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Baharuth Empire - Arwintar - Capital Graveyard

The Baharuth Empire's graveyard was normally patrolled by a division of Imperial Guards. This was to cut down on the number of undead that were spawned daily. After all, if the undead grew too powerful or broke out and attacked the people on the streets it would become a troublesome matter.

However, after the Empire became a vassal of the Sorcerous Kingdom, the undead were managed by an Elder Lich and a Death Knight that were posted there. They would come and kill off any weak undead with no intelligence while subordinating the ones that were intelligent. Nonetheless, there were very few intelligent undead that ever spawned there.

When Ainz Ooal Gown gave support to Fluder, he also commanded these two undead to protect him and his accomplices during the ritual. This was to ensure that they would be able to conduct the ritual carefully. Right now, the entrance to the imperial tomb was safely guarded by these two undead.

Two blonde-haired twins peered through the gateway of the graveyard. "Boss, I see an Elder Lich and another unidentified undead", Tina said. "Sis, that's the Death Knight that we heard about in the rumours", Tia replied.

"That's a Death Knight... While I'm certain I would be able to fight it and win, it would be a tough fight nonetheless. One of those is roughly equal to the Warrior Captain. Not even Rigrit would have been able to summon and control one of those undead", Evileye commented.

"But can we take it down?", Lakyus asked.

"Yeah. Gagaran and I will distract the Death Knight. Tia, Tina, and you should finish off the Elder Lich before it summons and support. Then, we'll come together and crush the Death Knight", Evileye answered.

"Alright. Let's go!", Lakyus shouted as she rushed towards the Elder Lich.

The Elder Lich turned at the sound of the voice and shouted, "Death Knight! There are invaders! Do not allow them to interfere with the ritual!"

The Death Knight let out a screech as it rushed towards Lakyus with it's blade swinging down. However, Gagaran rammed into the Death Knight from it's undefended side causing it to stagger slightly.

"Kuh! This thing is tougher than I thought! Quick! Lakyus deal with the Lich!", Gagaran shouted as she brought down her war pick on the Death Knight's head. However, the Death Knight nimbly placed it's tower shield between them and swiped at Gagaran's side with it's sword.

Evileye chanted a protection spell. Deflect Attack. It was a 4th Tier Spell that would reduce damage from weapons and reflect a portion of it back onto the enemy. It was excellent for enemies with low defense, but in the Death Knight's case the reflected damage did nothing.

Meanwhile, Tina and Tia jumped towards the Elder Lich while Lakyus rushed in from the front. The Elder Lich focused on Lakyus and commanded two wraiths that had been enslaved earlier that day to keep the two ninja busy while it focused on the golden-haired woman in front of him. He casted the 4th Tier Spell Poison Gas. It would spread a certain area with gas that caused poison damage. The Lich planned on having Lakyus back away and then striking her with Fire Ball when when she had moved back.

On the other hand, the Elder Lich did not foresee that Lakyus had used a special item which made her immune to poison for 5 minutes. Thus, she swiftly drew her dark blade and swung it down on the Elder Lich, "Holy Slash!" Lakyus shouted as she activated the Martial Art. The Elder Lich moved to the side, however it was not fast enough as one of it's arms were torn off. It looked at Lakyus with hatred in it's eyes and cast Fire Ball at close distance. Lakyus eyes widened as she attempted to move backwards, but she was hit nonetheless. The Elder Lich caught on fire and perished while laughing.

Lakyus suffered several burns on her left arm due to not being able to evade in time. She quickly opened up a blue potion and drank it before cutting down the wraiths that were holding up Tia and Tina. The wraiths had immunity to physical damage and since Tia and Tina were not magic casters, they were having problems finishing them off.

Then, they headed to where the Death Knight was.

