Answers to some of your comments:
to Naphtali0501: I explicitely stated in the first chapter that Momonga doesn't know if the description affects anything, he knows that in cannon story because of Albedo, who wasn't in the sidestory.
to syentrophy (and everyone else who will write in something else than english) : Pls english, I don't understand shit and won't put it in google
to Van the Rogue Soul Drinker (next time just Van): Thanks to your comment I realized the scene that explained the reason (at the start of story) somehow got removed, I have no clue how or why it happened, but there is a reference to it at the end - 'wild magic inside of him was fusing with the orb' - I will try to somehow dig it up or write it again before I release this chapter. (also used the opportunity to edit some mistakes that I found)
to cheesecakevanila: Ancient one IS a canon character, in fact one form Nine's own goal. Bringing in nishikienrai at this stage is kinda impossible... maybe, actually it is possible now that I think about it but those are mayhaps spoilers... and maybe it won't happen so they aren't, still not 100% fixed story.
And the reason I brought him and not more well know character is simple: I wanted an illusionist in the guild and also having there someone who is viewed little like authority figure (like Punnito moe, but he was kinda always stereotype the guy who is shouting at others... there is a LOT of that in other fanfictions). And (again) a lot of other fanfictions have Nishiki too.
"speech"
[spells. skills, martial arts]
{messages}
'thoughts'
"MY FRIENDS ! WELCOME IN A NEW WORLD!"
After his shout, there was a brief silence, where everyone in the room looked at him a little confused.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Three shouts suddenly pierced the silence and made everyone jump in surprise and look at the source of the unexpected sound.
The source were, still screaming Nubo, panic reflecting in his eye, and the two slimes, who were erratically shaking and screaming at the same time.
"Are you alright ? What is going on ?!" Ancient one asked, concerned for his friends as they suddenly started screaming, apparently for no reason.
[Triple maximize magic: Perfect prolonged dispel]
A tenth tier spell was suddenly casted by Yamaiko on her three screaming comrades. This spell was her strongest cleansing tool. Technically its dispelling properties were worse than its ninth-tier counterpart:Perfect dispel. However, where this spell excelled was, that it technically applied the ninth-tier spell to the target continuously for three minutes straight. Of course, to balance this, there was only a chance that any status effects would be dispelled, where even low-tier ones were not guaranteed to be dispelled instantly. Maximizing this spell meant, that it will dispel surely anything that was not a maximized 10-tier curse or hex. And of course, as it was applied continously during three minutes, even those would be eventually dispelled. Only rare heteromorph class + race combos that focused on curses (Tabula) could buff some of their hexes to work even when this spell was active. That is also why casting this spell with the maximize metamagic costed extreme amount of mana. This spell Yamaiko just casted costed her about fourth of her total mana pool. Of course, she with her high regeneration will regenerate her whole mana pool in about 30 minutes, so she could use expensive spells without worry as long as she was not spamming them outright.
Lighting up with white color, the three calmed down a little and tried to answer, all at once.
"My..can't..of..vision...360..all..this..at..now..vision"
With all three of them talking together it was difficult to determine what each of them was saying, but it seemed that all of them had the same problem, namely seeing in 360 degrees, which was something they were NOT used to.
"Are you saying you have 360 degrees vision ? But that should not be possible with just VR..." Ancient one hummed in thought and saw how Peroroncino and Ulbert are feeling their feathers/fur with great interest.
Seeing this he changed into his angelic form and stroked his wings. There was no doubt that he was feeling them now. Something that had never happened before.
"Menu and GM call also doesn't work" said Tabula excitedly, his tentacles wriggling in excitement as this situation was completely outside of what was normal in game.
Momonga looked at his friends, feeling proud that they are also trying to verify that they had been isekaid. They already formed groups and were investigating on their own.
Nubo and the slimes were still calming down still under the effect of Yamaiko's spell. While the nephilim was trying to make them think and solve the problem without any further panic.
Peroroncino stopped examining his feathers and moved a little away, to thoroughly check if 18+ actions were still banned.
Ulbert started quietly cackling like a maniac, just like he was used to during moments of triumph in the game. Some of his friends would call it 'Mad celebration'.
Tabula was stroking his tentacles with great interest and Touch me was spamming his healing abilities on his daughter, who still was trying to make the menu work, quite desperately too.
Seeing Ancient one approach him, Momonga turned to fully face him.
"It seems madness has not claimed you yet my friend, please accept my apology." The illusionist said, little embarrased.
"No problem Ancient one-san. I understand that it would require quite the suspension of disbelief for everyone to believe this would happen". Retorted the overlord.
"Excuse me, but I have to say something." Said Yui loudly enough for everyone to hear her. She bowed her head and said. "I apologize for believing you all were crazy nerds that believed in fairytales to comfort yourself from harsh reality and I am extra sorry for thinking you are batshit insane, Momonga-san."
"IT'S MOMONGA-SAMA FOR YOU!" Suddenly sounded behind them all.
All the players almost jumped in shock as their gaze fell on Albedo, rage distorting her normally beautiful features.
"FOR EVEN THINKING SOMETHING SO RUDE TOWARDS THE SUPREME ONES, YOU DESERVE THOUSAND DEATHS, YOU PATHETIC INSECT!" The succubus shouted and turned Ginnungagap into bardiche,preparing to strike down the low-level human.
