Chapter 449: Throne Room
"Oh wow, I didn't expect it to be successful."
The Shining Golden Pavilion, inside the hotel.
Xia Yu stood up in surprise, and the little hamster lying on him flew up and fell to the ground because of his sudden movement. Fortunately, Xia Yu was quick-eyed and quick-handed and caught the little hamster.
After placing it on the pillow beside him, Xia Yu turned his attention back to the mercury hamster he was controlling.
At this moment, Narberal was suffocated and unconscious because her entire body was covered in liquid mercury.
The undead do not need to breathe or eat, but it is clear that the Double Phantom race has not yet been able to break free from the limitations of biological beings, and will still suffocate and fall into a coma if they lose oxygen.
Looking at Narberal, who looked like Sleeping Beauty, through the perspective of the mercury hamster, Xia Yu couldn't help but marvel at it. He didn't expect that he had actually kidnapped an important NPC in front of Ainz Ooal Gown.
He originally just wanted to give it a try, and it turned out to be successful, which surprised him a bit.
Narberal's goodness and evil value is -400. Although it is not as evil as -500, it is still considered evil.
As a human being, and standing on the human standpoint, Xia Yu would naturally not show mercy to such evil NPCs.
"But what should we do after we catch them?"
It was Xia Yu's sudden idea to capture Narberal using the mercury hamster. After catching her, he suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have a cell to put her in.
Kill directly?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Xia Yu let out a light sigh and discarded the idea.
Not to mention that killing them directly is too wasteful, just think about the difference between killing the NPCs in the Bone King camp and releasing them directly.
If the NPCs of Nazarick die outside, then Ainz Ooal Gown can resurrect the dead by consuming gold coins, causing almost no trouble.
In the original work, in order to resurrect Shalltear, Ainz Ooal Gown spent 500 million gold coins without even blinking an eye. This also shows the rich foundation of Nazarick.
Not to mention that Narberal's total level is only level 63. Compared to Shalltear who is level 100, the cost of resurrecting her will be much lower.
It's impossible to kill it. We finally caught it, how can we let it go back so easily?
"Hmm...how about trying slavery?"
After pondering for a moment, Xia Yu thought of enslaving the other party.
According to the settings, all NPCs in Nazarick have full loyalty, and except for forcibly controlling them with skills, there is almost no way to make them change their loyalty.
And because of their loyalty, those NPCs would hardly reveal any information about Nazarick, which was quite tricky.
After capturing Narberal, Yu Xiayu seemed to have only two choices: either enslave her or seal her.
"Forget it, let's try slavery first."
Thinking of this, Xia Yu rubbed his temples and controlled the mercury hamster to continue digging holes underground. He decided to go underground to try out his previous idea.
Even if it fails, the opponent can be sealed underground, which will also reduce Nazarick's combat power.
However, having said that, Xia Yu still has some confidence in slavery. In the original work, even level 100 Shalltear was subjected to mental control.
Although that is the effect of a world-class item that can overturn a city and a country, Narberal is not level 100, not to mention that he can completely borrow strength from other Xia Yu and then bless himself.
If this still doesn't work, then he can only admit defeat and seal the other party underground.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu turned his head and looked at the little hamster lying on the pillow: "I'm going to do something, you stay here and look after the house."
"I understand, my lord. I will definitely not let you down!" The little hamster raised his round body and saluted with his short hands.
Seeing this, Xia Yu smiled, waved his hand to open the portal, and stepped in.
Behind the portal was the underground space that the Mercury Hamster had just dug out. It was pitch black underground, but as Xia Yu used a lighting spell, the underground space lit up.
In the small underground space, Narberal, whose limbs were completely bound and even her mouth was blocked with liquid mercury, was looking at the newcomer with eyes full of anger.
She woke up naturally when she felt the air again.
"Hey, isn't this Miss Entomologist? Why do you look so angry?"
Because in the original work, Narberal always uses insects to refer to humans, and the insects she refers to are never repeated each time.
Therefore, she was awarded the honorary title of entomologist, of course, this title is not very friendly to humans.
