-On the Ocean-
Ainz slowly crawls out of bed to not wake Albedo and Shalltear. He leaves his suite walking under the night sky, and he takes a deep breath to enjoy the sea air. Ainz begins to take a stroll around his ship. He arrives at the bow of the ship and notices that three of his other ships have stopped.
[Eagle Eye]
Ainz vision zooms in on those three ships. They had dwarves and mage workers constructing a teleporter to the mainland to the halfway point of the journey. The live event of Momon being stabbed made the entire empire to rise up in fury. Now the full might of the Sorcerer Empire is moving towards the east.
"Hopefully these Forgotten can be taken care of with normal means, because if I and the guardians fight at full force it might end this world. I don't think in the entire guild's history we have ever used all of the world items at once." Ainz said with a hint of worry in his voice.
He keeps walking around his ship and spots Cocytus doing a bit of late night sparring with some of the lizardmen. Ainz gives a wave and they bow in response.
A tone rings in Ainz' head, indicating that it's a message call from Demiurge.
[Emperor Ainz, I may have discovered what these Forgotten are.]
[Do explain.]
[Yes Emperor. The body brought back due to Lady Nabe had provided some much-needed clues. The creatures we are fighting are parasites of a player. It consumes the inside, taking over the body and then increases its strength. The worm becomes a new living being, getting stronger with each host. That is why sixth keeps falling apart. The worm has become stronger than the original host. If it jumped into a new body it'll become even stronger, or if killed by its summoner then he'll gain that person's strength]
Somehow, Ainz could feel a cold chill going down his spine at this newest revelation.
[Continue]
[I checked the supreme beings' skills in the history books, but no one had such a Skill. I checked General Chill's book of lore but couldn't find anything there either.]
[Go into my study, and in the third drawer there is a box protected with heavy magic. Disarm the box and open the book inside of it. It's Dreamcast's information book. It should have data on every powerful and dangerous players, but check the last page first. I hope my suspicions are proven wrong.]
[Emperor? What do you mean?]
[The skill you just described... I know of very few people who had such a skill, and one of them was a close friend.]
-Nabe's Adventure-
Nabe leads a small team of 5 adventures to a tunnel behind the castle. She looks into the book seeing a map leading to where the unknown ruins are. They are just a few miles away from the castle, with Lily being in the castle with the others. Nabe enters a large hallway that has remains of the dwarves from the first contract with the Forgotten.
She exits the tunnel to see a large room similar to Nazarick's throne room, but much more sinister. Nazarick's throne room seemed more godlike and divine, but this was like the entrance to hell itself. Nabe looks around to spot a banner depicting a hand holding the world. The room was empty with just simple writings on the walls. She begins reading the language and it's similar to the language of the supreme beings (Japanese). She starts translating it, to read a curse for a person called Momonga.
"This is interesting. I must inform everyone." Nabe quietly mumbles to herself.
Nabe turns around to spot her team have been quietly killed. She goes into a defensive stance ready for combat.
(What I didn't sense anything nor hear anything?!)
A then voice cuts the silence.
"Hello little lady. How are you doing today?"
Nabe looks around, only to see the Dwarf King walk from the shadows with a bow in hand. She looks at her dead members and spots no arrows on them.
"Hello your majesty. To what do I owe the honor?" She said calmly.
"My master wants a 1-on-1 fight. You against me."
"Why should I?"
"Simple. An army is ready to swarm your men and that little girl, but he wanted to see how strong you are compared to that warrior."
"Heh. So this is for his entertainment?"
"Yes it is, but if you give me that orb we can let you leave alive."
"Well now, hearing that makes me want to hold onto it more." She said with a slight grin.
The Forgotten Dwarf King smiles upon hearing that statement.
"Isn't it great to be young? My master gave his word that if you won or lost that the others alongside the remaining dwarves can leave alive."
"If that's so, then I won't be holding back."
Nabe pulls out a wand and snaps it in half. She uses [Queen of Lightning] and her lighting aura turns red.
"Shall I start this, your majesty?"
"Of course. Ladies first." He said with an extended open palm.
[Lightning Orb]
Nabe hits the orb and it begins to fly towards the Dwarf King, but he fires an invisible arrow from his bow making it explode, with fire that moves like lightning.
