“General Enri! We’ve got a visitor!”

  “Hm?”

  Enri snapped out of her daze and instantly returo attention, overlooking the vilgers in the field.

  The familiar voices of Peter, Lukrut, and Brita rang through the fields, shouting their instrus to the vilgers swinging mithril swords and shooting arrows out of seemingly oral bows.

  A full pte mail of steel armor strohan aal, even mithril, leather armors made of the hide of mythical beasts, and various other simir equipment adorhe bodies of the vilgers.

  No, no longer vilgers, but militias.

  Having suffered through and barely surviving the tragedy thanks to Ainz and Zero, e had adopted the method of scriptions to build up suffit defenses when tragedy of simir scales were to desd upon them iure.

  All healthy, able-bodied male adults from every single household, which may exclude one who will tiheir family business and bor work, must undergo bat training and serve as militia for a time. Females were also weled aaught basibat, self defense, and archery.

  Every single vilger asseo the proposal put forth by Enri, who received the idea from their savior, Zero, himself.

  And now, they were all training diligently, ad the new gears and ons of unimaginable worth and power loao them by Nazarick, which would be repaid in gold, wheat, crops, or wares of equal value, with minimal i and long years.

  To Enri and the vilgers, they were nothihan armaments of the Gods, grao them to defend themselves and prevent such tragedy to befall them once agai anrad kindness given to them by their saviors. And for the more pragmati iment that showed their trust in them.

  But heless, the trash items Nazarick had grahe vilge of e still sparked fervorous determination to improve themselves and protect their loved ones and homes themselves this time.

  They were still getting used to it, including members of the Swords of Darkness who had decided to settle down in the vilge and became Enri’s fidant and also received their own special sets of equipment from Nazaribsp;

  ‘I must’ve been more tired than I thought…’

  The meeting with the bcksmiths, carpenters, weavers, hunters, and farmers st night took lohan expected a deep into the night.

  Although it roductive and things were progressing smoothly, thanks to the keen insights of Ainz’s delegates who often came to give advid their help, a ck of sleep was often unavoidable for Enri, who had now bee the head of the vilge.

  Enri quickly shook her head and turowards Jugem, the goblin warrior summoned from the “Horn of the Goblin General” given to her by Ainz.

  And Enri’s eyes widened when she saw the figure to his side.

  “A delegate from Lord Ainz has arrived, my dy.”

  “Ah, of course! Wele! I’m sorry for not weling you myself.”

  “I-It’s fine. U-Uhm, I-I’m Mare. I came uhe orders of Ainz-sama to help you with farming.”

  The beautiful little boy clutched the wooden staff in his hand, fidgeting shyly. His legs were bowed and was slightly slouched as he looked up towards Enri.

  At first, Enri was shocked to learn that Mare, who looked very much like a beautiful young elven girl, was actually a man, given his attire. But, she quickly get used to it, not questioning her nor anyone her savior sent forth.

  “I see. Thank you very much! Then, please e this way. We go to the farm immediately. We’ve just finished harvesting a few days ago, so this would be the best time if we were to try to do something new!”

  “U-Uhn!”

  Enri led Mare to the farmnd just outside the wooden vilge walls and expio her what they were doing in the meantime.

  “I see… Uhm, t-the way you’re doing it is… Q-Quite ineffit… It will take too long for the soil to recover their nutrients… and they’ll eventually dry up…”

  Enri nodded, aowledging his words as colored her face. In fact, what Mare had said was exactly one of the biggest s the farmers had brought up in st night’s meeting.

  They’ve noticed that the wheat had been being harder to grow and the quality had also decreased over the years.

  “Mm, our farmers had also said the same thing… What do you think we should do, Mare-sama?”

  “I-I will plow the nd aalize it for now… T-Then, you should do what is called “Crop Rotation”... You use these seeds to try it…”

  Mare then brought out several pouches of various different seeds and a part with written and drawn instrus on how to perform rotational farming and began expining.

  And Enri, though a bit fused, still nodded heless.

  “I see… Well, I might not uand it fully, but if that’s what Ainz-sama says would be better, then he must be right…”

  “T-That’s right! Everything he says is always correct!”

  Enri smiled as Mare, for the first time, looked at her with bright shining eyes aement.

  “A-Ainz-sama had also decided to give you several skeletons under his and that could help with farm work without the need for food a. It will definitely make it easier for you to farm massive swaths of nd!”

  “Really? That would be amazing! Thank you very much, and please rey my gratitude to Ainz-sama and Zero-sama as well!”

  “Uhn! I will tell them!”

  Mare nodded with a bright smile. And in his heart, one more tally was drawn in the “pleasant and useful human” in favor of Enri.

  “Ah, Enri! Oh, I’m sorry. Were you in the middle of something?”

  Enri and Mare both turo the void saw Ninya, along with the rest of the fully armored Swords of Darkness.

