Treasury of the Great Tomb of Nazarick
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A being that can be described as Angelic was prostrating before the Ruler of Death Ainz Ooal gown. This Angelic being had four wings and was wearing a black military officer garb.
"Asher, stand up you do not need to stay prostrated before me," Ainz said.
The Angelic being stood up seeing this Ainz continued,
"Can you tell me anything you know about the Guild Ainz Ooal Gown and the Great Tomb of Nazarick?"
"Yes, Ainz-sama this place is what many would consider the holiest of the holy places, it was made by the 41 supreme beings and each guardian and NPC was created by those Supreme beings furthermore this 'Pandora's actor' is also a being crea-" Asher was suddenly stopped when he heard a voice saying, "That's enough. Do not say more I understand now."
He did not want a reminder of Pandora's Actor,
Asher then bowed towards Ainz and that's when he realized that Albedo was standing not far from him looking in awe with her jaws slightly open.
"Ainz-sama is this the being that was created by you? As expected Ainz-sama even an undead like you can create such an angelic being," Albedo said while falling onto one knee.
"Stand up Albedo, furthermore I need you to gather every guardian besides Victim and Gargantua and have them stationed in the throne room," Ainz said as he turned back to Asher.
The entire room was silent and the only thing that could be heard was,
"Yes, Ainz-sama" from Albedo as she left.
Even seconds after leaving the echos did not stop. After endless seconds Ainz finally spoke.
"Asher, I shall be giving you a ring that allows you to transport anywhere in Nazarick you are to use it for work purposes only, do not leave the Tomb without giving this ring to Shalltear, you should know how important this ring is."
"If my God wills it, I would cut off my arm for you and give you my life. It shall be done I will not use this ring for personal reasons and never leave the Tomb without it,"
'Uhm, so he kind of speaks like pandoras actor, he's not perfect but he is far better than him.
"Ahem, now follow me to the Throne Room where you shall be introduced to the Guardians of Nazarick.
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Throne Room Tenth Floor Of Nazarick
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10 minutes earlier
The huge door opened to see a short loli girl vampire, she had pure white skin and eyes and a goth loli outfit, "What is it ~arinsu~ why did you call all the guardians here? Albedo is this about the creation of the new NPC?"
"Correct, Ainz-sama ordered me to call every guardian to the tenth floor."
A demon wearing an orange suit walked elegantly into the room along with two dark elves, soon after Cocytus walks in with Sebas.
"Hmm, so I've heard.. is it really true? Did Ainz create another NPC?" Sebas said in a straight forward tone.
"Of course he did! He is the Supreme one it would be no surprise if he could make more!" Aura replied cheerfully with a huge grin on her face, she was walking holding up both of her hands adjusted her fingers into a V shape, standing for Victory.
"I. Wonder. What. Would. This. NPC. Look. Like. Aand. Houw. Strong. He. Or. She. Is."
The mood in the room was now full of bright happiness and anticipation of who this NPC would be, but before any of them could further speak, a huge two meter skeleton walked in, it's purple robe majestically swayed as the Overlord sat on the luxurious throne. With the arrival of Ainz Ooal Gown the guardians fell onto one knee.
"I believe you all know why I have called you here, or am I supposed to assume that Albedo did not do her job correctly," Ainz says in a regal kingly tone. His presence was enough to make anyone fall to their knees and beg for forgiveness on something they did not do, his aura of death is frightening enough to make entire armies turn away.
"Yes, Ainz-sama!" They all chanted in unison.
"Good now..." Ainz put two fingers on the side of his skull [Message] and said, "Come in"
Asher teleports into the throne room and before glancing at the guardians he prostrates himself towards Ainz, right now Albedo was directly next to Ainz on the right a few feet away so Asher was also next to Ainz but on the left side a few feet away.
Demiurge looks interestingly at his military garb and how much it is like Pandoras actor's, but his flickering eyes and grin showed that he was more interested in the wings that he had. To confirm his pondering problem on this Demiurge asks,
"Ainz-sama, if you permit me to ask is this being an Angel?"
"That is correct Demiurge, this being is an Angel created by me personally, he is-" Ainz stopped for a moment and refrained from saying 'My son' and went on to say, "My creation".
Ainz heard gasps in the throne room, especially from Aura and Mare, "A-A-Ainz-z-Sa-sama, you are tr-uly ma-ag-nificant," Mare said while stuttering. Every single guardian in the room thought the same, it was unspoken that an undead would be able to create an angelic being. But still, it was Ainz Ooal Gown who did it.
