{"id":3641,"date":"2025-10-11T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2025-10-11T12:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:42:25","slug":"epilogue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novel.mdtaal-aminii.my.id\/?p=3641","title":{"rendered":"EPILOGUE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\">THE DEEDS OF A DEMON LORD<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio awoke to a warmth gently enveloping him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Wh-where am I?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had trouble remembering what he was doing before he came here. Panicking, he looked around, only to find himself resting in a somewhat large chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining him was a young girl with bluish-silver hair, maybe twelve or thirteen years old and working on something with an angelic smile. Gazing at her from the side, he saw her holding her hand out above someone who was lying on their back. A dazzling light shot from her palm, pouring down upon the line of familiar-looking people on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Is that Krishna? No\u2026 Krishna was killed before my eyes, wasn\u2019t he?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The haze instantly dissipated from his mind as all his memories came back. They were at war, invading the land of monsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio hurriedly shot up, attempting to shout something. But then he lost the ability to speak. Amazingly, the dead Krishna gently opened his eyes and looked right at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like Caligulio, Krishna seemed pretty confused about where he was. His eyes followed the silver-haired girl around, unable to parse what was happening. She kept up her mystery work, apparently not noticing they were awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>Bernie and Jiwu were lying in front of her now, and next to them were Caligulio\u2019s staff officers and aides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What\u2019s going on\u2026? They were all killed, too\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his clouded mind, Caligulio tried his best to calmly analyze the facts presented to him. But there was just no comprehending this. They were all dead; he was sure of that. Their chests weren\u2019t heaving up and down\u2014they couldn\u2019t have been breathing. But when that girl put her hand over them, they magically came back to life, one after another. There were a dozen or so imperial officers gathered in this room, and before long, she finished treating them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once she did, the girl gave a little satisfied nod and turned toward Caligulio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHey. You awake? How\u2019re you feeling? Can you remember your name?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her voice was casually unconcerned, but Caligulio didn\u2019t mind. Her charming looks were one reason, but the sheer presence she projected told Caligulio that any resistance was verboten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, he could not give her a reply. Neither could anyone else; they all kept their mouths shut, completely lost to what was transpiring. Even the Single Digits Bernie and Jiwu were listlessly staring into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the girl sensed that something was amiss with Caligulio. \u201cOh, did I mess something up?\u201d she asked, looking troubled. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure the spell went off without a hitch\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From that, Caligulio realized they had all been subjected to some kind of magic. But what type?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2026No. It can\u2019t be. That\u2019s ridiculous. Completely impossible. But\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But his body felt just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Wait. There&nbsp;<em>was<\/em>&nbsp;one thing off. The power that once flowed in him, practically bursting at the seams after he was awakened, was completely gone. All he could comprehend was that something awful was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026I\u2019m sorry, are\u2026? Aren\u2019t we dead?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That gingerly asked question must have helped the rest of the group clear their minds of any cobwebs. The light returned to their eyes as they sensed just how abnormal this situation was. They&nbsp;<a><\/a>had all been murdered by a demon who called himself Diablo, that much was certain. The demon had no reason at all to keep them alive, either. That\u2019s why Caligulio was wondering why he was breathing right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh, you remember now? Can you tell me what your name is?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cY-yes. It\u2019s Caligulio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then a possibility flashed through his mind. Perhaps this girl might have saved Caligulio and his staff from that life-or-death situation. But was that even possible? Rescue from that hellhole was all but inconceivable. That demon was beyond powerful, ripping Caligulio up like a paper doll after he acquired that ultimate force\u2014to say nothing of the Single Digits over there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody could beat a demon like that\u2026 Nobody except for the Heroes he had heard rumors about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUm, did\u2014did you save all of us, perhaps? What\u2014what happened to that evil demon?