"That's..."
Uehara Naraku touched his chin and smiled as he spoke, "Haven't they been tarnishing my reputation all this time? I will take their souls and send them to another world to continue their torment..."
There was nothing wrong with what was said.
For many players, life's hardships on Earth far outweighed any comfort the Otherworld might bring.
Perhaps their only solace...
was telling themselves that the suffering they endured was all part of Uehara Naraku's scheme.
Now that Uehara Naraku has chosen to stay in this Otherworld and no longer resides on Earth, their lives will surely improve from now on...
The Emperor of the Bahas Empire, Jilkenif, knew nothing of this. The emperor's expression grew slightly stiff and his face turned somewhat pale, "But they're already dead... Does death not free them from punishment?"
At this moment...
Jilkenif wished he could take back his words. This person was not forgiving, and was indeed extremely petty!
"Hmm..."
Uehara Naraku spoke slowly, "In any case, shouldn't they pay the price for defaming someone?"
As he said this, Uehara Naraku turned to Jilkenif and spoke with a light laugh, "Your Majesty... if someone called you petty every day, what would you do?"
"Of course, forgive them..."
Before Jilkenif could finish, he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was a petty man, and here he was showing off his generosity in front of such a person...
It seemed somewhat inappropriate?
No...
It was very inappropriate!
Especially since the man in front of him had the power to kill everyone in the Imperial Capital at any time!
Jilkenif's expression instantly turned serious, and he spoke in a solemn tone, "Of course, I would choose... to follow the guidance Your Excellency provides on how to handle it!"
"..."
Uehara Naraku's smile gradually froze.
The next moment, Uehara looked at the stern-faced Jilkenif and suddenly smiled again, "Haha, you make a good point. It seems we'll have many topics to discuss..."
This emperor...
seems rather interesting!
No wonder in the original history, this emperor, after leading his empire to contact Nazarick Great Tomb, immediately formed an alliance with the Bone King of Ainz Ooal Gown...
And in the future history, he even complied with the Bone King Ainz Ooal Gown's establishment of the Magic Kingdom, in exchange for Ainz Ooal Gown's protection of the Bahas Empire...
No...
It should no longer be called the Bone King.
It should be called the Empty Nest Skeleton, Momonga...
Even though Uehara Naraku caused chaos in this world, ultimately, Momonga became an empty nest skeleton, and his friends chose to leave...
However, before leaving...
Touch me arranged everything for his friends.
It must be said, Touch me seemed to understand Uehara Naraku very well, perhaps because these alien players intrinsically possessed some chaotic nature...
Touch me made a pact with Uehara Naraku.
This was a very intriguing pact, providing his good friend Momonga a chance to choose.
If Momonga could see through the essence of the pact... from then on, he would live happily in this Otherworld's Nazarick Great Tomb.
This pact was a puzzle.
As long as Momonga could solve it.
Nazarick Great Tomb.
Momonga still felt somewhat bewildered.
In fact, he had been in a state of bewilderment all day.
Touch me's final words were a nostalgic recollection of their first meeting scene, then there was no further message, not even a signal.
So far, Momonga seemed unclear about what Touch me and other members of Ainz Ooal Gown went through in the Imperial Capital of the Bahas Empire.
Anyway...
Touch me left only three messages.
The first message pointed out that Uehara Naraku was a conspirator, orchestrating everything from behind the scenes; the second message contradicted this, suggesting Uehara Naraku seemed to be a good person; the third message sounded a bit like a final farewell?
Momonga couldn't quite wrap his mind around it.
But it didn't stop him from pursuing his goal.
Momonga immediately tried to have the guild base's NPCs gather information, because they still had many Gold Coins in their warehouse, enough to resurrect them even if Uehara Naraku killed them.
Three days later.
Momonga received news from the outside.
The entire continent of the Otherworld had spread a shocking news: a man named Uehara Naraku launched a massacre, killing tens of thousands of adventurers, their bodies filling the Imperial Capital Plaza of the Bahas Empire!
This news...
instilled fear into everyone's hearts!
Because the Reystej Kingdom, the Bahas Empire, and the Slian Religious Kingdom had realized the strength of these suddenly appearing adventurers, intending to use them to bolster national power. Yet in one night, these adventurers were slaughtered to extinction...
Uehara Naraku's name...
spread across the entire continent in a few short days!
Fear of this demon king began to spread across the continent!
Massacring tens of thousands in one night, it was beyond imagination, equivalent to the population of an entire city!
What was even more terrifying...
News from the Imperial Capital of the Bahas Empire revealed that Uehara Naraku not only killed these people but took their souls, so even a resurrection skill couldn't bring these adventurers back!
Furthermore...
The Bahas Empire's Emperor Jilkenif, who witnessed this horror first-hand, chose to submit to Uehara Naraku...
The continent's largest empire...
surrendered to the demon king just like that.
This was too disappointing for other kingdoms!
Nazarick Great Tomb.
After receiving this news, Momonga fell into depression. All of his friends had left during the Imperial Capital incident in the Bahas Empire...
Moreover...
he had no idea if they perished or returned to the Mortal World...
However, regardless of either outcome, it wasn't a joyous event for Momonga.
Since their Otherworld journey began, Momonga increasingly felt that within Nazarick Great Tomb, these friends were like family...
Now...
they were all gone...
Aside from Momonga, all the NPCs in Nazarick Great Tomb were also in agony, as their creators too had departed from this world.
Nazarick Great Tomb fell into a state of decay.
Yet after only a day's silence, Momonga quickly thought of a solution. He convened most of the NPCs in the Throne Hall, declaring the name of Ainz Ooal Gown!
"We don't know if Touch me and others are truly dead..."
Momonga held his bony hand tightly, speaking in a deep voice, "Nor do we know if they might be resurrected in some corner of this world... so we must try to find their whereabouts and see if we can bring them back!"
"Lord Momonga..."
"Do not call me by that name..."
Momonga slowly clenched his staff, the bones creaking, "Even if Touch me and the others are truly dead... I must ensure the name of Ainz Ooal Gown... is forever... passed down! They truly existed in this world!
I will launch a revenge against Uehara Naraku in Ainz Ooal Gown's name, even if this revenge might end in failure, I will spare no casualties!"
"Yes..."
Albedo slowly lowered her head.
Every NPC slowly lowered their heads.
Since Momonga was the president of the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild, their respect for Momonga was second only to their creators.
Momonga suddenly raised his head, a flash of red glowing in the eye sockets of his skeletal skull, "Then, from today on, change my name to Ainz Ooal Gown, and I will replace Touch me and the others... in this world..."
Just as Momonga intended to propose to replace his companions, operating in this world under the name of Ainz Ooal Gown, a panicked voice called out!
"Lord Momonga!"
Shalltear, the overseer of the top three floors of Nazarick Great Tomb, came running with fear in her eyes, delivering a message: "Uehara Naraku... is here!"