"How interesting. Or should I say surprising. To think that the last hope of humanity would fall on one single master."

Rimuru had said this to attempt to diffuse the situation, but it only aggravated it.

Then the arrow flew, and Rimuru caught it.

"Sheesh, these guys really are bloodthirsty…"

Rimuru observed as the servants threw who he saw as the Master behind them, as many got into battle stance. One even charged him immediately. She had blond hair and verdant green eyes, and wore a knight's armor with red lacings.

"Ok, so I could crush them with overwhelming magic or overwhelming strength, but I don't want to reveal too much yet… So I'll play along with some close combat…" thought Rimuru.

"Take this you filthy piece of shit!" roared the knight, before swinging her sword horizontally, attempting to chop off his head.

Rimuru took a step back, minimizing movement, before looking for a counter. However, he then had to dodge two more arrows, coming from a white haired archer in the back. Rimuru back pedalled, then did a backflip, before landing on the summoning circle in a crouched position.

"You're pretty good for a kid."

A guy with a red spear and blue bodysuit tried to stab him from behind. However, using {Universal Sense}, Rimuru had seen it coming a mile away, and simply dodged using minimal movement, while turning around to face him. This repeated once. Then twice. Then countless times in the span of a few seconds.

"You have got to be kidding me!" thought Cú. "HOW?"

Rimuru then grabbed him by the neck, and whipped him over his left shoulder. Cú went crashing into the wall, creating a large crack in the process.

"Hmm, yea, servants definitely are much stronger than your regular holy knight. But Hinata could give them a run for their money. Though I do remember Zelretch mentioning that they can even suffer supposed fatal blows, as long as their origin is intact, then they can regenerate as long as they have magic power. So if the master runs out of it, they disappear. Well, I do have {Void God Azathoth} and {Turn Null}, plus my magic power is infinite, so I won't be disappearing anytime soon…"

Rimuru ducked again, as 3 more arrows flew by. A woman in a purple bodysuit then attacked him, with a red spear, similar to the blue body suit man. She suddenly duplicated her spears, and sent them flying at him. Rimuru was forced to unsheath his katana (The one he used pre-demon lord awakening), and quickly deflected the barrage.

What followed was simply a pattern of attack and evasion. Servants would attack him, and he would use minimal movement to deflect or dodge the attacks. He would then counter with force.

Rimuru was starting to get annoyed. These people continued to attack him, leaving no room for negotiations. He may have to reveal some cards…

"Tsk…are you guys really going to keep attacking me?"

He was met with a purple armored man with purple hair swinging a rather large sword at him. He dodged again.

"Alright, enough is enough. Time to play around a bit more seriously..."

Rimuru then quickly jumped, before wrapping his legs around the purple armored man's neck.

"What the-Get OFF!" he said, as he tried to grab Rimuru with his left hand.

"Too slow." answered Rimuru, as he then used {Sticky Steel Thread} to quickly tie up the man's arms together. Rimuru then had an idea, and quickly strengthened the threads with multiple layers, before using the threads to manipulate Lancelot like a puppet, all while sitting on his shoulders.

"Oi, Lancelot, stop fooling around and get her off! I can't attack her if she's sitting on your shoulders!" roared the yellow haired red armor lacings girl.

"Can't you see I'm trying, Mordred?!" yelled Lancelot, as he was deflecting her blow, before roaring in pain as Rimuru twisted his arm the wrong way. "Ow! Hey, my left arm can't bend that way you brat!"

Rimuru said nothing. Most of the servants stopped attacking him at this point. Rimuru thought that they could now negotiate. He thought wrong.

"Lancelot, don't move." said the white haired archer.

"Oi Archer, don't kill me now…" responded Lancelot.

Archer didn't respond. He instead traced a peculiar sword that looked like a drill, before knocking it like an arrow.

"Altercation." he thought, as the sword thinned.

"I am the bone of my sword."

A red aura surrounded him, crackling like lighting, before suddenly turning blue. The sword that resembled a drill suddenly emitted a red light.

"Hey Ciel, that looks dangerous…" thought Rimuru.

"Analysis Complete. That is Caldebolg, a sword which can create a twisting distortion in space when fired."

"WHAT! HEY HEY HEY, I'M DEAD!"

"Master, have more confidence in yourself. It is twisting the space in front of you. You can control space. Who do you think is more powerful? Stop being a dunce."

"Oh… Well… ok…Ouch Ciel...that hurt."

No response.

