Overlordly broken

by oblivon2991

"Everything has a beginning has an end" as the saying goes. In the last day of the popular VRMMO named YGGRADASIL in the notorious guild named Ainz Ooal Gown not only Momonga remained to upkeep and manage the guild. There was an another member who helped him and stayed with him until the very end. Let's find out what happens next. (Completed. Complete rewrite coming when ready)

23. Stain and Wine

Thank you for reading my fanfic and giving me a chance.

My mother language is not English, so please be patient about the grammatical issues.

I don't own the Overlord(オーバーロードŌbārōdo?) novel or anime series created by Kugane Maruyama.

I would like to thank the excellent job what the Skythewood translator team done with the light novel translation.

Without their hard and persistent work, I surely couldn't write this story.

Please review it I know I will make mistakes what I will intend to correct and try to learn from my mistakes and improve myself.

Thank you!

Now let's continue our little story!

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The black haired timid maid and the adamantine class adventurer walked amongst the dimming light of the palace corridors. The dark corridors have been illuminated by weakly enchanted torches what produced light by using [Continuous Light] spell.

Along the walls of the corridor, various golden embroidered leaf and Elvish symbols adorned the walls. Occasionally paintings popped up into the bypasses field of vision. These paintings usually portrayed important elven heroes, historical people or politicians. But sometimes the bypassers could see pictures of beautiful landscapes or majestic various kind animals.

Near the walls sometimes can be seen the uniformed armors of the elf royal guards. But there was no person in them. No. The armors only purpose for to show off the wealth of the elf kingdom to the visitors. What Raidyn and Momonga know very well is false. After they saw what kind of living conditions had to live the lower class citizens of the Elf Kingdom.

Honestly. The two Supreme Beings were disgusted seeing how Kain could let such thing happen with his own people. Esdeath and Momonga know very well as a king he could not be anywhere and can't solve every problem. But letting the things degenerate in such degree. It was unacceptable not only for her but Momonga as well.

Although Momonga confessed, he does not feel any compassion towards those people and the part of Esdeath only saw them as annoying lower class lifeforms whose she needed either to rule over, torture or get rid of them. In the other side. She felt she needed to help them. To protect them. To uplift them.

The two voice in her head who's always tried to convince Esdeath about their own right or in some case force her to do as they wished. They grow stronger and stronger after each day.

In rare cases, they almost won and made her lose control. The scary thing was the fact. Her demonic side tried to manipulate her. She already knows that. But at least. She was honest. Brutally honest. Sometimes she even tried to beat her into submission in her inner world when Esdeath sought to meditate.

Until now. She managed to suppress her and gain the upper hand in every situation. But as every being with free will she learned after each battle and adapted to the situation.

Unlike this. The angelic side of her tried to reach her goal in subtle ways. Verbally manipulating her through their long chats in her inner world. Or using other ways to achieve her aim. The scary was that. Despite the light side good nature.

She deeply disdained creatures with low karma such as Momonga or most of the denizens of Nazarick and encouraged Esdeath to get rid of them as soon as possible. Clean the lands from their very presence and did not care about they were Esdeath friend's creation even less Momonga was Esdeath only remained a friend.

Of course, she did not say it directly. But using her usual subtle way. Through manipulation and twisting words. She strangely reminded her to Tanya Degurechaff. From the Youjo Senki anime. That little girl seemed to an angel to the outside, but inside she was a manipulative little monster.

Day after day her two sides tried to convince her to let the wishes of the other side came true or even dethrone her from her throne. As they called the place where she ruled in her mind space.

The only thing what helped Esdeath to remain in control was the fact. The angel and the demon constantly fought against each other to gain dominance. If lest the two of them join forces against her. She would be surely lost.

What terrified her was the fact. She does not know what happens when she loses. The fact she doesn't know what her dark side said is true or not. And she does not want to try out at all. She felt the control slipping out of her hand bit by bit. And she doesn't know when one from the two gain control.

The headaches what these constant fighting and the information what she received through her heightened perception caused. Made her feel a constant headache and sometimes even nausea. The worse things were the seizures what started to come more often and often making it harder and harder to keep up her façade before the world and more importantly before her best friend. Momonga.

She also recognized a strange thing. In their previous life. Neither, she and Momonga acted so firmly. In their other life the two of them never really practiced such thing as speaking before the big amount of people nor their movement set, and behavior was so majestic like now.

Their behavior not only became more defined. But she was not as clumsy as she was in her previous life. Now her as well Momonga every move was completely coordinated without error, their speech patterns changed as well they can come up solutions like never before. She also suspected Momonga succeed with every plan not because he was lucky.

But because he wrote it in his character description the fact he is wise beyond normal minds.

She also recognized her speech pattern and behavior and speech pattern changing day by day. Little by little. Slowly rewriting her own clumsy self and replacing the unfaltering character what she described in her character bio.

The most worrying thing was the fact she written into her character BIO her libido mostly pull towards girls, but she did not deny experimenting with the other gender.

This worried her more than anything else. She did not want to lose her old self but if this will go like this, she will surely lose herself as Momonga himself and will be replaced by an entirely another being. This was bad. Very bad. It seemed their own programming working against them. And they seemingly can't stop the rewriting process.

Minutes passed as the two girls walked amongst the seemingly infinite corridors of the palace. Siesta did not dare anything to said not to accidentally disrespect a royalty and with it bringing the king wrath to herself and her family.

And Raidyn did not say anything due to the awkwardness of the situation. Getting bored by the silence Raidyn rolled her eyes and started again the conversation what they stopped a few minutes ago. Due Siesta did not want to disrespect Raidyn rank calling her simply by her name.

"So… Siesta right?" asked Raidyn.

The elf maid nodded timidly as the two of them continued their way towards the dinner hall of the king. "Yes, your majesty."

"Right. Please don't call me that. It's awkward…"

Siesta only bowed her head but said nothing in response.

"So… how long have you worked here? What consist your job?" inquired Raidyn.

"I working in the palace more than three years Raidyn-sama. As a palace maid, my job mostly consists cleaning the rooms, preparing and serving the meal for the guests of the castle and…" she stiffened, and a dreadful expression moved on her face for a moment. She gulped and continued. ".. serving the other needs of the nobles… Fortunately, I did not have to do the lack. Yet..."

"Other needs?" asked Esdeath. She already suspected what this means. After all, they had been transported into the world where the noble's authority was complete above their servants and the peasants. In other words. The world where still feudal conditions ruled.

Siesta gulped. "The lords sometimes 'invite' a few servants up to their quarters to serve their needs…"

Raidyn closed her heterochromatic eyes and nodded. "I guess what that means… I am sorry to ask you about the theme. I hope I did not upset you."

The timid maid shook her head in denying. "No. Th-That's all right. You did not know Raidyn-sama."

"Still. It is my fault what caused you to remember such memories come to the surface. Please accept my apologies."

Siesta only nodded and another minute silence descended amongst the two of them. "So… Siesta. Do you have a family? Sisters? Brothers?"

Siesta nodded in approvingly. "Yes, I have many siblings. However, because I am the oldest amongst them and my mother and father state of health has been deteriorated in the last years. I had to work as a maid." Explained the black haired maid.

"I see… So you are a responsible big sister. That's praiseworthy."

"Thank you…" she shuttered.

"Do you have anyone who helps you? Any relatives, friends?" asked Esdeath while looked to the maid who despite she tried to keep herself calm and collected. Started to play with her index fingers and blush.

"Y-Yes, my fiance and his family often help me out. However, due to my strict work schedule, I see him less and less frequently."

Raidyn hummed. "That's admirable. If it's not rude to ask. But can I ask how much the palace pay you? If you don't want. You don't have to answer."

"No, that's alright. This is a well, known information after all. The standard maids and servants like me get forty silver a month. But the head maids and servant could even get one gold coin per month." Explained the black haired girl.

"That not very much. Especially if you consider you had to take care of your relatives from that money." Noted the white haired adventurer as they continued their way.

The maid nodded her head then continued. "If you allow me milady a question…" she asked in a low tone

"Shot." Answered Raidyn lazily.

"Milady… Grrr. Every time I hear someone call me like that. The cold ran down my spine." However, she tried to control her face. It uncontrollably distorted for a moment.

The maid glanced at her face and suddenly turned her head away seeing her sudden expression change.

"My lady. Why are you came to the palace? What kind of reason convince someone like you to came into a place like this?" inquired the timid maid.

"There is many reasons if I had to answer your question. Amongst them. Because I got an assignment from the adventurer's guild. Because I am an adventurer and this is my task. Because this is my profession, this is in my code, or I want to protect the innocent by defeating that dragon what lurking near the capital."

The maid nodded signing she understood completely. "I see… So you are doing this to protect the innocent. You are very kind my lady."

Raidyn shook her head. "Nah. Not really... if you want an honest answer. I came to seek challenges and earn money. If it comes with helping others, that's all right. But it is not my first priority." Explained Esdeath while she held up her index finger.

The maid blinked a moment then nodded wither head. "I see..."

"But most importantly…" the maid looked at Esdeath for a moment before she continued. "I had my share of bad experience with bullies, and I can't stand them. And moreover, what I heard in the palace this dragon is nothing more than a bully who needs a good spanking by Momon-kun and me."

"You are very brave my lady. I don't think I can stand up for myself and goals like this. Please accept my admiration." Said the maid humbly.

"Please don't say that Siesta-chan. You giving me too much credit, in the end, you may accidentally make me blush." She said sarcastically as smirked.

Siesta's cheeks reddened and looked downward with an embarrassed expression. "Please don't make fun of me Raidyn-sama. I mean all of the words what I said!"

"Well, in that case. Thank you for the compliment. But you need to be more determined. Fight for your own goals. Because if you don't do something for to reach them. No one else will do it instead of you. I feel the power in you Siesta-chan. You only need to awaken the power." Said Esdeath as she glanced to the maid who walked beside her.

The slender maid cheeks reddened. "T-Thank you…"

Esdeath dark side appeared beside the maid. "Ah. I see your plan. You seduce her and make her yours." The well-endowed woman measured the girl and nodded approvingly. "Not bad. I see why do you like her. I hope you will use toys or torture devices. It would really fit for your first experience. I clearly see the sight before me as the two of you became one entity, or you rather want your first time with Albedo? Shalltear or little Clementine. God! I love that girl style! So much sadistic inclination so much darkness! That girl is rotten to the core. Kukukuku… I know you want her you to pervert."

Esdeath became embarrassed for a moment. "S-Shut up! You know I don't have time for such things. Anyway, the whole thing is just weird..." Explained Esdeath in a deeply embarrassed tone.

"Weird? You have assets use it! I think if you ask Albedo she can show you a few trick. Oh, nope you better ask Tsuare or Clementine. Albedo just not experienced enough to show you such things and Clemi-chan surely has a few tricks up her sleeve and gladly show them for you personally."

"Go to hell!" yelled Esdeath in her inner world.

"Kukukuku. Good old memories. God, I love that place! Ideal location for summer vacation." said the dark side as she thought back nostalgically the good memories what Esdeath spent in the lowest levels of YGGDRASIL. After the two or rather three of them was one if you looked that way.

"What is your dream Siesta?" asked Raidyn suddenly.

"M-my dream?" asked back Siesta.

Raidyn nodded. "Your dream. You know everyone has one."

"O-Of course to serve our king. What else?" she answered hastily.

"I am not asked you about political propaganda. I asked about. What is your dream?"

The maid felt herself a little inconvenient. She blushed and turned her head away. "W-Well… My family was famous for its wine. But because my grandfather gambled away our family wealth, and let us in an enormous debt. We almost lost everything. We could pay it back in that time. But then… In the same year. Grape pest epidemic ran through the nearby area and ruined our grapes. Making us unable to pay and forced us to sell our lands heavily underpriced."

"What a terrible story… I feel no signs of lie from her tone. Neither her life signatures show she is lying. She is either a very good liar or telling the truth." sighed Esdeath.

"I see… My condolences."

"Thank you…" answered the maid.

"So… Your dream is to restart your grandfather business?" asked Raidyn.

