That beautiful woman, hearing Ainz's serious warning, hesitated for a moment before replying earnestly, "I will complete the task you have assigned."
Although she truly disliked this kind of task, because she had no fondness whatsoever for lowly creatures like humans. But the task required her to disguise herself as a human and gather intelligence in a human city, which was an extremely arduous task for her. However, her pride wouldn't allow her to choose escape at this time. She was also afraid of disappointing the Supreme Being's assessment of her task capabilities. Therefore, even though she knew this task wasn't suitable for her, she still insisted on accepting it, convincing herself that she must endure those insects when the time came.
Ainz stared at Nabe for a long while. He really wasn't very confident. After all, Nabe had only just started accompanying him on missions, and she had already displayed many shortcomings that he considered severe incompetence. If Nabe hadn't already registered as part of his Adventurer team under this identity, he really wouldn't want to leave this incompetent individual behind to perform such an important task.
He originally thought his earlier words would make Nabe, who had no fondness for humans and possessed extremely high self-esteem, voluntarily withdraw. He didn't expect Nabe would want to prove herself to him through this task.
Although an ordinary leader encountering this situation would probably feel very displeased, Ainz's feelings at this moment were completely different. After all, these were NPCs created by the members of their guild.
They were their children. Seeing their child wanting to overcome her weaknesses and grow actively, surely no one wouldn't feel gratified by this.
So Ainz decided to trust Nabe and left behind a word of encouragement. Then he left the city and used teleportation magic outside to return to Nazarick.
"Do not betray my trust in you."
"Yes, Lord Ainz."
This time, Nabe did not receive Lord Ainz's warning, because the person speaking to her now was the ruler of Nazarick, Ainz Ooal Gown, not the newly surfaced Adventurer Momon. Because of Ainz's trust, Nabe's icy face showed a momentary flicker of emotion. It seemed she absolutely had to complete this task to live up to Lord Ainz's trust. Failure was not an option. Holding onto this resolute mindset, Nabe remained alone in the city of E-Rantel to carry out her mission.
The moment Ainz returned to Nazarick, he took Albedo to the room of Nazarick's information gatherer. Using its magical information-gathering Skills, they located Shalltear's position and saw her current state through surveillance. Ainz made a judgment the moment he saw Shalltear's state: it was the state of a neutral wild monster in the game.
For some unknown reason, Shalltear's connection to Nazarick had been severed, and she had become this wild monster state. Moreover, a point requiring vigilance here was that Shalltear's state was definitely caused by someone using an item or Skill.
In other words, the fact that Shalltear was dumped here was very likely the enemy's trap. This was a tactic often seen in games: placing a relatively important quest target or companion of the enemy alone outside to lure out hidden opponents, then annihilating them in one fell swoop—a fishing tactic.
Ainz silently watched the surveillance feed of Shalltear. So, the person who turned Shalltear into this state was very likely a player? And likely a player who knew about their guild Ainz Ooal Gown, perhaps even an enemy of Ainz Ooal Gown, and had seen Shalltear before. Then the danger level of this trap became quite high. The other side probably didn't know that only he, one player, had crossed over from the Ainz Ooal Gown guild this time.
And the opposing player had basically set this trap using the full-strength Ainz Ooal Gown as the benchmark for power. It was possible that Nazarick would face its greatest crisis since crossing over. If not careful, they could very well be completely annihilated.
As for why the opposing player was taking action against them, Ainz didn't speculate too much. After all, the other side had already come knocking, so there was no need to consider their reasons. What Ainz Ooal Gown needed to do was only to break the opponent's trap and then crush the enemy!
Although he didn't know who was behind this, in Ainz's heart, this person had already become the greatest enemy Nazarick would face next!
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