Garan was holding off the Death Knight, but it did not look like she would last much longer. One of her arms hung loosely at her side as if it were broken. She was fending off the Death Knight's attacks with her war pick, but she was slowly being pushed back. Evileye was supporting Gagaran because they were too close for her to get a good shot at the Death Knight with her magic. If she accidentally hit Gagaran, the Death Knight would finish her off in a heartbeat.

Luckily, Lakyus came from behind and swung the dark blade. The Death Knight turned around and prepared to meet her blade with it's own. However, Lakyus grinned as she activated one of the sword Kilineiram's abilities. Dark Strike was a slash that imbued the attack with the Dark Element. Obviously, it was not as effective against an undead, however the sheer amount of damage was enough to finish off the weakened Death Knight.

"Haaa...Thanks Lakyus. You really saved me", Gagaran replied as she leaned on her war pick while drinking a potion.

"That was a close one. There is a possibility that when we pass through the entrance, we might have to face even stronger undead. Not to mention what we would have to fight should we try to oppose Ainz Ooal Gown", Evileye said.

"Even so. We can't allow an innocent kid to die, just because we were afraid for our own safety", Gagaran said as she turned away from the corpse of the Death Knight to enter the Imperial Tomb.

That was when the Death Knight revived. Death Knights had the ability to revive from fatal damage with 1HP each day. When the Death Knight was defeated, Blue Rose had stopped paying attention. Thus, it took an opportunity to strike Gagaran from behind cleaving into her shoulder with it's blade.

"Guwaaah! Ba...Back away! It's still alive!", Gagaran shouted.

Everyone jumped back as the Death Knight tried to pry it's blade out. "Quickly! Evileye kill it!", Lakyus shouted.

"Crystal Lance!", Evileye chanted as a lance made of a clear blue crystal formed and struck the Death Knight finishing it off. Then, Gagaran coughed up blood and her skin began to turn pale.

"Gagaran! Here let me heal you!", Lakyus said as she ran over and prepared to cast a healing spell.

"No...Save it for later. I'll heal up with some potions and come back when I feel better. Go...Stop the ritual...", Gagaran said as she began drinking several potions. Slowly her face began to regain her regular pallor.

"Even so, we'd still need to have another member to take care of the front line", Evileye replied.

"How about us?", an old voice responded.

Lakyus turned around and saw a disheveled Rigrit along with Climb, Brain and Jet.

"We came here to help. Luckily, Rigrit came and warned about what was going on here. Fluder Paradyne plans on using a ritual to become a lich. If it succeeds, then everyone in the city might die. We have to stop him! Renner told me that it was fine to leave her and that it was more important to stop the ritual", Climb explained.

"It turns out that the old granny here was trapped by Fluder. If she hadn't broken out and told us, we might not have been able to help you", Brain added.

"But why did you bring the kid", Lakyus demanded pointing to Jet.

"I have the ability to see through any illusions and I felt that you might need it to save Kuuderika in case anyone uses illusions. Also, I want to help save her with my own hands", Jet added.

Suddenly, a large purple wave passed over the graveyard. Suddenly, purple smoke and an ominous aura started filing the graveyard.

"Oh no! The ritual is almost complete. We have to stop him!", Rigrit shouted as Blue Rose and the others rushed into the Imperial Tomb.

Inside, one could see 5 members in robes with skulls on them were kneeling and chanting around a spell circle. Fluder stood in the middle beside a basin filled with black fluid and a chalice. A young girl was strapped onto an altar. It was Kuuderika.

Suddenly one of the robed men shouted, "Undead! Demons! Stop them! Do not allow them to interfere with the ritual!"

Two large hulking demons appeared. They were Wicked Slayers. They had high resistance to holy magic, but they had no real specialties aside from immense physical strength and a few spells of the 3rd Tier.

Following them were numerous Skeleton Guards which were normally around the strength of Platinum Level Adventurers, however the sheer quantity of them were taking a lot of time to clear out.

Rigrit flew above the enemies and attempted to rush Fluder. She stretched out her hand and casted the 5th Tier Magic Decay. Had it been successful it would have caused Fluder to suddenly rot away. However, that was not the case as it simply disappeared in a flash of light. Suddenly a red dome appeared separating her from the entrance to the circle.