"Yes…" nodded the black haired maid. "According to mother and father. It is a silly dream, and I will never reach it. But still… It is my dream. Restart the family business and produce fine wine." Her eyes shined with hope for a moment. Then she turned her head away. "Please don't listen to this silly maid speech my lady. This is nothing more a silly maiden silly dream…"

Raidyn shook her head. "No… It is a good dream and reachable."

Siesta nodded. "Thank you… If you would like to taste my family wine, my lady. A bottle of it remained, and I hid it in the maid's quarters. Do you wish to bring up to you later at night?"

Raidyn mouth curled to smile. "Yes, I would appreciate that. Thank you."

Raidyn stopped and started to search in her tunic. Siesta stopped beside her and watched her with interest. "My lady?"

Raidyn stepped closer to her. Grabbed her hand and placed in it a pouch in her hand. The maid opened it slowly, and her jaw suddenly dropped. "M-My lady!? Why do you give me this much money!?"

"Because you are a good girl Siesta. And your family needs help," she answered.

"Your kindness disgusting me! At least kiss her!" snarled her evil side as she appeared beside the maid.

"Shut up tramp!" snarled Esdeath in her mindscape.

"Frigid bitch!" retorted the evil side.

Siesta looked away with an ashamed expression and wanted to give it back. "I-I can't accept such amount of money! Please take it back my lady!"

"You think I give the money to you because of your sad story don't you?" asked Raidyn with an amused expression.

Siesta tilted her head. "Why else my lady?"

"To invest of course. If I find good enough your family wine. I may be willing to support you and your family further to start the production of the wine again. As an investor of course for the appropriate share." Explained Esdeath.

"Invest?" inquired the little maid.

Esdeath nodded. "Yes, I give your family money, and you will start the production again if I find your wine good enough. You start again the production and your dream come true. And when the business starts to get profitable. We both will profit. If you fail. Well then. I will lose a minimal amount of coin what you can consider a gift from one of your benefactors what you don't have to pay back. Business, after all, is like gambling. You sacrificing something to gain more. If you lucky you win back more than you invest if not. Well. Pff... You lose what you invested." Explained Esdeath. "Win-win? Don't you think?"

The timid maid thought for a moment. "What if she wants to fool me like other nobles with the lower class citizens? What if she ruins my family even more?" then she shook her head. "No! I heard about Raidyn-sama accomplishments and the stories what the traders tell. She is honorable and always keep her words when it comes to business…"

"Y-Yes I would like that." she nodded.

"Of course, only if you want it. I don't force you anything." Raidyn shook her head.

"N-no! That's good for me! Thank you very much Raidyn-sama!" Siesta bowed deeply.

"No problem. Just please don't tell anyone about our little business if I decide to invest. Only tell them a remote friend wished to invest in your business."

The maid blushed and turned her head away. "You are too kind my lady."

Raidyn smiled wildly and nodded. "Don't mention it Siesta-chan."

The two of them reached the dinner huge double door. Before the door the king chamberlain Ailluin.

Siesta motioned her to want to say something. Raidyn leaned closer. "Do you want to say something Siesta-chan?"

Siesta nodded nervously and leaned closer to Raidyn long elf ears. She looked around suspiciously. Then started to whisper in her ears. "Be aware of the King intentions Raidyn-sama! Don't let that monster see your moments of weakness or you he will use you like a toy. Like he did with many maids and nobles before. Under his long rule." Warned her the maid in a desperate tone.

Raidyn nodded. "Thank you for the advice Siesta-chan. I will pledge I will take it into my heart."

Siesta nodded nervously. Raidyn saw the Chamberlain suspiciously measuring the two of them then he bowed to Raidyn.

Raidyn nodded back then turned to Siesta. "See you later Siesta-chan." She smiled and winked at her. The maid turned her face away while blushed. The Chamberlain opened the double door before her, and the two of them entered the dining area where Kain already took his seat.

She entered the king personal dining room where he used to invite his most prestigious guests.

The room was even fancier than the palace corridors. The floor was white marble adorned with various black marble carvings from the highest quality. The marble floor was draped by a beautiful rug what illustrated something. But due it only can be seen if you looked it from the air. Raidyn did not know to figure out the full picture it was most likely a battle scene.

Various paintings adorned the walls where the king stood above the defeated evil deities with a victorious pose. Behind him the 'Thirteen Heroes.' what in truth were more than thirteen persons. But their form was dwarfed by Kain presence. It was like the picture wants to suggest it was Kain who defeated the evil deities alone and his companions were only a minor his sidekicks.

Kain just inspected his high-quality wine what was the best what anyone could find in the kingdom.

As Raidyn entered the room, the king recognized her from the corner of his heterochromatic eye and turned his gaze towards her. "Ah! Here you are! Finally! Please take a seat!" he motioned to a seat on the other side of the table in front of him.

It was strange. Instead of a huge, long table stood in the middle of the enormous dining room. There was only an average looking yet high-quality table only with two seats.

Around the room, the royal guards stood.

Two beside the entrance and four near each wall. A loaded fireplace stationed at the entry of the vast chamber. Giving the room denizens of the feeling of a rustic yet comforting room. Raidyn started to feel something is not right when she saw the table what was considerably small compared to the chamber, the flowers, and the candles what borrowed the situation more romantic atmosphere. "Is he called me into a date?" Raidyn furrowed her eyebrows then she shook her head.

"Nah. He surely doesn't want me to take a date. This is only a business dinner. Like I had many times before with the clients in my previous life. When we discussed the details of what kind of program they want. At least I hope it is not a date…" The cold crept through her spine even thinking about this.

She walked to the table. A butler who stood beside the table pulled out a chair for her. She sat down, and the servant pushed the chair with her. "Thank you." She looked to the Butler and nodded. The elf Butler just bowed deeply but said nothing

After this, the butler clapped his hands and from the other side of the room. An another door opened what most likely connected to a kitchen area. That served to the servants could do their jobs with the more efficient way and serve their masters out as soon as possible.

From the huge wooden door that was adorned with various leaf carvings, several maids stepped out carrying heavy looking trays with each of their hand. It seemed the servant's frail arms were unable to support such weight what the steaming soups and various kind of food weighted on their thin frame.

The first maid placed the four different appetizers before the two of them. As the maid put the food before them, the king watched Raidyn with a curious expression. It was like he measures her from a distance. Like she was some kind of prey and Kain is the hunter.

"Please help yourself." He motioned.

Raidyn inspected the foods for a moment. The item what made her immune from every kind of poison and toxic were already equipped. So she could not be harmed by such effect in any way. Still, she needed to be careful. After all. They are roughly are three and half month in this world.

She placed a few appetizing casino eggs to her plate and a few miniature sandwiches. The king following her example did the same.

Raidyn grabbed her appropriate cutlery and started to eat. Fortunately, she and Momonga already investigated from various books the etiquette in such cases. So, they knew which cutlery used by which meal.

The king did not touch his food just watched her eat the first bite from the end of her fork. As she recognized Kain constant stare, she started to scratch her face nervously. "Something in my face?"

The king smile widened. "No, I just find you beautiful my Kin. Your bland clothes especially highlight your positive qualities. Your beautiful face, your eyes and of course your great figure."

"Well, at least he is straightforward." Raidyn rolled her eyes. "Wait a minute!" Raidyn furrowed her brows for a moment. "I hope he doesn't want to bed me. Because this whole flattery seems to head that way. This is just awkward…"

"Well, thanks… I guess…" she said with an awkward tone.

The king continued to his awkward stare what made Raidyn freak out for a moment. "Sooo…. Why have you invited me to a dinner? I mean to discuss business or what? If I don't insult you with this question your majesty."

"Please just call me Kain." said the king.

Raidyn nodded. "Right. Thank you. So… Kain-san. Can you answer me, please? Of course, only if you don't mind…"

Kain smug smile widened then he slightly bowed his head. "Of course, as you know I called you and the Darkness Adamantine adventurer group because of three tasks. The first requires Momon and his lovely companion. The second…" he glanced to the sidelines for a moment. "The second maybe require Momon lovely companion cooperation if she agrees. If not well… then that's a pity."

"The third?" asked Raidyn with a suspicious tone.

The king smug smile turned to a serious expression. "The third only requires you my lovely Kin. But I will only tell you it at the end of our little date."

"What the heck?! This is really a date?" freaked out Raidyn in herself. "I will castrate him if he tries something pervert! No! Damn! That will cause a massive drop from my fame and most likely will cause conflicts between nations, or it simply put us into the top of the wanted lists then we can start over again with an another hero persona… Maybe a polite rejection? Maybe that will work. But if not? What's then? Decisions, decisions..." Raidyn ran through her options.

"May I ask you why do you call me 'my Kin'?" inquired Raidyn.

The sadistic smile moved back to the king's face. "Of course, because you are my other half my Kin. That's why."

"Right…" she rolled her eyes. "So… What was the first reason why you called us here? As I said, I could feel you had the power to take care such thing as a dragon by yourself if that 'dragon' is as strong as I think it is. So why to call us here?" inquired the adamantine ranked adventurer.

The king looked at Raidyn in an amused way and chuckled. "Why? Why? Of course, to entertain me. You know we had a kind of arena here in our kingdom where the spectators can spectate how the criminals fight against each other, against freshly captured monster or trained animals to death. Or even adventurers can pick up the gauntlet and try themselves against each other if they wish." Explained the king.

"The part where criminals fight against each other and animals resembles the Roman amphitheaters. If I remember right from my history studies. The Romans built the first back in the early 70 BC. But adventurers fighting against each other to the death. I don't think the adventurer's guild rules allow that kind of sport. Of course, they allow spars and friendly duels. But fight to the death. That's just Nah…"

"Duels against each other to death is prohibited amongst the adventurer's," commented Raidyn.

Kain nodded. "I know it very well. This is why when two or more adventurer is dueling against each other. It is only until the opponent forfeits the battle. After all, However, I don't like the adventurer guild rules. Even we had to keep a few of their rules, or they may leave the country. I would not care of course. But after all, I am the one who has to listen to my advisor's constant prattle if such thing happen." complained Kain with a disgusted expression.

"Right…" said Raidyn awkwardly. "Then please explain it to me why don't you hire adventurers from your own kingdom instead of hiring them from the faraway country for a much higher price? I mean…That would be a reasonable step."

Kain leaned forward it seemed he start to became more and more intrigued about Raidyn. "First. There are currently only two adamantine ranked adventurers in the Elf Kingdom, and they are currently occupied with an another mission. Two. They are not strong enough. Even if they combine their strength and I hire additional support to them. Maybe they can stop the dragon, but they will not survive. However, amusing would see their struggle. I had plans for them in the future what make their use more amusing."

Explained to the king as a few maids came out from the kitchen and replaced the appetizer with steaming soups. The maids gently served the steaming substances before them. The king tasted it and grimaced. "Whip the chef fifty times. He over salted my food again." He said in an uncaring tone.

One of the guards bowed deeply and went to dissipate the chef. "This guy is a jerk. Whipping someone because he is a little over-salted soup. This was just a dick move." Complained Esdeath in her head.

Esdeath nodded. "I see... But this still not answers my question. Why do you hire us if you can take care of the dragon by yourself as you said?"

Kain inspected his wine again with a bored face. "I am bored. Terribly bored. I want some entertainment. And you my Kin and the black warrior is the perfect tools to entertain me. In another hand. This way I can measure your and the dark warrior strength."

"Right… So you hire adventurers from an another country, drag them away through hundreds of miles. For money in return which you can raise a small army, Feed them. Buy them a proper equipment, service pay, more than a half year because you are bored... With all due of respect... But aren't you a little spoiled?" Pointed out Esdeath Kain unreasonable money scattering.

The king laughed. "What can I say! I am very passionate when it comes to my amusement. Did it bother you?"

Raidyn shook her head. "Not really. Money is money after all. And I am a monster hunter after all. I hunt monsters for the adequate payment. To what kind of monster I had to eliminate or who pay me from what source. I don't really care until the client pays for my services."

