he did not manage to do so.
Just as Momonga wanted to start screaming, a certain guild member’s memory came to his
mind.
───Turmoil is the failure of a country, you must always maintain a level-headed and logical
way of thinking. Keep calm, plan ahead, and don’t waste your time thinking about insignificant
things, Momonga-san.
Thinking about this, Momonga calmed own.
To the Zhuge Liang of Ainz Ooal Gown - Moe Dress Girl, Momonga expressed his thanks.
“... Did something happen to you?”
Albedo’s lovely face asked as she stood close, causing Momonga to almost feel the fragrance
that she was emitting. Even though he finally managed to calm down, he almost lost it again in
that instant.
“.... The function to call the GM seems to have failed.”
Towards the puppy eyed Albedo, Momonga could not help but answer the NPC.
Never throughout his whole life did Momonga ever have this kind of experience with a member
of the opposite sex, especially not one with this kind of atmosphere. Although he knew that she
was just an NPC, considering her human-like expressions and actions, Momonga couldn’t help
but feel his heart skip a beat.
But the constant beatings of his heart were suppressed in order to return to a calm state.
Although Momonga was disturbed his sudden palpitations, he remembers these wise words
imparted to him by one of his guild members.
But is that really the case?
Momonga shook his head, now is not the time to think about such matters.
“... Please forgive me for being unable to answer Momonga-sama’s question about the GM.
Forgive me for being unable to meet your expectations, if there is a situation where I am able to
make up for my mistake, I will be happy to oblige. Please give me your next order.”
…. These two were talking with each other, there was no mistake about it.
Noticing this Momonga was too surprised to speak.
Impossible. This was definitely impossible.
This NPC was able to speak. No, it is possible to use self automated speech to allow NPCs to
speak, because there were many shouts and cheers for players to download. However, to
properly converse with a NPC was something impossible. Even just now, Sebastian was only
able to understand simple commands.
Then, what could have happened to make this possible? Was it only Albedo who changed?
With a wave of his hand, Momonga gave Albedo the order to stand down, which she did with a
face full of regret. Momonga then turned his eyes to the heads of the butler and the six maids.
“Sebastian! Maids!”
“Yes!”
Saying with perfect synchronization, they all raised their heads
“Come to the front of the throne.”
“Yes, milord”
Again, with perfect synchronization, they stood up and walked towards the throne. Once there
they knelt down.
At that moment, two things became apparent.
First, even without saying specific commands, NPCs are able to understand simple orders.
Second, Albedo was not the only one able to speak.
At the very least all the NPCs in the throne room were abnormal.
As Momonga thought about this, he couldn't shake the feeling there was something strange
about Albedo, who was still standing next to him. Wanting to clarify this, Momonga looked at
Albedo with a sharp gaze.
“───Did something happen? Have I done something wrong…?”
“.....!”
Finally realising what was wrong, he was unable to make any sound and could only gasp in
surprise..
A strange feeling comes from changing expressions. Mouths moving, even letting out
sound───
“.... Could... it be!”
Momonga hurriedly put his hand on his mouth and tried making a sound.
───His mouth was moving.
It was common sense in DMMORPG that it was impossible for the mouth to move and speak at
the same time.
The appearance of facial expressions was basically rooted, and if this was true, then there
should still be no facial expressions on this design.
Also, Momonga’s face was just a skull, with neither a tongue nor a throat. Looking down at his
hands, all he saw was a skeletal hand with no skin whatsoever. He didn’t even have internal
organs or lungs, so how was he able to speak?
“Impossible….”
Momonga suddenly felt all his accumulated common sense disintegrating, at the same time he
felt uneasy. Repressing the urge to yell out, his heart suddenly went back to being calm.
Momonga forcefully hit one of the armrests on the throne, but as he had expected, there was no
indication of damage.
“... What should I do…. Is there any good idea…. ?”
With completely no understanding of the current situation, he also started to get angry that there
was no one around that could help him.
Then the most important thing to do now is —— to look for clues.
“——Sebastian.”
Raising his head, Sebastian had a sincere expression, feeling like a real life person.
Giving him orders should be no problem right? Although I don’t know what wil happen, are all
the NPCs in this grave loyal to me? These are definitely no longer the NPCs that everyone
created together.
Feeling uneasy with his mind swimming in questions, Momonga suppressed these emotions. In
any case, the most suitable candidate for searching was Sebastian. Despite having Albedo next
to him, Momonga made up his mind and choose Sebastian.
While thinking about looking like a high ranking boss ordering his employee, Momonga showed
off a superior attitude and commanded:
“Leave the Great Tomb and search the surrounding area. If there are any intelligent or friendly
beings, invite them back here. Negotiations should go so far as to please the other. The search
radius is one kilometer and try to avoid fighting.”
“Yes, Momonga-sama. I wil do as you command”
In YGGDRASIL, it was impossible for NPCs who were created to protect a specific area to leave
it. However, right now that has been subverted.
No, this matter could only be determined once Sebastian actually left the Great Tomb of
Nazarick.
“... Take a member of Pleiades with you. If there comes a situation where you have to retreat,
bring the information gathered back here.”
With that, the first step has been taken.
Momonga let go of the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown.
The staff did not fall to the ground but started to float, as if there was someone holding it up in
the air. Although totally inconsistent with the laws of physics, this is what usually happens in the game. Situations where items floated in the air when let go were not rare in Yggdrasil.
The spirits appearing from the staff showed a pained expression and entangled his hand, to
which Momonga paid no mind. This kind of occurrence wasn’t very uncommon… however, this
kind of effect was not surprising, so Momonga twirled his finger and dissipated the spirits.
Momonga folded his arms in contemplation.
The next step would be───
“....contacting the game’s company.”
Considering Momonga’s abnormal situation, the one would know the most about it should be
the game company.
The problem was contacting them. Normally one would use the [Shout] or [Call GM] functions to
establish immediate contact, but that method seemed to have failed at the moment…
“Message?”