Chapter 18

"Well then let's begin with the meeting," Ouranos said as soon as he came into the hall. It seemed as if he didn't want to waste any second more.

"Ouranos, Do you know what's causing all these Dungeon breaks?" A God lifted his hand and asked

Ouranos nodded as he turned to look at the god in question.

"We have some information on what caused the recent break but we don't know if they are the same who caused all the previous breaks."

"They?" Some of the more intelligent gods caught on to what he was saying.

" 'They' is it a group of people?" Another god asked

"No, no mere mortal can make large disturbance like that in the dungeon," Ouranos replied without giving the information the gods wanted.

"So are they the remnants of Evilus or some other gods?"

"No, This time it isn't caused by Gods either-

Ouranos did not finish his sentence when a voice interrupted him.

"If it's neither of those then the only thing it can be is monsters comparable to the ones from the three great quest."

"No, that can't be. Right Ouranos." A god quickly rejected the idea.

"Yes, unfortunately, it's monsters that are causing the dungeon breaks."

"That can't be. There are no more heroes left in Orario, even when there were they couldn't stop the last quest, The one-eyed dragon."

A more quick-witted god asked another question because of the wording Ouranos used.

"Monsters. You said monsters and not monster right so about how many are we talking about. Two, Three, Five or si-

"That's impossible, There can't be that many monsters whose strength is comparable to the ones from the three great quests."

"Unfortunately there is a lot, It's something never seen before."

"Hurry up and tell us how many Ouranos." Some gods shouted as they heard him talk.

"We are talking about 30 thousand to 40 thousand monsters."

'Huh, Doesn't sound like the numbers of skeletons Cocytus commanded towards the lower floors?' Ainz thought to himself as he continued to listen to the discussion carefully as information like this was very important in case it was something nazarick had to retaliate.

"Huh, Huhu, HAhahaha. Tell me. When you say that, are all of them, when I mean all of them is each one of them have a strength comparable to one of the monsters from the three great quest."

"Yes, Each one of them has the strength comparable to a world-ending monster."

'If they really are world ending then even Nazarick can't stop them. Even if we burn through all our resources we wouldn't be able to win. It seems that I will need to message Demiurge and Albedo after this meeting is over. I will tell them to raise the defense to the max level, we also would need to retreat from the city. Maybe we would need a person to stay because those magic potions are really magical. Or we could just kidnap Miach. It's not as if anyone would notice amidst this chaos.' several thoughts crossed through Ainz's mind. He hadn't left because it seemed that there was still valuable information he could get if he stayed for a while longer.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH"

"OOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRANOS, What have you been doing all this time that you didn't even feel when those monsters grew. weren't you supposed to seal some of the powers of the dungeon?"

Gods roared with rage at Ouranos even if they knew that it wasn't his fault.

some of the more cool-headed guys kept asking questions as they knew they had to prepare if they didn't want to be sent back to heaven.

"What floor were they. Did you feel it through your powers or did someone report it to you?"

"I felt it a bit but something was blocking my perception. later Fels whom I had sent to the dungeon to carry a mission came back and told me what he had seen confirming part of my suspicion. Also, they were located on the 50th floor. It seemed that they were going to the lower floors."

'Is it really Cocytus and his army? It can't be? Or else why were they called world-ending monsters.' Ainz asked himself again.

"What, They were almost on the surface and you didn't even feel them?" Some gods argued

"But you said they seem to be going to the lower floors at the moment so we have a chance to prepare in case they decide to leave the dungeon and attack the world. We would need to form an alliance not just between us but with the whole world cause this isn't something that Orario alone can stop."

A blonde hair god said.

"MHm." Another god nodded. While he asked a question to Ouranos.

"are the monsters of the same race or something. Because you seemed to say that they were in the same place without fighting or killing each other."

"Fels told me that all of them were undead."

'Huh, It really is Cocytus. He was recently on the 50th floor with an undead army. Fwoo, I was just overthinking things then. It seems that there are no monsters like the ones described currently.' Ainz thought to himself

"It seems that they have a leader too or else they wouldn't be organized in one place without fighting each other."

A smart God quickly came to a conclusion with the information given.

"So we need to quickly make an alliance or else we will be doomed without having the chance to fight back. Who support the making of an alliance."

Almost all of the Gods present lifted up their hands except a few of them who had no interest in whether people lived or died.

