The next day, early in the morning.

Rig walked down the street in poor condition as he listened to the lively conversation around him and headed in the direction of the Adventurer's Guild.

Faintly, Rig could hear words such as "The Pavilion of the Golden Light has been burned", "A mysterious chanter of magic manipulating the undead has appeared in the graveyard", and "There is an anomaly in the northern forest", causing him to appear indifferent on the surface, but there is a bit of muttering in the interior.

"I've been involved in all of these events."

single-handedly aroused the heated discussion of the entire Ye Lantil, and set off several incidents overnight, to a certain extent, he can be regarded as the root of all evil.

Thinking about such things, Rig came to the adventurer's guild, and it turned out that the adventurers here were discussing those things in the same way, so that the bulletin board where the order was posted was empty, and no one planned to take the job at all.

Rieger's arrival made the surrounding chatter a little quieter.

This is not only because Rig is recognized as a Mithril-level adventurer, the highest-level adventurer in the city of Ye Lantil Fortress, but also because according to rumors, the burning of the Golden Shining Pavilion has a lot to do with him.

Rig turned a deaf ear to such a sight, as if he had seen nothing, and went to the counter.

He didn't come to take on a job, but to get information.

The Golden Shining Pavilion was burned down, and what will happen to this matter in the future, the guild has not yet given an explanation.

On the other side of the cemetery, after Rige left last night, what happened to the city, he also wanted to know.

There is also the Northern Forest, I heard that the city that has detected the anomaly over there has entrusted the guild to send adventurers to investigate.

The follow-up of these incidents, Li Ge naturally could not know about it alone, so he could only come to the guild like this and ask the guild about it.

However, on his way to the counter, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him and stopped him.

Rig stopped and looked at the other man.

"Isn't this Your Excellency the Dark Warrior?"

He spoke calmly and suddenly, calling out the other party's origins.

It was Ainz who had driven back Ye Lantil and his battle maid Nabelal.

"What does he want to do?"

The surrounding adventurers noticed the movement and immediately began to discuss.

Especially when they saw Ainz in pitch-black and brilliant full-body armor, with a bronze medal hanging around his neck, but dared to stand in the way of Mithril-level adventurers, many of them showed gloating expressions.

If it's a normal day, Ainz may also pay attention to the place and pay attention to the reactions around him.

But today, he was full of pressure that only Rige could perceive, and a vague sense of restlessness.

“…… I have something to ask you. ”

Ainz suppressed the emotion in his voice and tried to say it in a calm tone.

"Yes."

Rige looked at Ainz like he saw a hooked fish, and he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.

"Let's go and talk in the room prepared by the guild."

There were several rooms on the upper floor of the guild, which were used as a place for adventurers and clients to conduct various discussions.

Riege told the counter lady that he needed a room and asked the counter lady to go down and prepare.

"Let's go."

“…… Well. ”

Rig walked upstairs with Ainz, and Jean Nabelar hurried to follow.

Soon after, the two of them came to a room that resembled a conference room, with a wooden table in the center of the room, and the same wooden chairs arranged along the perimeter of the table, which was extremely simple and could be used as a temporary place for conversation, which was enough.

“………”

As soon as he stepped into the room, Rig seemed to notice something, and his steps paused slightly.

Then, he continued to take a step as if nothing had happened, and sat down in a seat.

Ainz sat across from Riger.

Nabelar stood behind Ainz and was silent, except for the faint murderous intent in her eyes as she stared at Rige.

"Say it." As if he hadn't seen Nabelal, Rig let go of the superficial etiquette, and for the first time said to Ainz in an unceremonious tone, "What do you want to talk to me about?" ”

Such a change in attitude, or rather the outpouring of nature, not only made the murderous intent in Nabelal's eyes stronger, but also made Ainz frown non-existent.

In fact, if he could, Ainz didn't want to confront Rig directly like this.

He didn't want to expose too much in front of Rige, and he didn't want to be noticed too much by Rige, so if he could, it was his wish to maintain that kind of superficial friendship with Rige.

But this time, Ainz couldn't hold it back.

No way.

"Regarding the unusual movement that happened in the northern forest last night, I would like to ask your Excellency a few questions about this."

Ainz let his tone sound less hostile.

