The Graveyard Battle

Filius returned to the room and noticed that The Swords of Darkness had just started getting up.

Ninya woke up and groaned, she might have been healed but her body was still sore from the healing, she then noticed where she was. She then turned to Peter who was holding her, "Peter?"

"Ninya!", Peter smiled but he was also covered in tears, he then started sobbing on her.

"Peter!? Wait, what happened?", Ninya asked, Peter stopped crying and slowly sat up, he noticed he had a smile, but it wasn't just a smile, it was one of regret and hope.

She then remembered what happened to her, she was so shocked she quickly grabbed her eye and her body searching fro any injury, she then looked at Peter, "I...I thought", her face started dripping tears, "I...", she quickly hugged Peter.

"Mmhmm!", Filius coughed, Ninya and Peter let each other go and turned to him.

"Killstag!!", Ninya cheered, "Did...did you save us?"

"Yes", Filius stepped forward, after he walked closer, the other two members of The Swords of Darkness started waking up.

"Ow...", Lukrut said he then noticed that he was alive, he quickly checked his body in shock. Dyne, who also woke up, had also done the same, he checked his head and then his neck.

"Listen!", Filius ordered, "I was the one who brought you back to life."

Everyone was shocked, they all looked at him in bewilderment, Ninya couldn't believe it, "Y-you really.....you have the power to bring back the dead?"

"Yes", Filius stated, everyone, gasped.

Ninya was still in denial that she looked at Peter as if asking him it was true, "Yeah... it's true."

Filius looked at all of them, "Peter and I spoke, we made a deal. I bring you back and you serve me, my home, and more importantly my father."

Everyone looked at Peter, he nodded at them, "I did...I agreed, if I could... I'd do it again. I...", he started tearing, he wiped his eyes, "I'd give.. my life for you guys... if it meant you'd all be alive."

Everyone smiled and Ninya and Peter hugged each other in tears and smiles, after a while they all stopped and looked at Filius.

They all stood up and kneeled down, "Thank you for saving us... lord."

Filius nodded in agreement, "I accept your thanks, heed me, my followers, you follow me, but the one you need to worship is my father. He was the one, who allowed me to revive you."

"Lord Momon", Dyne asked.

"His real name is Ainz Ooal Gown, the Last Supreme Being, and the ruler of the Kingdom of Nazarick", Filius said in a respectful tone. "Thanks to him listening to my request, I was allowed to save you because I saw something in you four", he stated.

"R-really", Peter asked wondering what it was that gave them a second chance.

"You can be used as test subjects, if trained properly in Nazarick's combat style, we are wondering if you can become the next thirteen heroes", everyone was shocked by what he said.

"What do you mean? We...the next heroes?", asked Peter.

"Yes, we need a symbol that will attract more attention to Momon and view him as a hero, the more followers, and prestige he has the more power he'll obtain", Filius said, "You four are the stepping stones for that. I expect you to work to the bone for our gift."

"Yes! Lord!", they all bowed.

Suddenly Filius got a call from a messaging spell, "Young Lord?"

"Yuri?", Filius responded.

"Your request has been completed, a house has been made in the woodlands of the Sixth floor", she stated, "And as you requested it was made enough for 10 people. It has a kitchen and 4 bathrooms as well as a storage room."

"Excellent work Yuri, you have done superbly once again", Filius said with a smirk.

"I am unworthy of your praise, Young Lord", Yuri said.

"Nonsense, I will request a gift from my father to give to you, if you do receive it, you must accept", Filius ordered.

"...Then...thank you my young lord", Yuri said in a grateful tone.

Filius ended the message and looked at The Sword of Darkness, "Okay then. My first order for you is this, two of you start cleaning this area and the other two go to the guild and let them know that there is an attack coming to E-Rantel."

"W-what!? What do you mean?", asked Lukrut.

"The people who killed you, have kidnapped Nphirea. Most likely they are using him for his ability, as for where he is and where the attack is coming from. It is the graveyard", Filius stated.

"No way...", Peter said in shock.

Filius looked at them and clapped his hands, "Let's go!"

Everyone flinched, they quickly chose who was doing what and they went to do their jobs. Peter and Ninya would clean while Dyne and Lukrut would go to the guild.

"After you are done rest, I will come back later", Filius said as he walked away.

