Momonga sat on the throne of kings, speechless and dumbfounded. Looking around, he saw that the NPCs were at their same positions and doing the same poses. Looking to his left is his friend, sta- or floating in the air, Momonga couldn't see if he was confused or just not caring about the situation. Eventually, Momonga's confusion escalated to panic and fear.
"Why can't I use chat or talk to the admins?! What in God's name is going on?!"
"What's wrong, Lord Momonga?"
As Momonga heard the indistinguishable voice, he turned to see Albedo. He expected the voice to be Albedo's. Then suddenly, a low but soothing voice, spoke.
"He is puzzled and confused is all, Albedo. Do not mind it."
Albedo looked at her master and nodded. Momonga then looked at Szrazyn, surprised at how deep his voice is now.
"I am speaking to you through your mind. Just think of a few sentences so I can see if the link works."
"Alright, can you hear me?"
"I can. Momonga, don't show any kind of fear or panic, at best, show caution."
"Why?"
"Most likely we have been teleported to Yggdrasil."
"You mean we've been isekai'd?"
Szrazyn then faced Momonga, his green eyes staring in the empty sockets of his friend. For a few seconds, they stared into each other's eyes until Szrazyn said.
"At worst yes."
"How do you know?"
"Everything, I do not know why but, everything feels too real! The NPCs, I can feel their emotions, their thoughts
I've seen their memories even, from their conception to the last days of Yggdrasil, they are all human.... So do not do or say anything."
"I am terribly sorry, Supreme One. Please have mercy your divine grace!"
Albedo knelt, doing her best to prostrate herself in front of the living gods in front of her. In the eyes of Momonga, this was embarrassing and not needed, while for Szrazyn, Albedo was just following her character bio.
"You are forgiven."
Szrazyn then looked to Sebas.
"Sebas."
Sebas looked up to face Szrazyn.
"Yes, Lord Szrazyn?"
"Go outside of Nazarick and see if there are any differences in the terrain."
"Then I shall immediately do my duty."
Szrazyn had his left hand on his chin while his right hand held the Anathema Staff, as Sebas was nearing the gigantic doors of the throne room.
"Bring Lupusregina and CZ2128 with you. Lupusregina's abilities as a wolf will assist in finding possible enemies with CZ being valuable as a long-ranged magic user."
"Then Lupusregina, CZ, please accompany me as Lord Szrazyn has told us."
"Yes!"
With that both CZ and Lupusregina stood up and went with Sebas. As the doors closed Szrazyn ordered Yuri and the rest of the Pleiades.
"Yuri."
She looked up to face Szrazyn.
"Yes, Lord Szrazyn?"
"Take your sisters and yourself to the ninth floor and let no one enter without our permission."
"Understood, Lord Szrazyn."
Yuri and the rest of her sisters then stood and walked out of the throne room to do as their duty. As Szrazyn was about to order Albedo, Momonga asked Szrazyn telepathically.
"How are you so calm giving them orders? Aren't you afraid one of them might kill us?"
"Mind you I played a hell of a lot of roleplay games before I started in Yggdrasil. And be reassured that the NPCs think highly of us.
I mean they think of us as Gods, though realistically I am the Star God while you're just a... semi-powerful Lich."
"HEY!"
"It's true though."
Momonga was annoyed but he couldn't win an argument against Szrazyn, no one did. With that done, Szrazyn then faced Albedo.
"Albedo, I want all of the guardians except for the, third, fourth and eighth, to gather at the sixth floor amphitheater in the next hour or so."
"Your orders will be relayed to them immediately."
Albedo walked out of the throne room. With the sound of the doors closing, Momonga shouted.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'YOU'RE JUST A LICH'?!"
"You're angry about that?"
"WHO WOULDN'T?!"
"I had expected you to be a little more mature but I always overestimate people."
Momonga sat on the throne, speechless and a little dumbfounded then he realised.
"You just insulted me!"
"Well I'm sorry but I didn't mean it. Shall I put up a few facts of how much of a 'God' I am?"
Momonga kept silent for a few moments and looked down and said.
"No... "
"Glad to hear this argument to be finished. Now let's go to the amphitheater."
"How?"
