Chapter Summaries

Shirou Emiya fought nonstop for five days and five nights against Orc soldiers, pushing his body and magic power to exhaustion before Little Rimuru rescued him. He reached Level 7 and inspected his new status panel, where Luck appeared and his skills had undergone a major transformation.

• Shirou Emiya used Enhancement Magecraft and constant movement to keep fighting the Orc soldiers despite reaching the limits of his stamina and magic power.
• Shirou Emiya defeated the surrounding enemies with a final sweeping attack, then collapsed as his five-day battle ended.
• Little Rimuru answered Shirou Emiya's call by firing a flaming arrow that engulfed the battlefield, and Shirou Emiya recovered with food and water.
• Shirou Emiya leveled up to Level 7, chose Luck, and saw that Smithing and Mystery had increased.
• Shirou Emiya studied his new status panel and realized his skills had changed dramatically.

After leveling up, Shirou Emiya examined five transformed skills and discovered major defensive and utility enhancements. He reassured Little Rimuru, then headed with her toward the battle between Little Emiya’s group and the Orcs.

• Shirou Emiya found that Divine Blessings, Magic Resistance, and Independent Action had been reorganized into Super Intuition, Combat Continuation, Grand Magus, Flame's Blessing, and Dark Hero.
• Shirou Emiya considered the new skills’ abilities, including heightened intuition, sustained peak condition, resistance to magic and fire, and monster command.
• Little Rimuru worried Shirou Emiya was angry, and he comforted her by stroking her head and promising he would not be angry with her.
• After resting until he had recovered, Shirou Emiya learned that Little Emiya and the others had encountered the Orcs’ main force.
• Shirou Emiya led Little Rimuru toward the main battlefield to watch the fight.

Shirou Emiya and Little Rimuru arrived at the battlefield and watched Rimuru fight the Orc Lord Kloot. Rimuru defeated Kloot by promising to bear the sins of him and his fellow Orcs, leaving the battle at its end.

• Shirou Emiya brought Little Rimuru to the battlefield, where Torreni joined them and asked him to help Rimuru.
• Shirou Emiya refused to intervene, confident that Rimuru would win against Kloot.
• Rimuru and Kloot used their devouring abilities against each other, and Rimuru gained a glimpse of Kloot's past and his desire to feed his fellow Orcs.
• Rimuru promised to eat the sins of Kloot and all the Orcs, and Kloot stopped resisting.
• Rimuru defeated Kloot, who thanked him and said he would finally never be hungry again.

After defeating Orc Lord Kloot, Rimuru decided to take in the Orcs’ sins, with Shirou Emiya supporting him. At the inter-race meeting, Rimuru explained the Orcs’ desperate circumstances and declared he would not hold them accountable.

• Rimuru announced his victory over Orc Lord Kloot and told Shirou Emiya he wanted to devour the Orcs’ sins.
• Shirou Emiya backed Rimuru’s decision and asked Torreni to arrange a meeting of the races.
• Torreni gathered the races’ representatives, including the Orc chiefs and their surviving general, for a meeting in the wetlands.
• Rimuru explained that famine and harsh taxes had driven the Orcs from the Demon Continent and that they now lacked food and any means to compensate the other races.
• The Orc representatives offered their lives as compensation for the losses, and Rimuru declared that he had no intention of holding the Orcs accountable.

Rimuru announced that he would take responsibility for the Orcs and proposed that they join the other races under a new alliance. With Shirou Emiya’s support, the races accepted Rimuru and Shirou as leaders of the Jura Forest Great Alliance.

• Rimuru told the gathered leaders that he would bear responsibility for the Orcs’ actions, and Benimaru and his companions agreed.
• The Lizardman leader asked whether the Orcs would be allowed to settle in the Jura Great Forest, and Rimuru confirmed that they would.
• Shirou Emiya silenced the protesting leaders and declared the Orcs subordinates of himself and Rimuru; the Orc representatives swore loyalty.
• Rimuru proposed forming the Jura Forest Great Alliance to protect the forest from future threats following Veldora’s disappearance.
• The Lizardman leader and other races pledged allegiance, and Torreni formally recognized Rimuru and Shirou Emiya as the alliance leaders.

After the Jura Forest Great Alliance formed, Torreni offered the Treants’ Dried Magic Fruit to feed the starving Orcs while they settled and planted crops. Shirou Emiya then worked with Rimuru and the others to redesign the alliance’s capital, which Rimuru named Central City 'Emiya'.

