Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 207

Day 3 of the great war, in the Holy City of Ruberios.

Shion eyed the incoming Dagruel forces, and a cold, dark smile surfaced on her face.

As she thought that the chance has finally come, for her to let loose all the frenzied furious anger that was within her....

On the first day of the great war, Shion along with Adalman and Albert were ordered by their master Demon Lord Rimuru, to move out to aid Demon Lord Ruminas.

Having visited when he was working with Gerudo in setting up the Transit Gates, Adaman guided their forces to Ruminas' castle; upon reaching, the atmosphere at the castle was unnaturally calm despite the fact that they were in battle with the angels.

Ruminas was "elegantly" relaxing, as she lounged on her couch.

And, towards Shion and the other guests,

ŒTo think I would get reinforcements against that measly angel army, that Rimuru is quite the worrywart.

Sure, the humans would be in danger should we fall here....

But isn't this a little too overprotective?

Not even I expected something like this to happen so soon.

She calmly and matter-of-factly addressed.

But....

ŒRimuru-sama, has predicted that there would be an incoming attack here, from Demon Lord Dagruel who has betrayed us.

She froze upon hearing Shion's reply.

Ruminas was confident that her forces can maintain their advantage against the angel army, but if Dagruel's forces were to come into play, that changes everything.

More so, the fact that Dagruel, one of the oldest pillars among the demon lords, has made his move; this isn't a situation that can be taken lightly anymore.

ŒGather the others immediately! We're holding a strategy conference right away!

With Ruminas' command, her followers, the 7 great nobles and ranking commanders, gave orders for the other key appointment holders to gather.

Right on the dot of nightfall, it was fortunate that the angels began to pull out.

Thanks to that, the other officers who were taking part in battles are now able to attend the conference.

Not wasting time, they gathered at the conference hall where a light dinner was prepared.

Representing them, were the 7 great nobles, the "Seven Celestial Sages", and the Holy Knight Arnoud.

The second-in-commands, knight squad leaders, along with any noteworthy majin who were nobles were amongst them.

Seeing that all who were relevant has arrived, Ruminas gave a short opening address, and declared the start of the conference.

And so, the meet begins.

Shion spoke first, speaking of Rimuru's predictions.

Then the movements of the angel armies, and the situations of the other areas.

Finally, finishing with Dagruel's movements, and what was predicted to be their goal.

Œno way.... If Demon Lord Dagruel is making his move, we are going to end up getting pincered from both the skies and on land.

As we have nothing to fall back upon, if we fall here the central countries will definitely fall shortly after!

The alarmed Arnoud anxiously spoke out.

To him, who is one of the linchpins in the human defense forces, their current location can pretty much be called the final defense line.

In comparison, the monster(Ruminas/majin) side wasn't as disturbed.

At worst, the choice of forsaking this country and escaping is still a viable option for them.

Just like they have did once in the past, when this country was destroyed by Veldora. For they believe that there will still be somewhere out in the vast lands of this world that would accept them.

But, that doesn't apply for all of them.

The higher beings are all thinking about something, with a face that looked like they were chewing something bitter.

Ruminas was, too.

To protect the believers, who are citizens of the country, while simultaneously probing for a possible location for a new country, was what the nobles were suggesting; Ruminas was still thinking on the sidelines, while watching Arnoud debate.

It's simple to abandon the country.

For a monster such as herself, it's not too much effort to build another country from scratch.

But, if she were to flee, there's no guarantee the angels aren't going to pursue her.

Chances are, they will give chase. The opposition has every intent on wiping out all intelligent beings, having declared their intentions to destroy the world.

It's hard to imagine them letting Ruminas and co. get away.

Additionally, the odds of victory for them doing a full scale tactical retreat while protecting non-combatants is pretty much nonexistent.

ŒSilence.

Which is why, with this single cold word from Ruminas, silence returned to the room.

Œto me, whatever happens to the humans, is really none of my concern.

They'll replenish their numbers shortly anyway, it's probably not much of a problem if their numbers are reduced somewhat, these are my honest thoughts.

That's if they manage to replenish, that is.

As the enemy has declared their intention to wipe out everything, there are no guarantees that humans will be allowed to survive.

