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"Talking"
'Thinking'
{Message}
*SPELL/ABILITY/MARTIAL ART*
*[METAMAGIC]*
A/N: Something I should have probably mentioned earlier but some things will get skipped or a brief summary in my story... if you have read the light novels, you will already know this information so no big deal... if you haven't (READ THE DAMN LNs! lol) just kidding well not really they are very good you should read them anyway but if you haven't it will be new information for you I suppose...
Bigrob1945/god of all/sonic: glad you liked it
Grendel3130: you get to find out what happens to the Swords of Darkness in this chapter... Foresight, however, will still be a long ways off
Mokamiharu: Yes, Hammy is a guy in my story...this is honestly more an Albedo fanfic then it is an Overlord one... I got 2 Albedo's basically and I get to mess with the story I love... sounds fun to me! As you can tell it is also very Ainz involved so it is not like he is being left behind in favor of my OC and Albedo.
Eltyr: Zuranon is in this chapter and of course she would find him adorable... now she just has to keep him away from Shizu! lol
Now let's get to the next chapter!
The entire group woke up just before sunrise. Well, everyone but Ainz, he still kept watch at night even inside the village. It wasn't that he didn't trust the security, he just figured since he hadn't been able to sleep he might as well do something. They wanted to head out as early as possible for the return journey. They weren't going to spend a night camping as they did on the way here. They were going to take the road this time and push through to E-Rantel. They would arrive a little late in the evening but they all wanted a real bed to sleep in.
No one in Ainz' party had complained the whole trip about the sleeping arrangements, but it certainly wasn't because it was a pleasant experience.
For Narberal Gamma, getting back to Nazarick meant she could finally relax for even a moment. She was currently responsible for the last two supreme beings and Overseer Albedo, who would someday also be a queen of Nazarick. She couldn't afford to let her guard down for one moment. If anything happened to any of them on her watch, she would never be able to live with herself.
Narberal Gamma was of the same mind as many in Nazarick. They believed if Lord Ainz was to take anyone from Nazarick as a bride other then Lady Taylar, Overseer Albedo was the perfect one for that choice in Narberal's mind. She was the head of all the floor guardians, she was a level 100 warrior who could protect either supreme being, and she also possessed all the skills necessary to be the perfect bride for Lord Ainz.
There were a few in Nazarick who believed Shalltear Bloodfallen would be a better option for Lord Ainz like Solution, but there wasn't many who held that same sentiment. Narberal thought maybe that was because all the time Albedo had been spending with the maids. Narberal had even spent time with Albedo before this journey like all the other members of the Pleiades. It was obvious she was putting in a real effort to learn to rule Nazarick and she was rewarded with a loyalty from the maids and Pleiades that was similar to their loyalty to the supreme ones.
For Ainz, Taylar, and Albedo it meant finally getting a good nights sleep. None of them had gotten one this whole trip even if it was just a couple days. Taylar didn't mind sleeping with Albedo, they had already done much more than just that, but it just wasn't the same as being next to Ainz.
Albedo felt the exact same way as Taylar. It would be nice to sleep in that gigantic comfy bed in Nazarick. She couldn't wait for this mission to be over.
Ainz hadn't told any of them this but he hadn't slept at all since they started this journey. The first night sleeping with Taylar was nerve-wracking for him. When Albedo eventually joined them, he was pretty comfortable with the idea. Now, he can't even sleep without one of them next to him.
As Taylar made her way out of her tent with Albedo behind her, and she saw Ainz and Narberal waiting for them. She finally voiced what they were all thinking.
"OK, I think from now on we need to do missions alone. Not being able to sleep next to you is making me not be able to rest well. No offense Albedo." Taylar says
"None taken Taylar, I completely agree." the succubus says
"Well, I haven't been able to sleep at all since this started so I understand how you feel. I wasn't going to say anything because I didn't want to complain but since everyone else feels the same, I guess I will too." Ainz says
"Well good, now that is settled, let's get a move on. I want to sleep in a real bed tonight with my body pillow!" Taylar says
After their morning exchange, they all started getting things together to leave. It didn't take long to prepare, they had done most of the preparations last night before heading to bed. Their journey back to E-Rantel was a lot less exciting than the journey to Carne Village.
They arrived back in E-Rantel late in the evening. Ainz was a little worried about Taylar riding Hammy into the city. He was glad to see there weren't many people in the streets when they arrived. The few people he did see, he noticed were whispering to each other while staring at Taylar. When he focused and listened to what they were saying he was a little shocked.
He had expected to hear people making fun of her for riding on a giant hamster, but they all had the exact opposite to say. All of them were words of praise or fear at people capable of taming such a majestic beast. He couldn't believe it at first, then he remembered what everyone said of Hammy when he first brought him out of the woods. It seems the sentiments the Swords of Darkness and Nfirea showed when Ainz first introduced Hammy was true of everyone, at least in this city.
After they had walked into town for a bit, they arrived at the town square where they would need to depart for a while. Ainz and company needed to head to the guild to register Hammy as a magical creature and the Swords of Darkness had offered to help Nfirea unload.
Peter insisted on doing this because he felt they had done nothing the whole trip and didn't feel right taking half the money for doing nothing. They agreed Ainz, Taylar, Albedo, and Narberal would meet them once the registration was complete to pick up their money and bonus Nfirea was including for having such a great harvest.
Ainz certainly was glad Taylar was riding Hammy. He knew he would feel stupid riding a giant hamster through town but she seemed to be enjoying it thoroughly. He was pretty sure she hadn't stopped petting Hammy's head since she mounted him this morning.
Registering Hammy at the guild turned out to be a lot of paperwork. Ainz was glad Taylar was handling it for them. It had taken them over an hour to fill out all the paperwork and get everything straightened out. Once they finally left the guild, they ran into someone they didn't expect.
"Ohhh, you must be the adventurers my grandson hired to take him to Carne Village." Lizzie says to them.
"I'm sorry who are you?" Ainz says, based on her greeting he was sure who she was but didn't want to give that away.
"Oh right, sorry about that. I am Lizzie Bareare. Nfirea is my grandson." Lizzie says
"No need to apologize Ms. Lizzie. Yes, we are some of the adventurers your grandson hired. I am Momon, this is Bella, Ariel, and Nabe." Ainz motions to the three women with him. "How did you know we were the adventurers your grandson hired?"
