Four Elemental Islands
Standing in the air, Momonga and Chu Yi looked at the Grassland Island and the mortals below.
They had thought of how to merge into this world, without drawing too much attention. Their relation between the Greek Pantheon had increased and many famous Greek heroes had visited the Four Elemental Islands as a sign of coexistence between the two factions.
Trade was conducted between the mortals of both factions. People from Greece would enter the islands, to have children or people of the islands would enter Greece. It was the image of peace, but if one was observate, one could sense the powder of war on the horizon.
Of course, all their actions have been monitored by the Floor Guardians, and demons such as Shadow Demons. Everything they did and every word exchange was recorded to be reviewed at a later date. In plain words, Nazarick didn't trust these outsiders.
The worries are not unfounded as they still don't know the capabilities of the gods. Do they have limits on their power like Players? Can they reach beyond level 100?
In the decade of being in this world, Nazarick has been busy dealing with terraforming the Four Elemental Islands. They created land between the islands, to connect them.
One must be asking why is there a need to terraform the islands if the descent of Nazarick in this reality causes changes to its environment? That's true, the once barren island that Nazarick is located on, had transformed into a vast grassland island, thus the name Grassland Island.
The other three islands had to be transformed manually through spells. This is why there is an Ice Island, Desert Island and Pantheon Island, which host the fake tomb.
Each terraformed island cost a massive amount of gold coins, making the once impressive Treasury of Nazarick to show a noticeable dip in volume. This causes Chu Yi and Momonga's heart to bleed with pain as the value of these coins are no longer at price value.
The coins were able to resurrect NPCS, which means as long as there are gold coins, there is an infinite amount of NPCs to use. That's why it's unwise to use too much of a finite resource. At least until one can replace it.
Not long ago, while discussing the plans of the Nazarick Pantheon, Chu Yi and Momonga were notified about the discovery of a gold mine on Grassland Island. This was the reason why they were in the air using .
Since the gold mine was on the island with the real Nazarick, they had to make sure no one was observing them. Thankfully, none of their passives or counters felt the presence of Divination or other spells. Though they wondered if the gods had ways around their skills?
"I wonder how much this gold mine will amount to? If it's 1-1, that would be perfect but I doubt it would be easy." Chu Yi sighed with worry. Even with the gold coins inside the Eternal Expanse, they would still go bankrupt if Nazarick ran at full power for a long time. However, turning off functions of the tomb would cause Nazarick to become vulnerable. Which means they have to find means to acquire Yggdrasil coins to make sure Nazarick is always at 100%.
"Time is the only thing we need. If we are given a hundred years, we could turn around our situation." A pity that even with that time, they would not be able to develop greatly as they are limited to their domain and cannot steal resources from other domains.
"Time is still precious to us. Let's stop worrying about this for now. No matter how we ponder, it still won't change anything." Chu Yi shook his head. They have been talking about this for ten years and still there are no results.
Speaking of, the Four Elemental Islands are in a different timezone than the rest of the world. Because the thought of needing more time sprouted, they had to use Super Tier Spell to make time move faster than the outside world. That would mean that while a decade passed on the islands, only a day passed in the outside world. Thankfully, the time difference could be controlled by Nazarick, so they didn't fear being notice by other factions.
Opening a , Momonga and Chu Yi returned to Nazarick. They sat in a conference room with an NPC behind them.
Behind Momonga is the Guardian Overseer Albedo, who had a stack of paper in her hands. She looked at Momonga with love and passion.
Behind Chu Yi is a beautiful blond woman who looked to be the older version of Chu Ming. She had a polite and respectful demeanor.
Momonga and Chu Yi began to review the documents in front of them, either approving or denying them.
When they arrive at information they didn't not know, they would communicate through , which increases the speed of work.
Grabbing a document, Chu Yi rubbed his chin, falling into deep thought. "Momonga, since to the outside world we are the Nazarick Pantheon, do we also need a religion? According to this document, apparently the gods of this world require faith in order to become stronger. Though we don't need it, it would be foolish to let others learn of this."
Momonga took the document in hand and reviewed it. Looking at the individual who signed it, he nodded. "Since Demiurge wrote it, it shouldn't be wrong. We have learned another weakness of the gods. As to your question, I have already decided that the religion will simply be called Ainz Ooal Gown. In this religion, there are 42 Supreme Beings who are akin to God Kings, with Guardians and Area Guardians under them who will be Major and Minor Gods respectively."
Chu Yi nodded, "Faith base gods are unusually frightening, not because they are powerful but the power to limit mortal advancement. In this manner, they are more powerful than the mega corporations. However if we can destroy their faith, we can technically kill these gods with relative ease. This method can only be used a couple times before they will react, which will ultimately make us vulnerable again. Until we have more means, let's observe and gather more information.``
Chu Ba and Albedo remain silent as they look confused. The words of the Supreme Beings before them were too confusing, yet they could communicate with one another. It was words they could understand, but when put in a sentence, the meaning becomes lost.
Though confused, Albedo's intelligence cannot be questioned, "Lord Momonga, I might have misunderstood but do you intend to showcase our strength to the world?"
Momonga and Chu Yi looked at each other before bursting out laughing. This causes Albedo and Chu Ba to be even more confused. However their confusion didn't last long.
