-2-New Beginning

On the last day of Yggdrasil Momonga, Guild Master of Ainz Ooal Gown, sat in his seat in front of the round table where at one time 42 members sat and chatted over their lives, something that was rare in the game as players wanted to take a break from their lives not complain about it in their free time. However, it was different here as the members shared their hardships which made them guiding companions and because of that, now Mamonga is saying goodbye to his friend he never even met in real life, Herohero.

"It's really been a while, Herohero-san. Although this is the last day of YGGDRASIL, I didn't expect you to show up."

"It sure has Momonga-san."

They both spoke in the voices of grown men despite looking like monsters from nightmares, one a huge skeleton clad in exquisite robes of unbelievable quality and the other a shapeless slime whose voice, however, was tired and from that alone one could tell that the man behind the voice was exhausted. Momonga didn't have to be particularly perceptive to notice this and from the spot his mood dropped feeling his friend's pain.

"You stopped coming online after you changed your job IRL, so how long has it been... about two years?"

Asked Momonga concerned and slightly sad at the fact that he rarely saw Herohero.

"Ah - seems about right - wah, it's been so long... this is bad. I've been doing so much overtime recently that my sense of time is starting to go weird."

Said Herohero with genuine surprise in his voice, suprised how tired he was that he hadn't even noticed such a trivial fact.

"That's really bad, right? Are you okay?"

Momonga only grew more concerned.

"My body? Well, it's a mess. I haven't had to see a doctor yet, but I'm almost there, it's really bad. A lot of times, I feel like I want to run away from it all, but then I think about how I need money to live and then I go back to work like a whipped slave."

"It's awful."

Momonga stated and his head turned downwards, then listened to his friend's complaints and anger as it was the only thing he could do in return for inviting him to play when he was so busy. He really felt guilty for tormenting his friend further, where he could now rest and prepare for another day full of work, with useless co-workers.

"...I'm sorry for making you listen to my whining. I can't complain much IRL."

Herohero's shapeless head bowed in apology.

"Don't worry about it, Herohero-san."

Herohero regained some of his energy and with a smile as an icon above his head said.

"Ah, I'm grateful for that, Momonga-san. I'm glad I could meet a friend after signing on. ..Although it's about time for me to log off."

"You're right, it is getting pretty late..."

Momonga commented.

"I really did want to stay with you to the end, but I'm about to fall asleep."

"Ah - well, you do sound pretty tired. Then, you should log out soon and have a good rest. I intended to stay on until I was automatically logged out once the servers shut down. Since it's still a ways off, maybe someone might come by in the meantime."

"Is that so... Momonga-san, you must have kept the guild going as its leader so we could come back to it at any time. Thank you very much."

Momonga didn't say anything because in the game only the voice was able to betray someone's emotions, a thing he didn't want to make. Only he and another member were still trying to hold the place, he didn't have the heart to say it.

"...It was a guild built by everyone, so it's my job as guildmaster to keep things going so that the members can come back at any time."

"Yes. We had fun with the game because you were our guildmaster, Momonga-san... I hope that when we meet again, it'll be in YGGDRASIL II."

"I haven't heard anything about a second game... but like you said, I'd be glad if we could meet like that."

"I'll look forward to it! I'm having trouble staying awake... I think I'll log off first. I'm glad I could meet you in the end. Goodnight."

"..."

Momonga wanted to say something, but he hesitated for a moment, and then he spoke: "I was very happy to meet you too. Goodnight."

His voice was filled with sadness. Their little conversation was over and it was probably the last one they would have for years, if not even the last. It was indeed very sad for Momongi who, was unable to say anything before Herohero logged off.

"Today is the last day of the game maybe you will stay?"

Of course there was no answer.

"Haaa."

Momonga was angry at his friends for a moment for abandoning what they had worked for years, but he quickly cooled down because he himself knew about the hardships of real life and didn't have the strength in his heart to be angry at them. They had chosen real life and Momonga knew it was the right choice, but nostalgia still filled him.

