They naturally believed in the supreme being, Lord Ainz, but it was also a fact that Lord Ainz's race was countered by Shalltear. If Lord Ainz hadn't said in advance that they were not to interfere, and if he hadn't received the support of the Guardian Overseer Albedo, some Guardians would probably have been unable to restrain themselves from interfering in this battle by now.
While Ainz and Shalltear were fighting, at a distance from the battlefield, a man in full plate armor clutched a hole in his armor and looked toward the battlefield. He didn't use any means to observe the fight there.
It was just that the battle energy there was so strong that it could be sensed even from this far away. Before Ainz started the battle, he had clashed with that Vampire, but when he judged that his current body was no match for that Vampire, he decisively chose to retreat halfway through.
Originally, he was worried that the Theocracy's use of that true artifact was intended for something nefarious, but fortunately, they failed to control that True Ancestor.
Otherwise, with the Theocracy's ambition, the other races of this world would have no space to survive.
Even their Dragon Race would be threatened by the Theocracy. However, this True Ancestor was likely an existence summoned from another world, just like the six great gods and the Eight Desires Kings back then. He just didn't know what kind of existence the summoner this time would be—would they be someone who brought disaster to this world, or someone who could save it? According to the prophecy seen by the Dragon Emperor back then, a massive crisis loomed over this world. The Evil God in that prophecy, who would bring about the twilight and end of the world, was drawing closer to the time of awakening.
"I don't know who the vessel hosting the Evil God is. Is it a summoned existence, or a descendant with the Sword Saint bloodline? However, I have already confirmed the identities of those two girls. In them, I only saw the power of the world's Gift; I found no trace of that Evil God." He thought about how he had previously sent the Goblin King to test that girl. Although she indeed hid her strength, that power was not the Evil God's power he had initially suspected; that gifted power came from the world's Blessing.
Perhaps in the future, when dealing with the Evil God, they could even become comrades fighting together.
But since neither Zesshi Zetsumei nor Astrea, the descendants of the Sword Saints, were the vessel for that Evil God, the only remaining possibility was these summoned Otherworlders. The vessel for the Evil God should be among these Otherworlders, because the Evil God is an Outer God, an invader from another world.
However, the technology to summon these people from another world was originally developed by the Dragon Emperor to resist the invasion of the Evil God. Could it be that the root cause of the Evil God's invasion was actually because the Dragon Emperor developed this technology?
If that were truly the case, then this Evil God is perhaps even more terrifying than what the Dragon Emperor saw in his prophecy. That prophecy was very likely something the Evil God intentionally let the Dragon Emperor see before invading this world.
This would also explain why the six great gods were at odds with the Dragon Race as soon as they arrived in this world. The Eight Desires Kings who appeared later were the very symbols of evil. Not only did they use a true artifact to change the magical rules of this world, but they also wiped out more than half of the Dragon Race, and even wanted...
...to conquer the world.
These people from another world are likely the vanguards sent by that Evil God; the Dragon Emperor was completely used by the opponent!
But now, no one knows where the Dragon Emperor is, and these people from another world are still being summoned. It can be judged that the Dragon Emperor is now under the control of the Evil God.
Next, he must pull himself together. Although the hope is very slim, it would be best to find that vessel and kill it before the Evil God awakens.
He truly lacks the confidence to face the awakened Evil God now. After all, this world has little foundation left after several great wars. Therefore, he can only hope to delay the time of the Evil God's awakening by killing the vessel. As for killing the Evil God itself, he doesn't even dare to think about it, because that is impossible to achieve.
In the prophecy seen by the Dragon Emperor, the opponent almost destroyed the entire world the moment they woke up. Only the Dragon King survived the aftershocks of the opponent's awakening, but then all of them died under a single move from the opponent. Although he is unwilling to admit it, that Evil God is truly an unbeatable force.
"Are the people from another world this time Undead? Judging from the situation of that True Ancestor, they should be existences that bring calamity. It seems I must do something, and the Evil God's vessel is very likely lurking among these people from another world." The man repaired the wounds on his armor and headed towards Theocracy. Although he didn't want to drive these people from another world to extinction from the start, there were also upright people among them.
But he has now reached a conclusion:
The people from another world this time are not of a kind sort.
Since that's the case.
Then he has no choice but to eliminate them.
However, he cannot do such a thing alone.
He needs helpers.
And the most ideal helpers in his mind are precisely those two women with Sword Saint bloodlines.
After years of observation, he is convinced that the power of that Gift is a power that stands in opposition to the Evil God. That is to say, the Sword Saint was originally a Savior summoned to this world, and the existence the Dragon Emperor wanted to summon from the beginning. However, the Sword Saint was a very important existence to his original world, so he couldn't stay in this world to help them eliminate the Evil God. Fortunately, he left seeds for this world when he departed.
It's just a pity he discovered this too late; otherwise, he would never have let Theocracy take action against the Astrea Family. He indeed bears an inescapable responsibility for this matter, because he initially suspected that the Evil God's vessel might also appear hidden within the Astrea bloodline. But as it turned out, he was wrong.
So next, he needs to secure the support of these two teammates. The first person he chose to persuade was his old rival Zesshi Zetsumei, whom he had met several times; after all, they were somewhat familiar with each other. Moreover, in terms of seniority, Zesshi Zetsumei is the grandmother of the current Sword Saint. If he can persuade Zesshi Zetsumei, it will become much easier to persuade the Sword Saint later.
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