"That is quite simple. No one has armor like you are wearing and he told me who he was hiring before he left. I'm pretty sure there isn't another adventurer in town wearing your exact full plate with three beautiful women with him." Lizzie says to Ainz
"I guess that makes sense." Ainz says
"By the way, what is that creature Bella is riding?" Lizzie asks them
"That is the Wise King of the Forest, Hammy." Ainz tells her
"W-W-What?! This is the legendary Wise King of the Forest?!" Lizzie yells. Everyone within a block just heard her scream that.
"Yes, it is. Momon tamed it when we went into the woods to harvest Nfirea's herbs and it tried to attack us." Taylar tells Lizzie
"Yes, it is as my lord and lady have said! This one is Hammy! It is a pleasure to meet you!" hammy tells Lizzie
'Holy shit, these people tamed the Wise King of the Forest. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to send Nfirea to learn of those potions they had.' Lizzie thinks to herself
"I see... so, where is my grandson now?" she asks
"He went ahead to the shop to start unloading the herbs while we registered Hammy at the guild. We are actually on our way over to collect our payment right now." Ainz tells her
"Shall we go together then? I love talking to adventurers." Lizzie says to Ainz
"Sure, lead the way." Ainz says
"I bet you do." Taylar says at the same time.
Lizzie isn't quite sure what Bella means by that but Bella is certainly eyeing her with caution it seems. They all head off for the shop with Lizzie leading the way for them.
Back at Lizzie and Nfirea's shop...
Nfirea drove the wagon straight to the back of the shop. He jumped down, pulled out a key, and grabbed his magical lantern. Once he unlocked the door he hung the lantern on the hook on the wall to illuminate the storeroom.
"Alright, all the herbs will go in here if I could trouble you for some help." Nfirea says
"Not a problem Nfirea. That is why we accompanied you after all." Peter tells him
The group started to unload the wagon full of herb bundles into the storeroom for Nfirea. Since there was five of them working together, it only took a few minutes to get everything in the storeroom. When they finished, Nfirea was a little surprised his grandmother hadn't heard them and come in the back yet. She might be old but she still had her wits about her.
'I wonder if something took her out of the house? She should have been here by now.' he thinks
Nfirea sees that the Swords of Darkness look a little sweaty from carrying all the herbs and decides to offer them a drink. Momon and company still weren't back yet so they had a few minutes to kill at least.
"I appreciate all the help guys. Do you want to come in and have a cool drink while we wait for the others to arrive?" Nfirea asks them
"That sounds like a great idea." Lukrut says to Nfirea
"Please, come this way then." he responds
Right as Nfirea is about to lead them into the house, the door on the opposite side of the room opens. Through it steps a pretty girl but she has a very unnerving look on her face. Like a predator that has found its prey.
"Heeellllllooooooo~ Nfirea. Welcome backkkkk~. I've been pretty worried about you, you know~? I thought someone kidnapped you~. I've been waiting here for a couple days now~" the woman says to him
"W-W-Who are y-y-you?" Nfirea asks
"Wait! You don't know her Nfirea?" Peter asks him
Peter was kind of shocked by this. The tone this woman was using with Nfirea sure made it seem like she knew him.
"Hehehehe~ Of course not, I came to kidnap Nfirea~ I thought someone beat me to it, that is why I was worried~ Since no one can cast the tier 7 spell undead army, I need you to be my magic item Nfirea~" the woman says to them
The Swords of Darkness sensed the air of malice radiating from the girl, and they immediately drew their weapons. Although everyone else was in a combat stance, the girl looked like she was getting ready to take a stroll in the park.
"Ninya, take Nfirea and get out of here now! She is only going on like this because she knows she can kill us." Peter says to the mage
"Awwwww~ that is so touching, I might just shed a tear~ Sorry, but I can't let you escape. That would cause me more trouble then you are worth~" the woman says to them
As Ninya and Nfirea are about to turn and run, they hear a voice come from behind them.
"You are playing around too much Clementine." Khajit says to her
"What?~ Come on Khajit, I was just buying time so you could make sure no one heard them scream right?~ You can at least leave one for me to play with~" Clementine tells the necromancer
"Fine, but don't have too much fun. We still have things to do tonight." Khajit says
"Good~ Now, since there is nowhere for you to run to now. Let's have us some fun~" Clementine tells them as a sadistic smile spreads across her face.
About an hour later at the shop...
As Lizzie, Ainz, and company approached the shop, Ainz could sense something was off. It was far too quiet and dark for Nfirea and the Swords of Darkness to be here. That is when he noticed the smell of death in the air inside the building.
"Nabe, guard Ms. Lizzie. Ariel and Bella, go around to the back. I will go in the front, something isn't right here." Ainz says to everyone
"W-W-What is going on Mr. Momon?" Lizzie asks
"Something is off. Let us check it out before you come in." Ainz says to her
Ainz pulls out his greatswords as Albedo and Taylar make their way around the back of the shop. When they get around the back they can see the empty cart sitting out back. They at least were here long enough to finish unloading the cart.
Ainz kicks in the front door the same time Albedo and Taylar make their way in the back door. Taylar and Albedo see the scene of carnage before Ainz ever makes it to the back of the shop. All the members of the Swords of Darkness are lying on the ground in pools of their own blood.
Ninya is the only exception to this as Taylar sees her body leaning up against the wall, she was obviously tortured, unlike the others who seemed to have only one puncture straight through their throats. Neither of them saw Nfirea's body amongst them.
As Taylar was about to go check Dyne's body, the three members lying on the ground started to stand up.
"Seems someone turned them into zombies." Taylar says to Albedo
She reaches behind her and pulls out one of her wakizashi. The one she pulled out was Shiningu Sutaa also known as the Shining Star. It was one of her two specifically designed wakizashi's for her. This one was designed to increase her healing and holy magic as well as kill undead. Her second wakizashi was called Midonito Sutaa or the Midnight Star. It was designed to give her high resistance to unholy magic and kill creatures of the night like werewolves and vampires.
She normally wielded both weapons but there was no reason to use them yet in this world. She was by no means a two weapon fighter but her battle cleric levels and spells made her the equivalent of a warrior around level 50. Not strong at all by Yggdrasil standards but more than enough for anything they had come across in this world so far.
She quickly and precisely drove the tip of her swords through the base of each zombies neck before they could even stand. As she was finishing off Lukrut, Ainz came around the corner and saw the scene.
"Well, this is certainly going to hinder the spreading of our names. Everything we did on that trip might as well never happened." Ainz sighs
"Maybe not Ainz. This would be a perfect opportunity for me to try my special skill. We could see if these humans can get stronger if they are simply a different race. We could also get more agents of Nazarick if she is willing to accept." Taylar points to the body of Ninya.
