(Disclaimer 1: I do not own Warhammer 40,000. Warhammer 40,000 is owned by Games Workshop)
(Disclaimer 2: I do not own Overlord. Overlord is owned by Kugane Maruyama)
Addendum: Sorry for the lack of updates but a family member recently passed away.
For those who have not heard of Warhammer 40,000…. I highly recommend looking at these videos by YouTubers since I don't know how to explain 40k.
EXPLAINED - What is Warhammer 40,000? | Beginners Guide to 40K + Lore - Luetin09
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WARHAMMER 40,000 - A Full Beginner's guide - Luetin09
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Explaining Machine Spirits - Magos
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The Warp and Daemons Explained – Baldermort
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Is... The Imperium Of Man? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Is... The Emperor? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Primarchs? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Space Marines? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Is... The Inquisition? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Is... The Astra Militarum/ (Loyalist) Imperial Guard? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Are... Ogryns? - 40K Theories
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Ratlings - Astra Militarum Axilla- Baldermort
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40 Facts and Lore on Beastmen in the Imperium of Man, Warhammer 40K - OneMindSyndicate
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Is... The Adeptus Mechanicus? - 40K Theories
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40 Facts and Lore on the Machine Spirit Warhammer 40K - OneMindSyndicate
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Are... Imperial Knights? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Was... Horus? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Is... Chaos? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Are... Chaos Space Marines? - 40K Theories
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THE BLACK LEGION + Audio Drama intro – Baldermort
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Word Bearers + Audio Drama intro – Baldermort
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NIGHT LORDS + Audio Drama intro – Baldermort
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Warhammer 40k Lore - Mutants, Who are They? – Grimdarknarrator
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40 Facts and Lore about Chaos Beastmen Warhammer 40K – OneMindSyndicate
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40k Stories: The Lost and the Damned aka the Traitor Guard - Tactica Imperialis
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Warhammer 40K Lore Dark Mechanicus - Michael Snow
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Orks? - 40K Theories
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The Secret History of the Orks Warhammer 40K Lore – Baldermort
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40K Lore For Newcomers - What Is... The T'au Empire? - 40K Theories
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40 Facts and Lore about Humans in the Tau Empire Warhammer 40k – OneMindSyndicate
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Tyranids? (Ft. Zoran the Bear) - 40K Theories
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Genestealer Cults – Baldermort
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Aeldari? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Harlequins? - 40K Theories
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40K Lore For Newcomers - Who Are... The Drukhari? - 40K Theories
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Dark Eldar Drukhari Warhammer 40K Lore – Baldermort
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The Ynnari Warhammer 40K Lore – Baldermort
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"So where are you guys actually from, anyway? I didn't get your names. And why'd you use this fake prophecy, anyway?...annnnnd ...uhhh...what did your friend mean by 'act like retarded fanboys'?" Ainz asked. Valek paused for a moment. He probably wasn't paying attention when I introduced myself to the guardians. No harm in answering that or his other questions truthfully, I suppose...except the last question. He thought.
"My birth name is Johan Richter. My '40k' name is Valek. I'm originally from Switzerland." The Swiss gentleman said with pride. "I'm the Lord Enforcer for the Traitor Guard elements of the Unity. I act as a high-ranking disciplinary officer and an advisor of sorts. I'm also in charge of military intelligence. In the unlikely event that you or the NPCs are having trouble with keeping either those bureaucratic morons in the Baharuth Empire or the lowlives of the Eight Fingers Organization in line, me and my brothers and sisters in the Enforcer's Cadre will be more than happy to see if we provide assistance in…disciplinary matters."
Ainz nodded. "I'll keep that option in mind. So why'd you come to this planet?"
Valek shrugged. "Weeeeeellllll...um... let's see...uhhh...Our spies have been watching Nazarick since it first appeared in the New World so me and the commanders of the Unity decided that the Sorcerous Kingdom's agents could provide us with a bit of an edge and we were hoping that you and Demiurge could help us drive our enemies off your planet...annnnnd I used the prophecy to get the chaos to trust you and the NPCs because me and the other 20 past Dwellers think Nazarick's pretty badass, it gives me and the other Past Dwellers someone to have a normal conversation with...that's you by the way...and gives the Chaos Warbands, Warfleets, and Armadas of the Unity something to do other than sit around in space doing nothing except being cynical and shit...and a chance to prove ourselves to the rest of the Forces of Chaos."