"Albedo, revealing the might of Nazarick is not a part of the plan. Well, not fully. The outside world will think we have shown our full hand because they will see our 'gods' in full view. However these 'gods' are revealed because we need them to explain certain aspects of our Pantheon and to obtain information from forces which will undoubtedly approach them. Though, there is a weak point in our plan, the Supreme Beings."
"True, there are only two of us. But as I said before, the unknown is frightening. It would be hard for them to know if we are lying, as long as we control the information."
Chu Ba asked, "Lord Momonga, what about us?"
"Other than Mare, Albedo, Demiurge and the Pleiades, no other NPCs will be allowed to leave Nazarick. Our full strength cannot be known, as that could cause people to become wary or even have adverse effects, forcing them to attack us." It was Chu Yi who responded, looking at his eldest daughter with guilt. No father wanted their children to be forced to live in an enclosed environment. He was not different.
"Father, it's fine, I'm just worried about Ming'er. She is excited that Father has come back and has been talking about traveling the world with you."
"Ming'er will follow me. Naberal already exposes your existence at Olympus, so it should be fine for her to travel with me."
Albedo's beautiful brows furrowed into a frown, causing her to speak with anger in her voice as she bowed, "Lord Yi, I apologize on the behalf of Sebas. I will explain the situation to him later and have Naberal punished. To not only fail her mission, she dares to expose information about the Supreme Beings?"
Chu Yi shook his head, "There is no need for that, her outburst has given us a head start in interacting with the peak forces of this world. If anything, we should be rewarding her. Though, I will caution her next time. All these failures are valuable experiences for her. It would be a pity to punish her for it." He was relieved to see that the NPCs could learn and adapt which means they could surpass their current selves even if they cannot level up.
At Chu Yi's words, everyone reacted differently.
Albedo still felt ashamed that the creation of a Supreme Being failed at a task given to them by another Supreme Being. Though she obeyed, she was determined to talk to Naberal.
Chu Ba was surprised at the gentle side of her father. Though she was his eldest daughter, she spent less time with him than Chu Ming. The more she watches him, the more proud and awe she becomes.
Momonga pondered on the fact that Chu Yi said that the NPCs could grow. Doesn't that mean they could as well? Could they acquire more power? Though he never thought about it before, the idea didn't seem without reason. Although they were their game avatar, their mind is still able to grow but their body remains fixed in the same state, unable to grow. Doesn't that mean, if they found a way to increase their mental faculties they could theoretically surpass level 100?
All of sudden, Momonga and Chu Yi froze and looked at each other. "Momonga, did you just receive a ?"
"Yes, apparently representatives of the Egyptian and Norse Pantheon have come to visit." The irony could be heard in Momonga's voice. Even after hiding their movements, they were still exposed. There is a high possibility that Olympus exposed this news, but without asking, it was impossible to know.
Albedo kneeled, and respectfully asked Momonga and Chu Yi, "My Lords, do I call the Guardians? Just give the word."
"Yes, father, give me an order!" Chu Ba was faintly excited. She hasn't fought in many years, so this was a chance to show off her power. She didn't fear the gods, because she was confident in her strength. If she can't win, she can simply call her little sisters and defeat the enemy together!
Looking at the two beautiful women kneeling, Momonga and Chu Yi became quiet. They looked at each and began to speak through .
"So what will we do? Not showing them respect would equal becoming enemies."
According to the , the ones that showed up were two extremely powerful gods, Horus and Thor.
"The two of us will not attend this meeting. It would lower our status if we were to go see them. Instead, we will send Naberal, Albedo….and Demurige. It's very likely they are here to assess our strength and to create a treaty if they think we are strong enough to threaten them.``
Chu Yi frowned, of all the pantheons he didn't want to get involved with, the Norse Pantheon had to show up. The reason is because of Odin. That old pervert is hard to fight in Yggdrasil, this should be even more so when he becomes real.
If he had to pick a God King he didn't want to fight, Odin was top of his list. Even the Jade Emperor was not this high up. This is because Odin was too versatile and always had an upper hand, even when it seemed like he was losing.
Ending , Chu Yi looked at Albedo, "Albedo, as the third in command of our pantheon will host these guests. You are to acquire as much information as possible about them. Take Chu Ba with you. I don't doubt your management skills, but in combat, I'm afraid it will be hard press to suppress my daughter."
"As you wish, Lord Yi." Albedo bow and glance aat Momonga at the corner of her eyes, seeing him quiet.
"Momonga, they have left."
"Sigh..I was lost in thought. In the event that Horus and Thor turn hostile, I will subdue them. Though the price of using the Orb of Momonga is quite severe, I cannot allow us to show weakness."
"No wonder I sensed the presence of death and doom." Chu Yi placed his hand on Rule Breaker, "There is no need to use it yet. You still haven't met the condition to freely use its power, it would be a waste to restart the process."
"But where can I find dragon souls?"
"If i'm not wrong, there is a place but we are currently not powerful enough to even enter their eyes."
Momonga's voice seemed faintly showing fear, before confidence and power filled his presence. "That's only for now. As long as we have time, nothing can stop Ainz Ooal Gown."