"Oh?" Li Ge raised his eyebrows and smiled, "So, you already know about that vampire being dominated by spirits?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ainz finally couldn't help but stand up.

"Sure enough, it's you!"

Nabelal was even more direct, and she pulled out the sword at her waist and was about to attack Rig.

"Stop!"

Ainz yelled at Nabelal.

"But ......"

Nabelal wanted to make a move, but was stared at coldly by Ainz.

"I said stop, it's an order."

Hearing this, Nabelal bit her lip and put away her sword very unwillingly.

Ainz took a deep breath at this time, even if the body that was already a skeleton didn't need to breathe at all, and he couldn't breathe, he still made this action to calm his mood.

Of course, the forced calmness peculiar to the undead also makes Ainz immediately suppress this part of his emotions every time he breeds too strong emotions.

As a result, Ainz was able to remain calm and sit down again in front of Rige.

"Is Your Excellency really a participant in this matter?"

Ainz said this in an unusually calm tone.

To this, Rieger just responded.

"Isn't it because you doubt me that you will confront me face to face like this?"

Rig smiled as if nothing had just happened.

"It's just a suspicion." "At least," said Anz calmly, "At least, among the people I know, only Your Excellency gives me the feeling that you can do such a thing, and the other is that I have reliable information to prove that Your Excellency was not in Ye Lantil last night. ”

"I see, that's why you suspect me?" Li Ge said without changing his face: "Okay, since you have said so, I have no need to hide it." ”

"Last night, I did fight the vampire on the other side of the forest."

"But don't get me wrong, I'm not the one who dominates her spirit."

Riege's words, let alone Nabelal, even Ainz didn't believe it.

But his attitude was so calm, so Nabelal left it alone, and Ainz hesitated for a moment.

After hesitating, Ainz didn't discuss the matter any further, but asked a question that he cared about the most.

"Are you a player?"

Ainz actually made such an inquiry, which made Rieg stunned for a moment, and then laughed again.

"You're the second person to ask me that question." "But unfortunately, I'm not a player of yggdrasil. ”

You're lying.

Ainz wanted to shout so loudly.

I've already said the name "yggdrasil", how can I not be a player yet?

But Rieg threw out a sentence coldly before Ainz shouted this sentence.

"You don't think you're the only one in this world who is the player of 'Yggdrasil', do you?"

Such a sentence made the face that did not exist under Anz's helmet seem to freeze imperceptibly.

The amount of information revealed by Riege's words is still very large.

At the very least, Anz has to admit that his origin has been seen through by the other party.

"Don't think you're special, and don't think you're able to hide well." "In the past few hundred years, there have been many players who have come to this world from "yggdrasil", and you are just one of them. ”

"So, don't be surprised that you're seen through your origins, as long as you know the existence of "yggdrasil", anyone who knows the existence of the player will basically recognize your origin after meeting you."

"After all, the natives of this world are really not strong, and your strength itself falls in the eyes of those who are in the know, and it is simply the most conspicuous player proof, right?"

These words set off a lot of waves in Anz's heart.

It's not that he didn't think that there might be players other than himself in this world, and even a few people in his heart, but according to Rige, the connection between this world and "yggdrasil" seems to be deeper than he imagined.

"What is the connection between this world and yggdrasil?"

"Who else is YGGDRASIL besides me?"

"Why were we suddenly teleported into this world?"

Ainz threw these most essential questions at Riger.

This is perhaps the biggest doubt in the mind of any player from "YGGDRASIL", right?

Pity......

"These are all secrets of the world, right?"

Riger's remarks made Ainz understand what he meant.

“…… What do I have to give? ”

Ainz asked in a deep voice.

He knew that this might be his only chance to get into the secrets of this world.

If the connection between this world and "yggdrasil" is really deep, and there are many people in this world who are aware of the existence of the player, then you will have to change your course of action drastically.

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The importance of how the Great Tomb of Nasalik should gain a foothold in this world in the future is self-evident, so much so that Ainz has temporarily put the matter of Shatiya on the table.

In such a situation, Rieger spoke out.

"I said that, right? I have a side hustle as an intelligence merchant! ”

Rig held out a hand to Ainz.

"Details of magic."

"A rare magic prop."

"A rare treasure."

"That's all I want, it's up to you to see if you can afford it."