"Why give her the choice? Don't you think asking Peter, their leader, would be a better option? Plus, the other three were turned into undead. Can you even bring them back to life after that?" Ainz asks
"No, she was hiding being a woman for some reason. After I am done with them, there will be no way for her to hide that she is a woman. About them being undead, if it works as it did in Yggdrasil then it will be fine. All of my resurrection magic worked on everything in Yggdrasil, even undead, after I put my 5th level into Angel of Life. I don't see a reason it wouldn't still work. All of my other abilities, feats, and spells work as they did in Yggdrasil. I'm 99% certain that if someone like Shalltear Bloodfallen or Yuri Alpha were to die. I would only need to cast True Resurrection on them to bring them back." Taylar tells him
"Very well, I will leave that up to your discretion. Make sure they understand they will be serving Nazarick if you grant them this miracle." Ainz tells Taylar
"That is if my special skill still functions like it did in Yggdrasil." Taylar tells him
Since the members of Swords of Darkness were now dead they could be put in Taylar's storage. She wanted to do this as soon as possible but they didn't mention the Swords of Darkness to Lizzie. It would be better if no one knew they died at all if they accepted Taylar's offer.
"OK, I am done for now. Go get Nfirea's grandmother. We need to let her see the gravity of the situation her grandson has got into. This will be the perfect opportunity to trap her with Nfirea. Just let me do the talking this time love." Taylar says to Ainz
"It seems you have a plan for all of this so I will follow your lead." Ainz says
Albedo is just standing behind Taylar nodding her head up and down. She couldn't wait to see how Taylar was going to turn this situation to the advantage of Nazarick. She wasn't too keen on the idea of making those weak Swords of Darkness agents of Nazarick but she would need to wait to see Taylar's plans before making a real decision on the matter.
Ainz makes his way to the front to get Narberal and Lizzie. Narberal is standing there as vigilant as ever. Lizzie looks incredibly nervous and anxious.
"I-I-Is everything alright w-w-with Nfirea?" Lizzie asks
"It seems like someone has taken him, Ms. Lizzie. We are searching for clues right now. Maybe you could help by looking around inside with us." Ainz asks her
As Ainz leads her through the shop, Lizzie is looking all around for clues. She doesn't see anything out of place or missing at all. When they get to the storeroom and she sees all the blood, she starts freaking out.
"I-I-Is this a-a-all Nfirea's b-b-blood?!"
"No, this is from the adventurers who were helping him unload. We haven't found any bodies so they are either on the verge of death or the culprits took their bodies with them. Although, I'm not really sure why they would take them if they were dead so I believe they are just being held captive." Taylar says to Lizzie
"I-I-I thought h-h-he on-" Lizzie is cut off by Taylar
"We do not have time for a discussion. Based on what I see here, the longer we wait the more unlikely it is that we will find Nfirea or figure out why he was taken. Did you notice anything out of place Lizzie?" she asks
"No, nothing is missing or gone. Some things back here are tipped over like a fight happened but everything else is right where it should be." she tells Taylar
"Then it's obvious they took Nfirea specifically..." she says and ponders on it a bit
"Why would someone kidnap Nfirea? He is just a pot..." Taylar cuts her off again
"His talent. He can use any magic item can't he?" Taylar asks Lizzie
"Yes, Nfirea has that talent. What magic item could possibly lead to someone needing to kidnap him?" Lizzie asks
"I'm not sure. Could you go look around the rest of the shop and upstairs in the home portion of the building for anything else? I'm going to try and find him using my magic and I need to concentrate." Taylar tells her
"S-S-Sure..." Lizzie says and starts heading towards the stairs up to where she and Nfirea live.
"OK, now that she is gone I am going to try something. In Yggdrasil, I possessed a ton of spells that were virtually useless except for in specific scenarios. Those spells have changed since then and have become my most useful ones. Spells like comprehend languages, tongues, zone of truth, clairaudience/clairvoyance, etc... None of the Swords of Darkness had their guild plates on them when I was looking over their bodies so I am going to try tier 8 discern location on Ninya's guild plate. It should give us an exact location of the object even if it is behind a barrier of some kind unless that barrier is super tier magic or higher." Taylar says to them
"Lady Taylar, is there really magic more powerful than super tier magic?" Narberal asks her
"It is very rare but yes it does exist. In fact, Ainz and I plundered a world item right before we were transported here from Seraphim that contains a summoning spell higher than super tier." she replies to Narberal.
Thinking about destroying that guild and taking all their loot before shut down always brought a smile to Taylar's face and this was no exception.
"Lady Taylar, you and Lord Ainz destroyed Seraphim? Was that not the group of beings who lead the attack on Nazarick that reached the 8th floor?" Narberal asks her
"Correct on both accounts Narberal. I would love to tell you the story but we don't have time at the moment. Come find me later when this is over if you wish to hear it." Taylar tells Narberal.
"I very much look forward to it Lady Taylar." Narberal replies
*DISCERN LOCATION - NINYA'S GUILD PLATE*
As Taylar casts her spell she instantly gets a distance in kilometers the plate is away from her, a general description of the area it is in, and the condition of the item.
"From the description and distance I'm getting... I believe he is in the E-Rantel graveyard." she says
*GREATER SCRYING*
As Taylar casts another spell, a screen appears on the table in front of them. It shows the front of what looks like a mausoleum. Behind one of the pillars is a blonde woman attempting to hide from sight.
She slowly starts to bring her hands together and the screen begins to zoom out a little at a time. After just a few seconds she sees a group of men standing just off to the side and in front of the mausoleum. They seem to be surrounding one man and it looks like they are saying something.
*CLAIRAUDIENCE/CLAIRVOYANCE*
"Hmm... I can't understand that language. That is odd, I have comprehend language active already." Taylar says
"Can you zoom in on that man in the middle Taylar?" Ainz asks her
Taylar moves her hands around and centers the screen on Khajit. Ainz notices the jewel in his hand and listens to their words intently.
"It is no wonder you don't know that language. It is not something you can learn from a spell. That is the Dark Chant. It is the language of death. I'm surprised humans can speak it without dying. They seem to be using the Jewel of Hel to conduct a ritual. They are charging the jewel with negative energy." Ainz tells everyone
"The Jewel of Hell? Wouldn't that bring forth devils and demons, not undead?" Taylar asks Ainz
"No Hel, with one L, the Norse goddess of death, that was a legendary class item in Yggdrasil. You could store excess negative energy in it and use it to cast ray of negative energy, drain levels from people, or summon Skeletal Dragons in Yggdrasil. The most you could summon was three but once you hit level 80 they weren't much more than fodder so people usually discarded that item. I used to have one myself, it is probably somewhere in the treasury. Also, devils come from hell. Demons come from the Abyss. Assuming it works here like it did in Yggdrasil." Ainz tells her
"I still don't see Nfirea though. Let me take a look inside that mausoleum."
