Nazarick Grand Prix

by andrew warholas

A few years after Jaldabaoth's Demonic invasion in the Roble Holy Kingdom. Many changes had happened in the Sorcerer Kingdom, and Nazarick is going to bring about technology and innovation into the new world. also because Ainz is a bit homesick.

24. Chapter 24

Title: "The Nazarick Grand Prix."

Disclaimer: Overlord is owned, written and created by Kugane Maruyama.

I do not own Overlord and this literature is only and purely, a fan fiction take on Overlord.

Chapter 24: Ripples from the Pioneer's Holiday.

It has been nearly two weeks, since the delegation team had returned from their official visit to the Sorcerer Kingdom. News of the massive vehicles that arrived, and eventually entered the Royal Palace grounds had the masses talking about it, and the stories spread like wildfire. The fact that it was containing tons of food that was later donated to the public for free; had greatly swayed the public's opinion of the Royal Family in a very positive light. Inside the Re-Estize Kingdom's Royal Palace, King Rampossa-III woke up early in the morning; and began his work by reading the documents on his desk while he was waiting for breakfast to be served. As he read the first one, he was saddened to know that the majority of the nobles did not agree with the idea of their nation becoming allies with the Sorcerer Kingdom. And with these reports pouring in, he had no other choice but to go with one of the plans that Marquise Raeven came up with.

With the morning sun greeting the aging king for the new day, King Rampossa decided to take his breakfast in the middle of the garden. He ordered the servants to take some tables and chairs, and set them out in the palace garden; then told them to summon Princess Renner, Prince Zanac, and also Marquise Raeven to join him for breakfast.

It wasn't long before the summoned individuals arrived on the royal gardens, and found the king drinking a cup of coffee. A drink that King Rampossa himself took a liking to, ever since he was told of its many benefits. The taste was something he truly liked, and had even looked forward to enjoying it together with his breakfast ever since then.

"Good morning father, you seem to be in a good mood." Princess Renner greeted her father.

"Good morning father, glad to see you being yourself again." Prince Zanac greeted.

"Good morning to you two. Come join me for breakfast before we discuss about how we should go about these reports. But that's for later; let us first enjoy the bounty of a new day." King Rampossa said to his two children.

The Royal family enjoyed their breakfast without any worries in mind, as far as Prince Zanac and King Rampossa were concerned; it felt like a heart warming way to start their day. Just like how it was, when they were much younger. After a few minutes after the Royal Family had their breakfast, they heard footsteps of someone approaching them in the garden. As they looked to see who was walking towards them, they saw that it was Marquise Raeven. The doting father of one child and with another on the way, walked with happiness evident on his steps.

"Good morning, your highness. Prince Zanac, Princess Renner. I hope you've all enjoyed your breakfast. My apologies for being terribly late, I just couldn't help myself when I got the good news from my wife who remained at E-Rantel together with my first born son." The doting father said with cheerful vibe around him.

"Oh, if you don't mind me asking Raeven, what is that good news?" King Rampossa asked.

"I just received news, that the baby inside my wife is a girl. I'm going to have a daughter! Oh, isn't life wonderful?" Marquise Raeven replied.

"I'm happy for you Marquise Raeven. But, how did she know the gender of the unborn child? I'm just curious." Prince Zanac asked.

"Back when we were still at E-Rantel, upon my wife's arrival; the Sorcerer King's personal butler noticed my wife's condition. Then, he recommended for her to go to the hospital, to check on her health and that of our unborn child as well. It was the best decision we've made as a couple, because in there, we learned about the many wonders of this 'Science'. They told us about many important things regarding health, especially about my wife's pregnancy. They said she should undergo a few medical tests to ensure her health, I was naturally worried about it, but the doctors said that all was fine since all of them were also magic casters and scholars that dedicated themselves to studying all forms of knowledge regarding saving and preserving life, regardless of species.

They also said that, the more the parents learn about the condition of the mother and her child during pregnancy, the more they could prepare and ensure that their newborn will have the best care possible. Also, the whole health care system implemented in the Sorcerer Kingdom, is one that greatly increases the chances of both mother and child come out alive, compared to other places with insufficient medical knowledge. Anyway, my wife underwent this machine called an 'Ultrasound' exam. It basically allowed others to see the body's condition, as well as to see the condition of the unborn child. And she even sent me a copy of the ultrasound results, with the picture of the baby as seen by the machine. Here, look." Marquise Raeven ranted on about his amazement at the new wonders of the Sorcerer Kingdom's healthcare.

The royal family looked at the picture with curiosity, as to what were they exactly looking at. It was only after the excited father-to be explained it to them, that they were able to understand the picture. And after that, they moved to head towards Prince Zanac's room to discuss important matters in privacy.

Their discussions took several hours. And later that day, the king issued a grand meeting; requiring all of the nobility in the entire kingdom to attend. It was stated in the message sent throughout the nation; that every head of the noble families are to attend. And this was not just any meeting about the usual topics, but a meeting that will decide the kingdom's new direction moving forward. Also, that the grand meeting will start immediately after breakfast was served by that day. And so it was that the emergency summons of the king was a hot topic within the noble circles.

What most of the nobles didn't know, especially on those of the noble faction and the new Greenhorn Faction; was that, King Rampossa, Marquise Raeven, and every Noble that was a member of the official delegation team had came up with a plan to sway the public's opinion to support the Royal Family. All this; to ensure that by the time King Rampossa makes his announcement to the public. The opposition won't be able to do anything about it, and should they try; it would be up to Brain, Climb, and the Blue Roses, along with the late Gazef's Warrior Corps. To ensure, that all will be as planned.

The plan was basic. The first part was to influence the people, by making them understand that the Sorcerer Kingdom is not the enemy and the reason for their hardships. Rather were the nobles that took advantage of the poor citizens, by keeping them uneducated and that they opposed and undermined the Royal Family's proposed legislations for better standards of living. Most of which, were the laws proposed by the Golden Princess, a few years ago. Marquise Raeven suggested that they make use of their new resources to pull the public on their side, and by that; they would first need to distribute the Sorcerer Kingdom's donated relief goods, out to the public. At the same day of the relief goods' distribution, they would also set up the 'movie package' that the nobles bought from the Grand Exhibit, then let the peasants be entertained by the new wonders playing in front of them. The main point was for the common people to be aware and familiar, with the truth about the wonders found at the Sorcerer Kingdom. It was in the public's best interest, that the baseless rumours being spread about the Sorcerer Kingdom be debunked and the truth to replace it in their minds.

Once that was achieved, they can then proceed with the second part. And that was to eliminate the opposition for the opposition would only serve to start an unnecessary division within the kingdom. King Rampossa himself; has proposed that they should purge the kingdom of any members of the nobility if they are found to be abusive, incompetent, or if ever they are guilty of any crime. And because of that, it would give a fair chance for any commoner to rise from their ranks should they prove themselves capable and trustworthy, just like the late Captain Warrior; Gazef Stronoff.

The others agreed since they have nothing to worry about, for they have already proven themselves worthy and capable enough a long time ago. And with things being cleared and agreed upon, they moved to set things in motion. The results of the first part of the plan was successful, because for once; they felt how it is to be prioritized by those they referred to as nobles. The free food definitely helped a lot, especially for those that have children in their families. Being allowed to watch some very new shows for free, while getting to eat something tasty for free as well? It was the best deal anyone's ever known, adding the fact that they were sold the new foods cheaply and made with good grade, all-natural ingredients was a blessing on its own, as far as every peasant is concerned.

When the Noble's servants and staff members told them, that the food they were enjoying were all from the Sorcerer Kingdom and that they were made with new cooking techniques. They were also told that food was very cheap there, because of the usage of undead labourers, and that the people were very satisfied with their lives there. Many have even risen from their previous positions in life when they able to prove themselves competent and trustworthy to the Sorcerer King. Basically, the staff members were the ones tasked with communicating the information about the Sorcerer Kingdom to the masses, therefore; dispelling the bad rumors spread out by the temples of the old gods, and by some bitter nobles for various reasons.

Eventually, the people knew about the truth on what went on behind the scenes, months before the last of the yearly wars with the Baharuth Empire began. They now knew what Gazef Stronoff tried to do, even before the draft began. The fact that Stronoff was mocked and insulted during those meetings, angered the majority of the commoners, since many of them looked up to the famous late Warrior Captain.

