Ainz was aware that the Altar of Destruction was not far from the range of human activities but had not been discovered so far, so he raised questions about the captains who were his working companions this time.
The captain of the "Five Whistle" pointed to the snowy peak above the jungle not far away and close to the horizon: "It is said that not long after the Demon God War ended a hundred years ago, most of the Top Forest was occupied by the giant dragon entrenched on that mountain.
, ruled. It is also said that those giant dragons are actually subordinates of the temple goblins, and the goblins also promoted some medicinal materials and monster breeding techniques. Even if it is just some folk sayings, everyone thinks that the forest is the territory of the goblins. For this kind of
Most people are in awe of the huge forest and will not go deep into it unless necessary."
"Really, I am ignorant." Ainz nodded slightly. In fact, the amount of information contained in those words was very large to Ainz. The most important information to him was naturally the influence of fairies on the northwest continent.
He knows greater things.
"It may also be due to the terrain." The person from the "Four Colors Armed Forces" said, "Although it is a forest and grassland, the terrain is not flat and open. There are similar mounds dotted around the vast area. If it is not particularly boring, I would like to
It is difficult to find such relics by climbing over these meaningless mounds to enter the forest area that should not be entered. As for why it is discovered now, it should be the Grand Duke’s somewhat crazy exploration order and the ‘unlocking’ of the forest area.”
"Then, what's the possibility of using magic to pile up these mounds?" Ainz asked.
"This is impossible." The captain of the "Six Swords Warriors" said it subconsciously rather than wanting to show off his presence in the conversation with Feifei. "Look at the size of these mounds. Even if you spend all your empire's power,
With the power of the times - of course not counting fairies and other alien races - it would take several years to build one."
"That is to say, you don't deny that as a country and an organization, it can still be done as long as it takes time, right?"
"But which country would do this for a temple? If you want to protect the temple and even consider its excavation by future generations, there should be a better way."
"yes."
"Besides, there is nothing unnatural about the arrangement of these mounds. Both construction and architectural magic will leave obvious traces of layer-by-layer stacking."
Others said one after another.
"Ah, if it is magic from the realm of God, it is not difficult to achieve this level, right? Have you forgotten the terrible blizzard that once enveloped the imperial capital?" Francesca said at the right time.
"That's what I said..."
"It's indeed not impossible. Is this the legendary residence of the devil?"
"But it's still the same problem. There should be a better way to hide the temple, right? If you know the magic of the realm of gods, you won't be able to create such an obstacle that ordinary people can climb over with a little effort."
Ainz turned his head and looked at the mound, thinking that if it were a hundred meters square mound, he would be able to make it very quickly. After a few decades, it would be enough to let the grass grow naturally in the sun and rain. And experience
As expected, the range of information extracted from weak people will become narrower.
Is it possible that the other party doesn't want to be discovered easily, but they also hope that someone will discover them sooner or later. Although I can't think of what the purpose is.
Next, we need to exchange information on how all the teams that came before were wiped out.
You have to ask those who stayed in the camp outside the ruins. After all, no one came out alive. The undead sent by Ainz to investigate also didn't see any corpses that fit the characteristics of the previous team until they were all wiped out. It would be better to say that there were no corpses inside until the battle.
It's extremely clean. It's a pity that the undead controlled by Ainz cannot share their sense of smell - it's better to say that "yggdrasil" can't set the sense of smell and taste in magic at all. Otherwise, through the residual smell, such as the freshness and smell of blood,
The residual smells of different types of undead or monsters may also be able to derive some level of information.
It's a pity that the people who stayed in the camp didn't have any information. They only calculated that the team's supplies should be exhausted, and they didn't come out for a long time before judging that they had been completely destroyed. Even if there are wood, stone and even metal in this world, the mantle can
As a race that eats, there is nothing that humans can eat here no matter what.
All parties involved in the investigation were able to come up with quite ominous conjectures, which made everyone frown.
"Based on normal circumstances, it's probably mainly the undead or ghost-dwelling monsters or demi-humans."
"If it's the latter, you have to consider other passages leading to the ground. After all, the living cannot be without supplies like the undead."
"No matter what this place was like before, at least there are people who are a threat to us humans living here. If we don't eliminate them in time, the consequences will be endless."
"But what about the Grand Duke's order?"
"There will always be results. Even if you have the corpses and materials of powerful monsters, you can still count them as results. If you're lucky, you might be able to get some good equipment, props and treasures, haha."
"Anyway, let's take action after dark."
Ainz listened to everyone's discussion and interjected: "Why is it at night? If it is the undead, ghostly monsters or demi-humans, shouldn't we move during the day? This way, if we lose the enemy and retreat, retreating to the surface will also help prevent pursuit.
"
"Even though there are mounds all around, the terrain around the ruins can be said to be open, so it is easy to detect an intrusion during the day."
"In fact, we should monitor it for a few more days. The camp guards are not as experienced as us. We might be able to find more things. If there is a race of living people taking over, we will definitely find something."
"But after all, it is the Grand Duke who entrusted me. If you neglect me, you will be beheaded. There is still a lot of money in the principality, so I don't want to go into exile. You think so."
"Yes, that's right. But let's use some magical means to explore it in a short time."
"Since there is a possibility of trouble happening, it would be better to solve it all at once, so that at least a small part can be investigated."
At night, they began to enter the Altar of Destruction according to the plan to finalize some details again.
Ainz and Francesca also cooperated with them in using magic to make them invisible and silenced. They divided their troops into three groups and flew in the air to overlook the team that was grasping the situation. In this way, they groped their way forward to the wall.
Ainz: "I'm really looking forward to what kind of technology a group composed entirely of humans will have."
Francesca: "I think you are overthinking. It is wishful thinking to have expectations for human beings in this world."
Ainz: "It seems that you are not originally human."
Francesca: "You have a human skeleton and you seem to be claiming that you are not one."
They chatted without any hesitation.
In order to stay hidden while moving forward, there is magic [silence] to isolate the sound, even blocking the sound transmission between the teams.
