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"Talking"
'Thinking'
{Message}
*SPELL/ABILITY/MARTIAL ART*
*[METAMAGIC]*
A/N: So I feel like I need to say this again since I keep getting messages about things that are different from canon then in this fanfic... you do realize this is a fanfic right? If I change something from canon it is 99% of the time on purpose... I did accidentally call Mare she for a few sentences and someone pointed it out, which I am grateful for since I had called him he for all of it but that... those are mess-ups on my part and would love if u point them out but... if I repeatedly say... 4 gods are worshiped openly 2 are worshiped in secret (I know the ST worships all 6 openly), or the Pleiades quarters are on the 9th floor of Nazarick (I know they are supposed to be at the entrance of the 10th floor), or Eclair is a prismatic penguin who barfs out unicorns (he's a normal looking penguin butler who wants to overthrow Ainz), that is a purposeful change if said repeatedly in my story... so please remember this is a fanfic and not the LN, manga, or anime... if that is what you want to read I suggest buying them... they are great I own all the ones I can in English right now
UndeadLord22: To quote her Eminence Pope Neia Baraja, SASUGA AINZ-SAMA!
Eltyr: My favorite Overlord fanfic with an OC also has the other MC (Veres from the fanfic A Supreme Queen) as a Kitsune... it's a popular race for people to use in Overlord fanfic... Aasimar (AH-sim-ar) is from Dungeons & Dragons... I have been playing for over 20 years and you can tell Maruyama based his entire leveling system off of D&D... eleven tiers of spells (0-9 plus epic magic in D&D)(1-10 plus super tier in Overlord) feats, skills, abilities, martial arts... all of them are from D&D... so I just took my favorite race, Aasimar, and instead of making them half-human/half-celestial, I just made them all celestial... also if the maids level up they will not be used to guard the ninth floor... in the chapter I said Ainz wanted to give everyone in Nazarick a part of this world and that included the homunculi... I also moved the Pleiades rooms from the beginning of the tenth floor to the end of the 9th floor... but everything else is the same in Nazarick
offshorephillip: Trying to introduce races people never use in Overlord fanfics so I'll probably add a couple more some people have never heard of unless you are a D&D nerd like I am lol (like the Mohrg from the graveyard its from D&D)
Thristan: I love Pandora also and he is supposedly almost as intelligent as Demiurge so I wanted to show off his skills... He would be even better in my eyes to run Nazarick because Albedo is always taking too much time trying to scheme how to get Ainz into bed lol
Mokamiharu: Did leave a reply saying Black Scripture was coming soon but well... I put them in this chapter so read on to see what happens
Alan975: By chair-chan you mean Cocytus right?! Ainz did say he liked the cooling sensation of Cocytus over Shalltear even if Shalltear was softer lol
Salomega: I agree... all the Overlord fanfics I read where Ainz gets an actual love interest regardless of what race he is, never finish (Please, Please, Please, Overfic23 finish your Overlord fanfic A Supreme Queen!)... I'm hoping to finish this story and carry it over to another that has Ainz, Taylar, and Albedo's children as the MCs
Generation Zero: Usually the Black Scripture pops up right at the end of the graveyard incident but obviously it didn't... it will be coming soon though... stay tuned and by that I mean read this chapter lol
Now that the review replies are done... let's get to chapter 10!
Ainz had met all the Guardians and Pleiades he gave orders to on the 1st floor of Nazarick the next morning. He had a carriage for Sebas, Solution, Shalltear, and her vampire brides ready to go. They were heading straight to Re-Estize except for Shalltear who was getting off halfway through their trip. He was going to Gate Demiurge and Cocytus to their respective locations and make sure Mare, Entoma, and Shizu understood what they needed for the defense of Nazarick. Yuri Alpha was going to come with Ainz and company since he was going to have her work in the Bareare's shop for the time being.
"Now you all have your assignments. Do any of you have any last questions for any of us?" Ainz asks them
He didn't believe there would be many questions. The only person he was hoping would ask anything would be Cocytus. He didn't give Cocytus any powerful troops except one Elder Lich. Other then that, it was a bunch of foot soldiers. He was hoping for him to ask for some scouts, which Ainz didn't supply, or some items to help with recon.
Ainz had used the mirror of remote viewing along with Taylar using her Greater Scrying spell to take a look at the Lizardmen. Even with the mediocre troops Ainz gave Cocytus, he should be able to conquer the Lizardmen if they didn't combine forces and Cocytus had to fight them one village at a time.
"No Lord Ainz." Shalltear, Demiurge, Sebas, Mare, Solution, Entoma and Shizu say
"LORD. AINZ, I. WISH. TO. ASK. YOU. A. FEW. THINGS. IF. YOU. HAVE. THE. TIME." Cocytus says
"Sure Cocytus, Let me send the others to their destinations then we can talk." Ainz tells him
Ainz gates Demiurge near Re-Estize capital, he didn't want to go directly into the city. Ainz didn't ask Demiurge why he didn't want to go directly into the capital but Ainz wasn't worried about Demiurge. He knew he would have the least trouble with his mission considering his intellect and skills. He then saw the rest off in their carriage.
He was going to Gate them near the cave he wanted Shalltear to explore first but Taylar and Albedo pointed out it might look suspicious if a noble carriage just appeared out of nowhere and didn't go through any of the previous checkpoints. They decided to just head out from here. After they were on their way, he turned his attention to Cocytus.
"Sorry about the delay Cocytus. What do you wish to ask of me?" Ainz says to him
"NO. NEED. TO. APOLOGIZE. LORD. AINZ. WE. ARE. HERE. TO. DO. YOUR. WILL! I. WISHED. TO. KNOW. LORD. IF. YOU. HAVE. A. MAP. OF. THE. LIZARDMEN. VILLAGES. I. MAY. USE?" Cocytus asks Ainz
Ainz gets a big grin on his face when he asked that question. He was hoping Cocytus would ask for that and a lot more. This was already going better then he thought it would.
"I do Cocytus." Ainz reaches into his inventory and hands Cocytus the map he had Pandora make for him. It was only of the surrounding Lizardmen area, not the one Aura and Pandora had made for Ainz.
"Is that all Cocytus?" Ainz asks
"NO. LORD. AINZ, SINCE. I. MUST. STAY. BEHIND. MAY. I. HAVE. A. MEANS. TO. WATCH. MY. TROOPS. AND. RELAY. ORDERS?" he asks
"Ahh yes, very good Cocytus. I have already sent a remote viewing mirror to the fake Nazarick as well as 20 message scrolls. These scrolls will allow for a reply as long as what you are sending a message to is intelligent enough to communicate." Ainz tells him
"Do you have anything else to ask of me Cocytus?"
"YES. MY. LORD, WHEN. SHOULD. I. BEGIN. MY. ASSAULT?" he asks
"Hmm... no real timetable but one week should be enough prep time for you Cocytus. Also, I am going to send my suffering clouds to the village you are going to attack 15 minutes before you attack so you must message me beforehand so I may send them out. It shouldn't be enough time for them to vacate the entire village and being the warrior you are Cocytus, I have no doubt you would want to face them head on and not with a surprise attack." Ainz says
"THANK. YOU. LORD. AINZ." Cocytus says
"Anything else?" Ainz asks
"I. BELIEVE. THAT. IS. ALL. LORD. AINZ." Cocytus says
Ainz is pretty disappointed right now but tries not to let it show. He was hoping Cocytus would ask for scouts, recon items, anti-scrying scrolls, the spells and abilities of the Elder Lich he gave him, and a few other things. Maybe he should just remind him he can ask for advice or help if he needed it.
"Very well Cocytus, if there is anything else, send me a message. We should not be too busy over the next week. Depending on the rank we get will depend on our missions and we have already agreed to not team up with anyone so we can leave if need be. Good luck Cocytus."