"With the power of friendship!"
Szrazyn made a cartoony gesture of making a rainbow and out of nowhere an actual rainbow formed. Momonga was a little confused and was baffled at the rainbow then Szrazyn shouted.
"The rings of course you numbskull!"
"Do you even know how to use it?"
"Just think of the area and most likely you'll be teleported there like how the original rings worked."
"And what if that doesn't work?"
"Say hi to Satan for me then."
Momonga flinched at that of which Szrazyn laughed at his friend's hilarious reaction.
"I'm kidding! The percentage of such an event from happening are none existent, if there is a percentage then it is smaller than 0 point 500 more zeros and 5 percent, meaning it's impossible."
Momonga calmed down and prepared to use the ring and one second he could only see darkness, the next he was now in a dark hallway with a purplish light at one end with a dark nothingness at the other, beside him was Szrazyn.
"See! Nothing to be afraid of."
Momonga mentally sighed. They then walked out of the hallway and into the amphitheater. As they walked until Szrazyn shouted.
"Aura! Mare!"
Suddenly a small figure jumped down from a balcony and landed in front of the two powerful beings. It was Aura Bella Fiora, one of the two guardians of the sixth floor, she was also one of the two creations of fellow guild member, Bukubukuchagama. Szrazyn clapped at the display Aura had showed them.
"Good landing, Aura."
"Tha- thank you, Lord Szrazyn!"
Szrazyn could see it clearly, Aura was flustered and embarrassed, her stuttering and the pink tint on her cheeks showed it as clear as day. Most likely from meeting her supposed 'Lords' or at this point 'Gods'.
"We'll only intrude for a while."
"*Gasp* how could you intrude, my lords? You are the Supreme Ones of the Tomb of Nazarick, your words are law. How can a guardian ever consider your presence as intrusion? As a matter of fact, it is an honor having you both be here today!"
Szrazyn chuckled at the young elf's excitement while Momonga asked him a question, telepathically.
"I thought you hated elves?"
"I hate elves, yes, though I hate a different kind of elves."
Momonga then realized that Szrazyn hated the elves he had encountered in his time in space. Momonga asked Mare a question.
"Aura, where is your brother?"
Hearing the question from one of the Supreme Ones, Mare instantly looked back to the balcony she was at and shouted.
"Mare! Stop being rude to Lord Szrazyn and Lord Momonga and come down here!"
Momonga hadn't expected for Mare to be so aggressive though Szrazyn had expected this type of aggression since he could feel Aura's feelings and see her thoughts.
From the balcony, one could see a small figure with long blonde hair, trying to hide, this was Mare Bello Fiore, twin brother of Aura and the second guardian of the sixth floor and the other creation of Bukubukuchagama.
Szrazyn couldn't help but just chuckle at such a sight with Momonga dying internally from the cuteness.
"But sis, I'm scared."
"MARE!!!"
"Okay, okay. I'm coming."
A few moments later, Mare jumped down from the balcony and began sprinting to where Aura and the two were. The way he walked was too feminine but such a thing was understandable.
Bukubukuchagama loved the idea of crossdressing, especially of crossdressing men.
"M-my apologies for making you wait my lo-lords."
"It is fine, Mare. I think my friend here wants for you both to assist him in something, and maybe even me."
Szrazyn then walked to a nearby wall and used a spell to conjure a throne made out of psychic energies. Aura and Mare then looked to face Momonga.
"As Szrazyn says, I need both of you to assist me in testing our guild's personal artifact. The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown."
He then showed off the golden grandeur and power the staff resonated. He clutched the staff tighter in his hand as the memories of all the things he had done with the guild and the friends he had made.
Though eventually he noticed the excited yet terrified looks of Aura and Mare. He coughed into his hand to remove the tense feeling in the air.
"I need your help in testing it, will you assist me?"
"Gladly!/Ye-yes"
Aura said with high enthusiasm while Mare clutched his staff.
"As well, we've called the other guardians to meet here in an hour, I hope nothing is wrong with that."
"Ugh! So does that mean that Shalltear will be here?"
Momonga nodded in silence but inside he was quite surprised at the disgust and anger that Aura added in her words when talking about Shalltear.