And before the day was over, some of the staff discreetly shared to those whom they think would be respectable enough to share certain information to. They told them that the king was considering making an official alliance with the Sorcerer Kingdom, to ensure the people's security and to implement some changes to improve the lives of every citizen, those individuals were also instructed to make sure that those who are close to the nobles that were known to have contradicted the king's decree, are not know of the benefits being given to the commoners, lest those nobles would just take the foods and drinks that were meant for the masses.. The staff members and servants all knew that word would get around, but they were all expecting it, counting on it even. And after they were done distributing the relief goods to that village, they just moved to the next village on the following day. And all of these things were done, since day one after returning from the Sorcerer Kingdom.

Nearly two weeks of the delegation team members and their allies, doing the plan, putting it to action; have now accumulated good results. Results good enough, that King Rampossa's confidence was boosted to such heights. And on the day of the announcement, many people gathered at the capital's city square. Many soldiers and guards were stationed on strategic positions, all to ensure the king's safety. There were many adventurers hired to help keep the people in check, if it ever becomes necessary. Among them were the famous Blue Roses, who took the job to ensure the Royal Family's safety, and to help spot any potential threats. The nobles were gathered at the front of the multipurpose stage, waiting for the king to make his announcement. While waiting, some of the nobles, mostly those belonging to the noble faction; were talking lightly among themselves.

"Hey, has anyone told you why we were summoned here for some sort of emergency?" one of the senior nobles asked.

"No, I was not told of anything about this gathering. I was only told to come here immediately, but I've heard an alarming rumour from some of my servants. And if that rumour happens to be true, then this is really an emergency." The elderly noble replied.

"Mind sharing that information with the rest of us?" Another noble asked.

"I've heard that his highness, is most likely considering making an alliance with the Sorcerer Kingdom." The elder noble said.

"That's absurd! How could he? Didn't he, lost his son to the followers of the undead?" One of the nobles said.

The noble faction and the recently founded greenhorn factions were whispering among themselves, some of them were now getting nervous and worried about all of these events suddenly happening. Even more so, on the possibility of the king making some moves without them knowing about it. This went on for a few more minutes building more excitement to many, and anxiety to others.

Then the moment of truth arrived, as a one of the military officers announced the arrival of the king. It was then, that King Rampossa was seen coming out of the Palace gates. However, much opposite to just about everyone's expectation of seeing their king walking, with the support of his sceptre that doubles as a walking cane. King Rampossa was just standing straight, as he was actually riding on a strange wheeled platform while holding on to a stick connected to the wheeled platform, while he was moving towards the elevated stage. It was bizarre to see someone moving from one place to another, without moving at all.

"What kind of magic is this? The king is moving, but he's not exactly walking. What the heck is going on here?" One of the temple priests asked out loud in his confusion.

"That actually looks kinda cool; I'm the same age as King Rampossa. I wonder where can I get one of those things?" Says, one of the older nobles connected with the Royal Faction.

"Got to admit, that's actually very practical, especially to the elderly. Hmm, Maybe I should consider buying one. Too bad, cause I already spent most of my money on that car, and that massage chair. It was really worth it though, no regrets whatsoever. I hope one day, they could come up with something that combines the massage chair with that walker thingy." Rigrit wondered as she was admiring King Rampossa's 'Walk-wheels' while talking with Evil Eye.

"You mean you didn't know?" Say, Evil Eye.

"Know what, exactly?" Rigrit asked.

"Oh yeah, you had to leave early because you were tasked with finding and gathering the remaining survivors of our old group. Well, you see, when the Sorcerer King noticed that King Rampossa was really having some difficulty walking. He offered to give King Rampossa, an invention to make his short travels easier. The options for him to choose from was that one, he's riding on now, or the one that looks like a massage chair with wheels on them, with a lever on its side so that he can steer it where he wants to go. I think the latter option was better, but our king is actually humble and so he opted for that one instead. Still looks cool though." Evil Eye explained to her old comrade.

"How's your task going by the way? Have you found all of the survivors?" Evil Eye followed up another question.

"Unfortunately not, I've managed to pass a message to Lakyus' uncle to come to E-Rantel and see me as soon as possible. As for the others, I'm afraid they're most probably gone as well. I still need to verify that though, and that's what's taking me a long time. Some of those guys didn't even bother to get married and settle down in one place. Always travelling; even at their age. I don't know if I'd be proud or insulted. But don't worry, I'll find them. And when I do, I'll bring them along with Tsar and the rest of us to E-Rantel; so we can finally know what this big secret is, that Chiron's been keeping for years now. Since the others are giving me a real hard time finding them, I'm very much tempted to just take you and Tsar to E-Rantel and tell Chiron that only you guys are the ones left. Technically, it's true you know. Haah… I just want to know, what the whole big fuzz is about. But then again, she was never the one to make things up just to waste other people's time. That much I'm sure." Rigrit replied to her old comrade.

As King Rampossa was making his way to the stage, he was looking very confident and proud as he rode on his "Walk-wheels" (The Nazarick version of the Segway). Then, he dismounted his 'ride' and the Vice Captain of the Warrior group took it and set it aside. The crowd's chattering quieted down, as the king began to make his speech. King Rampossa held a short stick (A Microphone) and when he spoke, his voice was carried through the speakers Marquise Raeven had his trusted servants placed and installed in several key locations.

"Dear citizens of the Re-Estize Kingdom, a good day to all of you. I come here in front of you today, for several important reasons. First, is to update the public on why we went to the Sorcerer Kingdom in the first place. The Sorcerer King has invited every leader from every nation surrounding it, even as far as the Roble Holy Kingdom and the Argland Republic's Councillors. Contrary to popular belief, the residents of the Sorcerer Kingdom are living in harmony, and they have proven that humans and other species can peacefully coexist.

There, we have seen many miraculous wonders. They have developed new ways of growing and harvesting their crops, that they were able to sell food so cheap; we took advantage of it and gave it to the people living under the domains of my trusted friends and allies. They have created an entirely new kind of culture, a culture that is worth knowing, worth protecting. The numerous ideas for advancements presented by the Sorcerer King; has greatly improved the people's lives there.

Their peasants, the poorest among them over there; are equivalent to the middle class citizens here! Let that information sink in. (This revelation, greatly shocked the crowd; and even more so for those of the noble faction.) There, I, WE have come to realize what my friend; the late Gazef Stronoff has known long ago. It was this; The Sorcerer King is unlike any undead. He is unlike anything we have ever known, he has proven to me and the other leaders of other nations; that he is capable of great mercy and compassion, just as he is capable of great chaos and destruction. It's true he has killed so many of our men, our sons, our fathers and caused us much grief. But the truth is; it was our fault. It was my fault for being weak, for giving in to the political pressures of my position. And that caused me to lose the best friend I could always rely on. It caused me to allow this nation to engage in a war that could have been avoided, had I just listened to Gazef. It's also the fault of me and every member of the nobility that spurred on this war. I'm referring of course; of the nobles of the noble factions. Especially; the leaders of The Blumrush family, the Bowlrob family, the Litton family and their allies." King Rampossa took the chance to relieve himself of pent up stress, and dropped the name of the families that have always blocked his legislations to improve the people's lives.

After hearing this revelation, the people looked at the current heads of the mentioned families with hatred and pain from their losses. The nobles tried to protest, but they were silenced by the Warrior group's reaching for their swords.

"I'm sure many of you people did not know this. It was during the initial meeting of the nobility, and after hearing the contents of the letter from the Empire. The nobles mocked the letter, saying that 'this Ainz Ooal Gown is just a clown used by the Empire as an excuse for the war.' Others even mocked that name and even mocked Gazef, since he was the one who first mention the name from his report.

That report, was about what really happened with the reported knights that were razing many villages near our nation's borders. But the truth was that, the ones killing the villagers were NOT knights from the Baharuth Empire. It was soldiers from the Slane Theocracy, disguised as the empire's knights to sow hate and to cover up their actions. And their aim was to lure out Gazef so that their Sunlight Scripture could trap him and kill him since he wasn't armed with his proper panoply, therefore; increasing their chances at victory. And it was then, that Gazef met the one we would all come to know as the Sorcerer King. From the survivors of Carne Village, he learned of how the magic caster saved that village and later on, save Gazef as well." King Rampossa continued to drop truth bombs on the public. The relatives of the victims of the mentioned incidents were seething with rage against the nobles and against the priests of the temples.

