That being said, Iri didn't particularly want them to follow along.
Gazef, Klem, and Brian all knew her, so even if she ignored them, how would she explain it to Ainz?
Suddenly jumping out in front of an audience and claiming to be Clementine, the Gag Sister?
Aside from the shame, wouldn't Ainz's bony jaw drop if he saw his daughter suddenly turn against him?
If she suddenly betrayed him, Ainz might get angry and wipe out the Black Scripture, completely ruining her plan to infiltrate Theocracy.
Uh... at this moment, Iri truly missed Xiao Di. If Xiao Di were here, it would be much easier. Xiao Di would definitely see through her thoughts and then concoct a whole series of self-justifying plans.
As per the original plan, the Black Scripture squad set off before dawn. By the way, the poor priestess was buried in a hole dug by the Greatsword Hunk. She truly felt sorry for her.
Although they set off early, the Black Scripture's travel speed was too slow. They were using Flying Magic cast by the Handsome guy. By the time they arrived, Gazef would already be long dead, wouldn't he?
But Iri found it inconvenient to reveal that she could teleport. The excuse of having no memory was truly not easy to use.
Sure enough, after flying for a long time, they saw the sky over the Katz Plains darken from afar, forming a huge black sphere. They were still too late!
It had already reached the massacre stage. At this point, Gazef should be on the battlefield. Soon, he would challenge Ainz to a duel and offer himself up.
How was she supposed to get the ring now! Iri was extremely depressed, completely oblivious to the expressions of the other members of the Black Scripture.
"This... this... what is all this! God... a true God!!!" The Handsome guy's face was filled with excitement as he watched five "cute" little goats jump out of the black sphere. His expression gradually became ferocious.
The Black Scripture members had ashen faces, looking at the five enormous little goats and the ground covered in corpses. They were trembling too much to speak. The others were not doing any better.
"Mission aborted! This is not an opponent we can defeat!" After a long pause, the Black Scripture members stammered out these words. Except for the Handsome guy, everyone else quickly nodded in agreement.
Iri wouldn't agree. This was her last chance to snatch Gazef's magic ring. If she missed it, where would she find this ring later!
"Our mission target isn't those monsters! It's Gazef! And taking this opportunity to eliminate him, couldn't we just blame it on those monsters!" Iri said, then pushed away the Handsome guy who was grabbing her and jumped down.
As soon as she left the Handsome guy, the invisibility spell cast on Iri immediately dissipated. The Black Scripture members didn't even have time to stop Iri, and he himself hesitated for a while... in the end, he didn't follow.
It was good that he didn't follow... Maybe after she got the magic ring, she would also deal with the Black Scripture and then just blame it on the little goats.
"Clementine! We'll wait for you at the previous rendezvous point!" The Handsome guy still had some conscience; after seeing Iri jump down, he shouted that.
The others, including the Black Scripture, just watched her go to "die." Well, after all, she wasn't their companion to begin with.
This was forgivable... Hmm! If she had the chance to personally deal with the Black Scripture later, except for the Handsome guy, the others should be tortured before being killed! Iri thought.
As soon as Iri landed, she charged with all her might towards the battlefield. The little goats were currently pursuing the completely routed Kingdom Army. Now was the time to sneak in amidst the chaos!
At this moment, Iri noticed that one of the little goats had already turned back and was heading towards the Imperial Army's position. It was clearly going to pick up Ainz. She had also run quite a distance, so it should be fine!
"Ainz!" Iri immediately pulled out a communication scroll and contacted Ainz.
"Ah! Hmm! Is... is that Iri? How are things?" Ainz was clearly startled by her. He probably didn't expect her to contact him at this time, did he? But Ainz actually asked how things were? Could it be...? Iri noticed the detail.
"Everything is going as you expected, Ainz, very smoothly."
Iri intended to tease him.
"Is that so... Well done, my daughter. But! Your actions displease me greatly! Even if you have resurrection items! The act of sacrificing your life to achieve conditions! Only this once! Understand?!" Ainz said with considerable authority.
Iri was a bit confused. How did Ainz know she had a substitute necklace? And how did he know she had died once?
She had only intended to tease him when she said 'everything is as you expected,' so why did Ainz act as if he knew everything?
Was this still the goofy Ainz? Uh... Ah!
"Ainz, I know I was wrong. This is the first time, and it will be the last time," Iri immediately admitted her mistake to Ainz.
Iri then remembered that Albedo and Xiao Di were guarding the Throne Room the entire time. In the Throne Room, there was a Nazarick personnel information table, wasn't there?
That's how Shalltear's betrayal was known. Could it be that the information about her dying once was leaked from there?
And with Xiao Di there... So that's how it is, this makes things easier. She could roughly guess the situation. Xiao Di must have concocted this whole thing into Ainz's profound foresight.
And she had just wanted to simply tease Ainz, but it just happened to hit the mark. Was this a lucky shot? If so, then it's easy!
Iri suddenly thought of another bad idea, then pulled out the magic mask that the Black Scripture had given her earlier.
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"Kid! What happened here!" Irubyue flew over and called out to Klem and Brian.
"Lady Irubyue! How are you here?" Klem was very surprised. Klem knew that Adventurers were not allowed to participate in conflicts between nations.
"Do you think I can stand by and do nothing when I see something like that!" Irubyue turned her head and said, looking at the huge demon beast walking towards them.
"In short, it's a long story! Lady Irubyue! You can use Flying Magic, right! Can I ask you! To help us find Gazef in the air!" Brian said anxiously.
"Ah... Hmm... Of course... of course I can!" Irubyue was a little flustered, then responded.
Although she responded, Irubyue did not immediately activate Flying Magic. Klem and Brian watched Irubyue very nervously.
"Ah! Look, isn't that Gazef!" Irubyue suddenly yelled, then pointed behind Klem and Brian.
"Gazef!"
"Lord Gazef!"
"Flying... activate..." (whispering)
The two naturally turned their heads to look, but there was no sign of Gazef...
"Sorry... I misread it. I'll help you look from the air! Ah! There he is! Gazef is there!" Irubyue flew up, looked around, and then pointed at a huge demon beast and shouted.
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