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Chapter 496: Ainz: I’m here to do it!

In a corner of the royal capital.

This is also one of the Eight Fingers’ strongholds.

However, the tortoise-shell-like fortress walls were already in ruins, and many wounded soldiers were continuously transported out from the inside. Many people wearing Axis priest uniforms were healing the wounded and cleaning up the mess.

Just now, less than half an hour after the operation was ordered, the team commanded by Lin successfully captured one of the eight finger bases at lightning speed and successfully captured the manager of the base.

It went so smoothly that it was scary.

"Humph, these are just eight fingers, nothing special."

"That's just rubbish."

"How dare you call yourself a villain with such little strength? I feel ashamed that the kingdom has been corrupted by these termites."

"That's right, that's right."

The adventurers who were cleaning up the battlefield - former Orichalcum-ranked adventurers hired by Lord Rebuen, kicked the half-dead bodies of the garbage, spitting and looking down on them.

Adventurers have their own pride.

They are powerful but do not attack the weak. Instead, they get paid for completing tasks. Every bounty is earned honestly, so they naturally look down on these self-degrading guys.

Moreover, many adventurers among them were bullied by these trash when they were weak, so they settled the new and old grudges together.

Lin did not stop the adventurers.

Not only are they adventurers hired by his brother, but the Eight Fingers members no longer have any human rights in his eyes. If it weren't for the need to bring these guys back for interrogation, Lin would have sent the Eight Fingers members to see the goddess in the name of atonement.

only……

Monica, who had sorted out the intelligence, reported, "Master Lin, this operation resulted in the arrest of 78 people, with 4 deaths, and we had 8 minor injuries and 0 deaths. It was a great victory."

"Yes, that's great."

Lin frowned and muttered quietly.

Monica couldn't help but ask, "Master Lin, you don't seem happy?"

"No, I'm certainly happy to have won. But don't you think it's going too smoothly?"

"It went smoothly... isn't it good?"

"Eight Fingers is the biggest villain in the Poison Kingdom after all. Even though we caught them off guard, the strongest among them have remained silent until now. Don't you find it strange?"

"You mean... six arms?"

Six arms are very powerful.

Leaving aside the weakest and captured Phantom Dunetron, the other five are all skilled fighters, and their leader, the Demon Fighter Zero, is even more powerful than the Kingdom’s Warrior Captain Gazef.

"There were a total of eight strongholds that we raided, but we didn't see a single Six-Arms. Admittedly, we were lucky not to run into any. But... the worst-case scenario is that the remaining five gather in one stronghold."

“So…!”

The combined strength of the elite kingdoms that joined together this time is very strong, but that's just the way it is when they are separated. If it is really as Lin said, one group will suffer badly.

“That’s why I’m worried.”

"That……"

"Ah, quickly clean up the battlefield, leave a small number of people to guard the Eight Fingers members, and the rest of you prepare to go to assist other groups."

Lin didn't look very happy.

He was somewhat worried about the safety of his childhood sweetheart. This feeling came out of nowhere and made him feel very restless.

"Laqisi..."

"Not good! Lord Lin, look over there!"

Monica's anxious voice rang in his ears. Lin looked at her but found that her eyes were fixed in a completely different direction. Her profile was wide open, as if she had seen something incredible.

Lin followed her line of sight and his eyes widened as well.

"Is that... a wall of fire?!"

If a house caught fire, it would naturally produce a pillar of fire, but that kind of flame would never surprise Lin too much. But the scene in front of him was not like that. It was a wall of fire more than 50 meters high, surrounding an area of ​​the capital. The length was probably no less than hundreds of meters!

I could hear other people whispering.

"What is that, is it magic?"

"No, no, no, how can there be such an outrageous magic? If we count by class, it must be at least the sixth class."

"Indeed, judging from the human level, it is absolutely impossible to create such an outrageous magic."

“…Hey, wait a minute.”

The adventurers kept talking to each other in low voices, and then they all looked at the team leader, Lin.

"What should we do, Master Lin?" Monica took out the map on the back of the screen, checked it quickly and said, "That should be the warehouse area, and the person in charge is none other than Cang Qiangwei's leader, Aindora!"

In fact, Lin already knew it without her reporting, after all, it was the area in charge of the person he cared about most.

Sure enough, the anxiety I felt before the plan started came true.

damn it!
Thanks to the properties of magic, he remained calm and did not panic. Under Monica's anxious and concerned gaze, he gave orders calmly.

