Chapter 138.2: Volume 15 Chapter 1: To Take a Paid Vacation (Part 2)

They first returned to the Sixth floor's entrance with [Gate]. Then, Ainz sent a [Message] to Aureole to open a Gate to the Ninth Floor. Naturally, the gate between the Eighth and Ninth Floors worked without an issue. If that wasn't the case, then it was highly likely the Ariadne system would be triggered.

There really was no need to take this roundabout way. Though he couldn't teleport everyone there at once due to the capacity limit of the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown, he could have just made the trip twice. It was Ainz's cautious heart that made him go through all this trouble just to give the elves the wrong impression. The fact was that he was extremely reluctant about showing the ring's abilities to others.

Cocytus' subordinates, who were on guard duty, bowed their heads deeply at Ainz's arrival.

"—Thank you for your hard work."

Ainz gave them a simple magnanimous greeting, befitting the aura of a ruler.

Following Aura and Lumière, the three elves came out from the Gate and bunched up together. They froze in their tracks the moment they saw the monsters bowing to Ainz.

It was not like Cocytus' vassals were being hostile toward them. That was a natural reaction, just like how a normal person walking through a forest would freeze if they saw a tiger suddenly appearing out of a bush.

One of the elves was slightly pushed from behind.

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