AN: Thank you for all the interest and positive responses. As a first-time writer and not a native English speaker, I honestly didn't expect that. The current plan is to do weekly updates. At this point, I have basically finished the 4th chapter and drafted the 6th one, but I prefer to make regular updates and maybe get ahead a bit then just dump it all at once and then disappear for a month. Overall story will fall in a somewhat similar pattern to the original LN, at least where it will make sense.
Chapter 2 - New world and Floor Guardians.
They all stared silently for a moment. Then Peroroncino spoke up.
"The shitty devs did it again, fucked up closing of servers, and even the interface is gone."
His voice sounded different. It was a bit higher than his usual one but sounded very strong and powerful. It confused him and others even more.
Momonga tried the call GM function right away, to find out what's going on but it just failed.
"Call GM function isn't working as well," stated Momonga. Spooked by his, now, much deeper and regal voice.
"Supreme ones, is something wrong?" a new voice asked. It took few seconds to register but then they all turned in unison to Albedo, who was now kneeling in front of them.
"Did she just spoke?" Ulbert asks with almost a shout.
Albedo's face twists in panic as she switches from kneeling to full-on prostrating before them and sounding close to crying, frantically tries to explain herself.
"Please forgive this foolish servant for speaking out of line, it was not my intention to interrupt."
Momonga, despite the bizarre situation, felt calm, calmer than he ever remembers feeling. Seeing his panicking comrades and Albedo prostrating before them, he instinctively knew, he had to step in and sort things out. He speaks up in the same regal voice as before.
"Please calm down Albedo, you have done nothing wrong, Ulbert was merely surprised that you spoke up to us. None of us remember you doing so before. You may rise." Surprising himself of how natural it felt for him to give out a command.
Albedo looked up to him returning to kneeling position. Lord Momonga was right she never had spoken like this to them. It confused her now. Was it connected to the reason why Supreme Ones was so agitated before her? Only her beloved Lord Momonga was calm but she expected that of him.
It was Tabula who spoke next. He had stared at Albedo for some time and now was pointing at her.
"Aura around her, like a shining dark star, she is real now."
"What the hell you mean, what's going on? " asked Buku in a panicked voice.
With voice just as frantic Tabula answered "Don't you feel it, your body, the sensations, smell, vision. How it all feels."
Buku was silent for a moment and then just said "I can see in all directions at once..." she seemingly was in shock and was a step away from a full breakdown.
"Supreme ones, has something gone wrong, can I help somehow?" Albedo's voice sounded much more panicked.
Momonga started to freak out as well. Tabula saying that this is real now, his friends panicking, Albedo's frantic voice. But he felt forcibly calmed down. It felt so easy to just analyze the situation around him with almost cold detachment. His mind seemingly worked with the speed of light.
"Let's just figure everything out now, Albedo please come here," Momonga says still sitting on his throne.
Albedo responds happily "Of course Lord Momonga." as she rapidly approaches him almost pushing her impressive rack in his skeletal face.
"Albedo may I touch you?"
Albedo responds with a wide smile saying loudly "Yes my lord touch me however you like."
The close presence of her made Momonga nervous as Albedo's cleavage so close to his skeletal face that despite his calm state was distracting. He gently touches Albedo's arm and she winces in pain immediately. Momonga lets her go right away remembering that his Negative touch was active. He quickly turned it off and apologized,
"I'm sorry, I forgot to turn of Negative touch and caused you pain by accident."
Albedo just said with the same wide smile "Don't worry my love, I will bear any pain for you."
With that both Peroroncino and Bukubukuchagama snap out of their shocked state "Love?"
Tabula drags them and Ulbert aside before they can shout some more and quietly explains that he, with Momonga's permission, changed Albedo a day ago to be in love with Momonga.
With everything happening it seemed such a minor thing that no one asks additional questions.
"Albedo can you check Nazarick's systems and confirm that everything functions?" Momonga commands her and she opens consoles right away starting the task.
Momonga ordered her to do so, not only to see if Nazarick still functions but also to distract her from the current situation. In mere moments he, to his own surprise, had made various plans and checklists to figure out the situation fully. First, he tests the message function on his friends.
{ Can you hear me? } is the first message he sent to all of them and when getting a positive answer from all of them continues.
{ Albedo had a pulse, smell, and body warmth, and seeing her act like a person all but confirms that this is real somehow. I will give her some tasks to get her off our backs so we can get to the conference room and figure out what is going on. }
Seeing nods of approval he turns to Albedo again and asks.
"Does everything function normally?" He asked Albedo to see how fast she will go through all the stats expecting to report maybe one or two systems.
"I don't see any discrepancies in Nazarick's functions Lord Momonga."
Momonga cursed a bit inside 'Damm, she works fast'. They still needed to find out what was going outside Nazarick.
"Excellent, Albedo set Nazarick's defenses to the maximum for now and send out..." who to send out? Floor guardians were out of question same as Albedo, but weak force could be wiped out right away. It left only one option. "Send out Sebas with two Pleiades assisting him. He is to observe surroundings within a 5-kilometer radius and if he encounters intelligent or hostile life he is to return immediately, my friends and I will go to the conference room to discuss future actions to take."
"Understood Lord Momonga, it shall be done."
He then motions for the rest of them to follow and once they are conference room lets out a sigh.
"Thank, god, Momonga didn't crap his pants like most of us and handled that like a true guild leader." Buku was the first to speak up.
"Yeah, us being stuck here and walking, talking Albedo was a bit too much. So any ideas what's going on?" her brother Peroroncino chipped in.
"I think I was calm only because of my, now undead form, when I at one point started to panic I just calmed down forcibly."
Tabula replied "This is a reality now, your auras, your energy radiates out of you and me like we are the gods. My own senses have risen to levels I didn't believe possible. Also seems that my mind works much faster than before."
