'Who is this person?' Gin thought.
After learning the direction that the life signature was in, Gin transformed back into her dragon form and flew to the place directly above the life signature and started digging down using [Control Particles].
Digging decently quickly, about 15 minutes later, when Gin had dug to almost a kilometer below ground, she hit a metallic material.
'Finally, I dug something besides dirt and stones,' thought Gin as she dug the area around the metal, finding that it was a large box. Or rather, a saferoom.
This Magisteel saferoom was sturdy enough to survive Guy and Milim's battle, though it has become heavily damaged. Observing the box, Gin noticed that this saferoom was not impenetrable, as most of it had already been destroyed. Coming up with a hypothesis, before she was even able to ask [Great Sage], a report was given.
{Received. User is correct in guessing that the saferoom would have been destroyed if not for the being inside holding it together. However, the being inside must have run out of energy, which was why we were able to notice it.}
Having her conclusion confirmed by [Great Sage], Gin quickly rushed to the entrance of the saferoom and broke open the door using her large body.
*Crack* *Crack* *Boom*
Breaking open the saferoom, Gin's eyes wandered around the interior of the box. The walls were a very plain metallic silver, but had started cracking. The ceiling had a large piece of blue Magic Crystal Ore lighting up the room, though it started to crack and dim. The floor had a darker blue carpet that was soaked with blood.
Laying on the carpet was a face down figure wearing grey robes which covered his entire body. But the moment Gin broke in, he quickly got up and glared at her.
"YOU! You're the partner of the disobedient dragonoid girl. But unlike her, you won't be able to escape the control of my Ultimate Skill." Yelled the figure as he raised his left hand in a choking manner at Gin.
Surprised by his sudden movements and afraid after hearing of the figure having an Ultimate Skill, Gin screamed to [Great Sage], "DO SOMETHING!"
{Received. Initiating [Auto-Battle Mode]}
After saying this, [Great Sage] temporarily took control of Gin, opened her mouth, and bit down on the figure.
*Crunch* *Crunch* *Crunch*
After chewing the figure a few times to make sure they died, [Great Sage] had Gin take the entire person into her [Inventory] the moment she felt that his life signature disappeared.
{Received. [Auto-Battle Mode] disengaged. Soul of Jahil, the evil king, has been stored and analyzed. Jahil's body has been swallowed and digested, slightly raising the user's EP Value. Jahil's soul can be used as a catalyst for evolution into Dragon King, though this should be done at a later time, after you have mastered your current power.}
'THAT PERSON WAS JAHIL? Thankfully he was very injured, barely away from death.' Gin thought. If Jahil was at full power, or even just one percent of his full power, she would have been easily overpowered and either controlled or killed.
Gin was very glad that Jahil was killed. Not just so that she could evolve whenever she wanted, but so that he wouldn't become a problem later.
Storing the Magisteel box, Gin left the area.
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Gin, satisfied after counting all her gains, flew away, to the island where the Greater Spirits sheltered her people.
Thanking the Spirits before they smiled and teleported away, back to the Spirit World, Gin gathered all of her sleeping people in one general area and woke them up.
"HELLO EVERYONE!!!" she screamed causing them all to awaken.
Then, for the next 10 minutes, Gin explained the situation to them, how Jahil attacked Gaia, causing Milim to destroy their country. If this wasn't surprising to them, then Gin had definitely surprised them all with her next words.
"If you don't have anywhere to go, I'm planning on starting my own country and want to invite you all to be the first citizens." Gin announced. Hearing this, all the people she had gathered were surprised, because to them, Gin did not look much older than a teenager. But acknowledging her strength and the fact that she had protected them, they all agreed.
Having [Great Sage] do a quick head count, Gin learned that there were exactly 950 elves and 50 humans, making a grand total of 1000 people total. All of the people were adults, no one being younger than 18. Also, for some reason, about 90% of the elves were female, but [Great Sage] said that this was the natural distribution of gender for Elves. The humans on the other hand were evenly split between male and female.
