Overlord: Cain of Ainz Ooal Gown
I don't own Overlord
Cain awoke and with his eyes still closed he released a yawn while stretching upwards with his stomach facing his mattress causing some of the bones in his spine to crackle.
Cain then noticed the softness of his bed and that was then his eyes shot open and he flipped around allowing him to look around the room "So I guess it wasn't a dream." stated Cain softly to the empty room with a smile on his face as a bubbly happiness formed in his stomach.
This was almost a dream come true…if only he wasn't alone as he was Cain shook his head in an attempt to clear it wiping the smile from his face as he did so.
Cain then exited the soft and welcoming blanket of his luxurious bed sitting on the edge for a moment before standing and remembering that he went to bed in his underwear as habit that had carried over from his original…self? body? world?
Cain again shook his head to clear it while storing those thoughts for later before he walked to the single mirror in his room and began taking stock of his figure and profile.
He was tall, decently muscled, his skin was pale but not overly so, his hair was pitch black, his eyes were sharp and intelligent while his iris were a shifting red seemingly darkening and brightening along with his emotions and interest, his face in general could have been considered very attractive by some standards.
Somewhere in the back of his mind Cain wondered if the crossover had affected his mind somehow as well seeing as he was so calm about his body's drastic changes however Cain's rather pleasing self-observations and deep thoughts were interrupted by a knock and a voice which called out as the door opened "It is time to wake up my Lord."
Cain froze in place and so did the maid as her pupils widened behind her glasses.
Cain faintly recalled the maid's name "Lumière?" the maid was blushing as she stared at him her blush deepening as a shocked look overcame her features.
"M-my Lord you know my…" Lumière paused cleared her throat softly and continued "I am here to help you bath and get dressed my Lord." said the maid trying her hardest to stare at her master's body.
Cain could do nothing but stare in shock as the maid moved further into his room while she tried her best to both look at him and at the same time not.
After a moment Cain finally got his wits about him and spoke "I do not need assistance in that way Lumière." at this the maid who had turned to look him in the eyes flinched almost as if she had been slapped.
"B-but my Lord it is our job as maids to take care of and maintain the Supreme Beings it is our purpose." replied Lumière a bit of stress and fear entering her voice.
Cain flinched doing his best to hold back a cringe what she said was true the guild members that had created them handmade them to be the guilds personal hand maidens.
So after one last look at Lumière's distressed face Cain gave in nodding softly with a blush earning a bright and beautiful smile from her while her eyes seemed to shine behind her glasses.
Cain then began to move to the bathroom attached to his room but he paused before he opened the door to said bathroom.
He turned his head to the side allowing him to see that Lumière was following him and then his eyes widened and he recalled that she mentioned helping him bath.
Cain raked his brain and came up with a solution that would allow Lumière to do her job and for him to cover his shame so he took a deep breath and spoke "Wait out here for five minutes."
After seeing her nod Cain entered the bathroom making sure to shut the door behind him before he rushed into the large shower stall and quickly cleaned his front and his personal bits which were far larger than his last body much to his awe and pleasure.
However he was lucky that his self-cleaning was finished when a knock rang against his bathroom door so Cain placed a towel over his privates and answered "You may enter."
Cain was not prepared for the nude maid to enter but thinking back it was impractical to try to wash someone in a maid uniform and she didn't bring any swim wear but Cain figured that she would wear her undergarments or something but no it was all on display to Cain.
He whipped his head to the front while subtly pressing down on his lap and pressing his legs together hiding his reaction to the beautiful maid's body and as she moved closer to him Cain couldn't help but think that if this was how the residents of the Tomb were going to act his hand was going to get well acquainted with his newly improved appendage.
20 minutes later
Cain now completely clean and dressed in a fancy looking magic casters robe was sitting in front of a mirror again but this mirror was a magic item known as the Mirror of remote viewing very useful for basic recon and just about nothing else.
Unfortunately Cain wasn't able to use it the same way as in game so he was spending a bit of time figuring out its controls and while Sebas stood by his side watching him as he struggled.
But when Cain finally got it down Sebas clapped and congratulated him which felt a bit patronizing at the same time it felt nice to be praised especially since he had struggled with the controls for so long.
