‘This time, I’m relying on everyone again.’
Inside the mausoleum, Ainz Ooal Gown gazed with nostalgia at the numerous Golems before him, looking at the familiar equipment and tools on them.
Ainz Ooal Gown seemed to see once more the scenes of them fighting together day and night in the game.
However, Ainz Ooal Gown already understood that his former companions would truly not return after leaving, and although they said he could sell the equipment and tools left to him, how could Ainz Ooal Gown do such a thing?
These were all incredibly precious memories to him.
“Even so, I still hold hope... Perhaps everyone might appear somewhere in this world.”
The next second, Ainz Ooal Gown raised his head, looking at the equipment of his former companions before him, and muttered to himself.
It was precisely because of the thought in his heart that his former companions might also be in this world that he changed his name to Ainz Ooal Gown, hoping to make the name resonate throughout the entire world, so that any companions who might have come to this world would know of his existence.
This time, facing the attack of the Allied Forces of the Human Kingdoms, Ainz Ooal Gown saw it as an opportunity.
To this end, Ainz Ooal Gown did not hesitate to dispatch these Golems, firstly to supplement the combat power of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and secondly, to use these Golems with the appearances and equipment of his former companions to perhaps attract any companions who might have come to this world.
“Ainz...”
“What is it?”
At this moment, Albedo’s sorrowful voice sounded behind Ainz Ooal Gown.
When he turned around, he only saw Albedo holding her arms in front of her chest, looking at him hesitantly.
Her sorrowful and pitiful appearance subconsciously made Ainz Ooal Gown feel a little flustered.
He quickly turned around, raised his hand, and pointed to the only dim spot in the mausoleum in the distance, trying to divert the topic.
“Albedo, look, there’s an empty space there, that’s where my statue is supposed to go.”
“Please don’t say such things! I beg you not to say it!”
The next second, Albedo was already kneeling on one knee on the ground, her eyes full of pleading and helplessness as she stared intently at Ainz Ooal Gown, as if a young child was begging their parents not to abandon them.
“.....”
Opposite her, Ainz Ooal Gown was seeing Albedo like this for the first time, and he was stunned in place, not knowing what to say or what to do.
“Ainz-sama, may you ultimately remain here, the incomparably merciful Ainz-sama, please continue to reign over us... This is a request from the bottom of my heart... I beg you... I beg you...”
As she spoke, Albedo could no longer restrain the tears in her eyes.
For them, beings created by the Supreme Beings, the creators of the past had left one after another, and in the end, only Ainz Ooal Gown, the last of the Supreme Beings, remained.
For them, the last Supreme Ainz Ooal Gown was already their last hope.
If Ainz Ooal Gown were to abandon them and leave, then Albedo and the others would truly fall into despair.
After all, no child wants their parents to abandon them, just like the Supreme Beings who left in the past.
Albedo and the others even secretly suspected whether it was because they had disappointed the Supreme Beings that they had abandoned them and left the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Ainz Ooal Gown silently looked at Albedo kneeling on the ground and pleading with him.
The next second, he slowly walked up to Albedo, reached out his hand, gently helped her up, and then wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
“Forgive me.”
Looking at the crying Albedo in front of him, Ainz Ooal Gown’s voice was full of pity.
He knew that Albedo had become like this entirely because of what he had just said.
“Ainz-sama, please promise me, promise me that you won’t abandon us and leave this place.”
“I promise you!”
Ainz Ooal Gown agreed to Albedo’s request without hesitation, or rather, Ainz Ooal Gown had already regarded the Great Tomb of Nazarick as his home, and everyone inside was his family.
After all, for Ainz Ooal Gown, the Great Tomb of Nazarick and Albedo were all treasures left to him by his former companions, the only and most important treasures!
“Ainz-sama, emergency situation!”
Just then, Demiurge’s voice suddenly sounded in Ainz Ooal Gown’s ear, and even the sounds of battle could be faintly heard from Demiurge’s side.
Instantly, Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo simultaneously raised their heads and looked upwards.
“It seems that our intelligence was wrong.
Albedo, let’s go, let those humans truly understand the terror of Nazarick!”
“Yes, Ainz-sama!”
As soon as the words fell, Ainz Ooal Gown, Albedo, and forty Golems simultaneously disappeared.
