Chapter 2: Chapter 2 – Start of Another

The young village girl had only barely managed to flee beyond the edge of the town, however she was too late to avoid the guards. She saw her father get killed, and while she turned to flee before she could witness the fate of her mother, it was likely she suffered the same fate. Men in armor from the Baharuth Empire had come into their village and slaughtered as many as they could find. For now she didn’t care what happened to the village, and to an extent she didn’t really care what happened to her, she only wished to see her little sister survive above all.

 

As her back was slashed at by a soldier’s sword from behind she fell to her knees, trying her best to protect her little sister in her arms as the pain pierced her body, blood slowly trickling down her back, staining her clothes as the wound continued to bleed. She had failed, not only her parents but her sister as well, there was no escape from this, she expected the end immediately but…

 

The end didn’t come.

 

But death did.

 

She looked up as she realized the soldier’s sword had stopped midair, looking onwards she could see why, a dark void engulfing the air around it, the only way she could describe it would be to call it a ‘door’ of sorts, which moments later she would be proven correct. As if stepping through a doorway to the mortal plane, a skeletal being with grand robes and clothing which she could only describe as ‘death itself’ stepped out of the void.

 

She thought it was death coming to claim her but… The soldiers had frozen as well. Death was not alone however, with it came another, stepping out of the void was another being, far more ‘human’ in appearance, but they gave off an aura of something grander. This being was a shining beacon of beauty, and while they had long silver-blue hair which could be called feminine, they seemed rather androgynous, their glowing yellow eyes shimmering brightly in the sunlight bleeding through the leaves.

 

To the young villager girl, it looked as if Death itself had stepped out of the void with life at their side. After only a moment, the skeleton stepped aside and the other stepped forwards, their right hand reaching across their body and pulling out a long, thin, and curved sword, though one that emanated the same power the two of them did. The being said only two words, “World Break!” and in an instant the sword swung across their body and now pointed to their right, seemingly having done nothing but slash the air. 

 

Within a split second however, the girl felt a slight gust of wind, as if the slash itself had pierced through the air above her. Despite how she couldn’t bring herself to look away, her curiosity overpowered her shock as she looked back to see the soldier as stiff as a statue, however with a line thinner than string visible directly across his neck as a second later his body collapsed forwards, however his head toppled backwards, cut cleanly from the body so quickly that the heat from the slash had practically cauterized the cut instantly, and no blood gushed out.

 

In the next moment, the skeleton stepped forward, extending its arm and opening its skeletal hand before slowly beginning to close it, “Grasp Heart.” A moment later, the other knight chasing them let out an eruption of blood from their mouth before collapsing onto the floor, dead.

 

Enri held her sister close, expecting them to be the next victims, but again the end did not come. They had been saved by the embodiment of life and death.

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The servers should be down… right? Maybe they pushed back the shutdown? Maybe it takes a few moments to turn off? I’m no expert but surely turning off the servers isn’t this slow? Now that I look around I don’t see the console UI anymore either. What is going on?!

 

It only took me a moment to realize I had sprung up from my seat on the throne in shock, however my attention was redirected as I heard what I would realize to be the NPC Albedo speaking to me, “What is wrong, Lord Momonga?”

 

The NPC was… speaking? I mean speaking NPCs existed but… Well definitely not like this. I remained frozen as I had to figure out what was going on, though I had no clue.

 

Albedo continued to repeat herself, “Lord Momonga? Lord Momonga!” now moving closer to me with a worried expression, “Is there a problem, Lord Momonga?”

 

I saw her breasts bounced as she came closer, and to my knowledge Yggdrasil didn’t have much in the form of advanced ‘jiggle physics’ at least in that department, a moment after my shock was suddenly and forcefully calmed as I muttered “The GM Call function isn’t working…” The voice I seemed to speak with was deeper than my normal voice, not to mention my mouth moved when speaking it. Though by moving it was more like it simply opened, since I didn’t have a mouth, tongue, or any sort of vocal organs to need to move my mouth for. 

 

Albedo took a step back, “I apologize. An ignorant one such as myself has no answer for this ‘GM Call’ you speak of.” Her mouth moves too, I thought at first I might have just been moving my avatar’s mouth, but it seems all speech has their mouths move… “If you would allow me to correct this grave mistake I will be forever grateful!”

 

I sat down again, I have no potential explanation for what is happening. I was speaking with an NPC… Was this a bug or something else entirely? If I'm gonna find out anything I need to test some things. Firstly I let go of the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown and, just like normal, it floated in the air. Despite this I still can't use my console still and I can’t contact any sort of administration. Whatever, if this isn’t the game anymore I need to be safe. “Sebas!” Can I even order them around? Whatever!

 

Sebas looked up, “Yes!”

 

“Sebas, step out of the tomb and confirm the surroundings around Nazarick.”

 

Sebas stood up instantly, saying “Understood, Lord Momonga.” before turning to head out of the tomb.

 

I looked over at the battle maids lined up at the side of the room, “Pleiades, go to the 9th floor and guard it from possible intruders.”

 

With this the maids began to walk out in a single file line. It seems the NPCs understand my orders even if they aren’t designated commands…

 

Albedo looked over at me smiling, “So, Lord Momonga, what should I do?”

 

There is one last thing I need to test… I’m not too proud of it but it's vital I know! “Let's see, come here then.”

 

Albedo simply said “Yes!” and proceeded to get uncomfortably close, leaning in so close that I could smell her, yet another thing I shouldn’t be able to do… Whatever I need to test further.

 

“Albedo I’m going to touch you.”

 

“Yes!”

 

I grabbed at her wrist, to which she responded with a moan which I decided to ignore for the time being. It seemed she had a pulse, it seemed as if the NPCs were now alive. Am I even in the game anymore? Is this some kind of update? There’s really only one way that I can for certain confirm whether or not this is still a game.

 

“Albedo, can I touch your chest?”

 

Before Albedo made a response I heard a “Ehh?!” from my left as I realized Rimuru was still very much here. Regardless of whether or not Rimuru was here, this test needed to be done. I don’t want to confuse the NPCs since they don’t seem to have the concept of aspects such as ‘GM Call’ so I’ll see if I can message him directly.

 

[‘Rimuru, you can hear me right?’]

 

[‘Yeah I can hear you, what are you doing?’]

 

[‘Apologies, I take it you realize the situation we’re in, correct?’]

 

[‘Pretty hard to ignore it.’]

 

[‘Exactly, I need to test this to fully prove whether or not we’re still in the game.’]

 

[‘I suppose if that's all there is to it, I’m frankly curious as well.’]

 

By the time me and Rimuru wrapped up our brief conversation internally Albedo replied to my request with a wide smile and a pink blushing face, “Of course. Please touch me as much as you wish!”

 

Rimuru slouched in his slime form, privately speaking to me again, [‘Shouldn’t have messed with her settings.’]

 

Sighing, I knew he was right. Though I worry what ‘bitch’ Albedo would be like. Regardless I had to test this. My shaky hand slowly approached her breast before grabbing at it, a clear act that would only be possible in an 18+ game, meaning this wasn’t another Yggdrasil game, and likely not another DMMO either. Considering how realistic their expressions, smells, and general existence as a whole are, I have to accept the possibility that all of this just became real somehow.

 

[‘Really enjoying her breast there, aren’t you Momonga?’]

 

I recalled my hand suddenly as I realized I had continued to fondle her during my inner monologue, Rimuru seemed to find it amusing enough to laugh however. Eventually I responded, [‘Sorry about that, got lost in analyzing it.’]

 

[‘No worries, I know you better than to assume you’d do something like that.’]

 

Albedo, on the other hand, seemed to have enjoyed it a bit too much though that's my fault for altering her personality. Before I could think of what to do next Albedo interrupted my thoughts, “You’re going to take me for the first time here and now, aren’t you?”

 

An audible “Huh?!” came out of both me and Rimuru simultaneously.

 

Albedo simply continued on with her lustful ramblings, “What should I do with my clothes? Should I remove them myself? Or would you like the remove them Lord Momonga?”

 

I panicked and threw my hands up “S-Stop! Stop now, Albedo! Now is not the time… No, we don’t have time to be doing such things.”

 

Albedo jumped back, distraught, “I-I am very sorry!”

 

I raised my hand to calm her down, “It’s fine Albedo, I forgive you completely. More importantly, I have an order for you.”

 

“I will do anything you wish.”

 

“Except for the Guardian of the Fourth Floor and Victim of the Eighth Floor, gather everyone to the fighting Arena on the Sixth floor. Have them gather there in an hour from now.”

 

“Does that also include the other Guardian of the Eighth Floor?”

 

I nodded in response while Albedo bowed.

 

“Understood.”

 

With that Albedo left the Throne room, leaving me and Rimuru as I sighed., “Quite a situation we find ourselves in, you got any idea what's happening?”

