Hey Guys! Crescent Rider here and I am back with another chapter.
There isn't much for me to say at the moment, but what I can say is expect Clementine's fate by Hope's hand as it'll be different compared to what Ainz did in the original series.
That is all I have to say, and enjoy the chapter!
Cemetery Crypt
As the group arrived at their supposed destination, they soon find a group of robed men, presumably Cultists, chanting around an old and pale man holding a dark orb and wooden staff.
Hamsuke, on the other hand, was left on a tall tree as the undead are attracted by it.
Then, the group hears one of the Cultists speaking to the old man in the center, "Khajit-sama, they've come,"
"Okay, one definite idiot here," Ainz remarked, "Hello. It's a nice night, Khajit,"
Khajit clicked his tongue and frowns at the man who spoke his name.
"Isn't it a waste to spend the night on a boring ritual?" Ainz commented,
"Hmph. I decide whether the night is perfect for a ritual or not," Khajit stated, "More importantly, Who are you?"
"We're adventurers who've accepted a quest," Ainz stated, "We're looking for a certain boy. I don't have to tell you his name, do I?"
The cultists gasped at this while Khajit remains composed.
"Also, one of your allies should have a piercing weapon," Momon elaborated and directs his sword toward the entrance of the crypt, "Planning to lay low? Or could it be you're scared of us and in hiding?"
The cultists once again gasped as they hear a snicker at the crypt entrance, "You examined the corpses. You're good,"
"You..." Khajit murmured with disdain,
Standing by the entrance was a woman with blond hair, red eyes, and wearing a black cloak, "Well, looks like he's figured it all out. There's no point in hiding,"
When the woman sticks her tongue out, Hope frowns towards her, "So? Can I ask for your names? Oh, I'm Clementine! Nice to meetcha,"
"There's no point in telling you, but it's Momon," Ainz said,
"Nadja," Hope followed, "And I, on the other hand, got a bone to pick with you,"
"Oh, you mad at me? Why? Is it because I killed your precious friends?" Clementine inquired,
"Not friends, a potential disciple. The details are irrelevant to these circumstances," Hope remarked,
"If that's what you say. But how did you find this place?" Clementine questioned,
"The answer is under your cloak," Ainz said, which confused Clementine for a bit, "Let me see,"
"Woah! Pervert! Dirty old man!" Clementine sarcastically accused, "Just kidding. Talking about these?"
When Clementine unveiled her cloak, it revealed her breastplate and greaves armor with several adventurer plates attached. Hope showed a distasteful expression towards such equipment...
"Those gave away your position," Ainz stated, and Clementine hums in thought,
"But now that the facts have been laid out to you," Hope steps forward, and glares daggers at Clementine, "It's time that you and I settle our matters personally,"
"Matters you say? Fine, I'll take up your offer," Clementine inclined and jumps down from the crypt entrance.
"Good luck, you two," Hope directly to Ainz and Narberal,
"You as well," Ainz said back,
As soon as Hope left with Clementine, Ainz and Nabe remained to stand against Khajit and his men.
"Two against us, huh?" Khajit remarked,
"Nabe," Ainz signaled, and Nabe smirked in response,
"[Twin Maximize Magic]!" Nabe chanted as two balls of electricity appeared at the palm of her hand, much to the Cultists' surprise, "[Electrosphere]!"
Narberal then hurls the orbs toward the cultists and envelopes the area with a large discharge of electricity. Once the dust cleared, all that remains was Khajit as he alone successfully defended himself from Nabe's attack.
"You fool," Khajit mocked,
"Goodness. You should just squash easily like a caterpillar," Narberal bluntly remarked while Ainz sighed at her attitude,
Meanwhile...
Hope and Clementine walked meters away from the crypt and the latter was humming a tune to lighten the mood around her.
As for the former, she had other thoughts in mind, 'I'm amazed that she hasn't done anything behind my back. Or she's just an arrogant woman who thinks she's better than anyone,'
"By the way, you mentioned one of your friends at the shop being your disciple and all," Clementine remarked, "Could it be that you're mad that I killed her?"
"Mad doesn't describe how I feel right now," Hope remarked,
Clementine giggles at her comment, "In that case, you should know that magic caster of theirs was so funny! It looks like she believed help would come until the very end. Sorry for killing her!"
Every word in her mouth boils Hope's mind, but she remains composed as this woman means no harm to her whatsoever.