Finally, Pandora’s Actor glanced at the empty mausoleum, then strode towards the upper levels of the Great Tomb of Nazarick with his chuuni gait.
......
On the other side, time rewinds to half an hour ago.
At this moment, outside the plains where the Great Tomb of Nazarick was located, the Allied Forces composed of all the Human Kingdoms had completely surrounded the area from all directions, and there was also a portion of demi-human and monster armies among them.
These were originally slaves of the various Human Kingdoms, but at this moment, they were being captured and used as cannon fodder.
“High Priest-sama, all the armies have arrived, and the three awakened God-kin belonging to the ‘Black Scripture’ have also secretly arrived at their designated positions, along with the strongest adamantite-ranked adventurer teams from various countries.”
Inside a magnificent tent, the actual rulers of the Slane Theocracy, the Empire, the Holy Kingdom, and several other major Human Kingdoms were all gathered here.
At this moment, a soldier walked in and began to report on the current situation of the Allied Forces.
“Very good, launch a general attack on Nazarick directly after the sun sets!”
“Wait, isn’t the start of the war supposed to be at sunrise tomorrow morning, why is it so much earlier?”
Just as the High Priest finished speaking, the Bloody Emperor Eyre from the side stood up and looked at him, asking why.
Clearly, there was still a night’s time before the agreed-upon start of the war, and some of the logistical supplies would not be in place until the second half of the night at the earliest.
In addition, it was night, and human soldiers were completely different from those monsters.
They did not have night vision, and fighting those monsters at this time was no different from sending them to their deaths.
“Calm down, Bloody Emperor.
The war materials were all in place this morning, and we have also prepared a large number of lighting tools for the start of the war, coupled with the magic units, the darkness will not affect the soldiers’ combat effectiveness at all.”
Faced with the Bloody Emperor Eyre’s questioning and the puzzled gazes of the other kingdom controllers in the tent, the High Priest calmly waved his hand, indicating that the things they were worried about had already been resolved.
He was definitely not starting a full-scale war on a whim.
“..... But this is not a reason to start the war early.
Can the High Priest tell us the reason for starting the war early?”
At this moment, a great noble from within the Empire stood up and walked forward to ask, but upon closer inspection, one would find that this noble’s forehead was constantly sweating, and his eyes were also flickering uncertainly.
“Why launch the attack early, Sir Costa, aren’t you very clear about that?”
As he spoke, the High Priest stood up from his seat and walked towards the noble. His cold gaze pierced Costa's heart like a knife, causing him to subconsciously retreat.
"High... High Priest... Your Excellency, what are you talking about? I don't understand?"
Large beads of sweat dripped down his forehead. Costa raised his hand with a forced smile, wiped away the sweat, and pretended to be ignorant as he questioned the High Priest in front of him, while also looking towards the Blood Emperor Aier for help.
"Don't understand? Lord Costa, didn't you secretly send the time of our general attack tomorrow, along with the troop deployments and tactical arrangements, to the enemy? How could you not understand my intention to launch an attack ahead of schedule?"
Pa!
After the High Priest revealed everything, Costa's body completely lost its strength as if he had collapsed. He sat weakly on the ground, looking at the High Priest in front of him with disbelief, not understanding why he knew about this.
"Are you wondering why I know about this?"
As he spoke, the High Priest squatted down, smiled, and clapped his hands. Then, the tent was lifted, and a soldier walked in, placing a box containing a demon's head in front of Costa.
"Your... Your Majesty... Save... Save me... I was just momentarily blinded by greed that I did this. You must save me!"
The moment he saw the demon's head in the box before him, Costa's psychological defenses were completely shattered. He crawled towards the Blood Emperor Aier in a disheveled manner, hugging his leg and begging for help. He only did it because he wanted to survive. After all, how could humans possibly resist those monsters?
"Take him away."
Looking at the noble in front of him, crying and begging while hugging his leg—this was one of the people he had trusted the most. He never expected that he would betray them... Thinking of this, the Blood Emperor felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained away. He waved his hand, signaling the soldiers of the Slane Theocracy beside him to take him away.
"Don't... Don't... I have shed blood for the Empire, I have contributed to the Empire, you can't treat me like this!
!"
The next second, the soldiers of the Slane Theocracy stepped forward and dragged the noble, who was clinging to the Blood Emperor Aier's leg, out of the tent. A shrill cry echoed from outside the tent, and after a few seconds, accompanied by a scream, the world returned to silence once again.
