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[Fireball]

Davernoch opened the fight with a third tier spell aimed at Elder, who just grinned and launched a hook punch with his right arm. The punch hit the fireball and made an explosion, but soon everyone saw Elder being unharmed at all.

"Is that all you got!?"

"Hardly"

Zero calmly and confidently replied to Elder's mocking. At the same time, Edstrom sent her scimitars to Elder from behind. The scimitars danced around and slashed at Elder's back, but he quickly turned around and launched a flurry of jabs, repelling all the scimitars which then returned to Edstrom.

"Come on! Show me what you got!"

[Magic Weapon]

[Harden Steel]

Davernoch used a few buffing spells to all his partners. The first one enhanced the sharpness of their weapons, while the second one empowered their offensive strength.

[Twin Magic: Lightning Javelin]

Two bolts of lightning came out from Davernoch's hand and went straight to Elder, who took the hit at his back. No visible damage occured, but Davernoch expected that. The main purpose of the low tier spell was to gain attention, even for a split second.

Without wasting time, Peshurian unsheathed his weapon and slashed from his position, even though the distance between him and Elder was normally too far for a sword to reach.

Elder, who was distracted for a split second by Davernoch's spell, felt a sensation of pain over his right cheek. Fresh red blood started dripping from the slash wound caused by the attack.

"Now that's interesting!"

Elder just smiled, showing that he was intrigued.

"Playtime's over!"

Elder jumped high from his position and did a backflip, landing in a position which put the Six Arms in front of him instead of being surrounded in the middle. All the members of Six Arms immediately put themselves in a battle formation with Zero and Peshurian at the front, Davernoch at the back, and the rest in the middle.

However, before they could finish repositioning, Elder charged straight at Succulent and launched a straight punch.

SMACK!

Fortunately for Succulent, Zero moved and blocked the punch. Once again Zero's eyes met Elder's and the two grinned at each other for a brief moment. Elder then moved back and readied himself in battle stance similar to a boxer.

"Be careful, guys"

Zero, while still showing confidence, didn't hide the fact that his right arm was shaking a bit.

"Unless you're me, taking that kind of punch is fatal"

While Zero was saying that, Elder mockingly made a hand signal, inviting them to come at him all at once.

"Attack!"

With Zero's command, both himself and Peshurian ran forward. Zero was ahead, getting close to Elder first. He then began launching a series of quick punches which Elder blocked and parried without fail. Elder quickly delivered a single counter punch which Zero successfully blocked, but the force pushed Zero back a little distance. Right at this time, Peshurian slashed his weapon from a distance. The slashes hit Elder's right arm and shoulder, but they only inflicted a little tear on his coat. Elder's eyes shifted to Peshurian at this moment.

"Where are you looking at!?"

From the opposite side, Succulent got the jump on Elder and did a diagonal slash. Elder raised his left arm to block the attack, but somehow the sword went through and he didn't feel anything. Instead, he felt something at his left stomach. A tear happened on his coat at that section. Succulent then did a follow up sideway slash, but once again Elder's blocking went through and instead a tear happened on his shoulder.

Succulent jumped back, and at the same time a flurry of scimitars were launched from behind Succulent. Once again they danced and slashed at Elder, and taking advantage of the distraction, Malmvist quickly lunged with his rapier right at Elder's face. Elder evaded at the last moment, but the length of his forehead was scratched.

"I got you now"

Malmvist grinned and jumped back. In the mean time, the minor scratch on Elder's forehead worsened into a serious cut which let out blood all over his face.

[Maximize Magic: Lightning]

Davernoch, who had been staying at a distance, suddenly launched a third tier spell right at Elder. Elder took the full brunt of the spell, staggering a bit. In addition, blood from his forehead obscured his eyes, effectively blinding him.

Zero didn't want to miss this chance.

"Panther, Falcon, Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Lion!"

Zero channeled his shamanic tattoos, charging power into his right fist. He then launched his trump card move to Elder's Stomach.

[Single Strike Kill]

SMASH!

His strike landed a direct hit. Elder was thrown back quite far and hit the ground hard with his back. The Six Arms members made a triumphant smile looking at their defeated opponent.

"Hilma should have set up a better trap than that"

"Took the words right out of my mouth"

However, before they could celebrate any further, Elder stood up. He stood straight and unflinching, and he even smiled.

"Hahaha... HAHAHAHAHA! INTERESTING!"

