Roaring Heroes Battle the Overlord (Ainz)

Chapter 23 The Four Knights of the Empire

A young man with luxurious attire and handsome features, Emperor Jircniv Rune Farlord El Nix of the Baharuth Empire, strolled leisurely down the corridor. Reports had already been received of intruders breaching the palace, but Emperor Jircniv paid no attention to it.

In this world, the only people who could pose a threat to the heavily guarded imperial palace were the strong individuals from the Sorcerer Kingdom. If someone from the Sorcerer Kingdom were to come, he wouldn't need to resist at all; he would simply submit to their power.

The nightmare-like day still vividly replayed in his mind. Twin dark elves descended from the sky on a dragon, unleashing high-tier earth magic to annihilate the fully armed knights within the palace, revealing for the first time the terrifying power of the Sorcerer Kingdom, also known as the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

After that day, events spiraled uncontrollably into the darkest abyss.

The royal family was invited by Ainz Ooal Gown to visit the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

The Empire's most trusted court mage, Fluder Paradyne, defected from the Empire and joined the Sorcerer Kingdom.

Ainz Ooal Gown used an unheard-of super-tier magic to obliterate tens of thousands of troops from the Re-Estize Kingdom.

Ainz Ooal Gown fought the Martial King and warned the Emperor not to act rashly.

The Baharuth Empire officially declared itself a vassal state of the Sorcerer Kingdom.

Jircniv leaned on the white stone railing of the palace, gazing at the majestic castle, a bitter smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. When he first ascended the throne of the Baharuth Empire, he was full of ambition, wanting to accomplish a great legacy that would be remembered for eternity.

For this, he ruthlessly eliminated many nobles who were blood-related to him to consolidate the power of the royal family. After that, he intended to use the empire's iron cavalry to completely crush the capital of the Empire's archenemy, the Re-Estize Kingdom, then march southward, occupy the lofty Slane Theocracy.

Afterward, he would pacify the surrounding unruly demi-human tribes, expand the territory, and make the Baharuth Empire the most powerful human empire in the world.

But the sudden appearance of the Great Tomb of Nazarick rendered all his plans completely ineffective. Ambition, aspirations, strategies, and lofty ambitions—all became fragile and laughable in the face of absolute power, like sandcastles built by children on the beach.

He longed to end the century-long war with the Re-Estize Kingdom using the knights and magic of the empire, but seeing the main soldiers of the Re-Estize Kingdom fall like harvested straw under the terrifying magic of the Great Demon King Ainz Ooal Gown, he felt no joy, only endless fear.

Since Ainz Ooal Gown could mercilessly extinguish the lives of tens of thousands of people from the Re-Estize Kingdom, he could easily destroy the entire Baharuth Empire.

Information from the intelligence department also mentioned that in the Azerlisia Mountains, seventy thousand Quagoas were slaughtered by Ainz Ooal Gown's subordinates.

Facing such a ruthless demon king, Emperor Jircniv now only wanted to do his best to save the lives of the people of the Baharuth Empire and his own life, and dared not hope for the great accomplishment of expanding the territory. He even lost interest in attacking the severely weakened Re-Estize Kingdom.

The Baharuth Empire and the Re-Estize Kingdom, which had been at war for nearly a hundred years, were nothing more than two trembling little rabbits in the icy winter under the supreme deterrent of Ainz Ooal Gown. If one died, the hunter's arrows would soon point to the other.