Overlord : Trinidad chapter: 2

Overlord : Trinidad chapter: 2

The goat demon Ulbert and the insect knight TouchMe felt their hearts skip a beat. Confusion flooded their minds—why were the undead defenders of the tomb kneeling? What was this strange feeling screaming at them, "Something's wrong"?

And in that silence, in the brief pause between uncertainty and unease, Ulbert felt a pulse in his chest.

"What is this?!" Ulbert clutched his chest in fear. That powerful, pounding sensation was something utterly foreign to him.

On the other hand, TouchMe felt something similar as his insides churned.

"For the love of GOD! Ulbert! There's something inside me!"

Both of them panicked, questioning, "What is this? What is this?" But soon, those overwhelming emotions faded. Worry and a slight sense of discomfort and fear remained, but the panic had subsided.

With clearer minds, both of them realized what they were hearing and feeling in their bodies.

"It's my stomach," TouchMe said, holding his abdomen.

"And I think this is my heart," Ulbert noted, pressing his hands to his chest.

"This feels too real. Are we really still in Yggdrasil? What is this feeling?"

"Our emotions vanished way too quickly…"

TouchMe thought the most sensible thing to do was to check if they were still connected to the game. With a gesture, he tried to open his menu, but nothing appeared. Seeing his failure, Ulbert tried the same, but again, nothing.

"No menu… and this setting… have we been transported to another world?" That was Ulbert's conclusion, his mind full of manga and stories about that particular theme.

"Don't say weird things. Transported to another world with our avatars and Nazarick? It sounds crazy when you say it out loud, don't you think? Maybe it's a bug from staying connected during the server shutdown, or some sort of event to promote new technology?" TouchMe speculated.

"New technology? I don't know about you, but I'm still using the same gear from years ago."

"Maybe it's not about the console. Perhaps they found a way to make the game more realistic without modifying the equipment."

"But that wouldn't explain why there's no menu. Without the menu, we can't log out, and if we're stuck here, it would almost count as kidnapping. Do you think the developers would risk so many lawsuits just for promotion?"

TouchMe knew Ulbert had a point. No company would take such a risk, but that didn't rule out the possibility of a disgruntled employee within the company pulling this off alone. There were always people like that…

Ulbert observed the kneeling undead.

"Still… why are these guys kneeling?" Ulbert questioned, looking at the supposed first line of defense of Nazarick.

"I have no idea. I didn't even know they could do that. Could it be that Momonga programmed them to act like this?"

"I doubt it," Ulbert said as he started walking toward the Mausoleum.

Then, TouchMe grabbed his arm.

"What are you doing?!"

"What does it look like? I'm going inside to trigger the traps. With any luck, the tomb will notify Momonga, if he's here, and maybe he'll know something."

That idea wasn't wrong. Among all of them, Momonga was the best at analyzing weaknesses and complicated situations. If he were here, he'd probably have some idea of what was going on.

And why not send a "message"? Because before leaving the game, both of them had deleted almost all their friends from their list, including Momonga. That had been due to the fight between Ulbert and TouchMe, and without the menu, they couldn't send messages to someone who wasn't on their friend list.

But the idea of entering was dangerous.

"Wait! What do we do if we run into Shalltear? We wouldn't last a second against her without our gear, and I'm worried about what would happen if we died."

Right now, TouchMe and Ulbert were essentially wearing level 1 gear, very basic equipment they hadn't bothered to give to Momonga when they left because it was "junk." Even with all their racial and profession levels, the thought of defeating the pure-blooded vampire was madness.

"Shalltear? She's supposed to be on the lower floors, although… yeah, you're right, Momonga might've moved her."

It wouldn't be strange for him to have relocated her, perhaps as a final surprise to defend Nazarick from any last group trying to conquer the tomb.

"The best idea right now would be to attack these guys and run out of Nazarick. That should be enough to send a message," TouchMe said, eyeing the kneeling skeletal warriors.

The two debated a bit longer, and after some time, Ulbert approved the idea. They readied themselves to attack the skeletons, but then…

"Ulbert-sama?" A trembling voice called out. "TOUCHME-SAMA?!"

When they turned toward the voice's source, they were met with the sight of Sebas Tian, one of the tomb's level 100 NPCs, appearing as an elderly butler.

"He spoke… TouchMe, tell me I'm not crazy. Did Sebas just speak?"

TouchMe stared at the elderly butler he had created. The old man's eyes welled with tears, his face a mixture of shock and joy.

"Sebas? What is he doing here? He should be in the throne room…"

Shocked by the fact that an NPC was speaking, neither of them reacted when Sebas raised a hand to his ear and used "Message."

"THEY ARE HERE!" The old man shouted in desperation. "TOUCHME-SAMA AND ULBERT-SAMA ARE AT THE ENTRANCE OF NAZARICK!"

"Who the hell are you messaging?!" Ulbert shouted. "This is bad, TouchMe. We don't know who he's talking to."

"Damn it!" TouchMe cursed.

Both of them knew the situation was far from ideal. They had no equipment, nothing to fight with, and whoever Sebas was contacting, it couldn't be good news for them.

Sebas shouted again, "WE ARE AT—"

"TouchMe!" Ulbert yelled, signaling that they couldn't let themselves be found so vulnerable.

"HELL FIRE!" Ulbert shouted, and black flames shot from his hands.

"REALITY SLASH!" TouchMe shouted as he swung his sword to attack.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that they both realized—they had used abilities without needing the interface… and it felt incredibly natural, as if using them was as easy as breathing.

In that instant, both attacks struck Sebas, who didn't even attempt to dodge or defend himself. The result was expected. Sebas remained standing, barely taking any damage.

"This equipment is trash!" Ulbert cursed the poor stats of their current gear.

"Run!" TouchMe shouted to his companion.

Both began sprinting toward the exit, as the elderly butler cried after them, "Please wait, I didn't mean to offend you! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US AGAIN!"

TouchMe could almost swear the butler called him "Father," but for his own sanity, he decided to erase that memory.

Before the two could reach the door, a portal materialized in front of them.

"They've got us," TouchMe muttered in resignation.

From the black portal emerged the most powerful beings in the tomb.

The insect warrior with ice attributes, Cocytus.

The twin guardians of the Coliseum floor, the dark elves Mare and Aura.

The guardian of the infernal floor, the demon strategist, Demiurge.

The most offensively powerful guardian and Nazarick's first line of defense, the pure-blooded vampire, Shalltear.

And the succubus guardian of the throne room, who gave them a look filled with hatred, Albedo.

All of them were level 100 characters with incredibly powerful equipment, each wielding at least one "Divine" level weapon. They were death itself to these two who held the title of "World Champion."

Ulbert and TouchMe thought all was lost until, from that portal, the embodiment of death itself appeared—the supreme ruler of this tomb, the Overlord…

Momonga stood before them.

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