The Roble Holy Kingdom had been around for as long as the Slane Theocracy, the two having a close relationship with their beliefs and goals of protecting humanity. Though they aren't a copy of one another as the Theocracy claims itself superior, and they kill or enslave all who aren't human. The Holy Kingdom takes a more humble approach to their faith, they vanquish those who are evil and help the innocent who cannot protect themselves, no matter their race or species.
No one upheld such beliefs more than the Custodio sisters, as they had been around since the arrival of the six gods. Remedios was created by the God of Earth as a personification of true justice, a memory to one of the greatest swordsmen in Yggdrasil. She was a paladin of pure divinity, having been the one to train those who founded the Paladin Order. Her unmatched power combined with her humility made her well known and loved within the kingdom.
Her sister Kelart was created by the God of Light, while Remedios was the kingdom's sword, she was its faith. Gifted divine magic beyond even her creator, she was the one to lead the kingdom down a better path as the Theocracy's faith grew tainted. Her kindness knew no limits as she aided all who needed it, from those hurt by beastmen attacks to ones who could no longer find purpose in life.
As well loved as the sisters were, they were the kingdom's greatest secret. When the Six Gods had died and the Theocracy hoarded away their treasures, the two realized just what would occur if they made themselves well known, and hid within their kingdom's walls. As more beings from Yggdrasil came and left, the two did their best to help those who sought aid while striking down all who came to bring harm.
"I she said it was just past those trees, let's get moving." Came the firm but kind voice of Remedios, she had joined a group of Paladins in search of a magic item, her sister had said the item was of the fifth tier. So keeping it from the beastmen was top priority.
As they made their way across the clearing, a girl had come up to her side. The girl had short blonde hair and was wearing leather armor instead of the iron all paladins wore. She had a bow and quiver slung on her back, though her most striking feature is her eyes. Despite looking scary, Remedios was familiar with them as the girl had been her squire for a couple years at this point. She was attentive, but had an aura of happiness around her.
"You seem excited Neia, something happen?" Remedios asked, the girl jumped in surprise before blushing.
"W-well I'm just happy, items usually don't show up unless there's another player, and we haven't heard about anything bad happening." Neia said with a smile, one the paladin returned. She couldn't help but agree, it had always been a coin flip whenever new players showed up. Since half the country hadn't burned yet, there was a chance they could at least talk things out and possibly enter into a beneficial relationship.
"Indeed, a fifth tier item also gives us good insight into their strength, so things are truly looking up."
Despite the similar terms, the item tier system Kelart uses doesn't measure the spell the item can use, rather it measures the magic radiating off of it. When players are transferred, it's treated as a death, and a single item from the player or guild base is dropped randomly in the world. The tier system divides their strength into five tiers, first being level one to twenty, and fifth being eighty one to one hundred. The latter being much more dangerous as the item left behind has a higher chance of being a world item.
As they passed through the trees, Remedios had to take a step back from the lingering power radiating from the ring. " They're definitely level one hundred, not even the item from the Greed Kings had this much power." She thought as Neia went over, looking at the item. It was only a silver ring, a dozen small green gems circling around it.
"Oh, I think I've seen this ring before, it's one of the single use rings of teleportation," Neia said, picking up the ring and looking at the gems. "It looks like the direct teleportation ring."
Remedios just tilts her head. "What's the difference between them?"
"They're all different shades of green, Kelart told me her creator complained about the Shitty-devs because they're hard to distinguish." Neia pulls out another similar ring, though its gems are a lighter shade of green. "I have the home teleportation ring that sends me home no matter where I am. The direct teleportation ring sends you anywhere you want to go."
"Oh, single use items aren't really useful, I'm kinda curious to see it in action though." The GrandMaster Paladin had a slightly giddy look on her face. Neia giggles a bit at her excitement before starting to put the ring on.
"It's no problem, just put it on and think of a destination, the-"
Remedios just looks at the empty spot, the other paladins look around, and when Neia isn't found anywhere they begin to panic. The girl's mother was one of the greatest paladins, and her father worked alongside Remedios as one of the Nine Colors. The poor NPC could only think of one thing. " Oh no."
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"Is there a reason we left this insect alive? It's simply a waste of time carrying around such trash." The cold voice of Narberal Gamma could be heard, she's walking through the forest with Entoma Vasilissa Zeta. Though they aren't alone, as a man with blue hair walks behind them while wrapped in webs. He glares at the two maids but doesn't attempt to escape, knowing what would happen.
"Because it's what the new supreme being asked us to do, plus those other bandits were tasty so I can't complain." The younger maid chirped in reply, Narberal only rolled her eyes. Enri had asked them to comb through the countryside and clear out the bandits, with the added order from Ainz to bring back those who looked like they knew stuff. The elder maid couldn't understand why the supreme being allowed such insects into his home and considered them equals. If it wasn't for his hospitality the sisters would've been long dead.
When the two began their job, they were picked up by Sebas and Shalltear, who were pretending to be noble merchants to gather intel. Narberal at first thought she'd find a comrade in the vampire, but soon learned she actually had begun to like the girl after the incident with Demiurge. The two maids left after the coachman led them to a group of bandits.
Finding and dealing with the bandit hideout wasn't anything difficult, just annoying with how many there were. Soon some actual resistance came up in the form of a man who called himself Brain Unglaus, though it only required Narberal to take out her blade to defeat him. She tried to kill the man, but Entoma told her he should be kept alive since the man looked like he knew a lot.
