Talk:Milim Nava/@comment-43632775-20190904202826/@comment-12642484-20190907213134

Things go very differently in the Light Novel, e.g. Nicolas doesn't even have a relationship with Hinata to begin with.

And regarding Walpurgis things are very different as well. For one the power systems, as the Freedom Association evaluation abilities are much lower. "EP" no longer exists in the Light Novel. The standards for S-rank are considerably lower, that now even Demon Lord Seeds and True Demon Lords are essentially lumped together in Rank S, or "Disaster-class", instead the Rank of "Special A" or "Calamity-class" now exists that contains anything on the level between Ifrit and Charybdis. There are "monster standards" and "adventurer standards" too. Monster standards evaluate someone based on magicule capacity only, while "adventurer standards" evaluate someone based on proficiency and what the individual in question is able to kill, e.g. Hakurou is only Rank A (or "Hazard-Class") in terms of magicules, but he is effectively Special A based on his talent, experience, and general proficiency with the sword.

Another situation where someone gets S Rank on the spot is by being a recognised member of the Demon Lord organisation "Ten Great Demon Lords" or later "Octagram".

After the Orc Disaster incident, Tempest as a whole was considered S Rank, but Rimuru by himself reached that level by the time of absorbing either Charybdis or the Sky Dragon. Ultimately Razen, the courtmage of Farmus evaluated Rimuru as such before Rimuru goes through the Harvest Festival ceremony, so that's probably as reliable as it gets.

Either way, Walpurgis goes differently. First off rather than blaming Rimuru for killing Carrion, Clayman declares Carrion a traitor instead and starts an army offensive on his territory after Milim "dealt with Carrion". Instead Clayman blames Rimuru for "killing Myuran" instead. It's it's just on the side, since Clayman cares more about using his war against Carrions territory to gain enough souls for his own Demon Lord Ascension, ignorant of the fact that he needs exclusively HUMAN souls for that, i.e. lycanthropes would be useless for it. Then Rimuru's army led by Benimaru counterattacks and defeats Clayman's army while Rimuru confronts Clayman at Walpurgis. Meanwhile Ranga fights fights against unnamed Kumara who is under Clayman's control, while Shion fights Clayman. Then Beretta, who accompanied Ramiris, joins the fray in exchange for a promise to Guy Crimson that afterwards Beretta himself will be loyal only to his master Ramiris rather than to his body's creator and initial contractor Rimuru. Milim plays around a bit too much in her "playfight" against Rimuru, who has no chance against her, but then Veldora appears and she enjoys sparring the True Dragon for a bit. So Rimuru being freed up easily corners Clayman and his bodyguards, so Milim decides to reveal the truth that she only played along with Clayman's schemes for amusement and that she ultimately was against him since she's on the side of her best friend Rimuru, not to mention that Clayman was trying to control her... So Milim left things to Rimuru who decided to... intentionally help Clayman with a pseudo-power up to True Demon Lord level to save a bit of time in recovering magicules. In the end Rimuru breaks Clayman's spirit to ensure his soul-capturing ability of his Ultimate Skill prevents any possible attempts of Clayman to escape. Ultimately Rimuru devours Clayman via Beelzbuth, the rest is pretty much like the WN, Rimuru gets to rename the organisation into "Octagram", since Carrion and Frey resigned as Demon Lords and became Milim's subordinates, while Rimuru became a new member of the organisation, whose reputation for "naming" caused him to be the one to choose the new name of the organisation.