That time I got reincarnated as a slime,no, a DRAGON?

CH-21 The Church

As Rayheim enters the room, he bows.
"Rayheim, why don't you tell us what truly happened at Farmuth. "
"Hinata-sama. Didn't Veldora, the storm dragon revive and rampage in Farmuth."
"Listen to him Fritz."
"Hai."
"It was hell. That is one way to say it. 4 archdemons and hundreds of greater demons invaded the nation."
"Archdemons? They might be difficult to defeat but not impossible. "
"That is not all Arnaud-sama. There was one demon there who declared herself as the White primordial. She had a body as well as a name. Later on two more demoness came and talked to her as if they are beings of equal position."
"A demon wouldn't dare to take a name of primordial, so it is possible that all three of them are primordials." Bacchus said.
"There is no way a new-born monster can have three demon primordials serving him and have strength to name them."
"Sorry to interrupt the meeting but we have important information from the Freedom Guild." A guard said as he came in.
"Go ahead." Hinata said.
"Hai. It seems that after the Walpurgis the Ten Great Demon Lords have become eight and now identify themselves as Octagram.
Chaos Cteator has killed the Marionette Master and has take his position. Meanwhile, Sky Queen and Beast King have renounced their position to serve the Destroyer."

"Chaos Creator? Who is he? Where is his domain?"
"It says he rules over the Jura Forest.
"Then it can only be him." Hinata says.
"You mean Rimuru Tempest?" Arnaud asked.

"Yes. He was the leader of monsters in Jura, wasn't he?" Hinata asked, facing Rayheim.
"Yes. He was the one. Also, before being teleported here I was given this ball to give you." He said taking out a magic ball.

Hinata's POV

I already knew that Rimuru had survived because Luminas-sama had informed me. But to think that he is strong enough that even after being weakened, his illusion works on me. It might be better to talk it out with him. That merchant really played me well. If Rimuru wants my head, then I will give it to him to apologize.

I took the crystal ball from Rayheim. As soon as I poured some magic into it, I could see an image. It was a woman. She was quite beautiful but my instincts told me that there was something dangerous behind that beauty.

"Good day to you Hinata Sakaguchi, leader of the Ten Great Saints. I am Testarossa, military attachè of Tempest. We currently have two members of the Ten Great Saints held captive. We would like to invite you, Hinata Sakaguchi to Tempest to negotiate regarding their position. You will be given one month to give a suitable reply. If a suitable reply is not given, they will be dealt with Tempest's laws."

The message ended and the room descended into silence.
"What shall we do now Hinata-sama?"
"What can we do now. I will go there and negotiate."
"It is too dangerous Hinata-sama. "
"I know that. But we will have to there regardless. Arnaud, Fritz, Litus and Bachus will follow me. The rest will stay here."
"Understood."

I don't think this will go peacefully. I can't believe that the Seven Luminaries have made no move. They might have made a move and failed. We can only hope that it does not go worse than imagined.

Rimuru's POV

I have finally come back after the Walpurgis. Testa informed me about how Hinata should be arriving in a month. I gave her free reign to do whatever she wanted to her till the time it didn't kill her. I am sure Luminous will appear before anything happens to her.

Tempest has decided to hold a large festival to introduce itself to the world. I decided to make an arena and have a tournament to showcase Tempests strength. Geld has been busy building it. Meanwhile I have a more important issue. Now that the entire Jura forest is my domain, I need to properly integrate into Tempest. Most of the smaller tribes will come to pay their respect on their own but I will have to send envoys to the larger one such as the Tengus. So I decided to send Benimaru and Albis there. I hope nothing goes wrong, so I decided to send my right hand there.

Abiru had come to meet me in my room so I decided to ask what other major races there were in Jura. His response surprised me.

"Rimuru-sama, does your domain include the oceanic territory south of the Jura?"
"I guess so? After all, I rule the entire land of the Jura."
"Then, there is the Merfolk kingdom of Hyme."
"There is a Merfolk kingdom? Why have I never heard of it?"
"It is mostly because they decided to seclude themselves and have never surfaced for the past 1000 years. My dad once told me about how a part of our lineage comes from the mermaid. That is why our scales have resembled fins."
"I see. Then maybe I should send an envoy."
"I know this might be rude of me Rimuru-sama, but I suggest that you go there personally. "
"Personally? Why?"
"I don't know how much of this is true but their leader at that time was an awakened demon lord individual. They had helped us a lot in the past, so I would like it if Rimuru-sama could have a favourable relationship with them. Also, there is a benefit. They can control the magical beasts in the ocean. This can help you gain better control over the ocean compared to nearby areas. This could help prevent another tragedy li-"
"That's it. Fine I will go there myself."
"Thank you very much."

Merfolk kingdom huh? I guess I should send Cien there to announce my visit. I call Testarossa to my room. She comes in and kneels. I don't even bother to tell them to stand anymore.

"Testarossa, I will be borrowing Cien for a while. Is that ok?"
"Of course, my lord. I hope he is able to fulfill his duty. I shall summon him right this instant."
She contacted him, I assume. He came here rushing.
"Cien, i have a job for you."
"Hai."
"I want you to go to the Merfolk kingdom as an envoy and inform them of my arrival in two weeks."
"Understood"

After that Cien teleported away. Most probably to ask Moss of the proper location.
"You can go now, Testarossa."
"Hai."

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