"What do you mean, your mind working faster?" Ulbert asks.
"Hmm... how much is 5864 x 32577?" asked Tabula to no one in particular.
Ulbert was first to answer "191'031'528, it still..." it only took a fraction of a second for to Ulbert realize that he just multiplied insane numbers instantly and the rest of them to not only know it was the right answer but also that they knew that Ulbert answered right.
"So we are much more now than just regular humans? I still feel like myself I think, but my senses are much sharper." half asked, half confirmed Momonga.
"I, for one, don't want to be a walking pile of slimy flesh, no amount of powers will convince me to stay like this!" Buku announced.
"I think one of Pleiades, Solution was similar to you, but she can keep herself in a form of a human, not sure how I feel being an undead skeleton myself. From one side, I don't need to eat, sleep or feel tired ever again but from the other, I can't even eat. I hope the doppelganger ring will at least let me eat. Anyone else feels different?" after a short self-reflection Momonga asked.
"Hmm, I feel much lighter, and everyone seemingly moves in slow motion from my perspective but otherwise I just feel hungry and want to get laid badly." Peroroncino started to explain but then his eyes went wide at the mention of getting laid and he stuttered with horror.
"Shalltear...Shalltear is real now. All the things I wrote in her backstory!"
Then despite his black fur Ulbert went white and lamented,
"Demiurge, all the fucking demons. We made Nazarick as lair of villans. We a screwed aren't we!"
Buku was more calm but still regretful "I was away for so long. Twins will they hate me now, how can I even look in their eyes, I didn't even go to visit them before all this."
Finally, Momonga just stated "We can't know for sure until we find out. Albedo seemed loyal after all."
At the mention of her Buku snapped out of her regrets "Oh yeah, she is clearly after your bony dick Momonga, what the hell you and Tabula were thinking to force her to love you?"
Tabula was one to retort "She is not forced to love she just feels love towards Momonga just like her sisters do."
Momonga asked after some thought, "Tabula you wrote in Rubedos backstory that she is loyal to me right?"
"Yes, she should be loyal to you above all else."
"So if Nazarick turns on us we have a way out, she alone can stand against about half of Nazarick combined, we just need to activate her. That being said we still need to find out what the rest of Nazarick thinks about us, we are not humans exactly anymore so there should be no real reason for them to turn hostile towards us, at least for now."
"So you say we just go chat with them, you have any idea what Demiurge alone can come up with?" Ulbert asks.
"Yes I know what you wrote in his backstory, but if he thinks we are part of Nazarick then he will not act with evil towards us, so I propose we gather all floor guardians in the 6th-floor arena and ask how they feel about us. Also, Arena is a good place to test out skills in case any of guardians turn on us."
"I don't think I can face them," Peroroncino spoke up and Buku just agreed with him.
Momonga just sighed and after a moment of silence says "I will go, either way, I need to find out for all of us. If something goes wrong I will try to warn you all, but just in the case be prepared if they attempt to kill me, I will have no other option than to activate Rubedo."
"I'm coming with you. I can't let you do it alone and they are our responsibility after all." Ulbert states, determined to come along.
"I think we, at least for now talk with them like we own this place and are their superiors," mentions Momonga.
"If Nazarick functions as usual they should think of us as their leaders, I will contact Albedo and ask, no tell her to gather floor guardians in the arena."
{ Albedo! }
{ Lord Momonga, how can I serve? }
{ Gather floor guardians in the 6th-floor arena in one hour. Except for 4h floor guardian Gargantua and 8th-floor guardian Victim. I will contact Aura and Mare myself. }
{ It will be done, my lord. }
"Ok, Ulbert let's head to the maw of the beast," says Momonga and teleports to the 6th floor."
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Momonga appears on steps of an immense arena, modeled after the colosseum of Rome, with Ulber appearing next to him moments later. Seats are filled with golems and continuous light is cast everywhere giving the feeling of modern lighting. They both casually walk down the step until they hit the sandy floor level.
Aura's head pokes out of VIP lodge. It is about 6 stories up from ground level. Aura hops over and jumps down, does Somersault mid-fall, and with a small shockwave hits the ground, shows V signs with both hands, and starts running towards them with great speed. Luckily both Momonga and Ulbert managed to keep their composure as Aura ran up to them. She stopped just moments before crushing into them and wiped her forehead.
Then she greeted Momonga in that ever so slightly too-loud voice: "Welcome to the floor my brother and I guard, Lord Momonga and Lord Ulber Alain Odle!"
{ For a moment I almost shat my pants when she was charging at us, I think I will get into the role of Ulbert fully, for now, poke me if I go overboard. } Ulbert messaged.
"Thanks, we will intrude a bit if you don't mind Aura," Momonga replied and intentionally called her by the name in case Ulbert had forgotten it.
"What are you talking about? You are the ruler of the great tomb of Nazarick Lord Momonga, no one would ever be bothered to receive a visit from you or other supreme ones."
Momonga heard Ulbert sigh of relief and asked Aura.
"By the way, I see only you here..." as if taking a cue Aura swings around and shouts in direction of the VIP balcony, "Mare don't be rude and come here, Lord Momonga and lord Ulber Alain Odle is visiting."
Ulbert makes a somewhat creepy smile still not adjusted to his new form and says "Lord Ulbert is just fine Aura."
While Aura looks unnerved by Ulber's expression, running down the stairs is heard and moments Mare runs out of the door at ground level and is approaching while fixing his short skirt.
Ulbert sends Momonga a message { I almost forgot that Buku is just as perverted as her brother. Who the hell make children crossdress like this? }
Just don't say that to her, we will never find your body if you do.
Ulbert snorted out loudly trying to hold back laughter and freaking out both Aura and Mare. Who both stared at Ulbert and Momonga a bit shaken.
