I'll tell you everything.

The group seemed to go silent as Ainz spoke those words. Ed leaned in closer to the armored man greedily, desperately seeking information about the mysterious alchemist. "All of what I am about to tell you is true." Ainz began. Which was true. "I will hide no secrets, but you must swear on your lives to not attack me or tell anyone. If you attempt to do so, I will kill you on the spot."

Ling glared at Ainz. "And how can we trust you?"

Ainz chuckled. "You can't. But I would like you to do so with no reason. A leap of faith, I suppose."

To the group's surprise, Alphonse was the one to speak up. "I, for one, would like to hear Mr. Gown's explanation of the events around him, if not about his personal life. We're missing too much information about things he knows, let alone what he is under the armor."

Ed sighed. "Fair enough."

Ainz sat back, and pulled out a few items from his pocket space, using his backpack to make it appear that he wasn't using magic. Magic was one thing besides his skeletal body that he was going to keep secret for now. He would tell them everything about Amestris though, as it was far enough into the conflict where that doesn't matter too much.

"From the beginning, I suppose..." he muttered. Ainz activated a single use AOE scroll that most players referred to as the 'Tablet' spell, which shared whatever the user thought of in their head, like copy pasting information. Way back in Yggdrasil he used it to share screenshots or give players knowledge of locations they had not yet visited in game, allowing for them to better prepare for the upcoming raid. The information would stay with the player it was shared with forever, and could not be shared again. He displayed images of his world's countryside and people, showing the lizard men as well as some other species in the display. Ed let out a strangled sound at the sight of the demihumans, but didn't say anything. All images he displayed of himself were edited to show his armored self and not his skeletal body.

"I am originally from another world, where I once ruled a kingdom. I was the King, and had controlled everything. In the past, before I was a king, I went across the countryside gaining popularity under the name Momon, and I dressed as you see me now, so to hide my identity. Me and my... lieutenants had been unknown to the rest of the world, so I took advantage of... well I suppose it doesn't matter to the story. In the end I won, and ruled the world. Now, I had lived a very long time." Ainz grinned internally at the understatement of the century. Immortality was a very long time. Nothing he had said was false, just a lot of facts were removed. "I found myself in a realm that I did not recognize. The Portal of Truth." This time Ed was looking rather pale, and Alphonse was making small sounds as his armor trembled. "Yes, it is that Portal of Truth. It turns out Truth and I are of equal power, so I made a deal. I assist him with saving his world, and he helps locate a way back home."

Ling sat back in amazement. "So you're a God? Is that what you meant when you said I couldn't get immortality the same way as you or Barry?"

Ainz waved his hand. "No, no, no. I have the abilities to at least hurt Truth, but I'm no God. As a bonus for agreeing to help him, he gave me the knowledge of Alchemy and everything I could do with it."

Ed gasped. "So you have the entirety of the Truth in your head?"

Ainz shrugged. "At least all of the Alchemical knowledge. Not much in history or geographical, mostly useful stuff though. Hence my alchemy being different, and I can transmute without drawing a circle. Also my Alchemy doesn't have the same limitations as yours. It has a different power source."

"A different... power source?" Alphonse inquired. Ainz nodded. "You guys use Alchemy from the tectonic plates under the ground, and the natural movements caused by the magnetic field of the planet power those transmutations. I use mana- I mean life force, which is what I refer to my physical energy. It would work for you if you tried, but you hu-people have so little of it you would be killed quite rapidly. Hence the need for such a large amount of souls when you make a philosopher's stone."

"Does that mean, you know how to make one of those stones?" Roy asked dangerously.

Ainz scoffed loudly. With a single clap and sufficient knowledge of the country he could change all of the ground to lava. It would be equivalent if he used the proper circle and powered it with his mana and energy from the air. OR he could simply call down Meteor Strike everywhere. Or change the biomes using higher tier magic to become inhabitable. "Please, those stones are sooo inefficient. I could do more damage to the entire country with one soul than the Homunculi plan to with their thousands of souls. It would take a few weeks of planning and one transmutation circle. Easy."

You could have heard a pin drop. Riza was holding her gun without even realizing it, and Ed stared. This man, no, this monster, claimed to be able to destroy a country with the power of only one soul? And he claimed to not be a God?