He then turned to the past Dweller who was wearing desecrated armor that looked like a 21st-century pilots flight suit. He also had a helmet with a visor covering his eyes. The guy spoke with an accent that sounded Irish. "My birth name is Marus McCullen but the guy n' gals is the traitor guard call me Dakkelen. I'm the Traitor Guard past dweller of Chaos Undivided and part of the chaos renegade militia known as the Holy Oath. I was born and raised in Ireland. Me and the other Traitor Guard Past Dwellers with the exception of Valek act as...well I...guess you could say we're battlefield specialists or somethin." The Irish said with a shrug that was similar to the one Valek did.
"Uhh...What exactly do you mean by 'battlefield specialist'?" Ainz inquired to which Dakkelen shrugged again. "We accompany the Militias' Command Squads in battle or a kill team while being supervised by our mentors who are highly trained veterans. They taught us how to survive in this hellish war-torn shithole of a galaxy. Each Militia is divided into sub-factions. I'm with the Holy Oath sub-faction called the Reborn 237th. If ya need a jack of all trades we're here for you."
Ainz nodded and then turned to Aganar who saluted. "I was born as Javiar Ramirez from the United States, but I'm now known as Aganar. I'm with the 64th Combined Militia which is part of the Skull Hunters Combat Regiment. The Imperial Guardsmen of Khorne the Blood God are at your service to wage war for the people, My Lord."
Okay… Ainz thought. So far we got a guy from Switzerland, an Irish dude and an American.
"Name's Jacob Moriarty!" The twitching guy shouted in a enthusiastic tone. "but you can call me Nordo. I'm a proud renegade in the Cult of the Devil's Fog within the Brood Monks Brotherhood. We're followers of the Chaos God Nurgle aka the Plaguefather. If you need territory to be protected by a gauntlet of death and despair or a city to be defended by a bunch of religiously fanatical mutated freaks who worship a god of disease..."
He grinned under the blood tinged bandages that covered his nose and mouth. "The Brotherhood is here to please!"
He then let out a cackle that reminded Ainz of Mark Hamil's performance as the Joker or something. "...Oh yeah...and I'm from Ye Old 'Murica just like Aganar."
Two Americans, actually... Ainz thought internally correcting himself.
The Guy who reminded Ainz of judge dredd smirked and said "Dzień dobry, pan Ainz. Mam na imię Stanisław Wójcik. Jestem z Polska."
Is that Russian or something? Ainz wasn't expecting one of them to speak in a language he'd never heard or knew the name of. "Uhhhh...I uh only speak English and Japanese...so I uh have no idea what you just said...I...um...don't speak Russian-"
The guy laughed hysterically. "You thought I was speaking Russian?! HAHAHAHA! Even though you have no skin or muscle tissue on your face it's obvious by your tone of voice that you were fucking confused as hell! I think your emotion suppressor thing is drunk!" He continued to laugh for 10 minutes until he calmed down and spoke.
"I'm not Russian...though my grandfather on my mom's side was born in Russia and my grandma on my mom's side was Ukrainian, I'm Polish. I said: 'Hello, Lord Ainz. My name is Stanisław Wójcik. I'm from Poland.' I guest I'm a Pole with Russian and Ukrainian heritage...triple Slav. Anyway I'm from the True Emperor's Liberation Front also known as the Emperor's Partisans...but I am now known as Xarian. We will make the enemy's day a living hell! We will.."
*meanwhile in Suzuki Satoru's currently "still not entirely sure what the fuck just happened an hour ago"-ish mind:
Man, it's just like when I first got stuck in New World. I've never heard of Warhammer 40,000 before. Sounds like Star Wars's younger metalhead bother.. At least I can be honest with these guys. I don't have to put up a facade. They're normal people...
"And then if me and the other Emperor's Partisans are lucky...we will snort cocaine off their dead bodies and my brothers and sisters can use them to perform necrophilia before we eat them! Just letting you know that me, Nordo, Aganar, the Skull Hunters, the Brood Monks, and the Emperor's Partisans are all cannibals. And some of the Emperor's Partisans are necrophiliacs...just letting you know ahead of time...just kidding about the necrophilia and cocaine parts...We're just cannibals...don't worry we executed and ate all the child molesters."
