Chapter 20
News about the Jura Forest Federation had been all everyone in Nazarick could talk about. Tabula Smaragdina had gone and created a nation of his own, Jura Forest Federation, and how Nazarick would soon become allies with the nation of monsters. With this alliance Nazarick would become acknowledged as an independent nation. Demiurge's defeat now made a lot more sense, going against a Supreme Being was suicide as demonstrated by Shalltear. The latter now served Tabula Smaragdina who now went by Izuku Tempest.
Albedo and her sisters were upset that Demiurge tried to kill their creator; granted he had no idea who the teen was at the time. Still, it was going to be a joy to see her creator again.
Jura Forest Federation – Outside Midoriya
'Can't things ever be just calm, you know without something unexpected happening?!' Izuku silently exclaimed as he stared in front of extremely powerful person who had crashed a few miles away from the Capital. She looked like a regular human girl who looked to be at least 16, but hadn't gone into puberty yet so her chest reminded him a certain vampire duo. Her hair was glossy pink and tied in twin-tails. She wore a black skimpy dress that barely covers her body. "Um, hi?"
"Nice to meet you, I'm the Demon Lord Milim Nava." Milim responded with a smirk.
'A demon lord, that's just great.' He sighed. "So, what can I do for you today, Demon Lord Milim?"
"Well, you're the strongest one in the city, so I just came to say hello." She stated.
"Oh, well it's nice to meet you too, I am Izuku Tempest the ruler of the Midoriya, that city." He said. "But, what makes you think that I'm the strongest one in the city?" he was hiding his aura.
"My Dragon Eyes let me clearly see your hidden power, so hiding your aura is pointless." Milim said. "Besides, the strongest always stand out!" she said looking closer. "You look different from when you fought the Orc Lord."
'She saw that fight?!' he knew that Gelmudo had been watching, but to think that there were others watching as well. How many people knew about him, and when had he attracted so much attention?
"So, you ate the Orc Lord?"
"That's right." He was ready to fight if need be. "Are you here for revenge?"
"Heck no, I just came here to say hello." She stated.
"Really, that's it?"
"Yup." She smiled.
'Childish.' He silently stated. 'Great Sage, how strong is she?'
'Analysis, individual Milim has over 20 times the magical capacity you currently have.' Great Sage stated.
'What about Ainz?'
'21 times the magical capacity.'
'Damn, and the two of us together?'
'19 times the combined magical capacity.'
'In other words, we'd be screwed.' At least now he knew that he had a larger magic capacity or more MP than Ainz. "Well then, I—"
"Acid Splash!"
"Vermillion Nova!"
The two tier ranked spells hit Milim head on, with Shion following up to strike Milim down with a single strike. Ranga grabbed his master and ran away. Shion saw that Milim had grabbed her sword and was completely unaffected by the vampires attacks. The demon lord grabbed Shalltear's lance with little to no effort. "Cool spells." Milim said as Shion and Shalltear struggled. "So, you girls want to play with me?" she looked to Evileye who had just landed. "Two vampires, how interesting!" she threw the two attackers away with Shalltear slamming into Evileye.
"M—Mana Essence." Shalltear immediately looked away, and threw up.
"What, what's wrong?" the blonde vampire asked thankful Shalltear hadn't thrown up on her.
"What the hell is with her MP, it's unlike anything I've ever seen." She stood up, but she was shaking. "Lord Izuku and Lord Ainz…we would need all 41 Supreme Beings to take her on." She looked back to see that Souei had wrapped the girl up in a cocoon of his Arcane Threads.
"Demon Lord or not, even you'll have a hard time breaking out of these threads." Souei said.
"Hell Flame!" Benimaru exclaimed sending powerful black flames that consumed Milim in a large orb.
"Crystal Lance!" she put everything she had into it.
"That should leave a few burns or that lance pierced—" the lance was thrown far away, and the flames dissipated to show a completely unharmed Milim. "Shit." He cursed upon hearing Milim laughing.
