Chapter 441: Extortion

Having figured all of this out, Ainz said in a deep voice, "What does Your Excellency want?"

"Let's make a deal."

Roa revealed a smile, and it was this smile that made Ainz's brow twitch fiercely.

Because he had just seen such a smile not long ago.

"There are no eternal enemies in this world, are there? I can promise you to give up today's crusade against you, and I can even promise you that I will never be your enemy in the future. Even your future development will have nothing to do with me or the forces behind me, as long as you can give me what I want."

Ainz's eyes flickered. The anger brought about by the collapse of the Great Tomb of Nazarick at the beginning slowly dissipated at this moment, and he became unexpectedly calm.

"How can I trust you?"

Faced with Ainz's question, Roa just smiled indifferently, "You have no choice but to trust me, don't you?"

Ainz was silent for a moment before saying, "Tell me your conditions first."

"Alright, I want the World-Class Items in your possession. I know you have a total of eleven World-Class Items."

Ainz sighed inwardly. This was indeed what Roa wanted.

Are World-Class Items strong?

Naturally, they are very strong. Some World-Class Items are even ridiculously powerful, and only such items would be valued by the youth in front of him, right?

But even if Roa said so, he couldn't just hand over the World-Class Items so easily.

"I can only give you two World-Class Items."

Ainz said to Roa in a low voice.

Roa picked his ear, as if he didn't hear clearly. This appearance made Ainz's face darken.

Roa held out five fingers and said to Ainz with a smile, "Five items. Give me five World-Class Items, and I'll leave."

"Impossible, that's impossible!"

Ainz refused almost without thinking.

Five World-Class Items are a considerable fortune, even for the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Roa's smile began to shrink gradually. Roa looked sharply at Ainz, and the youth said in a somewhat low voice, "It seems you still have a trump card you haven't used, right? Is it this trump card that gives you the confidence to resist me?"

"Even if you say so, five World-Class Items are too many! It's simply impossible!"

Ainz roared at Roa almost hysterically.

However, Roa's expression was calm. Roa just said lightly, "Five World-Class Items in exchange for the existence of your Great Tomb of Nazarick. Which one do you think is worth more?"

Ainz was silent. His bony hand clenched into a fist, and his eyes stared fixedly at Roa. However, Roa didn't care about Ainz's man-eating gaze.

"Let me put it this way. If you can't give me five World-Class Items, I don't mind wiping you all out directly."

"I believe you can see that I don't really care about you. What I really want are those World-Class Items. Ainz, if your existence can bring me more benefits, then I'm willing to give you a chance to live. Conversely, if I think your death can bring me more benefits, then I will kill you without hesitation."

"It all depends on your choice."

Roa pressed hard, and his words made Ainz's face pale. The two scarlet lights in his eye sockets flickered constantly. He really felt a little desperate at this moment.

Five World-Class Items.

A full five items.

World-Class Items are not cabbages.

World-Class Items are closely related to the worldview of the game YGGDRASIL.

The World Tree YGGDRASIL is covered with countless leaves, but one day, a huge monster appeared that devoured these leaves, so the leaves withered one by one, and only nine leaves remained in the end.

These nine leaves are the predecessors of the nine worlds: Asgard, Alfheim, Vanaheim, Nidavellir, Midgard, Jotunheim, Niflheim, Helheim, and Muspellsheim.

However, the monster that devoured the leaves continued to press on the last nine leaves. In order to protect their world, the players embarked on adventures in unknown worlds. This is the background story of the game.

So what do these World-Class Items represent? They are equivalent to those fallen leaves—that is to say, one World-Class Item is equal to one world. Therefore, in the setting, World-Class Items possess enormous power. In fact, many World-Class Items possess extremely abnormal power. Players even had many opinions, thinking that such items would be too disruptive to the game balance, but the development company firmly stated: "The possibilities of the world are not that small."

They had no intention of updating these balance breakers at all.

Among the World-Class Items, which are almost all balance breakers, there are even those called the "Twenty," twenty items with unparalleled extraordinary abilities.

In the game, players who hold World-Class Items will have a BUFF displayed in their status bar—WORLD.

It signifies the ultimate protection of an entire world. To be unaffected by the effects of World-Class Items, one must either hold a World-Class Item or become a special class. Ainz Ooal Gown holds the most World-Class Items of any guild, a total of eleven (originally twelve, one was taken away), while the guild with the second most World-Class Items only has three.

In other words, despite Ainz's vast wealth, Roa's demand is equivalent to directly taking half of Ainz's fortune, which Ainz naturally cannot accept.

At least, he cannot agree to it now.

"Five World-Class Items are still too many. Moreover, although we are not your opponents, that doesn't mean you can destroy us."

Ainz still didn't budge. He looked sharply at Roa, but this time, his tone already carried a hint of desperation.

Roa was a little surprised by the other party's attitude. Roa pondered for a moment and realized that Ainz still held a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Oh, really, I know you have trump cards in your hand, aren't they the two [Twenty]?"

Ainz was not shocked that Roa had revealed his thoughts. These things are not secrets to players. Since Roa knows so much, it is impossible that he doesn't know this most basic but also most important information.

In the original work, several pieces of information about the Twenty were mentioned.

