Albedo gives the opening instructions:
"Everyone, please offer your loyalty to the supreme ruler."
All the Guardians bow their heads with Momonga not even having a chance to interrupt.
Everyone has started to form a line with Albedo standing in front and all guardian arranged one
after another behind her. Each Guardian is showing a serious and respectful expression. One
could see that the atmosphere was serious. Standing closest to him Sharutia steps forward:
"First, second and third floor Guardian Sharutia Bloodfallen, comes to see the Master."
On her knee, one hand on her chest and giving a deep respectful salute.
After the monarch and subject ceremony by Sharutia, Cocytus steps forward:
"The fifth floor’s Guardian Cocytus, comes to see the Master."
Like Sharutia, he kneels in front of Momonga in a ceremonial manner.
Then came the dark elf twins:
"Sixth floor’s Guardian Aura Bella Fiora, comes to see the master."
"Same.. same sixth floor’s Guardian Mare Bello Fiora, comes see the master."
Same as the others, they were kneeling and offering a respectful salute. Sharutia, Cocytus,
Aura and Mare's body were different, so the steps they took was different, but the location of
their knees were constant and quite neatly arranged.
Followed by Demiurge gracefully taking a step:
"The seventh floor’s Guardian Demiurge, comes to see the Master."
With a cold tone and elegant posture, Demiurge heartily salutes. Finally, Albedo takes a step
forward:
"Guardian Commander Albedo, comes to see the Master."
Momonga smiles towards Albedo, who is kneeling like the other Guardians. However, Albedo
continues her report with her head down and in a clear voice to Momonga:
"Except for the fourth floor’s Guardian Gargantua and eighth floor’s Guardian Victim, the
Guardians of each floor have come to kneel down... as Master requested. We would all go
through fire and water without any hesitation for you."
Facing six lowered heads, Momonga seems to be unable to issue any words and his throat
makes a *gurgle* sound. An abnormal pressure shrouds this scene.
What pressure... Perhaps only Momonga is feeling this way.
─── I don’t know what to do.
This scene wil probably happen only once in a lifetime. Momonga’s mind is in chaos and
accidentally activates a special ability that emits an aura, shining like a brilliant light.
Having no time to cancel it, Momonga desperately searches his memory for a movie or TV
series with this kind of scene. He wants to find a move in line with the current situation.
"Raise your heads."
*Sa~~* Everyone raises their heads. Because the action was so neat, Momonga almost asks
them if they ever practiced this together.
"So ...... Firstly, thank you all for coming."
"Please do not thanks us. I'm only Momonga-sama loyal subordinate. Momonga-sama is our
supreme ruler."
It appears that no other Guardian intends to deny Albedo’s answer. She real y is a worthy
Guardian Commander. Faced with the serious looking Guardians, Momonga’s throat is getting
stuck and suddenly he gets a kind of choking sensation. It is the pressure of being a leader, a
tightly compressed physical sensation. His commands will affect the future, so he feels a little
hesitation about his next step. The Great Tomb of Nazarick might get ruined because of his
decision - uneasiness crosses his mind.
"...... Momonga-sama, feeling hesitation is quite right, because compared to Momonga-sama,
our fundamental strength is insignificant."
Albedo stops smiling and speaks with a respectful and awe-inspiring expression:
"As long as Momonga-sama orders it, no matter how difficult the task, I - no, all floor Guardians will go all out, even if it means destroying ourselves. We vowed to never shame the forty-one
supreme Creators of Ainz Ooal Gown. "
"This I swear!"
Following Albedo's voice, the other floor Guardians echo in unison. All their voices were full of
strength and no matter how many people tried, nobody would be able to stop their diamond-
solid loyalty and determination. Now it feels like a joke to even suspect that the NPCs might
betray Momonga. After this statement, the dark mood in front of him has disappeared without a
trace. Momonga is deeply moved and very excited. To think that the NPCs designed by the
members of Ainz Ooal Gown would be this great.
The glorious golden age still exists.
The crystallisation of everyone's hard work, the Masterpieces they created still remain in this
world... and Momonga was truly glad for that.
Momonga wears a blooming smile, but because of his skull face there were obviously no
changes in his expression. However, the red lights inside his eye sockets become extremely
dazzling. Just as his anxiety goes away, Momonga simply says what a male chairman would
say:
"Guardians, you are the best. I'm sure you will be able to understand my purpose and achieve
the mission with success. There might be some things you can not understand, but I want you
to concentrate on listening. I believe The Great Tomb of Nazarick was involved in an accident of
unknown origin."
The Guardian still have serious look on their faces and there were no signs of surprise.
"Although I do not know the cause of this accident, Nazarick, which was originally in a swamp,
was transported to the Grasslands. Is there anyone who knows anything about this
phenomenon?"
Albedo looks at the floor Guardian's faces to see their faces and openly replies:
"No, I'm sorry, we can not think of any leads."
"Well, I have another thing to ask to the floor Guardians. Did anything strange happen on your
floor?"
Hearing these words, each floor Guardian finally answer:
"The seventh floor did not have any incidents."
"Sixth floor also."
"Ye- yes, sister is right."
"The fifth floor is the same."
"From the first to the third from, there is no incident."
"- Momonga-sama, I want to investigate the fourth and eighth floor as soon as possible."
"So be it. Albedo will be given this task, but pay attention to the eighth floor. If there is an emergency situation, you might not be able to deal with it."
Albedo salutes with a deep bow to show her understanding and Sharutia added:
"Then give me responsibility for the surface."
"No, Sebastian is scouting the surface right now."
Albedo, who was present at the time, shows no reaction but on the faces of the other guardians
emerges an expression of surprise that they are unable to hide.
In the Great Tomb of Nazarick, there are 4 NPCs who excel in close combat. Being the most
proficient in the use of many different weapons and possessing devastating strength is Cocytus.
Fully equipped with heavy armor, boasting impeccable defense is Albedo. However, the one
with the most combat strength, who is able to stand against the two of them is Sebastian. Other
than him, there is also another who is able to beat them.
There should be no reason for the other Guardians not to be surprised. Their strongest fighter,
the invincible Sebastian, was sent out to do such a simple reconnaissance mission. This could
be also be seen as Momonga being very cautious about the situation, therefore everyone felt