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He finally dared to ask it. Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d best watch your tone around Sir Rimuru.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The booming voice was familiar. It was exactly like the one that belonged to that bloodcurdling demon. But an even more pressing issue was how he just mentioned Rimuru, the name of the demon lord Caligulio had set as their primary objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Diablo revealed himself to them all. A paroxysm of fear made Caligulio tremble, but the girl stopped the demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUm, I think some of you might have the wrong idea about everything, so let me explain. Yes, you are all dead. All the troops you led are dead, too, and I sincerely doubt there are any survivors. So it\u2019s not like I saved you guys or whatever. I&nbsp;<em>did<\/em>&nbsp;bring you back to life, though.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKeh-heh-heh-heh-heh\u2026 Truly an impressive, unheard-of spell. I won\u2019t ask you to thank him for it, but you should at least be awed by Sir Rimuru\u2019s sheer greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Huh?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio could do little more than grunt at this incomprehensible explanation. But nobody was laughing at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCan you quit with that act, Diablo?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>\u201cMy apologies. I simply want to spread the word about your magnificence to these poor, ignorant masses\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYeah, and I\u2019m telling you I don\u2019t&nbsp;<em>need<\/em>&nbsp;you to!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody in the room had the energy to interrupt this little act. But after a while, the girl smiled at Caligulio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnyway, looks like your memory is fine. Glad that whole ritual ended up working out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cU-um\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOkay, let\u2019s start from the top. I\u2019m Rimuru. The demon lord Rimuru. I\u2019m kind of the king around here. Nice to meet you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio froze. So did all the other recently resurrected. As his brain parsed the words, and their meaning slowly dawned on him, his eyes opened fully, staring straight at the girl in front of him. This little girl was Rimuru? The enemy Caligulio and his fellows saw as an obstacle who must be eliminated? Part of the Octagram?&nbsp;<em>That<\/em>&nbsp;Rimuru? And judging by the context, Rimuru appeared to be the one who brought everyone back to life. This was Rimuru himself, smiling adorably, looking nothing like the sketches that were circulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there was one other problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUm, if I could ask you something\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHmm? What is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio, despite his trepidation, soldiered on. \u201cSo you brought us all back to life?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYep. That\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow\u2026how&nbsp;<em>could<\/em>&nbsp;you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, the procedure\u2019s kinda hard to explain, but like, your souls are\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo, no, I don\u2019t mean&nbsp;<em>that<\/em>! I mean how could you revive us when we\u2019re your sworn enemy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh, is that what you meant?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The girl\u2014the demon lord Rimuru\u2014looked a tad relieved. \u201cIt\u2019s simple,\u201d she blurted out. \u201cThe war\u2019s still on, but you\u2019ve all fallen into my hands. You\u2019re my pawns now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s why she brought them back to life? Caligulio stared blankly at her, unable to grasp her meaning. The demon lord Rimuru revived them? Who?&nbsp;<em>Us?!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>Astonishment, confusion, and fear filled his mind. The same was true for all the others who were recently revived in the chamber. And it would take quite a while before the dust settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I left the confused Caligulio and his gang in their room, full of all the real important folks from his army\u2014the supreme officers who led the imperial invasion. Like I told him, I brought them back to life so I could use them as pawns\u2014and yes, it was Raphael that offered up the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raising the dead\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since Shion\u2019s death, Raphael had been busying itself analyzing the structure of souls. Now it seemed like it was well on its way to figuring out almost all the principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it belongs to a human being or a monster, all souls have a set quality and quantity. It is composed of matter known as data particles, and through managing and applying certain forces to them, it\u2019s possible to control life and death to some extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The souls of plants and animals house only a very tiny