Ainz Ooal Gown Announces Responsibility for the Destruction of the Draconic Kingdom

Before he knew it, it was already late August.

The tavern door was pushed open with a creak as the wooden bolt scraped against it.

Sebas walked out of the Home Tavern, and the noisy voices and heavy scent of alcohol behind him faded somewhat.

He walked along a dusty street paved with stone slabs.

A trace of deep contemplation showed in Sebas's eyes. He had spent most of his recent time following Ainz's orders to gather and purchase grain.

The plan had gone more smoothly than expected!

The large-scale grain purchases had not drawn much attention because hired intermediaries stood between them.

Perhaps this was the appeal of money. With gold coins, they could recruit humans willing to gather grain for them at any time.

No human would refuse work that carried no danger and promised profit.

Of course!

The grain-gathering work was not limited to the Royal Capital. It also extended to the territories of other nobles beyond the capital.

Since they had deliberately spread out their purchases, they would not attract attention.

Of the grain purchased so far, the grain from the Royal Capital was temporarily stored in warehouses on the outskirts, while the grain purchased from other noble territories had already been successfully transferred to a false base in the Great Forest of Tob.

"The first phase of the plan has been completed."

Sebas thought to himself. All that remained was to wait for the second phase to begin. Demiurge's all-controlling demeanor flashed through his mind. "What terrifying wisdom. He even considered this?"

"Ainz's wisdom is equally impossible to fathom."

As the saying went, hindsight came afterward.

Logically, even if they had used scattered methods, purchasing such a vast amount of grain should have caused some fluctuation in grain prices across the Kingdom.

Yet that had