Chapter 7: Introductions (1/2)
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Chaos admired the vast interiors of his castle. Although it once belonged to his father, whose bones he inherited, now that his father was gone, this entire building was his, and so were all of his belongings and servants.
Belphegor gave Chaos a brief introduction to most of the castle, which seemed empty, dusty, and filled with spiderwebs everywhere. Although Chaos couldn't help but feel at home in such a dark and gloomy environment, perhaps because he was half-Vampire.
”How strong was father?” wondered Chaos as he glanced at a large statue which was made perfectly at the image of Ainz, the Elder Lich that created him. It seemed that he was laughing while holding his staff upwards, while his other hand was forming a phantasmal flare.
”Oh, he was very strong. According to Existence Realms, he was already at peak Pseudo-Demi Deity! The same Realm you are, but another 8 Ranks above you! He was indeed incredibly strong. But… at the end, for your creation, my lord, he had to sacrifice a lot. And ultimately, he sacrificed his existence for you. Ah! But don't feel bad over it, the thing he would like the least is that you felt the burden of avenging him or something. My lord, please don't burden yourself with that and think and desire whatever you want,” said Belphegor.
Chaos heard Belphegor's words as he felt like he was perhaps one of the kindest persons he had ever met in his two lives. Belphegor cared for Chaos' wellbeing and only desired him to do as he pleased… He wasn't particularly forcing him to do anything other than survive by eating the Orcs, but he wasn't forced for that either.
”Thanks for your kind words, Belphegor. I don't feel any obligation to avenge my father as of now. But as you said earlier, the Heralds of Light might come here with the Supreme Deity of Brightness. If they desired to kill me, I have to prepare against them I want it or not. And I might as well do it with the intent to avenge father as well,” said Chaos.
Belphegor's expressionless skull face opened its jaws wide as he heard his lord's enlightening words!
”Oh! My lord, you are such a wise being! You were just born yet you can speak so eloquently even! Your desires are so noble I might… cry! Master Ainz would be so proud of you if he could see you right now!” said Belphegor, as tears made of flames came out of the eye sockets of his skull.
”You don't have to cry. More importantly, I would like a brief introduction about this planet, and who was my father's enemies… Whatever you know about it,” said Chaos, as he had come back to his humanoid form for a more compact and easy movement, sitting over a couch. He had already worn a set of clothes given by Belphegor, which made him look like a young aristocrat. With black pants, a white shirt, a handkerchief imbued with a crimson jewel set below his neck, and that was it. He was given black sandals as well, which he had to wear because the nails of his foot were large and sharp like blades.
”Ah yes, I know a bit about this world ad something about the outside, but nothing too much because I was created only 326 years ago by Master Ainz as an assistant, so I have not truly explored the cosmos like he used to do,” said Belphegor.
”326 years is still… a lot,” sighed Chaos.
”Haha! Perhaps. Well, as I said I shall make it brief to not bore you with the meaningless information. To resume everything, this planet is named Ginnungagap, and it is within the confines of the Solar System named Orion, which is illuminated by the dim yellow light of the Orion Star, a small yellow star. Thanks to this planet's atmosphere, we barely get any light due to the black clouds constantly expanding above the sky… This planet is also known as the ”Forgotten Wasteland Planet”, as it is where most of the ”Trash” of other worlds come to live, escaping from other planets where they might be being followed. Additionally, many planets often send trash here, and corpses too, which raise into Undead naturally due to the strong miasma around the entire planet…” said Belphegor.
”I see… Interesting. So this is a sci-fi?” wondered Chaos.
”Sci-fi?” asked Belphegor.
”Never mind, continue, please,” said Chaos.