"Now that we agreed to the alliance we will need to nominate a candidate suitable for the leader position." Someone said

"Eh, isn't this progressing too fast?" some gods asked as they felt that it was something that had to be done after some time of deliberation.

"No, we can't be wasting time in picking someone. We need one urgently so that the alliance could work fluently."

A hand was raised in the air a moment later. It was Miach who had lifted his hands.

"I would like to Nominate Ainz for the leader."

"EH!" Ainz was surprised to hear his name as it was the first name that came up when they asked for someone suitable for the leadership position.

"Why do think Ainz is suitable for the position?" Another god quickly asked.

"Well, I think he is really suitable because he has done various great contributions even though he is new in the city. Does stopping the destruction of Orario by stopping the holy spear sound like a small contribution to you?" Hephaestus quickly interjected when a God asked the qualifications Ainz had for taking the leadership role.

Various Gods nodded as they were grateful for what Ainz's children had done.

Soon other Gods quickly voted for Ainz as the leader. Even Loki voted for him as he had helped her in her time of need.

After a while, all the votes pointed to Ainz as the leader of the alliance from Orario.

Just after finishing the voting session, a voice came addressing Ainz.

"I would like to know how your children were able to level up to high levels even when you came from outside where there are no dungeons to level up. Did you use a forbidden method to make them level up?"

It was a blonde man who had a creepy smile on his face as he asked Ainz.

'Huh, is there a method for Gods to level up their children? But it seems that it is taboo because of how he speaks of it'

Seeing that Ainz didn't respond he asked again.

"I'm just asking because now that we are in an alliance we need to share some methods so that our children can grow stronger for the future. Isn't that right Guys, I don't think you would be as selfish as to keep the method to yourself right?"

"Yeah, we need more powerful people so that we can defend ourselves from the monsters."

"Also, all of your children are at a high level and we have never heard of them. They should be at least known outside of Orario as heroes if they were outside with that kind of strength." Hermes was asking all of these questions as if attacking Ainz.

'Huh, It seems that there are some Gods that are already suspicious of us. And his question... I can't possibly say 'they were made that way' right so what do I do now? As apparently outside Orario it's difficult to level up not to mention to reach levels that even Orario doesn't have' Ainz was worried about what to say that he was calmed down several times by his self-calming system. 'If only Demiurge was here."

Was what passed through Ainz.

He also thought of how to put blessings on the NPCs because if they didn't someone sooner or later they would find out they don't have one.

Everyone was anxiously waiting on what Ainz was going to say. After waiting on what seemed ages they saw that he finally decided to speak.

They saw that he moved his hand inside his robe and took out a small bag all without saying anything.

"It's not my fault that you are incompetent and can't figure out how to help your children in leveling up but I'll show you something that can help them significantly but with some heavy risk. I...No, we came from a place where death was commonplace so we had to find ways to grow stronger without dying. At first, we were a lot of us but as time went by some of us had to leave and as time went by we became less and less until it was just them that were with me. Only they remained with me, they were the only ones that stayed with me and made it here..." Ainz began bullsh*ting as he spouted cold and harsh words as if rebuking the gods but then he continued in a soft but sorrowful tone as he talked about the past. Becuase he remembered his friends.

The gods were furious at first as they hears his harsh words but then became quiet as they listened to him talk about his experience. They all thought that he was talking about the members of his Familia that died through the journey and the only ones that were left were the ones that came with him in Orario as they listened to him.

After a long while, Ainz stopped talking reminiscing about his friends, and took out a collar that looked like those used by slaves.

"This is one of the items that we made so that we could level up faster." Ainz was still bullSh*ting his way out even taking out a low-level item he almost never used."This item can allow the wearer to earn a higher rate of experience point gains for leveling up. However, the setback when it comes to using this item was that it leaves the wearer greatly weakened during the process of acquiring XP"

"So you are telling us that this item can help in multiplying or boosting the excelia our children get just by putting it on?" A blonde God who since a while ago was doubting Ainz said.

"That's exactly what I said." Ainz nodded. If he were a human or something like that he would have already fainted because of the pressure he was feeling to not make any mistakes.

"To what level does this item weaken the children," Freya said as she looked at the collar

'Huh, she's one of the gods who have their passive aura on. It seems similar to [charm] just that it's in the form of a passive aura.' Ainz turned to look at Freya a little bit surprised.

"it depends on what level your children are."

