Just as Ainz Ooal Gown was fully preparing for the upcoming war, Princess Renner, dispatched by Lu Minghao, and the Yusa sisters were no longer concealing their existence. Relying on the powerful strength gained after becoming Lu Minghao's familiars, and the numerous Abberations, they began a frantic invasion and destruction of demi-human and monster races.
Wherever they passed, there was no choice but submission or death. In just a few days, apart from the monsters and demi-human races within the Theocracy's territory, most of the remaining areas had been conquered by Princess Renner and the others.
Moreover, due to the overwhelming nature of each massacre, no life could spread the news of what Renner and her group were doing.
At this moment, the Platinum Dragon Lord within the Council State was completely unaware of Renner's actions. He was merely staring intently at the demi-human kneeling before him, his golden dragon eyes filled with endless rage and killing intent.
"Are you sure what you're saying is true?"
In the spacious hall, the Platinum Dragon Lord's voice, suppressing his anger, echoed. Just now, the demi-human before him had told him that the alliance army of the human kingdoms had been completely destroyed by the undead being named Ainz Ooal Gown, and that millions of residents of the kingdom had been slaughtered.
Now, the entire human race had completely lost its ability to resist and was about to be slaughtered at will like livestock by the undead being named Ainz Ooal Gown.
"Great Platinum Dragon Lord, I would never dare to deceive you. News of the human kingdom spread throughout the kingdoms as soon as the war ended, and there are even clear records of the massacre of the human kingdom's army."
As he spoke, the demi-human took out a magical item from his chest. As he threw the magical item in his hand, images of the human alliance army being frantically slaughtered by the Great Tomb of Nazarick's guardians and the undead army appeared in mid-air.
"Players, and guardians, they actually appeared again!!"
The Platinum Dragon Lord watched the constantly flashing images before him, and violent magic instantly filled the entire hall. With just one glance, he recognized the true identities of those who were slaughtering the human army in the images. Unimaginable anger and killing intent rose from the bottom of his heart.
For the Platinum Dragon Lord, the killing intent and anger towards Players were like a curse etched into his soul. As one of the True Dragon Lords who survived the great war five hundred years ago, the Platinum Dragon Lord had a deep-seated hatred and anger towards Players.
Five hundred years ago, a group of Players called the Eight Greed Kings descended upon this world. At that time, the dragon race, as the strongest race in this world, was naturally regarded as an enemy by the Eight Greed Kings, and a war of life and death began between the two sides.
At that time, the dragon race could barely kill one of the Eight Greed Kings only at the cost of nearly ten times the price. However, death was merely a state for the Players. Soon, the members of the Eight Greed Kings, who had been killed by the dragon race at an unbearable cost, revived one after another.
In the years of fighting between the two sides, almost all of the strongest True Dragon Lords at that time were killed by the Eight Greed Kings, including the Platinum Dragon Lord's father, the Dragon Emperor.
After that, the heavily damaged dragon race chose to retreat and began to hide their existence. The Eight Greed Kings, as the victors, became the true rulers of the world. Moreover, at that time, in order to prevent the dragon race from making a comeback, the Eight Greed Kings chose to use the Twenty to change the magic system of the entire world by using the five elements to restrain each other. The original source magic, which was the strongest in this world, began to be suppressed after the Eight Greed Kings used the five elements to restrain each other, and the tier magic brought by the Players from the game began to be accepted by the world.
Since then, the newly born dragon race could no longer learn the original source magic that was comparable to world-class items. Only a few True Dragon Lords who survived the war still possessed the power of source magic.
When the dragon race learned of this, they fell into despair. The only power they could use to compete with the Players' world-class items was no longer available, which meant that they had completely lost their power to resist.
However, later, after completely ruling the entire world, the Eight Greed Kings gradually developed rifts among themselves, and even gradually turned into hatred. The partners who had once trusted and been intimate with each other became enemies, and infighting began among the Eight Greed Kings.
At that time, the dragon race, who noticed this, took the opportunity to rebel, successfully killed the Eight Greed Kings, and seized some of their legacy. Since then, the surviving True Dragon Lords have hated the Players from the depths of their souls, and even began to create various magics against the Players.
"Order all the strongmen and armies of the Council State to assemble as quickly as possible."
In the next second, the Platinum Dragon Lord's violent magic power disappeared, and his majestic voice rang in the ears of the demi-human below. At this time, the Platinum Dragon Lord had decided to destroy Ainz Ooal Gown and the others. Regardless of Ainz Ooal Gown's identity as a Player or their actions in destroying the human kingdom, they had fueled the Platinum Dragon Lord's anger to the extreme.
"Yes, Great Platinum Dragon Lord!"
