Prologue

Tears…

Right now little drops of liquid ran like diamonds over the face of the little girl as she stared from the balcony down onto the main street of the city. The scene would be enough to give any poet or bard inspiration but no one would dare to make a sad poem or song about this particular little girl in this kingdom.

Draudillon Oriculus the queen of the draconic Kingdom or at least what was left of it. The once glorious nation had now been reduced to but half of its territory due to the invasion of the Beastmen.

Now she as its sovereign could do little but watch as another batch of wounded and beaten soldiers returned to the capital. Many of them had their arms bitten off or their faces torn apart by the sharp claws of the Beastmen.

At last the situation had progressed to this point where the threat of the Beastmen was so close that the wounded would directly flee to the capital as it was quite possibly the last safe place in the nation. According to the reports the invading army of Beastmen had split up into several smaller groups and one big group that moved from village to village from city to city as they pillaged and killed all across the land. The number of deaths was no longer simply in the thousands as now the largest portion of the army had come to a halt just one city away from the capital which meant its next target would most likely be the capital itself.

If this city fell than the entire nation was doomed.

The queen fully realizing this could not help but weep as no matter what she would decide the was destined to see the downfall of this nation as she knew it.

Should I just run or maybe set out to find my Great-Grandfather?

She briefly considered this thought but quickly discarded it. If she ran it would haunt her for the rest of her days and if she tried to find her grandfather she would have little chance to actually find him and there was no guarantee that he would help her. Moreover even if he was willing it would not be for free and her nation did not have any funds to give. So much of her nation's wealth had already been wasted on futile attempts to slow down the approaching invasion.

"Maybe I should consider using it after all. I can start by gathering up criminals and old people but even with them I'd be short hundreds of thousands of sacrifices…. Ah what disaster."

Wiping the tears of her face the queen let out a deep long sigh as she turned around and prepared to go back into her chambers but was stumped to see one of her ministers standing in front of her with a seemingly sincere smile on his face. He must have seen her cry and waited for her to calm down she thought.

"What is it?" she asked without any of the usual cuteness in her voice that she would display in front of most of her subordinates. This minister was one of her confidants so there was no need to keep up the façade.

"I've received news from the various nations regarding sending us help as well as some of the adventurer teams that we appealed to."

Draudillon became surprised. Considering the current situation she had not thought that any of the neighboring nations would send her aid or even answer her calls. She had long since come to learn about the existence of the Sorcerous Kingdom in the north-west and how it had affected the other nations. If even half the rumors were true than no help of any sort would be arriving for some time.

With both the Theocracy and the Empire now fully focused on the Sorcerous Kingdom there would be no chance of either of them paying any attention to the Draconic Kingdom, no matter how dire their situation may be.

"Humph, so it turns out there are still people out there that are willing so support us huh? Well then let's hear it, who can we depend on to come to us in our darkest hour?"

At this point the minister showed a wry smile, an expression that Draudillon had long since come to know as the "why me smile" that foretold no small amount of troubling news was about to come her way.

"Yes your majesty. It seems that as expected the Empire has ignored our pleas for help and is currently too busy with their own internal affairs to help us."

This was not a surprise considering they were in the middle of turning over virtually all of their power to the Sorcerous Kingdom. What chance would there be that an undead would allow them to help other living beings?

"However it seems that the Theocracy has sent us some men of extraordinary abilities to help us."

Hearing this the queen perked up a bit. If it was one of the scriptures there would still be a chance that the invasion might be halted if not at least delayed. Depending on the scripture it was even possible to drive back the Beastmen completely.

"Is it the Black Scripture?" The queen asked as she stared intently.

"No your majesty it seems that the ones sent this time are…retired members from the Theocracy's scriptures…"

The queen almost wanted to pretend she hadn't heard that, that the only thing she had heard was that help had arrived. But alas she just had to go and ask questions…

"Haah, fine. And? What about adventurers?"

Although she already knew the answer that would follow she still had to ask for the sake of asking. In her entire kingdom there was only one adventurer team that would help her in these circumstances…

"Yes… as expected Cerabrate has agreed to your terms and says he will aid your majesty in whatever way he can provided you deliver on your promises as well."

Draudillon once again turned around to see the droves of people that had managed to barely escape with their lives. At last it had come to the point here only one course of action remained and that was to be ready to give up anything in exchange for even the slightest glimmer of hope. Even if it meant giving in to that piece of filth's demands she as a queen had a responsibility to do so.

"It seems even I in the end will become a plaything for that man's perversions for the sake of protecting this land."

Taking one last deep sigh she closed her eyes and spoke quietly to her minister.

"You can leave now… tell that pig I agree and he'll receive his reward if successful."

"But your majesty there's more to the report than just Crystal Tear."

The queen's eyes snapped open once more. If not Crystal Tear than the only other conclusion was…

"Has Optics agreed to help us as well after all?"

If the legendary workers group Optics would help them as well than even the Beastmen would be in for a tough fight.

"No, unfortunately they still insist that working without proper compensation is a waste of their time. But we have received a message from another Adamantite adventurer team that is offering their services in the name of their country to help rid us of these Beastmen. The renowned adventurer team of E-Rantel whose heroic deeds I'm told are too many to name. The great Momon and Nabe of team Darkness!"

At this point the queen no longer looked merely surprised and instead stared in a stupefied manner as if struck by lightning. The only thing that she was able to squeeze from her almost gaping mouth was but one sound that echoed loudly from the balcony where she stood.

"Haaaaaaah?"

Author's Afterword:

For those of you who haven't read my work before welcome and glory to Ainz Ooal gown. I'm a lowly writer who loves writing as canon as possible overlord fanfics. Please read my earlier works and look forward to my next work by following and favoriting the previous ones! Simple right?

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