"We really need to be more low-key recently. Shalltear's example has reminded us that we can no longer act as we did before."
"In short, now is not the time to move against him."
Ainz's analysis was logical, and the others looked at each other. After everyone responded, the matter was considered closed.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Ainz continued, "Then I think it's time to prepare for Shalltear's resurrection."
Ainz spent so much to kill Shalltear, naturally he had his intentions.
As mentioned earlier, NPCs like Shalltear cannot be automatically resurrected after death, but that does not mean that Shalltear cannot be resurrected.
After Shalltear was subjected to the mind control of the world-class item, Downfall of Castle and Country, although she killed the caster in time, she had already left the original camp and became neutral.
To get Shalltear out of this bad state, either use a world-class item against a world-class item, or just kill Shalltear and use the resurrection mechanism of the Great Tomb of Nazarick to resurrect Shalltear.
The resurrected Shalltear will naturally no longer be affected by the Downfall of Castle and Country.
Of course, there are also disadvantages to resurrection, such as a decrease in level, which can be offset by some items.
And if Ainz wants to resurrect Shalltear without any death penalty, he needs to pay 300 million gold coins.
This is a considerable amount even for the wealthy Great Tomb of Nazarick.
However, this money is well worth spending.
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E-Rantel.
Adventurer's Guild.
A white-robed youth was intently looking at the quest in front of him.
The originally noisy and chaotic Adventurer's Guild was now quiet, and even a sense of oppression could be felt from this quiet atmosphere.
Those usually fierce and burly men were now like eggplants beaten by frost, drooping their heads and staring at the ground without saying a word.
The reason was none other than the youth in front of them, the strongest adventurer who had recently emerged.
Roa Greyrat.
And the badge hanging on his waist was adamantite!
This level was hard to find even in the Royal capital, let alone in E-Rantel.
This was a symbol of strength and glory, and also a symbol of status and power.
Just like now, when Roa appeared in the Adventurer's Guild, everyone would subconsciously close their mouths and focus their curious or fearful gazes on Roa.
Only after the youth turned and left would the guild return to its usual noise.
It had been two weeks since Ainz fought.
In those two weeks, Roa had continuously taken action to consolidate his reputation and status, making his adamantite rank more worthy of the name, and had solved several quite troublesome matters.
Some ignorant newbie adventurers curiously asked, "Who is he? Why is everyone looking at him like that?"
However, this sentence made everyone slightly stunned.
"You don't know him?"
"Why should I know him?" The newbie replied with an answer that made people laugh and cry, and this answer made the adventurers present even more amused.
"He is Roa, the one who defeated the Wise King of the Forest. He is the strongest adventurer here."
The remaining adventurers continued to echo, "Not only the Wise King of the Forest, but even those representative magical beasts, the rumored area dominators who live deep in the Azerlisia Mountains and dominate the three major areas, have been defeated by him one after another!"
The Azerlisia Mountains are located in the northwest corner of the continent, extending vertically and serving as the dividing line between the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire.
It is home to very terrifying monsters, and because it is a border area,
Adventurer tasks also have clear difficulty divisions.
For example, the lowest-level copper and iron adventurers can handle difficulties of 1-20.
Silver and gold adventurers can handle difficulties of 21-40.
As for platinum and mithril adventurers, they can handle difficulties of 41-60.
Orichalcum and adamantite adventurers can handle difficulties of 61-80.
And above level 80 means that even adamantite adventurers must carefully deal with high-risk adventure tasks.
The monsters mentioned by the above adventurers have several tasks as high as level 100 or even level 130. These adventurers belong to extremely dangerous adventure tasks. These tasks are hung on the top of the list all year round, and even those adamantite adventurers have not taken these tasks.
However, these very difficult tasks were easily solved by Roa one by one, like cutting melons and vegetables, which shocked everyone.
Not to mention these people, now the guild in E-Rantel treats Roa as their ancestor, fearing that they will accidentally offend Roa in their words.
In this brief explanation, the newbie also understood how terrifying the young man in front of him was.
However, what they don't know is that even the young man who is so popular at the moment will have difficult times.
Shining Golden Pavilion, reception room.
In the magnificent hall, a middle-aged uncle-like warrior was sincerely asking the young man in front of him for help.
"Please help me, Lord Roa!"
If others saw the uncle-like warrior in front of them, they would definitely exclaim in surprise.
Because he was none other than Gazef Stronoff, the Warrior Captain of the Kingdom, a legendary figure with one foot in the realm of heroes, known as the strongest warrior.
Roa scratched his head, feeling a bit of a headache, his gaze sweeping across the other's face, feeling somewhat helpless.
"What's going on?"
After thinking for a moment, Roa added, "If it's some mess between your kingdom's nobles, don't come to me. I don't want to deal with that kind of garbage."
A wry smile instantly appeared on Gazef's face. He pondered for a moment before saying, "It's not that matter, but it seems the corruption of the nobles is already so obvious? Even someone like you has noticed it."
Roa shrugged at Gazef's response, directly retorting, "It would be more accurate to say that there's something wrong with you if you didn't notice it, right? Sometimes I can't even resist the urge to rush up and chop all those scum to death."
