Chapter 337 Three Guardians

At noon, the scorching sun was in the sky.

The slightly hot light shone on the somewhat messy forest clearing, forcing the vampire girl in the dress to be exposed to the sun.

The beautiful girl stood under the scorching sun, her expression dull and her eyes dull. The sight was enough to make anyone think that the other person had suffered from heatstroke.

But in fact, the girl's excessively fair skin not only didn't have a drop of sweat, it didn't even become slightly redder.

Shalltear just stood there blankly, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

"rustle……"

Not long after, a very subtle but real sound of footsteps came from far to near.

Ainz walked slowly and slowly appeared in front of Shalltear.

As mentioned before, Ainz came to Shalltear for a duel.

"Is it finally starting?"

Lige's figure appeared on a hill in the distance at some point. Looking at Ainz who was slowly approaching Shalltear, he looked like he had been waiting for him for a long time.

Of course, Li Ge is not the only one who has been waiting here for a long time, there are also other beings waiting for his arrival.

"Okay, stop hiding."

Li Ge spoke directly without even looking around.

"Aren't you tired of hiding near me and surrounding me every time? Come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several figures appeared around Li Ge after a beat.

Those are three beings who look extremely individual, and can even be said to be extremely individual.

They were located in front, left and right of Lige respectively, forming a triangle and surrounding Lige.

The one on the left is an alien that exudes cold air.

It has a height of 250 centimeters and a huge body. It looks like an insect walking on two legs. Its whole body is light blue like ice. There is a tail on its back that is twice as long as its height. Its whole body is covered with It has sharp spikes like icicles and holds a silver halberd in both hands. It looks like some kind of alien creature that comes specifically for killing, and it is very penetrating.

The one on the right is a demon who had a relationship with Li Ge.

He has an oriental face and is wearing a British suit. He is dressed like a gentleman, but he exudes an evil aura. Behind him is a tail covered with a silver metal plate. There are six spikes on the front of the tail. The light black flames are constantly swaying. These characteristics all indicate that he is a real devil, rather than someone who looks like a devil.

As for the one in front, there is a warrior with obvious graceful female features all over his body.

The opponent was wearing full-body armor, which was completely black and covered with spikes, making him look like a demon. The metal gloves he wore on his hands had claws, and one of his hands was holding a giant weapon that exuded an ominous aura. Ax, told others that although this warrior was female, she was to some extent more dangerous than the other two beings.

In this way, three beings who did not look like benevolent people appeared in front of Li Ge, staring at him closely, filling the air with an extremely terrifying pressure.

Under such pressure, Li Ge could still look normal, but it gave others an abnormal feeling.

"You do think highly of me."

Li Ge's eyes swept over the insect warriors, demon gentlemen and axe-wielding female warriors one after another.

"The guardian of the fourth level of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick——Cocytus."

"The guardian of the seventh level of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick——Demiurge."

"The chief guardian of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick——Albedo."

"It's really flattering that three guardians were sent to my side at once."

Hearing Li Ge's words that were completely inconsistent with the plain expression on his face, the three guardians of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick all released murderous intent and hostility.

Obviously, Li Ge's arrival was extremely unwelcome by them.

"Rig Brighaut."

Albedo was the first to speak out.

She looked at Li Ge coldly, as if she might attack at any time, showing hostility in every move.

"Although this is not my original intention, since Ainz-sama has said not to be rude to you, we will naturally abide by it."

Following Albedo, Demiurge spoke next.

"You can watch the battle here, but for Ainz-sama's safety, you can only stay here."

Demiurge's tone was very calm, and he seemed to be much kinder than Albedo, who had obvious hostility. However, if anyone saw the darkness hidden in his eyes, they would know his hostility towards Rige. Definitely no less than Albedo.

The last one to speak out was Cocytus.

"From now on, you can't take another step forward."

The Insect King, exuding cold air, knocked the ground heavily with the silver halberd he held tightly in his hand.

Suddenly, the ground began to freeze, and the cold air began to spread outward, gradually freezing the entire hill.

"I see." Li Ge glanced at the hill that turned into an iceberg and smiled nonchalantly: "In other words, you were sent to monitor me?"

The three guardians did not speak, seemingly acquiescing to Li Ge's statement.

"I really like unfounded worries." Li Ge said calmly: "Don't worry, I'm just here to watch the battle today. I have no other purpose besides this. I won't take the opportunity to do anything like you think."

"I hope so." Albedo moved her head under the helmet and said, "Of course, personally, I still hope you do something."

In this case, she would have reason to take action against Li Ge.

"If you want, I can satisfy you after watching the battle." Li Ge raised his eyebrows, looked at Albedo, and said, "How about it? Do you want to give it a try?"

"I don't want it..."

"Albedo."

Just when Albedo was about to agree, Demiurge stopped her with a voice.

"Don't forget Ainz-sama's order."

Hearing this, Albedo was silent for a while, and then smacked her lips openly.

Seeing this, Li Ge felt bored.

"Let's watch the battle." He said: "It's about to begin."

Rige's words made Albedo and others look in the direction of Ainz and Shalltear involuntarily.

There, Ainz moved in front of Shalltear and had indeed begun to take action.

"[Brilliant Emerald Body]."

He chanted magic, and it was a tenth-level defensive magic, letting emerald green light seep out from his body.

[Glowing Emerald Body], this magic can reduce the damage of beating attribute, and even nullify the damage of beating attribute. For Ainz, who is a skeleton and is extremely afraid of attacks with beating attribute, it has great strategic significance.

Therefore, the first magic Ainz activated was this.

In response, Shalltear still stood there motionless, causing Ainz to laugh loudly.

