Talk:WN/Tempest military strength/@comment-32335508-20190718195508/@comment-10330822-20190719060723

Right, after all, Benimaru may be the Commander-in-Chief, but Rimuru is still the Soverign, he outranks everyone.

Besides, Rimuru wants to leave the leading to people he feel are qualified. It's actually a rather admirable quality Rimuru has, he leaves people to what they are good at and butts out. Benimaru is actually a great leader and has the unique/ultimate skills to match. Rimuru isn't exactly an expert strategist, a lot of his battle planning is done by Great Sage/Raphael/Ciel after all.

During the battle against the Templars, Rimuru analyzed the battlefield from a distance using Raphael and fed the information to his subordinates using Thought Communication. But it was the subordinates who in turn ordered others into position. Rimuru actually did very little aside from maintaining the order feed and battling Hinata on the ground. The irony of course being because all the instructions seem to came from Rimuru and due to the nature of the organization, it made Rimuru come off as a master strategist and manipulator and it terrified the other countries.

One of the nice things about the Jura Tempest Federation is that it is pretty self-sufficient. Unlikely other Isekai series where the MC gets a country, Rimuru's country runs rather well with or without him. His servants are all very capable and Rimuru appreciates that because it gives him the latitude to pursue other interests.