Momonga got up from his chair and went to the pedestal on which there is a golden scepter that looks like snakes wrapping a cup, where each snake holds in its jaws a coloured crystal in the shape of a sphere. This is the weapon of the Guild, its symbol and the collection of the work of all his friends. Taking it he slowly made his way to the throne room where he intends to wait until midnight strikes and this world disappears.

On the way he met a maid with blond hair walking towards him, she was an NPC created by one of the Guild members and knowing this Momonga didn't pay more attention to her. However, as he walked past her he heard something that made him jump slightly.

"Pika-booo!!!"

In a loud voice, the maid shouted in his ear which consequently, he heard in his earphones and got scared. He quickly turned back towards the maid to see that the maid had pink eyes and immediately understood what was going on here.

"Elizabeth-san will never change right?"

Asked Momonga happy that he had met another one of his friends before the end.

"Would you prefer something else Momo-chan?"

Answered Elizabeth with a question, undoing the possession of maid thus revealing her true form. Like Momonga she is undead however of the spirit type and has the ability to possess, which she used most of the time to play pranks on other guild members, she was the true wraith of their base. Elizabeth the Grey Lady was her full name however everyone calls her Elizabeth or Eliza for short and she is the other person who kept Nazaric in good condition besides Momonga.

Her avatar was practically white, her skin and hair white, she also wore a white long sleeved gown, which however was cut at the bust to show a good chunk of it, and show what was there as Elizabeth had large breasts. The only thing that wasn't white were her eyes which had reddish pink irises and dark grey sclera, and her earrings which were red, yet her nails were black and long even capable of blinding someone.

"But of course not, our tomb would lose its charm."

Joked Momonga, then together they went to the throne room, or rather Elizabeth flew because she levitated slightly behind Momonga, which was typical of her race and it didn't take them long before they reached the throne room. In it were the battle maidens and Sebas, at the side of the room and by the throne were two more NPCs.

One was a beautiful woman, 1.70m tall, with long raven black hair, just like the pair of wings on her lower back in contrast to her pale body. Her full figure of large breasts and hips was squeezed by a white gown adorned with golden threads similar to her golden eyes. It is Albedo a Succubus, Guardian Oversser and Floor 9th Guardian.

On the other side of the golden throne was a tall man almost two metres tall with shoulder length white hair, grey eyes and slightly tanned skin. He was dressed in a black official militar uniform with silver trim and a small cloak over his left shoulder and had a two-handed sword hanging from his belt. This is Amon, Elizabeth personal Guard and in Nazarick Seciurity Oversser, one of two humans in Nazarick.

Momonga took his well deserved seat on the throne as Guild Master and looked at Abedo with interest, Tabula his friend had always had a talent for creating Npc and so out of curiosity using the Guild Weapon he opened her settings. Elizabeth did not interrupt this as she herself was mildly curious about what was in there.

"Really?"

Momonga asked uncertainly.

"Well that's interesting, I must admit it even looks good."

Elizabeth added, for at the end of the wall of text that is the setting of the character's story there are two interesting sentences: "She's a bitch." and "Because of Elizabeth's constant possession, she got into this perversion and secretly loves to be controlled in this way, but this only applies to Elizabeth."

"He liked Gap moe so it's not surprising but that last paragraph is just wow."

Said Elizabeth barely holding in her laughter.

"You always got along with him so maybe he liked those pranks of yours and added them to his lore."

Pondered Momonga, still looking at the text, unable to decide if this was normal or not for his friend, but decided not to think about it and close the menu when he suddenly saw Elizabeth was up to something again. She had changed "She's a whore." to "She loves Momonga."

"What are you doing?"

Asked concerned Momonga.

"A little revenge, then again succubus who loves a skeleton never gets a D. It's also Gap moe, and besides, it's funny."

"Possibly but I don't like getting ricocheted."

Commented Momonga, who began to rethink his choice of his race because of that one comment.

"Haha!"

Elizabetch just laughed lightly and closed the menu. Now they just waited for midnight when everything was over, well at least Momonga thought so.

"It was fun."

Said Momonga sadly.

"Yesss."

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"What!"

Speak Momonga loudly.

"Is something wrong Momonga-sama?"

Momonga's head slowly turned towards Albedo who spoke.