"That doesn't matter," Hope said, "It's all in the past. What matters now is the present,"
"Really? That's too bad," Clementine remarked, "It's the funniest when I beat down someone who says things like, 'You killed my friends!'. Why aren't you mad? That's boring,"
Hope scoffed at such words, "I've once run into someone with that kind of attitude before... He didn't last as much when he and I faced,"
Hope stops dead in her tracks, and turns toward Clementine, "And I doubt you'll last as long as he did,"
Clementine laughed at her comment, and openly grins at her, "Oh? Do you really mean it? If he didn't last as much as I do, then I doubt he's compared to me,"
"Really? then pray to tell. How will you compare yourself to him," Hope said, "I'll even admit to you that I, myself, am a magic caster,"
"Eh... If so, then this wouldn't be much of a fight at all," Clementine remarked, "I'd slice and stab a magic caster easily! It always ends with that!"
"Is that how you put it?" Hope inquired,
"Yep. Only a few can fight equally with me in this country," Clementine remarked, "One person from Blue Rose and one from Red Drop. The only others would probably be Gazef Stronoff and Brain Unglaus,"
"In other words, you're really looking down on me," Hope presumed, "Whether that fact is true or not doesn't matter to me. I plan on giving two handicaps for the likes of you people..."
Clementine seemed unamused by this while Hope stretched her hand forward, "[Create Item]"
What appears on hand was a regular shortsword, "The first, I won't fight you so seriously due to the arrogance you've shown to me,"
"Huh?" Clementine muttered in confusion,
"The second," Hope places her other hand behind her back, "I'll fight you with one hand behind my back..."
"Seriously?! If you do that, you'll die," Clementine warned,
"Spoken from a sadistic killer such as yourself? How hypocritic," Hope mocked, and Clementine wasn't fazed by the insult,
Instead, she openly grins at her, and gestures at Hope to come at her. The latter sighs and firmly grasps her sword.
What follows was Hope dashing rather quickly towards Clementine, though she wasn't serious as the latter saw through her movements and quickly flips back as Hope attempted to swipe her sword at her.
This was repeated several times as Hope was aimlessly swinging her sword at Clementine at moderate speed. Any higher than that, Hope would have laid a scratch on her.
As such, Hope pretended to be a rookie at swordplay and agility was her only talent in such play.
Once Clementine gains some distance, she showed her dissatisfied look towards Hope, "Is that all? You're a magic caster, but you choose to swing a sword like some swordsman? What's up with that?"
"There are magic spells that allow me to wield a sword outside my profession," Hope stated, "It isn't much, but it provides the handicap I've mentioned before,"
Clementine looked unamused, but Hope continues with the following, "But enough about that, aren't you going to attack as well? All you've done is evade my attacks. Or perhaps you aren't that confident in your skills to kill a magic caster,"
Clementine took those words seriously, drew one of her stilettos, and cut her cloak off. Due to this, Hope knew she was going to be serious, and waited for her first move.
Meanwhile...
Ainz and Narberal's fight against Khajit continues after the latter summoned a [Skeletal Dragon] under the influence of his [Orb of Death}.
Ainz decided to let Narberalhandle this fight since it wasn't much of a problem for her to handle. Due to the [Skeletal Dragon]'s resistance against Tier Magic, Nabe tied her knot between her sword guard and sheath and smashes one part of the dragon's head much to Khajit's dismay.
When Narberal hurled another insult at Khajit, the latter grew infuriated and proceeds to use his [Orb of Death] to heal the Dragon's head and cast a few enchantments onto it.
Narberal enchanted a few defensive enchantments to counter the dragon's applied enchantments. She then presses on with the assault and evades the Dragon's attack until one of its claws managed to hit her.
But due to Narberal's enchantment [Projection of Negative Energy], it defended her from the effects of the Skeletal Dragon's enchantment [Undead Flame]
Khajit clicked his tongue and directed his staff towards Narberal, "[Acid Javelin]!"
A bolt of acid was created and fired toward Narberal, but defensive magic prevented it from reaching her much to Khajit's irritation. When Narberal attempted to target Khajit with [Lightning], the Skeletal Dragon defends him by blocking it with its back leg.
"I'm the one in pain here, bagworm," Narberal remarked, "Why don't you stop behind that and come out?"
Khajit clicked his tongue, "It can't be helped. [Orb of Death]!"
