Reincarnated in another world, I also want to be invincible at the beginning

[Chapter 53: Enemies of Nazarick]

The day after Nigen used Shalltear, Ainz, who was entering the city disguised as the adventurer 'Momo', received a call from Albedo. After hearing Albedo say that Shalltear might betray Nazarick, Ainz's emotions almost went out of control. If it weren't for the timely activation of the racial skill 'Forced Calm', Ainz might not even be able to stay calm now.

Because this kind of thing was too scary, the NPCs of Nazarick would actually rebel. He had considered this before, so he had been pretending to be a leader in front of his subordinates, but in fact he didn't know how to be a good leader at all.

You can't expect a guild leader in a game to become a powerful leader in a different world. After all, guild leaders in games are usually nannies. They are given the position of guild leader only because they spend a lot of time playing games, love to study the routines in the game, and have a likable personality. Maybe in the eyes of the NPCs in Nazarick, he is the ruler with the highest status among all the supreme beings, but that is just the setting of the system. Doesn't he know his original ranking in Nazarick? Whether in terms of wisdom or force, he is not a strong man in Nazarick.

So since he came to this world, he has been very careful. At first, he was worried that he would not be able to suppress these NPCs, but later, after he was sure that he had the abilities in the game, he began to worry about whether he could be a good president and lead these children who were equivalent to him and his friends to survive in this different world. Just when he tortured some information from the soldiers of the Church, he thought that the level of this world was not really high.

It's only been a few days since Shalltear was released.

Why did you suddenly rebel?

Why did Shalltear betray? Was there a flaw in his acting that was discovered? Did Shalltear know that he was not an absolutely terrifying ruler, so he wanted to betray? Or did a mysterious strong man in this world use some special method on Shalltear, which was even powerful enough to make Shalltear escape the control of the Nazarick Guild System?

Or maybe there was something so attractive that Shalltear was willing to betray Nazarick. There were too many possibilities, but the only certain fact was that Shalltear had indeed betrayed Nazarick. Even if there was some rift between Albedo and Shalltear, Albedo would not joke with him about this matter, so the most urgent task at the moment was to find Shalltear.

He had to know what condition Shalltear was in now. If Shalltear betrayed Nazarick of her own will, then the situation in Nazarick would become extremely dangerous.

Because Shalltear, as the class guardian of Nazarick, knows a lot of information about Nazarick, and if this information falls into the hands of some people, it may bring a catastrophic disaster to their Nazarick.

If Shalltear really joined another organization, then Ainz would have to consider having his subordinates withdraw from Nazarick, build a new base outside, and set up Nazarick as a trap to deal with the upcoming powerful enemy. Honestly, if this were the case, Ainz would be very angry, so angry that he would want to beat Shalltear to death. After all, Nazarick was no less important to him than the Guardians. You have to know that it was a scene that he and his friends in the guild had conquered with great difficulty.

And the fact that it has grown to its current size is because the members of their guild collected materials and designed it bit by bit. It can be said that it is the result of the hard work of their guild, Ainz Ooal Gown! However, it is not certain that Shalltear betrayed of her own will. Although it is difficult to control a True Ancestor like Shalltear who has absolute resistance to spirits, it is not completely impossible to do so in the game.

The most urgent task now was to return to Nazarick and have someone find Shalltear's location and obtain information about her current condition. When Ainz thought of this, he was no longer in the mood to stay in this city and slowly complete quests to improve his adventurer level.

However, just when he was about to return to Nazarick, he suddenly heard his subordinates who had followed him outside say that the Adventurer's Guild had issued a bounty mission to defeat vampires.

It is said that a powerful vampire appeared near the mountain. Many adventurers have been attacked when passing through there. It is preliminarily determined that the vampire is at least as powerful as an Orichalcum-level adventurer. Ainz determined that the vampire was the betrayed Shalltear based on the description of the vampire by the guild. But it is really strange. Why did Shalltear stay in that place after betraying Nazarick? And the way she attacked pedestrians when she met them seemed like a wild monster guarding a fixed area in the game.