Liking the statistics, Gin had [Great Sage] teleport all of them to the north-east half of the Land of the Forgotten Dragon. Since the Land was already naturally divided in half by a river, Gin decided to take half of Milim's future territory since she doesn't really want land anyways. And since she would end up getting Frey and Carrion's territory, she wouldn't miss a small piece of land.
Thinking this, Gin decided to have her people settle down and start a small community. [Great Sage] would divide all the tasks that people need to do, and once things get settled, she would either take charge or have [Great Sage] continue to manage things.
The first steps would include building a village, creating farmland, and creating extra clothes. But Gin noticed that because of Magicule Poisoning, the human citizens were very weak and tired.
{Received. One possible solution that would also assist in the future would be to turn them into Dragonewts.}
Liking this idea, Gin brought this up to the human group, which they all agreed. The transformation process would take about a week, so Gin created some clones to do the initial work to cover for the resting and transforming Humans.
Initially, Gin worked very hard, but thinking that setting up farmland is tiring, she looks at the Intrinsic Skill she received during her evolution.
{Received.
[Dragon Roar]: Releases a loud roar that causes fear in those weaker than the user. It will have a lesser effect on Monsters and a greater effect on Humans and Dragons. This roar does not effect subordinates, and even temporarily increases their strength. Morale of allies and subordinates will slightly increase.
[Dragon Aura}: Releases an invisible aura all around the user. This aura slightly purifies the surrounding area. Enemies will be given a slight debuff while allies and subordinates will be given a slight buff in strength. Morale of allies and subordinates will slightly increase. This has a greater effect on Dragons.
[Dragon Eyes]: User's vision will be enhanced. Looking at an opponent using this skill will cause fear and paralysis. When this skill is in use, analysis type skills will have a greater chance of success. }
'Okay, these aren't bad, but there's no new damage skills' thought Gin, but then she had a brilliant idea. 'Since [Dragon Aura] purifies the surrounding area, if I were to use this on the farmland, will crops have an easier time growing?'
Testing this theory, Gin used [Dragon Aura] on the land, causing the soil to lightly grow and some of the planted crops slightly grew.
Realizing this, Gin had her clones focus on planting trees. One of her goals was to make a large forest of trees that reached up to the sky. After all, the stereotype for elves is that they are tree lovers. And with this, the planted trees that were just tree seeds a moment ago grew into short saplings and then small trees. They didn't grow past that, making Gin think that it would still take a few months or years to accomplish that goal. But it was a great start.
Going back to the farmland, Gin used her clones to finish planting the initial crops and then purified them.
Magically, the crops grew extremely quickly, to the point where they were already finished growing and ready to harvest.
Not wanting to do this herself, Gin had [Great Sage] designate others to harvest them.
One week of hard work later, the fully transformed Dragonewts stirred, waking up to a marvelous scene. After transforming, the Dragonewts were able to keep their human names, and these names counted as being named by Gin, causing them all to have a power up to C+ rank.
Somehow, in just a short week, the main structure of the village was already completed. Enough houses for each person to have their own was build. With Gin rapidly growing crops, they didn't have to worry about food shortage in this point of early spring. And since food and shelter were well on their way, [Great Sage] designated much of the population to work on making clothing and blankets.
Unknowingly, most of the elves were very good at sewing and making clothes. This being that much of them were female or that they were just naturally gifted, Gin didn't know but didn't care either way. After all, with more than three quarters of the elves being extremely talented at designing clothes, combined with Gin's knowledge of clothes from her life on Earth, the clothing and fashion industries would be their signature in the future.
Besides clothes, the food industry was also booming. Cultivating a large amount of purified farmland made growing crops very easy, even without Gin involved.
But more noticeably, they were able to create a large fish farm by temporarily rerouting the river that made up boarder of Gin's and Milim's parts of the Land of the Forgotten Dragon, transferring a large amount of water closer to the center of Gin's land.
Since elves were vegetarians, they only needed the crops, but this delicacy was very important for the Dragonewts.
