Time got moving again and Hajime and the others started moving again.
"Eh?"
They were confused as the Seven Mortals were kneeling before Rimuru and Metatron was gone.
"Rimuru?"
"Huh!? Yes?"
Rimuru was surprised to be called by Yue. Yue was casting a look saying "explain!" Rimuru was kind of startled by that look and turned to the archangels.
"Guys, I want to know why you take me as your master, but first how about we all sit down to talk?"
They all agreed and went into the conference room. First they explained what happened when time was standing still to Hajime and the girls. The group was quite surprised by everything that happened without time even passing.
After explaining, Rimuru asked the archangels
"By the way, why did you take me as your 'master'?"
He asked confused and Lucifer stood up to answer.
"That's because since Veldanava's disappearance we haven't found anyone we thought worthy of being our leader, but now we have. It's you."
She said and the others nodded. Yet Rimuru and his group were confused.
"Am I worthy?"
Rimuru spoke confused and Lucifer answered once again.
"Yes. If it were not for you, we would never have regained our memories and would be under the control of the gods."
"But wasn't Lucifer-san the leader!?"
Rimuru not understanding why people commonly taking him as master was indignant. Hajime and the others were reveling in seeing him like this and were holding back six laughs.
"I am the one who commands them, but I don't mind following Rimuru-sama, who is our Savior. The others also agree."
The others agreed and Sariel stood up to speak.
"We have no problem following Rimuru-sama."
She spoke happily and the others agreed. Rimuru couldn't take it anymore and gave up. Rimuru decided to clarify a few things.
"So what is your relationship with Veldanava?"
Hajime and the group members who had heard about Veldanava for the first time were confused and Rimuru explained them. They were surprised to learn that this was 'God'.
The archangels answered Rimuru's question.
All the angels were created by Veldanava a VERY long time ago. After creation some angels developed will on their own and Veldanava was so happy to see his creations evolve on their own that he gave their names to the abilities he created, as a form of homage.
Seven of these angels were seraphim, the strongest class of angels. These seven were named by Veldanava as the "Seven archangels of will" and they would become the leaders of any angel who developed will.
Verdanava named the archangel Samael as the leader of the Seven and no one objected.
When Sariel who was telling the story came to this part of the story, Rimuru asked a question.
"Sariel-san..."
"Rimuru-sama. Now that you are our master you don't have to be so polite to me."
Sariel interrupted Rimuru and he was a bit confused by her words. She didn't seem to like being treated so politely, so Rimuru changed her way of calling
"Sariel-chan, I know three seraphims who developed will, but did not become archangels. Instead they became fallen. Can you explain to me why?"
"Yes. That was probably Metatron's doing. He probably thought it would be difficult to erase the memories of Seraphim and that's why he didn't bring them into this world like the others."
Sariel explained to Rimuru that the "Emergence" happened when the angels developed a will. From there Metatron would bring them to this world and erase their memories.
"However we no longer have a connection to heaven. The method Metatron used to bring them here is unknown, and the gate to heaven that Michael could open is unusable. We don't know why, but it must have something to do with the angels stopping appearing."
Sariel said. Rimuru knew why the gate was unusable. The reason was that it was already open somewhere else, and that place was Rimuru's world. Millim had created his new Kingdom in the sky and the gate was the only entrance that was always open.
"Aah!"
Rimuru realized something. The reason the reapers stopped appearing was because all the angels were annihilated in the great war against Velda. There was no way the angels could develop will if they were dead.
Rimuru told everyone about the death of the angels and about the gate to heaven. Everyone was thoughtful and some of the Archangels had pained expressions.
"So Veldanava had a daughter? I think he would like her to command heaven."
"Me too."
"That's true. I hope I can meet her someday."
They seemed happy to know that Veldanava's daughter ruled the sky. None of them seemed to have a grudge against Rimuru over the death of the angels.
"Let me continue the story then."
Sariel continued to tell about the archangels of will.
Besides the Seraphim, they had some angels who developed will at almost the same time and gained abilities with their names. After a time of training. The Angels developed their abilities and became powerful.
Veldanava decided that she would no longer give orders to the angels who had will and told them to do whatever they wanted, but Samael was very close to Veldanava and said he wanted to stay by her side. Since Samael was the leader, all the angels made the same decision as she did.
