Slime Who Turned into a Demon King
12.The Real Identity of Adalman

I shook my head, trying to adjust my mind. “Good. I'm gonna

gathering my staff and putting together a plan..”.

With Hinata potentially attacking immediately, we cannot remain silent. Even if

there were only five of them, those people could not be inhaled. Every time demon lord

defeated, it was almost always by the Heroes and their chosen friends

by oneself. I myself do not wish to become a demon lord, but now, I will not

sit here and let myself be defeated. We need to decide who

the one who handled the four paladins while I was engaged to Hinata.

Then Diablo appeared, his face rather grim. “Mr Rimuru, I have a report,”

he said, having trouble getting the words out. “What's up? Do we have a problem?”

Surely so. Diablo's usual beliefs are nowhere to be found.

“Ya, right.”

“What is it?”

“Reyhiem is dead. I'm not sure about the cause, but he's a possibility

big killed. She was in perfect health the last time I saw her, so

it was an accident or murder.” He paused for a moment, looking at me with a request

sorry. “This is my fault, Sir Rimuru. Your worries about him, however

silenced..”.

I did say something about it, didn't I? I don't think it is

really happened. We don't know what happened; it all happened within the barrier that covered the Holy Empire of Lubelius. However, given the situation, Diablo seemed quite certain that he was killed. Everything started to seem more serious.

“There are rumors spreading in neighboring countries Farmus,” he continued with

bitter. “They talked about the devil's plan to kill the archbishop.

Someone used magic to spread the news, and the Temple Knights had

deployed in response. Once they're done preparing in a few days,

I'm sure they'll join King Edward's army.”.

This was not at all part of Diablo's plan. In fact, it could have a bad impact

for them. Of course it all happened when Hinata kept moving. No

doubt again—Understood. It is thought that everything is connected.

Yeah, even I can see it. Does Raphael think I'm so desperate

so I won't do it, or what? Comeon! Heh-heh... Raphael

sometimes it can be very painful, but this is the last thing I need. The Holy Church has not marked itself as a divine enemy, but it may be only a matter of time now. Then once the official decree was issued, it was impossible to avoid all-out war.

They won't say “Ups, we” error and take it back.

So I ordered Soka to gather my staff. What I want to think

it's growing my country. It seems that it is no longer possible.

It's time for an emergency meeting — all hands on deck, except for

Geld's.

“Are you sure we shouldn't call Geld too, Sir Rimuru?”

“Yes. He worked hard on his project for me. This is a matter between Hinata and me. Whether it turns into a fight or not, we don't need

large team.”

This is not a frantic border defense. It seems inappropriate to fight

a five-man team with our entire military. I mean, with

a huge gap between the weaker and stronger residents in this world,

numbers don't even seem to mean a lot of time. The paladins are coming

in a way each will be rated A or higher, so we

we need our first team on the front line to fight. Moreover, calling Geld and his entire team here would be a nightmare

logisticians. I can use my transfer magic to bring them back,

but it takes too much time to do so if it is necessary.

We also need someone to keep an eye on the prisoners; we cannot

be haphazard with that.

Accepting my excuse, my staff sat there and listened to Soei deliver

the situation.

“Good. First, a five-man entourage led by Hinata, the captain of the Army

The cross, on its way to Tempest. All her friends

were high-level Crusader forces, and they managed to avoid attempts

soka team to track them.”

Soei's briefing sent muttering throughout the audience. Soka and his men too

they were all level one, and they still could not keep up. It shows

the kind of threats we face. They might succeed if they were in

air, but flying will make them too conspicuous. They are right to

not pushing their luck, and thanks to the standby network we

waking up around the city, Soei has been following the progress of Hinata.

Information is the key to any strategy, such as making enough preparation

so you don't have to panic later, but I have to hand it over to Soei. His intelligence-gathering skills were phenomenal. Hiring an informant to provide him with data, disguising his own Rep to send to the field... I've taught him a little bit about ninjas from my world, and he's obviously developed it in his own style. I had called him my 'shadow', and it turned out that he was a perfect fit for the job. Between that and the practical instructions Fuze gave her, she was a professional spy now. If everyone could take the shit I said and make use of it to this extent, I would never worry. Soei also trains and educates Soka and his entire team, in fact, using the locals to gather information for him. At this point, she could handle all of that without me directing her. Seeing him there, giving such a briefing was his duty, made me feel proud.

“The Knights of the Shrine in the Farmus area are being deployed to its neighboring border area,

effectively forming rings across the country. They move fast, in small groups, and I'm sure the number is over thirty thousand. Missions

they were to destroy the demons, and they seemed to have no interest in coming along

intervene in the civil war itself. But if this continues, we do not

can expect much support for Sir John from the nobles who

in and around Farmus. ”

Diablo grows paler. He had taken this same information, and

it doesn't seem to surprise him. There is no doubt about which “Iblis”

meant, and he's probably very curious to know how things are going out about him.

However, thirty thousand... Funny how all the knights of the countries

surrounding — several hundred here, several thousand there — can be turned into

such a big power. It could not be ignored, and they could also be supplied without

the boundary of the village. If this turns into a war of attrition, the Yohm side will have

losses.

“...However, the various neighboring kings of Farmus did not follow the lead of the Church

Holy Western. None of them deployed their troops.

It seems that the Church also has its own internal faction, which complicates the chain

command in the area. It would be easier to understand the situation if we

have a better idea about their internals.”.

Soei shook her head, slightly embarrassed at the lack of deep information

the report. Yeah, they're some kind of mystery group, aren't they? Even Yuuki confessed

don't know much about them. Plus, the Temple Knights seem to be more

low on the totem pole of the Crusaders.

“We should have asked Reyhiem about this,” a sad Diablo comment.

He was always quite independent, never bothering to ask for feedback from

someone he saw was inferior to him. It's back biting him here.

“That's right! This is your failure, Diablo. It would be better for all of us if someone

the more experienced one, it looks like I will, take command!”

Shion preyed on the opportunity, of course. He must hate seeing 'new men'

get a big job like that. But ready as he usually will

replying to him, Diablo remained silent at this moment. Well, maybe I'll ask

to him.

“...Actually, Shion, if I let you handle Farmus' invasion, what would

will you do?”

Maybe — I mean, it's not impossible — maybe he actually has

good strategy in mind.

“I will lead an army into the kingdom and kill everyone in the class

nobleman, Sir Rimuru!” Maybe not.

“No! No, okay?! You moron!”

If we kill everyone in the ruling class, the power vacuum will

it led to a complex and multi-sided civil war. Without someone to

supported, you'll have all kinds of would-be warlords competing for

gain power. The best way to keep the victim to a minimum

is by maintaining the current system, replacing the leader figure in the section

up, and slowly let the new one survive. That's why I have

The smarter Diablo handles this. Shion couldn't do it.

“No…? Alright.”

He must have realized how stupid that was. He was silent, standing straight on

behind me. I hope he doesn't bother to say it if he realizes

how stupid he looks, but I'm not sure he really is

I want Diablo's job. Or maybe this is how he helps Diablo

forgetting this. Either way, Diablo is still my man for this.

“Listen, Diablo, everyone makes mistakes. I don't even think that

Reyhiem will be killed. Plus, is this really the biggest problem you ever had

know?”

“What? But, Sir Rimuru...? With all this talk of a demon coming off, I can barely... ”

His main concern seemed to be about gaining a sense of relief from his position at

this drive.

"Listen. When you make a mistake, it's important to think about how

you can make it up to him. Anyone can throw it away and say ‘I quit'

if they're messy, okay? That's an easy way out! But besides that, though,

the general public already knows Yohm is connected to me. You're a demon, man,

but you're also a member of my staff. Who cares what people say

people around Farmus? What matters now is who kills

Reyhiem, right? If we can prove that it's not you, then we

everything is fine. You don't have to think too much about it.”

I really am a demon lord. Of course I'll have one or two

the devil's on my list.

“You were right,” said Shuna. “But I doubt you want to replace it with

Shion.”

“You are wrong, Mrs Shuna! If it was me, I would change the Farmus Kingdom

being desert..”

Shion's voice disappeared as Shuna looked at him with a withered look. The eyes were too sharp for him to face it.

“...She will not leave,” Shuna continues with her strong but firm voice.

“I appreciate your encouragement, Shion, as awkward as possible. We are all part

the staff of Sir Rimuru. We can't let a small mistake plunge us into depression. ”

“Mistress Shuna, you made too much of this useless demonic talent.

As the first secretary, I'm just teaching this rookie about gravity

my department!”

The scorn given to her made her a little embarrassed. Maybe it was meant

as encouragement. It's kind of hard to follow, but it's Shion for you. Shunas

take it better than me. Sometimes the fool can be very

clever.

“Alright,” says Benimaru, “that's it. The need for reinforcements will depend

on our strategy. If it gets worse for the worst, we'll take Geld

come back, and I'll be at the forefront.”

Numbers don't care much about it. What they do is how they

will use their power. There was no doubt on his face; he looked

ready to face every Temple Knight on the planet. I'm glad I could

trusting him.

“So you want me to continue with the current plan..?”.

“Of course, Diablo. I'll have my hands full with Hinata, so that's it

your job is to handle the takeover of Farmus. I gave you permission

to send Reyhiem from the beginning. I'm also partly guilty. So I want you

see this through to the end for me, okay? Or start to look like it's impossible?

In that case..”

“Oh, no, not at all! You're good enough to give me this job, sir

Rimuru, and I hope you'll let myself draw his conclusions.”

