"No."
Mo Li rejected Carrera's proposal without hesitation.
After hearing her Lord Emperor directly refuse her request, Carrera was utterly crestfallen, almost to the point of shedding tears.
To comfort Carrera, Mo Li could only allow her to remain in the control room, ready to await his orders at any time.
However, the moment Mo Li said that, Carrera instantly went from sorrow to joy and happily took her place behind him.
She could not have looked happier.
Whether it was Carrera, Testarossa, or Ultima, all three of them envied that fellow Diablo terribly.
It was not only because Diablo had encountered Lord Morax before them. Another reason was that Diablo had earned Rimuru's trust and become his Second Secretary, able to remain by his side.
That was what the three of them envied and resented. Though one of them was the Demon Country Federation's diplomatic military officer, one was the Chief Prosecutor, and one was the Chief Justice, none of those were what they wanted.
Power, status, wealth, even the strength sought by all living beings—none of it was what the three of them wanted.
Or rather, such things were within easy reach for them, so naturally they had no interest in pursuing them.
The same was true for power. Among the Seven Primordial Demon Ancestors, the one who craved power most was Guy, the Original Red and current Strongest Primal.
He was also the first Primal to manifest in the world.
Compared to Guy, the other Primordials did not seem nearly as obsessed with strength!
Even the Original Blue and Original Green under Guy's command had appeared thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands, of years before Testarossa and the others. Yet their current strength was merely that of Demon Dukes, and in terms of raw power, they were