The Monsters' Worries; The Counterattack Begins

"Lord Rimuru, please stop. Both your 'Divine Wrath' and Lord Emperor's 'All Phenomena of the World,' as well as 'World- trấn Rock Spear,' are incredibly powerful magic, but trump cards must be saved for the critical moment."

"And..."

At this point, Shuna's voice was filled with determination and sincerity.

"Protecting the nation is the duty of us subordinates. We cannot keep living beneath the wings of Lord Rimuru and the Lord Emperor."

Shuna's words immediately made Rimuru abandon that reckless idea.

Rimuru understood everything Shuna had said. She knew it all.

But she truly did not want Gobta and the others to die. She did not want even a single one of them to perish.

Rimuru knew she was being too greedy, but... truly, she wanted to protect everyone.

That was why Rimuru hated war. As long as war existed, there would inevitably be casualties, and casualties meant losing those connected to her.

Thinking of that, Rimuru grew even more disgusted with the Empire.

It was all the Empire's fault. It was all the fault of that guy named Rudra!

But thinking about it now would not help. Rimuru still wanted to help Gobta and the others, to keep them from suffering casualties as much as possible.

"If I personally went to the battlefield—"

Before Rimuru could finish, Benimaru interrupted her with unusual agitation.

That's right! Benimaru was agitated. Even war could not stir much emotion in him, yet Rimuru's single sentence had completely rattled him!

"No! Lord Rimuru. As the General Commander of the Demon Country Federation and the supreme commander of this war, I cannot allow the leader I serve to place herself in danger."

"And according to the information Chloe provided, Lord Rimuru was killed by an unknown individual in another timeline."

"Under such circumstances, it is