Great time travel

Chapter 12. On How to Pretend in Another World

PS: Regarding the [Portal] magic in "Overlord", although it is indeed very convenient, it has a shortcoming, that is, it cannot open the [Portal] to places that have not been visited.In other words, it can only be used in the game map that has been lit.

Of course, this "lit up" map does not necessarily require players to go there in person, and it is also possible to send subordinates or use long-range reconnaissance props.

But despite this, in the early days of traveling through different worlds, the area of ​​the map that has been lit up is still very small.

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In short, the Lich King Momonga, or the office worker Suzuki Satoru, now has a headache to find that the common sense he learned in his past life is not the same as the common sense here.In other words, all kinds of common sense on the earth are completely unusable in this strange world!

This is really a huge trouble. If you don't even have the most basic common sense, you may make fatal mistakes unknowingly.

Even on the modern earth, there are many areas where ordinary people would hack people to death in the street because of a wrong gesture or even some kind of dietary taboo.And in this fantasy world where the social development level is obviously more backward, there may be more similar taboos.

But now he and the entire Nazarick Tomb are in a state of serious lack of basic common sense. They must find a way to solve it, but they can't think of any good solution at all.And as the only allies of the "21st century ancient players", those who can "log in" to this world through the computer network, it seems that they are not very helpful in this regard. After all, they are also earthlings... But at least they should Ask about it.

After all, with the backing of the government of a big country on the opposite side, top think tanks from all walks of life can be gathered for analysis and judgment.

Although there is a century gap between the time I was born and the world over there, since I have left the earth in the 22nd century and come to a different world full of fantasy, the difference in technological level has long since lost its meaning.As for the internal logic of various political and military struggles and interpersonal relationships, the human society on earth in the 21st century is not much different from the human society on earth in the 22nd century.

As an ordinary office worker in the 22nd century with only a primary school education, Momonga doesn't think that the wisdom in his head can be compared with the top wise men on earth 100 years ago.The only worry is whether the other party is trustworthy - but right now there is really no better choice, anyway, the other party is also a human from the same earth as himself, at least for now it seems that he still has good intentions.If you shut them out because of excessive hostility, then you really don't even have a suitable person to sit with and discuss countermeasures.

So, Momonga walked out of the temple, looked around, and found that those "21st century ancient players" did not stay in the courtyard, but gathered on the top of the city wall.When he also jumped onto the city wall, he happened to witness a spectacle outside the city wall:
The vast grassland seems to have turned into the sea, producing undulating waves on the surface.One after another, raised mounds appeared on the ground one after another, and then gradually gathered together, finally turning into a tsunami-like giant wave of earth and rocks, slowly pressing down on Nazarick from all directions!

The next moment, a huge mudslide hit the solid wall of Nazarick, and then shattered, receded, and solidified, and finally turned into a circle of towering mounds surrounding the Great Tomb of Nazarick, like a crater or a crater. The surface courtyard of the Salick necropolis is hidden in the center.

In this way, although it is still impossible to hide from the guys flying through the sky, for those travelers walking on the ground in the distance, looking over from their height, the entrance to the surface of Nazarick has completely become an ordinary building. There is no trace of any artificial construction.

"...What a convenient technique! A mound of earth was piled up in an instant..." Watching the dark elf mage Mare standing on the city wall and waving his magic wand, he adjusted the waves of the soil like a conductor. Political commissar Guo, who looked like he was squatting on the wall, couldn't help but praise him.

"...This is 【Great Wave】. In the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Mare is the only one who can use this magic."

Momonga, who walked slowly over, replied, "...However, the bare soil like this is still very conspicuous, and the big hole that appears after digging the soil will also make people feel strange, so we need to pile up a few more mounds. to confuse the view, and plant grass and trees on the earth to hide it..."

"... Well, in this way, this place is perfectly camouflaged, of course, without considering the enemy's air power."

Professor Guo nodded, and pondered, "...But, regarding this aspect, Mr. Flying Squirrel must have already prepared for it!"

"...Yes, after the surrounding camouflage is completed, I will cast a permanent illusion in the sky, so that it will be foolproof."

Momonga replied, "...But we can't just hide here and avoid contact with the outside world. What's your opinion on this issue?"

"...In fact, Mr. Momonga, our staff team has already discussed this issue and drawn up a preliminary plan. We just need your cooperation..." Political Commissar Guo said with a smile, and at the same time pulled out another A negotiator who logs in to another world with the image of a goblin—comrade political commissar is not particularly good at fooling people, but in the Beidaihe command center in the modern world, professional fools abound.

"... I wonder if you can spare some time to listen to our 'Fantasy and Different World Human Social Contact Plan'?"

"...ah... then let's talk about it..." Momonga froze for a moment, then said with great interest.

