Upon the blood-red sea, a massive dragon corpse with iridescent wings floated. Beneath the surface, countless mutated marine creatures swam freely, pairs of greedy, hungry eyes fixed upon the dragon corpse above.
Yet, not a single mutated creature dared approach it, instead opening their maws to frantically devour the crimson seawater, extracting the blood rich in concentrated magical energy as nourishment for their growth. In mere minutes, the originally scarlet sea transformed into an azure blue.
But this meager amount of blood was utterly insufficient to satisfy the endless hunger of the numerous mutated creatures. Pairs of scarlet pupils turned to fixate upon the mutated creatures beside them, and a wanton slaughter began anew.
"Not a bad taste."
Above the sea, Lu Minghao chewed large mouthfuls of the iridescent dragon king's flesh, fresh blood constantly dripping from the corners of his mouth. In the surging currents below, countless mutated creatures frantically devoured everything around them, serving as a fitting diversion during his meal.
"However, things should be starting on the other side as well."
With that, Lu Minghao stuffed the dragon horn in his hand into his mouth and turned his gaze towards the mainland. At this moment, the entire Bone King World was almost completely eroded by the power of Original Sin. As long as Lu Minghao wished, he could see everything happening in any corner of the world at any time.
Especially the platinum dragon king and Ainz Ooal Gown, whom he was particularly interested in.
Meanwhile, on the other side, outside the Great Tomb of Nazarick, an endless army of undead had already occupied the entire prairie. Relying on the previous destruction of the kingdom and the massacre of the human alliance army, the Great Tomb of Nazarick had obtained a massive number of human corpses.
Using these corpses, Ainz Ooal Gown summoned nearly ten million undead troops and took out all the magical equipment piled up like mountains in the treasury of the Great Tomb of Nazarick to arm these undead soldiers.
"Ainz-sama, everything is ready."
In the sky, Demiurge looked at the boundless undead army below, a cruel smile on his narrow face. Three days after being resurrected, he learned from Albedo that he had once been controlled by the enemy and had even attacked Ainz-sama.
This filled Demiurge, who valued loyalty to the Supreme Beings above his own life, with unparalleled humiliation. That mere platinum dragon king dared to control him to attack the Supreme Ainz-sama.
From the moment he learned of this from Albedo, Demiurge's heart was completely filled with anger and hatred towards the platinum dragon king. He would make that platinum dragon king understand what true despair and regret meant.
"Demiurge, do not let anger and hatred cloud your judgment."
Beside him, Ainz Ooal Gown glanced at the tens of millions of undead troops below, then turned to slowly speak to Demiurge. Ainz Ooal Gown did not care about Demiurge's inner anger and hatred; in fact, Ainz Ooal Gown's hatred for the platinum dragon king was even greater than Demiurge's.
That guy actually dared to defile the things left behind by his former best friend, and even turned Demiurge into that state. All of this had completely crossed Ainz Ooal Gown's bottom line.
Otherwise, Ainz Ooal Gown would not have used all the human corpses as materials to summon tens of millions of undead and armed them all with magical weapons, all to completely crush the platinum dragon king and his Council State.
However, this anger and hatred did not affect Ainz Ooal Gown's thinking, so he reminded Demiurge now, otherwise Demiurge would definitely make wrong choices in the upcoming war because of hatred.
"I apologize, Ainz-sama."
After hearing Ainz Ooal Gown's words, Demiurge realized that he had been unknowingly influenced by the anger and hatred in his heart. This was something that Demiurge, who considered himself an intellectual, would never allow.
Therefore, he immediately began to adjust his form, returning to the demon full of cunning, wisdom, and conspiracy that he once was.
"Ainz-sama!"
At this moment, Aura flew to Ainz Ooal Gown's side and told him everything she had discovered. According to the news from the monsters she had arranged outside the Council State, the platinum dragon king was leading a large number of monsters and demi-humans towards the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
It seemed that the other party had already noticed their actions, or rather, they planned to take advantage of the Great Tomb of Nazarick's loss of two Floor Guardians to completely eliminate them.
"Hmph! How could mere dragons know the power of the great Supreme Beings? We, who were thought to be dead in their minds, have been resurrected."
Beside him, Cocytus, who had already been resurrected, snorted coldly after hearing Aura's words, his eyes full of killing intent as he looked in the direction of the Council State. For him, as a warrior, failing to complete Ainz-sama's orders and even facing death was simply the most shameful thing.
This time, he would personally wash away this shame.
