Chapter 7

Somewhere far east of the Empire.

Path of Peace headquarters

The Lord, the leader of the most powerful religious organization, the Path of Peace, is musing to himself.

"What is that dark aura? And all I keep seeing through my visions is the fall of the Empire, which is good, but the winners are not only humanity, but skeletal forces and demonic entities. What is the meaning of that? Should I take that literally? Maybe not, but I have a bad feeling about this. "

Getting worried about what the future will hold, the Lord starts to pray.

"God, please guide us and protect us, your followers. Our war with the empire will soon begin. May you welcome your loyal followers to your lands, for they are willing to give their lives for the innocents and to stop the tyranny of the empire. "

Minutes after the Lord's prayer, someone knocks on his door.

"Lord, it is time to give your speech to the followers."

"I see. Then let us go, Bolic."

Unbeknownst to the two of them, there are shadow demons attached to Bolic and the Lord.


Somewhere far south of the Empire.

Revolutionary Army headquarters.

"Oy, Hemi, you received Najenda's message right? Can you tell me that I'm just dreaming? She didn't just ally with someone without even consulting us, right? "

"I think you're not dreaming. She did ally with someone, but I trust Najenda enough that she made the right decision. Don't tell me you didn't trust her, Nakaido? " Hemi spoke in a threatening tone.

"Hahahaha, what's with you getting angry all of a sudden? Of course I trust her. It's just so strange that she would ally with someone just like that. We both know how careful that woman is.

"And because she is careful and she is our friend, we should trust her. I mean, we three become the Generals of the Revolutionary Army because we are working together to lead the people and bring them to victory against the rule of the Empire. And she is coming today to speak with us about this sudden alliance of hers, and maybe they are strong enough that Najenda didn't have any second thoughts about having an alliance with them. "

"You're right, we need this alliance, we need more firepower, to swiftly end this nightmare and find myself a wife. What about you? Are you planning to have a husband after the war? Maybe if we got lucky and we survived. "

"Tsk. of course, I want to have kids and a loving husband."

"There we go! I am here, you know, I am always ready. Hahahaha. "

"Tsk! Let's just go and prepare already! Go take a bath, you stinking idiot. "

"Alright, alright. Hehehe. "


The Northern Tribes

Esdeath's army, having defeated all the Northern Tribes army, is currently celebrating the fall of the north by having a huge banquet at a village near the capital. They can't do banquets in the conquered capital because their general, Esdeath, is there, so a part of the army is in the village and using the remaining civilians as their slaves.

A mother and her daughter are in a dark room assigned to them by the invaders. Nearly all of the children are killed and only a few remain, including her child. Many women are also raped and killed, and she knows that it's her turn later after they finish their disgusting celebration. She is preparing for the worst, but she is scared of what will happen to her child. She needs to run, run as fast as she can, and never turn back. Even if the outside is cold and there are danger beasts, they must survive. She prepared herself and her daughter for their escape. There were no windows, so she had no choice but to escape through the door. That would alert the soldiers outside, but she didn't care, so she bolted through the door and ran. The soldiers immediately saw her and quickly chased her until they went through the forest. The mother, named Neri, thought the soldiers were going to stop chasing her because of the danger beasts in the forest, but because they were drunk, they just kept chasing them. She quickly lost her stamina because she hadn't eaten anything since the invasion, she lost hope, and only after minutes of running did she collapse to the ground, still holding her crying child, knowing that the soldiers were only seconds away, she smiled and kissed her child goodbye and closed her eyes, but their death didn't come. Looking behind her, she saw that the soldiers that were chasing them were looking behind them with looks of shock on their faces. Confused, she looks in front of her only to find a skeleton wearing a black robe and holding a golden staff. On his right is a beautiful golden armored woman wielding a golden spear, to his left is a woman of small stature wearing full red armor wielding a bizarre looking lance, and behind the skeleton is a man wearing a red suit. The skeleton was staring at her while the others were staring at the soldiers, and she felt the skeleton pity her, so she cried and prostrated to the skeleton, begging him to grant her mercy and save her and her child.

"P-please help us! Have mercy, I want my child to live! "

'For the sake of her child, she is even begging a monster like me to save her. My mother was brave too, but unfortunately, no one saved her and when I was little, she died because of exhaustion. Mother, are you watching? Am I making you proud? After all I've done?'

"I see, Rubedo, protect these two."

"Yes, Ainz sama."

"Wh-who are you fuckers?"

"Does it matter? You will all die here anyway. [Grasp Heart]. "

The soldiers, seeing one of their comrades die a sudden death, began to panic and run, but some tried to fight them.

