Under the night sky, large numbers of Majin, holding torches, were slowly advancing in a line along the border of the Beast Kingdom. Each person wore an impatient expression. Previously, Lord Clayman had promised that they could do whatever they wanted after entering the Beast Kingdom.
At this moment, Clayman's subordinates were already fantasizing about doing whatever they pleased within the Beast Kingdom. Especially when they thought of the Beastmen's rather interesting figures, they couldn't help but let out strange laughter.
What these Majin didn't know was that above the road, Benimaru and Albis were silently watching them. According to the plan, they had already set up a trap not far ahead of the road, just waiting for Clayman's army to step into it.
"According to the plan, Clayman's army is being led into the arranged trap. It seems it would be difficult to lose. The outcome is already decided."
On the cliff, Benimaru expressionlessly watched Clayman's army below, completely unaware. Within the cliffs on both sides of the road ahead of them, 30,000 of the Gluttony Army were already lying in wait. Furthermore, Benimaru hadn't discovered any enemies worth noting within Clayman's army below.
This war, even before it had begun, the outcome had already been decided.
"Now that things have come to this, the enemy has no means of turning the tables."
Beside him, Albis, one of the Three Beastketeers, was also speaking with a smile. However, Oz, standing beside the two, was looking at them with a strange expression. These two guys were no different from the villains that Lady Shuna spoke of.
They were setting up all sorts of flags before the battle, and they kept babbling non-stop. They were definitely the kind of villains who were there to give experience to the protagonist.
Thinking of this, Oz and Chris beside him exchanged glances and retreated far enough away from Benimaru and Albis before breathing a sigh of relief. Please don't include them when setting flags. Although they were indeed villains, they would never be the kind to give experience!
"By the way, Lord Benimaru, there's something I wanted to ask of you."
"Just call me Benimaru. You are not my subordinates. Also, what is it?"
Benimaru turned his head to look at Albis and asked. At the same time, he also noticed that the other two of the Three Beastketeers had also walked over to look at him.
"Lord Benimaru, there are still a few strong presences below. We hope to have them handed over to us. If we rely on our allies to help with everything, Lord Carrion will blame us when he returns."
Facing Benimaru's question, the Three Beastketeers stepped forward and said with serious expressions. This time, they were clearly saving their Beast Kingdom. If all the enemies were solved by their allies, wouldn't that make them seem incompetent?
At the very least, they had to play some role.
"But........"
"Lord Benimaru, please be sure to hand them over to us to deal with!"
Just as Benimaru subconsciously wanted to refuse, Cruz, one of the Three Beastketeers, walked up to Benimaru and looked at him with a determined expression.
"Since that's the case, I......"
"Wait!"
Just as Benimaru was about to agree, Oz, who had long been unable to watch, walked over with heavy steps. The wolf head lowered slightly, and his eyes were full of contempt and disdain as he glanced at Cruz. He had heard about this guy pleading for the Majin Myulan, who was with that child Shion, from Laina.
He really didn't know how this guy had the nerve to open his mouth, and now he was shamelessly wanting to deal with the few stronger ants in Clayman's army below.
Oz even suspected that this guy was a spy sent by Clayman. He could have killed them with a single claw, but this guy still wanted to play some one-on-one match.
Was he planning to delay time to inform that guy named Clayman!?
"Oz, what's wrong?"
Benimaru and the others raised their heads to look at Oz, who had suddenly stopped them, especially when they noticed the contempt in Oz's eyes when he looked at Cruz, they became even more puzzled.
"It's nothing, I just want to tell you that the things you've been discussing for so long are completely meaningless, and so is the so-called plan."
After saying that, Oz turned his head to look at Clayman's army, which was only a few hundred meters away from the trap. Both the dragon head and the wolf head revealed ferocious smiles at the same time. Immediately, the dragon head suddenly opened its huge mouth, and scorching lava instantly spewed out.
In just a few seconds, the entire canyon was filled with lava, and the dark sky was illuminated by the fire. Following closely behind, the wolf head opened its mouth, and the icy blue breath instantly froze everything visible to the naked eye. After everything was over, the world in front of everyone's eyes had become snow-white, and snowflakes were falling in the sky.