*GATE*
Cocytus gives a bow to the supreme ones and heads through the Gate followed by his undead unit. Ainz was hoping to hear from Cocytus before he decided to attack because there was still a ton of things Cocytus didn't know about the Lizardmen and Ainz didn't give him a way to find out with the units he gave him. At least he had asked a few questions and didn't blindly just take the undead and attack immediately.
Ainz turns around and sees Taylar, Albedo, Narberal, and Yuri waiting for him.
"Sorry for the wait ladies. Shall we be on our way?" Ainz asks
Taylar and Albedo are about to say something but stop at the sudden answer from Narberal and Yuri.
"No need to apologize to us Lord Ainz! We are ready to do your bidding whenever you wish!"
Their fanatical devotion to serving him was still a little unnerving. He looked at Taylar and could tell, she was still getting used to it too. When he looked at Albedo, he saw she was quite happy with their response.
'Yep, I bet it's taking everything she has not to say the same thing.' he thinks to himself
*GATE*
He opens a gate to the Bareare shop in E-Rantel. He knew the shop wasn't open yet but better to be safe than sorry and he opened it to the living room upstairs. Ainz stepped through and didn't really know what to say at the situation he just walked into. Nfirea was standing there, with wet hair and a towel wrapped around his waist, with nothing else on.
"Ahh! M-M-Mr. Momon! Or should I call you Lord Ainz Ooa-"
Ainz holds his hand up to stop Nfirea from continuing. He looks around to make sure his grandmother isn't there.
"First it is just Lord Ainz and only when I am in that form. When you see me like this, my name is Momon. Even around your grandmother." he tells the boy
"S-S-Sure Mr. Mo-"
Nfirea sees Taylar, Albedo, Nabe, and Yuri step through the Gate. He forgets he is only wearing a towel and runs over to Taylar to thank her for healing him.
"Th-Th-Thank you fo-"
He steps on his towel sprinting over and falls in front of her like he is doing a seiza. What he quickly realizes is that his towel is about three feet behind him and he is completely naked right now. Before he can even think to look up, his whole body turns red from embarrassment.
"You little insect/worm! You dare approach La-" Narberal/Yuri are interrupted by Taylar
"It was an accident Narberal, Yuri. No need to get so worked up. It was kind of funny though."
She reaches into her inventory and pulls out a sheet. She throws it over Nfirea so he can stand up.
"Well, that should help. Go get your clothes on Nfirea and you are welcome." Taylar says to him
He bows his head and quickly runs away. He definitely needed to get out of there as soon as possible.
"How come you didn't choke him? Lukrut just hit on me and you nearly killed him twice. Nfirea literally just threw himself at me naked, and you just stood there?" Taylar asks Ainz just to make fun of him
"As I said before, there is something about Lukrut I just don't like. Also, wasn't it Albedo who told me a few days ago that you two would only ever love me and I didn't need to get that angry?" he asks back to her trying his best to throw their words back at them to escape being the target of their teasing.
Albedo can't think of anything to say since Momonga remembered what she told him. Taylar on the other hand...
"Oh, so now you can remember what we say. That is mighty convenient oh supreme one." Taylar says back
Ainz just shakes his head. She would keep this up all day if he kept trying. Might as well let her have this one, like every other one, and get some things done today. He was curious to see what rank they decided on. Too bad there wasn't some test he could just walk up and do like in that old school anime One Punch Man. That would make things so much easier.
Nfirea returned, with clothes this time, and they wait for Lizzie to join them so they can be told when they are leaving. Nfirea did everything in his power to avoid the death glare and killing intent leaking out of Narberal Gamma and Yuri Alpha. Ainz and company had to go to the guild and get their new plates. They were going to escort Nfirea and Lizzie to Carne Village. Yuri was staying behind to run the shop. She had been asking for more to do and very few of the denizens of Nazarick didn't view humans as lowly insects. He was glad to Yamaiko for making Yuri the way she was.
Once they told them when they would be leaving, they left the shop and headed towards the guild. Normally, someone going to get a new plate for rank up would be over the moon happy but Ainz wasn't too concerned. If they didn't give them Adamantite it wouldn't matter because they would be there soon enough. Even if they did get Adamantite, it wasn't like it was something special to Ainz. He hadn't met an Adamantite Adventurer yet but judging from the other adventurers of various ranks he saw at the guild, none of them were actually strong, well by his, Taylar, and Nazarick's standards anyway.
When Ainz pushed open the doors to the guild, every eye in the building turned towards them. He scanned the room and noticed quite a few more people than normal in the guild today. He still couldn't stand the looks Taylar, Albedo, and Narberal got from some of the guild members and if he could he would decapitate them all. It was still annoying but he was learning to shrug it off. He couldn't let his emotions control him forever. After scanning the room, he heard a receptionist call out to them.
"Ah, Mr. Momon, Ms. Ariel, Ms. Bella, and Ms. Nabe. The guild master is expecting you, can you follow me please?" she says to them
"No problem, lead the way please." Ainz says
They all follow the receptionist up the stairs. She leads them to a room a little way down the upstairs hallway. She opens the door and everyone can see what looks like a receiving room. It is a fairly nice room with four couches facing each other centered around a fairly nice table. The decorations in the room are minimal but what is there is of decent quality and obviously centered on the adventurer life. There are pictures of heroic looking knights, creatures of various varieties, and Ainz' favorite, dragons.
Ainz took a seat on the closest sofa to him, right in the middle of the three seats. Not to Ainz' surprise, Taylar and Albedo sat down on either side of him, but Narberal just stood behind the sofa like a bodyguard.
"Nabe, you can take a seat. I doubt we will be attacked right now in this place." Ainz says to her
"Please allow me to refuse, Lord Ainz. I cannot let anyone get near you, Lady Taylar, or Lady Albedo without them having to go through me." Narberal replies
"Nabe, how many times do I have to tell you?! I am Momon, she is Bella, this is Ariel and you are Nabe when we are in the city and other people might hear us!" Ainz scolds her again
"I-I am sorry Lor- Momon." Narberal bows her head
Ainz can't help but shake his head. He guesses he should be grateful no one has overheard her yet, but this was occurring too much for his liking. Eventually, someone was going to overhear her and he would have to have Taylar use memory erasing magic on the person or he would have to kill them. He wasn't too keen on the idea of killing someone for no reason but if it was to keep their identities secret, he would do it in a heartbeat.
Right as Ainz is finishing up his inner thoughts, the guild master, Pluton Ainzach opens the door to enter the receiving room. Ainz sees him carrying a wooden box that looks fairly decent. It has almost no decorations on it what so ever but it is certainly a good quality made item. He sees all four of them gathered on one of the couches and steps in to greet them.
"Hello everyone. It is nice to see you could make it today." Ainzach says and makes his way over to the couch opposite of the group. He sets the box down on the table and has a seat.
"It is no problem guild master. We were told our promotion would be settled by today." Ainz says to him
"Ah yes, your promotion. That is certainly why we are here today. We had a very heated discussion about what rank to make you all. There has never been an incident like this before in the entire history of the guild so it took some time to sort out." the guild master says to them
"So what did you decide on?" Taylar asks
"Well, I wanted to make you adamantite right away but just because I am guild master doesn't mean I have absolute authority. There are two reasons I wanted that. First is, I truly believe what you accomplished warrants you becoming adamantite. No one below that rank could have handled that in my opinion. Secondly, it is a little selfish, but E-Rantel is currently the only guild that doesn't have an adamantite ranked team in their guild. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to do that so with that being said..."
Ainzach opens the box and spins it so everyone can see inside. As Ainz looks in the box he can see four new guild plates made of mithril. Ainz thought what they did at least warranted Orichalcum but mithril would do for now. He already knew there were jobs available for mithril adventurers, but he hadn't seen any for orichalcum or adamantite so this might actually make it easier for them to rank up again.