Every single Six Arms members couldn't believe what they had just seen. A direct hit from Zero's trump card move should be able to kill even Gazef Stronoff, or at the very least severely injure him. Yet this Elder, while damaged, seemed still able to fight. All six of them immediately went back to battle stance, but they also kept themselves ready to flee if things would get worse.

"I admire you all, being able to force me to use this trump card of mine!"

Right after saying that, Elder floated and covered himself in blood-red energy vortex. Within a second, he transformed into a four meter tall humanoid monstrosity. The Six Arms froze in disbelief seeing what they had just seen.

"Behold! My form of Falz Hunar!"

"Tch! Retreat!"

Zero could make a sure guess that the opponent in front of him was beyond the capabilities of even the combined strength of Six Arms. He had a lot of questions in his mind, but as of right now he was not even sure if he would survive this encounter.

Without any more pause, Hunar jumped from his position with his right fist covered in blood-red energy. He did a diving punch towards the group and hit the ground violently, creating an explosion.

All Six Arms Members had jumped and evaded the diving punch, except one.

Succulent had become the first casualty, taking a direct hit from the diving punch. His head and body had been crushed into an unrecognizable bloody mess.

Hunar jumped again, this time vertically straight up. He stopped at quite a high height, looked at Malmvist, and then with his right foot shining red he did a diving kick straight towards Malmvist. The diving kick was very fast and Malmvist was not able to evade, therefore he met the same fate as Succulent.

Without delay, Hunar covered his right fist with energy and punched the ground he was standing on. A number of 2 meters tall 1 meter wide fountain-like energy waves emerged from the spot and moved towards Edstrom at the speed of a sprinting horse. Edstrom tried evading to the side, but the waves turned themselves and kept homing in on her. She desperately launched her scimitars towards the waves, but all of them just disintegrated upon touching the energy waves. It didn't take long until the waves engulfed Edstrom as she screamed. The waves then dissipated, leaving nothing at all.

[Earth Bind]

Davernoch casted a spell. The rocky ground Hunar was standing on suddenly became soft, causing him to sink a little, and then hardened again. As the result, his ankles were effectively bound to the ground. Hunar was distracted for a second, but he then immediately pulled out the large curvy thing behind his back, which seemed to be actually a giant sword. He threw the sword with a horizontal spinning motion, making it fly spinning like a giant buzzsaw straight to Davernoch. It made a direct hit, and Davernoch was sliced into two right at his stomach.

The sword made a sharp turn back towards Hunar, slicing what remained of Davernoch on the way back, and returned to Hunar's grasp. He then pulled his feet from the ground without effort and looked at the remaining two Six Arms members.

Peshurian slashed his weapon vigorously from a distance, hitting Hunar in various spots but dealing pretty much no damage.

"Hahahaha! Puny weapon!"

Hunar raised his curved sword, and immediately a red energy blade emerged from it. The energy blade was at least ten meters long, and it radiated sinister blood red aura and particles. Without delay, Hunar did a wide sweeping slash with his sword and as the result Peshurian was beheaded and killed instantly.

Zero survived because he had fallen down on his bottom, therefore causing the swipe to miss him. However, right now his mind was fully occupied by one question.

"W-What... are you...?"

Hunar dropped to one knee and crumbled, and then he reverted back into his human Elder form. The wounds from before were still there, but he just slowly walked to Zero with confident face.

"I am merely someone looking for a good fight"

Elder then stopped at a distance just two meters from Zero, who was still sitting on the ground. Zero was silent, unable to say anything.

"Fight me, and die a warrior's death!"

Hearing Elder's challenge, Zero felt confused for a second. However, he then smiled and began laughing.

"Ha... Hahahaha... HAHAHAHAHA!"

Zero laughed, not knowing himself whether he was happy or had become crazy knowing the fate awaiting him. He then stood up and went into battle stance with a confident grin on his face. Elder, seeing Zero's response, also grinned in excitement.

"HA!"

At the same time, the two beings jumped at each other with a punch readied and aimed at their opponent's face.


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Middle Fire Month (8th Month), 29th Day, 02:25

Hilma was sitting on her bed in her bedroom. Anxiousness was filling her mind to the brim, and she couldn't sleep despite the clock being way over bedtime.

Right now was supposed to be the time the Six Arms delivered the item specified in her request, and anything could happen on the way since she had sent Elder, whom she had a deal with, to intercept them. At any moment, everything might turn south for her despite her plan seeming flawless on paper.