"Amazing! That attack would've defeated other Demon Lords, however…" she unleashed a burst of her aura. "It won't work on me!" the five fighters were sent backwards along with the trees, and a large crater was formed around her. The dust cleared to show that they had various cuts and injuries on their bodies.
"Jaldabaoth wouldn't stand a chance against her." Evileye muttered as she struggled to stand, she was the weakest of them, but she had come anyway. Such a decision was brave, but foolish.
"Izuku saw this and walked forward. "Lord Izuku, you have to run!" Benimaru said.
"Here." He gave them a few of his healing potions that healed their wounds instantly. "Step back and get some rest." He ordered. "Just leave the rest to me." He said walking into the crater.
"Oh, you have an attack that will work on me?" Milim asked.
"Actually, I do." He said. 'Shizu, are you sure that this will work?'
'I'm 100% sure that this will work.' She said. Once more he would trust her.
"Hm, how about a challenge?" Milim asked. "If you attack has no effect then you'll become my subordinate." This was oddly soft for a Demon Lord.
"Alright." Izuku took a deep breath before clenching his right fist and dashing forward as fast as he could without the use of One for All. Upon getting close enough, he used the attack that would save him from becoming the newest subordinate of the female demon lord. He pulled his hand away and waited. The others were completely silent.
Milim licked her lips as a flavor she'd never know exploded in her mouth. 'Sticky, sweet…' she couldn't hold it in any longer. "So good!" she exclaimed much to Izuku's relief.
'Shizu, you were right again as always.' He stated.
'I know how to deal with children.' She said hoping that one day Izuku would meet the children that she wanted to save.
"What—what is that stuff?" Milim asked. From Izuku's hand floated a jiggling orb of the golden liquid.
"It's honey." He answered. "If you don't mind surrendering, I'll give you a lot more." He said while silently thanking the demon bees.
"Surrender, but that's kinda—"
"If you don't choose…" he swallowed a big glob. "It'll run out." Milim was panicking, torn between her pride as a Demon Lord and the sweet taste of this food that she'd just savored.
"Hold on, how about this?"
"Yes?"
"We call this a draw, and I'll swear to not lift a finger against your comrades for the entire afternoon."
"Hm, I guess that'll suffice." The teen said. The others were more than relieved to hear that they wouldn't have to fight the legendary Demon Lord Milim. Evileye fell to her knees.
"What the hell just happened?" The blonde asked.
"Our master just tamed a demon lord." Benimaru said. "Only he could do such a thing so easily." Granted he'd taken a gamble.
"That little girl is a demon lord, seriously she puts every other enemy I've faced to shame; I can't imagine what else she's resistant to." Izuku used the materials in his body to make a jar and put a good amount of honey inside for Milim. Their attempt to get away from her was in vain as she hopped on Ranga with Izuku. Evileye kept her distance for good reason.
"Hey, Izuku are you by any chance trying to become a Demon Lord?" Milim asked. This single question made them pause. Becoming a Demon Lord meant a massive power boost for Izuku.
"No, not really." He said.
"What? But, being a Demon Lord is great, you get lots of respect, power, and other stuff!"
"Never happening."
"Well, then what do you do for fun?"
"Hm, lots of stuff." He stated. "And it's all a big hassle to handle."
"Demon Lords can boss around humans and monsters."
"Yeah, that sounds really boring." Izuku stated.
"Wait a second are you having more fun that Demon Lords?!" she asked shaking him rather violently. "That's not fair!"
"Look, I—"
"Let me join you!"
"Join me, alright." He said believing that it was better to not have Milim against them. Plus despite acting like a spoiled kid, Izuku could see that she was actually a pretty decent person. He would give her a chance. "I'll show you around." He said. "From now on just call me, Izuku and I'll call you, Milim; is that alright?" the girl was a bit hesitant, but gave in.
"Alright, but only you can call me Milim; only other Demon Lords call me by my name."
"Good…" he laughed a bit.
"What's so funny?"
"This means that we're friends now, right?"
