Hey Guys, Crescent Rider here and I am back with another chapter. But before I begin, there are some things that I would like to address at this moment.
The first thing on the list is the possibility of me, making another Overlord Fanfic. Except for this time, Ainz and Nazarick will not be involved. Instead, I will use three Player OCs, the Guild Base mentioned in the Omake Series 1, Several Different NPCs OC, and many more.
Of course, I will keep using Heroic Spirits in that story as well.
Second, I read a review about an assumption that regards my story as a Crossover Fanfic Story instead of an Original Fanfic Story of Overlord. It's not because I don't want to add it among the other 'What if Ainz came to the New World with someone else' Stories. It's because I think of my character 'Hope/Nadia' as a bridge to two separate franchises.
Of course, I could have used the Canon Characters of the Fate Series such as Shirou Emiya, Hakuno Kishinami, or even Ritsuka Fujimaru. But I decided against it and went for an OC Character as a way to gain some level of experience.
As I said in the past, I will try to gain experience to become a better writer and make an Original Story that people might enjoy reading.
And lastly, I might consider revising the older chapters if anyone has seen a problem I need to revise. Let me know, and I will do my best to improve them.
That is all I have to say and enjoy the chapter!
Far from the Battle
Hope stayed hidden for the time being, but she would watch the battle through the eyes of Huginn and Muninn. As expected, Shalltear targeted Ainz after he unleashed his Super Tier Magic, [Fallen Down], to devastate the land and cause as much damage as possible.
What followed was a particular conversation between Ainz and Shalltear. Though Hope had her suspicions about what that conversation was about.
Before long, the battle starts when Shalltear charges forth and triggers [Explode Mine], though she manages to evade the trap before it does any damage. What comes next is Ainz conjuring [Gravity Maelstrom] and hurling it toward her.
Shalltear backs away and uses her [Wall of Stone] spell to block the attack.
Ainz then attempts to trap Shalltear by using [Hold of Rib], which causes several bones to emerge from the ground and close her in. But Shalltear manages to escape and hovers in the sky.
"So far so good," Hope remarked, then pulled out a book from her [Item Box],
She proceeds to open the book and it was scribbled with several offensive spells that Hope collected throughout her active years in Yggdrasil. She may not be as experienced as a Veteran Player, but her adaptability to fit herself in specific battles is what made her unique compared to average players.
Whenever she finds a suitable spell to take, she runs her right index to the right, and her desired spell disappears from the page. When she runs her finger back, it is replaced with another spell.
Under normal circumstances of the game, players who take their desired classes unlock certain spells and skills based on their desired class while those outside of said class are locked until the player decides to change.
But Hope became an exception after she achieved the [Supreme Magus] Class. An exclusive class that increases the player's spell limit from 200 to 300 and all spells are interchangeable as long as she possesses the book that carries said spells or skill. Even Super Tier Magic Spells aren't an exception to this rule.
However, the only spells and skills that she cannot claim are those that belong in Special Exclusive Class such as [Eclipse], [World Disaster], [World Champion], and so forth.
As far as Yggdrasil Records goes, only two players have achieved the [Surpreme Magus]. The reason is because of the long list of requirements to gain such power. She also needed supportive players due to the chances of getting Pk'ed by Other Players.
(A.N. Note: I will not explain the requirements now. But I will show it soon. I promise!)
Once everything was prepared, Hope observed the battle once more and noticed Ainz was the first act as he hurled another [Gravity Maelstrom] at Shalltear. This results in the latter using [Greater Teleportation] and closing the distance.
Sadly for her, [Delay Teleportation] was used and positioned her at the center of Ainz's spell [Drifting Master Mine]. As the three orbs expanded, Shalltear used a spell that altered her body to an Ethereal Form slip out of the explosion.
However, Ainz used [Astral Smite] since it's a spell capable of harming Ethereal targets. Once Shalltear is on the ground, Ainz follows up with [Thousand Bone Lance]. Several spiked bones emerged from the ground and targeted Shalltear.
There was no room for evasion or deflection, thus Shalltear resorts to [Greater Teleportation]. Once she was gone, Ainz predicted where Shalltear would appear and threw [Gravity Maelstrom] in that general direction.
That's when Shalltear revealed another trick up her sleeve, [Negative Impact Shield]. This skill in particular can be used Offensively and Defensively depending on the circumstances of its user. Despite its limited uses, it's very effective against Ainz's spells.
