Sixth Floor, Great Tomb of Nazarick, Colosseum
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CLANK!
A thunderous metallic ring engulfs the arena, with sparks of electricity from the two forces colliding with each other, Cocytus and Asher were duelling in the Sixth floor Colosseum, A cold fog of smoke can be seen constantly appearing, Cocytus could not sweat but was excreting extremely cold hair from this fight.
"This is tough," Asher says while struggling to breathe.
A whole bucket of sweat was pouring from Asher, his wings scrummed up from Cocytus's attacks, Asher grunts as he rushes up again with his sword out ready for another strike, it was obvious that attacks from before are only going to turn this match into an endurance game.
In fact, he and Cocytus have been fighting for thirty minutes already.
Suddenly Cocytus hears a thud, Asher flies into the sky behind Cocytus and flies back down at full speed attempting to slam Cocytus's weapon to the ground, it makes a ting sound as Cocytus just in time moves his katana just right to scrape both his and Asher's sword at the edges of the blade.
Asher steps up, slides his weapon on Cocytus's neck, while Cocytus has his Katana behind Asher's neck.
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"Congratulations Cocytus, you got me first- It's your win," Asher said, sweating vigorously, Huff huff, he breathes intensely.
"No, Asher. -. Sama It. Is. Your. Win. If. You. Really. Wanted. To. You. Would. Of. Dismantled. My. Exoskeleton." Cocytus said as he kneeled down. His head faces down and cold air protruding from his mouth.
"Ah.. rise up Cocytus, I am not your master you do not need to call me -sama"
"Thank. You, Asher. san" Cocytus raised as bowed. This was not a sign of master-servant attitude but a warriors etiquette. Asher then followed with a bow to Cocytus"
There were signs of applause in the background. Aura Mare, Yuri and CZ Delta were in the crowd in the VIP room.
Suddenly Aura, Mare and the battle maids jump down.
The first was Aura, she had a huge smile on her face.
"Hiya! Asher, how was it?"
"Hello, Aura," - Cocytus was extremely sturdy, it is a draw.
"As expected of creation of Ainz-sama! You can even best Cocytus in a sword to sword fight" Aura states joyfully.
"Y-y-yes, of c-course Asher-san, really is a warrior," Mare stated, followed by nods from Yuri and Shizu.
"Thank you, Mare," Asher says as he goes through a pocket dimension to grab a bottle of water.
Asher did not mind the compliments from the other NPCs but gazed towards the VIP room where Ainz Ooal Gown sat. His hands were trembling and he was subjected to a cold sweat, his brain trembled and hid in the depths of his body while fearing one thing.
Disappointment
Did I do well in front of Ainz-sama? I hope so. What if I did something wrong, will he abandon me. But I did do something wrong, I duelled Cocytus without permission? Thoughts like that were cowering within the depths of his mind, but he eventually pushed it back to turn back to Yuri Alpha.
Ninth Floor, Ainz's Office
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...30 minutes earlier
Ainz sat on his chair and leaned back he sighed, his skull looked slightly up in the ceiling eye sockets just slightly flickering with a shining red beam.
I've finished a quarter of the paperwork, but that still does not solve the problem. That was the easy pile of paperwork, and the difficult ones are still stacked - Demiurge is still here, and right next to me in fact, I can feel his gaze from all the way here! I don't even need to look to see if he is smirking or not.
Ainz thought as he rested a right arm on his non-existent belly and placed his left elbow on the right hand to rest his head on the left hand.
The arm position would look like this _|
"Ainz-sama, is something the matter?" Demiurge asks with a worrying tone,
"Ah, I'm fine demiurge... Are you sure you want to be here? Don't you have any other duties you need to attend to?" Ainz asked.
"Yes, Ainz-sama. My duties are currently being taken over by my servants. Does it displease you Ainz-sama - If it does I will give up my task right away." Demiurge stated, a hint of sadness was heard in that tone of voice.
"Ah, no of course not, you do not displease me," Ainz shruggingly replies.
Of course, it does! You stress me out just by being next to me, I'm such an idiot for even accepting his offer.