"Monica, you, the deputy team leader, will be in charge from now on. I'm not trying to belittle Eight Fingers, but I don't think they created this wall of fire. This means something more serious has happened in the capital. It's not safe to stay here any longer. Abandon all current plans and retreat back to the capital as instructed. Go find Her Royal Highness the Princess, she should be able to give us the next instructions."

"As ordered."

Monica wasn't stupid enough to ask Lin where he was going. Rather, she had anticipated this situation and was prepared.

After giving the order, Lin left the group and ran towards the warehouse regardless of the others' shouts.

Probably because the capital was in chaos, the residents were hiding in their rooms and did not come out. Lin had a smooth journey and quickly came to the bottom of the fire wall.

I have to say that this firewall is very high, which fully illustrates what it means that things are bigger when they are closer and smaller when they are farther away.

The length can no longer be seen, but it encloses the entire warehouse area. As for the height, it is at least fifty meters, easily blocking many people from entering and exiting.

Although he could jump in by stepping on the eaves, he didn't know if it would trigger any mechanism. After all, this kind of magic couldn't fail to prevent sudden entry from the sky. Therefore, Lin decided to use the simplest and most brutal method.

——Break a hole!

His hands were covered with a layer of light blue film, and then he inserted them straight in like practicing Iron Sand Palm... Although Lin didn't know what Iron Sand Palm was, he successfully opened a passage that could accommodate one person. He walked in quickly, and then the passage was covered with flames again.

It seems that the magic that can recover automatically is not that simple. It is impossible to shout at the residents to escape. I can only let them suffer for the time being.

Then he quickly ran to the warehouse.

----

At this time, above the capital, at an altitude of about 400 meters, in the night sky, a group of people were flying among the stars.

Two of them were magic casters who activated the flying magic, and there were also two people behind them, sitting at the back and letting the two people in the front pull them while flying, so there were four people in total.

One of the people being pulled was a man wearing full black armor with a huge sword on his back. The other was a beautiful woman with a ponytail.

Needless to say, it was Ainz and Narberal.

The two of them accepted a commission in the fortress city early this morning with a reward that exceeded the market price.

The client's name is Lord Leibun.

On the surface, the request was that something unusual was about to happen in the capital, and he hoped that the two could protect his residence for a few days. In fact, the real request was to suppress the Eight Fingers, an underground organization, and send soldiers, hoping that Ainz and his men could join the army to fight together. The other party especially wanted Ainz to deal with the strongest fighter in the area, Six Arms.

At first Ainz refused.

After all, you can't just tell me to go and I will go. At least you have to see your sincerity.

However, when the other party showed enough sincerity, Ainz was moved to tears. But in order not to damage his image as a master, he suppressed his greed and pretended to accept the commission reluctantly.

Generally speaking, adventurers are not allowed to participate in state-related activities in order to maintain neutrality.

Of course, Lord Leibun had been prepared for this, and he used the cover of protecting his own safety to circumvent this unwritten rule. Even if someone asked for accountability, he could use the excuse that he was protecting the client's safety.

There was just one problem. The other party asked him to rush to the capital as quickly as possible.

In YGGDRASIL, there are teleportation services between cities and kingdoms, and you can teleport back and forth for a small amount of money. But this world is not so good, and teleportation magic is a magic of the fifth tier or above, so according to the setting, Ainz and his friends basically cannot use it.

However, riding a horse is even more impossible, so at this time, the magic caster subordinates after Leibun are needed to take action.

They used a special flying magic that consumed magic power to accelerate, combined with the [Floating Board], and successfully brought Ainz and the other two to the capital.

The two were sitting on a translucent floating board. Since the magic could block weight, the flying speed would not be affected even if two people were carrying it. The two were like this, flying in a straight line to bring them here.

But even so, the time seemed to be very tight, so much so that it exceeded the scheduled time by a large margin.

Therefore, Ainz felt a little uneasy.

He was worried that after he arrived, the other party would say they didn't want him anymore, or that he wouldn't get the agreed compensation. Just like he was attracted by the generous compensation, the other party probably wouldn't be willing to pay so much money to someone who didn't do anything. He hoped that this wouldn't turn out to be a wishful thinking.

That's like the feeling of white-collar workers who work in a company that is reducing costs and increasing efficiency due to deteriorating performance, about their year-end bonus.

Please, please, pay me in full. I've already figured out how to use it.

After all, isn't the Leibun Marquis family Lin's kin? If that really happens, then he should settle for the next best thing, ask for less or nothing at all, and do Lin a favor.

