Overlord (book 1)

Although their level were only fifty five with almost no special abilities, they attacked with

endless stamina while using these robust arms. It was enough to rival against a high-tier

Monster.

Momonga sighed and moved his sight back to the scarecrow again.

His eyes were looking towards the scarecrow and if you look closely, you could see that he was

quite nervous. His aim was to confirm that he was still able to use magic.

By allowing Aura and Mare to see this “magical experiment”, his main purpose is to demonstrate

his power and let them know that making an enemies out of him is a stupid thing to do. He had

to do this before the other guardian arrive.

These two kids do not seem to have slightest sign of betrayal and he does not think they would

betray him. However, if he loses the ability to use magic, Momonga is not confidant that they will

keep their allegiance.

Aura’s attitude towards Momonga feels like as if she knew him for a long time. For him however,

it feels like their first meeting.

It can be seen that the role setting of these two children are all carefully crafted out. They were

the brainchildren of the guild. However, emotional reaction and behaviour pattern to various

conditions were not perfect and had some flaws. But now, them becoming intelligent beings with

their own thinking, these flaws will probably affect their behaviour somehow.

If it did not make the loyalty condition weak, then what could have changed? On another note,

the amount of their loyalty were never clearly documented in their program. Thus whether or not

they obey orders, can also vary. If it were simply not obeying orders, it can still handled.

However what to do if they betray him immediately after they find out that he doesn’t have

enough power......?

Although been too paranoid is bad, it is not wise to trust them completely. In short, at this

moment for Momonga the best idea is to be cautious. Another reason for this experiment is, if

he can not use magic, he could discuss it with Aura and Mare. These two children believe that

this experiment is to confirm the power of the staff, so the magic power would depend on the

item itself. If there was a problem with his magic he could easily use the staff as excuse. The

plan was perfect.

Momonga can not help but praise himself. In the past, was his mind always so calm and

flexible? No one could answer this question for Momonga.

The doubts inside his brain were thrown out the window and he began to think about magic

used in Yggdrasil. Inside the game, magic spell strength was rated from one to ten and there

were easy to over six thousand spells in total. The spell were separated between different types

of systems. There were seven hundred spells from eighteen different systems that can be used

by Momonga. In general, level 100 players can usually only use three hundred kinds of spell, so

the number of spells Momonga can use is quite unusual.

Almost all of these spel s are store inside Momonga’s brain and he is searching for the most

appropriate spell to use right now.

Because the prohibition of friendly fire has been lifted, he must know the exact effect range of

the spell. It is therefore important, for the magic attacks not to select numbers of individuals, but range of effect. The next goal is to take into account the scarecrow, so ───

In Yggdrasil, just pressing the icon will activate the magic spell. However, in the absence of the

Interface, we must use other methods.

Although a bit uncertain, he has a little understanding of how to start it.

He feels the power hidden inside his body. It seems like the contact is not properly established.

Momonga concentrates.

He illustrates it floating in the air ───

Momonga smiles quite happily.

He already knows the approximate range of effects and how long the cool down takes to launch

the next spell. These have been thoroughly mastered in the past. After confirming his ability, a

new kind of excitement overcame him. He feels satisfied because he knows that magic is now a

part of his own strength, which he did not experience inside Yggdrasil.

The emergence of the inner joy - although it will rapidly cooled down, he was able to feel his

excitement - at his fingertips, he gathers his force and then with a word:

"Fireball."

He points his finger towards the Scarecrow and the expanding fireball flew where he is pointing.

As expected, the fireball hit the scarecrow impartially. A fireball formed of hot flame flew and hit the scarecrow. After the hit, a bursting of flames from inside followed and let the earth around

the scarecrow become a sea of fire.

It all happened in a twinkling of an eye. Apart from the burning scarecrow, the was nothing left

anymore.

"Ohhhh ......"

Aura and Mare looked with puzzled eyes and could not help but giggle at Momonga.

"- Aura, prepare a new scarecrow."

"Ah, yes, will do immediately! Go make it ready!"

A dragon holding another scarecrow, placed it next to the charred scarecrow.

Momonga walked beside the scarecrow and face it and launches a spell:

"Razing flames."