Chapter- 4 : Step by step

Re-Estize Kingdoms Royal Capital:

After the incident that happend at the warehouse in E-pespel two days ago a meeting was taking place in the Royal Capital of the Re-Estize Kingdom. In a deserted place near the noble district, nine Humans were seated themselves at a round table in an inconspicuous building. The front of the table has a tapestry depicting a red hand with eight fingers, which purposefully fitted the name of the criminal organization that the gathered Humans all led: Eight Fingers. Dealing in extortion, gambling, and assassinations as well as the smuggling of slaves, drugs, and other illegal goods, Eight Fingers was named as an indirect reference to the God of Theft and while its members were tied together more by necessity than brotherhood. Even though it is a relatively new organization, the syndicate has a controlling hold over both the Kingdom's politics and its criminal underworld.

"The Eight Fingers Executive Council is now in order.",The Chairman that led such meetings said in a moment of authority with his back to the tapestry and the similarly robed bodyguards attending the meeting also. A seemingly holy man due to his compassionate-looking face in his late fourtie's, his crimson robe with the hood covering his eyes, and the Water God necklace he wore around his neck, he was, in truth, just as corrupt as the other criminals surrounding him that he additionally, if nominally, led. "I admit that this is an unusual time to call for a meeting, but two of our own members requested it.", Turning to the huge bald man of muscles with tattoos all over his body depicting various animals who was among the seated people, he said. "Zero, please state your thoughts?"

"Hngh",The leader of the security department of the crime syndicate just grunted in confermation. He was a moderately new shot in the criminal underworld of brutes who prided himself in his battle capabilities. Fighting up the ranks in a short time he started garnering attention from the crime groups. After testing his reliability the eight fingers send him the invitation to join, which he accepted immidiately and became the security head of the department. Zero and five other more powerful and high class criminals made up the infamous 'Six Arms' which's sole purpose is to eliminate the undesirable elements to the organization. As much as he wanted to avoid discussing this problem, he knew that this was important and needed to be settled down as soon as possible. So he stated with a grim expression,"Two days ago one of our big wearhouses in E-pespel was attacked by the shadow mage. It housed the latest batch of black dust and twenty-five imported slaves from the Robel Holy kingdom. As the report from our spies says, the batch of drugs was destroyed by the fire and aside from a few slaves that died from the circumstances, the rest fleed from our grasps".

As Zero finished his report a hush silence fell in the room. A few had angry and furious expressions, some had fearful and suspicious reaction and others were contemplating the information.

In one of the seats an old man in his fifty's gritts his teeth in so much anger that they might just break and fall off. He was wearing an expensive lavender color tunic with heavy embroidery and a lot of expensive jewelry. He is the current head of the drug department. For him the last few months were as hell. Every stock of drug he supplied was intercepted by that damn mage and got destroyed. Business wasn't going well as before which creates unrest and loss of influence. His anger rises as he grumbles,"That BASTERD! He's making non-stop problems in my business. Because of Him! I lost a literal fortune! And I'm not even mentioning the resources we lost in the process!". His eyes burn with fury as he clenches his hands with so much force that his knuckles starts to turn white. A feminine hand caresses his arm in a comforting way as he visibly calms down. The hand belongs to a young blonde lady in her early twenties with a voluptuous body and purple lips. She wore a seductive form fitting white dress with golden edges which left little to the imagination. After calming down a little he stated in a better mood than before that,"If it wasn't for the suggestion from Hilma to take the smaller batches and store it in other wearhouses we may as well have lost everything. she has a good head on her shoulders, I'm even thinking about nominating her as the next head of the drugs department". He pointed at the woman behind. The woman now known as

Hilma Cygnaeus just smiled an innocent smile at the man. She is a one-time high-class prostitute who also does some very high level assassination missions. She didn't had any outside help to get where she is right now, it was all her hard work. In his eyes she was the perfect candidate for the next department head. As he shifted his head back to the board members he glared at Zero as he shouted,"And you! How much money did I pay you to make sure that the cargo stays safe. You even guaranteed that you will personally ensure that the damn mage is taken care of! I want my money back? So What happened now ha? Cat got your tongue?!".

Now it was Zero's turn to grit his teeth and clench the table with his hands in anger. What could he say, he knew that this was his fault. Only if he didn't underestimate the mage and went personally with his team to guard the place and not send the henchmens. Only if he knew. He miscalculated the threat that this mage possessed to them. Underestimating one's opponent is one of the most foolish things to do which can even cause death to one's life, he knew this well enough. At first he guessed that the mage was somewhere between a platinum or mithril rank adventurer. Which is why he sent 60 of his best henchmens which were handpicked by him personally. He was confident in their ability to deal with two gold rank or a mithril rank team and buying enough time to alert the nearby forces for reinforcements. But if the mage alone dealt this much destruction he might have to revaluate everything.

