5 「Carne Village」 (2/2)
He could hardly understand this.
Ninya though, she had been distracted the entire time with those lessons. The pain and the thoughts of reuniting with her sister. As much as she wanted to save her sister, the idea made her nervous and anxious. What would she say? How should she act? What if her sister blamed her for being taken?!
Her eyes fluttered over to Cipher for a moment or two.
Her gaze hadn't gone unnoticed.
She had this strange feeling that every time she felt his gaze on her, there was this sensation of great loss. At the same time, whenever she saw him look at the Guardians around him, there was a strange aura of relief.
It was like he felt alone, but is relieved that he isn't truly so.
Was the real reason he was helping her out of sympathy? Or was it relation? Could it really be that he is doing this just as a way or repaying her for the information he could have gotten anywhere else?
In a way his actions confused them all still. Inviting them in, keeping them for a few days in the castle, asking to join them as adventurers and even traveling amongst them.
He was so much stronger than them. If he wanted to remain a secret, he could have just slaughtered them all, but at the same time it wouldn't save him from being revealed.
Another team would have been sent, a stronger team. Then a stronger one, and a stronger one, but in the mind of Ninya's... It was going to be really hard for even a top teir adventurer to take him on. Especially with that magical sword sheathed in its scabbard at his hip.
The weapon had been hardly noticeable until now, as if it had been concealed from view. The sword itself had glyphs engraved into it, glyphs she had never seen before. It even gave a slight glow to anyone who laid their eyes on it.
Most of the walking was quiet. They kept to themselves for the most part, following a dirt path they happened upon. As they were reaching the out laying lands of Carne Village, the first thing they noticed was the smoke in the air.
”You weren't kidding...” Peter placed a hand on the side of his head, his eyes on the figures in the distance that resembled Knights. It was a slaughter.
The group all looked to Cipher and Sir Gallifrey.
The small group was severely out numbered, even if they moved in it was likely they'd be overwhelmed. That was clear, just knowing their own strengths and weaknesses.
”We're already in their sights,” Cipher muttered as he glanced over his shoulder towards a group of Knights revealing themselves from their hiding place.
Turning and pointing his finger at the incoming Knights, he wore a very annoyed expression. He sensed deception in the items they were wearing. The reason why, he had no idea. It had to be something to do with his somewhat passive divination as an Arch Lich. He could sense things like that.
Just as the team moved into formation, a semi-circle, a series of loud sounds erupted from the tip of his finger.
「Bang」「Bang」「Bang」「Bang」「Bang」「Bang」
Cipher was casting this spell over and over again. Super compressed bullets of magic energy were leaving his finger, ripping large chunks out of the people dressed as Knights from the rival Kingdom.
They hardly had a chance. There were just screaming. One of the bullets hit the ground at a Knights foot and he was sent several feet into the air only to land on his head. He stuck out of the ground like an arrow with his legs lifelessly dangling onto the ground.
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「Message」
That's when a familiar voice would reach the back of his mind.
”Cipher, I see you at the edge of the village.”
Turning to look towards Carne Village, he raised a brow seeing a Death Knight charging through a handful of spineless fools. They were being torn apart like nothing, just pieces of paper.
He then glanced a little over the village and narrowed his view on what looked to be a singular pair of figures. A female form and a masculine one. A rather wide masculine form considering all the robes and lavish décor involved in his attire.
That was Momonga.
”Good to see you,” Cipher used telepathy to respond to him, ”But isn't that a bit overkill?”
”I thought it would defend me... Instead it rushed off on its own after I gave it the order to kill the Knights.”
”...And what exactly were you expecting it to do after giving the order?”
”Point Taken. Also, it seems that creating and summoning an undead uses nearby corpses.”
”Sounds logical, its like an update to the game.”
”This is hardly an update.”
”Yeah, I figured as much.”
As the Knights around the adventurer party had been displaced, they made their way towards the village. The idea was to get over there and help the villagers escape the undead, but quickly as the Knights were retreating, the Death Knight didn't seem at all interested in the villagers.
The moment they arrived however, the group paused, watching a masked man who had long sinse landed with Albedo at his side, having introduced himself as Ainz Ooal Gown.
”What's with that mask? It's a bit... Creepy.” Cipher commented without reserve, one hand on his chin and a brow raised as if he was observing a piece of abstract art and trying to make sense of it.
Momonga, now known as Ainz in his primary form, laughed at Cipher's exclamation.
”Ainz-sama! There are armored troops heading in this direction!”
Both Cipher and Momonga looked in the direction of Re-Estize soldiers coming towards the Village. They were clearly not the same group which attacked the village.
Looking through and eye glass, Peter nodded to himself. ”It's the Kingdom's Head Warrior!”
”Head Warrior?” Cipher asked as he looked over at Peter again. It was something else which was left out from the information shared with him. So the King had a Champion? Interesting.
The Overlord nodded, ”Village Elder. Have everyone move around your residence. You and I will greet them.” The Elder acknowledged the order and had the village inhabitants move to the safe location as the hooves of the mighty steads came rushing towards the village.
It wasn't long before the Head Warrior appeared, wearing armor and sporting dark brown hair, styled facial hair and olive toned skin. He was hardly babyfaced, he looked like a veteran warrior. Especially with the almost impressive jawline of his.
However using his「Greater Identification」Cipher was subtly disappointed to find that this man was no match for him. Let alone Ainz. He may be stronger than all those normal people of this world in the area at the moment, but he was entirely outmatched by every single NPC and Player present even during a one on one.