In the two weeks since Shalltear's rebellion, Nazarick had not encountered a new round of attacks. Ainz even began to doubt whether his guess was correct. To make the opponent show their hand, he had even used Sebas, who was out on a mission, as bait. Without telling Sebas anything, he let him continue his mission.
If someone were truly targeting them, he believed they wouldn't miss this opportunity.
But now, not even a shred of information about the opponent could be detected. Either the opponent was an incredibly skilled tactician who had predicted all his moves and avoided them all—but that possibility was almost zero; even Ainz didn't think such a level of tactician existed among players—or his previous guess was wrong, and Shalltear's rebellion wasn't a deliberate target but just an accident.
Ainz felt a bit weary: "If only the resurrected Shalltear remembered what happened during that time. Unfortunately, she doesn't remember the most critical part at all. She has no memory of what she encountered to end up in that state. But if she hadn't encountered a fairly powerful ene-"
"my, Shalltear wouldn't have come out in that fully armed state. I still can't be careless. Perhaps the enemy is just observing for an opportunity. Sebas's mission will continue, and monitoring and regular reports cannot be neglected. For now, I'll maintain the status quo and continue to observe for a while longer."
However, to allow Sebas's mission to continue, Ainz had to keep pretending to be the Adventurer Momon and go to E-Rantel to earn money. Although the gold coins from the game could be used in this world and were even more valuable,
even though there were many gold coins in the guild's storage and his personal storage, game gold coins were a resource that would only decrease with use. Without a way to obtain more, it was better not to waste them in places where they weren't necessary.
Because using certain guild functions or the conditions for using certain items required gold coins as a cost, and one thing that was clear for now was that the gold coins of this world could not directly replace game gold coins.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Ainz wanted to use the local gold coins of this world for the expenses required in daily activities.
Thus, as the Guild Master, he naturally had to come out to earn money, and being an Adventurer was the way he chose to do so. If he used certain inhumane methods or earned dirty money, it would probably be much easier with Nazarick's power. But Ainz wasn't so insane as to go that far; when he had the ability to earn money through legitimate means, he wouldn't choose to do otherwise. However, Ainz was also having a headache over his professional performance; because his Adventurer rank was rising too slowly, he now had to do many tasks every day to meet the expenses of the various Guardians.
"Isn't there some big event that can make me famous all at once and become a high-ranking Adventurer?"
Ainz finished today's task and sat by the window of a restaurant, staring outside blankly.
Through his recent efforts, his Adventurer rank had climbed from the lowest Copper Rank to Silver Rank. Although he was very strong, the Adventurers Guild's rules stated that an Adventurer of a certain rank could only accept commissions of that rank; even with his amazing strength, he couldn't skip ranks to accept higher-level commissions.
There were two ways to raise one's Adventurer rank: one was to continuously perform tasks until the total reached the standard for promotion, and the other was to encounter an emergency and make a massive contribution during the event. By gaining great prestige and proving one's strength, the Adventurers Guild would conduct a re-evaluation and raise the rank based on the power and contribution shown during the event. This kind of promotion was the fastest.
According to the information Ainz had obtained, that Sword Saint had once been promoted exceptionally to the highest Fine Steel Rank for the great achievement of killing a Goblin King.
Honestly, when he learned that a low-level boss like a Goblin King had such value, he really felt like summoning one himself and killing it to raise his Adventurer rank. But unfortunately, that wouldn't work. Because the Adventurer Momon was different from the Sword Saint. The Sword Saint herself had the bonus of a legendary background and a clean identity that didn't need verification. But this Adventurer Momon was a guy of unknown origin; even if he produced the corpse of a Goblin King, people would likely immediately suspect his origins and motives.
That's why he hoped to encounter an event.
If he could encounter an event like the previous 'Vampire Incident,' he could save the city through his identity as an Adventurer, which would surely raise his Adventurer rank. But unfortunately, the Vampire Incident had already been secretly resolved by him. Although the bounty in the city was still posted, he couldn't possibly have Shalltear put on a show with him; doing so would likely expose his true identity. Not to mention others, if there really were players, they would definitely be able to perceive the truth that the Adventurer Momon was in league with Nazarick through this matter.
Ah, what a headache~
Why did he have to rack his brains over things like earning money and getting a promotion even after coming to another world? He was Ainz Ooal Gown, the Supreme One~ Ugh, as expected, thinking this way still made him feel quite embarrassed, but he was almost getting used to it. Since people called him that every day, it was hard not to get used to it. But could he really do a good job? Could he really be such a great figure and protect everyone in Nazarick? Ainz lacked confidence in his own abilities.
Nabe, standing nearby, heard Lord Ainz's words.
"Momon-sa—Mr. Momon, if you are looking for an event, I heard that a group called the Cult of the Goddess of Dusk has recently been conducting large-scale attacks within the Kingdom. The authorities in E-Rantel also recently issued a commission to investigate this group."
"..."
Ainz was initially a bit disappointed to hear Nabe's respectful title, but after hearing her subsequent words, he looked at her in surprise. He hadn't expected that Nabe—who completely lacked knowledge of worldly affairs and could even be said to despise standing with humans—had actually grown to this extent. Without him knowing, she had successfully gathered such extremely useful intelligence.
"Oh?"
"An evil Cult group?"
"Tell me more in detail."
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