Well...uhhh mostly normal...that was WAY too much info...at least they got a sense of humor...even though it's a morbid, fucked up sense of humor...wait...I just remembered...they have entire armies with them who think I'm some kinda fucking demon Jesus! WhyWhyWhyWhYWHY! I dunno ANYTHING about where they're fro- Oh yeah I forgot. I can just ask the six guys I'm talking to right now...wait why didn't I think of that before...eh...oh well.
The final Past dweller wearing a red cloak and hook wearing a gasmask stepped forward. "I'm Masaru Hwang but call me Osarius I'm from the Church of a Thousand Eyes...part of the Free Systems Coalition." He spoke with a British accent. "Depite my accent, I was born south Korea but I lived in Japan for a majority of my life, migrated to the USA...annnnnd that's all."
"I see but Valek...could you answer a few more questions for me? First: what's with the cannibalism? And why do Xarian and Nordo act so...er...well...uh...insane."
{Author's note: holyscythe was curious as to why the Past Dwellers are insane and why Aganar, Nordo, Xarian, and their respective militias are all cannibalistic. Well it's sorta tied to Warhammer 40,000 lore... and a tiny bit of Dead Space Lore with Nordo so I'll do my best in summarizing the countless 40k lore videos I've watched. Warning: may take a while.}
Valek glanced at his fellow scifi-nerds-turned-psychotic-space-pirates. "Oh! Right...well...the Warp."
"Um...the what?" Ainz asked.
"Do you prefer a half assed explanation or a long detailed one similar to an online lore video?" Valek asked.
"The latter...I'm new to this after all." Ainz response
"M'Kay, You're the Overlord..." Valek said as he began to slowly pace around the room to add dramatic effect.
"It's an essential piece of Warhammer 40,000 lore. Is an alternate dimension made up of raw psychic energy. It's also the source of psychic power for all of the sentient races of the Warhammer 40k setting. Psykers can Tap into the warp and perform amazing abilities one would consider magic. It's also home to the Dark Gods and their daemons. Khorne the Blood God, Tzeentch the Changer of Ways, Nurgle the Plaguefather, and Slaanesh the Dark Prince are worshipped by those five armies outside."
Dekkelen chimed in. "Man, they REALLY like you, Ainz. Well...What with the groveling and all...Anyway the Warp functions differently from the material realm."
It basically says 'fuck yo' mama, fuck yo' sister, and fuck yo' grandma!' to the laws of physics." Nordo added.
Valek continued. "The Warp is used by humans, Orks, and Tau as a means of long Faster-than-light-space-travel. Warp travel shortens the trip from point A to point B. It's the job of psykers called Navigators to steer the ship through the Warp. Kinda like currents in the ocean. But on to what this has to do with us Past Dwellers being little fucked in the head...The Warp may give the middle finger to physics but it has to fallow certain logical laws...these laws are primarily defined by what happening in the material realm. If the universe was like it was prior to the Big Bang and was the nothing-est nothing that has ever not existed, then the warp would ALSO be a nothing-est nothing that has ever not existed. The Warp can be shaped and it can shape us."
"M'kay." Said Ainz. "Warp reflects the material universe, go on."
Damn...pretty complex lore...maybe said lore's complexity drove 'em nuts?
"Simple emotions could be compared to ripples in a pond." Xarian said. "For example, anger at a group of video game devs for not addressing hackers in your favorite mmo and then banning folks who called out the devs for it...small ripple, barely noticeable...Murdering the devs and their innocent family in public with a sandpaper dildo?...big ripple, dude."
Valek continued. "The galaxy is filled with war, hatred, violence, and madness."
"Sooo...the warp became super hell?" Ainz inquired .
"Yup. Being directly exposed to the warp or to even look at it will drive a mortal insane." Answered Osarius. "And can cause mutations...or in OUR case, disfigurement. I mean All six of us look all fucked up! I took warpfire to the face for 9 seconds." Osarius removed his gasmask to reveal his face which looked similar to that of a burn victim.
Aganar then pointed at his lacerated face. "These slashes appeared on my face within 8 fuckin' seconds. Now I look like that one demon possessed guy from Event Horizon n' shit."
Nordo unholstered a pair of large tweezers. He then squeezed a bump on his neck and the head of a maggot emerged. "My skin rotted and started growing theses lil' sumbitches within 7 seconds." He explained as he yanked the parasite from his neck and ate it. Ainz was certain that if he were still human and not undead, he would have thrown up.