A depressing wail came from the flamboyant, make-up wearing slave trading department head, Ampetif Cocco Doll, interjected as he commented,"All those slaves, they were premium product. They weren't for the public, they were shipped from Robal to apease our noble clients. What a tremendous loss and waste!"

A visible vain popped in Zero's head as he heard the snort and remark's of the council mens at him. He could take the blame for failing and inability to catch the mage but if they try to express that they were the only ones who had taken losses they have another thing coming. He clenched his fist and slammed it on the table with enough force that a few chunks of wood when flying and spider web cracks appeared on top of it. As the room once again came to silence. He looked around with narrowed eye's as he said,"You think your the only ones to take losses. The 60 men I sent were all at a rank of silver and were handpicked by myself. Each one of them had decent battle experience. When I first heard of this mage, I thought he was around platinum or a rank above. So, when I heard all of my men were slaughtered like animals what did you think I felt! Who will pay for my losses?! I nearly lost half of my force." He raged looking at them. The others had the decency to look away. After taking a deep breath he stated in an even tone,"For the mage to take out all of my men alone and not even leaving a single evidence makes him a greater threat than before. Either he is powerful by himself or someone powerful backing him up. We just might be dealing with a Orichalcum or... an Adamantite ranked threat."

Gasps from the Chairman, Cocco Doll, Hilma, and all the rest of the people present was heard knowing the difference between Orichalcum and Adamantite. Adamantite ranks are earned by them who transcend human capabilities. Even five Orichalcum ranked people might not match upto a single Adamantite ranked person, they are the pinnacle of human strength. A good example of them would be Blue Rose and Red Drop the newest promoted Adamantite team of Re-Estize kingdom. It was not every day that the ever confidant Zero was concern about facing someone. Whispers started all around the room. It was broken by the head of the merchant department by asking weakly,"So what should we do now?"

The question was answered by the head of the gambling department by saying, "I vote to contact this mage and negotiate with him to work for us, offer him wealth and fame. It will be beneficial for the organization to have someone powerful working for us than against. If he does join us then all of his previous actions towards us will be forgiven... If he doesn't then eliminate him with our full might as soon as possible".

In accordance to his words all the other members nodded and voted along with him. The head of the drug department was reluctant at first but after contemplating he also voted along grudgingly. After taking all the votes the chairman declared, "So it is decided then, after contacting the shadow mage we shall give an invitation to him to join us". He than looked at Zero and continued in a grave tone, "And if he doesn't then, Zero I'm giving you full permission to use all the resources to hunt this man down".

As he said that Zero had a crazed smile on his face as he replied, "It will be done". He will make sure to make this mage suffer till his last breath for putting a stain in his reputation and killing his men.

As the chairman one's again turned to the people present he stated in an even tone,"Now to less concerning matters. There are a few nobles who are trying to go against us. Mainly the ones who didn't get a 'piece of the pie'. But the problem is the person spearheading them, one of the six great nobles marquis Raven. He is a sly and cunning man who doesn't do something on impulse. He might have something that can be used against us." He looked around as he continued, "There might be an imposter among us (AN: Pun intended)". Hearing this everyone face soured. Even if none of them trusted each other much the concept of a traitor didn't appeal to them. The chairman continued, "For now we won't do anything and only observe. We also have the backing of marquis Blumrush and marquis Boullope so they can't do much. For now the meeting is adjourned".

After that everyone nodded as they left and thought of their next step.

Scene change: E-rental, Brinewood house

Ryne P.O.V :

It has been approximately three months since I came to this world and till now have learned much about it. First is that the city I'm currently in is the fortress city of E-rental of the Re-Estize Kingdom. But I still don't know how the city looks like since I rarely went out and neither did I found out much about the country and it's surroundings. Most of the information I collected was by eavesdropping on the conversations of the 'adults'. At first when I started listening to the people speaking I thought they were speaking japanese quite fluently. But one day when I tried reading a piece of parchment which was in front of my sight I couldn't read it, because the letters were in an entirely different language. I stared at the people around me when they spoke and discovered that their lips didn't align the way they are suppose to do when they spoke. After that I understood that this world has a language system that translate the speaking of a foreign language automatically. How, I don't know really. Another mystery to find out later.