Kain nodded patiently. "I see… Can you tell me your childhood? Seeing your eyes, I know you are my Kin. So, can you tell me how do you end up in an another land? So far from your own?"

Raidyn shrugged. "I don't really know what are you speaking about. I have never been in your kingdom. Neither any kingdom what ruled by the elven Kin. You mix me with someone."

Kain smiled behind his folded hands. "Say as much as you can this to yourself my Kin. I know that look of yours. I recognize it anywhere. It is like mine. Always waiting for something more. For a challenge. Always searching for something more."

"If you say so…" answered Raidyn blandly as she sipped a sip from her wine.

"So about your childhood?"

"Bullshit time!"

"Well, it is a quite funny story. I was an orphan infant when my first master found me in a basilisk nest. Just before the basilisk wanted to eat me. My first master interrupted it's meal and saved the orphan me before the monster could devour me."

"Oh! Your master must be pretty skillful to be able to beat a basilisk by himself meanwhile kept in his mind to protect your wellbeing." Explained the elf king.

Raidyn nodded, and she forced a sad expression to her face. Playing the emotion cards out. "Indeed he was… After that case. He and the others in the Griffin school raised and trained me to be that Witcher who you see before yourself."

"Witcher? My court mage told me you told him about these 'Witchers.' He told me they are highly skilled monster hunters whose using magical rituals and alchemical potions to increase their bodies capabilities. Is that correct?" inquired Kain.

Raidyn nodded. "Yes, that's correct. My order members subject themselves with dangerous rituals and consume alchemical formulas to increase their bodies capabilities. However, as I told Sylphine-dono. It is most likely I am the last member of my order."

Kain shook her head. "What a pity. It would have been fun to speak with other from your order. But at least. You are here to entertain me."

Raidyn nodded. "Most likely. After all, we have a very deep 'lore.'"

"Can you tell me one or two stories about your adventurer's?"

"If you like it I can tell a few of my or other's accomplishments. But not all of them end well. Most of them end as a Grimm tale with the sad, unfortunate ending."

The king chuckled. "I love dark stories. Please tell me one from them."

"Well, this story not actually from me. But a legend from the place where I came from. It is a little scary. I hope you are not the type which can be scared easily."

"Kukukuku…" the king looked downward with a smug expression on his face.

"Don't worry about me. I fought against the evil deities back then. A few scary story will not make me scared. So…"

The king leaned forward and listened to the story with great interest. "Let's hear it…"

Raidyn started her story.

Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a nameless monster. The monster was dying to have a name, so the monster set out on a journey to find one. But the world was a vast place.

The monster split into two and went on their way. One monster went East. One went to the West. The monster who went to the East found a village.

At the village's entrance there lived a blacksmith. "Mr. Blacksmith, give me your name," said the monster.

"I can't give you my name" the blacksmith replied.

"In return for giving me your name, I'll go inside of you and make you strong."

"Really? If you make me strong, I'll give you my name." The monster went inside the blacksmith. Thus, the monster became, Otto the blacksmith. Otto, the blacksmith, was the strongest man in the village after that day.

But then one day... "Look at me, look at me. The monster inside me is getting so big." He said. Munch-munch, chomp-chomp, gobble gobble, gulp. The hungry monster ate Otto from the inside out. Once again, he was a monster without a name.

When he went inside Hans the shoemaker, however... Munch-munch, chomp-chomp, gobble gobble, gulp. When he went inside Thomas the hunter, but... Munch-munch, chomp-chomp, gobble gobble, gulp.

The monster was nameless once again. The monster went to a castle to find a nice name. Inside the castle lived a sick boy. "If you give me your name, I'll make you strong."

"If you can heal my illness and make me strong. I'll give you my name." The monster went inside the boy. The boy became full of vigor. The king was overjoyed.

"The Prince is healthy. The Prince is healthy." Shouted the king.

The monster liked the boy's name. He also liked living in the castle. So he restrained himself even though he was hungry. Day after day, he would be terribly hungry, but he restrained himself. But the hunger became just too great. "Look at me. Look at me. The monster inside me has gotten this big," said the boy.

The boy devoured the king and all his servants. Munch-munch, chomp-chomp, gobble gobble, gulp.

Everyone was gone, so the boy went on a journey. He walked for days and days. One day, the boy came upon the monster who had gone west. "I have a name. It's a wonderful name." Said the boy.

The monster who went West replied. "I don't need a name. I'm perfectly happy without one, after all, that's what we are nameless monsters." The boy ate up the monster who went west. At last, he had found a name, but there was no longer anyone around to call him on it. Such a shame, because Isaac was such a wonderful name.

"The End…." Raidyn finished her story.

Kain started to applause. "It was a wonderful story! Do you accidentally know where that monster was gone?"

Raidyn shook her head. "No one knows. But maybe he wearing one of your servant's skin, or he is me waiting the proper moment to devour and replace you or the monster can be even me… Who knows… After all, In the world full of monsters. It is hard to decide who is a real monster and who is not." Joked Raidyn as she smiled and glanced to Kain.

Kain chuckled in his kin dare. "As you say my kin… As you say…"

With that. The two of them continued their meal and came the time for the dessert and the chat. They talked mostly about the state of the country and how they view the world. One-half of Raidyn started to feel more and more disgust towards the king after hearing more and more how he boast himself and how he doesn't care about his people.

Her demonic half, however, started to feel the similarity between them and as the king style more and more.

The dessert was considered worthy of royalty. It seemed Kain really outdid himself when he ordered the chef to prepare the food from the best materials. Despite her disgust towards the man. Raidyn tried to enjoy the meal and swallowed her disgust to show her bright façade.

The dessert consisted various cakes, jelly, two distinct type of pie and different fruits. Raidyn enjoyed the free food as much as she can. After all, it was free food.

Of course, it does not even come close the food what her creation and Sous-Chef can prepare. But it was enjoyable nonetheless.

At the end of the dessert, the two of them put down their forks. "Thank you for the wonderful meal." Said Raidyn while smiled seductively.

The king placed his hand on hers. Raidyn is seeing this felt a weird sensation blushed slightly and hastily pulled away from her hand. Seeing this the king started to smile sinisterly.

"I wanted to ask you something in private my Kin."

"Ask away…" Said Raidyn as she sipped one sip from her wine.

"Do you by any chance want to remain here and be one of my court ladies? I assure you it will benefit you in many ways." Inquired the king with a sweet voice.

Raidyn shook her head. "Sorry, Kain-san. But… I am like a wind. I can't stand in one place. I have duties, and I still have the assignment to complete."

"Are you sure. If you remain here, you don't have to live that dangerous life. I can protect you from any harm, and I assure you. You will get everything what you ever wished for. Calm, wealthy life. In a place where everyone treats you like a royalty." Explained Kain while he leaned forward and looked deeply into Raidyn eyes. "Think about it! What the two of us can achieve if we combine what we have. Me and you! My Kin! I heard from my court mage. Under what kind of life circumstances you have to live. Always on the road. Always in the verge of starvation… Struggling..."

Raidyn leaned forward. "Hmm. Tempting offer. But I still had to say no. At least for now."

The King squinted his eyes angrily. Then started to smile sinisterly as a new idea came to his mind. "Very well. But if you change your mind. The offer is always open. After all, I am always looking a strong someone who can stand beside me. Not like the other disappointment who call themselves elves. Really. They make me ashamed we belong to the same race. What a waste of potential." He shook his head disapprovingly then looked to Raidyn. "Come my Kin. I used to do a few exercises after dinner. Care to join me? After that, I have a gift to you what may change your mind."

"I hope those exercises are really exercised and he did not think about that kind of 'exercises.'" Though Raidyn.

He stood up. Gently grabbed her hand and started to lead her to his chamber. As the two of them left the room, the servants bowed deeply before them. Through the seemingly infinite corridors, the two of them arrived the before the massive double door what led the king's personal suite.

Before the door, two guards stood in white armor. As the king's two personal guards saw the approaching pair, they opened the door before them without a door. As they entered the room, the guards closed the door behind them. Raidyn looked around.

The adventurer looked around. The room was similarly looked almost the same than her suite where she stayed in her time in the elf kingdom. In the middle of the room, a huge neatly made bed stood Meanwhile various cushions laid on the three corners of the room and near the walls.

In the bed and the pillows, several elf and human females laid. In the human's neck chains hung and they were chained to the walls. Most of them wore nightgowns. But several of them were completely naked.

"My king! You are back!" said one of the elves while woke up. It seemed she is the leader of the little harem what stationed in the king's chamber.

The king only grunted and motioned with his head to get back to her place.

It seemed the humans, and most of the elves are not a good condition. Their bodies were full of bruises, and the traces of torture can be seen in their bodies.

"Welcome to my room!" said the king with a sinister smile on his face.

"What is what you really want? Why do you call me here?" asked Esdeath with a suspicious yet angered tone.

"To give you a gift of course. What will convince you to stay with me and be my court lady after you defeated the dragon."

"I hate how this sounded." Snarled Esdeath in her head. She looked around with a disgusted look. "This whole place is disgusting!"

"I don't know what do you want. But I don't play such games. I am sorry." Explained herself Esdeath. Then looked to Kain who already freed himself from his clothes while Raidyn looked around in the room and now he only wore his underwear. "Come… I know you want it my Kin. After all, you know what I wanted. This is why you come to my room to give you this gift or not?"

Esdeath looked at him with a bland bored expression. "Are you for real? You are drunk, aren't you? If you speak seriously. This is a very bad joke." The humans and the elf females retreated and crouched in their places. Knowing what happened the last person who refused the king. Some of them started to sob. Some of them just stared out from their head from an empty dead expression.

Kain did not say anything. For a moment a dumbfound expression settled into his face. "Well… This is awkward. I consider this as an act of your drunkenness. After all, you drank a few bottle of wine under the dinner. Please lay down your bed and sleep out your intoxication. And let just say. This does not happen. Tomorrow we will start with a clean state." explained Esdeath with a dismissing motion.

Although her angelic side wanted to free the slaves of the room. Esdeath endured her constant rambling about how wrong leaving them in the hand of the pervert and this time she listened to her demonic side.

She turned around and started to walk towards the door. "Goodbye Kain. Have a nice sleep. Hopefully tomorrow we can speak under normal circumstances." She waved backward to the king as she walked away. Kain still stood with a dumbfounded expression on his face.

As Kain saw Raidyn want to leave the room, he gritted his teeth and flashed behind the adventurer. She could easily counter him. However, that would mean she had to use more force than she wanted to show. As the king flashed behind her, she felt as the king grabbed her wrist. Then as a limp touch her bottom.

Her face became completely red knowing what was that limp exactly. The shiver ran through her spine.

"You will not leave! You are mine! My new possession my Kin!" his sweet honeyed voice replaced by a more violent tone. His grip strengthened around her wrist. The force behind the wrist could easily break a normal person's wrist. Fortunately, Raidyn was not normal.

Raidyn collected herself and glanced back to the king lustful eyes. "Let me go or…"

"Or!? What will you do my new slave!? What you can do against the mighty king!? The conqueror of the evil deities! You think you are the hunter? No! You are the prey here! The sheep! And I am the hunter, the wolf, the lion! I defeated the evil deities! I the one who stood victoriously above their broken bodies! You think a weak thing like you has a chance against me!?" snarled Kain and wanted to squish violently her breast and in the meantime, he released her hand to try to pull down her pants.

"What's enough! Is enough!" snarled Esdeath in her mindscape.

"… You will have a bad time if you try that…" she finished her sentence grabbed his wrist with her other hand and twisted it in a painful position. Kain whimpered for a moment feeling the pain. The sudden pain made him remember things. And it made him felt some kind of satisfaction what he did not felt in such long time.

She throws him over her shoulder, and the king landed painfully on the ground with a big thud. The guards were already getting used to the noises what filtered out from the room. So, they felt no need to intervene.

"Enough of this! I don't want to hurt you, but if you force me I will have to defend myself! "she tried to reason with him. Meanwhile, she placed her left hand on her sheathed shinobigatana handle. What hung on the back of her hip in a horizontally positioned sheath what was adorned with a golden dragon.