Ainz said to the female attendant:

"Nabe, I'm going back to Nazali next.

According to my idea, I hope you can stay here and continue to observe the movements of the Adventurer's Guild. You also know that I am in a very bad mood now, so if you feel that you are not capable of this task, please tell me in advance, and I will let you go back and let someone else perform this task. "

The beautiful woman heard Ainz's serious warning and hesitated for a moment before answering earnestly, "I will complete the task you assigned me."

Although she really didn't like this kind of mission, because she had no good feelings towards inferior creatures like humans. But the mission required her to disguise herself as a human and collect intelligence in human cities, which was a very difficult task for her. But her self-esteem did not allow her to choose to escape at this time. She was also afraid that she would disappoint the Supreme Being with her mission ability. Therefore, even though she knew that this mission was not suitable for her, she still insisted on accepting it and convinced herself that she must endure those bugs when the time came.

Ainz stared at Nabe for a long time. He was really worried. Nabe had only just started to carry out missions with him, but she had already shown many ugly behaviors that he thought were seriously incompetent. If Nabe had not already signed up as an adventurer with him, he really didn't want to let this incompetent girl stay to carry out this important mission.

He originally thought that what he had just said would make Nabe, who had no good feelings towards humans and had a very high self-esteem, voluntarily quit. He didn't expect that Nabe actually wanted to prove herself to him through this mission.

Although an ordinary leader would definitely feel unhappy if he encountered this situation, Ainz felt completely different at this moment. After all, this was an NPC created by the members of their guild.

They are their children. No one would not feel gratified to see their children trying to overcome their weaknesses and grow positively.

So Ainz decided to trust Nabe and left a few words of encouragement before leaving the city and using teleportation magic to return to Nazarick.

"Don't betray my trust in you."

“Yes, Master Ainz.”

This time, Nabe did not receive Ainz-sama's warning, because the person she was talking to was now Ainz Ooal Gown, the leader of Nazarick, not the adventurer Momo who had just appeared. Because of Ainz's trust, Nabe's cold face also wavered for a moment. It seemed that she had to complete this mission to live up to Ainz-sama's trust. Failure was not allowed. With such a resolute mentality, Nabe stayed alone in the city of E-Rantel to carry out the mission.

The first thing Ainz did when he returned to Nazarick was to take Albedo to the room of the intelligence collectors in Nazarick. He used his intelligence gathering magic skills to find Shalltear's location and saw Shalltear's current state from the surveillance. Ainz made a judgment at the first sight of Shalltear's state, which was the state of a neutral wild monster in the game.

For some unknown reason, Shalltear's connection with Nazarick was cut off, and she became a wild monster. And one thing to be careful about is that Shalltear's current state must have been caused by someone using an item or skill.

In other words, the fact that Shalltear was left here was most likely a trap set by the enemy. This was a tactic often seen in games, where an important mission target or companion was left outside alone to lure out the opponent lurking in secret, and then to eliminate him in one fell swoop.

Ainz silently watched Shalltear on the surveillance screen. In other words, the person who made Shalltear look like this was most likely a player? And it was very likely a player who knew about their guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, or was even hostile to Ainz Ooal Gown, and had seen Shalltear. Then the danger of this trap became quite high, and the opponent probably didn't know that he was the only player from Ainz Ooal Gown who had traveled through this time.

The opposing player had basically set up this trap based on Ainz Ooal Gown's strength in his prime. This time, Nazarick might be facing its biggest crisis since the time travel. If they were not careful, they would be completely destroyed.

As for why the other players wanted to attack them, Ainz did not speculate too much. After all, the other party had already come to their door, so there was no need to consider why the other party attacked them. All Ainz Ooal Gown needed to do was to crack the opponent's trap and then crush the enemy!

Although he didn't know who had done this, in Ainz's heart this person was already the biggest enemy that Nazarick would face next!

[Chapter 54: Reward]

Vampires are cruel and terrifying monsters.

As an undead race, vampires have extremely high mental resistance, strong strength and excellent magic ability, and are also among the top aliens. High-level vampires also have the ability to create blood followers. If left alone, it is likely to cause a huge disaster in the end.

