"I'm not a good leader."

Looking at the respectful-looking Guardian of the Hierarchy below, Ainz sighed inwardly as the enemy kidnapped Nabelar in front of him, undoubtedly slapping him hard.

Is he not cautious enough?

Or is the world too dangerous?

Thinking of this, the red light in Ainzi's eyes dimmed, if he hadn't believed in his own strength too much, Nabelar wouldn't have been taken captive.

Sure enough, he was not cautious enough, and after rescuing Nabelal, he would have to be more cautious when he went out.

"Lord Anz!"

Suddenly, a pleasant call rang out in Ainz's ear, pulling him back from his self-condemnation.

"What's wrong, Albede?"

Ainz looked up, and the Yarbede next to the throne lived up to his previous ease at the moment, and his beautiful face was full of solemnity.

"There's something wrong with Nabelal."

"What!"

Hearing this, Ainz opened his mouth wide in shock, and a green light lit up from him.

He didn't doubt Albede's words, as Albede was the head of the Guardians of the Great Crypt of Nasalik, responsible for managing a total of seven Guardian NPCs.

In other words, she is the character above all the NPCs in the Great Underground Crypt of Nasalik.

Because of this, she can also roughly feel the state of all NPCs.

Thinking of this, Ainz sitting on the throne looked solemn and chanted the prescribed code words.

"Turn on the mains power."

In the blink of an eye, a somewhat console-like but distinctly translucent window opened before Ainz's eyes.

The window is divided into several pages by labels, and the pages are filled with dense text, which is the management system inside the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik.

It contains a list of the cost of managing the day, the types and numbers of servants that are currently being served, and the various magic-type trap devices that are being activated.

In the game "YGGDRASIL", it can be watched anytime and anywhere, but Ainz knows through experiments that this system can only operate in the Throne Hall in the heart of this world.

After opening the console, Ainz skillfully opened the NPC tab page inside.

This page contains a list of NPC names created with guild members.

After changing the display from the original katakana order to the rank order, Ainz browsed the list from top to bottom until he saw Nabelal's name.

“……”

After a few seconds of silence, Ainz silently shifted his gaze to Albede's face.

Albede's face was not very good-looking, because of the list of names displayed in white text, only Nabelal Gamma's name turned black.

After watching it three or four times, Anz was sure that he was not dazzled, and he couldn't help but say in his heart that it was impossible, if he could still make an expression now, he must have shown a shocked expression now.

"Yes...... Dead? ”

Ainzi, who couldn't help but feel pain in his heart, asked Albede with some reluctance.

He was looking forward to it in his heart, maybe it was because of the unknown changes in the system that had occurred through another world that the colors would be wrong.

However, the truth of Albede's words is extremely cruel: "When you die, the words disappear and turn black...... This means betrayal. ”

"...... said Yes. ”

ANDZ REPLIED SULLENLY, RECALLING THE CHANGE HE HAD SEEN IN "YGGDRASIL", WHICH, ON REFLECTION, WAS NOT SO MUCH A BETRAYAL, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE SYSTEM MEANT.

Broadly speaking, it may resemble betrayal, but it is the result of a third party's mind control, and if an enemy causes an allied NPC to temporarily take hostile action, the name will change color.

So...... Nabelar suffered from mind control?

No way!

Anz couldn't help but deny it in his heart, obviously he was just kidnapped by the Wise King of the Forest, how could he be under mind control!

Could it be that the Virtuous King of the Forest is also mind controlled?

No, the slime-like appearance and the electromagnetic cannon that is more like technology than magic seem to tell that there is something wrong with the Forest Sage!

Isn't that the Wise King of the Forest?!

It was only at this moment that Ainz suddenly realized that something was wrong, and following his guess, Ainz suddenly looked at the dark elf girl below.

It was one of the twin guardians of the sixth floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik, Yaula Bella Fiora.

Before he left for Yah Lantier, he had given different orders to the various Guardians.

Among them, he instructed Yaula to explore and master the interior of the Great Forest, to determine if there were any creatures willing to submit to Nasalik, and to set up a warehouse of supplies by the way.

