Chapter 354 Who is it?

[Eight Fingers] was occupied by an unknown intelligent and powerful monster, and even the people in charge were enslaved.

This kind of thing never happened in the original work.

The original work at this point in time is the first conflict between [Blue Rose] and [Eight Fingers], which triggered a series of subsequent events, which eventually led to the people of Nazarick being involved, thus triggering a larger conflict. In the chaos, powerful foreign monsters suddenly invaded and occupied [Eight Fingers]. This was something that had never happened in the original work.

No, it cannot be said that such a thing has never happened.

In the original book, at the end of this incident, the [Eight Fingers] in charge of the kingdom's underground world was indeed controlled by Nazarick, but that only happened after the incident ended, and this did not happen at the beginning.

But now it seems that this incident happened in advance, and the leader was an unknown monster that attacked a human city in the Theocracy a week ago. This is simply unbelievable.

"Could it be..."

Li Ge's eyes flashed slightly, and an idea appeared in his mind.

Driven by this idea, Li Ge asked Laches.

"What is the monster that controls [Eight Fingers]?"

This question is also what Brian wants to know.

The leader who can secretly dominate the underground world without attracting public attention. This monster is obviously not only powerful, but also very intelligent, and may even be a humanoid monster.

This is indeed the case.

"Although I have not met the other party directly, if there are no accidents, the other party should be a vampire."

Laxi's words made Li Ge narrow his eyes.

"Do you suck vampires?"

Brian's expression became a little unnatural.

There was no way, the word vampire brought back some unpleasant memories in Brian's mind.

That night in the northern forest of E-Rantel, the monster that appeared there was a vampire. This was information that Brian only learned about after the fact.

Li Ge also said yesterday that the monster that started the earth-shattering fierce battle with him in the northern forest of E-Rantel was a vampire.

Although I heard that the vampire seemed to have been defeated by Feifei, a steel-level adventurer [Pitch Black Hero] who had recently appeared in E-Rantel, and his companions, Brian, who had seen that battle, was not convinced. It was unimaginable that anyone other than Li Ge could deal with that vampire.

Now when he heard Laches mention that the powerful monster that had sneaked into the capital was a vampire, Brian suddenly had an overreaction.

"Could it be that vampire? Lord Brighaut..."

Brian asked Rige nervously.

"Not sure."

Li Ge shook his head and did not give an accurate answer.

"What?" Seeing the performance of the two of them, Gegelan immediately asked, "Do you know that vampire?"

Everyone at [Blue Rose] immediately paid attention to this matter.

"Haven't you heard of it?" Brian peeked at Li Ge's expression, and seeing that Li Ge had no intention of stopping himself from talking, he immediately said: "Just about two months ago, the northern forest of E-Rantel A particularly powerful vampire appears here, and we are talking about her."

Brian's words reminded both Gegelan and Evileye of the conversation between Rige and Brian yesterday.

At that time, the terrible battle that they mentioned that made Brian lose his spirit did indeed take place in the northern forest of E-Rantel, and one of the two fighting parties was Lige and the other was a vampire who came from nowhere.

A powerful vampire appeared in the northern forest of E-Rantel two months ago, and this incident was widely spread.

"But hasn't that vampire been defeated by the two newly promoted adamantite-level adventurers from [Pitch Black]?"

"That's what I heard too."

Tia and Tina both said this aloud.

"Who knows if that is true?" Brian said with a negative attitude: "Anyway, I can't imagine that vampire being defeated by someone other than Lord Brighaut. Is that [Pitch Black Hero] really there?" I personally doubt that level of strength."

"If that vampire is not dead, then with her power, it would be easy to control [Eight Fingers]."

"I even think that the legendary [Destruction] is far inferior to that vampire. She is just so terrifying."

The [Nation of Destruction] that Brian mentioned was even a legendary monster.

It is said that it is a monster that can destroy an entire country by one person. Its true form is a prince among vampires, so it is called "Nation Destruction".

