Although Ellie's impression of Ligurit was only from the interlude in the original work, specifically the conversation she had with the Platinum Dragon Lord.
But based on that conversation alone, Ellie could already deduce that Ligurit, that Old Hag, definitely had a high enough sense of justice, so...
she decided to reveal information about the Crown of Intellect, a inhumane piece of equipment, to her.
Of course, Ellie knew that the Crown of Intellect did not belong to the equipment left behind by Yggdrasil players, but Ligurit didn't know that, and given her current persona, it would be impossible for her to know!
Leaving everything else aside, just looking at the equipment effects of the Crown of Intellect, if you ignore the side effects, it is indeed a very powerful piece of equipment, and it certainly looks like something a player would have brought over, and it's so inhumane.
These few points alone should be enough to shift Ligurit's investigative focus towards the Slane Theocracy, right?
After Ellie had made her calculations, she recounted the events surrounding the Undead siege of E-Rantel.
Of course! She told the version she had fabricated in the Slane Theocracy, as she hadn't even been born then, and if she didn't tell it that way, it would be difficult to explain how she knew about the Crown of Intellect's existence.
As expected, after hearing the story of the Undead siege of E-Rantel, which Ellie had modified, Ligurit once again fell silent.
The organization Zhiranong was not mentioned much in the original work, but there was a follow-up plot in the online serialized version of the original.
It mentioned that Arche's two younger sisters were captured by this organization for a sacrifice or something, and then rescued by Ainz.
It has been changed in the light novel version, so this organization hasn't made much movement in the light novel version. Therefore, Ellie doesn't know much about this organization. Adventurers like Ligurit should know about this organization, right?
"So you brought her out? Didn't you already destroy that Crown of Intellect?" Ligurit asked, looking at Ellie meaningfully.
"There is more than one Crown of Intellect. I deduced this from my conversation with their Chief Priest earlier. All of their Six Scriptures, except for the Black Scripture, have a Witch Princess. So this is how I judged it: I thought if Bell stayed in the Slane Theocracy, she would sooner or later become the next victim of the Crown of Intellect, so I brought her out," Ellie replied.
Although it was a bit far-fetched, Ligurit probably wouldn't doubt how she knew that all Six Scriptures had Witch Princesses.
"I didn't expect you to be quite kind, Ellie?" Ligurit praised Ellie with a smile.
"No... I'm not. I just worried that if this guy became a Witch Princess, she would definitely be used by the Slane Theocracy to cause trouble for my country later on, so that's why I did it! It's not because I was worried about her safety," Ellie quickly argued.
Bringing Bell here was not her original intention. Ellie had initially found Bell annoying and almost killed her. If she hadn't learned that this guy had a tiny bit of a special skill that could still be used, and that she could now slightly exploit her identity, she would have frozen her into an ice sculpture long ago.
"Alright, alright! Stop explaining. I understand why Lakyus would let you join Blue Rose. Although I am no longer a member of Blue Rose, I will still say it to you: welcome to Blue Rose, little sister Ellie," Ligurit said.
Uh... Although I felt a bit uncomfortable, it seems I've gained Ligurit's trust, right?
And I should have successfully diverted Ligurit's attention to the Slane Theocracy, right? Just as Ellie was thinking this, she noticed: wasn't it getting hotter and hotter around here?
Although they were flying in the sky, the wind blowing at them was very dry and mixed with fine sand. What was going on?
It was then that Ellie noticed that not far ahead, at the end of a vast, continuous Hill Area, there was a hazy yellow area—a desert?? That Old Hag wouldn't be going there, would she! Ellie instantly became excited when she saw the desert.
At first, Ligurit had simply asked Ellie to carry her south, without specifying a location, so Ellie didn't know Ligurit's destination. But as soon as she saw the desert, Ellie instantly understood. Ligurit's destination for this trip was the Sky City of Elyuentiu, the only city of the Eight Greed Kings that still remained to this day.