Because her mouth was blocked, Narberal was unable to speak and could only stare at Xia Yu fiercely, as if she wanted to kill someone with her eyes.
Seeing this, Xia Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and manipulated liquid mercury to flow out of Narberal's mouth, allowing her to speak.
"You flea, Nazarick will not let you go."
"Flea, not surprising." Xia Yu walked up to Narberal, looked at her and smiled, "Thank you, Water Strider. So the faction you belong to is called Nazarick."
Although he knew about the existence of Nazarick, saying this would show that it was Narberal who revealed the information, and she did so on her own initiative.
For these extremely loyal NPCs, this is undoubtedly a strategy to win over their hearts and minds.
As expected, when Narberal heard Xia Yu's words, her eyes widened and she looked annoyed. She even ignored Xia Yu calling her a bug.
"Come on, continue to tell me the information about Nazarick you mentioned."
Hearing Xia Yu's words, Narberal's face was filled with resentment. She snorted coldly, closed her eyes and turned her head away.
"You don't want to tell me, right? I hope your willpower can withstand the pain."
Xia Yu smiled sinisterly, rubbed his fingertips to produce an arc of electricity, and looking at Narberal with her eyes closed, Xia Yu pointed a finger at her chest.
Bilibilipa!
"Um!!"
In an instant, a scorching white light suddenly lit up, and the electric current instantly spread throughout Narberal's body, causing her to tremble all over and she couldn't help but groan in pain.
Although Narberal is stronger than the heroes in the other world and her level is above 60, she is not 100% immune to attributes.
After about half a minute of shocking, Xia Yu stopped. Although she was tortured, Narberal did not faint. She just gasped and stared at Xia Yu angrily.
"Will you tell me?"
“…”
Crackling!!
"Will you tell me?"
“…”
Crackling!!!
After repeating this several times, Narberal successfully rolled her eyes back and passed out.
Such a result was within Xia Yu's expectations. After all, an NPC with full loyalty would not betray his master just because of torture.
He did this not really to obtain intelligence, but to weaken the opponent's mental will so that he could enslave him better.
Looking at Narberal's unconscious appearance, Xia Yu grabbed her head and immediately invaded her with his mental power.
…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
After making an emergency call in the forest, Ainz quickly teleported away.
At this moment, he was teleported to a hill, but calling it a hill might be a bit of an exaggeration. It was at most a mound of earth six meters high.
On the mound grew low, pointed-leafed plants as densely as a grassland, as if they had existed for a long time.
Looking around, there are such ridges all around the plain, making people think that this area has this kind of terrain, but this is not the case.
This terrain was created by the power of magic by Mare Bello Fiore, one of the guardians of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
Buried beneath this land is the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, the headquarters of the guild "Ainz Ooal Gown" that traveled from the game.
Ainz was teleported back to the top of the base camp and activated the magic "Fly". He instantly flew over the mound and landed on a slightly flat plain.
In the wide field of vision, all that could be seen was a vast expanse of land covered in weeds, with no trace of the surface of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick visible at all.
Ainz did not linger on this fresh, natural and beautiful scenery, but continued flying at the same speed.
In a short while, when we arrived at a certain place, the scenery in our field of vision changed with a feeling as if a film was pierced.
The beautiful hilly scenery before my eyes disappeared, replaced by a familiar cemetery, the surface of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
Ainz did not slow down his flight. His goal was the largest and most majestic Central Mausoleum, because it was the only entrance to the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
Because Nazarick has extremely powerful defensive items that can resist intelligence manipulation, even he cannot teleport to the inside of Nazarick from the outside world. He can only use teleportation magic to get to the vicinity and then fly back by himself.
Ainz flew all the way to the staircase of the gray-white mausoleum, then suppressed his anxiety and landed in front of the entrance.
"Ainz-sama, welcome home."
Following a gentle female voice, many voices welcoming Ainz home also rang out.
Standing in the front of the crowd was a woman in a pure white dress. She was the chief guardian of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, Albedo.
Following behind Albedo were five combat maids from the Pleiades, and behind them stood dozens of level 80 servants.
After Ainz gave everyone his orders through the “message”, he explained the whole process to Albedo alone.