“Can you do it?”

“Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh... Of course!”

Diablo nodded, his ease and confidence returning. She should

it's fine now.

“Mr Rimuru,” said Shuna while smiling hearing this, “I have a suggestion.”

“Oh? I don't hear much advice from you. If you want to say

something, please just.”

“Why don't we seek advice from Adalmann? He is part of the Church

Sacred, although a few centuries ago.”

Adalman? Entiendo. Adalmann is the wight king who protects Clayman's castle...

Ohhh! Alrighty! The undead guy who is friends with Shuna. I thought he was just a regular wight

now, what with his power is gone. He looked really impressed when we

meet, about how many gods I have or what; I guess he's the kind of person who's willing to accept an idea once it gets into his head. If he was part of the Church, perhaps he knew something about his inner workings. All things

something must have changed between now and then, but there was no harm

inquiring.

“That's a great idea. Let's take him with him.”

Currently, Adalmann works with Gabil, handling research and security tasks

the Sealing Cave. I sent a Mind Communication to Gabil, ordering it

to send Adalmann to come as soon as possible. He is with us inside

seconds apart, it uses teleportation magic to move itself to

our meeting. Even as a wight, he still seems to be able to

cast the magic that he learned during his lifetime, and it was things

which is pretty high. In terms of Magic, he might just rank B, but you

I can't underestimate his power too much. He's smart and quite talented

with magic — maybe I should give him a better job.

Of course, he was basically a walking skeleton, and his undead strength

weak to sunlight and unable to speak. You can communicate

with them, more or less, but working around the city may be a little difficult. Let's

we'll think about that later. Whatever, it's time to listen to him.

“...Given with the incredible wealth of your audience, my Lord, is

biggest honor yang—“

“Enough!”

She has been praising me the whole time I think about it. I ignored it, though,

but it didn't seem like it was going to end anytime soon, so I ended up

yelling at him to shut up. A very intense man. Shion likes it

(“You have potential, I understand!”) Then Diablo gave her a smile in agreement,

but my other staff was a little hampered by the look.

“That's great for now, Adalmann,” Shuna said. “We all know you are happy

see Sir Rimuru, but we're short on time now, so please continue

with your business.”

Thank you, Shuna. If it wasn't for you, he might have started praying

open to the next me. With such firm faith, no wonder he

so powerful. It makes a little sense. Next up is Adalmann...

It turned out that he was actually a cardinal of the Holy Church, one of the highest positions in the

all bureaucracy. Lubelius was not the real central figure of a country at the time

— The church is not as big as it is now — but we are still learning a lot from it.

First, he told us that the Holy Empire of Lubelius was a country

religious with the god Luminus at its peak. The Holy Emperor was considered as the spokesperson

official to this god; his identity and appearance are unknown. Imperial see

it may or may not be passed down from generation to generation, but

Adalmann, at least, never saw that happen.

The day-to-day operations of the state were handled by the Papacy, the main ruling authority. At the

in Adalmann's day, the entire Western Holy Church was just a division of the Papacy.

“The church began strictly as a missionary group to spread the word

good about Luminism,” details. “It has no fixed troops at all.”

However, due to the dangers involved with their field work, it is

The papacy formed the Knights of the Temple, working on treaties with states

the world to build troop stations in their field of activity. They're all

welcoming the Knights (especially as the Papacy paid the tab) and promised

to work with them. Protecting the Luminus from threats

monsters also help maintain the safety of the general public, so that

their generosity is understandable. As relations with these foreign countries grow, there naturally begins to be friction in certain areas. It created the need for Master Rooks, a division that worked under the direct control of the Holy Emperor. “I call it division,” said Adalmann, “but at first, it was a handful of people. They all boasted incredible strength and had the right to give orders to the Temple Knights. As a group, they pledged their strict allegiance to Luminus and the Holy Emperor — even the most powerful consuls in the Papacy could do more than 'ask' their services, not rule them. ”These consuls are the politicians of Lubelius. Otherwise, even they could rule this division, they would have to be quite strong, indeed.

“By the way, my friend Alberto was invited to join this division

one time. He rejected it so that he could serve as my aide in the Holy Church. The Holy Emperor rewarded him with the acolyte. ”

His jawbone clinks up and down in a show about what

I take pride. Alberto is the knight of death who gave Hakuro all

that problem, if I remember. He is now only a bone fighter, but in

between his sword skills and having monster strength, he would make

anyone runs for their money.

“However, I understand that things are very different around the group now.”

Oops. Adalmann is not done talking.

According to him, the biggest difference was the power that the Church gained; the Corps

Their Paladin Crusader gave them a much larger voice within

various things. The pope's consuls are now largely elected from the cardinals of the Church

Sacred, put them in a much safer position than before.

the Seven Days Clergy group was strongly associated with it.