Aura was one to ask with head lowered while Mare was in the same position with his hands shaking "Lord Ulbert, did we do something wrong?"
Ulbert was never particularly good with children but he knew he had to put them at ease, So he walked up to them patted their heads, and said, "Do not worry children, you have done nothing wrong."
"Ulbert and I came here to do some tests on spells and summons," Momonga said to divert the twin's attention from Ulbert.
First, they started with simple attack spells on target dummies. Seeing that they both could cast spells just fine, and instantly knew how strong the spell will be and how much mana it will use, delighted them. It almost went south when Ulbert tested his 8th tier spell - nuclear beam and accidentally destroyed 23 golems in the spectator area. Luckily Ulbert stopped it before it went above the spectator line and hit ceiling.
Momonga observed the destroyed part of the arena and remarked "I guess we will have to be careful with 8th tier and above," to which Ulbert vehemently agreed.
They then move to summon spells. Momogna starts first and summons the lowest level undead he has. To his relief, they show absolute loyalty and kill each other when the command is given. Ulbert does the same with basic imps. Although low-tier demons are more intelligent than low-tier undead they show the same absolute loyalty to the summoner.
Both twins are sitting on arenas steps and looking in awe of the simple tests Momonga and Ulbert are doing. Aura is contacted by Albedo while they observe.
{ Aura, please explain what caused damage in the arena on your watch? }
{ Lord Ulbert tested the spell and it hit part of golems and... }
{ Understood, keep watch and assist them if needed. }
After all the basic tests were done Momonga decided to test out the guild staff and summoned a greater fire elemental in the middle of the arena. It was in the upper 80's in terms of power. It stood awaiting orders. Momonga wanted to see how floor guardians would fare against it so he turned to twins and asked.
"Do you want to try and fight it?"
Aura flashed a wide smile and agreed with great enthusiasm but Mare showed fear and uncertainty. Momonga motioned for them to start. He and Ulbert observed the fight. Aura was using 6 meters long sword-like whip and battling elemental head-on while Mare provided buffs and shielding for his sister. It was a one-sided battle since both of them were level 100. It took them only a few minutes to destroy the elemental and they ran up to Momonga a bit sweaty.
"How was it?" Momonga asked them.
"It was awesome, but a bit weak for both of us." Aura replies in an upbeat voice.
"Y-you s-should be m-more careful sis." Mare chips in.
"I was careful Mare, it didn't hit me once!"
"Just like Pero and Buku," Ulbert remarks making both twins blush a bit at the mention of their creator and her brother.
Seeing that both twins had broken out In sweat, Momonga wanted to show some appreciation for their effort and realized that he hadn't tested his ability to access inventory. Every starting player got 40 slots in Yggdrasil, anyone of course could find storage items and buy additional storage space. As an almost obsessive collector, Momonga had bought far too many extra slots and filled them up. He was convinced that he would not admit even to his closest friends that he had 16480 inventory slots. Unbeknown to him second-largest player inventory in Yggdrasil was only 3240 slots.
With little concentration, he felt how to reach every item in his immense storage and asked twins,
"Are you both thirsty?" and took endless water pitcher out of his storage together with 2 glasses and offer them to twins.
Both twins get very nervous and try to politely refuse.
"It's just water please take this small token."
They nervously take offered glasses. Aura takes big gulps rapidly drinking the water and spilling it from the sides of her lips while Mare takes slow and careful sips to not waste a single drop of water. Differences in their personalities are very apparent.
Bukubukuchagama designed them to represent the relationship that she thought, she and her brother Peroroncino should have. Aura the brash brave sister and Mare the timid and quiet brother.
At this moment Sebas contacts him via Message
{ Lord Momonga we have a situation, Nazarick is surrounded by grasslands. }
{ Grasslands...that's unexpected, any hostiles, landmarks? }
{ No, just grasslands as far as eyes can see and some non-hostile animals roaming around. }
{ Any danger from grass, land effects?" }
{ None what so ever Lord. }
{ I see, return inside Imeadiatly and come to the sixth-floor arena, I will listen to your full report in person there. }
{ As you wish my lord, Sebas sent a final message. }
Momonga turns to Ulbert saying "Sebas just reported that Nazarick is surrounded by grasslands."
"What, that means we are not in Helheim anymore, but hmm...are we even in any of Yggrasil worlds anymore?"
"I'm unsure but it kinda makes sense that we are in some different world entirely, maybe Tabula will have some idea, he seems to knew, something like this would happen."
"Yeah, we are squeezing info out of his after this."
"Oh, that reminds me, rest of the floor guardians should arrive soon," Momonga states to Aura and Mare.
"Does that mean Shalltear is coming too?" Aura whined and as on cue gate opened and a petite beauty in victorian dress stepped through.
"Oh, am I the first to arrive?" she spoke in a voice younger than one would expect from her tone. The moment her gaze fell on Momonaga her face twisted in a happy smile, her eyes glistening with joy.
"Lord Momonga" she exclaimed and she finally noticed Ulbert beside him and quickly added "Lord Ulber Alain Oodle, " as she curtsied for both of them.
Shalltear then asks "Have other supreme ones returned as well?" with a clear indication of who she hopes to see again.
Momonga was one to answer "Besides us, Peroroncino, Bukubukuchagama, and Tabula Smaragdina also have returned."
Hearing her creator has returned Shalltear's face lit up in even more joys expression and elf twin's perked up their ears hearing of their creator's return. But moments later Shalltear's expression grew worried as she asked.
"Did Lord Peroroncino not wish to see me?" twin elf faces also become worried. Seeing this Momonga tried to calm them down to not escalate to the situation.
"Do not worry you will see them soon enough, some unexpected events have happened and we all are trying to figure out the details. If you wish I will inform your creators that you seek an audience with them."