Gazef didn't show any displeasure at Roa's rebellious words. On the contrary, he nodded in agreement, saying, "Alas, the kingdom is becoming increasingly corrupt, and I am deeply worried about it."
Gazef undoubtedly loved this country, but it was precisely this love that made him feel more sorrow than others when he witnessed the country's corruption and ruin.
Nobles treating commoners like dirt is something that easily happens in any country.
But the nobles of this country were even more excessive. Not to mention treating them like dirt, even if they ran over a commoner with a carriage, they wouldn't feel the slightest bit of guilt. They would only grumble a few words, saying things like 'What bad luck today' or 'Those commoners don't know how to watch where they're going,' and continue driving away in their carriages.
It was a very detestable act, but in fact, it was quite common in noble circles.
Therefore, Gazef didn't feel any surprise at Roa's direct refusal.
Gazef didn't dwell on the topic for too long. He clearly sensed the impatience on Roa's face and cut straight to the point, "I apologize for being presumptuous this time. The reason I wanted to ask for your help is because I've encountered some small troubles."
Roa stared at Gazef expressionlessly, as if saying, 'Get on with it.'
Gazef felt a bit of pressure. Honestly, he wasn't very good at socializing. This time, he was asking for help out of necessity.
"I have a friend who is now in trouble. His name is Brain Unglaus, and he once fought me to a draw in the King's martial arts tournament. He is a hero worthy of being my rival."
"Hmm, tell me about it. What happened to him?"
To Gazef's surprise, the young man in front of him seemed slightly interested when he heard the name.
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Gazef tried to explain the whole story as concisely as possible.
"Recently, I happened to run into him on the street. At that time, he was like a completely different person compared to the one I remembered."
As he spoke, a look of reminiscence appeared on his face.
"Brain was a very confident and proud person. In the past, even when he lost to me in the King's martial arts tournament, he didn't show any signs of discouragement. All he had was a determination to defeat me."
"That confidence left a deep impression on me. It was from that moment that I realized that this young man hadn't lost yet. He would continue to challenge me until one day, I was no longer his opponent."
At this point, a look of emotion appeared on Gazef's face, and his gaze softened.
Roa picked at his ear, finally remembering that Gazef had a fondness for mentoring younger talents.
However, Gazef's soft gaze quickly turned complex, and he continued, "But when I saw him again that day, he had lost all his fighting spirit, all his ambition, and could barely hold his sword. He was no longer the genius swordsman he once was. He was like those soldiers who had fled from the battlefield, devoid of any energy."
"And when I asked him what had happened, he just kept repeating one sentence: 'I saw a monster.'"
"At that time, I thought he might have suffered some setback, encountered a very powerful enemy, an enemy whose strength far exceeded his imagination, to the point that he didn't even have the courage to stand up again."
"This blow was too fatal for him, to the point that he no longer believed in the potential and strength of the human race. His words and actions were filled with sorrow for the existence of humans and a recognition of the weakness of the race."
Gazef once again cast a hopeful gaze at Roa.
"Indeed, in this world, the existence of humans is too weak. The frail bodies of humans cannot be compared to those terrifying monsters, but that is not absolute. For example, you, if it were you, you would definitely be able to awaken his faith in us humans, right?"
Roa raised an eyebrow.
The other party's meaning was already very clear.
"So you want me to show off my true strength to awaken the last of his beliefs?"
Gazef nodded in agreement, "That's right."
Roa pondered for a moment and asked a question that slightly interested him.
"What do I get if I help you?"
Roa's pale golden pupils stared directly at Gazef. With just this one sentence, Gazef didn't know what to say.
Gazef frowned and reached into his pocket, where a crisp, pleasant sound came out, the sound of gold coins colliding with each other. Wealth was an extremely important thing in this world, but this lowest form of currency was no longer enough to get the man in front of him to take action.
Gazef's expression quickly became dejected, and he said with some bitterness, "I don't seem to have anything that would interest you."
Roa didn't comment on this statement. The young man's pale golden eyes stared directly at the warrior in front of him. He pondered for a moment and suddenly smiled, "How do you know if you don't try?"
Gazef was slightly stunned. He reached out and took out the gold coins from his pocket. These were some gold coins he had brought with him to meet his daily needs.
Roa reached out and picked up a gold coin from Gazef's hand, shook it, and said, "This time, consider it a favor price. You gave me the Rigrit's Ring so readily last time. Adding this gold coin to the previous price, I'll help you one last time. No exceptions."
After saying that, he put the gold coin into his pocket.
Gazef was overjoyed when he heard this. He grabbed Roa's hand with an excited expression and quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Mr. Roa."
However, before they could leave, Roa and Gazef ran into a pair of adventurers.
A guy with well-developed pectoral muscles and a very sturdy build, wearing a suit of purple armor, just happened to see Roa and Gazef walking towards him.
In addition to this very sturdy 'strongman,' there was also a petite figure behind her, dressed in a black robe and wearing a strange mask with a vermilion gem embedded in her forehead.
It was a very strange combination, but when this pair saw Gazef, they showed a surprised expression.
"Ah, Mr. Stronoff? What brings you here?"
"Gagaran? And Ms. Evileye? What are you doing here?"
Both sides spoke with puzzled voices. Needless to say, the three were old acquaintances.