Zongman: A journey through time starting from the Supreme

His eyes first fell on a book floating in front of Ainz Ooal Gown's flag.

The book emitted a hazy light and looked very ancient and mysterious.

This is a world-class prop!

World-class items are the most powerful items in the entire game, and each world-class item has unique abilities.

There are a total of 200 world-class items, and the top 20 are specially called the 'Twenty'.

'Twenty' is so powerful that he even has the ability to seriously disrupt the balance of the game, and can even ask the game officials to change the game system.

As long as a player possesses a world-class item, his or her fame in Yggdrasills will soar to unimaginable heights.

The book in front of him, floating under the guild flag, is one of the world-class items, and it is also the number one world-class item.

It is called "Avesta" and theoretically belongs to the guild, but in reality this world-class item belongs to an individual, namely the guild member "Zarathustra".

Thinking of this friend, Momonga fell into reminiscence again.

Because of Momonga's personality, he has a good relationship with all members of the guild.

Zarathustra can be said to be the most famous player in the guild, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most famous player in the Yggdrasills game.

The other party is the original nine members of the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild, and one of the cornerstones of the guild.

No one knows what Zarathustra's real name is.

No one knew what he did, but all the guild members could see that he must be a very successful person.

Although it was not nice to say this about his friend, but in Momonga's eyes, Zarathustra was a very skillful and scheming person.

Many strategies for the development of the guild, and even the strategies for conquering secret realms, were formulated by him and the Jade Record.

Moreover, Zarathustra had a good relationship with all the members of the guild.

Whether it's Tachimi, who has a strong sense of justice, or Ulbert, who has a strange obsession with "evil", he can always follow the good.

Of course, relatively speaking, Zarathustra is closer to Urber.

Initially, everyone nominated him to be the guild leader, which was agreed by all guild members, including Momonga.

Whether it is talent or relationships with guild members, Zaratul can do better.

However, there were too many miscellaneous matters to manage the guild, and Zarathustra rejected the proposal on the pretext that he did not like to be in charge of these matters.

But in the eyes of the guild members, he just wanted to slack off.

The reason why Zarathustra is so famous in the game is because he is truly the strongest in the world, a title recognized by all Yggdrasills.

Yggdrasills officially holds a world tournament every year. Zarathustra has won the world championship for five consecutive times since the first tournament.

In the end, it was because he felt bored and stopped participating in subsequent conferences that other world champions were born.

Among all the contestants participating in the conference, he was even dubbed the 'Big Devil'.

Yggdrasills is like most games, there are only two options for becoming stronger: Gan and Ke.

The only fairness is in the official competition, when everyone has the same attributes and equipment, and what matters is operation and technique.

Having won five consecutive world championships in such competitions, Zarathustra is worthy of being called the 'strongest in the world'.

After winning five consecutive championships, the game officials personally took action to reward this "world's strongest".

After consulting with Zarathustra, the official personally created this world-class item ranked number one for him - "Avesta"!

No one knows the power and specific function of this world-class item, not even the members of Ainz Ooal Gown's guild.

After obtaining this world-class item, Zarathustra placed the Avesta between the thrones.

According to him, the Avesta will be the last guarantee of the Guild.

If one day a player were to break into the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick and reach the Throne Room, this world's most powerful item would surely bring about a reversal of the situation.

What exactly does the number one world-class item do? What are its abilities?

Curiosity made Momonga couldn't help but walk into the "Avesta".

"Well, since today is the last day of the game anyway, why not take a look at the description of this item?"

Momonga stretched out his bony hand and hesitantly reached it towards Avesta.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the Avesta, Momonga's body paused.

He quickly shook his head, retracted his finger, and said to himself: "...No, this is a tool that Zaratul has spent countless hardships and efforts to obtain."

“…This is the product of the hard work of the members of Ainz Ooal Gown.”

"Even if I'm the guild leader, even if today is the last day of the game, I can't tarnish the relationship between my friends!"

With this in mind, Momonga gave up trying to touch the tool.

Just as Momonga was whispering, a deep yet brisk male voice suddenly came from behind him: "...It's been a long time, Momonga!"

When Momonga heard this voice, his body froze. He quickly turned around and saw a terrifying demon in front of him!

Chapter 3 The Great Demon of Aging

A demon that gave people an infinite sense of sublimity and terror appeared between the thrones of Ainz Ooal Gown.

The great demon was clad in an extremely gorgeous black robe embroidered with intricate golden stripes, concealing his mysterious body.

Flying Squirrel's race is the 'Ruler of Death', and his appearance is that of a skeleton.

The big demon that appeared before him also had a human form, but was completely different from humans.

His body is made of nearly solid black flames. Rather than being a living being, he is more of a personification of the black flames.

But this is in line with the 'alien race' of Ainz Ooal Gown members.

The information of the world's strongest man quickly emerged in Momonga's mind.

As the 'Big Devil' who won the world championship five times in a row, in addition to the last time he won the number one world-class prop, Zaratul also received official rewards for the other championships.

For example, a unique race, a unique profession, etc.

Momonga remembered that Zaratul's race was 'Demon of Aging', and his occupation was Demon God LV.10 and Human Final Trial LV.10.

Although Momonga had no idea what the profession of the Human Final Trial was.

Like its race, many of Zarathu's abilities are related to 'aging'.

However, although this ability is powerful, it also has flaws.

That would be a big discount for the undead race. After all, dead creatures shouldn't age anymore, which makes sense.