As he raised the orb, the [Orb of Death] radiates in purple light. This caused the group to shake, and Narberal glances down at the ground, "Behold! The power of the [Orb of Death]"
Sometime later, the ground bursts open, and what comes out was another [Skeletal Dragon].
"Another dragon?" Ainz remarked, then stares towards the orb, 'Coming from such a small item, that must be quite an item for this world...'
However, after the second [Skeletal Dragon] was spawned. The [Orb of Death] loses its glow and Khajit clicks his tongue as he lowers his arm, "It seems I've used all of the collected negative energy. After I kill you two and bring death to this city, it will surely be refilled,"
With two Skeletal Dragons into play, Ainz decided to step in as he drew one of his greatswords and went beside Narberal, "Since there's two of them, perhaps it's time I step in and have some part of this fight..."
Narberal glances at him, then back at the Skeletal Dragons before pressing on the attack on her own. She would evade the second dragon's attack and goes against the first dragon.
While the first dragon attacks Narberal will all its might, the second dragon targets Ainz and attempted to smash him down with its claw.
Khajit gasps in amazed as he presumed that his opponents were killed by the dragons' attack. But that led to shock when he saw Narberal standing her ground as she held the Skeletal Dragon's attack with her sheathed sword.
Ainz, on the other hand, easily holds the second Skeletal Dragon's attack with just one sword. As soon as the two pushed the Skeletal Dragons back, Khajit expresses his shock once more, "Just who are you two?! How do you two have such physical strength without the use of Martial Arts?!"
"This kind of opponent isn't so hard to deal with," Ainz said, "I've faced much more than these two dragons. But I am learning a bit more from this fight,"
"And I was created by Supreme Beings that even surpassed God," Narberal stated,
'Surpassed God? That's kind of a stretch. Don't you think?' Ainz remarked,
"Tch, Are you mocking me?!" Khajit yelled,
"You can't even understand the truth when you hear it..." Narberal frowns directly at Khajit, "You planarian,"
This sets off Khajit once more, and grits his teeth in anger, "Skeletal Dragon!"
The two Skeletal Dragon roars simultaneously before rushing toward the two. Ainz and Narberal just stood there and waited for the dragons' next attack.
Back at Hope
Clementine was rushing like no tomorrow as her tactics involved swift and precise attacks with her stiletto swords. Whenever she finds an opening, she strikes where it could potentially disable her.
What stopped her from doing so was due to defense magic that causes her attack to practically bounce off of Hope's body.
The latter tries to swing her sword at Clementine, but she heard her say [Flow Acceleration] and fluidly evades the sword before somersaulting her way back to gain some distance between her and herself.
"Come on, stop giving me a handicap! Otherwise, you'll die," Clementine said while tapping her sword on her shoulder,
"Your concerned is appreciated, but well misplaced," Hope remarked,
Soon enough, the two heard the echoing roar of the Skeletal Dragon and turns toward the crypt's direction.
"Skeletal Dragon?" Hope remarked,
"You know your stuff. Those things are a magic caster's worst nightmare with the ability to negate tier-magic," Clementine stated, "Your friend in armor can handle it, but I doubt that lady would survive the likes of them,"
"I can see why," Hope said, "but that doesn't concern me one bit since they can handle themselves well,"
"Pretty confident, or rather dense if you think that they'll survive from fighting that kind of monster," Clementine remarked, then bends down on the ground once more, "Anyway, here I come!"
Clementine then dashes forward with immense speed, but Hope sees through it as she tried to swing her sword at her. But the blade of Clementine's stiletto glowed in red color when she chanted [Impenetrable Fortress].
Once Clementine knocks Hope's sword off her hand, she tries to strike her down by attempting to pierce through the right side of Hope's chest. But the very same defense magic prevents the tip from reaching her.
Without Hope's sword, Clementine didn't hesitate to give a barrage of attacks with her stilettos and forced Hope onto the defensive. Once Hope's magic defenses have broken from constant attacks, Clementine seized the chance to finish her once and for all.
But Hope was faster as she secretly used magic to heighten her reaction time and back off at the second while maintaining her distance from Clementine.
The latter noticed but chose not to give chase as that would only leave her open for potential spell attacks.
