Chapter 317 "Eight-Limbed Sword Assassin Insect"

Although E-Rantel is not brightly lit at night, it is not like a village like Karn Village that requires sunrise and sunset.

On the main road here, there is a white light cast by a magic called [Eternal Light], which prevents the fortress city from being completely shrouded in darkness at night.

However, humans are creatures that are affected by the night. Unlike other races, they have the ability to see at night. Therefore, people in this world have an instinctive fear of the night. Except for special professionals such as adventurers, most people are basically afraid of the night. It is rare to live overnight.

Therefore, after nightfall, the number of pedestrians on E-Rantel Road not only decreased a lot, but young women and children were almost invisible. Only men who had just finished work for the day and were going home were walking on the road. People on both sides of the street The laughter of men gathering to drink could also be heard in some restaurants, but otherwise the place was quiet.

There are several hotels in E-Rantel specifically for adventurers, and adventurers who are resident in E-Rantel will basically stay there.

There, they can meet like-minded colleagues and go in and out together. If they get to know each other well, they may even form a team and go on missions together.

But Li Ge did not live there, but stayed in the most luxurious hotel in E-Rantel - the "Golden Shining Pavilion".

It's not that Li Ge is particularly picky about where he lives.

Among the few hotels provided for adventurers, there are also hotels frequently used by high-level adventurers, and the environment there is actually quite acceptable.

But after spending a few days in E-Rantel, Li Ge still chose the Golden Shining Pavilion as his residence.

The reason is simple, the food here is delicious.

As the most exclusive hotel in E-Rantel, the dishes offered by the Golden Shining Pavilion are cooked using the magic of "preservation" to maintain fresh ingredients. The chefs responsible for the cooking are also top-notch professionals and have been highly praised by the industry.

Here, you can eat soft white bread that ordinary people will never eat, thick red meat dripping with gravy, mashed potatoes with sweet corn and a lot of butter, and fresh vegetables. Salads and mouth-watering mead, and sometimes you can even eat edible monster meat and rare tree fruits brought back by adventurers from outside the city. These are delicacies not found in other hotels.

Many upper-class people are attracted by these delicious dishes at Jinguang Shining Pavilion and often dine here.

It can be said that this place is just like the mead restaurant in Akasha Continent. It is a high-end place only visited by nobles and wealthy businessmen.

Li Ge didn't have too strict requirements for the place where he lived, as long as it wasn't too dirty, but who would refuse three meals a day that were extremely rich and delicious?

Except for special circumstances such as the expedition to the underground city, Li Ge's usual food and accommodation are actually not bad, either in the Loki Familia, one of the strongest Familia in Orario, or in the Marquis Fran. In Zell's family, even in the Demon Slayer World, he was treated ceremoniously by the Uyashiki Family and the Demon Slayer Team. Under such an environment, it would be difficult for Rige's living and dining conditions to get worse.

Therefore, if necessary, Li Ge still did not want to make do with eating some unpalatable food to satisfy his hunger, especially in this medieval world without a developed food culture.

To sum up, Li Ge finally chose this shining golden pavilion as his place to stay and lived here.

Of course, in this most luxurious hotel in E-Rantel, the price is by no means cheap, whether it's a night's stay or a meal.

At least, ordinary adventurers, even Mithril level ones, would hesitate to use this place as a base for long-term food and accommodation.

But for Li Ge, who can use magic to create gold, this is not something worth considering at all.

It has to be said that the magic of Akasha Continent is truly unique. The alchemy magic system has been completely mature, making ordinary gold a cheap metal with almost no value anymore.

Gold has been reduced to something like a stone on the roadside in the Akasha continent, but in another world, it is still a very valuable thing, so that Li Ge no longer has to worry about money and other issues when walking in another world.

As long as he wants to, he can now become the richest man in the world in minutes, just stay in a hotel, there is nothing to hesitate.

Tonight was the same. After having a delicious dinner, Li Ge returned to the hotel room.

However, as soon as he returned to the room, Li Ge felt like he was being watched.

"anyone there?"

He was startled for a moment, then opened the transparent world and looked around.

Not long after, Li Ge saw some creatures that others could not see in some hidden corners.

It was a monster about the same size as a human, wearing ninja-like clothing, but looking like a black spider.

They have eight legs with sharp blades, and the cold light flashes on the blades, making people shudder when they see them.

There are about four such monsters in total. One is attached to the tree outside the window, one is hanging upside down by the window, one is hiding in the corridor outside the room, and another one even sneaked into Lige very boldly. room, attached to the ceiling.