• Rimuru became Alliance Leader and Council Speaker, while Shirou Emiya took the deputy positions by choice.
• Torreni promised the Orcs the Treants’ surplus Dried Magic Fruit, which could keep someone from feeling hungry for seven days.
• The Orc General thanked Rimuru, Shirou Emiya, and Torreni, and Rimuru told the Orcs to work hard for the alliance.
• Shirou Emiya left Rimuru to name the Orcs and began redesigning the city with the Dwarven brothers, Hephaestus, Shuna, Kurobei, and Little Emiya.
• Rimuru returned after naming the Orcs and chose Central City 'Emiya' as the city’s name.

Rimuru named the Monster Federation’s future capital Central City Emiya, and Shirou Emiya accepted the honor after realizing Rimuru understood his attachment to his name. With the Orcs’ food crisis resolved, Shirou organized their resettlement and helped oversee the city’s construction.

• Rimuru chose Central City Emiya as the future capital and declared the decision final despite Shirou Emiya’s surprise.
• Rimuru explained that she had chosen Emiya because she sensed Shirou cared more about that name than Shirou, and the two reaffirmed that they were best friends.
• Rimuru named the one hundred thousand Orcs, transforming them into Pigmen and raising their combat ranks; she also named the former Orc Lord’s son Kloot.
• Benimaru and the others distributed tree fruit to the Pigmen, giving each enough food for a year and resolving their crisis.
• Shirou Emiya relocated the Pigmen throughout the Jura Great Forest to reclaim land and build homes while Central City Emiya began rising in the forest.
• Shirou trained troops and supervised the city’s construction, enthusiastically helping build the capital named after him.

Clayman prepared to host a Demon Lord Conference and planned to use the gathering to manipulate the other rulers. Carrion, Milim, and Freya arrived, leaving Clayman ready to begin.

• Clayman prepared his luxurious meeting room and checked the time before the guests arrived.
• Carrion appeared and asked Clayman whether Karumeud was making progress.
• Milim arrived late, challenged Clayman and Carrion about talking behind her back, and entered the room.
• Freya arrived with Milim, and Clayman let her attend as a Demon Lord despite the no-attendants rule.
• Clayman had a chair appear for Freya and began the Demon Lord Conference.

Clayman explained Karumeud’s failed plan to the Demon Lords and urged them to investigate the battle in the Jura Great Forest. Milim found a way around the forest’s non-aggression treaty, and the Demon Lords agreed to send their own agents to compete for influence there.

• Clayman told Carrion, Milim, and Freya that Karumeud had died and showed them crystal balls depicting the battle between the Orc Lord and high-ranking demons.
• Freya inferred that the battle’s victor might become a Demon Lord, prompting the group to discuss investigating and recruiting the survivor.
• Clayman warned the Demon Lords against acting rashly and losing the chance to control whoever won.
• Milim proposed abolishing the non-aggression treaty, explaining that it had been created after Veldora was sealed to protect the seal.
• The four Demon Lords agreed to send their own people into the Jura Great Forest and compete to claim its resources.

Three months after the Orc Lord battle, Shirou Emiya inspected Emiya City’s growing army and prepared for the Demon Lords’ arrival, especially Milim. After training, he and Little Rimuru decided to go see how Benimaru was faring after Shion sought Shuna’s help with cooking.

• Shirou Emiya anticipated the arrival of the Demon Lords’ minions and looked forward to meeting Milim, whom he hoped to befriend and spar with.
• Gobta reported that training the Orc elites in Shirou Emiya’s military swordsmanship was going well.
• Shirou Emiya reviewed the Orc soldiers’ afternoon training and praised their progress.
• Little Rimuru told Shirou Emiya that she and Little Emiya had slipped away when Shion went to ask Shuna to prepare food for another Father.
• Shirou Emiya and Little Rimuru decided to visit Benimaru after training, expecting him to be scolded over Shion’s cooking plans.

Dwarf King Gaza learned that the Orc war had ended and, after discovering that Rimuru had settled the surviving Orcs and restored peace to the Jura Great Forest, decided to visit the forest himself. Meanwhile, Shirou Emiya and Rimuru admired the lively city and joked about Gawain’s failed attempt to grow herbs.