However, [The Nation of Destruction] was wiped out by the Thirteen Heroes 200 years ago, and this story is still being told today.

But if there is a very famous being among vampires who is both powerful and highly intelligent, the first thing that comes to mind is [Destroy the Nation].

Brian compared it with the legendary vampire, which made everyone in [Blue Rose] look a little... weird.

"snort!"

At this time, Evileye suddenly made a very unhappy sound.

"You haven't seen how powerful [Mi Guo] is, so how do you know that she is far inferior to the vampire you mentioned?"

Evileye didn't know why, but he got into a fight with Brian on this matter.

To this, Brian responded simply.

"Because that vampire can fight to a tie with Lord Brighaut. Having seen that battle, I can guarantee that a vampire of that level, even the Thirteen Heroes who ended the Demon God Rebellion, will never be able to defeat him."

"But [Nieguo] was eliminated by the Thirteen Heroes, which proved that she was definitely weaker than the vampire who was tied with Lord Brighaut."

"Or do you think [Destruction of the Nation] can achieve a tie with Lord Brighaut? If that's the case, I can take back this sentence?"

Brian's too simple statement left Evileye speechless.

To a certain extent, Brian's statement is actually right.

At least, Evileye knew very well that among the beings known as the Thirteen Heroes, only six of them had actually entered the realm of heroes, and the rest were basically people of Brian's level.

Among these thirteen heroes, except for the team leader and the abominable armored man who had hidden his identity, almost no one could defeat the vampire [Destruction] alone. Even if they join forces, it would be difficult.

In this way, since [Destruction] was defeated by the Thirteen Heroes, she is naturally inferior to the existence that the Thirteen Heroes cannot defeat no matter what.

And can the Thirteen Heroes defeat Li Ge?

【Destroy the Country】Can this vampire be able to fight to a draw with Li Ge?

Evileye couldn't help but look at Li Ge, and recalled the aura he exuded when he drew his sword yesterday, and recalled the fatal sense of crisis and heart palpitations.

Therefore, Evileye had to admit that he... the existence of [Destroy the Nation] would never be able to draw a tie with Li Ge.

However, the vampire that appeared in the northern forest of E-Rantel was able to fight against such a Lige.

Doesn’t this mean that [Destroy the Nation] is not as good as that vampire?

Evileye was speechless, but still very unhappy, even a little angry.

"At the very least, for an existence of your level, I... [Destroy the Nation] will definitely be able to easily solve it."

Evileye was like a troubled child, sarcastically mocking Brian.

If it were in the past, this statement would definitely irritate Brian.

But now, Brian is no longer the same person he used to be.

"Of course I know I'm still far behind. There are many monsters in this world that can kill even people at my level instantly. Those legendary vampires must be able to easily overpower me. This is normal. .”

Brian accepted his weakness calmly and accepted Evileye's sarcasm, which made Evileye feel as if he had been punched in cotton, feeling extremely unenviable.

"Ahem." Laxus coughed and changed the subject: "Anyway, that vampire is very strong, we understand this."

"Your suspicions are reasonable. Such a powerful vampire will not be defeated so easily, let alone two appearing in succession in less than three months. This is unrealistic."

"If you think about it this way, the vampire that caused a commotion in the Theocracy, sneaked into the royal capital, and secretly controlled the [Eight Fingers], is really the vampire that once appeared in the northern forest of E-Rantel .”

In other words, Brian's suspicions were legitimate.

Everyone at [Blue Rose] also recognized this statement. Except for Evileye who was still in a bad mood, the rest of them nodded thoughtfully.

"How do you confirm that the monster that dominates [Eight Fingers] is a vampire?"

Only then did Li Ge speak out just right.

Laisi also said that no one has ever faced a monster that controls [Eight Fingers], so how can one confirm that the other person is a vampire?

Li Ge was confused about this.

"There are two reasons."

Rachel gave a reasonable explanation.

