Gazel and Elmesia pledge to assist Rimuru with Tempest's lack of funding. Elmesia then proposes an alliance, but she's concerned about the danger Diablo poses.

Rimuru pays the merchants with the gold coins he's procured. The merchants try to garner futher favor, but Rimuru ceases trading with them. Rimuru then gathers his allies and calls for action again the eastern merchants who are operating in secret.