And vampires can be said to be the natural enemies of humans.

In the vampire's diet, humans are the first ingredient. The easiest thing for vampires to absorb is human blood. Therefore, once you encounter a vampire, you must destroy it. If you leave it alone, then a lower level

Vampires could massacre a village like Kahn Village. Higher-level vampires could create blood followers. After creating a large number of followers, even a large city like E-Rantel could be conquered by the vampire army.

Therefore, when facing vampires, unlike facing other alien races, humans absolutely cannot coexist with vampires. It is okay if the identity of the vampire is not discovered, but once the identity of the vampire is exposed, even if it is a vampire that has not done anything evil, it will receive a large reward from the Adventurer's Guild.

As for the vampire that appeared this time, it goes without saying that it not only attacked the adventurers passing by, but also transformed the female adventurers into blood followers. This evil vampire must be eliminated!

The Adventurer's Guild of E-Rantel found three Mithril-level adventurer teams nearby. If possible, they would of course like to find Steel-level adventurers, but there were only a few Steel-level adventurers in the kingdom, and they all had missions to complete, so they could not be invited.

Even the lower-ranking adventurers of the Orichalcum level would take time to mobilize.

The highest level of adventurers in E-Rantel is the Mithril level, and those higher than that can't even think about it. After all, it is a border city, so we can only ask Mithril-level adventurers to come and try first. If it doesn't work, we can only ask the warrior leader who just resurrected to come. It is said that the warrior leader became weak for a while because of the price of the resurrection magic, but his strength has successfully entered the realm of heroes after a life-and-death experience.

The three Mithril-level adventurer teams are:

"Kralgra".

"Sirloin".

"rainbow".

The guild leader, Burton Ainzach, said, "Thank you all for putting aside your tasks temporarily and accepting this invitation. I'm sure you've heard that last night, adventurers patrolling the streets of E-Rantel encountered vampires, and five of them were killed by vampires. This time we gathered everyone here because of that vampire. According to eyewitnesses, it was a high-level vampire with the ability to create blood followers. And there were also soldiers from the Theocracy in the vampire's team, which means that it was very likely a vampire that the Theocracy had discovered in advance and wanted to conquer, but ultimately failed to conquer."

"Hey, if we fail even that Theocracy, then we won't be able to deal with it."

The captain of Tianlang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. After hearing the news that the vampire had defeated the religious country's expeditionary force, he wanted to withdraw immediately. This was no joke. Everyone knew how strong the religious country's expeditionary force was.

After all, the Church formed that kind of army to deal with those aliens who trespassed into the human world without permission. Although the individual combat capabilities of adventurers may be higher, the Church's troops are definitely more experienced in dealing with these aliens. Even such a specialized team lost, and these adventurers would not have a better result. Since the vampire is so powerful, honestly speaking, it is better not to think about fighting now.

Let’s think about the retreat first.

For example:

Abandon the city of E-Rantel.

A representative from Hong said:

"Since you, the guild president and the mayor, have invited us to discuss this matter, then it means that there is still hope for a turnaround, right? And I'm a little curious, since that vampire is so powerful and has blood followers, how did those patrolling adventurers survive? You know, most of the adventurers in charge of patrolling are not strong enough. If that vampire really has the strength to repel the Church's punitive forces, then those adventurers will have no chance of surviving when they encounter this vampire."

"is that so."

Captain Sirius looked at the Guild Master.

President Burdon nodded in affirmation.

"Yes, according to the information provided by the adventurer, we can judge that the vampire's strength has been severely damaged, and its mental consciousness is in a state of confusion. According to the adventurer, the vampire is like a beast."

"When he escaped while the vampire was biting his teammates, the vampire and its followers stopped chasing him. So we can conclude three things. First, the vampire was severely injured and may not have fully recovered. Second, the vampire's mental state is in chaos and it will only attack instinctively. Third, as long as you run out of the territory occupied by the vampire, the opponent will not continue to chase you. In this case, this vampire is not invincible. If you cooperate, you may be able to accomplish this feat."

