The Dark Warrior

Having such a rare weapon proved the strength of this woman, which meant he

had no chance of winning.

“Now then... time for the next step. If you get heavily injured, pal, you won’t be of

use… But no matter how much I hurt you, Kaji-chan can mend you with faith

based spells-- This means I can enjoy torturing endlessly?”

As the woman said something creepy, she took out another estoc from under

her robes.

“Using this should be good… Sorry if I miss--”

The woman stuck out her tongue and apologized, looking really cute. But her

heart was stil clearly black.

The man turned his back to the woman and sprinted. Although he heard the

sound of the woman pretending to be surprised, he just focused on escaping. In

the darkness without light, he ran with the sense of direction he was so proud of.

But with a cracking sound, the calm and cruel voice of the woman came from

behind:

“—— too slow.”

His shoulder felt an intense burning pain. Thinking he was hit by the estoc, his

mind was covered by a shadow.

—— Mind control.

The man resisted with all his might, but the shadow intensified.

The sound of a friend came from behind.

“Ara—— Are you okay? Is the wound deep?”

“Yeah, it’s no big deal.”

The man turned and smiled at his friend.

The woman made a scary smile upon hearing this.

Part 3

Setting off at sunrise, the group followed a road hidden by the grasslands.

“We wil reach Carne Vil age before long.”

Hearing that from within his group——Ainz has also been here before——but on

the surface only Enfrea has been here before, all of his travel companions

nodded in unison. Other than that they didn’t have any other reaction, they just

walked quietly. Enfrea, the one who spoke also had an impatient expression.

There was an exceptionally awkward atmosphere between them. The one who

created this atmosphere, Ainz, hid his mood under his helmet.

Ninya kept on looking at him with eyes of disdain, but this was his own fault, so

he could not say anything.

This was also influenced by yesterday’s speech.

He apologised to everyone during breakfast, it should have been easy to forgive

at that point, but he was unable to say the simple words “I forgive you”.

Although Ainz knew he was being petty, he was unable to let it go.

Even after turning into an undead, which changed both my body and my

mentality, I’m stil like this...

After turning into an undead, all of his stronger emotions would be dampened,

but all his weaker feelings wouldn’t disappear completely. The fact that his petty

anger was stil around after such a long time was proof of this. His past

companions had an important place in his heart. Although they were deep

feelings, it would be slightly bad if he continued this way, but right now he had

no intention of being the one to change the mood.

Being aware that his feelings were like that of a child throwing a tantrum, Ainz

was angry with himself for his childish behavior.

Within this awkward atmosphere there was only one exception —— Naberal,

who was walking next to Ainz. Because she hadn’t been harassed by

Lukeluther, she was happy enough to start humming.

With that, the group quietly walked forward, quickly arriving on the outskirts of

Carne Vil age.

“W-wel ! The view here is so vast and open, perhaps we don’t need to march in

formation——”

Lukeluther deliberately said so.

Looking to one side, only a vast green forest could be seen, casting some doubt

on his statement. Also, it was part of the basics that one shouldn’t let his guard

down even in open areas, so it would be wise to keep walking in formation even

now.

It was just that everyone knew the reason they were silently walking like this

wasn’t because of the vigilance required by adventurers.

“... It is very important to stay vigilant. Just like this... eh, let’s just proceed to the vil age.”

“Of course! In order to avoid being attacked, it is important to keep alert at all

times!”

Even Peter and Forest Druid Dyne replied in succession, Lukeluther also gave

off an expression that said “Not about that”.

“Maybe a Dragon wil fly here from a faraway place and attack us.”

Ninya also said. Hearing those words, Lukeluther quickly responded:

“What kind of weird development is that. Use your common sense, how could

that kind of thing happen, Ninya!”

“Of course it is impossible. It’s only a rumor that there are dragons on the

outskirts of Re-Lantier. I heard that in ancient times, there were dragons that

could freely manipulate the weather, but I have never heard of anyone seeing a

dragon recently. Ah, no... recently I’ve heard that Frost Dragons were seen near

the Azellerisia Mountains, but that was really far to the north.”

In ancient times? Considering what the men from the Sunlight Scripture have

said, dragons are the strongest race of this world...

In YGGDRASIL, dragons were also considered the strongest enemy race. Not