Taylar moves the screen back to the mausoleum and zoom in until she can see the inside. When she finally gets a picture of the inside, she can see Nfirea standing in the center of a pentagram. He is wearing a white ceremonial robe with a silver jeweled crown on his head. She notices there is blood coming from his closed eyelids, and he is surrounded by the undead. They are nothing more than low-level skeletons and zombies but there are thousands of them she can see.
"Hmm... seems whatever that crown is on his head has some nasty side effects. Since we know where he is now. Why don't you bring Lizzie in here and we can talk about what she is willing to pay to get her grandson back." Taylar says
"I will retrieve the moth, Lady Taylar." Narberal says to her
As Narberal makes her way towards where Lizzie went, Taylar lets out a sigh. She ends the Greater Scrying spell and voices her frustration.
"Well, those might be low-level undead but it will take us an eternity to get through that army if we are going to use our abilities as we are now."
"You can use Turn Undead right Taylar?" Ainz asks her
"Yes but that is not something I can limit my power on. If I use Turn Undead it will be the power of a level 100 cleric." she tells him
"That is fine. If someone sees you we can just tell them you are helped by your weapon and it is a national treasure of our country." Ainz says
"You are getting quite good at making up excuses hehe." Taylar laughs
"Well, it's not like it's a lie. Anything you wear or wield would be considered a national treasure of Nazarick by anyone who calls it home, and one of your weapons is designed to specifically kill the undead." Ainz says
Taylar was about to say something else but Lizzie finally arrived in the back.
"We have found your grandson Lizzie. He is currently in the graveyard of E-Rantel, surrounded by an army of undead." Taylar tells her
"A-A-An army of the u-u-undead?!" Lizzie yells
"Yes, luckily for you, the only people capable of helping you get your grandson back are right here in your shop. So the question is, what are you willing to pay to get your grandson back?" Taylar says to her
"W-W-What price are you asking f-f-for?" Lizzie asks
"That's easy, everything you have." Taylar tells the stunned woman
"E-E-Everything?! Are you s-s-some kind of devil?!" she says
"No, I am no devil. I simply need this much from you because I dislike people who lie to me. Your grandson lied to us four times during our short trip, and you lied to us two times in the first minute after we met you. I know you knew who we were because you sent your grandson to hire us, not him. I also know you wanted to talk to us because you want to know about our potions, not because you like talking to adventurers. Is your grandson not worth it to you Ms. Bareare?" she says to the still stunned woman
"F-F-Fine, I will give you everything! Just return Nfirea to me!" she says to them
"Very well, it is a deal. When we leave here, head over to the guild and tell them to prepare for an army of the dead to come out of the graveyard. We will head there and get your grandson." Taylar says
They make the last of their preparations and head towards the graveyard of E-Rantel. This was a place which occupied roughly a quarter of E-Rantel's outer ring, which was also most of the western quadrant. It was E-Rantel's communal cemetery. While other cities had their own graveyards, none of them were as big as this one. This was in order to suppress the spawning of the undead.
Although many things were unclear about the spontaneous existence of the undead, the basic idea was those vile creatures frequently spawned from the places where the living came to an end. Of these, people who died sudden, violent deaths and the dead who were not properly revered had the highest chance of coming back to unlife. Therefore, battlefields and ruins tended to be infested by the undead.
Since E-Rantel was very close to the Empire and consequently its battlefields, it required a huge graveyard, a place where remains could receive the proper final rights and give them the least likely chance of turning into an undead.
In this aspect, the neighboring country, the Empire, also adhered to their common agreement to respect the dead. Though they slaughtered each other, they both saw the undead that attacked the living as their common enemy. It was the opinion of every living race in this world that the undead was here to kill the living and nothing else.
In addition, there was another problem with the undead. If left unattended, the undead spawned more powerful undead. This was why the city guards and adventurers patrolled the graveyards day and night to exterminate the weaker undead as soon as possible.
A wall surrounded the graveyard. This wall was the boundary between the living and dead. While it was only four meters tall and could not compare to the city walls, it was wide enough for people to walk on top of it. The large doors set into its side were sturdy and could not be easily breached. All this was in order to ward against the undead that spawned in the graveyard.
There were staircases to the left and right of the doors, and watchtowers along the length of the wall. The guards took turns observing the graveyard below them as they yawned from the watchtowers, in shifts of five men at a time.
The graveyard was lined with sconces enchanted with Continual Light spells, so there was ample lighting despite it being nighttime. Still, there were many shadowy places, and visibility was even worse in those places blocked by tombstones.
A spear-wielding guard absentmindedly looked out to the graveyard and said to his yawning colleague.
"Tonight's quite peaceful too." he says to his partner
"Yup, there were only five Skeletons, three zombies, earlier, right? That seems a lot less compared to what we normally get." he replies
"Hmm, could it be the souls of the dead were called back by the Four Gods? That would be pretty lucky for us if it were true."
The other guards were drawn in by the topic and began speaking up
"Well, if it's just Skeletons and Zombies we can deal with them. Still, it's a pain to take out Skeletons with a spear, and there are much worse undead then skeletons and zombies." the new guard says to them
"I think the most troublesome ones are the Wights." the first guard replies
"For me, it's the Skeleton Centipedes. I'd be dead by now if the adventurers standing guard nearby didn't chase them away from me."
"Skeleton Centipedes? I heard that the powerful undead only show up when you let the weak ones get away. So all you need to do is kill them all when they're weak and the strong undead won't appear."
"Still, when I think about it, I've got a bad feeling about the lack of undead right now."
"Why do you say that?"
"Ah, I just feel like we might have missed something out during our watches. There normally isn't an abundance of undead in the cemetery, but the numbers have never been this low."
"You're thinking too much. There aren't that many undead normally. They say that they only pop up frequently when they bury the corpses of the people who died while fighting the Empire. So on the flip side, this is what happens when there aren't any big wars, right?"
The soldiers nodded to each other in agreement. They had buried human corpses in their own villages, but they had never heard of the undead appearing that often. The guard who thought there was too little undead around still couldn't bring himself to believe that. Something was definitely going on in the graveyard in his mind.