Ahem, anyway - I hear that Asher is currently fighting Cocytus on the Sixth floor," Ainz said, He glanced at Demiurge for a second and remembered that Demiurge was staring directly at Ainz
"Yes, Ainz-sama that is true, Aura informed me just a few moments ago," The demon said as he adjusted his glasses.
"Then let us go spectate," Ainz said,
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Sixth floor, Colosseum VIP room.
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"Look at them ago! As expected of Asher-san and Cocytus, they are creating shockwaves so strong from just their raw strength!" Aura shouted excitedly, to Aura this was like watching two of the most famous and strongest people fight in one simple ring.
"Y-yes, that's true nee-san" Mare replied in a shy tone.
Yuri Alpha and Shizu Delta were standing beside Aura and Mare while they cheered on the fight.
Suddenly a gate appeared.
Everyone sensing this they immediately knew it was Ainz Ooal Gown, so they stood up and prostrated themselves in front of the gate, the first thing that came out of the portal were his hands, that extended to his arms and legs, eventually upon seeing his head, they bowed their heads to the ground.
Ainz looked at the Battle maids and two Guardians, "You may rise".
They stood up,
"Hello, Ainz-sama! Welcome to the Sixth floor!" Aura welcomes.
"H-hello, Ainz-sama" Mare stutters.
The battle maids kept their heads bowed down.
"What is happening?" The Overlord of death spoke. "Ah, forgive me for my manners I have intruded in your area."
In shock Aura replied heavily, "No no no, Ainz-sama, you can never intrude on anyone in this tomb, please do not apologize!" Aura said as she bowed down sixty degrees. Then a few seconds later, a smirkish demon with an orange suit walked out from the [Gate], his name was Demiurge.
"Greetings, Aura and Mare, I am with Ainz as Albedo's replacement.", the demon says in a dignified and proud tone.
I'll be observing Asher's performance from the window." Ainz Replied to Aura
Aura nodded in response to Demiurge knowing full well why that was the case.
She then stated, "Ainz-sama please, we have prepared a seat for you please sit."
She was frightened about how rude it would be to make her master stand up the entire time of watching the duel, "Its made out of the finest leather Nazarick can produce and the strongest tree in this floor!", She then said proudly.
"Oho? Really? Thank you, Aura, if I may." Ainz sat down leaning his body on the chair and shifting over to his right arm, looking down gazing at the stadium in interest. Strongest tree? I don't remember, maybe Blue Planet-san planted it. He pondered before moving to the main subject.
Asher, although I made him be an Angelic bard which are beings that more on so rely on music and magical power.
He really is strong if he can stand up to Cocytus physically without [Perfect Warrior]. The bigger question is why is he fighting Cocytus without using spells? Did he clarify that he won't be using magical spells beforehand? Well it is to be expected that he would be using swords anyway, I added Sword Archon race levels, he should be at least on Cocytus's level on sword fighting, although I do not have a full grasp on the spells he can cast,
Do created NPC's in the new world unlock spells depending on how strong their stats are? In Yggdrasil you would have to have certain amounts of points in a stat to unlock certain skills, is it the same here? Were spells automatically unlocked?
As Ainz was pondering about the small problems in his mind something happened,
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"It seems the fight is over"
"Aura, Mare, Yuri and Shizu go down and refresh Asher and Cocytus, they must be very tired after duelling.
"Yes, Ainz-sama," - The Guardians and battle maids jump down from the VIP room to the arena floor.
"Hiya Asher!" Aura shouts in a joyful tone while waving at him.
"Hello Aura", Asher says while going through the [Pocket dimension] to grab a bottle of water.
He takes a gulp of water and quickly swallows it.
A few moments later, Ainz Ooal Gown came floating down to the ground.
To everyone in front of him, it looked as if a God just transcended from the heavens and onto the earth.
"Sorry. Ainz. Sama. I. Have. Failed. You. Again." Cocytus said as he prostrated on one knee.
"Do not worry Cocytus, the result of this battle was only to be expected." Ainz reassuringly said.
Ainz then turned towards Asher, he fell unto one knee after feeling Ainz's gaze on him.
"Ainz-sama, forgive me for starting a duel without permission!" Asher shouted, he then went unto two knees and put his head on the ground.
