BAMN: Chapter 65/66

Chapter 65: Traces of the Orc Lord

"Just as you predicted."

Souei stood on a cliff, gazing at the desolate land in the distance. Under the scorching sun, not a blade of grass grew. "There's nothing, neither grass nor trees, all gone."

"It seems 'Starved' has already manifested."

Through this event, Rin was able to roughly determine the current time period.

'After Rimuru reincarnated, it took him about a few months to leave the labyrinth.'

'Afterward, he successively subdued the Goblins and Direwolves, encountered Benimaru and others whose villages were annihilated by the Moderate Harlequin Alliance, and soon met the invading Orc army.'

Rin felt that it should be around the first half of the story's plot, as the Storm Dragon was still present.

However, considering the Insect-Type Magic Beast not mentioned in the original work, Rin felt he couldn't completely rely on the original as a reference.

In the real world, any event can trigger a butterfly effect.

Rin didn't think the future would unfold exactly as described in the novel.

"Souei."

"At your service!"

"Go to the Lizardmen's territory, inform them of the Orc Clan's changes, and then propose an alliance with us."

Rin wanted to subdue all the monsters in the forest. Each of them was an important source of magicules for him, and he couldn't let a large number of them die off casually as in the original work.

"Understood!"

Upon receiving the order, Souei wasted no time and immediately rushed towards the Lizardmen's stronghold.

'This is a bit troublesome.'

Upon learning the current time period, Rin felt a slight sense of distress, and his expression was immediately noticed by Ice Empress.

"Master, is something wrong?"

Rin pondered for a moment and told Ice Empress the information he knew. "Simply put, someone is behind a conspiracy, and there's a group of very strong individuals hiding in the shadows. I'm a bit uneasy."

Rimuru's initial opponent, the early antagonist, and later a power-level measuring unit, Clayman, one of the Ten Great Demon Lord.

Don't misunderstand, even though this guy didn't perform well in the original work and was easily dealt with by Rimuru.

But Clayman was still a Demon Lord Seed, after all.

The term Demon Lord Seed here does not refer to a truly awakened Demon Lord.

In the Cardinal World, if you are a Demon Lord Seed, then acquire territory and an army, you can call yourself a Demon Lord.

Afterward, through the Demon Lord Council, as long as the other Demon Lord do not object, then you are a Demon Lord.

"Clayman and the Demon Lords, are they very strong?"

Hearing that there were powerful individuals, Ice Empress felt a little excited and wanted to fight these strong ones.

"Among the Ten Great Demon Lords, seven are True Demon Lords."

"Currently, Clayman's magicules value is estimated to be around 400,000."

The amount of magicules doesn't represent everything, so even the current Rin has a chance to fight Clayman.

Ice Empress and Ogerpon, the two girls' magicules are A+, but in a real fight, ordinary Special A-Ranks are no match for them.

But this is clearly not enough.

"I'm not afraid of Clayman. What I'm worried about is the Moderate Harlequin Alliance behind him."

"Clayman belongs to the Moderate Harlequin Alliance and is the weakest member within it."

"Besides him, every other Clown possesses combat power comparable to a Demon Lord."

To put it bluntly, the current Rin, facing any one of the Clowns, would be utterly annihilated.

Fortunately, the Clowns will not easily expose their existence.

After all, once a conflict breaks out between the two sides, the sheer commotion would be enough to attract the attention of other Demon Lords.

Yuuki Kagurazaka would definitely not jump out at this time.

"Every one of them has the power of a Demon Lord?"

Ice Empress was a bit surprised. She increasingly felt that following Rin was the most correct decision she had ever made. "Interesting!"

"There will be opportunities."

Rin said, "If things become impossible, I will activate Traveler and take you to other worlds."

With Traveler as a fallback, the worst outcome is merely living to fight another day.

After he becomes stronger by relying on the power of countless other worlds, he will return for revenge.

"It seems that after arranging things here, it's time to start exploring new worlds."