Cain then began looking around using the Mirror of remote viewing and after a bit of looking Cain finally found something a small village to be precise.
At first Cain thought that there was some type of festival going on and voiced as much when he saw all the people running around but when Sebas leaned down to look he simply shook his head.
"Definitely not Lord Cain." said the butler still shaking his head as he straightened his back and with his interest perked Cain zoomed in allowing him to see just what was going on and he felt a bit of disgust coil in his stomach when he saw just what was going on in the village.
The people in armor were slaughtering the more plainly dressed people Cain was surprised at how little he actually felt about watching the people in front his eyes get murdered.
Cain was somewhat shocked when he saw a man get pinned and stabbed while asking, begging some unseen being for help or more accurately to help his daughters and Cain in a brief moment thought that the man had somehow seen him or the mirror's magic because he seemed to look directly at Cain.
However, this managed to make Cain consider fulfilling the man's wish but a slight movement from Sebas earned Cain's attention.
So in response Cain looked to him with a raised eyebrow but froze up when he saw a specter of Touch Me beside the man's creation.
In that moment Cain heard Touch Me's saying he then took a moment to collect himself before coming to conclusion and spoke "Sebas, I am going to save that village and test the level of this world's inhabitants…I will go first via gate inform Albedo and have her follow me after she has geared herself up."
Sebas gave a very small smile and nodded "I shall do so Lord Cain." at Cain's nod Sebas bowed and exited the room and after the room was empty Cain changed the view of the screen just in time to see a teenage girl get slashed across the back by one of the two knights that had tailed her while she tried to protect the smaller child in her arms.
Cain stood then used Gate setting it to appear just behind the children before walking through the Gate which appeared to be a large pitch black oval.
After coming out the other end Cain saw the two knights had frozen in place so Cain decided to test one of his spells "Grasp Heart" and to Cain's great but hidden relief the man's helmet gushed blood and he fell over.
Cain then turned on the second man who flinched when he saw Cain's blood red eyes land on him and for some reason this irritated Cain.
"What are you waiting for knight, you who have the gull to murder defenseless women and children but the second someone stronger than you shows up your spine vanishes like a candle's flame after a strong wind?!" stated Cain scowling menacingly at the man.
The knight decided that he wasn't going to put up with the stranger's taunts anymore and carry out his duty and avenge his comrade seemingly forgetting that this stranger had arrived through mysterious means and that he knew nothing about said man aside from that.
Cain however grew even more irritated when the man refused to speak and took a step forwards while reaching for his blade so Cain cast another spell "Chain Dragon lightning" the knight barely heard the words before his body was pierced by a bolt of dragon shaped lightning and being promptly fried from within.
Cain was stalled from further action due to the arrival of Albedo who exited the Gate in full scale black armor and matching "I apologize for my lateness my Lord."
Cain nodded to her and replied "It is ok Albedo it was a rather sudden call and I apologize for that but this is somewhat time sensitive."
"Ah I understand Lord Cain but in the meantime what should we do about these inferior lifeform?" asked Albedo and somehow Cain knew she was glaring at the two girls "Shall I dispose of them?"
Cain made a hasty few steps to get in-between Albedo and the girls "No Albedo our targets are the men in armor…" Cain then turned to the girls frowning slightly as he pulled out a low tier healing potion "Here drink this."
The girl flinched as Cain brought his potion closer "B-blood…ok I'll drink it just please spare my sister." said the girl in fear while the smaller girl cried which earned a confused look from Cain but Albedo took the hesitation as a refusal.
"You lower lifeform you dare spit on Lord Cain's kindness!" shouted Albedo raising her bardiche in the air but again she was stalled by Cain who turned to her and cut off her movement with a raised hand.
"Hold your arm Albedo…" Cain turned his head back to the two girls "This is a potion it is not blood do you know of potions?" at this the now pale girl nodded but her head wobbled slightly due to her blood loss.
Cain gave her a gentle smile and spoke again "If that is the case please drink this it will help with your wounds I guarantee it." the girl took the bottle and downed it immediately while her sister called out in fear of the perceived threat.
The effects of the potion were immediate the girl's wound vanished her skin her turned to a healthy color and the sense of pain that had plagued her back disappeared it shocked her so much that she couldn't help muttering to herself "The pains gone?"
