Overlord (book 1)

One of them looked like a terrifying demon, it had a scaly body and fangs protruded out of his

mouth, it also had long sharp claws on its stout arms. In front of it snake-like tail was a pair of

burning wings, giving it the appearance of a devil.

Another one was a female monster with a black crow head wearing skintight leather equipment.

The last monster was wearing armor that exposed its chest, showing off his chest and strong

abs. If it wasn't for the black bat wings on his back and the two horns coming out from his

temples, you would be unable to tell if it was a monster or not. Although it looked like a

handsome man, from his eyes one could see an insatiable desire.

Their names were Demon of Wrath, Demon of Jealousy and Demon of Greed.

All of the demons looked at Momonga, unmoving, only staring at him intensely. A serious gaze

that would make people feel pressure.

They were monsters around level 80, who spawned in Demiurge’s realm of the Underground

Volcano, near the door to the 8th floor with the responsibility of guarding it. Normally the duty of guarding the ground floor would fall to Sharutia’s undead soldiers. Why would Demiurge’s

soldiers be here?

A shadow appeared next to the monsters, although unseen in the beginning, a devil appeared.

With his appearance, the puzzle was finally solved.

“Demiurge…”

Being called, the devil let out a surprised look. That look could be viewed as asking “why was

my master here” or “who was this mysterious monster?”

Momonga bet on that possibility and moved forward. If he had stopped moving, it would be

strange if his true identity was not found out. For now he continued to walk towards the wall,

intent on ignoring those demons and walking past them.

Their eyes focused on his body, but Momonga used his willpower to repress his emotions of

cowardice, he stood tall and moved on.

When the distance between the two sides is gradually narrowing down, all the demons went

down on one knee to greet him. The person standing in front of the saluting party is of course

Demiurge. The movement is quite neat and elegant, as if he was the incarnation of a prince.

“Momonga-sama. What are you doing here all alone, without bringing your guards? And also

changing into this kind of attire...”

The secret got immediately exposed.

Demiurge could be considered as the one having the highest wisdom inside the Great Tomb in

Nazarick, so being seen through by him was understandable. But Momonga thinks that the

reason that Demiurge saw through his disguise was due to the fact that Momonga had

teleported here.

The only person in Nazarick who could freely use teleport, was the only owner of an Ainz Ooal

Gown ring - Momonga.

“Ah… There are many reasons. If it’s Demiurge, you should know why I am dressed like this.”

Demiurge made a complicated expression. After a few breaths he said:

“Forgive me, I do not understand Momonga-sama’s intentions——”

“Call me Black Knight.”

“Black Knight-sama….”

Demiurge looked like he wanted to say something, but Momonga decided to ignore it. Even

though the name sounded very modest, compared to the names of the monsters in the game,

this name was very normal.

There was a reason as to why he wanted Demiurge to correct himself. Although Demiurge’s

servants were the only ones present, this place was originally a gateway, there should be many

different servants passing by. In order to not to let them know that he was Momonga, he wanted

to avoid mentioning this name.

It was unclear how much of his intentions Demiurge understood. At that moment, Demiurge

suddenly looked as if he had a revelation.

“I see… So that’s what’s going on.”

Huh? What?

Momonga could not help wondering.

Momonga was unable to guess how much the intelligent Demiurge was able to understand. He

could only let out non-existent sweat from under his full-faced helmet, hoping that he would at

least be able to see through his intentions.

“Momon-…. Black Knight-sama’s profound insight, I final y have a slight grasp on it. This is

surely a worthy problem for a ruler. But as to the issue of you having no companions with you, I

cannot idly sit by. Although I know doing this would cause some problems, but I hope that you

wil mercifully allow us to follow you.”

“..... There’s real y no helping it. Then I wil allow just one person.”

Demiurge let out an elegant smile.

“I am grateful that Black Knight-sama would grant my wil ful request.”

“.... Just call me Black Knight, no need for any honorifics.”

“How could we! I absolutely wil not allow addressing you in this way. Of course, if it was some

kind of undercover work, or some kind of very special task or command, I could obey this

command, but in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, there is no one would would dare to address you

in this way Momonga-sama… No, Black Knight-sama!”

Hearing Demiurge’s passionate speech, Momonga felt moved, and could not help but nod. In

his heart he thought that calling himself Black Knight would cause other people to make fun of