The beginning part 1
A week has passed and Team dark has separated into three different directions but as they left someone arrived with a fleet of undead dragons.
The people of the three kingdoms began to panic seeing undead dragons flying towards them. Troops lined up on the fortress walls readying to fire at the dragons. The dragon warriors and the kings ran outside to see a dragon force coming towards them.
"Everyone battle positions! We must not lose this fortress!" Said the jade king
Evileye appeared beside him and hands him a drink.
"If I were you I would tell everyone to stand down or face obliteration from the Empires strongest army."
Evileye points towards the adventures camp and they see those adventures raising banners and clearing space for the dragons to land.
A random troop voice cuts through the air
"Hey there's a woman atop a dragon and she is raising a banner! The banner is of the Empire!"
"This is an order of the three kings everyone stand down now!" Said the jade king
The troops were shocked to hear such an order but the undead dragons start flying overhead. The woman atop of the lead dragon raises her hand and quickly lowers it down. The large containers that were being towed have started to fall towards the ground. The containers are 20 ft. long and 15 feet wide and have landed on their target destination. The undead dragons fly around the fortress bellowing roars making the very fortress shake. The woman lands the undead dragon and she roars an order that sends shivers down the spine of any warrior hearing her voice.
"Come my monster legion! This is an order of your General!"
"Yes Ma!"
Voices from containers make them collapse revealing goblins, trolls, ogres, beastmen, hobgoblins, beastmen and death knights. The monsters began forming ranks.
The woman looks up to see evileye inviting her over. She taps the undead dragon head with her foot and it begins to fly. The undead dragon flies towards Evileye and the woman walks off the undead dragons head standing beside Evileye.
The woman wearing a military uniform with medals across her chest and ribbons with colors of dark purple similar to Ainz colors stood before her. The woman has short brown hair and had a saber on her waist. Her voice sounded a bit rough but it soothes the spirit even in combat. Her beauty is outstanding but one could tell her age alongside the fire of battle in her eyes.
"Hello my old friend." Said eveileye
"I'm quite young compared to you old friend."
"Let me introduce you, Three kings this is General Enri leader of the monster army."
Enri puts her hand on her chest and gives a bow towards the kings.
"It is our pleasure to have such a warrior but do you have any male warriors." Said the onyx king
"No just me because my monsters respect my strength."
Enri smiles and pulls her saber out of the sheath. She lifts the sword upwards with the sun glistening off the blade. The monster react to her action awaiting her command. She waves the saber in a circle making the monsters take defensive positions. She quickly move it sideways then back into the sheath. The monsters return to their ranks.
"My monster only follow me and you may think their scary but they're a bunch warm hearted warriors the one you have to be scared of is me."
Enri gives a smile towards the kings. The kings can sense insane amount of bloodlust and death behind her smile. They knew she was a person not to be taken lightly.
"Evileye I have orders from emperor Ainz to follow your command so where do you want my army?"
"Currently we are in a defensive position and we have a cease fire agreement. Place troops between here and Heaven city for now."
"I will."
Enri whistles bringing an undead dragon up towards the balcony. She jumps on the head of the dragon and orders her troops forward. The monster legion begins moving forward. The eastern troops are horrified seeing these creatures but are seeing this woman command them is what sends Chill down their spines.
Evileye flies down towards the adventure camp.
(While she does her duties I got to do mine.)
Message
(George has your group already left?)
(Yes guildmaster, we used General Enri arrival to leave undetected.)
(How about john and his group?)
(They left as well. We shall arrive in the capital cities in a weeks time.)
(Do you know your orders?)
(Infiltrate the capital cities of gold nation and onyx kingdom. Gather any and all information regarding the three kings and other leadership members.)
(Good as of now you are on your own and only to message me when you have information.)
(Yes guildmaster.)
Message disconnects
Evileye enters her cabin heading toward her room. She sits down and pulls out a map. She places three chess pieces on the map. A knight for Momon, a Mage for Nabe, and a hunter for Ren. The chess pieces begin moving on the map tracking their position and lifesigns.