"As you can see, everyone decided on Mithril. I wish we could have made it higher but since you were just a copper rank it is still a first in the history of the guild. No one has ever jumped up five ranks at once in the history of any guild, in any country." Ainzach finishes with a smile.
Everyone reaches into the box to grab their new guild plates. Ainzach just watches them with that same smile on his face.
'I have no doubt I'll be making them Adamantite rank soon anyway. A group this strong will surely accomplish much in a short time.' Ainzach thinks to himself
"Oh yes also, your party name is engraved on the back for identification purposes." he tells them
Ainz and Taylar already know what is written on the back so they just slip the plate around their necks. Albedo and Narberal still haven't even seen the party name. It had actually completely slipped Albedo's mind with everything that had been going on in Nazarick the last few days. She turns the guild plate over and right there on the back it says... "The Forsaken"
A smile creeps on to Albedo's face at reading this. She was incredibly excited to realize that her wonderful, kind, merciful Momonga felt the same way she did. Forsaken, abandoned, left behind by the other supreme beings. She would make it her mission to let Momonga know he wasn't alone. Between Taylar and herself, she knew they could be there for Momonga. Even if Momonga wanted to take more brides or even concubines, it didn't matter to Albedo. That was his right as absolute ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
'As long as I'm ahead of that bitch Shalltear.' Albedo thinks to herself.
"So congratulations on advancing to Mithril rank, and since it is my first chance to meet all of you, let me personally welcome you to the E-Rantel branch of the adventurers guild, The Forsaken. I know we will be hearing that name for years to come in this city." Ainzach says to them still sporting the same cheesy grin he has had for quite a while now.
"Thank you guild master. We will head downstairs and look for a new job if there is nothing else you need to tell us." Taylar says to him
"That is all I have for you at this time. Good luck on your next adventure!" Ainzach says to them
All four of them head downstairs to look at the job board. Ainz knew there were at least a few available when they walked past it earlier. He was hoping to grab two or three of the request and do them all if they were allowed to do that. It would be easy to divide and conquer any request that was made more than likely.
Ainz walks up to the board, grateful for the new comprehend languages items that Taylar and Pandora put together for everyone. Now every time he came in here, he wouldn't have to rely on messaging Taylar while she read him all the job postings.
After reading the board, Ainz quickly rips off three of the jobs and heads towards the reception desk to get things started. He chooses three monster slaying missions, which was pretty much every job you could take at the guild other than the occasional escort mission. They were to kill a Giant Basilisk, a Cockatrice, and a monstrous Centipede. Ainz makes his way to the desk and sets the three requests down.
"We would like to take these three. I see there is no timetable on any of them. Can we take more than one request at a time?" Ainz asks
"Normally you are not allowed, but when there is no set time the request needs to be finished by, you are allowed to take multiple requests." the receptionist explains to him
"Thank you for that information. We will take these three then. What part of each creature must we bring back for proof of completion?" Ainz asks her
"For the Basilisk, it is a handful of scales. The Cockatrice is a handful of its feathers, and the monstrous Centipede is four of its legs from the same side. If you bring any of those back it will be the proof you need to get credit for completing the quest." she tells him
Ainz gives the receptionist a nod and starts to head out of the guild. Taylar, Albedo, and Narberal follow right behind him as they head back towards the Bareare's shop. That didn't take nearly as long as he thought it would so they might as well get a head start on departure for Carne. He knew where the Giant Basilisk and monstrous Centipede were already but the cockatrice was a different story. They only narrowed down the area it was in to the Great Forest of Tob or the Azerlisia Mountains. He would have Aura look into it while they escorted the Bareare's to Carne.
{Aura, are you busy?}
{Never too busy for you Lord Ainz}
{Wonderful, I have accepted a request to exterminate a cockatrice but they have only narrowed down the search area to the Forest of Tob and Azerlisia Mountains. Could you look for this bird while I escort Nfirea and Lizzie to Carne Village?}
{Of course Lord Ainz! I will get to work on it immediately!}
{Attend your other duties first Aura. It is going to take us an entire day to reach Carne Village since we are not going to be gating or teleporting there. Let me know when you have found something}
{As you command, Lord Ainz!}
On the road towards the Re-Estize capital just past E-Rantel...
A stagecoach galloped away from the Fortress City. It was a large vehicle that could comfortably seat six people, pulled by a quartet of horses. The paving of roads had begun after the suggestion of the Golden Princess, but the only places where it had been completed were in those areas held by the Crown and by Marquis Raeven, one of the Six Great Nobles. This was because the other nobles protested this gesture, feeling that such roads would only benefit the Empire when they attacked the Kingdom.
The maintenance costs for those roads had also sparked much debate. The reason why Princess Renner had reached out to traders to foot the bill was that the nobles in charge of the areas through which the roads passed were dragging their feet on the matter. Thus, the paving work was in this sad state of affairs.
Since this region was not too far from E-Rantel, which was administered by the Crown, the work here was of quite a high standard. Still, it was not perfect. The wagon wobbled a little as it traveled along the street, and some faint vibrations made their way to the passengers.
Amongst these passengers were Sebas, with Solution by his side. Opposite him was Shalltear, flanked by two of her Vampire Brides. No one in the carriage had said much of anything for quite a while now. It was a kind of awkward silence. Sebas and Shalltear didn't exactly have the same moral standards and the others didn't want to talk out of turn in front of two of the most powerful beings in all of Nazarick. After some time had passed, Sebas decided to break the silence with a question he had been wanting to ask Shalltear for a while now.
"There is something I have been wanting to ask you Shalltear."
"Oh, what is that Sebas?" Shalltear responds curiously
"You and Aura don't seem to get along very well but you get along fine with Mare. Why is that?" he asks her
"I think I get along fine with both of them Sebas." Shalltear says as she continues to stare out the window as though the conversation bored her.
"It certainly doesn't seem that way Shalltear." Sebas says
"I simply tease her a little because my creator, Lord Peroroncino, designed me to feud with her. Still, there is no real hate there. Perhaps Lady Bukubukuchagama designed that girl to not get along with me as well. Lord Peroroncino and Lady Bukubukuchagama were brother and sister after all. So, it is almost like Aura and I are sisters as well." Shalltear explains to Sebas
"Ahh, so a sibling rivalry is what it is. I see now Shalltear." Sebas replies
"Now that I think about it Sebas. You don't seem to get along with Demiurge very well do you? The Supreme Beings did not design you that way, so why is that?" Shalltear asks
"I'm not quite sure about that Shalltear. It must be some sort of sixth sense or something like that but as you can tell, he feels the same way without being created like that." Sebas tells her
"I wonder if we received some of our creator's personality when they created us." Shalltear says
"What do you mean by that Shalltear?" Sebas asked
"Well, I know Lord Touch Me and Lord Ulbert didn't exactly like each other. They argued many a time at the entrance to Nazarick on the first floor and I was present for a few of them. I'm sure you saw them doing the same on your floor Sebas." she says to him
"Yes, I had seen Lord Touch Me and Lord Ulbert quarreling from time to time." Sebas replies
After Sebas said that, the carriage descended into silence once more. Luckily, the silence was broken when the carriage came to a stop.
"Ahh, it looks like we have reached my stop Sebas. Work hard to bring glory to Nazarick and I will do the same." Shalltear says to him
"You as well, goodbye Shalltear." Sebas replies.
Shalltear and her two vampire brides exit the carriage and start heading towards the forest. The cave they are looking for is just a few hundred meters inside the treeline and should be easy to locate with the map Lord Ainz had given to Shalltear.
As they walked deeper into the forest it was easy for Shalltear to find the cave Lord Ainz was talking about. Not that the cave was in the open but when you have the senses of a True Vampire, some crappily constructed camouflage could not fool her. She noticed two guards standing just inside the entrance. This would be perfect to gather some information on who was inside.
If there was no one here who knew martial arts, she could simply have some fun and massacre them all. After all, Lord Ainz only wanted her to bring back martial artists. He didn't say what to do with people who couldn't use it so Shalltear took that as an opportunity to have some fun for once. She orders her Vampire Brides to quickly grab the guards and bring them back without killing them. They returned in a flash with the two terrified men. They were in the Vampire Brides arms, mouth covered, as they tried to let out screams that no one else could hear.
"My, My, you two are quite loud for insects. Look into my eyes."
As Shalltear says that, her eyes begin to glow red and the eyes of the two guards change color from brown to red. As soon as this happens, they stop their screaming and attempts at getting free. Shalltear gives the Vampire Brides a nod, letting them know it is OK to release them. They just stare at Shalltear like they are transfixed on her.
"Now, tell me how many people are inside that cave?" Shalltear asks
"Yes Mistress, there are approximately 50 people inside the cave over there." he says
"Well, that is quite a few people. I didn't think I would get this lucky on the first try. How many of them can use martial arts or magic?" she asks her new slave
"There are no magic users amongst us Mistress, but there is one who can use martial arts." the other man says to her
"Oh, a martial art user on the first go. What is this humans name slave?" Shalltear asks
"His name is Brain Unglaus Mistress. Would you like us to bring him out to you Mistress?" the man says
"No, that would ruin all the fun! Since there is only one person I need to bring back with me, I want to have some fun!" she says
"What can we do to make you happy Mistress?" the men say to her
"Hmm... since you are worthless, how about you die?!"
As Shalltear finishes her words, she swings her hand horizontally in front of both men. After a few second pause of nothing happening, both men's heads slide off their body and blood is spraying all over the place. As it reaches the air, it begins to form into a ball behind Shalltear. She looks at her Vampire Brides and gives them orders.
"You may go have fun first. Just remember to leave some for me and do not touch the one they called Brain." Shalltear tells them
"Yes, Mistress." the Vampire Brides reply and head off into the cave entrance.
As the clamor from outside filtered into the private room, the hand working on a weapon paused, and a pair of ears pricked up. There was the sound of fighting, people running, and some screams mixed in. They had been attacked, but there was still no idea of the attackers' numbers and their abilities. This was in spite of being trained to loudly shout that information when an attack came.
He could still hear something. This might have been a private room, but it was within a cave and had only a curtain in place of a door. The only thing separating this place from the entrance was distance, and while the curtain was thick, a sound could still get in. There were close to seventy people in the mercenary band known as the Death-Spreading Brigade. They were not as strong as him, but they were still grizzled veterans.
A raid by a small number of men would not cause such chaos. With that in mind, it might be reasonable to deduce that a large force had descended upon them. However, that did not explain why there was no sound of a great host outside, and the enemy did not feel that numerous.
"Hmm... I wonder if it is a group of adventurers?" Brain said to no one.
It is the only reason he can think of how a small group of people could make it inside the cave. He slowly rose to his feet, hanging his weapon at his waist. He put on a chain shirt, which did not take much time to don. Then, he attached a leather pouch with several potion bottles to his belt and tied it in place. Since he was already wearing his enchanted necklace and rings, his preparations were now complete.
He opened the curtain and stepped onto the path headed towards the entrance. As he was making his way towards the noise, another man came running down the hall towards him and away from the sounds of fighting. Brain stopped the man to question what the hell was going on.
"What is happening up there?" Brain asks
"Brain! The enemy is attacking us." the man says
"Well, no shit dummy. How many of them are there and what do they look like?" he asks the obviously terrified man
"There are two women attacking us Brain." the man says
"Two women huh. Well, that shouldn't be much for me to handle unless it is two of the women from Blue Rose. I might be able to take them depending on which two it is." he says to the man
"Be c-c-careful Brain. Those women are more powerful then any I have seen before." the man says
"Oh don't worry about that. You just make sure to guard the inside and wait for my triumphant return!" Brain tells him
After giving the terrified man his orders, Brain walked towards the entrance with a smile on his face. He had been jumping from mercenary band to mercenary band over the last few years honing his skills. Doing everything in his power to get to the level where he could defeat Gazef Stronoff.
Losing to him was the first time Brain had ever lost to anyone in his life. It had become his only goal to surpass him no matter what it took. That is why Brain was traveling with such a shady group of people. He didn't care much for what they did but they regularly got into battles and it gave Brain a lot of practice.
As he got closer and closer to the entrance, the smell of blood got heavier and heavier in the air. Until finally, two women appeared in front of him. Women might be an over exaggeration, they looked more like extremely pale teenagers. The only logical conclusion Brain could make as to how two girls like this could make it this far is that they were magic casters of some sort. Both of them wore dresses, garments that were unsuitable for combat. However, if they were magic casters, he could understand why they did not wear armor.
"Hmm... you two must be magic casters to make it this far wearing that..." he points at their dresses.
"We are divine magic caster of the first Divine Ancestors Kain and Able." one of the Vampire Brides says to him
"Who the hell are Kain and Able? Never heard of them." Brain says
"They were evil deities who were defeated by the supreme beings. It was part of some event boss the supreme ones were talking about." the Vampire Bride says to him
Right as the Vampire Bride was finishing, Shalltear had finally caught up to them. She had just been leisurely strolling through the cave, slaughtering the remaining mercenaries as their blood collected in the ball floating above her head.
"Oh, did you two find someone you could actually play with instead of just killing them in one hit?" Shalltear asks them
Brain looks at the newcomer when she finally gets into the light. Shalltear is a vampire of short stature and has the appearance of a buxom fourteen-year-old girl. Described as a true beauty, she has pale shiny skin, seductive red eyes, and fine facial features. Shalltear's silver hair is tied in a ponytail through a large ribbon on top of it all, allowing others full view of her face. Shalltear wears a deep purple evening dress with a big heavy skirt. Her upper body is dressed in a lace embellished ribbon and a short tailored jacket with sleeves that extend all the way to her wrists.
"No Mistress, this one likes to talk. We shall slaughter him now if you like." the Vampire Bride says to her
"Hmm... you fit the description that lowly insect gave of the martial art user in this cave. Are you Brain Unglaus by any chance?" Shalltear asks him
"I see even crazy ass magic casters know the name Brain Unglaus. Sorry no autographs, I can't let you go any farther then here." he says
"Fufufufufu... HAHAHAHAHAHA..." Shalltear can't help but laugh uncontrollably "you are not famous. I never heard of you until that worm at the entrance told me you could use martial arts. You seem pretty weak to me though. Do you think your martial arts can harm me?"
"I'm not too big on hurting little girls but if you try to get past me, I will stop you." Brain says
"Well then, I hope you are ready. The supreme being wanted you, so you better entertain me. Move aside, it is my turn." Shalltear says and shoves the Vampire Brides off to the side.
Brain stared silently at Shalltear, his eyes keen razors that would terrify even a hardened veteran. Her calmness irritated him, but on the flip side, that expression of hers played right into Brain's hands. It was the arrogance of the strong. This arrogance was one of the weapons humanity could use to defeat monsters, whose power outstripped that of human beings. In fact, Brain had played on this sort of opportunity before to defeat several monsters who were mightier than himself.
"Are you not going to use martial arts? I would give it all you got from the start or you won't last very long." she says to Brain
"Ha, like I would need martial arts to defeat a little brat like you." he says
Brain jumps forward and unsheathes his Katana. He slashed from the side, then countered with another slash towards Shalltear's neck, then another towards her stomach. Shalltear simply stood there with a bored look on her face, deflecting each strike of Brain's katana with nothing more then her fingernail. It was so boring she started to yawn at him.