"So that means the Katze Plains must be pretty insane. I can't imagine the number of undead that spawns on that killing field."
"Yeah, didn't they say something about an unimaginably strong undead creature showing up?"
It was a place where the Empire and the Kingdom clashed in fierce battles. It was also a place famous for the proliferation of its undead. Adventurers hired by the Kingdom and Imperial Knights would often go there to hunt down the undead. This task was important enough that the Empire and Kingdom's support corps had built small towns nearby to support their personnel.
"I hea—"
A guard who was about to speak suddenly shut his mouth. He was pretty sure he just heard something coming from the graveyard.
"Hey, why did yo-"
"Quiet! I think I hear something coming from the graveyard." he says
They all quit talking and listened intently to their surroundings. After a moment, one of them spoke up.
"I don't hear anything but it smells like dirt pretty bad. Didn't they just have a bunch of funerals the last two days? It is probably from that." he says to them
"I don't think that is the reason... look..."
One of the guards points off in the distance. Everyone turns to look and sees four figures running towards the gate as fast as they can. It is odd to see a group of four because they went out in groups of ten to hunt the dead. When they could make out their shouting they see hundreds of undead following the group.
"Open the gate now! Hurry up damn it!" the group is yelling
Everyone sees the hundreds of undead that are chasing the group of four guards. They hurry down the steps and open the gates for the fleeing guards. As the guards make it through they quickly yell.
"Close the damn gate! There is an entire army of the dead headed this way!" the man says completely out of breath.
"What happened to the rest of your group?" the guard captain asks the man.
"T-T-They were eaten b-b-by the d-d-dead!" he stammers out
"Head up those steps and get a good look at the numbers headed this way." the captain says to them
The guard with the spear quickly runs back up the steps and glances back over the graveyard. Their first estimate of a couple hundred undead was definitely off by a lot. The guard was guessing there was over a thousand undead coming towards the gate right now.
He saw more than just skeletons and zombies. He noticed his personally most feared undead, the wight, along with ghouls, ghasts, and corrupted undead. When he relayed this information to the rest of the guards, they all began to shiver thinking of the army headed this way.
Because the graveyard was surrounded by a wall, the undead could not attack the commoners as long as the wall held out. However, even if they mobilized all their guards, it was doubtful whether they could fend off such a massive horde of the undead. The guards were essentially normal citizens, and they had no confidence in wiping out these undead.
In addition, some undead could turn their slain victims into others of their own kind. If things went poorly, the guards might end up becoming undead themselves and attacking their comrades. While they had not seen any flying undead yet, the guards had a bad feeling that if they did not wipe them all out, a flying undead creature or something very powerful, like the newly spawned undead in the Katze Plain (Death Knight), would end up spawning sooner or later.
"You two... go get the guards from the other doors to come help with this. You... run to the barracks and grab everyone there to come help. Everyone else, grab a weapon and get on the wall to hold back that horde until help can arrive!" the captain issues orders to the rest of his men.
Despite their fear, the men quickly sprang into action. It helped their captain had not lost his composure after learning of the undead army coming this way and it kept his men relatively calm even if they were still terrified.
As they used their weapons to keep the horde from overtaking the wall, they could all see they needed some help quick. The number of undead were only growing rapidly and even if they had no intelligence they would eventually just pile up high enough to flow over the wall.
Just as it looked like they might be overrun, the backup from the barracks arrived and they slowly started whittling down their numbers. It seemed like they would actually make it through this and hold off an entire army of the dead. Just when hope was returning to the guards, a scream pierced through the air.
"H-H-Help m-m-me!" a guard screams
Everyone looks over to see a slimy pink intestine wrapped around his neck. They follow the intestine and see a skeleton wrapped in multiple intestines amongst the normal skeletons. None of the guards had ever seen this type of undead before but when the captain noticed it he shouted out its name.
"W-W-What in the world is a Mohrg doing here!"
As he finishes stuttering that out, the guard is pulled off the wall and the Mohrg starts eating him alive. The screams of the guard being eaten make everyone else freeze in place and the undead begins overwhelming the wall. The captain notices this and quickly gives the order to retreat. There was nothing they could do about the undead. They weren't real soldiers after all.
"Everyone, fall back now! Get off the wall, we need to regroup." he yells to everyone
As they all run back down the stairs, they are greeted by a gigantic magical beast. Its large round eyes seemed to shine with wisdom. There were three people walking next to it on either side, and one person mounted on it.
A tall warrior in black full plate, a beautiful woman in what looked like off-white full plate without a helmet, a beautiful woman wearing a brown cloak and what looked like robes underneath it, and a top the magical beast was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and green eyes who looked like she was wearing a dress of some sort with two short swords crossed behind her back down at her waist. It didn't look like she was ready for combat at all except the two swords she had with her.
Like all the guards had thought when looking at them, all these women were insanely beautiful. They looked like three princesses with their bodyguard to everyone standing there. At first, they were relieved to see some adventurers but when they spotted the copper plates on their necks, the relief vanished.
"I am Momon, this is Bella, Ariel, Nabe, and Hammy. We are here to deal with the undead. Open the gates!" Ainz yells
"Hey! Are you crazy! There is an army of the undead about to overrun this gate! What can a copper plate do against an army of the dead?!" the captain yells
Ainz points just above the wall and tells the guards.
"Why don't you have a look for yourselves."
As the guards turn around they see what looks like a 30 foot tall earth elemental, but this elemental is made up of skeletons and zombies.
"A Necromental. An undead formed from the remains of defeated skeletons and zombies if not purified quickly enough." Ainz informs them
As all the guards turn around at his words, he pulls out one of his greatswords and hurls it right at the head of the Necromental. Everyone turns around quickly at the great speed he threw such a large weapon just to witness it pierce right through the undead's forehead and send it to the ground.
"Now, open the gates!" Ainz asks again
All the guards are just standing there dumbfounded. They had never seen such a display of pure power before and it came from a copper plate none the less. Since no one answered Ainz he just continued on himself.
"Well, I guess it can't be helped then." he says
He plants his foot in the ground and springs up with all his might. He was sure he would be able to clear this wall after the jump from rearguard to next to Lukrut on their previous journey.
"Come on Hammy! What are you waiting for?! Follow him!" Taylar says to him
Albedo plants her foot in the ground and jumps over the wall just like Ainz did. Taylar stays on top of Hammy and has him climb the steps and jump down on the other side. Narberal just cast fly on herself and floated over the wall.
The guards immediately heard the clashing of weapons and bone begin. After only what seemed like a few moments, the sounds stopped and the graveyard became quiet again. They ran up the steps to look over the situation.