Kain jumped up and tried to subdue the disobedient adventurer. But Raidyn were already in stance. In answer, Raidyn pulled out her shinobigatana and pointed in his throat. Kain stopped suddenly just as far from the short ninja sword not to impale his throat.

He jumped back and looked around. Then grabbed and enchanted sword from the nearby wall and took a stance.

Kain charged towards Raidyn and started to swung his sword. His swordsmanship was without pair however you looked it. His strikes were precise and strong, and his movement was worthy of a master swordsman. However, he has nowhere close to a level 100 player who had both the Knight Enchanter and Sword Saint job class. And after all the shinobigatana was considered a sword type weapon. So her job class made her able to use it proficiently without previous experience.

With Esdeath enhanced vision, perception and reflexes Kain seemed sluggish. Of course, he was the fastest being who Esdeath encountered in the new world, and his sword work was remarkable. But he was nowhere near Cocytus art which she used to spar daily base whenever she is in Nazarick.

She clearly saw through his moves. She countered his every strike and moved with an equally precise and strong strike making sure not to hurt him in the process.

He tried to slap her face by releasing her other hand and using his power to beat some sense the daring elf who dared to raise a hand against him. Kain started to became vicious using some kind of martial art to increase his strength and speed with every strike.

Esdeath still hoped the King would regain his mind and composure. And she can speak with him with a calm mind. Gaining a peaceful solution.

But after a few minutes blocking she get bored with it, she cut his face with her short sword. The king suddenly stopped inspected his own blood, but it seemed it just encouraged him. He licked down the blood from his hand and continued his swipes. He became a berserk. His strikes were not coordinated anymore. It seemed his rage blinded him with every possible reason.

Esdeath crouched down before a strike and continued her combo with a distinct strike with her shinobigatana handle directly into the King muscled stomach. Directly into the softest point into the stomach where it is the most painful.

Kain curled up because of the sudden pain and vomited a little amount back from the meal what he ate. Then Esdeath continued her combo with a distinct uppercut with a spin in the air into with her right fist. Her powerful strike collided with Kain's jaw, and she shouted. "Shoryuken!" Her fragile looking delicate fist collided with the elf king jaw and made him flew back and collided with the wall making the room tremble from the collision. Then fallen on the ground.

The guards before the door just sighed and shook their head. "Garry it seems the king is very rough the girls tonight. Or it is Raidyn-sama? After I heard about her accomplishment, I wonder if she likes as wild as Kain-sama." Said one of the elf doorkeepers.

"Dude! You pervert! Don't say me you imagined her naked!"

The guard smirked under his white helmet. "Indeed I did. Don't say you don't." he turned his head towards his friend.

"I never said I didn't…" retorted Gary.

Back in the room.

The slaves in the room looked with a terrified expression how Raidyn just K.O-d the powerful being that the elves called king with a single distinct hit. But most of them smirked inwardly seeing someone after a long time taught a lesson to that prick.

She stepped to him and pointed her shinobigatana his neck. She almost cut his head off with one single strike. But then it came to his mind what will happen if she kills him. She gritted her teeth and collected all of her willpower not to kill him meanwhile the king smirked at him

"Come on! Do it! I know you want it!" annoyed her Kain. Meanwhile, he tried to reach for his sword subtly what was near him.

Esdeath lowered her short sword and kicked away his weapon from him. Then stomped on his wrist. The king shouted in a painfully.

The smirk immediately disappeared from the king's face and glared to Raidyn with a furious killing intent in his eyes.

She leaned closer and started to whisper in his ears with deadly cold, calm manner what could terrify anyone who is hearing it. "You are not worth it… You're not worth the trouble it would take to hit you again! It is not worth to stain a blade with your blood. You are not worth the arrow what is needed to kill you. You are not worth the magic and mana what requires to cripple or kill you. You are nothing more than an empty, empty, hollow shell of a broken man. Don't forget this." She whispered in his long ears and threw him back to his bed.

She cleaned her blade then sheathed it back to its sheath with a disgusted expression. Then started to walk towards the exit of the chamber.

"A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well." Raidyn glanced back with a furious expression to the king who just sits up and started to massage his bruised jaw what Raidyn almost broke with her strike. He continued his angry glare meanwhile mumbled under his nose.

"If you ever try such things again with me or I hear you try it with anyone else. I will castrate you." With that, she left the room and slammed the door behind her with such power it almost ripped it out the hinges from their place. The guards just watched the whole scene with a dumbfounded expression. They never saw such thing before.

"Shit Garry! That was wild!" noted the doorkeeper after Raidyn disappeared in the corner.

"I never saw a woman as scary before. Except for my wife and daughter. Now they are scary. Especially when the red army attacks."

"Shit dude! That's sick!"

Gary just nodded confirming what his colleague said. "By the way. How was the bring your daughter to work day?"

Garry sighed and just shook his head.

"Dude! Shit! That's why I never bring my daughter in jacks shit!"

Back in Kain's room.

The king was first furiously gritted his teeth while tried to numb the pain. Then the pain started to remind him something. Something important what he forgot a long time ago. The thrill of the hunt. The thrill of the excitement. The feeling when his victory was not always assured. His mother who taught him to be strong. That beautiful being. And now come this girl who made him remember his mother. Among his pain, he started to smirk knowing.

He has a new prey what most likely he has no power or authority over. Just like was his mother who disappeared when he was young. He smirked and started to laugh manically. "That's it! The feeling what I looked for such long time!"

He started to smirk with the expression of a maniac. A zealot. "I will get you and make you mine whatever it takes Lady Raidyn! You are really the prey what a man like me want in his wall! I will make you my first wife no matter what! I will make you my equal! The partner who I so long sought! The only person who can challenge my power under my long life! Besides my mother, the evil deities and that pathetic black knight who called by the common folks the leader of the thirteen!" he spat as he said his old comrade name out loudly. He really hated that guy. "Besides them. No one ever dared to challenge me like this! Hahahaha!" he started to laugh like a madman.

"I will make you my queen whatever it takes! No matter how many presents or political schemes I had to go through or what kind of charms I had to sown! I make you mine! Only mine… mine" a sinister smile curled in his face as he mumbled.

Seeing this most of the slaves in the room started to hug each other feeling the dreadful aura what the crazed king emitted. Of course, there was a few of them who were only just stared out from their heads with an empty stare. Due they were completely hollowed out inside from the constant rapes and torture.

Meanwhile in the corridors of the palace.

If you think Raidyn was furious. You don't know her current state of mind. She screamed inside her own world and gritted her teeth in the outside. This was the first time someone tried to rape her, and it was not a pleasant experience. Not at all! Just thinking back to the event make her want to vomit.

And that prick tries to defile her. Unacceptable! The only thing what make her withhold her power at that moment and not vaporize the elf king because they may use him later and his early demise may cause an imbalance between the nation's what in their current state can be fatal.

As she went through the corridors, she mumbled all along under her nose.

"I don't care what will happen! If he wants to fire me then fire! I don't care! That damn prick deserved it!" she clenched her fist with such strength it could vaporize anything that accidentally gets inside of her clenched fists.

In the end, she reached her room door where a guest wanted her. It was Siesta, her personal maid who held a bottle of wine in her hands.

As she looked at her. The grumpy face of hers disappeared, and she forced her usual smile back to her face. "Oh, Siesta. Why are you here?"

"I-I just brought the taster as I promised Raidyn-sama."

Raidyn thought back to their chat and nodded. "Right. Please forgive me. I had a long night, and I need something to drink."

"S-Something happened my lady. If you allow me to ask the question. The king did something inappropriate?" Shuttered the maid while her voice trembled thinking back the stories what she heard from the other servants.

Esdeath sighed and shook her head. "Nothing. Just men remain men after all…" she glanced to the maid.

"Did I really said this sentence? This is weird…"

"I-If it, not a good time I can come back later."

"No. No. Come in. Then we discuss business."

The maid nodded, and the two of them entered the room. Raidyn sat down and sighed exhaustedly. The maid grabbed a glass and poured some wine in it. Fortunately, Esdeath observed a few things in the parties what Ainzach organized and found a few books about wine tasting in the library of E-Rantel. Where she could learn what a good wine is.

Not speaking about the numerous liters of wine what she had to consume in these events to make them more bearable.

She raised the glass and inspected it near the moon shining light. Fortunately, it was a full moon in that night. Then she drank a sip from it and tasted it occasionally whirling in her mouth. It was good, very good. Of course, it did not come close to the wines of Nazarick, but it was the best wine what was produced in the New World.

Her mouth curled to smile. "It tastes like a rainbow." She praised the wine.

The maid looked her with a dumbfounded expression. Esdeath turned her head towards her. "It means it is really good. it would be an honor if you let me invest your family business."

"R-Really!?" the maidasked shyly.

Raidyn nodded. "Can you retrieve me a pen, ink and a few paper? Then we can write a contract."

The maid bowed. "Of course." With that, she left.

A few minutes later the girl arrived back with the pen and ink, and Raidyn wrote a fast contract in two copy under a name Anonymous as a contractor.

Thanks to her accelerated learning rate what she gained from her Processor Job Class. She can learn writing in three different languages under the first one and a half month after their arrival. Besides her other duties. "Sign here and here if you agree." She pointed to the places where the maid had to sign the contract. She gave Siesta the contact who read it and nodded. Fortunately, she was educated enough by her father to be able to write and read the plain text in common language.

"After all. You can't make an omelet without breaking the egg. And I use my own money what I saved by doing plus work and cut down from the boy's payment. So I do not really harm Nazarick resources, and this is only a small fragment my usual payment for an adamantine class job." Esdeath thought as she watched Siesta signing the contract.

Raidyn reached under her tunic and raised a stuffed purse with full of gold coin. "Here. This will be enough to start the business. I expect hard work for my money. If I see the business develop in the right direction. I will give you further funds to increase the growth of it."

The maid accepted the purse. Opened it. And her eyes widened as she saw the gold coins in the bag. She never saw so much money before in her short life. She gulped nervously. "Be aware of no one see you with the money, or they might try to kill you for it." Raidyn pointed at her.

The maid knows very well the world to take Raidyn words in her heart. She bowed her head. Humbly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Raidyn-sama for giving me and this opportunity and helping my family!" tears started to pour from her eyes.

Raidyn smiled and patted her head like a kind grandparent patting his/her grandchild's head. "Don't mention it. Do you want to drink something while you are here in any chance? You know the night is still young."

The maid stiffened herself. "I-If you insist Raidyn-sama. I will remain with you."

"I will not force anything on you. Only stay if you wish."

The maid thought for a moment then nodded. "T-Then. I wish to stay."

Raidyn smiled and bowed her head slightly. "Very well. Then let's chat."

The maid remained in the room, and she chatted with Esdeath in a few hours. Mostly about the kingdom state and the people. The Maid further explained her dream to the Supreme Being. But after a while, the shy maid personality slowly disappeared and went full girl mode.

She started to gossip from various thing what happened in the palace and speak about a typical girlish thing. The whole thing went to full girl talk what incredibly irritated Esdeath, but she kept up her façade. After all. This was for the sake of information gathering and everyone knows the servants whose the nobles ignored while they did their duty. We're the best information source. The servants can go into places where the spies could not reach. Every person who was in the information broker business knew this.

But after a few hours of chatting Siesta had to leave to continue her work. After all, serving Raidyn needs was not her only task. She had numerous other tasks what she had to fulfill.

But at least she left the remaining wine to Esdeath. The only positive thing of the night after the rape attempt. After she had left she turned slightly to the double window of her room.

"You can come in Aura. The precautions in their places. We can speak freely."

The cheerful dark elf jumped in the window with a double flip, landed elegantly. Then bowed deeply. "Esdeath-sama!" She chirped cheerfully.

Esdeath smiled and nodded to the young dark elf girl. "Welcome Aura. I hope your staying is enjoyable in the kingdom. Do you found anything interesting?"

