Chapter 15
He had the appearance of an undead skeleton creature devoid of skin and flesh. He adorned an elaborate, jet-black academic gown adorned with golden and violet edges, and he also has a dark red orb floating under his ribs that emanate a feeling of dread. This powerful undead had once been called Momonga, but now he was known by his subjects as Ainz Ooal Gown, and right now he was sitting on his throne. Worried about his still missing Floor Guardian, Shalltear Bloodfallen. It had been a while since she'd gone missing but her status still told them that she was alive.
Her vampire brides were depressed as were other denizens of Nazarick; a floor guardian had gone missing and there were no clues. Her disappearance had put a wrench in their plans and had effectively weakened Nazarick's forces, but things had progressed still. 'My friends, what would you do?' this was worse than last time. If Shalltear was really under somebody else's control then they were going to have some problems. 'Tabula would probably be out looking for her still if he was still here.' He missed the youngest member of the guild. He'd been so surprised when they actually met IRL., but to think that Tabula was actually a teenager that Touch Me had vouched for. "Izuku Midoriya…" he sighed.
He was snapped from his thoughts by the sudden feeling of all of Nazarick rumbling. "What the hell?!"
"Lord Ainz!" Albedo exclaimed bursting into the Throne Room. "Are you alright?!" the man stood up and hurried to her; stumbling as he did. "All of Nazarick is shaking, but we don't know the cause."
'Is this an earthquake?' this was simply the beginning of the strange events that would complicate the plans and future of Nazarick and so many others.
3 Days Later – Reincarnated World – ?
"Summoned people really are annoying." He stared down at the teens from Class 1A. "But, they really do help when it comes to evolution." His strength had increased exponentially, the souls of humans with quirks were abnormally strong and very unique. "Still, it's a shame I missed a few, I'm so close to becoming a Demon Lord." He smirked. "Well, humans are abundant and this isn't there are so many more human kingdoms across the sea." He said. "Shame, they really thought that they could survive this world." Now out of the 18 students who had been summoned, only 8 remained alive. They never stood a chance.
Great Jura Forest – City
Izuku had been hoping to avoid conflict for at least another month since they'd just finished building their nameless city, but when 500 soldiers mounted on Pegasi showed up that's when he knew that things were going to become complicated. Best yet who should be leading them, but Dwarf King Gazel. The man was currently staring at him. "My master's form is quite beautiful is it not?" Shalltear said hugging him. 'Try to attack and I'll cut you down dwarf, just try it!'
"It's good to see you again, Slime." Gazel said. "You to Kaijin." The man was bowing to the king, but the others did not.
"I'm surprised you remembered me, I didn't have this form before." Izuku said.
"It's the hair color and your voice." The man stated. "I've never met a person with green hair before, and I'm glad to see that you remember me."
"You're a hard man to forget." The King had deemed them innocent back then, the man's sense of justice had really saved them. 'I haven't needed to pass judgment on anyone, there are the occasional disagreements that needed to be sorted out from time to time, but nobody ever gets violent and I never have to flare my aura to get everyone to calm down and listen to me.' Shalltear tapped his shoulder and pointed to then kijin. They would fly into a range if he was insulted or badmouthed. 'Souei, what's with that smile, you're freaking me out!'
"I'm simply here to discover the true nature of the slime, and I'm here as an individual not a king so let's throw out the formalities." King Gazel said.
"If that's the case then I should introduce myself properly." Izuku said. "My name is Izuku Tempest the Master of the Great Jura Forest, and it's nice to meet you King Gazel of the Dwargon Nation." He said. "And you can stop glancing at my sword, there's no need to be so wary around me." The teen said. 'My sword isn't what you should be worried about, it's these guys.'
"I'm afraid that I'll have to judge that for myself; sorry but words hold no power at the moment." He unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the slime. Shalltear almost dashed forward to kill the man as did the kijin, but Izuku put his right hand up. Halt, this was his order and they knew to follow, they knew to trust their master. "One strike of my sword will be enough." He said. 'He has control over his subordinates, good.'
"What?"
"Bragging about being the master of the forest." They both knew that he wasn't bragging. "It would seem that I will have to teach you your place." Izuku really wished that Gazel wouldn't provoke the kijin and the vampire anymore. He would rather avoid an incident.
"Dwarf King." Treyni had decided that now was a good time to show up, it looked like she didn't like the King's words either. "We will not tolerate such arrogance toward the master of the forest." Her sisters appeared moments later much to the King's army surprise. For Dryads to show themselves was rare.
"Treyni, you missed the last banquet." Izuku said.
"I know, but sadly I had business to attend to, I'll come to the next one I promise." She said before looking to King Gazel who chuckled a bit, but her dark expression stopped that.
"For the manager of the Forest to come forth, then it must be true, I apologize for my rude word toward you, Izuku." He said. "But, I came here for a reason and I must still confirm it for myself, so draw your sword."
"King Gazel, it would seem that I wasn't clear before, if you—"
"It's fine, big sis Treyni." He said drawing his sword. Though the woman was taken back when he called her big sis. "It looks like I'll have to prove that I'm not a weak slime, and this is just the way to do it." Excited, he was getting excited. To face off against a king was rare opportunity.
