Using magic to create an underground space and putting the newly made bed inside, leaving a secret ventilation opening in the grass on the ground, Hades had a good night's sleep.
As expected of a magical bed with a BUFF, Hades felt refreshed and full of energy after waking up. It was just a bit of a pity that his stomach was starting to growl again, and he had no food to eat.
"Speaking of which, it's a bit strange that I haven't seen any animals in such a large forest."
Hades stored the wooden bed in his infinite backpack. Although the wood for making the bed was taken from the trees in the forest, some materials were still from YGGDRASIL.
Before it was clear whether there were high-level materials that could be replenished in this world, he couldn't waste them. Besides, his backpack still had some space.
Hades stretched, then suddenly squatted down. Then he tensed his muscles and jumped upwards with force, creating a whirlwind in this small space.
Seeing that he was about to hit the ceiling, Hades didn't intend to change his posture. Instead, he clenched his fists and charged upwards, and then he broke through the roof of the underground space like a bullet and came to the surface.
But just breaking through the thick ground still couldn't dissipate the impact from his jump. It wasn't until Hades rose dozens of meters into the air that the force slowly dissipated.
And at this time, what greeted his eyes was a sunset like fire and a large forest below.
"It's already evening, and I slept all day."
Hades wasn't surprised. He had tested his skills until dawn last night before resting, and he was usually very lazy in his daily life. It was common for him to sleep until noon.
When the rising force completely disappeared, he felt a moment of weightlessness and fell towards the ground. Hades calmly activated the "Flight Necklace" and floated in the air.
Although Hades didn't know what the level of martial power was in this world, having all the abilities from YGGDRASIL gave him some confidence.
Therefore, he needed to gather information next. Since he was gathering information, he would naturally go to that village from last night first to understand the basic situation.
He remembered that the man had said that this was the border of the Re-Estize Kingdom, and to the west was the Baharuth Empire.
Judging from the word "Empire," based on his experience in his original world, the level of civilization here shouldn't be very high.
There was still some time before sunset. He shouldn't encounter the same situation as last night if he went now, right?
Hades thought this and controlled his flight towards the village. The location of the village and the forest was just right, not too close and not too far. Using the flight, he quickly reached the village from last night.
But when Hades arrived above the village, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong. From the sky, he saw that the village was like it had been hit by war.
Many houses were burned to ruins, and broken pottery shards and metal fragments were scattered on the ground. And the livestock shed that the man had kindly lent him last night was now just burnt charcoal.
From his position, he could still smell the burnt odor wafting up from below. Clearly, something had happened here.
He shifted his gaze and noticed that some kind of liquid seemed to have been sprayed on the ground and walls.
"What happened here?"
Hades was stunned. Just as he was about to descend, his eyes suddenly widened, his heart beat faster, and then he immediately and rapidly ascended, until the houses in the village became a small dot to the naked eye.
But his movements didn't stop. He immediately took out a monocular telescope from his infinite backpack.
This was a cash-shop item in the game, which could be used for physical reconnaissance in guild wars.
It wouldn't be interfered with by anti-intelligence magic and could magnify the image up to a hundred times.
Of course, the amount of magnification depended on the level of spending. For Hades, he naturally bought the highest grade monocular telescope, which could magnify up to a hundred times.
Hades put his eye to the lens and looked down. After seeing the scene clearly, his heart beat even faster.
"That's right, it's him! It's him!"
Hades shouted in his heart. The person who appeared in the lens of the telescope was none other than the guild leader of the Ainz Ooal Gown guild, who had done all kinds of evil in YGGDRASIL - Momonga.
"Ha, this is going to be troublesome." Hades continued to observe Momonga below. That luxurious, gold-threaded mage robe was definitely unmistakable.
He didn't believe that there would be such a coincidence in the world that there would be a second such outfit.
In YGGDRASIL, equipment items could be customized in appearance, just like classes. If it wasn't intentional imitation, the appearance of the same style was rare.
Moreover, the Great Tomb of Nazarick was located to the northwest of this village. No matter how he thought about it, it couldn't be anyone but Momonga.
"No, I need to calm down first."
Hades activated the "Seed of the World Tree" and transformed into the undead character in a breath. Using the undead's passive, his mood finally calmed down.
The reason he was so excited wasn't because he was excited to meet a player in this strange world, but because the members of that evil heteromorphic race guild had actually come here, and it was their guild leader - Momonga.
This made him feel tricky. What Momonga had done to him in the past wasn't anything, but because of their evil reputation in YGGDRASIL, Hades had a very bad impression of them.
If there were no special circumstances, he wouldn't want to contact these people at all.
Through the testing of the previous night, he could use all the abilities from YGGDRASIL, which was a huge temptation for ordinary people.
He believed that it would be the same for Momonga. What kind of things would happen if an evil person who had done all kinds of evil in the game accidentally obtained this kind of power?
In the early 22nd century, environmental damage was severe, and the primary industry (agriculture) collapsed.
The sky was often shrouded in black fog, and it was almost impossible to see the sun. Because the streets were surrounded by fog containing harmful substances, it was impossible to go out without a gas mask.
Due to insufficient sunlight, plants withered and died, and at the same time, birds and insects were rapidly decreasing.
Water pollution was, of course, also very serious, and the rivers became turbid streams that didn't look like rivers.