• Dwarf King Gaza received reports of the Orc Lord’s invasion, alerted the Dwarf Kingdom, and put the Sky Knights on standby.
• After learning the war seemed over, Dwarf King Gaza ordered a cautious reduction in the army’s alert level and approved a deeper investigation.
• Three months later, Dwarf King Gaza learned that Rimuru had taken in the surviving Orcs and brought peace to the Jura Great Forest, so he decided to visit and judge whether she was an enemy.
• Shirou Emiya and Rimuru walked through the thriving city and discussed its construction, its Pigmen residents, and their lower reproductive rate.
• Shirou Emiya asked Rimuru about Gawain, and Rimuru complained that he had grown weeds instead of Hippocrates Herb.

Hundreds of Pegasi carrying the Dwarf Kingdom’s Sky Knights approached Emiya City, prompting Rimuru and Shirou Emiya to prepare the city and investigate. Suspecting King Gaza had sent the force to test them rather than start a fight, Rimuru led a party into the forest to meet them.

• Shirou Emiya spotted the approaching Pegasi through his familiars, and Rimuru ordered Little Emiya and Little Rimuru to alert the city’s leaders and citizens.
• Rimuru assessed the approaching force with Great Sage and learned it consisted of about five hundred highly coordinated A-Rank knights and Pegasi.
• Hephaestus recognized the force as the rumored Sky Knights, a secret unit under the Dwarf King’s direct command.
• Rimuru realized Rigurd had forgotten to tell the adventurers that the Orc incident was resolved, and Shirou Emiya suggested the Dwarf King had come to test them.
• Rimuru ordered Benimaru and Gobta to hold the troops in place, then set out with Shirou Emiya, Rigurd, Hephaestus, and the three dwarven brothers to meet the knights in the forest.

Rimuru and his companions met King Gaza and the Dwarf Kingdom’s knights, where Shirou Emiya’s overwhelming aura forced Gaza to abandon his plan to test Rimuru through battle. Gaza explained he had come to judge whether Rimuru was friend or foe, and Rimuru proposed settling their understanding through a sword exchange.

• Rimuru led his companions through the jungle to meet King Gaza and his knights, while Hephaestus greeted the Dwarf King.
• Rimuru introduced himself as the master of the forest and Alliance Leader, prompting the knights to react angrily to his blunt words.
• Shirou Emiya released his aura, overwhelmed the group, and warned King Gaza to show respect before Rimuru identified him as a human Otherworld Traveler and Vice Alliance Leader.
• King Gaza revealed he had come to assess Rimuru’s intentions after hearing about his demonmen, his defeat of the Orc Lord’s army, and his plans to build a city.
• King Gaza admitted he could not determine whether Rimuru was friend or foe and abandoned his plan to confirm it through battle; Rimuru suggested they communicate through their swords.

Rimuru accepted Dwarf King Gaza’s sword challenge to build trust between the Jura Forest Great Alliance and the Dwarf Kingdom. She blocked Gaza’s decisive strike and won the match, leaving the two sides with a chance to form an alliance through mutual respect.

• Rimuru agreed to face Gaza’s sword combo, and Little Emiya transformed into a sword for her.
• Torreni appeared with her two sisters to referee, while Little Rimuru, Benimaru, Shion, and the others emerged from the jungle.
• Rimuru and Gaza clashed swords, and Gaza identified a weakness in her technique that let him disrupt her momentum.
• Gaza struck with full force, but Rimuru instinctively blocked his attack.
• Torreni declared Rimuru the winner.

After Rimuru defeated the Dwarf King Gaza, Gaza reunited with his former sword instructor, Old Man, and watched Shirou Emiya defeat him in a match. Gaza proposed an alliance between Dwargon and Rimuru’s monster nation, and Rimuru accepted his terms.

• Rimuru explained that he had blocked Gaza’s final strike by reflex after seeing Shirou use a similar technique, and Old Man revealed that he had taught Gaza swordsmanship centuries earlier.
• Rimuru welcomed Gaza to the city and hosted him at the Garrison Office, where Gaza spoke with Shirou about the Sword God-like presence he had sensed in Rimuru’s swordsmanship.
• Shirou accepted Gaza’s challenge and defeated him decisively in a sword match.
• Gaza proposed an alliance, citing the forest city’s future importance as a trade hub and setting out terms including non-aggression, mutual aid, a road to Dwargon, protection for dwarves, and technology sharing.
• After consulting Shirou through the Thought Network, Rimuru agreed to the alliance.