Aura straightened herself and started to smirk. "Yes! I found many fascinating animals in the surrounding forest. For example, a huge two-headed snake! A few huge rodent and stone scaled wolves. I even found two sleeping stone basilisk in the deep of a cave. Oh! And of course, a few hydras like Rororo just bigger in the more swamp like area of the forest. They were so cool!" Told Aura with shining eyes. It seemed she is very enthusiastic about her new findings. Her long ears started to move up and down because of her excitement as she told Esdeath what she found.

Esdeath smiled as she listened to the enthusiastic youngster who in age was a lot older than her.

She bowed her head. "That's good to hear. I hope Ainz-san allowed you to capture a few souvenirs or I might be forced to beat some sense in his thick skull." Noted Esdeath sarcastically and chuckled.

Aura stepped back with a frightened expression. "O-Of course, he allowed me! Please don't say such thing Esdeath-sama! You scare me!"

Esdeath chuckled seeing the amusing reaction of Aura. "Don't worry. I only joked. You know Ainz-san is my friend. I would never hurt him. Only if he need a little re-education." Esdeath showed quotation marks.

Aura gulped nervously. "But that will never happen because we all know Ainz-san have a plan in every occasion. Except for Batman? You can't counter Batman."

Aura nodded then tilted her head questioningly. "Who or what is a Batman Esdeath-sama? There is no way Ainz-sama don't have against such thing as a 'Batman'!" she panicked for a moment.

"He is a fictional comic character who fight against the crime in Gotham city. It is pretty good if you ask me. He can beat and outsmart everyone. He even outsmarted gods of the DC-verse and beat them in the comics meanwhile he only relied on his wits and of course his money."

"What kind of power he has? If you allow me to ask it. He is like the villains who invaded the sacred ground of the Supreme Beings previously?" inquired Aura

"Nothing. He is just a simple human." Answered Esdeath with a smirking expression.

"Ehhh!?" gaped Aura.

"Nothing? A simple human? How is that possible!?" asked Aura with the phrase of an unbeliever.

Esdeath chuckled. "Well, he is using his wits and martial arts to defeat his opponents. And of course, his immense wealth is not a disadvantage as I said."

Aura nodded. "Still, I think the Supreme Beings can easily defeat any opponent Esdeath-sama. Even that 'Batman.' There is no way someone such lowly as a human could defeat any of you."

Esdeath smiling expression transformed into a serious one. "Aura. 'There is a saying. There is always a bigger fish.' No matter however strong you are. There is always someone who are stronger than you or if not stronger. Can turn your own power or resources against you. Don't make such mistake to overestimate yourself and underestimate your opponent. Rather overestimate the opponent and perform the necessary steps than losing a battle because of your own stupid pride!" Esdeath poured the wise words to the young dark elf head meanwhile poured some more wine for her already emptied glass. "This is why no one can beat Ainz Ooal Gown. We always overestimate our opponents..."

Aura nodded. "I see… Thank you for the advice."

Esdeath sighed and looked out from the window. "There are still a few hours until morning. Do you want to drink the remaining wine with me?" she raised the bottle of wine what remained and shook it slightly.

"I-I can't accept it Esdeath-sama! To drinking the Supreme Beings personal inventory…"

"Don't worry. I got this from a maid in the palace. It is not as good than the wines of Nazarick. But far better than anything that you can find in this New World." Explained Esdeath.

The young dark elf stiffened. Took a deep breath then nodded. "In that case. I will gladly accept it. Thank you."

Esdeath nodded and poured some for her in the other glass. Aura tasted it, and his face turned savory. "Grr. It's bitter. The wine in Nazarick much better!"

"I know. I know. But you know. If you always drink and eat what is the best. After a while it became bland. You can't appreciate it anymore. Then you start to carve even better things and slowly hollow in the process. Became completely empty. This is why I rarely consume my favorite food and drink my favorite drink. So, I can appreciate their taste whenever I taste them." Said Esdeath as she inspected her wine near the moonlight.

Aura nodded in understanding. "I see…"

Esdeath glanced out of her window with a tired expression watching the infinite lamps on the night sky. Then sighed while shook her head.

"Something wrong Esdeath-sama?" asked Aura.

"Ah. Nothing. I just thought back to the good times what we spent with our friends. Ainz-san. Me and everyone else. It was an incredible adventure..."

Aura nodded uneasily. "Can you tell me a few tales about the Supreme Beings Esdeath-sama?"

Esdeath mouth curled to smile and nodded. "Of course, but I must ask before I forgot. Did Ainz-san sent something to me or do you have anything to report?"

Aura nodded and told Esdeath the message that Ainz sent her. After that Esdeath started to tell to Aura a few of their adventures back in the days in YGGDRASIL. Making sure she did not tell any details what could make them suspicious.

After a few stories, the young dark elf bowed deeply then left to help her beasts monitor the surrounding area.

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Scene Change: Next Morning: Dragon Hunt:

The morning came soon and the two Supreme Being prepared themselves to the battle. They equipped their gear and saddled their mounts. Then the little group started their little adventure towards the area where the scouts lastly saw the dragon flew.

The king was overconfident in his strength. Even after he was beaten by Raidyn so easily last night.

So he only brought his most trusted guards to the journey, his court mage and of course the three adventurers. Still, there was around thirty people in the little convoy. Heading out of the city.

Everyone stared at them with wide eyes and awe. Especially the king shining armor and Momon impressive black armor what made him stick out from the crowd wherever he went.

But everyone looked with terrified eyes at the vicious beast what they saw. Hamusuke. The huge hamster, of course, bears the people terrified stares with pride and puffed her cheek proudly.

On Kain's jaw, a big bruise and a cut mark can be seen what he got from the last night from Raidyn. It seemed he bore it with pride and does not request a healer's help to heal it. Of course, when the morning came. His advisors and Sylphine surprisedly asked him where he got that bruise and the cut wound from. He only smiled and answered with the next sentence. "My woman was fiercer than I expected. Next time I had to be more cautious. Don't worry I will bridle her." He chuckled.

There was two kind of reaction for this among his advisors. One. A few of them nodded uneasily and thought about what did their king again what can further shame their country. Almost all of them know their king fetishes and the fact. He dined with Raidyn in that night so he must do something inappropriate to make her hit him despite he was a royalty. And they did not blame her. They all know. Kain was corrupted by his own power.

The second type of advisors just laughed with Kain and requested more details from the night. What the king only answered one word again while smiled. "Fiery."

The old elf court mage. Sylphine. Just shook his head and sighed seeing his king actions most likely will cause a diplomatic accident among the nations. Again…

He suspected why Raidyn glance towards the King with a stern look under her hood. However, it was barely recognizable for the normal spectator. That hateful glance he recognized from anywhere. A new thing that he has to apologize later in his king name. Again…

Seemingly Raidyn was still upset what the king wanted to do with her. Momon is seeing his friend discomfort wanted to ask her what happened last night. What makes her look that way towards the king. But due his [Perfect Warrior] spell he can't use [Message] spell.

So, it remains a secret until either they can speak with private or return to Nazarick where she can debrief him further if she wants. If not. Well… Momonga can' force his friend to tell him what she did not want to share. Except if it serves the betterment and the well-being of Nazarick. But he was sure if it comes to Nazarick safety. She surely shares every information with him immediately.

Nabe as always looked around herself with a barely repressed disgust what she buried under the thought how she will torture and kill the pathetic flies around her.

They did not leave the capital in the usual way. Instead, they went in the south and used an another ferry to cross the Crescent Lake that as always shined from the sun what hurled its rays upon it. It was not accidentally called often 'Crystal Lake' besides its official name.

The rays of the sun danced around the surface of the water as the little group crossed the lake and arrived the Great Forest of Evasha what surrounded and protected the capital from the possible invaders.

He hastened his mounts and drew closer to Raidyn. "Raidyn-sama!" he called out to her.

"Yes, Sylphine-dono! What can I do for you?" her upset expression replaced and her usual smiling expression moved back to her face.

"Whatever happened last night I would like to apologize in my king's name." he bowed his head humbly. "He went through hard times in recent years. Please forgive if he accidentally did any insulting act towards your direction."

Raidyn sighed. "You don't have to apologize Sylphine-dono. You did nothing wrong. The fault was in him. If he wants to apologize. Ask him to do it personally."

Sylphine nodded. "I see… Still, it is my responsibility as his court advisor and mage to apologize for his improper act. I hope you accept it on my behalf."

Raidyn sighed and nodded. "I accept Sylphine-dono. However, you did nothing wrong as I said."

The court mage bowed his head humbly. "I thank you!"

"Aren't you curious what he did?" inquired Raidyn as she glanced to the veteran mage.

The veteran archmage shook his head. "It is not my place to tear up fresh wounds. And I have a few guess seeing the bruise and the cut wound on his cheek…" he glanced to his king with an angry expression.

Raidyn nodded approvingly. "I see. Thank you…"

"Still, I would like to invite you to my estate as honored guests. The dark elf council loves to meet you." Offered the chance of meeting the court mage of the elf kingdom.

Raidyn shook her head. "I am sorry Sylphine-dono. But my duty calls me back to Re-Estize. Ainzach-dono managed to send after me a fast message right after I left. Saying a new assignment waiting for me right after I returned. Due to the messenger could use official routes. He managed to pass the message to the closest border guard who notified me just this morning right after I woke up. So, after we defeated the dragon. I will take my route back to the kingdom immediately."

"I see… What a pity." bowed his head Sylphine.

"Don't worry Sylphine-dono. I am sure I will come into the country direction a few times. Then I maybe take up for your offer." She smiled at him brightly.

Sylphine bowed his head, and a relieved expression moved on his face. "What a pity… But I am glad Kain-sama act could not make you foreigner from the country… I will immediately arrange your Momon-dono and Nabe-dono escort to the borders after this."

Raidyn nodded. "That would be good. Thank you."

"I assume you and Ainzach-san already take care of the financial things. After all, the client pays for the adventurer's guild for the service and the guild pay me my respective share for taking care of the job."

Reptar nodded. "Yes, I left an authorization check what using Ainzach-san can take out the money what we agreed upon. After all, no normal person carries such amount of money with itself. And the protection enchantment of these notes is provided enough safety to trust them. They cannot be faked using reasonably priced methods." Explained the elder mage.

Raidyn nodded approvingly. "I see…"

Among the woods, as usual, the elf scouts watched the adventurers and the king every step as they rode closer and closer to their destination. Leading away from the possible beasts if it's necessary and protecting their king. However, they all know the king power is far surpassed theirs. Still, it was their duty to protect their monarch even if its cost their own life.

A few hours of riding later the little group stopped near a rocky clearing and a stone wall with a huge cave entrance where the dragon most likely nestled himself.

Sylphine pointed to the cave entrance. "That's the place where our scout located the beast lair."

Momon and Nabe nodded. Raidyn picked up some dust from the ground and started to inspect it. Like she knows what she is doing and tracking the dragon. But in truth. All three of them know the dragon is somewhere nearby thanks to Aura's reports. Who already tracked down the dragon and only waited the mental command to attract it in our hero's direction.

Raidyn raised the dust to her nose and sniffed it a few times then dropped it into the ground. Then to fake spell activation. She activated secretly one of her magic items. She placed her hand before herself. "[Reveal Location]." She activated the cosmetic item what started to project various holographic scanning around the area.

The old court mage eyes widened seeing the unknown spell and watched it with great interest. Similarly, to his fellow mage colleagues, he carved to learn as many as much can from the arcane arts. He once meets Fluder Paradyne the Triple Magic caster. And from their long talk, he learned more than he ever imagined. Sylphine was a strong mage, but he was only able to cast Tier 5 spells at maximum.

Now he wondered which is the highest Tier what Nabe and Raidyn can cast. He heard from his information Nabe was capable of tier three spells and Raidyn was a tier-fourth armored magic caster. Who used her sword as a defensive item in most of the case and mostly relied on her magic. At least according to his information. But he was sure both of them were capable of casting one tier higher magic than they told to the public.

