It didn't take long for

A huge dragon with pale reddish and golden dragon scales flew out from the majestic mountain peak.

Fly out of the vast plateau in the distance.

'Whew...'

The sound of the wind passing by is in my ears,

Smaug struggled to recall his thoughts as he flew.

He slept for a long time.

It was so long that he couldn't remember it for a while.

The last time there was a town inhabited by humans was in which direction.

So, Smaug could only choose a random direction and fly blindly.

There is no specific destination anyway.

'Whew...'

Smaug's massive figure climbed rapidly upwards over the gloomy, dry and cold plateau.

Winter in Middle-earth is extremely cold on the ground, let alone in the sky where the cold wind is howling.

Smaug, who had just woken up from his slumber,

Dressed in a beautiful and majestic dragon scales of light red and gold, he walked through the sky and the wind was rushing, soaring wantonly.

I didn't feel the slightest chill.

On the contrary, he turned back several times in the sky with great interest, looking at the pale red and golden dragon scales on his body, which were as beautiful and mighty as gold.

The smugness in his eyes was palpable.

This is also the origin of one of the many titles of Smaug, 'Golden Smaug'.

He may not be the strongest dragon in Middle-earth, but he must be the prettiest and most powerful.

Smaug had always thought so.

Just as Smaug soared through the sky,

He also quickly flew out of this large and inhabited crimson plateau.

And just like that, it didn't take long,

In Smaug's eyes, a small gathering place of human civilization appeared in sight.

Smaug turned around without hesitation and flew straight to the gathering place below.

......

Lonely Mountain,

Inside the Underground Kingdom Treasury.

Ainz was curled up under a hill of gold, gemstones, jade, and other treasures, sleeping quietly.

Since the occupation of the underground kingdom of the dwarves of Turin,

Except for a few times when Avent slept directly in Afra and Suthea's bed,

Spent most of the night sleeping among the vast treasures of this vast treasure trove.

Maybe it's the nature of the dragons,

Let Ainz sleep in this treasure place can feel extra comfortable and comfortable.

Then

"Whew..."

A long, thick breath suddenly came from the gold gem.

Then there was a metallic noise,

A large, sky-blue, hideous head protruded from the pile of gold and gems.

'Whew..."

A thick snort erupted from the face of the hideous head.

Ainz opened her large sapphire blue pupils,

Looking at the treasure trove that shone with a faint golden hue in a few firelights, he was a little silent.

Since the capture of the dwarven kingdom of Irub more than a month ago,

Ainz had been trying his best to keep his legion moving around quickly.

Whether it's for the captured dwarves, rebuilding a large number of weapons and equipment day and night,

It is still necessary to spend a lot of money to make the intelligence system as fast as possible, to find out the situation in the entire Middle-earth, to ensure that you know the opportunity before the enemy arrives and be prepared.

Or let the legendary elves under his command hurry up and train a group of monster archers.

Finally, there is the forced birth plan promulgated by himself: let the monsters under his command mate to death and live to death!

It's all about dealing with the crises that may come to this world, and for the sake of better survival in this Middle-earth.

However, I don't know if it was the strong strength shown by the army under his command that quickly defeated the dwarf Irub.

Or is it their own existence that deters some potential enemies.

After conquering the underground kingdom, Ainz ushered in a golden short buffer period and began to get on the right track.

After more than a month of full operation,

The various weapons and equipment created by the dwarves captured by Ainz have successfully equipped the elite troops of nearly 2,000 monsters under his command with suitable weapons and armor.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of this elite monster army has increased by at least several times!

It's like two creatures of the same height and strength fighting fiercely, one holding a sharp weapon and the whole body armor;

The other side is still bare-handed, so the consequences of the two sides fighting are obvious.

With such a group of elite troops, Anzi's mind is also a lot easier.

After all, war can't always be fought by Anz alone.

Otherwise, what would he do with the trouble of pulling up such a large legion?

As for Ainz himself, after the reward enhancement of the last fate card, his strength has naturally increased a lot compared to before.

Not only mastered the flame breath against a large number of army sharp weapons;

Even Ainz himself has been strengthened several times with 'lightning breath', and it has finally been revealed!

It seems to verify that the accumulation of equivalent changes to a certain extent will eventually cause qualitative changes!

Now the number, distance, and thickness of the lightning that Ainz breathed were far more powerful than those that he breathed before.

This is something that Ainz did not expect at all.

And half a month ago, when Ainz drew Smaug's quest from the Destiny card.

Knowing that this battle was inevitable, he went to consult the maid Susia.

It took a few days,

After learning the two high-level spells in Suthia's hand that are quite suitable for you,

In recent times, Ainz has been practicing the spells he has mastered repeatedly.

The strength is also growing steadily.

......

'Whew...'

Except for the big and small things that have been sorted out in the recent period,

Ainz calmly looked at the long-burning torch in the distance.

Suddenly it thought: "Maybe the dwarves of Turin didn't expect that Irub had perished, and this torch could still burn so peacefully!" ”

Shaking his head, Ainz stood up.

'Whoa, whoa, whoa! ’

Then there was a crisp and pleasant sound of treasure.

Ainz strode out,

He's going to inspect his newest archer unit today.

A few days ago, the legendary elf Krichens had spoken to Anz.

It's just that at that time, Ainz was on the verge of practicing spells.

Now that he was proficient in using the spells he had mastered, his interest in practicing them quickly diminished.

Ainz plans to go and see now how effective the archers he ordered a month ago to be trained by the legendary elf Klitschs are doing.

Thinking of this, Ainz spread his huge wings and soared into the air.

"Whew..."

A huge blue shadow burst out of the underground kingdom and quickly flew towards the lonely mountain behind the kingdom.

Klitschs placed the training site for the monsters on the Great Lonely Mountain above the Underground Kingdom.

It turned out that the dwarves of Turin relied on the secret passage to escape, and they were also ordered by Ainz to dig it open.

It becomes another path from behind the lonely mountain to the underground kingdom.

It was through this cave that the monsters and Klitschs who were chosen as archers entered and exited the Lonely Mountain.

It's just that the hole is wide enough for Ainz's body to pass.

But Ainz never walked through it except once when he was first chiseled.

For him, such openings, unless necessary.

Otherwise, with the pride of the blue dragon and the posture of a powerful master,

Ainz must have disdained to go!