The Dark Warrior

react that way.”

“That sort of things… is unbearable. Even for us who spend our lives on the

edge of death, losing companions is stil …”

“You are right, Lukeluther. I was careless with my words.”

“You can’t take back the words you said. So we need to do something for him to

change his mind about those words.”

Ninya was depressed and mentioned softly: “I know how it feels to lose your

companions, why didn’t I put myself in his shoes?” But no one responded to this.

In the silence, the firewood crackled and spit out sparks once again.

To change the heavy atmosphere, Enfrea cautiously said:

“... Momon-san was amazing today.”

Waiting for these words, Peter followed up:

“Yeah, I didn’t think he would be that awesome. Cleaving the ogre in half with

one strike…”

“That was incredible.”

“Defeating an ogre with one attack is amazing, but how skil ed is he to cleave it

in two with a single hit?”

In response to Enfrea’s baffled question, the Sword of Darkness members

looked at each other.

The renowned young man Enfrea wasn’t only born with innate talent, he was

also an excellent Magic Chanter. He possessed talent that would allow him to

shine brightly in the future, but there was no warrior around the same level as

him, so it was hard for him to understand just how powerful Ainz was as a

warrior.

Peter gave Enfrea a simple explanation:

“Normally, huge swords are used to inflict blunt trauma, but he’s actually using

them to ‘slice’ his enemies apart. It is hard to cut a bulky guy like that with one

hand… but there are exceptions.”

Enfrea seemed impressed by Peter’s explanation. But feeling the impression

wasn’t intense enough, so Peter dropped a name for comparison:

“Frankly speaking, I think Momon-san is already at the same level as the

Kingdom’s Knight-Captain.”

Enfrea opened his eyes wide with shock.

He finally understood what level the Swords of Darkness judged Ainz to be at.

“... You mean he is a match for adamantium ranked adventurers… the highest

tier of adventurers, living legends and the pinnacle of human strength, right?”

“Absolutely.”

Peter nodded gently. Enfrea looked to other members of the Sword of Darkness,

they all nod in agreement.

Enfrea was speechless.

Adamantium was a magical metal created with the most advanced technique. It

was the peak of the pyramid of adventurers and very few in numbers. Both the

Kingdom and the Empire had only two teams who managed to reach that level.

Their abilities reached the highest levels of humanity and they were literally

heroes.

And Ainz could match people like them.

“Amazing…”

These words were full of praise.

“In the beginning… When we first met, I was jealous of the flashy full body

armor on Momon-san despite him being the lowest copper medal adventurer.

But since we witnessed that his power befits the armor, I am convinced that he

is worthy of it. He -- Momon-san’s full body armor matches his capabilities well.

I’m envious of his strength…”

The warrior Peter wasn’t wearing a full body armor, but a weaker equipment

known as chain mail. This wasn’t his equipment of choice, but the best armor he

could buy with his budget.

“It’s fine, Peter can surely afford an excellent full body mail in the near future.”

“Yes, if you look forward to that kind of power, you have to work hard towards

your goal. You should be grateful of how lucky you are, you can actually reach

the goal you want to achieve.”

“Ninya is right, just set Momon-san as your goal and work towards that. We’l

help you, so let’s work hard together.”

“That’s right! Just work hard step by step! Judging from Momon-san’s

appearance, he definitely spent a longer time training than you!”

Dyne’s words raised Enfrea’s doubt.

“Have you seen Momon-san’s face under his helmet?”

Ainz didn’t take off his helmet after meeting Enfrea, even during meals. They

didn’t even know how he drinks water.

“Yes we did. It was a normal face… but it wasn’t from around here, he has black

hair and eyes just like Nabel-san.”

“I see… did he mentioned which nation he was from?”

The members of the Sword of Darkness looked at each other, feeling that

Enfrea was very concerned with this matter.

“We didn’t ask with that much detail…”

“Is that so… Ah, no, if he came from a far away nation, the potions he uses

might be different from the ones used in this region. As a pharmacist I am very

interested in it.”

“I see... indeed, he and Nabel-chan seemed to be from the same place, but their

appearance differs so widely... he would never be considered as a handsome

man. Wil anyone like him?”

“Appearance is nothing, since he is so strong there must be plenty of girls falling

for him.”

Indeed, strong men were more popular because there were monsters in this

world and humanity was considered an inferior race. Stimulated by their

instincts, most women would prefer strong men.

“Sigh—— Won’t my love ever bear fruit...”

“Impossible. It had no signs of bearing fruit at all.”

Ninya remembered Narberal’s reaction and replied with an awkward smile.

“No such thing. Anyway, I need to chase her. I need to be proactive for it to work.