Nazarick Special Task Force

"By then, I'll belong to you."

As she spoke, she lightly kissed the back of Aya's hand.

"Then it's a promise."

Certain Death released Aya's hand and slowly stepped back, finally melting into the darkness.

Aya still had many questions she wanted to ask her, but there was no need to rush.

"The Holy City...?"

She had a feeling that her doubts would be answered there.

"[Gate]." After confirming that no one was around, Ainz activated his magic, and a black doorway formed from shadows opened wide.

He stepped inside, and the moment he passed through the gate, his surroundings suddenly brightened.

"Lord Ainz." Narberal knelt on one knee before Ainz.

"Nothing went wrong here, did it?" Ainz dispelled his disguise magic, revealing a gleaming skull.

"Please rest assured. No enemies attacked."

"Good." Ainz nodded as he walked forward.

This was a mansion located in the Re-Estize Kingdom. It had originally belonged to one of the kingdom's Six Great Nobles, but that noble had later died on the battlefield.

That was right—the war between the Sorcerer Kingdom and the Kingdom. Ainz had not gone out of his way to kill him, but the Dark Young had been merciless with their feet. Who knew when they had trampled him to death?

Later, that noble's descendants had been stripped of everything for showing disrespect toward the Sorcerer King. Their lands were granted to nobles who supported the Sorcerer King, while the mansion was occupied by Nazarick and used as a temporary base.

Nazarick possessed world-class defensive mechanisms, so one could not freely enter or leave via teleportation. Here, however, that was not a problem.

As Ainz proceeded onward, the guards stationed in the corridor all saluted him.

Most of them were Eight Edge Assassins, level 49 monsters. There were also several