Rimuru and Iruma's Adventures in the Netherworld

Culling Kaiju

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"Spoken dialogue"

'Quoting'

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Internal thoughts/talking to Ciel

[[Ciel talking]]

{{Thought Communication}}

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Lead POV

"Kufufufufu, it looks like some entertainment has arrived." Diablo, the terrifying butler cackles sinisterly to himself.

"Entertainment?!" I exclaim.

That is not entertainment, that's a dangerous, huge kaiju dead-set on killing us!

A big blue bull monster with a bottom like a snake and six red, angry eyes. It's huge and smashing buildings, but Diablo seems to see it as a plaything.

"Yeah, I'll let you have that 'fun' then while we go somewhere safe." I sputter.

Not to my surprise, the butler gleefully states, "Oh, no, not for me, but you~! Such a beast would be no challenge for me, but for you children, it surely would be!"

"Wait a sec, you expect us to fight that thing?!" I yell.

"I was ordered to make sure you enjoyed yourselves today and I plan on following that order. Going against the orders of my beloved Master, I would never think of doing such a thing!"

The kaiju roars and the buildings around us shake, but Diablo just stands there, continuously muttering about Rimuru again.

He's not gonna be any help at all!

I'm scared; completely terrified out of my mind! This beast is like nothing I've seen before, a true monstrosity capable of splattering us against the ground with one blow.

I'm sure it would've killed us already if it wasn't for that warning we got from that announcement, but as we were getting the hell away from where we were, it ended up being too late. With a blinding blue light, this monstrosity burst out of the ground, sending rubble flying everywhere. Somehow, Picero reacted fast enough to shield us with his ground-manipulating magic. For such a lazy guy, he sure reacted fast to that; I sorta underestimated him until now, if I'm honest.

Diablo, much like he is right now, seemed unconcerned. He didn't even flinch when a large chunk of concrete landed right next to him!

But that's whatever; right now, we need to figure out what to do about this thing, whether Diablo is helping us or not.

"Okay, guys, what're we gonna do? We need to make a plan or we won't stand any chance."

I stop myself from saying we don't stand a chance either way, even though that's my true feelings right now. It'll only make things worse if I did.

"I think we should just run to live another day!" Camui frantically suggests, visibly quivering with fear.

"Do ya really think that Diablo guy will even let us? He seems determined to make us fight that kaiju!" I retort, knowing that's not an option at this point. A glance over at Diablo confirms it, he's even set up a chair and drinks!

"Yeah, it seems like we have little choice so deciding on a battle strategy would be the best move," Goemon adds, staying relatively calm.

"Well, I don't think he'll let us die, at least. He was ordered to keep us safe, even though I'm not sure what that means in his twisted mind."