The nobles, who were not close to the Royal Family. Are all in a panic, fearing that the crowd might riot and kill them right there and then. It was worse for the priests, for even though most of them weren't involved with those past incidents. The crowd might still attack them and may even enjoy killing them, considering the many villagers that fell victim from all of those village raids. If it wasn't for King Rampossa's mercy, the crowd would surely riot and charge them all.

"… It was then that I asked Gazef's thoughts on the matter, since he was the only one among us that actually met Ainz Ooal Gown and reported about it. I can still remember his words as he stood beside me, pleading with sincere passion for us not to go to war against Ainz Ooal Gown. He even asked if it was possible for me to give up E-Rantel, and he even warned us; that it would be a big mistake and we would suffer terrible losses if we go to war against Ainz Ooal Gown. All that time, he only kept saying we should never go to war against Ainz Ooal Gown, not the Empire. Just not with Ainz Ooal Gown. I have always trusted Gazef's instincts and his judgements, specially; when he judges someone as a fighter. On the last night of the preparations before the war, he even warned our new Warrior Captain and his former Rival, Brain Unglaus. That he can win against the Four Knights, but his life will end if comes face against Ainz Ooal Gown. That should have been a warning right there. But since I gave in to the pressure of the majority of the nobles' mentality, that the mysterious magic caster was just some nobody. We all suffered under that nightmare, the one where we all lost someone we cared about." King Rampossa went on.

In light of the truth being revealed. The people's reaction were now more sympathetic in understanding the king's personal losses on the flip side, the public's anger was piling on against the incompetence and false bravado of the noble faction members and their associates. Philip in particular, was surprisingly calm and even cocky. And Hilma, who was watching from a distance; was now more nervous as to the fool's smirking reaction to all that was happening.

"Argh! That damned idiot! What the fuck is he smirking at a time like this? Can't he read the situation? Ooh, this stupid bastard is going to be the death of me. I have to tell Lady Albedo that everything is going as planned. Yes, yes, that's it. I'll just keep myself busy so at least I don't have to think of the foolishness that idiot might do." Hilma said to herself to keep herself calm. Then proceeded to do her part of the plan as instructed by Demiurge. Moments later, after regaining his composure; King Rampossa continued.

"To all of you who had tasted the good foods given freely by the Sorcerer King, all to help you survive. The people of the Sorcerer Kingdom had willingly donated large amounts of food just to help their fellow men. Many of you have witnessed the wonderful inventions that were from the Sorcerer Kingdom, in fact; this device I'm holding in my hands, this very little item that allows me to spread my voice further; to make sure that many will hear all of my last words as king. (This once again, shocked the masses.) Yes, this will be the last time that I will an official decree as your king. For too long, my people… for too long; you have all been stuck in your social standing, treated like dirt, like you never mattered at all. For too long, my people. You have been suffering from so much corruption, one more thing that I apologize for. For not being able to protect my own subjects from it. Throughout our stay at the City of E-Rantel, during the Pioneer's Holiday. We have travelled the former territory, and the new villages built not far from E-Rantel. We were told, that the paupers and beggars that once occupied the city; have been relocated to the new villages. There, they were given proper education, sufficient starting capital, food, clean drinking water, and a new and decent home to start their lives over again. And now, the farms they're working on. Are some of the sources of fruits, vegetables, and live stocks that are used in making many of their delicious new food products. There's a saying in the Sorcerer Kingdom 'The only ones that suffer hunger and thirst in their nation, are those that chose to suffer; for the Sorcerer King have provided them with all they'd need to succeed and survive.' To them, only a fool would die of hunger. And I agree. Even Orcs and Trolls can earn twice, even three times the average merchant here makes." King Rampossa said, as he went on to his point.

The king's words made the common people realize how far behind they really were, compared to a country that's just been founded a few years ago. Some are still hating on the Sorcerer King for the deaths of their loved ones, but many have chosen to move on. Realizing that hatred doesn't really feed a hungry belly. Some were even thinking of moving to the Sorcerer Kingdom altogether, for a shot a better life; they would risk serving the infamous magic caster, than simply remaining in a place where they would just rot till they're old.

"And ever since then, and with the guidance of my trusted family and friends. Especially my dear lovely daughter Renner, I've been enlightened as to what the future of the Re-Estize Kingdom should be. And I promise to all of you, it will be the best we can ever hope for. Sure, it will be hard, there will be many obstacles ahead. But if we can learn to set aside our differences, and work together; with mutual respect. Then, even dreaming of reaching the stars is not impossible. Heck, our very own Marquise Raeven here; has already done it. He, along with Lady Lakyus of the Blue Roses were some of the lucky few that the Sorcerer King had chosen to join the very first ever journey to the moon. Though I was not physically there, the wonders of the Sorcerer King has allowed everyone there to share in the sacred visage; that one can only find beyond the skies.

And with all that being said and done. I King Rampossa-III, with all of the powers vested in me by my predecessors and with the support of the majority of the nobility. Hereby officially declare, that from this day forward. The country known as the Re-Estize Kingdom, and all under its territories; are hereby formally and officially surrendering its sovereignty to the Sorcerer Kingdom. And under the leadership and guidance of his majesty, The Sorcerer King; Ainz Ooal Gown. The independent nation known as the Re-Estize Kingdom, will now become one its vassal states. Beginning with me, as the former king of this country; I now pledge my loyalty to his majesty Ainz Ooal Gown and to the nation of the Sorcerer Kingdom. And now to sign the official documents, thereby; making this declaration, official and formal. Please welcome, the Sorcerer King himself; Ainz Ooal Gown!" King Rampossa passionately exclaimed, as he made the whole thing official. The majority of the crowd applauded, but many kept silent for various reasons. The noble faction members, were speechless. Some of them even dropped on their knees in despair and shock at what had just transpired right before their very eyes.

Right after calling his name, Ainz appeared from a large black hole in the sky. Just a few meters above King Rampossa, Ainz floated down gently. Then, he signed the document that he already personally reviewed before Albedo and Demiurge. After that, he congratulated King Rampossa and shook his hand, as well as the hands of the Royal Faction members, including Marquise Raeven, Prince Zanac, and Princess Renner. Shortly afterwards, Ainz held the microphone and made his speech.

"Thank you King Rampossa. In behalf of the Sorcerer Kingdom and its people, I Accept and Honour this agreement in Spirit and perpetuity. (Then, Ainz turned to the people watching.) I know we have a bad history when I founded my nation, I know that many of you lost loved ones, friends, family. But I will not apologize for it, for that is what war does. It destroys lives, without any regard for gender, or social status. However, that war should never have happened. Your own king has already told you how these so called nobles, insulted and mocked the late warrior captain. Had they all listened to Gazef's words, your loved ones would probably be still alive today. But you don't have to worry about those fears, for now that this great nation is under my rule. And as part of the Sorcerer Kingdom, you too shall enjoy the benefits that come with partaking in my vision of a Utopia; a perfect world. Now for my first rule, I hereby; declare that there will be no more slavery, in any form or manner. And this day forward, the laws of the Sorcerer Kingdom, are now in effect within this nation. And since King Rampossa has voluntarily vacated the throne, as per his recommendation; I hereby place Prince Zanac to be the new king of the Re-Estize Kingdom. And, to serve as this kingdom's Prime Minister will be the 'Golden Princess'. And serving the role of the Royal Advisor will be Marquise Raeven.

Congratulations to the three of you. And as for you, the people of this nation. Know that the days to come will not always be easy, but like with E-Rantel; you will all live a life worth living. A life where you are treated fairly and just. In a land where crime is just stupid notion, and is punished severely. And with that, I want everyone to look up to the skies, and receive my gift for all of you." Ainz said, ending his speech. The soldiers, warrior group members, Royal Faction nobles, and most of the public, applauded the Sorcerer King's speech. Then, as they look up to the sky; they saw five Frost Dragons flew above them. The Dragons were carrying two large boxes, and as they got close to the palace; they dropped the boxes. Those boxes fell but suddenly, a parachute popped up and greatly slowed down the boxes' fall.

The crowd made way for the first ones that reached the ground. The soldiers moved in quickly, and dispersed the crowd calmly. Then, they opened the large boxes as they were instructed to. And the people were pleasantly surprised to know, that the boxes contained foods and non alcoholic drinks. The soldiers were tasked with distributing these gifts to the people in an orderly manner. Under normal circumstances, the soldiers would have been overtaken by the mob. But the Sorcerer King's presence, made the public think twice, even the usual rowdy ones in the crowd. Then another scene took place in the skies, as the people heard a loud sound (Sonic boom) and when they looked up; they saw five fast flying objects (Electric Jet Fighters, fully armed and based on Stealth Bomber and Black Bird design.), each of these flying things, were leaving a single colored jet stream as they pass through. The people were fascinated with the strange, new flying objects; streaming different colors on the sky. And shortly after those jets, the people were mesmerized with another flying object. This one was much larger the ones before it. It was the same one that the delegates flew in, weeks ago. Its rear hatch was opened and from there, it dropped lots of assorted desserts and fruit juices wrapped in multi colored small pieces of cloths and each one is attached to a small parachute.

