Upon the endless wilderness, heavy footsteps echoed continuously. Under the scorching sunlight, a large group of goblins, wielding tattered weapons and accompanied by several ogres, emerged from the forest, their terrifying and ferocious faces bearing cruel smiles as they gazed at the human squad in the distance.
“Goblins and ogres, huh?”
Ainz Ooal Gown slightly raised his head, watching the numerous goblins suddenly appearing from within the forest. For his first battle as an adventurer, goblins were decent opponents, after all, these guys were known as friends of novice adventurers.
Beside him, Narberal, frowned slightly, her face showing a hint of displeasure as she looked at the goblins. Because they were downwind, Narberal could smell the foul stench emanating from the goblins from afar.
“Palealea, please remain in the carriage and lie down to conceal yourself.”
“Okay, I’m in your hands.”
As the goblins and ogres appeared, Peter Mork, the leader of the 'Dark Warrior', began to arrange things methodically. They knew exactly how to deal with these old adversaries, goblins and ogres.
“Mr. Momon, how should we allocate responsibilities?”
Seeing Palealea hidden, Peter Mork turned to Ainz Ooal Gown and inquired. Since this was their first time teaming up, Peter Mork had to allocate responsibilities in advance to prevent accidents during the battle.
“Then please be responsible for protecting Palealea. As for the rest, just watch me easily annihilate that group of fellows.”
Ainz Ooal Gown, disguised as the adventurer Momon, lowered his head slightly, glancing at the members of the 'Dark Warrior' team before him. A steady voice came from within the steel helmet. In short, he was telling the members of the Dark Warrior team to watch him show off.
“Understood, but we will still try to support the battle as much as possible.”
After speaking, Peter Mork glanced at Lukrut, signaling him to use the usual method, first luring the goblins and ogres to a suitable distance before starting the battle, to prevent partners from being too far away to provide timely support during the battle, and to prevent the goblins and ogres from escaping.
“Then, first…”
After receiving Peter Mork’s signal, Lukrut took down the bow and arrow from his back, a confident smile on his lips as he looked ahead. Then, a long arrow cut through the air and flew out.
On the opposite side, seeing Lukrut launch an attack, the goblins and ogres subconsciously stopped in place, preparing to fight or flee. That's right, just these two. If they judged that the humans opposite them were not strong, they would attack, but if the situation was wrong, they would not hesitate to escape, just like hyenas on the grasslands.
Clang!
The next moment, amidst the laughter of the goblins and ogres, the long arrow shot by Lukrut landed on the grass in front of them. Immediately, the confidence of the goblins and ogres greatly increased, and they charged towards the humans in front without hesitation.
“Hmm?”
Just as Peter Mork and his companions were preparing to wait for the goblins to rush in front of them, suddenly two figures walked past them. The few people who were originally focused on preparing for battle subconsciously raised their heads to look, only to see Momon and Narberal, wearing black armor, actually facing the charging goblins and ogres without any precautions.
That relaxed and comfortable appearance, if one didn't consider the densely packed goblins and ogres charging towards them, it would be no problem to say they were going on a picnic.
“Be….”
Just as the magic caster Ninya in the team was about to remind the two to be careful, the fastest ogre had already appeared in front of Ainz Ooal Gown, its tall and bloated body with agile movements that completely did not match its size, a wooden club several meters long smashing fiercely towards Ainz Ooal Gown's head.
“Careful!”
When Ninya uttered the last word, Ainz Ooal Gown, disguised as Momon, jumped up the instant the wooden club was about to touch him, perfectly dodging the ogre's attack. Furthermore, in the shocked eyes of Ninya and the others, Ainz Ooal Gown, leaping in mid-air, raised both hands and pulled out the two greatswords from his back, his body rotating three hundred and sixty degrees in mid-air, directly slicing the ogre below in half with one strike.
All of this seemingly cumbersome action was completed by Ainz Ooal Gown in a short instant. At this moment, not only the 'Dark Warrior' team, but even the goblins and ogres who had just been menacing also noticed something was wrong, stunned in place, looking at Ainz Ooal Gown who was holding the greatsword, squatting on the grass, still posing, not daring to move.
“What's wrong, aren't you coming over?”
The next moment, Ainz Ooal Gown stood up and raised a greatsword, looking at the stunned ogre in front of him provocatively. The ogre on the opposite side, which didn't have much brains to begin with, roared directly and charged up after hearing Ainz Ooal Gown's mocking voice.
