Return to E-Rantel

After their talk they all decided to head back, they reunited with (The Swords of Darkness), then Nphirea came out and asked for help. He wanted to harvest some herbs from the forest near Carne Village. They chose to accompany him since they were already here.

Currently, they were all in front of the forest, ready to enter. "We'll enter the forest through here. I'll be counting on you if anything attacks", Nphirea stated.

"As long as we have Mr. Momon with us, I don't think anything in there will have the guts", Peter joked.

But Nphirea wasn't joking, he then turned to Ainz, "Oh, yeah. One thing. If we happen upon the Wise King I'd like for you to scare him off instead of killing him."

Ainz and the other were curious, "Care to explain?", asked Ainz.

"This entire area is within the Wize King's territory. He's the reason monsters have never attempted to attack Carne Village before", Nphirea said, he then looked at everyone else, "If you kill him it could mean disaster."

"I'm pretty sure that's impossible, even for him", Peter joked, he still didn't understand how powerful Ainz really was.

"I'll try", Ainz said.

His words shocked (The Swords of Darkness), Lukrut turned to him, "You do realize this is a legendary creature we're talking about, right?", he exclaimed.

Dyne smiled, "You must be confident in your strength to have that attitude."

Ainz spoked once more, "Actually I have a suggestion if you don't mind."

"Please feel free to speak", Nphirea said.

"I suggest we should scout on ahead, and if we are to encounter anything we will be able to give you more time to escape if anything attacks", Ainz suggested.

"I'm fine with that", Nphirea agreed. "But, try to get back to the group as quickly as you can."

Ainz nodded, "Of course."

Ainz, Filius, and Nabe, all entered the forest before the other did, after a while of walking and making sure that they weren't being followed, Ainz stopped, "That's far enough. Now, why don't we talk about how to spread my great name?"

"Sounds good!", suddenly a figure jumped from out of the trees, Nabe was about to use her lighting magic, but she was stopped by Filius.

"Careful, Naberal. That looked dangerous", Aura said in a friendly sarcastic tone. Obviously, her attack couldn't hurt a guardian of Aura's caliber. "Thank you so much young master", Aura said with a bow.

"Oh. Lady Aura! I'm sorry, you startled me", Nabe said, she then looked at Filius, "Thank you young...I mean...d-darling", she whispered. Aura and Ainz didn't hear the last part, Nabe then spoke once more, "How long were you here?"

"Since you and Lord Ainz entered the forest by yourselves", Aura stated.

Nabe was shocked, "I didn't sense your presence at all."

Aura snickered, "So, let me guess: I need to find this Wise King of the Forest and send him your way. A creature like that could be of use, right?"

"Correct", Ainz said, "Up to it?", he asked her.

Arua didn't hesitate, "Consider it done!", she then turned to her left, "I think I might know where it's making its nest."

Ainz was happy about this, "Excellent. I'm counting on you Aura."

Aura nodded and then left, she jumped from one tree to another, and then she was gone.

Nabe looked at Ainz, "What are you planning to do, my lord?"

"I will fight the Wise King, of course", Ainz said.

"Wasn't the battle with the ogres a sufficient show of your strength?", Nabe asked.

"It might be, but that's only for a strong human. Father wants his name to spread out quickly and easily, that way he can go to more areas freely. He can't be a normal human, he has to be a hero, then everyone will respect him", Filius said.

Nabe thought about it and nodded, "I understand. Thank you....d-darling", somehow she seemed to always struggle to say those words.

Filius and Nabe followed Ainz as they walked back to the main group. After arriving with the group, they acted as if they were watching the area, then suddenly there was an animal screech from far away. Everyone became warry, Lukrut quickly placed his ear against the floor, he could feel the waves of something stomping closer to them.

He stood up, "Guys, something big is heading straight for us."

Nphirea stopped picking the herbs and stood up, "Is it the Wise King of the Forest?"

Ainz, Filius, and Nabe stepped forward, "Don't worry. Leave it to us."

Peter nodded, "Sure, thanks. We'll be counting on you", he said.

"Momon", Ainz turned and saw Nphirea, "Try not to overexert yourself okay?"

"I'll try, no go! Quickly!", Ainz asked.

Everyone except the three had left for the outside of the forest.

Ainz realized he made a mistake, "Why did I say that? Now no one can see how I defeat it."

"Maybe you should cut its tail for proof, father", Filius suggested.

Suddenly they all noticed that there was a sudden cloud of dirt far away from them. Ainz had then pulled out both his swords and extended them out.

Then out of nowhere, a sudden object had launched out from the trees. It attacked Ainz, but he quickly deflected it, he thought that the attack would've been stronger for a mythical beast.