Which led them to their current situation, it was thought that there would be more hideouts as Enri told them this was the largest bandit group in the Re-estize. However Brain told them they only had the one base, other bandit groups and others posing as part of their group were all from the Eight Fingers. Entoma found it to be true after using a few bugs, and they began their trek to the area they'll be taken back to Nazarick.
The peace was not one to last however, as they reached a large clearing there was another group. These people carried weapons and armor the maids recognized, with the dress one of them wore putting the two on guard. The dress had an unnatural aura that seemed to bend the world around it, something only a very specific set of items could do.
The one in front of the group aims his spear at Entoma before speaking. "Vile creature, release your prisoners and you may leave alive." The first seat spoke as the others readied their weapons, the ninth and eleventh seats protecting the woman in the dress. Narberal just glares at the group with a hand on her blade and a hand crackling with electricity.
Entoma looked back at the man with the blue hair, who just gave a shrug. After another look at the group before looking back again, she lets go of the rope holding the man. "These guys seem like they know more, I'm sure you'll do fine wrapped up in webbing." The man just gave a glare before running off, she turned back around before finding herself dodging a lance.
The captain begins to yell at the sixth seat before having to block a sword strike, the other members springing into action. The two who aren't running in, step back to keep Kaire safe, confused as to why the other prisoner is fighting them. They look towards the old woman, asking if she may know. "It's obvious the girl's mind controlled, and as long as she is, this fight will be a lot harder." She nods as the ninth seat strikes a few incoming insects with his chains. "Would be best to use the gift now, but can't until the order is given, or the situation is dire."
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Neia finds herself in an unfamiliar forest, watching as the teleportation ring shatters. "Stupid! Lime green is direct teleportation, neon green is random teleportation!" She chastises herself, smacking her face with her palm. The sounds of fighting gains her attention, she reaches the edge of the clearing and watches the battle unfold. With recognition of some of the items the larger group has, it's clear to see how the situation unfolded. The two maids were most likely attacked, and are attempting to defend themselves.
The archer watches as the maid with black hair takes out someone with a spear. In turn a lady in a dress begins to cast magic with it. " No wait, that's Downfall!" She mentally panics. The divine dragon flies from the dress into the air before heading straight down to the other maid that's been struggling against the rest of the group. The maid with black hair turns away from the one she downed and knocks the smaller maid out of the way, taking the attack instead.
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The Black Scripture panicked, the human girl had taken the power of the gods in place of the insect. The captain was most surprised, he had noticed the look in her eyes, how much she wanted him dead. In a bit of irony the insect seemed more human than the human. " Maybe she isn't, her strength was far too great to be human, perhaps a forgotten line of godkin?" He thought, turning to Kaire as she let out a coughing laugh.
"Oh how ironic, the one you enslaved now used to kill you." The old lady cackled, about to give her commands until she suddenly stopped. The others looked at her in surprise, she then fell to the ground with an arrow in the back of her head.
The Scripture immediately began to set a retreat, but the ninth and eleventh fell soon after to a pair of arrows. More and more arrows began to fly through the air, some of the arrow heads had different status effects on them. The captain attempted to get up, but got hit with a paralytic arrow. The eighth seat began to block arrows, but the amount paired with the bullet bugs the insect was shooting in a rage left the surviving members no choice but to retreat. The first, ninth, and eleventh members are left behind along with the god artifact.
Entoma walked up to Narberal, about to touch her when a hand shot out and stopped her. She struck at where the hand came from, but they dodged. "Woah woah woah, I'm not here to fight. Just making sure you don't get attacked." The girl said, the maid noticed that despite how angry her eyes looked, she sounded genuine.
"Why would she attack me, I'm her sister?"
"The attack she was hit with, the dress is a powerful mind control item. Since the wearer is dead she can't be controlled, but any contact will cause her to attack you." Neia said as she headed over to the old lady, removing the dress and handing it over to the maid. "It probably would be best if you kept it safe." The maid took the dress and put it in a small black void.
She looked over at Narberal again, tears welling up in her actual eyes as they dribbled down her chin. " I don't know who those people were, they didn't know me. Yet they tried to kill us." She looked over at the only one who wasn't killed, knocked unconscious from exhaustion and the paralysis. " He was mean, but nice." She sent a 'message' to the youngest sister for a 'gate' directly to Ainz. As the large black portal opened up, she looked over to the girl with the scary eyes. The girl nods before the two head into the portal.
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A few hours pass before the first seat wakes up. He's dazed and unsure of where he is, though the pain in his leg jogs his memory. They were sent out to deal with the possible resurrection of the Catastrophe dragon lord, and find out what happened to the sunlight scripture. They came across a pair of girls and a guy. After that it became a blur, but eventually arrows rained from the sky and took him out.
As he pulled out an arrow and drank a health potion, a black portal opened up near him. He looked towards it to see a man in an orange suit walk out. " No, a demon." The being's pointed ears and metal tail matched the description of a NPC in a book one of the six wrote. He closed his eyes and accepted his fate, the description had mentioned how he overpowered the gods easily, there was no way he'd win.
"I'm glad to see you are awake and healed," The demon spoke, grabbing his shoulder before easily lifting him up, he risked opening his eyes, noticing the gems in place of the demon's. "It makes things much easier for us." His smile grew, a wicked thing to even make the captain shiver.
"I hope you'll continue to cooperate."
/Author Notes/
First chapter of the final arc in the first season. Obviously all a flashback to properly set things up.
Also yes the Roble Holy Kingdom is completely different, I don't care. Anyway, peace out people.
