"Oh! This is incredible! Absolutely incredible!"
Under the starry night sky, an old man with a long white beard, dressed in white robes, looked up at the illusory giant island above his head, shouting in a crazed manner.
"I say, old man, can't you be less dramatic?" Lady Catherine's eyes twitched as she looked at the old man beside her. If she could, she truly didn't want to interact with him.
No one would have expected that this excited, over two-hundred-year-old man was Fluder Paradyne, the Bahaus Empire's proudest and strongest Magic Caster, who had served several emperors!
"Lady Catherine! You saw it, didn't you! To make such a vast piece of land ascend into the sky!" Fluder gesticulated wildly as he looked at Lady Catherine, speaking with an uncontrollable excitement, "This isn't just simple destructive magic. How much magical power is needed to achieve such a feat? It's probably unimaginably immense! The individual who could design such magic is, without a doubt, an existence at the pinnacle of magic!"
Fluder had once traveled to the center of the southern desert, where he saw a floating city in the sky and was amazed by its miraculous architecture.
But now, compared to the illusory, massive island above their heads, that floating city seemed to be nothing special!
"Lady Catherine, can I go to meet that individual now? To that place! That divine land!?" Fluder pointed at the dreamlike island above his head, pleadingly.
Lady Catherine nodded, and her words made him beam, "The reason I called you here this time is because Older brother wants to see you. Please wait a moment, I will contact Older brother again. To enter that place, a special method is required."
"Thank you very much!"
Fluder immediately bowed to Lady Catherine, expressing his respect and gratitude.
At the same time, on the edge of a deep forest in the northern part of the Kingdom, a person completely enveloped in silver-white armor appeared. Around him floated four weapons: a sword, a war hammer, a long saber, and a greatsword. This individual was once a famous figure, the Silver Knight, one of the Thirteen Heroes.
"I'm late. What World Item is this?"
The armored warrior muttered as he watched the dreamlike island in the sky slowly disappear.
He did not emit any aura a living creature should have; the inside of the armor was completely empty, clearly just a controlled item.
In this world, apart from Lock and the Nazarick faction, only a few existences knew the term 'World Item'.
And the operator of the armor was one of them, the Platinum Dragon Lord.
"I sensed new Players arriving before. Will the ones who used the World Item this time be the same group? It seems I need to investigate thoroughly."
Two months ago, someone outside E-Rantel in the Kingdom used a World Item to control a powerful vampire, but for some unknown reason, they did not take it away.
The Platinum Dragon Lord manipulated the armor to fight that vampire, testing its level. It surpassed what vampires in this world could achieve, definitely an existence from Yggdrasil.
All those summoned by that method were existences to be wary of; they were far too dangerous!
An unknown, mysterious realm.
A giant seven-colored light shield suddenly appeared in the darkness. Inside the light shield, a massive island floated above the sea, with a golden sun overhead, casting sacred light upon the entire island.
A rainbow rose from the ocean on the eastern side of the island, extending all the way to the western side.
The entire island had various terrains.
The easternmost part was a small, undulating mountain range. The edge of the mountain range was where the castle and part of the forest area, transferred from the Tob Forest, were located. At this time, a large number of high-level Tiger Knights were leaving this area to explore the unknown new territory. In the future, this would also be a gathering place for Tiger Knights, a place to train mounts.
Next was an inland lake. On the edge of the lake, there was also a castle. The villagers, who had already been gathered in the castle, began to clear planting areas along the lake, according to prior arrangements, to become future food production areas.
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In Eivenburg, located in the center of the island, some commotion occurred.
Ibiruei slowly descended from the sky, and her companions immediately gathered around her.
"Ibiruei, how was it?" Lakyus asked with a look of doubt. Just now, they were training in the training ground using new items when they suddenly felt a ground-shaking tremor, and then the entire castle flew up.
"I don't know. Now the entire castle and the surrounding land have been transferred to an unknown island. I think I saw the ocean at the end of my sight just now." Ibiruei briefly explained the situation she observed to her companions. "Perhaps we can ask the owner of this place; he should know what happened."
"It seems that's the only way."
Lakyus nodded helplessly.
To be honest, they didn't feel afraid, just a little surprised. After all, this situation hadn't harmed them personally, and this was Lock's castle. If it were an enemy's scheme, then he surely wouldn't stand by idly.