"I could have stopped their plan completely if I so wished, but they have had too many years to not have contingency plans. Therefore I am waiting until right before their plan before annihilating them."

"A clever plan." Ling said quietly.

Roy leaned in. "Annihilate them? How do you plan to do that? I couldn't even completely destroy the fat one, and it took too long with Lust."

"And that brings me to the crux of the conversation. Do you truly wish to know what the Homunculi have planned, and do you want to stop them?" everyone deadpanned at Ainz. "Fine, fine, I had to ask. Very well. They plan to turn the entire country into a philosophers stone. Then sacrifice it to destroy the Portal of Truth, and then the leader of the Homunculi will take Truth's spot as the guardian of this world, and probably kill everything." They stared. Ed passed out.

Alphonse surprised them all. "What the fuck?!" Al said, his voice cracking.

Ainz blinked in surprise, then shrugged. If they couldn't handle the news, it wasn't his fault. It would be hilarious to show his true self, but he didn't want them to die of shock.

Gluttony rocked back and forth, trying to get out of his constraints, to no avail. A floorboard creaked, and Gluttony stared at the slim figure before him.

"Heya! Not so powerful now that you're all tied up, huh?" Barry chuckled at the Homunculus. Gluttony stared innocently at the bladed figure.

"When can I go? I'm really hungry." Gluttony whined.

"Not until we get answers from you." The now conscious Edward stated from the doorway. The rest of the group stood around him, eyeing the restraints of the Homunculus.

Once they recovered from the statement Ainz had made, they had all agreed to act like they had no knowledge of the plan to destroy Amestris until the perfect time to attack the enemy. Armed with the knowledge of Gluttony's 'Annihilation Beam' as Ainz called it, they formulated a plan to kill Gluttony.

Ainz and Roy strode forward and bent down to interrogate the Homunculus. "What can you tell us about your creator's plans?" Roy asked coldly.

Gluttony turned and stared at Roy. "Who are you?" Then he sniffed.

"Get ready!" Ainz was shouting as Gluttony began screaming at them. "MUSTANG AND ARMOR! MUSTANG AND ARMOR! YOU MUST PAY!"

He began squirming, rolling around trying to escape. "MUST EAT YOU! MUST KILL YOU! MUST ANNIHILATE YOU!" Gluttony cried, stretching into its enraged form. The solid steel chains creaked as Gluttony grew larger.

"What is this?" Ed shouted. Ainz saw the tear in Gluttony's chest open up and he motioned for the group to move. "Everyone! Get down!"

Gluttony fired his Annihilation Beam, and it ripped through the building, sounding like a large piece of paper being torn up. Everyone dove to the sides, the beam missing them altogether. It devastated the area, and Gluttony stood up, now free of his chains with his chest-mouth wide open.

Roy snapped his fingers, fire roaring around him. To his utter shock, the flames were sucked into Gluttony's mouth. Roy backed away, leaving the area open for Ed and Al to move to the offensive. Rock hands and blades thrust upwards, blasting pieces of Gluttony off, stunning the creature. They dodged another Annihilation Beam, and launched another attack. Hawkeye fired from the side, unloading all of her bullets into him. Ling darted behind him, hacking away at the large being's unprotected backside. Barry and Ainz stood on the side in case the large man was able to get away. Gluttony cried out in shock and not a small amount of fear, unable to move due to the rate at which he was torn apart.

Gluttony finally managed to slip between the attacks when Riza had to reload, and dodged under a fist of rock. He used his increased strength to leap away, darting into the bushes, once far enough away to no longer be trapped in the house, the Homunculus turned and fired its attack while turning, cleaving a swathe of forest away and cutting off the last foot of Ainz's sword.

Thinking ahead, Ainz had made an extra set of blades and other weapons and stored them in his bag. It would be questionable that he could store so many weapons, but if he required any of the spares, it would most likely be in a life or death situation. Ainz stored his blades, and drew a minor magic item, a Quarterstaff. This pole was used as a weapon for monks back in YGGDRASIL, so it was for melee combat and minor magical abilities. Ainz quickly began casting rapid Magic Missile spells, which arced to the sides of him, and then curved around to aim at Gluttony. The amount of projectiles and the different angles they were coming from resulted in Gluttony unable to hit all of them with an attack, and they impacted his body, creating a cluster of minor explosions.