amount of energy. Human souls, meanwhile, have tons and tons. We\u2019ve already confirmed that a certain amount is given to everyone equally, and the ability to fully hardness that soul energy leads to the manifestation of soul powers\u2014or what we call special skills. This data, engraved in your soul since birth, is the source of those powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So is the data written directly onto this energy? Not exactly. First, there\u2019s the ego, a set of amorphous wavelengths within the soul, and the group of data particles that surrounds it. This is known as the heart, and that\u2019s where all the data is stored. The crystallized energy that covers this heart is what we call the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our pseudo-souls were developed as a receptacle for the project of this very heart. Hearts housed within pseudo-souls like this have no energy of their own, but they do have egos. Without the power&nbsp;<a><\/a>in one\u2019s soul, the owner of the soul cannot use any skills, but they&nbsp;<em>can<\/em>&nbsp;take action with their egos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the way I revived Caligulio and his friends was by using pseudo-souls to substitute for their real ones. Basically, I took their souls, plucked the \u201chearts\u201d out of them, and transplanted them into the pseudo-souls, along with the bare minimum amount of energy necessary to keep them going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was some concern about the success rate for this operation, but it looked like everything worked, which I was glad about. But it wasn\u2019t without its problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First off, it weakens you a&nbsp;<em>lot<\/em>. Which, yeah, of course it does\u2014I took all their soul energy out. I\u2019ve taken their souls, and there\u2019s no real reason for me to give them back, and I don\u2019t see how they have any right to complain about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So thanks to that, they\u2019re no longer able to invoke any skills. Even if skill data was written into their hearts, they can\u2019t use it at all without enough soul energy. From now until the natural end of their lives, they\u2019ve got no hope of learning or using a single skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019ll also affect their magic-casting abilities, but that at least is something they oughtta be able to improve with practice. Once they get the hang of it to some extent, they\u2019ll be able to tap into magic without using any soul power. Magic&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;a skill, but it\u2019s also an art, and that means it\u2019s possible to invoke it with the magicules in the air instead of those in your body. So arts are still available to them, as long as they train themselves enough to earn them. Unless they rely on their skills for everything in their lives, I think they\u2019ll bounce back just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yeah, they can get superstrong again if they want to, but the quality of the energy involved isn\u2019t what it once was, so they\u2019re gonna hit limits sooner or later. Bear in mind, I only developed the pseudo-soul as a toy to help us play around in the labyrinth a little. I don\u2019t want anyone to start expecting miracles from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>Still, it worked well enough this time. I didn\u2019t revive them for their own sakes but rather to prevent any hateful rumors about us from circulating. Whether you\u2019d call them rumors is debatable, I suppose, but regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, if they attack us for their own selfish reasons and die as a result, that\u2019s their fault and nobody else\u2019s. I don\u2019t have any obligation at all to resurrect them\u2026 But again, I don\u2019t want to give myself a bad rep around the world. It\u2019ll also save me from being hated by the average imperial citizen any more than necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good thing Raphael\u2019s experiment worked, though. And since they\u2019re all back to life and everything, I\u2019m gonna have all these fancy higher-ups take responsibility for everything they did. They\u2019re under Soei\u2019s supervision right now, in fact. Also, I should note that despite being alive again, it\u2019s still on a temporary basis at best. I\u2019m willing to grant them a certain degree of freedom, but if anything comes up, we can trace \u2019em\u2014no sweat. They\u2019ll never be able to escape us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So enough about them for now. I\u2019m trying to get my work done as quickly as I can. Caligulio and the others were the test subjects to see if this procedure worked, and it did. Now it\u2019s time to scale it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before me lay the corpses of approximately seven hundred thousand imperial soldiers. We were inside the labyrinth, in Adalmann\u2019s Floor 70 domain, just in case something funny happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had collected as many bodies from the battle as I could, going out on the field and teleporting them all down here. Gobta, Geld, Gabil, and the assorted floor guardians joined me in the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The corpses laid out here were all the ones who could still be revived. The imperial forces who deployed in front of Dwargon\u2019s East gate were still there; that standoff remained ongoing. The nine hundred forty thousand who