(I hope they can find out what we're really fighting.)
Nabe adventure
Nabe has left for the youki mines, a place where the last dwarves are rumored to hiding. The dwarves were the first race to encounter the forgotten so their survival is necessary. Nabe has a 50 party raid team with her with 25 members being dwarfs. 10 members are elves and last 15 are beastmen.
The youki mines are behind heaven city at the edge of the eastern continent. They have to pass heaven city passing the forgotten army awaiting for Emperor Ainz. Nabe team on horses quickly by pass heaven city without a problem. Nabe wants to fight to kill the one who harmed Momon but the mission takes priority. Nabe team are a few days away from the mines when a scream is heard.
(That sounded like a little girl!)
"Everyone get ready! We're checking that out!"
"Yes Ma!"
Nabe team heads towards rocky valley.
[eagle eyes]
Nabe increases her eyesight seeing a little girl running away from the forgotten. Nabe she the little holding a blue orb.
"Fighters with me and range units cover us!"
The girl on the verge of collapse from running away from death trying to help for her people.
(I must keep going, I must not stop, I must save my people.)
The girl falls, she tries to stand up but her but won't listen anymore. She begins to crawl as she can hear the forgotten coming closer.
"Finally got you little girl."
A forgotten dwarf hand grab the girl leg and toss her. She slams into a rock coughing up blood but she doesn't let go of the orb. The forgotten dwarf wakes up to her.
"So which name do you want to hear before you die, Little girl or little mountain?"
The girl look up towards the dwarf as he smiles with joy.
"My father! What did you do to my father!"
"The same thing I'm going to do to you."
The forgotten dwarf grab her by the her and lifts up her to eye level. He puts his hand around her neck and begins to squeeze. She stares back at him not giving him the satisfaction. Her eyesight starts turning black and her body begins to go numb.
"Papa...help."
"Let go of her!."
The girl falls onto the ground and begins to breathe but she can no longer move. Her little body at the limit. She looks up to see a woman killing the forgotten dwarf. She spots dwarves fighting against forgotten. She wants to smile but she at death door. She grabs the woman robes using her will power to speak.
"Help...papa."
The woman picks her up
"Little girl stay awake! Don't close your eyes! I'll help your papa but stay awake!"
The girl with the last of her strength gives the orb to the woman then she smiles and closes her eyes
"Healer! Where the healer!"
A few days later
The little girl opened her heavy eyelids and saw a beautiful woman looking down on her. The little girl tired moving but her little body couldn't.
" little one don't move, we healed your injuries to a certain extent but you still need rest."
"Who are you? Where am I?"
The woman lifts the girl sitting her up so she can look around. The girl is surprised seeing dwarfs and begins to cry. In her eyes she sees her fellow dwarfs are mountains. They walked and the ground move underneath their feet. She looks around to see elves and beastmen. The tears were unleashed and they couldn't stop as she finally found hope for her people for her father.
"You're with friends and I'm nabe."
"You're...going to help papa."
"Of course, we'll save everyone and defeat the bad guys."
The girl tears intensify knowing she found help. The stress of death and trying to find help that covered the little girl washed away in an instant. The girl cried heavily into Nabe chest for a few minutes then she fell asleep.
(You earned a well deserved rest. Let the grown ups deal with this.)
Nabe look up to see a mountain in the distance, a mere few hours away but the sun going down. Nabe order everyone to make camp. A storm raged above the mountain and death can only be sensed from it.
"Everyone we go into the mines tomorrow morning so ready yourselves tonight."
The little girl sleeps beside a warm fire. Nabe hasn't left her side. The adventures who admire Team dark have become inspired by Nabe actions. Tears run down their faces seeing such a sight and await eagerly for their orders. The little girl begins to move and awakes in Nabe lap.
"Good evening little one, how are you."
The little girl sits up in surprise but quickly recovers. She grovels before Nabe. The sight shocks Nabe.
"I'm lily stone, I'm daughter of raan stone. I beg of you save my father."