"There's a barrier here! We can't get through!", Rigrit said as she turned around and ducked to avoid a Fire Ball sent at her by one of the robed mages.

"Darn it! Evileye! Can we destroy the barrier if we kill the mages!", Lakyus shouted.

Evileye used the 4th Tier Magic True Sight. It would allow her to see the network of spells which may give an indication of how to counter them. However, some spells were too complex to be countered. She could see that this barrier had four focus points, but their locations were being shielded.

"I can see that there are four areas that we need to attack! However, their shielded from my view!", Evileye responded.

"Wait, are those the four glowing cylinders...I can see them! Blue Rose could you send some people with me, I'll show you where the focal points are", Jet said as he rushed past Blue Rose.

"Tina, Tia, Climb, and Rigrit can you guys destroy the focal points! Me, Brain, and Evileye will hold off the cultists!", Lakyus stated while gritting her teeth. They had wiped out the demons, but now they were being sieged by undead and the necromancers.

"Alright! Oni boss!", Tia replied.

"On it!", Tina answered.

They picked up Jet and rushed over to the location that he had pointed them in. They quickly used a special ninjutsu that could reveal hidden items and they were able to locate a yellowish cylinder. They took out their daggers and sliced apart the cylinder. Meanwhile, the barrier started to dim. "It's working! Now we only have three more left to destroy!", Tia exclaimed.

Meanwhile,

"How dare she interefere with my ritual!", Fluder fumed. He had spent months trying to decipher that book and now the old hag was trying to get in his way. Suddenly, a voice responded in his head. It was a Message from Lord Ainz.

"Fluder, I trust that the ritual is going without any diffciulties? I had received information that Blue Rose along with a few others were going to interfere. Would you like me to send aid?", Ainz asked.

"My Lord! To waste your precious time...How could I?", Fluder answered.

"Relax. I have promised to aid you in your studies, a small task like this is nothing to me. Besides, I will be coming to personally grant you immortality using one of my spells as a reward for your efforts", Ainz stated.

"I see. How merciful you are, my Lord! I will definitely prove my worth to you! By completing the research on Wild Magic", Fluder cried.

"Carry on. I will arrive in five minutes", Ainz replied before ending the message spell.

Ainz had given a special mission to Fluder. Although Ainz now had access to Wild Magic, he had limited control over it. Although he could imbue his skills and spells with Wild Magic, he did not know how to use it on it's own and he wanted to fully understand.

In addition, Fluder was a fanatic about magic which made it far easier to simply have Fluder research the magic and send him the results of his study. He had told Fluder that he was capable of using Wild Magic and gave a short demonstration, but he neglected to inform him of how he obtained it. Instead, Ainz had merely stated that he had always been capable of using it.

This lie was so that Fluder would have a higher opinion of him as a master of all kinds of magic and it would make others wary of using Wild Magic against him. Ainz had also figured out that he could use Wild Magic to collect souls from the environment and use them as the EXP Cost for some of his more powerful summons. It could also be modified to gather mana from the surroundings and hence avoid wasting his own when casting spells. Fluder was essentially a guinea pig. Ainz planned to use Wish Upon A Star to grant Fluder the Immortality Status Effect which prevents death and other penalties from racial lifespan and fuel it with souls gathered from the dead used in preparing for the original ritual.

Ainz looked down on his report. Apparently, the Dragon Kingdom had requested for the deployment of Momon in order to help beat back the demi-humans, he had personally been considering on visiting just to see if their queen could show him how to use Wild Magic. But it appeared that he still had more work to do before he could go as he looked at the sheaf of papers on his desk.

Back to Blue Rose

The members of Blue Rose had destroyed all of cylinders at last and the barrier fell down.