"Looks like I broke through your defenses. It'll only be a matter of time before I pierce your body," Clementine remarked,
"I'll admit, you have the skill," Hope dusts her clothes a few times, then stares at Clementine, "But not as much as the last opponent I mentioned you about,"
Hope then stretches her hand towards her sword, and what appears to be mana-based tendrils from her arm and went to grab the sword. Once it returns to Hope's hand, the tendrils disappear as quickly as they came.
"Neat trick? Why didn't you use it against me when I attacked you?" Clementine questioned,
"Because you aren't worth the effort," Hope bluntly remarked, "Even with those Martial Arts of yours,"
At this point, Clementine grew annoyed as she wasn't smiling at anything Hope was saying to her. Hence, she decided to press the attack rather than make a pointless comment.
With Hope's defenses gone, Clementine assumed that she can easily kill her with weapons. But that was proven a lie when Hope began to see through her attacks, parry some of them, and evade the rest with ease.
In this case, Hope decided to play around on the defensive as she grew somewhat bored with Clementine's attempts to kill her.
Back at Ainz and Narberal
They still kept their acts together with Narberal going through the offensive and Ainz remained defensive as the Skeletal Dragons' attacks were relentless.
By the time Narberal fails in her attack, Khajit decided to act smug as he laughed at her failed attempts, "If you surrender now, I just might spare your lives,"
Narberal clicks her tongue while Ainz sighed at his words. Then the former states the following, "You mere human!"
"What?" Khajit muttered,
"Don't be so cocky, trash!" Narberal bluntly insulted,
This hits a nerve on Khajit as he grits his teeth in anger. Before he could say another word to his Skeletal Dragons, Ainz spoke first, "Ugh... We're short on time..."
Ainz then turns to the direction where Hope and Clementine presumably be, "Hope! Finish what you started!"
"Huh?" Khajit muttered in confusion,
Ainz then turns to Narberal, "Narberal, show him the power of Nazarick,"
Narberal gapes her mouth at first, but soon nods with a closed-eye smile, "As you wish, Ainz-sama,"
Narberal then turns to Khajit, "Now I shall no longer fight as Nabe, but as Narberal Gamma,"
Khajit clicked his tongue and commanded his Skeletal Dragons to defeat them both. Narberal uses [Teleportation] to evade the first Skeletal Dragon attack.
As for the second Skeletal Dragon, Ainz jumps off the ground to evade the attack and proceeds to take out the second Skeletal Dragon with one swing of his sword. Decapitating it in one blow much to Khajit's shock.
After Ainz lands on his feet, he sheathes his sword and takes a few steps back.
"Impossible! How could a Skeletal Dragon fall to a single attack without Martial Arts?!" Khajit yelled,
"It's because they are but child's play," Ainz stated, and Khajit expresses utter disbelief, "Even though you summoned them in a way which I find interesting, they remain the same,"
"Child's play..." Khajit muttered, then grits his teeth in utter anger, "How dare you say such things?! You shall pay dearly with your lives!"
"Your words mean nothing if you don't have the strength to back them up," Ainz elaborated, "Isn't that right, Narberal?"
"Precisely," Narberal responded, and Khajit turns to her,
As she levitates from the sky, she dons her battle-maid armor and conjures lightning from both of her hands. But this time, Khajit was baffled by the very sight of the spell.
For it was something he doesn't recognize, but there was one fact he still recalls, "But, Skeletal Dragons are completely resistant to magic!"
"Completely resistant? But to be precise, it just nullifies sixth-tier magic and below," Narberal elaborated, "In other words, I, Narberal Gamma, can use higher-tiered magic it cannot nullify my attack,"
"Fool! No human exists in this world that can use seventh-tier magic!" Khajit yelled and gestured his only Skeletal Dragon to attack Narberal,
"Thank you for being a step to Ainz-sama," Narberal coldly thanked, "[Twin Maximize Magic. Chain Dragon Lightning.]"
With that, Narberal unleashes a powerful stream of lightning to destroy Khajit's only dragon and struck him down until all that remained was his charred corpse.
After the deed was done, Narberal floats down to Ainz's side and stared at Khajit's remains. However, they do see an orb float out of Khajit's body and Narberal grew confused by such a sight.
"What is that?" Narberal inquired,
"It's probably his soul," Ainz said, "This was a natural occurrence should Hope to be around dead people. Only she knows what to do with it,"
Back to Hope
Clementine nor Hope showed any signs of exhaustion, though the former was visibly tired from the latter's antics in evading her attacks.
Then the two heard a voice in the distance.