After a while. Samael saw how Veldanava admired humans and decided to protect them. So the angels decided to look for things that threatened the humans and they found something.
The demon kings of the Seven deadly sins. Lucifer, Satanael, Belphegor, Belzebuth, Mammom, Leviathan and Asmodeus.
Like everything else they were created by Veldanava. Veldanava created them to bring balance. Unlike the kind archangels, the Kings were pure evil. In addition to the sinful Kings, Veldanava also created Seven other demons to bring balance.
The shadows of the Setaphim, the Seven demons of the progenitor colors.
When the archangels found out about all these powerful demons, they decided to investigate the situation in hell further and when they did...
"War."
Sariel stated heavily and continued to explain.
Hell was at war. On one side the Seven sinful kings and on the other side the Seven progenitors. Both sides had armies of demons and were fighting for something. The gate to hell.
This gate would allow passage to Cardinal world and the Progenitors were blocking the passage.
The reason the Progenitors blocked the passage was because the Kings wanted to destroy and dominate the humans. Just as Sariel explained they were the total opposite of the Archangels who wanted to protect humans.
Both the Kings and their servants were evil. If one of the Kings got a demon, that demon as well as the King would follow their respective sin.
{Ex: Demons spawned by the King of Wrath would be furious}.
These demons could possess humans temporarily and would spread chaos on the World. However the angels would stop them.
The reason the Progenitors were blocking the passage to the Cardinal world was because they did not want the world to be destroyed. The Progenitors were different from the kings and were not evil by nature. They were created to be the opposite of the Sephaphim, who were neither good nor evil. The Setaphim just followed Veldanava's orders, they had no will.
The only peculiarity of the demons mentioned by the progenitors was that they all loved to fight. These demons could not possess human bodies and could only remain on earth if they gained bodies.
The progenitors were protecting the harbors in a war, but this war was at a stalemate. The progenitors were weaker than the Kings because of the Supreme abilities of the sin series, but the Kings were not united in the war and so no one was winning.
The Angels decided that the Seven Kings were a threat and wanted to eliminate them. Samael asked Veldanava to do this, but he said he would not eliminate his own creations. However he also said that he would not stop the archangels from taking any action.
Samael decided to do nothing and just observe the war. But after a while they received some news. Mammom had united six of the kings and the Progenitors were losing.
Upon hearing this, the archangels decided to act. The Seven Archangels attacked the Six who were united with full power.
"But we lost."
Sariel spoke wistfully and the other Archangels had sad expressions. Rimuru was confused...
"But you had the numerical advantage, right? How did you lose?"
Rimuru was confused and Sariel explained...
"Yes we had the advantage in numbers. Our forces were also on par with the kings, but we didn't win because of natural advantage and fighting method.
Demons have a natural advantage against angels and not only that, but the Kings played dirty. They sacrificed their subordinates and used them in the middle of the battle. We had no way to fight them and were almost killed. We managed to escape because of Samael's 'Lord of Light' ability which was very effective on demons."
"Sa...Sariel-san. May I ask something?"
Rimuru said after hearing Sariel's answer. Sariel already imagined Rimuru's question and nodded.
"What happened to this Samael?"
Rimuru asked and the rest of the group also cast questioning glances. They didn't know anyone by that name so he asked. Sariel smiled and pointed to Lucifer.
"He's over there."
"Eh? Then why do they call you Lucifer?"
He asked confused and Sariel calmed him down with a "we'll get to that" and then continued.
After the defeat, the archangels decided to join the Progenitors to defeat the Kings. They didn't hate the Progenitors and had nothing against them, so they decided that. Besides they didn't think they could defeat the Kings alone.
However, even this alliance was not enough, for the Kings would not be killed easily. The Kings, like the Progenitors were reborn after death and simply killing them would not solve it. So even though they had enough battle power to kill them, they didn't have enough power to seal them.
"But then we got another help. From Lucifer."
Sariel said and continued the story. Lucifer of pride was the one sinner who did not want to destroy or dominate mankind. Besides she was too proud to join someone else and so she did not fight together with the other Kings. However Lucifer was not dumb.
She knew that she could not against all the Kings alone and so she decided to join the angels, but on one condition. Their leader Samael had to beat her in a duel. Samael managed to win and they united, but the problem still remained. There was not enough power to seal the Kings, for there was no way Angels and demons could join forces in one prison (this was because their energies were opposite).