"Few can survive my first attack. Admirable, it is", a voice rang out from the forest, Filius, Nabe, and Ainz looked around to see where it was coming from. "Many of the foolish who have perished by my claws. If you wish not to join them, leave this place and respectfully withdraw, I shall. What say you?"

"Forget it", Ainz said, "Why don't you stop hiding and face me? Are you shy? Or are you afraid that you won't survive?"

"Insolent whelp!?", the voice said with a little anger, "Very well. Feast your eyes upon my form and tremble with awe!"

Suddenly something started stomping their way, it was a giant creature with a long green tail.

Filius thought about it and was shocked, [Isn't that?]

............

"WHAAAT!!!"

The Swords of Darkness and Nphirea all screamed when they heard the news.

Ainz, Filius, and Nabe had told them that they had managed to do an incredible feat, they had captured and tamed the Wise King of the Forest.

The Wise King was a giant hamster, it was even bigger than Ainz, though his strength didn't even match his. Ainz proved it by using his Aura of Despair, and it was only at level one.

The creature was actually a giant hamster, it had some added features, most likely from the tough environment causing tweaks in its evolution. Its claws were sharp and long, and it had a massive thick scaled tail that was tough as steel but flexible like a snake, and not to mention its enormous size. The hamster was as stall as Ainz just sitting down and it was about twice as wide. Its fur was so soft and puffy, from its head to its back it was brown and at the center of its head following its spine, it had a darker colored streek, while its underbelly was white.

"Be at ease, you are perfectly safe. He is under my command now", Ainz said as he stopped petting the creature, "He will not attack. You have my word on that."

Everyone was in awe from this, except for Filius and Naberal. The Wise King spoke, "My master speaks the truth, he does. As long he orders I shall not cause trouble for you or any human."

"Amazing!", Ninya said, "What an awe-inspiring creature."

Dyne smiled, "I can feel great strength and wisdom radiating from him."

"No kidding", Peter said, "You're incredible, Mr. Momon. We would've been massacred if we took him on."

"What do you make of this?", Ainz asked Nabe and Filius.

"He looks strong, which is good to spread our name, but I think that all", Filius stated.

"Yes. Putting his strength aside his eyes do have a gleam of power behind them", Nabe stated.

"Lord Momon", Nphirea spoke attracting everyone's attention, "Are you taking him away from this place? If you do that, I'm afraid monsters will attack Carne Village"

Ainz looked at the hamster as if asking him if it was true, "There is a chance of that happening, master."

"But you have nothing to worry about", Filius spoke, "We knew this would happen so we installed some magical traps in the forest."

"What kind of traps?", Ninya asked.

"They are earth golem traps", Filius said, "They will attack any monsters that attack the village. But they will also protect anyone that wants to come into the forest if they are from Carne Village"

"No way, that sounds amazing", Lukrut said.

Filius knew that this was a lie but he knew his father had bigger plans for this small town. He also figured out the problem Nazarick was facing, they had a limited amount of healing potions, they had about nine thousand potions, nine hundred medium potions, and one hundred full healing potions. They were all in limited amounts, but he finally had a solution, it was Nhpirea. He knew that if he could save him or this village he would feel an urge to serve his father, that is why he left the forest like it was and lied about the traps.

Nphirea smiled, "thanks, by the way how strong are these golems?", he asked.

"They would be able to face not just goblins but something strong as an ogre", Filius lied. Ainz looked at his son, he was shocked about this, why would Filius lie about something like this.

Ainz then noticed that Filius had a hand behind his back and was doing something, it seemed like he was giving him a sign like, I'll tell you later in private.

Everyone was shocked by what Filius told them, "Sir Killstag, that means you must be a powerful magic user if you are able to summon such a powerful creature"

Filius chuckled, "hehehe thank you for the praise."

After that event, they all decided to head back and get the remaining herbs they could, then they all left the forest and got ready to leave for E-Rantel. They took all day to finally reach the capital, when they got there it was already late at night.

They were currently walking by the guild when Ainz and the rest stopped, Peter then spoke, "We're going to escort Nphirea the rest of the way to his shop and help him unload all this stuff. Should we wait for you?"

They were asking this because of Ainz, since he now owned a creature/ beast he needed to get a permit in order to keep it. He only got at the guild and the registration would take a while.

"No, go on ahead", Ainz said, "Once I register this magical creature with the guild. I'll catch up with you"

Nphirea was happy about the day, "I've never had a haul this plentiful before. I'll be sure to add extra to your payment."

"Your haul was possible because of my master's strength. Don't forget that", the Wise King said.