The feeling of being targeted wasn't good, and Rin hated those who schemed in the dark. "Even if they aren't deliberately targeting us, since we are destined to be enemies, there's nothing more to say."

If Rin was to follow Rimuru's path, then Rimuru's enemies would eventually emerge.

"Now, information on the Orc Clan has been obtained."

"As for the Goblins, Treyni will lead the way."

Rin wasn't worried about Sakurako and their safety regarding the Goblins.

Treyni could summon Sylphide, and even if the Clowns had truly arrived in the Great Jura Forest, they wouldn't dare to provoke her.

"I wonder how Benimaru and Hakurou are doing?"

Rin's understanding of the Tengu Clan in this world was limited.

"Tengu?"

Ice Empress and Snow Empress, however, were quite interested.

Rin explained. "Although they are called Tengu, they actually resemble angels with wings."

A long time ago, an angel incarnated into the body of a Mountain Wolf, thus giving birth to the Tengu Clan.

The Tengu Clan here didn't actually have long noses.

They liked to wear red, long-nosed masks and had white or black wings on their backs, and were called the Tengu Clan due to their arrogant personalities.

Years ago, the founder of the Tengu Clan, Kaede, practiced swordsmanship under Araki Byakuya alongside Hakurou.

The two developed feelings for each other and gave birth to a daughter, who was Momiji in the original work.

However, the gestation period for Tengu was extremely long. Hakurou's wife took a full three hundred years to give birth to Momiji, and she passed on most of her magicules to her.

The stronger the monsters in the Cardinal World, the less likely they were to bear offspring.

Because this was a huge detriment to monsters.

Bearing offspring meant the offspring would inherit a large portion of the parents' power. Even the former Star King Dragon fell because of this.

Given the relationship between the Tengu Clan and Hakurou, with him stepping forward, and then Benimaru entering into a marriage alliance as in the novel, Rin felt there was a high chance of gaining the loyalty of the Tengu Clan.

At worst, he would take on the conflict between the Tengu and Frey.

Frey's strength might be slightly stronger than Clayman's, but she was definitely no match for those few Clowns.

Rin was confident that before Sky Queen Frey clashed with him, he would become strong enough that she wouldn't dare to provoke him.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 66: Subduing Goblins

"The territories of the Tengu are located near Demon Lord Frey's country."

Snow Empress memorized the map of the Cardinal World. "Hakurou and the others will probably have to travel for a while, so it definitely won't be that fast."

"Then let's wait a bit longer, until the Goblins submit."

Rin also took this time to continue researching the Traveler's abilities.

He discovered that the Traveler's ability to open gates to other worlds wasn't entirely random. There were some controllable aspects.

For example, Rin didn't directly use the Traveler, but instead dispersed magicules to capture world gates wandering in the void.

During this process, Rin could obtain some fragmented information, thereby making a preliminary judgment about what kind of world was on the other side.

Additionally, this usage would not consume the Traveler's travel opportunities.

Rin didn't need to worry about encountering danger and being unable to use the Traveler.

"Alright, let me see what the next world will be like."

Rin closed his eyes, his consciousness completely focused on the Traveler's ability.

The next moment, a large number of images flashed through his mind at an extremely fast speed, including worlds inhabited by countless monsters, and universes distorted by strange rules.

All kinds of information surged like a tide, forcing Rin to actively disconnect.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Opening his eyes, Rin gasped for breath, a large amount of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.

"Are you okay?!"

Seeing this, Snow Empress quickly stepped forward to check.

His condition was most keenly felt by Ice Empress, Ogerpon, and the other dependents, but fortunately, Rin replied that he was training, which appeased them.

"I'm fine."

Rin smiled slightly at Snow Empress and said, "Good luck, I successfully captured an interesting world."

"An interesting world?"

"Not yet confirmed."

The new otherworld Rin discovered was a bit special. "It has a very strong protective wall. I can't enter it freely like the previous few worlds."

Of the three methods, connecting with that world and leading Rin in was impossible.