However, it is more correct to say that it is better to set up a warehouse than to set up an evacuation shelter.

If there is an emergency and you are unable to return to Nasalik, you can use the forest as a hiding place.

In addition, in order to avoid the exposure of Nasaryk, it is safer to have a substitute base, and of course, it can also be used as a warehouse to store various resources.

As for her to find out if there are any creatures willing to submit to Nassalik, she wants to see if she can level up faster, and how the world is leveled up, etc.

It is impossible for Yaura, who is carrying out these tasks, not to know about the existence of the monster King of the Forest.

Thinking of this, Ainz looked at Yaula and asked, "Yaula, do you know about the magical beast of the Forest Sage?" ”

"Yes."

Suddenly called, Yaula quickly knelt down and responded with the courtesy of a courtier, "I have gone to the forest to meet the forest king, but I have not communicated with him, but have only determined his location. ”

"So, Yaula, what do you think of the strength of the Forest Virtuous King?"

"Well......" Hearing this, Yaula thought for a moment and replied, "This Demon Beast of the Forest Sage King is very weak compared to my Magical Beast and has no value, but because it is a monster that I don't know, I have thought about subduing it." ”

And so it was!

At this moment, Ainz lit up with green light one after another, and under the effect of forcing not to panic, he confirmed again: "Yaura, since you have seen the Forest Sage King, does the other party have a body like a slime?" ”

Hearing this, Yaula shook her head: "No, I'm pretty sure it's just an ordinary four-legged beast, and it can't even beat any of the demonic beasts under my command." ”

Crunch!

Hearing this, Ainz squeaked the palm of his knuckle.

The clues were already so clear, how could he not guess that the kidnapping of Nabelar was not the Sage of the Forest at all, it was a creature he didn't know!

No!

That kind of thing can't be called a creature at all, without a heart, that is, death is invalid, and it is more like a dead thing to say that it is a living thing.

But how can a dead thing move?

Ainz was a little dazed for a while, no matter how he guessed, he couldn't imagine that the so-called forest sage king was actually a liquid robot.

After all, the appearance of electromagnetic cannons in the fantasy Middle Ages was already very unreasonable, and if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he couldn't think of robots at all.

But it doesn't matter what the Forest Wise King is, what matters is that Ainz knows that there is definitely a conspiracy in this!

The moment he saw that Nabelal's name was black, he almost lost his temper, but fortunately he was an immortal, and no matter how great his mental activity was, he would not show it on his face.

Now that he learns that Nabelar may be forcibly controlled, he must find a way to deal with it, and he must solve the problem as the absolute ruler of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarik.

A boss who can't come to the rescue of his subordinates when they are in trouble, and who puts on a great face, is not a qualified leader at all.

Thinking of this, Ainz looked back at Albede: "I thought of a possibility, in order to find out the whereabouts of Nabelal, let's go to your sister first." ”

"Yes, Lord Ainz."

……

At the same time, deep underground.

In the underground space excavated by the mercury hamster, Xia Yu looked at Nabelal, who was kneeling in front of him and pledged his allegiance to him, and nodded with satisfaction.

As expected, he can indeed forcibly enslave and control these NPCs through his mental power.

Now Nabelal has changed into his shape, and even the cognition in his head has been forcibly changed.

Unfortunately, friendly NPCs are under mind control, and the system in Nasalik's Great Tomb will immediately update the name situation, maybe now the Bone King already knows that Nabelal has rebelled.

Otherwise, he could have arranged for Nabelar to act as an undercover agent and eat away at Nasalik little by little.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu shook his head with some pity, but he was not too frustrated.

Now that the feasibility of enslavement has been confirmed, it seems that it is not impossible to snatch all of Nassalik's NPCs.

This bone king is really going to become a lonely old bone.

As for why he chose hostility when there was no conflict, he knew that hostility was inevitable.

Ever since Nasalik set world domination as his goal, there has been an irreconcilable contradiction between him and the Bone King.

Because he is human, and the members of Nasalik are generally alien races, and most of them look down on humans.

