Silence!
In an instant, the moment Albedo and the others learned of Ainz Ooal Gown's ambush from Narberal, the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick fell into deathly silence, a suffocating and violent aura enveloping the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick.
"Narberal, do you know what you're saying?"
Demiurge lowered his head, the corners of his mouth curving into a threatening arc, his fingers unconsciously pushing up his glasses, as he coldly addressed Narberal.
"Yes, not long ago, Lord Ainz and I had just left E-Rantel when, after dealing with a wave of attacking goblins and ogres, a large number of demons suddenly..."
Upon hearing Demiurge's words, Narberal raised her head and looked at the assembled Floor Guardians, who had gathered in a mere minute, and recounted everything that had happened earlier in detail.
Watching the Floor Guardians' expressions worsen and their auras become increasingly violent as she spoke, Narberal subconsciously bit her lip tightly.
Rather than escaping back to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, she actually wished she could be there at this moment.
However, Lord Ainz had gone to great lengths to buy her time to escape, and even if she stayed, she would only be a burden.
Moreover, she couldn't betray the opportunity Lord Ainz had painstakingly created.
After all, only in this way could she return to the Great Tomb of Nazarick and bring everyone to rescue Lord Ainz.
"I have a general understanding of the situation."
After Narberal finished speaking, Albedo took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the unease and panic in her heart.
Now that the Supreme Being, Lord Ainz, was in danger, she, as the Guardian Overseer, couldn't afford to panic, as that would only make Lord Ainz even more vulnerable.
"Aura, go and inform Sebas and Solution, who are heading to the Royal Capital, to immediately abandon all tasks and proceed to E-Rantel to support Lord Ainz.
Also, remember to notify Shalltear, who recently left the Great Tomb of Nazarick and should currently be the Guardian closest to Lord Ainz's location.
With her strength, she can definitely reach Lord Ainz's side the fastest."
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Albedo's instructions, Aura didn't hesitate to take out a magic item and begin notifying Sebas, Solution, and Shalltear.
"Mare, go and gather all of your pets."
"Yes."
Mare nodded quickly, a hint of obvious nervousness and killing intent appearing on his weak face.
He couldn't imagine the consequences of losing the last Supreme Being.
No matter who the enemy was, he would completely eliminate them and then feed them all to his pets.
"Demiurge, go to the Treasury and bring all the World Items.
Also, release Victim as well.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick will enter a state of maximum alert from now on."
"Understood."
Demiurge nodded silently and turned to head towards the Treasury deep within the Great Tomb of Nazarick, where all of Nazarick's World-Class Items and the equipment of every Supreme Being who had left were stored.
"Cocytus, go and gather all the forces of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Except for the minimum required to protect the Great Tomb of Nazarick, all of them will prepare to support Lord Ainz."
"I understand."
Cocytus responded in a muffled voice, his massive body leaving with a suppressed aura, the heavy sound of his footsteps echoing in the empty hall.
"Albedo-sama, I..."
After seeing Albedo arrange everything, Narberal stepped forward and looked at Albedo, asking.
Originally, as a battle maid, her duty was to protect and care for Lord Ainz, but now that he was in danger, she was the first to leave safely.
Before, she was supported by the task of notifying everyone in the Great Tomb of Nazarick to support Lord Ainz, but now that the task was completed, the reason supporting her was gone.
Now, the danger that Lord Ainz might encounter after she left tormented her heart at all times.
If she could give her life to reach Lord Ainz's side immediately, she would do so without hesitation.
"Narberal, this is not your fault."
Albedo looked at Narberal, who was biting her lip tightly, her eyes filled with anxiety and self-blame, and sighed before reaching out and hugging her, saying softly.
For Albedo, every existence in the Great Tomb of Nazarick was her family.
Although she was indeed无比angry about Lord Ainz being attacked, even almost wanting to destroy everything, this anger wasn't directed at Narberal.
She knew that with Narberal's strength, she had already done the best she could.
"Alright, Narberal, now is not the time to blame yourself.
