Chapter 83

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3rd POV*

A commotion was seen as they heard Gabiru was fighting someone, many citizens went to the place to witness the battle as Xander just sighed. Sona who was watching it giggled in amusement, she can rarely see Xander getting head ache like this so this is an rare scene. Everyone watched as Gabiru took a stance while Xander just stood unwavered by Gabiru pointing his weapon at him.

"What's happening?", "Apparently, that person bumped into Gabiru and didn't apologized", "Eh.. Gabiru would be punished by Lord Rimuru if this continues" A lot of people were talking about the commotion as many executives heard it. Rimuru who was just eating in the dining area also noticed it as he started jumping towards the scene along with Milim.

In the fight, Gabiru took a deep breathe before lunging at Xander who just side stepped as he placed his foot under Gabiru's one. Gabiru lost his balance as he stared on the ground thinking about what happened. He immediately stood up before powering up himself with a warcry. "Haaa!!" The spear was raised before he thrusted it with force on his hands making the ground crack with it. Xander took Garou's stance before controlling the flow of the spear and redirecting it to the user.

SHIIIIKK!!

Gabiru widened his eyes as a hole was placed on his shoulder. "W-What was that.." he muttered before shaking his head, losing yourself in the middle of a battle is a fatal mistake, that's why he used all of his mana breaking mana things in the surroundings before he pointed it at Xander. A whirlwind was rotating in the end of the spear as it escaped and flew towards Xander. Xander raised his hand as it started emitting white light before punching the whirlwind as a crack appeared all over it. The whirlwind broke along with Gabiru who is now laying on the ground, he can't even raise an finger because of how damaged his body is.

Xander looked at his work before nodding his head, he went to Sona side and was about to walk again when they were surrounded by a huge crowd. "Excuse me, but could you follow us for a moment?" A red haired Kijin said smiling lightly towards Xander and Sona. "Sigh, we shouldn't have done that right? Now we gained quite a lot of attention" Xander said to Sona who just smiled, "Indeed, attention is troublesome" Benimaru saw the two of them talking with each other ignoring him.

"Sir, I'll ask again, could you come with us?" He asked now with edge on his voice, Xander didn't like that as he stared at him with blank eyes. Benimaru widened his eyes before taking a step back, that was too disturbing even for him. He placed his hand on his katana before a hand slapped it and pointed at him. "Hey! Don't treat them like that! They are my friends you know!?" A wild Milim have arrived as she reprimanded Benimaru who was just baffled by this turn of events.

While Milim was doing it, Ramiris flew towards the two with Rimuru on her side, "Oh! The two shut in finally went out! Did you bump your head onto something, Xander?" Ramiris asked that question as Xander just took her by pinching her wings before shaking her in the air. "Ouch, ouch! Stop! Its making me dizzy!" Ramiris complained while throwing her hands everywhere. "Ramiris.. who are they?" Rimuru asked while looking at Sona and Xander who are not emitting any aura.

He treated them as normal people with a strong constitution since even Great Sage said he couldn't read anything from them. Great Sage stopped thinking for a second because of it's masters comprehension. "They are Xander and Sona! My friends" Ramiris said as Rimuru lips twitched, that introduction really didn't mention anything. "Nice to meet ya!" Rimuru said before taking his human form and asked for a handshake. Xander didn't refused as he took his hand.

Rimuru widened his eyes at Great Sage's report.

[Report. This individual couldn't be read, act with caution]

He finally understood Great Sage's first report, its not that he is too normal, in fact it was even strange that Great Sage couldn't read something. Its because this man is too strong! That's what Rimuru thought while looking at Xander who just tilted his head. Rimuru also shook hands with Sona as he felt his whole body cold, Great Sage said that no magicules was detected.

