Albedo wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Ainz Ooal Gown. Ainz Ooal Gown was annoyed when he saw Albedo's impulsive behavior.
He even regretted bringing Albedo with him because in his opinion, the Sword Saint was a very dangerous person. Although Albedo had not used her full strength just now, the Sword Saint obviously had not used his full strength either.
In addition, he was a little bit afraid. Although the sword master showed strong sword skills, the fact that the sword master could use flying skills basically meant that the sword master could also use magic. This was too dangerous. World champion-level swordsmanship plus unknown magic ability, and we didn't know what items the opponent had. The space slash just now was clearly a skill in "Yggdrasill". In other words, this world was likely to inherit the background setting of the game, and the opponent might even have that kind of item!
Right now, the other party doesn't seem to have any intention of becoming their enemy, and it's even possible to establish a social relationship. This can be said to be a very lucky thing.
But if Albedo couldn't bear it, there would be no benefit for them to be enemies with her, and they might even have to face the situation of sacrificing several guardians.
And even if it was a prerequisite to sacrifice the guardian, in the current lack of intelligence on the other party, he could not guarantee that he could kill the Sword Master.
Even if they could kill the Sword Saint, Nazarick might have to face an even more dangerous situation afterwards. The opponent was able to reach this level at such a young age, and maybe he had a master or something. So what level would his master have reached?
Could it be that he is a strong person who has already broken through the level limit of "Yggdrasill"——?
"grateful."
Si didn't know that in the eyes of the other party, she was labeled as "extremely dangerous". When she heard what Ainz Ooal Gown said, she was very alert for a moment.
She now suspected that this undead was the Demon King from the Demon Realm. According to legend, the Demon King was powerful enough to destroy all the creatures in a world, but there was an even greater Demon King above the Demon King. However, the gate to the Demon Realm had been sealed, and the Demon King did not appear when the Demon King invaded. Only some legends about the Demon King were passed down.
Legend has it that once the Demon King appears, he may destroy the world. If it is this immortal, destroying the world is probably not a lie. The Scourge of the Undead is definitely a force that can destroy a world. And the immortal in front of him has the ability to launch the Scourge of the Undead, so the other party is likely to be the king of the demon world, the Demon King who is said to be able to destroy the world once he appears!
According to legend, the thirteen heroes borrowed weapons from the capital of the eight desire kings, defeated the demon army, defeated the demon king, and sealed the entrance to the demon world.
But now it seems that the legends are probably true, but the specific content is made up. After all, the strongest hero among the thirteen heroes is a human, which is something that humans made up themselves, because the human race in this world is the weakest race.
Moreover, there is no further description about the Demon King in the legend. Just because the demon army was repelled and the entrance to the demon world was sealed does not mean that the Demon King was defeated by the thirteen heroes.
Maybe the Demon King just didn't care about those things, so he let the thirteen heroes complete the legend of repelling the demon world. Otherwise, if the Demon King was really killed, why didn't he just destroy the demon world?
Isn't that more convenient than sealing?
It is possible that the Thirteen Heroes never saw the Demon King at all, but only destroyed the demons that entered this world, and then used the borrowed artifact to seal the entrance to the demon world. As a result, people spread the legend that they destroyed the Demon King and repelled the demon army.
But in fact, they didn't see the enemy boss at all, they just repelled the frontline troops of the demon world. And their seals were meaningless to the Demon King, because the Demon King was right here.
Tsukasa and Ainz Ooal Gown were suspicious of each other and communicated without changing their expressions, but they still had to deal with the affairs of these "Imperial Knights".
[Chapter 32: I have already committed suicide? ]
When the 'Imperial Knight' heard that he and others would be handed over to the Sword Master, his originally desperate heart regained the will to survive. The Astraea family has a very high reputation in human society.
That was the great reputation accumulated by the sword masters of all generations who had fought against the strong and helped the weak. Although they knew that their identities were disguised, if it was the sword master of the empire who was known as the most perfect knight, he would definitely not kill them all because of this matter, right? In any case, it was better than falling into the hands of the magic chanter who controlled the undead.
However, the Sword Master only observed them for a while, then shook his head and said, "I have confirmed that they are not soldiers of the Empire. I am afraid that even if I interrogate them, I will not get more information. Besides, I am not good at interrogation. How to deal with them is up to you and these victims."
No, don't! When these knights heard the words of the Sword Saint, the fire of hope in their eyes had just risen, but it was as if they were hit by a biting cold wind, as if they might collapse at any time.
