Tying the loose ends

-Tempest, Rimuru City - Strategy Meeting.

"Walpurgis, huh... a banquet for Demon Lords. It looks like I should not miss that event."

Rimuru said with contemplation as he looked at his subordinates, who also nodded at him as they would do as their lord wished.

"That's right!? I already contacted Guy! You are good to go together with Artoria-chan while bringing two escorts!"

Ramiris said with a poof while emphasizing her flat chest.

"Good! Then all we need-"

"No, I won't go with you, Rimuru-dono."

Artoria, whose drinking her tea, said while her eyes were close together with Bedivere and Lancelot, who were also drinking their tea.

"Eh? Are you not going to come with us? Artoria-san? Wait, but you're a hero... that's right, it would be bad if you came there..."

Rimuru was surprised but suddenly compromised, knowing her nature as a Hero, while Gazel and Erald also nodded their head with understanding.

(That's right, she may have to face all the Demon Lords there if she comes with us in the worst-case scenario, as we do not know their true nature and objective)

Rimuru thought but someone objective his statement.

"No way!? We're not that aggressive as long as you probably do not provoke one of them into a fight... Probably..."

Ramiris said, unsure about her statement, making Rimuru look at her with a twitch.

"No, as much as I want to accompany Rimuru-dono, I already have an arrangement with another person and..."

Artoria said as she finished drinking her tea, making Rimuru tilt his head as he still waited for her second statement.

"And?"

"Well, it won't be long after we meet again after this meeting."

Artoria said with vague words as she could not say she would also come there with her master, Dino, as he ordered her not to let Rimuru know it until Walpurgis to see Rimuru's surprised and shocked face.

(What a troublesome Master...)

"Mou!? Just when I thought I could brag you to Guy and others... Hahh"

Ramiris sighed, not knowing that they would meet not long after this meeting as Walpurgis and War with Clayman would come soon.

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-City of the forgotten Dragon, Milim's Domain

In a place where Dragonewts live with human appearance, the blood of Dragon that runs through their veins makes them formidable and different from humans. Hence there's no standing army except the priest warriors in their community.

"Argh! Those detestable Bastards!! How dare they mock us with suggestions of cooperation!?"

A priest warrior with a bald head growled, representing the city itself and Milim's combat partner, Middray.

"Middray-sama, we need just to do as they say this time. Their commander, Yamza, had a written order from Milim-sama."

A person, also a priest warrior, said as he tried to appease Middray, whose on the verge of exploding because of many unreasonable orders from Yamza, one of the five fingers of Clayman.

"Quiet, Hermes! I know that. You don't need to tell me."

"..."

"..."

"Destroying Eurazania... I guess even Milim-sama has some issues, huh?"

Hermes said with a troubled face, not knowing what their lord Milim was thinking.

"WATCH YOUR TONGUE, HERMES! Never doubt the actions of Milim-sama."

"Uh... I know, but..."

(It's because he's so soft on her that I have to suffer all the time.)

Hermes thinks as he scratches his face with troubled face while considering how Middray would always prioritize Milim.

"Still, the nerve of that damn Clayman! Imagine forcing Milim-sama to write an order like that..."

"Right? But it was definitely her handwriting, and since it was an order, we had no choice."

"..."

"Claman's army ate the entire contents of our third food storehouse. We only have seven left. We're going have a rough time until the next harvest season."

"BASTARDS!!!"

Middray said with veins popping on his bald head, making him look like a red melon as Hermes started laughing at him secretly.

(A red melon, hehe)

"!?"

"Ah!"

Middray and Hermes stop talking as a figure comes on their way with a mixture of black and white hair and a bastard sword on his back.

"Yamza, the Magic Swordsman of Ice... Tch! Hermes, stand strong."

"Understood!"

Middray, who was angry before, changed his expression and started smiling at Yamza with Hermes beside him, making the interlude for the one-sided genocide that would come on near the Great Forest of Jura and Orcish Kingdom Orbic.

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-Camelot, Avalon Kingdom,

In a plaza where thousands of knights assembled were three figures who gave orders to those knights while some Highland Orc accompanied the knights to participate in this war.

"Heh, so Lancelot and Gawain would accompany the raid team raiding Clayman's castle?"

Dino amusedly said while Artoria was giving commands to her Summoned knights, whose number was less than a thousand, but the power they harbor is more than enough to destroy the Army of Clayman.

"Yes, Master... it would be more than enough to burn his castle to tidbits..."

(Just how angry she was with him...)

Dino thought while seeing Mordred and Tristan accompany those thousand armies while the former stuck out her tongue on him as she tried to mock him with sarcasm.

"..."

(Okay, she's dead...)

Dino thinking of some devious plan for Mordred suddenly made Mordred have a chill on her spine as her accurate instinct started warning her about a bleak future making her turn to Dino with a glare.

*Glared

"..."

"Ahem, Master, I know that you are fond of teasing Sir Mordred, but please give us a motivational speech to our army.

Agravain said with a serious expression while Artoria just continued to command the knights while glancing at him.

"Okay! ahem..."

"..."

Everyone looks at Dino in the center of the plaza, making thousands of civilians gather with their friends and family as they anticipate Dino's speech.

"KICK THEIR ASSESS!!!"

Dino said smugly as the whole Camelot exploded with applause, making Artoria sigh while Agravain just glanced at him and said nothing as he brought the lifeless knights that invaded the Camelot to sortie.

"..."

"It is me, or this guy would also sortie?"

Dino said with doubt while asking Artoria a question.

"Yes, Master, he's good at tying loose ends, so..."

Artoria confidently said while looking at Agravain with a nod.

"Heh, tying loose ends... you want to warn those merchants."

"..."

Agravain said nothing, as the place was not right to talk about what he would do.

"Very well! f*ck those Rosso family and those merchants from Empire."

"If my master said so..."

Agravain said as he started moving with the corpse that was once the knights of Falmuth Kingdom, now a calamity for those who harbor great malice to his Majesty's utopia.