Xarian removed his helmet to reveal his ENTIRE head been flayed! "It was only 6 seconds before I lost control of my arms. Literally ripped the skin right off my own body from the waist up with my bare hands. Valek ended up with a migraine on steroids as an eight pointed star emerged on his forehead and Dekkelen started hallucinating while his skin turned permanently pale. After it was all over, we all passed out. The cannibalism is due to the traits of our respective gods. The Emperor's Partisans eat the flesh of fallen enemies or eat them alive because it's taboo and perverse. It's like a guilty pleasure of sorts. Skull Hunters cannibalize because they believe they'll gain the spiritual strength from the enemy warriors they devour. Brood monks originally used cannibalism upon enemy dead reluctantly to survive but became addicted to it. All 3 militias use it as a psychological warfare tactic."
Guess Entoma gets to share her meals Ainz thought.
Valek finished off by saying: "Well, insanity IS a specific theme in 40k so looking back...I'm not surprised."
"Y'know what they say: 'Sanity...is for the WEAK!'" joked Aganar quoting a chaos line from The Real Time Strategy games Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 1 and 2
Dekkelen decided to give them something to do with the imperial prisoners aboard their flagship….
"Um..Lord Ainz-"
"Dude, just call me Suzuki."
"Well I was wonderin' something."
"Yeah?"
"Can you give us and our commanders an opportunity to visit Demiurge's Happy Farm?"
"uhh….Sure but
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: ORKZ HAVE BAD GRAMMAR!
*meanwhile*
"ALRIGHT YA GITS! WE'Z ALL KNOW DA TRAITOR GUARD IZ IN DAT...er...PLACE BACK DERE! WE'Z DA 'EADSMASHA CLAN AND WE'Z GUNNA KILL ALL DEM CHAOS SPIKY BOYS AND DEN WE'Z GUNNA KILL DIS NEW BOSS UV DERES..er...right, boss?"
Boss Uberkilla Skullface looked at the Nob and rolled his eyes. "Shut up! Not yet, stupid! We dunno wot deyz got waitin' fer us! Mork is Kunnin'! Remember dat! Actually you'z gettin' annoyin'! You'z a shitty Nob so what're ya good for 'cept dyin'!"
He then grabbed the Nob and crush his Head.
The Warboss looked at the other orks.
"We'z gonna start small. I don't wanna waste too many boyz on a zoggin' tomb. I needz 'em fer me Waaagh! Send a grot fighta to fly ovuh dere n' scout ahead! Then when the grot comes back...or gets shot down, hit 'em with a wave fightas n' Bommaz! Den pound 'em wit artillery! Den'z we can get stuck in...bring more dakka...deres not 'nuff dakka fer dis fight! Is time to krump the chaos just like we krumped da Brimlocks and just like we krumped dem fake orkz livin on dis planet fer spellin' da word 'ork' wrong...it's spelled wit a 'k' not a zoggin' 'c'! I'm givin' you lot 2 weeks to get an attack force ready. Be sure to send da Wildboyz and dem wild grots we'z got with us. But furst...get da 'Eadshamsha Clan's Air Waaagh on da horn NOW! I'm gonna need some Flyboyz to give us some air support fer dis fight. And have da Mekboyz get da big Tellyportas ready. We'z can Tellyport infantry 'n vehicles just a few miles near dat Tomb and Dey can wait dere fer me signal."
Skullface's subordinates just stared idiotically.
"OI! YOU WAITIN' FER BOSS GHAZGHKULL OR DA BEAST OR SOMETHIN'!? GET FRAKKIN' MOVIN' N' GET TO WORK! YA DUMB SQUIG ZOGGIN' BASTARDS!
*A week later*
"So you're saying that the force that you literally obliterated not too long ago was the half of the Royal Empire's few remaining military forces?" Ainz asked while metaphorically raising a nonexistent, imaginary eyebrow.
Lord enforcer nodded enthusiastically. "That is correct….sir." Valek put emphasis on the word "sir" to remind Ainz that is far as those who were in the dark were concerned… He was their commanding officer. "I am glad that Demiurge came up with the idea of building underground fortifications with Mare's assistance. It's not like somebody would be stupid to conduct an assault upon Nazarick and on, right!?"
Osarius glared at him in complete shock. "Don't jinx it. Aren't you forgetting the-"
Suddenly all of the Past Dwellers' vox channels (radios) came to life with sounds of orders issued to all five militias. Some were panicked, some were stoic, some were enraged, and some were just downright excited.