For that reason, I have decided to protect this land.

This is by no means, something done for the sake of the humans.

Some of you are saying we should escape, but when it ends up with us alone against the angel forces, do you think we will be able to win?

I mean, think about it.

The other demon lords too, are fighting to protect their citizens and territory.

That, is something that can be called a "contract", but at the same time it is also the obligation of we who rule over these lands.

Guy is an exception....

Ramiris, Milim, Leon, and even the newcomer Rimuru are doing their utmost.

I too have such intentions.

This, is us demon lords putting our pride on the line, turning our backs to the angels is unthinkable.

The newcomer Rimuru, has noticed Demon Lord Dagruel's betrayal and has sent reinforcements already.

Instead, if we were to escape, it would be foolish to think we could ever live proudly again after that.

We, are not living for the sake of living.

It is because we live proudly, that we live as nobles, as kings.

Escape will not be forgiven.

Prioritize our victory, and start thinking of how we will achieve it!

Let victory be ours!!(TN: gawd she sure talked alot)

ŒŒŒUooooooooh!! Let victory be ours!!

The conference room was wrapped on a silent fervor, and showed the unity of all present in an instant.

Now that Ruminas' intentions are made known to them, the monster followers very easily made up their minds and mentally prepared their resolves.

Ruminas' charisma as a demon lord was not just for show. She splendidly grasped the hearts of her followers.

And, without that fervor cooling down, the conference shifted to the discussion on their plan to engage the incoming attack.

In the end, it was decided to leave the bare minimum to defend against the angels, while redirecting everything else they had to face Dagruel.

Luckily there wasn't any noteworthy commander among the angels, which is also why they didn't have any tough battles for the day.

Nevertheless, there were crack troops being reorganized as reserves, so as to not be complacent in light of that.

As they have no choice but to engage on two fronts, it was decided for the reserves to assist whichever side that has the most trouble.

This reserve squad, now bears a heavy responsibility, having been given the important task of making the proper decision. Due to the shortage of reserve forces in the current situation, most reinforcements can't be relied on.

All the other demon lords have their hands full holding their own territory.

Ruminas' forces are in a more positive situation now, having received reinforcements from Demon Lord Rimuru.

If they were to be pincered by their foes from both land and the skies without Demon Lord Rimuru's aid, they would have been destroyed without the chance to even contemplate escaping.

Due to Demon Lord Rimuru's quick assessment of the situation, the aid and information sent to Ruminas has pretty much saved her.

(Fumu. Guess I owe him one, huh)

On the inside, Ruminas was reluctantly accepting this fact. (TN: still so tsun tsun lol)

And so, the location of their final battle is decided, for Ruminas' forces which occupy the Holy City of Ruberios.

Against the angel forces would be Arnoud and his holy knight forces, plus the Bloody Knights who are led by the nobles.

The 7 great nobles, the ones known as the "Celestial Sages", would be their assault force.

Against the traitor Dagruel, would be Shion and her personal guard forces.

In addition, are Adalman and the death knights he leads.

Over the night, using his summoning magic, Adalman brought forth his followers from the Labyrinth.

It's not like he could summon *everything* he could muster up in one night, but having took on the task, he could manage to bring over a substantial force over if he had 2 days.

Dagruel and his forces were also travelling at abnormal speeds without stopping to even sleep, it was calculated that they would cross the deserts and invade these lands in 3 days time.

With that being the scenario, they will make it in time to prepare their defenses.

Making use of the transit gates that were set up, Shion's personal guard were also gathering up.

Of course, as they had priority on the usage, Dagruel's forces couldn't make use of the gates on their side.

Shion was giving orders to her forces to be on their guard, as they made their preparations for their upcoming battle with Dagruel's forces.

If things go smoothly, the decisive battle will take place on the 3rd day(of the great war).

With the plan in motion, the move to deal as much damage as they could to the angel army on day 2, was decided during the conference in the first night.

According to reports from their scout squads, the movements of Dagruel's forces were spotted as per the predicted timeline.

Showing their differences when compared to the human forces, Dagruel's forces move non-stop without a care for food or rest, maintaining their threatening speed.