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Some have been asking who the mystery man is

You'll find out in the next chapter

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Ainz Ooal Gown sat on his throne, surrounded by all the NPCs in the Great tomb of Nazarick (Except a few such as Neuronist and Rubedo.) The throne room was used as an interrogation chamber for the mystery man. Ainz wanted to talk to him in private but the floor guardians pleaded with him. The throne room was the safest location since all the NPCs were gathered and could fight a the room was large and not too crowded, sort of.

Ainz had heard a few troubling things about the mystery man. The man was probably a YGGDRASIL player. Ainz wanted to ask him who he was and see if he could be converted into an ally of Nazarick.

From the looks of it, he was not very strong since he was defeated by the battle maids, NPCs that he could tear through like tissue paper. However, the man could have held some power back to mock the maids and got cocky at the end.

The theory was probably correct. According to what the maids reported, the man got cocky at the end and used a high risk high reward ability and the maids took advantage of that. They were right to let the man live. He may have answer to all of Ainz's questions.

Maids: on their way back

The maids were visibly shaken by their encounter with the mystery man. Yuri clenched her fists and teeth. Entoma had a look on her face like she was going to cry. Nabe was mentally troubled over how an insect was able to muster up that much power. Even the ever stoic Shizu was shuddering. The maids were relieved that none of them died and that the threat to Nazarick had been captured.

The maid squad was on their way back to their home, riding earthborne and guarded by 8 edged assassins and hanzos. The man's weapons were confiscated and had celestial uranium handcuffs on. He too rode on top of an earthborne. There were hanzos surrounding him, ready to attack if he became conscious.

Yuri attempted to start a conversation.

"How do you think he knew about us?"

Nabe answered.

"He knew about the home of the supreme beings as well." Naberal stated

"Yes, we must extract information from him at all costs.", said Shizu

30 minutes later, Throne Room in Nazarick

The man still had his handcuffs on, standing before Ainz in the throne room. The NPCs did not remove his cloths, seeing that they had no effects that would actually protect him. They also checked for [False Data Armor] the spell that gave false data about the clothing. The spell was not cast upon the man's cloth and the floor guardians deemed it safe. They would not clothe him with items from the supreme beings' rooms. The man was not worthy to wear them.

However, having the man to be buck naked before the leader of the supreme beings was the height of disrespect, so they left him with his cloths. His weapons were confiscated though.

The man was calm with a smile on his face even he faced most of the NPCs of Nazarick and the overlord of death.

He stood before Ainz and Demiurge was displeased. How dare this mortal not prostrate himself before their god?

[Kneel]

The man's smile widened, completely unaffected by [Command Mantra]

Demiurge's eye widened. This man was the most powerful foe he had encountered in the new world. He was above level 40, but he sensed that he surpassed the members of Blue Rose by so much that it wasn't even funny. He could be wearing a magic item that countered the effects of the ability bur Demiurge's sixth sense told him otherwise.

For the first time the man's smile broke. He said with a frown,

"I'm disappointed, Demiurge aka Jaldabaoth aka Creator of Blazing Inferno. [Command Mantra] only affects level 40 scrubs. You should have known that it would do nothing to me."

"Aren't you supposed to be one of the wisest beings in all of Nazarick?"

Demiurge and everyone else in the room (including Ainz) was shocked. How did the man know of Demiurge's title in Nazarick and his alias as the demon emperor? How did he know of Demiurge's reputation?

Ainz thought, "Yep, he's from YGGDRASIL. The question is who? Players knew about Demiurge's identity, but not about [Command Mantra]. Since players less than level 40 could never get to his floor, he never used the ability, so how could this elf know about it?"

He did not think that the man was one of his friends because none of them even resembled him.

Ainz demanded, "How do you know about that?"

Ainz began radiating despair, he activated [Despair Aura] to be more intimidating.

"Let's keep that as our secret shall we?" with a mocking face and tone.

The man was completely unfazed by Ainz's ability, or was it an act? The smile on the man's face hid it all.

Albedo suddenly shouted, "How dare you disrespect Ainz-sama you lower life form?"

To not answer one of her love's question and being able to muster the nerve to use that mocking tone unacceptable for Albedo as she lost control of herself.

Albedo equipped Ginnungagap and jumped in the air to attack the man.

Ainz called out. He didn't want his source of information to be damaged. Albedo wielded a world item. Even though it was mainly used to deal area damage, it still packed a punch.

"Stop!"

"My my, the world item Ginnungagap. I thought you were supposed to be your master's shield, not his sword, Guardian Overseer Albedo, creation of Tabula Smaragdina."

Albedo's axe stopped a centimeter before the man's face as her face paled and she jumped back. How could the mortal have known the name of the world item Tabula Smaragdina gave her? More importantly, how could he know her creator's name? Who was this man?

Ainz suddenly stood up violently.

He shouted, "Enough! Who are you and what do you want!"

The man's smile left for the second time that day as he facepalmed.

Ainz and the other NPCs were shocked. They thought the man would keep the mocking smile on his face forever. The NPCs also gritted their teeth because the man dared to mock their master again.

"This guessing game was fun at the start but it's getting boring. You're not even getting close."

Ainz was confused.

"Wha?"

"I really thought you would recognise me out of all people, Momonga-san."

Who is the mystery man?

What history does he have with Momonga?

You'll find out next time

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