If you really want to blame yourself, wait until we rescue Lord Ainz and tell him personally.
Now, go and notify the members of the Pleiades Battle Maids and prepare the teleportation magic."
"Yes, Albedo-sama."
Narberal released Albedo, who was hugging her, nodded vigorously, raised her hand, slapped her fair face hard, and left here, cheering herself up.
"Lord Ainz, you must be alright!"
After the entire hall was left with only Albedo, Albedo, who had been calm and organized in arranging everything, revealed her vulnerable side.
She crossed her hands over her chest, looked into the distance with a pleading expression on her face, and said softly.
Subsequently, in a short few minutes, the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick began to operate at full capacity.
Countless high-level undead soldiers continuously emerged from the depths of the Great Tomb of Nazarick and gathered together.
One World Item after another was taken out of the Treasury, and all the Floor Guardians were already fully armed.
When Albedo and the others gathered together again, an endless army of undead, demons, monsters, etc., had already assembled.
"Depart!"
Looking at the vast army in front of her and the fully armed Floor Guardians and Pleiades Battle Maids beside her, Albedo, shrouded in black armor and wielding a battle axe, spoke in a cold voice, before being the first to walk into the massive teleportation gate in front of her.
At the same time, the other Floor Guardians, who had already prepared for battle, followed suit, and the boundless army followed closely behind.
........
Time rewinds a few minutes earlier, to Sebas, who was cooperating with Solution to disguise as a noble and gather information in a noble manor in the Royal Capital.
At this moment, his aged but handsome face carried a hint of imperceptible gentleness, and his firm and powerful arms were holding a scarred, disfigured blonde girl.
"Sebas-sama, are you sure you want to do this?"
In the noble manor, Solution crossed her arms and looked expressionlessly at Sebas in front of her.
Just now, Sebas-sama, who had originally gone out to gather information, suddenly brought back a human.
Solution originally thought that Sebas had brought her back some food along the way.
However, just as she was about to devour it, Sebas asked her to heal the human.
This situation couldn't help but make Solution suspect that Sebas had betrayed the Supreme Being, Lord Ainz, and the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
"Yes, I promised her that I would protect her."
Sebas raised his head, looking at Solution, who had a cold expression, and said in an unquestionable tone. After all, the Supreme Being who created him had once said that offering a helping hand to those who seek help is the right thing to do.
As a creation, he had to do so. Besides that, Sebas also had his own little thoughts. He didn't know why, but when he saw the girl being abandoned, the look in her eyes as she approached death stirred something within him.
"But, Sebas-sama, if you do this, Ainz-sama..."
Solution was about to say something when she and Sebas simultaneously looked up. They had just received a message from Aura from the Great Tomb of Nazarick: Ainz-sama was under attack!
"Solution, prepare a teleportation gate. We'll depart in thirty seconds to support Ainz-sama."
"Yes!"
This time, Solution didn't hesitate at all. She immediately began taking out magical tools to prepare a teleportation gate to E-Rantel. Sebas, in the final moments, walked to the sofa not far away and poured a healing potion into her mouth.
Although this wouldn't completely heal the blonde girl's near-fatal injuries and internal damage, it would at least save her life.
"Sebas-sama, it's ready!"
"Let's go!"
Hearing Solution's voice, Sebas gave one last look at the sleeping girl on the sofa, confirming that her condition had stabilized, and without hesitation, turned and walked towards the teleportation gate. Solution followed closely behind.
A second later, the teleportation gate disappeared into thin air. The near-dead girl on the sofa sat up. Her injuries visibly began to disappear, and beneath her half-reclined body, strip-like objects surged continuously.
"Sebas-sama, you must come back soon. Neuron is reluctant to leave you."
On the sofa, Kyouhukou Neuronist Berony looked at the spot where the teleportation gate had disappeared, a terrifying and eerie smile stretched to the corners of her mouth, and a soft murmur echoed in the empty noble's estate.
