Chapter 389: Taking the Initiative

His Immaculate Body could ignore some of the opponent's magical effects, and his magic power was at the A+ level. To try and compete with Roa in mental strength and take him down in one go could only be described as naive.

Whether it was the enhancement from Perfect Dragon Blood, or the Fool (Stage 2), or some strange passive skills, these passive skills accumulated together made Roa quite difficult to kill.

No, in some ways, he couldn't be killed. And in the Dragon Blood Boiling state, even if his head was cut off, or a large hole was punched through his heart, these injuries wouldn't directly kill Roa.

In other words, truly killing Roa was very difficult.

"Forget it, no use thinking so much. Let's see if Ainz has arrived in this world yet," Roa muttered. After understanding the general information about this world, many ideas appeared in his mind.

Taking out the map, Roa continued to analyze the current situation.

The map mainly featured three human nations: the Re-Estize Kingdom, the Baharuth Empire, and the Slane Theocracy.

These three human nations were located in different areas on the map. The Slane Theocracy was in the south, the Re-Estize Kingdom was on the left, and the Baharuth Empire was on the right.

The relationship between the three countries was far from good, even completely hostile, so they fought every year in the fields near this fortress city.

War is like that; even without Ainz's intervention, the world wouldn't necessarily be peaceful. Conflicts between people will always continue.

The Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire were separated by a huge mountain range. South of the mountain range was a large forest belonging to the Re-Estize Kingdom. This fortress city was located at the edge of the forest, beyond which was the Slane Theocracy.

In other words, the fortress city of E-Rantel was not only the border of the Re-Estize Kingdom but also the kingdom's city closest to the two neighboring countries.

Roa was looking for the intersection of these three human nations.

Because when Ainz came over, he brought an entire force and his guild's headquarters, descending to the northwest of the continent, at the intersection of the Kingdom, Empire, and Theocracy.

In the original story, the protagonist's first sight was of that grassland. Roa needed to go there, intercept Ainz, and use the advantage of information to deceive him.

The specific method of deception was simple.

It was to create an unfathomable image, since their Ainz Ooal Gown was most fond of overthinking.

The first thing Ainz Ooal Gown did upon arriving in this world was to gather information.

Roa wanted to learn magic, so he had to intimidate Ainz and then trick him into a trade.

Roa possessed the Fool talent, had maxed-out elemental affinity, and had absorbed Chaos power. He could steal any magic with a glance, except for super-tier magic.

After figuring all this out, Roa made a decision. He needed to hurry and see how far the plot had progressed.

Roa quickly took action. His starting point was actually quite close; the fortress was relatively near the area where Ainz was located.

When Ainz came over, he brought an entire force and his guild's headquarters, descending to the northwest of the continent, at the intersection of the Kingdom, Empire, and Theocracy.

That area wasn't far from here. After studying the map for a while, Roa quickly had a target in mind.

There were some small villages around the grassland, and the name of one small town instantly caught Roa's eye.

"Carne Village? Let's take a look."

If he wasn't mistaken, Ainz's first invasion was against this town.

Roa needed to go there and meet Ainz Ooal Gown.

But getting there had some minor troubles.

The fortress wasn't directly connected to the grassland; the two areas were separated by a forest, which was marked with a large red cross, indicating that the forest likely had many monsters.

This forest covered a large area and was home to many monsters.

In any world, forests are inherently dangerous.

After all, the types of magical beasts lurking beneath the dense vegetation and complex shadows were unknown.

Moreover, Roa remembered that there seemed to be a monster called the King of the Forest in the deepest part of the forest.

Yes, that hamster.

According to the map information, that monster not only used magic but also possessed incredible power and had lived for hundreds of years. Even the highest-ranked adamantite adventurers couldn't defeat it in the forest. That's why the guild map had a large red cross in that area.

Of course, such a creature wouldn't last a single round against Roa.

Roa thought for a moment and decided he didn't want to go through the forest.

The reason was simple: too many bugs. He didn't want to be walking along and have a leech jump out or a worm crawl on his face; it would disgust him.

If he didn't enter the forest, there were only two routes from the fortress city to Carne Village in the northeast.

One route was to go east first and then north to reach Carne Village. The other was to go north first and then east along the edge of the forest.

The first route completely bypassed the forest, which was longer but completely safe.

The second route still bordered the forest. If he chose this route, he would inevitably encounter some beasts that had escaped from the forest, meaning this route wasn't particularly safe.

However, it was much safer than walking directly through the forest and didn't have as many random creatures.

Roa chose the second route. There were no accidents along the way. Even if he encountered a few magical beasts like dire wolves, Roa kicked them in the neck and broke it.

Very smoothly, in less than an hour, Roa arrived at Carne Village.

Carne Village was peaceful, with no signs of being invaded or massacred.

This meant that the knight order hadn't appeared here, and Ainz Ooal Gown hadn't taken action yet.

After wandering around Carne Village for a while, Roa became bored and disinterested.

