A gigantic, perfectly circur table carved of gleaming bck stone and white marble sat at the ter of the Round Table Room withih floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.

  The guild’s insignia of Ainz Ooal Gown was embedded within the middle of the round table, a symbol representing the unity, friendship, and kinship of its guild members. It is surrounded by 41 luxurious chairs, eae positioned around the table in a circur pattern.

  The room and the table itself was most likely inspired by the a Arthurian Lore of the Knights of the Round Table, where King Arthur and his trusted knights of the round table gathered to pn and discuss.

  Momonga sat on the chair where the top of the guild’s insignia ointing at. Behind him was the empty case, a depression carved into the marbled walls of the room, where the guild on, which was currently held by Momonga in his hand, once rested as the guild’s symbol and that of the member’s unity and hard work.

  Two chairs to his left was Lelouch, his six pairs of jet-bck feathered wings now absent. He sat with his legs and arms crossed, leaning bato the fortable, soft crimson red cushion of the chair.

  While three chairs to his right was Yuuji, his white-gold and crimson-bck wings now simirly absent. And directly to his right was Aika, who had moved her chair until she was right by his side and pressed her breasts against the arm she was hugging.

  Aside from the few final minutes of the game, they’ve ruly experienced Yggdrasil while it was still a game. All they had was the memories of them pying in the game, given by the group chat as part of their supp items for their mission.

  And they khat such as would be prohibited as part of Yggdrasil’s rule that forbade sexual as.

  But here she was, taunting Yuuji by funting the softness of her boobs, which had amazingly grown even bigger and softer while still maintaining its youthful perkiness and shape.

  It was most likely due to the level 100 character she had received from the group chat, which ged her appearance slightly, just like him.

  Thanks to the “memories” and “background” given to him, he was extremely familiar with her character build. But now, Yuuji did not have the mental capacity to even think about such a thing, as his mind was full of his beloved girlfriend who he had not seen since forever.

  He missed her so much… Much more than even Aika missing him, because he had goo Lelouch’s world for a mission, which took him several months.

  She was even more beautiful than how he remembered, and even more beautiful than when he saw her through their video calls.

  Her presend charm had also skyrocketed. If she was a charming young girl before, then she would be a bewitg seductress now; something that should be expected given her races and csses.

  Still, although her aade him extremely hard to the point that it hurts, Yuuji didn’t push her away. Instead, he held her hand tightly and kissed her head with affe, elig a beautiful, melodic giggle from her luscious red lips.

  "Everyone. Before anything else, I'd like to thank you for your participation in this mission, and also wele you to my... home."

  Momonga lowered her head slightly in gratitude as he spoke those words to his closest friends and trusted rades, before tinuing with a trace of nostalgia and affe g the st few words he uttered.

  "Momonga, you know there's no need for that. We're all members of the group chat. Of course we'll help each other, mission or not."

  "Yes. In fact, it is a boon for us to participate in this mission. Simply the fact that we have gained such great powers is more than enough reason for us to be grateful towards you instead for choosing us."

  "That's right~! Thank you for inviting us to your world, Momonga-san~! Thanks to this, I don't have to worry about the vilins in my world!"

  "Everyone... Thank you."

  Yuuji, Lelouch, and Aika's words reverberated deeply in him as waves of gratefulness and happiness filled his heart.

  While it was true that they also gained a lot by participating in the mission, he was still grateful for them, for their presence here showed that they would help him, support him, and stay with him, no matter the dahat might befall upon them.

  It had been... quite a while since he had such friends with him.

  Of course, he had also experie during his mission in Lelouch's world. But now that he was in his own world... In Nazarick, the pce where he found his first friends and watched them leave... It truly reminded him that he did still have friends in the Group Chat members who would stick through thid thin with him.

  The skeletal Overlord leaned ba his chair a out a deep sigh out of habit, despite not having the need or the capability to breathe in this skeletal form.

  He was simply... relieved and happy. It felt like a big weight that had been weighing down on his heart caused by his guildmates leaving had finally been lifted up by the presence of his new good friends.

  "Then, if I may ght into the main topic... I would like to ask about the "backgrounds" and "memories" you've gained by ing here."