"So then, you put fire in your attack."
"I did, but now it's your turn."
The Dwarf King lifts his bow and fires a single arrow.
[Protection Aura]
Nabe makes a protective aura to block the single arrow, but it hits twice cracking her shield. A third one then hits and it breaks.
"My, my. That's a strong weapon you have."
"Thank you, but now let's get serious."
Nabe fires three more orbs towards him, but he jumps upwards avoiding them. However, Nabe makes them follow him. He begins running on the wall firing arrows making them explode. In the dust caused by the explosion he fires more arrows, but a heavy thud is heard. As the smoke clears Nabe is seen using a large piece of the floor as a shield.
(So he can see me through the smoke with 100% accuracy. The arrows are also perfectly aligned with my chest and head.)
[Chain Lightning]
A blast of lightning shoots out of Nabe's hands making him run. She continues to blast him with lightning bolts, but he was quicker than the attack. After a few seconds of continuous spells she stops. The dwarf draws his bow and fires, but Nabe lifts the floor shield blocking the attack, which it shatters on contact.
[Fly]
She flies upwards and begins firing lighting strikes trying to hit him but he evades every attack with ease. The two swap attacks at high rates of speed. The two collide with many attacks, rocking the throne room to its foundations.
The two combatants stop to take a moment to gather their breath. The intense battle between them has drained Nabe of her mana, causing her attack form to disappear.
(Seems like "Plan B" is the only option left... I can't keep fighting at this pace any more. I feel like I'm fighting my teacher.)
"So little lady... are you ready to give up?"
"Not yet, but we're not going to fight much longer."
"You mean you're not going to much longer."
Nabe goes into the bag and pulls out a large crystal and the blue orb she got from Lily. She has enough time to send out one message.
[Message]
[Hey! Can you guys hear me?]
[Yes, Lady Nabe. What is happening?!]
[I won't be leaving alive, so use those teleport scrolls and return to camp with Lily. This is my final order as Nabe.]
[Y-Yes ma! I shall inform the others of your sacrifice, and with a heavy heart I shall write your name.]
[Don't write my name as we never die, but write my little sister's name, Zesshi!]
[Yes, Lady Nabe. It's been an honor.]
[Message] spell ends.
(With this little sister, I repay my debt to you.)
Nabe stands up with a smile on her face.
"What are you going to do?" The Dwarf King said with rage in his voice as he glares at Nabe.
"Well, this is the strongest spell given to me by Emperor Ainz. It is a failsafe of sorts. If we were to lose we activate this and it'll kill anything within 5 mile radius, but it takes about 30 seconds."
"Enough time for me to destroy it."
"Exactly. So that's why I'm staying here to stop you."
"In your condition you won't last 30 seconds!"
"Yeah, but I'm not expecting to live so I'll last for 30 seconds even if it's my last breath."
Nabe goes into her bag and pulls out a black scythe.
"My name is Nabe Zesshi, the former princess of the Eleven Kingdom. By the name of his majesty, the supreme being Ainz Ooal Gown, I repay my debt and gratitude!"
Nabe throws the blue orb into the air, and using the scythe cuts it in half.
"Nooooo!"
She activities the spell crystal as the two cut orb pieces fall onto the ground, completely enraging the Dwarf King. He begins firing volleys of invisible arrows towards Nabe. Even in her weakened condition she uses her scythe to deflect the arrows, but without defensive magic a single arrow gets through and pierces her leg, making her kneel. She breaks the arrow off and stands, enraging the Dwarf King further and making him appear more like a feral animal.
The Forgotten Dwarf King turns beastlike even growing larger in size to a normal person. He rushes Nabe grabbing the scythe, and using his overwhelming strength knocks her down to the ground, pinning her underneath the scythe.
[Thor Prison]
A large electrical cage appears around Nabe preventing the Dwarf King from touching her.
"25...26...27"
The Dwarf King begins slashing away at Nabe trying to break into the prison but he can't reach her.
"28...29...30!"
"Nooooo!"
[Fallen Down!]
The crystal explodes into a blinding blue light engulfing the throne room. The Forgotten Dwarf King disintegrates and disappears into nothing. Nabe is floating inside the energy while the spell was still activated. She has few seconds before it disappears, and before she passes away.