She moved faster than any of the shocked players could react, except two.
[Grasp Heart]
[Disarming strike]
Momonga immediately casted the ninth-tier spell, it was not enough to kill Albedo, not by a longshot, but it stunned her, giving Touch me more than enough time to bash her weapon with his shield and send it flying away, he then wanted to aim a punch at her face, however before that could happen, another player reacted, preventing harm to his creation, someone he could view as his daughter.
[Mental block]
Invoked Tabula a skill that prevented players from doing a specified action for a short duration.
Touch me froze, unable to connect his fist with Albedo's face. The stun weared off on Albedo, she immediately jumped back. Touch me thought this is an evasive action to create distance and unsheathed his sword, with full intention to either kill the succubus, or incapacitate her even if Tabula tried to intervene. However before he could do anything, Momonga held out his hand in front of him, signing to look carefully at Albedo.
The succubus immediately prostrated herself towards all of them and cried in confusion and despair.
"Momonga-sama and other Touch me-sama, please forgive this lowly one for acting without your permission, I will gladly offer my head if it will appease your rage!"
Everyone was quite stunned by this intense statement. So much so that everyone finally noticed that Yui is on the verge of fainting from Albedo's killing intent and Ulbert is still in his own little world, madly cackling and laughing in a very demon-like fashion.
'Leave them alone for a minute and they are at each other's throats.' Ancient one mused as he thought of a way how to defuse the situation.
"It's okay my dear, you may rise and explain what possessed you to act in such a way." He said, trying to sound calm, then he added. "Yamaiko, could you please bring our chunni back into reality ?"
"With pleasure."
The irony was not lost on the players that this was now adressed as 'reality' even thought they would consider this impossible five minutes ago, also that normally calm and gentle Yamaiko gleefully punched their resident demon into the back of his head, making him stumble.
"Start paying attention and stop making so much noise !" She shouted.
Everyone could almost imagine her disciplining a misbehaving child like this. It was precisely the difference between her calm and angry self, that all players gave her the nickname of 'muscle-brained sensei'.
Ulbert just quietly apologized and started paying attention. Sadly for some, the punch hadn't knocked him against the floor, as Yamaiko's innate knockback properties were not enough to overcome the demon's balance and defenses. With her weapons equiped though, she would flatten him as a pancake, in spite of it dealing little damage.
With Ulbert gone quiet, Albedo started to explain and tried to supress her crying for being attacked by her beloved over defending his honor.
"I am sorry, I just couldn't stand a human insulting Momonga-sama and the other Supreme beings like that, especially when you were so kind as to allow her to be here, in your esteemed presence." She stated, without directing any insult towards Yui, as much as she would like to give that human a piece of her mind, or torture her to death if her masters would allow that.
"'That human' as you call her, is my daughter." Growled Touch me before anyone could come up with an answer that would make Albedo feel a little better and make her feel less animosity towards Yui, and mostly won't give her any room to associate them with humans, thus not giving Albedo reason to attack or rebel against them.
Of course, all diplomacy went out of the window when Touch me just triggered all the red flags they desperately wanted to avoid, not to mention he was still on full alert standing between those two as a body shield and healing his daughter with a skill.
"Touch me-sama's daughter ?!" Two voices were heard gasping at the statement. First was Albedo and the second one was an elderly butler still kneeling at the base of the stairs, Sebas.
The players immediately assumed the worst and shifted into a more battle-ready position. After all, Albedo hates humans and Sebas might feel insulted that he has been abandoned while someone else gets all the attention of his creator.
{Momonga-san, defuse the situation please, I wrote in Albedo's backstory that she loves you so maybe you can calm her down and we can avoid confrontation.} Tabula messaged the overlord, hoping to avoid a clash with his creation.
At this message, the battle-ready skeleton almost turned his head 180 degrees, as he heard the shocking news from Tabula.
'What the hell possessed him to do that ? Not to mention, it's the same as that joke I wrote last time...' Something clicked into place. A dreadful realization. Something he had never considered. Never WANTED to consider.
"It was for me, wasn't it ?" The overlord quietly mumbled, not even aware he said those words aloud.
The realization hit him hard. Almost as hard as the sight of the obliterated city where the New Ainz Ooal Gown was staying. Sadness, guilt and despair filled him so much that his Emotional Supressor couldn't keep up. Nazarick wasn't destroying countries for their pleasure. It was for him. To find him. Albedo probably assumed control and wanted to get any news about him, find him, win his love-
"Yes Momonga-sama, I just couldn't bear anyone insulting you." Albedo almost cried out, breaking the overlord out of his thoughts. "Even moreso when the insults were aimed at every supreme being present." She quickly added, eyes nervously darting upon the players.
Momonga felt a ping near his temple and then it was as if his mind was connected to a telepatic web of channels.
{Momonga-san, can you hear us ?} A new voice was heard in his head. And suprisingly, the overlord instinctively knew it belonged to Nubo. 'Funny, 200 years in this world and I still find something suprising about how magic here works after five minutes of my second transportation', he mused and answered.
