In the world of Moe King, I became the ruler of ice.

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The magic crystal ball connected, and the screen changed to show a big, surprised eye that was blinking.

"Gransta, you finally contacted me! You have no idea how annoyed I am by these students."

"But...they're actually quite cute...haha."

Rimuru immediately launched into a tirade, complaining about the mischievous students.

He could tell that Rimuru really liked these students, otherwise his expressions wouldn't have been so varied.

However, now didn't seem like the time for casual conversation, so he spoke with a bit of hesitation.

"Well, Rimuru, I encountered a little mishap..."

Gransta awkwardly tried to explain something, but was interrupted by the enthusiastic Rimuru.

"Hey, isn't that Senior Brother Gazel? You're still so serious. It seems you've already left the Demon Capital."

Rimuru immediately spotted Gazel beside him, greeted him happily, and even winked mischievously.

"Ahem... Rimuru, it's been a long time."

Gazel greeted Rimuru with a calm and warm greeting.

"Senior Brother Gazel, Gransta is quite ruthless, he shouldn't have caused you any trouble, right? That's right... we're all friends in the Alliance, how could that be?"

Rimuru teased in a joking tone.

At this moment, Gazel silently crossed his hands, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Granstas broke the awkward silence with a soft cough, revealing a thick stack of notebooks in his hand.

Long Xueqing and the others turned their heads away in embarrassment; it was simply too shameful.

Rimuru was clearly taken aback, staring at the notebook in Gransta's hand.

"Gransta, you seemed to say you encountered some trouble, and you needed my help?"

"Hmm, look at the little notebook in my hand..."

Gransta spread out the list, leaned closer so Rimuru could look at it more carefully, and even gave a special explanation.

Subsequently,

Rimuru's face immediately darkened. It turned out that this guy had suddenly contacted him just to give him a scare.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening questioning voice came from the crystal, so loud that the screen flickered and became unstable.

"My God, over a thousand gold coins!"

"The compensation party is listed as the Tempest Federation? Why don't you just write my name?"

Rimuru's question silenced everyone present. Yes, why did Gazel write the Tempest Alliance as the party demanding reparations?

Then Rimuru, through the crystal ball, made a very exaggerated expression.

"Gransta, did you tear down your senior's palace?"

Granstas was also embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before making a comparison gesture.

"Probably...more or less, just the area of ​​one city..."

On the other side, Rimuru fell silent, suppressing the urge to disconnect the communication crystal.

"Just one city? Heh... You really are something else."

Guranstad was also helpless. He had helped Gazel resolve potential domestic problems, but he really didn't expect to get a ticket afterward.

He really didn't have any money, otherwise he wouldn't have approached Rimuru.

"Um... Rimuru, I really don't have any money. Gazel might keep me in the Dwarf Kingdom."

Rimuru remained silent for a long while.

"Sigh, what can I do? I've got you as a friend. Let me talk to Senior Brother Gazel!"

Rimuru had no choice but to discuss the debt with King Gazel. Fortunately, Gazel didn't make things too difficult for them and promised that the debt only needed to be repaid within a year.

"It's settled, but Senior Brother Gazel has set a condition one by one."

"What conditions? As long as they're not too unreasonable, it's fine."

Gransta is now completely baffled. He should have known better than to try that demon's immortality trait.

"You are now prohibited from using ice-based abilities within the Dwarf Kingdom. The impact is too great; otherwise, you will be classified as an extremely dangerous individual."

"That's nothing."

Gulansta breathed a sigh of relief and pressed a handprint at Gazel's prompting.

After that, as if nothing unpleasant had happened, Rimuru chatted with Gransta about the situation there before quickly hanging up the communication crystal.

It seems they are in a hurry to calculate the country's specific finances.

Gazelton immediately adopted a friendly demeanor and shook hands with Granstad.

"My subordinates have already reported to me that there were indeed traces of the demon at the scene. Thank you very much for that."

Gransta angrily shook off his hand. He was only talking to him now, and he seriously suspected that this guy did it on purpose. Sure enough, the longer you live, the dirtier your heart becomes.

"Gazelle, since you want to thank me, how about reducing the compensation amount?"

"No, this is a separate matter."

Gazel firmly refused. He could choose another way to express his gratitude, but he was not going to budge on the issue of gold coins.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally made a decision.

"How about this, I'll take you to visit the underground experiments, which are our country's biggest secret."

"No interest. I think you're still a bit worried about us being out there!"

Gulansta scrutinized Gazel's slightly evasive gaze and immediately guessed what he was up to, so he decisively refused.

"Really? That's a real shame. Your magic armor is almost finished, it's just missing the final fitting..."

Gazel made a very regretful expression. If the final step could not be completed, then the magic armor specially made for Gransta could not be finalized.

This means that Gransta will be staying here for a while longer.

Gazel made this decision because he was genuinely afraid that Gransta, that dangerous guy, might do something terrifying. What if he really blew up his palace... then who would he cry to?

Gulansta had obviously thought of that too, and inwardly cursed Gazel as an old fox.

"Okay, I'll go with you to take a look."

Gazel led Gransta and his group to the most mysterious place in the country.

underground laboratory

If Gazel hadn't brought him here, he wouldn't have known that this country had built such a large underground laboratory. Sure enough, the dwarves' burrowing technology is the best in the world.

"Gazelle, are you sure you want to take me in? Aren't you worried I might leak information or something?"

Gulansta hesitated for a moment and checked with Gazel, who was leading the way.

Gazel paused, then turned around with a bitter expression.

"I'll be relieved if you behave yourself. Now I have no choice but to keep you by my side."

Then he regained his confidence and displayed the magnanimity of a king.

"Don't worry, I'll only take you to the area where the magic-armored soldiers are being researched. You can't go to the other areas without my guidance."

Granstas curled his lip in boredom. It seemed that Gazel had done a good job of keeping it a secret, so he was relieved.