"This is... a dream, right?"
A soldier looked at the monster named Black Goat's Spawn as it walked step by step, its body as tall as a mountain, its indescribable and terrifying posture, as if it were a monster that would only appear in dreams.
Bang! Bang!
In the heavy and rapid footsteps, the two fastest Black Goat's Spawn were only a few hundred meters away from the army. Under the thick tentacles, soldiers were slapped into meat paste one after another, and then swallowed completely. In just a few seconds, at least tens of thousands of soldiers died.
"Hey! Tell me quickly... this is a dream!"
In a desperate roar, the soldier raised his head and looked at the huge goat hoof falling from above with a collapsed smile. After leaving the last words of his life, he completely merged with the earth, so much so that they couldn't be separated.
"Soldiers, raise the weapons in your hands! If you want to live, raise your weapons!"
At this moment, King Zanack's roar awakened all the soldiers from their stupor. Everyone instinctively raised the weapons in their hands according to Zanack's words, but unfortunately, the weapons in their hands did not bring them any courage, because their bodies, constantly trembling with fear, had completely lost control, and they stood blankly on the spot waiting for the arrival of death.
"Your Majesty, please leave here quickly!"
Beside him, Warrior-Captain Gazef looked at Zanack, who was full of anger, and urged his warhorse forward, saying with a solemn expression that the current situation had completely exceeded their imagination, and they had no power to resist in the face of such an existence.
"Leave? Where else can we go?"
Zanack raised his head and looked at Gazef, asking with bitterness in his eyes. From the moment the war was declared, they had completely lost their way out.
"......"
Opposite him, Gazef fell silent after hearing Zanack's words, then raised his head and looked at the approaching Black Goat's Spawn. Indeed, as His Majesty the King said, they had nowhere to escape.
"Then, at least please stay by my side, Your Majesty the King. I will definitely protect you until I die!"
"Okay, I'm counting on you, Gazef."
Zanack also drew out the long sword from his waist, looked at Gazef with a smile on his fat face. Seeing that their king was still planning to fight, the soldiers behind him, who had been trembling with fear, had some kind of emotion ignited in their hearts, their eyes gradually becoming firm, and they tightly grasped their weapons.
"Charge!"
The next second, Zanack's roar resounded throughout the battlefield again. In the unbelievable gazes of all the soldiers, Zanack, as the king, was the first to launch a charge towards the monster in front of him, with Gazef, as the Warrior-Captain, closely following beside him.
"Charge!"
"For His Majesty the King!"
"Kill!"
Instantly, the originally fearful soldiers roared as they charged. In the sound of warhorses galloping, the boundless army rushed towards the Black Goat's Spawn like a tide, even though their bodies were still trembling uncontrollably with fear, their eyes were filled with determination.
"Baa, baa, baa!"
In the crisp and eerie bleating of goats, patches of soldiers were trampled into meat paste by the huge goat hooves, and countless soldiers were slapped into the air by tentacles and exploded into pieces, just like harvesting farmland in autumn, patches of soldiers were casually obliterated.
In less than half a minute, the originally verdant grassland was dyed red with endless blood, and pools of blood gathered in the low-lying and corpses covered the entire earth, and the air was dyed red. The pungent smell of blood filled everyone's nostrils.
"Wonderful, what a beautiful sight!"
On the other side, Ainz Ooal Gown looked at the hell he had created with his own hands, and an unprecedented light flashed in his empty eye sockets, and an unprecedented sense of satisfaction filled his body.
Clap, clap, clap!
Behind him, a burst of applause suddenly came. When Ainz Ooal Gown turned his head, he only saw all the Floor Guardians, led by Demiurge, looking at him with worship and constantly applauding. Even the boundless army of the Great Tomb of Nazarick behind him was doing the same.
"By the way, Ainz-sama, why don't those humans run away?"
At this time, Mare timidly walked to Ainz Ooal Gown, raised his small head and looked curiously at the human soldiers in the distance who were constantly charging towards the Black Goat's Spawn, knowing that it was a certain death, but without the slightest hesitation.
"..... This is probably the so-called courage of humans, or rather, the foolishness of humans."