invaded the Forest of Jura were all killed in battle except for Misha, Lucius, and Raymond. Of these, over two hundred forty thousand were sadly unsalvageable. One reason why resurrection magic is said to be impossible is because you can\u2019t re-create souls from thin air, but thanks to Testarossa and&nbsp;<a><\/a>the other demons, we had these souls in safekeeping. As long as we had their bodies handy, we could resurrect them, but\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026well, not all of them had bodies left. Ultima\u2019s Nuclear Flame kinda vaporized a lot of them, Testarossa\u2019s Death Streak scrambled the DNA of a bunch of others, and Carrera\u2019s Gravity Collapse turned a whole slew of people into piles of ash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And even if we had a body, sometimes it still wasn\u2019t possible. For one, if someone died because of sheer terror, the ego\u2014the most important part of the body\u2014was trashed and long gone, so we couldn\u2019t do anything for them. Kanzis, killed by Kumara, was one example. I guess the fear literally broke his heart at the edge of death, so there were no data particles left in his soul. Not even Raphael could restore those, sadly, so there was nothing I could do for the guy. But that was fine. I wasn\u2019t planning on reviving the likes of Kanzis anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as I said, two hundred forty thousand soldiers of the Empire were permanently dead\u2026 But hey, it was gonna be&nbsp;<em>all<\/em>&nbsp;of them originally, so they really oughtta count their blessings. I felt sorry for those who wouldn\u2019t make it back, but sometimes that was just the way the cookie crumbled. I wasn\u2019t an omnipotent god, you know. I couldn\u2019t create something out nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And\u2026really, I don\u2019t regret a thing about this. I&nbsp;<em>do<\/em>&nbsp;think the three demonesses went way too far, for sure, but this is war. If we let up too much and got burned because of it, it\u2019d be so incredibly stupid. My people are the only thing that really matter to me, and if I have to weigh them against strangers I know nothing about, then I won\u2019t hesitate to protect my people first. I\u2019m not gonna go around like some saint, saying we should show compassion to invading enemies. If I was&nbsp;<em>that<\/em>&nbsp;much of a namby-pamby dolt, I\u2019d be in no position to step up when we really&nbsp;<em>did<\/em>&nbsp;take damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why I shouldn\u2019t be concerned about the ones we can\u2019t bring back to life. We shouldn\u2019t\u2026 But still, I\u2019ve got this indescribable sense of sorrow for them. I guess I\u2019ve still retained my values from living in a nation as war-free as Japan all that time. It\u2019s not regret, for sure, and I don\u2019t think what I did was wrong\u2026but it\u2019s still not something I\u2019m used to. I just can\u2019t help but think it\u2019d be&nbsp;<a><\/a>nicer if we could all just live happily and peacefully without anyone having to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But still, I\u2019m never going to show mercy to anyone who invades my domain. In fact, I\u2019ll make it a point to terrorize them to the hilt. I suppose it\u2019d be hypocritical of me to pray for those souls\u2026 So instead of the dead, let me say a silent prayer for those we\u2019re able to bring back to life instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacred Birthday\u2014deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio and his staff, fresh out of their recuperation room, looked shocked at the scene before them. At this rate, I wasn\u2019t sure they were gonna get any sleep. Not my problem, but\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, let\u2019s get this over with. All the bodies have copied pseudo-souls installed in them. This is kind of an emergency, so I might as well make the most of my copies. It\u2019s the only quick way to secure enough pseudo-souls for them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their bodies were now restored and in clean, decent condition, thanks to Adalmann and his squad of advanced holy-magic-casters. They worked tirelessly for the sake of these enemy soldiers, and I was incredibly grateful to them. Of course, Adalmann doesn\u2019t need to sleep anyway, so I think he put in the biggest effort of all. Honestly, I think it tired him out more than fighting in the battle. He really deserved some credit for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So all these clean bodies had pseudo-souls installed in them. I\u2019m making it sound like a snap, but it goes without saying that it was only possible thanks to Raphael\u2019s staggering computational power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I performed the Secret Art of Implantation, a sort of cousin to the Secret Art of Revival. I wasn\u2019t regenerating a soul here, so I didn\u2019t require nearly as much energy\u2014but identifying every single individual body took a tremendous amount of computation. Raphael, once again, handled this\u2014I was doing essentially nothing. Just standing here, really, meditating and leaving everything to that guy. The way he checked genetic information on the bodies against our soul records to instantly identify people was so amazing, I really&nbsp;<em>should<\/em>&nbsp;start calling it Professor Raphael. It was just so bizarrely complex, something I could never possibly imitate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>But to Caligulio and the others watching