 

Rimuru shook his slimy body, it appeared as if he was more expressive now, perhaps whatever changes happened to the NPCs’ liveliness also impacted Rimuru’s expressiveness in his slime form. “I doubt much more than you do, I’m afraid.”

 

“I see… What is your take on our situation then?”

 

Rimuru looked up at the hall in front of us before looking back towards me, “If I had to guess, we’re probably not in a game anymore. No game that I’ve heard of has this level of realism, and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to not have a logout button, and even if the game didn’t have one, the system by default has an emergency shut down option we can usually access…”

 

I nodded, there was no other option, we had to assume the most extreme outcome had come true, even if I didn’t fully believe it, it’s best to remain safe than sorry. After a few more moments of thought I stood up, looking down at my hand and the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown which allowed for the Guild Members to travel around the Tomb through teleportation. “Alright then, let's go.”

 

With that, I vanished and appeared once more on the Sixth Floor, used primarily for its amphitheater, it was also known for the forest surrounding it, not to mention what Rimuru deemed his pride and joy of Nazarick, his largest project, the Great Forest of Jura.

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I had followed Ainz shortly after he teleported, now standing within the hallway leading to the Amphitheater of the Sixth Floor. While Ainz was likely about to interact with the Guardians of the floor, Aura and Mare, I had another intention in mind.

 

The Sixth Floor was home to the Great Forest of Jura, and within it were three locations, first was the Amphitheater that we had transported into, the second was the labyrinth of a cave that housed the secret entrance to the Treasury, and lastly the city, though I don’t recall actually giving it a name. These three areas were three different challenges invaders would have to face. Two of these were effectively required to pass through, the third, specifically the cave, was basically a secret ‘boss’ of Nazarick that could only be challenged after actually unlocking the door in the later levels and then going back up to level six to challenge the strongest NPC in Nazarick. The remaining two were the Amphitheater where the main battle was against the two Floor Guardians Aura and Mare, and the City, which was intended to be a guerilla urban-warfare battle. The case in Yggdrasil was that most players had at least some experience even in the harsh terrain such as lakes and Volcanoes, however urban combat was rare in Yggdrasil, or at the very least any organized combat which utilized the urban environment.

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Ultimately the idea behind the city was to make players fight in a terrain they had less experience fighting in against a series of AI with probably one of the best organization programming in Yggdrasil. You weren’t just fighting NPCs in a city, you were fighting a fully organized and coordinated army, one with full knowledge of the city they were fighting in. This city was the pinnacle of my efforts for Nazarick, and while it would go mostly underused, the NPCs I created there which were later expanded upon by others would prove to be the focus of my investments into Nazarick for the last few years, outside of helping Momonga with basic maintenance. Ultimately I felt it right to pay it a visit, as part of me wanted to see it alive.

 

Eventually transporting into my human form behind Momonga I turned and asked, “Hey Momonga, mind if I head out to the city for a bit? Might as well check their loyalty considering how many personalities we directly coded into a number of them.”

 

Momonga faced me and nodded, “Yes of course, I will not stop you, I know how proud you are of your efforts, though I will ask… I should’ve told Albedo, but I don’t believe they have the proper means to access his chamber without the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown, so do me a favor and bring Veldora on your way back, it's vital he’s on our side.”

 

I nodded, “Yes of course, I’ll be back in less than an hour.”

 

“I’ll meet you here then.”

 

With that turned and walked off. The Amphitheater was at the outskirts of the city, made to be infiltrated after managing to fight your way through the city. It was possible to go around the city, but the challenge in doing so was just as, if not more difficult than going through the city for some parties. The actual defense of the system was organized by an elaborate system which I cannot for the life of me understand as I did not code it. It primarily aims to make the armies of the city fight as strategic units rather than blobs of forces charging at their enemies. They would use their surroundings, ambush them, strike quickly from dark alleyways or shadows, all sorts of attacks.

 

The armies were made up of a few groups, primarily lower level monsters though with large numbers and supported by the algorithm and programming causing them to fight as armies. The first, largest, and made up of the weakest monsters of all of the armies are the Goblins, specifically Hobgoblins. These were split into two groups, the basic infantry ‘Green Numbers’ which was the primary infantry force of the city, and the ‘Goblin Riders’ which utilized ‘evolved’ Dire Wolves and shadow movement to be a highly agile force capable of dealing damage before booking it out of danger. The head of the Goblin Riders is one of the head NPCs of the city which not only had more elaborate backstories and personalities (most of which I only had limited influence in actually writing at the time), but also increased strength which made them individually powerful foes. This NPC was one of the weaker ones among that group, however his build was a bit more optimized due to the strategy he used, meaning his weakness is easily made up for by agility.

 

The next group is the Orcs, they have lesser numbers but are not only more heavily equipped, but are basically the tanks of the army, low agility, high defense, even high damage output outside of their slow attack speed. Some of them even have some decent level earth magic. The leader of this group is Geld who has one of the highest defense stats of any NPC in Nazarick (though he is beaten out by most, if not all floor Guardians among others). His rot damage is one of the least defended against due to its rarity meaning oftentimes the enemy party may get poisoned and allow him to simply fight a war of attrition until their deaths or otherwise he can deal heavy damage at the cost of slower attacks.

 

The next and smallest group are the Dragonewts, which are advanced forms of Lizardmen. These fall into two categories, those part of the flying squad, and those part of the stealth squad. The flying members are more lizard-like in appearance and mostly focus on hunting down enemies in the city, relaying their location, and going in for the attack. Their leader, Gabiru, isn’t too strong, however his powerful weapon, ‘Vortex Spear’ easily makes up for much of his shortcomings. The second group focuses primarily on stealth-based attacks and shadow movement, all having more humanoid appearances, headed by the Oni Souei.

 

Lastly are the Kijin and Oni. In terms of the basic soldiers, they consist entirely of Kijin and function as the City’s primary spellcasting force, utilizing various magics. These are headed by the leader of all the armies, Benimaru. Benimaru, along with Souei are both members of the Oni race which make up some of the strongest NPCs in the city. The weakest of the Oni was Kurobei, who while functioning as a tank, had just as many levels in crafting-type skills as he did in anything solely combat related. Hakurou is a Sword Saint much like one of the Floor Guardians, Cocytus. Souei is a stealth-based build utilized to further make the lives of any infiltrating party pain. Shuna is a holy-based magic caster containing both healing magic and powerful holy magic spells such as ‘Disintegration.’ Shion is built as a tankier body-guard-like build. In particular she was made to both guard and aid any guild members of Ainz Ooal Gown in defending the city, primarily as they may fall victim to an ambush or sneak attack themselves within the city. Lastly is Benimaru, the NPC which makes all of the coordination between units possible. Not only is he high level in leader-type classes, but his magical abilities make him equally powerful in a combat aspect. He is effectively the strongest NPC within the City itself.

 

Despite all of this, I have little knowledge on their personalities, and I barely did much in terms of their outfits and gear. I didn’t want to make this many NPCs solely just from me, so instead I made it a collaborative effort. While over time I have contributed the most to their leveling up as well as being the one who created them and initially made their base designs, it's hard to argue that ultimately I was their primary ‘creator.’ As part of this collaboration however, I had little say in the personalities of any of them. In fact I hardly know a single one, so I’m not quite sure what to expect.

 

As I began to walk down the streets of the town I realized it was quite… lively. In truth I shouldn't have been surprised, Ainz Ooal Gown and by proxy Nazarick was just as much of a roleplay focused guild as it was a combat one, it makes sense that the NPCs were coded to be able to live normal lives. In fact I believe there’s even shops and warehouses throughout the city, even some ‘civilian’ NPCs which only fought when their homes were invaded.

 

It only took the citizens a few moments to notice my presence, many bowing or kneeling as I walked by, others quickly heading away, though I don’t imagine it was out of fear or rebelliousness, I’d imagine it was probably to inform the heads of the City of my arrival. As I approached the center of town, I would be proven correct.

 

The center of town was a wide open space with a large fountain in the middle of it. The top of the fountain had a miniature statue of me in my slime form, which I remember putting there solely because I wasn’t sure what to put at the top of it, but had no better ideas. It’s probably a bit egotistical of me to put it there but it's a bit late now. In front of the fountain however was where my interest was held as just about every significant fighter within the city was kneeling before me, much like the Pleiades had been in the throne room. 

 

In the front was Rigurd, the de facto head of the village and of all the Goblins. He had a lot of levels into unarmed striking classes, and just about everything into the strength category, but he was never fully intended to be fighting on the front lines or seeking out any invaders. He was basically a miniboss any invaders would have to fight within the Town Hall. Considering there wasn’t actually that much to defend within the town hall, his presence there was mostly for the sake of roleplay and environmental storytelling, to make it feel more like you were truly fighting a nation.