Spear of Longinus: A spear that can completely delete the target, but the user must also be completely deleted as the price. After the data is deleted by this World-Class Item, there is no way to recover it except by using other World-Class Items to resurrect it. It is meaningless to use paid items or resurrection magic.

Five Elements Overcoming: Can request the YGGDRASIL production company to change part of the magic system.

When this item was used, the production company found that it was very difficult to implement the system while only keeping the original data of the World-Class Item holder when changing the world. So, as an exception, after sending an apology letter to other World-Class Item holders and giving them an item as compensation, they uniformly modified the system for everyone.

Ouroboros Ring: Can request the production company to change a larger range of the system than "Five Elements Overcoming." Other guilds once used this item to completely block one of the nine game worlds for a month and robbed the mines occupied by Ainz Ooal Gown during this period.

(The author stated in a Twitter reply that the Ouroboros Ring can copy the abilities of other World-Class Items, but only with the consent of the operating company.)

The above are not even the top of the Twenty. The strongest World Item [World Savior] has an effect that can be called perverted, that is, it can continue to become stronger without limit. Even in the peak period when all members of the Great Tomb of Nazarick were present, an enemy with this item would be enough to capture the entire base.

In short, even Roa has to admit that he has to be careful when dealing with the items related to the Twenty.

It is precisely because Old Bone has two [Twenty] World-Class Items in his hand that Roa did not directly kill him.

Otherwise, facing such a huge fortune, Roa would not say much and would directly grab it first.

As the saying goes, heavenly materials and earthly treasures are possessed by those who are virtuous. Roa thinks he is pretty good and has a relationship with this treasure.

But unfortunately, Ainz is not a pushover. If he is really pushed into a corner, if he uses those two [Twenty], Roa will feel quite a headache in the end.

What's more, Roa doesn't know which [Twenty] item Ainz is holding and doesn't have targeted measures.

But Ainz wants to bargain, and Roa won't let Ainz succeed so easily. Although he doesn't know what kind of [Twenty] item Ainz has, Roa still shows a confident expression and is extremely arrogant.

Those golden eyes stared at Ainz, and the youth said, "Do you want to try? Try whether your [Twenty] item will work on me?"

Ainz fell into silence again, and his mind began to quickly estimate the gap between the enemy and us.

However, soon, a clear look of fear appeared on his face.

The more he thought, the more irritable he became.

He also remembered the scene before.

The brilliant sword light, the vast aura that filled the sky, and the terrifying magic power as vast as the sea.

The youth just stood there and made Ainz feel that strong palpitation.

From some unknown time, a seed of fear had been buried in Ainz's heart.

'The person in front of me cannot be resisted.'

This idea began to take root and gradually made Ainz lose his last fighting spirit.

Roa keenly grasped this point of Ainz's wavering. His heart moved, and he suddenly said, "Actually, Ainz, your biggest enemy is not me."

The corners of Ainz's mouth twitched. He looked at the youth in front of him expressionlessly, and his eyes looked at the collapsed three floors of the Great Tomb of Nazarick below.

At this moment, Ainz really wanted to ask: Is this called not the biggest enemy? You have already come to my door, and this is not called the biggest threat?

The above two sentences were stuck in his throat, making him want to say but unable to say.

Roa ignored Ainz's constipated expression and continued, "I said, there are enemies above level 100 in this world."

Ainz naturally wouldn't forget the former ruler of this world.

It's just that the crisis in front of him forced him to turn his spearhead and focus on Roa.

"So what?"

Ainz's tone did not soften because Roa threw out an external enemy.

Roa chuckled and said directly, "I said, if you agree to my request, my faction will directly give up continuing to oppose you."

Ainz didn't say anything, and from his attitude, he could still feel his deep distrust.

"Don't understand? Then let me say it again, I will directly give up being an enemy of the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick. At that time, your enemy will no longer be me, but the one hidden deep in this world."

"Compared to me, that one's attitude is much more resolute. You are not human, and even your camp is more inclined to the extremely evil camp. Do you think it will let you go like this?"

Roa said plausibly, but Ainz directly waved his hand to interrupt, "All of this is based on the premise that you really won't interfere in this matter again."

"If you can really guarantee that you won't interfere again, then what's the harm in giving you World-Class Items?"

Hearing Roa say this, Ainz's face looked a little better.

It's just that next, the two had a disagreement on the issue of World-Class Items.

"However, five World-Class Items are still too many. I can't take out so many World-Class Items and give them to you. That's absolutely impossible."

Ainz was very firm and had no intention of letting go.

Seeing that the other party's attitude was firm, Roa had to lower the price and said, "Then four World-Class Items?"

Responding to Roa was still Ainz's firm denial.

"No."

Roa's brows quickly furrowed, and the youth asked somewhat unhappily, "Then how many items do you say?"

"Two."

Roa chuckled coldly and said, "Let me choose?"

Naturally, this sentence was also denied by Ainz.

"Impossible."

Roa's face quickly darkened, and he began to calculate whether it would be more rewarding to wipe out the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Seeing Roa's eyes flashing fiercely, Ainz knew that he had bargained too hard. He was also a little scared in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said directly, "Three World-Class Items, but I will randomly pick the items for you. This is my bottom line."