Cain having heard her mutterings responded while nodding "Hmm that's good." Cain then turned to the corpses and after a moment he decided to test another spell "Summon: Mid-Tier Undead Death Knight."
Cain was not ready for what came next as a sphere of black slimy mass formed in the air and dropped down onto the closest corpse coating the corpse in its entirety.
The goo covered corpse then twitched before it rose into a standing position and then its body began to change becoming larger and distorted it grew a thick metal plating on its shoulders and lower body exposing a brown and rotting stomach and its rotting head was capped in a dark horned helmet.
After the transformation it was almost impossible to think that death knight in front of Cain had once been a human.
Its armor was a solid black but it had dark red vein like formations that seemed to pulse like a heartbeat on both the sword, which had transformed from the simple sword it had been originally into a large seemingly two handed sword similar to a flamberge in shape, and tower shield both of which the undead held tightly in its hands.
Cain noticed that he had felt the same mental connection with the death knight that he had experienced with the Primal Fire Elemental and thus Cain decided to try commanding it.
So Cain pointed to the only other corpse in the close to them and spoke "These men in armor are the targets attack them and save the villagers." the death knight roared and charged presumably in the direction of the village.
This however left Cain in a confused and nervous state death knights, in Yggdrasil at least, were defense based monsters that guarded the creator/caster but in the new world they were able to leave behind their creator to accomplish their orders.
Cain straightened his face up and turned back to the two girls "I am going to save your village…remain here until I send someone for you." Cain then cast several defensive spells around the two girls.
One to block arrows and another to prevent anything living from harming the two and for extra measure he threw two Horns of the Goblin General to the girls "Blow into them to summon a few trained goblins to fight at your side".
Cain then turned to face Albedo and spoke "Let us go see how my death knight has fared." Albedo nodded obediently and fell into line behind him as he moved forwards.
To Belius
He really didn't understand what was going on at first all was well they were carrying out their orders killing villagers and burning the village but then that he was interrupted before Fhe could use a village girl by what he assumed to be her father then she escaped.
He then embarrassed himself in front of his men by running when said man chased him away with a pitchfork but he eventually got his men to hold the man still before he ran him through with his sword as the man begged for his daughters' lives before he was finally killed off.
Belius then ordered two of his men to chase the girl into the woods and kill her along with the small girl she was dragging with her.
However, within five minutes of sending those men a string of monstrous roars rang out of the forest and made its way back to the village which brought Belius back to the current situation.
The source of the roars made a trail of screams of fear and pain that progressively got closer to the center of the village finally it the screams came from just beside the village square before a man came running just to get bisected from top to bottom two steps in front of a house before the cause of the roars stepped out from behind a building.
In doing so it exposed its grotesque features and armor it was after this mere glance that Belius felt a paralyzing fear spread through his body freezing his legs in place.
But unfortunately for his men his mouth was free of the paralyzing effect and as such he ordered his men to charge on the death knight.
However Belius' fear only increased when he found that the creature in front of him was trying not to kill his troops it was playing with them throwing them away when they attack with its shield and only using its sword to sever limbs.
Belius finally found that he could move his legs again and the first thing he did was order his men to act as his shields as he escaped however his shouts gained the attention of the death knight who seemed to smile as its eyes landed on him somehow sensing his fear.
Belius took that as his sign to run which he did but a few steps in Belius heard a something launch and but Belius did not look back but it was too late for him as a large mass landed in front of him.
Belius barely managed stop in time to not run straight into the creature of death but this didn't stop the death knight from shield bashing its target throwing Belius into one of the far houses next to the bisected body that the death knight used as introduction to Belius.
Belius, after getting his wits about him, tried to stand but found that he was being held down and so he turned to see what was holding him down only to freeze at the bisected zombie grasping his wrist as it groaned at him.
High pitched screams could be heard from Belius as he struggled to free himself from the zombie as he did so the death knight ran over slamming into and knocking away as many knights as it could to reach its latest toy faster.
After reaching Belius it loomed over him and prepped its sword reversing its grip and plunging it into the man's stomach drawing his attention away from his wrist.