Most likely because of the small sibling feud their creators, Bukubukuchagama and Peroroncino, had, though it was quite common in siblings, especially brothers and sisters.
* Time Skip *
After preparations were complete, for a few moments, Momonga was confused on how to use the staff then Szrazyn assisted him through telepathy.
"Just think of the spell, the MP used, the range, the casting time and you'll cast it."
"How are you so sure?"
"Just trust me damnit."
"Alright, alright, calm down."
As Szrazyn told him. Momonga thought of the spell and how much MP it used, how far it could be casted and how long it was to cast and then.
"Summon! Primal Fire Elemental!"
Momonga pointed the staff at the area he wanted to summon the elemental, then the red gem at one of the snakes mouths glowed, then at the area that he faced, formed a fire that was so powerful that Momonga's robes waved with Aura and Mare being protected by 2 lizard brutes. The fierceness of the fire got so powerful that Momonga's personal shield became visible.
"Wo-wow!"
Then the fire formed into a form with a dragon-like head.
"Primal Fire Elemental, its level is in the high eighties."
Aura gasped at how powerful the summon was while Mare hugged his staff.
"Aura, do you want to fight it?"
"Huh! Ca-can I?!"
"U-uhm, I forgot I needed to do something so I need to go and-"
"Mare!"
"Whaaaat?"
A few minutes later, the lizard brutes went away leaving Mare and Aura to face the summon but as the fight was about to commence, Szrazyn stopped it. Momonga was confused why with Aura a little disappointed while Mare was relieved that he wasn't going to instantly fight a level 80 summon.
"Awhile ago I said that I wanted the twins to assist me in something, well that something is this."
Momonga was quite confused on what he meant.
"So what will you do?"
"I shall, for a better term, upgrade the fire elemental with my skills."
"Okay. Do what you need to do."
Szrazyn then got up from his psychic throne and went to the fire elemental and pointed the Anathema Staff at it and said something that was nothing but gibberish to the guardians with Momonga thinking of it as a form of the egyptian language, but in reality it was the hundred millennia language used by the masters of the galaxy and the God of the Stars and all that which they create, are his. The translation of what Szrazyn said can roughly be.
(In Necrontyr) "Become my servant and I shall see to it that you shall become an aspect of fire but not just that but all things associated with fire, be it anger, war, or eternal damnation, I will make you an aspect of it all."
As Szrazyn finished speaking, the tip of the Anathema Staff glowed with gauss and psychic energies and it formed a sort of cocoon around the elemental and for a few seconds.
Where the elemental once stood was now a cocoon made of a mixture of gauss and psychic energies, inside was forming a being that was an avatar of all things fire.
Then the cocoon burst, from it, the same elemental floated where it was but now it looked different. The bluish flames it once controlled was now green, most likely a fiery form of the same gauss energy the Necrons use.
It's body was now made of necrodermis, with its claws blackstone giving a shade of dark red that looked like the blood-dripping hands of Khaine.
"A-amazing! Unbelievable... "
"Szrazyn."
Szarzyn looked back to his skeletal friend. Seeing his thoughts he could foresee that his friend would ask him questions of what he had just done, though explaining to him the exact details of what he did would be impossible for his mind.
Being an undead meant that Momonga still retained the mind of an undead though emotions were different, his mind will not be able to comprehend the knowledge of the warp. As he was nearing his fellow Supreme One, he said to him.
"You have a plethora of questions, don't you?"
"You always know when I have questions."
"*Chuckle* though this time I can read your mind and determine if you truly are curious."
Szrazyn then faced the twins, looking at them he could already feel that Aura was full of excitement at fighting one of Szrazyn's 'creations' already having her whip out while Mare looked as if he was gonna pee his pants.
"Prepared to fight it? Aura? Mare?"
"Can I do it now?!"
Aura said with the greatest of energies.
"U-uhm I need to go do something so-"
Mare was cut off from speaking when Aura put her hand on his shoulder, instantly he stopped talking. Rarely it is the brother who is forced to shut up by the sister.
Inside Szrazyn's mind, memories of him with his siblings, all the times he teased his sisters whilst also protecting them from his brothers, he was always the anti-hero of all stories he was in, both annoying and kind.
