Overlord (book 1)

"The enemies attacking the village were too weak. We also need to confirm if there are

survivors in this village."

Before making his next move, Ainz checked to see if he remembered everything he had to do.

First, he deactivated the effects of Ainz Ooal Gown's staff. Its pervasive evil aura disappeared

without a trace, like candles blown away by the wind.

Next, Ainz pulled a mask out of his item box that was able to cover his entire head. It had

excessive decorations and an expression that was difficult to describe, it was neither crying nor

angry. It looked surprisingly similar to one of the Barong masks in Bali.

Although the mask looked strange, it didn't have any hidden power at all. It was just an event

item that couldn't even have data crystals installed into it.

During Christmas Eve, if you logged into YGGDRASIL during seven a.m. to ten p.m. and played

for more than two hours —— no, just by staying inside the game for two hours during that time,

you would automatically receive this mask. It could be said that this item was utterly useless.

The mask's name is Mask of the Envious, also known as the Mask of Envy.

Namorax: If you have time to play the game on Christmas , you're probably single and totally envious of everyone who isn't.

CoCayn: The author actually left a small note saying that the FFF inquisition uses this mask as well lol Google it for more details :) Ainz had once worn this mask as well, which caused a mass flood of spam on the online

messaging boards. "Has the game company went crazy?" "We were waiting for this." "One of our guild members does not have this mask, can someone PK him?" "I am no longer human

ohohoh!" those kinds of messages appear about the mask.

Next he took out a pair of metal gloves. The outer appearance was that of some crudely made

iron gauntlets, nothing special. This item was called [Iron Gloves] and it was something the

members of Ainz Ooal Gown made to change the appearance of their hands. The only ability it

had was to improve strength.

Wearing these items, his whole skeletal appearance was fully covered up.

Ainz had his reasons why he covered up his appearance at this time around. That was because

Ainz realised he made a fatal mistake.

In YGGDRASIL, Ainz was already so used to looking at his skeletal appearance that it was no

longer frightening to him. However, for the people of this world, Ainz's appearance was the

perfect embodiment of terror. Whether it was the two girls who almost got killed, or the fully

armed knight, everyone was afraid of him.

In short, using items to change his appearance from Evil Monster into Evil Mage───should be

enough. In the end he didn't know where to put the staff so he decided to just take it with him. It

shouldn't be that much of a problem.

"Well, from here on its all up to God now, if I had known that I wouldn't have started killing these people."

Ainz threw out a line only atheists would say, made a praying sign with his hand and the dead

bodies disappeared with a glowing light, before he activated his next spell.

"「Flight」."

Ainz slowly floated up into the air. Before long, Albedo could be seen floating beside him.

"——Death Knight, if any knights are still alive, do not kill them. They still have some value."

Listening to Ainz's orders, the Death Knight accepted his command. However, what the Death

Knight was feeling when he responded to his new order was rather difficult to describe.

Aniz flew at high speeds towards the location the horn had been blown. The winds blew against

his body, never in YGGDRASIL did he ever fly this fast. Although he felt uncomfortable with his

long robe pressing against his body, he only had to endure it for a short time.

Soon he was floating in the air above the village and from there he overlooked the situation.

Ainz noticed how the square looked as if it was flooded with a dark, black liquid. There were

several bodies sprawled on the ground next to the shaking bodies of some knights, and

standing in front of them was the Death Knight.

Ainz counted the dying and glanced at the surviving knights who looked like they could barely

move——a group of four. That was more than he needed, but it didn't really matter if there were

more.

"Death Knight, that's enough."

The tone of this voice was slightly out of place, it as casual as a boss telling a store what he

wanted to buy, and for Ainz this situation was exactly like casually walking into a store and

buying something.

Accompanied by Albedo, Ainz slowly floated to the ground.

The collapsed knights were stunned by their arrival. They were obviously waiting for

reinforcements, but the people who came were not the ones they wanted to see and their hope

was completely shattered.

"This is our first meeting, honorable knights, I am called Ainz Ooal Gown."

No one responded.