"Who are they? Milim, can you elaborate?" Rimuru asked Milim who was smiling excitedly, "Umu! Umu! They are always in isolation so the world forgot about them, but they are living in this forest you know?" Milim said as Rimuru was alarmed by that, living in this stupidly broken forest? Can a person even do that, Rimuru then remembered a certain individual that could do it, as he turned his head to Milim. 'Does that mean, they are on a same class? Nah, that's too much right? There is no way three of them could be found in a simple town like this' Rimuru thought.

Rimuru invited the two to his house as they just followed because of the two kids annoying them. In there they talked while Rimuru's subordinates was always in edge, they felt like their aura are strangely familiar, more so for those who lived longer. They swore that they already know this aura and even revered it. They spend the whole afternoon talking with each other.

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On a dark room, 7 people could be seen discussing something. "That guy already went out, its time for us to move" One of them said, "Hee Hee Hee, he was hiding in that forest for too long that we didn't have a chance to execute him" another one said as the others nodded their heads. "Its unforgivable to take Luminous-sama's attention all by himself" one said as everyone frantically nodded their heads "He's a pest that needed to be exterminated! Luckily, Luminous-sama is still not doing anything, this is our only chance" one mentioned as they all smiled creepily.

"I got a information that he is staying in that monster town for a few days, I think its enough to lead the crusade" one of them said. "Hee Hee Hee, let's just crush those monster in the process. Purifying this world of monsters is our religion's purpose isn't it?" The creepy one said as everyone just smiled. "He's probably a weak one, he is always hiding behind that woman's back, we need to separate them somehow", "I agree, that woman is troublesome" They finished their meeting as plans started rotating.

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Luminous who is relaxing on her bed had a feeling that something would happen this time. "Milady, the seven fools are planning something" her old butler said while closing his eyes, "Gunther, I told you right? Don't inform me of useless things like this" Luminous said with an irritating look on her face, "I apologize, I just wanted to inform you that they are going to attack Great Forest of Jura" Luminous raised an eyebrow at that.

"Continue" she said as Gunther bowed his head, "I overheard that they are cleansing that forest of pests, they are probably talking about the new town of monsters being built there" Luminous's interest was drawn to that, "That woman didn't interfere with the construction?" Luminous said while remembering that black haired ice woman, "There is no detected movement from the Ice Queen, I think she is letting them live there." Gunther said as Luminous started thinking.

Luminous already has a person in mind that connects with Unknown One, she just don't know how to push the topic to the person as just like the other ancients, she might be shut downed too. When she asked Milim and Ramiris at that time, they just run away without saying anything making Luminous pissed for many days. "Let them be, I want to watch the show" Luminous said as she smiled mysteriously. "You're going to be mine soon, Xander..." Luminous muttered something that Gunther ignored.

Luminous watched as the seven fools tricked Hinata to massacre the town of monsters. They mentioned Luminous's name making Hinata suspicious but didn't refuse it, monsters are meant to be eradicated. That's what the whole Luminism is all about, though they don't know that Luminous didn't make that rule, it was only made because of the fanatics believers thinking that Veldora is a heretic.

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Xander's POV*

Living in Tempest is comforting for the two of us who didn't experience any Earthlike feeling on this world. We didn't go to Engrasia because we might take the attention of a certain grandmaster, and its not like we are afraid of him, instead we liked him because of how his mind works. I wonder how will he play with this Rimuru since he is much stronger than the canon version.

We rented a whole mansion for us to live, Sona loved the familiar feeling of living inside a huge house, we were living in a simple 1 story house during our life in this forest, a change is rather welcomed. Ramiris and Milim also visits us daily as they wanted to brag about what they do everyday. Rimuru also got extremely curious about us because of the two's actions, how could two ancient demon lord's friend be a simple person. They still didn't know about the real ruler of this huge forest as the oldest person in here is just 300+, our time was already pass that time.

Something is going to happen. That was what our guts say, even Milim could feel it as she was acting weird all day, we are now eating in the same table as Rimuru and the other executives of Tempest. They accepted our presence as their instinct as a monster from this forest is forcing them to. They felt that if Rimuru wasn't here and their faith wasn't strong enough then they would be probably prostating themselves infront of us two. That is why everyone is rather respectful for us, even though they really don't know us.

