Chapter 1221: The Eve of the Storm | ̨ ̇꒳ ̇)?
When a bad little girl once again interfered in the war between the Demon Guide Kingdom and the Bahas Empire against the Dragon Kingdom, especially after the Dragon Kingdom openly expressed its intention to protect it, the Demon Guide King Anz your Gong, who had suffered another miserable defeat, finally stopped their crazy and bloody foreign expansion and conquest that lasted for nearly three months......
He had to stop, because, not long after the defeat of the Demon King Ainz your Gong from the Dragon Kingdom, he learned a great news:
Led by the Kingdom of Rie Estijah, the participating countries include the Holy Kingdom, the Deliberation Kingdom and the Dragon Kingdom's anti-black magic and their evil alliance meeting was held in the city of Ye Lantil and successfully concluded, under the auspices of the third princess of the kingdom who represented a certain white magic master attending the meeting, the four countries officially united and established an anti-black magic alliance and announced it to the outside world, the magic guide king of the magic country Anzi your Gongcai, who was not ready to start a greater conflict with a white magic guide for the time being, finally stopped their military operations in anger.
He had to stop, because he found that there was no place on this continent to bully anymore for him to attack and fight.
At this time, in less than three months, starting from the Lizardman Lake, to the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik, to the Kaz Plains, the former Slian Sect, and the Great Desert, all of them have been included in their Demon Guide Country, forming a new huge country! And if you count the territory of the allies (vassals) of the Bahas Empire, basically the evil alliance between the Demon Guide State and the Bahas Empire can be regarded as occupying nearly half of the land on this continent, and the other half is still in the hands of the Anti-Black Magic Alliance for the time being.
That's it......
This world, or rather this continent of this world, has begun to enter a stage of confrontation between polarization and strong alliances.
It's just that although the possibility of launching a large-scale war has been temporarily suspended between the two sides for various reasons, either because of fear or because of being frightened, the evil black demon king of the Demon Guide Country, Anzi Ul Gong, has never been at peace, and has been frantically carrying out various activities in various countries......
In the kingdom of Ryštijī, especially in the territory of the city of Îrántil, it is not uncommon to find the monsters of the Great Crypt forces of Nasalik during the day or night, and no one knows what they are doing, but it is not difficult for the people of the kingdom and the Anti-Dark Wizard Alliance to judge: the Wizard Kingdom and the Bajas Empire must be preparing for some kind of terrible action, or are they actively preparing to start the next war?
So soon, the Anti-Dark Wizard Alliance also took action, began to deploy troops, dispatched elite troops and powerful heroes to the front line of Ye Lantil City, and tried to launch a military operation against the Wizard Kingdom and the Bajas Empire one day in the future as soon as possible, in the hope of completely ending the Dark Wizard King's reign of terror on this land?
Of course, no one knows when that day will come...... Maybe one day in the future, it will be the Dark Wizard King Ainz your Gong who will take the lead in launching an all-out war against the Dark Wizard Alliance.
Therefore, at this time, in addition to frantically scouting and spying on each other and conducting low-intensity confrontations and temptations at certain levels, higher-level confrontations or higher-intensity wars have not broken out for the time being, and the two sides are so tacitly maintaining the kind of peace that everyone knows will be very fragile.
For example, in the floating city above the city of Yerantir, the high-ranking officials and important figures of the Anti-Dark Wizard Alliance have gathered here and are meeting in a secret palace.
Sitting here at this time, there are the warrior captain Gejief representing the kingdom of Rystij, the second prince of the kingdom Zanak, the platinum dragon king representing the kingdom of Adrang, the humanoid platinum armor controlled by Chaindulux Whitesion, one of the thirteen heroes, and related representatives, the holy kingdom has the holy princess Culga Bezarez and the strongest paladin Remetios Castelldio and several others, and the black scale queen of the dragon kingdom who has become a human little loli is also impressive...... In addition to them, Lana Thierle Chardon Lyll Vanseff, the third princess of the kingdom who has been authorized to act on behalf of the 'White Wizard', has also been seated here.
‘?? ’
'Strange, hasn't His Excellency the White Magister come yet?' ’
'This...... It is said that she never attends such meetings, and in fact, she never manages any idle affairs, so she ......'
