Chapter 180 - 178 ~ Moving Forward
Facing and subjected to the display of imnse loyalty and reverence that could only be ant for Gods by the floor guardians, Momonga froze.
Yes... Despite knowing this would happen and having prepared ntally, Momonga's mind still short circuited for a mont.
After all, simply watching it happen through a screen and actually experiencing the sheer imposing aura of all the floor guardians before him was a whole world's difference altogether.
He did not know how to proceed...
In a panic, he inadvertently activated a skill. A dreadful aura roiled out over his surroundings as a halo of black radiance ford behind him.
'Crap!'
Realizing he had made the sa mistake he did in the ani, Momonga quickly tried to cancel the skill. But before he could, a trendous aura of pure, heavenly divinity reverberated from his side.
Then, another aura, darker and more demonic, yet on par with the divine also began to emanate from his side. But instead of clashing with the divinity, it mingled, coalesced... before turning into an even more powerful aura.
He peeked to his side, and saw Yuuji and Aika, both emanating their auras with their wings spread proudly behind them.
Then, yet another aura began to emanate. This ti from Lelouch as his jet-black feathered wings spread open and emanated an aura of dark holiness.
At first, Momonga was shocked by their sudden actions. But imdiately after, a realization hit him.
They must've known he had made a mistake by releasing such a deathly aura in a panic. But instead of stopping him and embarrassing him in front of the guardians, they followed suit, to make it seed like all four of them emanated their auras on purpose to answer the pledge of loyalty made by the guardians.
Momonga could not thank them enough for their consideration.
"Raise your heads."
With a practiced unison, everyone raised their heads. Their coordination, so immaculate that Momonga and the others could not help but feel impressed by it upon seeing it in real life.
Though for so reason, when Shalltear raised her head, they could see crimson red blood trickling down her lips...
They all could not help but wonder why her lips would be bleeding. Except for Aika, who understood how a horny, slutty, obsessive girl in love would feel when feeling the aura her hubby was emanating. Even she felt a slight tingle in her womb when he did it.
Momonga shook his thoughts on Shalltear's bleeding lips from his mind and refocused his attention on the guardians.
"First, I thank all of you for coming here."
"There is no need for thanks. We are all loyal subordinates of the Supre Beings. To us, it is our duty, our happiness, and our wish to serve our great masters."
None of the Guardians spoke in opposition to her statent, as the guardian overseer had perfectly represented all of their feelings, their wishes, and their loyalty through the words she had just conveyed to the supre beings.
"...Momonga-sama, it is only natural that you should have doubts about us, for our abilities must be miniscule in the reckoning of all the supre beings present. However, if given the order, we – all guardians will accomplish any task set to us, no matter how difficult or arduous, with every fiber of our beings. We hereby swear that we will never allow the 41 Supre Beings of Ainz Ooal Gown, our creators, to be disgraced by our actions!"
""This we swear!""
All floor guardians, following Albedo's words, swore in unison. Their voices filled with power, and with adamant loyalty and determination that shan't be diminished by any number of foes.
Even if he didn't have [Insight Proficiency] or have known about their true feelings from the ani, Momonga could tell that their loyalty was genuine.
And upon receiving such loyalty and utter devoteness, a sliver of doubt erged within his heart.
Each and every one of his words... His order would be carried out, without question, and to each and every letter he had uttered by every single being with the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
Unease began to sink in... Would he lead Nazarick to destruction because of his foolish decisions...?
'No... That won't happen. I am not alone. Not anymore...'
Any kind of doubt and unease was quickly washed away by the presence of Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch by his side.
Knowing his own flaws and lackingness, Momonga could not trust himself to lead Nazarick into a better future. However, he trusted them.
He trusted Lelouch's intelligence and insight. He trusted Aika's interpersonal skills. And he trusted in Yuuji's leadership.
His reliable teammates. Precious friends. With them by his side, he had nothing to fear.
"Excellent. Guardians, I have no doubt you will understand our aims and successfully carry out our commands. There may be so things which are difficult to understand, but I hope you will pay attention and listen. I believe the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick has been caught up in so kind of unknown situation."
Momonga spoke with solemn expression, reflected by his somber voice rather than his actual facial expression which would be impossible.