(I now understand what the Forgotten are. I need to inform the Emperor. We are being lied too.)
Those few seconds pass and Nabe is engulfed in the blue light.
Meanwhile...
Momon is running to safety trying to save lives, while Ren gives chase looking for danger. The two have a moment of sadness engulf them as their hearts become heavy. The two can sense that Nabe has died. They shed a tear in grief before continuing on their mission. If they don't they die as well. There will be time for them to mourn after everything has been done.
-Momon's Adventure-
Momon is leading the peace faction and was currently retreating to the cliff as the war faction quickly advances behind them. He was in back of the army, killing any enemy that got too close. Momon's loud voice cuts through the air making the peace faction run even faster. A few miles are gone within minutes as they reach the cliff slide, with the war faction following closely on their heels.
"Mages! Cast movement hindrance magic and buy us time to prepare our defenses!"
"Yes, sir!"
The mages line up at the foot of the cliff and begin casting water magic on the glass earth beneath the war faction feet and they all begin to slip. The slippery ground has given them time to breathe, but the war faction in their kill all mentality kept moving forward. The peace army were beginning to enter a defense mentality as they looked to the cliff face.
(We might be able to survive this fight.)
[Ice Breath]
The ice dragon arrives on the hill overlooking the battle ground freezing over the water making the ground solid for his troops.
(…. Or maybe not.)
The war troops begin running at full speed towards the peace faction. Many of the peace troops were defending the base while some were still organizing. Momon and his team are outside holding the line buying enough time for a counter-offensive to be organized.
"Sir Momon! We should retreat inside!"
"No! We must hold on until they're ready! We can't let them get inside or more will die!"
"Yes Sir!"
His large, wide-sweeping sword swings took many enemy lives as they rushed him to get inside, while the adventurers protected his flanks and ensured no one got past. Momon's dark armor was dyed red from the blood of all his kills but this doesn't stop the flow of troops towards him. He looks at the ice dragon while he defends the entrance, never looking away from the dragon's eyes.
"Stop!"
The ice dragon roars through the battlefield, a roar makes everyone stop in their tracks. The ice dragon begins to walk towards Momon never blinking as the two stare each other down. Momon begins to walk forward stopping before the ice dragon.
"Warrior, what is your name?"
"I'm Momon the 3rd, leader of team darkness. And you are?"
"Call me, 'Last', as I am the last of my kind."
"How about a single fight between you and me, because frankly my arms are getting tired."
"Fine. You alone could kill everyone here, so it'll be quicker to end this with your death."
"Agreed."
[Will of the First]
Momon puts away his dual swords, and pulls out a single sword that is red in color and rectangular in shape. The hilt is made of an unknown metal as it moves in his grip. He holds his sword with both hands and waits in a battle stance.
[Tundra Armor]
The icy winds begin to swirl around the dragon, making the air around him turn to ice.
The two stare at each other looking for openings, when a single cloth suddenly begins to fall between them. Slowly it was getting closer to the ground, and when the cloth lands, Momon rushes forward while Last freezes the ground at his feet trying to hinder his movements.
Momon closes the gap and doesn't stop. He pushes through the ice using his increased strength to crack the ice beneath his feet. Last swings his large claw to strike him, but Momon blocks the attack with his sword. He slashes at Last's claw, cutting through the scales but the wound isn't deep. Last quickly moves his hand away but doesn't react to the pain.
Last comes in to bite Momon, but he jumps back avoiding the attack. Last shoots an ice breath at Momon while he's in the air. Momon begins swinging his sword at violent speeds causing the ice breath to melt under his sword. He lands and rushes forward again to close the gap. Momon takes large thrusts forward with each stride but his pace was getting slower. Ice started to build on his armor joints, causing him to move slower. Momon powers through the hindrance not stopping for a second.
Last turns swinging his tail to hit Momon, but he jumps, and lands running on Last's back. Momon gets to the middle portion of his back and stabs him with all his strength.
"Heh. Looks like I win, Momon."
Momon couldn't deliver the finishing blow since the cold has frozen his armor, rendering him immobile. Last shakes him off, sending him to the ground. Momon was struggling to free himself, but every inch of movement made the ice freeze even faster. Last then lifts his foot up above Momon to crush him.
"You haven't won just yet."
