24 Chapter 6 Part 5

- Ainz -

He looked at the hordes of undead in front of him along with the Death Dragon and the one controlling them all.

Behind him stood the guardians of Nazarick as well as the Pleiades. This was war. And Ainz knew from his previous experiences that this world had deeper waters than even Yggdrasil.

Thankfully, they too had gotten power ups.

"Subdue the stronger ones. Their punishment will be eternal servitude to our allies. For the weaker ones, you are permitted to do whatever you want. In the name of Ainz Ooal Gown, no defeat is permitted." He ordered as the guardians moved in for the attack.

The Pleiades were especially agitated because Yuri and Naberal were held back last time by an exorcist from Silas' world. He could understand this because that world had literal Gods and Devils but these girls had a completely unreal sense of duty.

In normal times, he would have told them to chill but today was not exactly a normal day.

His friend's kingdom was attacked by others.

They will pay the price in blood.

"Summon: Primal Elemental. Summon: Doom Lord. Summon: Elemental Skull." he summoned his High Tier summons one after another. His mana reserves had increased by an insane amount since he got a name. Spells which would have once left him dry, were easy as a cake to cast now.

Finally done with summoning, he focused on the rest.

The reason why he didn't use a Meteor Spell and just wipe out everything was simple. Why waste these resources?

"Control Undead." He used the spell boosted by his new Unique Skill: Overlord and cast a spell on the user on the other side.

He received a lot of resistance from the other side but only until he was hit by a Purifying Javelin by Shaltear, making him lose control.

While he was arguing about how an undead could use Holy Magic, Ainz's spell took effect and he was put under Ainz' control.

The rest of the Undead kneeled as well.

The battle against Necromancers can either be easy or hard depending on the strategy used… especially if the Necromancer was an undead himself.

The rest of the stragglers were taken down within minutes.

Ainz talked and found out that the undead was called Alderman and was actually controlled by Clayman with a spell which the control undead overwrote.

While he was talking and finding out the information, he noticed a sudden change.

A black wave of light passed over them and into the distance.

Was that?

He looked towards the place where it came from… Rimuru, he learned that spell?

This meant that the battle was already over on that field as well.

He ordered everyone to return back.

The rain had stopped but there was a heavy mist in the area now.

"Did it grow colder suddenly?"

- Rimuru -

He looked down at the camp of the enemy army. They slept peacefully while his people cried in pain. Unforgivable.

"Great Sage. Mark the people in the King's Tent. I don't want them to die yet."

'Notice: Marked area.'

He remembered the people who attacked Tempest. The people who killed his loved ones and channelled his magic. "I invoke… Spriggan Law."

'Notice: The souls for the harvest Festival have been collected. It's recommended that the host finds a suitable place to undergo the Evolution.'

He felt the world shake and quickly used Daemon Summoning, bringing forth three Daemons and ordering them to clear the field of stragglers and capture them.

He did notice that his breath was misty. The area was much colder than before.

- Silas -

I returned back to Tempest at the scene of everyone kneeling to Rimuru who was undergoing changes.

Ainz came to me first. "Did you finish?"

I brought out Clayman's head and threw it to the ground.

"Yes."

"Good. Do you have enough souls to ascend?"

"Maybe, I don't know."

"How can you not know the number of souls you have?"

"I don't know how many people there were in the city." I replied.

….

….

"Okay."

A period of quiet settled between us.

"Silas."

"Hmm."

"A Demon Lord Evolution can change people's personality. So when you undergo evolution, remember that the one your loved ones respect and love… is you. Not someone else."

….

….

"Thank you, Ainz."

"Hmm."

I went and sat beside Lavinia and Orihime who were waiting beside Shuna's body.

"Sil-kun."

"I am fine."

Soon enough, he rested for gifting. I held back with the help of Demonic Sage.

I watched as Rimuru became an Awakened Demon Lord and the now named Raphael started the resurrection ritual. The evolution of the Skill made the success rate nearly 100% so I decided to hold off till Shuna was revived.

I only got up when I heard some daemons say that there wasn't enough power for reviving them all and was about to sacrifice his subordinate.

"Wait." He turned towards me. "Rimuru doesn't like seeing his subordinates die. It is one of the reasons this entire thing happened. If you want to serve him, live for him. As for the energy, I have enough souls as a substitute." I handed over the required souls to Raphael. I still had more than enough souls according to my Skill.

"Thank you for preventing me from angering my Master." The Daemon in the lead replied as he stepped back.

The ritual completed and Shuna's body healed in front of me.

I watched with my heart pounding as she took her first breath again.

She opened her eyes and looked at me. "Welcome back."

"Silas-sama."

Sensing that I couldn't hold back the process of gifting anymore, I did one last thing before my own evolution started. "I name you Shuna."

And with those words, I lost my consciousness.