Chapter 81: Chapter 81: The Empire's Invitation
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since the Sorcerer Kingdom took over the governance of E-Rantel. With the help of adventurers Momon and Nabe, the people quickly adapted to their new way of life.
The current E-Rantel had significantly reduced taxes and encouraged commerce among its citizens, with many welfare policies introduced to improve their daily lives.
Momonga walked down the streets of E-Rantel. The streets were sparsely populated, and many people, upon spotting Ainz from afar, immediately detoured to avoid crossing paths with him, afraid of a direct encounter.
Following behind Momonga were six angelic beings resembling soldiers. They were summoned through the use of the super-tier magic
Momonga headed straight to the Adventurer's Guild. At the front desk, there was only one receptionist, who visibly tensed upon seeing him. The receptionist quickly bowed.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Sorcerer King!"
"Rise. Is your guild master here?"
"He is. He's currently upstairs on the second floor."
At this moment, Peroroncino was upstairs conversing with the guild master of the Adventurer's Guild.
Peroroncino had come to inquire about the whereabouts of any elves known to the guild master. As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of beauty, he believed his harem couldn't possibly be complete without an elf.
Unfortunately, the guild master had no information on the matter. Most adventurers in E-Rantel usually took on tasks to hunt monsters in the nearby areas and rarely ventured far from the guild. Information about foreign lands was even scarcer.
Just as Peroroncino was about to leave, he bumped into Momonga. When Momonga hesitated, wondering whether to step aside for Peroroncino, the latter had already moved out of the way.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Sorcerer King!" The guild master immediately bowed upon seeing Momonga.
"Lord Chino!" The guild master subtly hinted to Peroroncino in a low voice, but Peroroncino did nothing and returned to his seat.
"No need for formalities!"
"How fortunate! It's such a coincidence to run into you here, Lord Chino."
"Indeed, it's quite the coincidence!"
Peroroncino and Momonga exchanged a few polite words.
After that, Momonga began a long-winded conversation with the guild master of the Adventurer's Guild.
After listening to their lengthy discussion, Peroroncino felt that they had only exchanged a couple of sentences.
"Adventurers should go explore the unknown world, venture beyond the map and explore what lies outside!"
"Agreed!"
Peroroncino felt that after all their talking, they had basically said just these two simple sentences.
"How did they manage to turn such a simple statement into such a long-winded conversation?" Peroroncino couldn't figure it out.
He couldn't help but admire them; after all, he knew he could never do that.
After accepting Momonga's suggestion, the guild master of the Adventurer's Guild, Ainzach, proposed that they go to the Empire and poach some of their adventurers.
Momonga agreed with Ainzach's proposal.
At this moment, Peroroncino suddenly received a message from Emperor Jircniv of the Empire.
Jircniv mentioned that he had arranged a meeting with high-ranking officials from the Slane Theocracy and invited Peroroncino to join him in discussing how to deal with Ainz Ooal Gown.
"The Slane Theocracy, huh? Interesting," Peroroncino thought.
Peroroncino returned to Nazarick, took Shalltear, and directly teleported to the Empire's royal palace to meet with Jircniv.
Holding the communicator Peroroncino had given him, Jircniv was startled when Peroroncino suddenly appeared before him.
"I just cut off communication a moment ago, and now he's teleported all the way here... He truly has such abilities," Jircniv thought in amazement.
At this moment, standing next to Peroroncino was Shalltear, dressed in a pure white dress and wearing a white hat.
"Mr. Peroroncino, who is this?"
"She is my most loyal subordinate. You should have seen her before—Shalltear."
Jircniv recalled when he visited the Great Tomb of Nazarick and did indeed see a young vampire loli, but her aura was completely different from the one in front of him.
"Then, where are the representatives of the Slane Theocracy you arranged to meet?"
"Please wait a day. They're still on their way and are expected to arrive tomorrow."