Nabe place her hand on the girl head.
"We will but we have no to travel those mines."
Lily lifts her head with a stern resolve in her eyes.
"I know the tunnels, my father and I would walk the tunnels everyday."
"We can't take you. You already did so much."
"Please take me! I want to see my father alive or…"
"He alive don't worry because who would leave such a brave girl behind."
"So can I come."
"Doesn't seem you can't take no as an answer. We leave immediately."
Nabe signals the other adventures and they begin moving. The adventures are ready to leave in a few moments.
(Momon, how would you tell a little girl no and Ren how would you scout to ensure our safety. I really took you two for granted. I hope your journey goes without an incident)
Nabe team arrives at a mine entrance and gaze upon the large entrance equaling to the height of a 3 story building. The light from the torches don't even dare enter touch the darkness.
"Team 1 secure the entrance and ensure no one enters behind us."
"Yes Ma but were not alone. I can smell their rotting flesh."
"I know they are expecting our arrival. Those are hiding come out and let's have a chat."
The forgotten dwarf king walk to the entrance of mine. He is surrounded by other forgotten dwarfs.
"Welcome to my kingdom, how can I help the lady Nabe of the seekers of Ainz Ooal Gown?"
"Seems like monsters do have manners."
"Not monsters but higher beings."
"So what rank are you?"
"Straight to the point, I'm as strong as the jade king maybe stronger since I evolved much sooner than he did."
"Evolved?"
"You call us forgotten but we are evolved version of our races. We are merely trying to help our people grow."
"Liar!" Lily shouts at the dwarf king and stand ready as to fight him. Nabe stands before her to ensure her safety."
The dwarf king smiles at the little girl.
"This girl has experience much pain from you so let the other dwarfs leave and I won't kill you."
"You shouldn't make Death threats it'll ruin that beautiful face, but if you return the orb she had I'll spare your lives."
"Why the orb so important?"
"It'll go nicely on my Throne."
Lily yells at the dwarf king again.
"Liar! I heard them say it controls vision."
(Vision?)
"Foolish girl now everyone dies."
Forgotten dwarfs begin rushing out of the entrance. The dwarf king smiles and waves them goodbye while walking back into the mine.
"I'll be waiting."
"Defensive positions!"
The adventures make a circle formation around lily.
[earth wall]
Large trees block the entrance but many forgotten have already gone out. Nabe team begins to clash with the forgotten.
[chain lighting]
A bolt of lightning kills one forgotten and it spreads to others killing 10 in total. Nabe easily hold her own as the vanguard while her team are securing her flanks. The forgotten wild battle tactics have no chance of against well organized group so they target Lily.
The forgotten start using sacrifice tactics against nabe and on the adventures. They continue to hold their ground but a forgotten pushes his way through. He starts running toward Lily ready to kill her.
"Papa!"
Lily closes her eyes waiting for the end
(Shit I won't be able to save her.)
The sounds of flesh being torn open is heard. Lily opens her eyes to see a dwarf from earlier. He standing before Lily with the forgotten biting his neck and a sword through the forgotten neck. The forgotten falls over with the dwarf still standing.
"Don't worry little girl I'll protect you."
Nabe team wipe out the forgotten and ready themselves to enter the mine. Nabe checks on the bitten dwarf. He is holding his neck where he bitten.
"How your wound earthbread?"
He looks at the Lily with a smile. Nabe makes a signal to other adventures and they distract her.
"Lady Nabe, this is my last adventure."
"What do you mean?! You have a flesh wound!"
"I feel something trying to go into my head but my flame gloves is stopping it for now."
"Then we can remove it!"
"No lady Nabe, we know very little about our enemies so let this happen."
"What about your family!?"
"My wife and I are nearing our life spans and my kids no longer need me. I done my duty as a man and now I do my duty as an adventurer."
"You have any last wishes?"
"A couple, I want my name to be written on Momon back and tell my family a heroic tale where I die fighting hordes of enemies while drinking at the same time."
Nabe chuckles hearing that last wish.