{Yes Nubo-san, I take it that everyone is connected to your 9-th tier Secure network spell ?}
While telepathic communication (message) was just a second-tier spell that could be used a lot, it only allowed communication between 2 individuals, to have more you had to use 6-th tier spell: Advanced communication, however both spell, especially Advanced communication were susceptible to 5-th tier spell: Telepathic break that allowed to break connection and put cooldown in place and 6-th tier spell Telepathic breach, that allowed to listen in on a conversation. Secure network was protected from such spells and only Nubo learned it in their guild, as it required to have information-gathering classes.
{Yes, Momonga-san, everyone is here}
A new, melodic voice was heard and it was identified as Ancient one's, who then continued.
{Please defuse the situation quickly, we would like to talk more about our new bodies and NPCs in private, also try to make sure that Albedo won't repeat such a stunt again, she would be unusable for negotiations of any kind were that to happen again.}
Putting his 200 years of experience quickly to work, Momonga magnanimously stated "You are forgiven Albedo, but next time wait for permission before retaliating for mere insults." He stated, carefully adding that it was only for insults that she should not attack immediately.
"I also want you to go and inform every floor guardian and other high-ranking NP..servant that Yui should not be attacked."
To those words Albedo bowed and was about to leave, when "A moment please." Ancient one called to her.
"How would you define the term 'NPC' ?" He asked, testing the waters.
"This term means every denizen of Nazarick, except Supreme beings, but I must apologize, as I don't know what it literally stands for." She said with an apologetic tone.
"That is fine, you can leave now." Mentioned Ancient one and Albedo picked up her weapon and left.
{Fascinating, it seems our NPCs know game-terms but do not know what they stand for... Could it be... Could they have memories of our time here when it was just a game ?} Started Tabula theorizing.
{I think it is very likely so.} Stated Momonga, who knew it was the only way how to explain the behavior of Nazarick before his time return.
{Also Tabula-san...} he said in an icy cold tone, making said squidhead flinch {what have possessed you to make Albedo love me ?}
{Ehm... it was just supposed to be a reward for you for bringing us here... ?}
{What the hell ?! We established that descriptions probably have an effect, and even after that you decided to just randomly type something in her bio and keep it from us ?! What is wrong with you ?!} Nubo was quite infuriated, feeling also quite threatened since in 1v1 he would lose against Albedo.
{Peroroncino-san also knew about it.} Tabula immediately betrayed his co-conspirator.
{HEY ! Not cool man!} Peroroncino tried to defend himself.
{Of course this birdbrain would keep it a secret, not thinking about the wide implications.} Added his sister.
{Said the pervert who wanted her twin children to crossdress.}
{ENOUGH ! There will be time for this later !} Finally Ancient one broke the brewing argument down.
{Our first priority should be to get Sebas and the Pleiades off our backs so that we can comprehensively list all the changes.} The illusionist said, much calmly this time.
{I guess the safest option would be that Touch me, Yamaiko and Herohero approach their creations and I will handle all the rest.} Proposed Momonga.
Normally this would be met with worries about the overlords safety, but considering that he had been playing Ygdrassil nonstop, the NPC's probably hold the least amount of hostility towards him. With this in mind, the players agreed.
Momonga with the others in tow approached Sebas and the battle maids. It was clear that those who had creators present were eyeing them with excitement and nervous anticipation, while the others only looked a little nervous.
'Alright, Albedo listened to me and I do have the title of guildmaster, which was also a fuction in the game, which means that I should be able to give them orders.'
"Lupusregina, Entoma, Shizu and Naberal come here, I have a task for you."
The named maids moved to Momonga, while the others were approached by their creators. Seeing that there has been no hostile movement, the players near the throne room calmed down and started inspecting themselves again.
"Prepare one of the guild member's rooms for Touch me's daughter, preferably near his room. Keep in mind that she is a human and notify the regular maids too." He ordered, watching carefully for their reaction. Not even Narberal showed any sign of disgust, even though she should have hated humans the most out of them.
"As you wish Momonga-sama." They all bowed and left.
XXX
"Sebas, I am pleased that you continued to loyally serve Nazarick while I was away." Said Touch me. He was nervous, however he knew that right now he could only show confidence, else he could fuck up once more. His experience as a cop was helping him quite a lot in that regard.
"Thank you for your kind words Touch me-sama." Said the stoic Sebas. Although Touch me could see the slightest hint of smile on his face.
"Come, I would like to introduce you to my daughter." He waved at the butler to follow.
{Yui, I'll introduce you to the NPC that I created, please don't have any snarky remarks...}
{Come on dad, you know that I can mind my words in a tense situation.} Touch me felt a little spike of pride at those words. His daughter was just 15 years old after all, at that age he himself was a bit more impulsive. He knew that his daughter took that after him, but he tried his best to make sure she would not share his flaws, resulting in a situation that Yui would mind her manners when it really mattered.
{Excuse me, Touch me, but what did you not understand in the statement 'we should get them off our backs' ?} The annoyed voice was heard through their telepathic connection, together with slight glares from all the players that were still near the throne.
{I'll just quickly introduce him to Yui and then send him to recon surface or something like that, just a minute, it is important.}Answered the paladin and stoped in front of his daughter with Sebas in tow.
"Yui, this is my creation, Sebas Tian. Sebas, this is my daughter, Yui."
Unexpectedly Sebas was the first to react, he bowed straight at waist in ninety degree angle and proclaimed. "Yui-sama, it is a pleasure to meet you, as your father's creation I will be more than happy to help you with anything."
