296 "Ainz Ooal Gown

Time briefly rewound to several minutes earlier.

Shifting the view from the ground to the sky, amidst the night cloaked with the moon and stars, between the clouds, a figure quietly appeared.

"It really is... so beautiful..."

With a voice filled with awe, the figure slightly lifted their head, exposing their visage fully to the moonlight and starlight.

It was an imposing warrior.

The reason for describing the figure as a "warrior" was that they were clad in a suit of armor.

The armor was pitch black, as if forged from obsidian, adorned with gold and purple patterns, making the armor appear both dazzlingly beautiful and extremely valuable.

This valuable armor covered the figure's body thoroughly, from the upper to the lower body, and even the feet were armored, the only exception being the head, which was left exposed.

However, if anyone had witnessed this sole exposed head, they would undoubtedly let out a scream of sheer terror.

Because it was not a human head, but a skull.