The children were all smiling, as they saw numerous gifts flying down everywhere. When the first of the wrapped desserts landed, a peasant; a father of four small children, opened up the packaging. And what they saw inside were lots of various kinds of candies shining like gems and precious stones. And as far as the kids were concerned, they might as well be. The parents of the little ones, cried happy tears from seeing their children and their neighbour's children, running around trying to catch more of the gifts. Even some of the street beggars, were thankful for receiving such free foods and decent drinks given to them from their new ruler; the Sorcerer King.

With the public mostly cheering for the gifts they've receives. Even more so for the declaration of the abolishment of the noble class, and the opportunity that they can actually rise from their ranks. The Sorcerer King then casted [Mass fly] on everyone around and nearby. This included the members of the Noble Faction and the Greenhorn Faction. Everyone floated along with Ainz, as he took them inside the Royal Palace for a closed door meeting. One that would decide their fates ultimately. With the exception of Philip, every other noble that wasn't in the Royal Faction's side; were all sweating profusely. Some have even, soiled themselves even making the whole ordeal much more embarrassing.

"All right, now that, that's over. Let's get on with this serious meeting, shall we?" Ainz said as he began the high stakes meeting inside the Valencia Palace. The details of this meeting will be featured on another chapter. (If I'm still alive.)

Two days later, at the Royal Palace of the Draconic Kingdom.

Queen Draudillon was excited and nervous at the same time. Inside the throne room, every noble and even Draudillon herself; was worried that the Sorcerer King might have changed his mind. Since they took some time, to actually send an official answer. But a few moments later, a messenger arrived; bearing news of an arriving large group of differently uniformed armies. And that they were all bearing different flags, some of them unknown to the messenger.

"What about the flags you were able to recognize? Tell us, from what country were they from?" Queen Draudillon asked.

"The ones we were able to recognize, are the ones from the Argland Republic Council, the Baharuth Empire, and a small group was raising the flag of the Roble Holy Kingdom." The messenger answered.

"I suggest we move out to welcome them properly. It's the least we can do for them, for heeding our call for help." The Prime Minister said in his sage-like tone.

Soon, Queen Draudillon and the rest of the supporting nobles; went out to the Palace grounds to greet and welcome the Leaders of each army. And after setting a welcoming atmosphere for their potential saviours, the first one to greet them was beautiful and strong; as she was riding her faithful steed; Leinas Rock Bruise. She is one of the famous Four Elite Knights of the Baharuth Empire. The second one to greet them, was the Fire Dragon Lord; in his humanoid form, wearing a special set of full plated armor. The Dragon Lord's armor was created, through the use of Wild Magic. Following them shortly, wearing her famous green, turtle shell-armor, which was originally; from one of the infamous demi human leaders, with her trademark visor, she is the famous Prime Evangelist; Neia Baraja. She came as the founder of the Church of Ainz Ooal Gown, commonly referred to as Ainzism. She is also leading the volunteer members from the Northern Roble Holy Kingdom and the Sorcerer Kingdom territories, in their goal of helping those who are still suffering the same pains they did, a few years ago.

Next to her, is Lieutenant Saleenas Amorosa; a seasoned veteran in the battle field. Even though she has just turned thirty years old three days ago, her youthful looks betray her real age. But her skills have been always been very evident, even from a young age, just like her beauty. She is the leader and also, the head representative of the Roble Holy Kingdom and their famous Paladin Corps.

Queen Draudillon; now filled with hope, as shown by the beaming smile on her face. Officially welcomed them all, and the maids moved quickly to offer them some light meals and even fancy drinks to quench their thirst and hunger from their long journeys.

"Thanks, but that won't be necessary." The Fire Dragon Lord said, as two of his servants immediately approached him while taking out a large box from the Dragon Lord's Hatchback vehicle. The two servants were carrying, what Queen Draudillon recognized as a 'Personal Cooling Box'. A storage device that keeps foods and drinks properly cooled inside it. After setting the box down gently, one of the servants opened the box and took a misty cold bottle of drink from it. Then handed it to the Fire Dragon Lord, who quickly popped the cap open, then drank the aromatic drink inside it.

"Ahh… 'Wild Magic Cola' this always hits the spot, especially after a long and hot travel. Would you like one Queen Draudillon? It tastes really good, I guarantee it. I swear, I don't mind losing all of my gems and gold. If they would be all replaced with these? I'm sold, I mean you can't eat or drink gold coins right? And prices changes all the time, so I'm good with the basics. My admiration for these drinks aside, I, and a small part of the Argland Republic's army, have come here to help save the nation founded by our horny brother. Have no fear, for with all of the forces that have come to help you. Victory is the only possible outcome." The Fire Dragon Lord said in his usual easy going nature.

("Wild Magic Cola" is the same "Cocky-Cola". Only rebranded, and its tastes and flavours slightly adjusted to better fit the Argland Republic's market. The move was a result of the new branch of knowledge that Ainz himself has taught to Guardians, then in turn Demiurge taught to the merchants and the Sorcerer Kingdom's vassals and allies during their stay in the Pioneer's holiday events. Specifically, it was the knowledge of 'Marketing' and 'Advertising'. The Product licensing and partnership, is the result of a successful trading deal between the Sorcerer Kingdom, the Re-Estize Kingdom, and the Argland Republic Council. Now back to the story.)

Marquise Alex quickly noticed that there was no one officially and formally representing the Sorcerer Kingdom. It wasn't just him, the Queen and some members of the delegation team noticed the same thing as well. And that made them a bit worried.

"Excuse me, I am Marquise Alex Dragnus Van Lagunas. One of the members of the delegation team that went to the Sorcerer Kingdom a few weeks ago. I would just like to ask, if anyone among you Ladies and Gentlemen, and you my lord. Have any information as to why there is no one formally from the Sorcerer Kingdom with you?" Alex asked respectfully. Sensing the young man's reason for asking, the others looked at Neia Baraja.

"No need to worry. I few minutes ago, I've gotten a message from one of his majesty's direct subordinates; that their Undead Squad and the Volunteers, together with some adventurers will be arriving very soon. Oh, they also told me to tell you all; to look to skies." Neia replied. And as if on cue, they heard the loud sonic boom from a distance.

From the cloudy skies, they saw three large Airbuses. All three with their rear doors opened, and they were dropping large objects. These large objects were mostly; the two semi- trailer trucks in free fall. They were from the ones on the sides, while the airplane in the middle; dropped several smaller objects. These objects are actually various car models, with their owners coincidentally; are different Adventurer Teams inside them. Leading them, was Team Darkness' Pick-Up truck. (Modelled after Tesla's fourth generation of its Cyber truck.) And with the Dark Hero's signal; the magic casters casted [Mass Fly] on all of the vehicles, including the two massive cargo trucks that required two magic casters to keep each of them afloat.

With the flight spells casted on the vehicles, the vehicles went into; a "V" formation mid air. Seeing this level of stunt, and all of it being executed perfectly in mid air. Definitely had the allied forces, and the local soldiers and nobles, especially; the civilians of the capital, all stunned in awe. A few minutes after all of the vehicles landed, the forces of the Sorcerer Kingdom made their way to the Royal Palace. While the two trucks headed towards the City Square, to set up their temporary booths, together with the rest of the allied forces.

Upon reaching the Palace grounds, following Momon's lead. The Adventurers, all lined up their cars nicely by the Palace's outer walls. The presence of the Sorcerer Kingdom's Adventurers, were taken seriously by everyone in the area. Especially, with the stories about them and their insane training methods as told by the adventurers that accompanied the Draconic Kingdom's delegation team. Their rune crafted weapons and armours, were also very unique, when compared to the ones used by those of the allied forces. Provided, that the Knights from the Baharuth Empire were also wearing reliable rune crafted weapons and armours. Their panoply's levels are still very different, since their purposes for being armed were very different in the first place. With Team Darkness leading the multiple Adventurer Teams, Momon bowed, and properly greeted Queen Draudillon and the nobles of the Draconic Kingdom. They also greeted the lead members of the Allied Forces, especially the Fire Dragon Lord.

