Chapter 43 - Preparation for War

"This place?" Remia asked, amazed looking inside the .

Myu has already gone to play inside the mansion, in the room that Wang Lei specially created for her. In that room, he has created all the toys he could think of. He was even thinking of creating an entire Amusement Park, here in his world.

'Anything for Myu!' Wang Lei thought, nodding.

"You will live here from now on—at least for a certain time. You can go out, though. But before that, you should either take a member of Haulia Tribe with you or learn some magic." Wang Lei said. He didn't want her to out and get captured like in the original. Since he knows, he can at least do something about it.

'Not that I am worried, but being extra caution never hurts. I don't want to go through some extra drama.'

Remia nodded in understanding. She knows that going out alone, probably, will create some troubles. The fact that she is demi-human alone can cause a problem. Let alone something else.

'I can't be a burden on him or anyone else.'

"Let's go. I will show you around." Wang Lei said as he started to give her a tour of the mansion. He and Tio have already conquered the Sunken Ruins of Melusine. First, it was planned to send Remia to and then complete the labyrinth but, it changed as Wang Lei though he has already spent much time in this world.

'Not that I am complaining. It's just that there is nothing left to do in this world. Should just go back and learn the Elemental Laws with the help of Evil God Seeds. After that, conquer the Profound Continent or at least let the guild take over. Since I am already strong enough to fight with anyone from the Profound Continent. Or should I let Xuanyuan Wentian succeed in becoming a Divine Practitioner? And when he's at cloud nine, drag him down to dirt? Though who knows if he has become one by one-year time.'

After showing her around the Mansion, Wang Lei was about to enter in his room when he hears a slightly high-pitched voice. He thought it was Miledi. Since normally she is the only one who talks in that voice but his guess was proven wrong after what he heard next.

"Hubby~ I am back~" He looked back and saw Qingyue coming towards him. Before he could process what was going on, he was already being hugged.

"Hm~, Hubby's smell~," Qingyue said as she sniffed his scent.

'Alright, I admit that I am a little scared right now. What the hell happened to my little cute and shy Yue'er? What is this, 180-degree shift?'

With a little cramped smile, Wang Lei said. "Welcome back Yue'er. What happened? You are acting kind of… unusual"

"Hm?" Qingyue looked at him upturned "What do you mean by unusual? I think I am alright. I just missed Hubby, that's all." She said, making a slightly sad face.

'That itself is unusual! You never said something like that! It's like you met your friend a week ago and the next time you meet him; he already has a wife and two kids. How the fu*k am I supposed to feel about that?'

'It is better to go with the flow. I will ask Yue about it later.'

Qingyue smiled bloomed. Giving him a peck on the lips, she said in his ears "You should wait for me tonight Hubby~ I have a present for you!" she said coyly and left running towards the garden.

Wang Lei stood there dumbfounded, 'When did she become so bold?! Did something happen during her trial? It shouldn't cause so much change though.'

Shaking his head, Wang Lei left to his room, 'I will think about it later.'

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"So… what happened here? Why is there more member than I remember then last time?" Wang Lei asked looking at Shea and Miledi who had a haggard appearance with Haulia Tribe behind them. That, for some reason, has multiplied.

'I did hear that bunnies reproduce faster but this seems absurd. How the Fu*k did they reproduced ȧduŀts? But from their clothes, they seem to be slaves. Did they capture a slave trader or something? I don't remember teaching the 'Capture the Flag'.'

Shea and Miledi avoided contact but Shea finally gives in with Wang Lei kept staring at them, "It was all Miledi-san's fault! She lost her calm in the labyrinth and wanted to vent her anger on someone!" she said pointing her finger towards Miledi.

"You Traitor Rabbit! Didn't you said, we are in the same boat before coming here? What happened to your pride as a Haulia Tribeswoman?" Miledi shouted.

Pinching the bridge of the nose, Wang Lei asked. "Can you explain it in detail?"

'I swear I shouldn't have sent them as a pair. They both are the start of trouble everywhere.'

Hearing him and seeing that he was getting annoyed, Shea started to explain.

According to her, after the completed the labyrinth, they were in a really bad mood because of the trials of the labyrinth. When they come out of the labyrinth, they found out that Hoelscher Empire's—Imperial Soldiers—attacked the Verbergen and capture/kidnapped the demi-humans. Since they were already in the bad mood, they thought of venting their frustrations on them. So they followed them all the way to the Empire and demanded them to leave all the slaves but were denied vehemently by the Emperor of the Hoelscher Empire, Gahard D. Hoelscher.

Since they didn't complete their demands, even though it was their fault as they kidnapped demi-humans. When Emperor's and Empire's Nobles eyes fell upon them—Shea and Miledi—and saw as to how beautiful both of them were. They asked their soldiers to capture them, which in return didn't end well with how both of them were already at their edge. So in anger, Mildedi teleported every civilian who didn't have a slave with all the demi-humans and slaves outside of the Empire while Shea rose in the air and throws her sword in the centre of the Empire from the height of 10000 meters with the weight of 50 million kilos. And after that, everything is self-explanatory.

