Everyone's heart sank.
Ainz Ooal Gown was far more troublesome than they had expected.
His endless array of powerful magic spells and various pieces of equipment that were powerful and seemed to possess conceptual powers;
and most importantly, despite being a Mage Series, he was unbelievably tough. His entire skeleton was covered in layer upon layer of countless buffs, and combined with the toughness of his bones and his surging magical power, a mere Magic Caster was actually able to withstand the frenzied attacks of two close-combat masters head-on.
He was not overwhelmingly powerful to the point where resistance was impossible.
But his abilities were absurdly well-balanced.
He had no weaknesses at all.
If they surrounded him, they could still slowly inflict damage by consuming a great deal of time. But now—
Boom—!
A tremendous roar came from the surrounding palaces.
Then came a second one.
A third.
The walls shook incessantly, the cracks continued to spread, and fragments of the buildings fell from above their heads.
Everyone knew very well that the people outside were attacking furiously.
"Give up." The Blood Emperor was extremely decisive.
"Wait!" Albedo shouted.
But at that moment, the surrounding palaces had already turned into points of light and slowly dispersed into the void.
Ainz Ooal Gown shot straight out.
Aside from Albedo, who tried to intercept him, even Certain Death had already stepped aside.
Outside were a demon wearing an orange suit, a petite vampire, and a humanoid warrior that resembled an insect, with an obviously exceptionally hard shell and several arms resembling those of a war machine.
"Albedo, you—"
"Shartina." Ainz Ooal Gown stopped Shartina's abuse.
Wearing a luxurious suit of armor, he floated high in the sky and looked down at the several people below.
As well as the entire kingdom.
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