Invasion of Estonia

A/N: So most of you agreed to me picking up the pace rather than rewriting it, so I hope you like the more accelerated pace of the plot from this point on.

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Yesterday I spent the whole day reforming the military to be more efficient and finished renaming the Trinity Seven Stars into different divisions.

There were the 4 Heavenly Kings, which were made up of my closest and most trusted advisors, Albedo, Demiurge, Da Vinci, and Shiroe.

Then there were the different Colored Numbers.

The Black Numbers, which Diablo was currently busy recruiting, which would be used as Tempest's strongest force and will only be moved with my personal command. We will really only use them in 'Great Wars' like the one we will have against the Eastern Empire and the Angel's Cyclical Invasion.

The Grey Numbers who were our anti-air and scouting force, led by Freya. I recently renamed Frey into Freya along with a few of her top subordinates and they evolved into Valkyries, though Frey Stayed as a Harpy for now. I assume this is due to the fact that the Harpie Queen can't evolve until she has given birth to an heir, similar to Benimaru being unable to awaken into a True Demon Lord in canon due to not having an heir but I'm only guessing.

All I know is that Frey has been giving me seductive looks these last few days.

Back on track, the White Numbers were made by myself to be a super-elite force whose skill was undeniable. They would serve as instructors and special forces for special battlefield operations.

The Blue Numbers was my intelligence collection and spying industry, responsible for... well.. spying stuff. Akatsuki and Souei were co-commanders. I would have made Akatsuki the sole leader if she didn't spend most of her time with Shiroe.

The Green Numbers is next. They are our rapid response and cavalry force. Gobta and Rigur share responsibility for this division since the Hobgoblins tended to be the best dire wolf riders. We also have Ipotane and the other Centaurs along with Hamsuke in this division. When Aura grows up, she can join this group since her legion of pets would further increase the Green Numbers' abilities.

The Yellow Numbers was made to be our main defensive force and was led by Carrion since they were stationed out of Arena City. When Mare grows up, I'll have him join this group since his druid magic in the Forest of Jura would be invaluable.

The Orange Numbers was our civil engineering corp and would go in after the other armies and help rebuild infrastructure. I gave this job to Geld but Nero 'nominated' herself as the 'True Leader' and since she is as strong as Geld, everyone just gives her face. Plus her architecture talent is fantastic for this kind of work.

The Red Numbers serves as the first line of attack for Tempest and is led by Benimaru personally. He also has the responsibility for planning our attacks in this war. The Red Numbers has the greatest number of people in it but is also the riskiest since it will see the majority of combat in the coming months so the standards are the highest and until Diablo gets back, it is our strongest force.

The Pink Numbers, also known as the 'Pleasure Corp' is staffed mostly with summoned succubi and incubi. Its meant to bring entertainment and 'relief to our soldiers during sieges in times of war. In times of peace, they will work in and manage various brothels around the world. They will get their clients nice and drunk before extracting info from them or spreading rumors for me. They are perhaps the most important unit during peacetimes.

The Violet Numbers are the offensive airforce. They do the attacking and logistics for the other Army Groups and work closely with the Grey Numbers. Of course, Gabiru is the leader since he is pretty reliable even if he is a bit eccentric at times. When she gives birth, Chifuyu will take up a co-leader role. We have successfully replicated her Mecha unit and when she recovers enough, she will begin training humanoids how to operate them to aid the airforce.

Finally, there are my personal bodyguards called the Ethereals. They will travel with me most of the time and include Yue, Shion, Shuna, the Direwolf Pack leaders, and others.

Now, after preparing the Red, White, and Violet Numbers, I have traveled to the border with the country of Estonia. I have heard the plea of the various factions and the people for the current ruling caste to be overthrown and I promised to aid my ally Olga as she invades from the south.

I've already kidnapped Rem and will release Krebskulm from her for the Fallen Horde and when we take over. In exchange, they will follow my lead and the rules for the invasion which include no unnecessary slaughter of civilians and absolutely NO R*PE.

That meeting wasn't fun. I had to cull a significant amount of them who refused to follow that order. I guess killing 60% of their male population in an instant was shocking enough for them to agree to my demands. I may have also made Edelgard enamored with me since the Fallen Horde have a 'Strength is Justice' mantra and I showed I was WAY stronger than everyone else there. Esdeath loved it there so she will temporarily lead the horde in battle.

