Chapter 34 Part 5

"Ah by the way I had an idea for The Dungeon." 

This idea is based off of what Odin did in the Jujutsu Kaisen world, she was able to use the data from Small World to make basically leaderboards around the world detailing someone's strength.

Maybe Ramiris can do something similar in The Dungeon, after all strength is quite difficult to measure at the higher levels so having a way to tell how powerful someone is will be quite helpful later down the line.

Hell maybe Rimuru can make it available to everyone, after all visibly seeing your strength go up is bound to be good motivation.

It also fits with the whole MMORPG thing Rimuru has going on in The Dungeon.

Hmm, but Rimuru will have to make sure to keep his subordinates and his own strength level as secret as possible, after all if someone knows exactly how strong Rimuru is it could give others with untoward intentions towards Tempest more information.

In this world information often decides the fate of battles between two equal parties, that's why Odin is so broken, she can easily gather information.

Once Rimuru heard my idea he looked thoughtful.

"Hmm, it would fit the theme of The Dungeon, and it might motivate adventurers to work harder as they see their ranking go up."

I nodded. "Yeah, that's what I thought too."

"It can also be a good way to measure progress, if someone sets a goal to reach a certain level they just need to find someone at a similar level as their goal, then they can tell how close or far away they are from their goal. Something that increases motivation even more. It can also be used to rank exactly how strong a Floor Boss is, letting people know just how strong they will need to be to beat a Boss. I'll have to talk to Ramiris about it. Thanks Felix!"

I nodded. "Heh, I wonder where I'll be placed."

Rimuru snorted. "I don't plan to have any of us listed on the leaderboard if Ramiris can make this a thing. Hell I probably won't even have our strong subordinates on the leaderboard."

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea. The difference between even an A Rank adventurer and someone like Saeko or Benimaru is incredibly vast."

Rimuru nodded. "Umu!"

All of Rimuru's subordinates got a lot stronger after his Harvest Festival, the gifts from the Harvest Festival aren't a joke. A good chunk of Rimuru's subordinates gained Unique Skills off of that, Unique Skills that I of course analyzed.

There is Kurobe's DIvine Craftsmen and Researcher, Shuna's Analyst and Manufacturer. 

Then there is Benimaru's Commander, the ideal Skill for a General like him. It lets him sense the flow of a battle along with reading his chances for victory. It also boosts his army's power and lets him instantly send them orders.

Hakurou's Martial Master is, as it sounds, a Skill ideal for Martial Arts. Its first sub-skill Heavenly Eye gives Hakurou senses far greater than what Magic Sense. It also allows the user not only the ability to visually see Magicules and other spiritual matter, but also the ability to tell how much force is behind it, with its user even being able to distinguish the type of Magic being used before it's even activated. 

It's a skill that has the potential to surpass not only the performance level of a normal Extra Skill, but is even able to surpass the performance of most Unique Skills in the right hands. And Hakurou is the right hands.

With that alone his Skill is already fairly impressive.

It also has Thought Acceleration and Ultra Acceleration which allows him to increase the momentum of anything. It can also predict the future along with some other useful abilities.

While Souei also has a Unique Skill of his own called Shadow Stalker. Its sub-skills include Thought Acceleration, Ultra Acceleration, Insta Kill which reinforces the user's attacks allowing the user to directly damage the Spiritual Body, and Espionage which conceals the user and their presence.

Rimuru's pet Wolf, Ranga also got a Unique Skill ideal for being the Alpha of his pack.

All around Rimuru's subordinates are incredibly powerful, some even at the Demon Lord Seed level, though of course Diablo is far beyond even that.

Man, True Demon Lords really are so high up in the food chain compared to most in this world, when each True Demon Lord has multiple Demon Lord Seed level subordinates it's kinda understandable why the majority of the world is shit scared of even the peaceful Demon Lords.

Just knowing there is an individual out there with such a vast amount of power would make the majority paranoid, let alone the nobles and rulers who wish to cling to their political power and position.

Rimuru is definitely going to have a hard time with his dream to make peace with Humans.

But he's already made significant progress, an alliance with both Dwargon and Sarion shows the world that those two superpowers approve of Tempest.

"Ah by the way you should probably know that Yuuki is here." Said Rimuru.

"That's the guy you suspect of being the one to instigate Hinata and Falmuth?" I asked, my tone even.

Rimuru nodded. "Mhmm."