Second this world which I find myself in is an medieval society. Which I could be wrong because of my limited knowledge. But there isn't much 'if any' technological developments around me. I mean this world doesn't even have electricity. How much difficulty the common masses has to endure to do even the most tedious work like collecting water, only having hand fans on summer instead of air conditioners, not having enough lighting or to keeping food fresh by cooling it etcetera just because nobody invented the uses of something as basic as electricity. May I should be the one to invented the uses of electricity in this world like Thomas Addison did in my previous world, but in a more eco-friendly way by using wind mills, water stream weels, solar panels to generate electricity other than using Non-renewable ways to produce more and make pollution. I would never want this world to turn out like the rotten place I came from. In matter of fact I'm thankful that I had completed my Engineering course to get my job, which in retrospect I never needed as an office worker. Mega-corporations and their demand for illogical achievements I tell you.

But this worlds lack of technological development is slightly balanced by the existence and use of magic. Even though magic doesn't have any domestic uses in the daily lives of people, but the possibilities of using magic to reduce the hardships of the people of this world are endless. There is also the fact magic isn't widely used and is remarked as parlor tricks by nobles of the kingdom which father always bickers about. From what I know most of the mages of this country either join the Magicians guild or the Adventures guild. As for mentioning it, one of the things I find myself interested in are the 'Marshal Arts' that the warriors of this world use. To me they look more like the watered down versions of carecter skills from YGGDRASIL.

Another thing that I found that is the level difference between this world and YGGDRASIL. The level difference is so large that even a low level raid boss could potentially level the kingdom and wipeout everyone. This was one of those thoughts that scared me shit less. If a monster NPC or Player wanted to kill me they could do it with just a flick of there finger. As the possibilities of other players and NPC's coming to this world is real, then they might be a threat to me. Especially if they found out who I really am. So the only way to stop them is to get stronger myself.

Until now other than eating, sleeping, collecting information and enjoying myself the one thing I find myself doing today is trying to access my Momonga Character. This was most easiest and fastest way to get stronger. If I can access Momonga's character and inventory I can face of against three 100 level player and not worry about dying. Aside from getting stronger the other reason I want to access it is because of the emotional attachment I have with it. This was the last thing that stayed with me till my last moments. All of the good and bad memories with my friends, my happiness, sadness, grief, passion everything is tied up to it. I don't want it to wither away like everything else. But may as I try I couldn't access it. I was so upset that I didn't even know what to do. I started thinking of reasons why I couldn't access my player account. And then it hit me like a brick. YGGDRASIL was a game and this is reality. There was no way a body of a child could handle the immense power Momonga's character holds, even if more ludacris things have already happened to him like getting Isekai'ed to another world. Now thinking about it, the thought of a three months old child spamming instant death spells left and right made him chuckle. So what could I do? I find myself asking. The answer was simple. To get stronger with my own power. So I started mentally putting on new goals to complete which are:

(1) Learn how to crawl.

(2) Learn how to walk.

(3) Learn how to write and read.

(4) Learn how to use magic from father.

(5) Learn how to use weapons and marshal arts from mother.

(6) Collecting more information about this world and about anything that is related to YGGDRASIL.

(7) Confirm if any other players has been transported to here or not.

(8) Keeping a low profile till I'm strong enough to defend myself.

After which I started with my first goal how to crawl. Which is a lot hard when you don't have enough muscle mass to do it. But I kept on trying even if trying to stand on four limbs and keeping my balance was far more difficult than I thought. At my seventh try I lost my balance and promptly fell face first to the ground which hurt a lot than it actually should. Like the saying goes, 'No pain no gain'.

Third Persons P.O.V :

Time Skip: One month

It was like every other day for Linda.

After retiring from her adventuring career she had a lot of free time on her hands which she relatively spent in boredom. The life of an adventurer dangerous as it might be, it had its charm. Not a single day was uninteresting by any means. Everyday was a new journey and the thrill of battle was their fuel. It also didn't hurt how well payed the higher rank jobs were.

Linda Brinewood or formerly known as Linda Sefi Jec Leion was the sole grand daughter of Author Van Jec Leion. Who was one of the most powerful and prestigious nobles of the kingdom. The Jec Lieon's were also known as the 'Lion of the king' and was one of the first loyal subjects to be elevated to nobility. Her ancestors were as loyal as they were fearsome in battle. They were the first line of defense to the kingdom.

Before Linda was even born her father died from an unknown sickness. And her mother passed away from child labour when she was born. After her parents passed away the only family she was left with was her grandfather, who took care of her and the only other person she could ever call family. She had a pretty easy going life but even then she was expected to learn how to fight. Even as nobility their base of code was to be the sword of the king. It didn't matter if you were a man or a woman, you were expected to fight if the king ordered so. She had a good life until the first war against the Baharuth Empire broke out. Even in it's infency the empire wasn't a foe that could be taken lightly. As the first line of defense her grandfather was ordered to take part in the war. Even after having an army behind his back he perished in battle like a warrior.