 

Behind him were just about every important figure in the city, from all the Oni to some of the Goblin Leaders and Geld, the orcs’ leader along with Gabiru, the dragonewts’ leader. Immediately upon my approach, Rigurd looked up at me quickly and shouted, “Welcome Great Rimuru! We are honored to have you come to our grand city which you built for us! Words cannot express our gratitude for your arrival!”

 

Rigurd looked down again upon finishing, as I came to terms with the fact that the city, at the very least, was certainly still loyal, maybe too committed to praising me as some divine being, but that can be fixed. “Please, stand, all of you. I may be your creator but there’s no need to treat me so formally.”

 

Rigurd looked up at me, not quite standing up just yet, but all of them seemed to loosen up a bit, “We do not deserve such an honor, but we shall accept your wishes, Great Rimuru!”

 

Well it seems they’ve at least cooled down a bit, they’re still calling me ‘Great Rimuru’ but I suppose that can’t be helped, it’s progress enough for now. Though I wanna see what they think of me, I can assume they’re loyal, but knowing how they look up to me might be useful. “Well then, I want to ask what you all think of me.”

 

Rigurd looked behind him to all of them as each of them nodded, then turned to me, “I believe I speak for all of us when I say we adore you as our creator, one of the two Supreme Beings who did not leave us and one of the most powerful beings Nazarick has ever seen! In fact I believe we should do this city justice and give it a name!”

 

Giving the town a name? What's that got to do with anything?

 

Rigurd continued, “From now on this town shall be called ‘Rimuru City!’ Any objections?” Those behind him shook their heads, though Rigurd didn’t need to look to guess their opinions. I was simply left shocked at this new decision, despite the fact I wanted to change it, I got the feeling they wouldn’t let me, or rather it may hurt my image to them if I did.

 

I shook my head, “Alright that's enough, no more kneeling for me like that. I may be your creator, but I’d like you all to think of me as an equal, or at the very least treat me like you would treat a superior like Benimaru.”

 

Rigurd nodded and stood up, “If it is truly what you wish then we shall do it Great Rimuru.” The others followed him in standing up. I would like to interact with all of the NPCs, but not only am I on a limited schedule, but I feel it would be optimal to do so in a more casual manor, right now they all look tensed up from my sudden appearance.

 

“Alright from now on, there is no need to organize like this when I come down, I’ll probably be visiting more often, so I want you all to continue what you’re doing when I visit unless I tell you otherwise.”

 

They all nodded, “Understood, Great Rimuru!”

 

Next time I’ll interact more with some of the NPCs but for now I need to find the guardian of the forest, Veldora.

 

Turning to leave the cave, I left them to return to whatever they were designed to do, Benimaru seemingly returning to handle the military, Souei vanishing into the shadows, Shuna heading to the tailors shop and numerous others into numerous other places. Meanwhile I walked into the woods until eventually I came across the cave. The cave was at the base of a small mountain and was fairly deep into the woods. The chances of someone finding it were quite slim, though the mountain might make it stand out at least somewhat. The cave was a deep labyrinth, though nothing like the cave system I found the item I used to make Veldora.

 

Eventually I found the door which led to his chamber. It was much like the grand door at the entrance to the throne room, however this one had the design of two dragons, one on each door in a similarly grand fashion. Normally the door was locked unless someone managed to not only find out the means to unlock it in an obscure place on the 8th floor, but also backtrack all the way to the sixth to do it, however with the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown, it would automatically unlock.

 

Holding up the ring to the lock there is a click noise as the lock glows briefly before the doors slowly open with a creak as the vast chamber makes itself clear. The room was a mixture of stone brick and pure stone cave, as if a dungeon of sorts had been reclaimed by the stone. Large stone towers stretched from the floor to the roof, thinning out near the middle before thickening out again towards the edges. In the middle of the room was a dark towering figure, as I approached it leaned down, its glowing yellow eyes standing out in the darkness.

 

After just a moment his loud voice boomed out, echoing against the cold walls of the chamber, “Kyahahaha! Rimuru, my sworn friend and creator, it is great to see you! I have been…” His dominating aura and intimidating presence quickly turned into a pout as two of his fingers tapped against each other, “Incredibly lonely…”

 

Eh?

 

He quickly began waving his hands as if to defend himself, “N-Not that I have any problems with being the guardian of the Treasury, far from it, it is a perfect job, but… Well it would be nice if I could leave sometimes… I can’t actually unlock the door from the inside and the Treasury, well… I’m not allowed in there either.”