The town was calm, and the villagers were full of happy smiles.

But presumably, this town would be slaughtered soon.

And that time wouldn't be too far off.

Thinking of this, Roa frowned slightly. Honestly, Roa wasn't a good person.

After all, with so much blood on his hands, he didn't deserve to be called a good person.

But he also hated slaughter, especially the slaughter of the weak, the slaughter of civilians.

After hesitating for a moment, Roa injected magic power into the ground. Black threads rolled and hid beneath the surface.

These black threads were like his senses. As long as there was any movement here, Roa could detect it and then control these magic powers to easily eliminate those guys.

These knights were very weak and no match for Roa. Leaving these magic powers would easily solve them.

Of course, this was just a backup plan. After dealing with the next matter, he would definitely come back to check.

The important thing now was Ainz.

What he needed to do now was to give Ainz a warning, to make him unsure of the reality of this world, so that he would be afraid to act rashly.

…

Elsewhere.

Ainz Ooal Gown, having dealt with the Great Tomb of Nazarick, was gazing at the distant sky with a look of intoxication.

"It really is another world."

He wore a set of armor that looked expensive and impressive, and the armor emitted a deep metallic luster under the light. But if one could see his original appearance clearly, they would be shocked.

Because instead of a human head, there was a skull.

No facial features, no flesh, just a skull of white bones.

He shouldn't be called Ainz Ooal Gown now, but rather Ainz.

His real game name was Ainz, and he was still called Ainz now. Only when he began to step into this world and interact with the people of this world would he change his name to Ainz Ooal Gown.

He used to be an ordinary human, so ordinary that he couldn't be more ordinary. His real name was "Suzuki Satoru," a busy office worker, orphaned, with no friends, living a lonely life in the real world.

Such people are called salarymen.

But now, he had traveled to this world through "Yggdrasil" and become the supreme being in this world.

The world of the game had become reality, which would make anyone feel dazed and unreal.

For Ainz, it was the same.

The Great Tomb of Nazarick had a ground area of 200 meters square. It was protected by walls six meters thick, with an entrance at the front and back.

The weeds in the cemetery were cut short, creating a refreshing atmosphere. On the other hand, the trees in the cemetery were lush, with shade everywhere, creating a gloomy feeling. There were also many white stone tombstones arranged in a disorderly manner.

The huge shrine in the center was the entrance to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, where Ainz came out.

Ainz stood on the wide limestone steps, quietly looking at the scenery in front of him. The location of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Helheim, was originally a cold world of eternal night.

Affected by the eternal night, the atmosphere here was quite gloomy, and the sky was often covered by thick black clouds. But the scenery now was completely different.

What he saw before him was a beautiful night sky.

Ainz looked at the sky, sighed with emotion, and shook his head as if he couldn't believe the scene before him.

This was the clearest night sky he had ever seen.

Feeling the whistling wind in his ears, feeling the incredibly real touch, and the scene that he could only dream of, Ainz took a deep breath and murmured, "A scene that can't be seen in reality, and a reality that can't be felt in the game, is all this real? It's like a dream."

Saying this, Ainz used the skill [Flight].

Losing the shackles of gravity, Ainz floated lightly into the sky. Then he accelerated continuously, rising straight up in one breath. A feeling of exhilaration appeared in Ainz's mind.

But as he flew, Ainz became sentimental.

"It's a pity, they're not here."

Now he was alone, with no companions around him.

Bukubukuchagama, Blue Planet, the names of his close friends flashed through his mind, but unfortunately, none of them had come.

"Lord Ainz, please slow down."

A magnetic voice came from behind Ainz. Looking back, he could see a servant following behind Ainz, a man about 1.8 meters tall, with tanned skin and a straight back, dressed and behaving like a gentleman.

But this gentleman exuded an evil aura, with a tail covered in silver metal plates, with six spikes at the end, and huge black membranous wings on his back, a true heteromorph.

Ainz stopped moving forward and floated slowly in the air. The next moment, he heard the sound of flapping wings.

A figure with huge black membranous wings on his back, whose face had changed from a human face to a frog-like appearance, appeared before Ainz.

His name was Demiurge, one of the NPCs who had traveled to this world with Ainz, the guardian of the seventh floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the headquarters of Ainz's guild "Ainz Ooal Gown," a level 100 supreme demon - Demiurge.

"Don't call me Ainz outside. We don't know what the situation is in this world yet, so we have to avoid accidentally revealing our identity, understand?"

"Ah, is that so? Then what should I call you?"

"Call me Dark Knight."

"…Dark Knight?"

"Yes."

Ainz exchanged a few words with Demiurge, expressing his depression, and then planned to return to the dungeon.

But the next moment, Ainz's eyes narrowed, and he saw a young man in white robes below.

"Demiurge, did you see that?" Ainz pointed to the young man below.

Demiurge, who had been following closely behind Ainz, was slightly stunned. He looked in the direction Ainz was pointing and saw the young man, who was Roa.