"Alright, then we'll see you guys there. Come Nabe", Filius said as he walked to her. Nabe smiled and grabbed his hand as they entered the guild.

Lukrut looked at them while biting the end of his shirt, Dyne smiled and shoved him forward, "Come on, get moving."

Ninya smiled at their actions, "See ya later", she said before she followed them.

.......after a while.....

Filius was standing back with Nabe as he watched his father handle the registration at the desk counter. When suddenly he felt something was wrong, he went outside and turned to the area where Nphirea's shop.

Nabe quickly followed behind him, "What's wrong?", she asked.

"The swords of Darkness are in trouble", Filius said as he kept looking away.

"How do you know?", she asked.

"I put a spell on Ninya when we were putting everything on the carriage so I can feel her heartbeat rate", Filius said. Nabe looked at him in confusion as if asking, why would you do that, "it was just for precaution."

Ainz then walked out from the guild, "I finally finished...", he then noticed the tense air, "What's going on?"

"The rest of the humans are in trouble it seems", Nabe stated.

"They're gone...", Nabe and Ainz looked at Filius, Filius looked at them, "They are all dead."

Ainz was shocked by what his son was telling him, "What?"

After telling his father what he did to Ninya and how he could tell they were in trouble they all got ready in order to see what was going on. Since Ainz was already done with the permits he got on top of the Wise King who was now named Hamusuke.

People around them were all murmuring about how a beast-like Hamsuke could talk and how Ainz was able to afford it. Before they could leave they were stopped by someone.

"Hey, I know you. Aren't you the man my grandson hired to accompany him on his herb gathering trip?", the old woman said.

The Nazarick trio was confused a bit, so this was Nphirea's grandson.

"I am Nhpirea's grandmother. The pharmacist Lizzy Ballear", the old woman, known as Lizzy said.

"Oh", Ainz spoke, "Yes you are correct. I am Momon, this is Killstag, my son", Filius then bowed a bit, "Beside him is my apprentice and...his fiance, Nabe", Nabe bowed in a blush.

"The animal is", he was then interrupted before he could finish his sentence.

"Hamusuke, My name, it is", the giant hamster stated in a friendly tone. "The Wise King of the Forest, I used to be", he said.

Everyone around them was shocked, this massive hamster was actually the great Wise King of the forest.

She grew a shocked expression, it also seemed like she didn't believe it herself, "Absurd, you're an overgrown rodent. Am I supposed to believe this is the legendary King of the Forest?"

Ainz nodded, "It is, he was out of control and confronted us during our mission with your grandson. But I beat him into submission."

"Mrs. Lizzy, we need to get going we believe that your grandson might be in trouble", Filius spoke.

"What!? Aren't you supposed to protect him? Where is he?", Lizzy exclaimed.

"We were protecting him, he went back to the shop with the rest of our group, but something happened", Lizzy nodded to what Filius was saying so she got on top of the hamster and sat behind Ainz.

"Let's go!", Filius and Nabe both rose in the air and started flying ahead. Hamusuke was trailing behind them.

Ainz looked up at Filius, [When did he learn to fly? He was just recently born and he only had a few broad settings, why is he knowledgeable?]

At Lizzy's Pharmacy.........

Lizzy quickly ran into the shop and slammed the door open, "Nphirea! Where are you?"

"Let me go in first", Ainz said as he entered the room first, behind him was Nabe.

They entered the front of the shop but nothing was there, they noticed the door behind the counter, "Where does this lead?", asked Ainz.

"That's the storage area", Lizzy said.

Ainz then pulled out a dagger, he slowly opened the door and peeked inside. He was startled by what he saw, he noticed a massive pool of blood. He pushed the door out and he saw the scattered bodies on the floor, it was the entire team, The Swords of Darkness.

Lizzy ran behind him and saw the bodies, "Nphirea!!!", she screamed.

"Calm down, he isn't here", Ainz said.

Suddenly the bodies started rising up, they all had bloodied figures, as they stood up they picked up their weapons beside them.

"They're zombies!!!", screamed Lizzy.

Ainz quickly used the dagger and cut Lukruts head off, he then stabbed Dyne's head. Zombie Peter tried to sneak up on Ainz, but his head was sliced off by a katana. Ainz saw that it was Filius who wielded the Katana, the sword was bright red, it seemed he had used magic to heat up the sword and make it easier to cut through things.

Lizzy entered the room when she knew it was okay, once she entered she saw that who she was looking for wasn't here, "I don't see Nphirea."

"Cause he's not here", Ainz stated.

Lizzy quickly left to check the area, "Nphirea!!!"

Ainz looked at Nabe, "Protect her", Nabe nodded and left.

"What now father?", asked Filius.