Momon focuses all his strength in his leg and kicks himself away removing himself from Last's ice effect. A moment of peace allows Momon to break free from his frozen prison.
"I'm glad you don't give up so easy. I want to fight some more."
"Well, I'm glad that I can provide such a service, but seems after this single attack neither of us will live."
"So, you want to kill yourself to kill me. What an excellent idea."
"Yeah, because I figured out what's keeping you together."
Momon pulls out the yellow orb and cuts it in half. He then pulls out a red crystal and breaks it on his sword, and it begins to engulf it in a blue light.
"Well then Momon the 3rd, come at me!"
"With pleasure!"
Momon rushes forward, while Last shoots ice breath towards him. Momon doesn't block it or dodge it, but instead he runs forward as an unstoppable force. Every second that passes ice builds on Momon making it harder to move, but he doesn't stop his speed and he continues at full sprint.
Last stops his attack and lunges forward to bite him. Last spots Momon and was surprised. He took off his chest piece, using it as a shield to block most of the ice, and protecting his body. However, his left arm was frozen rendering it useless. The two combatants continue to charge at one another. The dragon bites into Momon, ripping his left arm off. It was a necessary sacrifice as Momon then plunges his sword right into Last's head.
[Flame of the Underworld]
Last's head begins to glow bright blue, and then it bursts into flames, as did Momon.
(I now know what's going on. I must inform Emperor Ainz and everyone else. This is all a trap.)
Everyone silently looks upon the sight, seeing Momon lift his hand into the air as he claimed victory. Momon's cape flies off, flowing towards the adventurers as his final goodbye. They look at this heroic sight as Momon gave his life to save many. A true hero. Last and Momon disappear then into ashes.
Ten minutes pass and Enri arrived with her army. The adventurers come up to her with a folded red cape. Enri doesn't say a word as she just clutches her sword tightly. She begins barking orders to prepare everyone to leave and return to camp. A trooper from the peace faction hands her a white feather. The serpent has passed away from his injuries. Enri looks around to see thousands of demi-humans leaving the cliff side, many of whom were women and children.
"Momon, your death wasn't in vain, as you saved thousands of lives today." She said with clenched teeth and a single tear streams down her left cheek.
-Ren's Adventure-
Tears flow down Ren's face as screams are heard over the horizon.
"You idiots! How dare you two die and leave me all alone!"
Ren forcibly composes himself and wipes the tears as he continues forward. Just then he could hear screams in the distance. He urges sliver to run faster, but their transformation spell had ended, reverting them back to normal. The change back doesn't stop them from pushing forward however. Just then Ren spots a large town burning in the distance. He orders the adventurers to flank both sides while he goes down the middle.
Ren and Silver enter the town heading towards the smoke, and as the two turn a corner they spot a large group of beastmen kneeling to two other beastmen, while a third is on his knees. They hide in a nearby building to listen in, and Ren orders the adventurers to surround the event occurring. He also orders them not to make a move until he says so.
A lion-type beastman holds up a red orb and speaks before the crowd.
"My fellow subjects! Thanks to your efforts we have caught the traitors and the ring leader behind the uprising. My own son."
The people don't cheer but begin to growl violently. They act as wild animals that have been starved. A tiger-type beastwoman speaks after kicking the prince in the stomach.
(That's pretty harsh. She must be a bad mother.)
"This piece of trash shall be judged by the people for his acts against the crown and his own kind. My people, what should we do with this traitor?!"
"Kill Him!"
(Was it the prince causing these problems, or are the king and queen using him as a scapegoat?)
"My loyal subjects, let us now begin the execution!"
The king pulls out a red orb and a red fluid begins flow outwards to the citizens kneeling.
(Okay, so the prince doesn't have anything to do with this. The parents are causing these weird things.)
Ren pulls out a teleportation scroll and message scroll.
[Message]
[Alright this is a rescue operation. We're saving the prince and then running away like Emperor Ainz from Lady Albedo.]
[Yes, sir!)
[Message] spell ends.
Ren tosses the teleportation scroll and then appears behind the king and queen. He swings his lance knocking the two away while Silver lifts the prince onto his back. The adventurers appear from the buildings throwing small crystals into the wild crowd. The crystals go off releasing an electric cloud stunning everyone.
"Everyone retreat!" Shouted Ren.