After listening to Mare's words, Ainz Ooal Gown raised his head and looked at the human soldiers who were constantly charging, especially the two figures charging at the forefront. If he were still human, facing such a scene, Ainz Ooal Gown might feel incomparably moved, as if facing the heroes recorded in epics.
But for Ainz Ooal Gown, who is now the Supreme Undead, such a scene is so foolish. It is foolish to continue to resist enemies that cannot be defeated and to die meaninglessly.
"Albedo, come with me for a moment."
The next second, Ainz Ooal Gown lowered his head and said to Albedo beside him, then his body moved slightly and flew towards the battlefield in front, and at the same time, all the Black Goat's Spawn stopped their attacking movements and stood in place.
"Stopped?"
At this moment, Zanack in the center of the battlefield looked at the monsters that had stopped attacking in confusion. He didn't think that his attack had worked on these monsters, so the only explanation for why these monsters suddenly stopped was that their summoner had issued an order.
"You seem to be in good spirits, Stronoff-kakka!"
At this time, Ainz Ooal Gown's calm voice rang in everyone's ears. Everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked upwards, only to see an undead wearing a gorgeous robe and holding a golden scepter looking down at them. Beside him, a figure holding a battle axe and shrouded in black armor stood silently.
"You too, Ainz-kakka, can I say you are in good spirits? If you were no longer human after that, then my words might be a bit rude."
Gazef looked at Ainz Ooal Gown who suddenly appeared above, and a smile appeared on his square face. Even though the two sides were now irreconcilable enemies, they still greeted each other like old friends.
"Hahaha! I haven't changed since then."
In the unrestrained laughter, Ainz Ooal Gown landed beside Gazef, looking at this human who was the first person he could call a friend after coming to this other world.
"It's really... been a long time."
"Yes!"
Gazef looked at Ainz Ooal Gown, who was close at hand, closed his eyes slightly and replied, then when he opened his eyes again, all that was in his eyes was indifference and hostility.
"So, can you tell me what you want? You wouldn't just come to say hello because you saw an acquaintance, would you?"
"That's right, I don't like flowery language. Let's get straight to the point, become my subordinate!"
Faced with Gazef's question, Ainz Ooal Gown unreservedly said his thoughts. For the Warrior-Captain Gazef in front of him, Ainz Ooal Gown sincerely wanted him to become a member of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
"Gazef, look around."
Before Gazef could answer, Ainz Ooal Gown snapped his fingers and pointed to the Black Goat's Spawn that had stopped moving around.
"I see, so Your Majesty Ainz can control them."
"Only temporarily. Afterwards, it will depend on your answer. If you agree, I might consider sparing the rest, but..."
Ainz Ooal Gown spoke slowly, his tone filled with undisguised threat. Instantly, all the surviving soldiers turned to Gazef, awaiting his response. Many soldiers and surviving nobles looked at him with a glimmer of hope, thinking that if only Gazef agreed to the demands, they might live.
"Oh! Right, and would you be willing to become my subordinate?"
As he spoke, Ainz Ooal Gown looked towards Zanac beside Gazef. Although Ainz Ooal Gown found the king's act of resistance foolish, he admired the courageous king.
"Thank you for your invitation, Your Majesty, but please allow me to decline."
Zanac refused Ainz Ooal Gown's invitation without hesitation, even though he understood that the consequence of his actions would be the complete destruction of all the soldiers around him and the kingdom behind him. But that wouldn't affect Zanac's decision.
Because he was the king of this kingdom, the king of humanity, and he would never yield to the monster before him. Even in death, he would die with the pride of humanity!
"As expected of His Majesty!"
Upon hearing Zanac's reply, Gazef revealed a slight smile, then looked at Ainz Ooal Gown with unwavering determination and shook his head.
"I refuse. I am the king's sword, and if the king hasn't yielded, how could I, as his sword, give up? On this point, I will absolutely not yield!"
"Refuse... Even if doing so means gambling with everything the Re-Estize Kingdom has?"
"Yes, even so!"
Facing Ainz Ooal Gown's question, Zanac, as the king, replied with unwavering determination.
"What foolish men."