from the sidelines, it must\u2019ve looked like I was doing everything myself. At some point, they started kowtowing to me\u2014like they were worshipping me or something. You&nbsp;<em>know<\/em>&nbsp;that makes me feel super uncomfortable, right? I wish they\u2019d stop doing it. You\u2019ve&nbsp;<em>so<\/em>&nbsp;got the wrong idea about me\u2026 But until this Sacred Birthday was over, I couldn\u2019t stop to complain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So over the course of a single day and night, the Secret Art did its stuff while I awkwardly squirmed under all the attention. The result was the successful resurrection of around seven hundred thousand soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Floor 70 was lined with rows and rows of simple tents full of food for the revived soldiers. Even the most confused ones after their resurrections were now calm, and everyone was quietly concentrating on their meals, as if they were digesting their very lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were enjoying a stew-like entr\u00e9e\u2014basically a bunch of veggies and meat cooked in a large pot\u2014and it was hot and hearty. As the chaos subsided, and the soldiers came to accept their new reality, the soup left an impression on them that was difficult to put into words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caligulio was among the defeated soldiers, now feeling much less tense. He hadn\u2019t even noticed his hunger until then\u2014but as he basked in the feeling of the moment, he slowly realized, over and over again, that the demon lord Rimuru killed him and everybody he knew in the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, however, they were alive\u2026although Rimuru called it a temporary life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cDon\u2019t worry; you\u2019ll all be able to live out a perfectly average life span. You can fall in love, form a family, have children; whatever. But just remember: We\u2019ve put some restrictions on all of you to keep you from doing anything bad to us! The curse on your souls will ensure that you\u2019re never able to act against us again. I hope we\u2019re all clear on that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>That was part of the speech he gave once everyone calmed down. But Caligulio was sure that curse wasn\u2019t necessary at all. Who would ever dare to repeat such foolish behavior a second time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disaster with Veldora several centuries ago left a deeply instilled sense of fear in all who witnessed it. But even if the dragon leveled a city and killed everyone in it, such a disaster could easily be replicated by human hands, too. Maybe that was why, despite this palpable fear, nobody thought that it could ever be conquered by some other, greater fear. Or maybe, if there were more initial survivors, that fundamental sense of fear could have been spread more, turning it into more of an inviolable thing\u2026 But that\u2019d be the end of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, though, there was no mistaking matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I was once dead, but now I\u2019ve been brought back to life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026By the hands of an ungodly demon lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bearing witness to such a ridiculous miracle, not a single person among them would ever dare to defy him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We\u2026no, I\u2026was far too foolish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a reminder that we all had gotten too big for our own good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or was that really even a demon lord in the first place? Caligulio\u2019s doubts went that far. Krishna, meanwhile, was already worshipping Rimuru like a god only one night post-revival. Even now, he was watching him go around, eyes rapt; it was sheer idolatry. Of course, Caligulio was the first to worship him, so he wasn\u2019t one to talk\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u201ctemporary life\u201d the demon lord spoke of turned out not to be a problem, either. Yes, they had lost nearly all ability to fight, but not enough so to make life too difficult. They could still defeat monsters, at least up to a certain level. Maybe their powers were now insignificant to someone like the demon lord Rimuru, but to Caligulio and his companions, a few of them still had strength that\u2019d rank close to an A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They couldn\u2019t use skills, and magic was proving to be tricky for them, but they still had their well-honed bodies. Plus, they\u2019d be&nbsp;<a><\/a>allowed to live out their natural life span until they became old and decrepit. That, Caligulio thought, was good enough\u2014and that thought was shared by all seven hundred thousand of his comrades present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the gratitude and awe going around, there was no way anyone would dare rebel against the demon lord Rimuru. It was a complete, utter, heartfelt defeat. Everyone wanted the fighting to just stop already. The Empire\u2019s invasion was now over, and it ended in a complete failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE DEEDS OF A DEMON LORD Caligulio awoke to a warmth gently enveloping him. Wh-where am I? He had trouble remembering what he was doing before he came here. Panicking, he looked around, only to find himself resting in a somewhat large chamber. 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