Seeing that the Archangel of Judgment had indeed been eliminated,
Ainz's mood finally relaxed.
He hadn't been sure just now if instant-death magic would work on the Archangel of Judgment, which was why he had used a skill with a cooldown as long as 100 hours. If even this move had no effect, then he could only take Nabe and escape using teleportation magic.
"Lord Ainz, that angel just now was...?"
"Hmm, that was an angel that didn't exist in YGGDRASIL. It seems I really need to pay attention to the Goddess Cult. If they can summon higher-level angels, their existence would be quite dangerous. This kind of angel has magic absorption and elementalization skills, meaning both magic and physical damage can be nullified, and they can only be killed using instant-death skills. And this was only a level 50-ish angel. If a higher-level angel has the same instant-death resistance as the high-tier angels in YGGDRASIL, then..."
Ainz stopped there and didn't continue. If that possibility came true, he felt he should find a way to take Nazarick
and go into hiding. That Goddess Cult was definitely a more terrifying force than the Slane Theocracy. If the angels appearing now were already this strong, then how powerful must the Goddess worshipped by the Goddess Cult be? Unlike the six great gods worshipped by the Slane Theocracy, this Goddess seemed to be on the same level as God in the lore of YGGDRASIL.
Before YGGDRASIL shut down, the largest dungeon was the Valkyrie dungeon. Those First-rank Gods and Chief Gods from mythology had never even appeared; the developers simply hadn't considered letting players conquer beings of that level. In the game, these Chief Gods were just lore settings; even if maps like Heaven and Valhalla were conquered by players, these background entities wouldn't jump out.
But in reality, Ainz didn't think that Goddess would sit idly by and watch her territory be invaded or her statues toppled. However, it was still unknown whether the people of the Goddess Cult had simply been lucky enough to obtain that Chief God's authority or if they were truly believers protected by that Chief God; this point still needed to be investigated thoroughly.
After all, in the game, players could also obtain those special classes through random events.
For example, Shalltear possessed the powerful Valkyrie class. One must know that as a Vampire, it should have been impossible for Shalltear to change into this class, but the player who designed Shalltear possessed a class-change item for the Valkyrie class, which was why Shalltear had it.
However, a fallen Valkyrie like Shalltear would certainly not be recognized by Valhalla.
By the same logic, these believers of the Goddess Cult might not be true believers; perhaps they had also just been lucky enough to obtain a similar class-change item.
If that were the case, he wouldn't mind taking action against the Goddess Cult. This way, he could both increase the reputation and Adventurer rank of Momon and potentially harvest some extremely powerful special items from the Goddess Cult.
In the game's lore, Chief God-level beings were the strongest among World-class entities. Although Chief Gods never appeared as NPCs, it could basically be determined that in the lore, these Chief Gods definitely possessed power equal to or even exceeding World-Class Items. And that Almighty Lord was the background of backgrounds. One must know that back then, a single Archangel was an existence that required all online players to conquer together, and even with such a lineup, the players almost failed.
And that Archangel was merely a familiar created by the Almighty Lord using a creation skill.
The angel from just now gave Ainz a feeling close to the aura of the Archangel he had seen back then. This meant that if it weren't for the summoner's lack of strength, it was very likely they could summon an existence on the same level as the Archangel from that holiday event.
If such a boss were truly summoned, Ainz didn't think he had a way to defeat it, even with World-Class Items. In that conquest battle back then, it wasn't as if no guilds had used World-Class Items. But the highest-tier Archangels possessed World Protection, meaning World-Class Items were ineffective against such World-class bosses. The developers designed such bosses to be killed by players working together, not for players to use World-Class Items to create event bugs.
The more he thought about these things,
the more worried Ainz became.
He had previously gained a simple understanding of the Goddess of Dusk's teachings. She was the God of the End, the opposite of creation, and the symbol of destruction. In various mythologies, Dusk represented the absolute end, where even gods would encounter Ragnarok. Being noticed by such an existence was not a good thing; it was possible the entire world could be destroyed. In fact, the Goddess Cult's activities were precisely to welcome the arrival of the Dusk of the End, so he couldn't ignore the Goddess Cult. He had to find out if the Goddess Cult truly had the ability to make that one descend and prevent the Goddess Cult's behavior that could bring about a world-ending disaster.
Ainz used his skill to change back into the Adventurer Momon. He pointed at the unidentified figures over there and the two carcasses of the Bone Dragons, saying to Nabe beside him, "Take those things back to the guild."
Although the issue of the Goddess Cult was serious, he had a more urgent problem to solve right now.
That was his lack of money. One must know that the reason he came to the underground labyrinth to investigate the Goddess Cult as soon as he heard news of the bounty was that he wanted to raise his Adventurer rank and earn a large sum of money. Currently, Nazarick's expenses were maintained solely by him. Although the Guardians also wanted to help, because of what happened to Shalltear before, he had banned all Guardians from applying for outdoor activities, leaving only Sebas to perform information-gathering tasks outside as bait.
Hearing Lord Ainz's words, Nabe was about to go over and collect the two Bone Dragon carcasses when she saw Momon already lifting one Bone Dragon head in each hand. He walked to the door and shouted to her, "What are you still standing there for? Leave those things there for the guild people to come and get themselves later. We only need to take these two heads back to submit the quest."
"Mr. Momon, let me carry them."
"Nabe, how many times have I told you? Pay attention to your identity. Right now, you are the magic caster teamed up with me, Momon, and I am the warrior of this party."
"...Yes."
Nabe was left speechless.
Seeing that she didn't argue, Ainz nodded with satisfaction. Nabe's progress recently had been very good; she no longer argued with him over such matters.
She had also learned to collect information on her own.
Although her attitude toward strangers was still very vicious, at the very least she had learned
Patience, and wouldn't want to eliminate the other party over every little thing. This kind of growth was exactly what he wanted to see.
It seemed that in this world, their spirits and consciousness could indeed continue to grow. He just didn't know if their strength could continue to grow as well. For this reason, he needed to capture some people who knew Martial Arts to conduct experiments. If they could also learn Martial Arts, then perhaps he could break the level cap of YGGDRASIL.
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