However, before she could think any further, a dark red portal appeared and Elder came out from it. He brought a body of another person whom Hilma could recognize as Zero, though the head was already beaten out of shape and bent towards the wrong way.

"There's nothing left of the other five to bring, but there. Your proof"

Elder threw the body at Hilma's feet. There was no need for Hilma to take a closer look. This body was Zero and he was already dead.

"Yes, I have seen it. You have done well"

Hilma looked at Elder. He seemed to be quite beat up, bruised, and bloodied, but he still stood straight and unflinching. It seemed the Six Arms had put up quite a fight.

"Are you all right?"

"This is nothing. The energy I got from them all was well worth it"

Hilma was curious about Elder's last statement, and she had quite a bad feeling about it. She then asked anyway to confirm her hunch.

"I-If I may know... What happens after you got their energy?"

"I got stronger. Simple as that"

"So... right now you are..."

"Correct. I am now much stronger than before"

Hilma's worst fear was true. Elder was a being which would get stronger as he killed another, and judging from his behaviour he would never be satisfied no matter how many opponents Hilma threw at him. Eventually, he would decide that she had outlived her usefulness and that would be bad news for her. She had to cut ties with him as soon as possible while she was still ahead.

"I still sense a high energy somewhere nearby. Can you bring that to me?"

There was no proof, but Hilma could guess that Elder sensed either Gazef Stronoff or one of the Adamantite Rank adventurers within the Re-Estize capital.

"Unfortunately, these people you just killed were the only ones I could make arrangement on"

"Tch, fine then"

Elder seemed indifferent, but he didn't seem to be too disappointed or mad to do anything bad to Hilma, which was quite a relief for her.

"What are you going to do from now on?"

"I will stick around here. Somehow I have a feeling that something interesting will happen soon"

Hilma couldn't help sighing inside her mind. Having this dangerous man around for too long would be bad for her business and herself. She was starting to regret the decision she had made out of impulse back then.


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Middle Fire Month (8th Month), 28th Day, 14:18

Ryu, Lily, and Alice had arrived at the Adventurer's Guild of E-Rantel. Being able to use Fly was really convenient because the trip from Carne Village which would had taken a whole day, had been done in less than an hour. Of course, they still needed to have the courtesy of entering the city through the gate like everyone else, and they still walked normally once they were in the city.

The atmosphere inside the guild was as normal as it should be, with other adventurers doing their own business in various parts of the main hall. Ryu approached the job board to check something in his mind, and indeed like Ainzach had said back then, there was an announcement paper telling that Katze Plains had been marked as a highly dangerous area and expeditions there were highly not recommended.

The announcement didn't mention anything specific about the cause of danger. It only mentioned about new monsters which had wiped out a Gold Rank team. But since Alice had made quite a commotion, Ryu believed it wouldn't take long until someone connected the dots.

"It's been a while, Ryu"

Ryu was suddenly greeted from behind by someone whom he could recognize the voice. He quickly turned around to reply.

"Ah yes, it's been a while indeed, Momon-dono"

Ryu noticed that Momon was alone, but he decided to not question him about it.

"I will get straight to the point. The Swords of Darkness team, do you know their whereabouts?"

"The last time I met them, they intended to move to Re-Estize capital. They should be working there now"

"Oh... I see"

"What's the matter, if I may know?"

Momon folded his arms and lowered his head, seeming to be thinking. He then soon raised his head and spoke.

"I just got words about Ninya's sister. Tsuareninya Veyron, isn't it? She is still alive"

As Momon said that, Ryu could notice Lily getting excited. She was definitely happy for them. Alice's face remained unchanged since she didn't know about the matter after all.

"Oh, that's great news! But is she well?"

"The information I got isn't that specific, unfortunately"

"I see, so where is her location?"

"Re-Estize capital. Somewhat convenient, no?"

"So they were right thinking that her sister is in Re-Estize"

"Though now the problem is how to deliver this news to them"

"Maybe you can use the guild's information network. Or..."

Ryu was thinking for a bit, and then he looked at Lily and Alice. Both of them nodded, seemingly caught Ryu's intention.