His king already briefed him to do not help to the three adventurers whatever happen. According to him he wants some amusement and to see the three adventurer's capabilities. Still, the court mage did not approve this decision let it his king decision or not.

Even if they are adamantine ranked adventurers. Even with multiple adamantine ranked teams what was supported with a fully prepared dragon hunting squad with nets, priests, and mages who's trained directly to paralyzing magic. Even with that kind of squad, it would be a suicide.

But Kain did not listen to him however he tried to convince him with newer and newer rational claims and arguments. Referring why send Raidyn to a suicide mission if he considers her his relative and a royalty.

Or if Momon and Nabe accidentally die in the battle that may cause Draudillon Oriculus the Dragon Kingdom queen wrath. After she learns about her favorite Adamantine ranked adventurer group demise from some source. She will surely know. It was Kain's fault to let die her favorite adamantine ranked adventurer.

What will cause their already cold relationship became more distant with the Dragon Kingdom than already is? After all, calling Momon into the Elf Country was the first step of a long plan that aimed to improve the two country relationship and renew the trading and diplomatic connections between the two countries.

Despite the Slane Theocracy is at war with the Elf Country and used to send help to the Dragon Kingdom to repel the attacking Beastmen. The politicians of the kingdom tried to deny this ally from the Theocracy and with the trade agreement increasing the own kingdom wealth. Despite its failing military power. The Dragon Kingdom territory was rich with precious metals and herbs what the Elf Kingdom could use to its own gain.

Back in the three adventurers, Raidyn finished her fake scan.

"What did you learn?" asked Momon.

"The dragon is close. It is a male. But my scans showed something strange in him. From the radiation what he left behind himself. I assume our little dragon is A++ class. Around 160-170. He is currently sleeping deep inside the cave."

Everyone in the group gasped. Even the court mage Sylphine. But the king just smirked. "A worthy opponent. Give me a good show my queen!"

Raidyn just glanced back with the disgust on her face. "Pervert creep…" she murmured.

Momon and Nabe glanced suspiciously into the king's direction who acted differently than the previous day.

Reptar hesitated for a moment then stepped forward. "My king! I advise immediate retreat! If the dragon is as strong as Raidyn-sama said. Even with her, Momon-dono and Nabe-dono combined strength! They will be unable to defeat it! I advise hire more adamantine ranked adventurer team or lend them your strength my king!" advised his king the court mage.

The King smirked. "Where is your adventurer spirit Sylphine? Don't say in your old age you became as coward weakling as everyone else in this country?"

Sylphine gritted his teeth and suffocated his rage what he felt towards his foolish king. But in the end, he bowed his head humbly. "No! Of course not your majesty! I just advised it would be wiser coming back with more forces."

"Sush! You speak like my mother before she disappeared. You are boring Sylphine."

"Don't worry Sylphine-dono. We will manage it! Just please retreat to a safe distance. So we may finish the dragon without we have to worry about anything. Instead of us, I ask you to defend the others until we finish our work." Explained Raidyn as she smiled at the old dark elf.

Sylphine looked to Momon with an uneasy expression who nodded to him in response. Confirming what Raidyn said. "Don't worry. We will not fail. Protect the others."

"Pff... As if I need protection…" huffed Kain.

Sylphine glanced at him with an uneasy expression then nodded. "Very well."

"M-Milady!? Do this humble servant have to fight too?" asked Hamusuke with a frightened yet adorable expression.

"Well…" Raidyn rolled her eyes then smirked. "If you want to be roasted. Of course, you can!"

"I-I rather not milady. Thank you!" she bowed deeply.

"Coward!" snarled Kain as he glanced to Hamusuke. Hamusuke just bowed her head down with an ashamed expression.

"Then please protect the others with Sylphine-dono. Can you do that for me?"

The huge rodent nodded uneasily. "Of course milady! This humble servant live only to serve you!"

Momon stepped forward. "Everyone who is not fighting please leave the battlefield after we baited the monster."

Everyone nodded. Raidyn turned to Momon with a playful expression under her hood. "So, big guy… Do you have any plan? Or I have to come up with one?"

"Hmm. My plan is the next. We draw out the dragon. I will serve as the vanguard and tank. Meanwhile, you will be our offensive force, and Nabe is supporting us from behind. First, we aim for its wings to make him unable to flew away. Then we cripple the limbs. And in the end, we cut off the beast head."

Raidyn thought for a moment. Then rolled her eyes. "Not a bad plan. But…"

"But? If you have anything better just say," asked Momon curiously.

Raidyn smiled with the expression of a madman. "We attack head along and hit it until it dies!"

Momon facepalmed meanwhile sweatdropped. "You know you will most likely die if you do that…"

"Sush! I did it numerous times! I only lost a few limbs in the process. And a few easily replaceable things." She waved away Momon's concern.

"Trust me I am an engineer." She winked to Momon and Nabe's direction.

Nabe turned her face hastily hiding her sudden blush.

The dark warrior chuckled. "Is that so…"

"So… Can I bait our little friend?"

Momon nodded. "Please do so."

Raidyn walked before the entrance of the huge cave and activated her spell. [Message]: "Please Aura wake our little friend."

[Message]: "At once Esdeath-sama!"

Esdeath took a deep breath and started her insulting yelling. "You're so ugly when you were born; the doctor said "Wheres the baby?"
You're so ugly, when you were born, your parents sued the doctor.
You're so ugly, when you were born, your parents asked for a refund.
You're so ugly, when you were born, the doctor was the one screaming instead of your mother!"

Everyone stared dumbfounded the shouting Raidyn who threw insults after insults.

"Rose are red
Violets are blue
I have five fingers,
And the middle one is for you."

"Roses are red; violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you…
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl is empty and so is your head!"

"Roses are red violets are blue, faces like yours belong in the zoo. But don't worry I will be there too, not in the cage but laughing at you."

Inside the cave, Aura popped out from her hiding and used her [Breath of Composition] to wake up the sleeping black scaled corruption dragon.

Snickers yawned after he woke up and started to hearing ramblings from outside of his cave. He opened his ears and started to listen to the insults from outside.

"You're so fat you need a paint roller to put on lipstick.
You're so fat you need socks for each toe.
You entered an ugly contest, but the judges stopped you and said "Sorry, no experts allowed."
When that 'master' beautician hit you with an ugly- stick he hit you real good."

Snickers gritted his new sharp teeth's hearing the insults. "What is enough is enough!" He released a blood freezing roar and started to charge towards the exit.

Outside of the cave, everyone heard the blood freezing roar and the charge. What can be heard closer and closer with each step?

"I think he heard you…" Momon leaned closer to Raidyn and whispered in her ear. Raidyn smirked. "That was my intentions all along." Explained the hooded adventurer with a lecturing finger.

She turned back to the spectators and bowed. "The Darkness and Raidyn Entertainment INC proudly present you the show. 'Big Stupid Black Dragon.' We advise you to retreat into the safe distance until our…"

The dragon stormed out from the cave with a seemingly furious expression on his face. "Who dared to mock the mighty Snickers! Me! With such words! Where is that despicable little being who want to die today!?"

"Khm." Raidyn tapped with her feet with an impatient expression on her face. The dragon noticed her and looked at her with a furious expression. "You dared to mock me little elf!? I must admit you have courage, but I will devour you either way!"

"You are a moron!" shouted Raidyn.

"What!? How dare you speak the mighty Snickers in such tone! You will die for this insolent act!" shouted the dragon in his reverberating sound.

"Snickers?" asked Raidyn while tilted her head with a surprised expression. Then she started to smirk and burst out in laughter. "T-That's really your name? Pff Hahahaha!"

Momonga chuckled for a moment then his emotion suppression activated and a bright green invisible aura surrounded his form.

The dragon looked at her with an angry expression. "What is so funny miserable creature!? You did not fear death, or you simply lost your mind due to your fear!?" Snarled Snickers.

"Snickers! That-That is a chocolate name! Are you hungry?" inquired Raidyn while she snickered.

The dragon looked to Raidyn with a dumbfounded expression. Then his jaw curled upward like he was smirking. "Yes… And you will be my first meal… Kukuku."

"Well, you know the saying…"

Momon face palmed. "Not again…"

"You are not yourself when you are hungry. Get some nuts!" she turned back to her audience and opened her mouth when the dragon swings clawed palm towards her direction just to squish her where she stood. Sensing this she jumped away. The palm collided with the ground and stirred up the dust leaving a crater in the wake of the palm. "Pathetic bitch! I will destroy you!"

She turned back to him with an angry expression. "Speaking the one who cut in the other speech! You fat stupid dragon!" she pointed at him giving away her anger what caused Snickers cut off her words again…

Then she turned back to her audience. "As I said before 'someone' interrupted me…Khm." She cleared her throat. She glanced back to the dragon with an angry expression. Then her reassuring smile moved back to her face. She turned back her head to the spectators whose jaw was dropped except the smiling Kain. Who murmured something like. "I need to get her…"

"Please retreat into a safe distance and let the experts handle the situation. We hope you will have a good time and find our show enjoyable!" she motioned with her hand.

Snickers had enough and struck towards Raidyn with his black tail. Momon flashed away from the place where he stood, and he was behind her before the huge tail of the black dragon could squish her. Using only his raw strength with a flashing move and a pirouette he cut off completely the black dragon's tail. What because of the sudden pain roared painfully.

Then raised his two weapons into a defensive stance while faced the dragon. Who breathed out a gust of steam. "Don't you think it is the time to start our work instead of a senseless long speech?" he glanced back to Raidyn while asked his fellow adventurer in a polite tone.

Raidyn glanced back to the black warrior behind her and chuckled. "Momon-kun. There is a difference between an awesome fight with a good speech and a bland fight without speech. Besides that. We are artists. We create our art not by using ink or paint. But blood, sweat and our enemies bodies!"

Momon shook his head and looked back to the dragon. "You are incorrigible…"

Raidyn chuckled "Indeed I am!"

"Your majesty we had to retreat!" warned Kain his court mage.

"You speak nonsense Sylphine! I am here for entertainment. I will not be able to see anything if we retreat. However, you and the others can retreat if you as coward weaklings as I think you are." Kain did not even glance back to his servants as he spat out his words.

Sylphine gritted his teeth and suffocated his urge to retort.

Back in the battle already started.

The black-scaled dragon attacked with his clawed paws. Momon used his two massive black twin blades and sliced out big pieces from the dragon body. But it seemed Snickers regeneration were as quick as the plant like monster what our heroes and their vassals fought previously after they defeated the monster tree. Zy'tl Q'ae.

He already fully regenerated his previously decapitated tail. But strangely when the tail detached from his body it started to rot away in a rapid way. But its new tail was more hardened than before and was adorned with numerous white spikes.

Raidyn used her various lower tiered magic and Esper abilities that when someone asked her what kind of spells she used. She just lying it is either her own developed spell or Witcher secret technique.

Above her head, five blue, half-transparent spectral blade danced providing the necessary defense for herself and occasionally her comrades. She summoned and sent blades after blades inside of the dragon skin. Making it look like a hedgehog with blue spikes in the process. Snickers did not bother with the blades. Seemingly the blue spectral blades did not do any harm to it.

Sometimes she blinked closer to the black dragon using her enormous ultra-great sword and striking it to its weakest moments. Either using the flat side of the more than two and half-meter-long blade to cause blunt trauma. Or slicing away a big piece from the creature.

The two Supreme Being know very well. They were more than capable of ending the battle instantly. Their speed, strength and magical prowess were way above of the creature, and they knew the way how to counter its regeneration after their fight of the plant creature.

It was unbelievably sensitive of the sudden change of element type based attack. For example, if you used fire spell and then suddenly shot ice to the creature after it. Or even more sensitive Death based necromantic spells and instant death skills. Its regeneration will be slowed for a time and can be killed. However, it is also the solution if you damage it until its regeneration simply burns out.

But they wanted a little training against weaker creatures where they don't have to worry if they injure it. Besides that. This little exercise makes them remember their old days when the two of them adventured together with their friends in the endless plains of the nine realms of YGGDRASIL.