"I told you to use martial arts, this is way too boring." Shalltear says to him mockingly
Brain jumps back to get some distance from the creature. He has no idea what this thing is but she is strong. The other two he figured out were probably vampires but this one seemed much stronger than them.
"Fine monster. If you want to see some martial arts. I'll show you some martial arts!" Brain says.
He focused his mind into a single point, and at the moment where it was fully concentrated, his awareness rebounded, expanding back outward. His perceptions were on a level where he was fully aware of everything around him; sounds, the air, and other sensory phenomena. This move was one of the original martial arts that he had created, Perception Field.
Its range was not great, only about three meters in radius, but the martial art allowed him to perceive everything within that radius. Combined with Brain's honed body, this martial art possessed extraordinary power. He was confident that he could emerge unscathed beneath a hail of arrows. In addition, his precision was such that he could cleave even a tiny grain of rice in two.
All he had to do was combine this with his newly developed martial art, God Flash and he would surely take down this monster. He created this martial arts combination to defeat Gazef, but this was a great way to test it out.
"Are you done with your preparations now?" Shalltear asks
"I am ready for your demise monster. Any last words?" Brain says
"You will soon be the toy of Lord Ainz. Enjoy your last moments with a will of your own insect." Shalltear says with an almost cheerful glee in her voice.
Shalltear strode forward like she was about to take a stroll in the park. She looked completely unguarded and defenseless to Brain. As she strode forward Brain was just waiting for his moment to attack. This overconfident monster would find out not to look down on mankind. Finally, she got within range and Brain unleashed his attack. It was headed right for the monster's neck.
'Got you monster!' Brain thinks to himself
There was a single word to describe the speed of this movement, lightning. By the time one saw it, one's head would have fallen, so quickly did it take place. After practicing millions of times, it was truly a divine flash. He stared in shock.
The blow had missed. The strike into which he had poured his entire being had been evaded. If that had happened, he might have been able to admit that he had met an unimaginably powerful opponent. However, Shalltear had caught it with her fingertips. She had caught Brain's lightning-fast strike.
In addition, she held his blade gently, like she was trying not to break it. Brain could not help but pant heavily, as he felt the air seem to freeze around him.
"T-T-That's impossible…" it is the only thing that he can get out of his mouth in his moment of disbelief.
"If that is all you got..."
Shalltear says while holding his blade. She looks him directly in the eye and uses her dominating gaze on him. Brain's brown eyes turned a deep crimson red. A much deeper shade then when Shalltear used her charming gaze on the guards at the front entrance.
"That's a good boy. Now, how many martial arts do you know insect?" Shalltear asks
"I know 8 martial arts mistress. Two of them are known only by me." dominated Brain says to her
"Oh, exclusive martial arts. I'm sure Lord Ainz will be glad to hear that. Is there anyone else in this cave?" she asks
"Yes Mistress, there were 5 people still behind me and one who ran past me on my way to meet you." he says
"Is there another way out of this cave?" she asks
"There is a secret exit tunnel at the back of the cave Mistress." he says
"Very good, Vampire Brides, go clear out the rest of the cave to the exit tunnel. You come too slave. I must make sure you are returned to Lord Ainz in one piece." she says to him
"Yes, Mistress!" Brain replies
As Shalltear and Brain made their way to the back of the cave to meet up with the Vampire Brides, she asked Brain about his martial arts. She needed to know if he was even worthy to be Lord Ainz toy in the future. When she found out he was one of the top three martial artists in the world according to him, it was shocking to her. He was weak beyond measure to Shalltear. She would have to try and find this Gazef Stronoff and Martial Lord. According to Brain, they were the only two who could defeat him in combat.
When they finally caught up to the Vampire Brides, they had already finished off the rest of the mercenaries in the cave. Shalltear heard the screams of pain and suffering coming from ahead when she was talking to Brain so she knew the Vampire Brides were doing their job. When she approached them, one of the brides informed her of something.
"Mistress, there is a group of people approaching this exit." she says
"Shall we go greet them then?" Shalltear says with a sadistic smile on her face. She rather enjoyed being out in the world having fun. It was much better than having to stay in Nazarick. She could prove her worth to Lord Ainz out here and she didn't have to put up with that smug bitch Albedo.
As they exited the cave, Shalltear saw the group the Vampire Bride was talking about. The front liners comprised three male warriors, each equipped with different gear, but all of them had on scale armor, with a weapon in hand and a large shield on their backs. Behind them was a red-haired female warrior in banded armor.
There was a lightly-dressed man holding a staff in the rear. He was probably an arcane magic caster. Beside him was a divine magic caster who wore a cleric's robe over his armor and had a holy symbol shaped like a flame around his neck. There were six of them in total, and although they were surprised at the sight of Shalltear as she emerged from the cave, they calmly went on alert, a movement born of accumulated experience.
"Oh, who are you sweet little snacks?" Shalltear asks them
"It's a vampire! Only silver or holy weapons will damage it! Do not look into her eyes. Everyone form up ranks so we can retreat." the divine magic caster yells to everyone.
Shalltear sees them pouring what looks like silver onto the blades of their weapons. She laughed on the inside knowing that even if their weapons were silver, they would do nothing to her if they weren't a certain level. There was no way these little bugs would have a weapon that hurt her in any way.
"Oh, that's cute. Sorry, but I can't let you escape." Shalltear says
*MASS HOLD SPECIES*
Shalltear could tell from the look of terror on the frozen faces that none of them expected her to be a magic caster. Since they had formed up ranks like a bunch of amateurs, they all fell within the area of effect of her spell. She slowly strolled up to the first front line fighter to inspect him. The smell of fear radiating off their bodies was intoxicating to Shalltear. She hadn't enjoyed this much fear in a long time. She leaned in close to the man so she was looking over his shoulder, right into the eyes of the divine magic caster who told them she was a vampire.
"Mmmm... your fear is intoxicating. I wonder what your blood tastes like?"
As Shalltear says that she pushes her hand straight through the man's armor, his chest, and straight out his back. When everyone sees her hand sticking out of the back of him, tears begin to roll down their eyes. When they realize she is holding his heart in her hand they understand what awaits them is worse than death.
Shalltear pulls her hand out from the man. Her right arm is covered in his blood and some of it splashed on her doll-like face. The man drops to the ground dead and Shalltear proceeds to eat his heart. She has a sadistic smile on her face as she is licking her lips clean of the blood.
*ANIMATE DEAD*
Shalltear casts her spell and the man with the hole in his chest begins to shake and stand up. Once he stands in front of Shalltear, she reaches her left hand inside the blood ball above her and pulls out what looks to be a black dead heart. She throws it right into the zombie's open chest.
The heart stops in the middle of his chest and begins to beat slowly. The giant hole in his chest begins to close up, his skin starts turning a pale complexion, his hair starts falling out, he grows fangs, and his hands begin to transform into claws. When the transformation is complete the former zombie standing there is now a lesser vampire.
Every one of the party members is shocked at this. None of them can say a word because of the hold spell on them but they are all terrified beyond words. Shalltear can sense the fear and terror getting heavier in the air and it just gets her more excited.
"Mmmm yes, I love your terror. It fills me with joy, my little toys."
She walks over to the fighter on her left and gets right up to his ear. She whispers right into his ear...
"I wonder, do you taste as good as your friend?"
She glances at his eyes and sees he has tears running down them. She takes her snake-like tongue and licks the tears from his eyes. The man just begins streaming more tears down his cheek at the sheer terror he is facing right now.
"Mmmm tears are delicious. All of this has gotten me so wet but no man could ever satisfy me who wasn't my glorious master."