"...Then, our preliminary plan is this. First, you should dress up as a magic caster who roams around..."

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On the surface, the "infiltrating reconnaissance plan" formulated by the relevant departments for Mr. Lich King Feishu is very scientific and reasonable.Without revealing the specific location of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, it can penetrate into nearby human settlements at the fastest speed and collect relevant information at close range.

Specifically, the Lich King Flying Squirrel was first disguised as a wandering and powerful magic caster, and with a large number of followers, he rushed through the forest and came to Karn Village, showing the In front of the indigenous villagers of this time and space.

Then, everyone rested in Kahn Village for a day. At the same time, they used the excuse that they were tired of traveling and wanted to find a place suitable for settlement, and asked the villagers about the geographical and political conditions nearby.Finally, hire a guide in the village and go to the fortress city.Lantil, and through the guide hired by the village, rented a residence in the city, so that he could settle down smoothly, collect information while planning the next move.

Of course, whether you hire a guide or live in a city, you need to spend money.Considering that Momonga does not have the coins of this world, letting the YGGDRASIL game gold coins spread out may cause risks.The relevant department also ordered to sneak into the fortress city before.Rantil's Cat Scouts, through the player's Thief skill, managed to steal some otherworldly coins and bring them back to the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Although the amount of money is not much, it is enough to last for a while.The remaining shortfall can be raised by selling materials from the Great Tomb.

——For the above arrangement, neither the Lich King Momonga nor his subordinates have any objections.However, in the next step, there was a fierce dispute over the choice of follower to follow Momonga to Karn Village, as well as the issue of clothing and ceremonial guards: Momonga originally only planned to take a battle maid from the Pleiades star cluster along casually, and in addition The last cat person who was in charge of leading the way was unexpectedly rejected by everyone, and the reaction was fierce.

At this moment, Momonga was sitting depressed in the office, being reprimanded in turn by a cockroach with a height of thirty centimeters and a cat of the same size.

"...Mr. Momonga, I am very happy to see you so energetic. But as the Lord of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, don't you really understand, Mr. Momonga? As a noble My king, you must have enough ostentation and retinue when you travel, otherwise you will make those lowly people look down on your status, and it is also an insult to the collective of the Great Tomb of Nazarick!"

The one who said the above words was a huge cockroach with a solemn posture and an elegant tone.Yes, that's right, an oversized cockroach.It stood upright on its hind legs, with a bright red luxurious cloak on its back, and a golden crown on its head.Holding a scepter with a pure white gem on top in his hand, while staring at the Lich King with its small eyes, his tone is as serious as a court teacher:
The name of this cockroach is Lord Terror, and it is one of the few existences with a clear aristocratic status in this Nazarick tomb, and is proficient in the communication etiquette of the upper class.Hearing that Momonga-sama is going to travel, he hurried over to impart various precautions about royal demeanor and aristocratic etiquette.

Beside this extra-large cockroach nobleman, another pedantic cat with glasses kept nodding in agreement:
"...Mr. Horror is right. Throughout the ages, people in the world dislike the poor and love the rich. Since you don't plan to pretend to be a savage or a beggar in this world this time, then you don't need to be easy-going, visit privately, or dress up It is more suitable for the rich and powerful to form servants and groups..."

"...but... I actually want to take a closer look at this world as an adventurer! Wouldn't it be inappropriate if I made it too grandiose?" Momonga said shyly—— Being an aborigine of this world, such an idea is obviously a little different, but it is a very normal way of thinking for a computer game player who came to this place: why not play fantasy games if you are not an adventurer?

It's a pity that everyone present didn't seem to agree with Lich King Momonga's naive idea.

"...Alas?~!!! How can this be possible??" The scream of Albedo, the headmistress of the devil, immediately rang out: "...How can the Supreme Supreme Momonga-sama be allowed to go out and take risks in person, doing such a thing? Despicable things? Please let me go instead of you!"

"...Your Majesty Momonga, according to our intelligence personnel's reconnaissance in the fortress city, the status and reputation of real adventurers in this world may not be as high as those in computer games. It’s just social security and mercenaries.”

The cat scholar, who came from the same earth as Momonga, also shook his head repeatedly, disapproving, "...Of course, the group of adventurers mixed with dragons and snakes is also an important channel to help us understand the world and obtain necessary information. So, please You don’t have to be too impatient, you can show off your pomp, build a house in the fortress city, set up an information station, and then change your identity to be an adventurer..."

Under the unanimous opposition of all parties, Momonga finally had to temporarily give up his plan to be an adventurer.Although he really wanted to see the world as an adventurer, but if he insisted on any reason, he couldn't find any reason other than the habitual thinking of playing games!

