Because the challenge was over, the onlookers had begun to disperse on the spot, and at the request of the guild staff, they moved out of the way to prevent the road in front of the guild gate from becoming crowded and hindering business.
The adventurers who fell to the ground were also carried down, and the place was cleared instantly, announcing the end of the good show.
But Li Ge and Ainz stayed where they were and did not leave.
They looked at each other, and after a while, Rige took the initiative to approach Ainz.
"Lord Ainz!"
Narberal reacted to Li Ge's move and immediately put her hand on the sword, as if she was about to step forward to protect him.
"Don't act rashly. Also, call me Feifei."
Ainz grabbed Narberal, feeling dissatisfied with the behavior of this Nazarick battle maid.
Narberal may be eager to protect her master, but in Ainz's opinion, this maid is undoubtedly not very smart.
She has told her so many times that she should be careful to conceal each other's identity and relationship outside, but she still behaves like this towards the king from time to time, and leaks his name, which makes Ainz regret it a little.
Take her out.
If it weren't for the fact that most of the NPCs in Nazarick were aliens and few were suitable to be brought to a human city, Ainz really wouldn't want to bring Narberal with him.
As for him running out alone, that is even more impossible. The NPCs in Nazarick will not allow the supreme ruler to wander around human territory without any protection.
With no other choice, Ainz had no choice but to control Narberal and look at Li Ge who came to him.
"Isn't this the Dark Warrior?" Rige looked at Ainz, who was wearing a full-body armor, and said with a faint smile, "So you've also come to E-Rantel?"
"...Yes, Sir Rige." Ainz wanted to correct Rige's name for him, but when he thought that this title was given by himself, he was a little embarrassed, so he could only say: "I didn't expect you to be here, too.
I thought you had already gone to some hidden place to find hidden treasures."
Saying this, Ainz also wanted to test Li Ge.
He had already suspected that Li Ge was a player of "YGGDRASIL", so his vigilance towards Li Ge was heightened to an unprecedented level.
Li Ge didn't know if he heard it. Not only did he not agree with Ainz's words, but he asked a rhetorical question.
"I'm just curious why Your Excellency the Dark Warrior has just appeared in E-Rantel now." Li Ge said calmly: "It's been a few days, and I thought that Your Excellency had already left the grassland and came to the city.
Here, it seems that you have gone to do some things."
Li Ge glanced in Narberal's direction, and anyone could hear the underlying meaning.
Narberal stared at Li Ge, her pretty face as cold as ice.
"Don't get me wrong." Ainz deliberately blocked Li Ge's sight and said calmly: "This is my companion. She was originally with us. The night she met you, she happened to go looking for someone nearby.
There is no road to town."
In other words, Li Ge and Narberal missed the opportunity to meet each other, which is what Ainz wanted to express.
"That's it." Li Ge nodded and suddenly said: "What about the person who was with the Dark Warrior last time? Why didn't you see him?"
"He went to the next city." Ainz pretended to be helpless and said, "You also know that we are avoiding our enemies, so it is more advantageous to split into two groups like this."
"Okay." Li Ge suddenly said with a smile but not a smile: "Since the Dark Warrior has said so, then so be it."
"It's good that you understand." Ainz moved his helmet, as if smiling at Rige, and said, "Don't talk about me, talk about your Excellency. After coming to this city, you can hear it everywhere.
Regarding the rumors about you, it seems that you have done a lot in the past few days."
"It's not bad." Li Ge turned his gaze to Ainz's helmet, as if he wanted to see through his expression under the helmet, and said: "After all, I am a newbie here, so it is normal for me to encounter some unnecessary troubles.
"
"Oh?" Ainz then said in a thoughtful tone, "I heard that you became an adventurer just a few days ago. Is this true?"
"Yes." Li Ge said very directly: "The day I became an adventurer was the day I met the Dark Warrior. It's a coincidence."
Rigo's frank admission actually made Ainz lose his mind.
How did he respond to this?
Ask the person directly, since you only became an adventurer at that time, why do you claim that this is your main occupation?
Isn't this clearly a suspicion and questioning of others?