Her sword came down like a meteor and destroyed the whole Empire with everyone left behind, erasing a whole nation from the map.

"And that's how we ended up having so many Haulia Tribes!" Shea explained with such enthusiasm with Miledi nodding and correcting her now and then as if both of them have achieved nirvana.

'I can't believe it! They went and end the whole Empire without even inviting me?! How can they hog all the fun alone?!'

"You should have invited me too." He said a little disappointed that he missed such a show. As for Empire… well… he didn't give a sh*t. Neither did he knew Empire nor they knew him. So, he didn't care whether they or he destroyed a nation or two. After all, Empire was at the fault for provoking someone they shouldn't have. You don't see a child said that he is going to fight a tiger. That's a plane stupidity, knowing the fact that you can never win.

The same was going in the mind of every Haulia Tribesmen. Though they were inspired in a totally different direction right now.

'Boss Bloody Asura is so cool!' is what was going on most of the tribesmen's mind.

"Anyway, since so have already brought them here… Cam you will take the responsibility of teaching them about the rules of this place and also show them their accommodations." He said to Cam who nodded while saluting him.

"You both should go and take a bath. Clean yourself. We will be leaving for Holy Mountain tomorrow. Everything will be decided tomorrow!" he said to Shea and Miledi who hearing him, nodded seriously.

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At the same time in the Demon Continent, at the front of Demon Castle was an army standing—in neatly manner. The atmosphere was solemn as the whole place was in deep silence. If a normal person stood here, he might piss his pants with how heavy and threatening the air was. And silence was making the pressure feel more unbearable.

In the throne room of the castle, you could see a man bowing in front of the throne.

"We have gathered all our forces, Noint-sama. Waiting for your order to deploy them." Freid said to the Noint, who was kneeling in a praying position with her hand clasped together as if praying to God.

"Good. Alva-sama has given his guidance to us. We will launch all-out ȧssault tomorrow." She said without moving from her position.

"What about Heros?" Noint asked. In reality, Ehit didn't care what will happen to the Heileigh Kingdom. What he was most afraid of right now were Irregulars that have been popping here and there. He got more fearful after he saw what happened at Hoelscher Empire. Seeing as how they didn't give a shit about human lives and the fact that Miledi Reisen, one of the leaders of Liberators, is alive somehow, made him even more fearful. He thought that he needed a body urgently. For that; his prime targets were, Shizuku, Hajime, and Kouki. Since he had close to no information about Wang Lei and its party.

But the fact that he hasn't known that Wang Lei has already placed the protection on Shizuku, so even if he tried his best, he wouldn't able to take over her body.

"One of the Heroes has defected to our side! He will help us in disabling the Protecting Barrier of Heiligh Kingdom!" Freid said.

They have their own spies in human kingdoms. And with the help of those spies, they contacted the Heroes, who they thought would betray humanity. At least those, who had more than 50 percent chance of doing it. They would, as what every devil does, entice them in joining them by providing them with different benefits or promises of completing their dreams. And just as they thought, not all, but at least someone would sell their soul.

Humans are born greedy after all. It is one of the sins they are born with. And if they start to envy something to such an extent that they are ready to do anything to occupy them, then they are the best candidates to control. Someone said it right: Humans are foolish creatures.

"Only one? According to the report, there should be at least two, no?" Noint asked.

They have done their survey on the mental health of every Hero and found out the two of them had a higher chance of betraying then others. That's why she was surprised that they only got one on their side.

"We don't know. According to the reports, yes. We should have had two imposters but for some reason, one of them declined our invitation. She said, 'You people yet don't know the horror that is above your heads! But don't worry, I will not tell anyone that you have contacted me nor I will adamantly help others. If you are able to create favourable conditions, then I might join you at a moment's notice. If not, then forget it. We will forget that we ever had this discussion.'." Freid narrated everything he heard word by word to Noint.

Noint hearing her narrowed her eyes, 'Cleaver! 'She' will remain neutral until the scale of the war is change and join the one with more benefit. Never thought that there will be someone intelligent enough to think in those crying brats!'

All these factors made her think that all of the Heroes were just a bunch of brats that have never faced hardship in their lives.

'Even if they were from a world where peace existed, was the life that easy in that world? Or just like here in this world, they chose simply to escape from reality?'

"You can leave. We will leave tomorrow at the dawn!" Noint said to Freid who obeyed her command and left the room.

'Tomorrow will decide the fate of this world, Tortus!'

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(A/N: As you can tell, Arifureta arc will end in two or three chapters. Thanks for reading till now, though I honestly thought most of the reader will drop it. But thank you for reading until now.

No, it's not a Suicide Message or a Flag! Just my genuine feelings.

Next world will be 'Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works' and MC will be servent of Sakura Matou. Such a poor girl, I want to save her. And no! She will not be a harem member.

As a Wise Man once said: All I want is nothing more but just to save Sakura and get Artoria in the boat. So I can change their destinies once more. I can die a happy man I am sure.)