On the top of the highest clock tower in a city, Ainz, holding a replica of the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, looked down at the hellish scene on the streets. A large number of Undead flooded the streets, like sharks that had smelled blood, skillfully breaking down doors and slaughtering the trembling humans inside. The old, young, and babies—all citizens were targets. A thick, sickening smell of blood permeated the entire city.
From a human's point of view, this was an act of pure evil. But Ainz was no longer Satoru Suzuki, a human, but an Undead named Ainz Ooal Gown.
In the square in the center of the city, a human magician stood in the middle of a large magic circle, unleashing a terrifying magical ritual. The negative energy generated by the slaughter of the residents was drawn in, gathering quickly towards the magic circle.
Under the command of the human magician, negative energy continued to flow into the corpse of a high-tier adventurer warrior in front of him, causing a terrible change in its body. A muddy black substance enveloped the corpse, constantly writhing and causing the small human body to swell into a five-meter-tall giant. Its appearance was similar to a human, wearing a set of rusty armor, with rotting flesh visible in the uncovered parts.
As if to celebrate its birth, the Undead raised its head to the sky and let out a beastly roar. A wave of foul stench spread from its body.
This is a unique Undead summoning ritual from the New World. Could it create a Plague General? No, it looks a little different, maybe a variant that didn't exist in YGGDRASIL, Ainz muttered to himself, observing the zombie Undead created by the ritual.
The reason he ordered the Undead army to massacre the city was to take advantage of this special ritual magic, to see if he could create a high-tier Undead that exceeded LV70 and could exist permanently. If successful, Nazarick's strength would increase rapidly, allowing it to compete with the Church of Destiny.
In that case, let's give it a try, Ainz snapped out of his daze. He used flying magic to hover towards the Plague General variant in the square, with Albedo following him.
When he landed, the human magician from the Zuranon organization who was maintaining the magical ritual wanted to bow, but Ainz stopped him with a raised hand. "Continue your work, don't mind us."
"Yes, great Supreme Lord."
The magician nodded respectfully and continued to gather negative energy. Ainz didn't pay him any mind. After measuring the Plague General variant, he used [Control Undead].
Magical light enveloped the Plague General variant for about two seconds. Through the magical feedback, he roughly understood the power of this zombie Undead. Hmm, a little weaker than a Plague General, maybe around LV65. Well, not bad, Ainz nodded reluctantly.
The indigenous magical rituals of the New World were not very powerful, roughly on the level of a Seventh Tier magic. However, thanks to the 'Magic Tier Ascension' effect, the power of this ritual might be able to be increased. Ainz had also used the Super-Tier Magic - [Wish Upon a Star] to reinforce this ritual, and the results seemed to be worth it.
However, he didn't know how many Undead could eventually be created. If the number was too small, this method would not be satisfactory for mass production. They had massacred an entire city, and if the number of high-tier Undead they obtained did not exceed a hundred, then this method could not be mass-produced at all.
In another city attacked by Nazarick's forces, a giant monster sped at high speed. When it reached the top of the city, several figures jumped from its back. Flying magic slowed their descent, and the figures stopped about ten meters from the ground, looking at the scene of destruction in front of them.
A vast area of houses was destroyed, severed limbs were scattered everywhere. The entire city looked as if it had been splattered with red paint, giving off a thick, sickening smell of blood.
"These damned creatures!" Lakyus shouted, her face filled with rage. Not only her, but even Enri and the others had grim expressions.
After receiving the news, they immediately set off. However, they didn't expect that the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick had used a spatial sealing item in the city, which prevented them from arriving instantly with teleportation magic. They were forced to travel conventionally. As a result, they were late.
"Calm down," Kael patted Lakyus's shoulder. "Didn't you say that more than one city was attacked? Since this place is already destroyed, our anger here is useless. Let's head to the next city."
"...Alright! If I meet those beasts, I definitely won't let them escape!" Lakyus took a deep breath, calming her emotions, but a sharp light still flickered in her eyes.
Then, under Kael's command, everyone dispersed. Lakyus, Leinas, Enri, and Fluder each went to a nearby city. Meanwhile, Kael did not accompany them, but returned directly to Destiny Holy City.
About ten minutes later, an army of five thousand soldiers arrived in the desert on the border of the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire through a large teleportation magic circle from the Holy City. This was the location of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick!
"Activate spatial lockdown!"
When the command was given, hundreds of magicians from the five thousand-strong army flew out, forming a gigantic magic circle ring in a ten-kilometer radius centered on the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. As a terrifying fluctuation of magical power emanated from them, the space in the entire area became more solidified. The sealing power penetrated the layers of soil, continuously expanding downwards.
"Start the attack!"
The attack command was transmitted to the entire army through amplification magic. The magical light almost formed an endless expanse in the military formation, while in the sky, a large number of burning meteorites slowly began to descend.