"Asher, rise - Do not worry I do not intend to reprimand you on this issue, actually I find it quite interesting.."
Asher rose but kept his head down glaring at the ground.
"Raise your head, I am not angry at you - But do not do such a thing again without my knowledge, am I understood?" Ainz said,
"Yes, Ainz-sama" He raised his head, but he had drops of tears in his eyes, it was clear that he was expecting to be banished from Nazarick for such a sin or something much worse.
Ainz turned to Demiurge who then says,
"Ainz-sama, if I am permitted to speak - I humbly recommend that we begin the phase of "that" plan, immediately upon returning.
Huh? That? wait no no I don't know what you're talking about stop.
"Ah that, Of course, that is of importance, let us go now," Ainz said, "Asher accompany me to my office"
"Yes, Ainz-sama!" He said with determination,
All three of them had their rings so they teleported to Ainz's office.
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Ninth Floor, Ainz's Office
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Upon arriving, Albedo stood there in the corner of the room as if she was waiting for Ainz,
"Albedo, it seems you were released from confinement, come now take a seat." Ainz offered, in front of Ainz's main desk was a table and a chair, Albedo silently took a seat and stared at the table dumbly.
This was suspicious, Asher put his hand on the grip of the sword prepared to defend at any time, unlike before he was fully prepared, his defence rivalled Albedo if not surpassed hers, with his magical power and raw strength in a one on one fight Asher would be the victor.
"Ainz-sama... Tw-t-t-t-twenty four hours! Without being by your side!" Albedo shouted as she put her head on the table, Demiurge nodded he understood how that felt almost sympathizing with Albedo.
Albedo was feeling despair in her heart, she wanted to commit suicide ten hours into her containment, there were black circles under her eyes and her skin was as pale as Shaltear's. She begins sobbing with tears slowly coming out of her eyes.
"Ainz-samaaa!" She cries.
Ainz looked at her and turned to Demiurge.
"Demiurge you a relieved of your duties as of now, wait outside of my office before I call you back in."
"Yes, Ainz-sama" Demiurge replied as he walked out of the room, on the opposite side of where Albedo was sobbing.
Ainz sighs, How do I solve this problem... He pondered, Although this is much better than Demiurge...
Ah right, I'll do that.
"Albedo, come back you are my right hand again."
"Really? Ainz-sama?!" She stood back up from the table hands stretched out but still touching the table.
"Ainz-samaaaaa," She was sparkling with joy because she was forgiven so easily, her mood changed 1 to 10 in an instant and her tears from before suddenly disappeared.
She ran up towards Ainz, six steps before Asher blocked her way.
He paced in front of Ainz's desk and put his sword in front of himself with two hands holding the bottom of the handle with the sword faced down balancing on the floor with only his hands as the balancer"
"Stop there, do not go any closer to Ainz-sama. two metres is enough". Asher said, his eyes brimming with seriousness,
"Tch" Albedo found it difficult to argue - She did try to rape Ainz, it would be perfectly natural for a creation to protect its creator but Albedo could not stand this. She loved Ainz too much to let his creation stop her,
"No Asher, I am Ainz-sama's right hand, and the Overseer of Guardians - It is perfectly normal that I as second in command stay besides Ainz-sama."
"Not after you attempted to rape Ainz-sama it isn't, I will not let you near Ainz-sama as long as you are in my sights," Asher said, as he adjusts his cap.
"Grrrr" Her hands were shaking with her clenched up jaw, her face was red but far from the redness of lust, jaw clenched and squinted eyebrows - Before she could go and release her anger all on Asher, Ainz interrupted,
"Asher, it is fine - this is a normal occurrence, there's no need for such measures," He raised his arms signalling for him to sheave his sword.
Asher sensing a mistake prostrates himself in front of Ainz Ooal Gown with his head down.
"Forgive me for my transgression, Ainz-sama! I have failed to predict your wishes - Please punish this one immediately!"
Ainz glared at Asher what he thought a was a glare of disappointment, in reality, Ainz just thought that such a statement was uncalled for - But NPCs are NPCs they will always be overly dramatic when making mistakes, Ainz got used to this.
"Rise, Asher, I forgive you - Your reaction too is only expected considering what happened." Ainz humbly stated. And he turned towards Albedo.
