Deep within the Great Tomb of Nazarick, on a dimly lit plaza, countless corpses were piled into mountain peaks nearly a hundred meters high. A thick, rotten stench filled the air. Upon closer inspection, it would be discovered that the skin of these corpses had vanished, making the already terrifying mountains of corpses seem inexplicably horrifying.
“Lord Ainz, all the deceased humans from the kingdom are here.”
At that moment, Demiurge, with his demon wings, flew to Ainz Ooal Gown's side in the plaza, speaking with a tone full of respect. Just one day prior, Ainz Ooal Gown had suddenly ordered Demiurge to transport all the corpses of the kingdom's humans to this place.
“Is this… all of them?”
Ainz Ooal Gown looked at the mountains of corpses piled below. Before coming to this world, he would have been scared half to death if he saw such a scene. But now, as an undead, not only did he feel no pity, but he even had a faint sense of anticipation.
“Then, let's begin!”
In the next second, magic power visible to the naked eye surged from Ainz Ooal Gown's body like a tide. The violent magic power enveloped the entire underground space in just a few seconds. Even the other Floor Guardians located on the upper levels noticed the commotion from below and lowered their heads to look in the direction of the magical aura.
“Create High-Tier Undead.”
A cold, emotionless voice echoed from Ainz Ooal Gown. Immediately afterward, an enormous magic circle enveloped the entire underground space. Under the influence of the magic, the mountains of corpses began to melt. Subsequently, undead soldiers crawled out from the melting corpse mountains, assembling into a boundless undead army.
“Amazing! As expected of the supreme Ainz Ooal Gown, to be able to create so many undead at once!”
Beside him, Demiurge looked at the exaggerated undead army below. An exaggerated smile appeared on his ugly demon face. To be honest, even Demiurge could not have imagined that Ainz Ooal Gown had him transport these corpses here with the intention of doing something like this.
“...So that's how it is. As expected of the far-sighted Lord Ainz, possessing unparalleled wisdom. I didn't expect that you already knew about this matter!”
In the next second, Demiurge, suddenly realizing something, turned his head to look at Ainz Ooal Gown. He originally thought that Lord Ainz was still unaware of this matter, but as expected, he underestimated Lord Ainz's wisdom. He had already known everything without him even realizing it.
“? ? ? Demiurge, what are you talking about?”
Opposite him, Ainz Ooal Gown, after hearing Demiurge's words, had a bewildered look on his hideous skull face, completely not understanding what Demiurge was talking about. He was merely turning all the corpses of the kingdom's humans into undead in order to test the limits of his magical power and, incidentally, to enhance the power of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
How did it turn into this in Demiurge's mind?
“Of course, I am praising the wisdom of the great, supreme Ainz-sama.”
Facing Ainz Ooal Gown's question, Demiurge, who had already completed his mental gymnastics, answered without hesitation. Just a few minutes ago, he had just received news that the human kingdoms had formed an alliance and were planning to mobilize all their forces to attack the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
But Lord Ainz had already known about this matter before him, and had even created so many undead soldiers in preparation for the upcoming war. With them, the army formed by the mere human kingdom alliance would be harvested as easily as weeds.
“As expected of the great Ainz-sama!”
After thinking for a moment, Demiurge, believing that he had completely understood Ainz Ooal Gown's intentions, could not help but sigh again, deeply impressed by Lord Ainz's wisdom. He truly was one of their creators.
“Uh… Hmm… That’s right!”
Faced with Demiurge's series of praises, although Ainz Ooal Gown completely did not understand, he still forced himself to put on a dignified appearance and nodded. Everything was under his control… probably.
“Then, Lord Ainz, should we launch an attack in advance against those lowly humans who dare to offend you?”
Looking at Ainz Ooal Gown's appearance as if everything was under control, Demiurge slightly raised his head, his eyes full of ferocity and tyranny. In his opinion, those humans in this world were merely livestock for the future Great Tomb of Nazarick. Their only use was to be raised in concentration and then harvested when they were mature.
But now, those lowly livestock actually dared to resist Lord Ainz Ooal Gown, and even planned to take the initiative to start a war. This was simply an insult to the great Supreme Being. As punishment, they must be granted the most painful death!
“Humans who offend me?”