"Hephaestus, can you check its properties for us so maybe that you can explain it better." Hermes the blonde hair god asked

"Can you let me examine it?" Hephaestus asked as she saw the collar and heard what Hermes said. It was a Magic item she had never seen before.

"Of course," Ainz said as he gave the collar to her.

Gods began to surround Hephaestus and began asking her questions about the item.

After hearing a more descriptive use of the collar some gods began to ask Ainz to sell them.

"Ainz can you make more of this for us? Of course, it would not be for free. you just name the price. It will be helpful if we had even one of it." some Gods asked

"Ainz can you make time later? I want to have a talk with you." Hephaestus said.

"Hey Hephaestus that's not fair we are in an alliance now. You can't single yourself out like that. Hey, Ainz let's have a chat later too." Freya said in her enchanting voice.

"Ainz are you selling those space bags too? If so I would like some of them for my Familia. It can be extremely helpful every time they go to the dungeon." Hermes asked quickly as he really felt those bags useful for him who had to travel from place to place.

The place became rowdy again. It seemed as if they were on a market because the place was booming with noise.

Cough, Cough.

Ouranos made some fake coughs and captured the attention of the gods present.

"Now then, I think that the Denatus is of over for today that was all the information we have found about. Now you all need to make a decision about what you'll do. We need to make preparations as soon as possible. Discuss among yourselves what will be your first move so you immediately act upon it." Ouranos said as he stood up from his chair "Well, then I need to leave and see what's happening in the dungeon at the moment. I will send Fels if something that needs urgency happens." With that, he took his leave.

"Well then, Ainz, Now that you are the leader of the alliance do you know what we should do first," Hermes spoke up out loud as he looked at Ainz with a smile.

"The 18th floor..." Ainz said something that popped into his head in the heat of the moment.

"What about the 18th floor?"

"isn't the 18th floor that holds a village inside it." "Yeah, but I heard my children say it was decimated again."

His emotion suppressor calmed down his nervousness as he began to speak what came to mind.

"We need a base in the dungeon so that we can get information of what's happening inside."

"So you are proposing to build a base on the 18th floor?" "A lot of people have tried but it impossible to build a good base. They don't have a safe way to transport the colossal amount of materials that are needed."

"Oh, will you be lending some of those magic bags you have, what is the maximum amount of items it can carry? And how many of those bags you have available."

Gods began to plan how they would carry the materials to the 18th floor.

"No" Ainz responded to the Gods as they speculated about the magic bags. "My Familia will move all the materials needed for the construction. You all will need to gather the materials necessary."

" My Goibniu Familia, Will be in charge of developing a model for the village and the houses. "

"Hey, Goibniu will you need any help in getting information to see or hear what is the landscape of the 18th floor. I'm just saying because we need a good strategic area where we could build it."

"My Hephaestus Familia will also help in the planning. I will have all the best members working on it."

"Okay, Okay, When you're done tell us the number of materials we need to gather. we also need to know what type of materials we need." Loki said as she didn't want to be left behind.

"Hermes you will be our diplomat that will go to inform the Gods outside of Orario." Freya's enchanting voice came ringing sweetly to one's ears.

"Yup, that's my role. Just a messenger." Hermes said with a downcast face as if feeling down but everyone here knew that was just a facade.

"We will send someone later to tell you the materials you will need to get. But let me tell you roughly what we will need. Iron, Mythril, orichalcum, and Adamantite if it's possible or any rare and hard metal will do. We will also be using all kinds of monster parts as those are useful if we want to build a very strong base."

"I think we will be able to get a lot of monster parts. Those are abundant after all these dungeon breaks. We will be in charge of gathering those." Freya said.

"What can I do?" Miach lifted up his hand and asked.

"I think it's better for gods like you and Dian Cecht to continue producing the potions and begin stocking them for future use. I will also tell my children to produce more weapons in case we need them in the future." Hephaestus interjected and said.

Every God gave their opinion and in what they could contribute. Some of them were Familias that focused on industrial, others in agricultural, business, or even medicinal.

They finished the meeting late at night and they all came to an agreement that the planning, gathering of materials, and moving of the materials should be done the maximum amount of a month.

Some of the smaller Familias came to an agreement to let all their children participate in the construction of the village.

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'it's already late. How will I explain this to the guardians?' Ainz sighed as walked through the passages of the tower. With all of this happening Ainz didn't even want to return to nazarick as he didn't know how he would tell the guardians about what had happened.