What comes next is Shalltear conjuring [Purifying Javelin] on the one hand, then hurls it towards Ainz. With enough MP, it can hit its target with perfect accuracy as well as lock on its target. After she threw another lance, Ainz retaliated by casting [Reality Slash] toward Shalltear.
Hope knows much of this spell such as it being the lesser version of [World Break], which consumes a large amount of MP, but the attack is said to be able to cut through the very fabric of space and virtually disregards any form of magic defense.
However, Shalltear soon revealed another skill that allowed her to reverse the damage caused by Ainz's [Reality Slash]. There was a pause between the two and Hope assumed that both were conversing with each other before their battle pressed on.
Ainz still uses [Reality Slash] to damage Shalltear while the latter uses [Purifying Javelin]. Both sides get hit, and what follows is the two unleashing MP-based attacks with Shalltear using [Vermillion Nova] and Ainz using [Call Greater Thunder].
Normally, Fire-based spells would be effectively painful against Ainz since he confirmed that pain exists compared to the game. Fire is essentially one of the many weaknesses Undead Players possess. However, Ainz showed no sign of flinching despite his entire engulfed in flames.
With fire-based spells less effective against him, Shalltear resorts to Holy-based spells as she casts [Brilliant Radiance]. Ainz relatiates by casting [True Dark] and both sides are inflicted by said magic.
But this time, Ainz flinches upon sustaining Holy-based spells and it convinces Shalltear to focus on attacking him with holy-based magic.
"It's just as Ainz predicted..." Hope remarked, considering that this was Ainz's plan all along,
But while she observed the fight, she soon sensed something faint in the area and it prompted her to stand from her hiding place, 'Something faint is nearby... Is it the enemy? No, it's something else...'
With Ainz still occupied with the battle, Hope decided to investigate this presence by pinpointing the location with her level of detection magic. Once located, she initially wanted to trace this spell back to its user and confront them personally.
But considering the dangers in this New World, she decided against it and dispelled it without the user's notice. She held her hand forward and visualized the spell as a glass orb. Once she clutched onto it, she chants one word, "[Break]"
When the orb breaks, the spell is broken and its user will no longer observe the battle between Ainz and Shalltear, 'The one that the Floor Guardians are using is still around the battlefield. But this one I found is on another level. Have I failed to detect it, it would have caught more of the battle than it intended. I'd better tell Ainz once this is all over,'
After Shalltear spent most of her MP against Ainz, she resorts to close-quarter combat with [Spuit Lance] and a few other skills she has at her disposal. This is to be expected since Shalltear excels in a one-on-one fight and Magic Casters like Ainz.
The first thing Shalltear did was unleash her [Household] and Ainz casts [Shark Cyclone] to decimate them. Though Shalltear would use the cyclone to close the distance, avoid an attack from Ainz, and strike him with [Spuit Lance]. Before she could steal Ainz's HP, he activates [Body of Effulgent Beryl] and nullifies the damage.
What comes next is Ainz's [Wall of Skeleton] and emerges between them. Shalltear uses [Force Explosion] to destroy the wall but she is soon met with Ainz's next attack, the release of [Greater Magic Seal].
A barrage of light arrows was fired upon Shalltear and she tried to flee but these projectiles were enhanced with [Homing Magic] and Shalltear used [Magic Destruction] before pressing on the attack.
She'd knocked Ainz away with a single strike, but he recovered himself by using [Fly]. However, Shalltear recovers some damage due to [Spuit Lance]'s effect. But Ainz would chip all that HP away by using [Reality Slash] with [Triplet Maximise Magic].
Shalltear would press on the assault despite sustaining those blows, then force Ainz into the ground by using [Negative Impact Shield]. Once the ground, Shalltear descends as well and then uses her Trump Card [Einherjar].
"So that's an [Einherjar]," Hope remarked, "I wonder how Ainz will handle dealing with the likes of such an open,"
Shalltear would add in some [Household] into the hold, but what she'd do to them was something the two players did not expect. The Einherjar was sent to attack Ainz while Shalltear struck her own [Household] with [Spuit Lance]. Thus, allowing her to heal some damage...
"Shalltear... That's dirty of you," Hope remarked and stood up from her location,
[Hope: Want me to deal with those Household, Ainz?]
