AN: English is not my native language and this is my first fanfiction.
"I love cookies" → thoughts
"I love cookies" → speech
"I love cookies" → spell, Martial art
Chapter 13
→ Re-Estice Palace / Gazef Stronoff ←
After the battle of Carne Gazef and his warrior group went back to the palace of Re-Estice. It took them one and a half weeks with nearly no rest, since they had to inform the king as fast as possible.
Once Gazef came back he informed the king about the battle and the new and strong magic caster. When he spoke the name "Ainz Ooal Gown" Renner came in.
"... name was "Ainz Ooal Gown" and he was extremely strong. He is as strong as Fluder Paradyne, if not stronger." Gazef said with conviction.
"It is a strange name. Renner, did you hear that name in your studies?" Ramposa asked Renner.
"No father, but I will speak with more informed people about a business of mine. I could also ask them about that name, if you wish so." Renner answered. This got Gazef in surprise, which didn't go unnoticed by Ramposa.
"She is dealing with a pest in our country. If you are interested in betterment, you should ask her about it." Ramposa said to Gazef.
"And what business would Princess Renner have?" Gazef asked.
"I try to root out eight fingers. I asked blue roses and their new companion for help," Renner answered.
"Why blue roses and who is their "new companion"?" asked Gazef.
"Their new companion is the warrior, who won the last tournament. I asked an adventurer party and their friend, since it disguises our involvement. This will probably create some tension amongst the criminals" Renner said, letting her uncomfortable mask slip slightly.
Gazef and Ramposa looked at each other and nodded, since both knew that she was the most clever among her siblings.
"When will they arrive?" Gazef asked.
"Interested already?" Renner asked back.
"If it helps the country? It is no question. I am also intrigued by the winner of the last tournament. And maybe I can help you" Gazef said.
"Sounds good. They will arrive today, the guard will inform me, I will then send the messenger directly to you. I will go into the garden with them, it gives more secrecy than the thin walls of the palace itself." Renner stated while Gazef nodded
→ Re-Estice Palace / Renner, blue roses and Litzelot ←
It took again quite some time for blue roses and Litzelot to get to princess Renner, since they were searched on every corner. While they were on their way Princess Renner got informed and prepared a table in her room and a table with cake and tea in the royal garden.
In the early afternoon the party managed to get to Renner and the first thing they did was smalltalk. After some time Renner ordered her maid to collect some paper and bring it into the garden, when the maid left. After that Litzelot saw a swift change in tone in the discussion.
"Why does she distrust the maid? I should ask Lakyus later and play along" Litzelot thought, while positioning himself against the door, so that no one could enter without his will.
"Why do you block the door Litzelot? He also did it last time, does that mean that he sees through the maid or does he simply guess that I don't trust her with hot topics? " asked Renner herself.
"I am sorry Renner, but we didn't manage to get newer documents, we got over our plan and weeded out our mistake. Next time we will have them." Lakyus stated, sad about the escape of some grunts from eight fingers.
"That is no problem Lakyus. I will look over the documents when we go into the garden, but before that I want to thank the blue roses and you Litzelot by inviting you into a tea party in the royal garden" Renner spoke, while blue roses immediately agreed and Litzelot simply went with the decision of the group.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Renner asked and they left for the garden.
→ Re-Estice Palace Training Ground after training / Gazef and Climb ←
Gazef had found Climb training and had decided to spar with him, since training must go with experience. They had spared most of the late morning and noon. Now they took a break and ate bread and drank.
"You did well today." Gazef said.
"Thank you. But did you see that warrior at the tournament? This was a tough guy. I doubt I could defend Princess Renner for someone like him" Climb said, slightly sad.
"I doubt I could fight against him and let's not forget a magic caster I had witnessed. He could easily wipe the floor with both of us." Gazef said, remembering Ainz Ooal Gown.
"I heard the warrior is with blue roses?" Climb asked and Gazef nodded. The rest of the break was gone in silence, until a messenger informed Gazef about the new arrival.
"Let's go Climb." Gazef said.
