Arc 40The Price of Hope
Feldway’s faction assessed the Demon Country Federation’s overwhelming strength and prepared to seek more power, while Obera considered betraying their plans. At a gathering of Demon Lords, Mo Li stopped Guy and Milim’s quarrel and revealed he could help Ramiris recover, though the solution would come at a price.
- Feldway refused to abandon the resurrection plan and discussed using Archangel's Dominion to control holders of Virtue Series Ultimate Skills, while Obera secretly planned to join Milim Nava.
- Feldway and Rudra considered targets for control and weighed deploying Zelanus, the Insect Race, and the Empire’s forces, while accepting that Dino could not be rescued from prison.
- Rudra revealed Xiao’s strength and the Demon Country Federation’s formidable lineup, leading Zalario to judge that Feldway’s faction could not win a direct fight and that secrecy was its only advantage.
- Rudra and Tatsuya Kondo accepted that war with the Demon Country Federation was unavoidable, while Feldway’s faction departed the Eastern Empire to pursue its plans.
- At the banquet, Guy blamed Milim for the ancient battle, and their quarrel escalated until Mo Li’s table taps froze Guy, Milim, and Rimuru into silence.
- Mo Li warned Guy not to test his limits again, then identified Dagruel and Ramiris as the true victims of the ancient battle and prompted the Demon Lords to consider Ramiris’s diminished state.
- Guy and Milim asked Mo Li whether he could help Ramiris, and he said he had developed arts that could solve her problem, though it would take time and a price.
- Ramiris threw herself into Mo Li’s arms and cried as he comforted her, while the Demon Lords watched with sympathy and hope for her recovery.