[Ainz: No need, I'm ending them myself]
As Hope continued to observe the battle, she witnessed Ainz activating a Skill of the [Eclipse] Class: [The Goal of All Life is Death] followed by [Cry of the Banshee]. Based on what Hope knows of this skill, [The Goal of All Life is Death], is that it enhances the spell effects of [Instant Death] at their very peak.
Enhancing them from the chance of death to a guaranteed death. Within twelve strokes of the clock, the Skill activates and everything caught within [Cry of the Banshee] is killed in an instant.
But within that period, Ainz quickly sent a message to Hope.
[Ainz: It's time]
Hope pulled out a small totem from her inventory and activated it. The totem works in the same manner as a [Teleportation] Spell but Hope had modified the totem to cast a high-ranking [Invisibility] spell as well.
Once she's in position, Ainz simply talks to Shalltear after her resurrection from one of Peroroncino's items. She boldly remarked that Ainz was out of MP, before marching her way to him with newfound confidence against the Overlord.
But that's when Shalltear learns her folly as Ainz reveals that everything that has happened was going according to his plan.
One of the many bases of PVP is how well one deceives enemies by falsifying information. Such examples would be changing armor to make holy attacks less effective but make them look like they're effective, or making effective fire attacks ineffective by suffering without flinching.
The way Hope caught Shalltear instinctively grasping her [Spuit Lance] is proof of Ainz's success in his deception. He then gives a few points that Shalltear missed and then reveals that when Peroroncino made her, he had told him a lot of things and when they first came to this world, he had to memorize everything regarding every Data of all NPCs in Nazarick.
And besides Ainz's creation, Pandora's Actor, the one he memorized the most is Shalltear Bloodfallen herself.
In utter disbelief, she openly recalled Ainz saying that he didn't know her skills. Ainz said that he was lying and it made her act more boldly if he had acted that had. He also pointed out that if Shalltear held her [Negative Impact Shield] until the end, he wouldn't have stood a chance.
What came after is Shalltear gritting her teeth in utter rage as she had been fooled by Ainz from the very beginning. Then she acts out of it as she dashes towards them with the intent to kill him with [Spuit Lance].
But that's when Hope revealed herself and blocked the attack before it reached Ainz. Once she was pushed back, she was in utter disbelief when she saw two major differences in the battle.
Ainz had worn a different set of armor, particularly [Compliance with Law], and Hope was present on the battlefield. Wearing a smaller version of the armor, the matching helm of the armor, held a silver shield on one hand, and a long sword on the other.
Shalltear may mistake Hope for one of the Supreme Beings, but she immediately knew the truth when she matched Hope's height as well as her Arachnid scent. Still, she was dumbfounded by the fact that two of Nazarick's Important Figures would don such equipment.
"Now we end will this battle..." Ainz started,
"With the way we both intended to be..." Hope finished,
Earlier...
After Hope had made Ainz agree to accompany him against Shalltear, the two were present in the 8th Floor's Manor, and the former was in the middle of preparing her equipment.
Still, Ainz showed his hesitance towards Hope's decision,
"Are you certain that you want to face Shalltear as well," Ainz questioned, "I, alone, would be enough to handle her,"
"I know, but I won't just sit here and do nothing as you go off risking your own life to save Shalltear by killing and reviving her via the Guild's item [Staff of Ainz Ooal]," Hope declared, "So don't try to run from me, convince me, and even trap me in the confines of this Manor. Otherwise, I'd be free in a matter of minutes and show you just how upset I am by your level of selfishness,"
"I know I'm being selfish, what I'm trying to say here is about you," Ainz said, "You know I can't have you risk yourself out there. What would your parents say about this?"
"My parents would have faith in me rather than keep me sheltered like you," Hope stated, "Why do you think I visit Nazarick instead of living here? I'm 15, not 12,"
"I thought you were 16," Ainz thought,
"Birthday is in a few weeks," Hope revealed, "That is beside the point. My point is that you can't just leave me here while you do all the work. I may have a crucial role to play in Nazarick, but that is not a role I'm willing to take, especially when I've decided to act independently to the outside world,"
"And what of your affliction?" Ainz reminded which made Hope hesitate as she was in the middle of rummaging through her inventory,
She was silent for a time, then she sighed turns her head to him, "What about it?"