"Sure enough, as long as they don't make obvious attacks and keep their distance, the NPC will not enter combat mode. It's just like the game!"

"In that case, I'm sorry, Shalltear."

"Before the battle begins, please stay in your original position and wait for me there!"

Saying these words, Ainz started a series of classic operations.

"[Flying], [Magic Caster's Blessing], [Infinite Barrier], [Magic Barrier·Holy], [Essence of Life], [Advanced All Attribute Strengthening], [Freedom], [False Information·Life], [See Through" ], [Supernatural Intuition], [High-Level Resistance Enhancement], [Chaos Cloak], [Unyielding], [Induction Enhancement], [High-Level Luck], [Magic Enhancement], [Dragon Power], [High-Level Hardening], [Heavenly Spiritual Energy], [Absorption], [Penetration Increase], [High-Level Magic Shield], [Magic Essence], [Triple Magic, the Most Enhanced · Critical Strike Mine], [Triple Magic·High-Level Magic Seal], [Strongest Level Upgrade of the Three Magical Levels·Magic Arrow].”

In front of Shalltear, Ainz began to add buffs to himself in a grand manner, chanting one magic after another, causing the brilliance of magic to appear on his body.

After applying dozens of layers of magic to himself, Ainz opened his hand and let a huge dome-shaped three-dimensional magic circle unfold with himself as the center within a radius of about ten meters.

The magic circle is complex and gorgeous, layered on top of one another, one layer covering the other, like an extremely exquisite geometric three-dimensional figure, emitting white light while constantly changing patterns.

"come yet?"

Li Ge was refreshed when he saw this scene.

That magic circle is the complex formation that appears when players use super magic.

Ainz used super magic directly before the battle began, causing the huge magic circle to expand continuously.

After expanding and changing like this for a while, the light emanating from the magic array suddenly brightened.

"Super magic!"

Ainz shouted.

"[Falling from the sky]!"

The most powerful level of magic in this world was officially activated amidst Ainz's shout.

"————"

For an instant, the entire forest clearing seemed to be stripped of its color.

It was like a big sun rising from the center of the open space, and everything was dyed white.

The hot gas generated by the ultra-high heat source appeared in a large white area, expanded and exploded, burning everything around it on the spot.

The scene was like a beam of light falling from the sky and hitting the earth, making the entire forest tremble.

Then, the heat came.

As a result, a piece of the earth was dug away.

The apocalyptic scene appeared, causing countless birds and beasts to be frightened away from the forest.

Soon, the white world gradually disappeared, and the ultra-high temperature quickly receded.

Until then, onlookers could see the scene of the earth that had been ravaged by the super magic [Skyfall].

It is a large circle with completely different scenery inside and outside.

Outside the circle is the forest that has not been affected in any way and is still intact and unchanged.

Inside the circle is a charred black earth, as if it has turned into a volcanic crater, emitting billowing heat waves and scorched smoke.

All flora and fauna were burned.

In the charred earth, in addition to the charred roots of giant trees, there were several places where crystallization appeared.

"Ahhhh——"

In the middle of this scorched earth, an inappropriate voice suddenly rang out.

It was the only bright red figure that could maintain its own existence and color in this charred world.

"It hurts……"

Shalltear finally no longer stood there motionless, but seemed to have come to life, regaining her vitality.

She was covered in smoke.

There seemed to be a lot of blood dripping from her body.

However, she withstood the super magic and did not die on the spot.

"It really... hurts...!"

The vampire girl, who was not supposed to feel pain, screamed and turned her crimson eyes towards Ainz.

The next moment, a set of deep red full-body armor appeared on Shalltear's body, as if it was stained with blood.

It was a set with only a hole on the face. The helmet was like a swan's head, with two bird-like feathers protruding from the left and right. Wing-shaped decorations hung from the chest to the shoulders, and the lower body was a full skirt. armor.

This is Shalltear's official weapon.

As the guardian of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick and a level 100 NPC, all the weapons Shalltear uses are legendary and powerful weapons.

Now, Shalltear put on these weapons and equipment, and took out the artifact-level item that had been shown once during the battle with Lige - the dropper spear.

This is Shalltear's true attitude, her true form of going all out.

"This is too much, Ainz-sama."

Shalltear said this in a complaining tone.

"You actually used super magic to attack me as soon as you came up. As the ruler of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick and one of the Supreme Beings, wouldn't doing this make you look like you have no character?"

Shalltear actually said disrespectful words that she would never say normally, causing the guardians guarding Li Ge to cast angry glances at her.

Ainz himself didn't care at all.

"Don't say that, Shalltear, it's just a little greeting." Ainz said nonchalantly: "I am also a person who cares about face. Since I am going to fight in person, I naturally have to ensure that I will not lose this battle. , Otherwise, how can we continue to be your ruler?"

"You do whatever it takes to win? You are truly worthy of Ainz-sama!" Shalltear said with admiration or sarcasm, "But do you really think you can win against me this way?"

Facing Ainz, Shalltear showed the confidence to win.

Because she knew very well that in terms of strength, she would surpass Ainz.

Although Ainz is a player, the ruler of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, and the past guildmaster of "Ainz Ooal Gown", in fact, his strength is not that strong among max-level players. It can be considered to be around the upper middle level.

Shalltear is almost the strongest guardian in the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. Even against players, her winning rate is very high.

In a fight with Shalltear, Ainz had a high chance of losing.

Ainz himself knew this very well.

But……

"You have to try everything to find out."

Ainz, who was murmuring like this, extended his hand to Shalltear.

The war is about to break out.

The fever...has not gone away...