Chapter 573: Nazarick Sightseeing
Chapter 573: Nazarick Sightseeing
Inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the former prosperity has withered, the pride on the monsters' faces has been crushed, and the air is filled with a dead smell.
Between the thrones at the lowest level, Ainz Ooal Gown sat on the throne, looking at the empty hall in a daze.
He had not tried to move to the Great Tomb of Nazarick these days, because the target here was too big and difficult to hide. Besides, Lu Li had already taken away so many of his guardians, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that there were a thousand ways to find the Great Tomb.
The two wars have caused the death or injury of all the high-end combat forces of the Great Tomb. Bone King is filled with grief and despair, as well as a sense of powerless anger.
He didn't want to give up and wait for death so easily, but he really couldn't figure out how to defeat the God of War who seemed like a bug product.
Thirty or forty peerless masters from the Commentary Country, together with the top strength of the Great Tomb and a bunch of world-class props were all defeated by Lu Li. What else can he do now?
"Supreme One, it is not time to give up yet. The Great Tomb of Nazarick will never admit defeat!"
Someone below noticed Ainz's depression and spoke up.
Bone King looked down and saw that the person who spoke was his silly middle school son Pandora. In the final battle, Lu Li was distracted, giving him the opportunity to retreat, thus saving the last guardian.
Others, such as the special NPC Lubeddo, were also taken away by Lu Li.
Now, in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the only level 100 NPCs left are the little maid Olaille from the Sakura Sanctuary, the NPC Pandora he created, the newly resurrected Nigrid, and Gao Kangda, who was repaired and reconstructed by him.
There are many high-level monsters in the layout of each floor, but Bone King feels that they are okay to deal with ordinary players, but they are too powerless to deal with Lu Li.
"Yes, Lord Ainz, we still have world-class items, as well as those on the eighth floor. Even the God of War wouldn't dare to attack us easily, right?"
Oliel wanted to cheer Ainz up, but by the end, even her own voice sounded a little weak.
"World-class props..."
Ainz murmured to himself that he did have a few world-class items.
Hundreds of millions of blades, a map of mountains, rivers and the country, the throne beneath him, the cup of Hygieia held by Olaire, and a piece of hot stone.
But the problem is that the Hundred Billion Blades and the Map of Mountains and Rivers are in CD status. The item is useful when you have an advantage or a balance of power, but it is useless to trap the enemy when you are at a disadvantage, and may even be a gift.
The throne is only a world-class item for protecting the stronghold. It can completely block any intelligence reconnaissance spells from the outside world on the great tomb. Apart from that, it does not have any powerful defensive or enemy-killing effects.
The Cup of Hygieia is a world-class resurrection item. With this item, you can resurrect targets in batches within a certain range. Regardless of whether the target has been killed by a world-class item, it can be resurrected with this item.
Again, this world-class item is very useful in a back-and-forth battle, and can even save people killed by the Saint Slayer's Spear. But this thing is useless against Lu Li, and it is still in a cooling state.
The last thermal stone is a world-class item that can be obtained repeatedly as long as you know how to get it. Ainz's guild once used it to create Lubed, but the one in his hand now cannot change the situation of the battle.
After all, he has traveled to another world now, and he doesn't know how the thermal stone can make a request to the operating company. If it is used to create a new NPC, he doesn't know what kind of NPC can defeat Lu Li.
After all, Lubedo, who was created when their guild was at its most prosperous, was hacked to death by Lu Li with just a few swords.
While he was deep in thought, an alarm suddenly sounded outside the Bone King's throne. This was a warning that would only occur when the Great Tomb of Nazarick encountered a high-intensity invasion.
Bone King's thoughts were interrupted and he felt inexplicably anxious. As soon as he looked up, he saw Narberal from the Pleiades rushing in.
"Lord Ainz, this is bad! The God of War is here to attack us!"
Nabe spoke in a hurried tone, not as calm as usual. Normally, she was not the one to deliver reports and messages, but the Great Tomb was now lacking in talent, so she was the only one responsible for delivering messages and serving Lord Ainz.
When Bone King heard this, his heart tightened, but then he inexplicably calmed down.