"...You can request us to deliver the message. My whole team can use Fly now so we should be able to get there today"

"Thank you for the offer, but there is no need to go that far. To be realistic, the only information I got was the fact that she was still alive in the capital. That piece of info won't make much difference if the Sword of Darkness are already resolved on the matter"

"You have a point there"

At this point, Ryu realized that Momon's main goal in this conversation was probably only the location of Swords of Darkness team, and he had unnecessarily prolonged the conversation and almost disrupted whatever plan Momon, as Ainz, had for the matter. He felt that he needed to end this before any more mistakes could happen.

"I will take my leave then"

"Be careful out there, Momon-dono"

Momon then left the guild building. Other adventurers who had been staring at his figure then went back to their own business.

"So, Ryu-san, what are we going to do now?"

Ryu sat down on a nearby vacant seat and pondered for a while. Alice and Lily sat next to him without saying anything.

"Liz, Lily. There's something I want to say. Now that we are facing a threat from my origin's monsters, namely Darkers, I am going to give you some power you probably will need"

"W-What?"

"You mean, like your strange spells? Is it that easy to give?"

"I'm not really sure about it, but first we will need to go shopping"

The three of them then left the guild building and walked towards a place which Ryu would prefer not to visit again thanks to a recent misunderstanding, but Ryu couldn't think of any other place which sold the things he needed, so he pretty much had no choice.

Later, they arrived and entered the building of their destination. It didn't take long until they were greeted by a familiar figure.

"Welcome to Magician's Guild. How may I help you?"

"Hello there, Berthold. I want to buy quite an amount of magic scrolls, so if you would assist me"

"Certainly. What spells are you looking for?"

"Anything that can be aimed at a target"

"In that case, we have~~~~"

The shopping lasted for almost twenty minutes, and in the end Ryu bought more than ten scrolls of various spells, costing him a single platinum coin and three gold coins in total. All the scrolls then were lumped into Alice's travel bag.

"What are we going to do with these scrolls?"

Alice asked that as the group left the building.

"I will tell you later once we get to a good place not within any people's sight"

The group then went to the city gate, and once they stepped outside they used Fly towards a nearby empty grass plain near the edge of a forest. The location was way off from the road, so no other people would be here unless they had a specific reason.

"Alright, now that we're here..."

Ryu then reached his hand into the inner part of his coat, and pulled out a yellow photon disc. Lily and Alice looked a little confused since they had no idea what the item was.

"This item is how people of my origin learn new spells and combat moves. It seems the people of this place is unable to use this item in the normal way, but thanks to Ainz we have found a way"

Ryu then gave the photon disc to Alice.

"Try casting a spell on the disc. I believe any spell will do"

Alice looked at the disc on her right hand and reached her left hand towards the disc.

[Heavy Weight]

Instead of becoming heavy like intended by the spell, the disc disappeared and a pale blue glow came out from Alice's body briefly.

"What just happened? Did I learn whatever you wanted me to learn?"

"Indeed. Now try casting it, towards the forest just in case"

Alice then tried concentrating on the spell she had just learned, and immediately she pointed her staff weapon towards the forest.

"Ilzan!"

A burst of air came out from the tip of her weapon and launched away. The air burst was massive, both Ryu and Lily could feel themselves blown by the wind towards the center of the air burst, which kept advancing at high speed towards the forest. The air burst dissipated about 50 meters away from Alice, leaving a straight line of excavated land and a number of fallen trees along the way.

"Woah, nice shot, Liz-san!"

"What in the world is this? How is this much power possible?"

Alice was naturally baffled because what she had done was quite a lot more than what she could normally do with her spells.

"So, Liz. How is your mana after casting that once?"

"Wait... It's... so little, as if I only casted a tier two spell"

"Hmm..."

"Is there something wrong?"

"When Ainz learned and tried out one of the spells I gave, he said that the spells cost about the same as tier five spells. I was worried that a single cast would drain your mana greatly, but it seems not to be the case"

"Are you telling me that your people's spells have adaptive mana cost?"

"I have no idea. For me, and the rest of my people, the cost of casting one spell is always the same no matter what weapon I use, or even if I cast it from bare hands. It seems such adaptive mana cost only applies to the people here"

"If you ask me, it feels like you came from a completely different world"

That was actually true, but Ryu decided to put the topic aside immediately.

"In any case, it worked for you and that's great. I will give you some more"

Ryu then gave Alice several more photon disc and she used them all. However, Ryu told Alice to refrain from testing the spells since the chance of damaging the environment would be quite high.

"Now, for Lily..."

