After the weight of having to eat Shion's cooking is lifted off Rimuru's chest he is able to enjoy the rest of the celebration. For the most part I just stay on the side and watch with Ranryo as it continues until I see something interesting. It's Diablo.
He appears with his two Archdemons who didn't die thanks to the interference of Rimuru's skill [Yeshua] and happily tells Rimuru that he has carried out his task flawlessly. Rimuru, confused, asks Ranga who Diablo is to his horror.
Ranga tells him, "I believe that is the Demon you summoned Master."
"Oh, right! In that case I thank you for your help. You can leave now."
Diablo's face looks like he had just lost his life's work, almost looking like he's about to start crying, and asks, "Well, uh, you see, I would love to humbly continue serving you. I will humbly accept even the lowest seat as your subordinate."
Rimuru looks a little confused until he figures it out. "So you would like to serve me?"
He bows down and continues, "Yes, as I have suggested I humbly accept the lowest seat as your subordinate. Would you please consider?"
He thinks about his response. I guess the idea of having a Demon as a subordinate is still a little weird for Rimuru. He then says, "I understand. Request accepted! All of you may stay!"
"You have my deepest gratitude, my lord!"
"Rimuru is fine."
He looks up like he's been blessed. "Rimuru! What a wonderful name! How I have truly been blessed to serve under such majesty!"
Rimuru looks a little uncomfortable as he ask, "Eh, so what's your name?"
He looks at Rimuru and then looks down, "I apologize, Lord Rimuru, but I am afraid I don't have a name."
He thinks a bit before saying, "Very well, then you shall be named Diablo and your subordinates will be Ahpuch and Ahriman."
As the three are engulfed in light as the subordinates turn into really high ranking Archdemons and Diablo evolves into a Demon Peer, changing his clothes to a butler's outfit in the process, Diablo praises him for his wonderful names. Yeah, I guess, but then again, they are just different names for the Devil from Earth.
With that over I decide to walk away for a bit. Ranryo follows. When we are isolated in a Jura Forest clearing Ranryo asks why I left. "Oh, I'm gonna test out my new skills. Come to think of it, you must have gotten a new skill from me. What did you get Ranryo?"
His tail begins to wag, "Oh, Master, I have gained such a wonderful gift from you!"
"Oh, really? What was it?"
"I shall show you!" He fires a particularly black [Black Lightning] at a nearby rock and I watch as it vanishes from existence. What the!?"
"It's the Unique Skill [Vanta Lightning]! What do you think of it!?"
"That-Thats..." Ranryo looks a little scared, "Incredible! That's amazing!" Ranryo wags his tail much faster than before as I am blown away. "Master!" He runs and catches me.
[Solomon]?
{Answer- The Unique Skill [Vanta Lightning] fires a bolt of magical lightning infused with similar properties to your [Annihilation].}
That's interesting. So whatever gets hit that isn't weak enough to resist will get destroyed. That's, a little strong. Alright then. I tell Ranryo this and explain that I should test out my own skills as well. Ranryo accepts and sits back and watches.
First, the ones I can't really test much for now. [Selfish King Judas] is a skill that grants me [Apex Predator], [Plagiarizer] and a strange third skill called [Judas' Sin] which for some reason I can't see. I can't test the ladder and [Apex Predator] is a better version of [Predator] leaving only [Plagiarizer]. [Plagiarizer] is interesting, it's a slightly weaker version of the effects of Guy's [Prideful King Lucifer]. Copying abilities, etc, however it's limited in that it only works on weaker or willing targets. Theoretically I could take all the abilities of my subordinates if I wanted to and fuse them into an Ultimate Skill to reduce pressure on my soul but 6 Ultimate Skills might be too much for my soul. I can't take the risk.
[Alpha King Saul] is next. It's a skill entirely related to the relationship between me and my subordinates. We have [Tempest Link] which is a better version of [Sage's Link], allowing me to connect to anyone I have a link with, not just Rimuru. [Subjugate] and [Alpha's Call] go hand in hand. [Subjugate] allows me to mark everyone willing or weaker than me as my subordinate and [Alpha's Call] gives me control over them. To what extent is up to me, I could give them absolute freedom or brainwash them into a fanatic slave. It's really up to me. It also passively makes anyone under me see me as an absolute godlike figure, which is interesting. [All for All], also links to [Subjugate] just in a much less manipulative way. It allows me to share my Magicules to them being a much more developed version of the corridor Rimuru and I had with my [Sage's Link]. That's the only one I can test for now.
I ask Ranryo, "Can you use [Black Lightning] at your full strength on that rock over there."
While confused he shoots a nearby rock breaking it up. I use [All for All] to share my Magicules to Ranryo and ask him again as he looks at himself, noticing his boost in power. He blasts a similarly sized rock again and this time not only shatters it, but causes an explosion that causes noticeable damage to the surrounding area leaving behind a crater.
"It worked." Ranryo asks me what I mean. "It's a skill I got. I can share my power with my subordinates now. That was a fraction of my own Magicule storage you just used."
"I see. I thank you for allowing me to..." I pet him. "Don't worry about it."