Captain Kralgra smiled and said, "Great cause? Does that mean if we can defeat this vampire, we can upgrade to become a steel-level adventurer? That's great! This is a chance to become a hero. I'm a little tempted."

"According to the judgment of the guild," President Burdon said with a smile, "that vampire is at least at the level of a demon king. If you can defeat it, even if it is not in good condition, according to the rules, you will still be given a bounty and corresponding honor for defeating a demon king."

The mayor next to him also stood up and said, "Not only the bounty from the guild, but as the mayor of E-Rantel, I will also give you a generous reward on behalf of the kingdom. I am sure you adventurers will not be disappointed. And in this battle, if you need it,

, my soldiers will also participate in the battle. At the same time, I have invited the Magician Guild and the Chamber of Commerce to provide support to you. The props and equipment consumed by you in this battle can be reimbursed after the battle. I wonder if you are willing to accept this commission?"

The three representatives were a little restless when they heard this, because the reward offered by the mayor was too high. Not only could it reimburse all losses, but there was also an additional bounty. Adding the bounty from the Adventurer's Guild, it would be an incomparably huge fortune.

Moreover, they have the full support of all the major guilds in E-Rantel. This kind of treatment is probably only available to legendary heroes, right?

They could even imagine that if the crusade against the vampires was successful, this event would be recorded and become a heroic epic in the future! The huge amount of money and fame, the two temptations, had reached their peak. Even though they knew that this mission was very dangerous, the representatives of the three adventurer teams were still tempted.

If it weren't for their strong willpower, they would have been unable to help but agree by now.

After all, life-and-death adventures are commonplace for adventurers. As long as there is a certain chance of winning, even if the chance is very low, as long as the reward is high enough, there will be adventurers willing to take it.

The mayor and the president looked at each other and knew that these people were already tempted. The stakes now were enough to make them dizzy, but the problem was that it was precisely because the stakes were too high that these guys were so nervous.

However, this kind of thing was already expected by them, and they decided to announce the final chips.

That would be a fatal blow.

"If you succeed in the crusade, you will be awarded the title of hero by the king himself and receive the honor of hereditary nobility. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there will never be a second chance like this. Do you want to risk your life and become a true hero, or just quit and become a coward worse than pigs and dogs? Please give your answer."

The three representatives' faces suddenly changed.

damn it!

This matter has basically been announced to the whole city, and the fact that they were invited is also known to the world. If they choose to refuse at this time, they will definitely be criticized in the future. If the vampire is really too powerful to be defeated, it will be fine, but if the vampire fails to destroy the city and is successfully eliminated by an adventurer or a team, then they will be forever nailed to the wall of shame as a negative example, becoming a stepping stone for the hero in the story, and they will never be able to raise their heads again in this life.

And after this incident.

It is conceivable that the reputation they have accumulated before will be severely damaged because of this incident. Adventurers who choose to retreat when the city encounters a crisis will no longer be able to gain the trust of the client, and they may no longer be able to continue to be an adventurer in the future.

"you!"

Just when the three representatives were about to get angry.

The mayor bowed to them sincerely and said, "Dear adventurers, please save this innocent city from the clutches of the vampires."

Save your mother!

The three representatives wanted to swear.

But at present they are hard to get off their horses.

I have to say that the conditions offered by the other party are indeed extremely tempting, and the consequences of rejection are quite serious.

If the vampire was in good condition, they might have firmly refused.

However, these two hateful guys told them in advance that the vampire had been severely damaged and his strength might be only one tenth of what it was. This made it impossible for them to refuse so firmly.

Because there is a real possibility of a successful crusade, they can't help but think that if they refuse the bounty out of face, and then an adventurer suddenly appears from nowhere to complete the bounty, then they will suffer a huge loss.

So why not let them give it a try!

[Chapter 55: Calculation]

After the three representatives left.

President Burdon said to the mayor, "I don't see the possibility of their victory at all. Even if we invite the warrior-captain who is said to have entered the realm of heroes this time, I don't think that warrior-captain can save this city from being destroyed. He is the Dragon King."