Right as they reached the top of the stairs, a blinding flash of light went off in the graveyard. When they could refocus their eyes, they didn't see a single undead standing. They were all scattered all over the graveyard in piles of bones and flesh.
"Who in the world were those people?! No way are they just copper plates." one of the guards say
"He said their names were Momon, Ariel, Bella, and Nabe. No one who could cut through that horde so fast could only be a copper plate. They should be Adamantite rank, right? Legendary adventurers?" the man with the spear says
"We may have just seen an adventure team of legends... no heroes." the captain says
On the other side of the wall...
As Ainz is cutting a path straight through the army he gives orders to everyone.
"Follow behind me. When we get in the center of the army, Taylar use your turn undead ability."
Once they arrive at what they believe to be the center of the army, Taylar pulls out her wakizashi, shining star, and uses her ability.
*RETURN TO DEATH - TURN UNDEAD*
A blinding flash of light spreads out from Taylar. When they all look around them, every undead they could see was nothing more than a pile of bones. It seemed turning undead in this world had a much larger area of effect then it did in Yggdrasil.
"Well, that was more effective then I thought it would be." Ainz says
"Yeah, I'm going to second that. I didn't think it would take out the entire army. There are just a couple hundred stragglers left after that." Taylar responds
"Well, it is better this way. I'm sure more adventurers, guards, and people like that will be here soon. We need to wrap this up quickly so they don't show up before we are done. I suppose I could buy us a little more time." Ainz says to her
*CREATE MID-TIER UNDEAD (JACK THE RIPPER)*
"Clean up the remaining undead in the area." he tells his new summon. It sprints off and begins decimating the remaining undead very quickly.
*CREATE LOW-TIER UNDEAD (WRAITH)*
*CREATE LOW-TIER UNDEAD (WRAITH)*
*CREATE LOW-TIER UNDEAD (LESSER VAMPIRE)*
*CREATE LOW-TIER UNDEAD (LESSER VAMPIRE)*
As Ainz creates four low-level undead to buy them some time he also gives them orders.
"Delay anyone trying to enter the graveyard. Try not to kill them if you can. Just scare them off for now. After 15 minutes, return to where you came from." he tells the newly summoned undead. The undead heads off towards the gate and is quickly out of sight.
"Alright, let's go." he says to everyone else
As they make their way forward they come to the crest of a hill. They look down and see the ritual going on they witnessed earlier through greater scrying. It seems some of the men in the group around Khajit has noticed them also.
"Khajit, some adventurers have made it through the undead." the creepy looking guy says to him
'Thanks for your leaders name dumb ass.' Ainz thinks to himself
"Don't you think it is much too nice a night for a ritual Khajit?" Ainz asks the man
The creepy guy standing next to him is startled that he was overheard. He didn't think there was any way someone could have heard him from so far away over the chanting.
"I think I'll decide whether it is a good night for a ritual or not. Who are you anyway and how did you make it through that army of undead?" Khajit asks Ainz
"I'm an adventure on a mission. I'm looking for Nfirea Bareare. I'm sure you know who I am talking about." Ainz says to the necromancer
"You think you four can do anything to interrupt this ritual. You will die here like everyone else in this city!" Khajit says
"Hahahahahah... sorry I didn't mean to laugh at you. You just sound like every stereotypical villain ever. I'll make you an offer how about that? I was just going to crush you because of the trouble you caused me with my plan but you have also presented me with two new opportunities. In light of that, I will give you a one time offer. Hand over the Jewel of Hel, Nfirea Bareare, and swear undying fealty to me and I shall grant your wish of becoming an Elder Lich. If you refuse however, you will suffer an eternity of torment at my hands!" Ainz offers the necromancer.
"What would a warrior know about becoming an Elder Lich?!" Khajit says
"Is that your answer then?" Ainz asks
"Why would I accept an offer from a warrior who spouts nonsense about what he does not understand?" Khajit replies to him
"Very well, I suggest you use your jewel and summon your two Skeletal Dragons since it seems you didn't collect enough for the third one. You and that woman hiding in the shadow over there like a scared little kitten will take the fall for this then." he says as he points towards the pillar they saw Clementine hiding behind while they were scrying on them.
"Oh~ You noticed me back here did you, big guy~ You got some pretty good senses if you could spot me~" Clementine replies
"You have ten seconds to act before I give the order to have all of you killed. I would spend those last ten seconds wisely." Ainz says to them
"You think you can beat me! There is almost no one in this world who can defeat Lady Clementine, you spoiled rich boy! You think some copper plate is just going to be able to take me out!" she says Ainz can tell he has pissed her off greatly but she was still running out of time
"6 seconds" Ainz says
"Fine if you wish to die then so be it!" Khajit says
*ORB OF DEATH!*
As he finishes saying that, the jewel begins to pulse like a heart and Ainz can make out two Skeletal Dragons descending from the sky.
"Taylar, do you wish to get in some melee combat training with that woman?" Ainz asks her
"No, I want to get home as soon as possible and I'm sure there will be plenty of talking and paperwork after this incident. Let us just get this over with quickly." she tells Ainz
"Very well, Albedo."
"Yes my love." she replies
"Crush that woman but leave her identifiable. They need a body to see so they have someone to pin this on. Narberal Gamma, show this want to be necromancer and his pitiful dragons the power of Nazarick!" he orders the ladies
"By your command." Albedo says
"Yes Lord Ainz." Narberal says to him
Narberal grabbed at her shoulder and pulled off her brown cloak.
"Rejoice, mere tool. You have the honor of doing battle with Narberal Gamma, one of the Battle Maids of the Pleiades who are the loyal servants of Lord Ainz Ooal Gown, the Absolute Ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick."
Her equipment was completely different. She now wore gauntlets and greaves of gold, silver, and black metal, as well as a set of maid-themed armor which looked like it had come out of a manga. In place of a helmet, she wore a maid's white-brimmed headdress. In her hands, she held a staff of gold inlaid with silver.
Player made items in Yggdrasil could have their abilities changed by using data crystals. Narberal's robe had a quick change crystal embedded in it, so she could directly swap out her gear for a set of predetermined equipment without having to waste time changing. Her castoff cloak now occupied the pocket dimension where they had been.
"You think your magic caster stands a chance against dragons that are completely immune to magic! Hahahahahaha, you are even dumber then I thought warrior." Khajit says
"You insect! You dare talk down to Lord Ainz like that! I will roast you like the bug that you are!" Narberal yells at him
Albedo has slowly been walking right towards Clementine like she is taking a stroll. She knew there was no way this woman would be able to lay a finger on her. Even if she could, there was no way her weapons would damage Albedo.