Belius used his free hand to grasp the blade attempting to push it out but the death knight pulled it allowing the man to grasp at and cry over his wound, if he were to look at the death knight at that moment he would have seen the death knight's rotten face smiling with its skin cracking and flaking off as it prepared to stab again.
Back with Cain
Cain raised an eyebrow as he heard a particularly girlish scream he mentally pondered if the knights had women amongst their unit but dismissed it as unimportant.
Albedo after spending the last few minutes of their walk in silence spoke "My Lord may I ask why we are helping the humans?"
Cain tilted his head in thought as he replied "…Information Albedo we don't know anything about this world so it would stand to reason that we would seek a means of gathering such information…right?"
Albedo nodded smiling widely behind her helmet at Cain's back as she replied "As expected of Lord Cain thinking to use such lower lifeforms so excellently, to give such worms a wonderful purpose."
Cain suppressed a shudder and continued on for another minute in relative silence minus the screams of those dying or in pain before they finally reached the village at which point Cain cast fly on himself and Albedo causing both to rise above the houses before following the trail of his death knight and after a moment he arrived.
Cain immediately commanded the death knight to cease his slaughter and thus the death knight stood at attention as Cain and Albedo lowered to the ground.
Once he was finally on the ground Cain spoke "Greetings my name is Cain it is a pleasure to meet all of you…do not worry about my death knight no more harm will come to you now."
Cain paused and watched as the four remaining knights and the people kneeling behind them shifted uncomfortably before continuing "Please tell you superior, I mean owner of my kindness but the next time you commit crimes of this nature in this area I will slaughter your people and trample upon your country now be gone from my sight!" finished Cain with a deep scowl.
With that said the knights ran most letting go of their swords and shields in the process in an attempt to get away faster it was then that an older man spoke up "Excuse me Sir Cain why did you save this village?"
Cain tilted his head in confusion and spoke "I noticed you were in trouble as I and my companion were passing by and I couldn't simply stand by and watch innocents get slaughtered like that…think of it as a moral standard that I hold myself to if you wish so there is no need for you to fear anymore for this land is under my protection."
Cain waited for a response of some sort but the people remained on the ground at this Cain's mind began to race and he turned to look at the stock still death knight and then back to the villagers before speaking again "I do not do this type of stuff for free however I expect to be given compensation for my time, effort, and resources."
At this the villagers finally began to loosen up and some even smiling between one another and chattering and mentally Cain couldn't help but note that he also would be suspicion of someone who did something of this nature and expected nothing in return.
What followed was a rather simple thing, discussion of payment which consisted of Cain setting up a payment method for the villager and subtly extracting information out of the village chief about money, the surrounding area, nearby towns, and the surrounding countries.
The surrounding area was decent and appearance of monsters was rare due to the village bordering the forest of Tob the territory a supposedly powerful monster the nearest town was E-Rantel, a fortress city Cain even found out that adventures existed if only to cull the monster populations of the surrounding areas.
The chief knew of the existence of other countries outside of his native nation especial the two that it happened to touch borders with but outside of knowing that they existed he had no useful information.
Thus Cain sat through the rest of talks finding out other minute detail especially about the currency or more accurately if Yggdrasill currency could be used in this world and despite the gold of the coin having value the coin itself meant nothing aside from the increased value due to artistic additions to the coin.
After this Cain assisted with the burial of the dead and watched over the burials and as he saw the girls he had saved break down into tear he found himself contemplating if his mind had been altered.
If he were unchanged and his usual self he most likely would have revived the villagers with a wand of resurrection but his current self could only think of it as a waste of a resource and he left the people to mourn.
It wasn't until the sun began to fall that Cain brought himself out of his mental questions of self and the possibilities that the future held.
This was caused by Albedo surprisingly when he had stopped to allow a man at work to pass Albedo threw up her nose and scoffed behind her helmet.
Cain turned to her looking her over slightly, not that he could see much due to the armor, and spoke "You seem to dislike human."
Albedo scoffed and replied "What is to like about them they are weak unintelligent little worms, insects existing to be crushed underfoot."
Cain frowned and responded "Listen I want you to be more tolerant of them we will be interacting with them for some time and so I demand that you treat them with some kindness." Albedo seemed to tense up but gave a nod falling silent after doing so.