It was at this moment that Archer and Lancelot's eyes met. Lancelot immediately understood what Archer was about to do.

"CALADBOLG!"

The twisting sword arrow was fired towards Rimuru from less than 15 meters away. It's destructive power was incredible. At the same time, Lancelot threw himself towards the ground, getting out of the way of the arrow's destructive path.

"Well, that's a nice plan." thought Rimuru, as he released Lancelot from the threads and jumped off his shoulders.

Rimuru then secretly manipulated the twisting space caused by Caladbolg using {Void God Azathoth}, causing its force to reduce significantly. He then deflected the arrow without much effort, allowing it to fly past him.

"Ok, that was weird. Caladbolg shouldn't be deflected that easily. What did she do?" thought Archer, all while nocking another arrow.

Many of the servants started to observe Rimuru, now unsure of what to do. However, one reckless knight decided to go all in. That knight was, of course, Mordred.

"HAHAHAHA! You're pretty good!" she yelled while smirking. "However, your time is up. I'll show you what TRUE POWER LOOKS LIKE!"

Mordred then raised her sword above her head. A crackling red aura surrounded her, as she powered up her sword.

"I'll say this not as a King, but as a loyal knight. Anything to disturb the King's peace will be crushed!"

Her sword was enveloped in red crackling energy, before shooting towards the roof of the building. Behind her, a large column of energy appeared.

"Take THIS! CLARENT BLOOD-"

Suddenly, Rimuru appeared right in front of her. His left hand firmly grabbed the pommel of her sword, pushing it upwards, the other was drawn to his side, in preparation for a punch.

"Do you really think I'm going to give you a chance to launch your attack? You are wide open, after all…"

"Shit." thought Mordred.

Rimuru then punched her square in the abdomen, sending her flying into the wall behind them, creating a large crater in the wall. The resulting shockwave of the punch was enough to send several of Archer EMIYA's arrows off course, while others were forced to shield their faces with their arms.

"Mordred!" yelled Gareth, who had just arrived. Mordred did not respond, instead groaning in pain, right before she threw a coughing fit. She was immediately examined by Da Vinci, who had arrived as well.

"Not fatal, but she's going to be out of commision for this fight…" murmured Da Vinci.

Many of the servants were shocked. Not only did he manhandle Mordred, one of the more powerful servants at Ritsuka's disposal, but none of them even saw Rimuru sheath his sword. However, the sword was definitely in its sheath, and it was done before Rimuru punched Mordred.

Rimuru eyed the entrance of the room. More servants had started to arrive.

"Tsk. Looks like I scared them for now, but as more and more servants arrive, the less chance I will have for a successful negotiation…" he thought. "Sheesh, why did they have to attack me in the first place? No matter, Ciel, what should I do?"

" Perhaps it would be wise to call on Shizue? More people on your side means more allies, which can influence bargaining power…"

"Nice idea, Ciel! I completely forgot I could call Shizue!"

Rimuru then turned to the group that was surrounding their Master, before raising his right hand in the air, the back of his hand facing the group.

As he did this, a list of words appeared in Rimuru's mind. Ciel quickly told him to say them out loud, to summon Shizue. Rimuru obliged.

"Let heat and light guide thy path."

As Rimuru started to chant, many of the servants flinched. However, none moved to intervene, as another oppressive aura, different from the one that had once dissipated, was unleashed. This aura was warm, like the sun, but was also similar to uncontrolled burning flames.

Archer immediately had flashbacks to what happened at Fuyuki. He grimaced, thinking it would be a fire based attack. He couldn't be more wrong...

"Let warmth and kindness, dispose of wrath."

Once these words were said, a summoning circle, not too different from the one behind Rimuru, appeared. Instead of flashing blue, however, it flashed a mixture of orange and red, as the temperature in the room skyrocketed.

"Let the eternal flame protect thyself."

The energy swirled around the newly formed summoning circle. However, what happened next drew everyone's attention. On the back of Rimuru's hand, flashing red markings had appeared. A pattern similar to his mask, with a dot in the middle, appeared. It was then surrounded by a pattern of lighting, then by a simple circle. These were red command spells, the indication of a master.

"Impossible!" yelled Da Vinci, her eyes bulging. "A servant acting as a master? RIDICULOUS!"

Many agreed. It was an absurdity that had never been heard of, to any of them. And yet, it was happening, right in front of them.

"Servant Saber, heed my call! Come forth, Conqueror of Flames!"