Moreover, their military quality was not high to begin with, and faced with such pressure, the expressions on their faces were no longer secretive. If the Sword Saint asked them anything at this time, they would surely confess without reservation. However, the Sword Saint seemed to not understand human nature, and did not notice their abnormality at all, but left the decision to the magic caster and the victim with great seriousness.
When Ainz Ooal Gown heard the words of the Sword Saint, complicated thoughts flashed through his mind. First of all, he was very concerned about the information about this world, because this was very likely a world in the background of the game "Yggdrasill" that he knew.
Let me just mention here that Ainz Ooal Gown is a time traveler, a time traveler from Japan, who traveled to this world with the guild NPCs and character attributes in the game.
Based on his initial understanding of this world, he knows that this world has the professions and skills in the game. In addition, the game he plays has a huge world view, so he wonders in his heart whether this is a world in "Yggdrasill".
However, his initial idea was to gather information from the villagers. He had other plans for these knights. And now he couldn't ask about the world, because the words he had prepared to persuade the villagers would not be able to deceive the sword master, and if he was not careful, the other party might realize the true identity of him and others without knowing it. Based on the performance of the villagers before, he concluded that the undead in this world were likely to be the traditional setting of evil monsters. At present, his identity could still be a magic chanter who used undead magic, but if it was discovered that his true race was the undead, he would most likely be regarded as an evil monster.
He was not confident that he and Albedo could defeat the Sword Saint together. ——【Space Slash】 is the exclusive skill of the World Champion class. As the name suggests, the World Champion class is a special class in the game "Yggdrasill" that can only be obtained by players who win the world championship in competitive games. Since the conditions for obtaining this class are so difficult, the bonus of class attributes and the strength of class skills are naturally extremely powerful.
Ainz Ooal Gown and his guild were ranked very high in the game. Even when all the guild members except him were basically not online, they were still able to maintain a ranking above the top 30.
In this guild, there is only one member who is a world champion, so Ainz Ooal Gown is very clear about how strong the world champion is.
He is an intellectual member of the guild, such as the military advisor, and pvp is not his strong point.
Although Ainz Ooal Gown's ranking in the arena is not low, he is still a long way from being the top PVP players in the game.
The Sword Master might not have the strength of a top PVP player like his friend, but since he had this profession, his strength would definitely not be weak.
Moreover, the fighting skills just displayed by the opponent made Albedo completely powerless to fight back. Although Albedo looked intact now, in fact, at that moment, Albedo, who was wearing all kinds of top-level equipment and artifacts, was broken by the opponent without using her full strength.
Albedo's defense is also top-notch among the NPCs in Nazarick. Even without using those items and buff skills, Albedo's defense is far better than my profession, which is a magician. The strength of the swordsman can be seen from this. Even if he doesn't have the strength of Tachi Mi, he won't be much weaker. It can be assumed that his strength is above his own.
So——. Ainz Ooal Gown did not hesitate for long before choosing to let these knights go.
“Dear knights, nice to meet you. My name is Ainz Ooal Gown. As you can see, I am a magic caster. Go back and tell your master - the owner - not to cause trouble nearby. If you don’t listen to my advice, next time you and your country will die together. Go away. Remember to tell your master.”
The trembling knight nodded repeatedly, trying to show that he would obey, and after receiving permission to survive, he instantly got up and rushed out of the village.
Si was just watching this scene from the side, analyzing the character of this magic caster through his words and deeds. The conclusion he came to was that this magic caster must have been in a high position and was definitely not a good person. After all, when he had specially visited the villagers of Kahn Village before, he completely ignored the will of the victim villagers and dealt with the knight.
Moreover, the first thing he said was "I want your country to die together", which was a domineering statement, which was enough to show the other party's strength and contempt for human life.
This performance increasingly perfected the image of the Demon King in her mind. She could already imagine the cold skull under the slightly ugly mask of Ainz Ooal Gown.
But the name Ainz Ooal Gown seems... like I've heard it somewhere.
The memory was too vague, and it was not that she knew the name, but that she had heard it from somewhere. She could not help but enter the sword master state and look through her past memories. Finally, in her earliest memory, she had heard the name from her roommate in college, but at that time her roommate said, "I have already castrated myself." According to the information in her memory, this was the name of the protagonist in a certain work.
From the introduction of her roommate, it was not hard to tell that the genre of the work was an invincible work. The general content seemed to be a story about a super-powerful protagonist in the game who traveled to another world as a game character. This theme was very popular at the time, but she was following another work set in another world at the time, and she heard from her roommate that the protagonist Ainz Ooal Gown was a character in the evil camp, so she didn't like watching dark works, so she didn't get into this work.
