Demon Country Federation.
"Rimuru-sama, according to the intelligence department's investigation, the Falmus Kingdom, the East Empire, and the Holy Knight Order directly under various nations have all shown unusual movements. In recent times, several suspicious adventurers and merchants have been discovered in the Central Capital. The intelligence analysis concludes that human forces are likely to launch a war against us!"
Hearing Souei's report, orc lord, Gabiru the Lizardmen, Dryad Treyni, Rigurdo the Goblin King, Ranga the leader of the Fang Wolves, Kajin the Dwarf Master, and William Adolf the human representative all began to whisper among themselves.
Although Rimuru had warned them earlier, this was definitely not a good thing for them.
War, that means people will die!
"Is a war going to happen?"
Izawa Shizue was very anxious.
If it were in the past, she would definitely stand on the side of humanity, but now...
"Rimuru, I know it's a bit much to ask, but can you give me some time?"
Izawa Shizue's words immediately drew everyone's attention.
Izawa Shizue said excitedly, "During my time living in the Demon Country Federation, my impression of demons has greatly changed."
"Demons are not as evil as human nations proclaim; on the contrary, everyone is very friendly. But humans are not as weak as everyone imagines either."
"Whether it's humans or you all, I don't want anything to happen to any of you."
The entire hall was silent.
Seeing that no one reacted, Izawa Shizue became even more agitated, "The Luminas Church's Holy Knight Order and the Imperial Guard are very strong. Especially their holy magic and magic arrays, they cause great harm to everyone."
"I hope everyone can give me a chance to persuade the human kings and the Holy Knight Order. It might sound presumptuous, but the captain of the Holy Knight Order, Sakaguchi Hinata, is my student!"
Seeing Izawa Shizue's impassioned demeanor, everyone was somewhat surprised.
How to put it, usually, Izawa Shizue always looked calm and composed.
They had never seen her angry, nor had they ever seen her anxious.
It could be said that what Izawa Shizue was showing now was a completely opposite side of her usual self.
But it was precisely this that made everyone perceive Izawa Shizue's sincerity.
Rimuru smiled, "Calm down, I haven't objected, have I?"
This time it was Izawa Shizue who was a little surprised.
War is a major event concerning the survival of the nation and the lives of its people; one cannot be too cautious.
But Rimuru had agreed to her so easily, this trust deeply moved Izawa Shizue!
"Go ahead and do it!"
"Since Rimuru-sama supports you, then there's no problem!"
"If I can avoid war, I would actually be happy. Recently, doing business with humans has broadened my horizons; humans are also a very remarkable race!"
"Since everyone has agreed, then this old man has no reason to object!"
"..."
Hearing everyone's enthusiastic encouragement, Izawa Shizue couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
"Everyone..."
She had truly made a group of wonderful demon friends!
For the old Izawa Shizue, this was actually somewhat unbelievable.
Ever since she was rescued from the Demon Lord's castle by the hero, she had actually been hunting monsters, otherwise, she wouldn't have been regarded as a hero by humans.
Izawa Shizue said earnestly, "Everyone, don't worry, I will do my best to make everyone recognize a different Demon Country Federation!"
Rimuru felt that Izawa Shizue at this moment was shining brightly, noble and great.
Just a little naive!
Rimuru kindly reminded her, "Shizue, as a great hero who has achieved fame and success, speaking up for monsters might ruin your reputation!"
"Ruin my reputation?"
To be honest, Izawa Shizue had never considered this issue.
But she immediately felt relieved, "If it's for everyone, I'm willing!"
"Since that's the case, I won't say much more. However, as a friend, let me also offer a token of my regard!"
With a wave of Rimuru's hand, Izawa Shizue's scabbard, hanging at her waist, was directly summoned into her palm.
Rimuru thought for a moment and began to engrave Rune on Izawa Shizue's scabbard.
The general meaning of the text was:
Text on the front of the blade: This is a sword blessed by Rimuru Tempest for his friend Izawa Shizue. Only those who bear your blood can reveal its sharpness; others will only cause it to lose its luster.
Text on the back of the blade: You are a part of Rimuru Tempest, bearing the unending flow of Eternal Flame, to dispel pain and darkness for my friend. The sharpness inscribed, imbued with the power of Twilight Sword to break through boundaries, shall open up the future for your Master. You will forever accompany and protect her.
As Rimuru's inscription was completed, Izawa Shizue's accompanying sword immediately became different.
Mysterious and beautiful, exuding an astonishing cold light.
Kajin, the Dwarf forging Master, watched with green eyes.
What kind of text is this?
Just by being inscribed on the sword, it caused a World-shattering change.
It's too miraculous!
And William Adolf, the only one who understood and probably guessed part of the truth, once again suffered billions of points of damage.
primordial rune, Rimuru even got the primordial rune?!
My Lord!
What achievements did she accomplish in Marvel?
Could she even kick Odin and punch Ancient One?
Insane!
Rimuru didn't care what William was thinking, she casually returned the treasured sword to Izawa Shizue.
"Shizue, drip a drop of your blood onto the sword!"
"Drip blood? Okay!"
To be honest, Izawa Shizue was also very much looking forward to it.
Because Rimuru had never disappointed her.
After dripping a drop of blood on the sword, Izawa Shizue immediately felt that the sword she had used for half her life began to become connected to her by blood, like a part of her body.
"I've added some new abilities to the sword, Shizue. You should familiarize yourself with them when you have time. There's a little surprise in there, you might like it!"
Surprise?
Hearing Rimuru's words, Izawa Shizue immediately became excited.
And Shuna and Shion immediately became envious and jealous, they wanted this kind of magical sword too!
They wouldn't let Izawa Shizue monopolize Rimuru-sama's favor!
"Master Kajin, I'll trouble you to forge a set of soft armor for Izawa Shizue!"
Kajin patted his chest and guaranteed, "Leave it to me!"
Kurobe, "I'll help too!"
Seeing everyone supporting her actions with practical deeds, Izawa Shizue felt her heart warm.
What surprise did Rimuru have for her?
She was really looking forward to it!
She seemed to be starting to like this World!
One day later.
Fully armed, Izawa Shizue embarked on the road to the Falmus Kingdom.
Three days later.
Milim, who had received a Rune-blessed sailor suit from Rimuru, left contentedly.
According to her, she needed to go back to work, and the specific work content was confidential!
However, for Rimuru, her secrecy had no meaning.
Her so-called work was actually to help her best friend Rimuru persuade other Demon Lords to accept his existence!
Although Rimuru didn't need it at all, she happily accepted her friend's kindness and would repay it later.
Before Milim left, almost everyone's advice to her was not to be deceived!
Milim didn't care about this at all, because for her, she was so smart, so being deceived was naturally impossible!
With Izawa Shizue and Milim leaving one after another, the Demon Country Federation naturally wouldn't let down its guard.
The necessary war preparations still had to be made!
For example, Rimuru bestowed names on all the Orc Tribe and Lizardmen in one go, directly elevating their strength by several levels.
Secondly, there was the forging of weapons.
After Master Kajin designed them, Rimuru swallowed them, and then directly had Ciel replicate them.
Thus, in a very short time, all the demon races had relatively handy equipment.
Although they were all mass-produced standard equipment, if someone really came to attack, it would definitely give them a surprise!
The last point was that after long-term experimentation and modification, the Spring-Defense Tower was finally completed.
With the Defense Tower in place, what would this war turn into?
She was really curious!