"Alright, don't be careless. Also, Albedo, have all the World-Class Items been prepared?"
Looking at Demiurge and Cocytus, who were full of killing intent in front of him, Ainz Ooal Gown raised his hand to appease the two, then turned to look at Albedo and asked. This time, facing an enemy who could easily kill two Floor Guardians.
The cautious Ainz Ooal Gown could be said to have taken out all his power. All the World-Class Items in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, including the only one in the top twenty, had been taken out as trump cards for this war.
"Everything is ready, Ainz-sama."
Albedo said, holding the World-Class Item Abyss of Hell in her hand. Apart from her, the rest of the Guardians each had a World-Class Item. Except for the Picture Scroll of Nature and Society, which had been destroyed by Lu Minghao, the remaining ten World-Class Items of the Great Tomb of Nazarick had all been taken away.
It could be said that the interior of the Great Tomb of Nazarick was now at its weakest moment in history. Ainz Ooal Gown had bet everything on this battle, leaving only the minimum amount of power in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
"Well then, let's set off and let the enemy witness true terror!"
After confirming that everything was ready, Ainz Ooal Gown waved his hand and issued the order. Instantly, the tens of millions of undead troops below advanced towards the Council State like a tide.
At the same time, the platinum dragon king, who was heading towards the Great Tomb of Nazarick, seemed to sense something. He raised his huge dragon head and looked forward, his golden dragon pupils full of solemnity and seriousness.
"Chaal, did you feel it?"
In the air, Rigrit Bers Caurau, one of the Thirteen Heroes and the platinum dragon king's former partner, also looked in the direction of the Great Tomb of Nazarick and asked. She had already noticed the evil aura emanating from that direction.
"Yes, it seems that the other party has also noticed us."
The platinum dragon king nodded and said, then looked at the army below, which had gathered all the power of the Council State, and the powerhouses of various races gathered around him. It could be said that apart from the five true dragon lords who were still hiding in the dark, guarding against that unknown force, they were the last hope of this world.
"I didn't expect that after so many years, we old guys would have to save the world again."
After saying that, a hint of a smile involuntarily appeared on Rigrit Bers Caurau's old face. Originally, since eliminating the demon gods two hundred years ago, Rigrit Bers Caurau had believed that her mission had been completed, and from then on, she could hand over this world to the younger generation.
But unexpectedly, two hundred years later, this world fell into crisis once again, and the young man she had placed her hopes on had already died, forcing these old guys to save the world once more.
"Charles, do you think we old guys can really retire after this war is over?"
The next second, Ligguritt Einz looked at her old friend, the Platinum Dragon Lord, and asked. As a necromancer, she didn't have the long lifespan of the Platinum Dragon Lord. In the past hundred years, she had transformed from the youthful and beautiful girl she once was into the white-haired, wrinkled old woman she was today.
"Yeah, probably, but after the war is won, we'll have to train the younger generation. We can't rely on us old guys every time we encounter danger."
The Platinum Dragon Lord turned his head and took a deep look at his old friend. In that old face, he seemed to see the energetic girl from two hundred years ago. He understood what his old friend meant; she was already prepared for death.
After all, this crisis far exceeded the demon god from two hundred years ago, and even he didn't have a guaranteed chance of victory.
It was precisely because of this that the Platinum Dragon Lord knew that Ligguritt Einz had already prepared herself to sacrifice her own life in the upcoming battle to create an opportunity for him to kill the enemy.
"Then, let's move forward at full speed! This time, we will save this world again, just like two hundred years ago!"
After saying that, the Platinum Dragon Lord raised his head and looked forward. The dragon wings behind him suddenly flapped, transforming into a stream of light and flying forward. The demi-human and demon armies below also began to accelerate...
Half a day later, when the sun appeared in the center of the sky, under the scorching sunlight, the undead army of the Great Tomb of Nazarick and the demon and demi-human armies from the Council State finally met on a vast plain.
On the plain, with a ruined human city as the center, the two armies confronted each other. In the sky, the Platinum Dragon Lord's huge body was constantly circling, his golden dragon eyes staring intently at the golden, incomparably luxurious carriage in the center of the opposing army.
"Ainz... Ooal Gown!"
The Platinum Dragon Lord's golden dragon eyes looked at the supreme undead being wearing an incomparably gorgeous mage robe sitting in the carriage, then looked at the Floor Guardians beside the carriage. A solemn expression gradually filled the Platinum Dragon Lord's face. Even before the battle had begun, he could already feel the opponent's powerful strength.