Her gaze turns towards the red-headed woman just off to her left. She was the only woman here and Shalltear wondered if she would make a good Vampire Bride. She made her way over to the woman to inspect her. Her face wasn't bad, she wasn't beautiful by any means but the transformation would make her look better. Shalltear felt her breasts and found them to be up to her standards. She figured she was a large B maybe a small C. They would do for her needs. She felt her way down her body. She had a nice toned stomach, firm ass, and as Shalltear was about to feel her thighs, she noticed she was holding something in her right hand. When she saw what was in her hand, she took a step back and gasped.
"You have been given orders by the supreme beings?!"
*CHARM SPECIES*
Shalltear casts another spell on the girl then dismisses the hold on her. Her eyes seemed to glaze over when Shalltear casts the spell. She had to figure out why in the hell this girl had one of the potions from Nazarick on her.
"Where did you get that potion?"
"It was given to me by an adventurer as payment for my broken potion." Brita says to her
"What city was this in?" Shalltear asks
"E-Rantel" Brita says
'Shit, the supreme ones might have given this insect a mission. I'm going to have to let her go somewhere so she can continue with the supreme beings orders.' Shalltear thinks to herself
"Why are you out here?" Shalltear asks
"The 13 of us were told there was a band of mercenary thieves hiding in that cave. We were dispatched to arrest them if possible. Kill them if they wouldn't surrender." Brita says to her
"Wait, 13 of you? There are only 6 of you here?" Shalltear is wondering if this human can count.
"We split up into two groups. There was a scout in the treeline behind us. I am sure he has made it back to the other party by now and informed them of what happened." Brita says
"GGGGrrrrrrrrrrr... stupid insect humans... AAAAAhhhhhhh..."
Shalltear is starting to get really angry thinking information about her being here might already get out. She couldn't fail her mission on the first day for Lord Ainz. She would never forgive herself for being this incompetent.
*SUMMON HOUSEHOLD*
She summons her vampire bats, rats, and wolves to give them orders.
"Go into the next clearing and kill any human you see." she tells the summons. She then turns her attention back to Brita.
"Who are the other seven people with you?" she asks
"I have never met them before. The all wore similarly colored armor and all had the same symbol somewhere on their armor. There was one woman wearing a dress that certainly didn't go with her personal appearance. I didn't speak to them so I don't know where they are from." she tells her
"Where did yo-" Shalltear stops her question when she sees a flash of light in the clearing through the trees and feels her entire household die. She growls in frustration and lunges for the farthest man. She brings her hand down vertically and slices the man clean in two with one swipe of her hand. Blood is spurting everywhere and getting all over Shalltear.
"YOU THREE GO KILL EVERYONE OF THEM! I WANT TO BATHE IN THEIR BLOOD!" she yells at the Vampire Brides and the lesser vampire.
She realized she was going to have to send a message she absolutely didn't want to. She couldn't send it to Lord Ainz, she couldn't even begin to figure out how to tell him she failed already. Messaging Albedo was completely out of the question, ugly guerilla bitch. She was left with Lady Taylar. Maybe she wouldn't be as disappointed considering her nature.
"Brain, tie these three up starting with the casters. Watch them for me while I check this out. Defend yourself if you need to but try not to kill them. My lord has plans for them. You..." she points at Brita "stay here with him until I return for you."
"Yes, Mistress." Brain says
"Okay." says Brita
Shalltear pulls out some rope from her inventory and hands it to Brain. She had all kinds of different textures of rope. Her creator made sure there was always some for any occasion readily available to her. She was eternally grateful for this. It came in handy quite often. She turned her back to them to send the message she was dreading
{Lady Taylar, it is Shalltear Bloodfallen. I have run into a situation.}
{Yes Shalltear what is it?}
{I found a martial art user like Lord Ainz asked of me but there were adventurers sent to clear out the bandits. I found out there was a second group off in the distance with a scout. When I sent my household to handle it they were defeated. My brides and the lesser vampire I created are on their way to dea-}
Shalltear stops mid-sentence when she feels her Vampire Brides die along with her newly created lesser vampire. It sends Shalltear into a rage and she just starts screaming at the top of her lungs.
{"AAAARRRRRrrrggggggghhhhh... STUPID FUCKING HUMANS! WHY WON'T YOU ALL JUST DIE!"}
She lunges at the last male warrior bring both of her hands down and cutting both of his arms off. She quickly changes directions and cuts his legs off with her claws. As his torso and head are falling towards the ground, she takes one last swing of her claw and decapitates him before he can hit the ground. Blood is spraying everywhere, Brain and the magic casters get some splatter from it. It hits Brita a little on her boots and pants. Shalltear is completely covered in blood and still screaming at the top of her lungs
{Shalltear... Shalltear... SHALLTEAR!}
Taylar is trying to get her attention but nothing is working. She realizes she is about to overtaken by her blood frenzy and begins to panic a little...
Shalltears eyes fill with blood. Her hair goes from a nice tight ponytail to a disheveled mess. Her mouth twists into a hole of razor-sharp teeth, and her tongue grows and is hanging out of her mouth like a snake. She has turned into her True Ancestor form, the Lamprey. A creature whose only drive was blood and death. To bathe in the blood of its enemies is all a Lamprey desires, and once someone like Shalltear, a level 100, went into this kind of frenzy, it was nearly impossible to stop her.
Back with Ainz and company right after leaving the guild...
They had left the guild just a few minutes prior and were headed to the Bareare Shop. It was only about a ten-minute walk from the guild which wasn't bad considering the size of the city. They were going over the missions Ainz accepted and were deciding on how they should proceed with the three requests.
"So you want us to split up into two groups to subdue the centipede and basilisk?" Taylar asks him
"I figured it would make it go faster then we could have a couple days to just relax before we go turn in what is required to complete the mission." Ainz says to her
"But don't we still need Aura to track down that Cockatrice? We could just go do both of them together until she finds the last creature." Taylar says
"That is true but knowing Aura, she probably will find it relatively quickly. It wouldn't surprise me to hear from her in the next hour its location, and you have to remember. We are escorting Lizzie and Nfirea to Carne Village. That alone is going to take an entire day since we can't Gate there." Ainz tells her
"I still don't understand why we can't just teleport there with them. Nfirea already knows who we really are." Taylar says
"I don't want every person we possibly deal with to know who we really are. I didn't even really want to tell the Swords of Darkness our two identities. The fewer people who know, the better." Ainz says
"OK, I can agree on that point but I still don't like the splitting up. Do you want to go with Narberal and leave me and Albedo alone because you are tired of being around us?" Taylar pouts like a little child.
"N-N-N-No... why would you ever say something so ridiculous? I love both of you very much and could never get tired of being around you two." Ainz says a little flustered at the beginning
"I know! I just like seeing you get like that, and it's the only way I can get you to say things like that to Albedo and I, oh Supreme Overlord of Death hehe." Taylar giggles
"Hmph... you always have to be teasing me don't you? I think every time you tease me from now on, I am going to give a kiss to Albedo. How about that?"
"I love that idea!" Albedo yells
"Hey! You are supposed to be on my side in this!" Taylar says to Albedo
"S-S-Sorry Taylar but..."
"Yeah, I know. You'll take all the kisses you can get from him. I get it." Taylar says
"Looks like I win this time beautiful." Ainz smirks
"Enjoy it, it won't happen very often. Good thing I already set my plan in motion to step up my teasing game!" Taylar tells him
"Do I even want to know what that entails?" Ainz asks
"Oh don't worry. You will find out soon enough." Taylar gives him a mischievous grin
They are just a few hundred feet away from the Bareare Shop when Taylar receives a message. They all see her stop and Ainz can tell she is getting a message from someone. After about a minute, they see a panicked look on her face.
"In the alley now!" Taylar says and bolts off into the closest alleyway.