Ainz Ooal Gown looked at Demiurge in astonishment. Wasn't there still a day before they declared war on the next human kingdom?
Why did they suddenly want to start a war? And it was the humans who were going to attack them. What exactly happened in the time he didn't know about?
“Yes, during the time we were clearing and harvesting the spoils of war, the oldest and most powerful Slane Theocracy in the human kingdom sent envoys and reached an alliance with all the remaining kingdoms, forming an allied army. According to the news, they will launch an attack on the Great Tomb of Nazarick from four directions at sunrise tomorrow morning.”
As Demiurge spoke, he pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, completely acting as if he didn't take the matter to heart. After all, the great Lord Ainz already knew about those humans' plans, so what did he need to worry about? Under Lord Ainz's abyss-like wisdom, those humans' ending would be nothing but death.
“...I understand.”
At this moment, Ainz Ooal Gown, who finally understood what was happening, fell into silence. A few seconds later, he nodded expressionlessly to indicate that he knew about this matter, but in reality, his heart was already panicking.
After all, even though he had already destroyed the entire kingdom in just one day, he was still inwardly the cautious Momonga who would not hesitate to fight wits with the air. Now, hearing that all the human kingdoms were united to attack them.
It would be a complete lie to say that Ainz Ooal Gown wasn't panicking. The reason why his appearance was still calm was entirely because he felt that as the master of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, he must not show panic at this time.
Otherwise, it would definitely affect the other people in the Great Tomb of Nazarick. At that time, the Great Tomb of Nazarick would already be at a disadvantage before the war even started.
“Demiurge, from now on, the Great Tomb of Nazarick will enter the highest state of alert. In addition, all of these undead soldiers will be under your command. Also, have Albedo come to see me.”
“Yes, Lord Ainz.”
After hearing Ainz Ooal Gown's order, Demiurge nodded without hesitation, and then left with the millions of undead soldiers below, beginning to prepare for the upcoming war tomorrow.
Not long after Demiurge left, a teleportation gate opened behind Ainz Ooal Gown, and Albedo, wearing a black dress, walked out from within.
“Ainz-sama, is there something you need me for?”
Albedo looked at Ainz Ooal Gown with a hint of doubt on her face and asked. She knew very well about the upcoming attack on the Great Tomb of Nazarick by the Human Alliance Army. She had been arranging various matters for the upcoming war, but suddenly learned from Demiurge that Ainz Ooal Gown was calling for her, so she hurried over.
“Albedo, come with me.”
Ainz Ooal Gown didn't answer Albedo's question, but simply told her to follow him, then turned and walked towards the depths of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Before long, deep within the Great Tomb of Nazarick, a tightly closed door was opened. Ainz Ooal Gown led a surprised Albedo inside. The room was filled with golden coins piled up into mountain peaks, and various precious materials and tools were casually thrown within the hall.
“Is this the first time Albedo has come to this Treasure Vault as well?”
Ainz Ooal Gown lowered his head and looked at Albedo, who was looking around. A hint of pride appeared on his hideous skull face. This was the Treasure Vault that he and his former companions had spent countless hours building. All of the most precious treasures of the Great Tomb of Nazarick were here.
“Yes.”
After hearing Ainz Ooal Gown's words, Albedo finally recovered from her surprise and quickly nodded in response. Although she had been granted the authority to enter this place after being given the \u003cRing of Ainz Ooal Gown\u003e by Ainz Ooal Gown, this was still Albedo's first time entering this Treasure Vault.
“Mm.”
Ainz Ooal Gown lowered his head and glanced at Albedo, then strode forward, crossing over mountains of gold coins and treasures, and finally arrived at the deepest part of the vault. A jet-black door stood in his way.
“Ainz Ooal Gown is with glory!”
The next moment, Ainz Ooal Gown raised his head and looked at the door, uttering words that even he himself felt ashamed of, but there was no other way, as this was the only password to open this door.
As soon as Ainz Ooal Gown's voice fell, a string of white English words that were incompatible with this world appeared on the jet-black door.
“I remember it being [Thus, thou art the one to grasp all the world's glory, and all darkness shall be banished from thy body], right?”