Ryu reached into the inner part of his coat again and pulled out three red discs. He seemed to be hesitating as he pulled them out. That was because there were no photon arts covering the weapon type wielded by Lily, but there was one weapon type which could come close.

"How do I use them if I can't use magic, Ryu-san?"

"Liz, the scrolls"

"Alright"

Liz took out several of the recently bought scrolls and gave them to Lily. Ryu actually was redoing the method used by Ainz to let his non magic caster subordinate use the photon disc. Since it had worked for them he figured that it might work for Lily.

"Hold this and use one of the scrolls at it"

Lily complied, taking one of the discs from Ryu's hand. She then held one magic scroll with the other hand and used it.

[Scroll: Reinforce Armor]

Like what had happened with Alice, the disc disappeared and Lily's body let out a pale blue glow for a brief moment. Ryu then had her repeat the method for the remaining two discs.

"Now try and see if you can use the moves"

"Alright, Ryu-san"

Several minutes later, all three of them stood still and stunned at the sight of Lily's testing result. Several large holes had been created at the ground, and a good number of trees had been cut down with clean slices through the trunks. All were the result of testing each of the three moves once.

"Lily, how's your mana?"

"I'm not sure, Ryu-san. But I feel that I still can do those many more times"

Ryu stood still in a deep thought. He was not sure if giving Photon Arts and Photon Techs to his partners was the right thing to do, and what would the consequences be in the future, now that he had done it.

"Liz, Lily. Please promise me one thing"

Both Liz and Lily paid full attention to Ryu, who was silent for a few seconds.

"Only use those moves and spells if you are fighting against Darkers"

"Alright, Ryu-san! I Promise!"

"You don't need to tell me that"

"Alright, let's go home and rest for today"

The three of them then flew back to E-Rantel, having become more prepared for future encounters with Darkers. Ryu still had his doubts about his recent decisions, but in the end he believed that he had made the best decision possible for the situation.


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Lower Fire Month (9th Month), 1st Day, 11:48

A few days had passed since the day Ainz had visited Sebas in the mansion. A few things had happened in the meantime, although none of them were significant enough to warrant another emergency report.

Despite what the blackmailers had said back then, they had never come again to collect their money. The spy units assigned to keep watch over the brothel had reported that the place had been thrown into disarray for some reason, and from overhearing the talks there a conclusion could be made that the security division of Eight Fingers had disbanded and now the rest of the divisions were internally bickering over which one should take over. Thus the blackmailing matter was probably put on hold.

Sebas had reported that matter to Ainz, and his response was an order to continue the masquerade and observe how the situation would play out until further notice. There was also another order from Ainz regarding Tsuare.

"Take her for a walk around town from time to time, and report to me as soon as possible if something happens"

Sebas didn't understand the goal of that order, but he didn't want to question a direct order from a supreme being, whose mind was beyond any kind of comprehension. Lord Ainz definitely had a flawless plan in mind, and so Sebas would see to it that the plan would go undisrupted.

Unfortunately, the beginning had not been that smooth. Tsuare's trauma had held her firmly like psychological chains, preventing her from stepping outside. Sebas had reported this matter to Ainz, and the response had been straightforward.

"Try your best to persuade her. However, do it slowly. Her well being is still an important matter. I will trust your judgement on this matter"

It was finally at this day Sebas managed to convince Tsuare to muster her courage and go out shopping with him. It had taken several days because Sebas genuinely took her well being into consideration, and therefore he had waited until she had shown better recovery from her traumatic experience before attempting to convince her.

Right now, Sebas and Tsuare were walking towards the market district to buy some groceries. The sky above was covered in cloud, making the city pretty dark despite the time being still noon. It wouldn't be wrong to assume that it would rain soon.

Tsuare herself was clinging to Sebas' arm during the whole walk, and whenever they passed another person she would cling even tighter with her eyes nearly shut. It was clear that she still had not recovered completely from her trauma.

"Tsuare"

"Y-Yes, Sebas-sama?"

"Do not be afraid. I am here to protect you from any danger, like I said before. Walk with your head held high"

Sebas knew that his words was not much different than a forceful coercion, but Lord Ainz had never told him whether she would be left alone or brought along once the masquerade was called off. Sebas believed that the former would be more likely, so he felt the need to prepare her as soon as he could before the withdrawal order came.

"A-Alright..."

Tsuare tried hard to walk normally, but she still couldn't do it well. Everytime another person passed by, she staggered and clinged to Sebas again.

