Overlord (book 1)

With its tattered black cloak flapping in the wind, the death knight was waiting for Momonga’s

commands. It radiated an aura worthy of being called Death Knight.

Similar to summoning a Primal Fire Elemental or a Moonlight Wolf, Momonga established a link

with the summoned spirit which was the knight killed by 「Lightning Dragon」 and orders him:

"The knights attacking the vil age ─── wipe them out."

“OHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

It let out a deafening roar.

Those who heard the roar full of bloodlust felt their skin crawl, and even the air started to shake.

The Death Knight began to run forward without hesitation, its movements fast as lightning, like a

bloodhound who had found his prey. Being an undead with a hatred for the living, the Death

Knight wanted to eradicate the enemy.

Looking at the back of the disappearing Death Knight, Momonga felt that there was a distinct

difference between now and YGGDRASIL.

That would be the 「Freedom of Movement」.

Originally the Death Knight would remain on standby close to their summoner, Momonga, and

wait for an opportunity to attack incoming enemies. They wouldn’t listen to such kind of orders

and automatically attack. The difference in this situation was the lack of information, which may

prove to be fatal.

Momonga suddenly felt like he made a blunder, he scratched his head and sighed.

“He already ran off… To throw away my protective shield. Although the one who gave the order

was me…”

Momonga blamed himself for his mistake.

While he was stil able to create a lot more Death Knights he stil didn’t know much about the

strength of his enemies, which was why he needed to save up his limited number of spells.

Furthermore, since Momonga’s magic was usually used from the rearguard, being without any

kind of defense right now made him feel like being naked in the front of danger.

Therefore he needed to create another shield. For this experiment, he decided to see if it was

possible to create one without a corpse.

Just as he was thinking about it, another figure came out from the still opened 『Portal』. At the

same time the 「Portal」 started to slowly disappear without a trace.

A person dressed in a full set of black armor appeared.

The armor made the figure look like a devil. Covered with spikes and not showing the tiniest

amount of skin. Wearing metal gloves with long claws, in one hand a black kite shield, the other

holding an axe gently emitting a green glow. Wearing a blood red cloak fluttering in the wind,

complementing the red blouse worn underneath.

“It took some time for me to prepare, I apologise for making you wait.”

Albedo’s melodious voice came from under the full cover helmet.

Albedo’s levels were invested in the expert defensive techniques of the Dark Knight profession.

Therefore, among the three level 100 NPCs in Nazarick——Sebastian, Cocytus and Albedo,

Albedo boasts the strongest defensive power.

It could be said that she was Nazarick’s strongest shield.

“No problem, as long as you’ve arrived.”

“Thank you. Then… How do you wish to dispose of these inferior creatures? If Momonga-sama

does not wish to dirty his hand, please leave this task to me.”

“.... What did Sebastian tell you?”

Albedo did not respond.

“So you didn’t actual y listen.... I want to save this vil age. The enemies are those knights in

armor lying in the floor over there.”

Seeing Albedo nod her head in understanding, Momonga shifted his eyes.

“Wel …”

The two girls shivered from Momonga’s gaze, wanting to hide themselves. They were constantly

trembling, unclear if it was because of seeing the Death Knight, or the roar, or hearing Albedo’s

statement.

Maybe it was all of those.

Momonga believes he should show a sign of good faith, and reached out his hand to help heal

the older sister, but the girls misunderstood his intentions.

The older sister wet herself, the younger sister also couldn’t control herself.

“....”

The smell of ammonia began to spread all around, making Momonga feel an intense feeling of

fatigue. Although he did not know what to do, asking Albedo for help would also be useless, so

Momonga decided to continue with a kind voice:

“.... You seem to be hurt.”

As a member of society, Momonga was already used to a certain amount of distrust.

Momonga pretended to see nothing and opened up his Item chest to take out a bag. Although

this bag was called the Infinite Backpack, you could only put a maximum of 500 kilograms of

items in it.

Because the items in this bag could be put into the control panel as shortcuts, the players in

YGGDRASIL would always put the items they needed to use quickly inside this bag.

Rummaging through the bag, he finally found a bottle of red syrup.

‘Minor Healing Potion’.

This small low level drug could heal 50 HP, it would be used often during the early levels of

YGGDRASIL. However for Momonga right now, this would be a completely useless item.

Because this potion would grant him positive healing, for an undead like Momonga it would be

the same as taking poison. However, since not all of his guild members were undead Momonga