Chapter 57 - The END

"I got their(Velda and Lucia's) soul and I already said goodbye to Velz... Let's go. I have to return to the future... I have to finish my battle with Velz."

I said to Ciel and ask her to teleport me back to our original timeline into the future.

To be honest, it took me quite a time to recover from the damage... I mean emotional damage but I think Velz misunderstood something at that time... Hmm, either way, I will see her soon. It's quite strange how all things make sense now. Velz must have thought I'm the one who attacks Veldanava and that's why she tried to kill me not only now but also in the future when I join the Octagram.

That Veldanava bastard did not tell her the truth... Well, either way, he is dead and I have no plan of reviving him.

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Original Timeline [Tempest Vs Empire]

The stupid empire has declared a war on us and they have quite a large force, to be honest... I don't think other than Velz and Milim and maybe Guy there is anyone who can defend against them... But of course, they are not 'Tempest' after all.

Rather than a lot of long and boring battles empire was charging straight toward Tempest with his full force. They didn't even bother to hide Velgrynd... Seems like she is really under the control of skill «Justice King Micheal»

"Veldora you are up against Velgrynd. Benimaru takes the charge of the army and destroys the left fleet. The Demon will take care of the right one and the middle one all for Shion and her fleet." Without further delay, I send the instruction and all the people started to move.

"Testarossa, Carrera, and Ultima you will take care of the strong foes you can feel their presence... right?"

"As you wish Rimuru-Sama."

They replied happily and left the room. Ahh, the only people left are Geld and his team.

"Geld you will take charge of the Yellow group and will defend the city from unknown attackers. If there were any... Or you can join the battle... There are too many opponents anyway."

"As you wish my lord."

Ha. Finally some peace and rest... Now I can enjoy some free time while watching the battle with... Velz? Where is she?

Ciel? Where is she?

<< Abnormality detected... Velzard is under Micheal's control... Error... Seems like Micheal and Ivarage are working together.>>

So he did gain an ego. Huh! Dare to mess with me and Velz. Haa, so why Velzard isn't resisting any thoughts, Ciel?

<< Yes, seems like she is using Ivarage interference to expel all the negative emotions that she has suppressed in her heart.>>

Hmm, I also think the same... I'm not the only crazy person who has sealed his negative feelings after all. She also has done the same and she is using me to relieve all her negative emotions.

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In the end, I have to join the battle... Can't even take a rest for a while...

"Huh! Rimuru I felt... Oh! I also want to join the fight!!!" Ahh. How could I forget she is also here... No, no, no, I can't send Milim while Lucia is watching... Velz may beat her a little too much.

"No! I'm going... You wait here... Hmm, on second thought you can go... Micheal is all yours... The King I mean." Milim also left and the last one left here is. Ah, here he is.

"Diablo, Feldway is yours." With a sulking face, he left the control room. So the only opponent left is Velzard didn't she? Let's see the battle for a while before joining it.

The battle progressed as I thought it would Veldora and Tempest's army crushed their opponent. The Demoness trio was also very impressive they took care of three strong people each... Three saint-level humans are not bad.

The only battle which is still going is Diablo Vs Feldway and Milim Vs Velzard. Seems like Velzard is not serious but I have to intervene otherwise the whole battlefield will become Ice land. That Micheal bastard was too timid to battle head-on with Milim using Velz as the trump card against Milim is not a good choice but, either way, I have to go now.

"Milim you take care of him."

With that said, I teleported Milim in front of Micheal and prepared to fight against Velzard.

Third Person Pov.

The golden eyes of Rimuru were glittering under the sunlight and his hair was fluttering in the air. Even the coldest of the heart didn't help but flutter after seeing him.

"Haha, so you are finally here. I was waiting for you."

"Is that so? I hope I did not make you wait too long."

Fufu, even though I was fighting with Milim a while ago... But my mind was full of your thoughts"

"Is that so?"

Rimuru said to her calmly but a dark aura suddenly appeared around her surrounding all of her body.

"Fufufu, so I want to ask you something."

"I will answer your every question... So ask away."

The fight of words has started.

"Why..."

"Huh? What?"

She is gonna explode now. Rimuru was sure of it...

"Why? Why? Why? Why does your face keep appearing in my mind? Why can't I, able to keep you out of my mind? Why? Why? Why does my heartbeat intensify every time see you?"

Velzard said while looking at Rimuru with her cold glowing golden eyes, there is nothing but madness in her eyes— madness for a single person that she loves and adored like crazy, but Rimuru did not even flinch after seeing her like this.