"Albedo, I may have punished you with 24 hours in confinement but that does not redeem that fact that you attempted to jump on me and not only this time, but last time as well,"
Albedo gasped, her eyes showed that fear was existent, her hands felt weak and before she could talk Ainz begins saying, "Now before you jump to conclusions, I will not confine you for a longer period of time, you see that stack of paper over there?"
Albedo glanced at it, it was the longest stack of paper on his desk, "You are to complete signing those papers" Ainz smartly stated, Albedo's eyes were overflowing with determination to finish this task as fast as possible,
"Yes, Ainz-sama!", she said as she walked towards the stack and carried it back to the table, where she was crying. Ainz sensing that the job was over overloaded with relaxation and tranquillity then ordered,
"Decrement! Call Demiurge back in my office."
The maid called Demiurge back in.
As he walked in a few metres he noticed Albedo sitting down doing paperwork, if Ainz permitted it, he would accept to allow Albedo to take her duties right after what just happened, but why so soon. Demiurge wondered He expected that he would be Albedo's replacement for a week more but the switch happened almost immediately after. He then kneeled before Ainz.
"You may rise," Ainz said in a kingly tone.
Was Ainz-sama not satisfied with my work? Demiurge shuddered with fear, the act of disappointing a Supreme Being was a sin worthy of capital punishment, death. A cold sweat seemed to run through his collar, right after rising he adjusted his collar and wiped his forehead.
"Ainz-sama, we should start 'That' plan now using 'it'," Demiurge said nervously, he was looking for a chance to redeem himself from a self-existing thought.
Again, what is this demon talking about? I will just have to use 'that' bluff.
"Oho, really Demiurge - There are many plans are starting in place using "it", I need you to be more specific with your words, explain to me in greater detail what you are suggesting,"
Well, I hope that worked.
"Ah, Of course, Ainz-sama - I am extremely sorry for not being specific in my words please forgive this ignorant one." Demiurge for the third time, felt a shiver in his spine, I made a mistake not twice but three times! Oh, Ulbert-sama please forgive me. Demiurge prayed as he continued.
"I forgive, you made a simple mistake, please do start in explaining"
"Of course, Ainz-sama - When I explained that we needed demi-humans to attack the Slane theocracy in order for them to submit themselves to Asher, we also needed a pushing factor that could explain how those demi-humans are being controlled, it is an obvious fact that the slane theocracy would immediately assume that it was staged by the Sorcerous kingdom, so we will have to introduce 'It' into the ranks, more specifically we need another Jaldabaoth but introducing Jaldabaoth again will only tarnish your great name."
"So an addition with my Shapeshifting race classes I suggest 'Herematic' A strong magic caster who has demi-human features, he will be the second Jaldabaoth - Of course, I will shapeshift into it when the time comes. I will lead the Army into the Re-Estize kingdom, And have Asher also transform into a being with full plate armour and use his raw combat to begin wreaking havoc."
"Hm, I see - I am sure you have also listed the advantages of this plan have you not?"
With determination to fix his great mistake he answers in enthusiasm, "Yes Ainz-sama, this will justify that the attack is not from the Sorcerous kingdom, giving my army more leeway to attack the Slane theocracy after with little to no consequences,"
"The biggest driving factor is that refugees will begin to migrate into the Sorcerous Kingdom thus increasing the value of our currency and the economy, furthermore most of them will move to the villages that were attacked by the Slane theocracy when the Great Tomb Of Nazarick first entered this world, this will fix the problem we were having ever since we subjugated E-Rantel, the lack of population in farmlands."
"If I were to attack the draconic kingdom after the widespread panic in the Kingdom, the Draconic Kingdom will most definitely turn to the Sorcerous Kingdom for help, while the Slane Theocracy will turn away keeping their armies incase of a demi-human attack,"
"Such a plan will have both short term and long term advantages and privileges." The demon looked up towards Ainz to see his reaction, his metallic tail was swinging very swiftly with a huge grin on his face. Ainz could not tell if he was happy that the plan was so good or, that it contributed to his sadism.
Hmm, I guess if Demiurge and Asher is doing it themselves, then I won't have to worry about doing anything do help them.
