Three months had passed since Nazarick's Founding Festival.
Rimuru's Jura Tempest Federation had basically gotten on the right track, with most of the city's infrastructure completed.
During these three months, many monsters had arrived one after another and joined the Jura Tempest Federation, becoming official residents of the city.
Among them, Kobolds, Gnolls, and Wereleopards were the most common.
And as Geld's High Orc Construction Team laid roads in all directions through the forest.
More and more monster tribes learned the news of the Jura Tempest Federation and gathered here one after another.
Although the Duchy of Nazarick was prosperous enough, Draco had not taken in many monsters.
Mainly, he found naming them to be a hassle and was too lazy to deal with it; besides, a population of a million was already plenty, so he left those monsters to Rimuru.
Two and a half months ago, Beta had finished researching the base teleportation array and had established a connection with Nazarick.
During the following two and a half months, he traveled to the Dwarf Kingdom, the Beast Kingdom, and the Heavenly Wing Country to install and set up the arrays.
As for the Dragons Capital, it was very convenient; one could simply arrive there by stepping through Nazarick's portal.
After many days of traveling back and forth, Beta's first mission was complete.
This meant that the proposal for the Six Nation Alliance could officially commence.
On the Eighth Floor of Nazarick, Draco received a notification from Demiurge and prepared to notify the various nations to discuss the alliance ceremony.
However, just as he arrived in the town and was about to take action, a green magic circle suddenly appeared in front of Draco.
Demiurge, who was by his side, immediately blocked the way in front of Draco and shouted loudly.
"Who goes there?"
Then, a flurry of footsteps sounded as a group of soldiers wearing black armor and holding long spears rushed out from the city.
It was the Red-haired Uncle, who had sensed something unusual and rushed over with his subordinates.
"Lord Draco, are you alright?"
Shaking his head, Draco gestured for everyone to remain calm.
As the light of the array faded, a Treant surrounded by a red malevolent aura appeared before everyone.
The Treant's originally transparent energy body was now flickering under the influence of the malevolent aura, appearing to be severely injured.
With a wave of Draco's hand, the crowd understood and stepped back one after another.
"Noble Lord of the Duchy of Nazarick, His Majesty Lionel, I am the Treant Trya."
The Treant gave a respectful bow.
"You are... Treyni's younger sister?"
Draco carefully observed the woman before him; she had a similar appearance to Treyni, though her face looked quite pale and she seemed to be in poor condition.
"Yes, Your Majesty. There is an emergency; a disaster is approaching."
"The Calamity-class monster, Storm Great Tempest, has been resurrected!"
"Oh ho~!"
A playful smile curved at the corners of Draco's mouth. "So, have you come to seek reinforcements?"
The Treant Trya nodded, her expression solemn.
"It possesses a tyrannical power rivaling a Demon Lord. My sister and the others have already gone to block it, but it's completely useless."
"Furthermore... its target seems to be this place."
"Sister specifically sent me to warn Your Majesty. Please strengthen your defenses immediately, especially your anti-air combat power."
Just as Trya finished speaking, a familiar voice came from behind Draco.
"This base teleportation is really useful!"
Rimuru, riding on Ranga, slowly walked out from the teleportation array.
"Oh? Draco, did you come here specifically to welcome me?"
Rimuru asked with a laugh.
Draco rolled his eyes at him. "You're overthinking it. I just happened to be here."
"Did you come because you received word from the Treants?"
"Yeah. Do you need my help?"
"Hmm... just watch the show from the sidelines," Draco said nonchalantly.
"Eh, don't be like that. I can lend a hand too."
"It's really not necessary. It's just one Storm Great Tempest; I don't even consider it a threat."
Draco's domineering words caused Demiurge's eyes to instantly light up beside him.
As expected of the supreme being we serve!
Such bearing is truly breathtaking; I am filled with admiration!
Demiurge's tail wagged incessantly in excitement.
"That is a Calamity-class monster! Are you sure?"
Hearing Draco's arrogant words, Rimuru couldn't help but try to persuade him.
"Relax, relax. I know what I'm doing, don't worry!"
Then Draco looked at Trya. "Thank Treyni for me. I'll handle the Storm Great Tempest from here."
After receiving Draco's assurance, Trya gave a slight bow and left the area... One week ago, at night.
Tia and Footman found the cave where the Storm Great Tempest was sealed.
"Nee-hee-hee, Footman, this should be the place, right?"
"Ho-ho-ho, I feel a strong desire for destruction. It's likely here."
"I wonder how many sacrifices this fellow needs to fully resurrect."
"Well~ monster corpses are relatively easy to collect. Let's first see if we can control it."
The two entered the pitch-black cave, chatting and laughing.
But before a few seconds had passed, a low, deafening roar echoed through the cave.
Along with the sound waves, a massive, icy current of air swept through.
A full few hours later, the two clown figures slowly emerged from the cave.
The two of them looked somewhat exhausted.
"Yare yare, I didn't expect this guy to be so difficult to handle."
Tia stretched. "This guy is a complete collection of chaos; it seems it can't be controlled."
"Ho-ho-ho, then let's try another way."
"Hmm? Footman, what did you think of?"
Footman began to chuckle. "We can tamper with the corpses, like this and like that, and then this and that..."
"Oh~~ good idea. Let's do that."
"Nee-hee-hee~~"
"Ho-ho-ho~~"
...(Divider)
Information:
The Storm Great Tempest, Charybdis, is a spiritual lifeform formed by the combination of the Storm Dragon's leaked Magical Essence and its destructive will.
As for what a spiritual lifeform is, one must speak of the essence of this world.
The world created by the Star King Dragon is divided into several layers.
One is the spiritual world, an energy world where spiritual beings like spirits, demons, and angels live.
The world we are currently in, which is filled with Magical Essence, is a chaotic world that possesses the properties of both the material and spiritual worlds simultaneously.
The content of Magical Essence in this world is high enough to allow spiritual lifeforms such as spirits, fae, and demons to manifest.
And travelers who come to this world from other worlds also undergo a process of semi-materialization.
It is during this process that travelers gain various abilities.
The concept of a spiritual lifeform can be illustrated using the flame spirit Ifrit as an example.
When he developed a will in the spirit realm, or rather a star soul body—the so-called soul.
At that moment, Ifrit was born.
But if he wants to appear in the real world, having only a spiritual body isn't enough; otherwise, his own energy would directly disperse and lead to destruction.
Therefore, spirits reside within a host's body through a contract.
Alternatively, they can use 'flesh incarnation,' using flesh and blood sacrifices to directly mold a vessel for their own use.
Of course, another way is to directly construct an energy body using Magical Essence, just like Treyni's form.
Using Magical Essence to protect their spiritual body ensures that the star soul body does not directly disperse and perish.
However, the duration is limited, and they cannot remain in the real world for too long.
The Storm Great Tempest is such a spiritual lifeform; it needs a physical body as a carrier to manifest in the real world, so its resurrection requires reshaping a body through corpses.
But it has a unique characteristic: even if it dies, it will resurrect after a period of time.
It is a quite troublesome fellow.
Strictly speaking, however, the Storm Great Tempest could be considered the son of that Chuunibyou Dragon.
Wouldn't that make it Draco's grand-nephew!
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