"Really? That makes me kinda happy... Maybe it's because you love me..." Rimuru replied calmly while looking at her with a soft smile, his eyes were glittering in excitement and his lips were curled up in amusement.

"Haha, maybe you are right! You have bewitched me, my body and soul and I kill, kill, kill you, so why don't you love, love, love me." She looked at Rimuru and a huge grin appeared on her lips, the dark aura surrounding her suddenly flared up and intensify.

"You was, are and always will be the one I love." Rimuru said and stopped for a moment a little red hue crept on his white cheeks.

"You are the first and only person I desired with all of my heart... Before you, there wasn't a thing that my heart ever truly desire..." Rimuru said and paused for a moment and then smile softly "...but after meeting you I became greedier and greedier for you... If you think I did not love you, you are utterly wrong."

With that sentence, the battle was broken... The power of Velzard seemed to increase a lot due to the dark aura but even though Rimuru was handling her with ease.

"Hahaha, it's truly the best!! Rimuru you are the best!! Haha, I'm going crazy."

"Hmm, you don't really seem to be in your right mind... Should I give you a beating for you to wake up?"

Rimuru taunted Velzard just to see her reaction and as he thought the power of Velzard increased and her attacks became more deadly.

"You didn't love me, did you?"

"Didn't you hear me earlier? I love you the most in the whole of existence."

"You do love me more than your life?"

"Of course, did you not know? Hmm, seems like you are still dumb."

"So give me your life."

"Huh?! Did you want my life, sorry but I can't?"

Rimuru refused flatly with a smile and started to increase the potency of his attacks.

"You dare say you love me more than yourself and you can't even give me your life? You bastard I will kill you!!"

"Kill me? Sorry, but I have given my life to my beloved a very long time ago... If you want to kill me you have to ask her permission first. I will advise you not to ask her she is very stubborn and strong you know... You will die a horrible death and the most terrifying part will be that you will not even know how you died."

"You bastard!! Beloved? Who is your beloved, ?! I will kill you? How dare you cheat on me?"

"Cheat on you? Are you delusional or something when were we in a relationship exactly?"

Rimuru taunts again and this really seems to tick her off, because a terrifying, amount of aura started to release from Velzard's body and it covered the whole battlefield. If it wasn't for the Rimuru barrier... One can't even imagine the damage.

"You!!!"

"Ha, are you taking me as an idiot? Do you think I did not know about you... You bastard Ivarage, did you forget how I beat you five thousand years ago?"

"You— how? Since when?"

This one second of confusion was enough for Rimuru to pull out all of the Ivarage soul from Velzard's body and he did not let the chance slip.

"Die you bastard Azathoth devour this filthy bastard." The moment Rimuru absorbed Ivarage his surroundings suddenly became dark and his subconscious got transported into another dimension.

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When Rimuru opened his eyes he was in a very dark place, filled with madness and craze... The anger, sadness, sorrow, hatred, and bitterness with many other emotions, there wasn't even a single negative emotion that wasn't present here.

Chaos has filled the whole space...

'Sigh, really? I do really love her... Didn't I? Love her to the point of going mad and becoming crazy.' Rimuru thought to himself while looking proudly in front of him. Isn't the reaction quite odd?

But then suddenly the surrounding started to change and a black entity appeared in front of Rimuru... Totally black... girl?

'Hmm, isn't my inner demon or whatever is called should be a boy? Or is it because this place also contains Ciel's dark emotions? Since she is my responsibility I will take care of this for her...'

Love, love, love, I'm sick of it! Love who?

'... That one person.'

Who is that person? Tell me who?!

'The one whose destiny entangled with mine to the point of existing as one.'

Existing as one? Is this even possible? But who will love you that much other than me? Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!

'Fufu is this even a question My wifey...'

Wife? You have gotten married even though you have me? I will kill her? I will drive her into madness.

'You can't, she is already mad... Madly is in love with me...'

Madly in love for... For what?

'For love... '

Why? Why? What is the reason?

'To be loved...'

By whom permission?

'By love...'

You are insane Rimuru, but that's just made me love you even more. Haha, I will never let you go.

'Insane? Maybe that's why she loves me either way I'm not planning to change.'

Rimuru replied to her and slashed her with his sword and she disappeared from his sight, the very existence of her got erased.

That was easy, way too easy. To the point of I was skeptical about it.

After pulling out Ivarage soul from Velz's body Rimuru killed Micheal and Feldway ending the war and reviving the Veldanava after some years and the story goes as the original. Velgrynd is on a journey and all.

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