If the Ainz Ooal Gown in front of him is really the protagonist of that work, then it means that he is not only likely to be the Demon King who once nearly destroyed the world, but also the protagonist of an invincible time-travel novel.
The key issue is that the other party is most likely the Demon King who has already entered a secluded life with his beautiful followers after the plot of the novel was completed.
[Chapter 33: The aura of a king! ]
Just when Tsukasa and Ainz Ooal Gown were wary of each other and didn't know how to start the conversation, the chief of Carne Village stepped forward and said to Ainz Ooal Gown, "Thank you very much for saving my life, may I know who you are...?"
"I'm a magic caster who practices in seclusion nearby. I saw someone attacking this village, so I came here to help." While Ainz Ooal Gown was talking to the village chief, he was also paying attention to the sword master's expression, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything from that weird face.
Ainz Ooal Gown was feeling a little nervous, and he considered every word carefully before speaking.
"Whoa whoa......"
When the villagers heard Ainz Ooal Gown say that he was indeed here to help, they shouted in surprise. Although the Death Knight behind Ainz Ooal Gown was very scary, the villagers felt very relieved at this moment, because the one who helped them was a powerful magic caster. However, after cheering, the village chief and some villagers looked at Ainz Ooal Gown with some reservations. They were not worried that Ainz Ooal Gown was not strong enough to protect the village, nor did they doubt whether Ainz Ooal Gown was a bad guy. They simply thought that their Carne Village was not worth Ainz Ooal Gown's help. They were worried that Ainz Ooal Gown would abandon them and leave, and that the knight who had just escaped would come back for revenge.
At this time, some villagers looked at the girl dressed in neutral clothes. Although this thought was very unfair to their savior Ainz Ooal Gown, in the eyes of some villagers, the Imperial Sword Saint was more reliable. Moreover, they remembered what the Imperial Sword Saint had said before, that those Imperial Knights were disguised, and the Imperial Sword Saint came this time to deal with this matter. So compared to Ainz Ooal Gown who might just pass by, Ainz Ooal Gown might just leave them and leave, but the Imperial Sword Saint might be able to solve this matter from the root.
Of course, they would think that the Imperial Swordmaster is more reliable than Ainz Ooal Gown, but in fact, all of the above are just excuses. The reason why they trust Ainz Ooal Gown so much is because Ainz Ooal Gown hides his identity, moves secretly, and is also a necromancer who controls the undead. Necromancer has a very bad reputation in this world. Even if Ainz Ooal Gown appears as a lifesaver, it is difficult for him to gain the trust of the villagers.
Ainz Ooal Gown could of course see the distrust in the villagers' eyes. Although he was a little unhappy, he also knew that this was the impact of the brutal game played by the Death Knight. Even though those knights were the villains who attacked Karn Village, the Death Knights were more evil and brutal in terms of appearance and previous actions. It was normal for the villagers to be wary of them. But even if he could understand it, he still felt unhappy. Especially when he saw the villagers' expectations for the Imperial Swordmaster, Ainz Ooal Gown felt as sour as if he had eaten a lemon. These superficial fools who only looked at faces reminded him of some of the bad experiences he had when he first entered the game.
Ainz Ooal Gown then said in a cold voice: "Although I have come to save you, it is not free. I will charge a fee equal to the value of the villagers who survive. But since I am going to charge a fee, I will guarantee your safety. No one in this world can kill the people I, Ainz Ooal Gown, want to protect."
So mighty and domineering, is this the Demon King?
Si, who was standing next to him, was shocked when she heard what Ainz Ooal Gown said. At least, she definitely couldn't say such words. Because the waters in each world were too deep, she couldn't make such a promise.
But the Demon King was so confident. Maybe he was not the strongest in the world, but he was worthy of being the king. He knew that those knights were coming for him, but he didn't take it to heart at all. He even had the confidence to ensure the safety of Kahn Village.
As for what the Demon King said, that all this was not free, but required payment, there was no need to be serious about it. Because the Demon King was just using this method to appease the villagers.
There is absolutely no possibility that the villagers may not be able to pay the reward, because the Demon King will definitely offer a reward that these villagers can pay.
It turns out that Ainz Ooal Gown's methods are very good. When he finished speaking, although the village chief looked embarrassed, he was obviously relieved. The villagers saw that the sword master had no intention of helping them, so they interrupted their previous thoughts.
