The Bloody Valkyrie

With a single glance, there was a cup forged in gold, a scepter embedded with various jewels, a beast pelt radiating a silver light, tapestry meticulous woven with golden thread, a horn flute that shone like a pearl, a fan of seven colors, a crystal bottle, an elaborate ring giving off a faint glimmer of light, and a mask decorated with a black and a white jewel, crafted from the hide of some animal.

Needless to say, this was just the tip of the iceberg. In that mountain of gold, there were perhaps two or three hundred such items of that level. It was literally a mountain of treasure. Ainz heard a sigh of admiration from the people who were accompanying him. The ones who made that noise were two people.

So it was two out of three...

Ainz glanced at the three women standing behind him.

In a white dress instead of battle armour, Albedo was checking out her surroundings with a look of sincere admiration on her beautiful face. Yuri Alpha, who returned Ainz’ ring after he returned to Nazarick, had the same expression.

One person however, was different from the other two. She did not sigh and observed Ainz silently.

Although her face was very delicate, it looked as if it was artificially crafted by hand. Her one visible emerald eye glimmered with a cold light, like that of a precious jewel. The other eye was concealed by an eye-patch. Her reddish gold hair shone under the starlight from the ceiling.

She was of the Automaton race – CZ2128 Delta, also known as Shizu.

As a battlemaid, her attire was similar to that of Narberal and Yuri. However, her biggest difference from those two were her urban camouflage accessories and the cute sticker attached to a corner of her skirt with ‘1 yen’ written on it. The other significant difference was the white gun she had holstered on her waist like how one would wear a sword.

By the way, the magic gun, Automaton, and Shizu’s job ‘Gunner’ were all additional details added after the large update patch ‘Valkyrie’s Downfall’.

Yuri nudged her lens-less black-rimmed glasses. As if her sense of duty as a maid could not condone this disorderly mess, she asked:

“Ainz-sama, why are these treasures not left in a heap like this? Even with protective magic applied, this cannot be considered a good state of preservation. Should you give the order, we will immediately get started with tidying up…”

“Take a closer look around.”

In the span of a single breath, Yuri surveyed her surroundings and apologised.

“I have been discourteous, please forgive my shallow observations.”

“Pay it no mind. Nonetheless, that is how it is – what’s buried inside this mountain of gold is of little value.”

Yuri followed Ainz’ line of sight which was rested on the reason why she had apologised. Placed all over the walls were numerous large cabinets tall enough to reach the ceiling. Inside these cabinets were treasures which sparkled even brighter than the gold mountain.

A wand embedded with a bloodstone, Scarletite gauntlet embedded with a garnets, lens made from black diamond embedded in the middle of silver rings, dog statue made from Obsidian, dagger crafted from purple amethyst, a small altar embedded with countless white pearls, glass lilies which looked as if they were releasing rainbow coloured light, delicate roses crafted from star rubies, tapestry patterned with the image of a soaring black dragon, a crown made of platinum adorned with a humongous diamond, golden incense bowl coated in precious gems, a pair of male and female lions made from sapphires and rubies, cufflinks inlaid with fire opals which looked as if it were in flames, beautifully carved rosewood cigar box, coat made from the hide of a golden beast, twelve plates made from Apoitakara, silver anklets embedded with four different colours of jewels, a magic book with a demantoid cover, life-sized statue of a large woman made from gold, belt with large pieces of imperial topaz stitched on, chess set with each piece made from a different type of precious gem, fairy-figure carved from a single piece of emerald, a black cloak with innumerous small precious stones sewn on; cup carved from a unicorn’s horn, golden table with an embedded crystal balls, and more.

This was just a small portion.

Other than these, there were many aquamarine mirrors, red crystals the size of adults, the giant and elaborate statue of a warrior radiating with silver-white light worthy of being hailed as the work of the gods. A stone pillar carved with characters of an unknown language, alexandrite so large that two outstretched arms would be needed to encircle it.

These countless treasures made the answer evident to Yuri, that there was simply no space to store them.

“Time to go.”

Two people spoke out in response to Ainz. Only Shizu remained silent, giving a nod instead to indicate her acknowledgement.

After Ainz invoked the spell 「Mass Fly」, the four people unanimously flew up into the sky.