Overlord (book 1)

As Momonga thought about this, he couldn't shake the feeling there was something strange

about Albedo, who was still standing next to him. Wanting to clarify this, Momonga looked at

Albedo with a sharp gaze.

“───Did something happen? Have I done something wrong…?”

“.....!”

Finally realising what was wrong, he was unable to make any sound and could only gasp in

surprise..

A strange feeling comes from changing expressions. Mouths moving, even letting out

sound───

“.... Could... it be!”

Momonga hurriedly put his hand on his mouth and tried making a sound.

───His mouth was moving.

It was common sense in DMMORPG that it was impossible for the mouth to move and speak at

the same time.

The appearance of facial expressions was basically rooted, and if this was true, then there

should still be no facial expressions on this design.

Also, Momonga’s face was just a skull, with neither a tongue nor a throat. Looking down at his

hands, all he saw was a skeletal hand with no skin whatsoever. He didn’t even have internal

organs or lungs, so how was he able to speak?

“Impossible….”

Momonga suddenly felt all his accumulated common sense disintegrating, at the same time he

felt uneasy. Repressing the urge to yell out, his heart suddenly went back to being calm.

Momonga forcefully hit one of the armrests on the throne, but as he had expected, there was no

indication of damage.

“... What should I do…. Is there any good idea…. ?”

With completely no understanding of the current situation, he also started to get angry that there

was no one around that could help him.

Then the most important thing to do now is —— to look for clues.

“——Sebastian.”

Raising his head, Sebastian had a sincere expression, feeling like a real life person.

Giving him orders should be no problem right? Although I don’t know what wil happen, are all

the NPCs in this grave loyal to me? These are definitely no longer the NPCs that everyone

created together.

Feeling uneasy with his mind swimming in questions, Momonga suppressed these emotions. In

any case, the most suitable candidate for searching was Sebastian. Despite having Albedo next

to him, Momonga made up his mind and choose Sebastian.

While thinking about looking like a high ranking boss ordering his employee, Momonga showed

off a superior attitude and commanded:

“Leave the Great Tomb and search the surrounding area. If there are any intelligent or friendly

beings, invite them back here. Negotiations should go so far as to please the other. The search

radius is one kilometer and try to avoid fighting.”

“Yes, Momonga-sama. I wil do as you command”

In YGGDRASIL, it was impossible for NPCs who were created to protect a specific area to leave

it. However, right now that has been subverted.

No, this matter could only be determined once Sebastian actually left the Great Tomb of

Nazarick.

“... Take a member of Pleiades with you. If there comes a situation where you have to retreat,

bring the information gathered back here.”

With that, the first step has been taken.

Momonga let go of the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown.

The staff did not fall to the ground but started to float, as if there was someone holding it up in

the air. Although totally inconsistent with the laws of physics, this is what usually happens in the game. Situations where items floated in the air when let go were not rare in Yggdrasil.

The spirits appearing from the staff showed a pained expression and entangled his hand, to

which Momonga paid no mind. This kind of occurrence wasn’t very uncommon… however, this

kind of effect was not surprising, so Momonga twirled his finger and dissipated the spirits.

Momonga folded his arms in contemplation.

The next step would be───

“....contacting the game’s company.”

Considering Momonga’s abnormal situation, the one would know the most about it should be

the game company.

The problem was contacting them. Normally one would use the [Shout] or [Call GM] functions to

establish immediate contact, but that method seemed to have failed at the moment…

“Message?”

That was the game’s in-game messaging magic.

Normally, it was only usable in certain places or situations

Normally you could use this only in certain places or situations, but right now it could be put to

good use. While this magic could be used to communicate with other players, it was unknown if

it could be used to call a GM.

And in this abnormal situation, there was no guaranty that magic still worked

“.... But….”

It was still worth investigating.

Momonga was a pure magician. If he was unable to use magic, not to mention fighting, even his

mobility and information gathering capabilities would be significantly reduced. In a situation like

this, where everything was unknown, it was important to confirm if magic was able to be used.

And it must be found out quickly.

So was there any place where he could use magic——Momonga looked around the throne

room and shook his head.

Although this was an emergency situation, he didn’t want to subject the Throne Chamber to his