"I know now isn't the time, but I wanted to be open with you," Ainz said, "Before Yggdrasil shut down, your parents told me about your condition in the real world. After I knew, I, uh... grew concerned over your well-being,"
After a period of silence, Hope began to snicker then it became full-on laughter as Ainz looked at her all confused and such, "I-Is that what you're considered about?! My well-being? if so, then here's something you should know,"
Hope donned a serious look on her face and stared dead into his eyes, "I knew about my affliction for months, the same goes for how long I had left to live,"
Ainz may not looked fazed due to being undead and his emotions suppressed. But his human mind is still processing this information before starting with one simple word, "What...?"
"You heard me, I knew that was dying. I only pretended to not know so that you and the others wouldn't bear knowing that the sickly little girl you know and love was dying in that hellhole we call 'Earth'," Hope stated,
"I... never knew you'd talk like that," Ainz remarked,
"You can thank Ulbert-san for that," Hope revealed, "But that's beside the point. I know I was dying, and I'd gladly accept it than spend another second on a Desolate Earth on a bed with various types of machinery hooked all over my body."
"Then why didn't you tell them?" Ainz questioned, "Surely, they would have just let you go at that point on,"
"They could, but I wouldn't let them. Especially, when my parents too have suffered in that hellhole," Hope pointed, then she suddenly snapped at the Overlord, "Had they lost me, they would have lost another child they cherished so dearly!"
"Another child..." Ainz muttered, "What do you mean that by?"
Hope took a breather and rubbed the temples of her head from the outburst she had committed. After that reveal, another truth regarding her parents, "I was never the first, Ainz. Nor was I last,"
Whatever shock Ainz expressed in his mind, it had been inhibited because of the undead character. It may seem inappropriate, but he was willing to let it suppress his emotions as long as he knew everything about Hope's parents. Because out of all his friends, her parents were filled with more mystery than the rest.
As for Hope, she let out everything she knew of her parents' lives on Earth. Her Father was a successful businessman who reigns the second-best company known to Japan while her Mother was a doctor with a prodigal background.
With their lives better than everyone else's, Ainz had assumed that they were living the dream. But that turned out to be false when Hope revealed that after they married each other, they desired something more worth than wealth and influence: A Family...
It may sound easy, but in a desolate world caused by what Hope calls 'Sins of Humanity', things are difficult for them as each pregnancy her mother gains often leads to miscarriages due to complications caused by the state of their world.
Then she was born and they considered her a miracle of this barren world of waste, and they were genuinely happy with it.
"I must admit, I never would have thought that your parents would be more happy with you being born than them being in the game with us," Ainz commented, "And as much as I fear for the rest of your story. I still would like to know more,"
"The ones I told you now are only half of the story," Hope stated, "When I almost turned ten, my parents gifted me with a surprise beyond any spoiled child that wished for all their lives. A young sibling,"
"Arachnida-san was pregnant," Ainz presumed,
"Umu~ and when I first heard and learned what she said. I was excited," Hope admitted, though her voice was occasionally followed by ticking sounds due to her Arachnid character, "I was going to be a big sister, and whether we'd play or fight one another. I would be the happiest girl in the world..."
Ainz noticed tears falling from the corner of her eyes, but Hope was unable to express that emotion due to her monstrous character, "But the world decided to be cruel when my mother went through an accident at work and lost the child as well as her ability to procreate another child of her own,"
"I... I don't know what to say to that..." Ainz said,
"I was excited... So, so excited... To see that child before my very eyes, carry it my own two hands, and so... so much more," Hope continued as more tears began to flow down the corner of her very eyes as well as the ticks turning into audible clicks for the Overlord to hear, "I didn't care about how much money I had, or how smart and powerful I'd become. Just wanted one sibling, ONE! And the world just... took it from me,"
Hope's voice quivered a little especially when she sniffed and wiped those tears with her arm, "Months after that, I was stricken with an untreatable disease, wired into various machines to be kept alive, and spent the rest of my days agonizing as my body deteriorates on a bed. OF WHICH DETEST IN EVERY. PASSING. HOUR!"
The last part caused an outburst of magic power that fluttered Ainz's robes and pushed several objects out of place. There were cracks beneath her feet, but these cracks were healed by the manor itself.
After she calmed down, she took deep breathes and controlled herself, "Then came the end of YGGDRASIL, and the rest brings us to now,"
"Hope..." Ainz called out but didn't say anything as he struggled to find the proper words of comfort. But he couldn't find these words and spoke of a different topic, "Still... Wouldn't explain why you'd want to go and join me in handling Shalltear? Why tell me all this?"