Just now, as soon as the Traveler's ability touched that side, the world's will there reacted violently.

Clearly, the other side was unwilling to interact with outsiders and just wanted to close its doors and live its own life.

"Forcibly intervening is also impossible."

"That world is very vast."

Rin wasn't sure how vast the other side was, but in terms of sheer size, it was no less than the Cardinal World.

Therefore, trying to sneak in like in the Soul Land World was very difficult.

"Then there's only the second method?"

"No."

Rin shook his head and said, "If it really is the situation I'm thinking of, entering directly with my true body would be too dangerous."

"So, we still have to use the second method, but in a different, safer way."

"A safer way?"

Snow Empress had already received the information about the new world that Rin shared with her.

And after learning about the situation there, Snow Empress, like Rin, dared not underestimate the vastness and danger of that world in the slightest.

"What should we do?"

"Remote projection."

If it were other worlds, remote projection would definitely not work.

But in this new world, Rin's Traveler had a high probability of finding a loophole.

"I need to prepare."

"Not just me, but also you, Ice Empress, Ogerpon, Shuna, and the others."

Rin said, "I plan to bring everyone to fight this battle together!"

"Interesting."

Snow Empress realized what Rin wanted to do, and she smiled. "The new world should have many abilities suitable for you to acquire."

"Ah."

Rin said, "Be patient and wait for an opportunity for us to descend."

While Rin and Snow Empress discussed how to deal with the new otherworld, the Ogre team following Treyni had already arrived near the Goblin village.

The Goblin settlement was not too far from the Ogre Clan's village.

At the travel speed of an A-rank Ogre, a day and a night were enough to cross half of the Great Jura Forest, let alone such a short distance.

They set off at noon and reached their destination by evening.

"So scary."

"Why are such powerful monsters coming here?"

"Is the village doomed?"

At this moment, inside the village, a group of Goblins, whose height was no different from human children, held short sticks and rusty short blades, staring in terror at Sakurako and the others who had appeared.

"Who, who are you?!"

Even though his body trembled, the old Goblin still asked, "Please don't harm us! There's nothing in the village. If you need food, we'll obediently hand it over!"

"Is this the current state of the Goblins?"

"They are truly quite destitute..."

To be honest, Sakurako was very disappointed.

The girl brushed her silver-white long hair, and despite her dissatisfaction, she stepped forward and declared, "I am an envoy from the Ogre Clan, here to convey the will of my Lord!"

"If you are willing to submit to my Lord, you will be granted protection and food!"

"Eh?"

The Goblin village chief thought he had misheard. He looked at his son, a young-looking, skinny Goblin. "What did she say? Submit?"

"Yes, old man."

His tone carried a hint of excitement. "She also said she can give us food and protection!"

"Is that true?"

"Is there really someone willing to protect us?"

"The Ogre Clan, they are very powerful monsters."

For the Goblin Clan, submitting to the strong held no psychological pressure whatsoever.

Rather, if anyone was willing, the Goblins would not refuse to submit to them.

Goblins were almost at the bottom of the monster hierarchy, with their existence value so low that it didn't even reach 1000.

During the great outbreak period, the individual existence value of Goblins once exceeded 1000, reaching E-rank.

However, this was also the Goblins' last glory.

As time passed, the Goblins in the forest, 0.4 of 8000, had a maximum magicules of only about 500.

500 magicules, firmly F-rank.

An ordinary farmer could easily beat four or five of them without weapons.

What use were such weak monsters, besides wasting food?

"Too weak."

"For the Lord to be willing to protect such weaklings, what great benevolence this is."

The three Ogres who came with Sakurako lamented Rin's benevolence, that he was even willing to recruit Goblins.

"Enough!"

Sakurako interrupted the three, admonishing them. "You cannot question the Lord's decision!"

"Yes."

The three quickly bowed their heads in apology.

Sakurako was in charge of this small team.

Their mission was to protect Sakurako and ensure the safe return of this group of Goblins to their village.

(To be continued.)