"Thaaaat's why I keep saaaaying that you should just let me out and hunt my own food."
"Absolutely not, we are here on a mission of the highest priority. You cannot endanger our cover just because the food doesn't suit your tastes."
"Well you see, you say that but we beasts don't really like being hand fed like lambs at a petting zoo, we don't kill unless we're hungry or provoked but we need to hunt."
"The way you 'hunt', you said it was out of hunger but the way you seem to enjoy yourself it can hardly be called hunting at all, it's just slaughter."
Lycan revealed a wide and sadistically evil grin on his face from ear to ear and what he showed were not the usual pearly white teeth but instead the fangs of nothing short of a monster.
The way that werewolf males killed was not as horrifying as Solution who 'processed' her food for several days or Entoma who enjoyed eating her prey bit by bit while they're still alive but in another way was much crueler then either as his method attacked not the body but the 'heart' of people.
Werewolf males' favorite food was human women, preferably beautiful ones. The way they moved was that they first buttered up to their prey with their fake charm and often handsome looks and gentle personality. When the target trusted them they were taken to a midnight date under the moonlight. Needless to say what transpired after…
"Well you know I just enjoy seeing the lovely face of a beautiful young girl who thinks she's about to have the best night of her life suddenly twist into fear and anguish as she realizes that she's about to be eaten by the one she loves. After that I just cut off the head nice and clean and have it stay that way as I eat the rest of her body! Aaah such carnage! I just loooove it! HAhahaHAAAAH!"
Yuri−quite well fed up with listening to the gory details of Lycan's methods stood up and started gathering the groceries Shizu brought with her to go to the kitchen on the first floor.
Just as she was about to head downstairs a voice from behind her spoke once again.
"Oh by the way, tonight's a new moon right? It will be completely dark on the streets except for those places lighted with magic lights right?"
"So what if it is?" Yuri asked hoping the answer she would receive was different from what she imagined in her head it would be.
"So it doesn't matter right? If I just make sure it's a quiet kill with no evidence then no one will know that there's a monster inside the capital."
So it was that after all. Why did Ainz decide to send this guy out of all people, I just can't understand his intentions. But then again he is the supreme ruler of Nazarick, how could I?
Without turning around Yuri responded to Lycan's clear insistence on defying orders.
"Lycan I will tell you only once more, you were allowed to go outside of Nazarick by the grace of Ainz-sama with clear instructions to guard us incase something goes wrong while we wait for reinforcements. Your purpose is not to go out and find your next meal unless it is with direct permission from Ainz-sama himself."
"Haah? Don't you have that thing to ensure your safety? There should be no one amongst the humans who can defeat it anyways.
Yuri quickly glanced at the chest standing by the bed, inside was a small colorful box with a handle on the side that would remind one of a Jack-in-the-box, but the creature inside was nothing quite as cute as a little toy figure of a jester. Inside was a high level NPC like Lycan that was given to them by Ainz in case of emergency.
For the first time Yuri spoke with a firm and decisive tone with the hope that Lycan would restrain himself.
"Be that as it may our orders are absolute. If you try to leave without permission I'll…"
Before she had even finished her sentence the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped several degrees as a deep and dark chill rose up that would cause panic in the hearts of even the bravest warriors.
Yuri didn't need to turn around to see what was causing this disturbance. What followed was the voice of something that couldn't be called human in the slightest.
Oi, a cute low level maid-chan like you shouldn't talk down to a high level servant like me you know.
Lycan could tolerate mocking, teasing and cheap provocations as he was not so petty, but to be forced to have a low level servant to talk like she was above him and not do anything was something that he would never allow in his life.
Right now the searing anger in his heart caused him to release an inhuman amount of bloodlust that was a match even for the floor guardians. Whether or not he would actually attack Yuri was anyone's guess, if it wasn't for…
*Pat*
…..
*Pat* *Pat*
As if it had never been there in the first place, Lycan seemed to have lost all of his bloodlust as he was currently staring motionlessly at the maid patting his head in a mechanical motion. Even Yuri who was so surprised by the sudden stop of bloodlust that she turned around only to see Shizu nonchalantly patting Lycan on the head.
"Good boy. Sit."
…..
"OI YOU PEACE OF SCRAP METAL, WHOSE F*CKING HEAD DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PATTING HUUUUUH?
Lycan's bloodlust had returned and now stronger than ever. A blood vein on his forehead had swollen up and seemed like it was about to burst. It was very likely that he was about to attack Shizu for treating him like a cute pet.
"Uwah…"
…
Lycan suddenly seemed to have lost all motivation as he sighed heavily and stopped emitting any bloodlust. His eyes completely devoid of life, he moved away from the other maids.
Lycan probably couldn't take pride in it. Starting a fight with another member of Nazarick over something so silly was beneath him and would most likely make him the tomb's laughing stock or enemy. Instead he just went back to his bed and laid down with his back turned towards Shizu and Yuri.
"Call me when dinner's ready… so annoying."
Yuri without saying a word nodded towards Shizu as a show of gratitude in response to which she got a shining thumbs up from Shizu.
After the atmosphere had calmed down a bit Yuri grabbed the groceries and went down the stairs when she suddenly halted her steps while standing in the corridor that lead towards the kitchen.
"I know you're there, reveal yourself."
As if waiting for that command three dark figures emerged from the shadows on the wall on the ceiling and in the corner of the corridor. They wore pitch black attires that seemed to consume all light and had covered every part of their body with it. Even their face was covered with black cloth that made you wonder how they saw anything at all. One might mistake them for humans if it wasn't for the fact that from their head grow two black goat horns and that they had four arms instead of two.
Nazarick's elite covert-ops 'shadow demon shinobi'. An ultra rare monster drop from the 500 yen gacha machine like the two dragons that Mare and Aura rode. Ainz Ooal gown was in YGGDRASIL as far as was known the only guild to possess three of them. While having close to zero combat ability they were superior to every other unit in Nazarick when it came to stealth and anti-stealth. In YGGDRASIL these monsters were often used during guild wars to get a firm understanding of the enemy's base, numbers, strength and items. To lose one would be an enormous loss so the guilds rarely risked sending them out. Ainz however had decided that determining whether or not the enemy that had Brainwashed Shalltear resided in the Theocracy took priority over the safety of these units.
"Report, what have you learned?"
One of the shadow shinobi's leaned in and whispered into Yuri's ear.
The reason that they had waited until Yuri had left the room was that Lycan could not hear anything about what they had discovered.
If the enemy found out about Nazarick's operations in the Theocracy and decided to come after them, Lycan had been ordered to give up his life to allow Yuri and Shizu to escape if it came to that. Ainz had stated that the only thing worse than the enemy finding out what you know is them finding out what you know about them, so that they can manipulate you using that gap of information to their advantage.