Demiurge's Deduction and the Maids' Assault on the Royal Capital

A Player!

Ainz propped his elbows on the table and clasped his hands, hiding half his face behind them.

The thought that the enemy might have someone like him filled him with unease and tension.

His stomach seemed to twist, though he was nothing but a skeleton and had no stomach—or any other organs.

Thanks to a Krypton Gold item, Cocytus, Sebas, and Mare had been revived inside the Guild at full health.

But their special abilities, magic, and other means were all on cooldown. They could not act again so soon.

"How about we stop here?"

Ainz's unease only grew.

If the enemy had a Player, then he had already revealed too much information.

But how could he tell the Guardians to withdraw now? Would it undermine his authority as a Supreme Being?

"Should I send powerful Undead to support the central battlefield?"

The red-black flames in Ainz's eye sockets flickered as he watched the Crystal Screen showing the central battlefield. Regret welled up in him. I shouldn't have sent the Guardians in the first place.

The Guardians were not his only option.

Monster Mercenaries cost Game Gold.

The special ability Undead Adjutant cost additional experience points.

Neither was suitable for a probing attack. Under normal circumstances, Create Undead could only produce Undead of level 70, nowhere near strong enough to fight a Player.

However!

Ainz could use his mastery of Dark Ritual to strengthen Create Undead. At its highest level, he could use Create Undead only four times a day.

But if he compressed two uses into one, he could create an Undead close to level 90!

No.

First, he needed to confirm something.

"Demiurge, what do you make of the enemy?" Ainz asked, keeping his voice as calm as he could.

He was far below Demiurge and