How should I put it when it comes to the Bone King…
Although he acts like a cold-blooded demon in the anime, looking at the side-story novels, he actually doesn’t have much of a mind of his own.
Becoming undead didn’t change his perception; it’s just that the racial passive called [Forced Calm] makes it hard for his emotions to fluctuate much.
He is very easily influenced by others and will easily change his way of doing things for the sake of ‘friends’ or ‘family’.
In the main story, in order to become the ruler in the eyes of the NPCs, he carries out torture, massacres, and the destruction of nations without any psychological burden.
In the side story, for the sake of destroying a nation, even when he saw a World-Class Item in the hands of a commoner, he didn’t snatch it; when taking an unclaimed World-Class Item, he would choose to leave behind treasure of equal value.
Although some say Ainz is being controlled by the NPCs, that’s merely because of his personality—he simply dotes too much on the NPCs left behind by his friends.
As long as he gives an order, even if there is occasional feigned compliance (like the Supreme Being Hunting Squad), in the vast majority of cases, the NPCs will choose to obey.
Therefore, to solve this problem, the primary target is definitely Ainz.
What he values most are naturally the NPCs left by his friends, and second is the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
As for everything else, it’s not important to him.
If I tell him some information regarding the Dragon Emperor and the New World, letting him know that this world isn’t that safe and that the NPCs he cares about most are actually in danger…
Would he still care about trivial matters like founding a nation, which aren’t important to him?
I’ll just make up a reason to get him to hold off on attacking humans for now.
First, I’ll direct his gaze toward the True Dragon Lords to give myself enough time to develop.
Once my level is high enough—
Won’t whatever I say be the law?
However, how to leak this information to him is a bit of a hassle.
Using Muninn to convey it seems like a good choice; it would maximize the probability of avoiding accidents.
But I’ve already arranged for it to go look for information on World-Class Items.
“So, do I still have to step out myself?”
Makoto rubbed his chin, considering the possibility of things going south.
I possess a World-Class Item and a special class, so I have [World Protection] to resist the effects of non-direct damage-type World-Class Items.
With three health bars, plus clearing abnormal statuses upon breaking a health bar, I can avoid being instantly killed by a sneak attack.
The life-saving skill [Corpse Liberation] allows me to escape at any time.
Plus, I’m not weak myself…
Forget it, it still doesn’t seem stable enough.
If I had already reached my limit and couldn’t progress further, Makoto wouldn’t actually lack the courage to take risks.
But when I can become invincible just by staying low, then even if there’s a ninety percent chance nothing will go wrong, taking a risk is still reckless.
Perhaps a class like Puppeteer could do it, but Makoto himself didn’t have skills of that attribute.
Just as Makoto was racking his brains, a voice rang in his ear.
“Lord Amon, I can do that.”
Makoto looked around and didn’t find any trace of an enemy, nor did the traps set in the room show any signs of being triggered.
After thinking for a moment, he reached a somewhat uncertain conclusion.
“…Huginn?”
“It is indeed I.”
As the voice sounded, another raven flew out from near his ear and landed in front of Makoto.
It then began to introduce its abilities.
“In other words, you can control a mindless Golem, and then use your connection with me to allow me to control the Golem from a distance.”
“And if it accidentally dies, it will be like Muninn and respawn with me the next day.”
“Yes, Great Lord Amon.尼古拉.”
“Excellent!”
Putting aside for now why Huginn and Muninn had gained abilities that didn’t exist in the original game at all.
Could it be a privilege of being an Intelligent Item in this setting?
In any case, it was a good thing!
After receiving a positive conclusion, Makoto felt like he was truly the chosen one.
Whatever he thought of simply came to him!
Now he had to consider what identity to use when interacting with Ainz.
First, it couldn’t be too weak; otherwise, with Ainz’s personality, he might choose to capture him and use magic to search his memories.
Although the loss wouldn’t be great—just one Golem—it would contradict the main goal of not exposing himself while developing steadily.
But if it’s too strong…
would he be targeted for death because of the possibility of being a threat to the Great Tomb of Nazarick?
If there’s a way to reach a consensus with Ainz—
Pretending to be a friend of an Ainz Ooal Gown guild member seems like a good method?
Given how much Ainz values his friends, even if he knows he might be being deceived, he won’t be targeted before being exposed.
This way, the ones to watch out for instead are the ‘Supreme Being Hunting Squad’ led by Albedo.
But it’s not a big problem; her prerequisite for hunting other Supreme Beings is that Ainz doesn’t know.
“In that case, everything to be done next is clear.”
Find a Golem from the warehouse, let Huginn possess it, then go to Ainz’s side and whisper in his ear—ideally getting him to fight the True Dragon Lords directly.
No matter which side wins, it’s beneficial for me.
Of course, in terms of strength, there’s no doubt that Ainz will win.
The main thing is to see what losses can be caused to Nazarick.
Before long, Makoto found a Level 60 Golem in the warehouse.
He didn’t know who had sold it to him; the materials used were quite sufficient, but the build wasn’t very good.
If he had to say, the racial level was probably quite high, maybe Level 40.
Furthermore, the 20 levels of class levels weren’t in a Warrior or Tank-type class that fits well with the Golem race, but instead chose Priest, which is suitable for magic and healing.
It was probably a practice piece by some rich person when the server first opened.
Although it was trash in the game, this level of strength was more than enough in the human world.
The level cap for humans was a mere 42; if nothing else, he could easily crush humans who didn’t have awakened Player bloodlines just through level suppression.
After finalizing his choice, Huginn directly transformed into a tattoo appearing on the Golem’s forehead.
After handing the [heart of double phantom] to the Golem, the Golem took on the appearance of [Makoto].
After testing, although there was a very slight delay, overall it was quite smooth to use.
Makoto adapted to the strange sensation of multitasking while considering one last thing.
“Which member’s friend should I be?”
Touch Me?
He’s too famous, a character many YGGDRASIL players have heard of, and since I know too little about him, he’s not suitable as a token for gaining trust.
Ulbert?
I only remember him being a member of some resistance army; I’m not too clear on the rest.
Tabula Smaragdina?
Herohero?
Too little information.
…It’s best if I know their game characters while also knowing a bit about their lives outside the game, for example—
Peroroncino and Bukubukuchagama.
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”