After speaking, Ainz Ooal Gown subconsciously stroked his chin. To be honest, he was a little unsure if he was saying it correctly. After all, his former companions always had a inexplicable insistence and passion for this kind of weird stuff.
Fortunately, the next moment, the white font on the door disappeared, and the entire door gradually turned into black light particles and vanished.
“The ‘Spirit Mausoleum’ ahead is our destination.”
“Spirit Mausoleum?”
Albedo curiously looked at Ainz Ooal Gown. As the Guardian Overseer, this was the first time she had heard of the existence of a ‘Spirit Mausoleum’ in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
“You guys don't know? What about Pandora's Actor then?”
“On the management level, I do know of this person. Pandora's Actor, the Area Guardian of the Treasure Vault, possesses the same battle strength as me and Demiurge, and is also extremely intelligent... and most importantly, he is an existence personally created by Ainz-sama!”
Speaking the last sentence, Albedo could no longer conceal her envy. Although Albedo had no dissatisfaction with her creator, she still couldn't help but feel envious that Pandora's Actor was personally created by Ainz-sama.
Just then, Ainz Ooal Gown, who was in front, suddenly stopped. An empty room appeared ahead. In the center of the empty room were a few sofas and a table. The person sitting on the sofa silently stood up and looked at Ainz Ooal Gown and the others when he heard the footsteps behind him.
“Tabula Smaragdina-sama, how is that possible!”
The moment she saw the person's appearance, Albedo, as the Guardian Overseer, subconsciously stepped forward and said with undisguised excitement in her tone.
“No! That's not right, who exactly are you? Even if you can imitate the appearance of the Supreme Beings, I can never be wrong about the unique aura of the creators!”
The next moment, Albedo had already noticed that the other party's aura was not right. She stared at the other party and said. Albedo would never mistake the aura of the creators who created them.
“....”
Facing Albedo's question, Tabula Smaragdina tilted his head slightly and looked at her silently, seemingly not intending to explain his identity at all.
“Forget it... I'll kill you!”
Looking at the other party's completely unwilling to explain, Albedo's eyes instantly turned gloomy, and she said with murderous intent in her tone. The person who was impersonating the Supreme Being in front of her must be killed.
“Enough, Pandora's Actor.”
At this time, Ainz Ooal Gown stepped forward and patted Albedo's shoulder to signal her to calm down, then raised his head and looked at the familiar figure opposite him and said with a helpless tone.
“Welcome, my creator, Mo... Momon-ga-sama!”
Then, in Albedo's surprised gaze, Tabula Smaragdina's body began to squirm and then turned into a somewhat comical-looking guy wearing a yellow military coat, and then greeted Ainz-sama in a strange posture.
“You're very energetic as well.”
Ainz Ooal Gown looked at Pandora's Actor, whom he had personally created, and couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Looking at Pandora's Actor opposite him, Ainz Ooal Gown had the urge to roll around on the ground in shame, after all, this was his dark history from his chuunibyou period.
“Yes, your subordinate has always been very energetic. May I ask what is the purpose of your visit, Supreme Being?”
“I'm here to retrieve the World Items. I plan to take away Greed and Generosity, Billion Edge Blade, World Savior 2, Picture Scroll of Landscape and Society, and all the other World Items. In addition, all the Golems will also be dispatched. Also, Pandora's Actor, you will also listen to Albedo's orders from now on and prepare for battle.”
“Yes! But Momon-ga-sama, has it reached the point where we need to dispatch the Golems?”
“Mm.”
Ainz Ooal Gown nodded with a solemn expression. As for those Golems, they were all war weapons that Ainz Ooal Gown had created in the image of his former companions, and they were also equipped with all the tools and equipment of his former companions. It could be said that they were the strongest combat power in the Great Tomb of Nazarick besides the Guardians.
For the upcoming war, Ainz Ooal Gown planned to be fully prepared. He would bring out all the power of the Great Tomb of Nazarick to face the battle!
“Your subordinate understands, Momon-ga-sama!”
Pandora's Actor's chuunibyou-like voice rang out again, and he also struck a pose on the spot that made Ainz Ooal Gown want to kill him on the spot. After all, these were all fantasies from his chuunibyou period. Things that seemed very cool in the past now only made him feel ashamed and want to die on the spot.
