104 -=Sigh... Monarchs=-

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Rimuru looked at the man in front of him in a cautious way

"To what I own the honor of the shadow monarch himself visiting me?" Rimuru asked, probing for any information he could

"You are a new monarch, so I need to see where you stand" Was the answer he got

"Uh... In what context are we talking exactly?" Rimuru asked with a complicated expression

there is no denying he is evil, but that cannot have affected someone like Jin Woo, right?

If He means the Rulers and Monarchs stuff, then that's completely unrelated to Rimuru... and Kaede as well

"What do you think I am talking about?" He asked back

"I don't know... something about monarchs?

But I have nothing to do with that, I am a new monarch, so I am not related, right?"

Rimuru said in an awkward tone, He actually had no idea what could have attracted someone of this caliber there asides from some monarch related stuff

Jin Woo nodded in understanding

"I see...

but I am quite a detective myself, so before coming here, I made some investigations"

This made Rimuru tense up... mentally, he had no muscles to tense up...

Because he had done some pretty messed up stuff up till now...

Fortunately for him, that's not what Jin Woo meant by investigation

"Monsters like you acquire skills, and through them, instincts and even memories in special cases" He explained

'Memories?' Rimuru thought confused but Ceres removed his doubts with a precise answer

<Manas'es>

"Ohh... I see your point...

But I have nothing to do with this monarch stuff, I just want to build a safe place for my sisters..." Rimuru said pointing to the village that was starting to take shape

"...You are not lying..." Jin Woo started

'He can tell?' And that surprised Rimuru a bit

<Magic... we should get a sample of mana to study later as we did with Rimuru's magicules...>

'Right... when I can guarantee I won't die here, I can think about it'

"...But anyway

By sister, do you mean your other part?" Jin Woo asked, proving he knew more about Rimuru and Kaede

"No... I mean my REAL sisters... and my new ones... kinda..."

Jin Woo nodded as he noticed Rimuru didn't lie, but... One more important thing was needed

"Fight me" He said plainly but didn't even take a fighting posture which is weird

"Eh? Why?" Rimuru knew this can only have two possible reasons, but he can only test which one it is later

"Because I said so. Bring your other half as well"

Rimuru could only sigh in helplessness at this, Kaede quickly teleported there, and confusion showed on her face before she got some memories from Rimuru

Well, At least they can test where they stand in terms of power, but they decided to not use much, and specifically their eyes

Having [Geass] being part of their formation, they may have some mind-controlling effects, and the last thing they needed was an angry monarch thinking they tried to control his mind

even if it did control him, 1/Infinite chance, Ashborn would do something about it, so that's a big NO, nah-ah, not a chance, 9, nao, noun, etc

"Are you ready?" Jin Woo asked still in a somewhat bored tone

But in reality, he was taking this very seriously, he just used some mental techniques to pressure Rimuru, and now Kaede

"Uh... Not really?" Rimuru asked as he took a step back

Jin Woo immediately jumped forward, preparing for a punch

'Well, let's test this out, I guess...' Rimuru thought as he used one of his spacial tricks to be intangible like Obito

*Bang*

But the punch still connected and the right side of his body was splattered

'Ouch... that actually hurt... [Ammutseba]' Using his skill, he absorbed what he assumed was Mana, and the pain went away

<Got it, now we store that for later study, hehe I can't wait>

'Can you wait until I am not barely alive to say that? Don't raise flags!'

Rimuru's body quickly went back to normal, and Kaede jumped at Jin Woo with a hand covered in purple lightning

Jin Woo stepped back and dodged, kicking her upwards in the process

Rimuru finally got back to normal and made some roots grow besides Jin Woo and attack him, while Kaede shot some senbons at him, propelled by a weak railgun effect with her purple lightning

Jin Woo, with his hands on his pockets, sidestepped the senbons as he kicked one of the roots into oblivion

But then, the senbons turned into iron dust and immediately went towards him, but he just shove it away with a bit of mana

Rimuru and Kaede then moved in to close combat range, taking their number advantage to a more useful scenario