Chapter 544 Dihua

Chapter 544 Dihua

Chapter 544 Dihua
In the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the Bone King sat on the throne, and the guardians stood in two rows below.

The Guardian Chief Steward Albedo stood below the Bone King, her waist straight, the succubus's jet-black wings drooping behind her, her expression dignified and serious, with none of her nymphomaniac image in private.

The current occasion was too serious and the space was filled with a heavy atmosphere. Every guardian was shocked by what Bone King said.

The Guardian may have rebelled!
Some guardians had received the news first because they had not left the tomb. Some guardians who had been sent out to do work had just returned.

For example, Cocytus was previously sent by Bone King to observe the sub-humans and alien species in this world, and was asked to recruit Lizardmen as their subordinates depending on the situation. If the Lizardmen were judged to have no value, they would be sent to Xiaodi's Happy Ranch.

Another example is Shalltear, who was in charge of holding the line in the Theocracy. She had previously worked with Demiurge. Demiurge was responsible for managing some subordinates and collecting intelligence, while Shalltear was responsible for covering Demiurge's retreat at the critical moment.

At present, because Sebastian has lost contact in the kingdom, Bone King is nervous and has summoned all the guardians back.

"quiet."

Albedo tapped her scepter to stop the Guardians who had heard of Sebastian's possible rebellion from whispering to each other. "It is inappropriate to behave like this in front of the Supreme Being."

Albedo and Aura, who were arguing, stopped arguing because of Albedo's reminder.

Bone King cleared his throat and said, "This is what happened. This world is far more dangerous than we expected. Sebastian and Soluluxiang were defeated one after another. Whether they were captured and imprisoned, or there was a rebellion, we should come up with a countermeasure."

"Lord Ainz."

At this time, Demiurge stepped out and said, "Pardon my subordinate for being frank, but although Sebastian's justice value is high and he feels somewhat disconnected from the Great Tomb, it is still too early to conclude that he has betrayed."

While maintaining standard etiquette, he said, "Sebastian is a very competent steward in the Great Tomb of Nazarick. I don't think he will easily rebel just because of defeat. It is more likely that he is imprisoned and controlled."

After hearing this, Bone King pondered for a moment and felt that what Xiaodi said made sense. It was indeed him who was overly stressed.

The main reason was that she had just traveled through time and had not yet fully understood the loyalty of the NPCs. In addition, she had seen the powerful masked man before, and the guardian had run into a wall when exploring the weakest human country, which made her feel a little nervous and sensitive.

After listening to Xiaodi's explanation, he felt that there was a possibility that Sebastian would betray him, but it was not high.

"Demiurge, based on your opinion, what should we do now?"

Bone King asked in a testing tone.

Demiurge had a calm smile on his face, thinking that the Supreme One must have thought of a countermeasure long ago, and this was a test of my ability!

He thought for a few seconds before speaking, "It seems that there are still some people or forces lurking in the other world that pose a threat to Nazarick. In the absence of much intelligence, we should first let Nazarick lie dormant, and then send out renewable scouts into the world to gather intelligence. Once we understand the enemy's specific strength, we can formulate a strategy and defeat them with lightning speed."

“Demiurge! Are you going to make Ainz-sama and us retreat into hiding?”

Shalltear spoke, with dissatisfaction in her arrogant expression.

"This is indeed inappropriate. Sebastian is our companion and should not be left alone."

Cocytus also spoke up, obviously feeling that playing defensively was not the style of a warrior.

"I... I think what Demiurge said makes sense... But is it really okay to leave Sebastian alone if he's imprisoned?"

Mare spoke timidly while hiding behind his sister.

"It's rare that I agree with Shalltear. I think hiding would undermine the dignity of the Supreme Being."

Aura spoke up.

Seeing that all the guardians had expressed their opinions, most of them thought that Demiurge's strategy was inappropriate, and Bone King also had a headache.

A flash of green light forced him to calm down. He raised his pale hand bones and signaled everyone to stop.

Upon seeing this, Albedo immediately tapped her scepter, signaling the guardians to listen to the Supreme's speech.

"Demiurge."

Bone King's voice was low and majestic, but he was a little flustered and confused inside.

