Overlord (book 1)

the mission with success. There might be some things you can not understand, but I want you

to concentrate on listening. I believe The Great Tomb of Nazarick was involved in an accident of

unknown origin."

The Guardian still have serious look on their faces and there were no signs of surprise.

"Although I do not know the cause of this accident, Nazarick, which was originally in a swamp,

was transported to the Grasslands. Is there anyone who knows anything about this

phenomenon?"

Albedo looks at the floor Guardian's faces to see their faces and openly replies:

"No, I'm sorry, we can not think of any leads."

"Well, I have another thing to ask to the floor Guardians. Did anything strange happen on your

floor?"

Hearing these words, each floor Guardian finally answer:

"The seventh floor did not have any incidents."

"Sixth floor also."

"Ye- yes, sister is right."

"The fifth floor is the same."

"From the first to the third from, there is no incident."

"- Momonga-sama, I want to investigate the fourth and eighth floor as soon as possible."

"So be it. Albedo will be given this task, but pay attention to the eighth floor. If there is an emergency situation, you might not be able to deal with it."

Albedo salutes with a deep bow to show her understanding and Sharutia added:

"Then give me responsibility for the surface."

"No, Sebastian is scouting the surface right now."

Albedo, who was present at the time, shows no reaction but on the faces of the other guardians

emerges an expression of surprise that they are unable to hide.

In the Great Tomb of Nazarick, there are 4 NPCs who excel in close combat. Being the most

proficient in the use of many different weapons and possessing devastating strength is Cocytus.

Fully equipped with heavy armor, boasting impeccable defense is Albedo. However, the one

with the most combat strength, who is able to stand against the two of them is Sebastian. Other

than him, there is also another who is able to beat them.

There should be no reason for the other Guardians not to be surprised. Their strongest fighter,

the invincible Sebastian, was sent out to do such a simple reconnaissance mission. This could

be also be seen as Momonga being very cautious about the situation, therefore everyone felt

especially tense.

“Its about time for his return…”

At that moment, Momonga saw Sebastian walk towards him. Like all the other Guardians,

Sebastian kneeled in front of Momonga.

“Momonga-sama, I apologise for being late.”

“No problem, report about what you have seen on the surroundings.”

Sebastian raised his head and looked at the rest of the Guardians.

”...This is an emergency, it should be good to let all the floor Guardians.”

“Yes. Firstly, the surrounding one kilometer of land is grasslands. There are no man-made

structures around. Although I have seen some small creatures, there are no humans or large

creatures.”

“Those small creatures, are they monsters?”

“No, they seem to be creatures with no fighting capability.”

“... I see. Those grasslands you speak of, they wouldn’t happen to be one of those with sharp

frozen grass blades, which would pierce you as you walk by?”

“No, just normal grasslands. Nothing special.”

“You also didn’t see any sky-castle like structures in the sky?”

“Yes, there were none. Whether on the sky or the ground, there were no signs of humans.”

“I see, just a simple sky… Good work Sebastian.”

Momonga, consoling Sebastian, felt frustrated because of the lack of any useful information.

But he already felt that he was gradually aware that he was no longer in the virtual world of

Yggdrasil. Although he could not understand why he could still use the equipment from

Yggdrasil as well as use magic like normal.

Momonga had no idea how he got to this place, but it would be better to increase the security of

Nazarick for now. There is no way to know if this area is already under control by another

person, if so they will no doubt come running here to complain. No, it would be lucky if it only

ended with a complaint.

“Guardians, firstly I want everyone to increase the security of each floor. Because we do not

know what might happen, do not be careless. If there are any intruders, do not kill them, but

instead capture them alive. Try not to harm them either. During this unknown situation, I’m sorry

to trouble everyone with these things.”

The guardians all acknowledged the order, and bowed in salute.

“Next, I want to understand under which system this organization operates. Albedo, how do the

floor Guardians exchange of information between each other under this situation?”

During the time when Yggdrasil was a game, the guardians were all just NPCs, who only acted

in accordance to pre-programmed rules. They were unable to exchange information and only

guarded their own floor.

“Every guardians protects their own floor according to their own judgement, however Demiurge

is general responsibility and everyone is sharing their intelligence with him.”

Momonga was a little surprised, but then slowly nodded his head in satisfaction: