How to not make friends
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Inside the Great Jura forest, two sharp swords kept clashing continuously but one of them kept always getting the upper hand…
'Training with this old man is indeed not bad, he's surprisingly even more skilled than Emilia' Thought Yuki who was using everything in his arsenal and yet couldn't keep up with Hakurou in terms of swordsmanship…
'However, this is a good opportunity to enhance my sword mastery' He thought as he continued his sparring with Hakurou…
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Meanwhile, the situation in the other locations of the forest was becoming more and more turbulent as the orcs made their way toward lake Siss. This clash that was about to happen between the lizardman and the orcs is one of the reasons why so many kingdoms are afraid of the great Jura forest.
Just these two tribes alone had a terrifying number of 300000 fighters! However, the lizardman will soon realize that they are at the losing end and will start asking other tribes of monsters for help…
As this was going on, somewhere in the ice continent, a red-haired man was sitting inside a castle made of ice and surrounded by two maids, one with short blue hair and the other with long green hair, and he was listening to a report of one of his demon subordinates regarding what was happening inside the great Jura forest…
"Hmm, after Veldora's disappearance, a new monster settlement was started, and its leader appears to be a slime? How interesting, but that guy Leon had summoned is also involved… Are they responsible for Veldora's disappearance?" This was Guy, the first true demon lord and one of the strongest existences of this world if not the strongest!
"Oh, you said my little brother disappeared because of them? Maybe I should go and check out what's going on" Said a white-haired girl that suddenly appeared inside the room.
"Velzard, you will give me a heart attack if you keep appearing like this out of nowhere," Said Guy with a teasing tone, and Velzard who was a true dragon just like Veldora just stared at him coldly prompting Guy to sigh and say.
"Don't interfere for now, that small fry Clayman is planning something inside the forest, I want to watch the show and see if Yuki deserves his reputation"
"Clayman is a demon lord, even if he's one of the weakest, do you really think that human can beat him? especially when he has the help of so many high-level majin in the dark?" asked Velzard in surprise and Guy only smiled at her mysteriously and said "Who knows, we will have to wait and see…"
Velzard snorted at him and left, she was going to do whatever she wanted… although she wouldn't interrupt Guy's fun less he goes crazy on her…
'Now then Yuki, how will you handle this situation, especially when so many kingdoms are eyeing you from the dark' thought Guy with a weird smirk as his maids shot him disgusted looks…
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Inside the office of the Free guild HQ, Yuuki was currently sitting with an elf-looking woman and the rest of the moderate harlequin alliance members and listening to the report of Footman regarding their plans in the great Jura forest. That elf-looking woman was the previous demon lord that Leon replaced, Kazaream who currently goes by the name Kagali to keep his identity hidden in fear of Leon.
"Hmm? That new guy Yuki Shizue wanted to meet before she died might become a variable to our plans huh?" Asked Yuuki calmly.
But Footman who was about to respond to him suddenly froze and asked "Shizue Izawa is dead?"
Yuuki seemed surprised by the question and nodded "Yes, I'm pretty sure I sensed Ifrit leaving her buddy and her life signature fading…"
Footman stared at Yuuki weirdly so Kagali asked "What's wrong Footman?"
Hearing this question, the fatso Footman dropped a bomb on them and to their surprise, it wasn't a fart "I saw Shizue Izawa alive and well in that monster settlement and she seems to be living with that guy Yuki"
Yuuki's pupils shrunk slightly as he thought 'Tricking and removing the detection ability I planted on Shizue-sensei isn't something she can do… It's either this Yuki's doing or someone else in that settlement, it seems like they can't be underestimated… However, I already announced Shizue's death to the guild, should I renounce it or…' Hinata's image suddenly flashed in Yuki's head and a twisted plan soon formed inside of his head to deal with this danger right away... And he was unaware that even Yuki didn't realize such a thing happened as the system removed any inconveniences from Shizue's body when the link between them was established...
"It's okay, I will send someone to deal with them, just focus on making sure that the orc lord evolves into a true demon lord" Said Yuuki calmly and Footman nodded at him before disappearing back to the great Jura forest…
"That Leon is still annoying even after all these years, summoning such a dangerous character and leaving him to roam free in the world without forcefully branding his soul, what an idiot" Said Kagali who hated Leon more than anyone else for forcing him to live like this…
"I don't think Leon is that careless, he probably wasn't able to brand Yuki's soul in the first place which is why he values him so highly" Said Yuuki with a calm smile that hid the countless schemes and thoughts running through his mind…
"Impossible, how is it possible for a normal human to overpower someone like Leon, no I hate to admit this but even an abnormal human can't do anything against the power of that guy…" Said Kagali who learned the hard way of Leon's terrifying strength…
"Well, You summoned me to this world yet you weren't able to destroy me and take my body so it isn't completely impossible" said Yuuki, and Kagali replied with an embarrassed look "You are a different case, you were a monster even by the standards of your old words thanks to your psychic powers, and you gained an overpowered unique skill when you came to this world so it's only natural for you to suppress me at my weakest point… However, Leon is at his strongest right now…"
"I understand what you are worried about, this is after all your best trait as a tactician, I will be careful if I ever interact with him" Said Yuuki, and Kagali nodded at him calmly after seeing that he got the point…
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"You said, you detected some lizardman heading our way?" Asked Rimuru to Souei the ninja-looking ogre now evolved into Kijin…
"Yes, They seem to be visiting the old goblin villages that migrated here, and I overheard them talking about wanting to recruit them to fight the orcs"
Yuki's eyes flickered slightly as he thought 'I have a bad feeling for some reason… I should deal with these tasks quickly and leave this dangerous world…'
"Rimuru-sama, please let us deal with these orcs, with our current strength, we should be able to deal with them easily" Said Benimaru full of confidence and desire to take revenge but suddenly a goblin entered their 'office' and reported that a few armed lizardmen were approaching their settlement…
Yuki glanced at his status window and noticed that he was missing one monster friend to reach the required value and remembered that the son of the lizardman chief will become relevant in the story and decided to make friends with him so he said with a weird smile
"Ah, that's my good friend, don't worry I will go greet him myself"
Rimuru and the Kijin started exchanging fearful looks between themselves as they thought 'Here we go again, he's going to make him his friend whether he likes it or not'
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At the entrance of the settlement, a few lizardmen riding on lizard looking things stopped in front of the gate and one of them yelled "Come greet the son of the lizardman's chieftain, the great Gabiru"
However, Rigurd who was standing by the gate like a giant hulk only stared at them with pity when he saw who came out to greet them 'May God have mercy on your souls'
"Hey you human, are you the leader of this settlement, come quickly greet the great Gabiru" yelled a lizardman while Yuki observed them calmly 'At least 20 of them huh… They seem really worried about the orcs…. Good good, means I can scam even more out of them later' Yuki's calm smile suddenly flipped 180° and turned extremely disturbing as he approached Gabiru
"So you are the infamous Gabiru huh, I heard a lot about you" Said Yuki, and Gabiru froze slightly as he thought 'I'm this famous?' Before he burst out in arrogant laughter and said "Indeed, I the great Gabiru is known far and wide, and I'm here today to protect you weaklings from the orcs, so bow down to me and become my subordinates"
Hearing this, some of Gabiru's loyal subordinates instantly started fanning his ego as they said "Waa, Gabiru-sama is so handsome"
But Yuki hearing this couldn't disagree more and his thoughts naturally slipped from his mouth "What handsome? He looks like a fucking lizard, All I feel right now is the desire to stomp on him or watch him crawl into a crack that doesn't match his size"
The scene suddenly turned from cheerful to gray, and Rimuru and the Kijin that just left the command house couldn't help but feel pity for the lizardman called Gabiru 'Yuki's at it again causing emotional damage…'
'Oh shit, I messed up, now he might not agree to be friends with me' Thought Yuki, and Shizue noticed the weird look he was having while staring at the rocks laying on the ground and instantly rushed at him and restrained him from the back so he couldn't help but ask her
"What are you doing Shizue?"
"I'm saving these poor lizardmen from losing a chunk of their memories" Replied Shizue and when the Kijin heard what was going on, a memory was reignited inside their heads and they suddenly remembered the reason they went to sleep last time when they attacked the settlement and they all ended up jumping at Yuki…
'What did I get myself involved into' thought Rimuru before he approached the lizardmen and transformed into a human form "So, were you sent here by the lizardman chieftain?"
"Yes…" Replied Gabiru with a depressed look on his face as if he lost his purpose in life and Rimuru couldn't help but shoot Yuki a look that said 'see what you did to the poor guy' but Yuki glanced at a rock not far from where he was standing before he got tackled and then he stared at Rimuru again 'I was about to solve this mess, but you guys interrupted me'
Rimuru didn't want to argue with Yuki knowing that it was a losing battle so he said "We would love to form an alliance with the lizardman to fight the orcs, but we won't be working for you"
"Okay…" Replied Gabiru still depressed as if he didn't even hear what Rimuru had just said but his subordinates started cheering him up and stroking his ego and it instantly stood up tall once more as he said
"I will make those of you that tamed dire wolves officers in my army, quickly bring them to me"
Benimaru, who was punching Yuki nonstop froze when he heard this and he turned to Rimuru and asked with a warm smile while pointing at Gabiru "Can I kill him?" while the other Kijin started collecting stones for Yuki to do his magic…
'This is bad, they were tainted by Yuki…' Thought Rimuru while Yuki simply picked up a rock Shion offered him and approached Gabiru with a smile as he pondered 'I wonder if named monsters lose their power if they forget their names…'