However if Cain was going to say more he was interrupted by the village chief running over to him speaking as he came in range "Lord Cain some armed men on horses are approaching the village what should we do?"
Cain thought for a moment rubbing his chin as he did so before speaking "Have all the villagers go to your house and come back here when you are done we will go and meet these people face to face." the village chief nodded and ran around informing his people of Cain's orders.
After that the three, four if you counted the death knight, gathered at the villages 'front' and waited for the band horse riders to arrive which didn't take long as they were speeding their way over.
However Cain mentally noted that the men wore different armor and didn't have the same symbols that the other knights wore so Cain tensed up he wasn't sure if these guys were friendly even if they were not with the knights from before.
When the knights finally got within talking distance they stopped and while a visible different, possibly the leader, continued stopping only seven feet from them before he introduced himself.
"I am the head Warrior Captain of his majesty's army Gazef stronoff the king has ordered me to hunt down the knights attacking the nearby villages your people are safe now." as he finished speaking his horse snorted softly and turned its head away from the group.
The village chief nodded and replied "Thank you general Gazef." as the man finished talking Cain glanced at him before turning back to face Gazef.
"Are you the chief of this village, who is this man standing beside you he is dressed oddly?" asked Gazef with a questioning look in his eyes.
The village chief tried to reply but Cain cut him off "I am Cain it is a pleasure to meet you General Gazef…I am a magic caster and I came across this village as it was being attack and intervened on the villagers' behalf."
At those words Gazef's pupils widened in shock and he dismounted his horse, letting it walk away before he began to walk closer speaking as he moved within an arm's reach and stopped "This people would have been dead without your assistance and for that you have my thanks Sir Cain."
However before more could be said a knight ran in from behind Gazef's men and spoke "General there is a small army making its way here!"
After a bit of time the group of people moved into a more hidden position within the village as they watched the town get surrounded it was then that one of Gazef's men spoke "It appears that they have surrounded us evenly."
Cain then asked a question with a small frown on his face as he saw the low level angels from Yggdrasill that the opposing men had with them "Do you have any idea of who they are?"
This time it was Gazef that spoke "It would have to be the Slane theocracy only they could send out so many magic casters and from the looks of it they're from the special ops unit directly under the head priest of six scriptures."
Cain tilted his head and asked another question "And the men who attacked the villagers earlier today?"
Gazef's reply was immediate "Soldiers of the Theocracy no doubt…looks like they dressed in imperial armor to throw us off."
Cain released a hum and spoke again "Does this village hold any significant value?" Gazef shook his head and replied.
"If they're not after you then that means only one thing." as he finished talking Gazef turned his eyes to Cain.
"It appears that you are quite despised Warrior Captain." said Cain with a joking smile aimed at Gazef.
The man snorted and replied as his eyes fell back to the window that he was using as a peephole "Indeed, well lucky me to think that even the Theocracy wishes to see me dead…Sir Cain I would like to hire you name your price and I will see to it that you get it."
Cain smiled at the man and replied "Sorry but I will have to decline." Gazef gave a small frown and spoke.
"Very well then please look after yourself and take care this village owes you greatly." Gazef gave Cain a small smile and approached him offering his hand which Cain took and gently shook and let go before speaking again "I am grateful and I am aware that this is a selfish request but please give the villagers your protection one last time I have nothing to offer you but please…" as he spoke Gazef began to kneel but Cain stopped him with a hand.
"There is no need for you to go that far Gazef I understand and I will protect the villagers I will even put my name behind them if need be." Gazef's smile widened as he stood.
"Then I have nothing to worry about." replied Gazef before he looked out his peephole and continued "Instead I will worry about the task before me."
Cain nodded and offered an item, a small statue, while speaking "Take this with you I insist."
Gazef looked at the item with confusion but with a thankful tone he replied "Oh a gift thank you Sir Cain… goodbye." Cain mimicked the goodbye as Gazef walked passed.
Cain followed Gazef and his men to the square where Gazef's men had already mounted their horses and after Gazef mounted his they left in mass.