Swish!
Unsurprisingly, the ogre who charged up again was easily annihilated by Ainz Ooal Gown with a single sword strike. The corpse crashed heavily on the ground, and scarlet blood stained the earth red. In front of the ogre's corpse, Ainz Ooal Gown's bright red cloak fluttered in the gale, looking so conspicuous.
“So powerful, this is more than mithril class!”
“Could it be orichalcum class, no! Could it be adamantite class!”
In the distance, watching Ainz Ooal Gown easily resolve two ogres with just two strikes, the members of the 'Dark Warrior' team couldn't help but start guessing Ainz Ooal Gown's true strength. Even Palealea, who was originally hiding in the carriage, poked her head out of the carriage, her mouth wide open, watching Ainz Ooal Gown easily slaughtering the ogres.
At the same time, Ainz Ooal Gown in front gently shook his two swords, and the blood stained on them flew out directly. The two surviving ogres and more than a dozen goblins in the distance showed terrified gazes on their ugly and ferocious faces after seeing such Ainz Ooal Gown, and subconsciously looked around.
At this time, they noticed the Dark Warrior team guarding in the distance. More than a dozen goblins quickly rushed towards that side, while the two ogres turned around and ran towards the forest, wanting to escape from here.
“They’re coming here!”
Peter Mork, who was still watching Ainz Ooal Gown, noticed the rushing goblins in the first moment. After shouting to remind his teammates, he raised the one-handed sword in his hand and rushed towards the nearest goblin, directly beheading it with one sword relying on the magic and martial skills he had added in advance.
Subsequently, he successfully blocked the second goblin, but at this moment another goblin rushed out, wanting to attack Peter Mork by surprise, but just as this goblin was about to attack Peter Mork, Ninya's magic arrow knocked it away at just the right moment.
On the side, the other two members of the 'Dark Warrior' team also found their respective opponents, and for a time they were inextricably engaged in battle with more than a dozen goblins.
“What a good team, understanding each other’s abilities, good coordination… but it can’t compare to my former companions.”
After seeing that Peter Mork and the others were okay, Ainz Ooal Gown raised his head and looked at the two ogres who were fleeing in front of him, gently waving his hand. Upon seeing this, Narberal behind him bent her legs slightly to gather strength, and with a leap, she flew behind the two ogres, raising her fingers and aiming at them as silver-white lightning flickered continuously.
"Lightning Strike..."
"Narberal, get out of the way!"
Just as Narberal's magic was about to be released, Ainz Ooal Gown behind her suddenly shouted, and his arm violently raised as the giant sword in his hand flew towards Narberal with a terrifying whistling sound.
In front, Narberal, who had originally planned to attack, upon hearing Ainz Ooal Gown's shout, unhesitatingly used [Flight Magic], her body instantly rising from the ground and flying into the high sky. And just as Narberal flew up, the giant sword thrown by Ainz Ooal Gown whistled past beneath her.
The black giant sword easily pierced through the bodies of the two ogres in front, and even tore their bodies into pieces due to its excessive power. Accompanied by splashing blood and minced meat, the black giant sword crashed heavily onto the ground.
Boom!
When the huge explosion sounded, the ground began to shake, and countless clods of earth and grass clippings flew into the sky. Even the 'Black Scripture' team, who were fighting goblins not far away, were attracted by the commotion here.
"What happened?"
Having just eliminated the last goblin, the slightly injured Peter Mork stared blankly at the dust cloud rising in the distance and Mr. Momon, who was clearly wary of some enemy. At this time, he still had no idea what had happened. Clearly, the goblins and ogres had all been annihilated, so why was Mr. Momon still so vigilant?
Most importantly, was the power of that attack just now really something a human could do?
"Come out!"
At this moment, Ainz Ooal Gown in front had no intention of paying attention to Peter Mork and the others behind him. In the empty eye sockets within the black armor, two points of scarlet light lit up, and a low, majestic voice resounded throughout the wilderness.
In the sky, Narberal looked at the giant pit below, several meters deep and nearly ten meters in diameter, where the giant sword thrown by Ainz Ooal Gown was stuck, and beneath the giant sword, cracks were spreading in all directions.
"Ainz... Mr. Momon, what happened?"