"-sama ?" Blinked Yui, confused by this turn of events. "T-there's no need to bow to me or call me 'sama'." She tried to tell the ever dutiful butler, embarrased and confused about the unnecessary royalty treatment.
"Of course there is." Protested Sebas like it was the most natural thing in the world. "As a descendant of a Supreme being, the mere thought of a humble servant like me adressing you like an equal is blasphemy!"
Both Touch me and his daughter were taken aback by the confidence and force in the statement.
{What the heck ? Who is this guy ? Why is he so hellbent on serving me ?} Asked Yui almost hysterically into the group chat.
{Sebas is the NPC I created.} Responded simply Touch me, also not knowing where any of that fanaticism came from.
{What the hell ? How did you create him ? To be a zealous ass-kisser or what ?}
{No, I actually just gave him self-sustaining monk build, I typed nothing into his bio.} Admitted the paladin.
{{{{{{WHAT ?!}}}}}} Was the response everyone shared through the connection.
{Then where did he get his mannerism and beliefs from ? Hell, how is it possible that he has any personality at all ?} asked Tabula, absolutely shocked by this turn of events.
{We can figure that later, now we have to get them to do something so we can discuss most drastic changes. Alone.} Interjected Nubo.
"Sebas, what exactly would you do if I ordered you to check the surface for any changes ?" Asked the paladin.
"I would check the surface in five kilometer radius and if I found any intelligent life forms I would try to convince them to come here and explain where we are located." The butler immediately answered.
"In that case I will entrust you with that mission then. And bring Yuri with you."
XXX
"Yamaiko-sama, it is an honor to see you again." Said Yuri Alpha when the nephilim player was approaching her.
Unsure how to react, Yamaiko tried to imagine that she is Yuri's teacher, in this situation, she at least had a clue how to respond.
"Rise Yuri, there is no need to dwell on ceremonies, you can relax a little."
"What are you saying Yamaiko-sama ? It is only natural that we servants should attend to your needs every waking moment at full attention." Said Yuri with determination so unwavering that Yamaiko was taken back, absolutely unsure how to react.
"B-But you don't have to stress your duty that much, no one will blame you for taking a break. You also were not staying attentively near us before all the time, right ?" She tried once more to reason with her creation, but was only met with perplexed look.
"Yamaiko-sama, was our failure to meet your expectations as dutiful servants not the reason you and the other supreme beings left ?" The maid asked, staring at her creator, unsure what to think, whether it was a test or not.
"No, of course not, it was not your fault." Yamaiko said adamantly, meeting the maid's gaze.
"T-than why ? Why did they left ? Why did you left ?" Yuri asked, curiosity, hurt and sadness in her voice, even though her emotions were getting supressed, they were strong enough to be infused into her words before they were calmed into peaceful tranquility once more.
"I cannot spek for everyone, but personally I had to leave because the school where I was working was currently being reconstructed, I was re-"
{Yamaiko, please try to tell the NPC's only the bare minimum information until we decide what common backstory we will adopt.} Ancient one reminded the nephilim.
{Also, tell Yuri that she will accompany Sebas on his mission please.} Added Touch me.
"Yuri, go and help Sebas with his mission please." Said Yamaiko in a somewhat authoritative tone.
"Of course, Yamaiko-sama!" Bowed the maid and left together with the butler, finally leaving the players alone, at least for a while.
"So, what now ? Investigate our abilities ? Confirm loyalties of NPCs ? Panic !?" asked Bukubukuchagama, who has been silent until now, still reeling from the fact that she had been isekaid and is now a pink slime.
"Considering that we have tested that our abilities and spells work quite nicely," said Ulbert while spamming tier spells on the panicking Chagama, who was ignoring them because of her tank-only immunity up to eight tier spells, "so we should probably either test our items or any changes that exist between game system and this reality."
"And first of all we should go somewhere where the NPCs won't bother us." Commented Ancient one.
"While that is all well and good, I ordered Solution to bring us some food so maybe we should either move to cafeteria or I'll inform her of our new place." stated Herohero.
As soon as he did that, everyone glared at him.
"What ?"
"We just tried to get the NPCs away from us so that we can easily investigate and get our immediate problems straight. And you decide to order them to come here AGAIN after a while." Started scolding him Ulbert.
"Hey give me a break, she can only bring us some quick snacks, and I am really hungry." growled Herohero a little irritated.
"Wait, aren't slimes supposed to be always hungry ?" Interjected Momonga, using his knowledge on all the races and classes.
"Well true, I overlooked it during character editing, not that I had to edit my description that much to be honest..." Admitted the slime.
"Catch." Momonga thrown a ring of sustenance to Herohero. And the slime just absorbed it.
"What the hell man ?! Don't eat it !" Screamed Tabula at him.
"I equipped it, are you blind or stupid ?" Screamed Herohero back at him. "This is how slimes equip things."
"And how was I supposed to know that when it was something else in the game ?"
"Ehm..." Fake caughed Ancient one. "If you have finished with standard comedy routine we could test if items work by transporting to Conference room by our rings, all in favor ?"
"""YES"""
"Ma-maybe..." Momonga started, stuttering when everyone directed their gaze at him. "it would be for the best if me and Yamaiko-san went to treasury for her gear."
