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

"Your Majesty! I do not understand. Is there some misunderstanding? Why...?"

Besta knelt on the ground, his face grim.

In contrast, King Gazeel remained expressionless throughout.

"A misunderstanding? I have lost a loyal subject."

"What do you mean by this! That fellow not only failed to swear allegiance to Your Majesty, but he even followed that person of dubious origin—"

"Besta, you've completely misunderstood. That guy, Kekin, was always planning to leave me. The loyal subject I was talking about losing... is you."

Besta's heart was pounding violently.

Is it me? ... However, my thoughts were in turmoil, and my words became incoherent.

What exactly did the king say just now?

Losing you means... Besta is somewhat at a loss.

"I will ask you one more time! My subject Besta, do you have something you wish to say to me?"

Fear surged through Besta's mind like a tidal wave!

"My king, please forgive my foolishness..."

Best hesitated for a long time before finally managing to utter this sentence.

"I had high hopes for you before, so I've been waiting for you. Whether it was the Demon Soldier incident or this time, I've been waiting for you to tell me the truth yourself."

King Gazel spoke each word calmly, but every word pierced Besta's heart.

So the king already knew? How ridiculous!

"But you—"

Gazel's voice rose a few decibels.

"I'm so disappointed."

As the last words fell, Besta collapsed to the ground.

"Take a look at this one too—"

Besta stared blankly at the king, not knowing why he asked that question.

The guards beside them brought in two things at some point.

Best looked over there with empty eyes.

One of them was a bag containing a blue liquid that I had never seen before.

Another one is an exquisite bottle filled with a colorful liquid.

"Besta, do you know what this is? Have a guard explain it to him!"

Having received King Gaze's order, the guards began their explanation.

Besta, being a researcher himself, quickly grasped both concepts.

It was actually a high-grade recovery potion with 100% extraction. You should know that even if you gathered all the technology of the dwarves, you could only reach 98%.

This second thing shocked Besta even more!

Only through their expertise did they discover that this potion contained an ingredient called Fipokot grass.

But the effects of this potion are simply incredible! It restores both magic power and life force simultaneously!

What does this mean? If they could mass-produce them, their powerful army would always be at its peak fighting strength and would never get tired.

These two technologies are enough to become the core of a nation and can be elevated to the highest level of military reserves.

"These two items were given to us by Rimuru and one of his friends, and yet you've severed all ties with us. Do you... have anything else to say?"

Only now did he realize why Wang had confronted him at this time; he had made an irreparable mistake.

"Your Majesty, I am speechless. I have failed you!"

Tears streamed down his face silently. Besta knew that he had been abandoned by the king.

He was single-mindedly devoted to serving the king, seeking only his approval. His desires were that simple.

However, he lost his way at some point. Could it have started from the moment he became jealous of Kekin?

"Good, I understand. Well then, Besta!"

"From this day forward, I forbid you from setting foot in the palace. Do not ever appear before me again..."

Besta slowly stood up and bowed deeply to his king.

And so he left, leaving behind a lonely figure.

As Besta left, a black shadow slowly emerged before King Gazel and knelt down before him.

"My lord, shall we continue to monitor Rimuru and the others? Is it really wise for you to let such a powerful monster escape like this?"

After the person who appeared finished speaking, he lowered his head and silently waited for King Gazel's response.

But after waiting for a long time without any response, she looked up in confusion.

She saw King Gaze staring intently behind her. She turned around abruptly, only to find nothing behind her. She looked at King Gaze in surprise.

"Sir, you've been following my subordinate for so long, aren't you going to show yourself?"

At this moment, King Gazel finally spoke, and streams of magic spread out in front of him.

Upon hearing the king's words, the shadow subordinate immediately sprang up from the ground, blocking King Gazel's path, staring in shock at what lay ahead.

The surrounding soldiers nervously drew their weapons, each of them displaying a wary expression.

"As expected of the King of Heroes!"

Gransta, dressed in a blue robe, appeared from the previously empty space, but was floating in mid-air.

"It's you? How could you possibly..."

Shadow looked at the handsome elf flying in mid-air in shock. Wasn't that Gransta, whom she had lost track of before?

She was utterly ashamed to face her king, for as his shadow, she had been followed and brought before him.

Gransta hadn't expected the Hero King's senses to be so sharp; he had already used three skills: [Magic Shield], [Heat Sensing Nullification], and [Disguise].

But as soon as he got close to the King of Heroes, he was discovered; he had indeed been following this shadow all the way here.

Gransta was originally curious about the shadow who had followed him before, but he didn't expect that after losing track of him, the shadow would keep an eye on Rimuru and have been monitoring Rimuru's every move these past few days.

So Gransta followed this shadow all along, and later arrived at the palace, where he witnessed the previous trial.

However, he was not worried about Rimuru's safety. The outcome of the trial was similar to what he had expected; Gazel was a qualified king.

Gransta descended from mid-air to the ground as a sign of respect for the King of Heroes.

Then he looked directly at the king.

"You may all step back. With his strength, you have no chance to harm me."

Gazel raised his hand to dismiss the soldiers blocking his way and carefully examined Gransta in front of him.

He could sense a deep, abyssal magical power within Gransta's slender body, almost like a demonic dragon, which made Gazel take the elf before him more seriously.

"Your Majesty, I have come here only out of concern for my friend. I have no ill intentions. Please withdraw your surveillance of my friend."

Gransta, on the contrary, spoke politely to the King of Heroes.

"Oh, that slime is your friend. You're both from the Great Jura Forest?"

Gazel asked a question as if to confirm.

"Yes."

Gulansta nodded; there was nothing to deny.

"I never expected that such terrifying monsters as you two would appear in the Great Forest of Jura after the aura of the Storm Dragon Veldora disappeared. What do you think, sir?"

Gazel rested his chin on his hands, staring at Gransta with great interest. His imposing face exuded a sense of pressure.