Threatened by Tempest’s rapid expansion, the Eastern Empire finallybegins to strike
back. According to Chloe, the time-traveling Hero, thereexists a timeline in which the
Empire defeats Rimuru and Tempest subsequentlycollapses. While Rimuru’s doom isn’t
set in stone, his victoryisn’t a foregone conclusion either. And to make matters worse,
anEmpire spy seems to have infiltrated Tempest...