It was more likely that he himself had caused it.
Although directly transferring such a large area of land must be very important, and not telling them was understandable, he should at least send someone to explain it to them afterward!
Lakyus secretly complained in her heart.
As if sensing her thoughts, Lock's personal maid, Vier, used Flight to arrive at the training ground.
"Blue Rose, I'm truly sorry for startling you all." Vier, with an apologetic smile, bowed to the group.
"Finally, someone came!" Gaguran grinned, immediately asking, "So what's going on now? Where is this place?"
Vier's smile did not fade as she looked up at them, "I think this question should be left for the Master to explain to you all. Before that, please be patient."
On the giant stone statue.
Lock stopped the flow of magic power, the entire stone statue returned to its original state, and the magic circle disappeared with it. The surrounding Theocracy Magic Casters all collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
Descending from the stone statue, returning to Zesshi Zetsumei's side, Lock's face carried a faint smile.
"The ritual went smoothly. It's great that no one disturbed it midway." Lock said happily, though this outcome was also within his expectations.
Although the transfer ritual caused a great commotion, in a situation where no one understood what was truly happening, basically no one would casually attack the floating city that was being raised.
However, even if someone genuinely wanted to test it and attacked the ascending floating city, those attacks would be redirected towards Lock, who was presiding over the ritual.
At this time, unable to move, he would need Zesshi Zetsumei's help for defense. Of course, this was only the first layer of defense mechanism.
Once Zesshi Zetsumei could not block it, the two Guardian Golems guarding the side of the plaza would act.
If the two Guardians also could not block it, then Lock would just have to endure it. With the World Item, the World Tree Leaf, on him, he should be able to withstand at least two Super-Tier Magic attacks.
Having done all this, if the ritual was still destroyed, then Lock would just have to accept his fate.
Fortunately, such a thing did not happen, and everything was perfectly completed according to his plan.
Lock had always coveted the defensive skills of the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Such a stable base allowed Ainz and others to retreat into the Great Tomb if the battle went unfavorably, while the enemies were helpless.
This was a bit of a cheat!
So, he had planned for a long time to build his own impregnable fortress.
Fortunately, during the twelve years of playing Yggdrasil, he acquired the World Item 'avalon'.
'avalon' could open up a legendary island in a different dimension. This island possessed a powerful protective barrier that could resist any damage from all magic and items, making it incredibly powerful.
Thus, his wish was finally realized.
Even if he lost in the struggle against the Great Tomb, he could still retreat to the Island of avalon, regroup, and fight again!
Of course, this was just a strategic move, not to say that he would definitely lose.
The saying goes, 'seek not victory, but consider defeat first.' Only by securing a foundation can one stand in an invincible position.
Next, Lock would recruit a large army from the Kingdom. Once the forces were well-trained, it would be time to contend with the Great Tomb.
With the Island of avalon as his origin, Lock was going to establish a grand empire in this other world!
"While the smooth progress is gratifying, do you really need to be this happy?" Zesshi Zetsumei looked at Lock, who was smiling like a fool, and retorted.
She had originally thought this man was the steady type, which was more in line with the demeanor of a strong individual. She hadn't expected him to have this side; it was truly surprising.
"Cough!" Lock lightly coughed, realizing his performance was a bit too exaggerated. He returned to his normal state, acting as if nothing had happened, "Let's go, Anti. I'll take you to see our sanctuary."
Re-Estize Kingdom, Royal Capital.
In the royal palace, about a hundred Tiger Knights were moving various rare materials in the courtyard, seemingly constructing some kind of building.
When they had completely used the materials in their hands, what appeared was something resembling a doorframe.
The entirely white doorframe had many exquisite magical patterns and was also inlaid with four gems of different colors.
Immediately following, the Magic Knights among the Tiger Knights arranged themselves into a special formation, surrounding this doorframe. Then, they took out scrolls, using them without hesitation.
As the magic scrolls continuously burned, this doorway seemed to come alive. The originally empty interior of the doorframe immediately glowed with a seven-colored light.
The Magic Knights chanted an unknown incantation in low voices. This seven-colored light slowly twisted, finally forming a vortex.
"The sanctuary is complete!"
A Tiger Knight in silver-white armor emerged from the vortex, loudly announcing to all his companions, immediately drawing cheers from all the Tiger Knights!
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