"Hope!" Ainz shouted and the two turned towards the source, "Finish what you've started!"
Hope stays silent for a time, then sighs to herself, "It seems I've taken too much of my time,"
Hope then struck her sword to the ground, and gazes towards Clementine with disdain in her eyes, "Well? What are you waiting for? You wanted to kill me, is that right?"
Hope gestures two of her fingers at Clementine, "Then come and kill me already,"
"Huh? First, you avoid all my attacks, now you want me to kill you?" Clementine remarked, "Why the sudden change of attitude?"
"I've said these words to tempt you, but I know you wouldn't be able to reach me since you aren't worth this effort," Hope stated "Nor were you even worth anything at all,"
"So that's how you want it, huh?" Clementine remarked, "In that case, I'll kill you now with this,"
As Clementine bends down on the ground, she chants the following: [Stride of Will], [Greater Evasion], [Ability Boost], and [Greater Ability Boost].
With that done, Clementine dashes forward at high speeds and perceived herself to be faster than Hope's line of sight. But as she thrusts her stiletto directly at Hope's eyes, the latter did the impossible as she caught the attack barehanded in the last second.
Stopping Clementine dead in her tracks. This alarmed her and proceeds to draw her second stiletto to try and pierce her head with it. The result stays the same as Hope caught the second barehanded.
"Wha! In that case!" Clementine exclaimed and activates her stiletto to unleash a bolt of lightning, "I'm not finished!"
Clementine quickly activates the second unleashing a fiery spell at point-blank range. She snickers as she presumably killed Hope.
But that was shot down when Hope's tendrils wrap around Clementine's arms, legs, and waist. Restraining her in place entirely.
"Hm... I've never seen nor heard a weapon like this Yggdrasil before," Hope remarked, "Guess there's some merit in this fight after all,"
"No way! That's Impossible!" Clementine exclaimed in shock, "How are you not dead!"
"Then perhaps I shall enlighten you," Hope stated, and reveals her identity before Clementine,
Though her physical appearance as an adult remains the same, several features that represent her Arachnoid Class were shown before her. (Features: Pale Skin, Red Eyes, Four Spider Legs on the Back, Albino Hair, and Sharp Claws)
"Wha?! A Demi-Human!" Clementine explained,
"You are partially correct," Hope stated, "But to be frank with you, I am an Arachnoid Queen who possesses the highest caliber of the Magic Arts this world has yet to see. And it is exactly why I've given you that first handicap. You aren't worth even a single spell to throw at you,"
"Don't underestimate me!" Clementine yelled and tries to push her arms down to get the tips of the stiletto to reach her eyes, but the tendrils kept her from doing so, "Wh-Why?! Why can't break free?!"
"Because these restraints are powered by the strength of my mana," Hope stated, "And I have a lot of it. So why don't I give you a demonstration,"
The tendrils coiling around Clementine's arms were getting tighter, then...
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Snap, the bones on both of Clementine's arms broke and she screams utterly in pain while effectively dropping her stilettos on the ground.
But the tendrils remain as Hope stopped them from severing Clementine's arms. What follows was Hope spreading Clementine's limbs apart and wrapping a tendril around Clementine's neck.
As Hope was face to face with this sadistic killer, she states the following, "You took the luxury of killing her slowly, didn't you? If so,"
Hope clenches her right fist, and enhanced its magic, "Then it's only fair you feel the same as them,"
Without a moment's hesitation, she struck Clementine toward her stomach and this causes her to spit out pints of blood and salivate from her mouth.
"How does it feel?" Hope questioned as she pulled her fist back, "Having someone make you suffer as you did to your victims,"
Hope then lands another hit with her left, and possibly broke a rib as well as a damaged lung. Which, Clementine coughs off more blood from her mouth.
When Hope pulls her fist back, she grasps Clementine's face and used a recovery spell to prevent any fatal damage, but keep the pain high in her body.
"How does it feel?" Hope questioned, "When I'm taking the time to see you suffer as you made Ninya suffer?"
Hope then follows up with two more punches to the stomach, then a right hook against Clementine's jaw. Knocking half of her teeth out of her mouth.
To keep Clementine conscious, Hope simultaneously healed the injuries and shocked her head with a lightning spell. It doesn't kill her, but it does keep her awake for a longer period.