Although Ainz Ooal Gown is a magic caster who uses necromancy and is extremely mysterious, he is their savior after all. He has now promised to guarantee the safety of Carne Village, although it is not free. However, the fact that he needs to be paid shows that this benefactor Ainz Ooal Gown is a trustworthy magic caster.
The village chief said: "Yes, we are willing to pay the reward, but considering the current situation of the village——"
Ainz Ooal Gown raised his hand to stop the village chief from speaking further.
"We'll talk about this later. Before I came here, I saved a pair of sisters. I'll go and bring them over first. Can you wait for me?"
The two sisters must be asked to keep it a secret and not let them reveal their true identities.
Ainz Ooal Gown left without waiting for the villagers to react, and Albedo was left behind to restrain the Sword Master.
If the Sword Master was worried about the safety of these villagers, he would not let Albedo stay here alone.
But if the Sword Saint doesn't care about the safety of these villagers and must follow him to find out his background, then even if it costs a certain amount, I'm afraid he can only find a way to destroy the Sword Saint. Just now, when talking to the villagers, Ainz Ooal Gown had used the skill [Message] to contact the other Guardians in Nazarick, asking them to be ready to fight at any time. It is possible that he will return to Nazarick with an extremely powerful opponent.
And he specifically mentioned to the Guardian of Nazarick that the other party might have the world champion profession of Tachi Mi, one of the Supremes (Players).
However, as Ainz Ooal Gown walked nervously, he noticed that the Sword Master had no intention of following him. He cheered in his heart that he had made the right bet. The Sword Master really cared about the safety of the villagers of Carne Village. It might be because of a sense of justice, but it was more likely to maintain the image of the empire.
After all, if the villagers were killed, the Empire would definitely not be able to clear its suspicion in this matter. Thinking of this, Ainz Ooal Gown felt much more relaxed. Next, he only needed to ask the two sisters to keep their true identities a secret, and everything would be fine for the time being.
[Chapter 34: The Strongest in the Kingdom]
After Ainz Ooal Gown left.
The atmosphere between Albedo and Tsukasa became very serious. But in reality, it was just Albedo who was hostile to Tsukasa and Tsukasa had to be on his guard.
Si didn't know what she had done to deserve such hostility from the other party. You have to know that it was the other party who attacked her without saying a word at the beginning, and she was just passively counterattacking. But even if she was passively counterattacking, she still showed mercy. It would be fine if this woman didn't thank her, but what was the meaning of being hostile to her?
This kind of inexplicable enemy behavior, I really don't know what's in this woman's mind. Although this woman's strength is close to Sofia's vampire, it is only close.
And this is the strength she only has when she has equipment bonus. And the previous fight has already exposed this woman's shortcomings. Her adaptability and combat experience are really poor. It is impossible to imagine how she has trained her strength.
You have to know that you are a magician, and your melee experience is not as good as that of a warrior. Even if you activate the sword master state, it is impossible to gain combat experience that crushes the same level of warriors without a foundation. Because warriors at this level have experienced countless battles to reach this level.
Moreover, this woman served as a follower of the Demon King, so it was very likely that she was a demon who participated in the Demon World War and survived. However, she did not look like a strong person with war experience.
If she were asked to describe Albedo.
That is the demon god who was born with super powers, but because of this, he has never encountered failure, and may not even have fought a life-and-death battle with an opponent of the same level, so he has such fearless and brave performance that can be described as mentally retarded.
He has no sense of reverence at all.
Si narrowed his eyes. If Albedo dared to take action now, she would not mind killing this woman to see what race this woman really was.
Moreover, the equipment on the opponent is very good. If you can get it, you can use your alchemical magic to transform it into equipment that suits you.
And it is very likely that you will gain new skills related to equipment making.
The light emanating from Si's eyes and the depths of his soul silently analyzed the attribute bonus effects of the equipment on Albedo.
The bonuses of these equipment are really strong.
If she could get this set of equipment, her current attributes would most likely increase by more than 40%.
Moreover, the effect of Albedo's equipment is exactly the defensive attribute set that Si prefers. Although Si's role positioning is more inclined to output, she prefers skills such as resurrection and healing, and prefers defensive equipment that increases physical strength, defense, and HP.
Unfortunately, when Ainz Ooal Gown returned with a pair of sisters, Albedo did not attack Tsukasa. Since Ainz Ooal Gown had returned, Tsukasa naturally gave up this dangerous idea.
Although she was confident that she could defeat Albedo, she was not so confident when facing the Demon King Ainz Ooal Gown. Although her intuition told her that Ainz Ooal Gown was not as strong as her, it was also a fact that Ainz Ooal Gown's MP value was greater than hers.