Once they are in the alley she looks around to make sure no one can see them.
*GREATER SCRYING*
*DISCERN LOCATION - SHALLTEAR BLOODFALLEN*
As Taylar casts her spell the scrying window pops up in the air in front of her. She can see Shalltear sprinting towards the woods and she remembers what she told her in her message. She moves her scrying to the clearing where Shalltear is running towards to get a look at the party who killed her household and vampires.
When Taylar moved her scrying view she could see seven people standing in the clearing. Their armors all had similar colors and she could see a symbol on all the armors in different places. The only person in the group not wearing the black colored armor was an older woman wearing a white dress with a dragon wrapped around as its design. Ainz and Taylar immediately knew what that woman was wearing.
"Holy shit does that woman have on the Downfall of Castle and Country!" Ainz says
"Yes and Shalltear is running right at them in a Blood Frenzy. If they hit her with that they will take control of her mind. We have to save Shalltear." Taylar says
"Albedo, equip Ginnungagap. Taylar did you bring a World Item?" Ainz asks
"Yep" Taylar reaches into her inventory and pulls out the Holy Grail.
"I am going to open the Gate in the sky above so Albedo equip your flying necklace. Narberal stay here, you have nothing to protect you from a world item." Ainz says
"But Lord Ainz..." Narberal is interrupted
"No buts, stay here, we will be right back. Inform Pandora what is happening and have him raise Nazarick's security to maximum." Ainz says
*GATE*
Shalltear is sprinting through the forest headed towards the area her servants were defeated at in her Blood Frenzy. Once she finally clears the forest, she can see the seven people Brita was talking about. She notices the male warrior standing at the front and he seems to be strong. Well, stronger then the insects she had been trampling up until now. As she is getting closer to dispose of these measly insects, she hears the man yell out.
"Do it now Lady Kaire!"
Shalltear could sense the power of the item about to be used and it made her shiver. This was the first time which Shalltear, as a Guardian, one of the highest-ranking beings in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, had ever shivered. You could call it a warning from a sixth sense. Shalltear's eyes turned, intending to seize the old lady her instincts were warning her about. That human had to die at all costs.
Right as Shalltear changed directions to go after the woman, a dragon that looked like it was made of yellow light began to leave the dress the woman was wearing. At the same time, three streaks quickly descended from the skies. One of them was white, the other two were black. They were moving so fast no one could make out what they were. They landed right in between the party and the vampire, directly in the path of the dragon that was headed to take over Shalltear's mind and kicked up a massive cloud of dust from the landing.
Lady Kaire could feel the Downfall of Castle and Country impact one of the things that landed between her and her target. What caught her completely off guard was the fact she could feel it not work on whatever was in between them. Nothing had ever resisted the sacred treasure left by the gods. They even planned to use it on the Dragon Lords if they ever tried to invade the Slaine Theocracy.
When the dust finally settled, they could finally see who blocked their attack and it made them all gasp in unison. Standing in front of them were two angels and what looked like a woman in black full plate. The angel with the white wings had her wings folded in front of her like a shield. She must have been the one to block the attack. The other angel looked like Death Incarnate. Black wings, covered head to toe in a black cloak, and it was wielding a scythe with a black handle adorned with various colored gems and the blade looked to be made out of blood. When the angel with the white wings folded them back behind her they were all stunned at the beauty of her. What came out of her mouth shocked all of them.
"You fuckers from the Slaine Theocracy are really starting to get on my nerves." Taylar says to the group
"SHALLTEAR BLOODFALLEN! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!" Ainz yells at her
Shalltear stops dead in her tracks, it seems the voice of her lord finally snapped Shalltear out of her frenzy and she begins to transform back into her True Vampire form.
"Why can't you stay in your own country? You seem to like to invade other peoples territory you pieces of garbage." Taylar says
No one in the group knows what to say right now. To them, angels were sacred beings that protected the Slaine Theocracy and their divine magic casters. To have one scolding them for trying to control a vampire was a situation that left them all speechless right now. Finally, the man with the long black hair wielding a spear collected himself enough to speak.
"What is an angel doing protecting a monster like that?" he asks
"While it is true she can be quite brutal, she was created that way and I cannot hold that against her. I would take her over any of you any day." Taylar says
"How could an angel pick a monster over humans? Angels are the protectors of mankind!" he says
"Hahahahaha... yeah I don't think so. Countries like yours piss me off. You claim to fight for what is right and all humanity yet you send your special ops to kill other humans like Gazef Stronoff or innocent villagers who have done nothing to you. Your entire country is worse than garbage. You think as a heteromorphic race myself, I would side with someone like you over my own kind? You are even dumber and blinder then I thought." Taylar says.
Even Ainz can hear the venom in her voice when she is speaking to this man. It seems she truly detests this country. He would definitely need to talk to her about this when this was over.
{Taylar, the man you are speaking to is level 65, the rest of them are just below level 50 and they all have on better gear then anyone we have come across yet in this world. Don't underestimate them because you are angry.}
{I won't. We need to question them.}
"If that is how you feel then you can perish with the rest of the monsters!" he says
The man takes a look back to Lady Kaire and she shakes her head at him. That was to indicate she couldn't use the Downfall of Castle and Country again yet.
"Oh don't worry. You still have six more minutes before she can use that again, but this will be over before that happens." Taylar says
"Albedo, you can play with their leader but try not to kill him. I will deal with the rest of them, Shalltear guard Taylar." Ainz orders
"Oh no, I'm definitely getting in on this. I'm sick of these damn people. That old bitch wearing a dress she shouldn't be is mine. The rest is up for grabs." Taylar says.
She pulls both of her wakizashi from behind her back and gets ready to attack. All four of them take off towards the scripture. The moment they do, Ainz casts a silent spell.
*[SILENT] TIME STOP*
Ainz knew all three of the women with him had time stop countermeasures so he knew they would be able to act just fine. This scripture of the Slaine Theocracy is in for a surprise when the time stop ends. He could only imagine what it must look like to them. He has no experience being time stopped since he and everyone else in Ainz Ooal Gown all had countermeasures for it since they were level 70. They all move into position quickly towards their intended targets waiting for the time stop to end.
To the six members of the Black Scripture and Lady Kaire, it looked like the beings attacking them took a step forward and simply vanished. In reality, six seconds had passed since they took their first steps, but since none of them had countermeasures for Time Stop, it simply looked like the beings disappeared from their spots.
Ainz appeared in between a man dual wielding shields and another man who had a gigantic ax as his weapon. Taylar appeared right in front of Lady Kaire and directed Shalltear to the male magic caster standing behind her. Albedo strolled right in front of the captain to teach him a lesson for talking to Lady Taylar like that. She would enjoy playing with this human until he fully gave into his despair.
When the time stop ended Ainz swung horizontally and cut the dual shield users shields cleanly in two. The bottoms of the shields fell to the ground like he was cutting through paper. The man with the gigantic ax quickly raised his weapon to block the incoming cleave attack from Ainz, only to have his blade broken when the scythe impacted it. Ainz kept his momentum going like a whirlwind attack bringing the side of his scythe without the blade directly into the shield users chest knocking the wind out of him. The ax-wielder swung the hilt with no blade at Ainz to try and stop him from attacking but Ainz simply let him connect since his weapon wasn't high enough level to do any damage to him and used the opening to hit the man in the head with the blunt end of the scythe. The man stumbled back and Ainz took the opening to hit him again in the same spot knocking the man out. He used that momentum to bring his scythe down on the man he knocked the wind out of, knocking him out in the process.
Taylar did not want to damage the Downfall of Castle and Country so she sliced at Lady Kaire's legs to prevent her from running. Lady Kaire fell to her knees from the sharp pain. When her knees hit the ground, Taylar used the hilt of the weapon in her right hand and struck her on the back of the head to knock her out. She might not be a fighter, but she still had the stats of a level 100 and easily knocked out the old woman.