Silver jumps over the crowd and begins running out of the town. Ren begins to celebrate knowing escape is at hand, but the king then suddenly appears beside him. Ren is completely shocked that someone can keep up with Silver.
"Let me guess, you have such speed because your wife a total bitch." Said Ren with a joking tone.
The king lashes at Ren trying to cut his throat out, but his smaller figure made it easier to dodge. He swings his lance hitting the king, who blocks it with his hand and even digs into it with his claw. Ren pulls out a dagger from his waist, throwing it at the king's eye. The king tumbles back in pain from the attack.
(Dude's strong to crack my lance. What are they feeding him?!)
"Got YOU!"
Ren turns to his left seeing the queen burst from a nearby house. She is much faster than the king, as Ren tried to hit her, but she effortlessly dodged it. The queen swipes with her clawed hands, aiming for Silver's neck. He can't dodge it having the prince on his back, so Ren jumps in front of Silver. Using his lance as a shield he blocks the queen's attack. Her strength was great as Ren is sent flying through an adjacent building. Silver stops and tries return to Ren.
"Silver! Get that boy outta here! I'll be fine, so just go!"
Silver nods and obeys as he keeps running towards the exit.
"That little brat saved that trash. Seems like I'll have to kill that brat first." Said the queen as she was straightening her broken fingers.
"Hey! Who are calling a brat?! You ugly looking witch!"
The queen turns to see Ren with a broken arm and walking out of the building with a limp. His face is also bloodied, most likely from the queen's attack.
"Seems like they left you behind. You must be trash." The queen said with a grin.
"Don't worry about it, in the Empire they can make some cool stuff with trash, but they can't fix your ugly face." Ren chuckles at the queen whose face contorts in anger.
"Great, you didn't leave. I wanted to repay you for my eye." The king appears beside the queen, short one left eye.
"What you talking about? I just made it easier to look at your ugly wife." Ren has a big smile as the queen who begins to subconsciously touch her face.
"Enough!" The enraged queen yells as she charges at Ren.
"She ugly and dumb. I feel sorry for you."
Ren tosses a red crystal at her that bursts into flames. Although she was engulfed by flames she continued to rush forward.
"Damn! Tough bitch."
Ren swings his lance hitting her in the head, but she bites down on it and using her strength she throws Ren into the air. He smiles at her and breaks a small, light-blue crystal. The crystal acted as an air stream pushing Ren away.
"Everyone get after him!" The king roared.
(I got away. Yeah! I am Ren the uncatchable.)
Ren turns around, and realizes that he's going deeper into the city.
(Ah, shit.)
Ren suddenly crash lands into a building.
(Whelp! I'm gonna feel that in the morning.)
Ren grabs his crotch area, and counts 1,2,3 making sure everything is still there. He then pulls out a purple vial and drinks it. His wounds begin to slowly heal, and after a few minutes he's back to 100%.
(Okay! Let's see how screwed I am. I have entire city looking for me, and judging by the city size I guess it's about 40,000 hungry beastmen looking for me. The king and queen are strong and I don't have silver to back me up. I have some items on me to help, but barely more than a handful. I have to wait them out till my rescuers come and save me. The next time the emperor tells us to go explore some unknown continent I'll tell him to shove it where the sun don't shine. I'll need a long vacation after this one.)
Ren looks out a window to spot packs of beastmen looking through the buildings. He takes a glove off and cuts his hand making the blood bleed into it. Ren tosses the bloodied glove through the hole in the ceiling. He then looks outside to see that the beastmen have fallen for his trick, with all of them running towards the glove. With potion still in effect his wound heals. Ren quickly, but quietly runs the other way trying to find a way out.
(How do I leave this place?)
Ren hears footsteps coming and immediately ducks into a nearby building. A small group of beastmen stop in the street and begin smelling around looking for his scent.
"Kill! Must kill." A random beastman spoke.
(Crazy bastards. I better put them out of their misery.)
Ren gets ready to jump to surprise attack them but the next words coming out of beastman stops Ren.
"Kill to stop the burning. Must kill to stop burning."
(The burning? What? That red orb's the cause of this? Great... seems like my day got worse.)
The small group leaves and Ren begins making traps, as he decides to stay to investigate. He quietly tails another group of about five beastmen. Ren throws a small rock at one of them and they see him flashing his butt towards them.