When Adalmann was there, this Clergyman also worked as a consul, enjoying

second power after the Holy Emperor. They were ordered to build

return and sustain the position of the Church, and the changes they make

creating the Church structure we know today.

But this Seven Days Clergy is a little suspicious to me. Sounds like

they're the ones trying to get Adalmann and his friends out

Church, and he's obviously still not their fan.

As relations with these foreign countries grew, it naturally began to happen

friction in certain areas. It created the need for Master Rooks, that,

a division that worked under the direct control of the Holy Emperor. “I call it

division,” said Adalmann, “but at first, it was a handful of people. They

all boasted extraordinary strength and had the right to give orders

the Temple Knights. As a group, they pledge their loyalty

strictly to Luminus and the Holy Emperor — even the most powerful consuls

in the Papacy can't be more than 'requesting' their services, not ruling them. ”

These consuls were the politicians of Lubelius. If not, even they can

ruling this division, they should be quite strong, indeed.

“By the way, my friend Alberto was invited to join this division

one time. He rejected it so that he could serve as my aide in the Holy Church. The Holy Emperor rewarded him with the acolyte. ”

His jawbone clinks up and down in a show about what

I take pride. Alberto is the knight of death who gave Hakuro all

that problem, if I remember. He is now only a bone fighter, but in

between his sword skills and having monster strength, he would make

anyone runs for their money.

“However, I understand that things are very different around the group now.”

Oops. According to him, the biggest difference was the power the Church gained; their Crusader Paladin Corps gave them a much bigger voice in many ways. The pope's consuls are now largely chosen from the cardinals of the Holy Church, putting them in a much safer position than before.The group of Seven Days Clergy is strongly associated with it.

When Adalmann was there, this Clergyman also worked as a consul, enjoying

second power after the Holy Emperor. They were ordered to build

return and sustain the position of the Church, and the changes they make

creating the Church structure we know today.

But this Seven Days Clergy is a little suspicious to me. Sounds like

they're the ones trying to get Adalmann and his friends out

Church, and he's obviously still not their fan. Although the Crusaders performed some important feats under the direction of Clergy, they did,

hinata's training had helped them grow into the strongest knight corps.

This was how Lubelius obtained Master Rooks and the Crusaders for himself

by oneself.

“You seem to know a lot about this, Adalmann. Aren't you in the domain

Clayman at the time this happened?”

Adalmann laughed. “Demon lord Clayman sees the Western Holy Church as

his enemy. He feared his power to wage war and gather

as much intelligence as possible about them. I am a leader in

their bureaucracy, so even though he didn't receive my response, he still did

give myself the information he has.”

That makes sense. Clayman's near-obsessive nervousness is unexpected

helped us.

“Please, my lord and savior Rimuru, be careful. Lubelius is home to

the Enlightened Group known as the Ten Great Saints, a plot

a secret even Clayman fears. I'd have to advise you to

not off guard.”

He also mentioned the Three Battlesages, a group within Master Rooks

it is also an enlightened class. This trio, along with the six knights

commander level and Hinata, forming the Ten Great Saints. A person

Enlightened were humans with a strength that was at the same level as a would-be demon

lord, and if they have ten of them, no wonder they make

Clayman's awake at night. It seems very likely that four friends

Hinata on her current journey came from this group.

Bringing in regular soldiers would only guarantee their deaths; it was better to

assume that the higher-ups will knock on our door. Plus, if the Knights

The temple was mobilized, it was safe to assume Master Rooks as well, along with the Three

Battlesages.

“My lord, please allow me as a former cardinal of the Church to try

confer with this Hinata woman! I will gladly convince him

to leave his faith in the Church and turn it towards you—“

“Ah, wait, wait. I don't need all that, so you can go.”

I stopped Adalmann before things got weird. On one side, it

even worse than Hinata — once her mind changed, nothing

would screw. Talking to someone like him rarely results

something useful.

“I understand... Good idea.”

“Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh... Ah yes, there is always that approach!” Of course Shion and

Diablo loves.

“What are you two talking about?! If we try to pull that shit

to her, things are going to get even more complicated!”

Talk about being cut from the same cloth. I began to wonder if

they really like each other more than they hate.

After Adalmann left, it was time to return to the topic under discussion.

We have all the information we need — now to compile

first, I want to have some sort of piece that I can use to measure the strength of my opponent. Who will work for that...? I could feel Veldora excitedly staring at me. No, Veldora, not you. That's too much.

“Veldora, you—“

“Ah! Finally, my turn in the spotlight? To serve you!”

“No, Veldora. I want you to set up our last line of defense.”

“What?”

“Did you hear me? Line. Doesn't that sound cool?

You're the only person I can imagine for the job.”

“Mm, of course, of course. I think so too!”

Fanart Rimuwu With Diablo