At this moment, the image in the mirror suddenly changed.
A young girl swung her bare fist at a knight’s head, sending him flying, then tried to escape with a younger girl who seemed to be her little sister.
Seeing this scene, Luke was almost certain — this was indeed Carne Village.
It seemed that even with someone as big of a variable as him thrown into the mix, history’s inertia was still incredibly strong.
Or could it be… this world really did have something like a “World Will” — like Gaia?
Otherwise, why would so many players end up getting transported here?
If that’s the case… I wonder if “it” knows about my appearance here, and if so, what will happen…
But now was not the time to be thinking about such things.
Honestly, the probability of a random village girl punching and defeating a fully armed soldier was so low, it might as well be winning the lottery back in home world…
“What a brave one, to knock a knight flying with her bare hands… I imagine her hand bones must be fractured by now.
Anyway, Momonga — a cute girl is in trouble, time to go full support!”
Momonga didn’t speak — he simply acted.
It had to be said, Momonga’s caution was terrifying.
If Luke was as steady as a defensive tower, then Momonga was as steady as a mountain spring…
Since he was already wearing divine-class defensive gear, Momonga didn’t bother changing equipment.
Instead, he took out the Guild Weapon — the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown — their most powerful weapon.
Oi, oi, the enemy is just an ordinary elite soldier!
Equipping something like that is enough to destroy a country!
But Momonga only glanced at the staff before putting it away again, then took out a perfect replica instead.
Luke blinked, then quickly understood — if the guild weapon was destroyed, the guild itself would cease to exist.
There’s no way Momonga would take that risk.
Steady Mouse truly lives up to his name.
Luke couldn’t help but admire him.
Just then, the girl in the image was wounded on the back while trying to escape — time was critical.
Momonga instantly spoke the spell name: “Teleportation!”
In just a moment, Momonga arrived at the destination.
…
“Momonga!
Why did you use single-target Teleportation instead of a group Gate spell?
I’m still here, Momonga!!”
“…
I forgot.
Luke-san, you take your time getting here.
I’ll start the first wave.”
“Momonga, my bro!
Don’t do me like this — it’s really not a big deal to just come back and pick me up!”
“No time.
Farewell, Luke-san!” Find the original chapter at g.com.
“Momonga, this kind of behavior is what gets you hacked to pieces, you know that?!
Hey?
Hey?
Hey!”
Luke shouted furiously, but it was clear that the old skeleton had already begun his performance and closed the channel.
No helping it.
Time to look for another caster…
“Hatsune waifu, here’s the situation… mm-hmm, hurry over… remember to put on your gear.
For now, just you — no need to bring Tianyi, Shana, or Warsong.”
…
Meanwhile, Momonga’s vision shifted instantly.
Hmm.
Looks like the enemy didn’t have teleportation-blocking magic prepared.
Steady Mouse let out a small sigh of relief — if he had failed to save them and someone else got the credit, that would have been bad.
Hmm?
Luke-san’s voice channel?
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Momonga hastily shut off the call — whew, forgot about that.
Oh well, no big deal.
In front of Momonga stood the terrified older sister and younger girl.
The older girl had long chestnut hair tied in a simple braid.
Her skin was sun-kissed to a healthy wheat color, but now, from injury and fear, it was completely drained of blood.
Her dark eyes brimmed with tears, filled with unmistakable despair.
The younger sister buried her face in her sister’s waist, trembling uncontrollably.
Momonga turned his icy gaze toward the knight standing before the two girls.
Perhaps due to the sheer shock of this sudden monster’s appearance, the knight froze, staring at Momonga.
He could have easily struck down the villagers who humiliated him moments ago — yet his sword remained still.
Momonga didn’t know what exactly had happened before he arrived, but attacking women and children clearly had nothing to do with “justice.”
Though he had only ever PKed in-game, and had always lived a peaceful life in reality, he felt no fear at all before the battle to come.
Since he didn’t know the opponent’s strength, it was better to start with a lethal spell.
“Grasp Heart…”
The effect of this spell was exactly as its name suggested — to crush the enemy’s heart.
In the field of necromancy, Momonga’s specialty, this was one of the most powerful spells available.
If the target had extremely high magic resistance, Grasp Heart would at least inflict a Confusion debuff.
If the enemy was that strong, Steady Mouse was fully prepared to grab the two girls, open a Gate, and retreat.
Before knowing the enemy’s strength, he had already prepared both the perfect attack and escape plan.
The title of “Most Cautious in History” was not just for show!
But in reality, no escape was necessary.
With the sensation of crushing something soft in his hand, the knight collapsed silently to the ground.
Momonga looked coldly at the fallen knight.
As expected, even after killing, he felt nothing.
No guilt, no confusion — it was as if he had just crushed an ant underfoot.
There wasn’t the slightest ripple in his heart.
In that moment, he understood — not just his body, but even his heart was no longer human.
At least, he could no longer think the way a human would.
Momonga stepped forward.
As he passed by the older sister, she made a questioning sound.
‘What was she saying?
Couldn’t understand her at all.’
‘As expected, Luke-san’s claim that “everyone in this world speaks Japanese as the common language!” was totally unreliable.’
In fact, Enri hadn’t spoken at all — she was simply so terrified by Momonga’s presence that she let out a meaningless whimper…
At that moment, another knight appeared from behind a house.
He was visibly startled by Momonga’s appearance, and took a step back.
‘The last one was killed with an instant-death effect, so this time, try a different spell.
What to use… Metal armor is usually weak to electricity, right?’
‘If this were a game, armor usually came with lightning resistance — but still, let’s go with that.’
‘Might as well keep him alive to interrogate him later…’
[Dragon Lightning]
Dragon Lightning — a 5th-tier spell.
Since it wasn’t an undead-type spell, there was no additional bonus damage.
In Momonga’s eyes, it was a very weak spell — if used against the Floor Guardians, it would almost be insulting.
But clearly, the knight didn’t see it that way.
He had no way to dodge or defend against it.
In an instant, the dragon-shaped lightning struck him head-on.
A flash of blinding white light followed.
Then came the smell of scorched flesh.
Steady Mouse was left dumbfounded.
That weak?