Episode 0 Prologue
A hard sound resounds in the vast space and then disappears.
Numerous vertical shadows float in the vast pure white room that stretches vertically and in front of you. Cloths with unique emblems hang from the ceiling and decorate the space decorated with pure white and gold decorations.
However, in contrast to the majestic atmosphere, there was absolutely no human presence, and the monotonous sound was accompanied by a terribly lonely air.
This is the throne room on the 10th floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarik.
While letting the NPCs, who had been painstakingly created by his dear friends, stand by, Momonga stood alone in front of the throne as if he was nostalgic for the past. For a while, she gazed at the glimmer of the luxurious chandelier on the ceiling, and then gradually turned her eyes to the woman who was standing next to her.
She is not the same player as Momonga, but an NPC created by Tabula Smaragdina, one of Momonga's companions.
His name is Albedo, and he is an NPC created to protect the Tenth Floor. She, who never moved from the 10th floor because of her role, was inevitably an existence that Momonga had little contact with. She has the overall appearance of a beautiful human woman, but she has two goat-like horns on either side of her head, and jet-black wings on her hips.
Although he vaguely remembered what it looked like, Momonga suddenly became interested in what kind of setting it was.
“…Wait, long!!”
At that moment, a voice of tsukkomi burst out involuntarily at the detailed long sentence that jumped in front of me.
While I lost the desire to read it all at once, when I think about it, Mr. Tabla was a setting devil ~ and my eyes became a little distant. it.
Momonga didn't have the energy or time to read it seriously, so she decided to skim through the long sentences.
(Ah, yes, it was definitely a succubus... A shield NPC who oversees the floor guardians and emphasizes defense...)
I am a little impressed with myself that I can understand the content unexpectedly even if I skim through it.
However, Momonga suddenly stopped moving in surprise at the sentence that was added at the end like a postscript.
"By the way, I'm a bitch. "
"... Huh? What is this?"
I can't help but let out a mad voice because of the terrible content.
It's true that Tabla is a man who loves Gap Moe, but I wonder if the NPC I created doesn't have this setting...
Today is the last day of Yggdrasil's service. This world will end soon. In that case, for the last few minutes or so, wouldn't it be fine to let go of this terrible setting?
Momonga stared at Albedo in front of him as he suddenly thought of himself.
She doesn't move at all, she just stands quietly with a faint smile.
After thinking about it for a moment, Momonga tried to operate the console softly, feeling a little guilty about the tabla.
But at that moment...
――Mr. Peroroncino has logged in.
--Mr. Ulbert Alain Ordle has logged in.
"…Huh?"
"Did you make it in time! ?? "
"I made it in time !? "
"Huh!?"
At the sudden communication, Momonga involuntarily took Albedo's gaze away and sent him running into the air.
I closed Albedo's settings, which I had unconsciously browsed, and let my gaze wander in the air.
"... Oh, Momonga-san isn't here... I must have logged out...
"No, I think Momonga-san will stay until the end... Momonga? "
"Pe, Peroroncino-san !? Ulbert !? 』
There was no mistaking what I heard, the voice of a nostalgic companion.
The happy reunion that came at the last minute made Momonga unintentionally answer the communication with momentum.
"Oh, Momonga-san, it's been a while! where are you now 』
"Both of you, it's been a while! Now in the throne room! "
"I got it! Ulbert-san and I will head over there with haste, so please don't leave! "
Momonga was a little stunned by the late-night high-tension communication that was suddenly cut off.
Due to the disconnection, a painful silence returned, making me wonder if the earlier conversation was a dream or an illusion.
However, within a few minutes, I heard a thumping noise, followed by a bang and a large door opening.
Two nostalgic strange figures appear from the darkened corridor and step into the throne room.
"...Mr. Peroroncino! Mr. Ulberto!"
“It's been a long time, Momonga-san!
"Hey, just let it go! Ah, it's been a while, Momonga-san."
What appeared was one demon and one
The demon is a sterling silver goat's head with a masquerade mask on the right side of his face. Above his head were two large, ominously twisted horns, with a small jet-black top hat tucked between them. a jet black trench coat. Despite his lower body having the legs of a jet-black goat, the skeleton of his arms extending from his shoulders is exactly the same as a human's, and his hands wrapped in jet-black gloves are long and thin like a human's, with five fingers.
Birdman, on the other hand, was entirely clad in pure white and golden feathers. He wears a bizarre helmet with a beak on his face, and his long jet-black hair, lightly wavy, flows loosely down to his waist. pairs of large wings growing on his back, all of which are powerful, and steel armor covers his shoulders and hips, avoiding the wings. Like the devil, he had the shape of a bird's legs, but his feathered arms and gauntleted hands were exactly the shape of a human.
The two, who can be known at a glance as the highest-ranking heteromorphic species, approached Momonga in a manner similar to Birdman grabbing the devil's arm and dragging it.
They were the same players as Momonga, and they were exactly fellow guild members who shared joys and sorrows.
"Since I wasn't there between the round tables, I thought I had already logged out, so I panicked~"
"...I'm sorry. I wanted to meet you in the throne room..."