"Come get some!"
Ren begins to run away from the enraged beastmen, jumps over nothing and stops. He turns around and smiles at the beastmen, who then lunge at him, with Ren throwing a small knife to the side cutting a rope. The rope springs a net, falling on them with stone weights trapping them. Ren grabs his lance and hits them over the head knocking them out. He then begins to drag them to his impromptu base of operations. A few hours pass and they awake with bloodlust, seeing Ren on a chair looking over them.
They try to attack him, but are tied up to the wall. They keeping yelling at Ren, saying the same thing.
"Must kill to end the burning. Please forgive me!"
(If only that flat chested Elf was here, or Momon to put some fear in these nutcases.)
"Okay! Let start. Why do you want to kill me?"
"To end the burning!"
"What's burning?"
"Inside is fire killing stops the burning!"
(So, this is basically slaves with killer attitude. This guy's an amateur. I mean, who uses blood magic to control people? Especially this kind... wait a sec'. Why are there no Forgotten? Silver smelt them, but I haven't seen one in this town or this nation.)
Ren's ear twitches, hearing one of his traps spring into action. He leaves to investigate, but not before he knocks out the prisoners again. He leaves the room opening a cellar door which leads outside. A single beastman was hanging in the air by his foot. Ren looks at the beastman, seeing it's the king, but luckily his robes were blocking his vision. Ren then quietly turns around, and slowly walks away.
(Must not make a sound.)
Ren stomach rumbles with hunger. The king begins to shout in Ren's direction.
(Supreme being dammit! With everything going on I forgot to eat! Stupid!)
"Hey! Free me from this at once!"
Ren begins sweating profusely as his options were now limited. He could set him free and deal with him later, or leave him make to make noise until the others come. He then makes a decision, and goes to the rope cutting it. The king falls on his head while Ren makes his escape. He hides in a building as the king is cursing for being dropped headfirst. The king fixes his robes and looks around for the one who released him. He sees nothing and continues on his way. As the king walks away from the area, Ren takes a deep breath or relief.
(I need to leave this place already.)
Ren stomach rumbles again so he turns to leave but he sees the king standing behind him. The two stare each other down.
"I finally found you."
"No, you didn't. This is all a dream."
Ren starts moving his hands in a circle to confuse the king, but he merely gets a look that tells him he an idiot.
"Are you done?"
"Yes, I am. Just give me a head start."
"Sure."
Ren does some stretches and after a few minutes he begins to run away. The king starts counting and after he reaches 100 he chases after Ren.
"Here I come!"
The king turns a corner to see Ren Flying towards his face with a pair of golden knuckles.
"You think I'd run away?! I'm the best hunter in all the empire!"
"Damn it!"
Ren's punch lands on the king's face sending him flying into a wall. The king wipes away the blood coming from his mouth while Ren cracks his knuckles.
"Round 1's my win. Get up for round two."
"With pleasure."
The king rushes forward, so Ren runs letting him give chase. He runs down a narrow alley way, forcing the king to slow his pace. Thanks to his smaller size he reaches the end and pulls a rope activating a trap above the king's head. The king looks upward to spot a few crystals falling onto his head. Explosions rock the town making two building fall onto the king.
(I have about a minute before I'm surrounded. Let makes this quick.)
Ren heads to the rock pile looking for the king. He found him unconscious but still alive. Ren looks through his robes to find the red orb. He takes it away and begins to run once more.
(Hopefully I can figure out what's going on with this.)
Ren tried to run back to his base, but he could smell a large number of beastmen heading towards his location. He hides in an alley waiting for the beastmen to pass but they stop before him, just standing there. He walks out and starts waving his hand in their faces. The beastmen don't move, but rather they followed him.
(So... this orb is a mind controlling device. I should probably break this.)
Ren lifts his hand and punches the orb but it didn't break. He tries punching it repeatedly but it doesn't work, so he throws it into the wall, but that doesn't have any affect either.
(Tough ball. Maybe my lance could pierce it?)
Ren runs back to base, letting the beastmen leave who then ignore him. He arrives back in his base to see the prisoners he had tied up, have their heads cut off.
"Welcome back."