  Although the world and everything within it would adjust to the "adjustments" done by the Group Chat to aodate the extra existences of the partits for the mission, those who were a part of the group chat would not be influenced by this "adjustments".

  Moreover, sioru wasn't, teically, a partit of the mission, he would not receive the rewards for pleting the mission or the supp items granted by the group chat for their missions, including the "memories" and "backgrounds".

  This was the same case for Tatsuya and Lelouch during the mission that happened in their world. And this was why it was extremely imperative for the participating members to tell them about their "memories" and "backgrounds" to make sure they would be on the same page as each other.

  "Alright."

  Yuuji then began telling him the "memories" and "backgrounds" he had received from the group chat.

  They stretched for quite a few years, since he and Aika started pying the game together. They were a couple, just like they were iy, and their retionship was well known by everyohin the guild.

  Lelouch's story was simir, in which he had been pying for quite a few years before joining Ainz Ooal Gown.

  And there was one more thing in oween them. Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch did not take the pce of Satoru's friends.

  They all still existed and still joined Ainz Ooal Gown, as Satoru remembered. It was only when they left did Yuuji, Aika, and Leloue to fill their spot as one of the 41 members of Ainz Ooal Gown.

  "I see..."

  Momonga nodded. A trace of nostalgia and sadness g the words he uttered in a whisper upon hearing those names he hadn't heard of in so long.

  Relief also filled his heart, knowing they were still a part of Ainz Ooal Gown, no matter how short their time was here.

  And upon hearing more of their stories, happiness also began to emerge.

  They seemed to be having a lot of fun adventures, perhaps even more fun than befiven their numbers hadn't decreased by three people.

  It was a good thing... A very good thing indeed.

  Though now, he felt a bit envious. He wished he would have "remembered" those times as well.

  But as, Momonga did not dwell on it for too long, since Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch were now still here with him, ready to create a brand new adveh him, together.

  “Thank you…”

  Those words of gratitude… Even Momonga himself didn’t know who he was saying it to.

  Was it to Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch who did not take his dear friends’ pce? Or was it to the Multiverse Group Chat that made it so?

  He didn’t even know what he was thanking them for… For not taking their pce? For being his friends? For supp him in his toughest times? Or for everything…?

  He did not know. But… He felt the urge to tell them how grateful he was for this… reality. To be with friends once more… And to have something he could live for once more.

  The three kept their silence as the crimson red point within the darkness of Momonga’s orbital bone vanished while he closed his “eyes”. A soft smile grag their faces.

  A few moments ter, they appeared once again, and Momonga sat up from leaning position.

  “Five me… I was reminisg a bit. Now, shall we start the iing part and talk about what kind of “special” character builds you’ve all gained? Although I could use my geass to see them, I… would prefer not to use it on any members of our chat group and our friends. So, could you tell me instead?”

  The crimson points within Momonga’s orbital bone shone brightly, brighter than ever, as excitement and curiosity filled his voibsp;

  He was a hardcamer… A hardcamer who dedicated decades of his life in a game like Yggdrasil. He was someone who relished in “exploration” and “discovery”. And now, there were three people before him with csses and races he might not have any knowledge of yet!

  How exg would that be?!

  Despite his skeletal face, Yuuji could see the obvious excitement radiating from his very being. And Lelouch did not disappoint him as he started the discussion with his own “character build”.

  “I received a level 100 Fallen Seraph Divination Wizard with a css called “True Prophet”.”

  “R-Really?! A Fallen Seraph!?”

  A fsh of green light radiated from Momonga due to his over excitement upon hearing Lelouch’s words as Yuuji and Aika simply looked at them curiously.

  The Fallen Seraph css was aremely rare and powerful race which could only be attained upon pleting a series of extremely difficult quests which would require immense amounts of time, resources, and skill. And in the end, there were rumors that the pyer would o defeat a level 90 fallen seraph boss and 6 level 80 fallen cherubim angel guards with a party of less than five as its final requirement.

  But upon attaining this special css, the pyer would attain a tremendous boost in magical attad defeats, increased mana, immunity to holy spells, and access to holy magic while still haviive karma, allowing them to cast spells that require ive karma.

  And these incredible traits might not be all, sinformation on the css was not publicly shared for several reasons.