"Our apologies for arriving late from our schedule. It seems that everyone from the allied forces have already arrived before us, if I may suggest, I think its best we begin the strategy meeting as soon as possible. After all, the sooner we get to make our move. The more people we can save." Momon said after greeting their host.

"I completely agree. Everyone, please follow me to the Palace's Great hall. We have already prepared the place for the strategy meeting." Says, Queen Draudillon.

"Oh, please wait your highness. I almost forgot to give you something." Momon said, as he untied the item that was tied at the back of Hamsuke's armor.

"This is a gift from the Sorcerer King. It's called 'Walk-wheels', instead of tiring oneself from walking lengthy distances. This was originally meant to help those with difficulty walking, mostly referring to the elder citizens. This is also meant to be used by pregnant females, to help ease their delicate condition. And lastly, for certain special individuals like yourself. You just step on the central platform, hold on the handles, and just move forward." Momon explained as he also demonstrated how to use the item. Delighting Queen Draudillon in her Child form, in turn; it delighted the rest of the nobility. And the item itself caught the Fire Dragon Lord's interest. That he whispered to his assistant, to take note that he would buy one later. Only, so that he can lazily travel around the Argland Capital. Therefore; pissing off his Dragon Lord siblings.

And so, they all walked towards the Great Halls of the Palace. While Queen Draudillon was all smiles, as she let the new item move forward; taking her to her desired destination. The intuitive and ease of use the new machine offered, made her realize just how good the Sorcerer Kingdom could be as allies. And how dangerous they can also be, if they were to become its enemy. The latter, a possibility that she was sure, she would NEVER allow to happen. The strategy meeting started as soon as the great double doors of the meeting room closed.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Draconic Kingdom's Capital. Inside a pub, frequented by many of those that who made a living through their weapons, mostly; mercenaries, adventurers, and workers alike. And amidst these individuals, a certain "Holy Knight" class warrior was enjoying his drink. When he and the other customers of that particular establishment, all heard some thunder-like noise in the area. They mostly ignored it, thinking it's just some rain and thunder coming to the capital. But when they noticed, that many people were walking towards either to the Royal Palace, or to the City Square. What caught their attention however, was that many of the people were saying things like "Our saviours are here!" "At last, our nation is saved!". The people muttering such things, but not even looking at them or talking to them. Obviously, it was twisted in a specific warrior's mind. And that made him stood up and looked outside the window, to see what was going on.

Now, looking out the window; along with his team mates. Cerabrate was already slightly drunk, and now; he was upset. Not because the people were looking up to someone, or something else as heroes. It was actually, a petty but sickening thought behind it. As far as Cerabrate is concerned. It is absolutely, crucial for him to remain a very important figure in the Draconic Kingdom's 'crusade' of defeating their beastman oppressors. And even more so, in liberating their nation and reclaiming the territories they've lost to the invaders. All this may sound a bit selfish, but still quite noble for a motivation.

His team mates are actually backing him up, since they were all truly aiming for helping out their poor countrymen, from the clutches of the beastmen that have been a source of great pain for many of them. However, unlike the true noble motivations that his team mates share. Cerabrate only had ONE goal in mind, when he accepted the queen's request for their group to help against the invaders. He just wanted the queen to be so indebted to him, for all of his work, indebted enough; that he can do what he wanted to her, and she wouldn't say a thing about it.

And now, with the masses seeing hope in a form other than him. Is grating down on his mind, and his ego couldn't take it. And even though, his team; Crystal Tear have always known what he truly is. For some reason, he's always felt compelled to hide his perversions, at least in public.

"What do you think is really going on over there?" Says Entrent Millerit, Crystal Tear's Magic Caster.

"Hey! You there. What's going on? What's the fuzz all about? And where are you going to, exactly?" The Ranger of Cerabrate's famed team asked one of the commoners that were coming back, from the Palace's direction.

"We got help. An army of the newly formed allied forces just arrived. And word is, even the Sorcerer King sent us military assistance. Some said, that they even brought Team Darkness with them. Too bad, I just missed them fall from the sky. Hector saw it though, he said it awesome." The man answered back to their queries.

"Okay… But where are you going now, in such a hurry too?" The Thief expert Adventurer asked one of his acquaintances.

"No, no, no, NO! They'll ruin everything. They'll take her from me, and I was getting so close to the target too. Damn them!" Cerabrate cursed out loud. Making the ones that heard him looked at him in disgust and shame. Even his team mates were very uncomfortable with what he just said. Then, he just ran towards the Palace. And now, his own team mates are worried that he might do something so stupid, that he might drag them into real trouble with the Queen.

With Cerabrate, now running outside, his team mates quickly followed behind him; to prevent him from making any mistake. Most specially, since their leader is clearly drunk. Entrent Millerit, Cerabrate's team mate for the longest time. The team's Magic Caster, urged the rest of the team to stop Cerabrate at all cost. For he knew, how unstable his team mate really is. He feared, that in his drunken and emotional state: Cerabrate might do something so wild and terrible. The kingdom might actually put a bounty on their heads.

Cerabrate was running straight for the Royal Palace in full speed. And when he finally reached the main gate, the guards warned him not to enter. For the Queen herself, ordered; that no one is to enter until the grand meeting was over. Or unless, it's an emergency. The guards' loud warnings just entered one of Cerabrate's ears, and out to the other one. He just ran all the way into the main building, where the meeting was taking place. Cerabrate stopped in his tracks, when he saw the meeting room's large double doors opened and the first one to come out from it; was a huge Djungarian Hamster. The large, silly Hamster, was walking on its two hind legs. It was standing upright, and lazily playing with a small circled object, tied to a string. The hamster was enjoying watching the toy roll up and down, raising its finger up and down, keeping the momentum going.

"Heh, heh, heh, this is so cool. Yes it is… Huh?" Hamsuke said as she was playing with her yoyo. Then she noticed someone was standing still, not too far from her.

Hamsuke standing on two legs, and playing a stringed toy. This somehow caught, Cerebrate off guard and stunned at the sight of a large hamster playing a sting up and down. Even more so, with the joyful expression on Hamsuke's face. Fortunately for Cerebrate, him being surprised by seeing Hamsuke's fun, innocent, but somehow stupid expression; got him out of his drunken state and is now somehow sober.

"By the gods. Just what the fuck am I looking at?" Cerabrate muttered unconsciously.

"Huh?" Hamsuke replied. And behind Hamsuke, is Nabe. Also known as the 'Beautiful Princess' and one of her team mates in Team Darkness.

Nabe noticed, that Hamsuke stopped all of a sudden. So she went around Hamsuke to see why she stopped. It turned out, that the reason why they were the first ones to exit the room. It was because, they were to inform the Sorcerer Kingdom's forces of their next set of instructions.

"Why have you stopped?" Nabe asked.

"Oh, sorry about that. It's just that, that guy was running towards our direction earlier-gozaru. Then he just stopped all of a sudden. So I stopped as well. My apologies about that, Nabe-dono." Hamsuke replied.

"Let's move out now. Lord Ainz gave us our instructions; it is our duty to enact his will." Nabe said with a deadpanned tone. And with that, the Pleiades Battle Maid and the Giant Djungarian Hamster walked on, completely ignoring Cerabrate's existence. Leaving the pedophile pondering to his mind. "What the fuck's going on?"

A few moments later, the meeting room's doors opened up again. And that snapped Cerabrate out of his drunken state. Then he saw a tall figure, wearing jet-black, full plated armour. He looked at the man from head to toe, and that's when he recognized who this person is. In his mind, he remembered the scene from earlier. Where one of his team mates asked someone from the street and that person said to them, enthusiastically "Even Momon came to help us." And that memory, reminded him the reason he went to the palace in the first place. And seeing Momon's black armor and his crimson cape, reignited the hatred he had earlier.

Shortly, the rest of the Draconic Kingdom's nobles walked out of the room, and there they saw Momon standing still. They thought it strange for Momon to just be standing still, so some of them looked at the direction Momon seems to be looking at. Neia looked around, and saw a fully armed man, wielding his sword, that's obviously imbued with Holy energies. The stranger was in an attacking stance, fully prepared to charge at Momon. The Dark hero however, just stood still and was calm and relaxed. He was just waiting for what Cerabrate was going to do. And as if on cue, the palace guards and the rest of Crystal Tear caught up with Cerabrate and saw the stand-off. Then, Queen Draudillon finally exit the room after having some chat with her distant relative; the Fire Dragon Lord. And when they saw that everyone else was just standing still, looking at Momon and whatever or whoever the Dark Hero was looking at.