Asher stood up and turned to the guardians and said "Hello, fellow Guardians, my name is Asher the name bestowed to me by the Lord our God Ainz-sama, it is a wonderful experience to meet you, " Asher then bowed slightly and turned back to Ainz. The guardians nodded in response.
"Ainz-sama, I dare to ask, but why is it that you have created 'Asher' and why an angel?"
The Guardians slightly leaned over towards Ainz awaiting an answer.
"Ah, are you truly not able to figure out why I have created Asher?" Ainz said in a kingly tone.
Well, I only created him to see if I am able to create more NPCs and it worked, he will probably be serving as my bodyguard from now on... and I'll give him some administrative duties to lessen my strain.
"Forgive me for my impudence! I have overstepped my bounds and shall think of the reason immediately!" Demiurge shut his eyes, his face clearly constipated, he looked as if someone just poured a bucket filled with ice-cold water, he continued thinking and after a few endless seconds of thinking, he smirked.
"Ohohoho, Ainz-sama, to think you had such devious plans for 'It' I presume. Such plans are smartly so indeed and the stratagems are countless with many possibilities, Sasuga Ainz-sama," He adjusted his glasses and to what seemed to look like a child trying to hold back a thunderous laugh, Ainz said
"That's right, Demiurge great work on figuring 'it' out, you are truly the smartest in Nazarick."
"Ah no Ainz-sama, you are the pinnacle of wisdom that I can never hope to achieve, such a plan is remarkably helpful in achieving 'It'."
Achieving what!? What is 'it'!? This man and his intelligence far surpass mine, I don't get it. Do you think I have countless of stratagems and plans up my sleeve?!
Ainz turns around to look at how Albedo is doing and it appears that she is smirking as well, The guardians are completely clueless as expected, I will have to use 'that' move again.
Asher seemed to be confused as well, he just stood there extremely nervous that he has the gall to stand beside the all Great God that is Ainz-sama. Nonetheless, he was almost sweating and tried to not frown in front of Ainz Ooal Gown.
"Ah, yes about that, it seems that the guardians are somewhat confused about this 'It', I command you, Demiurge to explain everything to them for I'm sure it is essential for this plan to work," Ainz bluffingly said,
That was a dangerous move, I hope it works.
"Of course Ainz-sama" The demon stood up and walks in front of the guardians with a huge smirk on his face, he then spread his arms out and starts by saying,
"With the creation of Asher Ainz-sama has formed a huge stepping stone that helps us drastically in the take over of the Slane theocracy!" The guardians gasp in awe thinking, 'As expected of Ainz-sama but are still confused as to why',
"As you would know, the Slanes believe that angels are a Godsend so If an angel as strong as a level 100 being come into their country suddenly what would they think? Exactly, they would accept it as a gift from their Gods and attempt to use it against Ainz-sama, with that we get a great step into their headquarters and every single piece of information of the Slaine theocracy! And this being was created by Ainz-sama so any problems that pop up would be solved in a near-instant."
The guardians could not say anything, rather they started applauding to Ainz-sama, Demiurge soon followed in with a few cheers.
What... no no no no that isn't what I planned at all, but it still makes sense.
Ainz nodded, that was the signal for him to go on.
"Furthermore, with a greater security check in the Slane theocracy, I would expect that we would find the one who brainwashed Shaltear in there somewhere or we would find that there would no one of the sort."
Shaltear looked down to the ground, in embarrassment and constipation tears start falling from her eyes as she crumbles her skirt with her fist,
"But, I know what you are all thinking 'what if they don't trust Asher?' that is a reasonable suggestion in which I would like to clarify, of course, they will not be able to trust him at first but they will most definitely believe that he is a Godsend if we put them under considerable pressure. So I would suggest a full-scale attack on the Slane theocracy, pitting them against the demihumans that I have put under my banner near the Roble kingdom and the introduction of another "Villian",
Demiurge puts his hand behind is back turns around and bows, "Ainz-sama, you are truly intelligent and the proof of that is that I'm sure that this is only the beginning of your true masterplan, please do not lower yourself down to me to say that I a mere guardian is the smartest in Nazarick."
. . . . . Demiurge... You.. you..yo- u, Huh? what why! how!?
"Ohoho? So you have conceptualized the plan to that degree in such a short amount of time? Well done Demiurge! As expected." Ainz said in the calmest way possible.
"It is merely a servant duty to understand their master," Demiurge said in a slightly joyful tone, his tail was swaying exceedingly fast, under the blue-tinted glasses his eyes showed it all, glowing with sparkles and with the genuine grin mixed with a devilish one. It was obvious that he was very happy about himself.