As the 'ruler of death', Momonga is a standard undead race, but even so, Momonga does not think that he has any chance of fighting Zaratul.

Possessing many abilities related to 'aging', people would subconsciously think that he is a mage, but in fact, Zaratul is an extremely powerful warrior.

In other words, he is a master of both physical and magical skills. Putting aside group combat, even in a one-on-one fight, no one among the Yggdrasills can be his opponent.

The title of five consecutive world champions is no joke.

What is a little strange is that Zarathu's race is the 'Demon of Aging', but in terms of classification, it is not a demon species, but an immortal species.

The members of the guild once joked that perhaps the Yggdrasills system thought that Zaratul's ability was also effective on itself.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of dying suddenly due to skills before killing the opponent, he is classified as an undead species.

Saigo looked at the dazed skeleton with a bit of helplessness, and couldn't help but say:

“…Momonga, are you finally suffering from Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s disease is now becoming more common among young people. What are you thinking about?”

As Saigo finished speaking, Momonga finally came back to his senses.

The skeleton that gave people a sense of fear at first glance, at this time, touched his big bald head and said in a very naive manner: "...Ah, sorry, sorry, I was just thinking about something and my mind was a little distracted."

Hearing Saigo's familiar voice and teasing words again, Momonga had an illusion for a moment, as if he had returned to the time when Ainz Ooal Gown and the others were still there.

At that time, the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick was always filled with laughter and joy. Every day, everyone completed tasks together, upgraded their levels together, and developed the guild together.

That period was also the happiest time in Feishu's life.

But, that time will never come again.

But at this time, Momonga felt a little guilty. He didn't know whether Saigo had seen his little action of secretly taking the "Avesta" just now.

Saigo didn't pay any attention to Momonga at this time. In fact, he noticed Momonga's little movements when he came online, but he didn't care much.

As a friend who has known each other for almost twelve years, Saigo knows Momonga very well.

To put it bluntly, Feishu is a good guy, hardworking and never complaining, and he attaches great importance to feelings and likes to be a peacemaker the most.

It was precisely because of his character that the members of Ainz Ooal Gown elected him as the president.

Although everyone wanted Saigo to be the president at the beginning, Saigo felt that being the president was too troublesome and there were too many trivial matters to deal with.

That was why he refused to become the guild president and instead nominated the hardworking Flying Squirrel.

Xixiang's dark eyes, like crystals of fire, scanned the surroundings, and everything between the thrones came into his sight.

As one of the founding cornerstones of Ainz Ooal Gown, Saigo, who has fought in this game for nearly twelve years, has no unfamiliarity with the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.

He was familiar with everything here, because this huge tomb was built brick by brick by him and the members of the guild.

He looked around, his eyes sweeping over the Ainz Ooal Gown flag hanging in the center of the north wall, and over the unique flags representing the forty-two people surrounding it.

Sweeping across the luxurious carpet in gold and silver tones, sweeping across the Roman stone columns standing in this throne room, sweeping across the colorful chandeliers on the ceiling.

Then, Saigo's gaze fell on the corner of the hall.

There stood a beautiful demon in pure white.

She was wearing a white dress as gorgeous as silk, which wrapped around her graceful body that was as undulating as mountains and rivers.

The devil's facial features are delicate and soft, with a faint smile on his face, like a goddess Venus. His shiny black hair reaches his waist, and his golden irises and oval pupils are different from those of ordinary people.

If it weren't for the two goat-like devil horns on her head and the black angel wings extending from both sides of her waist, everyone would think she was an impeccable and peerless beauty.

No, she is a peerless beauty, a perfect devil who seduces everyone in human imagination.

Albedo is an NPC created by the Jadeite Record, who is Saigo's best friend in the game. Her position is the chief guardian of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.

In the cyberpunk-like society of the real world, many people live in numbness, and there are very few people who like history and mythology.

The Emerald Record is a mythology enthusiast who has dabbled in many mythologies of the world.

Saigo, who had the same hobby, naturally became good friends with him.

Saigo withdrew his gaze from Albedo. There was really nothing interesting about an NPC without a soul.

Even if it is beautiful, it is just a sculpture, a doll without a soul.

Finally, Saigo's gaze fell on Momonga.

The dark flame under his hood fluctuated, as if he was smiling, and he said in a steady and clear voice: "...It's been a while, Momonga."

"...I came here to take a look before the game was shut down. Sure enough, even if everyone left, you would still be here to protect everything everyone created."

"From this point of view, electing you as the guild leader was probably the most correct decision for everyone in this guild."

At that moment, Feishu's heart was trembling with grievance and sadness, and he almost cried out loud.

Unfortunately, he is now in the game and this skeleton's body has no tears.

But even so, he was moved and grateful for Saigo's words.

Momonga wiped his tearless skull face and said in a trembling voice:

"...Thank you, Zaratul. Hearing your words makes me feel that everything I have done is worth it."

Chapter 4: Crawl before me, Albedo!

"You are an adult now, you won't be moved to tears by just a few words, right, Momonga?"

Saigo noticed Momonga's barely concealed emotion and said with amusement.

But his smile was so strange that it made people shudder.

For someone like Momonga who values ​​feelings, is a good person, and is neither extreme nor stubborn, even if someone doesn't like him, they won't hate him.

At least after Saigo was reborn in this world, he spent twelve years with Momonga in the game, and he still quite liked this good old man.

"Hey, hey, hey Zaratul, please don't slander me like that, I'm not crying!"