It was then that Cain spoke with Albedo who had followed him to out into the square "When I first met the humans I saw them as little more than insects as you do but the more I speak with them the fonder I grow like a child with defenseless animals or maybe it is because I was one of them once, before I became what I am today…" Cain let his part of the dialog die off while listening for Albedo's response.
Albedo turned to face Cain, though his back was to her, and spoke "Is that why you were willing to promise upon your name for his request my Lord?"
Cain tilted his head and replied "Maybe." But the conversation was derailed by the village chief and his wife both with worried looks on their faces.
"Lord Cain those marauders are still out there where is the Warrior Captain going?" asked the village chief the notes of fear heavy in his voice.
Cain's reply was calm "He is the true target of those men not the village so he is leaving to draw them away from the village." the village chief's eyebrows shot up and he looked a bit guilty he had probably thought of something nasty about Gazef and now regretted the that he had done so.
"So should we just stay here and wait for him to finish them?" asked the chief looking at Cain curiously.
Cain however shook his head "No, that would be dangerous for you…once he breaks the enemy lines we will escape." at this both the chief and his wife looked relieved before the guilty looks returned as they looked at the Warrior Captain's retreating back.
Cain was keeping his eyes and ears on the battle it was going roughly the way he had expected it to except for Gazef's men coming back for him but he seemed like a good man one who inspired loyalty so it wasn't too surprising but all the same Gazef was fighting for his life and he didn't die immediately but he was slowly but losing taking more and more injuries.
However Cain was fine with this he intended on helping Gazef when he reached the brink of death possibly gain a little favor with the man but the leader of the opposing side said something that angered him.
He threatened to slaughter the villagers the same people Cain had spent time, effort, and items to protect and that irritated Cain quite thoroughly however he found Gazef's reply humorous and the man's faith in him stirred something in Cain and a smile broke over his face as he finally decided to cut in.
Gazef of course was a bit confused when he and his men suddenly appeared beside the villagers inside a building even more so when he found out where he was exactly.
But after asking where Cain was and receiving the answer from the village chief that he had been standing where Gazef now stood he reached into his pocket and pulled out the statue Cain had given him only to see it break down into tiny motes of light Gazef suddenly found himself collapsing to the ground with a smile as he blacked out.
Cain on the other hand had appeared in the place that Gazef had just vacated and Albedo stood just behind him the commander of the ops unit spoke first asking a question "And just who are you?"
Cain gave a sharp grin as he replied "I am Cain…I have a bit of a relationship with those villagers."
The man smirked at Cain "So are you here to beg for their lives or just your own?"
Cain's grin became a scowl as he replied "No nothing so trivial, I overheard your conversation with the Warrior Captain you hear have balls don't you I spent my precious time, energy and resources to save those people and you oh so arrogantly stated your intent on slaughtering them I can't Imagine anything as offensive."
The commander replied "Your rather arrogant yourself for being a meager magic caster so what do you intend to do to stop me?"
Cain's smile widened as he replied "Offer your life to me without hesitant or resistance do this and I will personal make sure your death isn't too painful however if your refuse I swear that I will see to it that you die in pain and despair."
The commander scoffed and ordered his the angels to attack Cain which two angels promptly did charging at Cain with their swords aimed at Cain's chest and when they hit their swords shattered like but due to being made of light there was no sound and due to the angle of the angels the commander and his troops couldn't see that and just assumed that Cain had been ran through.
The commander snorted and spoke "Really that was all you had I expected more after a bluff that big…call the angels back." however it was then that all the men noticed something, the angels were struggling fighting to get away from Cain who was still smiling at the commander as he held both angels by the head.
"Didn't you hear me dear commander I told you to offer me your life, by the time I am through with you will wish that you had listened." said Cain ignoring several of the opponents' shouts of his feats being a trick before continuing "This is simply high tier physical nullification it nullifies the attacks of low level weapons and monsters."
Cain finished his sentence by slamming the angels into the ground cracking the ground and killing the angels in the process causing them to break into motes of light Cain quietly noted that these were in fact monsters from Yggdrasill and stood.
"The fact that you can use magic and summons from Yggdrasill interests me greatly I want to know why they are here and how you learned them…but for now I am going to focus on killing you and now it's my turn." said Cain coldly still staring at the commander.