"Do you believe your creation will be loyal ?" asked Ulbert, worry in his tone.
"I can't be sure but it should be that way." replied the overlord.
"I'm sure it will be fine, I'm not so fragile." Yamaiko added her own thoughts to the conversation.
"Fine, then we will wait for you in the Conference room." Said Herohero and everyone teleported to their destinations.
"And that is what happened, Demiurge." Albedo finished her recounting, seated in a guest chair in the archdemon's office, which was surprisingly clean considering the fact that his home was supposed to represent ruined a desecrated temple.
Demiurge, sitting in the main chair, just looked at the ceiling in thought. When the Guardian Overseer came to him for advice, he had no idea what could have possibly happen. And now, he was absolutely shocked at what he heard. 'To think not only some of the supreme beings would return, but they would also bring their descendants.' However, there was something he should do before he could start theorizing about the possible goals and designs of his masters.
"I believe that Lord Momonga and the Supreme ones have already forgiven you, of course a mere servant such as myself could not begin to understand their grand intellects, but hopefully it is so." Stated the demon almost empathically, after all, Albedo was one of his peers, of course he would help her in her time of need.
"..."
Only silence followed, the very fact that the Guardian Overseer has not said anything was a statement in itself. 'This must have shaken her up quite badly, supreme beings have never used violence against us in other circumstances than a sparring match.' However, as much as he would like to help his colleague, there were more pressing matters to discuss.
"Please remind me again, you said that after Lord Momonga's initial statement, many of the Supreme ones appeared confused ?" He asked, testing the waters if the succubus is ready to speak about the event again.
"Indeed, it was only after a while that everyone seemed to acknowledge the truth in Lord Momonga's words."
The gears in his mind turned, trying to make some sense of everything that was being said to him, The apparent discomfort of Lords Herohero and Nubo, with the same reaction from Lady Bukubukuchagama, not to mention the very source of their distress seemed bizzare to begin with, to the way the Supreme ones were touching their bodies in fascination, with Lord Peroroncino's actioins quite literary, was strage to say the least. However, as he replayed in his mind Lady Yui's exact words, dreadful realization came over him.
Only after gathering his courage, he spoke; "Perhaps the transport to this new world has not happened because of Lord Momonga's will and doing, but it was something that was outside of the control of Supreme ones and Lord Momonga only somehow managed to foresee it through his infinite wisdom."
"Demiurge, do I need to tell you, that to even think that Nazarick was somehow transported or changed without the will of the Supreme beings is akin to heresy ?" The melodic voice of the Guardian overseer hid ice-cold fury.
"However it makes sense as to our Lords confusion and, in some cases, panic. Which would also mean that this world itself is probably governed by different rules than the nine realms. Perhaps it could also influence us and Nazarick as a whole, and only the highest forms of existence like Supreme beings managed to realize it."
At this Albedo pursued tighter her lips, her cat-like eyes narrowing dangerously, as if ready to obliterate him in an instant. "All of this is irrelevant." She growled, shocking the guardian. "The most important part is that Lord Momonga and the others were insulted, and their honor was not restored by punishing said offender."
"Perhaps that is because Lady Yui, as Lord Touch me's daughter is someone special to Lord Momonga." Demiurge stated the only reason he could think of in the heat of the situation. This shocked the overseer momentarily, ready to deliver his point through, he continued. "As I seem to recall many Supreme ones had a quarrel between themselves, however they always resolved it, they either talked it out or Lord Momonga had to use his authority as their ruler. Which means that perhaps while it is possible that some present Supreme ones did feel offended, they would adress the issue at a later date, between themselves. Of course, Lord Momonga, as the ruler of all Supreme beings would not tolerate any such offense, unless it came from someone who was allowed to adress him more casually than others."
As his words sank in, Albedo was left in deep thought, not really grasping why such a weakling, even if daughter of a Supreme being, would have the privilage of being able to adress even their highest master so disrespectfully.
"And considering his immediate hostile action towards you for trying to harm said human," the archdemon continued, "I believe lord Touch me gave his daughter to Lord Momonga to be his bride."
This elicited a VERY notable reaction from the succubus. A notable mixture of expressions crossed her normally unreadable face. Disbelief, shock, anger, fear, denial, and finally sadness.
Feeling bad for her, Demiurge at least tried to cheer her up.
"Please listen to me, Albedo," the usage of her name brought the succubus back to reality, "great men in history have been known for having harems, with one or perhaps multiple official brides and even more concubines, it is reasonable to assume Lord Momonga will at some point let you attend to him, however as a mere servant, it will be Lady Yui who will be the head of his harem, or even his only official wife."
While the words were not really comforting themselves, it at least brought some hope to her. But the thought that she would have to curry favor with that human still disgusted her. But she was resolved to work her feelings over and prioritize will of the Supreme Ones as a dutiful servant should.
"Thank you, Demiurge." A quiet words of gratitude passed her lips, unaudible to most beings, and even then were they barely heard by the guardian in front of her.
"It was my pleasure to try and help. However a mere humble servant like myself could never hope to comprehend the motivations and minds of Supreme ones, so I also might be mistaken." He said with a sad grin, knowing that they, in this conversation, were just grasping at straws of the incomprehensibly large fields of wisdom the minds of their masters represented.
As Albedo was getting up from the chair, he decided now was perhaps the best time to share a theory of his own with her.