Below, after hearing the Platinum Dragon Lord's order, the demi-human did not hesitate to execute the order, turned around and left the hall to begin summoning the strongmen and armies of the Council State.
"Are you still going to keep watching, Einz?"
After the demi-human left the hall, the Platinum Dragon Lord turned his head to look at the empty space not far away and asked expressionlessly.
"As expected, you still discovered me."
A voice with a hint of laughter rang out, and a figure gradually appeared there, wearing a black robe on his old body, with a gorgeous long sword at his waist. Just standing there revealed a strong confidence. Although his face was extremely old, he gave people an incomparably powerful feeling.
"Einz, you also came to me because of the Player named Ainz Ooal Gown, right?"
Looking at the human who suddenly appeared in front of him, the Platinum Dragon Lord asked without the slightest surprise. On the contrary, it was as if he had met an old friend. But this was also normal, after all, the other party was his teammate who had once worked together to eliminate the Demon Gods, and was known to the world as one of the Thirteen Heroes.
Two hundred years ago, the Platinum Dragon Lord controlled a Platinum Mail and joined an adventurer team. In the long adventure, they became friends with each other and jointly eliminated the Demon Gods who were harming the world at that time, and were called the Thirteen Heroes, and the Platinum Dragon Lord was the Platinum among the Thirteen Heroes.
And the one who appeared in front of the Platinum Dragon Lord at this time was one of his former teammates, Rigrit Bers Caurau, known as the Necromancer of the Thirteen Heroes.
By the way, Rigrit Bers Caurau was also a member of the adamantite-ranked adventurer team Blue Roses of the kingdom. In addition, Evileye, the vampire known as the Kingdom Destroyer, was also one of the Thirteen Heroes, but she had now been killed along with the entire Blue Roses team when Ainz Ooal Gown destroyed the kingdom.
"Yes, they have seriously threatened the safety of this world, even more dangerous than the Demon Gods of the past."
Facing the inquiry of his former friend, Rigrit Bers Caurau said with a solemn expression on his old face. Before, when Ainz Ooal Gown destroyed the entire kingdom, she had already noticed his existence, but at that time, Rigrit Bers Caurau was only somewhat wary of Ainz Ooal Gown, and did not think that Ainz Ooal Gown could destroy the entire human race by his own power.
After all, as one of the Thirteen Heroes who had lived for more than two hundred years, she still knew something about the hidden power of the Slane Theocracy.
However, the subsequent developments were completely beyond her expectations. The allied forces, which had gathered almost all of humanity's power, were easily defeated and slaughtered by Ainz Ooal Gown and his guardians.
At that moment, Rigrit Bers Caurau realized one thing: Ainz Ooal Gown was a more dangerous existence than the previous Demon Gods. Therefore, she did not hesitate to seek out her former teammate, the Platinum Dragon Lord, whom she considered the strongest being in this world, hoping to join forces to eliminate Ainz Ooal Gown.
"I know... the power that defiles the world has appeared once again."
"The aftershocks of a hundred years, this time it is no longer assisting people from another world."
As Rigrit Bers Caurau spoke, she raised her head and looked at the Platinum Dragon Lord in front of her. The existence of Players was no longer a secret to them. Whether it was the Platinum Dragon Lord, who had experienced the great war during the Eight Greed Kings era five hundred years ago, or the Thirteen Heroes of the past, they had all seen or even fought against Players.
Moreover, the first of the Thirteen Heroes, the Black Hero, their good friend, was a Player.
"Ein, I agree to what you said, but before the war, I have a favor to ask of you."
"What is it?"
"I hope you can gather information on items that can rival Guild Weapons, or special items from [YGGDRASIL], existences known as World Items by Players."
"Okay, leave it to me. But how much time is left before the war?"
Faced with the Platinum Dragon Lord's request, Rigrit Bers Caurau agreed without hesitation and began to inquire about the Platinum Dragon Lord's preparation time for the war. As partners who had experienced a long journey together, Rigrit Bers Caurau understood that he was ready for battle when the Platinum Dragon Lord agreed to this matter.
"Three days later."
"So soon?"
"I have already sensed the aura of evil. The other side will not give us too much time."
As the Platinum Dragon Lord spoke, he looked in the direction of the Great Tomb of Nazarick. He had already smelled the faint scent of war in the air, and the unease in his heart was reminding him that not only was he preparing, but the enemy was doing the same. They didn't have much time left.
Moreover, what worried the Platinum Dragon Lord the most was that, in addition to the Ainz Ooal Gown on the surface, he always felt that a force was secretly plotting something, and it was about to succeed.
Furthermore, he had a feeling that everything that had happened recently had been manipulated by that force.
