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

the next day, early in the morning

Rimuru looked haggard.

Yesterday, he and Verudela almost got into a fight over a piece of food. The food wasn't "delicious" at all; on the contrary, the moment the lid was opened, the ingredients made a "grumbling sound."

At this time,

A cold and handsome figure slowly rose from the shadow beneath Rimuru's feet—it was Souei!

A message came from the front lines: "Lord Rimuru, Clayman's demon army has reached the edge of the Great Jura Forest, but it seems that the vanguard is..."

"What is it?"

Rimuru didn't expect Clayman to act so quickly, but fortunately the tactics had already been discussed yesterday and all parties were ready.

"At the front are not Kreman's demon army, but Milim's dragon followers."

Rimuru fell silent.

He already knew that Milim was being controlled, but Clayman's methods were a bit vicious, sending Milim's dragon followers to the front.

"According to the plan we discussed last night, let Lute's legion divide the battlefield. Remember not to harm those Milim's followers, just keep them occupied."

"clear."

Cangying nodded, and a shadow disappeared underground as he went to inform Benimaru and Krut.

"By the way, where is Granstad at such a crucial moment?"

"Lord Gransta has been staying in the ice sculpture castle, and it seems he has already rested."

"Really? You've become a demon king and need to rest?"

As Rimuru spoke, he walked towards the ice sculpture castle.

Just as Rimuru was about to enter the ice sculpture gate, with a "click," the gate opened, and he collided head-on with Gransta who came out.

"Gransta? You don't look too well?"

"Really? Maybe you've used up a lot of energy."

Gulansta gave a vague and perfunctory response.

"I heard from Shion that Zhu Lai didn't come back all night. Is she staying with you?"

As soon as Rimuru asked this, Gransta stepped forward and said:

"I was busy all night, and I'm asleep now."

"Didn't you call me because you have something important to say? Let's go!"

"oh."

Rimuru scratched his head. He had never seen Gransta so dedicated to his work before. Something seemed off about him today.

Forget it, let's deal with the immediate problem first.

.......

"It seems that Kleiman is already preparing to attack us, having assembled a legion of 30,000 demons, as well as Milim's former subordinates who were forced to charge at the forefront."

"The intelligence sent by Cangying said that the enemy commander is one of Kreman's subordinates, the middle finger Yamza, one of the five fingers."

"I've heard that the opponent is also known as the 'Ice-Piercing Magic Swordsman'."

Rimuru looked at Gransta, raised an eyebrow, and gave a rather intriguing look.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Gransta rolled her eyes at Rimuru, then continued reading the information about the various Demon Lords in her hand, casually remarking:

"Besides, Gobuta could easily deal with that guy called Middle Finger."

"Little brother, is he up to the task?"

"Trust me, he can do it."

"Okay, let's make arrangements for him."

Rimuru stroked his chin and nodded thoughtfully.

Just then, Gransta pushed a piece of intelligence in front of Rimuru and said solemnly:

"What I'm more interested in right now is this Demon King."

Rimuru took the intelligence report and examined it closely. On the first page, it read:

"Primal Demon: Guy"

"According to records, he was an ancient demon king who lived for tens of thousands of years..."

"I'm guessing the ultimate ability will be something like [Judgment]..."

Rimuru turned to the second page, which contained an introduction:

"One of the four dragon species, the White Ice Dragon Velsado, is estimated to be stronger than the Storm Dragon Veldora..."

Clayman was actually ranked last in terms of danger.

"......"

Rimuru grew increasingly alarmed as he read on. He had never paid any attention to the information about the Demon Lords before. Apart from the third-generation Demon Lords like themselves, every Demon Lord possessed astonishing abilities and power.

"Gransta, when did you collect all this? And what about those demons and white ice dragons in the documents? Aren't we really going to be enemies?"

Rimuru looked at Gransta, who had a calm expression on his face. Gransta seemed to have been prepared for this all along.

"Hmm... I had Soue collect these around the time I successfully awakened. What I'm more concerned about is how Qi Yi treats us."

"He wouldn't go so far as to fight us over Clayman, would he?"

"That's hard to say."

Gransta didn't explain much. You see, in the original story, Clayman wanted to judge Rimuru and the monster kingdom in front of all the Demon Lords.

However, Kreman's ambitions went beyond that...

Gransta deliberately kept Rimuru in suspense, saying:

"Rimuru, what do you think is Clayman's ultimate goal in going to such lengths and using so many methods against us?"

"Hmm..." Rimuru narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and said:

"Is it for the resources of the Great Jura Forest? Or for the territorial disputes between demon kings?"

"Of course, it's also possible that they hate us."

That was all Rimuru could think of, but Gransta shook his head and said:

"That's not all. Here's a hint: how did you become the Demon King in the first place?"

"Hmm..." Rimuru pondered, "Back then, it seemed like I was being targeted by someone. Hyuga stopped me from returning to Tempest. I was very anxious at the time, guessing that something had happened at home."

"Later, Cangying informed me that when I returned, the Kingdom of Falmus had just launched a holy war against us and amassed an army of tens of thousands of people."

"I was furious at the time, so I turned them to ashes. As for how I became the Demon King, it was Raphael, the King of Wisdom, who told me that by collecting enough souls, I naturally awakened."

Rimuru stopped abruptly when he got to this point.

Seeing Rimuru's expression, Gransta knew that he had realized something and said:

"Tell me, what came to mind?"

Rimuru straightened his expression and said:

"The condition for awakening as a Demon King is collecting enough souls!"

"Yes, you're right. When you awakened as the Demon King, you sacrificed tens of thousands of soldiers from the Kingdom of Falmus."

Gransta leaned back in his chair, shifting to a more comfortable position, and continued:

"Klayman and his group initially wanted the Orc Lord to become the Demon King for the same reason. Klayman's interference was aimed at controlling the new Demon King and collecting some souls from the disaster."

"And this war is also Clayman's true objective. As for his demon army, even if they are all wiped out, they will become nourishment for him to become an awakened demon king."

Upon hearing this, Rimuru realized that the battle could not continue. To Clayman, whoever won or lost was just a pawn, a sacrifice to achieve his goal.

However, Rimuru quickly realized something was wrong, looked at Gransta, and said:

"You should have known this already, and you should have had a solution, right?"

"Um."

.......

P.S.: I've been quite busy with work lately, and I have less and less free time ŏ̥̥̥̥םŏ̥̥̥̥. I hope you readers can understand and continue to support me!