Chapter 527: We

The world-class item in YGGDRASIL is nearly the strongest item in the entire YGGDRASIL, with no such thing as “one of the strongest.”

According to YGGDRASIL’s game background, the World Tree YGGDRASIL once bore countless leaves, but one day a colossal monster appeared that devoured these leaves, causing them to fall one by one—and those fallen leaves became the world-class items.

World-class items possess power that surpasses even supreme-tier magic, and there are only 200 such items in the entire game.

Among these nearly all power-disrupting world-class items, there are twenty known as the “Twenty,” each possessing unparalleled extraordinary abilities.

Although YGGDRASIL has 200 world-class items, only fifty have been revealed so far.

Aimerena had always believed her guild was the strongest, yet even those eight lords never indulged their guardians by granting them world-class items.

But what did she see now? Three world-class items capable of overturning the world, right before her eyes!

Looking at Yarbed and the others clad in divine gear, Shengzai’s face showed a flicker of wariness.

The main reason he had always been so cautious toward Nazarick Great Tomb was that Anzu was simply too wealthy!

Leaving aside the guild’s weapons and numerous level-max NPCs, just the world-class items alone, Anzu Ul Gong possessed eleven of them.

Anzu’s guild is the one with the most world-class items in all of YGGDRASIL.

From the world-class item “Allure of the Nation,” which can forcibly control Xia Tiya, it’s clear these items are absurdly overpowered.

That’s also why, before having perfect preparation, Shengzai didn’t want to break ties with Anzu.

“Lord Xiuluo, since our parting at Karn Village, this is our second meeting, isn’t it?”

“Lord Anzu has asked me to convey his greetings to you, and he also hopes that, considering the goodwill from last time, you will withdraw now.”

Yarbed, holding the world-class item “Hell’s Abyss,” stood among the guardians, smiling as she spoke to Shengzai.

“This is quite troublesome. I truly don’t wish to oppose you, Miss Yarbed, but as an adventurer who accepted my guild’s mission, I cannot stand idly by while that vampire remains unchecked.”

Hearing Shengzai’s words, the guardians behind Yarbed frowned and assumed battle stances.

“Regarding that, Lord Xiuluo need not worry, for we will handle the vampire ourselves—you may simply return and report your mission complete.”

Since the adventurers came to slay the vampire, and Lord Anzu was already dealing with Xia Tiya, Yarbed believed the outcome would not conflict with either side.

“The Adventurer’s Guild has promised me that if I successfully eliminate this vampire, they will grant me a Steel-Rank adventurer badge.”

“So, Miss Yarbed, if you handle the vampire, could you credit the achievement to me?”

Hearing Shengzai’s brazen statement, Yarbed’s smiling face darkened.

Their Lord Anzu, as an adventurer, seeks fame to prepare for later seizing the kingdom, and thus must accumulate achievements and recognition.

This mission to slay the controlled Xia Tiya serves both to free her from control and to boost the reputation of the adventurer “Black Mo Mo.”

Yet here Shengzai is—doing nothing at all—trying to claim the biggest prize. Do they think Nazarick Great Tomb’s wool is so easy to shear?

“Lord Xiuluo, as an adventurer, don’t you understand the principle of reward according to effort?”

“You’ve done nothing, yet you wish to claim the credit—isn’t that excessive?”

“No, no, Miss Yarbed, it’s not that I don’t want to act—it’s that you’re preventing me from acting.”

“You’ve imposed difficult conditions on me—shouldn’t you pay appropriate compensation? If you’re unwilling to give anything, then the one being excessive is you, Miss Yarbed.”

If they give away the credit for slaying Xia Tiya, how will Lord Anzu gain fame?

Seeing negotiations fail, Yarbed sighed deeply and stepped back, allowing the guardians behind her—Dimiugos and others—to advance.

As the chief guardian, Yarbed had no intention of fighting this time.

To be safe, she needed to hold the world-class item “Hell’s Abyss” at the rear, guarding against possible third-party interference.

Looking at the four level-max guardians of Nazarick Great Tomb before him, Shengzai also sighed deeply.

Although the Steel-Rank adventurer badge wasn’t essential, this was a good opportunity to assess the combat strength of Nazarick’s guardians.

After glancing at the dark elf Aurala and Ma Xiu, Shengzai turned to Jin Long and Aimerena behind him and said, “Can you handle these two?”

In response to Shengzai’s question, Jin Long and Aimerena stepped forward without hesitation.

【Of these two dark elves, Aurala specializes in commanding high-level beasts—let Jin Long handle her; dragonkind naturally intimidates most beasts.

Ma Xiu is a powerful spellcaster skilled in manipulating earth—let Aimerena take him; elven knights possess high magic resistance, and elves are a race protected by the earth.

If they use their world-class items, prioritize self-preservation—this operation’s main goal is intelligence gathering.

However, considering world-class items, though powerful, have long cooldowns, they likely won’t use them lightly.】

After issuing orders to Jin Long and Aimerena via “Mind Speech,” Shengzai dashed forward and immediately attacked Dimiugos.

Since Yar Beide wouldn’t fight, Dimiugos and Kose Tesi were his targets.

Compared to the warrior Kose Tesi , Dimiugos is a strategist-type NPC—so in a one-against-two scenario, Shengzai judged he should eliminate him first.

“Don’t move!”

Seeing Shengzai charging at him, Dimiugos activated his verbal command ability to force obedience.

Almost the instant his verbal spell became a sonic wave enveloping Shengzai, Shengzai’s sprinting body did indeed pause mid-motion.

But only for a moment—he broke free from Dimiugos’s verbal control the next second and appeared before him in an instant.

“My ‘Command Spell’ had no effect on him!”

“Ding——————!”

Seeing Shengzai suddenly appear before him, Dimiugos transformed one hand into a troll’s arm, trying to block Shengzai’s slash—only for Kose Tesi to intercept it with a long blade from the side.

(End of Chapter)