"Shalltear, kill them."

"Yes, Ainz sama."

Shalltear began killing the soldiers that were previously chasing a mother and a child. Her brutality in killing is one of the things she is proud of, but she is always worried about her [Blood Frenzy] that might disappoint her lord, so she must control how to handle so much blood when she is with her lord Ainz.

"Excellent work, Shalltear. Now, what is your name, woman?"

Hearing the skeleton ask her a question The woman quickly answered.

"M-my name is Neri, my lord."

"Neri, and your child?"

"Numel."

"Then Neri, you and your child are safe now. Are you hurt?"

"N-no, my lord. Thank you! Thank you for saving us! "

"Umu, Rubedo; please summon a mount."

"Yes, Ainz sama," [Summon: Warlord Pegasus]."

"Ride this pegasus and we will go to your village."

"Y-yes, but there are many soldiers there."

"Do not worry, we will kill all of them."

"Thank you! May I know your name, my lord? "

"My name is Ainz Ooal Gown and I will make sure you will not have to experience this kind of brutality ever again."

Neri's eyes widened. What does he mean?

"What do you mean, Lord Ainz Ooal Gown?"

"We will conquer these lands and make them stronger and better than the previous ones so that you will not suffer anymore from these invaders."

"That means you want to be the new ruler of the Northern Tribes?"

"Yes, but I will change its name to Sorcerer Kingdom."

"Sorcerer Kingdom... then please kill all the invaders, your majesty! They killed my husband! They killed so many. Please avenge the Northern Tribes! "


Back at the village, the soldiers were still in their celebration when one of them noticed a silhouette of an army marching to the village. They quickly sobered themselves up and prepared to fight the remaining northern tribe soldiers. Minutes later, they noticed their flags, and they realized that this was a different army marching to them, and when the army was close enough, they saw a terrifying army of skeletons wearing golden, silver, and bronze armor. holding many red flags with an unknown golden insignia. Seeing the army of death marching fast, some soldiers wanted to run away but were quickly stopped by their captain.

"Don't be afraid! We are the Empire's soldiers! We can defeat these monsters! They are just skeletons! "Get ready!"

"Yes, captain!"

When the army of skeletons was only meters away from the village, they suddenly stopped and, with perfect coordination, split in two from the center, leaving a space between them that was roughly twenty skeletons in size, and within that space walked several figures, and upon seeing them, the weather changed, from sunny to dark clouds with freezing winds. What they saw is a skeleton, but this one is different, like they are seeing death itself. Those burning red eyes are staring at them. Around the skeleton is a woman with golden armor, a small red armored woman, an armored white horse with white wings, on its back is a woman clearly from the northern tribes, and a man in a red suit. They are gracefully walking until they are stopped by the captain.

"Stop your advance! Who are you?!"

"[Kill yourself]."

Then the captain quickly stabs himself in the throat, killing him. Seeing their captain just obey the man and commit suicide, they are shocked at first but want to take revenge for their captain, so they start by shooting them with arrows and guns only to realize that they are not flinching and just standing there, looking at them with cold and bored expressions.

"Monsters!"

"Quick! Shoot fire arrows! "

"Fire!"

"Demiurge, kill them but leave one alive."

"Yes, Ainz sama." said Demiurge with pure glee, finally a chance to show his lord what he's capable of.

[Aspect of the Devil: Stout Demon's Gigantic Arm]."

Demiurge punched the troops, killing at least 70 men before one of his blows broke through a home, killing additional soldiers nearby, bringing the overall number of Empire casualties to 150.

When the remaining soldiers see the unknown powers and more of their comrades die, they flee in all directions, only to be killed by unknown projectiles.

"[Aspect of the Devil: Tentacle Wings]. Ainz sama said I had to leave one alive; which one do I choose? Ah that small looking soldier there. "

Demiurge instantly picks up the human that he spared and flies towards his master. The soldier, however, resists, but to no avail. He cannot escape the grasp of a level 100 Archdevil.

"Ainz sama, only this one soldier is alive. All are killed."

"Good work, Demiurge. Now human, what is your name and where is your general? "

When the soldier gets a close-up look at the skeleton, he becomes more terrified than he anticipated. There should be no such thing as this monster! Even so, he was standing in front of the skeleton. Until the skeleton spoke and enquired about his name and the general's whereabouts, he was trembling all over. Must he respond? What if this skeleton is indeed strong, but when their general, Esdeath, battles it, it turns out to be weak?

"Why should I answer?! I will never betray the Empire! Even if you kill me, our general Esdeath will destroy you, monster! "

"You disgusting vermin! How dare you speak to Ainz sama like that?! Ainz sama, you don't need these lower life forms. We guardians are willing to do whatever you had in mind, my lord. Please order us!"

"You're right. I apologize for letting myself be carried away and almost lowering myself to the level of these humans. Thank you, Rubedo."

When her master thanked her, Rubedo wanted to feel a wet sensation between her legs to express her feelings, just like her sister/rival Albedo and Shalltear, but she was unable to do so, instead, she is making a lewd face in front of her lord, thanks to her "self-control."

"Ohh Ainz sama, I will do anything for you, my lord! What are your orders? "

"T-then summon an angel, send it to the capital to convey our message to the enemies. I trust what our message is to you, Rubedo. "

"Of course, Ainz sama, leave it to me! [Summon: Dominion Authority]!"

The angel, called Dominion Authority, is a mid-tier angel summon, appearing in a bright flash of light, and upon seeing it, it bathes in an area of white-blue holy aura and brings a slight fragrance to the air. Its head and body are covered with numerous wings, and at the front of its head, a glowing magic circle is present.

Neri is beyond amazed and is starting to wonder if their future ruler is a god because he has a goddess as a wife and they just called a beautiful and majestic angel. She is not religious by any means, but heard of a religious group called the Path of Peace. She thought that was all nonsense, but seeing and experiencing what it is like to bathe in holy light, she understands now that the Northern Tribes—no, the Sorcerer Kingdom—will be the safest place in the world. She will be forever grateful to her future king. She will forever hate the Empire, and she will carry this hate until her death.

"What are your orders, Rubedo sama?"

"I want you to deliver our message to our enemies. I'm sure you're smart enough to know what kind of message we want, yes? "

"Of course, Rubedo sama."

"Good, now go."

"Ainz sama, shall we get going?"

"Yes, let's go."

Upon entering the village and seeing the many corpses of the Empire soldiers, Neri wondered if the remaining survivors had already fled the village, but to her surprise, they were gathered in the center of the village. The survivors, seeing the skeleton, starts screaming, thinking they are next to die. But some are glad because death comes personally to end their lives, so they will not suffer anymore.

"Neri? I thought you died. We saw you escape. *sniff*. I'm glad that you are alive with your child. " said Neri's best friend, Shana.

"Well, I will certainly die if I'm not saved by Lord Ainz Ooal Gown."

"Thank you for saving my friend and saving us, Lord Ainz Ooal Gown."

"It's nothing. Are you all starving? We will leave soon with my subordinates, but Neri said that she is starving, so I want to make sure that you are all alright before we storm the capital. "

"Y-yes, God of Death. The Empire soldiers eat all of our food and water. Damn them! They murdered all of our loved ones! Please help us!" Lulu, the chieftess of the village, a woman in her 30s with fairly tanned skin, said.

"Do not worry, Chieftess. The God of Death, Lord Ainz Ooal Gown, will avenge us and kill all of our invaders and will be the new ruler of the Northern Tribes. "

"Is that true, Neri?!"

"Yes!"

"Your majesty! You are not only God, but also a king! We are glad to be ruled by you, your majesty! Just save us from the invaders and give us prosperity! "

"That will all be granted. All of this will not happen again. Let me introduce you to all my subordinates. Rubedo, Shalltear and Demiurge."

"We are glad to meet you, Queen Rubedo, Lady Shalltear, and Lord Demiurge."

"Q-Queen?! What makes you say that? "

"Are you not? Someone as beautiful as you makes it impossible not to be queen, your highness. "

"Y-you're right! Yes! I am your future Queen, Rubedo! "

"A-ahem! Well, Rubedo, can you return to Nazarick and ask the Head Chef Shihoutu to bring a large boar meat here and cook it for our future citizens. "

"Yes, my love!"

"[G-Gate]."

"Now, while we wait. Let us clean your village. Shalltear, order our army to clean and remove the corpses. It will not do good if my future kingdom is filthy. "

"Yes! Ainz sama! "

The skeletons, together with the villagers, start to clean and remove the bodies of the Empire soldiers. The villagers are so glad that their captors died brutally. Some even kick and spit on the bodies. Then, minutes later, Rubedo and the Head Chef arrived via [Gate] together with his sous chefs and brought tons of meat and drinks and began cooking some of it for the villagers while the remaining food was in storage houses. The villagers are so happy that they are dancing while eating, and this puts a smile on Suzuki Satoru's face. While he sees humans now as beneath him, his human side is not completely gone, but that is only for his citizens of his future kingdom. Anything outside of it is an insect.

"Well, unfortunately, we are going to leave to wipe out the remaining Empire army in the capital. Let us celebrate together again when our new kingdom is founded. "

"Yes! Your Majesty! Thank you for saving us!" said the chieftess, Lulu.

"THANK YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS!" shouted all the villagers while bowing deeply.

"LONG LIVE AINZ OOAL GOWN!"


In the capital of the Northern Tribes, Lyroria. Esdeath currently reigns in the ruins of Leyford Castle. On her feet is the corpse of the hero of the Northern Tribes, Numa Seika. She is ready to leave the capital, but the total annihilation of the citizens is not yet done. Her soldiers are still hunting the hidden citizens, and she is getting impatient until a bright light shines through the whole capital. It is so bright, but it is not hot, but rather pleasant, and they can smell a sweet fragrance in the air. They felt that the light dissipated, and when they opened their eyes, they saw a huge figure covered with wings all over its body and radiating a holy aura around it.

'An angel', they all thought. Even Esdeath. She does not believe in any gods, but angels are described as divine beings in the stories she reads. So seeing a real angel means the gods are real. The religious soldiers, however, see this as a divine judgment and they start to cry because they are currently killing people and therefore shouting for forgiveness. Esdeath was worried too, but did not show it to her enforcers that were with her. The Three Beasts

"E-Esdeath sama, that is an angel, right?" asks Nyau.

Seconds later, the angel spoke. The angel sounded so pleasant to their ears, and from its voice, they confirmed that this angel was a female.

"Oh humans of the Empire, I pity you all. Because you have all enraged the Supreme Being, and he is approaching with his army of death. Foolish humans, killing each other in this meaningless war. And in the end, all of you will suffer in hell in the realms of the Supreme Beings, crying in despair and begging for the end, but it will not be granted. Foolish humans! You can resist all you want, but it's pointless! And for the citizens of this nation, do not worry anymore because the Supreme Being will rule all over you. Rejoice! And celebrate the coming of the God of Death! " After the ominous warning for the Empire and saying that there is hope for the Northern Tribes, the angel disappears.

The soldiers start to panic and some even wail in despair because of the angels' words. They did not see this as an empty threat and they are now shouting in apology to the citizens and even want to defect to the Empire. Esdeath, seeing this, starts to get angry and comes down from the balcony of the castle and addresses her soldiers.

"You idiots! Do not be fooled. This is clearly a trick of the enemy to get us to panic and betray each other! Stop crying and be the soldiers of the Empire again and kill all the citizens!"

"But Esdeath sama, how is that a trick? That is clearly an angel, and you did feel her aura, did you?"

"Yes, but it is simply the work of a Teigu!"

"There is no Teigus capable of summoning angels, Esdeath sama!"

"You traito-"

The ground then starts to shake in a rhythmic pattern, as if there was a giant being coming.

"Esdeath sama! Come to the walls, please! " This is a nightmare!" shouted a soldier with a terrified look.

"What do you mean?!"

Beyond the walls, Esdeath saw a large army of skeletons wearing golden, silver, and bronze armor. And in front of this skeleton army are the corpses of the Imperial soldiers, but these zombies are different. Some don't even have limbs and are crawling to the ground. Some don't even have heads. Every zombie is missing something from their bodies. 'So many zombies! Even Yatsufusa can't handle this much!' And behind the army is a giant rock-like being with pulsating red lights in its chest, like a heart pumping blood. Esdeath has never seen that kind of Danger Beast before. Suddenly, the giant rock stops and puts its hands close to each other, and a huge circle of brown light appears. Then, instantly, a huge cubed rock appears in its hands, and it appears that the giant rock Danger Beast wants to throw it at them.

"Everyone! Run! Stay away from the walls! "

But it was too late. The huge rock was faster than they were, and it crashed into the walls, killing tens of thousands of soldiers. But Esdeath and the Three Beasts managed to survive with only minor bruises from the flying rocks. The huge cube of rock stands now in front of them, and around it are the soldiers' corpses.

'Just like that! So many died. No matter who is behind this, I'm going to kill you!'

The army of death marches on until the skeletons in gold and silver armor stop, but the skeletons in bronze armor and zombies march on. The skeletons and zombies kneel at the bottom of the rock, then the others kneel on top of them, and this continues until Esdeath discovers what they were doing.

"Stairs?! This army is just stairs? "

With their flags raised to each other, the skeletons in gold and silver armor began to split in two. Then she saw it. Walking in the center are beings with such aura that it feels like they can kill her right here and now. Especially the golden armored woman that was staring at her with hatred and the skeleton that was also staring at her, but she did not feel any malice coming from it. It was more like it was curious about something. The small red armored woman behind him was not staring at her, but she felt that she was very strong and also the man behind her with a metallic tail. All of them are so strong, that she now has a panicked expression that she cannot hide from her enforcers.

"Esdeath sama?! Please do not panic!"

"Esdeath sama, we are here to protect you!"

Even hearing them cannot calm her. The beings are now on top of the huge rock, with the skeleton sitting on a dark throne.

"Present to us your general or the Supreme Being, Ainz Ooal Gown sama, will bring death and destruction to you all inferior humans!" said the golden-armored woman.

The soldiers all turned in the direction of Esdeath, and she did not like it one bit.

'Idiots! I will kill you all, traitors! '

"Esdeath sama! You do not have to show up yourself to those monsters! Let us escape!"

"Liver, are you an idiot?! Look up to the sky!"

Liver saw the angel earlier beyond the clouds, with smaller angels surrounding the skies of the capital. They are surrounded in the sky with angels and on the ground with the skeleton army.

"I will negotiate. I will make sure we can escape unscatched and punish those traitors of the Empire." said Esdeath with gritting teeth.

They started walking to the huge rock while staring at the skeletal being and its subordinates on the top, looking down at them like they were just insects, and Esdeath hated it. She wanted to crush them and kill them slowly, but she knew that was impossible, just like the little girl with red armor could easily kill her.

'Am I still weak? After all my training?! '

They arrived a few meters before the huge rock. Looking up, Esdeath saw that the skeleton leaned forward, which caused the golden armored woman to glare at her with more hatred. What was her problem? Did she do something to the golden-armored woman?

"So you are the infamous General Esdeath, the strongest in your empire." said the skeletal being. Surprisingly, Esdeath found the deep voice of the skeleton as beautiful and manly, not what she expected from a talking skeleton. Not even Kurome's puppet Death Tagool can talk. After all, that is just a Danger Beast, and skeletons cannot speak without organs capable of speaking, at least not until now. Clearly, this skeletal being is different, and from what she can see, the beings beside him are clearly devoted to him.

"Yes, I am Esdeath. May I know what your intention is for doing this?"

"Well, I intend to rule these lands, and clearly, you are the invaders of my kingdom, so I came to innihilate you all."

"You can take this land. We care nothing about it and our only goal is to weaken their military."

"Weaken its military? Then why are you killing my citizens?" said the skeletal being, slowly releasing his [Despair Aura], and all humans near the massive rock can feel the God of Death's growing rage.

"It's just orders from our Emperor." Esdeath calmly said, feeling the dark aura coming from the skeleton. This is not good for them.

"I see, orders. Of course you obey your superior. But unfortunately, that will do no good for me. I need to avenge my citizens. I hope you understand. Miss Esdeath."

"I understand and, as an apology, we will end our crusade here and return immediately to our Empire. You can kill all our soldiers here but leave me and my officers alive. I am sure our Emperor would like to have an alliance with you."

"Hoh, so you are abandoning your soldiers to their fate, which is obviously death?"

"Yes, they are traitors of the Empire after all."

"Traitors are not good, I see. But for me, abandoning your allies and traitors are the same to me. Usually I will kill you personally, but my subordinate wants an exercise. Rubedo."

"Yes, Ainz sama." The golden-armored woman named Rubedo comes down from the huge rock, staring at her with cold and hatred in her eyes. Clearly, Esdeath did something to this woman.

"Let me introduce you to my beautiful goddess, Rubedo." said Ainz, making the beautiful face of Rubedo redden with embarrassment and happiness. Her master's compliment erased her growing hatred for Esdeath.

'Am I going to fight her?!' Esdeath thought with panic. She did not expect this. She thought she could manipulate the skeleton to let them escape, but clearly he could see through her.

"Don't worry, inferior human, Ainz sama wants you to be alive. And you alone. You can forget about your officers. I will only fight you because I am bored."

"Clearly looking down on me, huh? I'm going to rip that tongue of yours, bitch!"

"Of course I am looking down on you. You're just an insect that needs to be squashed."

The skeletal being on the throne leans to the side and whispers to the man in the red suit with a creepy smile, then suddenly

"[Flames of Gehenna]!" The two women are now surrounded by a huge wall of fire.

"Ainz sama, may you do the honor of sounding the beginning of the fight."

"I hope you will not disappoint, General Esdeath. And Rubedo! Show them the power of Nazarick!"

"Yes! Ainz sama!"

"Begin!"