Nyx Nova

Chapter Two

          'Oi, oi, oi, seriously, I can't even appraise this,' Kaijin exploded.
          'This is most definitely a divine class item, what's it called, Nyx-sama' said Kurobee as he grazed over the hilt of the sword.
          'Normally, your fingers could not even touch it. It was once revered as Muriel's Spear,' I explained. 'Bit odd seeing that it is a claymore, right? But look here, if I channel my magic power into the sword...'
          The sword emitted black smoke before it changes its shape into a long, scary-looking scythe. That form, I had earned after my fall from heaven. My beloved claymore was corrupted along with me and it had lost its pure holy element and became a chaos claymore, a mixture of the holy and demonic elements.
          'A shapeshifting sword taken to the max, no other blacksmith has this ability,' Kaijin commented. 'What do you want us to do with it?'
          'I just want to give it a new lease on life, I had never used it for the longest of time. Perhaps, in this coming event, I might be needing it. Could I trust you both in this?' I asked.
          'Well, we can try,' said Kurobee and Kaijin together. From the look of it, Kurobee was more of a master of Japanese blacksmithing compared to this world's western style which Kaijin was highly familiar with. I was joined by Rimuru who bounced into the smithy because he was curious about the noise. We spent two hours listening and watching the two masters trying to restore my sword. Their interaction was entertaining to watch, it was clear that both of them were passionate about these kinds of things. They didn't even notice Rimuru's presence at all, that's how immersed they are in the so-called Divine Class sword.
          'Oh, both of you are here, after all,' said Rigurdo who just entered the smithy. 'There's trouble. The lizardmen messenger has arrived.'
          'Yosh, I'll go off first,' said Rimuru. 'Keep up the good work, guys!'
          'Wait,' I announced as I followed behind Rimuru who was hopping out of the smithy. 'I like to see for myself, the face of the most annoying, loudmouth, brazen voice that has been polluting the sound of the forest for a few days now.'
          'We heard too, would you allow us to follow?' said Benimaru who was accompanied by Shion and Hakurou. 'We would like to know what is the lizardmen's motive too.'
          'Sure, it's alright,' said Rimuru. 'We still do not know whether they are a friend or foe...'

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          'Eh? There's only one person?' Rimuru exclaimed and I gritted my teeth at this.
          'No, this is the reason I was annoyed,' I grumbled. From a distance, in came a lizardman, stronger than the rest of them, riding into the village. Then, he jumped down from the lizard he was riding with his eyes still closed. I keep pilling up the reasons that they showed me in person for me to slug this Gabil person. That smug attitude, just because he was a named monster, he had his "Holier than thou" kind of attitude towards others.
          'Everyone, please remember this honourable face that you guys will be working for,' his attendant announced. 'This person is the next leader of the lizardmen and is also this world's strongest warrior.'
          'My name is Gabil!' the guy then broke out. 'I specially came here to give you guys the chance to become my subordinates!'
          An awkward moment of silence has passed. We were befuddled at the arrogance and the airheadedness of these guys. Shion understandably was hugely irritated that she involuntarily squeezed Rimuru to death.
          'No, thank you,' I muttered.
          'No, no, must I explain it to everyone here,' said Gabil. 'I think everyone has heard, the orc army is advancing on the forest. Hence, only by becoming my subordinate, I will ensure that! I will save everyone from the orc army! Small fries like goblins will not be able to win the orcs right?'
          'Oi, oi, calm down, Nyx!' Rimuru begged. He was stopping me from pummeling this lizardman guy. How could I not be this angry? My day was always interrupted by this guy's voice and this is the extent of the guy? Some low-lives get a taste of power and felt superior over others.
          'I've heard there is someone among you who has tamed a fang wolf, was it you? No, it can't be you, you are small fry compared to the others here,' the guy said to me. 'I'll make him into an officer, bring him to me!'
          'Oho, what makes you think that?' I slowly said that as I stared at them.
          'It seems that you need disciplining,' said Gabil. 'My apologies to the leader here, consider this an early disciplinary action for...'
          I appeared in front of him and gave him a hard dropkick on his nugget. His eyes blacked out as he passed out unable to register the pain that I had given him. Unsatisfied, I raised my hand wanting to slug him next.
          'Oi, do you want to kill the guy?' Rimuru complained before I only flicked Gabil's chin and he was sent flying towards his men. 'You guys, for us to work with the lizardmen tribe to defeat the orcs is possible but I shall reject becoming your subordinates. Today, just bring that back and stop looking down on people.'
          'We, we will be back!' one of his men warned us and I unleashed a bit of my aura as I glared them down again.
          'Warrrghhh, monster!!' yelled another guy as they all flee the village.
          'What's up with that, monster calling another guy a monster? Good thing you just flicked the guy, I thought for a second that you were about to punch the guy dead,'  Rimuru stated.
          'Oh, I was about to do just that,' I darkly said as I rubbed off the dust of my hands.
          'Ah, whatever, it's his fault for being too cocky,' said Rimuru. 'Thank you for hiding your aura, Nyx. That was nasty, are you a demon lord or something?'
          'Nope, I have no ties with them,' I immediately said.
          'Uh, okay, then,' said Rimuru after being a bit taken aback. 'it's time to think about the plans for today onwards.