"How does it feel?" Hope questioned,
"S-Stop..." Clementine begged, but falls on deaf ears,
"When you beg for mercy as they begged the same of you?" Hope finished, then the tendrils on Clementine's legs tightened to the point that it broke the bones of her legs as she did with her arms.
Clementine screams in agony, then pants excessively as she's being simultaneously healed to preserve the pain she suffered at Hope's beatings and tendrils.
Though after Hope stated her inquires, she states Clementine's fate before her, "You will not die... Nor will you live peacefully..."
Hope then grabs onto Clementine's tagged breastplate, and rips out of her chest. She didn't mind seeing Clementine's bare chest, instead, she grabs onto the greave next and ripped it out as well.
Now, Clementine's body was fully exposed but Hope stares into her eyes as she continues,
For the fate, I have in store for you... Is far worse than death itself..."
Hope raises her hand in an open claw-like form and slowly clenches it into a fist. In response, the tendrils around Clementine tighten like a snake strangling its prey. But this was meant to crush her like a bug.
Clementine struggled to move or even speak as the tendrils were getting tighter by the second.
As Hope's hands were about to close, she gives Clementine one final request...
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"Now die already..." Hope requested, and clenched her right hand into a fist,
As a result, the tendrils crushed the rest of Clementine's body, and a large amount of blood came right off of her mouth like a water fountain as well as several bones cracking like toothpicks.
After that, the tendrils disappear and Clementine lies on the ground dead and mangled and Hope takes a breather after the kill.
As for the blood on her clothes, several small spiders slowly crawled out of Hope's face and body and feasted on Clementine's blood that was riddled all over Hope's face and body.
An orb then slowly resurfaces from Clementine's body, and Hope proceeded to take said orb into the palm of her hand. She didn't bother giving it any mana as she pulled out another empty lantern and stuffed it in before sending it back to Hope's inventory.
With that battle over and done, Hope walks back to the crypt and rejoins Ainz and Narberal once more.
Cemetery Crypt
Ainz stands idly by but holds the [Orb of Death] in his hand. It was a sentient orb and it swore its fealty to Ainz as the 'Lord of Death'.
Hope soon arrives, and Ainz senses her presence immediately. But she wasn't the only person to arrive...
"Master! Master!" Hamsuke called out,
Ainz and Hope turn to Hamsuke, and the latter shrieks when she spotted Hope in her arachnoid form, "There's a terrible monster here, there is-"
Hamsuke was stopped dead in her tracks when she got stomped on the end by Narberal, "You fool,"
Narberal then steps off of Hamsuke while Hope chants a recovery spell to heal Hamsuke's injury. Naberal stated that there was no reason to keep such a worthless creature.
But Ainz countered by stating that Hamsuke being the Wise King of the Forest is proof that she's too valuable to lose. After Hope healed Hamsuke of her injury, she soon noticed the orb over Khajit's charred corpse and walks towards Ainz, "Is that what remains of Khajit?"
"Yes," Ainz said, "And do you plan on doing with it?"
Hope stretches her hand towards Khajit's soul and is brought into the palm of her hand. As she stares at it for a while, she states the following, "He was the one who turned the other three into zombies... For a man who brings the dead back to life, It's only fitting that he doesn't come back to life,"
Hope then proceeded to crush Khajit's show and a surge of the latter's memories suddenly surges into her mind. From his childhood to his intentions of becoming an undead creature, Hope absorbed it all and exhales after the surge was over.
"What did you do?" Ainz inquired,
"Crushed his soul," Hope stated, "When the body loses its soul, it is not only dead. But it will never reach an afterlife. Unless you have a high-tier resurrection spell, you could bring the dead back to life and resuscitate the soul as well. But if a low-tier resurrection spell is used, then you're only bringing an empty body back to life. A Vegetable,"
"I see... But how does it work on Yggdrasil?" Ainz questioned,
"Oh, you lose some levels as well as lose certain spells," Hope stated, "It's pretty scary if you think about it,"
"Y-Yeah, you could say that," Ainz said, "but anyway, let's us move forward,"
Ainz turns to Narberal, "Narberal, Take their things before the soldiers and other adventurers arrive,"
"Understood," Narberal complied,
"Hope, can you take this?" Ainz offered as he presents Khajit's [Orb of Death] to her,
Hope takes it from his hand, and hears a voice from within. Apparently, it wishes to return to his master as he swore allegiance to him instead of her.