With a voice full of disappointment and incomprehension, Ainz Ooal Gown lightly waved his hand. In an instant, the Black Goat Younglings, which had stopped, began to move again, and the merciless slaughter resumed. Zanac and Gazef also launched another charge.
Seconds later, Ainz Ooal Gown looked expressionlessly at the intact corpses of Gazef and Zanac on the ground. They had fallen on the path of their final charge. As a final respect for the warrior and his enemy, Ainz Ooal Gown specially left them with complete bodies.
"Albedo, have them buried."
"Yes, Ainz-sama."
After hearing Ainz Ooal Gown's words, Albedo nodded and had two undead soldiers step forward to take the two corpses away, granting them a funeral befitting their status. Even though these two humans had refused Ainz-sama's invitation, Albedo acknowledged their courage.
"Then, let us completely destroy this nation, leaving nothing behind!"
"Yes!"
As soon as Albedo's words fell, the five Black Goat Younglings and the vast army of the Great Tomb of Nazarick behind them began to advance towards the interior of the Re-Estize Kingdom. Everything that stood in their way was mercilessly and completely destroyed, and all life was turned into corpses under the army of Nazarick.
Even after death, the corpses were either resurrected as undead or harvested as part of the material stockpile of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
In less than a day, most of the Re-Estize Kingdom was destroyed, and millions of the kingdom's residents became undead. There were those who tried to resist, but unsurprisingly, they all met their deaths.
Some also tried to flee the Re-Estize Kingdom, but no matter which direction they went, there was no possibility of escape. The entire Re-Estize Kingdom had been completely surrounded by the army of Nazarick.
As the sun slowly set on the horizon, the boundless army of Nazarick had gathered outside the royal capital of the Re-Estize Kingdom in the blood-red sunset. This was the only city left in the kingdom.
A large number of fleeing residents had occupied all the space in the royal capital, and even outside the city gates, a large number of ordinary civilians and a small number of nobles had gathered. At this moment, noises, quarrels, cries, and desperate roars filled every place here.
Especially when they noticed the undead army slowly advancing not far outside the royal capital, the people, who were already full of despair and fear, let out desperate roars. Some people began to charge recklessly at the tightly closed gates of the royal capital, wanting to hide in what they thought was a safe place.
Some nobles pointed at the soldiers on the city wall and cursed loudly, no longer caring about the so-called noble etiquette, only wanting to enter the royal capital by relying on their noble status. Some people knelt on the ground and prayed, begging to let their children enter the royal capital.
But facing all of this, the soldiers above seemed not to hear anything. At most, some soldiers would turn away because they couldn't bear it, but they had no intention of opening the city gate, because they didn't want to die either.
"Attack!"
In the distance, Demiurge, with a delighted smile on his face, admired the expressions of those humans in despair not far away. The angry roars, the fearful pleas, the moments before death... all of this was like a symphony of despair, making Demiurge unable to restrain his joy and happiness. And now, he was going to let this symphony of despair enter its final climax.
"What... what... what wonderful sounds!"
Amidst the wails of countless dying creatures, Demiurge excitedly hugged his arms, with a cruel and infinitely intoxicated smile on his face. As the last ray of sunset disappeared and night fell, the boundless undead army stepped into the royal capital.
......
"Princess Renner, don't you plan to do something?"
At the same time, in the highest room of the royal palace, Yusa looked at the undead soldiers pouring into the royal capital like a tide below, and turned her head to look at the kingdom's princess, Renner, who was known as the Golden Princess.
"Yusa, what are you talking about?"
Renner raised her head to look at Yusa, her delicate and beautiful face with an innocent smile, her small head tilted slightly like a child who didn't understand the world, as if she didn't know anything about what was happening in front of her, or rather, she didn't care.
"Just because my brother was killed by them, or because the kingdom ruled by the royal family is about to be completely destroyed, do I have to do something for these boring reasons? For example, saving this hopeless country?"
Princess Renner lowered her head slightly, with a sweet smile on her face, and slowly said as she looked at the streets below covered with blood and corpses.
"...It's really not surprising at all."
Yusa looked at the girl beside her, who was incredibly beautiful on the outside but twisted and perverted to the extreme on the inside. Renner's answer and choice really didn't surprise her at all.