So the guy who I may or may not kill is finally here huh? I'm not one to let go of grudges after all, if I'm able to confirm if he is behind Saeko's death….

Well safe to say I'm going to kill him and devour his soul.

Though I'm not quite sure how I can do that without directly controlling him, and he is the Guildmaster of the Adventurers Guild of this world, I'm sure he has protection against such a thing like mind control.

I don't want to ruin Rimuru's relationship with someone so important on a hunch. Either way if he is responsible I will find out eventually, no lie or trickery stays hidden for long.

Though I also need to consider what if he is responsible? How am I going to deal with him without anyone that I don't want learning about it. After all, Yuuki is an important figure in the Human world. If they find out that I am responsible for it for one they may attack my territory which isn't a big deal since I can just have all the attackers wiped out.

The issue is what if they use that as an excuse to not establish relations with Tempest? I don't want to ruin the chances of my Best Friend's dream over something like revenge.

I need to take my time and plan everything out if I want to kill Yuuki, I'm sure an opportunity to strike will appear at some point. I just need to make sure to be patient.

Who knew that even at my level I would have to play politics. Rimuru better appreciate what I'm doing.

Though it's probably best if I keep my plan to myself from now, Rimuru is soft like that, I could see him not wanting to kill Yuuki.

I shook my head, clearing away those thoughts. I have time to think about all that at a later time.

Rimuru was looking at me curiously but ended up keeping quiet.

I turned my head slightly looking in the direction I sensed the King of Dwargon, it seems he was arriving in a carriage, probably for political reasons.

It wasn't too surprising that he was basically the first guest to arrive, Tempest's relations with Dwargon are quite close after all.

"The King of Dwarves should be here soon." I told Rimuru.

Rimuru nodded. "Alright, thanks for letting me know, I'll go prepare for his arrival. Do you mind keeping an eye on the kids?"

I nodded. "Sure, I don't have much else to do."

Right about now I'm sure everyone is getting changed into the outfits we all tried on yesterday before coming to Tempest.

Hearing me Rimuru nodded and walked off.

I noticed one of the kids, Chloe, approaching me.

"Chloe right?" I asked.

She nodded shyly.

"Aren't you supposed to be training with Hinata?"

She shook her head. "Big sis Hinata said that she was just getting a general basis of all our abilities."

I nodded. "I see so once she does that she'll begin training you in earnest."

Chloe nodded though I noticed she kept looking towards the direction Rimuru left in.

I gave her a pat on the head. "Don't worry kid, he'll be fine. I'm sure Rimuru will spend some more time with you guys after the Festival, this Festival is quite important for him after all."

Chloe nodded with a blush creeping up on her face.

I have an amazing idea. Why don't I… just ask her about her Skill? Truly, my genius astounds me.

"Hey Chloe, mind if I ask a question about your Unique Skill?"

Chloe looked at me confused. "Unique Skill?" But behind that confused expression I could see astonishment and fear. Almost no one can hide their expressions from a Skill like Odin.

There was a chance she did not know about her Skill, her Unique Skill likely involves traveling through Time, such an ability is far beyond the bounds of a mere Unique Skill. There is a high likelihood that her Skill has some sort of condition to activate, and until that condition is met she might not know she even has the Skill.

But it seems that my theory is incorrect, or at least partially incorrect as it seems Chloe at least has some idea of her ability. 

Now how to deal with this? I don't want to interfere too much, mostly due to the fear of messing things up, I'm not all knowing after all. If I push too hard certain events might change resulting in a different future. That future could be good or bad.

Man I don't think I've ever felt this helpless before. Who knew for all my power I could still feel helpless.

I always heard from various fictional works that time travelers are a pain in the ass, but I never imagined I'd experience what they had for myself. I can now confidently say, yes, time travelers are a pain in the ass.

Fuck it, she has a Hero's Egg, she can't be that bad right? I might be making a foolish decision here, but hey, if I die, it'll be due to a choice I made. I can accept that. I'll place my faith in Rimuru's student for once. I doubt I'll die anyway, I can always just jump worlds after all in the worst case scenario and bring everyone I care for with me.

I shook my head. "Nevermind." Chloe looked at me confused but nodded nonetheless.

"Why don't you tell me about your favorite times with Rimuru when he was teaching you?"

Chloe nodded eagerly and began telling me about her first meeting with Rimuru.

One thought I had in my mind at the time was that it's nice to just relax like this sometimes. 

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