And Solomon, the invincible King, facing such an adversary... Retreated.
Centuries of planning and hundreds and thousands of plans later, Solomon, on his first participation in his great plan... Retreated.
He returned to his temple and, for the first time in perhaps ever, sank into a deep reflection.
For the first time in his life, he faced someone that was his equal, and Solomon could not afford his usual tactics.
He was not feeling melancholy as he waited and watched the uninteresting performance called 'the destruction of the Singularities'. No, that 'plan' has already failed, so Solomon went back to where he first started.
Plans. Reflections. Preparation.
And for the first time in a very, very long time, Solomon... wasn't sure of anything.
He couldn't find anything about his enemy. Without it, he couldn't reflect on his own capabilities And, lost in the darkness of doubt and uncertainty, he couldn't prepare anything.
And with nothing in hand, Solomon returned to the most basic of steps. As every creator reviews their creation, Solomon inspected his plan. Repeated each of its steps from the beginning, studying each step, analyzing it to see where it had faltered, to achieve victory.
Not a snap of the fingers that solves all problems by the power of the King, but the so unusual method for Solomon, the method called 'trial and error'.
The entire Singularity of America was to be used for such an endeavor.
And if the question had been 'what is the trap in the Singularity', the answer would have been that 'there is no trap'. And that was the trap.
The trap that he had devised for his equal, was that there was no 'trap'.
The Singularity was not designed for the purpose of fooling and then destroying Ainz, no. If even Solomon had retreated, what chance does anything weaker than him could accomplish? No, the rules of the game have changed.
The Singularity was created with the sole purpose to study Ainz.
No Servants were under the control of the Demon Kings. No plans were laid by the Demon Kings. The entire Singularity was created out of that calculation.
To see how Ainz operates under such conditions. Which side would he support? How would he have reacted to such a drastic change in the paradigm? How would he look for the trails of the Demon Kings when there's none?
A few dozen Demon Kings were brought into the Singularity as a kind of sacrifice, given away as tribute. Though, of course, it isn't as if they were going to simply wash their neck and wait for their execution, no, the stage has to be set after all.
They did it with the lightest of touches, a bare whisper in the wind to create the stand-off. All without affecting the minds and actions of the Servants, then when the stage is set, they retreat to the background keeping themselves as quiet as possible.
The entire Singularity was created as a place to study Ainz, his Servants, his actions, anything that would give any, even the most ghostly chance to understand him, and finally how to defeat him.
That was why the Demon Kings were panicking out of their mind.
Each Demon King had concealed his power to such an extent that it was virtually impossible to distinguish them from ordinary humans. Even the King himself could glance at them without noticing anything remarkable.
And, even after doing such a thing, they were so easily found!? And so quickly!? How?!
How could their identity have been so easily uncovered!? They left no trails, so how have they been discovered?!