"I'm sorry, it was my mistake."
After hearing that it had become quiet outside, the Blood Emperor Aier looked at the remaining people in the tent and apologized weakly. Then, he sat in his seat and remained silent.
"So, does anyone have any objections to launching the attack ahead of schedule?"
"No!"
"Indeed, we must launch the attack ahead of schedule. Perhaps we can catch them off guard."
This time, facing the High Priest's questioning, everyone no longer had any objections and expressed their support. Seeing this, the High Priest glanced at the last ray of sunset disappearing on the horizon, waved his hand at the soldiers at the door, and ordered all the allied forces to launch a general attack.
"Thank you, Holy Queen, for the information you brought this time. Otherwise, we would have suffered heavy losses."
Along with the earth-shattering cries of the army outside the tent, the High Priest turned around and smiled at the Holy Queen of the Holy Kingdom to express his gratitude. This time, being able to catch the Scott hiding in the dark was all thanks to the Holy Queen.
"You're welcome."
The Holy Queen raised her head and bowed slightly to the High Priest, indicating that this was just something she should do.
"Well, then, everyone, this war will determine whether we humans will be raised like livestock and harvested at will. This is a race war for humanity, and we absolutely cannot afford to lose!"
"Yes!"
"Then, let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the High Priest took the lead in drawing the long sword from his waist and walked out of the tent. The other rulers of the kingdoms also hurriedly followed. In the end, only the Holy Queen remained in the tent, looking at the army outside with an eerie smile.
"The war has begun!"
A bloodthirsty and cruel voice echoed in the tent. The Holy Queen suppressed the desire and hunger in her heart and walked out of the tent. The boundless army in front of her was surging forward like a tide, and the earth was constantly shaking under the iron hooves of the warhorses, stirring up boundless dust.
"The taste of blood."
An unusual flush appeared on the Holy Queen's beautiful face. Something was wriggling slightly under her gorgeous long skirt. In the shadow behind her, slippery tentacles covered in fangs and giant mouths stretched out. The few soldiers who had not yet left did not even have time to scream before being dragged into the shadows, followed by a chilling chewing sound.
"Bear with it a little longer, and we'll be able to eat our fill soon!"
When the chewing sound stopped, the Holy Queen subconsciously began to scan the soldiers who were still guarding around. Tentacles wriggled out from under her long skirt, making a hissing sound, but the next second, the Holy Queen returned to normal, jumped onto her warhorse, and muttered to herself in a voice that only she could hear, before urging her warhorse to chase after the army in front.
On the front line, the boundless undead army, upon exiting the Great Tomb of Nazarick, immediately collided with the allied forces' general attack. The moment they met, both sides launched an attack without hesitation. In less than a second, the soldiers at the forefront fell like wheat under the undead's powerful strength.
In an instant, the pungent smell of blood filled everyone's nostrils. The surviving soldiers looked up and saw the grassland in front of them stained red with corpses and blood. A large number of undead soldiers were frantically attacking them.
Many soldiers, upon witnessing such a cruel battlefield and the oncoming undead soldiers, subconsciously wanted to retreat, but the rear had already been completely blocked by dense soldiers. Under the surge of the crowd, they could not help but move forward.
Unsurprisingly, these soldiers, who wanted to escape and had lost the courage to resist, were casually torn to pieces by the emotionless undead soldiers. However, more soldiers, stimulated by the smell of blood and death, had bloodshot eyes and roared like beasts as they charged forward.
"Berserk!"
"All Attributes Enhancement."
"Super Intuition."
"Defense Enhancement."
"Attack Enhancement."
"..."
At this moment, the large force of magic casters in the rear arrived. Many magic casters simultaneously raised the magic wands in their hands and began to cast various spells to buff the soldiers on the front line. In a short moment, the morale of all the soldiers in front soared, and a large number of undead soldiers died under the siege of many soldiers.
"Demiurge, what's going on?"
At this time, Ainz Ooal Gown, who had just arrived from the depths of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, saw at first glance that a large number of undead soldiers on the front line were being harvested, and the tide-like human soldiers almost submerged his undead army.
"Ainz-sama, I apologize, it was my mistake. These humans actually launched an attack ahead of schedule."