'still, I need to talk with demiurge and Albedo so that they can help me with some things from the alliance. I also need to find out a way to give a blessing to them so that they can continue to level up because that was our purpose for using the world item that brought us here.'

'Some of the Gods are already suspicious of us but it seems that they haven't figured out that I'm not a God like them. I wonder why.' Ainz thought

What Ainz didn't know was that they only accepted that he was a God because he was surrounded by a divine aura -which was a symbol of a god- even though nobody knew or had heard about him even in heaven. It was all a misunderstanding though because he wasn't the one that gave out the divine aura, It was his divine class items that he had.

They were all made from gods or Divine class materials that belong to Yggdrasil. They didn't feel any divinity from the guardians because they only have one or two divine class items and those were always in their treasury. Like Shalltear"s spuit lance or Albedo's armor, Hermes Trismegistus. when they first appeared they didn't use those items so no one felt the aura. Ainz on the other hand came armed to the teeth with divine class items. His powerful aura also worked as a show of his divinity because no mortal could have a powerful aura.

'it also seems that they will be using low-level items for building the base on the 18th floor. I think that Cocytus got a lot of monster drops during this expedition he made. Maybe, I will exchange them with weapons made by the Gods or other valuable items. I could also some dragon scales from the ones we captured but I would need to know if I can get something really valuable for them.'

Ainz began thinking about what he could exchange for more potions and some other unique items from this world. They would also need to begin finding uses for the monster cores.

Ainz thought that the upcoming weeks would be very busy.

'I will also need to return to Nazarick to inform them about what happened. even though I don't want to...argh. I also need to find more [Collar] So that I can distribute to some of the Familia's that asked for them. I wonder how they will use it.'

After walking for some time Ainz finally came out of the tower. He stopped for a moment and then enjoyed the view of lights that illuminated the streets with people passing by in groups talking as if yesterday's dungeon break never happened.

He began walking again. This time it was the direction where the mansion was located. He wanted to teleport directly but then decided against it.

"Ainz"

Just after a few steps, someone called him so his steps came to a halt.

"You are going to your manor now right now so maybe we can walk together as my house is in front of yours."

'huh, that small broken-down church is her home?'

"So, uh, so I only have one child in my Familia and he is a very innocent young man who dreams to be a hero. He fights bravely every day with his life on the line just so that we could eat a meal once more at the end of the day." Ainz wondered why the potato goddess was telling him this

"And I, his Goddess haven't done anything for him. I would've liked if he could also get one of those collar thingies so that he can develop faster but the thing is that I'm afraid he will die if he uses it. He is the only member I have so no one can keep watch of him in case something bad happens while he is wearing the collar. So Uhm, uh, I know I don't know you really well but... uh... eh I-I have a favor to ask of you. I know that you and your children will be very busy soon but I heard that you had a lot of high-level children so uh I would like to know if maybe one of them could...Uhm, Uhm accompany him to the dungeon when he uses the collar."

"Hmm" Ainz hummed as he was wondering about some things.

"But I don't want it for free I will pay you or... or I could work for you. I would do anything to help Bell. I-I I'll also tell you a secret if that's not enough. I don't think you would care much because you have a lot of children and you also have your ways to help them level up quickly and stronger than anyone else. So Uhm... Bell has this skill that helps him grow stronger quicker if he has a strong desire to catch up to someone he looks up to."

Hestia said one of the secrets she didn't want to let out but she did it because she wanted to help Bell.

"You are willing to work for me if I help you? Let's say that he catches up to that person he admires will the skill still help him? Wouldn't it be worthless once he reaches the level of whom he admires? What if that person isn't that strong? what would happen then? and you, what are you good at. Do you specialize in anything like Miach or Hephaestus?" Ainz began to think about the limit of the skills but then realized that the boy didn't matter as long as he could obtain another god as a subordinate.

"No, no ehehe, I'm not good at making weapons or making potions like them but I can sell and cook potatoes and make Jagamarukun too," Hestia said as if she was embarrassed at first then quickly turned proud because she said she could cook and sell.

'huh, is she a goddess that specializes in cooking' Ainz wondered as he saw how proud she was.

"Okay, I will send someone to accompany him, when will you be able to come and work?"

"I can start tomorrow if you want."

"Well then now that you are working for me I can't have you living in a place like the broken church so be sure to pack tonight and move to the mansion. There will be someone who will take you to the place where you will be staying."