If there were only the guardians of the guild around him, he could still pretend to be the master and press down hard, but now there are "allies" from the 21st century earth in front of him, and if he insists on being stubborn for no reason, it will only make himself appear It's just unreasonable trouble and loss of status.

Then, regarding Momonga’s own attire, a cat scholar unceremoniously criticized, “…as a magic caster who surpasses ordinary people, it doesn’t matter if you wear this exaggerated black robe, but You probably have been playing on the Lich for too long, and you have forgotten the general fear and hostility of the living towards undead creatures! Before you go out, please find something at least to give that skull face and chest ribs Cover it up!"

In this regard, the Flying Squirrel Lich King expressed his humility to be taught, but because there was no such demand before, it seemed that he could not find a suitable thing for a while.

And letting Momonga himself use spells to create a mask or helmet to wear would seriously hamper him from casting any new magic.In the end, the Lich King Flying Squirrel only found a red [Masque of the Envious]...it doesn't have any special effects, as long as you go online within a certain time on Christmas Eve, you will get it automatically. It was once in the official discussion area Event props that caused a large-scale negative sensation——Only those single players who can’t go out for appointments on Christmas Eve in reality and can only spend time in the game can get such useless and shameful props...

Although the appearance of this pair of masks is ugly, wearing this thing at least does not affect the casting of spells, so it is just enough to make do with it.

The next question is who to choose for the entourage: Since the visit to Karn Village is scheduled during the day, considering the weakening effect of sunlight on vampires, and the large tomb itself needs manpower to guard, Shalltear, the true ancestor of vampires, chose out.Then, because the cat reconnaissance team of the relevant department saw the scene of forest elf slaves being dragged away with iron chains on the streets of the fortress city, they thought that elves might be discriminated against in human society in this world, so the Great Tomb Sixth The guardians of the layer, the dark elf siblings Aura and Mare are also out.In addition, because the flying squirrel was traveling in disguise as a human this time, and the appearance of the subordinates had to be more similar to that of a human, so the group of undead creatures, insects, and unsightly demons were eliminated.The guardian of the seventh floor, the demon gentleman Demiurge, had no choice but to be eliminated because he couldn't hide the lizard tail.

In fact, just in terms of labor, the Nazarick Great Tomb has ample manpower, because as a guild stronghold, the Great Tomb itself can regularly obtain a large number of free NPCs.The highest level of these automatically appearing NPCs is only up to level [-], so it is actually not very useful for defending against intruders - other players.Fortunately, even if they are destroyed, they will automatically resurrect after a period of time, and the guild does not need to pay any fees.However, the problem is that these automatically appearing NPCs are all undead monsters such as skeleton soldiers, zombies, and liches. Players cannot change their appearance and AI programs according to their own preferences, so there is no way to bring them into human beings right now. Society dangles.

In view of the above considerations, the list of attendants for the trip to Karn Village was finalized, only the devil matriarch Albedo, the dragon-man butler Sebastian who looks no different from a human, and the "double phantom" who can change into a human form to fight Maid Narberal Gamma fighting slime monster Maid Suo Liuxiang Epsilon.Among them, Albedo, the Demon Matron, had to wear full body armor and a helmet to cover up her demon wings and horns on her head.

And the pack beasts of this team obviously couldn't use the nightmare horse or skeleton horse from the Great Tomb of Nazarick. In the end, the "21st Century Ancients" logged in and created two "transportation" iron golems, mounted on their backs. A huge cargo box was built to carry luggage for the Lich King and his party.

On the other hand, modern China's "command center for combat against foreign worlds" in another world is also mobilized, mobilizing ten full-level cat players, in addition to bringing along cat priest Chen Xin and cat knight Rachel Some of the newcomers trapped in the infinite space, such as the slime mage Jismei, are exercising, and the little fairy Flor is worried about her twin sister, so she insists on following.In this way, there are twelve cats, one goblin and one slime. There are more cats pretending to be pets in the whole team than "people".Momonga is quite critical of this.But Commissar Guo only asked a question: Which is more terrifying, the necromancer who is surrounded by skeletons, or the cat-keeper who likes pets?Momonga fell silent.

Finally, just in case, the Great Tomb of Nazarick also dispatched an army of eight-legged assassin insects with stealth function, led by the spider-man combat maid Idoma Basilisa Zeta, and followed the team Behind, as a backup backup force.

On the whole, it seems that it is a bit too motivating, but since it was originally intended to show off and pretend to be aggressive, it doesn't care about wasting money and people.

In short, the second night of the Great Tomb of Nazarick's journey through another world passed quickly amid the busy preparations for "The Lich King's Trip".At the same time, amidst the ignorance of the president of the Lich King, Momonga and his NPC subordinates, and the pretending stupidity of everyone in the modern world of the 21st century, the destination they planned to visit, Karn Village, was about to disappear. To encounter a bloody brutal attack...