Hearing this, all 3 eagerly noded with their expressions relaxing again and Momonga made mental note to tell both Pero and Buku how eager their creations are to meet them.
After a bit of thinking Aura asks Shalltear in an accusative tone, "By the way Shalltear why did you use a gate to come here, you know teleporting within the Nazarick isn't allowed without a serious reason?"
"I simply didn't want our lord to wait" Shalltear replied smugly.
"You entered the arena normally, you could just run here, oh wait, that would mess with your stuffed bra?" Aura shoots back.
"You are one to talk, you are flat as a board, seriously Mare dealing with the sister of yours must be a pain" Shalltear sneered back.
"I'm only 76 so I still have plenty of time to grow and develop, you, however, are stuck with that undead body of yours," Aura retorted and Momonga started to see hostility growing between but before he could split them apart he was interrupted with.
"IS THIS HOW YOU BEHAVE IN FRONT OF SUPREME ONES!" was said in a deep voice as fifth-floor guardian Cocytus came into view. The temperature started to drop significantly as he neared them. Some distance behind him Demiurge approached. His spiked tail moved behind him as he walked with Albedo beside him.
They joined other floor guardians and Demiurge came closer to Momonga and Ulbert. He dropped on one knee and greeted them.
"Lord Momonga, Lord Ulbert Alain Odle," he then turned to Ulbert saying as his voice broke "Lord Ulbert Alain Odle, you have returned to us, thank you for giving us another chance to prove ourselves."
Ulbert almost teared up. In front of him was his creation, who now looked up to him as a father who had returned to his child after many years of absence and blaming himself for his creator's absence. Ulbert somehow managed to keep his composure and said to Demiurge as he put a hand on his shoulder.
"Please rise Demiurge, I left for my own reasons, you are not at fault, I'm proud that Nazarick stands and I can only say thank you to Momonga and all the guardians for doing such a great job protecting it."
Demiurge stood up wiped tears behind this glass saying "Thank you Lord Ulbert Alain Odle." and returns to stand with other floor guardians who were watching the unfolding scene and also getting emotional from Ulbert's heartfelt words.
The silence was interrupted by Albedo, as she spoke. "Now, then, let us perform the ritual of allegiance."
The guardians all nodded, and before Momonga could get a word in, they'd arranged themselves with Albedo in front and the other guardians lined up behind her. Their expressions were all stiffly ceremonious. Any hint of a jokey atmosphere had vanished.
Shalltear, at the end of the line, took a step forward. "Guardian of the First, Second, and Third Levels, Shalltear Bloodfallen. I bow before you, O Supreme Ones." She dropped to one knee and put a hand over her chest, bowing her head low. After Shalltear, Cocytus stepped forward.
"GUARDIAN OF THE FIFTH LEVEL, COCYTUS. I BOW BEFORE YOU, O SUPREME ONES."
He took the same humble posture as Shalltear and bowed to Momonga.
Next, the two dark elves stepped forward.
"Guardian of the Sixth Level, Aura. I bow before you, O Supreme Ones."
"G-Guardian of the 6th floor also, Mare. I b-bow before you, O Supreme Ones."
As expected, they also got down on one knee and bowed their heads low. Shalltear, Cocytus, Aura, Mare. They were built differently, so there should have been some discrepancy in the size of their steps, but their kneeling positions formed a straight line.
Then Demiurge took a graceful step forward.
"Guardian of the Seventh Level, Demiurge. I bow before you, O Supreme Ones." Though his tone was cool, he made an extremely heartfelt bow without breaking his elegant demeanor.
Finally, Albedo stepped forward. "Overseer of the floor guardians, Albedo. I bow before you, O Supreme Ones." Smiling faintly at Momonga, she kneeled in the manner of the other guardians. But for Albedo, that wasn't the end. With her head bowed, she made her voice carry and gave her last report.
"Excepting Guardian of the Fourth Level, Gargantua, and Guardian of the Eighth Level, Victim, the floor guardians have gathered before you… Your orders, O Supreme One! We offer our complete devotion to you."
Seeing it all Momonga panicked a bit and unleashed his Aura of despair by accident and didn't even notice it. Aura by itself was devastating enough but it also was strengthened by the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, overwhelming guardians. Ulbert took it as a cue to play up 'we rule this place act', activated his own aura of darkness to add extra effect and with hands spread out, holding his own staff in one hand he spoke with a wide smile that terrified even the floor guardians.
"Excellent, Lord Momanga, I and all the other Supreme Ones are very pleased with your devotion," and let out a maniacal laugh.
Momonga messaged him right away, { Ulbert, you are overdoing it. }
"Please save your appreciation. We offer you not only our devotion but our very selves. It is most natural that we should heed your call, None of us would think twice but to serve Supreme Ones, our very creators, the perfect existences fully."
None of the other guardians tried to cut in. As Overseer, Albedo was truly their unified voice.
As they rose in unison, Sebas arrived saying "I'm sorry for the delay but I have returned with my report."
Momonga was first to react "Good job Sebas, please explain to everyone what you saw outside."
"Yes of course my Lord. It seems that Nazarick is transported to an unknown location and where is surrounded by grasslands with no intelligent life or artificial structures within a 5-kilometer distance."
"Since we have no clear information on the outside world we must proceed with caution, as for now, no one is to leave Nazarick without our explicit permission," Momonga stated.
"We all must be on high alert, there is no telling what we can expect from the outside world also we need to conceal Nazarick. I don't think illusion magic alone will cut it so I would like to hear your input."
After a moment of thinking, it was Mare who spoke up "W-e could c-c-cover walls with dirt and grew plants out of it."
"You want to soil walls of Nazarick with dirt?" came a quiet and low growl from Albedo, but she was rebuked by Ulbert right away.
"Albedo don't interrupt if you have nothing constructive to say."
