“Big ceremony? What is that? I have no problems doing it by myself easily.”
Hearing this, Zaryusu was completely lost for words. According to legends, resurrection magic was a power only lizardmen of dragon king lineage possessed.
And he did so all by himself.
Monster? No.
An incredibly powerful magic caster? No.
Zaryusu understood this completely.
Leading a mythical army, commanding demons.
Which meant, this— the existence in front of him was one who could rival the gods.
Zaryusu staggered up, and prostrate in front of Ainz. Crusch also frantically knelt down in the same fashion.
“Supreme One.”
He thought the eyes looking down at him seemed a little troubled, but Zaryusu decided that he was just mistaken.
“I pledge my life to you.”
“Very well. What do you wish for? I will grant it to you in the name of Ainz Ooal Gown.”
“Please grant prosperity to the lizardmen.”
“That is only natural, of course I will guarantee the prosperity of all those who come under my dominion.”
“My gratitude.”
“Good. Is your speech still not clear? Rest for a bit and you will get used to it. Rest for now. Afterwards there are various things which will have to be dealt with. The first thing would be the defence of this village that is under my dominion… for the details, discuss it with Cocytus.”
Ainz left after he finished saying this. However, before that, there was something which Zaryusu had to do, and had to do right now.
“Please wait. What about Zenberu and older brother?”
“Their corpses should be around the area”
Ainz, who was just about planning to leave with Aura, stopped casually gestured with his jaw in to the outside of the village.
“Can you please revive them?”
“... Hmm… I don’t see any benefit in doing so.”
“Then why me? Zenberu and older brother are very powerful. They will definitely be useful.”
Ainz scrutinised Zaryusu, then shrugged his shoulders.
“I will consider it… preserve the two corpses well. I will consider it later.”
After speaking, Ainz dusted his robe as he left. Aura could be heard saying as she walked by his side spoke “That hydra is so cute ne~”, and her voice faded into the distance and eventually disappeared.
Zaryusu finally stopped collapsing and relaxed.
“I made it through alive… or rather, I revived…”
He did not know what kind of rule would await them in the future. However since lizardmen’s usefulness left an impression, it shouldn’t be too bad.
“Crusch, older brother—”
“Never mind about that. Worry about it later. For now just rest well and clear your fatigue. It will be fine, I can carry you.”
“Ah… thank you.”
Zaryusu closed his eyes and lied down. Just like in those days where he had overworked his body, he was eager to rest, and fell asleep once his eyes were closed.
Once again Zaryusu felt the touch of gentle hands stroking his body back and forth as his consciousness slipped back into the darkness.
Afterword
I don’t think there are readers who only started reading the afterwords in this volume. Therefore, I would like to say to everyone long time no see, I am Maruyama Kugane.
Just as I mentioned in the afterword of the previous volume, the entire volume was used to depict the lizardmen’s story, a totally different novel. This type of stories should be rare for light novels right? Maybe it’s just me, but I think there are few stories about the main character attacking a peaceful village.
How did you find this work?
The reception would probably trend towards two different ends, however, such scenes of the strong trampling over the weak would probably surface several more times.
The protagonist of Overlord isn’t the type who only deal with the danger right before them, but one who will take the initiative to accomplish his goals and gain benefits for himself. This means that he won’t save the main heroine because he heard that she is in distress, but the carnivorous type that seek out main heroine in distress… That sounds a bit wrong though.
Hence, readers who play strategy games should know that in order for Ainz to build up his forces, instead of challenging the strong, he is more likely to recruit the weak to strengthen his army.
That’s why I am to write this work from the rarely seen angle of the invaders, instead of the more common angle of the invaded. That might be so, but their fight on the open field isn’t really an invasion battle.
Next, allow me to express my gratitude.
So-bin-sama the Crusch you drew was so cute it makes me excited. Chord Design Studio which is responsible for the design work. Osako-sama who go to the finest detail for proofreading and editing. And F-tan-sama the editor, who render help to me in all sorts of ways.
Thank you everybody.
There is also Honey, thank you for your retorts. It is a pain to tie up the loose ends.
And the readers who purchased this book, allow me to give my sincere thanks. I am really very grateful.
Well then, I hope to see you next time.
See you in the next volume.
Something off topic, I actually put in the word ‘death’ into one of the chapters for each volume, I am almost out of ideas now. Maybe this won’t show up in the next volume. This is just me being playful, it won’t cause any trouble… However, if I don’t have the taste for coming up with names, it would be really difficult! Depressed.
2013 July Maruyama Kugane