Meanwhile, Shalltear, who had just left the Great Tomb of Nazarick, carrying out the task given to her by Ainz Ooal Gown, and was preparing to go to the Royal Capital to meet up with Sebas and Solution, was yawning boredly. Before her, a blue-haired human male was frantically waving a long sword in his hand, launching an attack at her.
"How boring. Don't you have any stronger attacks?"
As she spoke, Shalltear lightly raised her little finger, her jade-white nail easily blocking the blade. The blue-haired man across from her looked at everything in disbelief, something that had completely surpassed his imagination.
"...Monster!"
"Have you finally understood? I am a cruel, cold-blooded, and ruthless... and also a very cute monster."
Shalltear looked at the trembling blue-haired man in front of her, a graceful and lovely smile on her lips as she slowly spoke. Then, under the man's incomprehending gaze, she lightly tapped her toes and jumped back to stand not far away, looking at him.
"Are you ready?"
The same words as before rang out again. Brain Unglaus looked at Shalltear in confusion, not understanding what she wanted to do, but more than that, he felt fear. He knew that he was the strongest swordsman in the entire kingdom besides that man, but even so, he was as weak as an ant in front of this monster, even less than an ant.
"Don't you use martial arts?"
"Is that so? Is that how it seems to you?"
At this time, Shalltear's slightly puzzled and curious voice rang out. Only then did Brain understand why the monster opposite him hadn't killed him directly. It turned out that she wanted to do this.
In the next second, Brain roared and used his strongest [Martial Art] to attack Shalltear again. But the situation still hadn't changed at all. Facing his storm-like attacks, Shalltear was still yawning boredly, using her little fingernail to easily block all attacks.
Half a minute later, Brain, who had gone all out, stopped attacking, panting heavily. The blessing of various [Martial Arts] did indeed make him stronger, but as a price, his stamina consumption also increased greatly. He was already panting heavily in a short period of time.
"Oh? Are you tired? I'm sorry, you used martial arts just now, right?"
Shalltear looked boredly at Brain, who was panting across from her. As for whether he had used [Martial Arts], she couldn't tell. After all, an ant that was less than an ant was still an ant even after becoming stronger. She couldn't feel such a weak difference.
But at this time, Brain's feelings were completely different from Shalltear's. The strength that he had always been proud of was now being crushed and trampled at will, not even counting as being crushed.
The intense gap had already caused his proud heart to constantly collapse. The intense sense of frustration made tears uncontrollably flow from the corners of his eyes, so much so that he began to give up and roar as he turned to flee.
"Is this playing tag? There are quite a few tricks..."
Watching Brain flee, Shalltear, who had originally planned to play a little longer, suddenly froze in place. Her crimson pupils constantly became ferocious as the message from Aura continued to arrive. Crimson magic power wrapped around her constantly expanding body. In the next second, her originally delicate and lovely face became incomparably ferocious and terrifying, and a chrysanthemum-shaped mouth let out bursts of roars.
"Ainz-sama!"
In the next second, Shalltear, whose appearance had changed drastically, directly dropped to all fours like a crazed beast and smashed down the wall in front of her, rushing towards the E-Rantel area provided by Aura.
Outside the mountains, members of the Slane Theocracy's secret unit were advancing forward in the dark forest. Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from the distance, so they subconsciously looked over there, only to see a crimson light suddenly burst out from inside the mountains, bringing a series of red lights in the sky as it flew into the distance.
"What was that?"
A member of the Slane Theocracy's secret unit subconsciously said as he watched the red light disappear into the horizon.
"I don't know."
Beside him, another person shook his head. He hadn't seen clearly what was inside the red light just now. In the blink of an eye, the red light had already disappeared.
"Quiet!"
At this time, the leader of the secret unit at the front of the team turned his head and said a word to the two of them, then looked at the direction where the red light had disappeared earlier, and continued to walk forward. As for the mysterious red light, he would report it to his superiors after completing the mission and returning.
As for now, the most important thing was the mission they were carrying out. Other things were temporarily unimportant.
Behind them, the remaining members of the secret unit, after hearing their leader's words, once again fell into silence and advanced towards their destination, completely unaware of what kind of existence they had missed.
