In the corridor outside the ward, Bai Lang walked beside Deng Yougang bored.
"You go and deal with the Shadow Realm, but what about me? I can't just sit there doing nothing, right?"
"If that's the case, you might as well let me go back to play the game. I only need two endings to complete "Glory of the North"!"
Bai Lang's true intentions were fully revealed, expressing his inner thoughts of giving up.
Deng Yougang looked at him speechlessly, thought for a moment, and took out the ball of light that imitated the main god.
“How about this, Brother Bai, I’ll give you the light ball. If there’s any movement from Suzuki Satoru, you can go to the Neon Islands and make some trouble.”
"no problem."
Bai Lang took the light ball with great interest, then glanced at Deng Yougang and asked tentatively: "Nothing else, I'll go back then?"
Deng Yougang sighed: "Go!"
A smile immediately appeared on Bai Lang’s face. He increased his speed without hesitation and disappeared from the spot in an instant.
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At the same time, in North America, civilian neighborhoods were built on the periphery of an eco-city centered on the original site of New York.
A black-haired boy in a black sports suit, with his hands in his pockets and wearing the cheapest gas mask, walked on the foggy street.
Suddenly, five dark-skinned men also wearing gas masks blocked his way.
The man in the lead had empty hands, but between the slightly opened corners of his clothes, one could vaguely see some dark, reflective metal.
The other four brothers were holding knives and speaking rapidly with some dirty words in their mouths, as if they wanted to force the boy into the dark and narrow alley next to them.
The black-haired boy glanced at them, turned around without hesitation, and walked towards the dark alley.
The five big men showed grim smiles on their faces, and started to follow the young man.
Not long after, the black-haired boy walked out of the alley with his hands in his pockets, looking calm.
"Pooh--"
The black-haired boy spat out a ball of mixed-color magic impurities, looked at it with disgust, and said coldly: "Garbage is garbage, even the magic tastes like garbage."
"You're obviously a human, but you like to eat people?"
“No wonder Ainz-sama always says that you can get along well with Shalltear!”
A slightly amused chuckle suddenly sounded from behind.
At the same time, there came a deadly sense of crisis like a needle prick.
Danger! Danger! Danger!
The black-haired boy's pupils suddenly shrank, and his sixth sense kept sending him warnings.
Without hesitation, the black-haired boy decisively turned into a shadow and escaped into the shadow space that belonged exclusively to those awakened by the dark attribute.
In an instant, the world around me changed dramatically.
The originally foggy street instantly turned into a dark space with no sunlight.
The black-haired boy just stood on a platform that was so dark that it was impossible to dissolve, his brows furrowed, his whole body tense and alert to the surroundings.
...The crisis has not been eliminated, which means that escaping into the shadow space still cannot escape the opponent's sight.
“Sizzle—”
There was a sound like cloth being torn, and a white hole appeared in the dark space.
The black-haired boy's pupils shrank, and he used all his magic power without hesitation, controlling countless darkness to gather on his body surface.
In an instant, the figure of the black-haired boy suddenly grew larger, and his whole body stood up in the thick darkness, turning into a black armored knight over twenty meters tall, wearing black armor and holding a black sword.
Two purple rays of light bloomed in the V-shaped gap of the helmet, staring at the white crack that was out of tune with the surroundings.
The next second, a slender, white, almost perfect leg stepped in from the white crack.
Next came a figure with a graceful figure and stunning appearance.
She has long purple-black hair and golden eyes, and wears a white dress decorated with golden lines. Two devil-like horns grow between her purple-black hair, and behind her there is a pair of black wings like a fallen angel, which are folded and wrapped around her lower body.
In addition, this beautiful woman who looked like an angel and a devil was holding a strange scepter in her hand.
The scepter is black all over, and the handle below is like a black torch, holding up and connecting the suspended black ball at the top.
“…The real nothingness?!”
The black-armored knight's pupils shrank and he looked at the scepter in disbelief.
If he was not mistaken, this scepter was one of the world-class items in the hands of Ainz Ooal Gown, the True Nothingness!
[True Nothingness] is also known as [The Abyss of Hell], which is taken from the primordial abyss in Norse mythology and represents the nothingness before the creation of the world.
And its real effect is that it is the most powerful "object destruction" item in the game. It is said that it can even easily tear the world itself apart!
With such a world-class item in hand, it is no wonder that the opponent could easily break into his territory even without the skill [Shadow Space].
The twenty-meter-tall black-armored knight looked down silently.
The beautiful woman smiled, raised her head, looked at the black-armored knight and opened her red lips.
"...Young man, what are you running for?"
"Do I look so unacceptable?"
