At noon, the sun was blazing.

The slightly hot light shone on the somewhat messy forest clearing, exposing the vampire girls in their dresses to the sunlight.

The beautiful girl stood under the scorching sun, her expression was dull, and her eyes were dull, which was enough to make anyone think that the other party was suffering from heat stroke.

But in fact, the girl's excessively fair skin not only did not even ooze a drop of sweat, but it did not even become a little bloody.

Shatia just stood there, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

"Sand ...... Sand ......"

It wasn't long before the sound of very subtle but real footsteps came from far and near.

Ainz walked slowly in front of Shatia.

As mentioned before, Ainz came to Shatiya to fight it alone.

"Is it finally about to start?"

Rig's figure appeared on a small hill in the distance at some point, looking at Ainz who was slowly approaching Shatia, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.

Of course, Rig is not the only one who has been waiting here for a long time, there are other beings waiting for him here.

"Alright, don't hide."

Li Ge didn't even look around, and spoke directly.

"Every time you have to hide near me, you won't get tired of it, right? Come out! ”

As soon as the words fell, around Riege, several figures appeared one after another after a beat.

Those are three beings who seem to have extremely individuality, and can even be said to be extremely individual.

They were located in front, to the left, and to the right, forming a triangular pattern, encircling Rig.

On the left is an alien that exudes a chilling aura.

It is 250 centimeters tall and huge, resembling a two-legged insect, with a blue body like ice, a tail twice as long as its height on its back, sharp spikes like icicles, and a silver halberd in both hands, like some kind of alien creature that has come to kill specially.

On the right is a demon who has had a relationship with Rige.

The oriental face, dressed like a gentleman in an English suit, but exuding an evil aura, with a tail covered in silver metal plates behind him, with six spikes at the tip of the tail and light black flames constantly shaking around him, all of these characteristics indicate that he is a real demon, not a person who looks like a demon.

As for the one in front, there is a warrior with obvious feminine characteristics all over his body.

Dressed in full-body armor that was pitch-black and spiky, it looked like a demon, metal gloves with claws on his hands, and a large axe with an ominous aura in one of his hands, telling others that although the warrior was a woman, he was somehow more dangerous than the other two.

These three beings, who didn't look like good beings no matter how they looked at them, appeared in front of Rig, staring at him tightly, and an unusually terrifying pressure filled the air.

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Under such pressure, Li Ge could still look as usual, but it gave others an abnormal feeling.

"You can afford me."

Riege's gaze swept over the insect warrior, the demon gentleman, and the axe-wielding warrior.

"Guardian of the Fourth Estate, Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik——— Kosetus."

"Guardian of the Seventh Order of the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik——— Dimiugos."

"Guardian of the Great Tomb of Nasalik——— Jarbede."

"It's really flattering to send three Guardians to me at once."

Hearing Rige's speech, which was completely inconsistent with the flat expression on his face, the three guardians of the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik all released murderous and hostile intent.

Obviously, Rige's arrival was most unwelcome from them.

"Rige Brihaut."

Albede was the first to speak.

She looked at Rig coldly, as if she might attack at any moment, and her every move was hostile.

"Although this is not my intention, since Lord Ainz has said that you can't be rude to you, we will naturally abide by it."

Immediately after Jarbede, Dimiugos spoke.

"You can watch the fight here, but for the safety of Lord Ainz, you can only stay here."

Dimiugos's tone was calm, and seemed to be much kinder than that of the overtly hostile Yarbed, but anyone who saw the darkness hidden in his eyes would know that he was no less hostile to Rig than Yarbed.

The last to speak was Cosettes.

"From now on, you can't take another step forward."

The insect king, who exuded a cold air, slammed the ground with the silver halberd he held in his hand.

Suddenly, the ground began to freeze, and the cold air began to spread outward, causing the entire small hill to gradually freeze.

"I see." Rig glanced at the small hill that turned into an iceberg, and smiled nonchalantly: "In other words, you were sent to spy on me?" ”

The three Guardians did not speak, seemingly acquiescing to Rigg's statement.

"I really like to worry about nothing." Li Ge suddenly said surgingly: "Don't worry, I'm just here to watch the battle today, and I don't have a second purpose other than that, and I won't take the opportunity to do anything as you imagined." ”

"I hope so." Albede moved his head under the helmet and said, "Of course, personally, I would like you to do something. ”

In that case, she would have a reason to do something to Rieger.

"If you wish, I can satisfy you when the battle is over." Li Ge raised his eyebrows, looked at Albede, and said, "How is it?" Do you want to try it? ”

"I can't ask for ......"

"Jarbede."

Just as Albede was about to take a sip, Dimiugos stopped her.

"Don't forget Lord Ainz's orders."

Hearing this, Albede was silent for a while, and then smacked his lips explicitly.

Seeing this, Rieg felt bored.

"Let's watch." He said, "It's going to begin." ”

Rige's words made Jarbede and the others involuntarily look in the direction of Anz and Shatia.

There, Ainz, who had moved to Shatia, had indeed begun to take action.

"[Radiant Emerald Body]."

He chanted magic, and it was a tenth-rank defensive magic that made the emerald green glow ooze from his body.

[Radiant Emerald Body], a magic that can reduce the damage of the beating attribute and even neutralize the damage of the beating attribute once, is of great strategic significance to Ainz, who is a skeleton and is extremely afraid of the attack of the beating attribute.

So, this was the first magic that Ainz unleashed.

At this, Shatia still stood there motionless, causing Anz to burst out laughing.

"Sure enough, as long as you don't make obvious attacks and keep your distance, the NPC won't enter battle mode, it's just like the game!"