"Hm.." I hummed as I felt something approaching approximately 100 miles away from this place, they are in full armor as if ready to battle and they are..? Hinata and the knights? They are not supposed to be here.. unless those bitches tried to do something again. I didn't mentioned the incoming disaster as I wanted to know how Rimuru would respond to this one, and after 20 minutes Souei finally noticed their existence as one of his shadow clones appeared inside the dining hall.

"Rimuru-sama, emergency" Souei said as everyone raised their guards up, the atmosphere changed into a serious one before Rimuru asked, "What's wrong Souei?" Souei went to the point immediately without any sugar coating, "Army of strong knights are coming, they are all Luminism believer" Souei said as Rimuru tilted his head, "Luminism? What's that?" Rimuru asked while looking at the others. "It is an religion in the west, Rimuru-sama. They are the biggest religion that has the strongest influence in this world" Shuuna said.

"Woah, they sound like a bigshot" Rimuru said as everyone nodded their heads. Well, this Luminism is so stronger than the original since Luminous herself did the work. She probably already had a clue about me right? She's been looking for centuries after all. "Can someone explain them to me? I didn't really do anything to gain their attention like that. Maybe they are just passing by?" Rimuru optimistically asked as the other's had a grim look on their face.

"Unfortunately, they live by the saying that monsters should be exterminated, so.." Rimuru didn't listened to the last part as he already started talking with Great Sage on his mind, "Is there any way to avoid this?" Rimuru asked as someone who has been ignoring the conversation stood up. "Umu! I know one!" Shit, I have a bad feeling about Milim suggesting something. "Let's hear it!" Rimuru enthusiastically shouted as Milim just gave an smug look on her face that I didn't like one a bit.

"Why don't you ask Xander? God of Luminism was his former girlfriend after all" Milim said while raising her chest as if asking to be praised as the room suddenly turned quiet. "Oi, oi, oi, keep me out from this Milim" I said while backing out, I didn't have a chance to escape as Sona just grabbed my shoulder before shoving me back to the chair. "Sona?!" What is this? She is having fun alright. Sona's face had a amused smile on it, something I could rarely see.

"Ha ha ha... You're joking right.. Milim?" Rimuru asked as the others looked at Milim to confirm her words, they don't want to believe that this engaged young man is a former boyfriend of a God. "She is not joking you know? Xander made that woman fall head over heels to him" A newly arrived Ramiris said not noticing the look that I'm giving her. Milim noticed that as she backed out and just let Ramiris handle the rest.

A heavy silence descended the place. Confirmation from two demon lords are enough to make them believe, at least they wouldn't lie about something like that. They turned their heads to me as dumbfounded look can be seen on their eyes. "Hey, she didn't become my girlfriend you know? I am loyal to Sona" I said as Ramiris just sneered, "Heh, you say that as if you only have one lover" I twitched at her words as I couldn't refute it. Utaha is someone special to me so I wouldn't reject her existence no matter what.

'Damn Ikemen! You not only have a beautiful cool beauty at your side, you have more too?!' I give Rimuru a dead eyes as I can hear his thoughts leaking out. Rimuru turned his face away embarassed by my gaze. "Cough, anyway. I am not going to interfere with your countries problem, I am not in any way connected to this so take me out" I said as they finally remembered that I was only a visitor to their town. There is no way that they could let someone stranger handle their problems, that would be just shameless of them. Still they are still looking at me with complicated eyes as they probably never expected that I was an former lover of a God.

Rimuru relented after hearing that, he couldn't force me as it was not in his dictionary 'yet'. He ordered his subordinates to get ready for battle, he would try to negotiate with them as he don't want any war to happen. I can already feel his hoping thoughts that the enemies would be reasonable which I find hard to believe as they are probably ordered by those 7 fools.

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