Overlord - The Lizardmen Heroes - Куганэ Маруяма (читать книги без txt) 📗
‘The Creation’ is a Super-tier magic that could change the terrain itself. In YGGDRASIL, it was used to guard against the heat of volcanoes or the cold of freezing lands.
It was possible to show their might without using Super-tier magic.
Unrelated to this deployment, Ainz had always wanted to perform this experiment in determining the area of effect. ‘The Creation’ was a magic that had an amazingly large area of effect, and could cover the entire 8th floor in Ainz's experiment inside Nazarick. But it wasn’t clear what effect it would have in the world outside.
In YGGDRASIL the spell effect could cover an ‘Area’, but how big would an ‘Area’ be in this world? Ainz wanted to find out. If it could cover an entire plain, that would be too big.
Similarly, freezing the entire lake was going overboard. Care should be taken when using Super-tier magic.
“Aura, how is our security net?”
“Yes! We have deployed the undead assigned by Ainz-sama to secure a two kilometer radius area. But there has been no signs of anything special coming in so far. I have also sent monsters specializing in scouting to patrol the area within 4 km, but we have not spotted anything suspicious.”
“I see… The enemy might be hiding from detection as they draw close, what about the countermeasures against that?”
“There are no problems. With Shalltear’s cooperation, we have sent out undead proficient in reconnaissance.”
“Splendid.”
Aura smiled happily after Ainz praised her. Her depressed expression was gone without a trace.
“We have exposed ourselves to this extent, why haven’t the people who used the World class item against Shalltear made a move?”
Ainz asked again under the gaze of everyone present, but did not direct his question to anyone in particular.
“Why aren’t they performing surveillance on Nazarick and this place?”
“Could it be that they are surveilling us with World class items that could not be detected by normal means?”
Ainz tilt his head in response to Demiurge’s counter question.
“... I did consider this possibility, that’s why I use Momon… If they are really using World class item to spy on us, they wouldn’t be able to spy on Momon who also owns a World class item. That’s why I have been assuming they will use physical means such as scouts to watch us… They might use magic surveillance too, but it should be orthodox means...”
Ainz realized the Guardians around him seemed confused, which meant his explanation wasn’t clear enough.
“Well… How should I put this… In the past, we owned a mine that could generate a type of metal that was rare. As we were monopolizing the supply, the market price for it soared and people started scheming to rob it from us. The item they used that time was Ouroboros. It was a top World class item known as one of the ‘Twenty’.”
Ainz narrowed his eyes.
He was raging mad when he just got robbed, but looking back, it was a nice piece of memory. Even though they were massacred and dropped plenty of rare items.
“Outrageous! They dare usurp the territory ruled by the Supreme Beings?! Unforgivable! Please give us the order to counter attack!”
Hearing how angry Albedo was made Ainz turn his gaze.
He could see the hostility and killing intent released by all the Guardians, even the calm Demiurge was revealing a sinister smile. Not just that, even Mare’s reserved expression couldn’t conceal his urge to attack. Ainz couldn’t see Shalltear’s face as she was acting as a chair, but from her stiffened body, her determination was conveyed to Ainz through his rear.
“Calm down! This is all in the past now.”
Ainz raised his hand to calm the Guardians. They looked more settled, but they still felt unstable as if magma was flowing beneath the surface. To change the topic, Ainz continued what he was saying.
“The enemy used Ouroboros to stop us from entering the ‘World’ the mine was situated in. They probably used this chance to search the vicinity and seize the mine. When the seal was undone, we went in only to find that the mine had been conquered.”
During the rash attempt to take back the mine, about half the guild members died at least once. Ainz held back on and didn’t say this out loud.
“I will get to the main point. I mentioned that we were denied access to that ‘World’ but people with World class items could still enter that ‘World’. Hence, it is impossible for them to spy on us even with the strongest World class item.”
As Ainz listened to the enlightened acknowledgement from his subordinates, he still bore doubts on whether this was really true.
The possibility was high, but there was no evidence to prove that it was true.
When using ‘Conflict of the Five Elements’ which was also a ‘Twenty’ like ‘Ouroboros’, the game company sent a message to the owners World class items. Aside from an apology, they also sent an item as compensation. The content of the apology message was: ”Bearers of World class items, by right, you should be exempted from any changes to the world. But it is very challenging to maintain your data while we update the server. Therefore, we have no other choice but to treat this as an exceptional case as we update the server.”
And so, it was impossible for them to defend against this. But that event should be the exception instead of the norm.
Especially the World class item that could defend against reconnaissance magic. It would be meaningless if it couldn’t protect Nazarick from other World class items.
“And that is why I thought the enemy will approach Momon… But those who do approach are mothers carrying new born babies and adventurers.”
They asked Momon to pat the babies’ head to bless them with health and strength. The adventurers requested a handshake and wished to become stronger, but no one wanted to converse with him in private.
That’s why Ainz exposed himself with weak defences this time, waiting for the enemy to make their move.
Not equipping Cocytus with a World class item was part of the plan. Ainz planned to use him as bait to lure the enemy out. It seemed scary because the enemy was unknown, and they could come up with proper countermeasures after ascertaining who the enemy was.
“Regarding this issue… May I share my humble opinion?”
“What is it, Albedo?”
“Yes, as Ainz-sama explained, the plan was to smoke the enemy out. Could the enemy be reluctant to approach us since they too are operating in the dark, just like us?”