The commander ordered the angels to attack in mass and in response Cain ordered Albedo to get back before casting as spell "Negative Burst!" as he finished a dome of purplish black expanded from him immediately killing all the angels that had moved towards him.
The commander flinched back in fear staring at Cain as his men lost all sense of order and began shooting off spells but all of them were blocked completely by another passive skill.
Cain's eyes almost seemed to glow as he spoke "It seems that you know more Yggdrasill magic than I first thought tell me where did you learn such magic!"
It was then that one man true lost his nerve and loaded his sling with a rock and launched it at Cain however the second it got within five feet of Cain Albedo appeared and slashed with her bardiche sending the flying object back at its sender and far greater speeds effectively decapitating him with the blunt force alone.
The opposing commander was confused as to what had happened but it was Cain who spoke first "Albedo you have no need to worry these pitiable low level spells will do me no harm there was no reason for you to step in like this."
Albedo turned to face him and spoke "Lord Cain I think that if one were to challenge a Supreme Being like yourself they should at least be able to best me… with these men it is like pebbles trying to beat a mountain."
Cain actually laughed good heartedly at that and he gave a gentle smile to Albedo before replying "Well I am sorry to say but I don't think these men would meet your requirement in ten life time."
The opposing commander scowled and turned to the much larger angel at his side and spoke "Principality of Observation attack!" in response the angel held its hands in front of it like it was holding something and then a mace began to form out of light after that it moved in on Cain and Albedo who had moved to stand to Cain's side.
Once it was in range it swung its mace putting as much force into its swing as it could but Cain caught it with one hand without much effort.
"My oh my I guess I better defend myself…Hellflame." said Cain finishing his sentence with a spell which appeared as a small blackish red flame on his finger tip as he pointed at the angel.
The small flame then floated over to the angel and the second it touched the angel it lit up entirely covered in flames the angel released a noise which anyone could have guessed was a scream as it broke down into light.
The opposing commander could only shout in shock "That isn't possible there is no way such a high level angel could be destroyed by one spell!"
One of his men turned to him and spoke with fear lacing his voice "Captain Nigun what should we do now?" Nigun froze before his thoughts found something that, he thought, would save the lives of his men or at least himself and thus he pulled out the sealing crystal that one of the cardinals had given him before he was sent on his mission.
Nigun held the sealing crystal above his head as he shouted to his men "We shall summon the highest level angel!" Nigun smiled cockily as he heard the gasps of awe and shock from his men.
Cain immediately did a quick analysis noting that they also had Yggdrasill items and that the crystal itself was sealing crystal capable of holding just about anything except top tier spells Cain turned to Albedo and spoke "Albedo be prepared for anything."
Albedo nodded and put herself in front of Cain as Nigun shouted over the field "Look upon the holy form of the highest of angels and tremble under might of Dominion Authority!" there was an almost blinding flash of blueish white light as Nigun released the sealing crystal.
The new angel that appeared was far larger than any before it and had six wings and it held a large golden staff in both hand as a bright blueish white light glowed above it, Nigun's men began cheering and jeering at Cain.
Cain could almost feel his eye twitch as he spoke exasperation tinging his tone "This is your trump, your strongest angle?"
Nigun's cocky smile only grew as he spoke mistaking Cain's exasperated tone for fear and shock "That is correct I wasn't expecting to have to use it on a mission like this but you have proved yourself worthy of its divine might!"
Cain slowly brought his hand to his face and unseen to Nigun he pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation "I am at a complete loss of words."
Nigun's smile widened further as he replied to Cain "Regretting your folly I would not blame you if you were…" however before he could say more Cain cut him off.
"This is stupid…to think that I put up my guard for something of this level, this child's toy." said Cain still cradling his face with one hand.
Nigun stared wide eyed in shock as he spoke "W-what you can't be serious there is no way, you have to be bluffing…" Nigun swallowed roughly as if trying to swallow his doubts before he continued "Humanity can't compete with its might I will show you, Dominion Authority smite him with your holy power!"
As Nigun finished shouting Dominion Authority grasped its staff tighter shattering it into gold flakes which began to circle it as Nigun began shouting again "Dominion Authority is the result of seventh tier holy magic, absolutely nothing can survive it now receive the judgment of the gods and repent!".