'Friends.' She silently repeated with a smile. Just like that, Izuku had become friends with Demon Lord Milim in the span of 6 minutes of talking. A new record.
6 Hours Later – Jura Forest Federation – Midoriya – Administrative Building – Meeting Room
"Best friends, huh?" Izuku smiled and wrapped his arm around Milim while pulling her close with a big smile. "I've never had a best friend before, so thanks for becoming mine!"
"No problem!" she smirked.
Now as far as everyone in the city was concerned, Izuku Tempest and Demon Lord Milim were best friends. This excitement for him had only lasted for about 10 minutes before Hakurou reminded him that he had yet to write an official treaty for them and Nazarick to sign. Now, here he was writing one up. "Will an oral agreement not be enough?" Shalltear asked.
"No, we need actual proof, just like with the Dwargon Nation; it has to be signed." He stated. "This is a really big deal since Nazarick will no longer be just headquarters for a guild, not to mention leaving them alone would be dangerous for the humans…well, everyone around them." He sighed. "Let's say by some chance that a group of humans were able invade Nazarick, I would understand punishing them since they came to rob the tomb, but needless violence is something that I cannot abide by; that is my main problem with how Ainz handled certain situations." He explained. "He wasn't being flexible like he usually would be, I think that it's because his emotions are being constantly suppressed."
"His emotions are being suppressed?"
"Yes, Ainz was human when he was alive."
"Human?"
"Yeah, he's an undead so he was alive at one point of course, and up until Nazarick was transported into the New World, his emotions were normal but now that they're being suppressed…" he was worried about Ainz. "It's strange though, when he was here his emotions came out like normal, high undead from here don't just keep their normal consciousness from when they were alive, but they keep their emotions as well." This was what Hakurou had told him anyway.
The slime also had his suspicions that this world and the New World had been separate, but had managed to merge; this would explain the very low magicules. Different world, different rules. "I'm just guessing, but I think that it's possible that Ainz's undead body was adapting to the magicules in the air here." Shalltear was silent as Izuku got back to work.
The thought of Lord Ainz being made of flesh had gone right over her head, the Supreme Being was undead so of course he would've been alive at some point. 'Thinking about it now, Lord Ainz doesn't have certain body parts.' Shalltear silently stated. The chances of him taking her virginity had been 0%. 'Lord Izuku can use mimic to copy any creature that he has consumed, so if he were to consume a human male then there was a possibility that he might be able to grow a—oh!" She blushed at the thought.
"Of course there's going to be a celebration after the signing, but I'm not sure if whoever Ainz brings with him will actually bother eating what's made." He sighed. "At least the people here will eat, plus the celebrations here are always fun; I wonder if I should cook?"
"If you're going to cook then our guests should be honored that you would take the time make them a meal, they should eat everything without complaining." Shion said much to their surprise. "Lord Izuku, your cooking is amazing and wasting any of it should be considered a crime." Her stomach groaned.
"I see." He smiled. "Come on, I'll make lunch, you can join us too." The door slowly opened to reveal Evileye and Milim. "Cooking for 4 it is then." He said getting an exclamation of joy from the Demon Lord. 'I'll have to get Milim to behave herself when Ainz shows up, I really don't want her to hurt anyone else.'
Armored Dwargon Nation – Class 1A Home
Mina, Tsuyu, Kirishima, Shoto, and Kyoka were in mourning. The bodies of their friends had been found, mostly eaten and torn apart. "This world won't let up will it?" Mina wiped her tears away. "Are we going to die here?" she asked.
"Yes." Shoto said much to her dismay, and nobody tried to deny it. "We should go to the Jura Forest Federation, since it's still a new nation, we might have a chance to really make a permanent home for ourselves." He said. "We can't stay here otherwise whoever killed our friends might come back and try to kill us."
"And, if Izuku really is there then maybe he can help us." Kyoka said. "Maybe, if he even remembers us or cares." There was no guarantee that he would be the same Izuku they knew, and that's what scared them the most.
Chapter 20 End