The guards called out Cerabrate, telling to stand down or they'd have to use force on him. Cerabrate looked around, and saw the guards surrounding him, and the ones on hall's balconies, pointing their bows and crossbows on him. Unlucky for him, that he failed to come back to his senses in the nick of time. For both Hamsuke and Nabe, had just returned to the Palace's great halls, and saw the weird person from earlier, now pointing a sword at Momon. Her protective Instinct kicked in, together with her annoyance at the sight of someone daring to point a sword at Momon. (Who was actually, Pandora's Actor disguised as Momon.)

These next events all happened very quickly. Since Cerabrate did not listen quickly enough to the soldiers' warnings, Nabe made a judgement call, and casted out loud the dreaded [Dickless existence] magic spell. The majority of the people in the area were not familiar with this spell, so they didn't know what exactly just happened. But to those that are familiar with this spell, instinctively covered their crotch. Especially the Fire Dragon Lord.

The whole place was quiet, but they were surprised as Cerabrate just dropped his sword, hold onto his crotch area. And then unleashed a thunderous wail of absolute pain.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!"

That was all that came out of Cerabrate's mouth, as he cried tears of pure emasculating pain. It was only when some people noticed the blood dripping from his crotch area, and now spreading and staining his pure white pants.

With him now no longer a threat, the rest of his team rushed towards him to help their leader; who was now clearly in a LOT of pain. One of them, proceeded to try to apologize for their leader's drunken foolishness. The rest of them, tried to restrain Cerabrate since he was now thrashing and squirming on the ground, bleeding profusely. Entrent, who was worried for his friend; immediately casted [Light healing] but it was not working. He tried again, but nothing changed. By this point, Cerabrate was losing a lot of blood. So Entrent tried casting [Medium healing], the bleeding stopped. And Cerabrate was no longer thrashing around, but he was still in pain. All Cerabrate was able to say was "It's gone, it's gone, damn it, it's gone. Oh gods please have mercy. Return it to me. AAAHH! NO! No, no, no, it's really GONE!" Entrent wasn't sure what Cerabrate was muttering about, he has his suspicion as his friend was holding on to his crotch. So to be sure, with no malice, he patted his friend's crotch to check on it. And he quickly cringed and stepped back in fear.

"It's really gone. Damn!" Entrent said while he was shocked, that his [Medium healing] spell can't heal or return what was gone. Then, he looked at Nabe who casted that previously unknown spell.

"You. What the hell did you just do him? Whatever it is please undo it. He's one of the heroes of this country. And we need him, to help save our country from the beastmen. Please, otherwise I'd have to challenge you to fight and force you to restore his… you know." Entrent said to Nabe. But Nabe just understood his words as mere gibberish rants.

"Very well, I accept your challenge." Nabe said. But Momon stepped in to control the situation, before things get out of hand.

"That won't be necessary Nabe. We are here to help aid this nation. Not to obliterate drunken morons. Just use one of the scrolls on that man, and let's move on with the agreed strategy." Momon calmly said to his partner. Then walked on towards the exit followed by Hamsuke and the others.

Nabe took out a scroll from her satchel and casted [Greater restoration] and Cerabrate felt his manhood returned to him.

"Oh, thank the gods. They've returned it." Cerabrate said, as he was very thankful to his gods for restoring his thing. Only to be mocked by Nabe.

"Hmph! Your so-called gods are pathetic, and should not be called as gods. Less, be revered as such if they cannot even restore something previously erased by a meager multi-faceted magic spell. If I were you, I'd be thankful to the Sorcerer King, for sending aid to your people. Instead, you dare to draw your so-called sword on Momon-sa… dono. Pathetic." Nabe coldly said, to the humiliated Cerabrate and his team. Then, she left the group alone, after dropping some verbal jabs.

"Why you! How dare you speak to me like that?" Cerabrate said in a hushed tone, as he knew he was already humiliated.

"Stop it ,Cerabrate. Just, stop already. You've already made a fool of yourself and may have even gotten us all in big trouble already. Let's just leave now, before things get worse for us." Barley Haystorn, Crystal Tear's ranger, said to their team leader.

As the team of Crystal Tear, were helping their drunken leader up to his feet. They heard the angry voice of the Prime Minister calling them out, and right at that moment; now that he was totally sober. Cerabrate realized, that he had put himself in a bad situation. And it might most likely cost him his chance at the loli queen.

"Guards. Arrest them all. Arrest Cerabrate and the rest of Crystal Tear. You damned idiots! You almost got us all killed! I'll be speaking with you lot soon, after I help her highness deal with the mess you've made." The Prime Minister said, in all of his elderly rage. After that, the Palace guards surrounded the Adamantite ranked Adventurer Team. The team did not resist, and the guards took them into the nearest holding cells.

Outside the great halls of the Palace. Unknown to most of the people around here, Queen Draudillon put on her neutral face, and even pretended to be troubled a bit by the sudden incidents earlier. But deep inside, she was really all smiles. When she saw Nabe casted that spell and noticed that most of the allied forces' male representatives immediately covered their crotches; she quickly understood what the spell did. And the spell's name of 'Dickless existence' really helps to explain a lot on what it mainly does. As far as she's concerned now. Nabe should be declared a National Hero, and an example of what a real and respectable Adamantite ranked Adventurers should be. But until her nation was completely saved, she kept her private ideas to herself.

And as she was now walking alongside the Fire Dragon Lord and with some advisers from various groups. She asked the Fire Dragon Lord, about the magic spell that Nabe used on Cerabrate.

"Honestly, I don't know much about that particular spell. Other than it specifically targets a man's… Uhm…'Prized possession', it can also somehow keep healing spells from restoring the eliminated part. That, and the fact that no one in their right mind should ever risk taking on an evil spell like that." The Fire Dragon Lord replied to the queen's inquiry.

"Is that spell somehow powered by evil or negative energy?" Draudillon asked.

"No, I don't really know. But I don't think so." Says, the Fire Dragon Lord.

"Then why do you call that spell evil?" Draudillon asked again.

"I refer to that spell as 'Evil' because it deprives a man of joy. Certain kinds of happiness, yes that's the word. But don't tell anyone I said that OK? Let's just keep that between us, young blood." The Fire Dragon Lord casually answered.

After the little but brief mishap in the Draconic Kingdom's Palace. The local and recently arrived allied forces moved on to the City Square to officially and formally inform the general public of the best news they've had in many years. Unfortunately for the team of Crystal Tear, news of Cerabrate's drunken actions spread quickly. And was now, among the hot topics for discussions all across the capital. Most especially, among the ranks of mercenaries, Workers, and Adventurers. Though, many among these circles doubted the existence and potency of such a spell to be true. It was enough, to be used as either a threat or bluff by the wives and lovers of such men, in case they ever entertain the thought of being unfaithful. For no man, in his right mind; would ever take lightly to the threat of having their manhood be cut, or removed in any way.

Right now, the Prime Minister was trying to catch up and talk to Momon and his team. To apologize for what Cerabrate just did, or almost did. And when caught up with the famous adventurer, he conversed and apologized for his countrymen's unwarranted actions.

"Momon-dono. (Catching his own breath) In behalf of her highness and of the Draconic Kingdom, I truly apologize for what that fellow just did, or almost did. He was not in his right mind at the time. And he's been already detained." The Prime Minister said to Momon, bowing down in apology.

"Don't worry about it. In truth, I already noticed that he was most likely drunk. I was just concerned if he was actually able to control himself. Also, it is I who should apologize for what my partner did back there. She only did it out of concern for my safety, as a good friend does. However, we still harmed a citizen of this country. And even under the reason of self defence, we as Adventurers are expected to be in more control of ourselves and the situation itself as much as possible. In her defence, she did heal that person. So, I'm hoping that this incident can be settled as soon as possible." Momon said to the Prime Minister.

Later after that, the allied forces' leaders moved to inform the rest of their comrades about the plan agreed upon during the meeting. They all gathered in the capital's City Square, where Queen Draudillon made the public announcement about the allied forces from different nations. And how the forces from these nations have come to help save their nation, and reclaim the lands they've lost. Hearing the good news, the people cheered their queen and the ones that came to help their nation.

