The Dark Warrior

The driver is of course Enfrea, the ranger Lukeluther was in front of the carriage,

the warrior Peter on the left, the druid Darwin and Magic Chanter Ninya on the

right, while Ainz and Narberal were at the back.

Because the field of vision was wide, no one was on guard. However, Peter

became more serious at this point:

“Momon-san, from here on wil be dangerous grounds. We won’t encounter

monsters we can’t handle, but to be safe, we need to careful.”

"Understood."

Ainz nodded and thought of something.

If this was a game, what monster that we wil encounter is dependent on the

place, but reality is different. God knows what kind of difficult enemy might pop

up.

Based on the battle of Carne from a few days prior, and according to the

intelligence revealed by the interrogated Sunlight Scripture prisoners, Ainz was

confident that he was strong. But that was his power as a Magic Chanter; Ainz

was currently wearing armor forged by magic, and thus was unable to chant

most of his spells.

With his suppressed strength, could he stil play the role of a competent

vanguard? Not only that, but an escort’s victory condition was not to defeat the

enemy; rather, his job was to thoroughly protect his charge, in this case, Enfrea.

Pondering this, Ainz felt uneasy.

He planned to dispel his armor if a crisis arose, but in doing so, he would have

to kil his traveling companions or alter their memories. Ainz didn't wish to do

such a thing.

That's too much of a hassle.

Ainz turned his head and looked at Narberal, who nodded upon sensing his

gaze.

They had discussed beforehand and Narberal was to use higher tier magic in a

pinch, up to tier 5 and hope to resolve the problem. If this weren't enough, Ainz

would dispel his armor and fight seriously.

Seeing the duo exchange gazes——with Ainz stil wearing a close helmet——

Lukeluther misunderstood something and flirtingly joked with Narberal:

"It’l be fine, don't worry. As long as there's no surprise attack, it won't be too hard. And with me scouting, no enemies wil sneak by. So Nabel-chan, I am

strong right?"

Narberal ignored Lukeluther and his serious expression:

“Momon-san, may I crush this... lower life form (Mosquito)?"

"Cold words from Nabel-san get!"

Everyone smiled awkwardly at Lukeluther, who gave a thumbs up and didn't

react to Narberal's cruel response. They assumed that Narberal didn’t consider

all humans as lower life forms, only specific people.

Ainz rejected Narberal's sincere request and felt his nonexistent stomach

hurting. They were journeying with humans now, so he wished that she would

keep such thoughts to herself.

Enfrea seemed to have misunderstood something and interjected:

"It will be fine. From here to Carne Vil age, we are in the territory of the 'Virtuous King of the Forest', a powerful monster. Unless we are extremely unlucky, we

won't encounter any monsters."

"Virtuous King of the Forest?"

Ainz recalled the intelligence collected from Carne Vil age.

‘Virtuous King of the Forest’ is a monster capable of using magic, possessing

incredible power. It lives deep in the forest, so there are few eyewitness reports,

but its existence has been around for quite a long while. Some even say it is a

several hundred years old four-legged silverish, white beast with a snake-like

tail.

I want to meet it. I'm not sure if rumors are true, but it might possess incredibleintelligence if it’s been alive for so long. It got the title of Virtuous King of theForest after all. If I can capture it... It should bolster Nazarick's strength.

Ainz imagined the appearance of the monster in his mind.

Speaking of the Virtuous King of the Forest, some extinct animals looked...

Looked like monkey… Ah, orangutans. Forest man… Or sage? With a snake as

its tail… Was there such a monster?

Thinking YGGDRASIL had that sort of monster, Ainz finally found the answer:

It’s a Nue! ...The appearance should be the head of a monkey, body of a tanuki,

limbs of a tiger and tail of a snake… I’m not sure if it was a monster from

Yggdrasil, but it might have been summoned just like those angels.

As Ainz was thinking about Nue in YGGDRASIL, Lukeluther spoke to Narberal in

a flirty tone again: