Authors note: Hello everyone! Sorry for being gone a while. Life sure does love being an asshole doesnt it? Anyway enough about that. I am very exited for this story as I am making a legit roadmap for the next series of events instead of a vague outline of what happens next. Thank you all for giving this rookie fanfic writer a chance. Also I know I said no OC floor guardians so I'll probably make them bassed off some characters of the bonus novel, mass of the dead, or web novel. But if you guys dont mind an original OC then Ill do my best not to make it too out of place in the world.
Also, Cant decide if I should give our local bone daddy a sausage or not but I guess we'll see in the future.
Now on to the show
Momonga was getting very annoyed. He had spent the past 5 hours trying to figure out how to use the mirror of remote viewing. His wife Albedo had figured it out in the first 10 seconds with his daughter Nigredo. They were scanning the area thoroughly around the tomb to make sure it was safe for travel. Nigredo was mainly assisting Punitto Moe in directing where hills needed to be made near the area with Bukubukuchagma giving support.
Momonga had wanted to survey the outside area of the tomb and see for potential dangers but so far has had no luck in that regard. Eventually he figured it out.
"Congratulations dear." Albedo said lovingly.
"Yeah good job Father!" Nigredo had said adorably.
Momonga had wanted to die internally right there. Usually it was Him that would say that to her children not the other way around.
"T-Thank you. How are you doing so far?"
"It is quite well Satoru. No unusual changes or abnormalities inside or outside the tomb. Though it seems Peroroncino and Ulbert are having an argument in the 2nd floor about patrol patterns for Shalltear and the 5 worst. Toshiro is in the treasury with Demiurge testing out items with cocytus and Takemikazuchi being the tester of any weapon they have. Right now Aura and Mare are in their school lessons with yamaiko and Yuri. Apparently Shizu and Entoma are with them as well." Albedo said with a small giggle.
"I'd be pretty embarrassed if Toshiro had to teach me. Or even Yua." Nigredo said.
"I don't even want to imagine how flamboyant or rowdy those lessons might be." Momonga had said shaking his head and his hand pinched on where his eyes would meet his nose. "Regardless, HeroHero is with the rest of his daughters making sure the traps we put in place are still working. Tabula is messing around with the potion lab recreating his many, MANY medication but right now I made sure Yua was keeping an eye on him. I'm not sure if Your father realized he does not need to take them anymore but i'm fairly certain some bits of his dementia carried over from the old world somehow." Momonga said with a sigh.
His wife albedo also gave a deep sigh in tandem with him. Tabula was so protective of his daughter that on their first meeting had pointed a shotgun at him when she had invited Satoru over to their home. It was certainly a while before Satoru had gotten in Tabulas Good graces.
"Im glad when I met my wife's father he accepted me instantly." Touch-me said.
"Ah! Touch-san, when did you get here?" Momonga said
"We were standing in the door way the whole time. My father insisted we didn't interrupt your work and act as bodyguards." The young tallman standing next to Touch-me said
"Ah Sebas! It's good to see you! How was your patrol so far?. Said Nigredo
The young man in question was Sebas Tian. A young man who physically takes his stoicism and stature after his father and his kinder facial features of strong yet gentle eyes and sharp welcoming hair. His attire, that of a British butler, provided buffs and protections against ranges and magic attacks due to primarily being a monk class dragonoid, his human appearance being linked to his racial levels allowing him to disguise himself to blend in more human centered areas in Yggdrasil. His attire being considered light armor it also allowed Sebas to move at incredible speeds often being considered one of the fastest in the guild. Initially making his character look like an elderly man he was quickly encouraged, mainly by his mother and friend Nigredo, to change it to look accurate to his age. While the Abe family claimed Sebas face was a one-to-one recreation of his face, many were doubtful of that statement, Demiurge and Ulbert especially.
"It was well, thank you Nigredo. I see you've braided your hair, It looks nice on you." Sebas smiles at her, oblivious to her light blush and embarrassment. Only obvious to the rest of the room's accupents.
'If it were anyone else aside from Sebas I'd probably do what Tabula did to me when we first met. I guess I understand what he felt now. I dont want to let go of my little Hina!." Momonga thought to himself while thinking about his daughter.
"Hey Momonga somethings coming up on the mirror of remote viewing right there." Touch-me said.
Everyone gathered around the mirror. It showed an image of a simple village one would expect in medieval times. It was home to humans and was surrounded by a thick forest and the structure of the homes themselves and the paths was reminiscent to that of fantasy novels. To the people looking at the image it was a natural paradise that not even the ultra-elite in their old world could afford. However, large strings of smoke from the middle of the village caught the group's attention.
"Are they having a festival? I see some kind of commotion. Don't suppose you can zoom in Momonga?" Touch-me said.
Momonga had zoomed in at Touch-Me's request. The village had put a scene of a village massacre. Knights were slaughtering villagers left and right. It did not matter to them their age or gender if they were not wearing the same armor, they were killed. A man who had been stabbed through the back while holding onto one of the knights and had seemingly saw through the Mirror and had mouthed a plea for help, before getting a blade stabbed through his neck and the life in his eyes had vanished. A very brutal sight indeed.
'I don't feel anything. Seeing entire families get slaughtered and nothing. Then again I did kill Satoru's boss… and his family. Ahh anything for the only people in existence I can truly love. Best that My darling doesn't find out how I actually feel. It seems that Nigredo has her fathers heart though, I never seen her get angry at anything this much before. The same can be said for Touch-me and Sebas it seems.' Albedo had thought to herself.
"That's not a festival. Thats a genocide." Touch-Me said angrily.
"Why are they doing this! Those are literal kids they are killing! These bastards!" NIgredo yelled out with a dark aura and her hair floating unbraided and reminiscent of tentacles.
"This is truly deplorable." Sebas has said with a calm face but in clear voiced anger.
"I'm not going to stay around and let innocent people get slaughtered. Botan you stay here and tell your mother what's happening." Touch-me said.
"Wait Touch-san. It could be a trap!" Momonga had said aloud.
At this the Insectoid Paladin had stood still and turned around towards the Guild leader.
"What do you mean! These are people out there. People who need help. People like we used to be."
"I know what you mean by that Touch-Me but think about this. We don't know the reason why these people are getting killed but I do know if we attack those knights we become an enemy of whoever decided to send them in the first place. For all we know someone could have found our location and knows of us and is using the village to draw us out. Those knights might even be stronger than us!"
"So staying around and ignoring it is the 'right' thing to do here!"
The tension was incredibly high. Both Momonga and Touch-Me had unknowingly released their Auras into the room. Momonga had released his Aura of despair while Touch-me had released his Aura of hope, it was noticeable to Albedo and Nigredo who stood across the table from them. The intense stare was interrupted from the least likely Candidate.
"I agree with Touch-Me Father." NIgredo said. Momonga and Touch-Me's Aura had turned off and everyone still present looked towards Her.
"I know that by going to save that village will make us a target. But I don't want to live in a world where people with the strength to do anything good don't. I'm tired of that and right now I have the chance to do that. Even if I have to do it alone, I don't want to see children have lifeless eyes anymore." Nigredo said.
Nigredo was one of the more morally aligned people nor only in Ainz Ooal Gown but in their old world as well. While seeing lifeless bodies of orphans and the unfortunate homeless was common, it had always saddened Nigredo to see the bodies of children she took care off at the daycare she worked at end up in a dark alley. It was the main reason she had made her base in the for of an orphanage on the 5th floor. She was a caring lady in an uncaring world.
Everyone in the room was silent as they heard Nigredos declaration. Touch-Me was touched by Nigredos willingly to do the right thing but her father and mother Momonga and Albedo were surprised that their normally polite and orderly child had yelled out her feelings so passionately. But also proud of their 16 year old little girl was starting to become a woman who stood by her convictions. Momongas eye-Sockets which was pitch dark during Nigredos Speech had lit up slowly.
Momonga had remembered a time when he was humiliated and beaten constantly just for existing in his old job before he had met Albedo and in Yggdrasil. He remembered the act of Touch-Me saving him, giving him the will to keep playing. It had led him to gain a new will to live with him meeting Albedo for the first time. To gaining their children in their lives and giving him a new joy. He had understood what his daughter was saying. While he did not care for the villagers themselves. He did care about his family and friends. Momonga had made his decision
"I won't let you help them Touch-Me." Touch-Me and Nigredo had started to speak but were interrupted before finishing their first word.
"Not without help at least, Ainz Ooal Gown will not be known as mindless monsters this time around. Nigredo, I want you to go to your surveillance room and offer support with Aureole. Inform us with information of their numbers and location while we go and stop this massacre."
Nigredo smiled and with a nod had left the room through teleportation.
"Albedo, how fast can you get your armor and gear ready?" Momonga said.
"I'll need 5 minutes." Albedo responded
"Then we'll go ahead and save who we can. Please message the others about the situation and make sure the children stay here. Have Tabula stay in the tomb too, I'd like for one of the grown ups to look after the tomb at least. Even if he is a bit old." A small bead of sweat had shown on everyone's face. The parents had all wanted to be the ones to take the blows in case anything in this world was proven to harm them and decided to let the kids here was understandable. The only danger in leaving Tabula on babysitting duty would be him allowing Demiurge and Pandora conduct their experiments in the open…Again.
"We have wasted enough time. Let us go to Momonga." Touch-Me had said. Momonga opened a Gate spell and the overlord and world champion walked through.
Enri did not know why this was happening. It had simply started as the usual day. Wake up and help her parents with the housework in the morning. She would assist in the fields while her little sister Nemu would help their mom with cooking. Then the attack happened. Knights in full plate armor and war horses had charged into the village. She saw some of them throw torches into houses and start killing people. She was inside her home with her family enjoying lunch when the door was kicked open by one of the knights.
They had dragged her mother out first and stabbed her through the chest without a second thought in front of her and Nemu. Her father managed to knock over some knight that was about to kill her and yelled for her to run with Nemu. She didn't have to look back to know her father had died protecting her and Nemu. She ran along a path the people of her village had talked about that led to the woods. She ran full speed with Nemu in her arms being chased by two knights. She had managed to get into the woods but her attackers had closed in on her.
Enri felt the sharpness of the blade draw a long, painful and agonizing slash against her back and felt a warm liquid dripping from her back. She still carried Nemu in her arms and felt her tears on her clothes. She knew her death was about to happen when she heard the order of the two knights to kill her. In desperation she had closed her eyes and begged to whatever power was out there.
'Please at least let my sister live,' Enri pleaded..
As opened her eyes to throw Nemu towards the forest she saw what could only be described as a tear in space. It was a circular purple void that was large enough for an exceptionally tall person to fit through. She had no idea what was going on and so did the knights given how she was still alive. The pain in her back was gone either due to pure shock of the void in front of her or adrenalin or her will to love she did not know.
Suddenly another knight appeared. He was clad in pure white shining armor and had excluded an aura that seemingly made him glow in the light. On his chest a dark blue jewel and attached to his He had a red majestic capelet mounted on his left shoulder with a blue jewel pin. His sword was as tall of an average person and was elegantly made and on his left arm had a shield attached to it. He stood a little over 7ft tall. He was the definition of a knight in shining armor
"Don't worry justice has arrived!" the Knight said while striking a pose with his blade in his right hand.
"Tch. I don't know who you are or what kind of unit you came from but it's clear you're no ally. You can die with these two urchins!" The knight that was about to strike Enri had charged the Paladin but in a motion too fast for even the trained eye the paladin slash his sword straight down the charging knight. At first no movement of any kind was made. Then the charging knight started to split in half, from the middle of his head to his groin. As if he was a piece of sliced meat the two halves fell in opposite directions with innards and blood spewing from the pieces of the once alive man.
"AHHEEE!" The second knight ran from the bloody sight in fear not realizing he had left a trail of fear soaked urine falling down his leg. The Knight had bumped into what felt like hard, very cold brick wall. When he looked up he saw the face of a skeleton with fiery rage in its eye sockets looking down at him before he could even scream he had heard his last words.
"Grasp heart." the skeleton said before closing his hand. And like that the knight had fallen like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
Hello everybody! Thank you so much for waiting for this chapter. Not the best quality but I did my best and I am exited to get the next part out as soon as possible. Im sure you already seeing some differences betwee cannon and my fanfic. Thank you so much to everyone who has favorited and followed me I really means a lot. Cant promise anything anytime soon due to some college exams but Ill do my best to do the entire Carne village Battle next chapter.
If you have any suggestions in making some improvements or ideas in how a player version of the NPCs would act like please leave them in the reviews.
Until Next time. Also anyone know when the english version of volume 15?