After that, the massive trucks opened up its doors. And the civilian volunteers stepped out from the vehicle, carrying foldable tables and chairs. Some were setting up the large tents, while some of the local soldiers, instructed the citizens to fall in line to receive relief goods. The relief goods were packaged in medium sized boxes, each box contained decent amount of bread, several cups of instant noodles of different flavors, small boxes of juice drinks and small bottles of healing and poison cure potions. The people were delighted with the goods given to them; while many of the adventurers informed the recipients on how to consume some of the new kinds of food, mainly the noodles.

Many of the recipients of the relief goods from the Sorcerer Kingdom; were very happy and grateful for the graces freely given to them. And after the adventurers taught them on how easy it was to cook the noodles, many of them couldn't believe such food existed. And after a few minutes of waiting, the children were the first ones to taste the noodle, and they enjoyed it. The volunteers from the Sorcerer Kingdom, mostly civilians; set up the tents to serve as temporary shelter for the poor and homeless refugees who barely managed to survive from the invasion. Being given a decent and sturdy shelter was something they really appreciated, especially those that have a family of their own.

The allied forces noticed how thin and sickly the survivors looked, and from just one look at them. One can easily tell that they were malnourished especially the small children. The allied forces then, moved out and headed for the border areas. The leaders of the allied forces agreed that their chances of success and survival would be better, if they would attack in pairs so that they could all cover more ground quickly and rescue more people that way.

The two legions from the Baharuth Empire teamed up with the Paladins Corps from the Roble Holy Kingdom. They were the ones that would be taking on the areas located from the Draconic Kingdom's coastlines, up to the nearest fortress. And from there, they would meet up with the Sorcerer Kingdom's forces; which mainly consists of adventurer teams ranking from Orichalcum to Adamantite. Aside from the adventurers, which are mainly tasked with rescuing the people that can still be rescued. On the other hand, they also have the undead hordes, which are only tasked with killing and destroying their enemies. They are stationed to take on the central point, where the majority of the attacks happen frequently. And from there, moving on up the mountain range areas; near the borders of the Draconic Kingdom, the Beastmen Nation, and other smaller countries. Their main task is to rescue those taken by the invading groups near those areas, at the same time; they are also to ensure that there would be no forces to flank them should they meet up with the Sorcerer Kingdom's forces for the counter invasion into the Beastmen Nation.

The locals looked on quietly, at the armed men and women that gave them food and decent shelter. They knew that only sincere gratitude was all they can truly give to those that have helped them, or at least tried to help them. They were all very thankful for the presence of these strangers noble enough to come all this way to help them and save their fellow countrymen that sorely needed them right now. Many of the locals, silently prayed to their gods or to any entity; to protect these people that are now about to go into battle for their sakes. The locals were quiet but thankful and sincere in their gratitude, even to the non-humans that were members of the allied forces. There were some minor and few instances that some refugees tried to attack the non human members of the allied forces. The non humans understood the reason for these individuals attempting to attack them. Obviously, these people have suffered such traumas, that they were unable to control themselves. The local soldiers and guards moved in quickly to prevent any trouble from happening. They swiftly restrain the would-be attackers and then, carefully moved them away from the City Square. The allied forces just shrugged off the incident, forgetting it immediately, since they knew where these individuals were coming from.

Most of the non human members of the allied forces are from the Sorcerer Kingdom and the Argland Council Republic; two of the most powerful countries in the continent. Hence, that was another reason why the guards and soldiers of the Draconic Kingdom moved immediately. Considering their nation's condition, making enemies of other countries is clearly not an option; especially powerful countries that came all this way just to help them.

After passing by the capital's huge gates once again, the leaders of the allied forces, bid each other farewell and then left with their respective groups. Each of the group had certain Nobles and military officers from the Draconic Kingdom joined them, as well as those individuals own armed groups. They were there to serve; primarily as guides and to help smooth things out for the greater chances of success of their own military operations. After almost two days worth of travel for the Baharuth Empire's Legions and the Holy Kingdom's Paladins they reached their destination, the last remaining military outpost nearest the coastlines.

While for Neia's Ainzists and other volunteers, and the Argland Republic's forces, they reached the outermost reaches of the country's borders after nearly four days of travel. While the Sorcerer Kingdom's forces, having the closest but widest area to cover; reached their destination by nightfall, less than twenty four hours, after leaving the capital. Upon reaching the clearly worn down out post, one of the commanding officers that accompanied the adventurers; dismounted his horse and talked to the officer in charge, to tell them about the allied forces and to catch them up with the plan in general.

The Sorcerer Kingdom gave each group of the allied forces, two back-packs' worth of utility scrolls. These scrolls range from messaging scrolls, which were the majority of the bag's contents. There were also scrolls for healing, curing poison, removing curses and hexes, buffer spells, de-buffing spells, etc. And as soon as they reached their respective destinations, they used the [Message] scrolls to maintain regular communication with their counterparts. And to share valuable information.

After setting up their camp for the night, just outside the outpost building. Nabe secretly contacted Nazarick, and a [Gate] was opened near their location. This got the local soldiers' attention, mixed with both curiosity and fear, since they've never seen anything like it before. The other adventurer teams instructed the local soldiers to stay back and give enough space for what's going to come out of the portal. Now, even the local veteran officers were curious; as to what could prompt powerful looking adventurers to make so much space for whatever's coming from beyond the wide black hole.

The first one to walk through the [Gate] was hulking figure bearing a serpentine-like curved sword, and a spiked tower shield. It was mounted on an undead horse that has no flesh, but, from inside its skeleton frame, it does emit a faint light that just brings more fear to those that saw it. Some of the soldiers fainted on the spot, while the braver ones quickly backed off away from the Death Knight's immediate vicinity. Several of these paired units came out from the opened black portal, after them, came out a few Elder Liches. Looking at their surroundings, they formed two lines and are now just waiting for the next ones to come out.

Then, an even taller and more menacing looking undead walked out from the [Gate]. It was the soul thirsty Vengeance Ronin. Complete with its conical hat, oriental set of armour, several small balls of violet flames, and its pristine, slightly curved sword, that has an elegant and deadly shine on it. Team Darkness was surprised, when the portal did not close after the Vengeance Ronin walked out from it. Then, a rough looking man, wearing baggy jeans and loose fitting shirt stepped out of the portal. He had red long hair, and a handsome face, this was Lycan; a King Werewolf. Practically, an Alpha Male among a wolf pack. Coincidentally, he is Lupusregina Beta's Male counterpart. Nabe was a bit surprised to see Lycan with the undead group, since she was never informed about it.

"Lycan, why are you here? Nabe asked.

"Huh? That's because, Ainz-sama asked me earlier what I wanted as a reward for winning the race. And I heard that the campaign on the Draconic Kingdom is to start today, so I asked if I could join in on the fun? And Ainz-sama allowed me to join you guys. (Nabe just raised an eyebrow.) C'mon guys, just let me have some fun. Don't worry; I won't get in your way." Lycan explained.

"Its fine Lycan, just take care and control your anger. Lord Ainz is curious, as to the reason for the Beastmen's strange behaviour. Also remember that you are NOT to hurt humans and make sure not to antagonize the others. Other than that, you should be fine." Momon chimed in.

"Thank you, so where do I set up camp?" Lycan asked.

"You'll be sleeping in our Pick-up truck. It's actually more comfortable than you'd expect. Here. I'll show you." Momon explained. Then, he went to their pick-up truck and opened up the 'vault' area. There, he showed Lycan the tent materials and then Team Darkness set up their camp. Momon and Lycan assembled the tent, while Nabe and Hamsuke set up the fire.

Hamsuke carried out the portable cooking stove from the truck's storage area (vault), while Nabe set up the portable table for their team. The other adventurer teams did similar tasks, the local soldiers saw the adventurers joined by the civilian volunteers, as they made their food preparations. And they thought it was strange that the new comers didn't even bother collecting firewood to make fire, to cook their food and boil their water. One of the local officers, a sergeant, walked towards one of the adventurer teams near him.

"Uh… excuse me sir. But, I just wish to ask a question, if that's alright with you?" Says, the sergeant.

"Go ahead. What do you want to know?" Bellote Lobos, leader of now Adamantite ranked Adventurer Team Sky Wolf, replied.

"Don't take this the wrong way. But, what exactly are you guys doing? I mean, me and the rest of the guys, are currently cooking our food by the fire. But you guys are just putting your pot… things? Right on top of those things, and you also just put boiled water inside those large cups. I mean, if you guys want some real food, we're willing to share some with you. It's the least we can do for you guys helping us after all." the Sergeant asked his question.

