Rimuru and Iruma's Adventures in the Netherworld

Talking With Leon/Gobta's 2nd Chance

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Rimuru POV

Now it's just me and Leon, and I think I've annoyed him enough to squeeze some information out of him. He's always acting all stone-cold with everyone short of Chloe, so shattering that icy exterior is a must if you want to get anything useful out of him.

I've got a serious objective here; get some intel on this candidate before I have to face him at Walpurgis. I don't like going in blind. Well, I'm not blind at this point. I had Souei and his team look into this person some, but they surprisingly didn't turn up much. Got a few small details about his actions, but nothing more.

"Soooo...what can you tell me about this new guy? Guy didn't seem too thrilled about him from the little that he shared with me when I was informed about the upcoming Walpurgis." I ask Leon now that we're alone.

"I haven't met the man myself, but yes, he's a piece of work from what I've been told. Guy, especially, has had to deal with his nonsense the most. He seems to think he can lay claim to the entire ocean as his domain. Ridiculous." He replies, a twinge of annoyance in his expression.

"Ocean? Why the ocean?"

"He's some type of water-dwelling majin of sorts." Leon clarifies. "His name is Beluran."

Beluran, huh? Well, the 'ocean-dwelling' part explains why Souei didn't get me much intel. If the dude lives underwater, that's kinda out of his scope. I'm sure he could manage if I told him about that detail, though. He just wouldn't think to look there; I mean, I sure didn't.

This also complicates things since Argos, my surveillance system, can't easily penetrate the surface of the water. I could watch the ocean and anything that pops out of it, but if someone is moving purely underwater, monitoring them with it wouldn't really work too well.

"Huh, that's unique. So no land in his territory then?" I ask.

"Well, apparently he does want that uninhabited island south of Guy's domain, but that's not the problem. Having possession of the entire ocean would make his domain larger than any of the other Demon Lords. He is only at the 'seed' level too." Leon continues.

"A 'seed-level' wanting to have that much territory? He must be pretty arrogant to even request that!" I exclaim.

"Exactly. That is why I expect that his personality will be...troublesome. Apparently, he's been quite demanding, saying he deserves this and that. Guy is mightily annoyed and has been using me as 'stress relief'." Leon says in a defeated tone.

"He's back to harassing you? Sorry man, I know how that feels." I say comfortingly.

I'm not lying; Guy, over the years, has turned a lot of the 'attention' he used to give Leon more toward me. He knows I won't start a war or even fight him over it or anything, so he takes every opportunity he can get to be all 'touchy feely' with me. Calls it 'payment' for upsetting the world's balance or whatever; I hate it.