After her grandfathers death she was left as the sole surviving member of her lineage. Other nobles thought of this as an opportunity to use her to improve their prestige and wealth. But of all the things she didn't want to be a mindless puppet and get manipulated as the others think fit. Many tried but she made sure to make them know how bad of an idea it was. But nobility are also subjugate to follow a few rules, in her case getting married. As a last attempt on keeping her freedom she gave away her noble title and became an adventurer. As adventureres were not tied down to any country and as free as they can be. Before leaving she took 100 gold coins and their family heirloom 'Hyumilis' which was given to her by her grandfather before he left. 'Hyumilis' is one of the four swords of darkness used by the Black Knight, who was one of the members of the thirteen heros. The sword was a beautiful katana with an obsidian blade with elegant red carving around it. It was so sharp that it could cut metal like paper and was rumored to be on par with 'Razor Edge' one of the great treasures of the Re-Estize kingdom. Hyumilis was granted as a reward to her great grandfather by the first king of Re-Estize for his loyalty. The sword had some negative effects while using, which gave her headaches sometimes so once she became proficient in using a spear she stopped using the sword.

After joining her adventurer party she quickly rose up the ranks and started her true adventure. Years passed by and then she met Jake. It was then she started living once again. After her adventurer party died she retired and married Jake. A year passed by after getting married and everything started to get dull again, until her son was born. In her eyes he was so precious, small and fragile. After that she devoted all of her time to her child needs. When he looks at her with those deep red orbs in his eyes it fills her with warmth. She knew he was different. Unlike every other child of his age he didn't cry much if any. He was always so calm, so observant. It sometimes worries her for his wellbeing.

So in the afternoon after taking a bath she went to check upon her son. But seeing her four months old son trying to stand on his tiny four limbs surprised her would be an understatement. 'How can a four months child learn how to crawl when his muscles should be still developing',she thought as she hurriedly ran towards her son.

On the other hand Ryne was ecstatic when his hard work of one month finally bore fruit. 'Yes finally. I completed my first goal. I would have never thought that moving around crawling would be so fun than sitting all day on a single spot',He thought as he took his first step. 'It took a huge effort even to coordinate the movement of my limbs, but with a bit of time, I will managed to walk again someday',he thought as took another step and another towards the living room. The childish curiosity from the baby part of him overwhelmed with excitement at the thought of being able to move around. Hopefully, no one saw me crawling towards the living room. And then I heard a gasp, he looked up and lo and behold his mother was standing in front of him with a shocked and amused expression in all her glory. He tried to make a sheepish expression on his face which expressed 'Opps'.

Linda as amused as she was picked up her son and started stretching his cheeks as she said,"Now now why are you starting to crawl. Your not even six months old. Your muscles still need to develop before you try doing this".

He tried to protest with the most serious expression a four months old child could make but the only thing came out of his mouth was, "Ubawa". He hated making those sounds.

In response his mother just chuckled and said,"Ok I understand that your bored and wanted to roam around a little. Tell you what. lets get you ready and go for a walk shall we." She cradled him in her arms and went up the stairs to change my clothes.

I was quite happy to hear it. 'Finally I can see how the outside world really looks like', he thought in excitement. Suddenly He felt a small prick on his head and saw a green spark on his left. When he faced it he was to surprised to think anything else. There on the left corner of his view was a small green icon exactly like the black icon. Without wasting anymore time he tuned out everything happening around him and just focused on the icon. His face turned surprised to astonished as the icon opened and showed it contents.

player : Ryne Brinewood

Guild Affiliation : None

Racial Class : Human

Racial Level : 1

{Player character Ryne Brinewood is a mutual account to Player character Momonga}

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{Player characters Ryne Brinewood and Momonga are now connected}

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Player : Momonga {Accessable}

Guild Affiliation : Ainz Ooal Gown {Unreachable}

Racial Class : Undead {Unlocked}

Racial Level : 1 {Unlocked}

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Playing Progress : 10% {currently}

Daily Bonus : 500 exp

To be continued...

Author's Note : Hey so here is the newest chapter. Hope you like it. Yes I know that the story is really slow but this is important to build up the main story. I want to make sure that the other characters to connect to the main character Suzuki/Ryne rather than phasing through them. Because this is a story about the family and adventures of the reincarnated Suzuki. In this story Suzuki/Ryen will be OP. I mean the entire story plot of Overlord Light Novel was about how OP Ainz actually was. So if you hate op characters you should stop reading this story. From next month my exam will be starting so the next update will be on December.

See you then.

Stay safe.