For the moment, regardless of whether the Shadow Church was being tsundere or simply arrogant, The Unifier quickly set the matter aside. It was not particularly important.
He looked at Rimuru and Luo, who stood silently beside him, knowing that the Void would inevitably... be thrown into another storm because of this incident.
Rimuru was quietly asking Luo something. After all, their escape from danger this time had primarily depended on Luo's timely intervention, and naturally, Rimuru would not neglect the person who had saved him—though in truth, the two were saying goodbye, and Luo had initiated it.
She truly intended to hand the entire world directly to Rimuru—Amishir had never cared much about ownership of worlds or resource development. They excelled at plundering rather than development, and to them, this world, which had already been plundered countless times, was not something worth caring about.
Yet even so, although reluctance showed in Luo's eyes, she still told Rimuru that by doing this, both the favor of helping Amishir find its answer and the debt between them would be completely repaid. With the contract fulfilled, there was no longer any reason for them to remain involved with each other.
That did not mean they would become strangers from then on. It meant that she now bore the direction of her entire race's future—her personal stance would begin to take second place to her racial stance.
She hoped Rimuru could successfully take control of R'lyeh. If he did, perhaps the two sides could still maintain aligned positions in the future, preserving their current friendship.
Only after Rimuru made her a solemn and sincere promise did she turn around without hesitation, taking the officers with her as they withdrew—
But regardless... news of Amishir's reawakening spread as swiftly as the wind.
After all...