After Gilniv arrived at the Colosseum, he met the Silver Birds, a team of Imperial Steel-class adventurers guarding the entrance to the Colosseum.
At first, Gilniv was surprised when he saw the entire team. Although he knew in advance that there were more than ten members of the Silver Bird team, it seemed that not all of them came this time, but some of them.
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Their leader, the bard Freivalz, came up with his team members with different personalities to say hello. What surprised Gilniv even more was that one of them was a demihuman warrior.
After a brief exchange of greetings and self-introductions, it was time to officially head to the arena that had been agreed upon with the Theocratic Envoy. Gilniv was about to step into the arena door when he was immediately stopped by Frevalz.
"We are hired to protect your Majesty's safety, please don't walk in front of us, okay?" Frewalz said.
"Okay, if you have any other needs, just say so. I'm hiring you for this purpose. As long as you think it's necessary, just say so." Gilniv replied.
"It's a great help to His Majesty that he is so sensible, so let me sing a song first!" After speaking, Frewalz began to sing, but it was a song rather than a hummed melody, just a melody.
Just a few seconds of tune.
"That's enough, Your Majesty, please follow us." Freivarz motioned to one of his burly teammates to walk in front, and then he followed, and Gilniv also followed.
At this time, Gilniv suddenly remembered something, so he asked about Fryvalz.
"What was that just now?"
"Hasn't your Majesty heard of it? It's the bard's special skill, the curse song. Some people will use musical instruments to activate the effect. I just need to sing." Freiwaltz replied quite complacently, looking at him
His confident look reminded Gilniv of himself a few months ago before he came into contact with the Sorcerous Kingdom.
"So this is a curse song... I have a question I would like to ask. Are there any curse songs that can be activated directly by just speaking, and can control people's minds?" Gilniv asked, as soon as he mentioned this
, the two generals following him trembled slightly, and they naturally knew the purpose of their emperor's mention of this matter.
"Can it be activated just by talking? Uh... As far as I know, it can be done. Unfortunately, I haven't reached that level yet. As for controlling people's spirits, there is also something called
Suggested curse songs can have the effect of controlling people's hearts through some mental magic. In addition, charm can also achieve a certain degree of effect. However, there are very few people who know these two kinds of curse songs, and the effect is very slow.
The effect is not very good." Flevarz thought for a while and replied.
"I see... that's it." Gilniv thought that Elizabeth probably didn't use spells and other skills. It was hard to imagine the female devil singing at the top of her voice. She also claimed to be a magic singer.
So now we can be sure that she is using spiritual magic.
"I didn't expect that His Majesty would be interested in curse songs!" Frewalz said jokingly.
"It was just a whim." Gilniv quickly explained.
"Isn't there a great magic caster beside His Majesty? He should know more." Flavarz continued to tease Gilniv.
"Isn't it bad to rely on that teacher for everything? As a teacher, I don't want to see a student like me asking him for answers whenever I have any problems!" When it comes to Fulda, Gilniff can only try to maintain it.
With his own expression, he pretended that nothing happened.
After all, not many people know about Fulda's betrayal. To the outside world, Fulda is still the empire's strongest trump card and his teacher.
"That's true. It just so happens that I feel that the commission fee this time is indeed a bit too high in terms of content. As compensation, I will briefly explain the curse song to His Majesty after the end!" Freiwaltz smiled.
said.
"That's really great." Gilniv replied calmly.
After moving forward for a long time, the group finally arrived in front of the emperor's exclusive VIP room. Before entering... they also asked Silver Bird's team members to go in and check it first.
In Gilniv, I entered the VIP room dedicated to the emperor and took a quick look around. Although it was very narrow, the decorations and furnishings in the room had a sense of luxury that was exclusively for the emperor.
Moreover, the wall on the side of the arena is designed directly into an open space, and is separated by glass.
From here, you can directly take in the scene of the arena. Gilniv walked over and took a few glances, and saw that the auditorium below was already full of spectators, and they were shouting quite enthusiastically.
The reason why there are so many people is because a match between King Wu was temporarily arranged. This is a rare situation. The king of the arena, King Wu, has never been able to confront him head-on due to his superior strength.