Not liking their previous vegetarian diet, a brave soul tried eating boar meat, but puked shortly after. This had many thinking that they would never be able to eat meat again, but when someone else tried fish, they realized that the taste of fish was heavily enhanced after their transformation.
This had them creating a fish farm, which they succeeded with [Great Sage]'s help. This fish farm was very large, with the lake spanning multiple kilometers in circumference. And even better, since the lake was controlled by Gin, the Magicule count of the lake was able to be adjusted, increasing the rate at which fish grow. Also, as there were no predators, the Dragonewts had a continuously growing supply of fish.
With the village practically running on its own, Gin decided to do one last thing before going back to constantly training her skills.
She decided to use clones to scout the entirety of her territory, making sure that there would be no threats or others living there.
After spending a few days exploring, Gin learned that the territory indeed had no monsters, but it did have a small group of wild boar roaming the plains. But besides the boars, there were no other creatures. Plant life was also limited to just grass, weeds, and a few trees here and there.
Learning that the country was safe for the time being, Gin returned to the village. Since she wanted to practice her skills more, she didn't have time to run a country all day, so she appointed an assistant. This assistant was an elf named Emilia.
Emilia was a silver haired elf with purple eyes, and an innocent but dedicated heart. She was the only person besides Gin that knew how to fight, and she was good at it. Her EP Value almost 11,000, (B+ rank).
Wanting her people to know how to defend themselves, Emilia proposed that eveyone should increase their rank by one or two minor rankings. Since all the Dragonewts evolved and had names, they all had similar powers at an 8,000 EP Value (B rank). The elves on the other hand were a little more deviated, with EP Values at around 3,500 to 5,500 (C+ to B- rank).
Gin set a goal for everyone, that by next year she wanted the more powerful Dragonewts to reach for B+ rank and the elves to all get to B rank. This way, Gin wouldn't need to always defend her own territory in the future.
With everything set, Gin returned to training, not to increase her strength and EP Value, but to master her own power before she evolved again.
And with this, time started to pass quickly. A week, a month, and eventually, an entire year passed.
And on a specific day, Guy Crimson called, summoning Ramiris, Milim, and Gin to his castle.
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I'm going to try my best to read and reply to comments so if you have question, feel free to ask things.
Something to point out, Gin's country won't be called the Land of the Forgotten Dragon. That's still going to be Milim's country. I'm just using that name to reference the land that Gin is residing in.
If you search up the Tensura map and look at Milim's territory, you'll notice that it is divided in 2 by a river. The north east half is where Gin is making her country, and the south west half is where Milim is going to make hers.
Also, this arc is coming to and end, so if you have requests or ideas, feel free to share them. If you have a suggestion that fits well with my story, I might include it.
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At high noon on the day of the first full moon of the new year, which marks the one year anniversary of the end of the great battle, Guy sent out a summon.
The coming night would be the official anniversary, and was when they all agreed to meet. As such, through the rings, Guy sent out a summon to the rest, telling them that he would have Rain and Misery teleport them over.
Preparing her leave, Gin told Emilia that she would be gone for at least the night but probably longer, and that she should keep everyone on their current arrangements, whether that be farming, fishing, making clothes, patrolling the grasslands, or something else. The plains which was mostly dirt had turned into a grassland due to Gin's blessing on the land.
Throughout the year, Gin had improved greatly. Her EP Value had only risen by a few thousand from the end of the battle to 211,132 (A+ Rank), due to missions, but her actual strength had risen greatly.
Gin had learned to fight in human form, and had improved her combat ability in both her forms. She gained more mastery of her elemental abilities when using [Control Particles], intrinsic skills, as well as basic magic.
That's right. Gin had learned basic elemental magic of the 5 main elements (Fire, earth, water, air, and lightning). This wasn't too effective in combat, as this was just basic manipulation, but it was a start.
Plus, Gin had greatly improved in using [Spatial Motion], no longer needed to use [Great Sage] to even cast it, though it was still much quicker when [Great Sage] assisted.