The skeletal figure gazed upon the demon who was kneeling on the floor on one knee, Ainz put his hand on the table and said
"You have done well predicting... it," The Skeletal King waved Its hand as a sign of acknowledgement of his plan. "Asher, Demiurge you may begin the attack, make sure you do not give yourselves up by transforming to your original forms,"
"Yes, Ainz-sama", They said in unison.
"Dismissed"
[Message] {Yuri Alpha, the plan has begun, you can stop watching over Asher now}
[Yes, Ainz-sama]
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Abelion Hills, Demi-human base
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There were tents in this flatland, many in fact over a thousand tents holding at least ten demi-humans. In the centre of all this, there was one large building in between them all.
This building was a three-story house, consisting of Demiurge and Asher. Asher stood in the porch as he thought, with such a vast area being covered anyone would have noticed, but anyone who took a peek at this camp was captured by Demiurge's minions and subjected to torture.
To think that Ainz-sama has already thought that far, as expected of Ainz-sama he is truly the pinnacle of wisdom.
Asher was leaning back, he was in his transformed form, brown hair, scary eyes, skinny muscular build very lean, a scar on his face underneath his eyes and hair gelled back. He was wearing a robe around himself.
He gazed at Demiurge who was standing in front of at estimate ten thousand demi-humans.
He found it surprising that none of them attempted to attack Demiurge or run away from him. They were all prostrating themselves on one knee, aside from the demons that were besides Demiurge, fear in their eyes had them trembling their knees and sweating, each word he spoke sparked a nerve in each of them making them slightly jump.
Well as expected of a Demon of Nazarick, he has subjected over ten thousand demi-humans even after the losses in the Roble kingdom, these must be the loyal of the loyalist subjects of the army.
This wasn't true, in fact, some of them were there out of blackmail or too scared to run - They were told that their families were being held in Nazarick, which was also a lie, Demiurge already skinned and killed them, it was merely a ploy to keep them as an army.
Out of the ten thousand, only two thousand were loyal to demiurge, five thousand scared to run and three thousand there out of blackmail.
"Do you subjects understand now? We will attack the Kingdom and after more wreaking and raping, I will set you free," Demiurge stated as he kept his head up and hands behind his back. His face lacked the emotion of happiness, it more so included annoyance and anger.
"Yes, Demiurge-sama!" They all shouted,
"Return to your tents, we will begin in a day or two, oh and please, you all know what happens when you attempt to escape do you not?" Demiurge stated a sadistic smile crept on his face ear to ear.
They all shuddered and trembled, heads face down sweat dripping from their foreheads to the ground. If they were to stay in the same spot long enough a whole forest could grow from the sweat alone.
"Yes, Demiurge-sama!" They all shouted in fierce unison. but they did not move, too afraid that they will get cut down by the demons surrounding them, a few moments pass and Demiurge returns to the three story house opening the door and going in, Asher then followed, the demons begin patrolling and a few brave souls stand up and return to the tents in groups.
More followed on and thirty minutes later the spot that was once filled with a mass of demi-humans had scattered to their tents.
"That was wonderful, Demiurge-san," Asher said.
"No no, I'm sure Ainz-sama could have subjugated them with his charisma alone - My feats are not grand enough to be worth a compliment," Demiurge humbly replied, he raised his hand showing that he did not want any more praise.
"Tomorrow we will attack the capital of the Re-Estize,"
Asher nodded in response.
The room was silent other than the couch making a squeaking noise from Demiurge taking a seat, Asher sat adjacent from Demiurge, also taking a sip of tea.
Asher was an Angelic Being with a Karma rating of 500, while he found Demiurge dissatisfying he could not argue his ways of enforcing his law in this demi-human base.
He was created by Ulbert after all, he didn't like the way Demiurge punished traitors and the brute force used against prisoners or any innocent folk walking along just passing by the base. There were two types of buildings dedicated to torturing and holding prisoners, there were many stages in each building; the prison,
Code green: For travellers who just passed by and happened to see the base they were not well fed but compared to an orange and red they would be considered lucky. Typically they would be sent to the farm in a few weeks
Code orange: Adventurers who pass by, they only get a loaf of bread as food and water mixed in with piss. They will soon be sent to Nazarick for experimenting, especially magic casters and healers.