After carefully observing several times and finding nothing, Narberal slowly landed in front of Ainz Ooal Gown, blocking in front of him with her eyes fixedly scanning the surroundings, while asking Ainz Ooal Gown behind her about the situation.
"Narberal, notify Nazarick!"
Facing Narberal's inquiry, Ainz Ooal Gown did not answer, and even directly asked Narberal to notify the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Ainz Ooal Gown asking her to notify the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Narberal also realized the seriousness of the matter. She directly took out a magic scroll from the pocket at her waist, intending to tell Albedo-sama about the situation here.
Pa!
Suddenly, just as Narberal was about to use the magic scroll in her hand, a black ray of light shot out from the ground beneath her feet, directly shattering the magic scroll that Narberal had just taken out, turning it into fragments that scattered in the air.
"As expected of the ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, to have discovered us in advance."
"Who!"
Narberal looked at the magic scroll falling in the air with a grim expression. Coupled with the sudden voice, the undisguised malice in that voice made Narberal subconsciously block in front of Ainz Ooal Gown, shouting in the direction from which the voice came with killing intent in her black eyes.
"Narberal, step back!"
Suddenly, a large hand was placed on Narberal's shoulder. Ainz Ooal Gown, who had removed the armor on his body and returned to his original appearance, walked out from behind Narberal. The pale white and tall skeleton body gave people a feeling of being full of power, and the scarlet light in his empty eye sockets flickered, with tangible despair aura surrounding his body.
"Who exactly are you people?"
Ainz Ooal Gown's scarlet eyes looked at the sunken ground in front of him, only to see a steady stream of black mud gushing out from the cracks at the bottom of the pit. The viscous, filthy black mud exuded tangible 'evil'. Just by looking at it, Ainz Ooal Gown seemed to see all the evil in the world.
As the black mud continued to gush out, the pit several meters deep was filled in just a few seconds, and then it overflowed from it and spread to the surroundings. In just less than a minute, the entire verdant wilderness was covered by endless black mud, dark and deep like a bottomless abyss.
At the same time, one figure after another emerged from it, and tens of thousands of demon armies silently looked at Ainz Ooal Gown in front of them. For a time, everything around seemed to fall into silence.
'Demons?'
Looking at the continuous demon army opposite, Ainz Ooal Gown's skeletal face showed a look of contemplation. The demons who suddenly appeared opposite him gave him the feeling of having no self-emotion, or rather, only rational existence. Coupled with their bodies that were completely born for killing.
Especially when Ainz Ooal Gown noticed the nine great demons at the very front, his expression gradually became solemn. The aura of these guys was no weaker than that of the floor guardians of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and the tens of thousands of demons behind them, the weakest one was comparable to Narberal.
"This is troublesome!"
After analyzing the current strength of both sides, Ainz Ooal Gown's heart felt solemn for the first time since coming to this world. If the other side attacked together, he would at most have the confidence to protect himself, and Narberal would definitely die here.
"Ainz-sama, please leave first, don't worry about me!"
On the side, Narberal at this moment also understood that she had become a burden. Her eyes were full of determination as she looked at the many demons in front, and her tone was extremely resolute. For her, she could give her life at any time for the sake of the Supreme Being who was the only one who did not abandon them.
"Mm."
After hearing Narberal's words, Ainz Ooal Gown nodded expressionlessly, but his body inadvertently blocked in front of Narberal, and one hand quietly reached out to Narberal, handing her something.
This was one of Ainz Ooal Gown's cash shop items, with the ability to ignore the environment and restrictions and freely teleport back to the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Although on the surface Ainz Ooal Gown agreed with Narberal's words.
But how could he do that? It must be known that everything in the Great Tomb of Nazarick was built by him and his former companions bit by bit. Whether it was the floor guardians or Narberal and the others, Ainz Ooal Gown had long regarded them as family.
"Ainz-sama."
Behind, Narberal looked at the thing Ainz Ooal Gown stuffed into her hand, and looked at the tall figure in front of her with an incomparably complex and moved expression, and then her eyes gradually became firm, and she crushed the item in her hand and disappeared on the spot.
"Oh? Truly a benevolent master."
On the opposite side, one of the nine leaders of the demons also noticed the disappearing Narberal. A cruel smile appeared on his handsome humanoid face as he looked at Ainz Ooal Gown and smiled, while waving to a demon behind him as he spoke.
Seeing this, Ainz Ooal Gown instantly became vigilant, worried that the other side had some means to intercept Narberal.