Ainz didn't want to be so obvious yet.
Therefore, Ainz could only reply with something like "It's a coincidence" and thought about how to further test the other party.
But before Ainz could make a plan, Li Ge spoke up first.
"Dark Warrior, do you have something to do when you come to the Adventurer's Guild?"
Li Ge changed the subject.
"That's right." Ainz was also interrupted from thinking, and said: "I plan to settle down in this area first, so I am preparing to become an adventurer."
Ainz was not lying when he said this.
He does intend to settle down in E-Rantel and become an adventurer.
There are two reasons.
One is to collect information about this world.
Just like Lige when he first arrived, Ainz also felt that an organization like the Adventurer's Guild would be helpful for them, who were unfamiliar with the place, to obtain various information related to the world. Therefore, he planned to become an adventurer first.
After revealing the identity of the person operating on the surface, slowly collect all kinds of intelligence.
Another one is for fame.
That's right, Ainz plans to make a name for himself in this world as "Momon".
As long as he can make a name for himself, he can become a higher-level adventurer.
As long as he becomes a higher-level adventurer, he will have the opportunity to come into contact with more difficult commissions, come into contact with the characters who issue these commissions, and then gradually come into contact with the upper class people of this country and this world.
And as long as he comes into contact with people of high enough status, he can get some secrets that ordinary people don't know and understand the depth of this world.
If everything goes well, the achievements and influence of "Momon", an adventurer who has achieved great fame, may be attributed to Nazarick in the future, so that the ruler of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick can
His name - "Ainz Ooal Gown" - spread.
At that time, it may be possible to attract players of "YGGDRASIL", and even... attract companions who used to belong to "Ainz Ooal Gown".
For this reason, Ainz decided to become an adventurer.
Li Ge knew this.
This is what Ainz planned in the original novel, and Rigo would naturally not forget it.
That's why he refused Gazef's invitation to go to the royal capital together and continued to stay in E-Rantel, just to wait and wait for Ainz to come and fall into his own trap.
Who made this bitch be so cautious before, only revealing information about ninety-nine kinds of magic, and then keep silent about it?
Li Ge was still coveting his other magics, so of course he would not miss such an opportunity to accompany Gazef to some royal capital.
At that moment, Li Ge was like a guide, explaining to Ainz.
"If you want to join the guild and become an adventurer, you need to prepare five silver coins as the fee for written materials. If you need ghostwriting services, you need to pay another five copper coins. Other than that, there are no requirements. If you have already prepared, then go
Just look for the staff at the counter and ask them to help you."
Li Ge pointed to the inside of the guild's door. From here, he could see the counter facing the door.
"Thank you."
Ainz nodded to Rigg, expressed his thanks, and walked into the guild.
"snort."
Narberal snorted at Rige, and then followed Ainz into the guild.
Watching the two people leave, Li Ge curled his lips and turned to leave.
Since people have already waited, there is no need to rush to do anything.
Otherwise, if he shows too obvious intention to get closer, Ainz will start to become suspicious again given his personality.
For now, that's all. Just confirm Ainz's location and what he will do next.
There will be plenty of opportunities to do the rest of the things in the future.
"Speaking of which, Nazarick is about to experience its first major war, right?"
Li Ge remembered a plot in the original work.
"I wonder if that will happen again?"
About 90% of the reason why the incident in the original book happened was because Ainz defeated the Sunshine Codex and caused a series of reactions from the Slian Theocracy.
Now that Sunshine Holy Canon has been defeated by itself, it is not certain whether the Naslian Theocracy will still act as it did in the original work.
If not, forget it.
If there is...
"Then I can probably gather another handful of Gu Aotian's wool, right?"
Thinking of the things that could be done in this incident, Li Ge smiled a little.
Li Ge didn't know that the Gu Aotian he talked about had already made some arrangements for him.
"Nabe."
Ainz, who walked into the guild, lowered his voice and gave instructions to Narberal beside him.
"Use [Message] to notify Albedo and ask her to send a few eight-limbed sword assassin bugs or shadow demons over."