Overlord (book 1)

black light and a crooked shape sheath which seems to be for a broadsword.

With a breathtaking cold air, the pale blue, hardened bone armor oozes out diamond dust like

bright light. His shoulders and back look like an uplifted iceberg.

He is the Guardian of Nazarick’s fifth floor, "Ice Ruler" Cocytus.

His hands with the Halberd knocks on the ground and it slowly freezes around it.

"Your little game has gone too far ......"

"This girl is deliberately provoking ......"

"I am not -"

"Woo ahhh ......"

Sharutia and Aura stare at each other with sharp eyes and on the other side Mare is panicking.

Momonga finally comes to his senses and deliberately uses a low voice to warn the two:

"...... Sharutia, Aura. Stop your quarrel immediately."

They surprisingly shivered, but bowed their heads:

"I'm sorry!"

Momonga leisurely nods while accepting their apologies and turns to open his mouth:

"You came, Cocytus."

"Receiving orders from Momonga-sama, of course I would come at once."

White mist drifts out from Cocytus mouth, followed by *paji* *paji* sounds of the moisture in the

air freezing. It was cold enough to match the flame of the Primal Fire Elemental. Just being

around temperatures this low would have various detrimental effects, the body can catch

frostbites from it. But Momonga doesn’t feel anything. It should be mentioned that everyone

present has fire, ice and acid resistance as a way to deal with these attacks.

"Lately there has been no intruders, it is very relaxing, right?"

"Indeed -"

His jaw issued a *Kakaka* sound similar to a wasp’s intimidation, but Momonga think that

Cocytus is laughing right now.

“--That being said, there is something I need to do, therefore I cannot relax yet.”

“Oh? There is something you need to do? Would you tell me what it is?”

"Yes, training. It comes in handy any time, anywhere."

Although his appearance doesn’t show it, Cocytus belongs to the warrior class. Both his

personality and settings are designed accordingly. If the guardians were ranked by their use of

weapons and attack capability, it can be said that he would be second to none.

"You’ve done all this for me right? You've worked hard."

"It was worth working so hard, just to hear these words. Oh, Demiurge and Albedo arrived."

Following Cocytus sight towards the arena entrance, one can see two shadows approaching.

Walking in front was Albedo, followed by someone looking like an attendant. Arriving at a certain

distance, Albedo smiles and bows deeply towards Momonga.

The man also bows elegantly:

"I made everyone wait, I am very sorry."

About one meter eighty tall, with a dark skin suggesting regular exposure to the sun, a partial

Asian looking face and nicely combed black hair. Behind the round glasses, his eyes were so

squinted they weren’t visible. It feel as if his eyes weren’t opened at all. Wearing a British suit, of course with a tie, he looks like a capable business man or professional lawyer. But even if he is

dressed like a gentleman, one can still feel the sinister side he is hiding beneath it. Behind his

back is a silver tail, covered with metal plates and six long spikes at the end. Shallow black

flames are constantly flickering around. This man is the "Infernal Prison Creator” Demiurge, the guardian of Nazarick’s seventh floor. This demon’s role setting was “Commander of the NPC

defences”.

"It seems like everyone is here."

"- Momonga-sama, it seems that there are two who have not arrived yet."

A penetrating and fascinatingly deep voice came out.

Demiurge’s words have a permanent special skill. This skill is called [Domination Mantra] and it

instantly turns people with vulnerable hearts into his puppets. But this special ability has no

effect on the people present. To have an effect, the other party must have a Level of 40 or less,

so for the people present it makes his voice sound quite comfortable at most.

"No need. These two guardian’s priority is only to work under certain circumstances. So far the situation does not require them to come."

"I see."

"...... Looks like my ally has not arrived yet."

Hearing these words Sharutia and Aura instantly freeze and even Albedo’s expression seems a

bit stiff.

"...... Well, this guy is not only guarding me ...... But also guards a part of my floor."

"Yes, true.."

Sharutia exposes a stiff smile and Aura is doing the same, while Albedo is constantly nodding in

favour.

"......The Lord of Terror. Yes, better to inform the area Guardians as well. Ask Akaira and

Gelante to inform the area Guardians. Tasks are now given to each floor’s Guardian."

In The Great Tomb of Nazarick, the Guardians are divided into two types.

The ones in front of Momonga are responsible for one or several of the floors, the floor

Guardians. The other ones are responsible for guarding the fields, special areas on each floor.

In simple terms, the area Guardians are managed by the floor Guardians and are responsible

for guarding a particular area. There are a lot of them, so they are not very important. Basically,