As for releasing goodwill and becoming a companion with the Bone King......

Forget it, if it's the Moe King, that is, the slime named Rimuru, he can still get along with the other party.

Because even if Rimuru becomes the Demon King, its confused and curious mentality and kind personality in daily life have not changed.

In other words, Rimuru is still the same Mikami Satoru he used to be, and even if he becomes a slime monster, he has not become evil.

But the Bone King is different, from the moment he crosses, the human named Satoru Suzuki has been slowly killed by an undead person named Flying Squirrel.

Not to mention the world in which Satoru Suzuki lived as a human or a dystopian world of the future, where the relationship between people became very cold, and almost all of them became selfish and selfish.

TAKIMI'S RIGHTEOUS PERSONALITY IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW, AND TAKIMI IS ALSO ONE OF THE PLAYERS WHO USED TO BE "YGGDRASIL", AND AT THE SAME TIME HE IS ALSO A COMPANION OF THE BONE KING.

Although he is in Nassalik, Taqimi has a strong sense of justice and has the view that "if you don't save the weak, you shouldn't call yourself strong".

Sebas Tien, the old butler with a Justice value of +500, is an NPC made by Taqimi, and the difference between Taqimi and the whole of Nasalik can also be seen from here.

If it was Taqimi instead of the Bone King, Xia Yu would not think about being an enemy of Nasalik, but would choose to befriend Taqimi.

But no, besides, he is not a fast wearer, he is a traverser, that is to say, after crossing into this world, he is equivalent to settling in this world.

However, because of an unintentional word, Dimiugos decided that they Nasalik wanted to conquer the world.

Xia Yu didn't want to live in a world ruled by evil aliens, so hostility was inevitable.

In the case of foresight, he naturally would not allow the world to be ruled by Nasalik, so he would come to deal with Nasalik and the Bone King.

Of course, he's not the kind of person who doesn't like to be ruled, he just doesn't like to be ruled by evil aliens, and if he were to join Rimuru's "Gula Turnpest Confederation", he would do anything.

Although Rimuru and Aimru are both alien monsters and have both been established, they are not the same after all, Ainz built the country for invasion, and Rimuru built the country for protection.

"Alas, I don't know if I've crossed over to the world of the Moe King, I really want to go over there to have a look."

Xia Yu sighed a little melancholy, but quickly came back to his senses, and now enslaved Nabelal, just to ask the question that the Bone King had asked.

"Nabelal, what do you think humans are?"

"Human?"

Kneeling on one knee, Nabelar looked up, thought for a moment, and then replied: "Although human beings have inferior roots, they have also created many beautiful and unique things, and I think human beings are creative beings. ”

Hearing this, Xia Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, although he didn't reach the excellent answer in his heart, but at least above the passing line, it was a good answer.

At least it's much better than her former view that "humans are worthless waste", and it really has to be mind control.

A mind control at least gives Nabelal a +150 value for good and evil, and if all the NPCs in Nazarik's Great Tomb have positive good and evil values and no strange fetishes, why would he have to deal with the Bone King and Nazarik.

"By the way, do you remember Ainz your Kon?"

"Subordinates remember." Nabelal nodded and replied, "Lord Ainz was my former master, but now I already know that loyalty to Lord Xia Yu is a better choice. ”

"If you meet Lord Ainz, your subordinates will persuade Lord Ainz to be loyal to Lord Xia Yu, and only Lord Xia Yu is the true Supreme Supreme."

Well, if you really say this in front of Anz, even if Anz has the passivity of "forced calm", it is estimated that he will be directly angry.

It's so miserable, he kind of wants to laugh what to do.

Holding back a smile, Xia Yu suddenly pulled out a black robe from the chat group and draped it on his body, and then looked at Nabelal.

"Nabelal."

"The subordinates are here."

"I remember you were an eighth-rank magic bard, right? Teach me all the magic you know, and leave not a single one out. ”

Anyway, sooner or later, you will have to learn magic, and it's better to have someone teach than to learn it yourself.

Besides, studying underground doesn't affect others, and there is simply no better learning environment than this. (End of chapter)