The battle already raged for a few minutes already. Snickers just continued his vicious attacks that become more powerful and precise with each strike. Occasionally striking towards Raidyn and Nabe what Momon intercepted and either blocked with his twin blades or striking into the black corruption dragon open spots, weak areas. Like limbs or its throat.

The foul blood of the creature littered the ground. It slowly started to evaporate emitting poisonous gas from itself. Momonga being an undead does not have to worry about the poisonous gas. Esdeath wore an item what make her immune for such thing. Even without it. Her resistances simply neutralize such things. And Nabe was too far to be affected.

Despite his strong black scales that gets sturdier and sturdier after each strike. It just could not withstand a level 100 player strength who strengthened himself with the various enchanted item and the [Perfect Warrior] spell.

The only thing what kept the dragon moving was his immense regeneration power that almost immediately healed its injuries. The pain only fuelled Snickers rage what made him more reckless. More vicious. More dangerous. One misstep and Momonga will get damage.

The dragon-like creature took a deep breath and lunged back its head to release a huge fire tornado from its mouth. Momon raised his sword before himself seeing he can't stop the coming flames. He activated his advanced Frost Pain replica, and a gust of freezing wind surrounded his blades. He strokes them down before himself. Creating a corridor of icy cold wind between himself and his enemy.

Raidyn put her sizable blade before herself what hid her body. "Quen." She faked to casting a spell saying this. " [Silent Cast: Minimize Magic. Distortion Barrier]" An orange colored force field appeared before her.

Nabe simply used [Dimensional Move] and slipped away from the green flames what scorched the surrounding area completely.

In the background, the elves clearly felt the boiling heat what the green flames emitted. Despite the fact that Sylphine used shielding enchantments what protected the area before them against environmental effects. Such as sudden temperature change, airborne poison, illusions and psychotic drugs. The magical energy field was not prepared to withhold such amount of heat. Sylphine wondered how the three of them capable of withstanding the heat in that area. When even behind his field they could barely stand it.

He guessed normal iron would glow in white light or even melt if touched by those strange green flames that emitted strange magical energy.

Every one of them held their hands before themselves. Protecting their faces from the sudden wave of hot air. Only a few of them kept their eyes open in a squinted way. Only to see from the distance what is happening.

Kain just smirked with a satisfied expression. "Yes! Yes! This is the entertainment what I carved for! Now I see you are really like me Lady Raidyn! I want you even more!" Strangely he did not have to cover his face. He was able to withstand the heat without it. But even he started to sweat feeling the heat.

Sylphine looked to his king for a moment with a dread on his face. He knows his king well enough to know. What he wants he always got hold. He only prayed in his heart. He will go easy on Raidyn and did not manage to break her mind like he did many of his slave concubines in the past.

Swipe followed swipe. It seemed for moments Snickers managed to overwhelm the two adventurers by its faster and faster attack what caused craters in its wake and made tremble the surrounding area.

Snickers lunged back his head what changed shape in the midst of the battle and his body grown more armor. He was more than twenty meters tall, and he devolved his wings into tentacles so he could attack more efficiently.

The arms whipped the ground and left whip marks on the ground and the surrounding rocks. Occasionally ripping out multiple trees. One whip after another strike down towards the three adventurers whose were either dodged the strikes or cut the attacking black whips with one elegant stroke.

As the dragon increased its attack, it seemed he managed to corner Momon and Raidyn by grabbing their legs with a one-one tentacle and lifting them into the air.

But then a spell hit him from the background, and he forced to drop them down into the ground. He roared fiercely and glanced towards the person who caused him such pain with a dreadful angry expression.

It was Nabe who used [Lightning] spell. The black-scaled monster was stricken down with the third tier spell again and paralyzed for a moment and releasing a terrifying screech.

Her lightning spells power further increased with the numerous protruding blue half transparent energy blades what served as a conductor for the magical based attacks and enhanced their effectiveness.

It seemed he was especially vulnerable to such type of spells because on his hard body multiple burn marks appeared.

Snickers started to charge towards the support of the group. Narberal prepared herself and unsheathed her sword what hung on her waist. She lunged towards the dragon. As she dodged the strikes, she managed to get the creature and intersect its Achilles tendon a little bit.

Making it break down his charge for a moment. Her usual disgusted expression twisted into a satisfied sadistic smirk. Seeing her success and how her masters are playing with the unsuspecting lower lifeform.

While the monster was busy to regenerate himself from the previous attack. Raidyn and Momon started a synchronized surprise counter. Momon jumped into the monster tail and started to run into his back meanwhile he stabbed his long twin black blades and started to slice open the monster back. Severing completely its always changing spine.

Meanwhile, Raidyn slides beneath his stomach and fully cut open the monster's abdomen. Pouring out of his intestines.

Snickers felt like the control slowly but steadily slipping away from him. He felt like his new body as well his increased regeneration failing him. Despite his new body. His new battle tactic and everything he worked for so hard. He will lose. Again. He failed again… What was the strange thing? He felt similar presence from that girl what he felt when he was near the being who cursed him.

A strange feeling started to churn his stomach what he only felt when he was near the strange figure who gave him his new power.

He needed to break free and flee to recuperate. To hunt some weaker creatures. Feed and grow in power.

He released a terrifying screech what make Nabe and the elves stumble back and forced Raidyn and Momon to act as they as well struggle against the sudden burst of winds. The black corruption dragon sprouted two frightfully looking wings from his back. Meanwhile, he forced to close his wounds in his back and his stomach. He lunged up from the air.

Momon and Nabe walked beside Raidyn and looked at her. "Want the last shoot?"

Raidyn smirked with a sadistic expression under her hood. "I thought you never asked."

She sheathed her ultra greatsword back to its sheath. Swept her hands before herself, and multiple magical rune circles appeared before her. "Spatial Targeting Ready. Stoical Curves Identified. Magical Chamber Energy Level Normal."

She raised her palm towards the air. "Silent Cast: Minimize Magic[Infinite Blade works]"

Every elf gasped for a moment as behind Raidyn seemingly infinite amount of blades appeared and shot towards the dragon. Overwhelming completely the creature and making it look like a big glowing pinch cushion.

Snickers gasped as he felt as thousands of little blade cutting open him. Destroying his internal organs in the process. He started to fall towards the ground while his foul blood started to pour from his wounds. But Raidyn was not finished yet.

She turned around towards her audience and snapped her metallic fingers while smirked with a satisfied expression. "[Detonate]"

Raidyn took out a sunglass from her pouch. Put it on and turned away from the explosion while it happened. "Cool dudes never watch the explosion." She said lazily while the explosion happened.

The blades in Snickers started to glow with bright yellow light for a moment. Then exploded with a deafening explosion. A shockwave shook the surrounding trees. Making everyone had to protect their faces from the sudden air pressure. And providing such firework, it could be seen even from the border of the Slaine Theocracy.

The remains of Snickers started to rain down to the surrounding. But before they could reach the ground it seemed they simply evaporated.

"Explosion! Cures cancer since ancient times!" she quoted.

[Message]: "Momonga-san! I think I went a little overdrive…"

[Message]: "Indeed you did… It is a shame we can't collect samples." he nodded.

[Message]:" What The Hell did you use! It hit like a damn tier eight spell!" Momonga emotion suppression kicked.

[Message]: "I used the only tier five spell. But I combined a few things accelerating the effect. You remember those spectral blades what I created with my magic?"

[Message]: "Yes."

[Message]: "Well, it seems Esper abilities and magic heavily reactive and volatile and combined can exponent the destruction."

[Message]: "Don't do that again, please…. It makes us too suspicious." Pleaded Momonga to his friend.

[Message]: "I try my best…" said Esdeath in a calm tone.

[Message]: "By the way… I recognized you are little upset. Something happened last night?" asked Momonga, his friend.

[Message]: "I am too upset to speak about last night. I will tell you when I will calm a little bit."

[Message]: "Ok. We will depart after we arranged the things here. Do you want to come with us or you go your separate way?"

[Message]: "It would be too suspicious if we go the same way. Considering the fact that we are adventurers from two different countries and the thing we just disappear right after we left the border. I will go alone and send back Hamusuke immediately to continue her training."

[Message]: "At least bring Aura with you…" said Momonga through his mental link.

[Message]: "No. She has enough another task besides escorting us and the last few days were surely exhausting her mentally. She needs a little rest. Besides that… I want to scout a little bit the Slaine Theocracy." Explained Esdeath.

[Message]: "But you can't just go alone! Don't forget. Shalltear attacker still out there!"

Esdeath rolled her eyes. [Message]: "Oh! That's just adorable! You worry about me…. Kukuku… You know I have a World Item do you?" she chuckled.

[Message]: "Esdeath! This is not a game anymore! I don't want to lose my last remained friend! We are still new in this world, and we still have much to learn!" shouted Momonga and his emotion suppression kicked.

[Message]: "I-I am sorry… I did not think about it…"

[Message]: Momonga cleared his throat. "No… I am the one who sorry… I should trust you. After all, you are more than experienced to take care of yourself."

[Message]: "Thank you. But to be sure and not cause you any sleepless night I will bring myself a few Eight Edged Assassins. I will be away around a week."

Momonga nodded. [Message]: "As you wish. Just be extra careful. Later I will send Zero after you to make sure you are fine."

[Message]: "No. He is too busy for that at the moment. I will be fine alone."

[Message]: "I insist! Or I will be forced to make extreme measurements…" explained Momonga with his most mysterious tone.

[Message]: "Extreme measurements?" inquired Esdeath.

[Message]: "Extreme measurements… Kukukuku." The Overlord of Death chuckled like a good villain.

[Message]: Esdeath shrugged with a direful expression under her hood. "Fine! You can send him. But at least let me have a little alone time in the field. Please… I need it…"

[Message]: Momonga hearing his friend desperate tone sighed. "Fine… You got one and half day… Then I send Zero to help."

[Message]: "Thank you Momonga-sama!" she chirped in a happy tone.

The three adventures. Turned towards their head as they heard Kain clapping. "This was a really spectacular show. You three really deserve to be titled adamantine among adamantine."

Momon nodded. "Thank you."

"Well… Our work here is done, so it's time to me to go…" she placed her arms behind her head with such position as if she did her job well and started to walk away.

"Lady Raidyn." Called after him Kain.

Raidyn turned her face towards him with a serious expression.

"I will organize a party of the occasion of the success. All three of you invited. The appearance is mandatory." Smirked Kain. "Let's test your resolve even more!"

Raidyn turned back to him and bowed slightly. "I am sorry. But I just got an urgent message from Re-Estize. They count of my appearance as soon as possible."

"I said. Appearance is mandatory…" repeated Kian in a firmer tone.

"I am sorry your majesty. But you are not my king. You are not my ruler…. There are no strings on me..."

Kain started to smirk even more. "Then I will be forced to propose you locally."

Momon and Raidyn looked at the kneeling king with wide eyes. Nabe clenched fist trembled in anger and wanted to annihilate the cockroach who dared to come up with such idea.

Every elf even Sylphide held back their breath. Being proposed by the king itself meant you automatically gained a noble house among the highest ranked nobles. Wealth, steady monthly income, servants, a big piece of land and the right to influence the king decision personally. If no one else Kain listened to his wives and those who he chose personally in his inner circle.

If she accepts it. Sylphine hoped she could influence the king in the right way and change his bit by bit to care about his country.

Sylphine was such person. However, in the recent years, the king listened to his advice fewer and fewer times due to his boredom.

Raidyn stared to the king with a bored expression. "What did you just said?"

The king smile widened as he kneeled down and held out the ring in the little box. "As I said I propose you. Be my wife. I never saw such strength, such determination, such resolve! You are just like my mother was! Relentless and never forfeiting your own self against great odds!"

Raidyn looked around. Everyone looked at her. Waiting for her answer. She took a deep breath. The tension intensified. "Thanks. But I pass it," she said lazily.

"Ehhhh!" everyone gasped.

"What did you just said?" asked the king with twitching eyes.

"I said. Thanks. But I pass it. I have no intention to get married in the near future." She explained.

