Chapter 572: The Meeting of Kings: Uncompromising Shengzai!

A blue column of magical energy swept down from the sky, leaving behind a chasm on the ground as if carved by heaven itself.

As the blue column was about to strike the Nazaeric army, the massive Gokudai advanced with his hundreds-of-meters-tall body.

At the same time his eyes flashed red, he clenched his fist and slammed it straight into the oncoming blue beam.

“Boom——————!”

The Golem race not only possesses immense size but also extremely high magical resistance.

As Gokudai’s fist struck downward, his colossal body was pushed back several steps by the force of the impact.

Yet the blue magical beam shattered into countless specks of starlight, dissolving into the air under his blow.

However, the explosion wave generated by his punch instantly vaporized thousands of low-tier undead surrounding him.

Yet such losses were negligible for the undead army of Nazarick.

“Fly—!”

Watching Old Bone soar into the sky, Demiurge and the others moved to follow, but he raised a hand to stop them.

In Old Bone’s view, with both armies facing off, a formal dialogue between king and king was necessary.

If the other side came without attendants, then bringing Yar Beide and the others would only make them appear weaker in stature.

“Yar Beide , are you really letting Lord Ainz face that kingdom’s third prince alone?!”

Lord Ainz is Nazarick’s sole remaining Supreme Being, and that kingdom’s third prince is no ordinary man.

You saw that strike just now—he possesses power equal to ours. As a Supreme Being, Lord Ainz should remain safely behind while we deliver victory to him.”

Watching Old Bone meet Shengzai midair via “Flight,” Demiurge’s brows knotted tightly together.

“Demiurge, I understand your concern, but this is Lord Ainz’s decision.

And haven’t you forgotten? Lord Ainz is strong—he proved it already in his PVP against Shalltear.”

Since both armies’ commanders were still conversing midair, neither side dared to move rashly despite the standoff.

Compared to the fearless undead army, the shocking spectacle they had just witnessed had utterly shattered the worldview of the allied nations’ troops.

Ainz Wuul Gong is a monster, but the kingdom’s third prince is no less one.

Have you ever seen a martial art capable of cleaving a meteor and carving a heavenly chasm into the earth?

Had they not seen it with their own eyes, and felt that deathly dread so vividly, they would have thought this whole thing was a dream.

The kingdom’s third prince’s reputation as a genius was known to neighboring nations.

But the power he just displayed clearly transcends any term like “genius.”

Perhaps even divine power amounts to no more than this.

Yet precisely because of the might Shengzai just displayed, the allied nations’ army had not yet lost all will to fight.

Otherwise, how could their mortal flesh hope to stand against a monster like Ainz Wuul Gong who casually summons meteors?

One hundred meters above ground, Shengzai and Old Bone stood facing each other.

Though they had met several times before, it was always through one of Shengzai’s other aliases.

This was their first true meeting as the Third Prince of the Kingdom and Ainz Wuul Gong.

“Third Prince of the Kingdom, Shengzai Trans Ignar Leir Vanserv, though I’ve heard your name many times, this is surely our first formal meeting, isn’t it?”

“Lord Ainz Wuul Gong, I too have long been familiar with your name.”

After a brief exchange of greetings, Old Bone looked at Shengzai and spoke: “Let’s get to the point, Prince Shengzai—I’ve always wondered why you insist on opposing us.

The alliance between the Magic Kingdom and your kingdom, and the matter of the Azure Rose—these alone prove we have no hostile intent toward your kingdom.

Moreover, the Empire and your kingdom have long been enemies in constant war. The Empire insulted us first, and now we merely seek justice. I simply cannot understand why you would intervene.”

Old Bone’s meaning was simple: they had never attacked the kingdom, and had even spared Lachesis and the others—out of respect for Shengzai.

Yet now, despite this goodwill from Nazarick, Shengzai not only refused to acknowledge it, but even created a subhuman kingdom to directly oppose them—this was outright ungrateful!

“One thing at a time: I am truly grateful, Lord Ainz Wuul Gong, that you showed mercy to Lachesis and the others.

So if, by some stroke of luck, I win this battle, I will spare your life in return for that kindness.

But expecting me to withdraw because of it is impossible.

Even if the Empire was once your enemy, we now stand together on the side of humanity.”

Hearing Shengzai’s words, Old Bone’s hollow eyes flashed red—he was clearly displeased.

“It seems Prince Shengzai holds strong prejudice against non-human races.”

Ainz Wuul Gong’s guild was composed almost entirely of non-human races, and in YGGDRASIL, they were often targeted by other guilds for precisely this reason.

Old Bone valued his companions and the guild they built above all else.

It was natural for him to be angered by Shengzai’s words.

“No, no, Lord Gong, don’t misunderstand—I hold no prejudice against non-human races.

I believe any being with intelligence is capable of communication; my becoming king of the subhuman nation proves it.

But for Nazarick’s Great Tomb, I have no choice but to oppose you.”

As a transmigrator, he knew the kingdom that would be destroyed by the Bone King in the original plot—so when Old Bone and the others arrived, Shengzai had immediately regarded them as a hypothetical enemy.

When Nazarick shifted its target from the kingdom to the empire, Shengzai had even considered negotiating with Old Bone.

But after hearing what Lachesis and the others had witnessed in Nazarick, he understood.

Whether their target was the kingdom or the empire, Old Bone would kill countless people to achieve his nation-building goal.

This would not change regardless of whether the victims were from the kingdom or the empire.

War brings death—that is normal. But to toy with life, to treat it as mere entertainment—that Shengzai could not tolerate.

So even if Old Bone had not touched the kingdom, as a human, he would never allow them to act with such reckless cruelty!

(End of Chapter)