Gluttony was rapidly being forced back, and reached the edge of the forest. He sniffed the air and then smiled. Darting backwards, the weakened Homunculus vanished into the forest. "After him! We cannot allow him to escape!" They chased after the rapidly retreating form. Riza stayed back with the doctor and Lan Fan, allowing the rest to follow the fleeing Homunculus. Suddenly there were three possible roads to take, and they paused. Making a split decision, Roy, Ed, and Al went one way into the woods, Ainz another, leaving Ling and Barry to go the third way.

Ainz sprinted down the path, his stamina not even being affected by the pace he was moving at. A figure was moving in the bushes ahead. Ainz put on an extra burst of speed, and began catching up. He stopped. There was no sign of Gluttony. Ainz stood still, listening. To the side he heard rapidly approaching footsteps. 'Got you.' Ainz grinned.

Barry and Ling ran along, Ling among the trees and Barry along the rocky ground. Ling was able to sense Gluttony, and was following him. Then Ling stopped abruptly. Barry stopped as well, turning to face Ling. "Hey, what's wrong? Did you lose him?"

Ling gestured for Barry to be silent, and focused. "Something's not right. I'm following Gluttony, but he met up with another being. No. Two more beings. They are splitting up, each to meet with a group. We must be cautious. If I were to guess, Gluttony is that way." he said, gesturing to the side.

Barry nodded, darting through the forest, making surprisingly little sound for such a large figure. They rapidly arrived at a clearing, and saw a clearing, with Ainz in the middle. They ran up to him. Ainz held up a hand, and they stopped. He gestured to the bushes, where they could hear even louder footsteps. "There are three beings coming from over there. None human." Ling muttered. Ainz twitched in surprise, but simply nodded. Gluttony ran into the clearing, chased by Ed and Al. "Ainz! We got him!" Ed shouted.

Ainz simply moved, piercing the Quarterstaff through Gluttony's shoulder. Ainz looked over the Elric brothers. HE rose up to his full height, glaring. "You are not the Elrics." he growled, drawing his two signature blades. "What are you talking about?" Ed said in confusion. Alphonse turned to Ainz. "Yeah Ainz, that's not possible. I'm-"

With a swing, Ainz sheared through 'Alphonse''s armor and stabbed the other into 'Edward'. The suit of armor stumbled back, falling to the ground. Ed stared in shock, then his face twisted into a sadistic grin. "You really know your stuff, Armor Boy. You haven't changed since I first met you."

Ainz glared. "Envy. I see you're still the sadistic little worm like before. Unfortunately your shape shifting won't affect me. Who's the friend? I didn't thin you could turn into Alphonse, since he's only armor."

Envy cackled as 'Alphonse' stood up. The armor stood still, then changed. Unlike when Envy changed, there was no Alchemical Lightning. The form simply shimmered and then twisted. It shrunk into the shape of Ling, then Barry, and then Ainz. "Who says he's like me? I'd like you to meet our newest ally."

The Copy-Ainz faced the real one. "This body is so wonderful! So strong! What a wonderful opponent we have to face!" It cried theatrically. Ainz winced as he heard his own voice spouting prose.

"Ainz, are you alri-" Roy called, appearing with the real Ed and Al. "There are two of you?" he said in shock.

Simultaneously both Ainz's turned and said, "What? No, that's an impostor. I'm the real one! Hey, stop that!" They glared at each other. "So I see you are better at imitating than Envy is." Both muttered.

Ed and Al looked at both, then shook their heads. "I can't tell the difference."

Roy frowned, then blinked. "Simple, Ainz has showed me his face before, so it should be fine to see who is the real one."

'No I didn't!" Ainz shouted mentally. The Copy-Ainz nodded. "That should be fair enough." he raised his helmet and there was a human face, identical to one Ainz would have used with a glamour.

"Roy, trust me! I'm the real one!" The real Ainz called.

Roy nodded. "I know." he said murderously. Snap. Roaring flames engulfed Envy, Copy-Ainz, and Gluttony, causing the Homunculi to howl in pain. The Copy-Ainz didn't react.