A slightly embarrassed itchy sensation attacked me, and I instinctively made a gesture of scratching my cheek with my fingertips.
I know Peroroncino and Ulberto! I looked around the magnificent throne room again while nodding.
"... It's really going to end. I'm not qualified to say that because I retired halfway through, but I'm still lonely..."
"...I see. I wanted to see Demiurge one last time, but... as expected, I don't have time..."
"Ah, I wanted to meet Shalltear too..."
I'm sorry! Next to Birdman exaggeratedly lamenting, the goat-headed devil sarcastically shrugs his shoulders. The contrasting appearances of the two were nostalgic, and Momonga unintentionally let out a small laugh along with a smiling icon.
The fact that the three members who gathered at the end of the day once formed a “non-chargeable alliance” makes me feel deeply emotional.
In front of Momonga, who was filled with nostalgia and melancholy, and the joy of meeting again, Birdman and the devil were still looking around the throne room nostalgically. Next to the demon looking up at the emblems of the guild members hanging from the ceiling , Birdman suddenly turned his attention to the butler and the six maids standing downstairs.
“…Now that you mention it, was this the waiting area for Sebas and the Pleiades?”
"Ah, I brought them all the way here. …Well, they won't move until the end, so I thought I should move them at least once..."
Peroroncino and Ulberto's gazes pierced Momonga's explanation as if it were an excuse. The two of them just looked at Momonga in question, but Momonga couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
The reason I mentioned earlier wasn't a lie, but there was also the fact that it was futile to face the end alone. However, when I said that, it seemed like I was criticizing the two of them, so I couldn't say it out loud.I didn't want them to feel uncomfortable even though they rushed to the last minute.I just want to have a happy ending.
I don't know if it's because Momonga's wish has arrived, but Peroroncino has a smiling icon floating above his head.
"Ah, when I was there, there weren't any people who could reach the ninth floor. Even after I retired?"
"No, no one came."
"Or rather, if you've come this far, there's no way Nazarick is here now."
"That's right. This is all thanks to Momonga-san protecting this place."
"No, that's not it... I was just doing what I was supposed to do as a guild master..."
"No, no, it's Momonga-san!"
"Even so..."
Next to Peroroncino, who is calling the smiling icon, Ulberto floats the worried icon above his head.
While Momonga and Peroroncino tilted their heads, Ulberto stared down at the old butler.
"...Albedo and the Pleiades never thought that they would meet the end together with 'his NPC'..."
Momonga and Peroroncino looked at Ulberto and Sebas and nodded at the same time.
Certainly, the other NPCs were also horns, and the combination of Ulberto and Sebas was quite emotional.
Sebas was created by a guild member named Touch Me. He was the world champion of the strongest warrior class, and he was famous for his dog-and-monkey relationship with Ulbert Alleyne Odle, the strongest magic class World Disasterer. Momonga and others think that they are on the ground that they get along so well that they quarrel, but every time I say it to them, they deny it with all their might.
"Well, Sebas isn't Tacchi-san himself, so it's fine."
"... No, well, that's right... Ah, I guess I should go straight to Demiurge's place..."
"It's impossible because it's been cut for another minute."
While watching the exchange between the two, Momonga also looked at the digital clock at the edge of his field of vision.
The silent ticking clock had already reached 23:59, 08…09…10… and counted down to the end of Yggdrasil.
This world will end soon. Everything you built with Peroroncino, Ulberto, and other important friends here will be lost in an instant.
Feeling an indescribable sadness and loneliness in his chest, Momonga was deeply relieved that he wasn't the only one here.
“…Mr. Peroroncino, Mr. Ulberto, thank you very much for coming at the end.”
“No… please stop!
“It ended up being the last minute, but I'm glad I finally got to meet Momonga-san.”
Peroroncino, who tries to convey emotions with over-action, and Ulberto, who is cool all the way, make me smile.
Even though it's been several years since they retired from Yggdrasil, I couldn't help but feel nostalgic and happy to see the two of them never change.
"Yggdrasil is already over, but let's meet again someday!"
"...That's right. Momonga-san, Peroroncino, see you someday."
“…Yes, someday!”
While somehow swallowing the welling up emotions, Momonga lightly raised the hand that held the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown with a trembling voice.
In response, Ulberto and Peroroncino lightly grasped their left hand, which was filled with the Ring of Ainz Wool Gown, and held it up.
""The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick... Glory to Ainz Ooal Gown!!""
Three voices echoed in the grand throne room.
The clock reflected at the edge of the three's vision ticked away, and the end of Yggdrasil was about to come.
23:59:54…55…56…57……….
All three unconsciously closed their eyes and waited quietly for the end while ticking seconds in their hearts.
58…59…00…01…02…03……….
“………………Hmm………?”
Who was the first to speak up?
The date should have changed a long time ago, but Momonga and the others naturally opened their closed eyes without any signs of being forced to log out.
Even if my vision is blacked out in front of me
After confirming each other's appearances, Momonga and the others tilted their heads more or less incomprehensibly.
"………What does it mean…?"
Momonga's voice echoed in vain between the thrones and disappeared.
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