Shalltear and Cocytus even though it didn't show on their faces, they couldn't accept this reason. To follow such procedures and allow lower beings such as humans even a chance to surrender and even need a reason to squash them was something they themselves would not consider. Ainz having sensed their displeasure, decided to soothe their worries.
"Don't worry you two. We already have a good reason to attack them and very soon the declaration will come and I guarantee they won't surrender. Not with their arsenal. Shalltear, if it really was them then I promise you that they'll be all yours."
"You are too kind Ainz-sama."
"And Cocytus, I know you have been dying to prove your worth as a warrior have you not?"
"Yes. Ainz-sama. That. Is. My. Greatest. Wish."
"Then I'll be relying on you both for the next battle. This time there can be no screw-ups."
""By your command we pledge ourselves to the Supreme being. Please use us as you see fit.""
"Huhu… look forward to it, but for now you are dismissed as well."
After the two left Ainz's office he could finally relax a little bit. Even though there were still assassins in the room he no longer needed to speak and act in such a regal way. Now instead he could once again focus on his work and his thoughts in silence.
To think that they would reveal themselves so easily. From the reports, that girl was the only one capable of detecting the presence of the shadow shinobi. If she's the strongest that would be great news. But I still can't shake this sense of uneasiness, best be prepared.
Ainz sat down behind his desk and started skimming through the reports once more, thinking about what Lycan had said.
To be able to wear nothing but divine class equipment could be considered an advantage on their part, even if their levels were lower it would balance out with most of the floor guardians who had one or two divine weapons at most.
How fortunate that we were able to obtain such a crucial piece of information before battle, if I was still human I'd be overjoyed that we now have such a huge advantage over them and won't be caught off-guard. And it's all thanks to Lycan, even though he is such a troublemaker… now that it think about it why were his settings like that again? Ah I remember it was those two idiot love birds.
In Ainz Ooal gown there were two conditions for joining the guild. One was be a member of society and two, play as a heteromorphic race. The unofficial third was that you had to have approval from the majority of the guild in a vote.
After a certain incident however there was almost a case of a fourth rule being instated. The 'don't bring your relationship into the game' rule. In Ainz Ooal Gown there were only three female members,Bukubukuchagama, Yamaiko and Ankoro Mochi Mochi. However the latter one and another member of Ainz Ooal Gown called Nobunaga were a couple in real life. This caused no small amount of trouble for the guild at times. The most horrible was the time that they lost a guild battle because Ankoro, who was a cleric, focused all her healing skills on Nobunaga alone when she should be dividing them amongst all the members and Nobunaga who was a warrior was protecting only Ankoro from incoming attacks. After that there had been serious debate about whether or not they should be expelled from the guild.
If Touch me-sama and I hadn't negotiated for a second chance they would really have been banished but it was ever since then that they got labeled with that silly nickname 'idiotic love couple' as punishment, what wonderful times…
Ainz starting to feel the sadness and loneliness that haunted him again forced himself to focus on Lycan's origins to distract him from darker thoughts.
Let's see Nobunaga-san was if I'm not mistaken the creator of Lupus Regina and Ankoro Mochi Mochi-sama was the creator of both Lycan and the assistant butler Éclair. Ah now I remember it, the NPC revenge story.
When players create their personal NPC's they naturally want to brag and show off. But Nobunaga made the mistake to dedicate his NPC to his girlfriend and made her in her image. Ankoro Mochi Mochi was a very shy and passive person and this reflected in her playstyle and personality, she was bad with words and preferred reading books to talking. No surprise that she ended up as a librarian. When she saw the beautiful naughty and exotic Lupus Regina compared to her… the reaction was not positive.
Ha-ha, I still remember hearing Ankoro-sama's reaction, "when have I ever been anything like that? This is how you wish that I was like isn't it".
Ha-ha… their relationship got quite bad after that though. Everyone was sure they'd split.
When she saw her boyfriend compare her to Lupus Regina she decided to take revenge by creating an NPC in his likeness that represented everything that she always wanted him to be. Thus she created a macho beast who isn't afraid of anyone and never backs away from a fight. This seemed to have something to do with Nobunaga being quite a wimp in real life despite his class and player name. Fortunately the spat between them was resolved but Lycan was already added to the base and Ankoro never felt like giving him a room or purpose as working on it reminded her of her bad time with Nobunaga.
I wonder what Ankoro-sama's reaction would be if she met Lycan now. She would probably apologize to him over and over… well I still don't think she'd like Lupus Regina though… ha-ha…
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Even the bad memories and awkward ones in Ainz's mind were now starting to seem ever brighter and silly as he realized that he would probably never see most of them again. Albedo's mission wasn't fully complete yet but almost all the POI's that Ainz had marked came up with no results. All that this led to was Ainz becoming ever more certain that he was alone in this world.
Ainz covered his skeleton face with his hand as he felt that he was about to cry and couldn't let the assassins on the ceiling notice.
It was then that his passive skill kicked it and forcibly calmed him down, leaving only the faintest traces of grief in his heart. No that it would have mattered as Ainz had no physical way of crying anymore.
Damn I can't even cry when I'm sad now? What a horrible skill…
Ainz swallowed his inner thoughts as soon as he had formed them, he realized very well that without this skill he would never have been able to keep up his appearance of a benign ruler as well as he had. This didn't mean however that he was no longer sad.
I shouldn't be like this. I still have lots of things to do. That's right the people that brainwashed Shalltear are still out there. As long as I still rule this tomb they shall know no mercy.
Ainz could feel the outburst of anger freeing him from his remaining feelings of despair as he focused on the goal in front of him. What horrors would he unleash upon humanity if he felt like this in front of them? Ainz dared not think about it.
Even if it's the last thing I do as ruler of this place, I will destroy them completely. I will make sure that they wish they were never born. I swear this on the Name of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Part 5
Zesshi narrowed her eyes as the magic light that was attached to the ceiling was irritating even for her eyes to look at directly for too long.
Inside one of the holy temples of the Slane Theocarcy's capital. This is a private healing room used to treat high profile citizens of the Theocracy away from unwelcome eyes. For a price that would make commoners widen their eyes in to such a point that they might pop out. From this room right now quite a lot of noise could be heard.