Chapter 553: Lakyus: My fiancé

Ainz Ooal Gown—Jircniv also had an impression of this name.

The Theocracy had once impersonated Imperial soldiers, intending to kill the Kingdom's Warrior Captain and frame their Empire.

And the reason that conspiracy by the Theocracy didn't succeed was because of the current adamantite-ranked adventurer "Shura King," as well as Ainz Ooal Gown, a powerful magic caster who happened to be passing by.

Lakyus of "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" was the fiancée of Prince Shengzai, and "Shura King" at that time was said to have been hired by Prince Shengzai, so Jircniv was not surprised that Lakyus knew more details.

It was just that he didn't expect Ainz Ooal Gown to be the master of these ruins.

"That is correct. Our Supreme Being is indeed Lord Ainz.

If I remember correctly, you should be from the Kingdom, but the order we received was to come and welcome the Empire's Emperor and his group."

The members of "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" had actually dealt with the Battle Maids of the Pleiades and had even fought them.

It was just that Yuri and the others in the Royal Capital had all used certain disguises and used magic items to cover their aura, so even Evileye didn't recognize them at this moment.

Because Lakyus called their great Supreme Being by his name, plus the grudges from the Royal Capital, Yuri and the others were quite dissatisfied with "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" at this moment, and even had the intention to take action directly.

"Stop! 【Stop!】"

However, just as Yuri and the others were preparing to call the surrounding Death Knights to attack Lakyus and her group together, Jircniv's voice and Ainz's voice using "Message" appeared simultaneously, one bright and one dark.

"The members of 'Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei' are adventurers from the Kingdom, but this time they were hired by our Empire, so naturally, they count as members of this mission."

In all honesty, Jircniv was also very worried that his behavior would completely enrage that powerful magic caster, Ainz Ooal Gown.

But now, he had no choice but to speak up to stop the other party.

There were many reasons. First, if he let "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" be killed here, his prestige would drop significantly, and who else in the team would believe in him?

Setting aside the loyalty of the "Four Knights," what would the other adamantite-ranked adventurer team, "Silver Thread Bird," think?

Jircniv even thought now that the guy named Ainz Ooal Gown was holding the idea of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

The second reason was that Lakyus's identity was too special; he still needed her as a witness to bring the information here back to the Kingdom.

If she died here, wouldn't her fiancé, the Kingdom's Third Prince Shengzai, settle the account with him?

Facing a non-human, powerful enemy, joining forces between the Empire and the Kingdom was the best policy, so anyone in the mission could die, but Lakyus could not!

Otherwise, he would have no room to negotiate or make peace with the Kingdom later.

By the same token, the reason Ainz called a halt to Lupusregina and the others was also because of the intelligence he had collected before, knowing Lakyus's relationship with the Kingdom's Third Prince.

Before they attacked the Royal Capital, honestly, including Ainz, the Great Tomb of Nazarick had somewhat underestimated that Kingdom's Third Prince.

Before this, they had always thought that the genius prince famous throughout the Kingdom was just a human with a little bit of talent.

The Kingdom's strongest Warrior Captain, Gazef Stronoff, had a big enough reputation, right?

Not only the Kingdom, but even the Theocracy, the Holy Kingdom, and the Empire knew his name and recognized his title as the strongest Warrior Captain.

But in reality? In the eyes of their Great Tomb of Nazarick, Gazef Stronoff was at most at the level of a super soldier.

Before this, Ainz, including Demiurge and the others, all thought the Kingdom's genius prince was at most on the same level as their strongest Warrior Captain.

Even if he were strong, they estimated he was only strong to a very limited extent.

Yet what was the result? That Kingdom's Third Prince had a base level as high as 85, and also had the super-strong dual innate talents of learning martial arts instantly and being a magic-warrior hybrid.

At the moment he "first" saw the other party, Ainz even thought that the Kingdom's Third Prince was the strongest human in this world!

And besides the Kingdom's Third Prince, the Kingdom also had another adamantite-ranked adventurer whose roots were unknown, "Shura King."

Beside "Shura King," there was a giant dragon, as well as another max-level Elf Queen; their strength was even enough to rival Mare and Aura.

In short, in Ainz's view, the foundation of the Re-Estize Kingdom somewhat exceeded their expectations, and he didn't want to be completely hostile to the Kingdom for the time being.

Although they were very strong, being directly hostile to the human great powers of this world was too stupid.

Even if they wanted to deal with the Kingdom, they should at least rule the Empire and the Holy Kingdom and other human kingdoms first.

"Please forgive our rude behavior just now. Our great Supreme Being, Lord Ainz, said that he and the Kingdom's adventurer 'Shura King' are old acquaintances.

He has also long admired the Kingdom's Third Prince, so the adventurers from the Kingdom are naturally honored guests of our Great Tomb of Nazarick."

Hearing what Yuri said, "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" and the others, who had been nervous and even prepared for battle, finally breathed a huge sigh of relief.

And the Empire's Emperor Jircniv, who was on the side, was not very happy when he heard Yuri's words.

Because the maid had already said it very clearly just now: the reason Ainz Ooal Gown didn't take action against "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei," and even treated them as honored guests, was not for the sake of him, the Empire's Emperor Jircniv.

But for the sake of the adamantite-ranked adventurer "Shura King" and the Kingdom's Third Prince, whom he had never met.

In Jircniv's view, this operation by Ainz Ooal Gown was entirely to humiliate him.

He, the Emperor of the Empire, had come personally, and his face was not as useful as a Kingdom prince and an adventurer?

And besides humiliating him, Jircniv guessed that Ainz Ooal Gown also wanted to intensify the conflict between him and the Kingdom by provoking him in this way.

Ainz Ooal Gown—although they hadn't met yet, the other party's scheming and strategy had already been calculated to this extent. What a terrifying enemy!

Ainz: (▽｀) I think you might be the second Demiurge. If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't even have known I was so powerful...

"Lord Ainz, it is truly beautiful!

Not only did you lightly humiliate the ignorant Emperor of the Empire, but you also incidentally intensified the conflict between him and the Kingdom."

Before the throne of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Demiurge knelt on one knee, speaking with words of praise for what the Empire's Emperor had just thought.

And Shalltear, Cocytus, and the other guardians, led astray by Demiurge, looked at Ainz on the throne with expressions of worship.

Ainz: "(Д)" That's about it... As expected of Demiurge, I didn't expect you to see through it."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 554 =====