"Moment please, there is something I would like for you to hear."
The grim tone in this sentence prompted the guardian overseer to stop and sit back in the chair.
"What is it ?" She asked, with her usual polite, but unreadable smile.
"Lady Yui mentioned that the she believed our masters believed in fairytales to comfort themselves from 'harsh reality'. What do you think she was refering to when she mentioned this ?"
"Honestly, I never thought about it, but I cannot imagine what could threaten gods, especially supreme beings themselves." Albedo questioned, unsure what could her fellow guardian think about.
"This may be bit of a stretch, but I heard my creator complaining to Lord Momonga, that beings called 'shí tydes' (AN: shitty devs) made the transformation skills of archdevil classes too weak." He grimly stated, noticing that the succubus appeared to be confused by this statement, as he himself was when he first heard it. "With this new information, that the Supreme ones were facing 'harsh reality', could it be, that those 'shí tydes' were somehow able to rewrite reality and tried to eliminate our masters and also Nazarick ?"
"But something like that should not be possible by any-"
"You know what archdevil classes refers to, correct ? If those beings were able to make that somehow weaker, what else could they weaken or perhaps, erase ?"
This made Albedo's thoughts stir. After all, it was common knowledge that classes were types of power that people invested their levels into, making them stronger either through higher number of levels, or through better combination of classes and levels in said classes. To be able to weaken entire class, a concept of power that could be bestowed upon someone, was insane. What else could those mysterious beings possibly do ?
"So you believe that Momonga-sama transported us here to escape machinations of those mysterious foes ?"
"I cannot imagine any other reason."
The fact that it could and probably would not be the only reason was left unsaid, as both understood that even though they were the smartest in Nazarick, every one of the supreme ones stood so far above them that they couldn't even hope to see the height of their intellects.
A comfortable silence settled over them, each of them theorizing what would happen now and possibly, if it is possible for more of their masters to return.
"I should probably get going, as making the supreme beings wait would be unforgivable." Albedo said and stood up from her chair. "By the way,do you know what 'nerd' stands for ?" She couldn't help but ask one last question before leaving.
"It is a deragatory term for someone who is playing games too much, considering the usage, I beileve that Lady Yui disapproves of how the supreme ones always played and toyed with their victims, especialy other humans, our primary foes."
Answered the demon sincerely.
Albedo noded her head a little with her usual smile and left him to his thoughts.
Momonga arrived to the Treasury with Yamaiko, hoping that she wouldn't make the same remark about the horde of gold as his other friends did.
"Wow, I'm glad you decided to keep playing and the guild topped off Momonga - I mean, Momonga-san."'Cough'
"It was no problem at all, I couldn't let this monument to our achievements fall." Remarked the overlord, almost dreamily.
'Cough' "Yeah, I guess it is like you to push still further- "'cough'" when everyone else just- "'cough'" wait, what is with the air ?!"'cough' panicked the nephilim, not being excited about the coughing fit.
"Air ?" Wondered briefly the Overlord.. OH SHIT. "It's high-tier poison!" He shouted and casted temporary poison imunity on Yamaiko.
[Greater cure poison]
Yamaiko then neutralized the poison that already started to wreck her body.
"How potent must be this shit ? Nephilims have high poison resistance by default. Also, why is it affecting me all of a sudden ?" Grumbled Yamaiko and jumped over the piles of gold.
With silent [fly], Momonga followed her. "It is 'Blood of Jormungandr. Also, if you hadn't high resistance I believe you would have already died, as anyone without immunity is supposed to die in three steps." He grimly replied, earning a nervous twitch from his friend. "But environmental damage now affecting us... That is troublesome."
"To say the least." Added Yamaiko, and the overlord could only agree.
{Ancient one-san, please make sure that no one goes to a zone with environmental damage without resistances, they now affect us too.}
{WH-are you sure ?!}
{Yamaiko almost died to the poison in treasury...} Admitted Momonga, then quickly added. {She's fine now, don't worry.}
{We are here 10 minutes and two of us almost died, maybe I would live longer simply waiting for old age to claim m-}
{Haha, very funny.} The overlord cut the connection.
While he was informing rest of the gang about possible dangers, Yamaiko opened the door to the inner treasury.
{By the way, take please Takemikazuchi's weapon alongside Yamaiko's gear please.} Ancient one reestablished the message connection.
{Huh ? Why ?} All the gear of his friends was filled with memories, sweet memories that tasted the more bitter the more time has passed, but ones he still wanted to preserve.
{To handle Cocytus, I'll explain in debth later.} Was the only response he got before the connection was cut.
'Handle Cocytus ? Shouldn't he be potentially more friendly than Albedo ? Why is he worried about him ? Because he is the only Floor guardian without a creator present ? Hm.. Now I wonder, what happened to Takemikazuchi-san ? I thought he would be here at the chance to practice swordsmanship IRL, he was always so fascinated by Samurai and swordplay in general.' The overlord shook his head, banishing the dead line of questions.
'It doesn't matter anymore, I am sure he had his reasons... right... after all, everyone is here only because they hoped this transport would work, it isn't like anyone bothered to show here just because they hoped it would be nice way to wrap up our journey through Ygdrassil. Well, everyone except Herohero tha-'
When he was bitterly contemplating whatever happened the first time around...
