“—Yes sir.”
Momonga calmly looked at Sebas — beside him he could see the shadow of his former guildmate.
“This… Touch Me-san….”
At this moment, Momonga thought of one line.
— If the road is harsh, it is only natural to take your sword and help.
When Momonga first started playing YGGDRASIL, hunting demi-human and heteromorphic races was extremely popular, and as an undead Momonga was subject to being hunted as well. On the verge of quitting YGGDRASIL, the words of a certain person saved him.
If it wasn’t for those words, Momonga would not be here.
Momonga sighed softly, then showed a helpless smile. After remembering this memory, he had to go save those people.
“A man must always show gratitude… Anyways, sooner or later I would have to confirm my abilities in this world.”
After Momonga had finished talking to his friend who was not here, he enlarged the view of the village until it was fully visible. His purpose was to find any surviving villagers.
“Sebas, raise Nazarick’s alert level to the highest. I will go ahead first, notify Albedo that she should follow me fully armed. However, there is no need to bring Hell’s Abyss. Then go and prepare some backup troops. We have to prepare for any unforeseen events that might render me to be unable to escape, so prepare some people with stealth abilities in case we need to deal with the enemies in this village.”
“Yes Mylord, but protecting Momonga-sama is the duty that was passed to me.”
“Who gave you that kind of order… Those knights are razing that village, which means that there may be knights capable of invading Nazarick nearby. So you must stay behind.”
The scene changed, the image of a young girl punching a knight entered into his eyes. The girl held another younger girl, who must have been her sister, and they attempted to run. Momonga quickly opened his Item chest, and took out the staff of Ainz Ooal Gown.
The moment the girl tried to run, her back was slashed. Since time was of the essence, Momonga invoked the word of power:
“「Portal」.”
No distance limitations, transfer failure rate 0 %.
During the time that Momonga played YGGDRASIL, this was the most accurate teleportation magic.
The scene in front of his eyes changed.
Seeing the teleportation magic hindered by nothing, Momonga breathed a sigh of relief. To be captured instead of saving someone would be the worse outcome.
The scene in front of his eyes was exactly the same as before.
In front of his eyes were two girls cowering in fear.
Looking at the younger sister, he saw a head full of chestnut colored hair, braided into pigtails. Her healthy skin that were constantly exposed to the sun, now lost all color due to fear, her dark eyes overflowing with tears.
The younger sister was burying her face in the waist of her sister and shivered with fear. With cold eyes, Momonga stared at the knight in front of the two girls.
It was unclear whether it was because of Momonga’s sudden appearance, but the knight turned towards Momonga, forgetting about the sword that he was brandishing.
From young, Momonga had led a life bereft of violence. Regarding the current world that he was in, he was sure that it was not the virtual world, but instead the real world. Even so, looking into the eyes of the sword wielding knight in front of him, he was not in the least bit scared.
With that, he made a calm judgement.
Momonga stretched out his hands and activated his magic:
“「Grasp Heart」.”
This magic will crush the enemy’s heart, out of the ten levels of magic, this magic was ranked at level nine of Necromancy magic. Of the Necromancy spells that Momonga had, many of them contained the property of death, this magic was one such spell.
The reason why he chose this spell was because even if the enemy managed to resist the spell, it will still cause him to become hazy as a negative side effect.
If it was resisted, he intended to take the two girls and jump into the open 『Portal』. During a situation where he has yet to find out the details of his opponent, it would be better to have a plan where he could easily advance and retreat.
Just that he was completely unable to execute that plan.
With the feeling of crushing something soft, the knight went limp and fell silent.
Momonga coldly looked at the fallen knight.
His heart knew that his prediction came true… even after killing a person he felt nothing.
His heart felt no guilt, fear or confusion, it was as tranquil as the undisturbed surface of a lake. Why was that?
“So it seems… Its not just the body, but also my heart has stopped being human…”
Momonga walked forward.
While walking pass the two girls, it could be fear due to the way that the knight died, but the younger sister, suspicious of Momonga, let out a sound.
Momonga obviously came to save her. Even so, the way that the girl reacted to him was strange, exactly what was she thinking?
Although he was skeptical, right now Momonga did not have much time. Confirming that the girl still had a bloody wound on her back, Momonga stood in front of the two girls and sharply watched the other knight exiting from the nearby house.
The knight, seeing Momonga, fearfully took a step back.
“… You dare to chase little girls, but don’t have the courage to stand against enemies?”
Momonga faced the knight who was filled with fear, and started to choose what magic he wanted to use.
Previously, Momonga had used a spell, the high level 「Heart Grasp」. This was in a field of magic that he was well versed in. Because Momonga was an expert specialised in death spells, and because of his Undead Overlord class, the effect of 「Grasp Heart」 was greatly improved. However, with that he was unable to measure the real strength of the knights.
So in order for the knight to use any of his other skills, he mustn’t be killed instantly. This way he can judge the strength of this world and also confirm his own strength.
“—Since I’ve took the time to come here, I should find another subject to experiment on. You will accompany me on this experiment.”
Although Momonga’s Necromantic magic was strengthened, the power of his basic magic spells was not high. In addition, metal armor was usually weak against shock attacks, so during the time inside YGGDRASIL, most people would add shock resistance to their armor. Because of that, Momonga decided to use a shock spell against the knight, in order to calculate the damage.
In order not to kill the enemy, he did not use any special enhancing effects.
“「Lightning Dragon」”
White lightning that looked like a dragon fiercely surged forth from Momonga’s hands and shoulders. Flashes of white lightning dazzled the eyes and went towards the knight that Momonga pointed at.
There was no escape and no defense.
The dragon-shaped lightning hit the body of the knight, letting out dazzling white light which, in a twist of fate, looked truly beautiful.