After reminiscing memories, Szrazyn created two identical psychic thrones where he and Momonga sat.
"Then the fight shall begin."
Szrazyn faced the summon, or now renamed to the 'Avatar of Destruction' and commanded it.
"Avatar of Destruction, I command thee to attack the twins!"
The avatar said something in Necrontyr and faced the two. Using the gauss fire it now wielded, it created a gust of flames against the twins, Aura ran at it and jumped out of its reach while Mare created a strong barrier to try and stop the fire.
Unfortunately, gauss energies ignored all kinds of magic defenses and Mare was nearly left defenseless until he was saved by Aura with her whip using it as a hook to bring Mare to her.
Seeing them struggle at the information that the avatar's fire ignored all kinds of magic, he gave them some more info on it.
"The Avatar of Destruction, it is a being that is beyond levels and can only be called a true specimen of war.
The fires it wields are a form of gauss energies that dispel and ignore all kinds of magic, hence why all kinds of gauss energies are the ultimate weapon against magic users.
Fortunate for wizards and witches, a strong enough spell can easily distinguish those flames though hope that spell can be used every minute."
"So you're saying that Aura has the greatest chance at beating the avatar?"
Momonga asked, still keeping an eye on the twins.
"Beating? The best outcome they can get is scratching the avatar, its body is made of necrodermis.
Living metal that can easily be remade even after being melt to an ooze, even worse its hands are made of blackstone, a far stronger material that can cut necrodermis like butter.
If I sugarcoat my words then even if you fight the avatar with all the guardians at your side, my friend, it would take a miracle for you to beat it."
"Was this a test or a death sentence for the two?!"
"Never worry, my friend. The avatar is smart enough to not kill the twins, I've personally seen to it that it knows that any harm, both fatal and non-fatal, afflicted on the twins... "
Szrazyn stopped speaking but an aura of dread and darkness surrounded him, this made everyone around him feel a fear that they had never felt before. To even think of how such fear felt would take creativity at its greatest.
"Then it shall go through a hell that mortals cannot even comprehend... "
His voice echoed through the floor, echoed even through the whole tomb. The denizens of Nazarick only felt one emotion, fear, some relished it while others were petrified.
"So there is nothing to fear of the twins being harmed."
"A-alright."
Aura and Mare were surprised that even Momonga, the leader of the Supreme Ones, feared Szrazyn. Maybe they underestimated the power that the Star God wielded, a power far greater than any other Supreme Beings wielded. Seconds later, Aura had the courage to continue 'fighting' the avatar with Mare there to give her boosts.
While they fought, Momonga used the message skill to see if anyone would answer but for a few moments only silence could be heard until Sebas entered the line.
"Yes. What is it, Lord Momonga?"
Momonga was quite surprised that Sebas answered, hell he was surprised anyone even answered.
"Sebas? How are things up there?"
"Well my Lord, Lord Szrazyn was right on making us check the situation here."
"I see, come to the sixth floor amphitheater, Szrazyn had Albedo gather the guardians here, report to us of what has transpired on the surface. Lupusregina and CZ may go back to the Pleiades."
"Understood, my Lord."
Whilst Momonga had a talk with Sebas; Aura had jumped high in the air with an agility boost from Mare, she used her whip to try attacking the avatar but all it did was meet the body of the avatar.
In the end all the attacks that Aura and Mare did were useless against an avatar of war, so the battle was ended. Szrazyn got up from his throne with Momonga following him. Momonga went to the twins while Szrazyn went to the avatar.
"Both of you did well."
"Tha- thank you very much, Lord Momonga. Though I don't think Lord Szrazyn is pleased with our results."
Mare and her then looked back to Szrazyn and bowed.
"Please forgive us, Lord Szrazyn."
"Fo-forgive us... "
Szrazyn had looked at the avatar but when he heard the twins ask for forgiveness, he felt sorry for making them go against an opponent he knew they could never defeat.
"There is nothing to be sorry about. Even if you have failed defeating the avatar, I already knew such a being would be impossible for you both to defeat...