In human form, all Gin needed was a teacher or a reference point to learn swordsmanship. All the strongest beings knew how to use a sword, whether it be Guy, Milim, Chloe, Rudra, or Rimuru, all of them learned how to use the sword to a very high extent.
None of her people were able to teach her, as none of them knew anything about swords. The lizard men preferred to use spear, since its easier to use them while flying or underwater. The elves on the other hand preferred to use bows and arrows, as well as blow darts with poison on them. But when forced into close combat, they would use throwing knives and then quickly escape.
Gin put it on his agenda to recruit some dwarfs as master blacksmiths and engineers and some ogres in hopes of evolving them to Kijins by naming them and then eventually Fair Oni. With them, the village would be set, having everything it would need to develop.
Speaking of the village, it has basically maxed out its advancements for the time being. Using Magic and Skills has greatly improved farming techniques to the point where only a handful of people were needed for the entire field. Since the population of the village was still close to a thousand, there was no need to build more housing.
That meant that most of the population was either designing clothes, patrolling the outskirts of the country, and practicing self defense. Since everyone was able to train, all the training goals were met, with no one falling behind.
Since designing clothing had become increasingly popular, with a lot of internal competition, the fashion industry was booming.
The food industry was still stagnant though. There were a few new species of fish, and some different plants for food, but there was still not too many options.
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Finishing up looking at the end of the year report, Gin received a telepathic message from Guy, saying that Misery was on her way.
Right after this confirmation, a large gate had risen through a purple portal on the ground. This Gate looked exactly as it did in the anime, so Gin wasn't too surprised.
Taking a moment to appreciate the gate, as well as thanking Misery, Gin walked through the portal. Misery quickly shut the gate and followed her through.
On the other side of the portal, Gin bumped into Milim, who had entered her portal at the same time.
The exit portal was the same portal, so when both Milim and Ramiris had coincidentally appeared at the exact same time, she jumped in surprise.
Looking around the room, Gin notices its the same room as the Walpurgis banquet in the anime. Sitting at the same round table was Guy, sipping a very fragrant tea, joyfully smiling at the group who entered.
Looking outside, Gin noticed that they were not at Guy's Palace of White Ice, but instead a floating island that was very high in the atmosphere, the open windows facing towards stars.
Immediately after entering, Guy had told everyone to sit down and enjoy the tea.
But Ramiris and Milim had completely ignored Guy, as begun playfully bantering, competing about which one had arrived first.
This greatly annoyed Guy, as you could see the nerves at the corner of his forehead start to tense.
Seeing this, Gin told the duo, "Let's sit down first. The tea might get cold."
Guys mood instantly lightened, looking at Gin as if she was the world's savior. But this quickly changed when she added playfully. "You should continue arguing after that."
After calming down, finishing up the greetings and drinking the tea, the true first meeting of the Demon Lords had begun.
When everyone finished settling down, Guy began the meeting by asking everyone, "What are your goals?
Since I asked first, I may as well answer. I am the strongest being alive, and I want to fight other strong people. If not, then I at least want to become friends or rivals with all the strongest people alive."
Ramiris quickly interjected, "I don't really care about fighting. I just want to maintain the balance of the world."
Milim added by saying, "I'm not really sure, I just want to be free from all the rules that bind people, living life freely and enjoyably."
All these answers were a little obvious as they were easily reflected in their respective personalities. But everyone knew the next one would be different. It would be the most interesting. And everyone leaned in to prepare.
Realizing that everyone was expecting something big, or at least a small surprise, Gin closed her eyes and took a moment to think. Then she stood up, chugged down the remaining tea in her cup, slammed the cup on the table, took a deep inhale, opened her eyes again and finally said,
"I want to be entertained, whether it be from installing multiple people to secretly control the world and have heroes fight against the system, install a treasure that the entire world is after, create an evil so great that the entire world unites to fight against it, or create an group of orbs that grants wishes. And the first step would be to get myself a deeper, more hidden background, which is why I'm have created a country and closed its borders to outsiders, only allowing strong races to become citizens. I'm not being racist, I help those who need help. Its just that my country will become both my army, economic power, and foundation to become one of the superpowers behind the scene!" Gin announced grandly.
