Hearing this, Lycan snapped out of his trance as he brought his nose to the ground and made it twitch slightly as he searched for scents in the sanctum, before he finally halted as he seemed to have found something.
"Ainz-sama, that bastard's scent really is all over the place in here. I'm completely certain that this is pretty much her home. Finding her should be a small effort."
Ainz nodded his bony head in satisfaction. The shadow demon shinobi had scouted out this entire place, but providing a map was simply too intricate a task for the mindless creatures.
"Good. I'll leave it to you then."
Lycan wasted no time as he transformed himself to his werewolf form so his senses were even better as he got on all fours and, like a sleuthhound, started sniffing the ground for traces of a scent. Before long, he seemed to have picked up the direction to go as he started crawling forward towards where the scent was strongest. Looking at this spectacle, Ainz could not help but find the sight of a giant crimson werewolf sniffing the ground like a hound looking for the hunter's prey slightly amusing.
Not a moment later, the entire underground sanctum seemed to come to life as mysterious markings on the walls and on the ceiling began to give of a faint but divine light as throughout the halls echoed the sounds of men screaming and rumblings of various kinds.
"Huhu, seems like they know we're here. This should be some kind of divine array to ward off evil. Interesting, there was no such thing in YGGDRASIL; Demiurge are you alright? I know you also have a high resistance to magic like me but I still have to ask."
"Yes, Ainz-sama, I am completely fine. Something of this level can't deter me. If anything, I'm just slightly uncomfortable due to the holy aura in the air. Please, don't worry about me."
Not detecting any signs that Demiurge was putting up a brave front, Ainz seemed to give off the impression to be slightly smiling even though with his skeleton face that was impossible. He then turned around again and started walking behind Lycan who seemed to have caught the trail of his prey.
"Well then, let us be off you two. We have little time to waste; dispose of any nuisances along the way as quickly as you can; we do not have the time today to waste on petty squabbles"
""Yes, Ainz-sama!""
Demiurge and Sebas understood that that last part was aimed at their incessant arguing. Though it was quite different from Aura and Shalltear's mostly loud whining or Albedo and Shalltear's fights over who should be Ainz's queen, the two of them had a much more beneath the surface hatred of each other. It also ran much deeper than the girls' petty conflicts, though neither of them really could understand why they hated each other so much in particular. If it was about character or fetishes, there were plenty of people in Nazarick like Demiurge that Sebas got along with, and likewise Sebas was not the only one in Nazarick that possessed a dislike for tormenting innocent humans, but Demiurge had no problem conversing with those types. It was as if something stronger than themselves pushed them to hate each other.
"I'll be frank with you two. Today, I have brought you here because you two need to both understand your aversion for each other and overcome it. In the past, I have overlooked it and even found it amusing, but it will be detrimental for the future of Nazarick to have comrades that can't stand the sight of each other, especially since the issue can be easily resolved."
The two looked at Ainz surprisedly. Could it be that their leader already had the answer to the question that they had been pondering over for so long? The trio kept walking behind the still searching Lycan for awhile before Ainz spoke again.
"The reason that you two of you despise each other so much is because Touch Me-san and Ulbert-san really could not stand the sight of each other back in YGGDRASIL."
Sebas' eyes widened in shock as he looked out of reflex at Demiurge, who likewise showed signs of surprise on his face. He had hypothesized that this matter was somehow related to the Supreme Beings, but never would he have guessed that the matter between the two was so serious.
Sensing their distress, Ainz raised his hand to stop them from asking any questions before he finished his full story.
"Don't misunderstand; the two of them might have quarreled, but they were companions and guild members despite their differences. The reason was because in the end their loathing for each other came from one tragic mistake from Touch Me and Ulbert's inadequate handling of the matter. All it would have taken was for both of them to apologize to the other for the matter to be resolved, but neither wanted to be the first to do so out of stubbornness."
The two continued listening as they gave off an aura of being shell-shocked from sheer amazement that there actually was such a story. If the other guardians heard this, most of their mouths would fall open from surprise, but since it was about their creators, Sebas and Demiurge could understand it.
"Their conflict is something that never hindered the Nazarick in YGGDRASIL as we mostly just voted whenever there was an impasse. Don't let your creators' unresolved problems become the bane of the current Nazarick."
The two both responded to their master immediately by deeply bowing and sincerely apologizing, "We understand Ainz-sama, please forgive our negligence!"
"Alright, alright, since you understand I look forward to your performance today."
As the group kept following Lycan, they suddenly stopped as Lycan led them to a corridor which seemingly led to a dead end as Lycan stopped before the wall at its end.
"Lycan, what is this about? Don't tell me you are unable to locate a single creature even if Ainz-sama was kind enough to give you a second chance to redeem yourself!"
Demiurge was visibly annoyed by the incompetence of the subordinate that he himself had suggested to Ainz as Yuri and Shizu's guard. The bad choice that demiurge had made also affected Nazarick, so he would be extra critical of Lycan now.
"No, it's not that, Demiurge-sama!"
Lycan hurriedly tried to explain as Demiurge was one of the only creatures besides Ainz that really scared him to death. He would much rather prefer not being in his crosshairs.
"I can clearly sense that the scent is stronger here, but the trail ends at this damn wall."
"A hidden doorway then?"
Ainz casually remarked as he took another look at the wall; truly, it was too unnatural for a corridor to just end without a reason like this. The shadow demon shinobi had provided a general layout of the sanctum as well as a description of how powerful the guards inside it were, but things like hidden pathways or fake walls were obviously not in their report as they were never made to scout out such things. Therefore, it could be said that it was a good thing that Ainz brought Lycan along to scout out the scent of where the strongest person should be. If he guessed correctly, it should be at the same place where their most valuable treasures were stored.
"Well, we've already made so much noise so there's not much of a problem to make a little more. Demiurge, could you open a path for us? Ah, but please not too much force as we don't want this place to collapse on us unnecessarily. "
"Yes, no problem at all, Ainz-sama. I won't use more force than is needed to make a hole in that wall."
Demiurge swiftly raised his palm as he gathered a malignant dark energy and concentrated it into a tiny black ball. What he held in his hand was a Hell Womb. This was one of his racial traits thanks to one of his classes called Creator of Evil. It was a summoning skill that required no mana and could summon creatures that were weak in level but often had very nasty and dangerous abilities that would cause no small amount of trouble if one got affected by them unprepared.