"I'll tell them you fought with two bottles of wine."
"You gotta make it believable not a fantasy."
"Sorry...are you ready?"
"Yes Lady Nabe, it be an honor to fight alongside Team darkness."
Earthbread lets go of his neck and something starts going upwards towards his head. A few moments later he falls over and starts shaking violently. He shakes for a few seconds then he stops moving and closes his eyes. Nabe pulls out her sword and earthbread opens his eyes and tries to attack Nabe. A flash of light appears and his head is removed. Earthbread head falls onto the ground.
Nabe grabs his head and lifts it up. She is horrified seeing what is coming out the bottom of his head. Several worm like tentacles pop out of his head and began lashing out in several directions trying to find the rest of body.
(So these are in forgotten but every forgotten that we fought didn't have worms coming out so they must need time to fully absorb into the body, but why do they need the blue orb. I must send this to Emperor Ainz.)
Nabe pulls out a crystal and crushes it opening a portal and tosses the head into it. Demigue is experimenting on Six when a portal opens beside and a head comes out.
"So these are the forgotten, a bunch of worms daring to attack Emperor Ainz. My research now has a breakthrough."
Message
(Emperor Ainz, this is demigure and I have been sent an important piece of information regarding the forgotten.)
(What have you learned?)
(A worm like creature takes over the body by taking residence in it host head.)
(Continue your experiments and figure out their weakness.)
(Yes my emperor.)
Message ends
Message
(Emperor Ainz, this is Evileye. General Enri has arrived with her forced and our spies are moving towards the kingdoms capitals.)
(Good, inform me of any changes.)
Message ends
Ainz ponders the abilities of the game that can use worms. He makes a list in his head but none of the abilities can do something like this.
(I'm missing something important but what can it be.)
Back to Nabe
Nabe buried the warrior dwarf with a tombstone that read
(The warrior of stone shall forever guard his people.)
Nabe lines up the adventures and removes the wall from the entrance. She leads the adventures into the mines. Nabe takes two steps and an arrow flies by her face cutting her cheek. Nabe doesn't flinch from the attack. She lifts her hand.
[orb of shock]
A beach ball sized orb appears in her hand. She fires the ball into the mine and a large blue explosion is seen into it. A few seconds later the smell of burning flesh appears.
"Let go."
Nabe team enters the mine. They walk down a narrow path entering the mines.
Momon adventure
Momon entering demon territory and has brought most experienced combat adventures alongside of him. Reports from kenji have told that three armies collided and a huge massacre occurred for both sides of the demon factions. The forgotten are winning the war against them. Demon territory or land of mirrors is a difficult place to navigate without a map. The land once was a desert landscape but after years of fighting the land turned to glass and rivers giving it name.
Momon stands atop a cliff overlooking the lands of mirror. The sight engulfs him but he continues forward.
(I wonder if Nabe would enjoy this place as our first date?)
Momon leading his team walks onto the glass surface and seeing the world on the ground could make anyone lost. Momon pulls out a map given to him from kenji has the two factions marked on the map. The peace faction lead by a giant serpent is hidden in a cliffside while the death faction are in an underground maze. The forgotten army is currently assaulting them both.
(Two options before me: I could help the peace faction and gain their support but their probably are forgotten in vast numbers due to their goal. The death faction could be useful as they are willing to die for their cause. I could start hit and run tactics to ease the pressure of the demon armies.)
"Excuse me sir Momon."
Momon turns around to see a lizard man behind him. The warrior name crzaya, he is Momon second in command and descendant of zarayusa the lizard man. The lizard man is light green with a white streak going down in back to the end of his tail.
"What is it?"
"Some of the men want to split up to perform hit and tactics on the forgotten army."
(As expected of veteran warriors.)
"I was thinking about that. I want you to lead a team to distract the enemy while I go meet with the peace faction."
"Yes sir Momon."
"Your objection is to disrupt their movements so no playing hero."
"Of course sir Momon, that's your job."
Momon had a small smirk underneath his helmet hearing that statement.