"So how did you guys win?"
Yue who loved to know more about the world and its knives asked anxiously. Sariel said.
"We needed someone who could control both demonic energy and angelic energy. Since we had no one, we decided to create someone."
Everyone was confused by Sariel's words, but Rimuru understood and said...
"Demonic fusion?"
Sariel agreed. Rimuru knew this technique as it was used by Leon's soldiers in the battle against Yuuki. This technique fused demons and humans, but Rimuru didn't think it would work on angels. The only problem with this technique was that one of the people doing the fusion would cease to exist.
At this point Lucifer took over and continued to tell the story. Lucifer and Samael would merge into one not knowing if it would work since a merger of angels and demons had never been done, but neither would allow themselves to lose.
The merger took three days but it worked. This merger was different from the mergers with humans. Instead of one of the consciousnesses disappearing, they merged into a new person.
"That was the beginning of Metatron's hatred for me. The pure and glorious Samael that he idolized had changed by merging with a foul demon. Or at least that's how he thought."
Lucifer said and got an angry expression as he remembered Metatron.
"Yet Veldanava found our fusion somewhat amazing. He said I had the deepest light and the deepest darkness at the same time. That is why he did not take away my position as one of the Archangels. To answer your question Rimuru-sama. The reason they call me Lucifer is that the proud side of me does not allow them to call me Samael. But the new me brought good things like..."
Lucifer if from Raphael and kissed him. After that she sat on his lap and said.
"Like my feelings for Raphael."
"Luci..."
Raphael was happy with her words and hugged her waist. Everyone looked at this scene with kind eyes and Sariel continued the story.
Lucifer before the merger possessed the skill "Proud King Lucifer" and Samael possessed "Lord of Light Samael", but after the merger she gained a new demonic skill called "Poison King Samael" and a new angelic skill called "Fallen King Lucifer".
Obviously she became more powerful from this and they went into battle with the Sinful Kings. They won, but it was not easy.
They even tried, but they didn't get help from the Setaphim who would only serve Veldanava. However they used the army of angels controlled by Michael and the other angels who developed a will also went to battle.
The price for sealing the Kings was paid by both the Angels and the Progenitors. The Progenitors previously had the strength of an awakened Demon Lord, but sacrificed much of their power in battle.
The Angels did not sacrifice power, but several of them were injured. So they decided to go to another world for a while to recover.
They all vowed never to talk about the Kings and to let them be forgotten in their prison in the abyss of hell. Today the only ones who know about it besides the angels with a will are the Progenitors and the oldest demons who are called prehistoric.
"After that Veldanava disappeared and Metatron took advantage that the Archangels were injured to steal their memories and then you already know."
Sariel said and they were all with thoughtful expressions as they processed the information they received. Their reactions were normal since they had just heard the story of what could be considered a holy war. Rimuru seemed to remember something and said
"Hey Sariel. So when Metatron said 'They will break free' he was talking about the..."
Rimuru asked and the girls in the group got frightened looks on their faces as this meant that those powerful and Evil beings had returned. But Sariel confirmed their fears.
"Yes it's from the sinful Kings. Metatron helped seal the Kings and if he had help from someone powerful, I think he could free them. The gods must have someone like that, since they gave Metatron all that strength."
Everyone got worried looks on their faces and Shia raised her hand to speak
"Sa...Sariel-san...Wouldn't it have been better to leave him alive then?"
She asked in A shy tone. Shia was a little shy about talking to the archangels now that she knew how powerful they were and also that they served God himself with a capital 'D'.
Raphael had stopped flirting with Lucifer and answered in Sariel's place.
"No. That would have brought even more trouble. Luci's choice was the best. Metatron was really mad and probably would have let them go even if he stayed alive."
Raphael's argument was solid and no one refuted it. Lucifer after regaining her memories seemed not to mind being called by an affectionate nickname and said nothing. She just continued hugging his neck.
"However we have no way of knowing if what he said is true."
Miguel added and Gabriel said
"It is true. If we had any connection to that world we could feel the prison, but since we don't. We will have to leave everything to the Progenitors."
"However they won't be able to do much. They lost much of their strength in the battle."
"Ah! About that..."
Rimuru was still thinking about the story. He now understood why none of his demon subordinates would not tell him about it. It was because they needed to hide about the existence of the Kings.