"Lord? Where are you going?", Ninya asked

"I will be at the graveyard", Filius stated he then exited the shop.

...Elsewhere.....

Currently Ainz, Nabe and Hamusuke were all approaching the Monumentale.

The problem was that there was too many undead surrounding them, they were losing time. "Hmm we need a distraction", Ainz said. He then remembered something, the dead would only attack the living, Nabe could fly so they could ignore her, but there was an extra person or one extra furball.

After he told Nabe his plan they decided to keep moving, meanwhile, the undead were attacking a tree with a little surprise on it.

"Master! Creepy place, it is!", screamed Hamusuke as he was latching himself to the tree, "Scared to be left alone, I am!"

Ainz and Nabe finally made it to the graveyard's center structure. There they saw five men all wearing the same dark blue outfits and one man in the center with a red hooded robe.

It seemed that they were all praying or reciting a chant.

Then one of the men stopped chanting and spoke to the man in the center, "Master Khajit, they're here."

Ainz mentally smirked, [Nice. Now I have a name.] Ainz then walked behind them, "Greetings! Are you enjoying your night, Khajit?"

Khajit was stoked by his name being known, he then realized that his follower was the reason for it being revealed. He elbowed the man in anger.

"Why don't you stop that dull ritual and face me as I'm your opponent", Ainz said with both his sword drawn.

"Hmph!", Khajit stepped away from the crowd, "There's nothing dull about this ritual. As you'll soon witness. Since you know my name how about sharing yours?"

"We're just adventurers out doing a job", Ainz lied, "I'm sure you've seen the boy we're looking for. Make it easy and show us where you have hidden him."

Everyone in the cult gasped, they seemed shocked that the adventurers knew about their plans.

Ainz spoke once more, "While you're at it", he said as he pointed the sword Khajit, "Point me in the direction of your friend. The one that comes piercing weapon. Surely they're not too scared to face me. Or maybe they are only brave enough to fight the weak?"

A burst of creepy feminine laughter came out from the building behind them. "You took the time to examine the corpses, smart guy", the voice said.

"Go back in", Khajit ordered.

Inside the building a figure emerged from the shadows, she was a woman with strange armor and a black cape with a hood. She had a devilish face and smile, her hair was of a bright color, her name was Clementine.

"Khajit, this fella has figured us out. There's no point in hiding anymore", she said, she then leaned her head and stuck her tongue out, "Aw, come on. Don't you wanna tell sweet lil' ole' me your name? Oh, my name's Clemintine. The pleasure's mine", she said.

Ainz smiled, "I'm your executioner. Call me Momon."

"Oh! You're confident", she said, "Tell me, how did you figure out that we came to the cemetery?"

"Why, it was you who led us here", Ainz revealed, "Open up your cloak."

"Whoa! Hey!", Clementine started squirming as if embarrassed, but she was actually lying, "And I like it." She then opened her robe and exposed her body, "Looking for these?", what she was referring to was the adventurer tags that belonged to all the adventurers she murdered.

"Those plates are the reason I was able to track you so easily", Ainz stated, he then looked at Nabe, "Nabe."

Nabe looked at Ainz, "Sir?"

"Please exterminate Khanjit and his followers for me", he asked, "I'm going to take care of this woman myself."

As Ainz left Nabe bowed, "It will be done."

Ainz stopped walking, "Keep an eye on the sky", he advised her.

Nabe didn't react but agreed, "Lord", she turned to look at her opponents.

Ainz walked away as he looked at Clementine, "Let's finish our business over here if you don't mind."

Clementine shrugged and then jumped off the stairs, "Okay!", once she landed she tossed her arms behind her head.

The two walked and left Nabe and the cult alone. Khajit smirked, "This girl is harmless."

Nabe smirked, she slammed her palms together and lightning started forming, "Cast Twin Maximize Magic!"

"What!?", Khajit and the cult were dumbstruck by her magic capability.

"Electrosphere!", she then moved her hands in front of her and the magic shot forwards. The lightning crashed at the cult and burned everyone who was in its path.

The light coming from the magic attack lit up the whole area, once the light dimmed down bodies could be seen laid down on the ground. The only one who seemed unaffected seemed to be the old man Khajit, he cackled and smiled, "Impressive."