All three other participants in the meeting, who were leaning forward had smiled and laughed, liking the grand sounding goal.
But Guy especially was amused, as his plan of making the Council of Demon Lords had almost perfectly aligned with hers. None of the goals that the group shared interfered with his own, but Gin's was a surprise as her goal had included and even surpassed his own.
After such a grand statement, Guy felt it was the perfect time to strike.
"To accomplish everyone's goals, I'm planning on creating a Demon Lord Council, though not everyone needs to be an awakened Demon Lord. With the council, you would be free from the rules of mortals. You would maintain the balance of the world in the background. And you would be entertained by the squabbles of world down below, as well as from your fellow Demon Lords." Guy proposed.
But Gin pointed out that Ramiris might not be the best fit for this council, as she isn't a combat type. "Ramiris isn't exactly the fighting type. Would she be able to handle people challenging her?"
"Instead of being a full Demon Lord, she could be the witness to meetings, maintaining balance in the council. She could still vote and participate in meetings, but to show her impartiality, she wouldn't get the title.
She could also be the one to appoint the future heroes who will challenge the Demon Lords. They wouldn't all be true awakened heroes, but she could give them Spirits to assist them in saving people." Added Guy. He also didn't think that Ramiris truly fit the picture of a Demon Lord, but this idea was just as good.
Gin agreed to the invitation, since that was her entire plan from the start. Milim also agreed, saying it would be fun to start a group of strong people. Ramiris was a little hesitant at first, not liking the idea of joining the "Evil" side, but she liked the 2nd part, where she would be considered the witness and balance keeper, and that she could continue to appoint heroes, so she agreed as well.
Seeing everyone agree, Guy moved to the 2nd point of business, the rules of the council.
Wanting to keep most things the same as they would have been, Gin proposed, " Once more members join, why don't we implement a system of threes, where it would take three Demon Lords to start a meeting, three to promote a new Demon Lord, three to propose or remove a rule or agreement and so on."
Liking the idea, Guy quickly agreed. But he misunderstood Gin's intentions, as he thought that this was to glorify the fact that the council started with three members.
But he then added, "Let's also make it so that if an outsider challenges and defeats a sitting Demon Lord, they would be able to take their place.
Milim, liking the idea of getting challenged, jumped up and down excitedly.
Since Ramiris wouldn't be getting challenged, she agreed as well.
With everyone agreeing, Guy had finished his business and ended the official part of the meeting by saying grandly, "Since we are all in agreement, I will try to find a few potential members so we can increase our ranks. I already found a few, including a Giant, Vampire, and a Fallen. After that, we will make ourselves known to the world."
And with that, everyone lightly chatted for another hour before they headed out on their way.
Gin invited Milim to go with her, but she rejected the offer, wanting to stay in Ramiris's labyrinth until Gaia and Lin hatch, but afterwards, she would go. Gin, agreeing to Milim's plan, said that she would try to visit at least a few times before they hatched.
After some light hearted farewells, Rain teleported Ramiris and Milim away, back to where they left from.
After they left, but before Gin was able to leave, Guy stopped her and invited her to his Palace of White Ice.
"What's the invitation for?" Gin asked, confused.
"Its a surprise," Guy said with a smirk.
Intrigued by the offer, Gin accepted. Guy nodded to Misery, who then opened a portal that led to the castle. Guy stepped through first, followed by Misery, and then Gin. Normally, Misery would have let Gin go first, since it would be proper etiquette for a maid, but it must have been part of the surprise.
After Gin stepped through the portal, arriving at her destination, a white haired girl who looked slightly older than her surprised her by hugging her, stuffing her face into her chest.
"Little sister! I finally get to meet you,"
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