Should I evacuate the capital? No first of all I have to inform the other bishops of what has happened. This could become a threat to national security.
Archon collected his thought's and tried to put them in order so he could decide what to do first. He decided that first off a report needed to be delivered to the other archbishops that warned them of the impending danger.
A monster in the capital, a skeleton lord ruling over E-Rantel and now the fifth legacy of the Six Great gods on a hospital bed. What dark tidings await our sacred city?
As Archon rushed out in order to start dealing with all of these new issues one at a time, little did he know of the darkness that had already begun moving against his nation. And soon what shadows it would face.
Chapter 3. Darkness descends
Part 1
A sanctuary of holiness. A bristling city that goes quiet during the time for prayer and devotes themselves to their Gods. With the six Archbishops ruling over them there is peace in this place. The capital of the Slane Theocracy Astousa – the home of the six Archbishops and the Miko princesses.
If the best way to describe the Re-Estize kingdom would be to call it ancient and the best way to describe the Baharuth Empire would be to call it modern then the Theocracy would be best described as sacred.
All over the capital there were religious buildings of all sizes. All inns and hotels were named after a saint or famous priest. The people all wore religious clothing, and it was hardly uncommon to see priests and clerics walking amidst the ordinary citizens.
This city was home to not only the cathedrals of the Six Great Gods, but also the sole divine-magic type academy in the world.
This city was thus seen as one of the safest places - if not the safest place - in the human-inhabited regions of the continent. Under the protection of the six Great Gods there was peace…
A luxurious carriage rode through the streets of this great capital. Decorated with eye-popping golden decorations, people who saw it could only gape at its beauty. The carriage itself was pitch-black and carried a symbol that no one had seen before.
All who saw it assumed that royalty from another nation had come to the capital for an official visit and wondered why such a thing had not been announced. Whenever the queen of the Draconic Kingdom or the emperor of the Baharuth Empire had come to visit there would be a huge commotion and celebrations but now the city was the same as always and no special preparations had been made.
Little did they know that it was the Archbishops that had ordered to keep the arrival of this carriage a secret for as long as possible. If the people knew who was coming mass panic and rioting could break out in the streets.
Fluder could not help fidgeting around slightly. He was in the presence of two personal aides of Ainz and although they appeared harmless at first glance, he knew the two of them could take even him on in a fight.
He still could not believe that he had been designated as the emissary for Ainz Ooal Gown to negotiate with the Theocracy. Of course this was only the official reason. But he still felt anxious as he could not allow any mistake in the presence of these two servants that were part of Ainz's main staff.
A week after Lycan had returned from his mission in the Theocracy, Ainz had made his next move and arranged a diplomatic meeting with the Six Archbishops to facilitate future relations between the two nations, which had become geographical neighbors. Fluder had been chosen as he was a famous human to preside over these talks.
In front of Fluder sat a dark-skinned girl with twin tails and a strange cap on her head. Although he could not see her magic power either, he had heard that she was a powerful Cleric and mighty warrior. Next to him sat a maid that was quietly reading a book. She had her hair in a bun and was reading through plain glasses.
"Aah! I'm so tired of this carriage! Couldn't we just teleport into their home and get it over with?!"
Yuri payed no mind to the ordinary piece of nonsense that Lupusregina uttered. Instead she continued to read her book that she had borrowed from the library. As the deputy leader of the Pleiades she had little to no time for herself, which was fine considering that it meant serving her Lord but being able to enjoy a book every once in awhile was enjoyable too.
"At any rate why you are here Yuri-nee, weren't you reassigned to help Demiurge-sama in the empire or whatever? Why are you here? Could it be you wanted to be with me?" Lupusregina leered at Yuri with a wide grin on her face.
Yuri simply produced a cane from her storage space and, not taking her eyes off the pages of her book, rapped it against Lupusregina's head.
"Ouch! it hurts Yuri-nee! I'm an S not an M!"
"Ainz-sama asked me to guide you through the capital and escort you in case anything goes wrong and identify the human that attacked Lycan if possible, so here I am. My job also happens to include making sure that you don't get out of control!"
Yuri closed her book with a sigh as the mood for reading had left her. She took a long look at her sister and decided that this might be a good time to have a serious chat with her."By the way Lupu, I heard that Ainz-sama asked you to correct that carefree touch and feel attitude of yours, even if you were created that way you still have to take into account that our current master is Ainz-sama!"
Lupusregina pouted as she turned her head and tried to feign ignorance.
Fluder couldn't help but admire the two. When he had heard that most high ranking inhabitants of Nazarick were created by the 41 Supreme Beings he could hardly believe it. These maids who were so full of life and emotion were actually 'made' by someone. It was marveling to say the least.
"I wish you wouldn't ask me depressing questions like that Yuri-nee!"
Lupusregina got quiet as she suddenly displayed a rare depressed look on her face and began staring out the window while she looked like she was collecting her thoughts.
"Say, Yuri-nee? Do you remember the moment you were born?"
Yuri's eyes widened. She'd never expected a question like that from Lupusregina of all people.
"I'm afraid that much like most members of Nazarick my memory is hazy from the time that we were created and still in YGGDRASIL. I do remember some moments vaguely but not my birth. Though the first thing I remember is standing outside the throne room on the tenth floor."
Lupusregina did not stop looking out of the window as she listened to Yuri's Yuri had stopped talking she waited a bit before saying what she wanted to say."I don't remember the exact moment I was made either, however one memory is as clear in my mind as if it was yesterday."
She closed her eyes as she started remembering the scenes from back then.
"When Nobunaga-sama created me…
He must have been really happy with a daughter like me, even though I'm not as strong as a floor guardian he was really proud of making me for some reason."
Lupusregina's mind sunk into the past as she remembered the words she heard the supreme beings say to each other.
"What do you think Misaki-chan? I call her Lupusregina Beta! A werewolf cleric! She'll make a fine addition to the maid that Yamaiko-sensei made! I made her thinking of you!"
"Uhm…Let's see what her settings are…"
"Uh Kenji… what exactly do you mean by erotic lewd sadist? Lupusregina the wolf queen who loves to mess around with dirty talk and sadistic plays…"
"Ah that? Well you know since she had to be evil I kinda had to put something bad in her settings, no?"