In the world of Moe King, I became the ruler of ice.

"No soul power required? What specific conditions need to be met?"

Gransta frowned. Did the elves have a specific method for advancement?

"Of course, our elven race only needs to collect a vast amount of elven power to replace soul power, and also needs to obtain the World Tree's approval—these are the two specific conditions."

Ramiris revealed the secrets of the Elven race, secrets she had long wanted to tell Gransta, but had simply forgotten.

When she first learned that Gransta possessed Demon King-level strength, she specifically traveled to the Great Forest of Jura to try and recruit him as her subordinate, but it seems something happened...

"Lord Gransta, these conditions do indeed have a chance of breaking through the threshold in your body."

The voice of the Overlord echoed in his mind, which made Gransta even more convinced. He trusted the Overlord more than the unreliable Ramiris.

"Alright, if that's the case, then where can we find enough elven power, and where is the World Tree?"

Ramiris had been waiting for him to ask this question, and almost without hesitation, she replied:

"If you want enough elven power to ascend to the level of a Demon King, there's only one place?"

"—The Elf's Home!"

Good heavens, isn't this Ramiris's hometown?

Gulansta uncertainly pulled her up and made her meet his gaze.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"How could that be? I would never lie to you."

"Is the World Tree also in your house?"

"No, it exists in the Magic Dynasty. The people there won't let you get close to the World Tree easily."

...

Ramiris became very obedient, answering whatever Granstas asked her.

Gransta already knows the details and has changed his original itinerary. It seems that dealing with Kleiman will have to be delayed for now.

Just then, one of the magic orbs on his body began to flash rapidly. Gransta took it out in confusion and infused it with some magic power.

Queen Frey appeared in the crystal image, looking somewhat anxious.

"Gransta, where are you now?"

Gransta looked at Queen Frey, who appeared tense in the scene, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Frei, calm down. What happened to Milim?"

Frey controlled her emotions and slowly exhaled before speaking.

"Milim has been taken control of by Kleiman. Under her control, she has traveled to the Orc Kingdom, seemingly intending to attack Kallion and incite a large-scale war..."

She spoke very quickly, but the content of the message startled everyone outside of Granstas.

"Milim is being controlled, stop joking, okay?"

The first person to disbelieve it was Ramirez; it was the funniest joke she had ever heard.

Immediately afterwards, Dragon Serum and the others were shocked. If a monster like Milim were to be controlled, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It seemed that this Kleiman was Lord Gransta's enemy, which made her clench her fists.

Gransta noticed Frey's strange expression; it seemed she was holding back something. After all, he already knew about these things and had originally planned to help that guy Carrion.

"Frei, has something unexpected happened?"

He guessed that Queen Frey hadn't come to him specifically for this matter; there must be another reason.

Sure enough, Frey glanced at the people around Gransta and, finding nothing amiss, continued speaking:

"Gransta, you'd better be careful. Kleiman has a control gem that seems to have been prepared specifically for you."

"I don't know why he's so ruthless towards you, and he's already started preparing a plan targeting you."

Gransta immediately thought of the other control gem provided by the person behind Kleiman; they had already begun to take notice of him.

As for Kleiman's hatred, it should be directed at those few members of the Mediocre Joker gang... no wonder they hate him so much.

"Frei, don't worry about me. Has Kleiman already instructed you and the controlled Milis to work together against Carrion?"

"really."

Frey nodded. Clayman was very cautious by nature. In order to control Milim to the extent of the experiment, he had already given orders to kill Carrion and also asked her to take action at the critical moment.

Gransta knew how the plot was going to develop, otherwise he wouldn't have planned to cooperate with Frey.

It was a pity that the original orc kingdom was destroyed. He wanted to intervene and put on a show for Clayman, but plans don't always go as expected.

"Frei can only let you put on a show now, and while you're at it, rescue that guy Carrion."

"Um, but are you sure everything's okay on your end?"

Frey was still a little worried about Gransta, since it seemed that Kleiman had already started implementing another plan, the details of which she did not know.

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly safe here."

Gransta smiled confidently. What he needed to do now was to advance to the Demon King level as soon as possible and then crush all of Clayman's conspiracies. In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy would vanish like a bubble.

After a brief discussion with Frey, she was reassured to wait patiently for the right moment to appear before Kleiman.

After ending Frey's brief contact, Long Xueqing, who was beside Gransta, suddenly stood in front of him.

"Lord Gransta, please rest assured, I will protect you. Even the legendary Demon King cannot harm you."

The Ice Guard, holding his greatsword, uttered a single sentence indifferently.

"They must step over my corpse, or they will taste my sword."

He hadn't expected Long Xueqing and the Ice Guards to react so strongly, and gestured for them not to get agitated.

"Even the legendary Destroyer King was controlled by that Demon King named Clayman, that's terrifying."

Kuroya moved a little closer to him, a bit scared, since the Demon King level was already quite frightening to her.

Gransta picked up Kuroya without hesitation. She had been by his side for a while, and her obedient and well-behaved nature made him especially fond of her.

"Kuroya, sometimes the ability to control something doesn't necessarily mean how strong you are."

In terms of methods of controlling people, Gransta has not yet tried another ability of the Dominator.

Kuroya nodded, seemingly confused.

This intimate gesture made Long Xueqing quite envious for a while, but she wouldn't hold it against a child.

Gransta's gaze at Chloe reminded him of Rimuru's students.

It seems that when they contacted each other before, Rimuru wanted to introduce those students to him, but he was startled by the IOU that Rimuru suddenly produced, and then he never contacted him again.

What a coincidence! Rimuru should be taking his students to the Elf House to resolve the hidden dangers within them.

"Rimuru should have set off by now. Looks like we'll be meeting again."

Granstas gave a wicked smile, which made Chloe in his arms freeze in surprise.

"By the way, has Kuroya ever considered becoming my student?"

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