Shalltear was standing in front of the male magic caster. She remembered how easily she put her claw completely through the last fighter who she attacked and knew she couldn't hit this one with all her strength or he would die. She balled her fist up and struck him at half strength right in the chest. The man went flying backward about 15 feet and landed on the ground in a heap. He didn't move a muscle after he stopped skidding and Shalltear hoped she didn't kill him with that weak ass punch.
The two members of the Black Scripture who weren't instantly attacked should have been helping their comrades. The woman should have been healing her companions and the man should have been summoning his Giant Basilisk's but they were so stunned at the turn of events they couldn't think straight. They were the strongest unit in this world and they were being toyed with like children. It sent a shiver down their spines and delayed them from acting which prevented them from giving any kind of help to their allies.
By the time they snapped out of it and were going to act, Taylar had appeared in front of the divine magic caster and Ainz had appeared in front of the summoner. They both easily dispatched the magic casters with minimal effort and they all began securing the prisoners while Albedo had her fun with their leader.
Unlike the others, Albedo did not attack as soon as the time stop ended. She moved in front of the captain but made no other move than that. She wanted to show this human how truly weak he was. Once the time stop ended she simply pointed at him and said...
"You, who dared to insult Lady Taylar. I will show you how truly weak and pathetic you are human!"
"Underestimating me will be your downfall creature!" he says
He brings his spear back to attack Albedo and thrusts it forward right towards her neck. If he was fighting a human, or anyone else from this world, the attack would be faster then the eye can see, but to Albedo it was as slow as molasses. It was like a child who picked up their first weapon and tried to stab a veteran soldier. She easily parried it with her shield. He continued thrusting his spear at her, aiming at different vital points on the body but none of his attacks could get through her defenses.
For the first time he can remember, he was beginning to lose his cool. As the captain of the Black Scripture, he had to be calm and level-headed all the time but the ease at which this woman was blocking his attacks was angering him more and more by the second.
"Is that all you can do is block you pathetic creature! You will never defeat me like that!" he screams at her
"Oh no, I am judging your strength by your attacks that way when I do attack you, you don't die instantly. The Supreme Overlord of Death has questions for you and I don't want to accidentally kill you and displease him." Albedo tells him.
He can't see the smug grin on her face but it was pretty well conveyed in her tone of voice. This just makes him angrier and he begins attacking even faster than before. As he thrusts forward again, Albedo deflects his attack with her ax and shield bashes him directly in the face, stunning the man for a moment. Before he can raise his spear up, she kicks him directly in the gut making him lose his wind for a moment and bend over. Albedo takes this opportunity to bring her shield down on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious like the rest of his companions.
"How weak and pathetic. You are lucky my beloved wants you alive or I would have torn you limb from limb maggot." Albedo tells the unconscious man
"Well, that was easier then I thought it would be. I at least expected a couple of them to have Time Stop countermeasures. Well, free loot I suppose. It's too bad I destroyed those two shields and that ax." Ainz just shrugs at the end.
"Well, you keep fighting like you are still in Yggdrasil. Not everyone is gunning for you because you are one of the top 3 PvP players. They have no idea of your strength in this world. You are lucky we have anti-scrying rings on us. If they have as many divine casters as I believe they do, I'm sure they have plenty of people who can do that." Taylar says
"Well, let's strip them and take them back to Nazarick. I have questions for them and I'm sure you do to Taylar. I don't think I've ever seen you that mad before." Ainz says as he begins taking their equipment. He knows without it they don't stand a chance of getting out of the restraints.
"Well I'm not big on religious zealots and I can't stand people who judge others before they know them. The Slaine Theocracy seems to have a lot of both." she says to him
"Shalltear, tie them up after we strip them and take the Downfall of Castle and Country off that old woman. Albedo, good job not killing that man. He was the highest level person we have come across so far. He was 20 levels higher then Gazef. I want to know how a human that young got that strong. He will be of great use to us." Ainz says
"That Downfall of Castle and Country is kind of cute, not on that old woman, but maybe on one of us." Taylar says
Ainz just glances over at her and can't help but shake his head.
"Only you would think of a World Item as a fashion accessory Taylar." he says
{Mare, meet me at the entrance to Nazarick with mine, Taylar's, and Albedo's rings of Ainz Ooal Gown. We have some new guests for Neuronist. I want to deliver them personally, I have a special request for one of them.}
{Y-Y-Yes Lord Ainz! I will be t-t-there as fast as p-p-possible!}
{Narberal Gamma, we are taking our new friends to the frozen prison. We will gate back to your location when we are finished to escort the Bareare's.}
{As you command, Lord Ainz.}
"Lord Ainz." Shalltear says hesitantly
"What is it Shalltear." he says
"I captured some people before this happened. They are in the other clearing awaiting my return." she says
"Ahh, that is good. I was going to cancel your mission but it seems you already got me a martial art user and completed it on the first day. Who are the other people?" he asks
"One is a divine caster, another is an arcane caster, and the last one..." she hesitates to tell him she charmed someone they had given orders to.
"Shalltear, who is the last one?" Ainz asks
"I believe you may have given her orders Lord Ainz. I was going to let her go but I wasn't sure what to do with her." Shalltear finally says
"Hmm... I don't remember giving orders to a human. What makes you think we did?" he asks
"She had a red potion from Nazarick and said it was given to her at an Inn in E-Rantel. I thought you would be the only one who would have something like that Lord Ainz." she replies
Ainz racks his brain for a second and then it hits him
"Oh, that must be the woman Albedo gave that potion to. The one that led Nfirea and Lizzie to us. We didn't give her orders per se but I suppose she did help us out. Taylar, what should we do with her?" he asks
"Umm... I can just wipe her memory of the last few hours and we can drop her off outside Carne Village." she replies to him
"OK, that sounds like a plan. Let's go get our other guests and head home." Ainz says
After they were finished, Ainz opened a Gate to Nazarick to find Mare waiting for them. They took the prisoners to the fifth floor and Ainz gave Neuronist his instructions. They needed to get Lizzie and Nfirea to Carne Village quickly. He even contemplated just using a Gate to get them there but still didn't think it was a good idea to let Lizzie know they could use magic of that caliber. Ainz thought it was even better now that he took three requests at once. The guild would expect him to be gone for a while and it would give him time to get the answers he wanted.
Once they finished up there, they headed back to E-Rantel to escort their new potion makers. The journey only took a day and they didn't run into any problems on the way. The golems had finished constructing their new house/lab yesterday. When your labor doesn't need to eat, drink, or sleep, it makes construction go much faster than normal.
Ainz wanted to question the prisoners tonight but they didn't get back until after midnight and he wanted a clear mind for it. They decided to go to sleep for a little bit to collect their thoughts. For some reason, Taylar and Albedo said they needed to talk in the other room for a bit before bed. Ainz had no idea what it could be about but it's not like he understood women at all.
Inside Albedo's room, not that she slept here anymore, Taylar and Albedo were having an interesting conversation.
"See, I told you. I knew you could make them." Taylar says
"T-T-Taylar are you sure about this?" Albedo asks
"Yes, I'm sure he will love them. It's not like you to be shy Albedo. Especially about something like this." Taylar says
"I just want to make sure you are really OK with this." Albedo says to her
"I wouldn't have suggested you make them if I wasn't OK with it. You got incredible seamstress skills Albedo. We might as well use them for something. It's not like the things made in this world are of great quality." Taylar tells her
"If you are OK with it then I feel much better. I am ready if you are." Albedo says
"OK, let's go back to our room then." Taylar says to her
And there is chapter 10... hope you liked it... until next time!