepy-eyed guy, with only two swords lightly adorning his body. He dragged his heavy steps like a zombie. Even his dark purple and silver hair and handsome high school student face could not save his temperament from such laziness.
The Demon King, the 'Sleeping Ruler', Dino.
He seemed to have no interest in the newcomers, unlike the first two demon kings who observed Rimuru and Shyvana and walked over to Ramiris and greeted them.
"Good morning, you are still as mini as ever."
“Hehe.” If it were in the past, Ramiris would probably be irritated by Dino, and the two of them would fight and play like a pair of bickering lovers. This was also an entertainment at every Demon King’s Banquet.
But today, Ramiris just snorted twice in triumph, flapped her wings and flew high to Dino's level, saying, "Dino, you came to provoke me today, but you hit a wall! Ouch!"
She waved her little fist, but as usual it had no deterrent effect. Dino was too lazy to dodge, but at this moment, the white little fist quickly enlarged in Dino's sight, turned into an adult's fist, and hit him in the nose!
With a thud, Dino fell to the ground.
The other demon kings, including their followers, looked over in astonishment, and the atmosphere became somewhat agitated.
Dino, who was lying on the ground with his nose covered, was even more shocked when he looked at Ramiris who was standing in front of him with her hands on her hips and laughing triumphantly. Although some parts of her body were still as "ordinary" as before, Ramiris had now grown from 30 cm to the size of an adult!
"You, you restored yourself? No, if you calculate the time, you have only been reduced in size for a few decades!"
“Hahaha, that’s the past.” Ramiris’s face seemed to be abnormally flushed with excitement. She waved her fist and said, “I have mastered new skills. I can return to my heyday at any time in the future! Demon kings, the great Elf Queen is back. Let’s all submit to me and worship me starting from today’s Demon King Feast!”
"No, this state doesn't look like a healthy recovery at all. The blood flow is accelerated, the emotions are extremely excited, and the strength... is far from restored to the heyday of Ramiris."
The discerning demon kings noticed something was wrong, and Guy even turned his attention to Ji Xing. They came together. Can this human's ultimate skill not only grant skills to humans, but also to all living beings? Ramiris's skill is similar to the skill of increasing emotional excitement, right?
Interesting... hope there are no side effects.
His eyes turned slightly. He felt guilty for stopping him and Milim from fighting and ending up like this with Ramiris. He had always spoiled her and didn't want Ramiris to get into trouble.
On the other side, Ramiris felt that her performance had shocked everyone, and she chattered like a lark, feeling very proud.
It's worth the "anger" I've accumulated in advance. From today on, no one will dare to underestimate or resist Lady Ramiris! Then... first of all, I'll start by recruiting Dino as my subordinate!
But at this moment, Dino sat up with a distressed look on his face and stretched out his hand to Ramiris.
You still dare to resist?!
Ramiris snorted disdainfully and tried to slap the hand away, but she found that the hand was rapidly enlarging in front of her eyes. No, was it me who was shrinking? !
"No...wait!"
The shrunken Ramiris was pinched by Dino's palm. She struggled desperately but couldn't get out of the trap. She said angrily: "Damn it... Ji Xing, your skill lasts too short!"
Hey, Ramiris, don't focus on us! Rimuru was anxious, but Ji Xing, who was standing behind Shyvana, smiled indifferently: "Skills have limits. I have made special improvements. As long as you continue to fight, you can accumulate anger and maintain the enlarged state, but the sacrifice is your recovery speed when the battle stops. Do you want to change back? Maintain it longer?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot."
Ramiris waved her fist in frustration. "Damn it, have I gotten too carried away? I guess I'll have to beat up Dino again next time!"
Dino put Ramiris back to her seat with a dull face and shrugged his nose. The unexpected disaster seemed to make him even less motivated, and he dragged his heavy feet to his seat.
Dagriel and Valentine's eyes were focused on Ji Xing, and the not-so-simple maid behind Valentine whispered, "Lord Valentine, I have reported to you about the 'Skill Merchant'."