"I'm... S-Sorry..."

Sebas just smiled, providing some comfort.

"It's all right. I don't expect you to do well immediately. Do it at your own pace"

Tsuare blushed seeing Sebas' gentle face and hearing his caring voice. The two of them continued walking towards the marketplace, and Sebas knew that he still would be the one doing all the talking at this rate.


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Lower Fire Month (9th Month), 1st Day, 13:52

The sky over the Re-Estize capital, which had been already quite dark since morning thanks to the clouds, had been getting even darker over the last hour. Anyone would naturally think that rain would fall down any minute, and it would be quite a downpour.

The Swords of Darkness team, who had never taken a job during the last week, were walking along the road. They had been keeping themselves vigilant thanks to their recent encounter with the suspicious scared man, which had potentially put them on the surveillance of Eight Fingers.

They had been just aimlessly walking around town during this week, keeping themselves cautious and trying to get any confirmation whether someone of the underground organization was tailing them or not. So far, they found nothing.

"Either we have been too paranoid, or they sent stealth experts against us"

Peter came into thinking after hearing Lukrut's remark. Both possibilities were plausible, but the latter seemed much less likely. He then decided to share his thought as they walked.

"I think they aren't on our tail after all. Think about it, even in the case the guards back then were Eight Fingers accomplices, all they saw from us was merely a bunch of adventurers stumbled upon by the thief. I don't think they would waste resources tailing us using experts for this long"

"But isn't it possible that they were waiting until we think that way, thus lowering our guard?"

Lukrut let out a sigh hearing Dyne's remark.

"That is possible, but do we really want to keep going like this forever?"

"Of course not. But we still have an objective in this city. It would be a pity if we get 'disposed of' before we can finish it"

Peter immediately decided to end the debate between Lukrut and Dyne.

"Alright, you two. Here's an idea. We go back to taking jobs, but still keeping an eye to our surroundings like this. If they don't make any moves within another week, we will assume they never tailed us to begin with"

"Sure, why not. I'm starting to get bored anyway"

"Indeed. That is better than nothing"

"Ninya, you've been silent. Is something wrong"

"Ah, nothing... I'm just..."

Before Ninya could speak any further, she felt something strange when two people passed by their group. One of them was a tall man dressed in black immaculate butler uniform, and the other was a woman in tidy maid uniform. Ninya couldn't believe it, but she had a hunch that the maid following the tall man was none other than...

"Sis!"

Ninya turned around, shouting at the two people who had just passed by. Both of them stopped and looked at her, and now she could get a clear look at the maid's face.

"Sis... Tsu-neesan...!"

Ninya's eyes leaked tears as she shouted once again. The man's face remained unchanged, but the maid seemed very surprised and in disbelief. She put both her hands over her mouth, tears also starting to leak from her eyes, along with the drops of drizzle that started to fall over the city.

"Vi..Vi-chan...?"


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Alright, let me clarify a few things:

*. In LN canon, Sebas picks Tsuare from the brothel at 26 August. That still remains unchanged in this story.

*. In LN canon, Sebas is blackmailed at 3 September. In this story it happens at 28 August, much faster thanks to Swords of Darkness unwittingly exposing the thug. As the result, Sebas overvalued the capabilities of Eight Fingers and decided to come clean to Ainz instead of taking things by himself.

*. In LN canon, 1 September is the date Gazef finds Brain on a rainy day. The same day as the latest event of this chapter.

*. Blue Rose raids the drug field at 2 September near midnight towards 3 September, so it still has not happened yet by this chapter.

Volume 5 is interesting in a way that events there are not arranged in chronological order, so paying attention to the dates presented at the beginning of each section is important to keep track of the timeline, and I can't help wanting to do the same format for my chapters on this occasion.

*. Unless I miss it, Ninya's real name is never confirmed, so I made a name up for her real name: Viviana Veyron. Let me know if there is actually a canon confirmation of her real name, and I will change accordingly.


Pre-Emptive Q And A:


Q: How strong is Elder? He looks weak compared to Nazarick residents

A: Before the battle with Six Arms, he was about level 30 in Overlord power scale. After the battle, he grew to about level 45 and still can grow further.


Q: What about his Hunar form?

A: Hunar form is about 15-20 levels of Overlord power scale added to his strength. As Elder regains his strength, he became able to maintain Hunar form for much longer, to the point of being able to keep it active permanently if he wants.


See you later