"We'll head toward the peace faction first then your group can head towards the forgotten base once we have intel on their location."
"Yes sir Momon."
Momon team crosses the glass land heading towards the peace faction base. Momon team spots the cliff base being assaulted by the forgotten. They hide behind a glass hill watching the battle unfold. Momon able to spot forgotten demons for the first time. Thy are remarkable different from the human forgotten.
The demon forgotten have their skin peeling off showing a more rough scale like armor underneath. Their appearances haven't hanged as much compared to human forgotten but their bodies don't morph like humans for their needs instead it seems like the demon body more suitable for the forgotten. Momon spots a large group of demon forgotten growing wings and attacking non demon forgotten in the air.
"Mages take images of the forgotten we may need this information."
Momon spots a few ways to enter the base
The a pulley system similar to an elevator, flight magic and climbing. The forgotten army seems to be doing all three but the peace faction are dug in deep. Momon spots the commander of the assault ordering forgotten to increase their attacks.
"Mages and archers stay here and provide artillery while we act as the vanguard attacking their flank. This surprise attack we can cut the command head."
"Sir look down their!"
Momon turns to see a giant forgotten similar to a war troll but his skin all red with horns coming out his body. The unknown war troll is lifting a yellow orb and it begins to emit magical gas that's spreads throughout the battle field. The gas makes the forgotten more wild and aggressive in their attacks.
"Ok new plan we got to get the yellow orb and try to kill that giant. I'll have 10 warrior follow me to attack him while the others block the path of reinforcements."
"Yes Sir Momon!"
Momon and the warriors in his team pull out magic crystals. The forgotten war troll stopped emitting the gas and Momon gives the signal and tosses the crystals into the forgotten lines. The mages and archers fire a volley of projectiles.
"Follow me!"
The forgotten are in disarray being suddenly attacked. The sudden attack allows the peace faction to fight back. The forgotten war troll is confused at the situation. He strength is unparalleled but his mental capacity for leadership isn't the greatest so a class 3 demon forgotten begins shouting orders quickly regaining control of the forgotten.
[will of the first]
"Out of the way!"
The class 3 turns to see a rampaging black bull with deadly wolves behind him. The black bull is cutting through forgotten as if he was running through a field of flowers. The class 3 orders the war troll to attack the rampaging bull. The forgotten war troll begins running toward Momon and pulls out a large katana much larger than himself. The forgotten war troll lifts up the sword and swings it down. Momon lifts both his sword blocking the attack.
(Oh shit! He a lot stronger than I imaged! He could rival lady albedo in terms of strength!)
The sheer raw power of the attack made Momon break through the glass ground underneath him. Momon was knock down to knee height.
"Go grab the orb!"
Momon using all of his immense strength pushes back forgotten war troll back causing it to fall backwards. 5 adventures stab the forgotten war troll on his joints pinning him to the ground. Crzaya grabs the orb and when doing so the yellow gas begins emitting again from the orb. The forgotten war troll starts going into a frenzy and lifts himself up breaking the weapon that pinned him down.
"Everyone retreat towards the peace faction!"
Crzaya begins to run while holding the orb with both his arms making him defensiveness. Momon pulls himself out of the hole and begins to run with the adventures. The forgotten war troll begins to give chase but a bombardment of magic stops him from giving chase. Momon cuts through the forgotten reaching the peace faction battle line. The peace faction open their line giving way to Momon and his team. Winged demons begin to descend and begin taking Momon team into the cliff. The 50 strong team made it into the peace faction headquarters with a powerful item from the enemy.
(now it going to be more difficult. I hope the others are doing well.)
Ren adventure
Ren has reverted to his original form and so did Silver. The effects of his magic has worn off. Ren currently in beastman kingdom or sun kingdom due to large fields of sunflowers. The sunflowers are a delicacy in this continent. Ren has 50 adventures as well.
Ren team having higher speed and mobility compared to the others has arrived at a broken down castle.
"Everyone fan out and search for survivors."
"Yes Sir."