The atmosphere shifted right away as Albedo quietly apologized visibly afraid. Although rebuke was not addressed at them other guardians also tensed up. Momonga quickly cathed up and tried to defuse the heavy atmosphere.
"Would it be possible to cover up walls in such a way?"
"Yes, I believe so if y-you would forgive me for doing so."
"Then I'll leave it to you to start the work right away, also if possible make other hills around the tomb area, lone hill might stand out a bit too much."
"Y-yes i-it will be done Lord Momonga."
"As for the rest of you, Nazarick will be on high alert until we know more."
Momonga was ready to dismiss them when Ulbert asked a simple question
"I would like to know, how you view us, the Supreme ones?" and motions for Shalltear to be first to speak.
"Beauty incarnate, nothing compares to supreme ones with Lord Momonga above them," Shalltear replies
promptly. It was obvious from the unhesitating speed at which she responded
that what she said was what she really thought.
"Cocytus?"
"PERSONIFICATION OF POWER, NO GUARDIAN CAN COMPERE, WITH LORDS MOMONGA AS GREATEST EXAMPLE.
"Aura?"
"Merciful and exceedingly considerate, with Lord Momonga caring about us the most."
"Mare?"
"I think supreme ones are very nice to us, especially Lord Momonga."
"Demiurge?"
"Wise beyond our meager understanding, with lord Momonga particularly enigmatic and near impossible to predict."
"Sebas?"
"Our wise and merciful creators, with Lord Momonga being the one who watched over us while others were away."
"Last but not least, Albedo."
"Ones who stand above all else, lead by their exalted leader as well the man I Love, Lord Momonga."
"We are pleased with your wows. Take a short rest and carry out your orders." Momonga finally says and both he and Ulbert teleport away.
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Righ after Momonga and Ulbert teleported away, the oppressive pressure of their auras disappeared and floor guardians made sighs of relief.
"T-that was scary, sis" Mare was first to speak.
"Yeah, their auras were crushing, and when Lord Ulbert Alain Odle started to laugh I almost soiled myself," added Aura.
"I NEWER KNEW THEY WERE SO POWERFUL." Cocytus was next to share his experience.
"They didn't use auras when we were alone with them, Lord Momonga was very nice to us," Mare added making the rest of the guardians quite jealous.
"With your permit Lady Albedo, I will be heading back, I don't know where Lord Momonga went but I should be at his side as a head butler," Sebas addressed Albedo.
That snapped Albedo out of the euphoric trance state that she was in due to Momonga's overpowering aura and replied "Of course Sebas, Lord Momonga mentioned conference room so I think all of the supreme ones will be gathered there."
"Understood, then I shall await my orders outside of the conference room," Sebas says, bows, and leaves the arena with a brisk pace as Demiurge notices Shalltear's heavy breathing and asks.
"Are you OK, Shalltear?"
"Y-yes I'm fine, their presence was so awesome that my underwear went through a crisis."
"Disgusting bitch!" Albedo shouted at her.
"Oh you are one to speak, you big-mouthed gorilla, I could smell the state of your underwear from the first fucking floor!" Shalltear shouted back.
They now both glared at each other letting out low growls.
"Aura I'll leave those two to you," said Demiurge as he was leaving.
"Hey...wait!" Aura shouted after him but there was no use. A shouting match was going on and Aura just stared helplessly at them as even Mare had managed to slip away leaving her alone to deal with it. She had a feeling it will go into blows soon but they soon finished shouting insults at each other and started arguing who of them will be the head wife of Momonga. Aura just let out a sigh and left Arena, leaving them both to their devices.
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Ulbert and Momonga teleported back to the conference room where others awaited them.
"So how did it go?" Peroroncino was first to ask and then quickly added " Hey Momo turn that Aura off, my feathers are starting to stand up."
Momonga finally realized that his aura of despair was on, quickly turned it off and for a moment wondered how long it was on.
Ulbert turns off his own Aura and starts explaining how it went "They all swore to serve us and when I asked how they felt about us, it turns out they basically worshiped us. And their views on Momonga are on another level entirely. In their eyes, the rest of us can't hold a candle to him, right Momo?"
"I just don't really understand why they hold us in such regard especially me?"
"Realy Momo, one who took care of them all this time while the rest of us quit the game, I have no idea how this all works now that they are alive, but it's a fair guess that they remember at least some parts from before right?" Buku speculated.
Then Tabula spoke up "I think they remember quite a lot, two days ago, when Momonga and I went and changed my daughters, I could sense their reactions towards Momonga and some could even be seen."
"Speaking of which Tabula it is time for you to tell everything. I sure as hell know you have kept silent about things, you fucking knew this would happen and didn't say anything beforehand. And by the way, outside of Nazarick is a grassland now, so we have no idea where we even are." Ulbert addressed him in an accusatory tone.
"I didn't say anything because that would hinder your choice, just as one who gave me hints didn't explain everything to me. If any of you want to return to earth to their old life I will do anything to help it happen. As for what I know, there isn't much more. I knew something big would happen and Nazarick would change but to what extent I had no idea. For now, I can try to find out what I can in the astral realm."
"I don't want to go back," Momonga said first seemingly already made this decision beforehand and others nodded one by one. Their old life was shit, even if they weren't human anymore their lives would be infinitely better even if they could never leave Nazarick.
"Speaking of outside wold, we ordered Mare to conceal Nazarick as the simple mound and until further notice forbid anyone leaving Nazarick until we know more," Momonga added.
"You think something might attack us? Then shouldn't we activate Rubedo right away just in case, you said she would be loyal to you?" Peroroncino asked.
"We might just as well, if she is alive as the rest of NPC's it would be cruel to leave her inactive. Oh, that reminds me, Shalltear, Aura, and Mare wished to meet you, Pero, and Buku.
