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No that's Rimuru underestimating himself and Overestimating his Subordinates .I was thinking, in volume 14 Rimuru evolves Diablo into TDL and claims with some conviction that Diablo is stronger than him, of course, in volume 15 we saw that this is not true and the food chain not only made Rimuru stronger than Diablo, but also comparable to a true dragon, but can we say that awakened Diablo really was superior to Rimuru at some point or was it just Rimuru hyping him? This doesn't just apply to Diablo, I vaguely remember him saying that other subordinates were superior to him in his demon lord version, but I wonder how reliable that kind of statement is
He said Benimaru,Zegion and Diablo was stronger than him.(In Diablo's case Rimuru stated that Diablo was stronger than him even before he awakaned which isn't true ) .
But well that could be somewhat true. Ultima was able to fight Fenn evenly ,Velgrynd said Diablo was a troublesome opponent ,Carrera was compared to Velgrynd ,Zegion had a chance to defeat Veldora pending certain restrictions
So I think They're probably stronger than the newly awakened Rimuru .There's a chance at least.