"Well", Ainz then knelt down and looked at Ninya, "We find the culprit. We still need our pay."

"What about them?", asked Filius.

"Nothing, it doesn't matter what happens to them", Ainz said.

"Father, can I make a request?", Ainz was curious about what Filius wanted, "Can't we revive them?"

"I'm curious, why do you ask this?", Ainz

Filius quickly kneeled, "I'm sorry father...I know I am stepping my boundaries."

Ainz laughed, he then placed his hand on his son's shoulder, "It's ok, besides you are my son, I would be able to punish you for a request."

Filius stood up, and bowed a little, "Thank you, father."

"So what was this request you wanted?", Ainz asked.

"I think it would be better to revive them", Ainz was perplexed by this, "I want to test them, see if with training they could be stronger warriors than a summoned undead, if I could get them at a high level then they could be powerful minions, they could help us disguise ourselves when we enter other cities."

"hm?", Ainz was quiet for a moment he then pulled the wand of revival and gave it to him, "Here, use it. Make sure that you let them know who they will serve, me and Nabe will go look for the murderers."

Filius kneeled, "Thank you father, I swear that I'll make good use of this opportunity."

Ainz nodded he then turned around and walked out of the storage room.

Filius stood up and saw the cadavers around him, he then placed all the missing limbs to where they belonged. He then placed the wand above Peter and prepared to revive him. Since he was the leader of The Swords of Darkness, he needed to tell him what was going on.

It was already 5 minutes of activating the wand when Ainz returned, "Have you found them, father?"

Ainz nodded, "Yes, it seems they are in the graveyard in E-Rantel."

"Ok then, it will take a while for me to revive him. Do you want me to stay or shall I accompany you?", asked Filius.

"No, stay and make sure they come back well, we will need them later on", Ainz said, "Once you are done join us in the mission."

Filius nodded, "Okay father."

After they left Filius remained in the room by himself, he then stopped and kneeled down. Peter then started breathing, Filius was happy with the results, he knew that when he used the wand to revive someone that person revived would need a while to recover. So he stood up and sat down on a table that was to the side, he then started going in his head and started combining more magic and spells.

He combined (telekinesis) + (sword of retribution) this made (Dominator's retribution)

Then he combined (Strike) which was an offensive attack, and (Sight weakness) together they made (Vital Strike).

Suddenly he saw Peter wiggling, he got off the table and stood beside him.

Peter woke up and groaned, his head hurt, suddenly he remembered everything that happened, he quickly touched his eyes. He then looked at his hand and checked his body.

"You are awake", a voice said.

Peter turned to his side and saw Killstag, "W-what happened?"

Filius just looked at him, "You were killed."

Peter was shocked, so it was true he was killed by that woman. He quickly turned to look for his friends, he saw that they were all covered by a blanket. "No...no..no, no, no!", Peter went to Ninya and held her, "No....no...Ninya..."

"Why are you weeping?", Filius asked, Peter just looked at him as if he was crazy as if he didn't care that his comrades had died.

"Why are you weeping, if I brought you back I can do the same for them", Peter was shocked.

"You brought me back?", Peter asked, he was confused, did Killstag have the ability to revive the dead, that meant...he was not a human, but something else. He quickly kneeled, "Please, I beg you...save my friend's sir Killstag."

"My name isn't Killstag, I am Filius the son of the Last Supreme Being, the ruler of death Ainz Ooal Gown. It was thanks to him that you are alive", Filius said.

"Thank you, but please I beg of you to save my friends, I swear I'll do anything, I'll give my soul to you if that's the price", Peter begged as he placed his head on the floor.

"...I want everything", Peter looked up at him in confusion, "I want everything you have and everything you will ever have."

"I swear I'll give you everything, I'll be your minion, but I beg you please save my friends", Peter begged.

Filius nodded, "I will. From now on you will serve Nazarick, your new home. You will protect the ruler of your home, my father, Ainz Ooal Gown. This pledge will be here until your death."

"I pledge...my life...to Nazarick", Peter said.

Filius nodded and walked up to Ninya he then used the wand of revival once more. After he healed Ninya, Peter quickly let her head on top of his knees, he made sure to cover her since her clothes were now tattered.

Filius did the same to Dyne and Lukrut, Peter was shocked that Filius could revive them. He knew that only a god or a legendary hero would be the only one to revive someone from the dead.

"Once they wake up, tell them that that they need to relax and recover", Filius ordered, "I will be back."

Filius went outside and contacted Nazarick, to be specific he was calling Yuri Alpha. "Hello Young Master, what can I do for you young lord?", she asked.

"I need you to get something ready for me", he ordered.