"I understand, then I will be the judge." She said prompting everyone to back away from the two fighters. "Begin!" she exclaimed. With surprising speed to dashed forward and attacked the man. Each blow was parried almost immediately.
'He isn't a king and a hero for nothing, I shouldn't underestimate him or over estimate myself.' The man had yet to even move. 'If he slips through my magic perception then I'll be in trouble.' He smirked.
"Is that all you have?"
"Trust me, you haven't seen anything yet." He said. 'No skills, I need to learn to fight without them.' It looked like his friends/subordinates knew what he was thinking as well.
"Lord Izuku's strength lies in his skills, and while his stamina is good; his physical strength is an issue." Benimaru stated. Izuku had often mused about his physical strength.
"I'm stronger than I was when I was human, but there are still those who are stronger than me here." He said. "I'm not invincible." This was the reason he trained so hard, to become strong and to protect his people.
King Gazel activated his own skill. Izuku suddenly found himself unable to move. 'Great Sage.'
'This is an extra skill Hero's Haki, it causes the target to be restricted and weakened.' Great Sage. 'The countermeasure is Fighting Spirit.'
'Fighting Spirit…' he had to trust Great Sage.
"So, this is all you—" Izuku let out a rather loud roar, breaking him out of his constrictions much to Gazel's surprise.
"Hero's Haki, you almost got me." He said.
"So it would seem." He said. "Now, it's my turn." The older man dissapeared.
'Not this time!' he dodged the fist attack. 'This has happened before!' turning around he blocked the sword strike from above. Gazel was genuinely surprised, it was almost like this had happened to the slime before. "I can't let you do that." He said. Gazel suddenly laughed.
"You actually caught my sword!" he put his sword away. "With that I've confirmed that you aren't evil." With that, he was deemed the winner but the king wasn't done yet.
Great Jura Forest- City – Izuku's Home
Hazard, calamity, disaster; these were the three danger levels of monsters. Apparently the Orc Lord had been a hazard class threat, while an actual demon Lord was a disaster class threat. 'I wonder what my danger level is?' Izuku wondered. 'I beat a hazard class threat so does that make me a hazard class threat?' apparently an enraged demon Lord was completely out of the question. 'Thankfully, I'll never become a demon lord, besides I wouldn't know how to become one.' he began drinking his juice. Everyone else had alcohol including Shalltear despite not being able to get drunk.
"Izuku, I want you to form an alliance with me." Gazel said. Izuku was taken back upon hearing this. What was this old man talking about?
"Our city is rich with resources and has the potential to become the heart of trade, right?" The teen wasn't stupid. "Having the support of another country would be very helpful, it would bring in some much needed diversity, and I could expand the city's treasury to help its citizens."
"You seem to have already thought about this."
"I'm young but I am far from ignorant about politics, my father was pretty good at his job, it's why mother and I never went hungry." He said.
"I didn't know that slimes had parents." Gazel said.
"I was raised by humans before I ended up here." He said. "Now, this isn't out if goodwill at all I'm guessing." The man nodded in affirmation. "And you're willing to recognize a massive group of monsters as a separate country?"
"That's correct, but there will be two terms that we both must abide by otherwise this alliance will fall apart faster than a rotting corpse." This was a rather interesting way of putting it. "In the event of any danger, both nations will send assistance to the other, and we will share our technological advancements with each other."
"Those seem to be fair enough terms."
"There is no rush, you can think it over as long as you need."
"No need, I'd be happy to accept you offer right here and now." He said. 'We can only get so far on our own and King Gazel knows it.' A nation accepted by humans, demi-humans, and other heteromorphic races; it was a dream come true. But, a complex dream as well, one that would attract the attention of people with less than peaceful intentions to say the least.
"Alright, then what is the name of your nation?"
"Hm, well we haven't reached nation scale yet, and I'm just the representative of the Great Jura Alliance so I'm not a king of any kind."
"Lord Izuku, I'll cut down any who dares to oppose you as king!" Shion stated.
"And, I will happily show them the despair the deserve for opposing a Supreme Being; the title of king is your right." Shalltear said.
"You have some very…devout subordinates." King Gazel said.
"Yeah, they're really loyal." He said. "Not to mention Treyni is—"
"I think that you becoming king is a good idea, what do you guys think?" Treyni asked. As expected they all agreed with the decision to have Izuku's rule become absolute.
'I'm like 16.'
"Looks like it's been decided." Gazel said. For the rest of the night, Izuku would have to deal with a bunch of drunk adults and a clingy vampire who thought it appropriate to feed on him.
The Next Day – Great Jura Forest – City
Izuku was dressed in his best suit and his hair was tied into a ponytail. A treaty had been drawn up and both parties were ready to sign. "From here on out, as proof of their alliance, Dwargon and Jura Tempest's will; both parties shall sign this contract." Neither leaders hesitated to sign. Almost immediately afterwards an orb of blue energy shot into the air before splitting into multiple pieces. It was done, The Jura Tempest Federation was now recognized as an official country. "As for the Capital name." he smiled. "Let's go with Midoriya." His former last name, it would have use once more.
Chapter 15 End
AN: What did you really think that I wasn't going to listen about the issue with having too many characters? Don't worry, they died for a worthy cause…making the villain stronger.