Just as Nigun finished a solid beam of blueish white light crashed into Cain from above the beam continued for a few second before Nigun and his men heard a haunting noise, laughter, laughter from within the beam.
Cain's laughter died down after a moment and he spoke "So this is damage, this is pain!" despite saying that not a single one of Cain's words sounded like he was in pain Nigun couldn't hold his jaw closed as he stared, wide eyed, at Cain's unflinching form as the beam finally ended.
However of everyone Albedo seemed to be the one most affected she was at first twitching and squirming but after a moment she seemingly couldn't take it anymore and she screamed as her eyes began to glow a bright yellow "You pathetic little pest that is MY love my dear Lord Cain the ruler of my body and soul, you have caused him pain and for that you shall go through hell!"
Cain however cut off her shouts gently placing a hand on her shoulder that action alone caused the glow in her eyes to fade a little but his next words cooled her anger even more "Calm down Albedo I am fine."
Albedo turned to him and he got the feeling that she was looking him over with worried eyes as she replied "But Lord Cain…"
Cain shook his head and spoke "Aside from the surprising weakness of the angels everything is going according to my predictions." Cain then held a hand up to the angel and continued "Know despair Black hole!" immediately after he spoke a small fist sized black sphere appeared and Dominion Authority was sucked into within a second before the sphere vanished.
Nigun in shock spoke "Even demons don't have that kind of power just who in the world are you?"
Cain replied calmly "I am Cain, in the past there wasn't a single person who didn't fear my name." as he finished a loud crackle sounded from the sky and a small space in the air cracked like glass before disappearing.
Nigun looked up confused and spoke "W-what was that?"
Cain tilted his head and with a slightly mocking tone replied "It appears that someone was using reconnaissance magic to keep an eye on you, I am guessing the Theocracy but my magic barrier countered it so I don't think they saw much."
Nigun felt cold sweat drip down his forehead as he spoke "My country was spying on me?"
Cain spoke shattering the man's thoughts with his voice "Well if that was all you had I guess its time to end this."
Nigun immediately began shouting for mercy for himself offering up his men for sacrifice but Albedo cut him off "I believe that you are confused Lord Cain has no need for sniveling little human like yourself so you should just lower your heads and give thanks for ending your miserable lives."
Nigun stared at Cain and Albedo with a new level of fear as he spoke "What do you mean humans like me?"
Cain smiled malevolently as his eyes gleamed with twisted humor when he spoke "What was it you said to Gazef, cease with your futile resistance and lay down like a good dog as an act of mercy I will make your death painless."
After knocking out the men and sending them to Nazarick with instructions to not kill or otherwise harm any of them and await further instruction Cain began walking back to village mentally wondering if he had lived up to Albedo's expectations of him.
Meanwhile Albedo was quietly talking to herself about how cool Cain was but she made enough noise to garner Cain's attention so Cain turned his head and spoke "Did you say something Albedo?"
Without her helmet Cain could see her beautiful smiling face as she replied "Nothing may Lord but if I am ask why did you save that soldier you even gave him an important relic."
Cain mentally chided Albedo remembering that it was actually a gimmick item from a lottery machine but Cain's thought were brought to a halt as Albedo spoke again "More importantly why did you go to the battle yourself I am your shield there was no need to risk your life like that."
Cain smiled at Albedo and replied "I know your strength Albedo and I trust in your devotion however until we know more about this world we need to be careful, thus assuming the enemy is stronger than us keeps us safe."
Albedo's eyes seemed to shine as she looked at him "So you tested them by using that soldier as a pawn, your use of humans is impressive my Lord…however I cannot understand how taking that last angel attack is considered cautious or safe my Lord."
Cain quietly replied "Is that so?"
Albedo nodded before replying "Watching you endure that pain was more than I could bear I knew you would come through unharmed but at the same time no woman wants her true love to suffer any injury."
Cain flinched slightly as she said true love his mind immediately going bac k to his altercation with Albedo and her sisters before he replied "Right, lets go home Albedo."
Albedo smiled and responded "With pleasure Lord Cain."
I have a question for my readers should i have Enri be into/interested in Cain i actually like her original pairing but there all so little with Enri paired with Cain/Ainz that it is sad