Next is [Destruction King Mephistopheles], a purely attack based skill which grants, [Annihilation], [Demonic Breath] and [Demonic Presence]. [Demonic Presence] is a better version of [Demon Lord Haki]. That's basically what it is, the intimidation and boost to Magicules given off is higher and it can be targeted to only affect certain people. [Annihilation] is a powerful blast of Magicules that destroys anything it touches that is unable to resist being able to eat through barriers or in some cases straight up shatter them on impact. This is my strongest "basic attack." Meanwhile [Demonic Breath] infuses some of the properties of my [Annihilation] into a breath attack. It's weaker but still pretty useful.
First I test [Annihilation]. I use it and fire a dark blue, almost black, blast at a nearby mountain carving a hole into it and destroying anything it touches. Then I use [Demonic Breath] on the floor in front of me, slowly eating through it like acid. "Not bad." Ranryo just watches, understanding the concept behind them immediately thanks to having [Vanta Lightning].
Lastly we have [Spatial King Barachiel] because I can't really test [Intellectual King Solomon]. It's by far the hardest Ultimate Skill I have to use simply because it's the only one you have to master to get its full potential. Lucky for me [Solomon] allows me to immediately do that. It consists of [Phantasm], [Dimensional Barrier] and [Hermetic Reality]. [Phantasm] remains the same while the last two are interesting.
[Dimensional Barrier] is hard to explain. It isn't an absolute defense like [Covenant King Uriel]'s [Universal Barrier] but it isn't by any means weaker. It is weaker and functions as a traditional dome-like shield around me that can break. However, what sets it apart is the things inside the shield. The area between my body and the edges of the shield is an area where the laws of physics are fundamentally broken. You could punch me directly in the face but miss and have your hand dimensionally displaced in such a way that you somehow hit yourself. Your Magicules could turn to nothing, your atoms could fall apart, etc. The effects are limitless and controlled by me essentially turning me into a near absolute god inside the barrier. The only limit being that if you are strong enough you could overcome these effects.
Then we have the big one, [Hermetic Reality]. It makes it so anything I want to be real becomes reality. It gives me absolute control over the laws of reality. I could alter the laws of physics, turn a rock into a bird, delete something into nothing, create something out of nothing, everything in reality bends to my will under [Hermetic Reality]. There are only two drawbacks. I can't do something I am unable to imagine and I can't do something that is beyond my power, Shenron style.
First, the imagination drawback. It essentially means if I am unable to imagine it in my head, I can't do it. For example, assuming I have infinite power to bypass the other drawback I can't create a 5D structure because my mind is limited to three dimensions. I can't imagine it so I can't create it. However, thanks to [Solomon]'s processing power I can basically ignore this drawback.
The second drawback is much more simple. If I don't have sufficient Magicules I can't do something. Everything I do with [Hermetic Reality] consumes a massive amount of Magicules, enough to where if a normal human tries to use it they would collapse and die from lack of Magicules after creating a pinhead. This also means I can't say, delete Guy Crimson yet because he has far too many Magicules for me to overcome at my current state. It's a pretty simple drawback, No Magicules, no [Hermetic Reality]. This however is mitigated by my [Magicule Fusion Reactor], speaking of which...
The Replication Skill [Magicule Fusion Reactor] is a weaker version of the Origin Skill [Magicule Breeder Reactor]. What it does is instead of endlessly making Magicules it takes one Magicule and turns it into two over and over. This is still crazy because I could exhaust 50% of my own Magicules doing something crazy with [Hermetic Reality] and still have a full Magicule storage the next second. [Hermetic Reality] and the [Magicule Fusion Reactor] go hand in hand. Without the fusion reactor I would not be able to do some of the stuff I plan to do with it. Too bad it caps at the amount I can handle because if I could...wait a minute, I have an idea. [Solomon], will it work?
{Answer- The possibility of successfully carrying out the given task is 100%.}
An evil smile appears on my face. This is going to be fun. Go ahead [Solomon].
Ranryo looks at me. "Master?"
"Eh? Oh, Ranryo. Don't worry about it. I think it's time to test out my final Ultimate Skills."
"I see. Then I shall watch."
I move to a nearby boulder and point to it before moving it around by moving my arms. I don't really need to, I could do it with my arms tied behind my back but it's easier to imagine by moving my arms thus making it easier for me to do. I snap my fingers, deleting the rock and snap it back into existence before snapping one final time turning it into an Elephant before destroying it with [Annihilation]. Not bad. Pretty basic uses but I could get much more mileage later. Those small actions alone used up the equivalent of 3% of my Magicules though, so I definitely don't want to overuse [Hermetic Reality].
Ranryo watches as I do this amazed. As soon as I destroy the Elephant he yells, "Amazing Master!"
I turn and smile, "Eh, could do better. I could do way more. Thanks Ranryo." He praises me for a few more minutes before we decide to head back. On our way there a monster attacks us which I promptly destroy with [Annihilation] which is more cost effective than a [Hermetic Reality] deletion by a lot.
We arrive and continue to enjoy the celebration before I get called over by Souei. He brings me over to Benimaru as I ask, "You have news for us right?" I think I already know what this is about.
He is a little surprised but then smiles, "I see you already know. As expected of Lord Migeru. Eurazania's Three Beastketeers have come with urgent news."
I turn to them and cross my arms. I confidently say, "It's about Carrion and Milim right? I think I got this covered." They look at me flabbergasted about how I already knew what they were gonna say.
It seems Walpurgis is around the corner now and I have a feeling things will turn out differently this time.. Especially with my new discovery.