Rimuru explained to them that the Primordials had evolved and now could probably fight the Kings, but that the Black, White, Yellow and Purple Primordials probably wouldn't do anything because Rimuru told them to protect the city in his absence.
Rimuru was worried about these Kings and was wondering if he should release the seal and end the adventure in this world. His mind was conflicted and that's when he felt someone squeeze his hand.
"Uh... Chloe..."
"No need to worry. Just Guy-san alone is enough to beat them on his own."
Chloe realized that Rimuru was thinking about regaining his powers and reassured him as she knew how much he didn't want that.
"You are right. Thank you."
"You're... You're welcome."
Rimuru stroked Chloe's cheeks and she turned red. Rimuru knew very well how strong Guy was. He had a superior skill that was a great advantage and by Ciel's calculations, he could beat even the Seven archangels in a fight. Rimuru was happy with Chloe caring about him and continued to hold his hand.
The Seven were surprised at how strong the Primordials had become, especially Guy.
At this moment...
TUM
The ground shook and a loud noise resounded. Everyone was surprised and walked out of the building.
("Ciel-san, what's going on?")
Rimuru asked Ciel in his mind.
[The light of life is about to explode. The explosion must have been anticipated by Metatron before his death].
("What!? But then the reapers will die!?")
Rimuru had not named the other reapers yet, and if the light of life exploded, they would die.
[Master, calm down. We need to name the reapers before we disconnect the light of life from them. However now we need to stay close to the light of life to make sure it doesn't explode. Furthermore, I have detected an army coming from the east. Probably at the behest of the gods].
("How are we going to solve all this at the same time?")
("I have a plan!")
Ciel seemed strangely excited about the plan. Ciel told Rimuru to first go to the light of life and Rimuru turned off the thought acceleration.
"Guys the light of life is going to explode and there is an army coming this way. I need you to destroy the army."
Rimuru spoke and the archangels agreed. He then turned to his group.
"I need someone to gather the reapers. Can I ask for your help?"
"Yes."
"You don't even have to ask."
"Sure."
"Let's go save the town!"
Everyone easily agreed and went to help gather the reapers. Rimuru then headed toward the light of life. When he arrived, the light was collapsing. It was blinking hard and kept failing as if it was malfunctioning.
"Okay Ciel-san, I need to name the reapers, so what's your plan?"
[That one!]
As soon as he heard Ciel's excited voice, Rimuru felt something coming out of his infinite space. When he looked back he saw a beautiful young Japanese woman with black hair and white clothes. Rimuru knew very well who this young woman was.
Rimuru had a few flashbacks.
"Shizu...san..."
"No. Master, it's me."
The voice that came out of Shizu was different and when Shizu looked at him his eyes were red.
"It's Ciel-san!?"
Rimuru was even more surprised. Ciel/Shizu smiled and said.
"I will stabilize the light of life and meanwhile the master appoints the reapers, how about it? After they are all named I can cut the connection."
"..."
Rimuru didn't say anything. He just stared at Ciel.
"Master?"
"Err... Ciel-san, I think it's a good plan, but I have a question first... Why did you have to assume the form of Shizu-san?"
Ciel called out to him and Rimuru asked a question. There were several forms that Ciel could have assumed, but he decided to assume Shizu's right away.
"Yes. I thought this form would please the master. I can change it if you want, but I think it's better to stabilize the life light first."
"Yes. All right, I'll be going then."
Rimuru spread his wings and flew toward the lake. Ciel approached the light of life and placed her hand on it. Then she murmured
"I hope the master doesn't remember that we could have stopped time..."
As Rimuru named the reapers, the archangels flew out to meet the army.
"There they are..."
Lucifer muttered and pointed. Several women with gray hair and wings coming toward them. They knew them very well. It was these women who had stopped the rebels a few years ago.
"Around a thousand? Do they think we are weakened?"
"Probably. If it weren't for Rimuru-sama's appointment, we might be..."
Raphael confirmed Gabriel's theory. Sariel then said.
"So, which one of us is going to deal with them?"
Everyone looked at each other and Lucifer said.
"You can leave it to me. This way it will be faster..."
Everyone agreed and went back to the city. Lucifer flew close to the army. When one of the apostles saw her...
"Die in the name of our lord."