Rimuru formed an alliance with the Dwarf Kingdom and named the nation the Emiya Tempest Federation, while Shirou Emiya continued his training and studies. Their quiet days ended when Demon Lord Milim Nava arrived in Emiya City and recognized Shirou as a candidate for the Brave.

• Rimuru agreed to an alliance treaty with Dwarf King Gaza and named the nation the Emiya Tempest Federation, shortened to the Monster Federation.
• Dwarf King Gaza signed the treaty and left with his Knight Order, while Shirou Emiya said he had restrained his presence because Gaza might be able to read minds.
• Shirou Emiya spent his days training troops, studying forging and magic, and developing his Mystery ability.
• Shirou Emiya sensed a powerful surge of magicules approaching Emiya City and rushed to meet it with Rimuru.
• Milim Nava landed before Shirou Emiya and Rimuru, introduced herself as a Demon Lord, and called Shirou an interesting candidate for the Brave.

Milim discovered the extraordinary monster city and confronted its leaders, Shirou Emiya and Rimuru Tempest. After revealing that she wanted to test the strength of the one who defeated the Orc Emperor, Shirou decided to face her himself.

• Milim used Dragon Eye to inspect the city and was astonished that nearly all its demonfolk were intelligent Named Monsters.
• Milim sensed Shirou Emiya and Rimuru Tempest, then charged toward them, excited to meet the Brave leading a city of monsters.
• Shirou and Rimuru introduced themselves, and Shirou stopped Shion and the others from attacking Milim before they could provoke her.
• Milim revealed that she had come to find the one who killed the Orc Emperor and disrupted the plan to raise a Demon Lord, then test his strength.
• Rimuru considered offering Milim honey, but Shirou said he wanted to test her strength first.

Shirou Emiya challenged Milim to a spar and used Little Rimuru’s divine bow to gain access to Great Sage abilities. Milim’s overwhelming speed and strength forced him to rely on his sword’s defense-piercing power, and he ended the chapter by invoking Unlimited Blade Works.

• Shirou Emiya asked Milim to spar, and she agreed while Benimaru and the others moved out of the way.
• Little Rimuru gave Shirou Emiya her divine bow, which let him use four abilities inherited from Great Sage.
• Milim punched Shirou Emiya and sent him skidding backward, revealing her immense strength.
• Shirou Emiya charged Milim with his Longsword, but she evaded it after sensing its lethal, defense-piercing threat.
• Shirou Emiya switched to his Longbow and invoked Unlimited Blade Works, causing the world to shift.

Shirou Emiya fought Milim inside Unlimited Blade Works, but her overwhelming magical energy shattered his Reality Marble. They prepared and unleashed their ultimate attacks as Rimuru’s group fled, leaving the Jura Great Forest facing possible destruction.

• Shirou Emiya transported Milim, Rimuru, Benimaru, and the others into Unlimited Blade Works and attacked Milim with a barrage of weapons and flaming arrows.
• Milim dodged and shattered the weapons until some pierced her defenses, then unleashed enough magical energy to destroy Shirou Emiya’s Reality Marble.
• Shirou Emiya summoned Garisong and empowered it with Weapon Master while Milim gathered magical energy for her Magic Cannon.
• Rimuru ordered the group to retreat and worried that the city and Jura Great Forest would be destroyed by the coming clash.
• Shirou Emiya and Milim unleashed their ultimate attacks, Dragon Star Diffusion Blast and Heaven and Earth Rend—The Opening Star.

Shirou Emiya used Illusionary Collapse to defeat Milim’s overwhelming magic attack and save the Jura Great Forest. Milim accepted her loss and, intrigued by Shirou, smiled as he lay exhausted on the ground.

• Rimuru refused to abandon the citizens and continued leading them away from the battle with Benimaru and the others.
• Milim urged Shirou Emiya to surrender and offered to make him her subordinate, but he refused and accepted her challenge to settle the battle with one attack.
• Shirou Emiya poured his remaining magic power into the Garisong and detonated it with Illusionary Collapse, releasing a tremendous shock wave.
• Milim dodged the attack as it blasted her black sun into the sky, saving the Jura Great Forest.
• Milim admitted that she had lost, then smiled at the exhausted Shirou Emiya and called the outcome interesting.