However, the Platinum Dragon Lord did not intend to tell Rigrit Bers Caurau about this speculation, because he was not sure if it was true. But the Platinum Dragon Lord also planned to make some preparations for this.
If all of this was just his illusion, then that would be the best outcome. If it was true... then this time, the entire world would fall into an unprecedented crisis.
Thinking of this, the Platinum Dragon Lord began to contact the other Dragon Lords who, like him, had survived the great war five hundred years ago, asking them to be vigilant and prepare for battle, in case there was a hidden force secretly planning something.
Then, when the time came, he believed they would definitely like the surprise he had left for them.
However, the Platinum Dragon Lord, who was contacting the other Great Dragon Lords, did not notice that a mass of air above his head began to wriggle slightly, transmitting information to a certain existence as if it had its own consciousness.
After the Platinum Dragon Lord finished contacting the other Great Dragon Lords, the air above his head returned to normal again. Even though the Platinum Dragon Lord was so close, he did not notice anything unusual. After all, who would bother to pay attention to the ubiquitous air around them.
.......
"I almost forgot, luckily the Platinum Dragon Lord reminded me."
On the other side, Lu Minghao, who had received the information from the Aberrant in the Imperial Capital, touched his chin and said. Since coming to this world, he had been staring at Ainz Ooal Gown, the major human kingdoms, and the Platinum Dragon Lord, completely ignoring the other Dragon Lords.
If it weren't for the Platinum Dragon Lord contacting the other Great Dragon Lords for insurance this time, Lu Minghao would have completely forgotten about their existence. After all, the other Great Dragon Lords had not even appeared in the original story before his transmigration, and they were only slightly mentioned in the settings.
Lu Minghao was completely ignorant of the abilities and locations of the Great Dragon Lords.
"Thank you, Platinum Dragon Lord, you are really my good friend, the kind of beloved friend!"
In the next second, in order to thank the Platinum Dragon Lord for reminding him, Lu Minghao turned his head to look in the direction of the Council State and thanked him with his most sincere tone. If it weren't for him, Lu Minghao, he would have been able to imagine the process of fully eroding and transforming the world while taking advantage of the great war between Ainz Ooal Gown and the Platinum Dragon Lord.
Several hidden Dragon Lords suddenly jumped out, and at that time, they would definitely attract the attention of Ainz Ooal Gown and the Platinum Dragon Lord, who were engaged in a great war. With their wisdom, as long as they combined it with what Lu Minghao was doing at the time, they would definitely understand that Lu Minghao was secretly tricking them.
At that time, the people who had been tricked would definitely join forces to eliminate Lu Minghao first. Although Lu Minghao was not afraid with his current strength, he would definitely be held back by their joint efforts. At that time, the process of eroding and transforming the world would definitely be infinitely delayed.
Therefore, Lu Minghao was now sincerely grateful to the Platinum Dragon Lord for finding the last trace of exposure in his plan. He was simply the best of friends, directly becoming Lu Minghao's second beloved friend in this world besides Ainz Ooal Gown.
"Okay, now that my best friend, the Platinum Dragon Lord, has found the last trace of hidden danger for me, and has also thoughtfully provided the locations of the other Great Dragon Lords, how can I let him down?"
As he spoke, Lu Minghao looked in the direction of the Death Mountains, where the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord, one of the six Great Dragon Lords besides the Platinum Dragon Lord, was located. As for the other Great Dragon Lords, they were the Gloom Dragon Lord, the Rainbow Dragon Lord, the Vampire Dragon Lord, and the Holy Celestial Dragon Lord.
"Then, let's begin, you will be the first."
As he spoke, Lu Minghao slowly stood up from the throne of flesh and blood beneath him, took a step forward, and disappeared in place. When he reappeared, he had already arrived in the sky above the Death Mountains on the edge of the only continent.
"Oh! I didn't expect there to be an unexpected surprise. It seems I can eat half full."
Lu Minghao looked at the black mountains below and said with a tone full of surprise. In Lu Minghao's sight, nearly a million undead were sleeping deep in the black mountains, and sleeping in the center of the mountains was the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord, one of the six Great Dragon Lords.
"However, I can't waste such a good opportunity."
Looking at the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord sleeping deep in the mountains, Lu Minghao quietly looked around and said, after all, the other party was sleeping, and he would be sorry to himself if he didn't sneak attack.
Thinking of this, Lu Minghao smiled slightly, his body turned into a shadow and disappeared into the air. At the same time, a faint purple-black mist began to envelop the entire Death Mountains little by little. In a short few seconds, the entire mountain range had disappeared, and from a distance, only a thick mass of mist could be seen.