Feeling that his current appearance was a bit too conspicuous, Peroroncino changed his form into Chino. Jircniv didn't know about the Adamantite-level adventurer Chino from E-Rantel and had never met him, so he didn't recognize him.
Jircniv had arranged for the Slane Theocracy's representatives to meet at the Empire's arena. The large crowd there would help mask his true intentions.
The next day, the representatives from the Slane Theocracy arrived as scheduled.
The visitors were two high-ranking priests from the Slane Theocracy, along with their subordinates.
The two high priests were the High Priest of the Fire Temple and the High Priest of the Wind Temple.
"Welcome! Please, take a seat!"
The two high priests glanced at Peroroncino and Shalltear, who were sitting to the side, but said nothing and took their seats.
After sitting down, they handed a note to Jircniv.
The note contained the names of the two high priests.
"They're conveying information through a note, being quite cautious."
"They are powerful allies I found who are capable of matching Ainz Ooal Gown's strength."
The high priests did not sense how powerful Peroroncino was; instead, they only felt the immense power emanating from Shalltear, who was by his side.
"And this power feels like it has a holy attribute."
Shalltear's attire was designed to conceal her vampire aura. As one of the Floor Guardians (Floor 1-3), Shalltear had three forms. The first form was her berserk state, where she transformed into a true vampire. In this form, both her speed and attack power greatly increased, but her intelligence dropped significantly. Given that Shalltear's intelligence was already not very high, this transformation made her resemble a wild beast.
The second form was her current appearance, where she could cast holy and fire attribute magic, making her a close-combat mage type. She could also use the special skill "Heroic Spirit Warrior."
The third form was the Valkyrie form, where she wore red armor and wielded a long spear. In this form, she could use many special skills, including all the abilities from her second form. Her combat power in this form was extremely formidable.
Shalltear did not make any effort to conceal her aura, and both high priests clearly sensed it.
"Who is the girl wearing the mask?"
The High Priest of the Wind Temple felt that Shalltear's aura was very similar to the Slane Theocracy's strongest individual, the godlike being known as "Certain Death."
"Her name is Shalltear! That's all I know. If you want to ask anything, you can ask her directly." Jircniv handed the note to the high priest.
Upon hearing this name, neither of the high priests connected her to the vampire who had killed the three members of the Black Scripture.
From the information they had received, the vampire responsible was named "Honyopenyoko," not Shalltear.
The high priest wrote a message and handed it to Peroroncino. Without even glancing at it, Peroroncino conjured a ball of fire in his hand and burned the note.
"Such a coward, you shouldn't even be here! You haven't done anything yet and you're already too scared to speak."
"You should just stay hidden like mice in your holes. What would happen if you came out and got scared to death by mistake?" Shalltear taunted.
"You!" One of the high priest's subordinates was about to speak but was stopped.
"My apologies! Hello, I am Raymond Zarg Lauransan, the High Priest of the Earth Temple from the Slane Theocracy."
"The High Priest of the Earth Temple? Isn't he supposed to be the High Priest of the Fire Temple...? It seems the Slane Theocracy still doesn't trust me," Jircniv thought to himself.
"May I ask, do you truly have the power to defeat Ainz Ooal Gown?"
"Of course!"
"Could you please demonstrate your abilities?"
"Hmph!" Perorochino smiled.
"Since you want to see, just show him, Shalltear."
Suddenly, Shalltear vanished from her spot, and the subordinate standing behind the two high priests, who had just been about to speak, was transformed into a cloud of blood.
No one present could follow Shalltear's movement. From the moment she attacked to the moment it ended, they didn't even have time to blink.
"This... This is! There's no mistake, this person absolutely has the power to match the strength of 'Antilene Heran Fouche'!" Both of the high priests thought in unison.
Jircniv watched everything unfold, his face filled with shock. This power had completely surpassed his understanding.
"Seventh-tier faith magic, Reversal Resurrection!"
The person who had turned into blood mist was enveloped in a beam of light and slowly had their body reshaped. They were revived.
End of chapter
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