"Or anytime else…" she looked at the sidelines sarcastically.

"Y-You just refused a king proposal…"

Raidyn nodded. "Yes. Yes, I did. As I said, I had no obligatory to getting married anytime soon. I am not that kind who can settle down. That just not me. I am an adventurer after all. Not a glorified housewife."

"You know this will comes with international consequences. Don't you? I may send after your loved ones and kill them." asked Raidyn.

"If I had loved ones I would be afraid. But..." she rolled her eyes sarcastically. "But I don't have anyone. So kill as many people as you want. I don't really care." She said in an uncaring tone.

"What!" Kain's eyes widened.

"As I said. I don't care… Besides according to the adventurer's guild rules. I can protect myself if anyone tries to force their will on me. I am not your vassal and according to the Kingdom of Re-Estize laws slavery became prohibited not long ago." She smirked. The guards gulped she dare to speak with Kain with such tone.

"I can freely protect myself if you want to force me any unlawful act or servitude against my will... " Kain expression became more and more amused and satisfied.

"If you want to send your army to me. Do it. I will fight until my last breath. Hire assassins as much as you can. I don't care! Poison my food! I used to it. I become immune most of the poisons and toxins long time ago. Or attack me right here and now! Show me how much a man are you! You can only get me through my cold dead body!" She announced in everyone's hearing meanwhile placed her hand on her ultra-greasewood handle and started to raise her killing intent.

The guards started to gasp, and even Sylphine started to sweating feeling the murderous intent what emitted from a woman.

"Ha! I got you!"

"Raidyn-sama! Please think about what kind…" Raised his voice Sylphine but Kain raised his hand. "Let it go Sylphine. If the lady said no. Then it is a no…"

Sylphine looked dumbfounded to his king. He never saw him act like this before.

Raidyn nodded and her killing intent dispersed. "I am glad we understand each other."

The king started to remove a necklace from his neck and showed to Raidyn. "At least accept this necklace as my sign of appreciation my lady. It was once the possession of a determined woman such as yourself. It fits you better than me…"

Raidyn inspected the item for a moment. "[Silent Cast: Inspect Enchantments]." Her eyes flashed brightly for a moment then her spell revealed the enchantments on the item.

"Hmm. A rare legendary class necklace. This dude either don't know what he gives out or he is completely aware of it. Either way. It is a good loot. It seems strangely similar almost exactly like what Akemi-chan wore in specific encounters back in YGGDRASIL."

"This is what I can do. Thank you." She nodded then caught away from his hand.

Kain nodded with a satisfied expression. "This is my only remained memory after my mother. Please take good care of it."

"What was her name? If I may ask you." Inquired Raidyn.

"The people called her many names in the elf legends. But she left me when I was young. Before the people, she only called herself Imeka."

[Message]: "Momonga-san! Do you think what I think!?"

Momonga nodded. [Message]: "Yes! She was more likely Akemi. Yamaiko-chan sister. If she is in this world. Maybe our comrades too!"

[Message]: "That's what I think. But he said she left him. So, there is a high chance she is already dead." Explained Esdeath.

[Message]: "Yes, but do not jump to conclusion too early. We need to keep our ears and eyes open. We can't reveal ourselves too early."

[Message]: "Yes… You are right. I hope we can find her."

[Message]: "Indeed…" with that Momonga terminated the connection.

Raidyn sighed in sympathetically. "I am sorry your loss."

"Thank you."

"But I as well Momon-kun and Nabe-chan had to go. We still have other duties."

"My guards will escort you to the border." Kain signed towards his guards with a single motion. "Give them enough supplies for the journey home as much gold as they can carry."

His guards immediately took action and started to escort the three adventurers to the border what was a few miles away.

As the three adventurers, Hamusuke and the guards disappeared among the woods. Sylphine caught up with his king. "My king! You think it was a good idea just to let leave Raidyn-sama just like that? Don't you want her? I never saw you acting like this. Not even with that other woman who you have your child from."

Kain started to laugh manically. "Sylphine. Sylphine… In your old age, you become senile…I did not give up conquering the castle. I never will." he glanced to his advisor.

"What do you mean your Majesty?" inquired the court mage with a curious expression. Then his expression became playful when he realized the king called him old. "I am not that old your majesty! I still feel myself bursting with energy!"

Then hisexpression turned serious again. "Still... I must ask your majesty... What do you mean by saying? You did not give up conquering the castle?" asked Sylphine with a suspicious half closed eyes.

He knows something is not right. Kain is up to something. If that is positive or negative for Raidyn or the elf kingdom. He did not know. He just has a bad feeling about this.

"Sylphine... There are many ways to conquer a castle. I did not give up conquering her. I just seek other ways to conquer. You know if a straightforward method did not work. You need to try other methods." Explained the elf king.

"Ah! I see…" nodded the veteran mage approvingly. But he was still suspicious. What could change the King behavior one night to another?

The elf king looked before himself and smirked. "That determination! That power! That battle aura what you emit from yourself! That commanding presence! The fact you are not fear me and fought back even after I threatened you with execution or with others annihilation! You are like me… Caring nothing about others but your wellbeing… Carving for challenge… Something more. Not like those weaklings whose surround me!" He glanced beside him where his court mage walked.

Then back to himself and a sadistic expression moved to his face. "You are my other part! I will conquer you no matter what!"

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Omake:

In the great underground tomb of Nazarick. In the ninth level of the tomb. The restaurant was usually a busy place where Sous-Chef used to work.

Sous-chef was a myconid also known as a Mushroom-man. He wore a butler uniform with a butler west and almost entirely looked like a human. Except his head was a mushroom instead of a normal one.

Sous-Chef was very proud of his work and always satisfied working in his bar. He preferred, silent, elegant male guests. He also gives careful consideration to his guests, like providing a straw to Eclair, though those without proper etiquette will upset him.

Currently, he managed the restaurant in Nazarick. Usually his colleague. Zero. Used to work with him and help him out with his duties. But due the ruler of the Forty-One gave him tasks outside of the tomb beside Demiurge. He alone used to manage the restaurant and once a week the bar alone.

He missed his colleague in those time. He's always polite when he had to say something, silent when needed and of course, because of his efficient work method, he did not waste anything. He considered him his friend. He hated wasting the resources as well as much as Zero. The ingredients what the Forty-One bestowed them in their infinite wisdom, and he considered it a sacrilege against their creators to spill away these ingredients.

Zero stood behind the kitchen counter. Wearing his usual butler outfit with the vest. His cooking apron and his chef hat what increased his cooking skill.

He just tried to teach Tuare. The new human maid of Nazarick how to make proper meal what fit a Supreme Being taste. Despite his efficient method, it seemed Tuare still unable to reach the appropriate quality. But at least she learned faster than a usual human, and that was a big thing.

"Tuare! Cut those vegetables smaller square…"

"Boil the potato exactly one hundred and ten thousandth seconds in 130 Celsius degrees. After you removed them from the water. You have exactly twenty seconds to peel their skin off."

"Don't do that!" he gritted his teeth. "Now you ruined a perfectly good material. Again!"

"B-But I only poured with a dash more spice." Retorted Tsuare.

"Then that mean it is not fit for consumption to the Floor Guardians. Most of all, the Supreme Beings. Again!"

Finally, she made her first meal. Sous-Chef tasted it. He looked to Zero. "I don't know Zero. What do you think? I think she is over boiled the meat a little."

Zero tasted it. It can't be seen on his face. But he was disgusted. He took out his magic-fuelled weapon and shot to the pot. Vaporizing it in the process. "Disgusting! Again!"

Tuare curled up a little and nodded. She grabbed the knife again, but it seemed she was extremely tired. Her hands shook like an old lady. Zero shook his head seeing her clumsiness and examined her state. "You are not fit to work today. Go rest. Tomorrow you can continue. Let's hope you will be not as clumsy as today." He spat out his words with a bored tone. With that, he left.

Tuare fell her knees and tears started to pour from her eyes. Seeing her state Sous-Chief sighed and kneeled beside her and started to comfort her. "Shh. It is alright…"

Tuare looked at Sous-Chef with a tearful eye. She sipped. "Why Zero-sama hate me so much?" she asked in a trembling tone.

The myconid sighed and looked to the new maid. "He does not hate you. He just… he just has difficulty showing he is caring. After all. His creator created him to always strive for perfection. If he does not care about you. He would just simply let you alone to do as you wish and in the end disappoint the Supreme Beings. What may lead your demise? Or simply eliminate you right away."

"Really?" asked Tuare with a still trembling tone.

Sous-Chef nodded. "Really… You know he is using his free time to train you. Almost every day he only returning to teach you because Sebas-sama asked him and because deep inside he hoping he can shepherd you towards perfection."

Tuare eyes widened. Then a hangdog expression moved on her face. "I did not know..."

"That's the truth…" explained Sous-Chef.

She looked up to the mushroom man. "Then! How can I make him and Sebas-sama proud!"

Sous-Chef sighed. "I can only give you one advice. Strive towards perfection. Do your best."

Tuare nodded and tried to get up to practice even more. But she slumped back to the ground.

Sous-Chef sighed and shook his mushroom shaped head. "But first. Rest. Tomorrow is an another day after all…"

Meanwhile in Ainz's room.

Ainz just sat behind his work desk going through the reports what he missed during his absence. When he recognized something appearing before him. It was a label with a black background.

"Dark Spirit xXxIoweYOuxXx invaded your world." "Dark Spirit xXxPervySagexXx invaded your world."

He tilted his head. "What the heck is this?" he thought.

He tilted his head as two unknown almost naked skinny figure appeared in his room. The two character skin were strangely colored night black, and a blood red aura surrounded their form. The two of them only wore a closed faced helmets, their underwear, and they held a broken two handed flaming greatsword in their hands.

The two figure placed something on the ground, and a scorching scar appeared on his floor. Then they respectfully bowed before Momonga. The leader of the Supreme Beings doesn't know what to do nodded back.

The two figure started to charge towards him using their greasewood to kill him. The eight Edged Assassin's immediately jumped out from the shadows and decapitated the invaders whose immediately crumbled into white dust and disappeared after Momonga's bodyguards killed them.

"Ainz-sama! You are alright?!" asked one of the Assassin in a frightened tone.

Momonga raised his hand and reassured his bodyguards. "I am fine…"

"What the heck was this?" He used a few spells to reassure those scorching signs on his floor were not traps then walked towards them. He inspected it. It was an engraving.

"Eh…" he gasped in shock, and his passive emotion suppression kicked.

'GIT GUD'

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A/N

Well, this is for now!

I hope you enjoyed this little piece of grammatical nightmare what I whipped out from my keyboard. :)

Until nex time folks!

In the next chapter:

Somewhere in the Slaine Theocracy two hooded figure walked amongst an open desert area of the country. Suddenly they stopped.

"Creator-sama! I felt someone locked the space and time around us. Seemingly we are trapped in the time being." said the male with a seemingly bored uncaring tone.

The other hooded figure tried to use her [Message]spell to contact her friend. "Shit! It seems they also blocked every attempt to make contact with the outside world!"

The two of them looked around and saw as multiple black robes, and mask wearing figure appeared seemingly from the nowhere. The masked figures started to stroll towards them slowly.

The two figure who stood in the middle of the circle take a fighting pose. One of them pulled out from the hiding of his robe two futuristic-looking pistols and aimed towards the robed figures. Occasionally changing targets like, he measures which one is the most efficient first target. The other one place her hand the handle of her black katana.

"Watch out them. I feel they are more than they look..." said the female figure while measured the multiple approaching masked figure around her with a suspicious gaze.

The male nodded his head. "Yes, Creator-sama!"

Then... The female felt as something not right and something wet started to pour out from her abdomen under her armor. She looked down and saw a black blade what just pierced her stomach.

She started to feel the pain as the person behind her started to twist the blade in her back.

The male eyes widened under his hood and turned his head suddenly to his master's direction. Seeing the puncture wound, he yells. "Esdeath-sama!"

"Shit..." was the last words what leave Esdeath mouth.

The only thing what remained is madness, agony, and fear...