*Whisper* Even the greatest of Aeldari Farseers could only dream of damaging the avatar. *Normal* I am still proud of the display you both showed us."
Aura looked up and took a small glance at Szrazyn's eyes then instantly looked down, Mare kept bowing.
"Thank you for showing us mercy!"
"Yes, thank you."
Szrazyn chuckled. He always loved children. He then looked back to the avatar and using the tip of the Anathema Staff, transported the avatar to a molecular universe he called 'Storage'. The twins then looked behind them to speak with Momonga.
"You two must be thirsty."
Momonga took a pitcher of water and two glasses from a small black portal from an unknown area. He poured both of them a glass, the twins looked at each other then drank.
Momonga then sent the same pitcher back through the same portal, when the twins finished drinking water, Aura spoke.
"I thought you would be a scarier person, Lord Momnga."
"You think so? I can be scarier if you so wish."
"How you are now is better! It's definitely the better part of you, lord!"
Szrazyn then walked up to them. Using psychic powers to make the Anathema Staff float, he used his hands to put a hand on the twins heads and ruffle their hair.
"You did well, both of you."
Then a portal formed and from it a small pale woman came, she wore a red dress while carrying a similarly colored umbrella.
This was Shalltear, the guardian of the first and second floors of the Tomb, a true vampire, she is the creation of Peroroncino, brother of Bukubukuchagama.
"Oh? Am I the first to arrive?"
She then looked at Momonga and ran, dropping her umbrella which transformed into bats. She ran to Momonga and hugged him.
"Wow! Lord Momonga! The man I could never dream to rule above. My eternal beloved!"
Tiptoeing to try and hug Momonga. Aura had a few words to say at the vampire.
"Stop Shalltear! You're starting to slobber on the Lord."
"Nice to see you half-pint. I didn't see you there."
Aura grunted at the blatant insult she received. Szrazyn was amazed at how relax they were around them, he had expected a far more professional atmosphere but as always, he overestimated.
"Mare, how can you put up wish such a difficult sister?"
Aura looked down in anger until an insult of her own formed.
"Ms. Fake Boobs!"
From what Aura said, Shalltear held her breasts and shouted.
"What?!"
"As I expected, that's the reason why you used the gate. You were in a hurry but you were afraid your top would shift if you ran here!"
"Watch what you say, elf! You're as flat as the ground so you have nothing to stand for!"
"True but I'm only 76 years old so I have plenty of time to grow unlike an undead like you! Maybe you should just start accepting that those tits of yours will never grow."
"How dare you! I'll make sure you'll remember this punishment till you're a thousand!"
For a few moments the two continued arguing until a gigantic blue arachnid-like figure shouted.
"WHAT A RUCKUS! Both of you are arguing in front of not just one of our lords but both of them! Have you no shame?"
Cocytus, guardian of the fifth floor, created by guild member, Warrior Takemikazuchi, his whole concept was to be the epitomy of the word 'warrior', as what was seen, Momonga wasn't disappointed but the recent avatar was a greater example.
"This shorty here started slandering me!"
Shalltear said as she had fireballs on both of her hands. Aura was quick in giving a responce.
"It was the truth!"
She said as she prepared her whip. From this, Cocytus put his the end point of his spear down to the floor and it started to freeze, Momonga prepared to reprimand them but Szrazyn was quicker.
"Enough... Shalltear, Aura, it is already evident that both of you dislike each other but please do keep it down whenever we have meetings such as these, understood?"
"I apologize!"
"It is good to see you, Cocytus."
"I shall always answer your summons, my lieges."
"Yes good work."
Then another figure appeared. It was of a tall man who wore a red suit with glasses and pointed ears with Albedo in front of him.
"Everyone, I apologize for making you all wait."
It was Demiurge, guardian of the seventh floor, and the creation of guild member, Ulbert Alain Odle with Szrazyn helping in some areas.
When he was created, the word 'tactician' and 'defender' were placed in the minds of Ulbert and Szrazyn, becoming the NPCs' leader when the guild is forced to a defensive stance.
The guardians went in front of their masters with Albedo being at the center.
"Then everyone. To the Supreme Beings, the ritual of fidelity."