Buku asked with uncertainty "Aren't they angry at us for leaving?"
It was Ulbert that answered their worries "When we were in the arena with Momonga, Demiurge came to me and looked at me like a child seeing his father after few years of absence, he fucking cried when I told him it was not his fault I left. Demiurge what I thought will be an evil monster cried like a child seeing me. I felt like some deadbeat father who had left his child and fucked off for years."
Peroronino was deep in thought and when Momonga asked if he is alright he replayed "I, you know I don't know how to approach Shalltear when I made her It was with that cute lewd loli waify in mind, but being here I feel more like she is my daughter, I'm afraid..."
It was Buku who asked his brother in an uncharacteristically gentle voice "Afraid of what brother?"
"That, she will want to sleep with me, I...shit...why did I make her in such way."
"You know if you feel like she is your daughter she probably will think of you as her father. And even though you are a fucked up pervert I don't think you wrote incest fetish in her backstory."
"No, I didn't, thanks, sis..." Peroroncino told his sister and with newfound resolve added "I will go talk to her later, but now I'm starving, there must be some food somewhere in Nazarick."
Momonga contacted Sebas, asking for brink food in the conference room as Bukukukuchagama turned to him and asked,
"How you and I gonna eat?"
Momonga slid a ring over the table to say and put one on his free finger saying "These are doppelganger rings, just pick a form..."
but didn't manage to finish, as Bukubukuchagama eagerly grabbed the ring, absorbed it in her red gelatinous mass, and activated it thinking of the form she wanted to take the most.
She quickly transforms into a humanoid shape as skin and hair rapidly grow on her. She has the same heterochromia eyes and long golden hair as Aura and Mare. What she didn't account for was that changing to a humanoid there would not be a single piece of clothing and armor on her, as slime didn't equip anything resembling clothing and now was standing nude in front of them. She was never particularly shy but now with the curvy and toned body, she made herself and large shapely breasts, she had no problem standing nude.
Momonga had stared at her for about half a second with mouth bit open and her gorgeous looks were burned in his mind. Then he rapidly snapped out of it, reached into his storage, took out a simple robe, and tossed it at her, turning his head away being embarrassed by the fact that he stared at all.
Bukubukuchagama quickly dressed saying "Thanks big brother Momonga, I didn't expect to give you all such a show" and giving a wink to Momonga.
She was always a bit flirty with him so she could easily play off her mishap.
Momonga activates his ring as well. He had saved few forms in it, which he used in raids on enemy guild bases, since he was left alone, he needed various builds to clear them. The first idea was to switch to human but Nazarick, for the most part, hated them and he didn't felt like one anymore anyway so demon sounded like a better option. The moment he activated it flesh rapidly grew on his face and to his surprise for a very brief moment he felt pain. His skeletal face was replaced with a demonic one. Grayish skin with a bit of blue tint, dark eyes, sharp teeth, and two horns sprouting upwards from his head. Two large wings grew out of his upper back seemingly ignoring his robe, which retracted, giving them space to grow out of. Wings felt like part of him right away. Flying was one of the things he wanted to test, but that could wait.
Only about 2 minutes had passed and there was a knock on the door, Momonga told them to come in. Pestonya, a maid with a sown-up dog's head showed up with 10 homunculus maids each carrying a plater with appetizers. Maids looked a bit out of breath as if they had run as fast as they could with platers in their hands.
Pestonya bowed, as 2 plates were put in front of each of them and were presented with menus by the maids, and spoke "Apologies for the delay, I shall take your orders for the main course if you please, a woof."
Momonga and others were stunned, looking at the number of appetizers presented to them. Peroroncino snapped out of it first ordered a steak and started eating. The rest of them ordered as well. For all of them, it felt weird, none of them had ever been to a high-class restaurant after all.
The next hour was spent trying out various appetizers, then each eating a luxurious main course, and deserts at the end.
As maids were taking away empty plates they were sitting with satisfied faces and Peroronicno, as usual, was first to speak "That was heavenly, I didn't know food can taste so good," as others nodded in agreement.
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Momonga was in his quarters on the 9th floor. Each of them decided to do or try things on their own, now that they knew Nazarick was safe for them. He only has an hour since they all agreed to meet for a walk outside. Momonga first was against the idea but trying to breathe fresh air was something even he couldn't pass besides, a combination of all 5 of them could take down a world boss.
Momonga was testing out various equipment. He was curious if he could wield a sword as a caster which he couldn't in-game. He picked the sword by the handle feeling how light it was. Being a level 100, even as a caster gave him immensely high stats, and even though, his strength was lacking compared to the other stats, he felt abnormally strong compared to his human self in past. For a moment he wondered how Buku and Pero felt as their strength was much higher than his. Swinging the sword around turned out was no problem, but he still lacked even basic skill and technique. In his skeletal hands, the sword was nothing more than a sharp club.
A maid was standing near and watching him intently. When he and his friends split up Sebas had insisted to provide each with a maid in case the 'Supreme ones' needed anything. He had tried to turn it down to no avail. In his case, it was Narberal Gamma, a dark-haired beauty with Asian features. Momonga had noticed how unhappy she looked to not be of any use to him. He internally sighed as he continued to swing the sword and then decided to drop it 'by accident' and ordered for her to pick it up. It was a small gesture from him but she now looked much happier, although, as before, tried to not show it. Momonga made a mental, note to remember to give small tasks to servants to make them feel useful.
Momonga also did some tests with other weapon types and armor and got the same results. He could technically use everything but he simply didn't have the skills to use it properly. He was wondering could he and others now level up or more precisely just learn new skills and magic. The concept of level seems to have faded, but the idea of overall power level stayed.
