It was true that Rimuru was a Demon lord, but she was alone. How could she single-handedly suppress the Orc lord's army of over two hundred thousand?
This was the common thought of anyone with even a little common sense!
Even for a Demon lord, the amount of magicules they possessed was limited.
Quantity leads to quality change, but even if it were two hundred thousand pigs with no ability to resist, it would still take a very, very long time to kill them all.
And the Orc lord's army was no defenseless flock of lambs!
They were well-organized, wore armor, possessed a vast array of weapons, understood military formations, and even possessed unique magic...
Single-handedly, there was no way to win, right?!
Even if Rimuru was a Demon lord, what clever plan or strategy could she have?
But now, they knew.
How to suppress them?
Rimuru showed them through her actions—
A plan? There wasn't one... just walking straight over was enough!
Wherever her footsteps landed, that became the domain of her Monster Kingdom.
Feeling Rimuru's Demon lord aura that soared to the heavens, every human atop the royal city walls was completely cowed.
Even powerful adventurers were no exception.
Keep in mind, Rimuru hadn't even targeted them yet.
As for the monsters locked onto by Rimuru's presence, they immediately fell to their knees on the ground.
Trembling in fear, not a single monster dared to make even the slightest move.
Not just the weak Goblins, but even the Six Great Ogres, renowned for their combat prowess, immediately knelt on the ground.
In an instant, an infinite dread rose in their hearts!
This was simply unheard of!
A Demon lord—this was the majesty that only a true Demon lord could possess.
The one preventing all monsters from taking a single step forward was a powerful Demon lord?!
Which one of the Ten Great Demon Lords was that person?
Why would a Demon lord be here, and even walk out from a human city?
Was that human kingdom perhaps their personal livestock pen?
All the monsters were trembling with fear.
Even weak monsters with extremely low intelligence who acted only on instinct were no exception.
A Demon lord was a Demon lord because they stood at the very top of the food chain.
Over any monster, they held the absolute right of life and death!
If their temper was relatively mild... No, no, no, among the Ten Great Demon Lords, was there any Demon lord with a good temper?
The answer was... no!
It was over, completely over!
In just a few breaths, any monster with even a bit of intelligence had beads of sweat the size of beans seeping from their foreheads.
The Great Ogres.
"To actually encounter a Demon lord, this is truly..." the white-haired Elder gave a bitter smile.
Before the old Clan Leader passed away, he had entrusted both the Young Master and the Princess to him, which spoke volumes of the trust in his strength.
But at this moment, he didn't even have the courage to draw his sword!
"The Six of you, stand up!"
A sweet voice, devoid of any hostility, rang out in the hearts of the Six.
The Six were incredibly surprised. Was the owner of this voice really a Demon lord?
How could they be so... gentle?
They didn't seem to have any malice toward the Six of them; in fact, they seemed to have... a good impression of them!
Was it an illusion?
An illusion, or a test?
Before this incredibly powerful Demon lord, they were trembling as if treading on thin ice, not daring to commit the slightest transgression.
"We do not dare!"
The Six pressed their heads even lower.
"Honestly, what a hassle!"
As soon as Rimuru spoke, the Six were shocked to find that their bodies were moving uncontrollably, standing up on their own.
When they saw the Demon lord's true face, the Six were beyond astonished.
A completely unfamiliar face, not any one of the Ten Great Demon Lords in the records... How was this possible?!
"What are you afraid of? I'm not going to eat you!"
She smiled. A genuine Demon lord was actually smiling at them... Was this a joke?
But it was so brilliant, so sunny!
If they hadn't personally felt that terrifyingly boundless Demon lord aura, the Six might have even doubted that the person before them was a Demon lord, but rather a kind girl next door!
"A diviner of the Dryad tribe once told me that the Six of you are my destined subordinates. Are you willing to submit?"
Nani?
The Six remaining members of the Great Ogre tribe felt as if they were instantly dazed by an endless joy.
A Dryad had predicted that the Six of them were this Demon lord's destined subordinates?!
For real?
They had hit the jackpot, they had truly hit the jackpot!
Just a moment ago, they thought they would be casually crushed to death by a Demon lord. They didn't expect to go from hell to heaven in the blink of an eye, latching onto the golden thigh of a genuine Demon lord.
This luck... was invincible!
Without any hesitation, the Six immediately knelt before Rimuru and swore their loyalty.
"Well then, I'll start by giving the Six of you names!"
Although they were Great Ogres, a famous warrior race, they actually didn't have names.
To become a Named Monster was the common dream of all monsters!
But what they never expected was that immediately after swearing loyalty, their new Master would announce that she would bestow names upon them.
Heavens!
They hadn't even performed a single service yet!
If it were an ordinary being offering to name them, they might have hesitated.
After all, even for high-level Majin, bestowing names upon monsters was accompanied by danger.
But Rimuru was different; she was a Demon lord!
A being standing at the very peak of all monsters!
The Young Master showed a look of piety. "Thank you for your generous gift, My Lord. I will accept it with gratitude and will follow your lead in the future!"
The white-haired Elder said, "Since the Young Master has said so, then this old man shall also humbly accept!"
Seeing the Six Great Ogres, Rimuru couldn't help but smile faintly.
Unlike humans, monsters were ten thousand times more pious in this regard.
If they said they were loyal, then they were absolutely loyal!