Moreover, it would be too risky to face both Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo at once. After all, Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo are a very good combination. One is a magic caster and the other is a heavy armored warrior. They have both tank and output, and the lineup is perfect.
And what about her?
Although she looks like an all-round warrior, that is actually just a disguise. Her essence is still that weak magician with high attack and fragile skin.
If she couldn't kill Albedo instantly and was entangled by Albedo, she would definitely lose because her HP did not allow her to fight such a war of attrition.
But Si didn't know.
Although Ainz Ooal Gown just
He left, but kept in touch with Albedo. It was a skill called [Message]. In fact, the effect of this skill was just a window for private chats between players and friends in traditional online games. The specific way of expression was to make a phone call. You can imagine that Albedo and Ainz Ooal Gown were on the phone just now, and the picture was very clear.
This skill is also mastered by some people in this world, but because of the difficulty of mastering it, only a small number of people can use this skill, which is why Tsukasa has no experience. However, Tsukasa's situation is not much better than Ainz Ooal Gown and others. Although he has obtained the identity of a native and inherited Astraea's memory, his understanding of this world is also limited.
After Ainz Ooal Gown came back, the next thing was for him to negotiate with the Carne Village. As an outsider, there was no reason for Si to go with them. She watched Ainz Ooal Gown and the village head and his wife walk into the kitchen of a house. Albedo was left outside. She knew what Ainz Ooal Gown meant without having to guess. He just didn't want her, an outsider, to eavesdrop on their negotiations, but was it really necessary to keep it secret?
Although Tsukasa could ignore Ainz Ooal Gown's attitude and walk in, Albedo couldn't stop her, and Ainz Ooal Gown hadn't said in advance that she couldn't go in to listen, but there was no point in doing so. If Ainz Ooal Gown had something he didn't want her to know, then he would definitely not tell her even if she forced her way in. And if there was no secret, her doing so would undoubtedly make Ainz Ooal Gown feel disgusted, and there might even be a conflict, so she chose to remain silent.
Now that she had made the decision, she certainly would not use magic to eavesdrop on the conversation. The other party was also a high-level magic caster, and even if the magic system was different, the risk of being discovered was high enough.
Just as Si was standing outside the door, wondering whether he still needed to stay, the villagers who were cleaning the village outside suddenly ran over and told them that a group of soldiers wearing kingdom armor appeared at the entrance of the village.
Just as Albedo was contacting Ainz Ooal Gown, she heard the dangerous human next to her say, "It should be the kingdom's warrior captain and his group. I saw them outside when I came here."
Albedo then reported this information to Ainz Ooal Gown, who happened to have learned the information he wanted from the village chief. When he was about to end the negotiation, he asked the village chief, “I wonder what kind of person the kingdom’s warrior-captain is. Do you know, village chief?”
The village chief didn't know much about these things, but he had heard of the deeds of the Warrior Captain, so he told Ainz Ooal Gown that the other party was the strongest warrior in the kingdom, and his strength was second only to the Empire's Sword Master.
Immediately, upon hearing this, Ainz Ooal Gown became wary of the Warrior Captain.
[Chapter 35: A Person as Famous as the Sword Saint]
Gazef and his men arrived at Carne Village.
The current state of the village showed how tragic the incident was. Some of the villagers' bodies had not yet been buried. The villagers were very wary of their arrival. Gazef understood his feelings and stood at the entrance of the village, saying loudly, "I am Gazef Stronoff. I am here to fight against the rebellious Imperial Knights under the orders of His Majesty. Is there anyone willing to tell me what happened in this village?"
When the villagers heard his name, they looked at Gazef in surprise. They had never thought that he was the legendary warrior leader. Although the royal tournament of the kingdom was disrupted by the Imperial Swordmaster, the kingdom's subsequent publicity was basically about the Swordmaster's strength and Gazef's talent being recognized by the Swordmaster.
By exaggerating the strength of the Sword Master, it was made clear that the Sword Master's victory was natural. Then they praised Gazef for defeating the genius swordsman and getting the runner-up, and for being able to fight against the Sword Master and get the Sword Master's approval. In addition, Gazef had made great military achievements in the battle against the Empire over the years, so he was also crowned with the title of the strongest warrior-captain. Some people even said that if the Sword Master and Gazef were to compete again, the Warrior-captain would definitely win.
Obviously, the king had high hopes for Gazef. But unfortunately, the more the king thought highly of Gazef, the more the nobles disliked him.
This is the current state of the kingdom.
Not only is there the empire outside watching covetously.