"Are you sure?" Climb asked.
"Of course. It is our princess after all. Now let's get moving to the gardens" Gazef smirked.
→ Royal Garden / Renner, blue roses and Litzelot ←
After a short walk through the palace the Princess and her entourage entered the royal garden and a little later reached the prepared table. Once all were seated they continued to talk about mundane things until a Gazef and Climb reached the table and presented themself.
"I see. So we can begin now, can't we?" Renner said.
"As you wish. Here are the documents we got from the hideout." Lakyus said, pushing a bag over to Renner. She opened them and looked them through.
"By the way. Does anyone maybe know the name "Ainz Ooal Gown"?" Asked Gazef, taking the opportunity. Most of the group shook their heads, while Litzelot thought and then shuddered. This didn't go unnoticed by Gazef, who looked intrigued by Litzelot now.
"So the guild got here? I could have sworn that they, except their leader, were inactive and did not log in during the last hours" Litzelot thought, remembering the most powerful heteromorph guild yggdrasil had ever seen.
"So the name says something to you mister?" Gazef said.
"Litzelot is the name and yes. I have heard it before." Litzelot stated.
"Name is Gazef Stronoff, could you elaborate. I was saved by that person and don't know anything about him." said Gazef, throwing off Litzelot.
"If it is a person and masculin? Need more information" Litzelot thought, rhetorical steam coming from his head and his neck flames.
"Could you elaborate further? I know a guild named "Ainz Ooal Gown", but an individual with that name is new to me. If I had to guess, I would think someone from the guild took the name. To give more information you should tell me." Litzelot said, receiving looks from blue roses and Gazef.
"He wore a long gown with horns on his shoulders, a mask on his face and had a deep voice. He casted magic. He had a companion by a female in heavy armor, who used a two handed ax, she called herself Albedo." Gazef said.
"I don't know Albedo, but can take a guess. To the man, I think that was their leader. He was known as "Momonga" if I remember correctly. asked me if I wanted to join his guild. I declined, as it would hinder my .. eh.. projects" Litzelot said, circumventing his pranks on human players.
"How strong is he then?" asked Gazef.
"Magically speaking? He is a fortress, which will tank spell after spell all day long and could easily destroy your kingdom. Physically he would lose to me, but could beat you. But I would recommend avoiding fights against him. He seemed like a good guy. But what scares me more is his companion" said Litzelot.
"If I am right then he came here with his base, I think it was called "Nazarick". If that is true then it could go downhill, and that fast" thought Litzelot.
"Why would she scare you? I am shuddering at the thought of such a strong magic caster. We need information" Gazef said.
"If she is here and I remember the guild being inactive then his companion is part of his base. If that is the case you should be careful. If Ainz says one wrong word, his companions would try who-knows-what" said Litzelot.
"As to his magic, Ainz can cast up to super-tier magic. He had time to learn after all." Litzelot continued. Now everyone was stunned, except Renner, who was concentrating on documents.
"What could he be if he had so much time?" Evileye asked, whispering to Litzelot, while blue roses and Gazef talked in shock.
"If I remember correctly, and I am sure since he was quite famous in his prime, that he was an overlord. He learned Necromancy and you as I should be careful little kin" Litzelot said. This made Evileye shudder.
"So he is a player like you?" Evileye asked.
"Yes and more. He and his friends hunted players for sports. If you encounter him, try to get away." Litzelot said.
After that the discussion had a break before resuming eight fingers as topic. Renner had taken the information with an inward grinn, while having her concerned face outwards.
"I think you should look at Re-Limetane. It is mentioned much more in the newer documents. But be careful." Renner said. Blue roses took their notes away and stored the documents again. After that the group chatted and relaxed all afternoon.
→ Kami Miyako / The Cardinals and Pontifex ←
The Cardinals were angered and scared. On one hand one of their fighters had taken "Crown Of Wisdom", a powerful Item which was used quite heavily by the Theocracy, and ran off. To make matters worse, a high priest from Re-Estice informed them of a Dullahan.
