Destroyer: Building a Dimensional Universe from Scratch

In a plot of the online novel "Skeleton Overlord", the Bone King once again dumped a mountain of gold coins into the hall. These gold coins melted into energy under the waving of his artifact Ainz Ooal Gown, and reshaped the four levels of guardians and all members of the Pleiades. The material consumption this time was as high as billions. Even for a wealthy union, losing four guardians and the entire Pleiades at once was a huge loss, not to mention the astronomical amount of gold coins required to revive them without lowering their levels. Although facing a powerful enemy, the Bone King could not care too much.

"terribly sorry!"

"It was our operational error that ruined your reputation, Ainz-sama!"

The newly resurrected Shalltear, the other three guardians, and the battle maid all knelt down and admitted their mistakes.

"First, tell me what you encountered? Was it an enemy with world-class items?"

Bone King asked, because he was used to understanding the strength of his opponent in PVP battles, and then attacking his weaknesses in a targeted manner. However, he currently knew nothing about the enemy's intelligence, and could only hope to obtain some valuable intelligence in this way.

“Ainz-sama, the person operating that spaceship is not an ordinary human, at least not judging by his strength,” Demiurge said cautiously.

The Guardians recounted their experiences, describing a humanoid but powerful enemy whose soldiers were so powerful that they were no match for them in a one-on-one situation.

Bone King was shocked to hear that Shalltear was defeated in one blow. Although he could accept the destruction of the Pleiades and the Soul Eater, he knew that Shalltear was one of the most capable guardians in the Great Tomb, even surpassing himself in close combat.

"Do you know what spells they used?"

Ainz asked, but the answer he got was that no one knew.

Shalltear lowered her head and apologized repeatedly. She didn't understand why she was defeated by Elma in an instant.

The Bone King's knuckles made a crackling sound, and his body kept flashing a green light of forced calm. As the ruler of death, he should be heartless and ruthless, but at this moment he rarely felt a trace of fear, perhaps because Suzuki Satoru's soul remained in his body and had not yet completely merged with this skeleton body.

The skill of forced calmness helped him overcome his fear and shock and regain his sanity. He whispered to himself: "I feel less and less like a human being."

Normal people might be scared out of their wits when facing such a crisis, but with the help of his skills, Bone King quickly returned to his usual cold and rational state. Emotional indifference may be one of the advantages of the undead.

He began to think seriously about the dilemma in front of him. This PVP death match has evolved into a life-and-death battle, and the opponent will obviously not give up. Surrender? Bone King has never considered this option. He will never hand over the Great Tomb of Nazarick to others, not to mention that the guardians will not agree.

As an undead, even though he knew that his enemies were much stronger than himself, his instinct still made him regard humans as inferior creatures. Seeing Bone King thinking deeply on the throne, the guardians held their breath.

"Alas, our failure has troubled Ainz-sama so much."

Demiurge continued to think of a countermeasure.

“Lord Ainz, how should we respond?” Shalltear looked up and asked.

"Um……"

Bone King was a little hesitant. Should he attack proactively? Although his undead army was large, including the Great Magician of the Dead, the Death Knight, the Soul Eater and other undead troops, these troops were useless in the face of an enemy like a spaceship. Deploying troops on the ground would only make them a moving target for the enemy, and they would not be able to fight against the starships hovering in the sky, not to mention that magic and bows and arrows could not reach outside the atmosphere.

In the eyes of the natives of this world, gathering troops to fight a decisive battle may be an option, but for Suzuki Satoru, an Earthling in his previous life, he knew that doing so would not make much sense. The surprise attack plan was also not feasible. Once the action failed, the enemy would definitely strengthen their defense and vigilance, and further attacks would only result in a loss of life.

"Tsk..."

After a long period of thinking, Bone King finally stood up...

In addition to the four members who had just been resurrected, the rare Hungry Fox King, Victim, Nigrede, and Lubedor also appeared in the treasure hall. A guardian wearing a military coat and with his face hidden tightly came to greet everyone.

