Overlord (book 1)

the information. He couldn’t real y do anything to prevent that from happening and even if the

information was leaked, he could still use it as a bargaining chip for the next time he had to deal

with this village

But after looking at their grateful expressions and their sincere attitudes, Ainz’s intuition told him they would probably never betray him.

“So… Can you clearly tell me about this place?”

“.... How could this be.”

“Eh! Is there a problem?”

“No, nothing, I was just talking to myself. Sorry for making strange noises, causing you to

worry…”

Ainz instantly resumed his original acting. If he still had his human body, he would’ve broken out

in cold sweat right now.

The Vil age Chief just said “Oh, so its like this.” and didn’t pursue the matter.

Or maybe in his mind, he already thought of the Magic Chanter as a strange person. This would

actually be more advantageous for Ainz...

"Should I prepare you something to drink?"

"Oh, no, I'm not thirsty, please do not bother."

The chief’s wife had already left the room and went outside——there were a lot of things that

needed to be done. At the moment only the village chief and Ainz are in the house.

Ainz first questions were about the neighboring countries and he never even heard of the

names mentioned by the village chief. Although he prepared himself psychologically, saying to

himself that nothing will surprise him, but he was still surprised after hearing it..

At the beginning, Ainz constantly imagined that this world was based on the lore of

YGGDRASIL. Since you could use YGGDRASIL magic in this world, perhaps it was somewhat

related to YGGDRASIL. However, the names he heard had absolutely no relation to it.

The neighboring countries were the Kingdom of Re-Estize, the Baharuth Empire and the Silian

Theocracy. In the Nordic mythology and lore of YGGDRASIL, these names didn’t appear.

His eyes were constantly shifting and his body was shaky. Ainz put his metal-gloved hands on

the table and was barely able to keep his balance. He already knew that he arrived in a strange

world and was mentally prepared for it, but it was impossible to not be surprised.

The impact was worse than expected.

This was the first time ever since his body became undead that he felt such a dramatic impact.

Trying to stay calm, Ainz recalled the names of those neighboring countries he just heard and

their geographical conditions.

Beginning with the closest ones, Re-Estize Kingdom and Baharuth Empire. These two countries

were separated by the Azellerisia mountains. To the south of the mountains was a large vast

forest which belonged to the Kingdom. This village and the nearby fortress city were both

located at the edge of the forest.

These two countries were constantly fighting against each other and there were skirmishes

almost every year in the wilderness near the fortress city.

As for the country in the south, that was the Silian Theocracy.

To explain the relationship between these three countries in simpler term, it was like drawing a

circle and putting a “T” in the center. This explanation might be a bit vague but it should be easy

to understand. The Kingdom of Re-Estize on the left, the Baharuth Empire on the right and the

Silian Theocracy to the south. There appeared to be other countries but the village chief only

knew only about those three.

As for political events, there was no way for the chief of a small village to know more.

Which means ───

"... just now I made a fool of myself."

Just because the armor of the knights bore the emblem of the Baharuth empire, the village chief

had assumed they were Baharuthian knights. But since this place was bordering the Silian

Theocracy, they might have just as well been Silian knights in disguise.

Releasing all the knights had been a mistake, he should’ve kept at least one person to ask

some questions. Now it was too late for that.

If this had really been the doing of the Silian Theocracy, then maybe he should warn the Empire.

As for the Kingdom, since the villagers had been saved everything should be alright.

Ainz was deep in thought.

Was he the only one who came to this world?

That was impossible, the chances for other players to be here as well should be high. Perhaps

Meromero also came here. The next step should be considering what to do in case he

encountered other players.

From a Japanese person’s point of view, if other players got transported here as well then they

should stick together. It would be best to cooperate as much as possible with each other when

that happened. As long it had nothing to do with Ainz Ooal Gown, it wouldn’t matter what of

concessions he would have to make.

The only problem would be if the other party considered him as an enemy. Although the

probability for that to happen was very small, it wasn’t completely impossible.

Ainz Ooal Gown had always played the role of the bad guys and had been PKing all the time.

As a result they were generally disliked. It wasn’t clear if that resentment has disappeared or not.