'I am actually impressed you managed to stay calm throughout it all'

/Yes master. Since there was an individual with Benimaru's blood, I didn't want it to end like that. So I tried my best to not neutralize them on the spot. They were lucky that I have got strong self control. But they should not test it. No one should test it. As you know it is a bad idea. I can't promise it will go this smoothly the next time it happens. There are limits to even my patience you see.../ continued on Ciel with the ranting.

'Hai hai I got it Ciel. Good job. You are as awesome as always' hearing this Ciel calmed down a bit.

"What happened Rimuru? What did they talk to you about there?" asked Ryzen.

"Oh its nothing much. They just wanted to try their luck with me, and got lucky, so they are still there. On that matter, I am not in the mood to take part in the demonstration anymore, so I am going. Let's meet tomorrow when they declare the results"

"What!? But there are still two more rounds left! It will affect your score drastically if you skip 2 whole rounds like this" said Mia with surprise.

"That's fine. I don't actually care about the ranking system too much. And on the contrary a higher rank is only going to get in my way, so this is for the best" said Rimuru and teleported away.

"I have a very bad feeling about this. Did the kingdom go too far trying to persuade Rimuru?" said Kay.

"Looks like that is the case. Rimuru was certainly not in a good mood"

Somewhere unknown-

"S-stay away! Aaargh"

"H-how dare you enter this holy place you filthy demon! You-"

"Stop squealing you trash"

*splash*

"NOO! Archbishop Daniel! S-spare me!"

*crash*

"I-I know! Cast greater anti magic area! Even though that will weaken us, this demon will become completely powerless" said Domas.

"Hai. Here goes. Anti magic area ON!" said the mage while casting.

"Hahaha. Now then, let's make this filthy demon cry and beg for mercy on his knees! The knight order, under captain Colon, deploy!"

"Hai sire. Now then, unique skill- swordplay. Get rekt you demon!" said Colon and ran towards the demon with his sword.

*splatter*

"..."

"You are too noisy for an insect" said the demon while crashing his skull on the ground with his feet, resulting in the contents of his skull splashing around.

"C-colon was our special S rank holy knight! H-how can this happen?!"

"I-is this a dream?" said the mage Herald as he started to take steps back.

"No. This is your worst nightmare" said the demon as it appeared just before Herald and pierced his stomach with his hand.

"Aaaaarrrhrhhhh!"

"W-what's happening?!" said Domas as he witnessed the horrific scene in front of him. Herald's body was slowly deforming as he was shrieking with pain.

Suddenly the anti magic area dissipated as the demon snapped its fingers.

"Special magic- demonification. You seem to be a little more valuable than all these insects around, so I am going to use your body as a vessel. Demon summoning- summon archdemon. Come here my servant, and serve me. I have prepared a body for you"

The next moment, a series of dark magic circles appeared around them, and a frightening entity appeared from it. A true arch-demon. It instantly vaporized and entered the body that had been prepared for him, and changed its appearance to its will. The entity that emerged then looked even more terrific. Then it started walking towards its summoner and bowed down on its knees.

"You summoned me, master. Your servant is here. What are your orders?" said the archdemon.

"Kufufufu I have a very important mission for you, but first get rid of all these insects crawling around here. I am not in the mood to indulge in such mundane work"

"Hai master"

"R-run away everyone! We need to-"

*crash*

"NO!"

*crash* *splatter* *slash*

In a matter of a few minutes, every single soul present in the vicinity was destroyed, painfully.

"Kufufufu Very good" said Diablo while clapping.

"Thank you for you praise, master. I am glad to be of use to the great primordial being" said the archdemon and bowed again.

"That's very impressive of you to know who I am. I thought I would have had to teach that to you first, but you saved me the trouble"

"Yes master. We of the black lineage all know about you. Although the other colors have either forgotten or given up on their origins and tend to side with the Demon Lord Kumbha, we who are black are very few in number but are all loyal to you. I am very happy to know that you have finally been freed" said the Archdemon.

"Kufufufu Now them, as a reward for your performance, I am going to give you a name. From now on you will be known as Gladier"

As soon as he said that, Gladier began to evolve. The being now finally evolved as a demon peer, experienced a sudden surge in power. As of the current world rankings, it is safe to say that it resides in the middle to higher echelons of the SS rank category 'calamity class'.

"I am very happy to have received your blessings" said Gladier in a strong voice.

"And your mission is..."

"Alright. I understand master. I will make sure to fulfill it" said Gladier and teleported away.

"Now then, lets see here. So this is the artifact I was looking for. Kufufufu Today is a very good day. I can now locate the 'seal of the last fragment' easily. I should report this to Rimuru sama at once"

"What is it Diablo? Did you manage to infiltrate the True Hero Association successfully?" asked Rimuru as he was sitting on his bed casually.

"Kufufufu I am very close Rimuru sama, but today I have come here to report to you on another matter" said Diablo.

"Another matter?" asked Rimuru curiously.

"Yes. I have managed to locate the 'seal of the last fragment' Rimuru sama" said Diablo with a smile.

Hearing that Rimuru became serious.

"Seriously?"

"Yes master. It is supposed that the last fragment, the bomb entity 09, has been completely neutralized by your seal and no longer exists in any dimension. So now it is presumed that the seal only contains your ultimate skills, that you sacrificed long ago" said Diablo.

"I see. Thanks for your hard work. I will decide what to do with it later. You may now continue on your original mission" said Rimuru.

"Kufufufu as you wish Rimuru sama" said Diablo and vanished.

'What do you think about this Ciel?' asked Rimuru.

/Hai master. It is at least recommended that you should break the seal to reobtain your lost skills at least, especially the Void God Azathoth. As for the matter of your omnipotence and omniscience, you can keep that sealed away as before, or you can use it to end it all at once and recreate the original world/

'The original world huh. Perhaps I should never have indulged in that project. It really is all my fault that things turned out this way. But I don't want to erase it all now. I don't want to live in a 'fake' world created by me. I want to see this till the end. As such, I am only going to get back Azathoth and keep the rest sealed away' said Rimuru

/As you wish master/

With that, Rimuru lost in thought and flashback of what had happened, what led things to get this way, where did he go wrong.

*flashback*

More than a 100,000 years ago.

Next Chapter: Chapter 0 - Origin story.

Author's note: I actually didn't plan on doing this so soon, but seeing as many people not liking the fact that Rimuru is weak and nerfed in the story I thought I should explain everything right now. What are your thoughts on this?