"What can we do and what will we do?" asked the Pontifex.
"We must kill both and take the crown back" a Cardinal said, which all agreed to.
"But who do we send? We could either send holocoust-scripture, which could get too wide spread, or we could send the black scripture." said another Cardinal. This got quite a few outcries.
"If we send the black scripture, who will defend us here?" asked the Pontifex, murmurs of agreement were heard.
"I think we have no choice in the matter. The holocoust-scripture is too weak. If the letter is correct, blue roses, which are as strong as heroes individually, were defeated by the Dullahan. It is therefore much stronger as multiple heroes together. If we want to defeat that thing we will need our elite, and therefore the black-scripture. With Zetsumei." said the Cardinal with the idea. The rest thought for a few moments.
"The problem remains, what will defend us here?" the Pontifex reiterated.
"We can use the holocoust-scripture for that, while the black-scripture is out. They are good enough for this." stated yet another Cardinal. Agreeing whispering was heard.
"Then all agree?" the Pontifex asked. All nodded and therefore accepted that plan.
They then send the captain of the black scripture, androgyn man with black long hair and full plate armor and a unique spear, to tell them of their next mission and to tell them to prepare for it.
→ Slan Theocracy, Kami Miyako Treasury / Zetsumei ←
Zesshi Zetsumei was,relative to her, a young woman. She was quite young for her species with only 80 years. Despite that she looked like sixteen. Zetsumei had black and white hair, splitted down the middle, her white hair covering one side while her black hair covered the other. She had two eyes of different colors, one was black while the other was black. She wore her pullover and protection for her right leg. She used a scythe in battle, which had a double head. She was the strongest of her scripture and dubbed "certain death", since she could slay anyone. This also made her lonely, since she would only marry someone who was stronger than her.
Zetsumei was ecstatic. She mentally jumped around her post and did so physically. Not only would she finally see the world around her post, but she could potentially meet her future partner. While she was told about her two objectives, she doubts that Clementine, the traitor who stole the "Crown Of Wisdom", would be a challenge. The Dullahan was on another level. The Dullahan was said to be able to defeat blue roses easily. This gave Zesshi hope, because that means that they only knew that he was strong. And they wanted her on the job, which means that the Cardinals knew that Dullahan was strong.
"...Did you hear me Zetsumei?" The captain asked.
"What did you say?" Zesshi said, angered about herself.
"That you should prepare. But I can't get angry at you, since you finally get one wish fulfilled. You can see a bit of the world." The captain said.
"Yeah, yeah. And I got it. Prepare for the mission, relax till sunrise tomorrow and meet in the hall above us" Zesshi said, mentally preparing for every possibility of the coming battle with the Dullahan. And rubbing her stomach.
"Yes. I will leave you then, have a good night" The captain said and then disappeared. After that Zesshi continued to prepare, and made plans if the Dullahan was indeed stronger than her.
→ Nazarick Ainz Office / Ainz ←
It took Nazarick quite some time to get some information without leaving traces. But now they had enough information to do more information gathering. This and the crazy tomb itself let Ainz develop a plan to get out of the tomb, and only if to get some relief of its citizens, especially a certain succubus. He would go into the nearest city, which was called E-Rantel, and pose as an adventurer. he could collect information that way and have a relaxed holliday of the tomb.
The only problems were that he didn't know how strong he would be compared to the typical adventurers and that he didn't want to anger the other player. But he would still do his move and look out for Litzelot, and hope that his guardians didn't go bonkers.
→ Re-Estice Inn / blue roses and Litzelot ←
In the evening blue roses and Litzelot had left and went to their inn. Once there they planned their next moves. They would firstly move to the city, which was four days away and then scout the area. Before that they would resupply and rest the next day.
Blue roses went to bed after planning till deep in the night. While they slept, Evileye and Litzelot played chess and talked the night over.
AN: On that note I leave you till the next chapter. I am sorry if it is slightly shorter than the last one, but I have to study a lot for my exams. I wish you good luck and much fun in the days and please review
Till then adjus.