Besides Ainz Ooal Gown in the carriage, even those guys guarding the outside were all top-tier experts.
"Einz, it seems this war won't end so easily."
"But we can only do our best. After all, we are the last hope of this world."
"Yeah, Einz, I will directly attack with all my strength later, trying to weaken the opponent's combat power as quickly as possible."
After hearing the Platinum Dragon Lord's words, Ligguritt Einz subconsciously raised her head. Her face was full of surprise, but after seeing the number of experts in the center of the opposing army far exceeding theirs, she understood why the Platinum Dragon Lord was doing this.
After all, if they didn't take advantage of the fact that the other side wasn't prepared at the beginning to reduce the number of top-tier experts, then they would have almost no chance of winning the upcoming war.
"Then, I'll leave it to you, Charles!"
"Yeah!"
After saying that, the Platinum Dragon Lord flapped his wings and flew into the high sky. Immediately afterward, a huge dragon roar resounded throughout the entire sky. The demon and demi-human armies that were originally standing quietly in place rushed towards the opposite side like wild beasts after hearing the Platinum Dragon Lord's voice.
In an instant, countless spells tore through the sky and flew towards the undead army. At the same time, the boundless demon army also spread like a tide.
"Attack!"
At the forefront of the undead army, Cocytus looked at the demon army launching a general offensive. He waved the long sword in his hand, and the boundless army behind him also surged out like a tide. After a short minute of charging, the armies of both sides collided.
In an instant, the entire world seemed to fall into a standstill. Immediately afterward, the sound of countless spells exploding in the center of the war, the sound of claws tearing apart bones, and the sound of swords piercing flesh rang out simultaneously. Hundreds of thousands of lives were completely lost in the instant of the battle, and corpses piled up in the center of the battle between the two sides.
"My little darlings, kill them all!"
"Kill them all, oh oh! Go! Go!"
Following Aura's order, dozens of monsters above level 80 joined the center of the battlefield. Beside her, Mare held a magic staff taller than himself and cheered them on timidly, while continuous spells flew towards the demi-human army like a tide with her movements.
"Impregnable Fortress!"
The next second, Shalltear's delicate shout came from above Mare's head. At the same time, Shalltear, who had already transformed into a Valkyrie, held the Spuit Lance and charged straight into the sky like a crimson stream of light, her scarlet eyes full of fighting spirit as she looked at the Platinum Dragon Lord flying in the sky.
Beside Shalltear, Sebas placed his hands on his waist, silently gathering strength, his figure closely following the rapidly advancing Shalltear.
"Don't even think about it, Commander Summon!"
Just then, Ligguritt Einz stood in front of the two, and a huge, ghostly blue magic circle rose from under her feet. Two giant undead creatures around level 60 were summoned and launched an attack on Shalltear and Sebas.
"Sebas!"
"Leave it to me."
As soon as the words fell, Sebas's figure suddenly darted in front of Shalltear. His fist, which had been gathering strength for a long time, suddenly swung out. The air was constantly compressed under Sebas's fist, and then a visible shockwave flew out, instantly shattering the two giant undead creatures blocking the way.
"So strong, but that was to be expected."
Seeing that the undead creatures she summoned were instantly killed, even though she was already mentally prepared, Ligguritt Einz still felt a burst of fear. Then, without hesitation, she took out a scroll from her waist and tore it apart. Instantly, a golden magic shield enveloped her.
Boom!
In the next second, Sebas suddenly attacked in front of Ligguritt Einz, his fist heavily smashing onto the magic shield, and a powerful shockwave began to spread around.
"Hmm?"
Sebas withdrew his fist and looked at the undamaged magic shield in front of him, revealing a trace of surprise. It was actually able to withstand his attack.
"This thing isn't so easy to break."
Saying that, Ligguritt Einz took out several more magic scrolls and tore them apart. At the same time, she opened a pocket from her waist and took out pieces of equipment that were clearly from 《YGGDRASIL》 and put them on herself. These were all items she had collected in the long world, and some of them were relics of the Eight Greed Kings.
"Please stay here with me for the time being!"
As soon as the words fell, Ligguritt Einz, relying on the blessing of various equipment, was finally able to use the World Item, Necropolis. Ligguritt Einz directly raised her hand and aimed it at Sebas. A huge magic circle instantly enveloped the entire sky.
"Roar!!"
The next second, a roar filled with endless hatred for the living resounded. From the huge magic circle, a pale, withered claw stretched out, followed by a monster with two giant snake heads, a wolf's body, and a skeleton tail crawling out.