They all bowed before them, Momonga oozed out a blackish aura while Szrazyn kept his aura at a minimum though it still lingered.
"You all did good, reaching the area on time too *chuckle*"
"Thank you for your duty."
The guardians and Albedo looked to face their masters, the sheer power and divinity that came off of them nearly was too much.
"Your thanks are wasted upon us, lords. We here have all pledged our lives to you. Lords, you may find us lacking.
However, we will strive to work hard and live to the expectations the Supreme Beings who created us. We vow this to you."
"We vow this to you."
Szrazyn laughed at their display. The guardians were quite confused why but then he spoke.
"Wonderful! No- Outstanding actually! You all make Momonga and I proud as Supreme Beings."
"We are confident that all of you will live up to the expectations you were given. We believe that you will even exceed the expectations without failure!"
They gasped and even sighed in relief and happiness. Until Szrazyn spoke.
"Well, then. Right now the Tomb of Nazarick is in an unknown situation. We've had Sebas, who was accompanied by Lupusregina and CZ of the Pleiades, survey the surface."
Szrazyn looked to his right and saw Sebas who bowed then walked in front of both of his lords and knelt.
"Grasslands?"
"Yes. Completely different from the swamps that surrounded the Great Tomb of Nazarick, we could not confirm a single building, human or monster in a one kilometer radius."
Szrazyn had his hand on his chin while looking down on the floor with Momonga facing the guardians.
"It is as I have feared."
He then looked to the guardians.
"We have been transported to an unknown area for an unknown reason. Albedo, Demiurge."
"Yes!"
"Once this meeting is finished, your most important task at hand will be to enhance our defenses, I shall have multiple Scarab units sent out to create posts to allow floor-to-floor communication without the use of 'Message'."
"Yes!"
"Sebas, were there any hills nearby the tomb of were it just flat grasslands?"
"From a kilometer radius there were no mounds or hills to be found, my lord."
"I see, Mare."
"Yes?"
"With the assistance of multiple of my subjects, you shall cover the tomb with dirt to make it seem as a hill or mound the areas we cannot hide with normal dirt well magic shall suffice.
Other hills will be made to surround the tomb to not make it seem suspicious."
"Yes."
Szrazyn was deep in thought now, keeping silent and letting his advanced mind do all the sextillions of equations and possibilities it thought off be. Seconds later his mind had finished and all needed topics were done.
"Anything else to add, Momonga?"
"Ah yes. I wanted to ask each floor guardian something."
He then looked to face Shalltear.
"First Shalltear. What kind of people are we to you? Szrazyn and I?"
She looked up and smiled at the appearance of both her masters.
"Lord Momonga is the crystallization of beauty, the most beautiful man in the world while Lord Szrazyn is infinite, his form ever changing to whatever he wishes it to be."
"Cocytus."
"Stronger than all of the guardians, men who are worthy to be called Supreme Beings, your titles of 'Overlord' and 'Star God' do not show you any respect. You are worthy to be the absolute rulers of Nazarick."
"Aura."
"Lord Momonga who is merciful to those who are under him but ruthless to his enemies while Lord Szrazyn shows his love and care to his subjects, making sure their safety is above all else."
"Mare."
"Ve-very kind people."
"Demiurge."
"Lord Momonga makes wise decisions and acts upon them efficiently, a man who truly fits the word 'inscrutable'. While Lord Szrazyn is not just a thousand steps ahead of his opponents but a million, his moves ever mysterious as if a labrynth, a being who not just fits but embodies the word 'omniscient'."
"Sebas."
"Lord Momonga is the head of the Supreme Beings, Lord Szrazyn is the greatest and wisest of the Supreme Beings, most merciful are both of you for staying with us until the end."
"And lastly, Albedo."
"Lord Szrazyn is the greatest in strength and wisdom, making him the ultimate enforcer and tactician of the Supreme Beigns.
Lord Momonga is the highest ranking of them though, making him our ultimate master. As well as the man I love!"
Momonga flinched at the last remark from Albedo.
"I- I see. We have heard all of your thoughts. Continue working faithfully in the name of our guild. Ainz Ooal Gown."
"Yes!"
Then Momonga and Szrazyn teleported away.