"MY MOST AUGUST CREATOR, MOMONGA-SAMA !"
"Hwuah!" The skeleton would have jumped out of his skin, if he had any, at the sudden shout that broke him out of his contemplations.
Staring at him was his creation, Pandora's actor, who broke him out of his contemplations. And then proceeded to nonchalantly continue in his planned speech, ignoring his creator's confused shout.
"Oh what a joy that you have returned! Especially with Yamaiko-sama! I am gladdened to see that Supreme beings are returning to their home, the glorious Nazarick!"
After this proclamation, the doppelganger scooted to his creator, whose jaw was at this point hanging loose in embarrasment and shock, and spoke in a slightly hushed tone; "I take it the attempts to progress your relationship into something Deee-peR had been fruitful indeed ?"
Momonga could only stare between the egghead and Yamaiko, who had been silent the whole time. She was just... staring at him...constantly. Hands at the hips with right leg slightly bent, tilted head and left leg to the side to maintain balance. Questions, confusion and judgement absolutely radiating from her expression, mostly judgement. Despite her hardly readable monstrous face and long coat that covered her mouth.
"I knew about the uniform..." The overlord was thankful that she finally broke the silence. "but I never read his settings and description. Oh boy I definitely should have." 'And then beat some sense into you' was left unspoken.
"W-well, anyway, Ancient one-san requested that we also pick up Takemikazuchi-san's weapon, so please take it too." Momonga said and immediately turned his head to the side, avoiding her piercing gaze.
"Right..." was the only answer he recieved before Yamaiko dropped guild ring on nearby table and went into the deepest chamber.
'Haaah, what will I do ?' The overlord slumped and covered his face with hands.
"Is everything alright ? It seems to me that courting Yam-" Pandora's actor couldn't finish his sentence, as suddenly Momonga pushed him to wall and towered over him menacingly.
"I am your creator, is that right ?"
"Yes, indeed Momonga-sama."
"Then I order you, stop with the nonsense !"
"Nonsense ? I am not aware what you are refering to."
"...Seriously ?..."
" .Seriously."
"All the nonsense about me and Yamaiko." The overlord would have blushed at that if he could.
"But Momonga-sama, I distinctly remember all the times that you brought Yamaiko-sama here and had conversations about quite intimate topics while I was working."
'I guess that confirms the theory that they remember events that happened in game.' Mused the overlord.
"That doesn't mean we are dating though."
"Ooh, my apologies Momonga-sama, I didn't mean to presume anything !" Said Pandora's actor while doing overexaggerated bow with salute on top of it.
"And you could also stop with the wierd saluting, just act... normal." The skeleton tried to stir Pandora's actor in better direction.
"I am under belief that I acted normal this whole time. Just like you taught me Momonga-sama."
'Haaah... why can't he understand what I want...' The overlord almost cried in his head. 'I am glad I didn't had to deal with this the first time around.'
"Then just stop with all the dramatic poses, alright ?" 'One last attempt, please work.'
"YES!" Shouted the doppelganger, immediately making it clear he hadn't understood what Momonga really wanted. But either it is sadly or luckily, Yamaiko was already coming back.
"Alright, if you finished your... family affairs," she snickered a little under her breath at the overlord's discomfort, "then we should return to the others."
She said and teleported.
"Aaah, I hope she won't tell about this to the others." Momonga could only hope, while knowing deep down that they will learn about his dark past sooner or later.
When Momonga teleported, the Conference room was already changed quite a bit. There were only 11 chairs left standing, above each of them was a nametag, signifying who should sit on it, with Momonga's chair was in the 'head' of the table, which was signified only by the clear place to put the guild weapon into as round tables had no seat of honor.
"The chairs are in our inventories for now and all the nametags can be created by Create item or Create greater item." Tabula was explaining all the changes to Yamaiko, who was also quite surprised.
Momonga sat on his seat and waited patiently for everyone else to sit down.
"I would like to announce our first meeting in the New world has started."
"Wow, you've really outdone ourself creatively."
"Blocked." Momonga ignored the sarcastic avian and turned towards other players, who were all evenly spaced at the table.
Ancient one started; "I believe our first priority should be to meet with the NPCs and confirm their loyalty."
"That is too dangerous !" rebutted Ulbert. "First we should arm ourselves even more at the treasury and only then go meet them."
"They seemed pretty loyal to me, maybe even too loyal." said his piece Herohero.
"Let's map all the changes from game to reality."
"How about some food ? You don't want to try and taste something good ?"
"I'm for going out to check on Sebas, he is too silent for my tastes."
"How about calling a maid and..."
They conference room soon looked like a bunch of kids shouting ideas at each other with no rhyme or reason.
"Quiet ! Everybody calm down!" Momonga banged with a hammer on the table like some kind of judge.
"Did you just created it with magic ?" Asked Buku, referring to the hammer.
"Yes, now the only question is if it will dissapear after a while or not." Said the overlord, curiously watching the hammer.
"I would like to propose something before we start... or re-start the conference." Stood up Ancient one.
"Oh boi..." sighed both Ulbert and Pero, both being promptly ignored.
"Since now we have been transported into new world, there is only 11 of us here and we can only rely on ourselves and each other, it may seem like a minor thing, but I think we could stop using honorifics between ourselves. We know each other well enough and besides we don't want to give NPCs wrong idea that there is a social hierarchy."