 

Ah yes… I coded him as a Tsundere didn’t I? Oh well, at least he’s loyal.

 

I scratched behind my head, “Yeah, sorry about that, Veldora, I suppose we were so caught up with defense we didn’t consider that you couldn’t open the door from the inside…” In reality I didn’t expect the NPCs to come ALIVE in the first place.

 

Veldora nodded, “No matter, what is it you want, my friend? The great Storm Dragon Veldora Tempest shall aid you in any request as your sworn friend!”

 

I remember now… His backstory was that he was an ancient powerful dragon sealed away and I managed to make a deal with him, unsealing him in exchange for friendship. So long as I’m loyal to Nazarick, so will he. Hopefully he respects Momonga’s authority though…

 

“Momonga is gathering all the floor guardians to the amphitheater, we want you to come as well. You’re not quite a floor guardian, but you’re both as powerful as one and as important as one. You have a human form, correct?”

 

Veldora gave another hearty laugh, his body turning into smoke as he transformed into his human form, a tall muscular blond-haired man with no shirt on. Technically speaking, all of it is his scales, since he can't really equip clothing items, he technically didn’t need to have a shirt on since even if he had one it would be a reflection of his scales.

 

Veldora stretched his arms as he began to walk, “Kyahahaha! Of course, I’ll gladly attend. It's been quite a while since I’ve interacted with any of the floor guardians… Or anyone else for that matter.”

 

With that Veldora began to walk out of his cavern, myself following closely behind to unlock the door for him as I let him get temporarily sidetracked by the village as I headed straight for the amphitheater.

 

Now that I have time to properly think, do I still have access to all of my skills? I was one of the very few ‘skill-casters’ in Yggdrasil considering they were added so late into the game’s lifespan, not to mention how hard it was to get enough skills to make a build around it. Only I and a few others had builds which were cheeky enough to manage that, and I was probably one of the only ones to manage it in an optimal manner.

 

The Skill system had skills of various types. The first were Intrinsic Skills which were granted as racial features, Common Skills which were fairly weak and basic, Extra Skills which were less common and tended to have decent effectiveness, Unique Skills which were the main hard hitters in any player’s skill set, and Ultimate Skills which were like the World Items of skills, so powerful that only a world item could remove it from a player, though some skills were usurpable. I had three of these Ultimate Skills, likely the most out of any player, though unlike world items, those weren’t as easy to track. My ultimate skills are Lord of Storms: Veldora, which manifested after I created Veldora, Lord of Gluttony: Beezelbub, which I got as a reward for winning a tournament, and Lord of Wisdom: Raphael.

 

Lord of Storms was basically just an advanced storm magic skill, basically giving me complete dominance over most electrical attacks and being able to utilize powerful electrical attacks with basically no casting time. Lord of Gluttony was an evolution of Gluttony which evolved from my intrinsic skill Predator, it basically lets me eat a whole lot of attacks. Basically a whole lot of projectiles proved ineffective against me. Lastly is Lord of Wisdom which evolved from my Unique Skill Great Sage. After a while I realized I could evolve it further, and in doing so I could give it a name and personality as if it was an NPC. 

 

‘If I have access to my skills then… wait, Ciel?!’

 

[“Yes Master?”]

 

‘Well shit, I can use my skills.’

 

[“Affirmative, all of your still are still fully functional even after this situation began.”]

 

‘This situation? You know about what's going on?’

 

[“Of course, Master. I am capable of reading your memories, so I know all about Yggdrasil and your real life.”]

 

‘And it doesn’t bother you that you were just part of a game?’

 

[“I’m not part of a game now, am I?”]

 

‘I-I suppose not…’

 

[“Then there is no issue.”]

 

‘I assume you’re still capable of everything you were in Yggdrasil?’

 

[“Correct, however as I am no longer confined to the practical restrictions of being limited to a game system, my function have expanded, I can now both manage items in your inventory or stomach, analyze devoured items, and calculate just about anything, even if unrelated to combat.”]

 

‘That's… a lot. Though I suppose that’s to be expected from an Ultimate Skill. Whatever, I need to meet Momonga at the Amphitheater, Veldora’s probably not been out of his cage in what for him seems like forever, so I’ll let him have his fun for now, he should hopefully be here by the time he needs to be.’

 

Veldora and the City are dealt with, all that's left is the Floor Guardians.