Rimuru hung up the phone and turned around, hoping to see the moved expressions of his teammates. Instead, all he saw was a group of people rolling their eyes and calling for the card game to continue.
"..." Rimuru felt that his authority as captain was getting lower by the day.
Sigh. People's hearts had scattered; the team was getting harder to lead.
"So? Are you really planning to stay on Earth for five years?" Yuki Onna raised her head curiously, gently pushing up the Fox Mask on one side of her face as she looked at Rimuru.
By this point, Rimuru had already obtained the Space Stone and defeated the Chitauri army. Logically, the main quest had been completed. However, because of Sylphiel's time authority, their stay had been extended to one week, which was why they were still here.
And these past few days, it was not only the Avengers who had been considering things. Rimuru had also been considering whether to stay for five years and use that time to thoroughly strip this world of resources.
The answer he had given Tony today had made it sound as though he had already made up his mind—
"Why not?" Rimuru smiled at that and countered, "For Eternals, time is nothing."
Having mastered time, he finally had the qualifications to say that.
"To be honest, I really want to wait for Spider-Man..." Rimuru shrugged, making no attempt to hide it.
"Then have you figured out how to stay?" Lilith raised a brow and asked calmly.
The real difficulty was not whether they wanted to remain, but how to make Extraordinary Space agree to let them continue staying in this world.
That was exactly what Rimuru had been considering. He fell silent for a moment before looking up with a