[Sword of Heaven] fell, destroying the magical camouflage above the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, immediately exposing the tomb-like and mausoleum-like structure to the open wilderness. Not only that, the giant sword pierced directly into the central mausoleum, and the magic's special attack effect on buildings erupted, causing the entire mausoleum to turn into dust in the destructive energy, and a powerful shockwave swept out from it.
Thousands of meters underground, the inhabitants of the Great Tomb were discussing their previous defeat in the Throne Room.
Suddenly, the "King's Throne" beneath Ainz's seat emitted a red warning box indicating that their headquarters was under attack, immediately drawing everyone's attention!
"Enemy invasion?! How can this be!"
Ainz was shocked and quickly used a detection magic item to project Nazarick's surroundings, checking the situation of the incoming enemies.
He saw in the magic mirror a huge hole appearing in the center of Nazarick's surface structure, faintly revealing the scene inside the Great Tomb's first level. Furthermore, human-shaped black dots were arranged in formation, continuously summoning high-tier angel monsters.
His gaze shifted, and the magnified image slowly finally landed on the young man in white clothes and black hair. As if sensing something, the other party slowly looked up, and with a smile, the magic surveillance mirror immediately developed numerous cracks, shattering with a bang!
Thud!
Ainz's skeletal hand clenched tightly, then slammed heavily onto the armrest of the throne. "It's that guy!"
Due to the sudden incident, Shalltear and the others standing below the royal stairs had not yet seen the magic mirror's monitoring situation, and were instantly confused by Ainz's anger.
"Lord Ainz, what happened?"
"That human named Kael has led his forces outside Nazarick and is now attacking the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick!"
Before Ainz could explain, Albedo, who stood beside him, explained to Shalltear and the others with a grim expression.
Upon hearing this, Shalltear and the others were filled with righteous indignation, clamoring to go out and meet the enemy.
"That damned guy!"
"This is too much! We will immediately mobilize and fight them!"
Suddenly, amidst the cries for subjugation, a somewhat out-of-place voice said, "No! We should not go out at this time!"
Shalltear, the most impulsive, heard that slightly timid remark, and her anger uncontrollably spread. She turned sharply to glare at the speaker, "Demiurge! What do you mean by that!?"
The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick was a sacred place created by the Supreme Beings, and anyone who dared to offend even a blade of grass within its confines must be punished with extreme penalties! Not to mention, the enemy was now knocking on their door.
This was simply an act of completely disregarding the Supreme Beings, and even the entire Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, an utterly contemptuous behavior.
As Guardians, how could they tolerate such an act!
"Calm down, Shalltear, I don't mean to let them go."
Demiurge's expression was also not good, but he knew he needed to explain his previous statement to his colleagues, otherwise it would cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
"Since the enemy dares to attack Nazarick at this time, it means they have already obtained information about Nazarick and have made some preparations for the attack."
"If we take the initiative to attack now, we might fall into the enemy's trap and be in an unfavorable war position."
"Nazarick's defenses are absolutely impenetrable; the enemy can at most cause some damage to the first and second levels. Since that's the case, why don't we use our advantage to wear down their strength, and then launch a counterattack when there's an opportunity?"
At the end of his speech, Demiurge looked at Ainz on the throne.
This advice was not only for Shalltear and the others but also his advice to Ainz. As shown in the previous battle in Destiny Holy City, the enemy's strength increase was astonishing; trying to deal with the most troublesome Kael in the same way as the battle in the Re-Estize Royal Capital might not work anymore.
If this terrifying opponent could not be handled, engaging in a group battle with the Church of Destiny in the wilderness would make Nazarick's chances of victory extremely slim.
Now was not the time to be impulsive.
The best way to deal with this at present was to use the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick's defensive mechanisms to exhaust the Church of Destiny's strength as much as possible, and once their condition dropped to a certain extent, their own side would engage in full-force battle. Only in this way would Nazarick's chances of victory be the highest.
Ainz stared silently at Demiurge, the crimson light in his eye sockets flickering several times.
He naturally understood Demiurge's considerations; in fact, based on past experience from guild raids and defense battles in YGGDRASIL, such an approach was the correct one.
However, things were different from the game era now. It was unknown how much loss Nazarick would suffer by using its internal mechanisms, traps, and defensive monsters to exhaust the enemy's MP and item reserves.
And most importantly, future base repairs would consume materials stored in the Treasury, and without a stable source of materials, engaging in a war of attrition using fortress defenses posed considerable hidden dangers.
"Let's do it that way."
Despite his concerns, Ainz agreed to Demiurge's combat strategy.
Because this was the best way to protect the Guardians.
Surface of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
After unleashing the [Over Magic] attack, Kael was not surprised to see Nazarick's monsters not actively attacking.
"Fluder, your turn."
"Yes!"
After giving the order to Fluder via message magic, Kael saw a large number of magical meteorites appearing in the sky, crashing into Nazarick's underground structure with powerful momentum.
Although there were some religion-based spells with large destructive areas, when it came to attacking buildings, Magic Casters were more adept at magic-based spells. Among their group, only Fluder was most suitable for the bombing mission against Nazarick.
"Your Majesty, is this all we need to do?"
Raymond, who had recovered from the shock of [Over Magic]'s power, saw that Kael didn't order the troops to attack inside Nazarick and couldn't help but step forward to inquire.
Kael looked back at him, revealing a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
Order the troops to enter Nazarick, then break through the mechanisms level by level, finally clearing this tomb? What a great joke.
This wasn't the game YGGDRASIL; who said he had to do it that way?
If the goal was to eliminate this stronghold, couldn't completely destroying it also achieve the objective?
Knowing that the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick had countless internal mechanisms and traps, making it extremely difficult to conquer, and still stubbornly charging in for a hard fight would be too foolish.
"Chief Priest Raymond, if you are interested, send someone to investigate. All our warriors can be placed under your command."