  Behind them were a couple of wagons filled with the freshly harvested wheat aables with a few farmers there on the driver’s seats, holding the horses’ reins.

  With the pead security that came after the tragedy thanks to their saviors, and the ented hoes and farming tools speeding up the farming process and increasing their yields

  For the first time, the vilge was able to fill up their barns and warehouses with still a couple of wagons to be traded for coppers and silvers. And the vilge’s morales and gratitude to their beors raised to the skies.

  Ninya, reizing the young elven girl atire, immediately thought of her as one of the delegates of Lord Ainz, and quickly lowered herself in a bow to apologize.

  “Ah, Ninya… Sorry, I’m currently showing Mare-sama our farms. Do you need something?”

  “It’s nothing. We’re just here to tell you that we’ll be on our way to E-Rao sell off the wheat aables in the wagons here. We’ll also be selling it to the vilges on the way, so we might be gone for several weeks.”

  “Oh, I see. Alright. Take care. We’ll be fih Jugem-san, the ogres, and the others here. Especially now that we’ve received the incredible ons and armors from Ainz-sama!”

  Although having all of the vilge’s best fighters, the Swords of Darkness, gone was a bit unnerving, Enri believed in the vilgers and in the amazing equipments grao them by Ainz-sama. Moreover, Ainz-sama had also cleared the part of the forest o them off the more dangerous monsters.

  They’d be able to hahemselves, as long as nothing short of a disaster were to e.

  “Mm. Then, we’ll be going now. See ya’!”

  Ninya waved and bowed towards Mare, before leaving along with the Swords of Darkness and the wagons.

  “Alright. I’m sorry for the interruption, Mare-sama.”

  “U-uhn, it’s fi-Then, I’ll be starting, okay?”

  “Yes. We will be ting on you.”

  Enri said excitedly and bowed in gratitude.

  She never would’ve believed what she would be seeing a few moments ter.

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  Lustrous and gleaming uhe clear skies of the royal capital, a beautiful jet-bck carriage, drawn by four massive, muscur stallions, rode through the streets of Re-Estize, attrag the gazes of passersby.

  Within the spacious, decorated interior, a tall and massive figure of a man luxurious bck gold robes sat on the velvet couch. Sleek bck gloves covered his hands and a crimson mask hid the ral expression of a human man behind it.

  The vilgers of e who witnessed his figure a few weeks ago would’ve reized him in a heartbeat. The figure of their savior, Ainz Ooal Gown; the mighty spell caster and generous beor who they owed their current livelihood to.

  But the figure within the carriage was not him, but a doppelganger. A Level 100 Greater Doppelganger, created by Momonga himself.

  Pandora’s Actor sat in silence, his brilliant mind, on par with even the most intelligent of the Guardians – Demiurge and Albedo – recalling the words of his dear Vater.

  ‘Extract as muformation as possible. And it to nothing unless it is ih our pn. The stage is set, and everything shall fall into pce.’

  The spreading corruption within the kingdom, thanks to the doppelgangers and succubi led by Demiurge and Albedo. The toy prihey’ve secured nudging the royal family to a favorable position. The intensifying activities of the underground anizatio Fingers, pushed by Yuuji-sama’s master pn in the shadows. And the immi uping war with the Empire.

  The stage has bee, and everything shall fall into pe way or another, as her dear Vater had said.

  The Kingdom had no other choice, except the ohe Supreme Beings had foretold.

  The fact that the King had personally invited Providend Ainz Ooal Gown to the pace to “reward” them for their achievements, roof that everything had gone acc to their pns.

  Such a grand, yet metiaster pn that could only be designed by intelligence beyond prehension and a divine fht of a Supreme Being; How truly magnifit.

  The world was a board to them. Everyone and everything within it, its pieces. And they, the masterminds who moved kingdoms, tries, and empires to their will.

  ‘Wie gr! How blessed am I to be created by such a God! To call him Vater!’

  He cheered and praised within his heart. He could hardly wait to see all the pns of the Supreme Beings bee reality, iably.

  Before long, the carriage came to a stop.

  He could hear voices outside. It was the doppelganger who acted as the an versing with the guards. And soon, the door to the luxurious carriage opened, allowing Pandora’s Actor to alight.

  Before him, two rows of royal knights stood in salute, and the Royal Guard Captain himself, Gazef Stronoff, stood to wele him personally.

  “It is an honor and pleasure to meet you once again, Lown.”

  “Stronoff-dono. Likewise.”

  The royal captain responded with a gruff sound. His eyes then looked to Ainz’s side, only to find someone missing.

  Pandora’s Amediately sensed his fusion and answered before he could ask.

  “I apologize in advance. However, my friend, Zero, is unfortunately uo e, and I have e to represent the both of us. I hope that would suffice.”

  “I see. It is unfortunate. My King wishes to meet both of you, if possible. However, he will uand. Please, this way..”

  “Very well. Lead on.”

  VergsX