"Boss Ainz, isn't it time to use that ultimate method?!"

Pandora's Actor saluted in an exaggerated manner, causing Gu Zi, who was standing next to her, to frown.

“Yes, that’s right.” Ainz responded calmly.

Afterwards, Ainz distributed the long-treasured top-level equipment and world-class items to each Guardian.

"Shalltear Bloodfallen, I give you this 'Hundred Million Blades' to help you guard the first to third floors of the Great Tomb."

"Demiurge, this 'Hygeia Cup' is yours. I order you to guard the tenth floor of the Great Tomb."

Ainz gave Mare and Aura, who had lost the Mountain and River State Map, a new world-class item.

Ainz picked out the most powerful and precious equipment from the inventory and gave them to the Guardians, instructing them to strengthen the defenses in their respective areas. At the same time, he also spent a lot of resources to activate all the traps in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, including creating illusions, mazes, and ambushes.

Considering that encounters and surprise attacks might not work, Ainz decided to adopt a strategic defense approach. This large tomb, which had been operated by the guild for many years, had countless traps. Any intruder had to start from the first floor, challenge Shalltear and her followers one by one, and then go to the throne on the tenth floor.

The largest invasion the guild had encountered in the past only reached the eighth floor. With the geographical advantage of the Great Tomb, Ainz believed that he would be able to defeat the enemy this time.

"I will go all out, even if it means sacrificing my life, I will not let the enemy set foot in my defense zone."

The Guardians bowed their heads in greeting. The Bone King sat on the throne, surrounded by Albedo, the Pleiades, and other high-level undead summons. He tightly grasped the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, selected the most suitable super-level spells and world-class items, and blessed himself with dozens of buffs, intending to deal a fatal blow to the enemy the moment he stepped into the throne.

"Death is the end of all life, black hole, the most powerful magic, the present cutoff..."

According to Demiurge's intelligence, the enemies are also living creatures, so he can cast Shasi, the instant death magic, on them.

After two brief battles, Bone King was convinced that the only way to deal with this kind of enemy was to rely on the most powerful mechanical killing skills. The guardians returned to their positions, ready to use world-class items to eliminate the enemy's existence.

Yuri asked worriedly, "Lord Ainz, can we defend Nazarick?"

"We will win." Bone King nodded firmly.

He had made the final deployment, gathering all the strength of Nazarick, making full use of the geographical advantages and traps to meet the approaching enemy. From the moment the enemy entered Nazarick, they would fall into the carefully laid traps.

Albedo put on the world-class item [Hell Abyss] armor and stood guard on one side of the throne.

"Then let's send scouts to investigate the other side's situation..."

Just as Bone King was about to make further arrangements—

Suddenly, a violent tremor spread throughout the throne room, and several pieces of rubble fell from the ceiling.

“Earthquake?!”

While feeling puzzled, Ainz Ooal Gaze discovered that the Great Tomb of Nazarick was deep underground and protected by many spells. Even if an earthquake occurred, it would not affect the thrones at the bottom.

However, immediately afterwards——

Boom!

After a deafening bang, two even more violent attacks followed.

“Eh hey hey?!”

The Pleiades could barely stand, and the ornaments between the thrones fell to the ground.

“Lord Ainz!”

An urgent message came from Shalltear's communication:

"Outside, those spaceships are attacking us!"

boom!

A huge explosion resounded through the sky, drowning out Shalltear's voice.

"Eh?!"

Bone King stood there in a daze for a moment. On the holographic interface, the alarms of the Great Tomb being attacked kept coming one after another. He realized that he had overlooked a key factor - the combat method of these starships was completely different from that of other adventurers. They would only stay in the sky and carry out beyond-visual-range attacks.

This is an unprecedented situation. Having been in the YGGDRASIL game world for such a long time, I have encountered many invaders, but the Great Tomb of Nazarick has never experienced the fate of being carpet-bombed by a starship...