"Alright, let's begin!"
"Red-haired Young Master, in the name of Demon lord Rimuru Tempest, I bestow upon you the name 'Benimaru'!"
As soon as Rimuru spoke, Benimaru was quickly surrounded by a large amount of magicules.
His transformation was visible even to the naked eye.
His physique shrunk noticeably, but the amount of magicules in his body increased to a terrifying level, officially evolving from a Great Ogre to a Kijin.
The current Rimuru was countless times more powerful than the Rimuru in the original story.
Her protection was far beyond what the Rimuru in the original could compare to.
In just an instant, Benimaru felt the overflowing magicules within him, evolving from a Great Ogre to a Kijin.
This was a leap in the very level of his life!
"The Young Master has evolved into a Kijin!"
The other five Great Ogres who had not yet been named were all incredibly excited.
A Kijin! That was a legend among the Great Ogres. In all of recorded history, not many had evolved to such an extent.
Nearly every Kijin had left a profound mark on the history of the Great Ogres.
Benimaru never expected his luck to be so good, reaching in one step the level that countless predecessors had yearned for.
Benimaru was about to kneel to give thanks, but at that moment, he felt the magicules in his body double again!
In just a flash, Benimaru's life level underwent another leap.
"This... this is..."
The white-haired Elder's body was trembling incessantly.
He thought of the legends in the tribe: if a Great Ogre evolved into a Kijin and then obtained further evolution, they might evolve into the potentially non-existent... Ogre Mage!
Heavens!
Rimuru had only given the Young Master a name, and it could make him evolve into the legendary form of the Great Ogres, an 'Ogre Mage'?
How was this possible?
As for Benimaru himself, he was completely stunned at this point.
Evolving from a Great Ogre to a Kijin was within Benimaru's expectations.
After all, as the Young Master of the Great Ogres, his strength was quite formidable.
According to human classifications, he was equivalent to a B-Rank monster.
Evolving into a Kijin gave him roughly A-Rank strength.
Although A-Rank strength could be strong or weak and further divided into A-, A, and A+, it was still an A-Rank monster!
A Demon Lord was only S-Rank, and that was a being qualified to be called a Demon lord.
A Demon lord, a being standing at the apex of all monsters.
And now, Rimuru-sama had merely given him a name, and it actually allowed him to surpass A-Rank and evolve into a Demon Lord.
Heavens!
Could it be that Rimuru-sama was the legendary... Awakened Demon Lord, a level higher than an ordinary Demon lord?
An Awakened Demon Lord! Was this the great being they had just sworn loyalty to?!
Benimaru knelt before Rimuru, excited to the extreme.
"My Lord, from now on, everything of Benimaru's is yours!"
Rimuru waved her hand. "Why so serious? A Kijin is just a Demon Lord; it's still far from awakening. Keep working hard!"
Uh...
Benimaru and all the other Great Ogre members were sweating profusely.
She still thinks a Demon Lord is weak... Just how high is her perspective!
Rimuru looked at Benimaru and said, "After evolving into an Ogre Mage, what abilities did you gain?"
"Reporting to My Lord..."
Benimaru was about to kneel again as he spoke, but Rimuru interrupted him.
"Stop, stop, stop. A man's knees are made of gold, and you're not some wild boar skin. Why keep kneeling? Speak while standing!"
What was 'wild boar skin'?
Benimaru and all the Great Ogres were confused. Was it a derogatory term for those rampaging Orc Tribes?
However, this didn't stop them from strictly following Rimuru-sama's instructions.
"Understood!"
Benimaru: "After evolving into an Ogre Mage, I gained the Unique Skill [Generalissimo]. Its effects are Thought Acceleration, Thought Control, Prediction Calculation, and Morale Boost."
"Extra Skills: Magic Perception, Heat Source Perception, Multiple Barriers, Spatial Motion, Heat Control, Black Flame, magic Flame, and Majesty."
"Resistances are: Status Abnormality Nullification, Pain Nullification, Physical Attack Nullification, Natural Effect Nullification, Spiritual Attack Resistance, and Holy-Demonic Attack Resistance."
Hearing Benimaru's description, Rimuru nodded. It was just as she had expected.
Although her [Lord of Gluttony] evolution process was different from the Rimuru in the original story, because she had already surpassed awakening and become a Single-Universe Level being, her [Lord of Gluttony] actually already possessed all the effects of the original Rimuru's Lord of Gluttony.
Rimuru: "Not bad, not bad. You didn't let down my expectations!"
Even though Benimaru was very steady, he became jubilant at this moment.
This represented Rimuru-sama's recognition!
"Alright, I'll give the rest of you names too!"
Rimuru looked at the remaining Great Ogre members, and they all became excited.
Benimaru's growth allowed them to see... a miracle!
"In the name of Rimuru Tempest, I bestow upon you the name 'Shuna'!"
Shuna, Shion, Souei, Kurobe, and Hakuro successively received their names from Rimuru.
And they also successively evolved into the legendary form of the Great Ogres... Ogre Mages!
Their strengths were naturally varied; for instance, Benimaru reached S-Rank in one step.
But Shuna and Kurobe were relatively weaker, only having S-Rank strength.
However, compared to before they received their names, it was absolutely like the difference between clouds and mud.
In an extremely short period of time, they had become Rimuru's most steadfast... followers!
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