She might appear to be wearing inferior quality armor but Ainz insisted she wears her world-class item armor. He even had her bring her normal battleaxe just in case. As she strolled toward the woman, Clementine couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahahahaha, you think you can defeat him with a maid~ Hahahaha, let me guess are you the hostess, hehe~" she said that last part to Albedo.
With a speed so fast Clementine couldn't even activate one of her martial arts, Albedo closed the distance between them, grabbed Clementine by the throat, and began squeezing.
"You would make light of the Battle Maids of the Pleiades! She could crush your entire army by herself if Lord Ainz wished for it. You are the weak one who runs her mouth because she is weak. I am going to make sure your nasty voice doesn't pollute my loves ears ever again!" Albedo says as she slowly squeezes the life out of Clementine.
Khajit can't believe that woman got the drop on Clementine so quickly. He didn't particularly like Clementine but he respected her ability as a warrior and assassin. For someone to move so quickly even she couldn't react was a reason to be cautious. What he didn't see while he was looking at Albedo was Narberal Gamma slowly ascend into the sky with the fly spell. She wanted a good vantage point when she roasted these worthless insects.
As he scanned the area trying to find the mage he heard something call to him from above, and he looks up to see Narberal Gamma floating there.
"Up here maggot. You seem to think magic is useless against Skeletal Dragons. Then I shall enlighten you, insect. The fee for this lesson will be your life. Skeletal Dragons are only immune to the magic of the 6th tier and lower. Since I, Narberal Gamma, can use magic of even higher tiers, it cannot resist my magic!" she tells Khajit
"Kill her Skeletal Dragons!" Khajit orders
*[TWIN - MAXIMIZED MAGIC] CHAIN DRAGON LIGHTNING*
A roaring, coiling stream of dragon-shaped lightning appeared around both of Narberal's hands. The lightning discharges were wider than her arms, and they struck the Skeletal Dragons. The vast white bodies shuddered from the impact. The twin lightning blasted right through the Skeletal Dragons' bodies, obliterating the false life that animated their corpses out of existence.
The end came in an instant. Under the power of the magic lightning, the Skeletal Dragons and their supposed absolute immunity to magic were torn asunder.
Even though the Skeletal Dragons had been disintegrated, the lightning strikes did not disappear. The two arcs of dragon-shaped lightning seemed to be searching for their quarry, then they raised their heads and sprang at their final prey. Khajit's vision was blinded in a sea of white. He had no time to beg for mercy, nor did he have time to scream.
His body was roasted as it drowned in a sea of electricity. After the lightning bolt stopped, everyone could see the burnt to a crisp corpse that was left of Khajit. When everyone realized they stopped paying attention to Albedo, they went to look in her direction only to see her tossing Clementines body next to Khajit's.
"Sorry it took so long. I wanted to make sure that vile woman couldn't speak her disrespectful nonsense to you any longer love." Albedo tells Ainz
"It is quite alright Albedo. Very good work taking care of that woman." Ainz tells her
He begins to make his way inside the mausoleum to find Nfirea and finish this quest. He knew Nfirea would be in rough shape after this and hoped Taylar could at least heal the boy to the point he would be useful in the future. Right as he is about to enter he gives Narberal Gamma more orders.
"Narberal Gamma, good work with that want to be. Stay out here and keep watch for anyone approaching. If anyone is getting close send me a message, and change back into your cloak and robe. We can't have anyone see you in that outfit. Taylar, Albedo, shall we?" Ainz tells them
"After you supreme one." Taylar says with a smirk
As Ainz passes into the mausoleum he dismisses his created armor and spreads out his wings. It had been a while since he had been able to do that and it felt great to be out of that armor. Taylar and Albedo followed suit and also dismissed their illusions and restrictive items to spread their wings.
When they came across where Nfirea was he looked in really rough shape. He was already pretty pale, the blood from his eyes was flowing pretty freely, and he looked like he was about to collapse on the spot. Ainz wasn't 100% sure but guessed this crown was the culprit for Nfirea's condition.
*ALL APPRAISAL MAGIC ITEM*
"Hmm... the Crown of Wisdom. This is not an item from Yggdrasil and I don't think we can replicate it. If we take it off though it will cause Nfirea to go insane. It can only be removed safely by someone with the affinity to use this item." Ainz tells them
"What does it do Ainz?" Taylar asks him
"Cast All Appraisal magic item yourself. I think you would understand better than me. It seems to be designed for someone like you." he tells her
She casts the same spell Ainz did and realizes he was right. She understood everything this crown did and the downside to wearing it if you were not a Miko. This could be very useful to her in the future if she found an apprentice worthy of teaching.
"I guess we will just have to destroy it. We can't return Nfirea insane and expect to get paid." Ainz says
"Do you have so little faith in my ability my love?" Taylar asks him
"Of course I don't doubt your ability Taylar but can you really help him if we keep the crown." Ainz asks
"Of course I can! I am the Angel of Life after all. Curing insanity is nothing to someone like me!" she exclaims
Taylar makes her way over to Nfirea. She puts her left hand on his chest and reaches for the crown with her right. The moment she grabs the crown and pulls it off, she casts her spell on Nfirea.
*GREATER RESTORATION*
As the spell goes off, Nfirea immediately collapses to the floor in a heap. Right before he hits the ground, Taylar grabs him. He opens his eyes for a moment and sees a beautiful blonde woman with green eyes and white angel wings holding him.
"L-L-Lady T-T-Tayla..." is all he gets out before he passes out.
"Well, it would seem it worked. Now he just needs some rest." she tells everyone.
She puts the Crown of Wisdom into her storage for later. She wants to talk to Pandora's Actor about the item. There was no one in all of Nazarick that knew as much about magic items as Pandora. She hoped he would have some insight into a magic item from this world that didn't exist in Yggdrasil.
Ainz grabs Nfirea from Taylar and throws the boy over his shoulder to make his way back to the surface. Once back on the surface, Hammy sees them in their true forms for the first time and begins to panic.
"M-M-Monsters! W-W-What have you don-" Hammy is interrupted by a karate chop to the top of the head by Narberal.
"Stupid, useless pet. That is the true form of Lord Ainz, Lady Taylar, and Lady Albedo. Show them the proper respect or I will let Lady Aura turn you into a blanket like she wanted to." Narberal tells Hammy
"D-D-Does that m-m-mean you have another form to Nabe?" Hammy asks
"I am a doppelganger. Watch." she says
She holds out her hand and it transforms to show only three fingers. Then she transforms it back to a human hand.