Demon King Valentine showed a look of enlightenment, and said in a low voice: "I was wondering why the follower brought by the newcomer was a human. Are you the 'wild skill merchant'?"
"Yes." Ji Xing smiled and said, "Demon Kings and their trusted subordinates, if you want to buy skills, feel free to contact me. There are many varieties, good quality and low prices, and large quantities are preferred. Currently, the buyer load limit of the demon king level is reached, but I can still afford to sell ten or eight A-level and B-level skills. First come, first served."
"..."
How many years have we not heard a human's sales pitch? The demon kings thought to themselves, but this human seemed to have some scheming in mind, and at the same time revealed the shortcomings of his own skills? No, it is natural to give skills such as this a limit.
"Hey, Mr. Raphael, this is the so-called... social terrorist, right?!" Rimuru couldn't help but ask the King of Wisdom in his heart.
King of Wisdom: "Tell. Confidence in one's own strength can bring more confidence. "
"Hmm... Haha, what? Although Ji Xing must be very strong, maybe even stronger than me now, but facing so many powerful demon kings, no one can say that he is completely confident, right? Don't explain for him, he is that kind of person!"
"..."
The slightly weird atmosphere was interrupted by a gentle voice: "Oh, this feast seems to be particularly lively."
At the same time, a fragrant body scent intoxicated Rimuru. She turned around and screamed in her heart: "Is this the Queen of the Sky, Frey? This figure and appearance... Oh no, Shion's mood is not right. Did she keenly realize that I was being seduced? Hey, wait..."
"Frey, have you awakened?" Valentine asked in surprise, "I haven't heard of any large-scale killing of humans recently... except for the Farmus army that was killed by the resurrected evil dragon."
"It has nothing to do with that. It's just luck." Fulei calmly returned to her seat and said, "Speaking of which, you old-time demon kings are really good at hiding. I used to think that I just didn't have enough talent and foundation. How could there be such a thing as awakening?"
This only earned two low hums. You are not our kin, nor are you our ally. Why should we remind you? The arrival of Fulei and her awakening as the Demon King also diverted attention from Ji Xing.
It is worth mentioning that this time Carrion did not follow Frey in a simple disguise as in the original work. He had just awakened and could not control the demonic energy very well. Although Clayman acted stupid enough, he could not be completely regarded as a fool.
Following closely behind was a beautiful blond man. It was no exaggeration to say that he was beautiful. Although he was a man, his appearance seemed to overwhelm all the women present. Even the "Monster Princess" Rimuru would have to grow up to be able to compare with him.
The Platinum Sword King, Leon, a former human hero, is now the youngest demon king.
He looked around and walked straight to Rimuru. The two of them had some grudges and grievances because of the summoner Izawa Shizue, but Leon didn't seem to have such thoughts. He responded to Rimuru's dissatisfaction calmly and even extended an invitation to Rimuru, who he was interested in, to be his guest.
Then he looked at Ji Xing and said, "Did you obtain the 'Brave Egg'?"
The Egg of the Hero is equivalent to the Demon King Seed. As long as you obtain this thing, you will be qualified to become a hero. As long as you contract with an elf of light or dark attributes, you can become a hero.
Jixing shook his head, “No.”
"Nothing is best." He came late and didn't hear the previous conversation, but he seemed to know Ji Xing's identity better. He said, "The fate of the hero and the devil is always entangled. If there is no fate that must be carried, don't become a hero."
“Oh! Little Leon is acting like a senior now!” Ramiris said immediately, “But Ji Xing is being taken care of by Ramiris-sama, so you don’t need to remind him!”
Leon ignored her and returned to his seat.
Apart from Carrion who was missing, only Clayman and Milim were left.
The timing and seating of the appearances seemed to be somewhat particular. Except for the newcomers, they would appear in order from the old Demon Kings, starting with King, and then from the left to the right. However, there were also new Demon Kings like Leon who were "overthrown" and appeared earlier than Clayman.