"Oh? You don't like me, huh?" Hope then conjures dark energy similar to Ainz and transfers it into the orb, "How about now?"
"... My apologies, O' Great One. You are equal to my Lord. Let this serve you with my utmost loyalty," The Orb stated,
"Such modesty. For that, I accept you, but..." Hope passes the Orb to Hamsuke, "She will be carrying you for a while..."
Hamsuke takes the orb and becomes somewhat uncomfortable from the orb's bickering. While they go and collect the spoils of the battle, the two players venture down the crypt.
Upon finding a large entrance, they open it and find Nfirea wearing transparent clothing, eyes potentially damaged, and some sort of crown on his head.
"What's this supposed to be?" Hope inquired about the crown,
"I don't know. I've never seen it before," Ainz said, then stretches his hand towards the item, "[All Appraisal Magic Item]"
A few moments later, Ainz receives the details of the crown, "[Crown of Wisdown]. It's an item that Yggdrasil can't replicate. Also, it states that it increases the potential of one's magic at the cost of the host's mind,"
"I see, then you wouldn't mind if I take this thing off of him and heal his injuries?" Hope inquired,
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Ainz questioned,
"I can, it's not that hard," Hope said, and used the tips of her spider legs at the side of the crown while placing two fingers on each side of Nfirea's head.
Hope takes a breath, before simultaneously pulling the [Crown of Wisdom] off of Nfirea's head, and cast a powerful recovery spell that heals damage as well as cure the influence of the crown from Nfirea's mind.
As he falls forward, Hope catches him and Ainz wraps his body in a sheet before carrying him onto his shoulder.
With that, the two left the crypt, regrouped with Narberal and Hamsuke, and returned to the guild to collect their reward...
But what they didn't expect...
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Was a dire problem back at Nazarick...
Inn
After Ainz, Hope, and Narberal received a promotion to Mythril rank from the guild. Ainz reminded her of the results of their actions and stated that everything was going according to plan.
Ainz then proceeds to contact Albedo, and the following message was spoken...
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With Hope eavesdropping in the conversation...
*Albedo: Ainz-sama, Shalltear Bloodfallen has revolted against us*
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"Huh?" Ainz mouthed in utter confusion, while Hope's eyes widened from the report
That is it for this chapter, everyone!
And for those who ask what happens to Beowulf and Hessian Lobo after this battle, I will reveal it in the Second Omake Series.
The same goes for what happens to Clementine after she's resurrected in Nazarick. But differently and a lot of mature stuff is going to happen.
And a little reminder, After I've posted Chapter 12. The results of the votes will appear at the end of the story. So keep voting before the decision is final. But if you want my honest opinion about it, I don't want it to be the usual fight between Shalltear and Ainz.
Instead, I want it to be different since my characters here and all...
But rest assured, her independence will remain the same.
And lastly, I plan on uncovering Hope's past in the Real World as well as her cruel personality in the New World in the next chapter.
Now that's out of the way, it's time to reply to the reviews!
Bananapeel3126: Your vote has been noted
Pryanik: Your vote has been noted. However, if that decision becomes final, I'm not sure whether or not that will happen. Because I tend to change a lot of things when comes to something new.
DawnYugo: Your vote has been noted. But as for the old version, I will admit. I did a crappy job since all of that was random.
Yes, I don't intend to make Hope an official member of Ainz Ooal Gown. For I have other plans for the future. The whole ally of Momonga, that's still happening but requires progress of course. I'll get to that in the future.
The same goes for the Servants should they move to Nazarick, and I'm aware that most of them are Human despite their appearances and power.
The reason why I chose those two Servants to handle the undead are separate. I'll start with Beowulf, the guy's a Battlelust Berserker, and doesn't matter who he battles. As long as he challenges the strongest or fights waves of enemies, the guy will do what he likes. Who knows, he and Cocytus would become fast friends in the future.
As for Hessian Lobo, It's because of the circumstances of the battle at the Cemetery. Full Moon, Dead of Night, and his background suit the scenario in my opinion.
She won't look down on humans, that I can promise you. In fact, I never planned on having her look down on humans even in the old version. Instead, she just finds it hard to find the good ones among several bad ones.
Lord Metallex: I appreciate that you've respected my choices of Servants and your recommendation of Servants. I'll thnk about it as I go by with this story.
That is all I have to say in the reviews, let me know if any of you have questions, and I will answer as best as I can, stay safe from the virus, and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!