What is coming will come sooner or later, and his anxiety and fear now will be of no use. As a top player, all he can do now is to face the battle and try to defeat the enemy with his wisdom.
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On the first floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Lu Li saw the scene inside the tomb for the first time in reality and found it very magical.
It is said that this is a large underground tomb, like an underground city, but in fact Lu Li feels that the space inside is different from what it appears from the outside.
Even if the large tomb is dug out from the outside, it does not look very large, but the space inside is very vast, like an alien space.
"Xiaodi, where is your Happy Ranch? Let me see."
Lu Li walked in front and asked the guardian who came with him.
When Demiurge was called, his heart inexplicably tightened, but he still faithfully led Lu Li and others there according to the controlled characteristics of his Impure World Body.
After visiting Xiaodi's Happy Ranch, not to mention Lu Li, even Sebastian and the guardian of Sky City who followed Lu Li frowned.
“What a bad taste.”
Albedo also made a brief comment. Although her stance was towards evil, she also felt uncomfortable with Demiurge's experimental field.
"What did your former owner think of your Happy Ranch?"
Lu Li asked Demiurge, wanting to hear the truth.
"In reply to the War God, Lord Ainz approved of my actions and praised my research results."
Demiurge said this honestly. In his opinion, there was no point in lying. When he mentioned the relationship between Lord Ainz and his subject, his face was filled with glory.
Lu Li was silent for a moment. The next moment, he drew out the magic prisoner from his waist and cut off Xiao Di's head with one knife. "I don't know if this is a reward for you, but I will let you go free."
It is obviously impossible for the Impure World Body killed by the Zanpakutō to be resurrected, and Lu Li himself is the caster. After one slash of the sword, Xiao Di's head rolled to the ground with a gentleman's smile on his face before he died.
Albedo looked at Demiurge's body which was beginning to turn into ashes with some envy. She wanted so much to be free and no longer be enslaved by this devilish man in front of her.
Under the leadership of Albedo, the former chief guardian of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Lu Li had unimpeded access to the tomb.
Interestingly, these guardians had been killed by him and turned into Impure World Forms, but according to the recognition mechanism of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, they were still members of the Great Tomb.
To the extent that, Albedo even has the authority of the Guardian Chief, and can move freely in all levels.
This phenomenon did not disappear until they reached the third floor. Apparently, the Bone King noticed something was wrong and cancelled the access rights of all the guardians. As Lu Li had thought before, the power of the Great Tomb was not enough to pose a threat to them. This was just a sightseeing tour.
Along the way, apart from giving Demiurge his freedom, he did not take any other action, leaving everything to the guardians to deal with, and then he killed the remaining troops of the Great Tomb and routed them.
Because Lu Li's justice and fear scores were almost reaching 10,000 points, and the contract required him to pass the level as soon as possible without any delay, he had no intention of leisurely teasing King Bone.
"Kill them all, straight to the throne room."
When Lu Li gave the order, endless black thunder surged out, directly clearing out the monsters on the sixth floor, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.
"Yes, I will follow your orders."
The guardians responded and rushed forward like a bulldozer.
If this guardian's power were placed in the previous World Tree game era, it might not be a big deal for the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
But now the Great Tomb of Nazarick is losing its talents, and the attack was led by guardians who were most familiar with the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and they fought their way to the eighth floor without encountering any resistance.
"Master Martial God, we need to pay more attention on this floor."
Sebastian reminded Lu Li, "Those on the eighth floor are very troublesome."
"Those ones?"
Lu Li looked at Sebastian speechlessly, "Are there any outsiders here? We are going to bulldoze it. Can we not have the Riddler?"
Sebastian nodded and explained respectfully, "Master War God, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to be a riddler. It's just that according to the rules of the Great Tomb, the 'those' on the eighth floor can only be described as 'those'. This has become our habit, mainly the result of Master Ainz being too cautious during the World Tree Game era."
He continued at the entrance to the eighth floor, "The eighth floor is a little special. It was created by the Supreme Beings in a not-so-glorious way, which was considered a bug. It was once reported by other players, so the Supreme Beings in the game will try to avoid keywords to avoid being dealt with by the game operators."
