On the boundless plains, raging flames were burning fiercely. Under the firelight, soldiers wielded their longswords incessantly. Accompanied by mournful cries, villagers fell one after another into pools of blood. The soldiers silently retracted their swords, their eyes hidden behind steel helmets fixed on the villagers fleeing in disarray.
"Villagers are truly a dangerous profession. No matter the world, they are always the first to be killed."
In the sky, Lu Minghao, who had just left the Great Tomb of Nazarick, was stroking his chin, watching the soldiers slaughtering the villagers below and complaining. Whether it was in the Slime world or the Overlord world, the villagers in every world were always subjected to inexplicable persecution, and they would be killed at random if one wasn't careful.
"However, if I remember correctly, I seem to be one of those who persecuted villagers."
The next second, Lu Minghao lowered his head and looked at his fair hands. Back in the Slime world, he didn't even know how many villagers had died directly or indirectly because of him.
After all, in order to awaken and become a True Demon Lord, Lu Minghao had his subordinates lead the Gluttony monster army to directly destroy the entire Western Nations. Describing the whole process with mountains of corpses and seas of blood wouldn't be an exaggeration, and might even be an understatement.
"Huh?"
At that moment, Lu Minghao, who was reflecting on his own role in persecuting villagers, suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance. At the end of his line of sight, a cavalry regiment was rushing towards this side, and the man at the very front was the great warrior Gazef whom Lu Minghao had encountered with Yuri in the fortress city of E-Rantel.
"Since Gazef is appearing here, doesn't that mean the village below is the one that appeared at the beginning of the plot in the original story?"
In the original story, the scene of Gazef's first appearance was a village completely turned into ruins. When Gazef and his subordinate knights arrived, they only saw the village completely burned down by the fire and a few surviving villagers.
"In other words, Carne Village is located nearby. Should I go for a visit?"
As he spoke, Lu Minghao turned his head and began to scan his surroundings. With his eyesight and being high in the sky, he could easily see everything within a few hundred miles. For example, Gazef, who in Lu Minghao's eyes had already appeared in his line of sight, was still at least nearly fifty kilometers away from the village below.
The reason why Gazef in the distance was rushing towards this side was not because he had discovered the soldiers slaughtering the villagers below, but because he had seen the fire rising from the burning village from afar.
"Forget it, there's no need at all."
In the sky, Lu Minghao gave up on going to Carne Village after thinking for a few seconds. When he had just transmigrated to this world, Lu Minghao was looking for Carne Village only to confirm whether Ainz Ooal Gown had already come to this world.
But now, Lu Minghao had not only met Ainz Ooal Gown, but had even gone to the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Carne Village had completely lost its value to Lu Minghao. As for meeting Anri, who was jokingly called Ainz Ooal Gown's daughter in the original story...
Lu Minghao expressed that he had absolutely no interest. Of course, if Anri was a white-haired, red-eyed loli, then Lu Minghao wouldn't mind wasting a little time, but unfortunately, she wasn't.
"Moreover, compared to going to Carne Village, I'm more interested in what's happening over there."
As he spoke, Lu Minghao looked towards the fortress city of E-Rantel. There, Lu Minghao could clearly sense the power of [Gluttony] and [Lust] rising. The entire fortress city of E-Rantel was being completely eroded and polluted, little by little, turning into Lu Minghao's shape.
"Interesting, even the Royal Capital has only completed less than half of the process, but this place has basically been completed."
Feeling the power connected to him over there, a wanton smile appeared on the corner of Lu Minghao's mouth. Although Lu Minghao had always been staying in the underground chamber doing experiments in the Royal Capital, and in order to ensure that he had enough test subjects, Lu Minghao had been restraining his power in the Royal Capital.
But, you must know that there are currently three subordinates of Lu Minghao in the Royal Capital, one of whom is even a princess of the kingdom. But under this premise, the Royal Capital has only been eroded by less than half. As it stands, if you don't delve into the sewers of the Royal Capital, on the surface, the Royal Capital is still the same as it was at the beginning.
"Let's go take a look!"
As he spoke, Lu Minghao took one last look at the completely destroyed village below and the great warrior Gazef who was rushing over, and then his body gradually disappeared into the air. When Lu Minghao reappeared, he had already arrived above the fortress city of E-Rantel, which was completing its final erosion.
"So, the seed that was planted has sprouted."
Looking at the few people fighting in a chaotic mess below, Lu Minghao could roughly guess why this place was the first to complete the erosion. After all, under the pressure of death, any intelligent life would do things that even they themselves would find hard to believe.
"However, if I'm not mistaken, that woman should be the one who was given a 'Maiden Carry' by Ainz Ooal Gown in the original story. I didn't expect that she hasn't left this place yet."
Clementine, the ninth seat of the Slane Theocracy's 'Black Scripture' [Windflower Speed]. Later, she was captured in a mission gone wrong, and suffered inhuman torture and humiliation. After that, because her family was disappointed in her and only focused on her elder brother.
Under various reasons, she directly betrayed the Slane Theocracy and seized the secret treasure of the Windflower Scripture. After escaping the Slane Theocracy's pursuit, she joined Zuranon and became one of its executives.
She herself is also a warrior who has stepped into the [Hero Realm]. Under her lovely appearance, she has a brutal and morbid personality. She likes to take people's lives capriciously and tortures them in various ways during the process.
By the way, she is also full of confidence in her own strength. Her favorite thing to do is to kill adventurers and take away the metal plates representing their adventurer rank. In the original story, it was because of this that Ainz Ooal Gown successfully found her, and then she became the protagonist of Ainz Ooal Gown's 'Maiden Carry' performance.
"Speaking of which, if I remember correctly, she should have come here because of the guy who called himself the Undead King who I mistakenly killed before. Why is she still here after I killed that Undead King, and she has become an enemy of Enderi and the others?"
Looking at Clementine, who stabbed a sword into Enderi's head below, blowing off his skull, and as expected, one of the key reasons why the fortress city of E-Rantel was able to complete the erosion and pollution so quickly should be Clementine.
As for why Lu Minghao knew about this as soon as he arrived, it was entirely because Enderi, whose skull had been blown off below, was still frantically attacking Clementine, a true brain explosion.
"However, Clementine seems to be a good tool person as well. Not only is her personality tyrannical and morbid, but she also has a love for killing at will. It feels like she can be used as a good tool person, but the premise is that she has to be slightly modified, after all, both her strength and vitality are too weak."
Thinking of this, Lu Minghao didn't bother to pay attention to the battle below. Although Enderi, after being eroded by the Gluttony Sin, is currently only in the initial stage and already has slightly more power than Clementine, his combat skills, awareness, and experience are completely no match for Clementine.
If it weren't for the powerful immortality he obtained after being eroded by the Gluttony Sin, Enderi would have been killed by Clementine long ago. Of course, there is another reason why Enderi hasn't been killed by Clementine yet, and that is that Clementine is currently enjoying it immensely.
After all, for Clementine, Enderi is like a toy that will never be broken and is still alive.
