Albedo was surprised and even Demiurge widened his eyes in surprise, clearly showing their inner feelings.
"Is it OK to let those servants enter the holy areas of the Supreme Master? Is it really necessary to go to such great lengths?”
The mentioned servants were not Ainz Ooal Gown members designed NPCs, but the game generated monsters.Thinking about it, with the exception of a very few, the 9th and 10th floors do not have any servants.
Momonga whispered to himself in a low voice.
Albedo thought that there is a sanctuary there, but that is not the case.
The reason why the 9th floor has no monsters is because if the strongest NPCs on the 8th floor were defeated, then the chances of Ainz Ooal Gown winning would be very low. So they might as well play the role of the bad guy and have one final confrontation in the throne room.
“…No problem. Because of this emergency situation, more manpower is needed.”
“Understood. I will carefully select through strength and character.” Momonga nodded, then placed his eyes upon the twins:
“Aura and Mare… Can you hide the Great Tomb of Nazarick? Using illusion magic, just thinking about the cost of maintaining it, what a headache.”
Aura and Mare looked at each other and started thinking and after awhile Mare responded:
“U-, Using magic is a bit difficult if you want to hide everything… But you could use mud to paint the walls then cover it up with plants…” “You say you want to use mud to dirt the great Nazarick’s walls?!”
Behind Mare, Albedo questioned. Although the voice was soft and sweet, the emotions behind the voice were far from it.
Mare’s shoulders shook, although the surrounding Guardians did not make a sound, they all showed an atmosphere of agreeing with Albedo.
For Momonga, Albedo is just meddlesome, something like this was not so severe as to cause such a commotion.
“Albedo… Do not interrupt. I was speaking with Mare.”
Momonga spoke in a low voice, surprising even himself.
“Ah, I am extremely sorry, Momonga-sama!”
Albedo hung her head low, face frozen with fear. The other Guardians and even Sebas stood still, acting as though the sentence from before was also intended for them.
At the Guardian’s rapidly changing attitude, Momonga felt he might have went too far with his scolding and regretted it, however he continued:
“Can you really hide everything by covering the walls with mud?”
“Ye-, Yes. If Momonga-sama allows it…. But….”
“However, when viewed from a distance, wouldn’t the ground look too unnatural? Sebas, are there any hills in the surrounding area?” “No. The surrounding area is just flat grasslands. But there is also a night cycle here, so at night it can successfully fool others.”
“I see… If its only to hide the walls, Mare’s idea may actually be a good one. Then are we able to create dirt mounds in our surroundings to properly camouflage the walls?” “This should then make it not so obvious.”
“Very good. Then Aura and Mare, the two of you will be incharge of this task. You can use items from any of the floors to complete your task. As for the part that is facing the sky and cannot be hidden, wait until your task is finished before using the illusion magic, make it so
no one can see Nazarick from the outside.” “Ye-, yes. Yes sir.”
Its fine to only think up till here. Although there may still be a lot of things to think about, we can take our time to think about it. Because from the time of the occurrence up till now, it has only been a few hours.
“Alright, that is it for today. Everyone go back and rest, later then start your tasks. Because of our lack of information, try not to be too reckless.”
All the Guardians bowed their heads down in understanding.
“Finally, There is something I want to ask all all the Guardians. First
Shalltear, What kind of person do you believe me to be?”
“A beautiful crystal. You are the world’s most beautiful being. Even precious gems can not be compared to your pale white body.” “Without hesitation, Shalltear responded. From the way she answered, it could been seen as her true feelings.”
“—Cocytus.”
“More powerful and stronger than any Guardians. Supreme ruler of the
Great Tomb of Nazarick”
“— Aura.”
“A thoughtful and compassionate person.”
“— Mare.”
“A-, A very gentle person.”
“Demiurge.”
“Both wise in judgments and quick in acting. A flawless being.”
“— Sebas.”
“The person responsible for gathering us all. Compassionate and refused to abandon us until the very end, in order to stay behind and fight alongside us.”
“Finally Albedo.”
“The absolute ruler of us all, our greatest master and also my most loved person. “
“……. So its like that. I clearly understand everyone’s thinking. The responsibilities that were given to my previous companions are now all given to you to handle. In the future, please be dedicated to your duties.”
Seeing the Guardians bow their heads, Momonga uses teleportation to leave the arena. Instantly the view changed from the front row of the arena to a magical array being maintained by golems. Looking around, making sure no one besides the Golems maintaining it was around, Momonga lets out a sigh.
“So tiring…”
Although his body was not tired, the stress to his heart felt like a huge load on his shoulders.
“….. Those guys…. Why do they evaluate me so highly?”
Surely it must be a different person. After hearing what the Guardians thought of him, it seemed like they were just making fun of him. “Hahaha” Momonga laughed as he shook his head. From the way they looked, it felt like they were completely serious. In other words, those were their true feelings.
However, if the situation was not as much as an emergency as the
Guardians thought, they might be disappointed. The thought of it gave Momonga more and more stress. Not to mention there is another problem, to which Momonga made a rather bitter expression.
Although his skull is unable to show any expressions, it still feels like some changes occurred.
“…. How should I treat Albedo…If this goes on, I will be to ashamed to face Tabula Smaragdina-san.”
Interlude
The pressure that almost pushed their head into the ground, suddenly disappeared without a trance. Even though everyone knew that the master they worshiped had already left, nobody stood up. After a while, someone let out a sigh of relief, and the tension was finally released. The first one to stand up was Albedo and although her white dress had dirt on it, she did not pay it any mind and just dusted it off. After seeing Albedo standing up, everyone silently followed suit.
“Si-, Sister, that was scary..”
“Yeah, I thought I would be crushed”
“As expected of Momonga-sama, even towards us Guardians, he would have such a huge effect.”
“Although I knew he’s a supreme being and was stronger than all of us, I did not expect it to be to this extent.”
The Guardians all started talking about Momonga’s impression.
The pressure that all the Guardians felt was actually the aura Momonga was emitting.
Desperation aura. In addition to the Terror effect, it is also able to reduce the stats of a player. Normally it should not affect level 100 NPCs, but due to the blessing received inside Ainz Ooal Gown, the effect became even stronger.