Therefore, his game has not been scheduled for a long time, so this time it attracted so many spectators to watch the game.
While Gilniv was looking at the audience outside the stands, everyone at Silver Bird had already finished checking.
"Your Majesty, no traces of the intelligence department's magic or magic items were found in the room," Flevarz said.
"To be on the safe side, can you please check it carefully? Is there any magic that can be used to detect the approach of outsiders? It is best to use the kind that can see through the other party's invisibility." Gilniv said.
"Your Majesty, the transparent response has been prepared just now." Freiwaltz responded.
"Really, what about eavesdropping?" Gilniv was still a little worried, after all, his opponent was a monster.
"Your Majesty, we have already taken precautions against these tasks. Although it may not seem obvious, we have only applied several counter-intelligence magic countermeasures to the surrounding areas." Freiwaltz said with some embarrassment.
"Well, that's fine, I'll excuse you." Gilniv said with a smile.
But looking at the fussing expressions on Flairvalz and his team members, Gilniff wanted to know what their expressions would be like if they knew what terrible monsters Ainz Ooal Gown and Elizabeth were.
Although I have indeed restricted the information about Elizabeth, and she was very low-key when she was in the empire, and few people may know about her situation, but Ainz Ooal Gown made such an exaggerated show in the Kaz Plains
Well, these adamantine-level adventurers should also be aware of it, right?
"I don't dare. Since you have received the money, you have to do your best work, right? Then can you let us wait in the room together for a while?" Flavarz said.
Gilniv thought for a moment. Since he asked them to serve as his bodyguards, it was natural to make such a proposal. However... is it really good to let them know about the secret meeting with the Theocracy next?
"Unfortunately, the following talks are very important and you are not allowed to enter." Gilniv shook his head and said.
"But it will be very difficult to protect His Majesty in this situation," Freiwaltz said.
The other members of the Silver Bird also explained the dangers of doing this without saying a word. Gilniv himself also understood that it would be more peaceful if they were around, but now he plans to cooperate with the Theocracy in his pursuit.
What would be the consequences if the idea of killing Ainz Ooal Gown was leaked to them?
So...in order to avoid unnecessary complications, I still refused.
"Your concerns are indeed justified, but as the Emperor of the Empire, I cannot give in on this aspect," Gilniv said.
"Well, due to His Majesty's position, I'm afraid there are some conversations that we can't involve in, so we'll retreat outside the door, but...can you tell us before that what kind of distinguished guests will come?"
Levarz said helplessly.
"Of course I will tell you, but... you have to forget everything afterward, understand?" Gilniv's tone became a little serious.
"Understand, no matter who the guest is, we will completely forget about it afterward. If any information leaks, we will be responsible for the follow-up processing." Freiwaltz replied, this is indeed something that should be paid attention to.
"Okay, I believe you. My guests are two priests from the Temple of Fire and Temple of Wind of the Imperial Church, and four other priests are coming with them," Gilniv said.
"Okay, I understand... If anyone else comes, we will be more vigilant, so let's go out first. By the way... please allow us to break the door lock and break in if necessary," Freivarz said.
"Just do it as long as you feel it is necessary." Gilniv nodded in response.
Unexpectedly, Freiwalz directly ordered his team members to smash the door lock on the spot. He should probably take precautions first so that if there is any accident, he can rush in as soon as possible instead of breaking the door lock again.
Bar.
After breaking the door lock, the Silver Bird team went out and waited outside. Only Gilniv and the two generals were left in the room. Gilniv sat directly in his special seat and looked at the commotion outside the stands.
The audience was stunned.
For a long time, Gilniv looked at the enthusiastically cheering people in the stands and said something involuntarily.
"What a peaceful scene!"
"Really? Your Majesty? I don't think it's peaceful." Badjad, who was standing behind Gilniv, said jokingly, and a fight between beasts and adventurers was currently being staged in the arena.
"I'm talking about the people. Don't you think...compared to the current predicament of the empire, isn't the scene in front of them very peaceful? If they knew that their neighbor was a monster, I'm afraid they wouldn't be as happy as they are now.
Right?" Gilniv said.
"That's also...it is indeed our responsibility to worry about the people!" Bajed said meaningfully.