As for Clayman's army, if they could still be alive under such circumstances, Oz would recognize that the other party was an opponent worth taking a little more seriously. It was just a pity that in his perception, Clayman's army had already been completely wiped out.
"See, how simple is that? Why make it so troublesome?"
Afterward, Oz turned his head and glanced at Benimaru and the others with disdain. Clearly, they had absolute strength, but they were still playing at having meetings and discussing plans. If it weren't for his master's orders, he wouldn't have bothered with them.
"........."
Benimaru and the others silently watched Oz's departing back, then exchanged glances with each other. Their plan seemed to be completely useless. They had been racking their brains here, fighting wits with the air.
"Let's go."
A few seconds later, Benimaru sighed helplessly and turned to fly towards the Royal Capital of the Beast Kingdom. As for going to support the others, if Benimaru had had such thoughts at the beginning, he completely didn't have them now.
Such a complete and crushing massacre couldn't even be called a battle. He was afraid that before he could even rush over, the battle would already be completely over.
And just as Benimaru thought, Flora and the others, who were on the other side with Shion and the others, didn't set up any traps. After finding Clayman's army on their side, they directly rushed up without saying anything.
In less than ten minutes, Clayman's army of nearly 20,000 was completely massacred. By now, even the corpses had been eaten clean by the Gluttony monsters as appetizers, not even leaving any scraps.
..........
"Lord Rimuru, the battles on Benimaru and Shion's sides have already ended."
At this time, in another direction of the Beast Kingdom, Souei suddenly appeared behind Rimuru and reported. Just now, his subordinates had already reported the battle situation on the other two sides. Without a single person being injured, Clayman's two armies were completely annihilated.
The only loss was still Oz's attack. When destroying Clayman's army, he incidentally wiped out the 30,000 Gluttony Army hidden on both sides of the cliff.
"So fast?"
Rimuru turned his head to look at Souei with a surprised expression. They hadn't even seen the enemy on their side, but Benimaru and the others had already completely annihilated the enemy. Originally, Rimuru thought that this war would take at least three days or so.
But it hasn't even been an hour since the start of the war, and Kleiman's army is already reduced to just these few here.
"Rimuru-sama, we've found them."
At this moment, Angelica, riding on a Gluttony monster, flew to Rimuru's side. Just now, the Gluttony army had encountered Kleiman's army, and the two sides had already begun to engage.
"You've found them? Then proceed according to plan."
Hearing that they had also found Kleiman's army, Rimuru's expression became serious. He subconsciously wanted to have Angelica command the Gluttony army to act according to the previously determined plan, first luring Kleiman's army into a trap, and then eliminating them all at once.
"Rimuru-sama, it's too late. The Gluttony army has already engaged with Kleiman's subordinates, and Leeward has already gone over. If nothing unexpected happens, the battle will be over in three minutes at most."
"Ah, this........"
After hearing Angelica's words, Rimuru was completely stunned. Was it possible that if he had been a few minutes slower, the news he would have received from Angelica would have been that Kleiman's army had been completely annihilated? Wouldn't that make their previous serious meeting and planning seem so redundant?
"Alright, the battle is already over."
The next second, Angelica suddenly smiled and looked at Rimuru, while behind her, a nearly ten-thousand-meter-long, oppressive nine-headed giant serpent was slowly approaching, with blood constantly dripping from its ferocious maw.
"Boring, not as interesting as those human kingdom soldiers from before. At least they dared to resist a little."
Swimming to Angelica's side, Leeward said with disdain in his eyes. Just now, when he appeared on the battlefield, all of Kleiman's subordinates were so frightened that they scattered and fled. If it weren't for chasing down those fleeing guys, the battle could have ended the moment Leeward appeared.
"Huh? Rimuru-sama, what's wrong?"
At this time, Leeward noticed Rimuru, who was standing in place, and brought his head, comparable in size to a house, close to Rimuru and asked. He felt that Rimuru's expression looked a little melancholy. Could it be because he was too slow in ending the battle?
"...It's nothing, let's go back."