"Now!", Rigrit shouted as she and Lakyus lunged towards the altar. Rigrit casted the 5th tier spell Negative Bolt which would deal negative energy damage magic damage at Fluder while Lakyus managed to remove the girl from the altar.

Fluder smirked as he casted the 6th Tier Spell Null Shield. Instantly a field of darkness enshrouded the room. Here, any damage to him would be nullified for a few seconds and he used Time Stop, the eight tier spell.

Technically speaking, Fluder used the item that Lord Ainz had given to him. However, now it had come in handy.

Thus, he simply walked behind Rigrit's back and prepared to cast the 6th Tier Spell Great Disturb. It was a spell Lord Ainz had taught Fluder to use. It did not cause much damage, but it had the ability to destroy a magic caster's ability to use magic and magic defense. In addition, it caused numerous status effects and penalties which could weaken magic casters considerably.

He waited until the Time Stop spell finished and struck. Immediately, a bolt of red energy hit Rigrit in the middle of her back causing her to give a gasp of pain before falling onto the stone floor.

"Flu...der...What did you … do!?", Rigrit managed to rasp as she began to vomit blood.

"Hmm... Simple. I stopped time and took the time to attack you. It was one of new tricks that my master taught me", Fluder said confidently.

He knew he had lied, but this was to make them wary. All he had to do was wait until his master arrived. He knew he could not take on the entire adamantium team so he opted to hold them at bay with fear.

"Impossible... Stoping time was one of the powers of the Gods!", Evileye said.

"Of course. My master is the God of the Underworld. He has complete control over death including the passage of time. He even has the power to grant immortality and eternal youth", Fluder said without pause. This was true. He had read this information in a description of the 41 Supreme Beings written by Lord Ulbert, an Archdemon and one of the most powerful Supreme Beings and a type of existence known as 'chuunibyou' which Fluder believed was another term for a scholar.

Lakyus gave the sleeping girl to Gagaran who had just came through the doorway and readied her dark blade. Tina, and Tia quickly used teleportation ninjutsu to move Rigrit away from Fluder and closer to the entrance. Climb and Brain began to guard Gagaran and Jet, if worst came to worst, they would take the children and flee. Meanwhile, Evileye was checking on Rigrit to see if she could heal her.

Fluder was anxious He knew he had numerous spells, but he could not deal with so many enemies. He withdrew his hand towards his teleportation crystal. He may have to flee and conduct the ritual at a later time since it had already been ruined.

Then, Lakyus attacked. She swept her blade in an arc releasing a wave of darkness energy which readily approached Fluder.

Fluder panicked. He had equipped items given to him by his master, but he had not brought items which could guard against darkness-element attack.

However, right before it could strike Fluder, a black oval opened up.

A skeletal figure with gleaming red eyes walked out of the portal. He was adorned with a black cloak and a dense black halo and aura could be seen drifting off of him. Lakyus's Dark Mega Impact struck Ainz directly and … did no damage.

Evileye breathed out, "Impossible...A sword that even the Demon King could not escape uninjured had no effect!?"

Suddenly, Ainz turned towards Fluder. "It seems that the ritual has failed. No matter. Immortality and eternal youth is a simple matter for a being such as I", Ainz said as he place his hand upon Fluder's head as he cast Wish Upon a Star.

Suddenly, Fluder's face began to regain colour and wrinkles started to disappear. His receding hair began to regrow and became golden hair. His beard shrunk and turned into stubble.

Blue Rose, Climb, Jet, and Brain were in shock. They had just witnessed what was indescribably a miracle. Eternal youth and immortality. Gifts that only the most potent of gods could bestow upon mortals had been given to the magic caster.

"Fluder, come we have much work to do", Ainz said as he directed Fluder into the black oval. He turned to look over the members of Blue Rose with a dismissive gaze before vanishing into the swirling darkness which dissipated.

Note: Hey I'm after a long time. This basically concludes the whole Fluder arc. Now, we'll move into the Conference arc followed by the Battle Tournament arc.