In the original work, this city was only mentioned a few times. The Captain of the Thirteen Heroes back then went there to borrow equipment before defeating the Demon God.
In the web novel version, it was mentioned that the equipment the Captain of the Thirteen Heroes borrowed was the Eight Greed Kings' Adventurer's Guild weapon, a crystal sword. It seems that item is currently guarded by the Platinum Dragon Lord. So, this time, her luck was truly good. As soon as she connected with Ligurit, she was brought to such an important place.
Although she was extremely excited internally, she couldn't show any sign of joy on her face. So, Ellie put on a confused expression and asked, looking at the desert on the distant horizon:
"Ligurit, if we fly further, it will be a desert? Do we still need to fly south?"
"That's right, our destination is in the very center of this desert. Is there a problem? I don't think this Dragon Maid should be that weak, right?" Ligurit teased with a slight smile.
"That's not the issue. I'm just curious what Ligurit is going to do in the center of the desert?" Ellie asked, pretending to know nothing.
"The old home of the Eight Greed Kings, who destroyed your country, the Sky City of Elyuentiu," Ligurit said directly. She was right, Ellie was incredibly happy to have her guess confirmed.
"Eh? Could it be... they still exist in this time?!" However, Ellie still used her superb acting skills to show a very surprised expression.
"No, they all perished long ago due to internal strife. There is no one in that city now, uh... if those few cannot be considered human," Ligurit said something with unclear meaning, which made Ellie wary despite her happiness.
She's talking about the Eight Greed Kings' NPCs, right? According to the description in the original work, there are as many as thirty NPCs left by the Eight Greed Kings to guard the Sky City.
And since they are NPCs left by players, their levels must not be low; it's quite possible they are all level one hundred.
No matter how strong she was, even with the Champion Armor's blessing, she couldn't possibly defeat thirty max-level NPCs!
It seems I need to be careful later. However, thinking about how the Captain of the Thirteen Heroes was able to borrow a Adventurer's Guild weapon here, it means the NPCs here shouldn't just attack without reason. As long as they can communicate! She might be able to fool them all.
"Eh? Are there monsters?" Of course, Ellie, who knew everything, naturally couldn't reveal any sign of knowing about this.
"Just some guardians. But let me warn you, those guards are very strong, so don't even think about unrealistic ideas like revenge," Ligurit directly warned Ellie.
"I understand. The Eight Greed Kings destroyed my country, and it has nothing to do with those guardians. I will try my best to endure," Ellie replied with a hint of unwillingness.
Of course! Acting... she wouldn't be foolish enough to fight thirty of them. If all those NPCs were max level, even if Ainz came, he would be nervous, let alone her, who was only level two.
So, Sticky Rice Cake continued to flap its wings diligently and flew towards the center of the desert. Afterward, on Sticky Rice Cake's back, Ellie chatted with the Dwarf Ged for a few more sentences.
She mainly wanted to understand how he got involved with Ligurit. It turned out that after asking, she learned that this Dwarf had actually escaped through the passage that the Dragon Maid had mentioned earlier.
Although that passage was blocked, it had long been chiseled open by the Dwarves to create a small escape route for backup.
After escaping through that passage, Ged decisively went alone to the mining city of the Dragon Kingdom. Ged originally went there to find the Adventurer's Guild to hire a Magic Caster who could use fire magic to see if they could melt the iron ingot with magic.
However, there was no Adventurer's Guild in the mining city. So, Ged decided to go to other cities alone to find a Magic Caster, and then he met Ligurit on the way.
Although Ligurit is a Necromancer, she can still use simple elemental magic. So, Ged decided to ask Ligurit if magical flames could have an effect on this iron ingot.
The result was... absolutely no effect. This also piqued Ligurit's interest in the iron ingot. Under Ligurit's "torturous" interrogation, Ged spilled everything about Ainz's visit to the Dwarf Kingdom.
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