Lu Li suddenly realized that this was because he was afraid of being censored, so he always used "those" to describe the eighth floor. "Then what exactly is the effect of the eighth floor?"
"People who are not from the Great Tomb of Nazarick will be forced to have a bunch of negative statuses when they enter the eighth floor. Specifically, they will be banned from healing, unable to be resurrected, unable to use items other than world-class items due to being silenced, all status debuffs (about 30% reduction in ability), 30% reduction in all damage, and 50% reduction in all resistances."
Sebastian mentioned a series of terms related to the World Tree Game, which made people feel overwhelmed.
The explorers from Sky City also looked at the guardians of Nazarick in surprise, their eyes seemed to be saying, "You are so dirty."
Obviously, although Sky Castle is the number one guild in the World Tree game, it is still not as rich and has dirty tactics as the Great Tomb of Nazarick. At least they didn't create this kind of buggy inter-layer.
It is obvious that this kind of forced negative status area on the eighth floor is unreasonable in the game. Normally, the guild’s defense stronghold cannot be built like this. God knows how Ainz and others did it. No wonder some players reported Ainz’s guild after reaching here.
"That sounds interesting."
However, after listening to Sebastian's explanation, Lu Li just smiled indifferently and took the lead to walk into the eighth floor of the Sakura Sanctuary.
Different from the previous style of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, for a moment Lu Li thought he had come to a paradise on earth. This level of the Great Tomb was extremely beautiful, with cherry blossoms blooming everywhere, and the wind blew the cherry blossoms down on people's faces.
However, the murderous intent that was the opposite of beauty also came along, and various negative states appeared on Lu Li, causing his strength to decline greatly.
Well, in the state of Shura Jue, his comprehensive attributes have dropped by two points, which is really terrible.
“It seems that Master Ainz is ready for battle…”
Albedo felt relieved as she sensed the negative state that was being suppressed upon her, and she even admired the Supreme Being that she loved.
At this critical moment, Ainz Ooal Gown did not forget to mark the guardians as enemies, allowing the negative effects of the Sakura Sanctuary to take effect on them.
“It’s a beautiful place, but I hate it here.”
Lubedo spoke up. She had often been trapped on the eighth floor before and was restricted by the Supreme Beings from going out. When she was under the Bone King, she naturally would not express her dissatisfaction, but now that she had become a dog of the God of War, she didn't care about expressing her innermost thoughts.
"Really, Lubedo? It turns out you still can't forgive me."
At this time, a voice sounded from the cherry blossom forest in front, and the majestic figure of the Bone King walked out of the forest, moving forward with a gust of cherry blossom wind.
Bone King looked at the other guardians, "It is my fault that things have evolved to this point. I apologize to everyone."
As he spoke, he bowed deeply, causing many guardians controlled by Lu Li to burst into tears.
“Ainz-sama…how could this be possible?”
"Lord Ainz, this is not your fault. It's our fault that we were too weak to defend your dignity."
“Lord Ainz~”
"..."
The guardians of the Great Tomb of Nazarick were deeply moved and spoke from the heart one by one, but they soon shut up again because they were strictly controlled by the Impure World Reincarnation and could no longer speak freely.
Bone King felt even more sad when he saw this scene, but he did not continue talking to the guardian. Instead, he turned his gaze to Lu Li, "We have different positions. I am an undead, a representative of the Alien Tomb. I kill humans, just like you kill us. It is understandable. Now that things have come to this, let's fight."
As he spoke, he raised his arms and took the lead in using world-class props.
The Map of Mountains, Rivers, and State covered the sky and howled over the cherry blossom forest. Because the world's protection had been lifted, the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and State was particularly useful at certain times.
After thinking about it, Bone King felt that this thing was useless to Lu Li, but he could take in other guardians. In this way, he could buy him a lot of time, and at least he wouldn't be beaten up by the guardians.
The guardians were taken into the Map of Mountains and Rivers and the State one by one and were unable to resist. This is the power of a world-class item.
In the painting scene corresponding to the Sakura Sanctuary, the guardians looked at each other, but soon strange expressions appeared on their faces.
Because there appeared a person next to them who shouldn't be in the map of the country.
(End of this chapter)