Nabe grunted, "How annoying. Why don't you just roll over and die like a good little rodent?"

Meanwhile, Ainz and Clementine were still walking towards an area suitable for their battle.

Clementine was now humming as she walked, "I guess those men I killed in town were friends of yours is that right? Did you come here to avenge them or something stupid like that?" She giggled remembering something, "Did you notice the mage caster was really a girl? She kept insisting that someone would come to rescue them. But I got bored of waiting around", she shrugged.

"I barely knew those adventurers", Ainz said without looking

"Really?", She asked, "That's disappointing. I was looking forward to all the whining about how they meant so much to you and I had no right to kill them." She then leaned forward a bit, "Please say you're not going to have one of those boring deaths. I can't get hard if you're not angry."

Ainz stopped walking and kept his back to her, "This isn't vengeance. They were in your way and needed to be dealt with. I would have done the same thing in your shoes. It would be hypocritical to condemn you. That being said, by killing them, you've robbed me of valuable assets. They were vital components in my plans." He turned around and slowly raised his sword, he then pointed it at her, "In other words...You're in my way!"

Clementine sneered, "Fabulous. I promise there's no way you can defeat me by yourself though. It's a shame you left your spellcaster with Khaji. He gets to kill her. No fun for me."

Ainz chuckled, "Nabe can take you out just as easily as I can."

Clementine chuckled, "You're hilarious! All it takes is a stab and a slice, I've killed plenty of magic users that way", she said as she waved her hand like she was wielding a knife.

Ainz wasn't impressed, "Impressive."

"I know all the people strong enough to fight me in this country. There's a person from Blue Rose and one from Drop of Red. Then probably Gazelf Stronoff. And maybe Brain Unglaus."

"Thanks for the info", Ainz said. "Sounds like you need to be given a handicap. Consider it a sympathetic parting gift from me to you."

Clementine sneered at his threat, "You must not have a brain underneath that helm of yours if you think you can talk to me like that and get away with it. The inhuman Lady Clementine doesn't to brawls to nobodies like you. You're about to learn why people fear me!"

Ainz smiled mentally, "I see nothing to be scared of, you're a joke. Now shut up and fight!"

Back with Nabe...

"You might be skilled, but it won't save you, fool", Kahjit yelled.

"Careful. That mouth will get you into trouble human tick", Nabe said with a glare.

"I'll call you a fool if I like, little girl. You've leaped into your doom and don't realize it", he shouted, "Now you're in the land of the dead, my territory."

"And soon you will join my army", he then stretched out one hand which held a purple orb that animated a light, "That's the fate of all who stand between me and immortality!"

The orb started glowing brighter and brighter, Nabe knew it was trouble, but she didn't see anything happening.

She then remembered what Ainz said, [Keep an eye on the sky.]

She reacted quickly and jumped out of the way, suddenly came down a gigantic skeletal claw. Nabe looked at her enemy and realized it was a dragon, a Skeletal Dragon.

She was surprised by the sneak attack, but she wasn't surprised by the new enemy.

Khajit was ecstatic, he started laughing maniacally as the dragon landed beside him.

"This Skeletal Dragon is completely resistant to magic. There isn't a caster in the world that could hope to stand against it. Your death is a certainty", Khajit boasted.

Nabe scowled, not because she couldn't beat the dragon, but because she had a restriction to not go all out. She pulled her sword with the scabbard still on and then she started tying the waist holder around the guard.

"If that's the case", she then moved her sword in front of her, "I'll beat it to death."

The dragon started charging at her and was getting ready to attack her, Nabe quickly charged at the dragon. Once the dragon swung, she quickly dodged and jumped forward, once she reached a certain height she swung her sword and slammed it against the dragon's face. The impact was so strong a massive wave of pressure was exerted from the hit. The dragon then tilted over and fell to its side as it groaned.

Khajit was shocked, he didn't know what had just happened, "What? But, how?" He looked at the skeletal dragon and then at Nabe, "What are you? Answer me! Mythril rank? No, you'd have to be orichalcum to pull that off!"

Nabe sighed in irritation, "You truly are an insect if a love tap like that makes you quiver with fear. It's sad, really."

Khajit was immediately angered, "Bitch! I'll kill you!"

