Beating Up Besta

The atmosphere fell silent at the sight of this.

Everyone present looked grim, even the innkeeper's cheerful expression darkening slightly.

Mo Li watched as Rimuru and Gobta were splashed in the face with wine, his expression turning as dark as ink.

Although he had already seen this scene in the original story, Mo Li felt inexplicably furious.

He even had the urge to give Besta a Rock Spear. But remembering Besta's usefulness, Mo Li forcibly suppressed his anger.

Still, Besta deserved some punishment.

Having done all this, Besta had also vented some of the anger Kaijin had stirred up in him.

Sure enough, this feels much better.

Besta smiled faintly as he thought this.

"You really deserve to die, Besta!"

Kaijin shot to his feet with a bang and roared.

Bang.

Before Besta could react, Kaijin's fist, as large as a sandbag, smashed into his round-faced mug.

Besta's face instantly twisted out of shape, blood streaming from his nose.

Kaijin pressed his advantage, throwing several more punches into Besta's face.

"You bastard! You dared insult my benefactors and friends! I'm going all out today—I'll make you pay!"

Kaijin roared as he beat him.

How could a researcher like Besta possibly be a match for Kaijin, who had wielded a forge hammer for decades? Before he could even fight back, Kaijin knocked him to the ground. His head buzzed, and his vision blurred, as if he could see his great-grandmother.

Kaijin wanted to throw a few more punches, but the guards finally reacted.

"How dare you! You actually dared assault Lord Besta!"

The two guards drew the blades at their waists and slashed toward Kaijin's head, clearly intending to kill him.

"Ari, Ari, hurry and save Master Kaigin!"

Rimuru became agitated at the sight.

Mo Li's expression instantly turned icy.

"I understand."

"World- trấn Rock Spear."

Several Rock Spears appeared behind Mo Li and shot toward the two guards.

Two Rock Spears shattered the guards' blades.

Several others pierced the guards' arms and thighs.

The two guards immediately collapsed to the ground and could no longer rise.

"My leg! Aaaaah!"

"My arm! Aaaaaah!"

The guards clutched their arms and thighs, trembling as they screamed.

Mo Li showed no pity at the sight. Besides, he was not someone who killed indiscriminately. He had only fired the Rock Spears at their limbs; if he had wanted them dead, he would have aimed for their hearts long ago.

"Ari, you're so strong!"

Rimuru praised Mo Li upon seeing this.

Seeing Rimuru's expression, Mo Li was puzzled.

"Don't you think I was cruel?"

Rimuru smiled at Mo Li's words.

"Of course not. Ari didn't do anything wrong."

Seeing Rimuru's smile, Mo Li felt somewhat relieved. He pulled Rimuru into his arms and stroked her. To be honest, his feelings were complicated right now. Ever since learning the divination's message, Mo Li had not known how to face Rimuru. He had always regarded Rimuru as an anime character, as someone fictional. Even after gradually accepting her, he had only treated her as his younger sister. And Mo Li knew that although he was familiar with Rimuru, he still had a deep sense of distance from this world and its people.

Only after learning that Rimuru was his destined one, his future partner, did Mo Li begin to realize that he seemed to have become part of this world as well. Otherwise, he would not have been so angry when Besta insulted Rimuru, nor would he have even wanted to kill him.

Mo Li looked at Rimuru in his arms, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.

"How am I supposed to face you, Rimuru?"

"Ah, things really are unpredictable."

Mo Li could not help sighing.

"Ari, what's wrong?"

Rimuru curiously asked after hearing Mo Li's sigh.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking about a few things."

Mo Li's tone was somewhat complicated.

Kaijin had yet to realize that he had just taken a stroll at death's door.

Bang, bang, bang.

Kaijin kicked Besta in the stomach several times. He controlled his strength with those kicks, or he truly feared he might kick Besta to death.

Besta clutched his stomach and spat out a mouthful of blood, as though he saw his great-grandmother in another world.

After beating him for quite a while, Kaijin had finally vented his anger.

"Kaijin, I won't let you get away with this! I'll make King stand up for me!"

Besta clutched his stomach and shouted at Kaijin.

"Heh, I'm not afraid of a bastard like you. Isn't it just one life? I'm not afraid to die. I'll wait right here, and if I so much as frown, I'm your son."

Kaijin replied disdainfully to Besta's threat.

Then Kaijin turned around, intending to explain things to Mo Li and Rimuru.

That was when he saw the two guards lying on the ground.

He looked at the shattered blades scattered across the floor and the Rock Spears embedded in the ground.

Kaijin's heart began pounding in fear.

"No way... what happened here?"

Judging by the situation, the guards must have tried to slash at him, only to be taken down before they could strike. Even their blades had been shattered.

"But who saved me?"

Kaijin was utterly confused.

Only after looking at the Rock Spears did Kaijin realize that Mo Li had saved him.

Kaijin immediately bowed to Mo Li.

"Thank you for saving my life, my lord."

After thanking him, Kaijin gave Besta another two kicks.

Besta suffered another heavy blow and nearly fainted. After taking a moment to recover, he opened his eyes.

Then he saw his two guards, their arms and legs broken.

Besta was stunned.

"What happened? How did things turn out like this in the blink of an eye?"

How had his guards ended up in such a state?

Besta could not accept it. He had been hoping his two guards would teach Kaijin a lesson. How had they ended up lying there already? How could Besta possibly accept this outcome?

Moreover, his guards had been carefully selected from the army, chosen from among the kingdom's elite forces. Throughout the Dwarf Kingdom, they were only slightly weaker than the Dwarf King's guards. How could they have been defeated so easily?

Most importantly, Besta did not even know who had acted. Kaijin's first punch had knocked him senseless, and then Kaijin had pinned him to the ground and beaten him senseless. Besta had kept his eyes closed the entire time, so he truly had not seen who the culprit was.

And judging by their condition, his two guards were more seriously injured than he was. Right.