104, Just Retreat, Lilith

"Let's stop here."

Starlight lit up the night sky. Beneath the rarely seen blanket of stars, the helicopter's rotors slowly came to a halt. After landing at the top of the highest waterfall above the rushing rapids, Rimuru, Lilith, and the others jumped down from the aircraft.

"It looks like there are people both below and in the middle of the waterfall. It's strange that the top is so empty."

"Yeah..." Anna echoed, "With so many superhumans gathered together, won't they start fighting?"

"Don't worry. They'll restrain each other. If a full-scale fight really breaks out, those old monsters hiding in the shadows won't just sit by."

Lilith floated beside Rimuru and spoke calmly. The first thing Rimuru did upon landing was naturally activate his magic perception. After quickly spreading his magic across the entire ground, his mind suddenly jolted, and he sharply turned his head—

Amid the vast, surging rapids, a young girl stood prettily in the middle, her bare legs exposed and only a loose hooded robe draped over her body. She tilted her head at them with a sweet smile. "What a coincidence."

"The Truth Society's Holy Maiden?" Lilith had sensed something as well. Seeing Rimuru turn around, she floated around after him. Her chubby little face immediately tightened as she asked unfriendly, "Why are you here?"

"Ah?! What a rude question." Ruksinth stretched her bare legs, droplets falling from her curled golden hair. Raising her head, she said, "Look at me. Could you please figure out who got here first?"

"So there's no one on the mountaintop because of you?" Rimuru swept his gaze around. He could sense presences hidden in every direction nearby, carrying a familiar feeling—twisted power.

"Hi—" The moment Ruksinth heard Rimuru's voice, her tone made an immediate one-eighty turn. She nodded with