"Even the chief of the Silian Theocracy was killed by this vampire. I really can't think of anyone else who can destroy this vampire. Perhaps, the sword master who destroyed the Goblin King has a little chance, but with the current relationship between the Kingdom and the Empire, we can't invite that sword master at all."

They have just withheld quite important intelligence.

It is true that they did not lie in what they said before, but they hid some information that was enough to cause panic. The union has received confirmed news from the Theocracy, proving that the vampire is a Dragon King-level existence. Even the chief of the Theocracy's ace force, the Black Scripture, died at the hands of this vampire. They really can't think of anyone who can defeat this invincible vampire.

Although the chief finally dealt a heavy blow to the vampire, the kingdom was still not strong enough to face a dragon king. The theocracy seemed to have decided to abandon the kingdom, so it was impossible for them to send reinforcements to help the kingdom.

As for the Empire and the Holy Kingdom.

前

The enemy is still in a hostile relationship with the Kingdom, so it is good enough that they do not add insult to injury. Even if the Holy Kingdom wants to send reinforcements, it may be too late. There is no news of reinforcements from the Kingdom, which means that the King of the Capital and the nobles have decided to abandon the city of E-Rantel.

This decision can be said to be very correct.

Because even if the kingdom gathers all its national strength, it may not be able to defeat the Dragon King. Since the Dragon King's spirit has been severely damaged and he will not leave this place, it is better to cede this territory to the Dragon King.

But their decision was equivalent to leaving the people of E-Rantel to fend for themselves! You have to know that the kingdom had not had a good harvest in recent years due to the war with the Empire, and the nobles were still trying every way to squeeze the people.

At this time, it is very difficult to ask the common people to move to other territories. If this decision is really made, more than 60% of the people in Ye-Rantel will starve to death on the road.

If such a huge loss really occurred, then the mayor of E-Rantel would definitely be held responsible, and the nobles would not mind killing him to appease the public anger. As for whether His Majesty knew that he was innocent, it was not important at all. If His Majesty really had the ability and courage, the nobles of the kingdom would not have climbed to the heights they are now.

The mayor's decision was obviously different from the orders from above. He decided to conceal key information and do his best to find a glimmer of hope.

No matter what you do, you'll die.

Then what else is there to be afraid of?

If they fought hard, the worst result would be death. As for why the Magic Guild and the Adventurer Guild wanted to help. The former was because they were too curious about the Dragon King. The magicians' desire for knowledge made them choose to risk their lives. The latter was because of their sense of responsibility. You know, the original intention of the Adventurer Guild was to protect the people from the hands of foreign races. So even if the kingdom gave up struggling, they would not give up fighting, even if there was no chance of winning.

"I know this is difficult, but we have no choice. Next, I need your help in the Adventurer's Guild. Please help me deliver this letter to His Majesty of the Empire. I think that His Majesty will not be so shortsighted as to watch this vampire occupy this city. The consequence will be an unforgivable disaster for the entire human race."

The mayor knew very well that the chances of winning against the three adventurer teams were less than one percent, but that was already the strongest fighting force that E-Rantel could currently muster.

His requirements for them were not high, just to test the current strength of the vampire.

He believed that once it was confirmed that the vampire had indeed been seriously injured, both the Kingdom and the Theocracy would change their minds and send reinforcements to E-Rantel.

However, just in case, he made a second plan. He decided to defect to the Empire. As long as the Empire was willing to send reinforcements, Ye-Rantel would immediately hang up the Empire's flag, and he would hand over all the wealth of their family to the emperor.

President Burdon was a little surprised when he heard the mayor's words. Although it seemed simple to make this decision, it took a lot of courage to make it. Even if the city could be saved by doing this, the mayor's situation would be very dangerous.

Moreover, if the Blood Emperor did not want to help, as long as the letter was published, the mayor would be doomed, and it would not be easy to abandon the city and escape. The king and those nobles who valued their reputation would never let such a traitor live. However, sending the letter to the emperor at this time was the most correct decision, because only by sending the letter at this time could they show their sincerity.