“The ‘Swords of Darkness’ were the swords owned by one of the legendary ‘Thirteen Heroes’.”
Peter said with a smile, but didn’t elaborate any further.
That’s too vague if he stops here… All I know is that the Thirteen Heroes were heroes on another level that defeated the rampaging demon god 200 years ago. I have no idea who the heroes were, or what equipment they had… Will not knowing these things cause me to lose face? Or should I pretend to know?
As Ainz was feeling troubled, Narberal interjected:
“What is that?”
Awesome. Ainz struck a victory pose in his mind, while the Sword of Darkness members looked stunned.
Not knowing about the magic item they named themselves after might be a bit shocking.
“So Nabel-chan doesn’t know. That understandable. Although he was one of the Thirteen Heroes, he was branded as a villain because others believed him to be of demonic descent. His part is often omitted when telling the tale of the legendary heroes… He was said to be very powerful.”
“The Swords of Darkness were the four swords used by the ‘Dark Knight’ of the thirteen heroes: The magic sword [Chilling Lamp] can emit dark energy, wounds caused by the corrosive sword [Crocodile] will never heal, the death sword [Space] is able to kill with a single scratch and then there’s the evil sword [Malice] whose ability is unknown.
“Oh—”
Everyone smiled awkwardly at Narberal’s uninterested response.
Ainz tilted his head, deep in thought, since the description of these special abilities felt familiar to him.
After thinking carefully, the image of a certain vampire popped into his head: These special abilities were similar to Shalltear’s [Cursed Knight] class.
The lore behind the Cursed Knights was that they were cursed paladins, it was a strong job in YGGDRASIL, but since it had a lot of shortcomings it wasn’t very popular. Some of the skills a Cursed Knight could learn included emitting a wave of darkness, leaving wounds that couldn’t be healed by low-tier healing spells, death curses, and so on.
Ainz squinted his illusionary eyes under his helmet, thinking that this couldn’t be a coincidence. The Swords of Darkness might bestow special skills similar to those of a Cursed Knight, but there was a high chance that this hero had been a Cursed Knight.
If that was the case, one of the prerequisites for becoming a Cursed Knight was level 60, so the ‘Dark Knight’ had been at least level 60— No, considering the skills he learned, he had been at least level 70.
The Demon God fought against such a hero, so their levels had to be about the same. But Nigan from the Sunlight Scripture claimed his Dominion of Authority defeated the Demon God, so the Demon God was not as strong as the heroes.
Judging from the intelligence he had collected, the most reasonable conclusion was that the Demon God wasn’t too strong, but the only way of finding an answer would be obtaining the sword or meeting that hero personally.
While Ainz was thinking, the group continued to chat. Ainz hurriedly focus his attention on their conversation in order to not miss any chance of getting more information.
“—Finding that is my first objective. There are many legendary weapons. There are some that were proven to exist, but it is unknown if they still exist nowadays—”
“Ah, there is a person who already owns one of the Swords of Darkness.”
Nfirea casually dropped the bomb, making all the Sword of Darkness members turn to him:
“Wh-who is it!”
“Wah! Really?! That means there are just three left!”
“Eh, now we can’t give one to each member…”
Nfirea answered cautiously:
“Ehm, there’s an adventurer group calling themselves the ‘Blue Rose’, their captain has the sword.”
“Oh, if it’s that group of adamantium ranked adventurers, then it can’t be helped.”
“That’s right. But since there are still three swords left, let’s work hard and become strong enough to obtain them all.”
“You are correct, since there is one, then the other three must exist as well. I hope those three are hidden in a place no one else can find until we discover them.”
“Ninya, log this in your diary to avoid forgetting about this.”
“Understood, I will pen it down. But that’s my private diary, shouldn’t you record or remember it yourself?”
“Leaving a physical record behind is good!”
“Is that the issue? Dyne…”
“But we have this.”
“What’s that?”
“This, Momon-san.”
Peter took out a shortsword with four small jewels embedded in the hilt. He drew it out to show its black sword body.
Before getting the real thing, we plan to use this as our symbol…”
“Calling ourselves ‘Blade of Darkness’ instead of ‘Sword of Darkness’ would be fine. Anyway, there is no real or fake thing, this is undoubtedly the symbol of our team!”
“Eh… Lukeluther is actually talking sense!”
The Sword of Darkness members broke out in laughter, appearing harmonious.
Influenced by the atmosphere, Ainz smiled along with them. Their feelings toward the short sword was the same as Ainz’s feelings towards the guild’s symbolic staff.
Topics suitable for dinner conversation popped up one after another, the Sword of Darkness members who were the majority held the initiative, talking to Ainz, Narberal and Nfirea from time to time.
Ainz joined in, but still felt some distance from the Sword of Darkness members. Because Ainz lacked knowledge of this world and was hesitant in his words, that’s why he can’t mingle well. This resulted in Ainz talking less, forming a vicious cycle.
When they talked to Narberal, she would come up with weird answers, so they left her out gradually.
Nfirea was handling it well.
He had always lived in this world and was more adapt in being with others. He can join in the topic easily and can read the mood too.
(No big deal. I had comrades in the past too.)
Ainz thought in a tantrum as he watched the party chatting happily under the glow of the camp fire.
Their relationships are great, this is expected of comrades that face death together. Nfirea had also looked envious as he looked at the team.
Ainz also recalled his teammates from the past, grinding his teeth in jealousy under his helmet.
— He was just like them in the past.
“… Your friendships are deep. Are all the other adventurers like this?”
“Probably, they went through thick and thin together as well, if they can’t understand what each other were thinking, what actions they will take, it will be dangerous. Over time, their bond will deepen.”
“That’s right, there are no girls in our team. I heard that it will get rowdy if there is one.”
“… That’s right.”
Ninya continued with an awkward smile:
“If there is, Lukeluther would be the first one to cause trouble. Anyway, it’s because our party has a definite goal right?”
Peter and the others nodded in agreement.
“… That’s how it is. When everyone are thinking as one, the feeling is different.”
“Eh? Momon-san had a party in the past too?”