Code red: For nobles, anyone who tried to attack the base or flee from it, but not many nobles pass by the Abellion hills so it was empty but there were many of those who would try to escape, they would get the worst treatment and code green for the torture room.
Torture buildings, these houses demons specifically made for inflicting the worst pain Imaginable,
Code Green: Demi-humans who tried to flee or anyone who broke one of the rules, they would get tortured like how a normal human would torture another only with hints of demonic torture ideas.
Code orange: Those who insulted Demiurge, tried to attack him or a representative of Nazarick; They would get [Greater pain] which would increase their pain senses dramatically, even a tap on a shoulder can make them feel like their bones fractured, they were beat a daily basis.
Code Red: These were for the true blasphemes, these special seats were reserved for the ones who talked blaspheme about a Supreme being more commonly Ainz Ooal Gown, they would also get [Greater pain] but would be subjected to skinning, bashing, eyelid torture anything that could be thought of - They were personally tortured by Demiurge.
"Well, it is time for me to go meet with a 'friend' of mine," Demiurge said with a huge smile on his face, Asher knew full well what is it was, it was the Red levelled demi-humans in the torture room. In normal circumstances, Asher would think of stopping him but knowing that they spoke against Ainz-sama he nodded and stayed put.
Suddenly he heard a knock on the door, each demon was given a sequence of knocks to signal what they were coming for, One knock was for the capturing on a green level being, two knocks were for a message and two quick knocks and one long knock was capturing an enemy.
The demon did two quick knocks and one long knock. Asher did not know this but sensed something was up.
"Come in," Demiurge said,
The Imp walked in a kneeled not far from the door, "Demiurge-sssama, we have captured sssuspicious individuals,"
"Oho? Interesting, I am sure they are being kept in a temporary cell correct?"
"Yes, Demiurge-ssama they are there, awaiting your presence" The imp hissed, The imp was then signalled to leave, Demiurge walked out with his arms behind his back, Asher followed him.
Elite Task Force of the Slane theocracy
[Message]
{You are to report back to HQ and head to the lizardman village, is that understood?} A voice of a man in his twenties asked,
{Roger that}
A man muscular in build crouches down as he scratched his messy head with the looks of a middle-aged man. After weeks of spying the Roble kingdom, they finally got a message to get back to HQ and head to a Lizardman village.
He had black messy hair and an unshaven beard, his heart was pounding and his fist clenched, he wore plate armour on his shoulders and chest and wields special magic nullifying sword it looked default in nature but was extremely sharp and valuable, it was called [Orcclaw]. His name was Antique was a leader of a task force, there were two other men and two women in his squad.
"Andrellia, is everyone finished packing up?" He asked,
"Yes, sir - They are ready to go. She said as she adjusted her robe.
The men in the area stood up and faced Antique, signalling that they were ready to march. One of them was a magic caster that can cast spells up to 4th tier and the other was a warrior that rivalled Gazef.
Normally the Slane theocracy would not send someone so valuable that could cast 4th tier spells, but it could not be helped. Information was scarce about the Undead king or the Demon Jaldabaoth and they needed a way to extract information from anyone they have caught but that was the side mission, the main one was the capture one of the Demon maids that were attacking.
But faced with the presence of the Sorcerer king during the time, they failed to do so and they stood back as they watched as humans were slaughtered by the demons.
They have caught some demons but they refused to talk even under the pain, loyal demons were very rare in this world, it was extremely crucial that this information is sent to the top brass,
Next to the men were two cages filled with four demons, they sat there doing nothing.
Which was surprising normally demons would shout and scream mindlessly - This squad is an ace squad in the Slane theocracy designed to take on foes as strong as any Black scripture member. Which is why they were trusted with the ability to capture one demon maid.
Andrellia was a mage she could cast Fourth tier spells and the other girl was a knight, her strength was just below Antique's
Antique clicked his fingers signalling that they are leaving, in an instant they disappeared, there were no traces of them anywhere from before.
He jumped from tree branch to tree branch just ten metres away from the main road, each jump made the branches weaker and leafs started falling off.
"Everyone, if you are there respond!"