'Ah, so that means he has my immunity to minor fire attacks? This is forming to look like...' "No, that's impossible." Ainz said suddenly.

"What, realizing how powerful I am with your form?" The Copy-Ainz said with a flourish.

"No, I think I know who you are." Ainz said in disbelief.

Envy frowned. "It doesn't matter! We don't need to fight! You guys are sacrifices, so you need to be safe! If we fight you, you'll probably die, and then we'll have to find more sacrifices!" Envy said. "Come on, let's go."

Copy-Ainz nodded, "Wenn es meines Gottes Wille ist." The fake Ainz replied to Envy cheerfully.

That was proof, yet it was an impossibility among all other possibilities. "PANDORA'S ACTOR!" Ainz roared furiously.

The Copy-Ainz stopped. Then he turned and faced Ainz. "Yes? Do I know you?" He said with slight confusion.

"How are you working for them?" Ainz asked sadly.

"I don't know what you're talking about, let alone who you are. I was found by Father, mein Vater, and he rescued me. I was simply helping plan with him when we heard you entered the fight. Since you are an anomaly, he put me on the chessboard to counter you."

"I have a mission here, and you DARE interfere by joining an enemy side?!" Ainz roared. "I care not how you arrived here, but you, my own creation, entering the conflict and fighting me is crossing a line. That is treason. I will strike you down if you do not stop."

Pandora's Actor, for that is who it was, shrugged. "I don't know who you are, so it can't be treason if I have no memory of ever being on your side. However, you are in the way of Father, and that is an issue. Despite you being a sacrifice, I'm sure it would do more good than harm if you were to die. Right, Envy?"

Envy sighed. "I don't know how the situation got like this. Alright, you can kill the Armored Alchemist, the Prince, and Mr. Claw Hands over there. Then we leave." Envy said.

"Of course." Pandora's Actor replied. "I now face you in glorious combat! Bereite dich vor!" he shouted, drawing the swords that were copied from Ainz.

Ainz simply stood and activated his Aura of Despair. His eyes glowed, piercing the night, as an unholy aura appeared around his body. "You face Ainz Ooal Gown, ruler of the Sorcerer Kingdom, and the only remaining of the 41 Supreme Beings! And you, Pandora's Actor, have made a grave mistake."

Omake
In which Truth finds a hole that he probably should've noticed before.

Truth floated around, playing with the soul of the Jack the Ripper. He bounced the soul across the floor, staring off into space. "I'm bored again!" Truth called, his voice echoing on forever. He bounced the soul one more time, especially hard, and it flew over the Gate of Truth and landed behind it. "Dammit." Truth muttered, floating over to get it. He reached the Portal and then gazed at it. "Huh, I just realized I've never been behind the Gate since there was no need to. Huh. I wonder what's behind there?" He drifted over to see the soul sitting there, by a hole in the void. He grabbed the soul, and blinked at the hole. "Has that always been there? Meh, it's probably not important." he muttered, going back to the front of the Gate.

NN: *Le Gasp* A twist in the plot! Pandora's Actor has appeared! How has this happened? Are other beings from Nazarick here? Why is Pandora's Actor with the enemy? How will this end? Find out next time!

No, but seriously, I had an idea that surpasses all ideas. I can't say it yet, but it's gonna be FUN. I can hint that the FMA series isn't the only world Ainz is gonna visit on his journey to return to Nazarick. Expect at least... I don't know, maybe six more worlds, possibly seven? The definite choices so far are:

Harry Potter
Worm
HighSchool DxD (Shenanigans will ensue)
Black Butler (Maybe? Probably, but I don't know too much about it, definitely not enough to write about it just yet.)
Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (As a side Omake little thing, not actually canon.)

All of these will show up in the future. Don't worry, they'll all be separate stories in this series, not one massive clusterfuck of crossovers that will get out of hand. Give suggestions for other worlds Ainz should visit on his journey to get back to Nazarick, and I'll put up a poll of the ones that would work with what I have in mind. Also, check out a few more stories I've uploaded. (I know, I have too many, but I don't plan to leave any uncompleted. Just give it time) Thanks!