"One of them is the information sent back by the Kingdom troops who have died, claiming that they encountered the [Six Arms] members of the [Eight Fingers]. Among them, except for the [Immortal King] Devanok, the other five All of them have been transformed into vampires."

The [Six Arms] are rumored to have the same strength as adamantine-level adventurers. As the name suggests, there are six of them in total.

These six people are respectively [Space Slash] Peshlian who is said to be able to kill even enemies far away from him, [Blood Dance Scimitar] Edstraine who can flexibly use special magic weapons, and Poison Master who specializes in thrusting. The swordsman [Thousand Kills] Mamwest, the illusion-wielding [Phantom Demon] Sandhillont, the [Immortal King] Devanok who is not a human but an immortal, and a fighter who is good at unarmed combat are also the leaders. [Fighting Ghost] Jieluo.

Among these six people, except for the [Immortal King] Devanok, who is not a human being, the other five are all human beings.

As we all know, if a human is sucked by a high-level vampire, he or she may be transformed into a vampire of the same species and be dominated and enslaved by the other person.

Since all the humans in [Six Arms] have been transformed into vampires, it is enough to prove that the monster that secretly controls [Eight Fingers] is actually a vampire.

This is the important reason why Laxus can conclude that the other party should be a vampire.

"Another reason is that the other party once caused chaos in the human city of Theocratic State. According to the intelligence collected by the third princess, the monster that attacked the human city of Theocratic State is suspected to be a vampire." Laqisi said: "That's why we all believe that the other party must be a vampire."

Li Ge nodded, indicating that he understood.

At the same time, Li Ge began to feel excited.

"So, it is possible that the vampire who attacked the human city of the Theocracy, sneaked into the royal capital, and controlled the [Eight Fingers] was Shalltear Bloodfallen."

This incident did not happen in the original work, because Shalltear and Nazarick did not know at all in the early stage that the person who used world-class tools to mentally control Shalltear in the northern forest of E-Rantel was from the Theocracy. Black Scripture.

Now, Rigo had sold this matter to Ainz as information, and Ainz already knew that the person who used world-class items to mentally control Shalltear was the Theocracy.

Under such circumstances, with Ainz's persistence and love for Nazarick, it is completely conceivable that he would hate the Theocracy and take action against it.

Although Li Ge had already given Ainz a warning to prevent him from invading the Theocracy casually, this did not mean that Ainz would just let it go.

That guy will definitely plot against the Theocracy secretly and take action against the Theocracy who dares to attack the NPC created by his former companions.

Even if he does not dare to attack the Theocracy casually for the time being, he will definitely try to find out the details of the Theocracy bit by bit, and then erode the Theocracy step by step.

Shalltear may have taken action against the Theocracy's cities under Ainz's instructions. With the old and new grudges, the vampire would definitely be happy to do so.

only……

"Can the special troops sent by the Theocratic Priest be able to force that vampire back?"

"Why did that guy sneak into the capital to dominate the [Eight Fingers] after attacking the Theocracy?"

"It would be fine if it was done secretly and unknowingly. This is also in line with the style of that old scumbag Gu Aotian. But it is really not like that to make such a commotion known to everyone in the kingdom's senior management and take action against it. A mistake made by a man who is overly cautious.”

Suspicions arose in Li Ge's heart.

"Did an accident happen?"

"Or maybe this matter has nothing to do with Ainz and Nazarick?"

"Of course, the greater possibility is that there is a deeper plan behind this matter."

Li Ge made a lot of guesses based on the original work.

Here, seeing Li Ge deep in thought and sensing that he was interested in this matter, Laxi suddenly realized that this might be a good opportunity.

"If Sir Brighaut is interested, would you like to come with us?"

Laches took the opportunity to send out an invitation.

Everyone cheered up and looked at Li Ge collectively.

Li Ge also came back to his senses and looked at Lassie and others.

"……Right."

After a while, Li Ge suddenly smiled and said something.