PLAF*
The apostle attacked, but was torn apart before she got close. Several others tried, but they ended up the same way. Lucifer snorted and said.
"Those who survive this can face me. Poison King Samael."
Lucifer took out his staff and it glowed. Then The staff released several black spheres that turned into tentacles that looked like they were made of tar.
All the apostles died before Lucifer's strength.
"Looks like someone still wants to play."
The bodies of the apostles were already gone and there was only one man in armor left where there used to be an army. The man had heavy silver armor that covered his entire body. Lucifer flew at him with his six wings.
The man looked angry at having his army crushed. Lucifer then said
"Are you sure you want to keep fighting? You are in a terrible state."
His armor had several dents or missing parts, he was also panting. The man said.
"Arrogant insect. Perish by the will of the lord!"
He attacked Lucifer with all his might, but Lucifer only delivered a spinning kick that knocked his head off. His body fell dead to the ground and Lucifer returned to the city.
Rimuru had just appointed the last angel. All the appointed angels gained white wings and were given varying skin and hair colors.
The archangels returned and said that the enemy was weak. This relieved Rimuru and after that they all went to the light of life to disconnect it from the angels. When they got there, Rimuru realized that he had forgotten to tell them something.
He only remembered when.
"Shizu-sensei!?"
Chloe gave an excited shout upon seeing her former teacher. The others were confused by the woman who looked remarkably similar to Rimuru. When Chloe screamed Ciel turned around and said.
"I'm sorry Chloe, I'm not Shizu. It's just a misunderstanding."
"What the..."
Rimuru approached with a guilty expression and put his hand on Chloe's shoulder.
"Chloe. This is Ciel-san..."
"Ah."
Chloe understood what happened and became despondent. Rimuru held her hand and explained to the others who Ciel was.
After his explanation everyone was surprised to learn that Ciel was a consciousness that came from an ability. Especially Raphael who had this ability.
As he explained, Ciel disconnected the light from the life of the angels and stored it in infinite space. Ciel then approached and greeted the others.
"So... What are you guys going to do now?"
Rimuru asked what the angels would do now that they were saved.
"We will do whatever you want."
Sariel said. Rimuru remembered that he had been taken as master and got a tired expression. He realized that he would really have to rule the angels and said.
"Since it is like this...I would like you guys to wait until I have a way to get back to my world. It's going to be awkward hanging out with a lot of people. I also think it's better that you guys go somewhere else, because here the Gods can attack at any time."
"I think we all agree on that, but there is something I want to do before that, Rimuru-sama."
Lucifer had just arrived and said her request. Now that she had recovered her memories, Lucifer knew the ritual for reviving the reapers. So she wanted to look for the orbs of those who died. Including Abadon who they discovered was just being controlled by Metatron.
Rimuru thought for a while and said.
"Ciel-san, can we do something about this?"
Rimuru asked Ciel beside him. Ciel seemed anxious about something and was surprised to be called by Rimuru.
"Huh... Yes, it does. Lucifer, Michael. Give me your hands."
The two held hands with Ciel and Ciel pulled something out of infinite space.
"The light of life?"
Rimuru was confused and asked. Ciel nodded his head.
"The light of life has strong connection with all reapers. If I sacrifice it. I can locate even the orbs of reapers around the world. I can also cast a long distance ritual and use Michael's 'Regalia dominion' to summon them here."
Ciel explained and everyone was impressed. Lucifer then asked.
"But won't they assume monstrous forms? How will they understand orders like that?'
Ciel nodded and said...
The master can appoint them from a distance if he uses the life light connection. Then they would fly back here.
That day moved the world. On that day several lights came down from the sky and caused angels to be born in various places. It was a day when Eht communicated with the world... or at least that is how it became known.and that day will also be the birth of a Legion that will be know as the White Numbers.
In a place known as the Spiritual realm a place whare only Spirit can enter but except for Veldanava stands 8 Lights that seems to be talking to each other.
"It seems the Seven King's had been Free!"said by the red light
"Yess I seems so!"said by the green light
"Should we interfere?"said by the White light
"No The Seven Progenitors are enough to Eliminate those Foolish King's"said by the black Light
"Ahh yess those seven are more stronger than they use to be not to mention the existence of those 12..."replayed by the green light
All 8 Light just agreed to not interfere for it doesn't required their assistant and it will not being chaos to the Entire reality.