"My subordinate is here."

Demiurge quickly knelt on one knee, looking obedient and ready to obey orders.

"Your plan is sound, and perhaps the best one, but as I just heard, you ignored the human heart."

Bone King thought for a moment and said, "Sebastian is a part of Nazarick, and was created with great effort by my best friend Takimi. In my heart, he is like my dearest child. No matter what the truth behind his disappearance is, we cannot leave him alone."

Demiurge looked as if he was being taught a lesson. “That’s right, Ainz-sama.”

"Therefore, I have decided to deal with this matter seriously. Nazarick will enter the highest level of alert from today. After we have obtained the intelligence, we will begin the battle to retake Sebastian."

Bone King spoke with determination. He had just listened to the voices of the guardians and felt the warmth of home.

Even if all his guild friends are gone, the NPCs created by these friends are like his children. How could he give up Sebastian?
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

Albedo questioned Bone King with her eyes, and the door was opened only after Bone King nodded.

After entering, the head maid bowed respectfully, then reported, "Lord Ainz, we have the latest intelligence. Sebastian has appeared in the Silan Theocracy, and he is suspected to be serving a powerful human. Based on the intelligence we collected before the Theocracy, we speculate that there may be traces of players in the Theocracy."

After hearing the report from the head maid, Demiurge's eyes lit up, and when he looked at Bone King again, his eyes were filled with endless admiration.

“As expected of you, Master Ainz!”

He couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, which made Bone King a little confused.

"Ah? Uh..."

Bone King hesitated to speak, and wanted to ask Demiurge what he had imagined, but he was too embarrassed to do so. Fortunately, Demiurge always had a strong desire to show off, and liked to interpret the "true meaning" of the Supreme Being for everyone.

He began to explain to the other confused Guardians, "It turns out that Lord Ainz has long seen through the truth of everything. When we investigated the Theocracy before, we found that this most powerful country of mankind was established by the Six Great Gods. The Six Great Gods are very likely to be 'players' like the Supreme Beings. So we cannot rule out the possibility that the Theocracy has world-class items."

He spoke like an elegant gentleman, "Since it has been confirmed that Sebastian was defeated by the strong man of the Human Kingdom, the mystery of the mysterious strong man in the kingdom has been solved, and Sebastian should not have rebelled, but was controlled by a world-class item."

As he spoke, he turned and looked at the Guardians, "Lord Ainz's supreme wisdom has already deduced everything. When he said that Sebastian might betray us, he was just testing our reactions."

At this point, he had a look of shame on his face. "It's a pity that I failed Ainz-sama's test. I actually doubted Sebastian's loyalty and made suggestions that might bring shame to the Supreme Being. I really deserve to die."

After saying this, he knelt on one knee in self-blame, as if he was apologizing to Bone King.

After hearing Demiurge's explanation, the other guardians also seemed to have suddenly realized something and all looked at Bone King in admiration.

Bone King opened his mouth, completely confused, and thought to himself that he had never thought of it this way!
But looking at the guardians' admiring eyes and their united morale, he didn't want to ruin the atmosphere, so he could only nod and said, "Yeah... you're right."

Demiurge immediately lowered his head even lower, "Please punish me, Ainz-sama."

Bone King was a little distressed, thought for a while and said: "It's not your fault, get up, your strategy does make sense, think about other possibilities when you consider problems in the future."

Seeing how compassionate and generous Ainz-sama was, Demiurge was moved and admired him again. "Please allow me to follow and learn from you. If I can learn even a little bit of your wisdom, I will benefit from it for the rest of my life."

Bone King couldn't stand Demiurge's flattery and cleared his throat awkwardly, "Well, everyone understands, this is how it is, so we have to prepare to attack the Silian Theocracy next."

The new news, coupled with Demiurge's interpretation, made Bone King feel relieved.

Now it seems that Sebastian was most likely controlled by a world-class item. With his knowledge of the game, he instantly thought of the function of a certain world-class item that could control the NPC, exactly.

Then there is a solution to the problem. As long as Sebastian is killed and he can be resurrected by spending gold coins in the guild, it will be possible for Sebastian to return to his camp.