Obviously they are in these positions, but no one can see these monsters.

Because they have now become transparent and have absorbed all the aura. Judging from the degree of concealment, it is difficult for ordinary people, even the highest level steel-level adventurers, to detect their existence.

Unfortunately, in Li Ge's transparent world, they have nowhere to hide.

Li Ge also recognized the identities of these monsters.

"Is this... an eight-limbed sword assassin?"

Eight-limbed sword assassin.

This is a monster that is extremely good at covert operations, can make itself invisible, and can be called an assassination expert.

When attacking others, they can use eight sharp legs to attack their prey at the same time, launching eight attacks at the same time. If they cannot block one of the blows, they will die on the spot, and there is no chance of it.

In this world, the existence of the eight-limbed sword assassin is a major threat to all living things.

In "YGGDRASIL", this kind of monster is as high as level 49, which is much stronger than the existence of the hero field in this world.

Such a group of monsters are also good at covert operations and assassinations. Not to mention high-ranking officials from various countries, even kings and emperors have a high probability of being easily killed by them.

There are now four such terrifying monsters appearing here, around Li Ge.

"…………"

Li Ge fell into silence.

Without thinking carefully, Li Ge could guess who was the person who sent the eight-limbed sword assassin to him.

"I didn't expect that he would take such action directly."

Li Ge knew that he must have aroused Ainz's vigilance, or even made him hostile, so he sent the Eight-limbed Sword Assassin Bug here, probably to monitor him.

In this regard, Li Ge just felt that Gu Aotian did not use the magic of the intelligence department to investigate him, but sent people directly like this. Was it too hasty?

Isn't he afraid of attracting his own attention?

Or is he really confident that the eight-limbed sword assassin bug can deceive Li Ge?

"He must have thought that if he used the magic of the intelligence department to investigate me, he might be counterattacked, so he had no choice but to directly send monsters that are good at covert operations to monitor me, right?"

Rige felt that he could guess what Ainz was thinking.

There are many intelligence-based magics in "YGGDRASIL", which can do many strange things.

For example, the eighth-level magic [Distant Vision] is an intelligence-based magic specially used for detection and reconnaissance, which allows the magician to observe the scene somewhere far away.

For example, the ninth-level magic [Eye of God] can generate invisible incorporeal magic eyes, allowing them to fly to very far places for detection. The detection distance can be longer than [Distant Vision], and it can penetrate See through walls and sneak into buildings to investigate.

But there are many ways to target this type of intelligence magic in "YGGDRASIL".

Take the [Eye of God] as an example, because the generated incorporeal magic eye itself is only invisible and hidden, so as long as someone can use the second-level [see through] magic, they can discover the existence of this eye.

In addition, the detection magic of the intelligence department is generally easily locked by counter-detection magic. Therefore, casters who use detection magic usually have a high probability of exposing their position in turn, which is extremely risky.

In addition, many players in "YGGDRASIL" have offensive defenses against intelligence magic. Once they are spied on by intelligence magic, the offensive defenses on their bodies will react to the magic, and follow the magic attack to the use of magic. Otherwise, the opponent will be harmed. Therefore, although intelligence magic is easy to use, no one dares to use it casually.

Given Ainz's caution and his current suspicion of Li Ge, he would naturally not use intelligence-based magic on Li Ge casually, lest his existence be exposed, and he might be counter-attacked and face an offensive defense. s damage.

Therefore, Ainz dispatched the eight-limbed assassin assassins to conduct on-site surveillance.

but……

"I have no interest in being watched."

Li Ge raised his head and met the eyes of the eight-limbed sword assassin attached to the ceiling.

Then, the corners of Li Ge's mouth slowly raised, and the pupils of the eight-limbed sword assassin slowly shrank until they shrank to the size of a needle tip, and then the situation took another change.

"Why don't you come down and have a chat?"

Li Ge said this.

This told the Eight-limbed Sword Assassin that his existence was exposed.

"Uh-huh!"

Without any hesitation, the eight-limbed sword assassin suddenly turned into a black shadow and swept out of the room through the window.

"Exposed! Retreat!"

Following such a sharp cry, the other three eight-limbed assassin bugs suddenly turned into a black shadow and flew outside without even thinking about it.

The order they received was to monitor Lige Brighaut and not to act rashly before receiving further instructions. If an accident occurred, they would evacuate immediately.

However, Li Ge did not allow it.

"Zhi!"

The sound of drawing a sword sounded.

The next moment, lightning flashed.