[Report:...]
[Report:...]
[Report:...]
While hearing Nexis's reports in the background, I frowned.
The assassin has slipped away afterall.
The only clue I have about him is the Ultimate Skill I obtained after analysing the bullet.
[Sandalphon: Lord of Judgement].
If I didn't have Beelzebub, if I hadn't kept Beelzebub active around myself all the time...
I would have definitely died.
So, the assassin is someone who has this Ultimate Skill. That's the only way I can find who tried to assassinate me.
Glenda, one of the Battlesage of Church, and under the control of Mariabell's unique skill Greed, was going to attack me. And... Yuuki is under Mariabell's control?
I don't think Mariabell is that stupid that she thinks that a mere weakling from Church would be able to assassinate me. Given the timing, the goal was possibly to enrage me and Milim, and have us fight Sarion.
The assassin seemed very much like he wanted to kill me though. And it would probably frame its enemies to have Milim destroy them.
[Report: Using Ultimate Skill 'Hermes: Lord of Inquiry' to access the world records and Pursuit of Truth has determined that someone has awakened the Ultimate Skill 'Sandalphon', but who the user is hidden.
Usage of another Ultimate Skill for concealment is most likely the case.]
Two Ultimate Skills... and the assassin is probably working for someone. So it's very possible that the assassin's boss has some pretty powerful Ultimate Skills as well.
Is it Church?
[Report: No. Luminous Valentine has been holding Unique Skill Lust from the skill's beginning.]
Skill's beginning... So Luminous Valentine is really that old?
So isn't it possible that she might be hiding her Ultimate Skills?
[If she had someone who could use Sandalphon during Veldora's attack on her city, it wouldn't have gotten destroyed. Even If she didn't have the assassin at that time and herself held multiple Ultimate Skills, she would have been atleast able to draw away Veldora.
The chances are extremely low.]
So, an unknown villain.
Still, her subordinate Glenda was sent to try to assassinate me and cause war. While not directly involved, Granbell, who is calling the shots with his granddaughter Mariabell, is a direct subordinate of her.
I will destroy Church and Luminous, but they are small fries compared to the unknown enemy.
"Apolloyon-sama, I apologise for my incompetence. I will turn the world upside down to find the assassin."
Diablo said with frustration and anger, seething as his power was increasing rapidly due to Gift from my harvest festival.
I separated Sandalphon from myself using Tiamat, and fused it into Diablo.
[Report: Using analysis, Ultimate Skill 'Sandalphon: Lord of Judgement' has been recreated again.]
Honestly, this skill will suit Souei, but I doubt he will be able to handle an Ultimate Skill.
"I will find the assassin, I promise."
I patted Diablo's back and said, "Deliver a message to Elmesia that I will not meet her right now, and Great Jura Forest is entering a lockdown.
And, threaten her to get her to help in finding information about the assassin, since we found spies from Sarion."
"Yes, Apolloyon-sama."
With that, Diablo left while I remained on full alert. After my underlings started waking up, I spat them out, whom I have stored in my stomach while trying to catch the assassin.
They have received their gifts, so many of them should be awakening Unique Skills soon.
Nexis, you are helping them, right?
[Yes.]
As for myself, the amount of my magicules have increased by 10 times after awakening as a True Demon Lord. My every stat has increased.
Moreover, I also have Veldora's husk to freely use his magicules.
I will basically never run out of magicules now.
I can freely use Stardust now without harming myself, right?
[Yes.]
Moreover, with Dinoysus, I can amplify my momentum and energy.
So, my firepower should be on par with Milim now.
And... I have so many Ultimate Skills! Nine!
[Report: While having Ultimate Skill Dinoysus has allowed having such a big number of Ultimate Skills despite the strain, it is not advisable to have them continue in this state.
Do you want me to combine Ultimate Skills to lower their numbers and strain?]
Hmm... Sure then.
Let's see... combine [Hermes: Lord of Inquiry] to yourself. I thought that sacrificing Veldora's [Avenger] for upgrading [Investigator] will make analysis possible even when filled with desire of revenge. But it's just more power, and will not really be helpful for Milim to hold onto her sanity when enraged.
But it doesn't seem that will be the case. Anyway, remove the more desire of revenge=more power from it and then integrate Hermes into yourself.
[Successful. I have evolved from Nexis(Raphael: Lord of Wisdom) to Nexis...
Report: Evolution path into Manas detected.
According to the records of the world, the Ultimate Skill 'Michael: Lord of Justice' was the Ultimate Skill Veldanava gave up last, exchanging it for 'Uriel: Lord of Vows' with the first hero Rudra.
I suspect that Guy Crimson or Rudra Nam Ul Nasca might be people with power and influence to have the assassin, aside from the creature that was killed by Milim for trying to kill you in Ramiris's dungeon.]
Rudra? That's a new name. So he entered Nexis's suspect list after integrating the Ultimate Skill Hermes into herself.
Guy has [Lucifer: Lord of Pride], Rudra has [Michael: Lord of Justice], Milim has [Satanael: Lord of Wrath], and I have [Beelzebub: Lord of Gluttony]. If I have to guess, these are the most powerful Ultimate Skills, and the ones I know about by accessing historical events.
There isn't any information about how Lucifer and Michael work, but from the world's record, it seems that Rudra is the rival of Guy. And since it was the last Ultimate Skill Veldanava held onto before exchanging it for Rudra's Uriel, it must be very powerful too.
At the very least, to be able to hide information to prevent analysis, they themselves must have incredible analysis ability.
So, a Manas is basically an evolution of Ultimate Skill such that they have very defined ego, and the computational power is off the charts?
[Yes. Report: The creature that used Time-stop in Ramiris's dungeon was most likely a Manas.]
Really?
Then... can you evolve into Manas? Afterall, you are a named Ultimate Skill. Nexis(Raphael: Lord of Wisdom).
[Trying to evolve... Failed.]
Oh well.
In any case, there are three suspects that have the power to being the assassin or having the assassin as subordinate, but there isn't really anything substantial aside from their immense power. Guy, Rudra, and the dead Manas that already tried to kill me once.
Maybe there is a connection between that Manas and the assassin?
Or maybe, none of the three have anything to do with the assassin and there are hidden powers in this world that don't want me to grow stronger, and want Milim to rampage.
Anyway, I will think about what to do about other Ultimate Skills later. I deactivated Thought Acceleration, and my underlings were now waking up.
I wanted to have the Demons possess bodies first, and name others in the forest before evolving into True Demon Lord, but the assassin forced my hand.
At the very least, I still have another Demon Lord Seed, and I don't really know if I will be able to go through a second awakening.
That damned assassin! I swear I will make him suffer worse than death!
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