Ulbert was inspecting his living area with Yuri alpha following him around. She was a beautiful woman with an intelligent look, dressed in a maids outfit. The thing that stood out was her blue-collar. Yuri as a Dullahan was a type of undead that has a detached head and in Yuri's case, blue-collar kept her head in place.
Ulbert was enjoying his new life right away. Not being in pain and feeling strong was great and a maid following him around didn't hurt either. His quarters are beyond luxurious. From silk sheets on his bed to a nice bar filled with expensive drinks and then there was a bath, in fact, his new bathroom was much bigger than his old apartment on earth. He realized that if Momonga hadn't invited him to come online last day of Yggdrasil he wouldn't be here.
'I really need to thank him for that invite' he thought. At some point, he just wondered if he had died and gone to heaven. So many things to try and enjoy, his closest friends with him. Darker memories surfaced for a moment. Ulber on earth was an orphan with no education. As a bright kid he had managed to learn to read and write on his own but no one gave a shit. He was tossed at a low-end job at age of 16. And at 30 his health had gone to shit. if not for this he most likely wouldn't even live another month. but then he pushed them away. It was a shitty past and nothing more, now just decide what to do for an hour.
Ulbert decided to take a bath but right away the problem accrued. Yuri simply refused to just leave, she even offered to replace herself with another maid if she was the problem. After some back and forth he just gave up and decided to take bath with her present, if she wanted to watch, that was on her. First, he was a bit self-conscious but soon realized that even though he was a caster he was ripped, with an almost steel-like physique and he didn't complain about his junk size either.
Just relaxing in a bath was almost a divine experience for him. Yuri just stood near the bath with a towel and bathrobe. Yuri was standing still land awaiting orders as a proper maid should. As undead, her overall feelings were dampened same as Momonga has. Otherwise, she would have been red in the face when the supreme one undressed and took a bath in front of her. Finally, Ulbert was getting out and she was ready to dry him off with a towel but he to her disappointment managed to wrestle the towel away from her and dry off himself.
Tabula was in a deep trance traversing the Astral realm for answers. First, he tried to contact the same being that gave him hints about Nazarick becoming real but no answer came. There were other ways to find information, so he started to look into the basic rules of the world. It was quite clear that most game restrictions didn't exist anymore like the number of spells one could learn and their types also didn't matter anymore just one's capacity to learn. What weapons one could learn and class restrictions. In place of the level cap now was one's maximum potential. But to Tabula's surprise, he found an interesting solution right away, a lesser spirit wanting to gain his favor, revealed that an item called Endless Strive could increase the potential of a being and that Momonga possessed it. What was even greater, the so-called one of twenty world items would not disappear in the world if soulbound. There was such functionality in-game for up to epic items, but now it could be applied to even the greatest of world items if the proper ritual was used. Tabula found and learned the ritual intending to teach it to his friends.
As time functions differently in astral real Tabula didn't need to worry about being late for their walk as even days spent here would only be minutes in the physical realm. He continued exploring useful information and found another interesting thing. Because of their almost godlike power and nature they could call themselves gods and accelerate the learning of what they were gods of.
Shizu Delta was standing near Tabula as he sat in a deep trance traversing the astral world. She wore a blank expression. CZ2128 Delta or just Shizu Delta was an automaton. She rarely expresses emotions and just observing the supreme one that paid her no attention.
Peroroncino was in the 9th-floor dojo testing out how weapons worked since he wasn't fully ready to face Shalltear and he had nothing better to do. Lupusregina Beta was a maid that managed to be assigned to him for a day and was happily sparing with Pero even though she could match neither his strength nor speed.
Peroroncino was very flirtatious with her and Lupus flirted back, being very happy with the attention he was giving her. She pretended to be mad when he managed to slap her butt for the fifth time while she swung the sword at him. She stuck out her tongue and taunted him as a pervert but only made Peroroncino laugh, puff out his chest and proudly announce that he will wear the title of a pervert with great pride, and she better watch her butt for the sixth strike will come soon.
After a 30 minute match, Perorocino had barely warmed up but Lupus was panting heavily covered in sweat. She wore a wide smile and her wolf ears twitched happily under her hat. Her mood dropped only when Peroroncino informed her that he will join other supreme one's for a walk outside and she will be left behind.
Buku was picking out armor, she could wear as an elf, in the armory with Solution Epsilon as her assigned maid. At first, she just wanted to visit Aura and Mare but going out in just the robe Momonga gave her didn't sit right with her, she was tank after all. So nothing less than heavy plate armor on her new form would suffice.
Seeing Momonga's creation for the first time, Pandora's actor. was amusing, to say the least. When he exaggeratedly greeted her and Solution and called them both mademoiselle's she couldn't help but giggle. The solution wasn't too thrilled about it though and just glared at him silently. Buku noticed Solutions glare wasn't as much of annoyance but envy.
To distract her she started to ask about Solutions shapeshifting abilities and soon they happily chatted while picking out armors for Buku. Buku also took some dresses that she liked although most of them were with caster stats and served only as fancy clothing.
Solution explained how she changed her forms as slime and even though Buku wasn't really a lime she was similar enough to take her advice on how to practice shapeshifting without the doppelganger ring Momonga was provide her with.
She had finally picked gear she liked, and even though it wasn't divine quality she had managed to get a stat build that worked almost perfectly for her with immensely high defense, hatred management, and resistance stats. her strength and agility were a bit lacking but as long as her friends were with her she just needed to soak all the attacks.
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After an hour they all gathered at Nazarick's entrance for a walk outside. Somehow both Demiurge and Albedo caught the wind of them getting out and waited for them at the entrance. The scene somehow resembled parents catching their rebellious kids sneaking out at night.
"Supreme Ones we can't let you go out without armed escort!" they both say in unison.
