After Ainz Ooal Gown left.
The atmosphere between Albedo and Tsukasa became very serious. But in reality, it was just Albedo being hostile toward Tsukasa, and Tsukasa having to remain vigilant.
Tsukasa didn't know what she had done to deserve such hostility from the other party. One should know that it was the other party who had attacked her without a word in the first place; she had merely counterattacked passively. But even then, she had shown mercy. It was one thing for this woman not to thank her, but what was the meaning of this hostility?
This inexplicable behavior of making enemies really made her wonder what was inside this woman's head. Although this woman's strength was close to that Vampire, Sophia, it was only close.
Moreover, she only possessed this level of strength under the state of equipment bonuses. Furthermore, their previous exchange had already exposed this woman's weakness. Her adaptability and combat experience were far too poor; it was impossible to imagine how she had trained to reach that level of strength.
One must know that she herself was a Magic Caster, and her close-combat experience was naturally inferior to a warrior class. Even if she activated the Sword Saint state, it was impossible to suddenly obtain combat experience that crushed a warrior class of the same level without a foundation. Because warriors who reached this level had all risen through countless battles.
Furthermore, this woman was an attendant by the Demon King's side, so it was very likely she was a Demon God who had participated in and survived the Demon Realm War of that year. But no matter how she looked at it, this didn't seem like a powerhouse with war experience.
If she had to describe Albedo...
...it would be a Demon God who possessed super-strength from birth. But precisely because of this, she had never encountered failure and perhaps had never even fought a life-and-death struggle against an opponent of the same level. That was why she possessed this kind of fearless bravery that could be described as idiotic.
She doesn't know the meaning of awe at all.
Tsukasa narrowed her eyes. If Albedo dared to make a move now, she wouldn't mind killing this woman to see what race her true identity was.
Moreover, the equipment on the opponent was very good. If she could get her hands on it, she could use her alchemy magic to remodel it into equipment suitable for herself.
And it was very likely she could obtain new skills related to equipment crafting because of it.
Deep within Tsukasa's eyes and soul, the light being emitted silently analyzed the attribute bonus effects of the equipment on Albedo's body.
The bonuses from this equipment were truly strong.
If she could obtain this set of equipment, her current attributes could likely increase by more than 40%.
Furthermore, the effects of Albedo's equipment were precisely the defensive attribute set that Tsukasa preferred. Although Tsukasa's own character role was more oriented toward damage output, she preferred skills like the resurrection and healing types, and her equipment preferences leaned toward defensive types with stamina, defense, and HP bonuses.
Unfortunately, by the time Ainz Ooal Gown returned with the pair of sisters, Albedo had not made a move against Tsukasa. And since Ainz Ooal Gown had returned, Tsukasa naturally dismissed that dangerous thought.
Although she was confident she could take down Albedo, facing the Demon King Ainz Ooal Gown made her less confident. Though her intuition told her Ainz Ooal Gown wasn't as strong as her, it was also a fact that Ainz Ooal Gown's MP value was higher than hers.
Moreover, facing both Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo at once was far too risky. After all, the combination of Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo was excellent: one was a Magic Caster, the other a heavy-armored warrior. They had a tank and damage output; the lineup was perfect.
And what about her side?
Although she appeared to be an all-around warrior on the outside, in reality, that was just a disguise. Her essence was still that of a fragile Magic Caster with high attack but low defense.
If she couldn't kill Albedo instantly and ended up getting tied down by her, she would definitely lose, because her HP didn't allow for such a war of attrition.
However, Tsukasa didn't know.
Although Ainz Ooal Gown had just
left, he had been maintaining contact with Albedo the whole time. It was a skill called [Message]. Actually, the effect of this skill was just the private chat window between player friends in traditional online games; the specific way it manifested was like a phone call. One could imagine that Albedo and Ainz Ooal Gown had been on a call just now, making the picture very clear.
There were people in this world who had mastered this skill, but due to the difficulty of mastering it, only a very small number of people knew it. This was the reason for Tsukasa's lack of knowledge. However, Tsukasa's situation wasn't much better than Ainz and the others. Although she had obtained a native identity and inherited Astrea's memories, her understanding of this world was very limited.
After Ainz Ooal Gown returned, the next step was his negotiation with Kain Village. As an outsider, Tsukasa had no reason to go along. She watched Ainz Ooal Gown follow the Village Chief and his wife into the kitchen of a house, while Albedo was left outside. One could guess what Ainz Ooal Gown meant without even trying: he just didn't want an outsider like her to overhear their negotiations. But was there really a need for such secrecy?
Although Tsukasa could ignore Ainz Ooal Gown's attitude and walk in—and Albedo couldn't stop her, nor had Ainz Ooal Gown explicitly said she couldn't go in to listen—doing so would be meaningless. If Ainz Ooal Gown had something he didn't want her to know, he certainly wouldn't say it even if she forced her way in. And if there were no secrets, doing so would undoubtedly make Ainz Ooal Gown dislike her, and might even lead to a conflict, so she chose silence.
Since she had made the decision, she naturally wouldn't use magic to eavesdrop on the conversation inside. The opponent was also a high-level Magic Caster; even if the magic systems were different, the risk of being discovered was high enough.
While Tsukasa waited outside, wondering if she still needed to stay, a villager who was cleaning up the village suddenly ran over and told them that a group of soldiers wearing Kingdom armor had appeared at the village entrance.
Just as Albedo was contacting Ainz Ooal Gown, she heard the dangerous human beside her say, "It should be the Kingdom's Warrior Chief and his party; I saw them outside when I came."
Thus, Albedo reported this information to Ainz Ooal Gown as well. Just as Ainz Ooal Gown had finished gathering the information he wanted from the Village Chief and was about to end the negotiation, he asked the Village Chief, "I wonder what kind of person the Kingdom's Warrior Chief is? Do you know, Village Chief?"
The Village Chief didn't know much about these matters, but he had heard of the Warrior Chief's deeds, so he told Ainz Ooal Gown that the man was the Kingdom's strongest warrior, with strength second only to the Imperial Sword Saint.
Instantly, hearing this, Ainz Ooal Gown increased his vigilance toward that Warrior Chief.
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