Next, it’s finally the turn of the ‘protagonists’, Clayman and Milim!
Clayman walked ahead with a smug, somewhat neurotic smile, while Milim followed closely behind him with lifeless eyes, like a puppet that had lost its soul.
Seeing this scene, Rimuru gritted his teeth anxiously, and what happened next almost made her unable to hold back.
Clayman suddenly stopped and slapped Milim on the face, cursing, “Hurry up! Idiot! You’re so slow! Hurry up and sit down!”
He acted arrogantly, but Milim, who staggered after being hit by him, said nothing and sat back in her seat obediently.
The demon kings had different reactions to this. Guy sighed helplessly in his heart. Even if they were demons who played with people's hearts, he really couldn't understand the thoughts of those guys with abnormal brain circuits.
Well, this doesn’t just refer to Milim.
Rimuru suppressed his anger, and said to himself that he must kill Clayman, no matter what!
At this point, the entrance ceremony took an hour and everyone was finally present.
Eleven of the twelve chairs were occupied, except for the one directly opposite Guy, which was unoccupied.
A maid named Rhine who followed Guy introduced everyone in a cold tone, including one of the topics of the meeting - Rimuru, who claimed to be the Demon King, and the new Demon King Shivana.
Then, Clayman, as the initiator of the feast, stood up and said, "Well, I am very grateful for your invitation to attend today. Let's get started and hold our feast! I hereby declare that the Demon King's Feast is officially opened!"
It's started! Rimuru's expression straightened.
She knew that Clayman would launch a series of issues against the Demon Federation, instigate the various Demon Lords to unite against them, and ultimately use Milim, who was controlled by his tricks, to decide the outcome.
She also prepared corresponding 'evidence' one by one, leaving Clayman speechless.
As expected, after Clayman stood up, he had no intention of sitting down. As if he had taken over the Demon King’s Banquet, he delivered his speech with a satisfied smile on his face: “Let’s move on to our topic, everyone.
You all should have understood the content of the topic I raised - Demon King Carion betrayed us, violated the covenant we made, invaded the Jura Forest, and instigated a mere slime to call himself the Demon King, insulting the title of Demon King! Now, at Ramiris's suggestion, this slime is here!"
Here it comes! Rimuru concentrated, while Shion behind him showed some anger.
But Clayman said, "You can deal with it anytime you want, but first, we have to get rid of the guy who shouldn't exist!"
"……what?"
Rimuru almost staggered. It was like a villain holding a pistol, aiming at her, pulling the trigger, but suddenly turned the gun around in the last 0.1 seconds.
Who should not exist?
“That’s the Flame Dragon King who was invited to attend, Shyvana! And her master, the human, Ji Xing!” Clayman said in a loud voice.
Rimuru was stunned. Was he going for Jixing?!
The demon kings all had long lifespans, so they didn’t react much when they heard this. Only two of them frowned slightly, Frey had a strange expression, and Milim’s mouth twitched slightly.
"Hey, Clayman, follow the plan!"
She was begging frantically in her heart, but Clayman, of course, could not hear her. He stared at Ji Xing and said, "Stop pretending. Heh, 'Wild Skill Merchant', the Flame Dragon Shyvana is just a monster you named, right?! With the advantage of her race, she may indeed have the power of a demon king, but you are so bold that you dared to let her mix in with our demon king's team?!"
He became more and more excited and angry as he spoke: "We are the Demon King, everyone! What is she? A subordinate of humans, or even a mount! If she sneaks into our ranks, what will happen to her?!"
He looked as if he didn’t know if you could tolerate it, but he couldn’t tolerate it, and tried to incite the anger of the demon kings: “What’s more, this human has ulterior motives and hides terrible delusions!
Everyone, please forgive me first. Although the rule of the Demon King's Banquet is that you can only bring two followers, I brought two more people this time, two humans.
