The lizardmen didn't know how many times they were saved from the terrible fate of getting their heads smashed in by Yuki… But because they didn't know, they didn't feel grateful, so their leader Gabiru kept boasting about his greatness over and over again... So, Yuki didn't bother with him anymore and decided to win his friendship with a terrifying display of power!
From Gabiru's perspective, he only saw the white-haired human who was being held back by a masked woman instantly appear in front of him with a sadistic smile on his face before he leaned close to him and asked "You think you are strong right?"
Gabiru froze in fear as something inside of him kept warning him to run away from the man in front of him, yet his body simply couldn't move…
"Stay away from Gabiru-sama" Yelled some of his loyal followers while pointing their pitchfork like weapons at Yuki, but he simply moved his hands and twisted all of the weapons with his sheer physical strength before he said to them
"Move once more and I will shove those pitchforks up your scaled asses while they are still twisted"
"D-D-Devil" Yelled one of the lizardmen which made Yuki's smile widen before he said "Go ahead, show me your strength"
'Oy Oy, this is crazy, this is the first time I see Yuki with his aura unrestrained and he's truly scary' Thought Rimuru, and this feeling was shared by everyone present…
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to call you a weakling" Said Gabiru before quickly bowing as his heart kept beating in fear and he was barely able to say this sentence through his shaking teeth…
"Now that's a good attitude, and here I was thinking of bashing your head with a few rocks… Me and my silly ideas right? hahahaha" Yuki laughed loudly unaware that his words had just caused the lizardmen more fear than his aura…
"Now then, let me ask you this first… Who named you?" Asked Yuki with a smile on his face and Gabiru shivered slightly before he responded "It's Gelmud-sama"
"Gelmud huh" Yuki's mind worked through the crap files he designed for the goblins until he found information related to Rigurd's second son that died while protecting the village from dire wolves in crap file 02, Being organized is always necessary… Ahum, apparently this second son was also named by a Majin named Gelmud…
'This should be the masked idiot that tried to control the orc lord when he evolved into orc disaster only to end up dying…'
"Isn't he the Majin that came to our village and tried to name you, Benimaru-sama?" Asked Souei all of a sudden, and Benimaru's eyes suddenly widened in surprised "That's right, do you think he's the reason our village was attacked?"
Benimaru's eyes turned cold as he stared at Gabiru thinking that he might be a subordinate of that Majin which startled the poor lizardman…
"Stop Benimaru, this idiot doesn't know anything, he wouldn't be sent here to gather reinforcement otherwise" Said Yuki, and Gabiru nodded in agreement before he realized that Yuki was calling him stupid
"I'm not stupid" He yelled trying to justify himself to his subordinates and Yuki simply said "Yup, just like the sky isn't blue"
"Yup" Replied Gabiru confidently and it was only later that one of his subordinates overcame their fear of Yuki and told him the truth…
"Yuki-dono, what do you think is the purpose of that majin for collecting subordinates" Asked Benimaru and Yuki thought about it slightly before he said
"Well, if he's working for a demon lord, it's only natural to gather high level monsters for him, and when you guys didn't agree to him, they deemed you a lost cause and decided to feed you to the orcs instead of having you join another demon lord and become a potential enemy"
Benimaru clenched his hands tightly at the simple but hard truth and the other Kijin felt an unprecedented level of anger as they gritted their teeth tightly but Yuki's calm and eerie voice soon comforted their hearts as he said "Don't worry, It just means more lives for us to pluck, we shall marsh to death soon, although it won't be our own"
The Kijin stared at Yuki silently before they all smiled wickedly and Rimuru couldn't help but think 'Even I feel like killing people now, STOP TAINTING MY CUTE SUBORDINATES PLEASE!'
Then, Rimuru regained his calm and said to Gabiru "Go back to your chieftain and tell him that we are willing to establish an alliance with him to fight the orcs, Souei, Ranga accompany them to keep an eye on the situation as well as contact"
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"Yes, Rimuru-sama"
"Yes, my Master"
Meanwhile, Gabiru nodded hurriedly and run away with his tail between his legs… Literally.
….
The next day, the situation quickly evolved as the orcs approached lake Siss, their intentions clear, creating a path through the marshes made by the blood of the lizardmen…
The chieftain immediately ordered his people to start attacking from a distance and informed Souei to call for assistance from the strong people that his son met. However, they were surprised when they found out that their resistance didn't slow down the orcs at all.