They all shouted, "Yes"
"Good", Antique then turned right and headed inland, there were a bunch of trees but no roads, this was a short cut he assumed.
After thirty minutes of travelling, he sensed something was wrong. He looked forwards but something was out of the picture, cold sweat dripped from his head and his spine trembled as he got closer, fear was coursing through his brain to the point where he wanted to hide and shut himself down.
"Huh, I can't teleport." A man in the squad said.
"What's wrong," Andellia asks,
"Everyone stop! Get to the ground. Off the trees!" Antique shouted.
The squad jumps from the tree and to the ground with as a little to no noise as possible.
"Is it just me or is [Teleport] not working?" One of the men said.
"No, we cannot teleport as well," The man said, as he tried to teleport again, "We must inform HQ about this mysterious phenomenon." He said as he put his fingers on the side of his head.
[Message], It did not work.
"Hello, hello!?" He cries, "It is not working! Sir!"
"This is weird, retreat to the main road!" Antique commanded they nodded as they tried to turn back an invisible force bumped into them. They couldn't see anything so Anderllia shouted.
"What was that! [Dispel Illusion]!
A group of Demons appeared in front of them, and to where Antique was facing, that weird feeling disappeared to what looked like a huge settlement of tents and demi-humans being supervised by demons.
He shuddered in fear and his legs trembling unable to get words out, he wanted to move but his fear was too strong, he thought that he could be attacked at any instant;
Move your eyes
Move your arms
Move your legs
Move a finger
And you die.
that was what Antique was feeling, in fact right behind him was the strongest demon in the camp,
The Demon Of Fear.
"J-just what is this" Anderellia whispered, one warrior tried to attack one of the demons, but - A huge demon jumped from the branch down to the warrior disarming and not harming him.
No one could say a word but look in terror that a mere demon was able to disarm an Elite warrior of the squad.
The woman looked at the Demon Of Fear, suddenly a shiver down her spine - Her head went numb and her hands became cold, the Demon Of Fear turned around and made eye contact, she passed out after it gazed at her.
She tried to run, but a force from behind her ran up and hit her behind the head. The only thing she saw was a large demon freeing the captured demon's in the cage before passing out.
"Imp, inform Demiurge-sama about this" One of the demons said in a croaky dark voice.
The Imp nodded and ran towards the three story building.
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Containment cell building
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Argh, where am I? Antique thinks as he attempts to open his eyes, I can't move. There were restraints all over his body and a blindfold over his eyes, he then also realised that he was wearing a gag,
Oh, the Gods have mercy on me, Right next to Antique was a woman and next to her were three more people.
It was his entire squad.
Unable to do anything and sense that there were 5 demons in this room he sat there quietly on the ground, only wishing that they did not hurt him or anyone else in this room.
The demons were not planning to hurt him, in fact, if they did they would get a huge scolding from Demiurge, so they stayed put glaring at the 4 pathetic humans that were sitting on the ground. The room they were in was brightly lit and large, there was a table in front of the prisoners with a jar of ice tea and 2 cups prepared by an imp and a couch behind the table but opposite from the prisoners.
The wooden door creaked as it opened, the 4 humans convulsed violently after hearing a sudden sound, it seemed that they were all awake.
A Demon wearing an orange suit walked in, tapping sounds could be heard from his feet as another being walked in. Black-haired man with a black robe covering his entire body,
"Get rid of their blindfolds, I wish for them to see," Demiurge said while being uninterested in the filthy pigs who trespassed in his territory, as he sat down on the couch as if he owned it, his legs crossed right arm resting on his thigh and the other behind the couch, Asher then followed and also sat,
The demons in the room walked behind the humans who then shuddered at the sense of demons behind them, they carefully removed the blindfolds. One of the women was staring down at the ground in complete fear, her mouth shut tight tears formed in her eyes as she tries not to burst out crying from fear. The men in the room stared directly at Demiurge.
A smile crept on his face as he mused of many ways to torture them. But right now he wanted to torture the people in code red cells.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I may ask, why are you here?" Demiurge mockingly says, he knew full well why they were here. And that they just stumbled upon this place like any other
The men could not say anything, but they glared at Demiurge with intense hatred.