Everyone begins to spears out searching burned down houses and shops. The adventures find no bodies just signs of struggle or toys left behind. The men pray to General Chill hoping their souls will be at peace. Ren takes 10 men to search the castle.
Ren enters the castle through the front gate. The gate been beaten down rather ripped to shreds as large claw marks are on the door. Ren heads towards the main chamber of the castle while everyone else explores the castle.
Ren and Silver enter a large room seeing the throne at the end. Ren sees someone sitting down on the throne.
"Hey, who are you?"
The beastman doesn't respond so Ren hops off of Silver and the two approach him from his sides. The two get closer and they can see his throat has been cut open. Ren inspects the body going through his pockets. Ren finds a locket with a pic of him and his family. The dead beastman with a man, woman and a small child.
(This man must have been the king and these people must have been the royal family.)
Ren puts the locket in his bag. A message scroll lights up. Ren opens the scroll and he begins to hear a teammate voice.
(Sir Ren, in exploring the south half of the castle overlooking the courtyard and I found the citizens of the city.)
(Are they all dead?)
(Yes sir, they been gathered and killed by burning.)
(Stop the search and bury the bodies. It the least we can do.)
(Yes Sir.)
Ren closes the scroll and hops on Silver leaving the castle. Ren heads outside to see a pile of burnt bodies. The smell overpowers some of the adventures causing them to throw up. A whole day is spent burying the bodies. Everyone prays to the 41 supreme beings hoping the restless souls will be a peace.
The moon overhead Ren decides to camp in the castle. Ren team force food into their mouths because after seeing the burnt bodies one appetite disappears.
"Sir Ren, have the the forgotten burned bodies before?"
Ren turns to address his fellow teammate.
"information gather from the three kings seems to show that they don't. They haven't encountered beastman forgotten. My guess is that the bodies are to enrage the beastmen to attack and fall into a trap."
"That does make sense but don't they need living host to take so didn't they kill their reinforcements."
"True, but they could have been forgotten that were defeated by the living. We need more information so don't dwell on it or you're going to make your head hurt."
"Yes Sir Ren."
The next day Ren team heads out following some tracks that lead out of the city. A large amount of tracks that seem to be heading chasing a small amount of tracks. Ren team follows the tracks for a few days having not encountered a single forgotten or beastman.
(Not finding a single person for three days. Even if we missed the main roads we should have seen someone. If I have to hear another bad joke I'm going to become a forgotten to shut him up.)
"Sir Ren! Towards our left!"
Ren looks to see smoke in the distance.
"Let's go! Defend any beastman you see and kill all forgotten!"
"Yes Sir!"
Ren leads his team toward the smoke and after a few minutes screams can be heard.
"What have you done!"
"How could you betray me!"
"Why did you sleep with my woman!"
"Why did you sleep with my man!"
Ren got closer and the screams became more like arguments. Ren stops at the entrance of the village to see the villagers fighting each other. The scene caused confused in Ren and the others. The eyes in the villagers were red as if their anger was taking control. A few moments a villager removes a head of another. The smell of blood flowed through the air and the others seem to have snapped. They began to pull pitchforks, clubs and other weapons. A red fluid from the dead villager begins to leave his body and go into another. The villager becomes enraged and begins attacking but Ren stops him from starting a chain reaction.
"Knock everyone out!" Said Ren
The adventures quickly move and knock out everyone with ease. The villagers are tied up but Ren can't leave them like that so he waits for them to wake up.
(I wonder what going on? I haven't read anything about the forgotten using tactics such as mind control. Their leader could be doing this since beastmen are physically stronger and didn't get involved in the war so this might be a tactic to thin numbers.)
"Seems like you'll have to wait next time!"
Author here: sorry for taking so long but life gets in my way. I wanted to do a big chapter for each member and people involved in the story but having it cut up into sections makes it easier for me. The month of August or mid august I should have everything in order then I can pump chapter every week. My editor for seekers has become overwhelming busy so he can't help me anymore so I need a new editor. If anyone interested please pm me.
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