"Demiurge, Albedo do not worry 5 of you can kill a world boss, we will be fine," Momonga says to them but to no one's surprise, it has no effect. they continue to insist and finally, Buku just says,
"Let's just let them come with us, no harm in it right?"
Now, with Albedo and Demiurge tailing them, they get outside and for a first-time breath in the fresh air. Momonga turns into his demon form to have the ability to breathe normally and take deep breaths and staring at the sky, he felt others did the same. There was no need for talking they all felt the same. Fresh air, clear sky, this was their chance to create paradise they wished.
Deciding to test his wings Momonga casts Fly on Tabula, Ulbert, and Buku as the rest can fly by themselves, and takes to the sky. They were floating high in the sky high above the Nazarick. No light in view besides the clear sky. Albedo had managed to fly close to him and lock his hand with hers, carefully positioning herself so their wings don't hit each other. Her hand is warm and there is alluring radiance coming out of her. He hadn't noticed it as undead but now in demon form, he doesn't have anything to dampen his emotions. she is not saying anything just holding his hand and looking in distance with a warm smile on her face. Momonga hadn't felt anyone's touch for years. Somehow it felt so right, he knew he cared for her deeply.
Momonga after staring at the sky for a while says somberly "Blue planet would have loved this,"
"Yeah, sucks others didn't come, most would enjoy this new life," Ulbert added.
"No pollution, clear sky, maybe this is our chance to make a better world," Momonga remarks absentmindedly just enjoying the moment.
Suddenly Ulbert breaks out into a burst of mad laughter "You know what, we are taking over this world, we can't let some shithead mess this one up, like the earth was."
"We don't even know what's out there, for all we know we are weaklings here," Momonga said back to him.
"Momonga, Endless Strive can be reused again and again, there is no limit to our growth anymore." Tabula casually informed everyone.
"What, wait how did you even know I had it, I never mentioned I had found it, and wouldn't it just disappear who knows where after use?"
"Astral world can give all the answers if you know where to look" Tabula casually replied, then going on "All you have to do is to soulbound it and item will never leave you, I even found out how to perform the ritual."
"So all that crazy occult shit you were always talking, it's was all true?" Peroroncino asks in disbelief.
"Yes, for the most part."
"So we agree we are taking over this world or if we can't right now we level till we are on top, counting that any of us doesn't have a natural lifespan anymore?" Momonga half asked half proposed.
It was unanimously agreed and Ulbert proposed they start planing tomorrow and assign roles everyone is most suited for.
Both Albedo and Demiurge were listening to the conversation intently. Finding out that the original world of Supreme ones was corrupted and they didn't want the same thing to happen to this new one, was shocking. Also, they now knew what the goal of supreme ones was - world domination. The task was clear and they internally swore to do anything to deliver this world in their hands and see Lord Momonga on top of it as absolute ruler of this world.
Momonga returned to his quarters still in demon form. He could have dropped it but feeling tired was somewhat nice and he wanted to stay like he was so he could sleep at least for few hours. There was no shitty job to wake up to and he thought to himself that he can have one night's rest before starting his new life fully.
While supreme ones rested, the rest of Nazarick was in frantic excitement as Demiurge and Albedo retold what supreme ones planed.
Bonus story 1 - Drawing names, telling stories.
Yuri Alpha had gathered her sisters and informed them that each Supreme one is taking an hour's rest and they are to be assigned to serve them.
"There are five Supreme ones and six of us, so one will have to stay behind," Yuri added.
Lupu was raising her hand and almost shouting, "I want to serve Lord Momonga."
"I want to serve Lord Momonga too, maybe he will need cleaning," Solution interjected, licking her lips.
Yuri claps her hands to get their attention as everyone wanted to serve Lord Momonga first and proposes to draw names to see who gets who and which one of them stays behind.
After getting nods of an agreement she prepares six identical pieces of paper and fills five of them with names of supreme ones and mixes them.
Lupusregina as the most impatient one grabs one piece right away and reads
"Lord Peroroncino, not what I hoped for, but serving him will likely be fun."
Yuri plans to take the last piece so she motions Narberal to take the next piece which she does.
With a triumphant smile, she announces that her piece says Lord Momonga, dampening the mood of remaining Pleiades.
Shizu takes the next piece and just announces in a neutral voice "Lord Tabula Smaragdina".
Solution grabs a piece and then says "Oh I got Lady Bukubukuchagama, what a coincidence, she mentioned something about wanting to talk to me."
As only one of the two remaining pieces contains the name of supreme one Entoma takes one with a shaky hand and lets out a whine when she opens it up, "I got the blank one."
Yuri then announces "That settles it, I'm serving Lord Ulbert Alain Odle, and the rest of you go take your positions as well. I'm sorry Entoma, your chance will come next time."
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Entoma returned from snacking on bugs on the 3rd floor of Nazarick and waited for her sisters to return and tell the stories of how it went. They all returned at the same time as Supreme ones had decided to go outside together and dismissed them.
Lupus was overly excited as she was jumping around and her ears twitched under her hat. She was also the first one to share.
"I got to train with Lord Peroroncino, he is so strong and fast I couldn't even get hit on him and he spanked my butt 5 times."
After that, all eyes were on Narberal as her story was one rest of them wanted to hear.
"Lord Momogna tested weapons and armor, he even dropped one on purpose so I had something to do." She told beaming. Rest agreed that Lord Momonga was always so nice and considerate even towards mere servants like them.
"We visited treasury with Lady Bukubukuchagama, she picked armor for herself in her new elven form, she now truly looks like Auras and Mare's mother." Said Solution not wanting to say anything about meeting Pandora's Actor.
"Lord Tabula just sat unmovingly," Shizu added.
Then Yuri as last dropped the bomb and reported "Lord Ulbert Alain Odle took a bath and I can assure you he truly has the physique of a Supreme being." She had clearly won this small competition as her sisters just stared at her.