"Why? It's because I want to prove my worth to you. Prove to everyone that I'm not some child they need to protect all the time. I'm free of my disease and free of those wretched wires," Hope stated, "The last thing I want is people still treating me as such. So you'd better bring me along, or so help me, I will force myself into this battle whether you hate it or NOT," Hope angrily stated, while the word 'NOT' was hissed,
Ainz just stares and thinks of the advantage instead of the doubt. He has never seen Hope play since she only visits Nazarick to interact with players.
With this kind of opportunity, he'd be able to understand what kind of playstyle Hope intends to use in this battle. For that, he was willing to take that risk.
Not a godparent, but as a player of YGGDRASIL...
"Alright... I won't stop you," Ainz agreed, "But the moment you endanger yourself in deep waters. You are to retreat, that is the only condition,"
"Please... Retreat is the last thing I would do in the situation, and besides," Hope materializes a hovering book before the Overlord, "We have a plan, don't we? So let's talk while I sort out the rest..."
Present
With the plan in its climax, all that's left is to defeat Shalltear. However the latter had questions about the sudden change of this battle.
"How... How could either of you possess Touch Me-sama's armors?!" Shalltear yelled, "It can only be worn by a [World Champion] and only one exists in the world!"
"[Perfect Warrior]" Ainz replied, "With the use of magic, I can adjust my class as a mage into that of a warrior. Making me unbound to Class Restrictions,"
"And as for this armor I wear," Hope noted, "Why I used my power as the [Grand Magus] to create this counterfeit of Touch Me's equipment. It's not like the original, but it will do for this battle!"
Hope was the first to dash at Shalltear and she attempted to use [Spuit Lance] to strike her. But her attack was caught by the young Arachnoid and the blade she wielded proceeded to radiate with a white light.
"[Dimensional Slash]!" Hope cited and struck Shalltear across the chest,
She'd scream in pain, then retaliates [Spuit Lance] being struck towards Hope. She'd blocked this attack with her shield, and her feet were dragged against the sand. Before she could do anything else, Ainz came in and struck Shalltear with a different blade across the chest once more.
As soon as she distances herself, she recognizes the blade that Ainz now wields, a weapon belongs one of his clansmen, "[Takemikazuchi Mk. 8]!"
"I've told you, haven't I? Ainz Ooal Gown knows no defeat," Ainz reminded, "Know this. The strength of the 41 people from Ainz Ooal Gown stands before you! And you did not have any chance of winning from the start!"
Shalltear remains dumbfounded while Ainz and Hope ready their weapons, "Shalltear Bloodfallen. As I am the leader of the Supreme Beings of the Tomb of Nazarick, Hope is the child who holds my friends' legacy. For that, you shall feel the power of the beings you all respect and call masters!"
Ainz was first to charge, then followed by Hope. The former takes a swing at the vampire while the latter manages to horizontally slash Shalltear across the chest once more.
As soon as Shalltear maintained some level of composure, she saw Ainz attempting to strike Shalltear through her with [Takemikazuchi Mk. 8]. To protect herself, she'd endure an extreme level of pain as she sacrificed her left arm.
With [Takemikazuchi Mk. 8] stuck, Shalltear saw an opening. But Ainz would break a wooden stick and out comes another weapon of the Supreme Beings, Nishikienrai's kodachi blades [Amaterasu] and [Tsukuyomi].
These blades possess holy attributes as seen with Ainz's hands burning due to racial penalty and it was considered a danger for Shalltear as she registered the holy damage from a single strike of these blades.
She'd kick Ainz in the chest to keep him away, but that's when Hope came in with a different attire and weapon. She wields a large gauntlet unfitting to her size and her attire consists of a long yellow coat, robes, and a top hat.
This was one of the Supreme Beings attire, Yamaiko and one strike from its gauntlet had knocked her away while letting out a high-pitch yelp in the process.
She then angrily remarks on how dare they make her make such an ungrateful sound. But she was soon greeted with another weapon in Ainz's hands, specifically, her own creator's weapon [Houyi's Bow].
She then proceeded to yell where was he hiding it all this time. To which Ainz revealed that it came from cash shop items. Shalltear soon realized how Ainz was able to summon the weapons of Supreme Beings at will based on her expression.