"I-I-I see Nabe." Hammy stutters
"Don't look so surprised. You are a servant in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, so don't make such a big deal over such small things. All of those in the Great Tomb are heteromorphic races. You need to get used to it. Anyway, I'm going to strip the magic items from the corpses, so come along and help me. Also, only call me Nabe when we are around humans. My name is Narberal Gamma and you would be wise to remember the difference." Narberal tells him
"Yes, Narberal Gamma." Hammy replies
After Narberal collected all their gear, she headed over to Lord Ainz so he could take a closer look at one of the items. She noticed him talking to two shadow demons but only caught the end of the conversation.
"...retrieve their bodies after they have been identified as the culprits. I have a promise to keep with one of them and the other might be of use to us."
The shadow demons bowed and disappeared into the shadows.
"Lord Ainz, I believe you may want to take a look at this..." she holds out the Jewel of Hel to him
"It is the Jewel of Hel, Narberal. I told you I already have one. Why should I look at it again?" he asks her
"I apologize Lord Ainz but I believe this one might be different from the one you used to possess." Narberal says to him
He grabs the jewel out of her hands and looks it over. It certainly looks exactly like the Jewel of Hel from Yggdrasil. As he is about to put it away and ask Narberal what she meant, he hears a voice in his head.
'Greetings o mighty Ruler of Death.' the orb telepathically says to Ainz
"Hmm... so you are an intelligent item huh?" Ainz says
*ALL APPRAISAL MAGIC ITEM*
"So, you really are called the Orb of Death, not the Jewel of Hel. I thought that ridiculous want to be necromancer just didn't know what he was talking about." Ainz says to the item
The orb had still not responded back to him and he started to wonder why. That's when he finally noticed the reverence the jewel greeted him with. It was like being addressed by one of the subordinates of Nazarick.
"You may speak orb." Ainz says to it
'Thank you Supreme Master of Death. You have my deepest thanks. Please accept my utmost respect for the absolute Aura of Death which you are surrounded by.' the orb says to him
"So are you really just a jewel of flattery or do you actually serve a purpose?" Ainz asks it
'Yes. This one deeply apologizes for this thoughtless request but has a wish that it hopes you will grant. This one has always felt that it had come to this world in order to spread death, but after meeting a mighty King of Death like yourself, this one realizes that it had been truly born in order to serve you, my King.' the orb says to him
"You don't say. Still sounds like nothing but a bunch of flattery to me." Ainz replies
'Oh mighty Supreme Overlord of Death. Please accept this one's eternal fealty and grant me a place amongst your faithful servants!' it thinks to him
It sounded sincere enough, and if it had a head, it would probably have been lowered. Ainz raised his fist towards his face and rested his chin on his thumb like he was deep in thought. He had to consider the merits and demerits of taking it as a servant, whether it was reliable, and so on.
He looked over the orb again and thought to himself.
'Well it certainly sounded sincere enough but how could it actually serve me? It's not like it has legs and I can send it on missions or anything. Maybe someone else could find a use for this thing. I can do all it can do much better then it can so I can't really use it. Let's call this a test and give it to Albedo. She can determine if it will be useful to Nazarick.'
"Overseer Albedo, I have a task for you." Ainz says
"Yes my love." Albedo says. Ainz noticed she sounded a little sad when she said it.
"What is wrong Albedo? You sound off, we have completed our task, gained new possible agents of Nazarick, and this incident will certainly spread our names and lead to a quick promotion. What has you down?" he asks her
"I-I-It is nothing my love." she replies
"Albedo, tell me what it is no matter how small you think the problem is, if it is upsetting you, I want to know about it." he tells her
"I just didn't like hearing you call me Overseer that is all. I am sorry, I know it is stupid. I have just gotten used to hearing you call me nothing but Albedo." she replies
"I am sorry. I didn't know you felt that way Albedo. I will try to not repeat that in the future but now you know how it feels." Ainz says
Albedo is a little puzzled at what he means. How could he know this kind of disappointment? He would never get down over something so small.
"I can see your confusion Albedo. I'm talking about when you call me lord and Taylar lady. We have the same feeling when you call us that, that you are probably experiencing right now."
When Ainz said that to her, it was like a light bulb went off in her mind and she finally got what he was saying. She didn't realize they felt that way when she said those things. She was just trying to act the way she felt she deserved. She had no idea it affected them this way.
"I am sorry Ainz. I will remember this feeling and try to never repeat that mistake again." she tells him
"Now that is settled, I do have a task for you. This Orb of Death is an intelligent magic item. It has sworn its eternal fealty to the Supreme Overlord of Death, but I'm not sure it can be of any use to me or Nazarick. I can do everything it can do but faster and more efficient. See if you can find a use for it to serve Nazarick. If you feel it is lacking any use, do with it as you see fit." Ainz tells her and hands her the orb.
"Now that we have that settled. Everyone change back into your adventurer illusions and let us head back to the city victorious! After all that has happened, we will need to spend some time in Nazarick to sort things out and I have some tasks I wish to give the guardians to complete for us." he finishes
*CREATE GREATER ITEM*
As they were making their way back to the gates Ainz thought of all he needed to do. It had only been a few days but the tasks were starting to pile up quickly. He knew Taylar wanted to test out her special ability on the Swords of Darkness, he gave Albedo the job of figuring out a usage for the orb and he knew keeping her away from Nazarick this long would result in her being behind in her duties as Overseer.
He hoped Pandora's Actor was doing a good job filling in so she didn't have too much to do when she returned. He could tell Narberal Gamma could certainly use a break. He was pretty sure she never, ever let her guard down the entire time she traveled with them.
He also had plenty to do. There were items to look through that they had just obtained, he needed to fulfill his promise to Khajit and put him through endless torment. There was more than one way to torture someone as Khajit will soon find out. He also needed to send the guardians out in the world for various tasks. He already knew for certain he wanted to send out Sebas, Shalltear, and Demiurge but that list could always grow as he went over all the details with everyone.
There was a lot to do and they still had to talk to the guild about this incident. He had no doubt they would be there for hours. There was still also what to do with Lizzie and Nfirea. She had promised Taylar everything she had to save her grandson and now they needed to figure out what to do with them. It was going to be a long couple of days for Ainz and he wasn't looking forward to it.
And that is it for Chapter 8... hope you liked it... Do you think Ninya will accept the terms of Taylar's offer? We will find out next chapter... until then...