"That's great idea," started Herohero, "but there kinda is with the age difference-"
"So what ?" Ulbert rudely interrupted. "What will mean couple of years, or even decades when each of us will be centuries old ?"
"Centuries ?" asked Peroroncino, not getting what was he getting at.
"Yes, we are (almost everyone) heteromorphs, in other words, immortal, without the concept of lifespan." Clarified Touch me. "At least that was one of the core distinguishing aspects in the game, here it could be different."
"Come on Touch-san, look at our leader, he sure doesn't look like he's gonna collapse in couple of decades." Ulbert dryly remarked.
Truly, looking at the un-living walking skeleton, everyone had to admit, that they were probably ageless now, even though comprehending that was different matter, as they have until now been just humans with life expectancy about 50 years.
"If there is nothing else anyone wants to add "- there wasn't -"then lets vote."
Since no one objected, it passed.
"Now, let's get back to the topic of what needs to be done - hm ? What is it Yamaiko-san ... uh, sorry Yamaiko."
The nephilim let down her hand and stood up, walking until she was at the side of the table opposite to Momonga, between Peroroncino and Tabula.
[Create greater Item]
A floating blackboard appeared, along with chalks of all colors that would not run out for quite some time, sponge and a carpet that could be rolled down to prevent anyone from seeing the contents.
"Let's write it down where everyone can see it."
"But this way it looks like this is a school..." whined Peroroncino, who really hated the idea.
"Well, than get used to it, because this world probably has tons of new languages and with no lifespans, there isn't a reason for you NOT to learn it! Even if I have to beat it into you." Retorted Yamaiko, while cupping her fist with a palm, which combined with the distance between her a Pero was VERY intimidating.
Everyone else just wisely chose to be quiet, less the sensei's wrath will be upon them.
"I believe it would be wise to check what changes had happened in our guildbase. With utmost priority preferably." Ancient one breaked the ice.
- Checking changes of Nazarick - Yamaiko finished writing and immediately added her own idea; - Everyone learning what spells and skills were in Ygdrassil and familiarizing ourselves with NPC character abilities -
- Guild maintenance -
- Learning about the outside world, possibly interacting with local people -
- Learn history of this world, at least common knowledge -
- Acquire common sense for this world -
- If everyone is weak like in Momonga's dream then gathering information on notable individuals -
-Searching for new sources of strenght (fencing, magic)-
- Learning what EXACTLY happened to us and how to possibly revert it -
"Hold up, hold up." Ulbert bristled. "What do you mean revert it, Touch me ?"
"It obviously means getting back to our own world, preferably in our current bodies."
"Well fuck that, I'm not returning back !"
"No one said you have to-" Tabula tried to point out, but Ulbert only glared at him instead.
"Listen. If you mean only find some kind of portal to get back then return if you want to, I don't care, but if you find a way to revert this miracle, or even just transport Nazarick to our old world, then do NOT do it. I am serious."
"Look, if we can get Nazarick to our original world, we could not only reunite with our families, but also to purify that whole world and give it a second chance." Touch me tried to reason once more, but this time it was Momonga who interjected.
"Touch, listen, researching and getting back to the rest of your family is fine, but please do not force us to return if we don't want to, that really would be quite unacceptable, as we would like the right to choose in which world we find ourselves in."
"Fine, I'm sory for being selfish." Touch me slightly bowed in typical japanese apology.
"So... should I remove the last line ?" asked Yamaiko, about to wash it away.
"No, no, just replace reverting it with finding a way of reaching our own world." Ancient one remarked. "And also add; - Learn who exactly caused this and for what purpose -"
"What do you mean 'who' ?" Asked Buku, quite unnerved about the way it was phrased.
"Alright, let's put aside the possibility that this is just a nanobot-induced fever dream." Everyone noded to this.
"In that case, isekai events like those are not common and as far as I am concerned. So the question is, who or what caused this one to occur ?"
"Does it even matter ?" inquired Herohero.
"Well, quite yes, not only the person in question used magic that is in the lowest equal of super-tier, but they also must have had some way to scry into our own world and Ygdrassil."
"How do we know that it wasn't just some kind of random interdimansional crack that Nazarick fell through ?" asked Yamaiko, only to have Tabula and Ancient one stare at her in disbelief. "WHAT ?"
"Well, we certainly do not know if any of such 'cracks' could occur or whatever, but considering what we DO know, it is quite reasonable to assume that someone summoned Nazarick here on purpose, and that someone could use extremely potent magic, and our lowest-possible estimation is super-tier... wait... " Ancient one gulped, fear in his eyes "scratch that, our lowest estimation, IF everything in this guild is working like it did in the game, is world-class item, in fact something like Ouroboros."
"Okay, hold on, I call bullshit on that! How the fuck did you figure out that there is something that can cast magic on the level of world-class items just from this isekai event ?" asked Ulbert, mirroring the opinion of basically everyone in the room.
"Because you are forgeting one crucial detail." Said Ancient one shakily. "Nazarick was technically not transported, it was created."
AN: And that will be it for the second chapter, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their kind and encouraging comments. I will try to release at leaest one chapter per month but it is NOT guaranteed, so please keep it in mind, I will rather have story that is being written slowly, but with passion, than rush it and then burn-out.