Looking at the huge snake head in front of him, Rimuru was silent for a few seconds before slowly turning around, saying with a tone full of melancholy. What exactly did he come to the Beast Kingdom for this time? If he remembered correctly, it was to save the Beast Kingdom refugees and eliminate Kleiman's subordinates.
But what happened? The problem of the Beast Kingdom refugees was easily solved by Angelica. As for eliminating Kleiman's subordinates, he hadn't even seen their shadows, and they were all gone.
So, what exactly did I come here for?
Leeward looked at Rimuru's departing figure, with a big question mark appearing on each of his nine snake heads.
"Angelica, did I say something wrong?"
"No, not at all!"
Angelica smiled and shook her head, then urged the Gluttony monster under her to chase after Rimuru. Not long after, the group that had left an hour ago gathered once again in the Beast Kingdom's capital.
"Um, may I ask, has something happened to Albis-sama?"
Inside the capital, residents stood not far away, watching the returning group. Zak, as a soldier, walked up to Albis and asked cautiously. Before, they had also learned from Albis about the invasion of Demon Lord Kleiman's army.
And Albis-sama and the others left to eliminate those enemies, but now, just one hour after leaving, everyone has returned.
The residents of the capital were worried at this time, wondering if it was because the enemies were too powerful, and Albis-sama and the others were unable to resist, so they returned wanting to take them away to escape.
"Don't worry, the enemies have all been dealt with."
Albis turned her head and glanced at Zak, guessing his thoughts from the worry in his eyes, and then explained.
On the other side, Rimuru was also discussing with Benimaru what to do next. After all, now that Kleiman's subordinates had been completely eliminated, there was no point in staying in the Beast Kingdom. It would be better to return to the Jura Tempest Federation to prepare for the upcoming Walpurgis.
"Rimuru-sama, how about taking this opportunity to completely destroy the country ruled by Demon Lord Kleiman? That way, after eliminating Kleiman at Walpurgis, we won't have to worry about anything anymore."
After hearing Rimuru's words, Benimaru thought for a moment and said that now that Kleiman's subordinates had all died, the kingdom ruled by Kleiman had lost its resistance, and Kleiman, as a Demon Lord, was not staying in the kingdom because of Walpurgis.
It could be said that now was the best opportunity to completely destroy that kingdom.
"That's indeed a very good opportunity."
Hearing Benimaru's suggestion, Rimuru began to seriously consider it. Originally, he had planned to take advantage of Kleiman's absence during Walpurgis to destroy his kingdom, but it seemed that he didn't have to wait until then.
"Rimuru-sama, please rest assured, Demon Lord Kleiman's kingdom has already been completely destroyed just now."
At this time, Angelica walked to Rimuru's side with a smile and said softly. At the same time, with a gentle wave of her palm, a virtual projection appeared in mid-air. In the picture, Kleiman's entire kingdom had turned into a sea of burning fire.
In the sea of fire, Lu Minghao, Sally, and Luo Yina were walking on the ground covered with corpses. As far as the eye could see, there was no longer a living being.
"Minghao, and Sally and Luo Yina, when did they go to Kleiman's kingdom?"
Looking at the three people in the picture, Rimuru's face showed a shocked expression. Clearly, they had just resolved Kleiman's subordinates, but Lu Minghao had already raided Kleiman's home.
"Yo, Rimuru, long time no see."
At this time, Lu Minghao in the picture raised his head and waved hello, casually grabbing a monster corpse that was almost roasted from the ground and handing it to Luo Yina next to him as a snack. The reason why Lu Minghao set the entire kingdom on fire was to hold a large-scale self-service barbecue.
It looks pretty good so far.
"Minghao, thank you."
Looking at Lu Minghao in the picture, Rimuru inexplicably felt his heart beat faster, and thanked him with a hint of shyness in his tone.
"You're welcome, we are best friends. If I needed anything, you would definitely help me, right, Rimuru?"
"Yes, no matter what!"
Rimuru nodded without hesitation, indicating that Lu Minghao could ask for anything he needed.
"Anything? As expected of my good friend, then see you at Walpurgis."