Ren turns around to spot a woman sitting down. It's the woman from before who appeared beside that fake Ainz. He prepares for a fight, but then notices what she is sitting on. She was sitting on Silver, and he looks into Silver's eyes, they seemed void of life.
"Buddy, are you ok?"
"Oh? You mean this mutt?"
She turns to the side, picks up Silver's severed head from his body, and tosses it to Ren's feet. He falls onto his knees clutching his best friend in his arms. The red orb rolls to her feet and a sinister smile appears on her face.
"Don't worry Silver. Emperor Ainz will bring you back, and w-we'll have fun like always do."
Sadness begins to overwhelm Ren as tears fall from his face.
"Are you really crying for this mutt and not for your comrades that cried your name wishing that you would save them? Don't worry, I brought one with me."
She pulls on a chain and the elf from earlier is dragged into the room. The elf is missing both of his legs and his fingers.
"Sorry for showing him in such a pathetic state but he was bragging about his elf prowess of jumping and using a bow so I removed them."
"Sir Ren, I'm sorry, but she overpowered us and we lost everyone."
Ren just stares at the woman with anger in his eyes at what she has done.
"I didn't kill everyone he still alive."
She suddenly moves her arm, removing the elf's head.
"Nevermind." She said as she smiles in glee.
"Why have you shown yourself? Didn't your master tell you not to involve yourself with us?"
"He did, but after your friends destroyed the two other orbs, I was sent to make sure that one wasn't destroyed. On my way here I was bored so I entertained myself with your friend. Oh! Especially this mutt. His shiny fur turning red was the highlight of my day."
Ren doesn't say a word he merely stands up placing Silver head in his arm and picks up his lance pointing it at her.
"Do you want to average your friends? That's so cute, but that's bad since master wants to use you as a message."
"I won't deliver any message!"
"Don't worry.~ You don't have to be alive. Just intact."
Ren leaps towards her and she lunges towards him. The two collide in a flash, and in that second the two were standing with their backs to each other.
"I thought you'd be more of a challenge. You didn't even hit me.~"
"..."
Ren falls over onto Silver's body with his throat slashed. In his final moments he turns over facing the woman with a smile on his face, while holding Silver's head in his arms. She looks over at the red orb seeing it pierced by Ren's lance.
(I'll soon be with you my friend, and together we'll go for a walk. Just the two of us in a big open field. An endless field with nothing to worry about, and with a nice cool breeze.)
In anger she walks over and removes his head from his body. Ren's head rolls over to her feet, with him still having a smile on his face. Even in death team darkness won, but Ren had one final trick up his sleeve. His lance begins to glow red knowing that its owner died. It begins to glow brighter and faster with each passing second. The woman picks up Ren's head and begins to carve into his forehead. She ignores the lance and finishes writing a single word.
"Revenge."
As she finishes, the bomb in the lance goes off in a white explosion enveloping the entire town. The explosion disappears showing that the town and everyone in it turned to ash. The woman stood still in the remains of the town, completely unharmed and holding both Ren's and Silver's heads.
"Time To deliver the message.~"
The next day a box arrives at Evileye's doorstep. She opens it, and sees Ren's and Silver's heads with the word "revenge" written on them. She opens a message scroll.
[Emperor Ainz, I am saddened to report that all members of team darkness have died. A message was left with Ren. A singel word: revenge. What are you orders?]
[Prepare a burial service for them and prepare for my arrival.]
[Yes, emperor.]
[Message] ends.
Ainz looks out into the distance and sees land on the horizon. Albedo stands beside him sensing a heavy heart with grief coming from her love.
"Emperor Ainz. What is the matter?"
"Contact Climb, Nabe, and Draudillon. Tell that team darkness has fallen, and then spread the word to the rest of the empire."
"Yes, emperor."
Albedo walks away to inform everyone but Ainz just stands still looking out to the horizon.
"Even after all these years the only thing you still wish for is revenge. Revenge you shall have."
*Author here: Hoped you enjoyed the chapter, since there are only two left. The next one shall be the arrival of Ainz Ooal Gown himself, and discovering what the Forgotten are. As always, if you enjoyed it please leave a review or message me, and same for some constructive criticism. Also, I want to give thanks to cloudpanda961 for letting me use his OC Dreamcast. If you want to have your OC to make an appearance in Seekers just send me a message.*
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