"Oh, ho, ho! Was that it? Ha, ha, ha, no need to worry on asking about it. But according to what we've heard, the soldiers out here should have been given some of these devices a few days ago. Since the Sorcerer King already sent most of the public donations along with your nation's delegation team, during their return. Are you telling me, that none of those relief goods reached the men and women here?" Bellote asked, seriously concerned about the possibility of corruption and maybe even theft of the donations from the citizens of the Sorcerer Kingdom.

"To be honest, I don't know anything about what you said. I'm actually, just curious about these things; that's all. But if we were supposed to have gotten something like this some days ago, like you said. Then, this is the first time I'm hearing about it. It seems that something fishy is going, and now that I've said it; it's making me hungry again. Well, gotta check on our stew now. Thanks for your time." The Sergeant replied.

"No, it is I who should thank you for all that you've said. You may not know it, but what you've just told me will be reported directly to the Sorcerer King and to Queen Draudillon. With this coming to light, your queen can now start to weed out corruption, starting with those taking what was meant for the men on the front lines. Oh, since you asked; these things are called portable cooking stove, there bigger ones meant for home and business use. But these are the kind that suits us adventurers, I mean, you know? Travelling a lot, exploring new places, hunting, you get the picture. (The local officer nodded) with these things, you don't really need to make a camp fire just to cook your food, unless you prefer to, of course. You just turn it on, by turning this dial right here (Bellote demonstrated the device) and put on you cooking pan or pot, or whatever it is you use to cook your food on. And then, you just watch it get cooked in a shorter time than it would usually take, plus you don't make anything that give's out your location, except for the smell of the food itself. Here, give this a try." Bellote explained the device to the local officer, then he gave him a cup of instant noodles. The soldier looked at the cup and at Bellote back to back, quite sceptically. Then, he opened the lid. And for the first time in his life, he experienced the explosion of the inviting aroma coming from the cup.

Bellote gave the man a fork, and when he picked up and saw for the first time, what the 'noodle' looked like. He thought, it was made from some kind of worms. Bellote, sensing his thoughts; told him.

"I know what you're thinking, I thought of it too when I first saw the noodle strands. But they're not from worms, they're actually from a special kind of flour, some eggs, and other spices. Go on, eat it. You'll be glad you did, trust me."

After hearing from Bellote, the sergeant closed his eyes and tried some of the noodles. What he tasted, was nothing short of new spices, new texture, new tastes and new seductive aromas that were attacking his taste buds. And after swallowing the noodle, he can feel his body absorbing the nutrition and warmth from the food he just ate. All that time, he was enjoying the noodles' taste. All he could think was along the lines of; "What have we been eating all this time? Beans and seed stew every day? Fuck that."

It was then that the sergeant asked Bellote.

"This is good! I mean really good. You mean to tell me, we should have had some of these weeks ago? Damn those nobles. I've heard about some talks of us out here in the front lines, getting more food. But they never said anything about it in details, no doubt; someone stole from those donations. I just hoped the Sorcerer King doesn't do to us what he did back at the Katze Plains. No offense." The officer replied.

"Don't worry, his majesty won't do that to the innocent ones. But he finds out who was stupid enough to steal from him? I'm sure that person's gonna begging for forgiveness even in the afterlife. Unfortunately, those idiot nobles that dared to steal from the Sorcerer King's donations meant to help the citizens of the Holy Kingdom. Well, they think that hiding in the Southern Holy Kingdom is enough. And they even declared war against their Northern counterparts, I'm very sure, I don't want to be in there position after King Caspond makes his announcement." Bellote said.

"I'd like to know more about what you're talking about with the Holy Kingdom. But for now, I'll just enjoy this food you gave. Thank you very much sir, I can see it already, right now. The soldiers angry at whoever took all the good stuff for themselves…" The soldier replied.

After that, Bellote informed his team of what he found out. And then they informed Momon, who was their leader for this mission. Momon instructed his comrades to share some of their meals with the local soldiers to make everyone's supper a bit better. A gesture, the mostly malnourished soldiers, greatly appreciated. While Momon talked to the Noble that accompanied them. And upon learning of this, the delegate member that accompanied them to the outpost was so furious at what the other nobles actually dared to do. For not only their idiotic and greedy counter parts just destroyed all that they tried to do, those idiots, actually gave them bigger problems; like possibly facing the wrath of the Sorcerer King. He and Momon talked to the Sergeant to get more useful information, and then, the former delegation team member, ordered a messenger to inform the Queen of what they found out. He was very worried, that these crimes might make the Sorcerer King very upset, enough that the troops that just arrived to help them, might be withdrawn due to the scandal.

Even worse, he was worried, that the Sorcerer King might become their enemy. Definitely the worst case scenario as far that that particular noble is concerned. He ordered some of his trusted men, to keep an eye on the nobles that were assigned with distributing the Sorcerer King's donation from the borders. After having their meals, the groups assigned for the first shift took to help man the walls. Most of these adventurer teams have other races among them, some even have a few Beastman within their ranks. To help ensure safety for both sides, other teams that are composed of humans, or teams with most of their group members being humans; are positioned in between the local soldiers and certain adventurer teams.

"Argh! Fuck! Those assholes! I'll kill all of them, if the queen doesn't! Me and everyone in the delegation team, took risks to bring help to save our nation. And those morons are just thinking of making profit, and enjoying themselves as my people die? Dams them all. I swear on grave of my firstborn son, I will not let them get away with this! You can count on that Sir Momon. I never did trust anyone from their clan, I personally, find their rise to power and wealth, quite questionable. And now it seems, that my instincts were right to do so. You see Sir Momon, my eldest son died fighting the invaders. From what the survivors told me, he could have lived, had he and his men been able to hold the line for just five minutes, FIVE MINUTES. Until the reinforcements arrive, and I don't doubt that they could have. If only they got more nutrition and better equipment, they may not be as strong and incredible as you my good sir. But I assure you, they have enough skill and experience to make it out of there alive, have they gotten the support they needed." Says, Count Arba Le-Vortim Provetos.

Since Lycan was a natural nocturnal predator, Momon assigned him for the first shift. Together with the undead crew, they move around the perimeter; doing routine patrols to make sure they don't get caught off guard. While the others were doing their respective duties. Per Momon's instructions, Nabe casted [Message] to make her report, and update Ainz back in Nazarick. Naturally, Ainz was upset. Not just at the crime committed by some of the nobles. But mostly, at their arrogance and gall to think that they could actually get away with it.

With the new information in hand, Ainz decided to send Aura and Mare to the Draconic Kingdom's Royal Palace, in order to relay his concerns directly to their queen. He also tasked the twins in hunting down the foolish members of the noble classes, and to make examples out of them. For the other side of the continent however, Ainz sent Cocytus and Sebas to handle the upcoming situation in the Northern Roble Holy Kingdom. He also sent Kyouhukou and his family, to secretly investigate and look for Cardinal Dominic and the other two rogue cardinals, just to be sure. Ainz also ordered Entoma and all Insectoid beings in Nazarick, capable of making strong and light materials, to be used in making a customized parachute specifically for Gargantua. Since the Titanic Golem will soon be deployed once he had confirmed the location of Dominic and their forces. After watching the movie "Pacific Rim", Ainz had a 'lightbulb' moment. One that includes Gargantua, dropping from a very large [Gate] opened from several thousand feet from the sky; causing a powerful shockwave in his landing impact.

Now, totally alone in his room. Ainz was getting excited in seeing Gargantua's flashy entrance, and he was sure that the whole Slane Theocracy would both be; awed, excited, afraid, and most likely, stain their trousers upon witnessing his new found fun.

"Oh, I can't wait. I cannot wait. Tch! Dammit, even that was inhibited too huh?" Ainz said in his mind, while rolling over his bed sheets.

Author's Note: A few days ago, when I tried to post the complete first few pages of "Death comes for us all." I was notified of the site's strict rules for posting new stories. I know, I know, I should have been aware of them when I first posted this title right? Well, sort of. But when I read it in details, like, really read it. I realized that my new title may not be welcomed on this site.

So in light of that, I will prioritize posting my works on "Archive of our own dot org" including this title. All that will start next month. I will still try posting "The Nazarick Grand Prix" on this site, as much as I can. I hope those who have enjoyed my work, will continue to support me by continuing to read my work when they are posted on another site. Thank you.