"A slime? Cut the nonsense" said Kay in disbelief.
"Say, are you the one who is responsible for all this?" asked Ryzen.
"Yeah you can say so. It is thanks to you that I was able to awaken ahead of time" said Rimuru
'No good. This monster seems to be very strong. And seeing that he prevented us from escaping by setting up an anti magic area, its highly intelligent as well. In that case...'
"Lister here Kay, you take Mia and run away. I will take care of this monster"
"B-but-"
"Just do as I say! We don't have time!"
With that, Kay carries the unconscious Mia on his back and started running.
"Ho? That's actually quite noble of you to sacrifice yourself for your friends, but I don't intend to kill you or anything"
"Shut up monster! I am not going to fall for your deceits" said Ryzen and attacked.
Ryzen was extremely good in close combat, so much so that every strike from his fist could defeat a Hazard class monster in a single hit, but that was still a child's play for Rimuru.
'Ugh. This monster is far stronger than I expected'
"Willing to give up yet? There is no way you are going to win like this"
"You think you can get the better of me just because of this anti magic area? Too bad for you!"
With that, Ryzen unleashed a tremendous energy and surrounded Rimuru with it.
"Flames of Purgatory!"
With that, the energy surrounding Rimuru turned into flames of an unknown color, the color of Purgatory, the closest of which can be said to be black. The flames condensed around Rimuru and engulfed him entirely. The flames were so intense that the surrounding ground started to melt, and the air got heated up so quickly that it created a loud thunder *bang*
"Hmph. That's what happens when you don't know the difference between skills and magic. Your anti magic barrier can't stop my unique skill"
"I see. That is indeed quite impressive" said Rimuru while casually walking out of the encirclement of flames.
"WHAT! HOW?!"
Seeing the sight in front of him, Ryzen was in complete shock. It was the first time in his life that he had seen his strongest skill being treated like a child's play.
"What is your name kid?" asked Rimuru.
Ryzen, who had now completely lost his will to fight, just replied.
"I-its Ryzen"
"So then Ryzen-kun, who was the one who named you?"
"M-my father"
"Your father? I see" said Rimuru with a bit of curiosity.
'Is it just me or is this kid?'
/Yes master. It is highly likely that that is the case/ said Ciel
"Yes it all perfectly matches up. You are a descendent of Benimaru am I right?"
"Y-you know our great ancestor Benimaru sama?"
"Well of course. I am the one who named him afterall"
Upon hearing that, Ryzen got shocked again.
"I see. To tell you the truth it is just a myth in our family, that a hundred thousand years ago during the time of the Great Beginning, that a god named Benimaru used to exist who had two wives. And our family branch is said to have been descended from his first wife"
"I see. Yes that does add up. So you are a descendant of Benimaru and Momiji" said Rimuru and lifted the anti magic area. As soon as he did that, Ryzen felt it. The immense aura, the almost unlimited power. Ryzen then commanded his unique skill 'Savant' to analyze him.
/Report: The individual in front can be estimated to contain a minimum of 100 times more magicules than you/
'Minimum? And what is the maximum?'
/Infinite/
'...'
Somewhere far away, in another realm-
"So then, I suppose the all of you are doing fine?" asked Rochus.
"Cut to the chase Rochus. We don't have all day to waste here" cut in Alfred.
"I see you are as impatient as ever Al"
"Who gave you permission to call me that?"
"Now now, calm down the two of you. So why did you call the all of us here Rochus? This is the first time in a thousand years that the 'Devine Council' has been summoned" said Tina.
"Yeah. This better be worth our time" said Argo.
"Ahem, as you all know since the events of the Great Beginning, the world has drastically changed. There doesn't remain even a single record of how it used to be before that. What were the creatures of that time, their ways, what led to the events of the Great Beginning, nothing is known at all" continued Rochus "there only remain myths and extremely vague pieces of some ancient Gods and a certain civilization"
"Yeah there are some people who claim to be the descendants of some ancient Gods. I have come across them as well" said Mingo.
"That's just bullshit. We are the only Gods that exist and that's all that matters. Those puny creatures need to be taught their place" said Alfred.
"Even so, what has that got to do with us?" asked Tina
"You have heard about the Ancient Ruins of Tempest right?" asked Rochus.
"Yeah. Supposedly they used to be home of an ancient civilization before the Great Beginning. Some myths even claim that they were the home to a supreme deity or some shit" said Tina
"Hmph. Bullshit. There is no other supreme deity other than Leila sama. These stupid myths just piss me off" cut in Alfred again.
"Yes. Leila sama is the one and only supreme deity there was and will be" said Rochus "But still, for a tiny fraction of a second I felt it"
"Felt what?" asked Tina.
"Felt a tremendous aura, a presence I had never felt before. But it disappeared almost instantly, so I doubt anyone who had been farther away would have easily missed it"
"I see. If what you say is true, then it could be a big concern for us" said Rhindo.
"Indeed. Even if this creature is not some Ancient God, if it joins those pesky Demon lords then it will be a pain in the neck" said Argo.
"Yeah. In the worst case the three-way balance between the Gods, the demon lords and the Heroes will crumble" said Tina with a worried expression.
"Whatever. I just think you are overestimating a tiny nuisance too much. Just send some lower gods and an Archangel to take care of it" said Alfred and left.
"So this is the rumored ancient ruins we are supposed to check out right?" said the lower god Olga.
"Seems like it. Lets get it done with quickly" said lower god Thabo.
"This is boring. Lets just destroy these ruins once and for all, then we won't be troubled with this ever again" said Archangel Ikbo and began charging for a wide range nuke.
The next moment, the sky suddenly turned black.
"What the hell?"
*boom*
Suddenly a black beam fell down on Ikbo.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Ikbo as the beam started slowly consuming him from the inside.
'"You foolish creatures dare to harm the sacred city that my master created? Your death will not be painless"' said Ciel