What followed was her assessment that attacks with [Houyi's Bow] can only be blocked with Magic and she had just run out of MP during the first and second phases of her fight with Ainz. If she had saved some special skills, she may have used them in this phase of the fight.
But with widened eyes, she realizes the truth of it all and that Ainz had calculated all of this from the very start.
"Do you understand now?" Ainz inquired, "Everything happened according to our plans,"
He soon loses an arrow from [Houyi's Bow] strings and it hits Shalltear dead on. She'd scream in utter pain, then pull through it before charging head-on.
Hope would intervene, but wears a different attire and wields a different weapon. Now she wore a black sleek bodysuit and, a dark cape with tattered ends, and on her hand was a staff with small demon skulls at each end and facing opposite directions.
With the application of dark magic, the empty eye sockets of the skulls gleamed purple and their lower jaws had a diamond opening. What conjured from these skulls were two scythe blades and Hope somehow skillfully parried Shalltear's first strike and struck her across the body.
The second blade somehow phases through her armor, yet still inflicts damage as she loudly groans from the hit. As she gets some distance between her and Hope, she recognizes the weapon and attire, "That's D3ath 3 Br1ng3r's equipment! Just how in the world were you able to use such weapons and armor of the Supreme Beings!"
"Call it another trick of mine," Hope explained, "As well as the aid of a few cash shop items,"
"To think that you'd do the same tricks as Ainz-sama," Shalltear rebuked, before charging once more, "I refuse to let such things beat me!"
"That's good resolve, Shalltear," Ainz praised, uses another cash shop item, and switches from [Houyi's Bow] to [Blood Sucking Meat Devourer]. An unbalanced weapon and lacks accuracy, but in a fight such as this is no disadvantage.
Hope would join Ainz's clash against Shalltear, but she chose not to as her father's weapon is considered a double-edged sword. This weapon is called [Claws of Abyss] and it saps her HP whenever the blades are active or used in a fight.
The reason why this was used by her father without consequence was because of his racial class as the [Abyssal Lord]. Anyone else would take damage over time, even if the weapon itself is a counterfeit.
Thus, she decided to release this counterfeit version of her father's equipment to revert to her usual attire after everyone heard Bukubukuchagama's voice from Ainz's watch, "Momomnga-Oniichan! The timer you set is up!"
'It's time...' Hope muttered,
Ainz then explicitly states that with everything going according to plan, this was the end of the battle as he switched from [Blood Sucking Meat Devourer] to [Earth Recover]. Shalltear pointed out that she still had some HP, then she paused as Ainz stated that a [Super-Tier Magic] attack would not take her down in full health.
But if they can damage her to a certain amount where it can. The rest was plain as day as Shalltear frantically attacked Ainz with [Spuit Lance]. He'd blocked each thrust as he explained that people like Hope and himself would do just fine due to their high magic defense, and then he parried it once before expelling Touch Me's armor for his robes.
"[Super-Tier Magic]!" Ainz chanted and the same magic circles appeared but all three of them were at the very center of it,
"Ainz-sama, why are you using magic that has a long cast time here?" Shalltear sarcastically inquired, but when she looked at his skeletal hand. She saw an hourglass he intended to break and realized that he was going to use another cash shop item.
Before she could do anything, several spectral chains emerged from the ground and they restrained Shalltear on the spot. When she turned to the source, she saw Hope aiming her staff at her with a white magic circle circulating on the very top of this stuff, "I don't THINK SO!"
In the end, Ainz breaks the hourglass and ends the battle once and for all, "[Fallen Down]!"
The entire area was soon engulfed with a beam of light with the three caught in the middle. Ainz and Hope would endure due to their magic defense while Shalltear was annihilated by the effect of this spell.
Her last thoughts were her words of worship to Ainz Ooal Gown and the rest was silence as she accepts her loss at the hands of these players...
It may not seem much and I may have missed several mistakes here and there, but I'll let you guys help me out even if whatever Review hits me is bad. I'll try to do what I can to improve the story.
Second, for those who ask how Hope could conjure and use the equipment of 'Players'. Know that they are counterfeits made by the power of Hope being the [Grand Magus] of Yggdrasil. It kinda reminds you of a certain Fate character and Servant, don't you all think?
As for the knowledge of how Hope managed to obtain [Grand Magus], I'll reveal it in Chapter 16 since it seems fitting for my plans.
That is all I have to say, and I see you all in the next chapter!