‘!! ’
'An important meeting between the Magus and the Bajath Empire, is that also a trivial matter?' ’
In fact, for His Excellency the White Magus, it is! ’
'This ......'
Seeing that an important person did not seem to be present, and I don't know who whispered it, and then soon, he was so refuted by the ruthless facts that he couldn't speak for a long time, and could only sit back in his seat stupidly.
'Alas......'
'Every time I see the floating city of Eluntiyu suspended above the city of Yerantir, I can't help but think of those things......
Time flies, in the blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed! ’
Now, the King of Eight Desires no longer exists, but there is an evil black wizard king Anzi Ul Gong who has caused trouble in the world, and I don't know how long this endless reincarnation will last? ’
After so many years, he was able to set foot on this floating city of Eluntiyu again, and looking at those familiar guardians and buildings, the beautiful empty shell armor controlled by the Platinum Dragon King couldn't help but sigh slightly, and began to remember everything from the beginning.
It's just that now things are wrong, and only two of the 'Thirteen Heroes' of the year are him, Rigrid and Rigred, and they can no longer take on the heavy responsibility of fighting evil...... And their powerful captain back then still rests under that castle, and he still says that he doesn't want to be resurrected by them...... All this, even if it is as strong as his platinum dragon king, what can he do except sigh?
'Lux ......'
'Everyone here should know that every 100 years on average, there will be a lot of passers-by in this world, this is an unavoidable thing, we have to get used to it...... But fortunately, this time it is a black and white double magician, at least it's not all bad, we still have the ability to resist, don't we? ’
On the other side, the captain of Nahara's 'Blue Rose', who was also one of the thirteen heroes, but this time it was the retinue of the third princess of the kingdom who participated in this meeting, and the powerful old woman Rigrid smiled and persuaded the platinum dragon king.
'Yes! ’
'Rigred, you're right, it's all bad, otherwise, the Slen Sect would be an example for us......
Hearing his old friend's ridicule, the Platinum Dragon King just shook his head slightly, and then stopped sighing, and sat silently in his seat, waiting for this meeting to begin.
'Huh! ’
'What about the Slens? I've heard that any of the places occupied by the Demon Wizard Country, such as the Kaz Plains, the cities where the Dragon Kingdom fell, and the tribes in the Great Desert, were not slaughtered by those monsters and then transformed into undead? ’
"That's right, our Dragon Kingdom is indeed full of those powerful undead monsters left behind by the Black Wizard, they are difficult to entangle, and there are some powerful necromancers who control them, and we have not been ......able to clean them up so far."
'Alas! Your Majesty the Black Scale Queen, don't worry about it yet, there will always be a way, compared to the destroyed Slian Sect, at least you still keep the capital and half of the land to the south for now, right? ’
"Yes, then thank you for your comfort, Second Prince......
'But everyone! ’
So far, millions or more of the living people have been brutally murdered and transformed into undead creatures, the purpose of the Dark Wizard King Ainz your Gong is already obvious, he is the enemy of all life, we must find a way to get rid of him and his Nasalik underground tomb as soon as possible, otherwise, what awaits us will only be a terrible doomsday!! ’
'But, Holy Princess, is there anything you can do? How do we do it? ’
'Take the initiative to attack, and we must not let their evil continue to grow in strength!!' ’
'Offense? ’
'What can be used to attack?' All of our soldiers together probably don't have as many of their undead, and most of them are not more powerful than their terrible undead, they are all high-level undead! ’
'But at least, we still have the White Wizard!!' ’
'Lady Anne has defeated the evil Dark Wizard Anz your Gong several times, but he is cunning and has been able to escape each time...... It can be seen that the other party is not easy to deal with! Just like last time, in the capital of the Dragon Kingdom, the other party lost an arm and could escape...... Thinking about the fact that the other party may have a lot of super-level spells and world-class props, I am afraid that it will not be weaker than the original King of Eight Desires! ’
'What then?' ’
'Shall we just wait and let him continue to act recklessly, turning all the living people of the Slen Sect into undead before attacking us?' ’
'This ......'
'It won't be long to wait, I'm afraid it won't be long before they attack, as you've all seen, their Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik has a way to transform and summon some powerful seventh-order death knights, as well as those undead lichs...... It's a nightmare enemy, and even without a Dark Wizard, our soldiers are no match for them! ’
'Huh......'
Then think of a way! ’
'What else can be done, according to me, to knock on the door now, anyway, it's close to the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik!' ’
'Humph! We can't easily break through their defenses, but they've built a lot of fortifications along the lines of Yarlantier! You've seen the giant war puppets, and they're using them to build walls.......
And that Karn Village, a small village of less than a hundred people, is also garrisoned by 5,000 heavily armored goblin legions, it's just mad!!' ’
'Alas......'
In this way, before the meeting began, everyone just talked aloud and said, but no one could think of an effective solution.
'That's it! ’
'Everyone! Now let's get down to business and start today's meeting! ’
At this time, the third princess of the kingdom who presided over the meeting, the acting lord of the city of Ye Lantier, that Lana Tier Chardon Layle Vanseff, seeing that the people had been arguing for a long time and did not seem to be able to say anything constructive, finally stood up with a smile and began her speech:
'We all know ......'
'The recent small actions of the Demon Guide Country have continued, and all kinds of monsters and methods of reconnaissance have almost been exhausted, and the actions of war are becoming more and more obvious...... Presumably, it is not far from them launching a new round of attacks, and we must act as soon as possible, otherwise, it may be us who will be eliminated in the near future! ’
'We don't have time, it's a war to the death, if we don't want to become that ugly monster, we can only fight back with our greatest strength!!' ’
Although she didn't have any power herself, the third princess of her kingdom, the agent of Ye Lantil City, still spoke to the powerful professionals or dragon kings present with great momentum.
'Hmm......'
'Sounds great, but what do you want to do, Your Highness Lana?' ’
At this time, the armor of the Platinum Dragon King asked very simply.
Of course, he also knew that the situation was urgent, and all the countries and people in this land were under threat from the Dark Wizard King Ainz Ul Gong, but there was nothing he could do to fight against the existence of such a powerful and terrifying army.
'Humph! ’
'It's simple, gather superior forces and powerful hero professionals, gather all the forces we can muster, and raid the Great Underground Tomb of Nassalik! ’
And the sooner you do, the better! ’
Otherwise, we will be in a very embarrassing situation! ’
Lana, the third princess of the kingdom, clenched her fists and said with some excitement on her face...... She never dared to imagine that she Lana Tieel Chardon Lyle Vanseph would have the historic day of leading and rallying the powerhouses of various countries to defeat the Dark Wizard King Ainz your Gong and save the world!
‘!! ’
'This ......'
'It's feasible, but there are their elite undead army and various guardians around the Nasalik Underground Tomb, and there is a large camp of nearly 300,000 troops of the Empire behind it, if we want to raid the Nasalik Underground Tomb, we must have several times their troops, but with such a big move, it is impossible to hide from the Dark Wizard King! ’
'Indeed......'
'Ainz your Gong is not a fool, that evil skeleton is cunning, and the demons under him who are equally powerful, plus that line of defense, this is not so good to raid......
"That's right, it's okay to mobilize troops to attack head-on, but it's not realistic to raid the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik like a sneak attack, and we can't hide it from those monster spies!" ’
'Hmm......'
'Is there anything else you would like to add, Your Highness Lana?' ’
At this time, listening to everyone's discussion, the Platinum Dragon King noticed that Her Royal Highness Lana, the third princess of that kingdom, still had a confident look on her face, as if she had thought of the things they were discussing? Therefore, he felt that the other party might have a way, so he hurriedly asked.
'Of course! ’
Ladies and gentlemen, I have taken your concerns into account before, because it is not an easy thing to do! However, what if we don't need to gather too many troops this time, and only use the forces of Floating City and Yar Rantir City? ’
Like a cunning little fox, Lana spoke her thoughts slowly.
‘!! ’
'W-Isn't that a little too forced?' ’
'Nonsense! There are only more than 100,000 elite coalition troops here in Ye Lantier City, even if you count the Floating City, it may be a bit dangerous to deal with the huge coalition army of the Demon Guide Country and the Empire......
'Yes, I'm afraid we won't even be able to touch the edge of the great underground tomb of Nasalik and will have to retreat! ’
'No! This is absolutely not good, it's too messy!! ’
I'm against it too! ’
'It's sending you to death!' Although we all know that we must take action against the Wizard Nation and the Bajas Empire as soon as possible, we can't do this nonsense! ’
That's right! ’
‘……’
Soon, everyone discussed loudly, and unanimously felt that Lana, the third princess of that kingdom, did not have a good suggestion, and even the platinum dragon king, who was still very interested just now, shook his head in disappointment, and was also not optimistic about the plan that was like nonsense.
'Everybody......
'Who said...... The army of the Bahas Empire must be on the side of the Demon Guiding Country?! ’
Syllable! Syllable!
'Come out! Renus! ’
Seeing that the reaction of the participants was exactly the same as she expected, Lana, who was still full of confidence, suddenly clapped her hands, signaling that one of the secret weapons she had been preparing for a long time could come out.
‘!! ’
'She's ......'
'Strange! Why is she here? ’
'Your Excellency Warrior Commander, do you know her?' ’
'Of course! ’
'Who is she?' ’
'Let's hear what Her Highness Lana has to say, what do you think?' ’
'Well, that's fine! ’
After whispering for a while, they looked at Princess Lana, who was still standing there with a smile and a smile, and guided the woman in a hooded blouse with a half-masked hairstyle to the middle of the room.
'Maybe some people already recognize the Messenger......
That's right! ’
She is Renus Rockbruce, one of the Four Horsemen of the Empire, also known as "Heavy Bombardment", and this time, she is here on behalf of the Bajas Empire and the Emperor! ’
Lana began to introduce the Courier's identity to some of the attendees who did not know the Courier.
‘!! ’
'Is that her?' ’
But, isn't she wanted by the Empire and removed from the Four Horsemen?! ’
"Before the appearance of the Dark Wizard King, I had heard many times about her, a woman who was one of the four horsemen of the Empire, and I knew some information about her, and I thought that her escape was a normal thing, but I didn't expect the truth to be like this......
In fact, this matter has been wanted by the empire before, and the high-level officials of the countries present who are more concerned about the intelligence of the empire naturally know about it, but they didn't expect that the other party would run away? Here in Lantil City, you were invited to the Floating City?
‘!! ’
'Hmm! ’
'That's a great opportunity!' ’
'yes......'
'Now, it's almost time to act, right?' ’
'Let's see what Her Highness Lana has to say?' ’
‘……’
After looking at each other for a while and discussing, everyone was shocked, and they also guessed some purpose of the other party's appearance here, and then they couldn't help but feel bursts of ecstasy in their hearts.
Because they know that some wonderful opportunities are finally starting to appear!
'Everyone! ’
'Lady Anne is also a little tired of the evil deeds of the Dark Wizard King, and she doesn't want the other party to turn this world into a realm where only the dead remain, so everyone, this is our best and last chance! ’
And that's why I invited you here in the Floating City! ’
Here, we can ensure that the content of our conversation will not leak out, and that we can ensure the maximum privacy and suddenness of our actions! ’
We can't afford to wait any longer! ’
Seeing that there seemed to be no objection from the crowd, Her Royal Highness Rana Tiye Chardon Lyll Versave, the third princess of the kingdom of Rystij, known as the 'Golden Princess' and at the same time representing a certain 'white magician' who did not do anything, began her formal speech, stating her plan and making a series of demands to the attendees.
No one knew what the attendees in the palace of Eluntiyu above the floating city had said that day, and they never left, but secretly sent someone to bring a powerful heroic professional and a trustworthy high-ranking adventurer to the city of Ye Lantil......
And just like that, a storm of the century that didn't spread began to brew here in the city of Yar Lantil......
At this time, a certain bad little girl is still wandering around the world, and as for a certain evil dark wizard King Ainz your Gong, it is natural that he is also in full swing transforming the undead army and spying on the intelligence of various countries, actively preparing one of his plans.