  First, not many even knew about this extremely rare job css sihe way ter this mission in of itself was also very obscure. And those who knew how ter it would not easily tell others.

  Iire history of Yggdrasil, the number of pyers that had this css could be easily ted with one hand, and they were all extremely powerful pyers.

  “Yes. It does grant me quite the at boost and a myriad of passive effects. It also grants me the super-tier spell [Apocryphal] which lets me summon several Fallen Cherubim Guards.”

  Momonga’s eyes light up once again. He didn’t expect the css to grant him a super-tier spell!

  Judging by the name and effect, the spell seemed to be simir to the super-tier spell [Pantheon], which summons 6 level 80 Cherubim Gatekeepers. And if the spell allowed Leloumon the fallen version of those level 80 monsters, then that would expin the summoned creatures rumored to be present around Fallen Seraph pyers.

  “That is amazing! I’ve only heard of the Fallen Seraph race from rumors, but they’re aremely powerful race! gratutions!”

  “Thank you. Though, I’m more ied in my “True Prophet” css.”

  “True Prophet… I’ve never heard of it.”

  With one hand on his arm chair and the other holding his bony while the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown floated to his side, Momonga fell into deep thought, digging deep into his memories to try and find anythied to a rare css with that name.

  But, he could not remember anything.

  “What does it do?”

  “It’s a special css whihances all my divination spells. All my divination spells will be irresistible to ahout divine-raems specialized in anti-divination, or a world item.

  I also cast the tenth-tier spell [Fht] at will to myself, and several other passive skills.”

  “Wha-?!”

  Momonga sat stunned, dropping his bony jaws and leaving his mouth agape.

  What an amazing job css?!

  Divine-raems that specialized in anti-divination were extremely rare, and no one except for those who were extremely paranoid would have them. After all, divination spells could normally be easily thwarted by magical barriers or by lower-raems. And even without them, divination spells were, more often than not, unreliable if the caster didn’t specialize deeply into mostly the non-bat css, or could be resisted easily by high level pyers.

  Even in Yggdrasil, rarely any pyers would have such ter-measures in pce, siheir guild buildings would already have anti-divination barriers permaly active and have some specialized Tacy css items, Relic-css at most, to protect against divination.

  Having a world item at hand would be even rarer, given the danger of holding one in hand at all times. One wrong step, and they would lose a world item to another pyer.

  Given such situations, with such a css, Lelouch could virtually know everything about everyone in Yggdrasil if he so wishes.

  He would be the greatest informant iire game, as no one would be able to hide from his eyes.

  Moreover, even if it was only to himself, to be able to cast such a powerful spell like [Fht] at will was unheard of!

  This spell could drastically increase a pyer’s survivability tremendously for 8 hours by giving them an immense increase in evasion, accuracy, speed, aance, and be impervious to critical damage caused by surprise attacks.

  That meant, 8 hours of someone beiremely difficult to even touch. So for him to be able to cast such a spell to himself at will, without limit…

  “I ’t believe it… What a broken css…!”

  Near omnist in addition to having virtually perma [Fht]... If this was still Yggdrasil, then there’d be doubt that Lelouch would be one of the greatest pyers iire game.

  Lelouch smiled softly.

  “I’m satisfied with this. It’ll be helpful in gathering information from all around the world. Perhaps, I work together with Albedo and Demiurge with the pnning.”

  “I’ll leave it in your care!”

  Momonga did not hesitate to leave such matters to Lelouch. After all, Lelouch was a master strategist with a mind that couldn’t even be pared to him. In addition to his abilities, Momonga had no doubt that Lelouch would be able to e up with a much better pn than he ever could, and work well with the two geniuses of Nazaribsp;

  After speaking with Lelouch, Momonga then turo his right towards Yuuji and Aika. And there, he saw Aika with a beautiful, wide smile that somehow made him uneasy…

  ‘Wait… if Lelouch’s “special” level 100 character is broken, then could theirs also be…’

  “Hehe~ Now it’s my turn to tell you about how awesome my build is~!”

  Her eyes narrowed with a glint within them as her luscious red lips curled into a seductive grin.

  “And how suuuuuuper sexy it is too~”

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