Overlord (book 1)

job to manage deceased spirits, but rather because there was no point in doing so.

Consider the two types of Magic Chanters, those who could use magic to kill and those who

could use magic to resurrect others. It’s easy to imagine which one would be more likely to be

involved with trouble. Even if they were resurrected with the condition to not tell anyone about it, the chances of keeping everything secret were small.

Everyone longed for the ability to defy death, right?

Under different circumstances he might’ve been able to cast Resurrection. But at the moment

he didn’t have enough information; it was better to not use the wand.

"Just the act of saving their village should be enough to make them happy."

Ainz whispered a silent prayer while gazing at the Death Knight standing behind him.

The Death Knight was another mystery.

While inside YGGDRASIL, summoned Magical Beings expire unless they were called forth by

special summoning methods. This Death Knight wasn’t summoned with such methods. It ought

to have expired, but it didn’t.

Although Ainz speculated as to why, he couldn’t find an explanation due to his lack of

information. While Ainz was still deep in thought, two figures appeared next him.

It was Albedo and a Magical Being with a human-like body shape that wore a black spider ninja

costume which had eight legs that were like keen blades.

"An Eight-legged Spiderblade Assassin*? Albedo, this is ......"

TL Note: 八肢刀暗殺蟲

Ainz looks around him. The villagers do not seem to have noticed. For now let’s disregard

Albedo. If you saw such a Magical Being, even if you were in the middle of a funeral, it’s stil

something you would normally stare at.

But then he suddenly remembered that Eight-legged Spiderblade Assassins belonged to the

kind of Magical Beings that were able to render themselves invisible.

"He wanted to pay his respects to Ainz-sama, so I brought him over."

"It is a great honor to meet Momonga-sama——"

"——No need for courtesies. You are from the back-up troops right?"

"Yes, apart from me we have prepared four hundred servants to attack this village."

Attack? How did it turn out like this? Ainz couldn’t help himself and thought—— Sebastian really has no talent for delivering messages.

"... There’s no need to attack, the problem has already been resolved. Who is commanding

you?"

"Aura-sama and Mare-sama. Demiurge-sama and Sharutia-sama are on alert inside Nazarick,

and Cocytus-sama is patrolling the area around Nazarick."

"So it’s like this...... Too many of us would just get in the way. With the exception of Aura and Mare, everyone else shall withdraw. How many Eight-legged Spiderblade Assassins are here?"

"There are fifteen of us."

"In that case you are to remain on standby with Aura and Mare."

Seeing the Eight-legged Spiderblade Assassins nodding in understanding, Ainz shifted his sight

towards the funeral. When the graves started being covered with earth, the two young girls

started crying non-stop.

Since it didn’t look like the funerals would be ending soon, Ainz slowly walked towards the

village. Albedo and Death Knight followed him.

Although interrupted by the funerals, Ainz still spent a lot of time here learning things such as

common sense. After leaving the vil age chief’s house, the sun was already setting in the sky.

It appears that role in this heroic rescue drama took a lot of time.

But he didn’t consider this time wasted. As he got to know about this world, more and more

unanswered questions were piling up. Learning as much as he did was enough to make him

content.

While looking at a beautiful sunset, Ainz thought about what he should be doing next.

It was very dangerous to act without knowing the situation in this world. The best course of

action was to first collect lots of information by concealing his identity and doing covert

operations. But after rescuing this village, he was no longer able to conceal his identity. Even if

the knights were completely wiped out, they belonged to a nation who would try to find out what

happened. In his old world, scientific investigation was well-developed, and perhaps this world

would have other means of investigation.

Even if there weren’t any well-developed investigation methods, as long as the village survived,

one day someone would find traces of Ainz there. In order to avoid information leaks, the

villagers could be brought back to the Great Tomb of Nazarick. However, the kingdom to which

these vil ages belong would certainly object. It wouldn’t be surprising if such an incident were

treated as a mass-kidnapping.

There were two reasons for stating his name and letting the knights escape.

The first was because as long as Ainz wasn’t hiding inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick, news

about him would slowly start to spread. In that case it would be better if he was the one to

disseminate the information.

The second reason was to spread the news that Ainz Ooal Gown had rescued the villagers by