Story sequence
Michael deploys controlled champions and Parallel Existences while seeking the remaining angelic Ultimate Skills. Castle Guard gives overwhelming defense when supported by the loyalty network behind it, and time-stop combat makes ordinary physical speed irrelevant.
Chloe and other information-particle users become essential because only beings able to act in the Suspended World can meaningfully participate once time is stopped. Ciel analyzes the rules rather than treating the effect as unrestricted magic.
Rimuru fights through projections and control layers until Azathoth can consume Michael's core information. The victory gives Ciel access to an enormous library of skill data and the memories Michael carried from Rudra's body and Veldanava's legacy.
Michael's defeat does not end Feldway. The king of domination becomes information within Rimuru, while Feldway retains personal will, forces, and the determination to finish the plan without the partner who organized it.
Motivations
- Michael seeks completion of Veldanava's authority and interprets people primarily as loyalty links or skill holders.
- Rimuru wants to end the system that can overwrite allies without sacrificing the controlled victims.
Outcome
Michael is defeated and absorbed by Rimuru; Ciel secures the angelic-skill information he accumulated.
Consequences
- Feldway loses the central domination intelligence but gains freedom to act more emotionally and unpredictably.
- Rimuru's information base approaches the creator-era skill system, enabling later restoration and countermeasures.
The victory removes the abstract will behind Rudra's corruption, but the grief that empowered it remains alive in Feldway.