"While I am unaware what caused this incident, the Underground Tomb of Nazarick had been transported from its place in the swamps to a vast plain. Did anyone foresee the occurrence of this strange event?"
Although Momonga knew full well the answer he was going to receive, he still asked regardless. With things in reality not fully identical to the ones he knew in the ani, he needed to make sure for even the smallest of changes.
However, as he had first expected, the answer ca negative.
"Regretfully, none of us have any idea of what is going on."
Then, Momonga asked them if they had discovered sothing unusual in the floors they were guarding. And the answer remained the sa. Negative.
" –Momonga-sama, I shall investigate the fourth and eighth floors right away."
Momonga nodded.
"Then, I shall leave that matter to Albedo. However, you must be careful on the eighth floor. If an ergency situation occurs there, a situation may erge that you cannot deal with."
"At that ti, you should imdiately call . Do not hesitate. I will handle the situation myself."
At Momonga and Yuuji's words, Albedo bowed her head deeply to indicate she understood.
The eighth floor, guarded by the Sacrificial Fetus, Victim, was ho to nurous extrely powerful NPCs working under it. They were the last line of defense tasked to stopping any invaders from getting past the eighth floor. Though, with Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch's appearance in this history, no invasion, even the largest one, had even managed to see a glimpse of the eighth floor.
Although Albedo was powerful in her own right, if an ergency situation occurs there, even she might not be able to handle it herself. And the only one within Nazarick, who could undermine all the defenses of the eighth floor, was Yuuji himself.
Thus, she did not utter any complaints to his decision over concerns of his safety. It would've been a blatant disrespect to the strength of the greatest supre being.
"Then, I shall handle the surface."
Shalltear said, her eyes looking at both Momonga and especially Yuuji in enthusiasm.
She wanted to prove herself to be useful, not only to all the supre beings, but specifically to Yuuji.
"It is fine, Shalltear. Momonga had ordered Sebas to take several scouts to reconnoiter the surface."
"A-Ah... Yes... Yuuji-sama~"
Shalltear felt a shiver of pleasure go down from her ears, down her spine, and to her pussy when she heard her na uttered by her beloved in his beautiful, soft, yet commanding voice.
Her disappointnt from being unable to show off her usefulness was imdiately replaced by her imnse love and lust for her beloved.
On the other hand, surprise flashed across the faces of Albedo and all other guardians.
Within Nazarick, there were four NPCs who were exponents of lee combat. Cocytus had the strongest attack power when using a weapon, Albedo had an impregnable defense when in her heavy armor, while Sebas in his true form was stronger than either of them two in lee combat.
And there was one more, who was superior to all of them. The younger sister of Albedo. The Strongest Entity of Nazarick. The only NPC who had ever given Yuuji the enjoynt of battle in a spar.
Sebas, who was capable of sweeping away anyone before him in hand-to-hand combat, had been assigned to command a reconnaissance team and be present in the field himself. They could tell how seriously the Supre Beings was taking this strange occurrence, causing their guards to rise to the highest level as a result.
"It's about ti for him to return."
Just then, Momonga saw Sebas jogging over to them, until he reached the Guardians genuflecting before the four supre beings and went to one knee as well.
"Momonga-sama. Yuuji-sama. Aika-sama. Lelouch-sama. Forgive my lateness."
"It's fine. Then, your report on the surrounding conditions."
With a practiced, dismissive wave of a hand from Momonga, Sebas raised his head and looked around at the Guardians kneeling beside him. A grave expression apparent to his otherwise stoic and stern face.
"...The situation is critical. To begin with, the terrain surrounding us for a kiloter in each direction is a plain. There are no signs of man-made structures within that range. However, beasts Aura had lent
for this investigation and the Hanzos who served as scouts had reported sightings of a large forest to the west and small village to the south of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. As of now, I have ordered them not to investigate further and watch the periter."
"I see... What about living creatures?"
"The beasts have reported that they've sensed several low level monsters within the forest; goblins and the like. As for the village, the Hanzos reported it to be a small village with only around 100 villagers living within it."
"Very well."
Momonga nodded.
The forest Sebas ntioned must be the forest called the Great Forest of Tob, in which the "Wise King of the Forest
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