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Pandora's disguise was impeccable; not only was his voice indistinguishable, but even the face beneath the armor was the same. This was the ability of the Doppelgänger race.
In front of the teleportation gate, Albedo showed a very puzzled expression. "There's no need for Lord Sig to personally deceive those inferior beings. Your subordinate believes that the servants can complete the task very well."
Besides Pandora, Nazarick also had many automatically generated low-level Doppelgangers. Although they could only transform into one appearance, it was enough.
"Since coming to this world, I haven't truly fought for a long time. My limbs are almost rusty. I think I should move around a bit, Albedo, what do you think?"
Facing Sig, who was explaining with a smile, Albedo no longer raised objections, and changed to a gentle voice, "I have the same thought. You must not disappoint Lord Sig."
Pandora nodded in agreement, reining in his movements a bit, "Miss Albedo worries too much. Your subordinate will do his utmost."
Hearing the address of 'Miss', Albedo's face showed a very displeased expression, but she didn't say anything, because the person in front of her looked exactly like Lord Sig.
"Albedo, please convey my apologies to Cocytus for not being able to witness his triumphant return."
Sig equipped his divine gear, and the white robe immediately changed to fit his size. Golden patterns emitted a sacred light, and the mask added a touch of mystery.
Lucifer's race was an angelic construct, and his main profession was a Golem Master. He also mastered some divine magic, so his equipment would have augmentations in this area. In short, it was perfect for his current self.
Albedo pouted slightly, looking a little cute in her sulky manner, "Cocytus has already failed once. Giving him another chance is already a great act of mercy from the Supreme Beings. Please don't say that."
"Albedo, you are the only one who knows about my departure. Do you know why?"
Albedo's cheeks flushed, "Could it be that Lord Sig wants to play the role of a wife seeing off her husband? I should have dressed up properly. You truly never let anyone relax."
Sig was slightly flustered; he hadn't thought that at all. He cleared his throat, "No, that's because Albedo, you are the most trustworthy person, which is why I'm having you convey the message."
"The most trustworthy person?" Hearing this answer, Albedo did not feel dissatisfied. With her hands clasped in front of her chest, she twisted her body joyfully, and the wings at her waist also fluttered excitedly.
"Lord Sig, should we depart now?"
Pandora's untimely interruption of Albedo naturally earned him a terrifying glare. He turned his face away in fright, clearly not understanding what had happened.
"It is indeed getting late. Albedo, you go get busy. I'll take you out next time..."
Before Sig could finish his sentence, Albedo almost roared out the words "That's great!" He didn't look back and quickly walked into the teleportation gate, leaving.
In any case, it's better not to ruin Albedo's beautiful image in his heart. Although he had long known her true nature, people are always visual creatures.
In fact, he wouldn't feel disgusted by Albedo's duplicity. He himself was also very hypocritical. Unlike Ainz, who would do anything for his companions, he acted entirely on his own accord, merely wrapping his actions in a sugary coating—a reasonable excuse.
He had even less prejudice against Shalltear. Aside from liking some lewd things, she was like a child.
So Sig was simply unable to face two people at once, and he had never had any intention of disliking them. His behavior was too straightforward, that must be the explanation, it seems someone had complained about him like that.
"Lord Sig, is this location suitable?"
Pandora's words interrupted his thoughts. After passing through the teleportation gate, he stepped onto wet leaves.
This was a forest not far from the capital, with very lush vegetation, hiding many low-level magical beasts. However, their levels were very low, probably not even as strong as Cocytus, so they clearly posed no threat.
"Having no witnesses is a problem, but it doesn't seem to matter that much. You think so too, right, Pandora?"
"Precisely! Let's have a PVP, Lord Sig!" Pandora reached into space and pulled out a long tachi wrapped in lightning, pointing it at Sig with a whoosh.
"Take-Mikazuchi Eight Forms, you've chosen a good weapon."
Sig hadn't actually expected Pandora to take out this weapon, but it fully demonstrated that he had understood the power of the human form.
Indeed, it was the vast number of equipment slots, which was impossible in half-human and dragon-human forms. However, the safest option was still to summon a familiar as a vanguard, but the target of a Dominion Spell was unique. Even if Pandora could use related skills, he still couldn't summon a giant dragon.
"Thank you very much, Lord Sig, for giving me the opportunity to use the weapon of the warrior Take-Mikazuchi! Your subordinate will go all out, just like a fated battle!"
Even with an effort to rein himself in, Pandora still exuded a familiar aura. Sig felt a mix of emotions seeing this version of himself.
How to put it, this should be considered embarrassing.
However, Pandora also had his strengths. When given a task, he would seriously carry it out. Even when fighting against him, a Supreme Being, he showed no signs of holding back, and not daring to attack was even less of an issue.
He still needed to be praised, if he hadn't been too heavy-handed. After all, Sig was currently wearing magic-user's equipment.
"Lord Sig, I'm going in!"
After activating the armor's acceleration buff, Pandora appeared behind Sig almost instantly, unleashing a sharp, lightning-infused slash.
This attack could easily cleave through legendary armor and weapons; even divine artifacts might not block it perfectly, let alone defensive equipment not designed as armor.
"Star Shattering Slash"
Sig, using his super-fast perception, dodged the attack with his flight ability.
However, Pandora's reaction was equally swift. There was no significant difference in their physical stats now. He redirected his attack, the blade tip piercing the air directly.
"Frost Freeze"
An ice-attribute special skill, a degraded version of "Frost Aura," highly effective for restricting movement.
Sig tapped his foot on the ground, and a white cold mist instantly spread.
Pandora was successfully blocked, his feet restricted to the spot, and his movements significantly slowed.
The Front sector area was directly frozen. Anyone standing within it would suffer continuous cold damage, which could barely be considered an offensive spell.
"It's useless!" Pandora roared, crushing the ice crystals, and charged forward again.
Sig's mouth twitched. He almost forgot that he himself had complete cold resistance, and Pandora also had it.
And just now, he had taken damage from Take-Mikazuchi Eight Forms' piercing attack, and a paralysis status was inflicted. His entire shoulder was numb, and only now was it slowly recovering due to his strong resistance.
Sig couldn't help but feel annoyed. What kind of crappy equipment was this? It couldn't even defend against debuffs.
The human form's attributes could only be stacked with equipment. There was nothing he could do if the defensive equipment wasn't good enough. He might as well lower his HP a bit more and just use healing magic.
For now, he still needed to use defensive skills to reduce skill damage.
A golden light flashed on Sig, activating "Divine Protection."
Pandora's attack was swift, with the next one coming right after.
"Star Shattering Triple Strike"
A transparent light shield appeared in front of Sig, a special skill inherent to divine artifacts, a life-saving divine skill for mages.
"Perfect Counter"
Pandora was sent flying, a bright light flashing on the armor on his feet. It seemed his defense hadn't even been broken.
Thinking that Pandora could also use healing magic, Sig's expression became extremely complex.
"Lord Sig, I'm coming again!"
Sig suddenly thought of the mages who were cut down in games throughout the years. Perhaps the way they looked at him was the same.
This brute!