Water purification plants were malfunctioning due to severe pollution. It was impossible to drink water without installing a purification filter on the faucet.
The Amazon rainforest had been completely cleared. Due to severe environmental pollution, traditional agriculture using farmland declined, and crops were mainly cultivated in domed greenhouses.
The prices of agricultural products skyrocketed, becoming high-end luxury goods that ordinary people couldn't afford.
In today's world, the people who enjoyed the entertainment of fine dining were limited to the high-class residents living in the Arcology, and the staple food of the poor was synthetic processed products and Supplements only for obtaining nutrition.
Countries were controlled by large conglomerates. Large conglomerates tampered with laws and controlled citizens for their own benefit.
The world, which had barely been maintained until the 21st century, collapsed in its natural environment in the early 22nd century.
Food depletion triggered riots and coups. The politicians at the time were hanged by revolutionaries, and the political function was paralyzed.
Large conglomerates took the opportunity to seize the judiciary, legislature, and administration, and became the actual rulers of the country.
Government functions had failed, and the police were also nominal. Although public order deteriorated, most people were working hard.
Because they couldn't survive if they were fired by the company, almost no one resisted, even if they were treated cruelly.
Stray children were common in the poor districts, and it was not uncommon for corpses to appear openly on the streets.
People belonging to large conglomerates lived in Arcologies, living in a utopia completely different from the outside world. Each Arcology was equivalent to a country, with a poor area built around it, forming a city.
Terrorist attacks against the wealthy class, as well as conflicts between the wealthy class, sometimes triggered wars, but it was often the poor who participated in the wars.
In 2118, Arcology wars broke out in Europe, and neo-Nazi organizations appeared.
After being dominated by large conglomerates, compulsory education was abolished. Nominally, it was to "suppress public expenditure," but in reality, it was the wealthy class depriving the poor class of the ability to think.
For the wealthy class, the poor class were worker bees who worked for them, requiring them to know nothing, think nothing, and become gears in the company.
Although a considerable tuition fee was required to attend elementary school, parents in the poor class sent their children to school as much as possible to find a decent job.
However, it was very difficult for the poor to raise tuition fees, and some people even died from overwork.
As long as they graduated from elementary school and had the minimum knowledge, they could engage in work that required higher mental skills, and could be said to be the gears of the winning group.
With the loss of the natural environment, outdoor sports, mountain climbing, sightseeing, and other outdoor recreational activities have disappeared.
Gourmet food made with expensive agricultural products and expensive indoor stadiums could only be enjoyed by the wealthy class.
The entertainment for the poor was limited to indoor games, including chess, go, and other board games, watching movies online, and online network games such as DMMO-RPGs.
After logging into the game, there was beautiful nature before their eyes, they could communicate with many people, and they could vent their dissatisfaction with the company through combat.
DMMO-RPGs, which allowed them to do many things they had lost in reality without leaving home, could be said to be reality itself for the players.
Relationships between people became almost very cold, and almost all became selfish and self-interested.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the world of the game was the real world for some people's perceptions, and things that they dared not do in the real world because of legal constraints would be done in the game world.
Now, in another world, there seemed to be no laws to restrain them. In the original world, there were laws to restrain them after leaving the game.
But now, both sides had the power of YGGDRASIL and were out of the jurisdiction of the law...
Hades felt cold. Based on the environment of his original world, he guessed that those mentally abnormal people who had been tortured by society would probably swell up, and based on the past actions of the "Ainz Ooal Gown" members, this possibility was very high.
Maybe after the other party discovered him, they would kill him to ensure their uniqueness.
He held his breath. The reason for the rapid ascent wasn't just because he had seen Momonga. Because, in addition to Momonga, he had also seen another unexpected person.
Albedo, the NPC of the ninth floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Hades, who had only invaded the eighth floor of Nazarick, wouldn't have known about the situation on the ninth floor.
But it was precisely because of this, to prepare for overthrowing the Ainz Ooal Gown guild in the future, he not only spent a lot of money to upgrade himself, but also inquired about information about Nazarick everywhere.
Although such information was very secret and wouldn't be known to non-Ainz Ooal Gown guild members, he had still managed to buy some information.
"Burning Three Eyes" was a guild in YGGDRASIL whose main purpose was selling information.
Because of their bad behavior of sending spies to infiltrate upper-level guilds to steal information and sell it, they were not only not prohibited by the operator, but they were also affirmed, thereby angering all the upper-level guilds.
In the end, the "Burning Three Eyes" guild was attacked by an alliance of upper-level guilds. The members were camped at the respawn points and PKed; the guild collapsed, and the guild members scattered.
Although the "Burning Three Eyes" guild's behavior was bad, Hades didn't care about these things. As long as they could give him the information he needed, he would pay.
From the former guild members after the "Burning Three Eyes" disbanded, Hades offered a high reward to acquire information about the Great Tomb of Nazarick after the eighth floor.
But it wasn't until the game's popularity declined that he acquired some information about the ninth and tenth floors of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
But at that time, Hades had already lost interest in "Ainz Ooal Gown." According to the former "Burning Three Eyes" members who sold information,
This information was obtained from Ainz Ooal Gown members who had quit the game. Because Hades' offer was high enough, and the popularity of YGGDRASIL had already passed, that Ainz Ooal Gown member wanted to earn some money, so he revealed some information.
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