>>6128512“Agreed, that is a good plan.” Ainz nods, the two reborn beings sharing a knowing look before both turning to you. “Shalltear. Let's go.”
“Of course, my lord.” the crimson-armored woman replies, Ainz raising a hand and casting Fly. He and her take to the air, heading south by southwest. Rimuru, studying his display looks worried a moment, then turns to you.
“Are you okay?” he asks, you waving him off as he glances to your very bloody chest. Clearly seeing the effects of the healing potion Ainz gave you.
“I'll live. Been through a lot worse than this.” you say, the slime nodding to you before growing a pair of wings out their back.
“Shion, you're in charge until I get back. Everyone, protect the city.” Rimuru says, the one-horned woman in the purple suit nodding seriously. Her, the crimson-haired man, the dragonnewt, everyone bowing to the slime as Rimuru takes to the air and heads north. You then lift up into the sky as well, trying to remember where all they were deployed. Realizing that you'd find it faster simply by flying you transform, ascending back into your Primal form. Taking this form, your exhaustion fades, the injuries you sustained battling that vampire vanish, you're back in peak condition. And so you take off, leaving Rimuru's capitol behind as you hunt down the next of your wayward Stars.
For over a minute you fly, leaving the majority of the continent behind as you close in on the next. Only, as you close in on the next one far to the west, feel a wave of necromantic energy wash over you. Stopping you in your tracks. While in this form you can't reliably cast magic, it doesn't do anything to dampen your magical senses. And ahead of you, from where you can just make out your Crystal Star in the midday sun, you sense it. A powerful undead, unlike anything you've encountered before. It's power isn't only magical, but something more. Something divine. And as you hover a moment, trying to decide on your next action, an unfamiliar mind reaches into your own, delivering a simple message.
“You have bested many of my champions, Reaper Chilli. Now, come! Face me directly.” the sickening mind <span class="mu-i">thinks</span> at you before ending the link, cackling maniacally as its mind withdraws from your own. Suddenly, you realize who is behind the plot of turning your weapons against you. And you realize that this is going to be a LONG night. But you can't back down, not against the Lich-Lord himself, THE Necromancer, the Patron of Evil Liches himself. The time has come for you to come face-to-face with and battle the demigod Velsharoon.
-Saiyan Conqueror Quest 227 Intermission End-