How can they expect that they already lost their sanity from the orc lord's unique skill, and seeing some of their comrades in the front line eating their fill of the fallen orcs, the rest of the orcs grew even crazier as they rushed at the lizardman using their bodies as shield uncaring of any attacks and they soon breached through the blockade of the lizardmen after sacrificing a few thousands of their ranks…
But then, a terrible massacre started as the orcs unleashed their insanity on the lizardmen, and the chieftain saw the helplessness of the situation which prompted some of his subordinates to ask him to run away…
"I can't let my people die and leave" Said the chieftain, and Souei reassured him that reinforcements were already on their way…
A few minutes after the start of the war between the orcs, and the lizardmen. A huge eagle flew through the sky at a rapid speed, and on top of it was the first round of reinforcement… Which was just Yuki who came first to negotiate with the lizards…
"Now then, what should I get from these stupid lizards" muttered Yuki while completely ignoring the chaos under him "What do you think Dariun, got any ideas?"
"Yuki-sama, I think it's best if you get the natural treasures collected from the river of Siss" Replied Dariun which got Yuki slightly intrigued "What kind of treasures?"
"They have plenty of rare herbs that only grow inside the lake, as well as some crystals that enhance the power of water and ice magic" Replied Dariun and Yuki nodded at him silently before he observed their location and told Dariun to go down…
'These marshes are quite big' thought Yuki before he jumped from Dariun's back and landed in front of a group of lizardmen startling them "Yo, can you lead me to your chieftain, I got an offer he can't refuse"
"W-Who are you?" asked the leader of the troops while pointing his pitchfork at Yuki… Although his hands were shaking betraying his confident words…
"I'm the reinforcement you so desperately need, quickly take me to your lord right now" Said Yuki while shooting them a big smile that warmed their hearts
"Reinforcements…" They muttered and remembering the terrifying aura of the bird that just left, they felt hope and instantly led Yuki toward the chieftain's location… If only they knew who they were inviting to their houses…
…
Meanwhile, inside the settlement, Rimuru and the others were preparing themselves to go assist the orcs when they were suddenly visited by the Dryad Treyni which took them by surprise, especially when she asked Rimuru to deal with the orc lord
Benimaru confronted the dryad for her weird entrance as she instantly started giving requests as if she was entitled to them while Rimuru and Shizue simply exchange weird looks 'Isn't this just what Yuki told us about?'
"Since you can see everything that's happening in the forest, why do you believe Yuki will not stop the orc lord on his own?" asked Rimuru and Treyni shook her head and said
"Yuki-san is indeed strong, but so far we only saw him showing strong physical strength, which will not be of great help when fighting an army of 200000 that would keep getting stronger as they devour their fallen comrades… However, your predator ability is a whole different matter, plus you were blessed by Veldora-sama which makes me all the more trust in your ability"
If Yuki was here, he would have said that she was basically a racist and didn't want to owe a sneaky human such a huge favor and this slime appeared much dumber instead… Unfortunately for her, Yuki expected this and already made some preparations…
"Sure, I can help you, but I want something in return" Said Rimuru, and Treyni couldn't help but frown slightly since she wasn't expecting this kind of response from Rimuru and neither did the Kijin, but they liked it!
"Rimuru-dono, you are also under threat from the attack of the orc lord, this matter concerns you as much as it concerns us" Said Treyni with a severe tone and Rimuru almost laughed at how far Yuki predicted everything as he replied
"Sorry, but we are going to do the fighting, not you. So it's not the same" Replied Rimuru and Treyni's frown deepened as she fell silent and Rimuru almost hesitated and went back on his words in fear of antagonizing the dryads that basically ruled the forest but Yuki's wicked image kept appearing in his head every time that happened like a curse to the point that Rimuru ended up asking great sage
'Great sage, did Yuki do something to me?'
[Sigh, no host, you are simply a wimp]
Rimuru felt the sound of something breaking inside of his chest after hearing this response, but Treyni's next world helped him shift his focus from the words of the heartless great sage…
"Fine, we can negotiate..." And so negotiations started...
After Treyni left, the Kijin and the goblins were very impressed by Rimuru's performance in the presence of the respected dryad but he ended up telling them the truth as he said " The reason I went this far is that Yuki's exact words before he left were 'You better get a high price from accepting her request or I will skin you all alive, and don't think you being a slime will save you... I have my ways'… I had no choice, it was a matter of life or death for me!"
Looks of pity were shot in Rimuru's direction while Shizue giggled slightly before she stared at where the dryad was standing and thought 'Hopefully this won't cause any problems in the future'
But of course it won't, for Yuki was friends with Ramiris who these dryads want to simp for but they couldn't…