The Skeletal dragon started getting up and then roared in anger, Khajit smiled, he was happy that his weapon wasn't down, "You can't stop me! I won't allow it!" He then stretched out his hand which was holding an orb, "Show her the folly of her stupidity!"

The orb then launched purple magic lightning, it went towards the skeletal dragon, suddenly all the bones that were falling from its face stopped in mid-air and then started reattaching itself to the main body.

Nabe was shocked by this, but then she was annoyed.

The dragon then roared, Khajit then started using his magic, "Reinforce Armor. Spell of Lesser Strength. Sheild Wall. Undead Flame."

Nabe stood there and copied her enemy since she was in a handicap she wanted to prevent herself from even losing one hit point, "Reinforce Armor. Sheild Wall. Protection from Negative Energy."

Khajit growled, all the buffs he had added to the dragon were countered by Nabe's magic, now they were back to square one.

The dragon once more charged at Nabe and just as it reached her it turned around swung its tail at her. Nabe quickly jumped in the air and evaded its attack, but the dragon didn't let up. Nabe was then slammed by its claw, thanks to her buffs, the negative energy didn't affect her at all, she then pushed back the claw and backed away.

Khajit quickly used his magic, "Acid Javelin!" An acid spear was created in the air and it was launched straight at Nabe. Once Nabe landed the spear came at her, the acid was suddenly blocked by Nabe's Sheild Wall.

"Defensive magic? How troublesome", he snarled.

Nabe then pointed her index finger at Khajit and casted her magic, "Chain Lightning!"

The skeletal dragon quickly stomped its arm in front of Khajit, the lightning was blocked by it.

"I'm the one who should feel this is troublesome, you bagworm. Why don't you stop hiding behind that dragon?", she asked.

Khajit grunted, "Guess it can't be helped", Khajit then raised his orb once more, "Jewel of Death!" Suddenly the earth started shaking, Khajit then laughed, "Take a good look. This is my terrifying power!"

The ground started cracking and then a massive fissure appeared, the ground started splitting, but then all the rocks and dirt were shot up. Suddenly from the ground, another Skeletal Dragon arose from it.

Nabe was even more annoyed, "A second one?"

The purple orb in Khajit's hand stopped glowing and he brought it down, "Well, it seems I've had to use all the negative energy I collected thus far. Only a minor setback. Once I kill you and bring death E-Rantel it will be replenished tenfold."

Nabe then charged at the two dragons and both monsters charged at her.

Suddenly there was a massive ice wall that grew from nothing. The wall tilted towards the two dragons and slammed down against them. The two dragons managed to protect Khajit but they took the full brunt of the attack.

Nabe then looked up and saw a figure in the air, it was Filius.

"Seems like you needed help", Filius said.

"Younge Master. No, it just that the handicap makes it harder to not go all out", Nabe said with a bow.

"Hmm, it seems like the enemy can summon many undead", Filius said, "the magic seems to be coming from that item."

"Yes, that orb is the magical summoning item", Nabe said, "It's quite annoying."

"I want it", Filius said, "If put into the correct hands it could be quite helpful."

"Then I will get it and all the other items he might have for you", Nabe stated.

Khajit was angered, this man had suddenly stopped his two dragons, "You! Who the hell are you?"

"I am Filius! An adventure! Now! I order you to surrender! And give me all your items!", Filius ordered.

Khajit was even more pissed, this man was mocking him, him Khajit Kore Badantel, one of the twelve core members of Zurrenorn, "Who are you to give me orders! You dog! I will kill you!"

Filius smiled, "Good, then there is no need to hold back." Filius then whispered some words quickly, "Ice parasite."

The ice that was around Khajit and the dragons started changing into small specs witch then started crawling up the enemies. The dragons started squirming trying to get the snow specs off, Khajit didn't know what was happening, he then felt an enormous pain in his body, he quickly realized that the specs were freezing his body. He quickly started shaking and squirming trying to get the specs off, he then started creating fire magic, but it was useless.

The specs then reached his head, he then looked at the two figures walking towards him. He felt anger, all his work, all his struggle, and all his effort, was suddenly ruined by one magic spell. "You! I will not-!", he was then silent, he was dead.

"That was very quick", Nabe stated.

"Yes, I will never extend a fight. If a predator were to play with its prey, the prey could find a chance to get away", Filius said, he then picked up the purple orb and examined it. "Appraisal."