As the chief guardian, Albedo quickly decided that this matter needed to be informed to the rest of the Pleiades.
Therefore, all the members of the Pleiades, who were worried about their sisters, came to the entrance to greet Ainz, except for the youngest sister, Oleille Omega, who was temporarily unable to leave.
Looking at the servants who came to greet him, Ainz raised his hand and waved gently in response to their greetings.
"Lord Ainz, is it true that my third sister has been kidnapped?"
Narberal was listed as the third among the seven sisters, along with Soruka, and the one who came forward to ask questions was the eldest sister, Yuri Alpha.
Yuri Alpha's race is the Dullahan, and her level is also not high, only level fifty-one.
His position in Nazarick is the vice-captain and command integrator of the Pleiades. He is one of the very few kind-hearted monsters in Nazarick, with a good and evil value of +150.
Because of this sense of justice, she is also the most responsible being in the Pleiades, so when she learned that her third sister was abducted, she was the most anxious.
Ainz remained silent for a while as he saw the anxiety in Yuri's eyes that even his glasses could not hide.
"Feel sorry……"
Ainz couldn't lie to his older sister who was worried about her.
“No, I should be the one to say sorry, Ainz-sama.” Yuri’s eyes darkened, but she pulled herself together the next second and smiled, “In order to protect Ainz-sama, we, the battle maids, are willing to die. I believe that Narberal was captured to protect Ainz-sama. I overstepped my authority.”
After bowing and apologizing, Yuri retreated again. This scene made Ainz feel uneasy, but for the sake of his dignity , he could not open his mouth to tell the truth.
Narberal was actually captured in front of him, and he was unable to stop the enemy. He was too conceited because of his temporary victory.
As if noting Ainz's uneasiness, Albedo asked, "Ainz-sama, would you like to discuss this in detail somewhere else?"
"That's right... We should talk in the throne room, right?"
"Yes, then Yuri, present the ring to Ainz-sama."
Hearing this, Yuri, who had originally returned to the team, stepped forward again. At this moment, she was holding a plate in her hands. The plate was covered with a piece of purple velvet, and a ring was placed on it.
The Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown allows one to teleport anywhere within the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. Whenever Ainz goes out, he takes it off and keeps it in storage, fearing that it might be stolen.
After putting it on his bony index finger, Ainz nodded as if in approval. The discomfort he had felt after not wearing it for a few days disappeared.
"Then let us go."
Ainz waved his hand, and teleported away from the entrance of the Great Tomb with Albedo.
Since they could not teleport directly to the throne room, they could only use the power of the ring to teleport to the previous room of the throne room.
Ainz opened the heavy door and headed towards the throne room accompanied by Albedo.
As they walked, Albedo reported, "Lord Ainz, all the Guardians have arrived at the throne room and are awaiting the next order."
"Nazarick's first-level battle preparations have also been activated. Now, any creature that approaches Nazarick will be sensed."
“As long as Master Ainz gives the order, we Guardians will go through fire and water to carry it out.”
Hearing this, Ainz nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Not long after, the two of them walked into the throne room of Nazarick.
In the spacious hall, gorgeous crystal chandeliers made of several colorful gems serve as light sources, emitting dreamy colors.
On the walls on both sides, forty-one flags of the Supreme Being were hung. Unfortunately, Momonga was the only Supreme Being left now, and he even changed his name to the guild name "Ainz Ooal Gown".
After arriving at the throne room, Ainz sat on the top crystal throne.
The Crystal Throne is actually also a world-class item, called the Throne of Kings, and it was the reward obtained by Ainz and his companions when they successfully conquered the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
It has an extraordinary ability to resist intelligence detection and is also capable of automatic counterattack.
After sitting on the throne, Ainz's eyes flickered red as he looked towards the class guardians standing in line below.
Whether it was the Guardians who were acting outside under his orders or the Guardians who remained in Nazarick, they all came to the throne room at this moment, waiting for Ainz's next order.
However, Ainz did not speak right away because it concerned members of the Pleiades, so he decided to wait until the other battle maids arrived before deciding on the next plan.