Might have messed up the plot to the 'How Not to Summon a Demon Lord' part of the world, but I really don't care. Shera's entire plotline doesn't matter anyway since the elves swore allegiance to Ramiris and Shera moved to Altair where I found her. She is training currently at the palace to become a 'Royal Knight' after meeting Alya and Asuna and being inspired.

I don't have 'royal knights' but she seems happy enough so I let it be.

Anyways, I can tell the Princess Knights and Celestina won't be much of a challenge at all since Vault was able to take over the whole country relatively quickly. The church is already planning to betray them ever since Celestine and Lumachina Weselia started announcing reforms to the church to get rid of corruption and bribery. The coup will occur tomorrow and we will invade at the same time.

The average citizen will simply hear there was a coup and that Tempest invaded after that. They won't ask questions and assume that the guy who has been feeding them for the last few months has finally had enough of the BS and just decided to take over. The citizens aren't loyal to them at all.

Honestly, the fact the country hadn't fallen already is entirely due to the Empire focusing on Re-Estize and Ulgrassia not being hostile. Even the Dark Elven country has to deal with the Slane Theocracy right now and the Fallen Horde was attacking the Draconic Kingdom on a rumor that the person Krebskulm might have been sealed moved there.

In other words, without all of the stars aligning like this, then they wouldn't exist right now, but that's in the past. Tomorrow we will begin a two-pronged attack and it shouldn't be difficult to secure victory. The Fallen Horde, under Esdeath, will attack from the south and Benimaru will attack from the forest in the north.

"Everything is ready Rimuru-sama," Benimaru says as he walks over to me, knocking me out of contemplation.

"Ah good. We need this campaign to be over swiftly and as bloodlessly as possible." I said as I walked with him into his command tent.

"As you have said. During the time when we attack it will give the Kingdom of Re-Estize time to galvanize an army and the Empire is likely to ally with them temporarily when they hear of our invasion of Estonia" He said.

"Of course, Fluder has already 'uncovered' our plot to secretly invade the Empire while our military is on route to the Kingdom so we won't have to worry about a casus belli, they will provide one themselves when they attack us. The Southern City-State Alliance will just roll over for the Empire and join but it's unlikely the Slane Theocracy will do anything." I said.

A moment later, Souei appeared before us. "Rimuru-sama, I have a report."

"Oh? What is it?" I say.

"The Blue Numbers have made a number of contacts within Estonia. We have secreted the military plans of the Church from a spy for the Fallen Horde named Alicia. We have also confirmed that the High Preist's life is in danger as the Paladin Order has sent some of their members after her." He reported.

I simply raised an eyebrow. It was a little earlier than I thought, but it still worked for me. "Alright. I used [Moirai] to ensure she isn't captured until at least the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow morning I'll personally go and retrieve her and the other Princess Knights. I can already see Albedo over there plotting, so I should go as soon as I wake up tomorrow." I say as Albedo, who was listening to our conversation in the corner of the tent twiched.

"R-Rimuru-sama... I promised I wouldn't mind control them though..." She says a bit hesitantly while sweating a bit.

'She's lying.' I thought.

[She is definitely lying] Akasha confirmed.

I sighed and continued the meeting. It was mostly boring stuff like which roads to follow and whether or not to completely destroy the fortresses of the country since we wouldn't need them. The Orange Numbers already had plans to new fortresses in the region to accommodate modern equipment and monster soldiers.

I eventually decided to hire the people from the military to help in the deconstruction of the old fortifications because giving them work immediately will keep them from becoming brigands.

I saw GATE. I know what happens when you let leave soldiers alone with their weapons and equipment far from home.

After the meeting, I immediately grabbed Albedo and dragged her away to my tent for some one-on-one action since I didn't want her sneaking off in the night before I left tomorrow and doing whatever it was she was planning.

How did I know she was planning something?

Well, in addition to my Omniscient skill telling me she was, she also seemed reluctant to have s*x with me.

A SUCCUBUS who was in love with me was reluctant to have s*x with me. Especially with my addictive [Divine Bodily Fluids] skill, that isn't possible, so I guess I was having a good night tonight.