Ainz glanced to his left and said, "Albedo, did you predict such a plan as well? The guardians turned their direction to Albedo.
"Yes, Ainz-sama but only to a certain degree," She said in a regretful tone.
"Ahem, alright then it seems that you all understand my master plan for the Slane Theocracy, am I right?"
"Yes, Ainz-sama," They all said but with a greater hint of Inspiration and Joy.
"Dismissed," Ainz said as he waved his arm to the side, "Oh and Demiurge, Albedo are you busy at the moment?", After seeing them Shake their heads Ainz went on to say, "Meet me in my office, Asher head to the office as well."
"Yes, Ainz-sama!", Ainz saw a tone of Happiness from that reply,
Asher was shaking, his eyes full of flaming rocks and flames and his wings fluttering repetitively, it was clear that he was amazed by Ainz.
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Ainz Office
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"Ahem," Ainz saw the three prostrated guardians, well technically two guardians.. but that did not matter, 'You may rise", They did as he commanded.
"Ainz-sama, will you be explaining the next phase of 'That' and the addition of 'Him'? Demiurge says as a devilish grin appeared on his face. He was truly happy, this plan must have contributed so much to his sadism.
What, no no no what are you talking about I didn't even know phase one of this plan! Don't make this more difficult than it actually is!
Of course, he did voice this out loud.
"No, Demiurge I am not here for 'That' I'm here because I need you to help me with a tedious task,"
"Of course Ainz-sama, what is it that you need to be done?"
"It's about Asher," Asher quivered when those words were said, "I've made him just as intelligent as you, you will take him to a small room in Nazarick or to the Bar of Nazarick and test his wits, give me a full detailed report about him when you are finished.
In the description describing the characteristics of Asher, he put many things like:
Can organise things well, is exceedingly smart, charming and all those sorts of things, the other guild members did the same thing for Albedo and Demiurge, this was an experiment to see whether or not adding, 'He is smart' will make him smart. But Ainz having an average IQ could not test Asher so he had to disrupt Demiurge and make him do it himself.
"Yes, Ainz-sama, I shall do this as fast as possible," Demiurge replied,
"Ah, there's no need to rush take your time,"
"Thank you Ainz-sama, now then come along now Asher," Demiurge said in a clearly joyful tone with his tail slightly wagging, "Let us go,"
"If my God commands it then I shall," Asher said in a serious slightly dramatic tone.
"Ahem, Albedo" Ainz coughly said,
"Yes, Ainz-sama?"
"You are to oversee Asher's performance, and watch over him until I send him to the Theocracy for 'that' phase of the plan."
"Yes, Of course, Ainz-sama"
"You are dismissed"
She bowed and left.
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9th Floor, Bar of Nazarick
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A mushroom man stood behind a desk in a poorly lighted room, currently cleaning a cup from earlier, his pastimes were cleaning and working in the restaurant of Nazarick and the Bar of Nazarick, there were frequent customers like Shaltear, Eclair, Demiurge, and Cocytus.
But this is different, he heard the news from the last customer that Ainz Ooal gown has created another being and just while he was pondering about wanting to meet him he saw Demiurge walk in.
"Greetings Demiurge, would you like the top-listed Nazarick cocktail? Or the usual drink?", As he was about to say more another being walked in, It was an angelic figure with four-wings protruding from it's back and wearing a military garb, he instantly pictured Pandora's Actor next to him and found them quite alike.
"No Sous-chef we don- ah, where are my manners, this is Asher the newest creation of our Lord Ainz-sama," Demiurge stated proudly,
"You needn't worry Demiurge-sama, Greetings Asher, welcome to Nazaricks Bar, please take a seat I'll acquire for you the finest drink.
"Don't worry Sous-chef I am not here to drink" Asher stated calmly.
"Well then, Demiurge-sama would you like a drink?"
"Apologies Sous-chef we are here on business, we cannot drink at the moment, maybe later," Demiurge said with a genuine smile.
It seemed that Demiurge quite liked Sous-chef, in fact, he likes everyone in Nazarick but he prefers Sous-chef more.
"Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt then please continue with your work," Sous-chef said as he began to clean more cups.
"Asher-sama, shall we start with a game of chess?" Demiurge said as he smirked,
"Ah, Demiurge you don't need to use honorifics, I am on the same level as you Guardians... please do not lower yourself to call me -sama,"
"As expected your benevolence, is just as great as Ainz-sama's"
Demiurge disliked beings with high karma value especially Sebas Tian, but did not hate them if they were from Nazarick, an exception could be made for Asher because Ainz was the one who created him.
"I'm white you are black," Asher said while pulling out a chessboard.
"Then let's begin"
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