The black-armored knight was silent for a moment, then he spoke in a deep voice, "Are you Albedo, the guardian of the tenth floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick?"
“That’s right.” Albedo smiled and looked at the black-armored knight. “It seems that Master Ainz has told you a lot of things…”
"Relax, I have no ill will towards you. You and I are both people who serve the Supreme Being. Although you do not have the honor of being created by the Supreme Being himself, I am still willing to regard you as a companion."
"so……"
Albedo's eyes turned cold, and she said calmly, "Put down your ridiculous guard and listen carefully to my orders from the Supreme Being!"
Hearing Albedo's words, the black-armored knight looked expressionless, but in fact, there was an uproar in his heart.
...The Real Nothingness, Albedo, and the Supreme Being? !
Has the Lord God successfully ruled the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick?
But even if that's the case, he should have stayed in the other world to manage it. Why would he travel back to Earth now?
The Black-Armored Knight was filled with shock and confusion, as well as a strong sense of unwillingness.
As the agent of the Lord God, after the death of the Lord God himself, he could clearly feel that the contract deep in his soul had begun to loosen.
If he continues to grow stronger, sooner or later he will be able to break free from the constraints of the contract and gain true freedom.
But now, the Lord God appeared again, and sent Albedo, who was at the level of a class guardian, to find him.
This is really... This is really...
A raging rage and resentment surged in the black-armored knight's heart.
But on the surface, he still looked at Albedo quietly at his feet, and slowly said: "What does the Lord God want?"
"Lord God? I see. This is how you address the Supreme Being."
Albedo seemed to be thinking about something, then smiled and said, "Although there should be no problem with your address, I can tell that there is no respect in your tone, so..."
Before she finished her words, the [True Nothingness] scepter in Albedo's hand instantly transformed into a huge black axe, and then she held the axe with both hands and chopped forward fiercely.
“Sizzle—”
In an instant, the thick darkness was torn apart by the pitch-black axe blade.
An extremely huge white crack started from the axe blade and spread forward. In the blink of an eye, it split the body of the black-armored knight and the dark platform under his feet into two halves.
The black-armored knight let out a painful scream as he felt an intense pain as if his soul was being torn apart.
But even so, the Black-Armored Knight still didn't dare to attack Albedo. He could only hold up his body that was torn apart by the white cracks, using the darkness to frantically heal his wounds, while kneeling on one knee with a rumbling sound like pushing a golden mountain or knocking down a jade pillar.
Seeing the black-armored knight in front of her lower his head, Albedo showed a satisfied smile on her face.
"Very good. If you don't have respect from the heart, it's OK to replace it with awe from the heart."
"Then now, I will convey the latest instructions to you in the name of the Supreme Being..."
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Not long after, the black-haired boy walked out of the shadow space with a gloomy face.
He glanced at the foggy civilian streets around him, suddenly gritted his teeth, and emitted dark shadows from all parts of his body.
Countless shadows were like giant beasts lurking in the darkness, rushing into every household with the wrath of the Shadow King. Before all residents could react, they would completely devour them and transform them into the shadow's magical reserves.
In just a few minutes, the entire civilian neighborhood fell silent.
Shadows flowed into the black-haired boy's body from all directions like rivers flowing into the sea.
The black-haired boy calmed down, put his hands in his pockets, and continued to walk slowly with an expressionless face.
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Two days later, in the conference room of the Cultivation Department Building in Jinghai City.
Fu Guojian looked at Deng Yougang opposite him and said seriously, "We have thoroughly investigated the matter of the undead forces in the other world. We have not found any suspected locations within the country for the time being, but we cannot rule out the possibility that the other party's methods are too sophisticated and cannot be discovered by the ability of the Cultivation Department for the time being..."
"However, in this case, the timeline of the search may be prolonged."
Deng Yougang waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, we have plenty of time."
Having said that, Deng Yougang still feels that it is more likely that the Great Tomb of Nazarick is not in China.
After all, the Lord God's trip was obviously to escape him and Bai Lang. In this case, the transfer location would need to be extremely concealed, and a place like China obviously did not meet his needs.
But even so, Deng Yougang still insisted on exploring this area.
This is mainly because they are worried that the Lord God will play tricks on them.
Thinking of this, Deng Yougang asked again: "What about the Shadow Kingdom? Is there any news about them?"
Fu Guojian said with a serious expression: "Yes, and a lot!"
Deng Yougang raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Fu Guojian said solemnly, "Just two days ago, many dark attribute awakeners, including the Five Kage, gathered from all over the world in many ecological cities in southern Asia. Their undisguised figures can be photographed in public places. It seems that something big is going to happen!"