But I really can’t bear to give up such a generous reward.

Ainz sighed and prayed.

Although his current race is the Skeleton Master, for the sake of generous rewards, he is willing to pray to the goddess believed in by the Axis Church!

While he was troubled, he saw the capital for the first time. Even though it was a night flight, it still pleased Ainz's eyes.

It was not a beautiful view. Rather, the capital was almost completely shrouded in darkness, and there was no beauty to speak of. But for Ainz, who could see through the darkness, it was still an experience that satisfied his curiosity.

Occasionally, his eyes caught a glimpse of a strange glow in a certain place. At first he didn't understand what was happening, but when he saw the black flames coming out, he realized that something special was happening there.

"Wait a minute, there's a glow there that looks like magic. Look, it's bright again."

"...Indeed...it seems like magic."

The magic caster looked at the place Ainz pointed at, his tone lacking confidence, perhaps because it was too dark and too far away. Even if an ordinary person saw the light, it would be difficult to determine its source.

"What's wrong? Is this a common occurrence in the capital? Or are they setting off fireworks to welcome us?"

"how come."

The magic caster did not even smile at Ainz’s joke, but instead had a serious expression on his face.

"In fact, that location is one of the planned attacks on the Eight Finger strongholds."

"I see... I was worried that I wouldn't be able to make it in time, but now it looks like I can help a little."

"Got it. Then let's move a little closer to that side."

"Forget it. It seems that someone there is using very high-level magic. If you are affected, you will die immediately."

"Tsk."

When the magic casters gasped at Ainz’s words and asked, “What should I do?”, Ainz turned his gaze away from them and turned to Narberal.

"Nabe, use your flying magic to take me to that place. When I get there, I'll give you a signal and you'll let me down."

"As ordered."

Then, Narberal grabbed Ainz's armor with both hands. Because Ainz's body was too big, it was impossible to hug him, so she could only grab the edge of his armor. But this was like the flesh wings of a baby dragon, which was small but still able to fly.

After flying across the sky and reaching the destination.

"let it go."

"As ordered."

Narberal loosened her hand, and three seconds passed.

--boom!

With a loud bang, the dark hero made his grand appearance.

"So... that's my enemy?"

----

Lin rushed into the wall, and his pace slowed down. It was not because of the enemy or other accidents that delayed his pace. On the contrary, there was no one in the street or the house.

The silence is incredible.

However, Lin did not dare to let his guard down, because he smelled a strong smell of the devil. The lingering stench lingering at the tip of his nose made the priest who believed in the goddess and hated the devil very unhappy.

The most frustrating thing is that although it feels like there are a lot of demons hiding in the dark, those guys are hiding in the dark and not coming out, making it impossible for Lin, who wants to kill people, to release his frustration.

It wasn't that he wanted to wait for the right opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but more like he wanted to avoid him and evade him.

Quickly walked to the central avenue in front of the warehouse.

What came into view was a female priest warrior wearing white armor with a unicorn carved on it and holding a pitch-black sword, who was constantly killing the demons that rushed towards her.

Lin's eyes lit up and he shouted her name loudly.

"Laqisi!"

"Forest?!"

The priest-warrior was also stunned for a moment after seeing the newcomers, and then they both ran towards each other at the same time, standing back to back, alert to the demons that surrounded them.

"Lin, why are you here?"

"Because I'm worried about you."

"Thank you. But be careful, these guys suddenly appear from nowhere."

"Ah, I know."

However, just as the two were preparing to work together to repel these demons and escape the encirclement, the demons' movements suddenly stopped, as if they had received some instructions and turned around and left without hesitation.

"Damn it, don't even think about running away!"

Lin and Lagis took the opportunity to attack, but the demons ignored them, as if they didn't care about their companions at all and did not fight back even when attacked.

As the demons fled in all directions, the two were able to kill only a few of them.

"what is going on?"

"Who knows."

This strange feeling came again, as if it was deliberately avoiding me.

But this matter is hard to believe, and the top priority is to reunite with others, so Lin buried the confusion of his discovery deep in his heart.

"By the way, Laqisi, where are the others?"

"Gagran and the others went to eliminate the stronghold in the mansion. Judging from the time, they should be back, but there is no movement now. Could it be..."

As if in response to her "can't be", a loud bang was heard from the direction of the mansion, as if someone had dropped something from a high altitude, and the object must have been extremely heavy.

"Laqisi!"

"I know, let's go!"

The two of them ran quickly towards the mansion.

(End of this chapter)