"Oh, please do forgive me I forgot to take off your gags," Demiurge stated, he then signalled the demons behind them to remove the gags,
"Phchoo!" One of the men spat "How dare you capture us! Foul demon scum. Races like you should die out." He screamed Demiurge ignored him as an imp was whispering the magical items they had. After hearing about the items he got a little bit more interested in these humans.
"Hmmm, right right - That is interesting indeed, thank you Imp"
The Imp bowed and stood back.
"Now now please, relax" Demiurge mockingly spat.
"I have a few questions for you, you will answer me quickly and precisely"
"We'll never answer you monster!" This time it was the woman, a warrior. With confidence in the room, the other men started shouting as well.
"Yeah, that's right! We'll never answer anything!"
Demiurge sighed at these pathetic bugs and finally,
[Command mantra]
Your posture is not suited for speaking, bow your heads at once!
Just before they were about to say 'Yeah right', their heads were smashed to the ground
Huh? Did that demon do it? Or was it the one behind us? But I didn't feel anything behind my head. Antique desperately tries to move his body but it was stuck.
"Arrggh," they all tried to shout but their mouths were also directly touching the ground so they could not make proper words,
What kind of spell was that? I've never heard of anything like that!
Who are you, How did you find this place, and what were you doing. Tell me truthfully.
Demiurge commanded them to answer and Antique without raising his head forcibly says "We are from the Slane theocracy we were sent here as an Elite force to attempt to capture a Demon maid and report any other information about the Sorcerer King." Demiurge's eye lifted slightly, although no one could tell that he was surprised, he was thought that this was a jackpot.
The others gasp, they were surprisingly shocked that he just revealed all that information in an instant.
Grrr! Why am I talking? Is this the same spell? Gods help me.
Did you get any information?
Antique grunts and tries to raise his head as he automatically speaks "No, we failed to get information" He said while breathing intensely, his face heaving with a flare of anger.
What were your orders, and where were you returning to.
"Our orders were to head back to the Slane theocracy and from there go spy on the Lizardman," He struggles to stop, but in the end fails.
Antique could not do so much as to shout, but he clenched his jaw in extreme anger as he was forced to reveal all the information they had. The eyes of his inferiors were ones of a child after seeing a father get knocked down and beat up by other men.
Demiurge glared at him and smiled, he then used a message skill.
[Message]
[Hello, Shaltear - Can you open a gate from where I am to the Frozen prison? I have valuable prisoners that need to be questioned by Neuronist, I'm sure Ainz-sama would praise you so much if you were to assist me in this.]
[Really? Then I will do it immediately!] Anyone could tell that Shaltear was smiling from the other side of [Message] hoping to get praise from Ainz.
Suddenly a gate opens right behind the prisoners,
"Minions, escort them to the Frozen prison, do not harm them"
"If it's my Lord's command," They said in unison.
The original plan was to mentally torture them and have the demons play with the women while having the demons hold the men's eyelids and head in place to watch, that's what he did with the other prisoners.
He smirked after thinking about how much the men screamed and shouted to make it stop. After hearing of the item [Time watch], [Fire Pit] and [Restraints of the Saints] it was wiser to send them to Neuronist to extract more important information, further the fact that they were elite forces from the Slane theocracy proved itself that they are valuable prisoners.
"Shadow demon, make a report about what just happened here, include details about the weapons we've found and where we sent the prisoners, include the conversation I had with Shaltear - Then hand it to Ainz-sama," The demon asked.
"Yesssss, Demiurge-ssssama" The shadow demon hissed and bowed as it vanished from where it was just standing to leave after images of itself.
As Demiurge was about to leave he remembered, "Ah, how silly of me - I almost forgot."
He said as he walked to the room marked as red, it was clear that the person in there blasphemed against Ainz Ooal Gown, Demiurges smile was creaking nearly past his ears and he repetitively clenched and unclenched his fist preparing for a good taste of sadism. He needed a way to pent out all his frustration.
Asher did not like what was coming but followed Demiurge into the room to see just out of curiosity, he stopped midway and decided to sit back down. The horrors inside that room is not something he wants to see.
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Thank you for reading, I will upload on a scheduled basis, probably weekly.
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