But they are not my followers, just witnesses and evidence! Please allow me to invite them up to prove this human's despicable delusion! "
Without waiting for the other demon kings to express their opinions, Clayman, who felt that he had the situation under control, clapped his hands, and a man and a woman wearing standard adventurer clothing walked into the entrance of the banquet hall.
They had timid and evasive expressions, as if they were suppressed by the aura of the demons. They walked very slowly, and when their eyes happened to meet Ji Xing's, they turned to the other side with guilt.
Rimuru had a bad feeling and turned to look at Ji Xing. Ji Xing gave him a smile, so Rimuru turned his head back inexplicably.
"Obviously, these are two human adventurers." Clayman walked over and said, "No need to introduce them. You just need to know that they are people whose skills Ji Xing once 'sold' to you. So, tell me, Ji Xing, what was the real price that the skill merchant paid for the skills he sold to you?"
The two adventurers stammered for a moment, and the man said hoarsely: "On the surface, the price is just a donation to some 'welfare organization' in a year, an orphanage or a nursing home will do, but in reality, in reality..."
The female adventurer took over the conversation: "In fact, that is just a disguise! He needs us to grow. When the time is right, all those who have obtained skills will obey his orders, exterminate all demon kings, and let humans control the world!"
“…Yeah.” The male adventurer seemed to have made up his mind and said, “We overestimated our own abilities and thought we could become legendary heroes together with him. It was not until we saw the power of Demon Lord Clayman that we realized that we overestimated our own abilities and regretted it!”
“Did you hear that? Everyone.” Clayman smiled smugly. “What about you, a skill merchant? You don’t have anything to defend yourself, right? You don’t have a chance to defend yourself either! I propose that this human and his mount Shyvana be executed on the spot!”
Eh? Ramiris blinked in astonishment, not understanding how it suddenly became like this? Ji Xing sold his skills to kill all the demon kings? Including me? Something is wrong...
Milim's face was stretched to the limit, and Frey tried to hold back her smile. The other demon kings felt the atmosphere was strange and did not move.
Rimuru was worried: "Hey, it seems that these two people are also threatened, right? But this means that Clayman is prepared, isn't he going to come after me? Why is he targeting Ji Xing?
Wait! Is this all a trick, including declaring war and threatening me, just to lure Ji Xing over here? Oh no, I fell into the trap and implicated Ji Xing! '
The King of Wisdom: 《……》
No! We can’t follow Clayman’s lead! Just as Rimuru was about to stand up and refute, he suddenly heard Ji Xing speak: “Well, that… Demon Lord Clayman, can you put my business aside for now? Let’s move on to the pre-set topic and discuss Rimuru’s claim to be king, okay?”
Rimuru: “……???”
No, I'm here worrying about you, and you're just pushing the blame on me? Never mind...
"Unfortunately, no!"
Clayman interrupted with a cold snort and looked around. He seemed unsatisfied with the Demon Kings’ reactions. It seemed that these guys didn’t understand who had the final say.
“Milim!” He ordered in a low voice, “Go kill this human and his mount!”
"and many more……"
Bang!
Milim stood up and slammed the table, interrupting Rimuru again. Just as Rimuru was shocked, he heard Milim complaining, “Really, Clayman! Why didn’t you follow the plan?!”
"..."
The whole audience was silent for two seconds.
Clayman: “…Huh?”
"I'm so annoyed. I finally put on a perfect performance. I wanted to play with Rimuru for a while, but how can I play with him if you drag Jixing into it?"
"It's okay actually." Ji Xing smiled and said, "Let's just play and let them fight."
Milim was stunned and said in frustration: “Yeah, I didn’t react immediately. Ahem… Everyone, can you lose your memory for 10 seconds?”
She sat down slowly, her expression became dull again, then she slammed the table and stood up, as if the old events were replaying, staring at Ji Xing and Shivana fiercely, as if to say I'm going to kill you.
Demons: “…”
Clayman: “……?”
Rimuru: Wait, wait a minute?
She didn't quite understand, but also somewhat understood.
"What are you guys...doing?!"
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(End of this chapter)