"I'm sorry in that case, Shatia."

"Before the battle begins, please stay as you are and wait for me there!"

With that, Ainz began a series of operations that can be called classics.

"[Flight], [Blessing of the Magic Bard], [Infinity Barrier], [Magical Enchantment - Height], [Life Essence], [Advanced All Attribute Enhancement], [Freedom], [False Intelligence: Life], [Seeing Through], [Supernatural Intuition], [Advanced Resistance Enhancement], [Cloak of Chaos], [Unyielding], [Sensing Boost], [High Luck], [Magic Boost], [Dragon Power], [Advanced Hardening], [Celestial Aura], [Absorption], [Penetration Up], [Advanced Magic Shield], [ Essence of Magic], [Triple Enhancement of Magic: Critical Strike Mine], [Triple Magic: High-level Magic Seal], [Triple Enhancement of Magic: Magic Arrow]. ”

In front of Shatia, Anz began to stack buffs on himself in a high-sounding manner, chanting one magic after another, so that the brilliance of magic could not stop appearing on his body.

After applying dozens of layers of magic to himself like this, Anz opened his hand and let a huge dome-shaped three-dimensional magic array spread out within a radius of about ten meters centered on him.

The magic array was complex and gorgeous, layer upon layer, covering one after the other, like an extremely exquisite geometric three-dimensional figure, emitting white light while constantly changing the diagram.

"Are you coming?"

When Rieg saw this scene, his spirits were lifted.

That magic array is a complex formation that only appears when the player uses superposition magic.

Anz directly used the superposition magic before the battle began, causing the huge magic circle to continue to expand.

After expanding and changing like this for a while, the light emitted from the magic array suddenly lit up.

"Transcendent magic!"

Ainz shouted.

"[Sky Fall]!"

The strongest level of magic in the true sense of the word in this world was officially activated at the shouts of Ainz.

“————”

In an instant, the entire forest clearing seemed to be robbed of color.

It was as if a great sun had risen from the center of the clearing, and everything was dyed white.

The heat generated by the ultra-high heat source appeared in a large white patch and expanded and exploded, burning everything around it on the spot.

It was as if a pillar of light had fallen from the sky and landed on the earth, causing the entire forest to tremble.

So, the heat struck.

So a piece of the earth was cut away.

The apocalyptic scene is emerging, and many birds and beasts are being scared out of the forest.

Soon, the white world gradually disappeared, and the ultra-high temperature quickly receded.

Only then will the onlookers be able to see the state of the earth after being ravaged by the transcendent magic [Sky Fall].

It was a big circle with a very different view from the inside and out.

Outside the circle is a forest that has not been affected in any way, still intact and unchanged.

Inside the circle, the earth is charred black, as if it has turned into a volcanic crater, and the earth is emitting billowing heat waves and scorched smoke.

All the flora and fauna were burned to the ground.

In addition to the charred roots of the giant trees, there are several places where crystallization has appeared.

"Ahhh

In the middle of the charred earth, an untimely voice suddenly rang out from it.

It was the only bright red figure in this scorched black world that could maintain its existence and its own color.

"It hurts......"

Shatia was no longer standing still, but as if the puppet had come to life, she regained her vitality.

She was smoking.

There seemed to be a lot of blood on her body.

However, she withstood the transcendent magic and did not die on the spot.

"Really...... It hurts......! ”

The vampire girl, who wasn't supposed to be in pain, screamed as she turned her crimson eyes to look at Ainz.

The next moment, on Shatiya's body, a set of full-body armor that seemed to be stained with blood and showed a crimson color.

It was a set with only one hole in the face, a helmet like a swan's head, two bird-like feathers protruding from the left and right, wing-shaped decorations hanging from the chest to the shoulders, and a full-body armor of skirt armor on the lower body.

This is exactly the official armament of Shatiya.

As the guardian of the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik, a level 100 NPC, the weapons used by Shatiya are all legendary and powerful.

Now, Shatiya has equipped these weapons and taken out the artifact-level item ——— the Dropper Lance, which appeared once during the battle with Rige.

This is Shatia's real gesture, the true form of her all-out effort.

"That's too much, Lord Ainz."

Shatia said these words in a complaining tone.

"As soon as you came up, you used super-level magic to attack me, as the ruler of the Great Underground Tomb of Nasalik, one of the Supreme Supremes, doesn't this make people think that you are worthless?"

Shatia actually said something disrespectful that she would never normally say, causing the guardians who were guarding Rige to cast angry glances at her.

Ainz himself didn't care at all.

"Don't say that, Shatia, it's just a greeting gift." Anzi said casually: "I am also a face-saving person, since I have personally gone into battle to fight, then I naturally have to ensure that this battle will not be lost, otherwise, how can I continue to be your ruler?" ”

"Unscrupulous for the sake of victory? It's really Lord Ainz! Shatia didn't know whether to praise or sarcastically said, "But, do you really think you can win me like this?" ”

In the face of Ainz, Shatiya showed a kind of confidence to win.

Because, she knows very well that in terms of strength, she is going to surpass Anz.

Although Ainz is a player, the ruler of the Nazaric Underground Tomb, and the guild leader of the past "Ainz your Gong", his strength is actually not strong among max-level players, and can only be regarded as around the middle and upper ranks.

Shatia is almost the strongest guardian in the Great Underground Crypt of Nazarik, and has a high win rate even against players.

Playing against Shatia, the probability of Ainz losing is actually very high.

Ainz himself is well aware of this.

But......

"You have to try everything to find out."

Aminzi, who was so murmuring, stretched out his hand to Shatia.

The big war is about to break out.