Overlord (WN) Chapter 74

Chapter 74Overlord First Half Chapter 74: The Capital City of the Kingdom Part 14

I forgot how tiring it is to translate everything by myself and I don’t machine translate.

The Capital City of the Kingdom

Translators: Frostfire10

“Oh dear, shouldn’t he stop and think for a bit? While some service is excellent bait for those hiding in the shadows, destroying the door is a bit too eye-catching isn’t it.”

 

　Demiurge’s whispered were blown away by the wind and disappeared.

　If one looked down, they would see the figure of the door Sebas broke. The place where Demiurge was currently standing on the roof of the opposite building.

　Demiurge was standing on top of the building and his appearance could not be said to be good.

　He wore a cloak with a hood, and his face was covered by a mask borrowed from Ainz. It was a plain mask, but was a magic item that had <dark> activated passively. However, Demiurge had the ability himself, and thus it had no more meaning than hiding his face.</dark>

　Why was Demiurge alone in such a place? This was not due to Demiurge’s will. This was as he was ordered to worked together with Sebas by the smiling Ainz.

[Because you are friends, you should work together.]

　Holding the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, Ainz spoke in a leader-like manner that he could not say before.

“I’m troubled, but it’s Ainz-sama’s intention for me to overcome it.”

　Demiurge thought about his own abilities and wished for sufficient backup. This was as secret missions were not Demiurge’s expertise. Just having the assassin Solution join him would have been enough.

　However, Demiurge’s internal state was never vocalised to his master.

　Demiurge’s mouth crumbled into a smile.

[Because of the support of a Guardian like yourself, there will be no problems.]

　This was as Demiurge’s master felt that he was deeply reliable. Having that said to him made it difficult to request for backup.

“Ainz-sama is a terrifying person.”

　Causing Demiurge to prioritise his emotions over logic was—

“Oh, I shouldn’t.”

　Demiurge resisted making a slovenly face. Just recalling his master’s words caused sparks to run down his spine to a level that would cause most people to feel pain from it.

　However, while it was a waste to kill the greatest feelings he felt, he had things to do.

　More importantly, he could not do this again.

　Just this once, just this once he would put his emotions first. Next time, no matter what, he would put the mission first.

　Demiurge decided so and thought about the next thing.

“Oh dear. I don’t have enough options.”

　Demiurge thought about using his ability for an instant to summon a demon. Succubi had mind control abilities and magic. It could be said to be useful in such a situation. However, he understood that humans had a strong aversion to demons thanks to his ranch.

　In addition, they came here with the “aim” of saving people. Using demons would be a bit ill fitting.

　In most cases, those that summoned demons would have the label of “Evil” attatched to themselves.

　The dissatisfaction from not having enough options appeared in Demiurge’s heart, directed at someone not present.

“—You went ahead too far, you fool.”

　There were no people in the building with the destroyed door, of course, Sebas’ figure could not be seen.

　Originally, it would have been proper to proceed tog

ether with Sebas. However, their relationship was bad. They did not hate each other, but they felt that the other was a bother, and they did not mesh well.

　That was why the job was split into two parts.

　Sebas would enter the interior and save people. Demiurge would teleport the saved humans into Nazarick.

　Of course, Demiurge’s responsibilities were not only that. In order to prevent too much information from leaking, he was observing the surroundings.

“However…. Due to that naivety, do you understand how much trouble you dragged in?”

　Thinking of Sebas, Demiurge’s face under the mask crumbled.

“Using Ainz-sama’s kindness for us subordinates for your own gains, how frustrating.”

　It was a rare sight to see Demiurge grumble. If any of his fellow Guardians saw this, they would be shocked.

　That was how bad Demiurge and Sebas worked together. It was to the point that he felt that he could work better with Pestonya who had the complete opposite personality.

　He had confirmed that he could not work well with Sebas.

　Sebas chose to save them in a hurry, causing Demiurge to prioritise readying Nazarick to receive the slaves and to make preparations to retreat from the building.

　Demiurge had just managed to fly to the nearby roof when all he saw was a broken door.

“It is not clear who is watching, and the higher ups of the Kingdom might move. As an invader, stimulating their curiosity so much is nothing but a fool’s errand.”

　Sighing, Demiurge pondered over his next actions.

　It might have been natural to repair the door, but Demiurge had no repair magic. Nor illusion magic. If he had to do it, then he could force it back in. Or he could hide the door and make people think that it was originally open.

　Which way was better?

　While in thought, Demiurge was spoken to.

　Demiurge had used plenty of caution while coming to this place.

　It would be fine for some information about his master to leak. He had such thoughts but if Demiurge walked along the town with his true face, with his demonic appearance, it would be too eye catching.

　That was why he had activated

　He could use up to the 10th Tier, but the types that he could use were extremely limited. It was easy to just count the number. He could not use