" Oh Frak! Ork naval aircraft inbound! Both fighters and bombers! Bastards are head right for the Tomb! Man those Hydras, Holy Oath! Double time! For the Dark Gods!"
"Damn Greenskin scum! Make those flying piles of junk plummet into the ground! Blood for the Blood God!"
"Alert. Alien aircraft detected. Xenos of origin: Ork. In the name of the Changer of Ways, initiate antiaircraft protocol."
"Fungal aliens attack from the sky! Heheheheh….Fill the sky with entropy and bring them low.
"Enemy aircraft spotted! What a day! What a lovely day! Praise the Dark Prince! HAHAHAHA! BURN THEM IN THEIR SHITTY PLANES!"
Nordo broke the following silence. "OK I KNOW that Emperor's partisan was touchin' himse-"
"Shut up Nordo." Valek interrupted as he listened in and then began laughing.
Ainz jaw was wide open in shock. "Wait! We're being attacked already!?"
"Yeah, but don't worry….." assured Valek. "A lot of our AA defenses shot most of the bastards down and almost all of their bombs got deflected by some sort of magic shielding…. Maybe that was your doing. whatever that is not important right now. We need to head outside and assess the situation." Ainz, the Past Dwellers, the NPCs, and the Traitor Guard generals all met outside among the deafening sound of enemy airstrikes as well as artillery fire hurled back and forth between the 'Eadsmashas and the Renegades.
*meanwhile behind Ork lines*
Uberkilla Skullface was more than a little pissed. "WAT DA ZOG!? Why'z dat Tomb still standin'!?" He smacked another Ork to vent his frustrations. "Bah! Dey'z usin's some weird stuff datz makin' dah place dakka-proof. Ah zog it. Tell da artillery ta open up n' tell da planes ta keep hitin' 'em. It'z time to get stuck in, boyz! To da Tellyportaz, ladz!"
*Back to you, Nazarick…*
Ainz was a little worried about this. The Great Tomb of Nazarick was the cherished the sanctuary that he and his friends in YGGDRASIL Online used as an escape from the post-apocalyptic dystopian shithole that was planet Earth in the year 2138
After Osarius had told him of the other five Warhammer 40k factions now vying for control of the New World, the thought of losing the place to the warmongering Cockney accented Orks was not only unbearable but also sounded a bit embarrassing. They didn't sound too threatening despite the fact that the past dwellers seemed to take them extremely seriously.
I think the traitor guard are being a little too paranoid. The other four factions sound pretty dangerous but these dudes sound fucking hilarious! I mean sure, they wiped out the new world's orcs in an absolute genocide but come on! Their grammar is shit and the way how they spell things sounds like a satire of a British accent. Not to mention their vehicles and weapons sound like they could fall apart just by coughing on them. The Chaos clearly have the technological advantage.
Whilst being worried about the embarrassment that could be felt at losing to what he considered to be a minor threat, Ainz was curious about meeting the head honchos of each of the five Militias. His thoughts were interrupted you noticed that Valek was waiting for him to break the silence. Ainz cleared his not-throat and on his best "Overlord" face (despite him not even having a physical face)
"What is the situation?" Newly appointed Demon Jesus calmly asked.
Commander in charge of the Skull Hunters Combat Regiment answered. The guy kinda looked like a rich pirate but without the hat. Valek told Ainz he was called Rorick the Bloodbather. Rorick let out a frustrated sigh. "Ork infantry and Vehicles are now charging at the tomb from the southeast." He muttered pointing at a bunch of red dots on a holographic map approaching the tomb. A large four armed crouched bipedal creature wearing what looked like flayed human skin on its back hissed. At the same time everyone heard a voice in their heads. This was how the creature communicated. He was known to the Brood Monks Brotherhood as the Swampfather because the swamps of the Brotherhood's original homeworld is where he and his followers originally dwelt. "Lord Demiurge suggested that we inquired to you about having our forces dig in ,waiting for the greenskins to approach and then ambushing them at range, thus denying them the advantage of close combat. Do you approve of this action?"
Ainz was on the verge of freaking out. Experienced generals were looking to him for guidance while an enemy was attacking them! What was he going to do? Then he remembered the six aces up his sleeve standing right beside him. "Er…..Just a sec" He then turn to Valek. "Little help?"