The reason why it is possible is that he has never obtained the world-class item "Turning Across Nations", but he has seen some information on the official website in his previous life.

Without having practiced it, he didn't know whether the control buff would be reset if the NPC was killed and then resurrected. After all, that was the ability of a world-class item, and it might not be able to be removed even after rebirth.

But no matter what means the other party used, he was now certain that Sebastian did not rebel voluntarily, but was forced by others.

He couldn't tolerate that and had to rescue Sebastian.

…………

When the fighting spirit in Nazarick was rising, Lu Li was in the imperial capital of the Bahas Empire, sitting in the VIP seat of the arena, eating fruit and watching the game.

"Mr. Lu, is what you said true?"

The young man, dressed elegantly and wearing a golden crown, spoke respectfully with a hint of surprise, but there was not much joy on his face.

Gilkenifer Rune Farod El, the emperor of the Baharus Empire, is also known as the Blood Emperor.

He is currently the most charismatic monarch in the human world. As a ruler, he possesses extraordinary wisdom and behavior that is in line with a king's status. When he ascended the throne, he purged the nobles in the country, and thus was known as the "Blood Emperor".

Two days ago, the empire was invaded by a large army of monsters. The empire's chief court magician, also known as the strongest human magic caster, Fruda Paradai, tried his best but was unable to resist.

Even though he released the sixth-level magic that most humans believed was impossible to release, he was still powerless to resist the tide of monsters.

Just as the imperial army was losing ground and Fruda's magic was powerless to save the situation, a mysterious human warrior appeared and killed tens of thousands of monsters with just one blow.

The mighty thunder from heaven descended upon the world, like a legendary god, making people feel awed.

The chief magician Fruda was ecstatic after seeing Lu Li. He thought he had witnessed the truth and saw the end of the path of magic. Without caring about his status, he worshipped the man who was like the god of thunder on the spot, hoping that he could reveal some knowledge of the path of magic to him.

The mysterious strong man was naturally Lu Li. After clearing out the goblins in the kingdom, he teleported to the border of the empire and killed all the monsters and explorers.

This is how we see the scene before our eyes.

As a capable monarch, the Blood Emperor was of course resistant to being ruled by Lu Li, but when he saw that the strongest religious nation had already knelt, he had no choice but to follow suit.

After all, a good death is worse than a miserable life. He also knew that if he died because of reckless resistance, the only ones who would be hurt would be his subjects.

So he planned to pretend to be nice and agree to follow Lu Li's instructions first, and then observe the situation.

But today when Lu Li came to the empire, he told him a shocking news.

"Would you like me to repeat that?"

Lu Li took a bite of the apple and swallowed the flesh. "I said, I want to form a united human empire, with the Bahas Empire as the leader. You will be the emperor of all mankind in the future. I am not going to interfere in your internal affairs. I only ask you to govern the human race well."

The Blood Emperor was somewhat confused after listening to Lu Li's words. He did not understand at all what benefit Lu Li would gain from doing these things.

He originally thought that he was going to be a puppet, but now it seems that even if he is a puppet, he will be a puppet of the human king level, and he will rule all the territories of the human world!
"But...how could the Theocracy, the Kingdom, and the Holy Kingdom agree to such an outrageous proposal?"

The Blood Emperor expressed his doubts and confusion, "Dear Mr. Lu, why did you choose me?"

Lu Li raised his eyelids and looked at the Blood Emperor, "They will agree. I will give them a reason they can't refuse. I chose you because I think you have the most foresight in the overall situation."

He stood up and stretched. "First of all, you are only the emperor of the United Empire, not to mention the Theocracy. The kings of other countries are theoretically just your vassals, and you can't interfere in their territories in the short term."

This matter that Lu Li came to do was also proposed by Chu Chu. It would be difficult to manage if human countries fought each other.

Since there is such a strong external force like him, we might as well integrate them together. Even if it is a united empire in name only, it is better than fighting each other.

Due to communication and transportation issues, it is impossible for the Blood Emperor to directly rule all the lands. Therefore, the royal families of various countries actually still enjoy a certain degree of sovereignty, but their direct superior has changed from Lu Li to the Blood Emperor.

(End of this chapter)