Great time travel

Chapter 13, The Runaway Cat

On the third day after the Great Tomb of Nazarick traveled through another world, the residents of Karn Village, ten kilometers away, still knew nothing about it.

By the same token, these villagers who had no news were completely unaware of the doom they were about to encounter.

The morning sun gradually illuminates the earth, and the darkness in the forest recedes quietly like a tide.The thick white mist flickers and flows with the morning light.

Enri, a young girl from Carne Village on this day.Emmott, as usual, went to the well to fetch water after getting up.

Open the door with the bucket in hand, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and then walk towards the well platform.

"... yo." An Li rolled up her sleeves, revealing her skin that hadn't been exposed to the sun, and her snow-white complexion was quite eye-catching.Although the arms that have been trained by farm work are slender, they are very strong and slightly muscular.

While putting the wooden bucket into the well, An Li deliberately looked around carefully, but she didn't find the cute little black cat she met yesterday, and she couldn't help but sighed in disappointment, "...Hey, everything is wrong. It's still the same as usual!"

Indeed, in such an isolated rural place as Kahn Village, there are very few new things happening.Occasionally, there are short gossips from parents, which can make people talk about it for a long time.For example, the biggest news in the village these days is the unlucky incident at the village chief's house.Yesterday, the whole family overslept and delayed their farm work. Then the village chief fell into a coma when he went into the woods to collect firewood. Said that their family was plagued by bad luck. (Poor village chief...)
While thinking this in her heart, An Li carried the wooden bucket and walked home, but suddenly she seemed to hear some noisy voice.

Looking in the direction of the sound, her heart was gripped tightly by a fear she had never had before!
——The sound of horseshoes, the smoke and dust, and the following... wailing?
It was like the sound of a bird being choked, but it was definitely not the sound of a bird!
Anli's spine couldn't help but feel a chill, and her mind went blank. She only knew that she subconsciously threw the bucket away, turned around and ran home.

The ominous sound came again, making Enli's heart beat violently: this is the wail of human beings!Absolutely!

The roaring of horses, the wailing of men, the chaotic shouts and the stench of burnt wood are becoming more and more distinct.

In front of Anli's eyes, she could already see strangers in armor wielding swords and killing familiar villagers.

An Li continued to run hard towards home.When fleeing to a spacious place, I try to shrink my body as much as possible, or hide in the corner of the house and move. When I see a familiar villager lying at my feet, I just try to cover my mouth to avoid making a sound.Fortunately, there were not many enemies pouring into the village at this time, and Anli managed to run into her house after all. Seeing that her father, mother, and younger sister Nim were all safe and sound, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, just when the four members of Emmott's family were finally reunited and were about to pack up their packages and flee into the forest, disaster suddenly struck:

A knight dressed in full body armor appeared at the door holding a blood-dripping sword, with the emblem of the Bajas Empire engraved on his chest.

Even with Enli's poor knowledge, she knew that the Bajas Empire was her motherland.An enemy country of the Kingdom of Yestij, who has often waged wars against the Kingdom over the years.However, the flames of previous wars usually only burned in the fortress city.The surroundings of Lantil have not yet spread to this remote village.

However, today, the peaceful life belonging to Kahn Village seems to have finally come to an end.

There is no point in dying and resisting. The machetes and axes that ordinary farmers can have can't deal with such a strong full-body armor.

"...Let's go!" An Li's father let out a desperate cry, and rushed up desperately, holding the knight's hands and feet with his body. A way out.

Immediately afterwards, the mother was cut down shortly after she escaped from the room, and only Enli was left holding the hand of her younger sister and still running with great strides.

Horse hissing, roaring, metal crashing, and the smell of burning were constantly permeating from every corner of the village.

The fear in her heart seemed to freeze her body, and the violent heartbeat made her breathless.

But for the hope of surviving, 16-year-old An Li dragged her younger sister and ran desperately to the big forest outside the village.

Unfortunately, she was still a little slow after all...

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At the same time, the Lich King Flying Squirrel, who had already brought a large number of people, rushed to the vicinity of Karn Village, but lost the chain at a critical moment.

Because, it wasn't until this moment that he realized to his astonishment that a serious link seemed to have been missed in this pretentious trip.

In order to pretend to be aggressive in front of the natives of this world, the majestic retinue, luxurious robes, dazzling staff and armor are all ready.The scary skull heads are also covered with gorgeous costumes and special masks.

But what about your name?
As a great, noble, wealthy magician who travels around the world, how can he lack a resounding and resounding name?

"...The name "Flying Squirrel" doesn't seem to be loud enough! It doesn't matter in the game, but it's not like that in reality."

Standing in the forest outside Karn Village, the Lich King Momonga muttered distressedly, "...especially if the other party can understand the meaning of Japanese..."

——As a perfectionist with a typical Japanese character, Momonga-sama also seems to have the problem of paying too much attention to details.

"...the greatest Supreme Being! Why is there a problem with your name?"

Albedo, the headmistress of the devil who was set to love the Lich King deeply, was immediately excited when she heard her lord's self-deprecating words, "... who! Who dares to question and belittle the honorable name of Momonga-sama? No? Albedo will definitely take the heads of such disrespectful and rebellious people!"

However, Wang Qiu and the others took it seriously—even if there are many cultural differences between Japan and China, saying someone is like a mouse in Japanese is definitely not a good compliment.In martial arts novels, there are many knight-errants who don't pay much attention to their names. Some are called A Fei, some are called A Niu, and some are even called A Dog, but they have never heard of a man named A Shu.Even if there are legends about the so-called "Chinchmouse" Bai Yutang and "Five Rats in Tokyo", they are still names of thieves.However, associating the majestic great magician with the mouse feels like a cheap look no matter how you look at it.

"...That's true. The screen name of Momonga, no matter whether it is used as a real name or a nickname, seems a bit too rustic."

Ignoring Albedo's gaze that seemed to kill someone, the tabby cat mage Wang Qiu calmly agreed, "...Considering the social environment here, should we choose a new western-style name? For example... Merlin? Gandalf ? Harry Potter? Dumbledore? Or Voldemort?"

"... Changing a new name so suddenly seems to be overwhelming! And for some reason, I always feel that there is some kind of deep malice in your suggestion..." Feishu looked at Wang Qiumiao suspiciously, "...However, what you said is not unreasonable. After arriving in this fantasy world, it seems that it is necessary to do as the Romans do... Well, let's just use the guild name, which is also Western. Everyone, from now on, I will change it. Name. From now on, when everyone calls me, they will call me Ainz Ooal Gown—Ainz for short. Do you have any opinions?"

Ainz, the Lich King who had just changed his name, asked several guild NPCs around him, but of course no one objected.

——There was only one answer from the very beginning, no one in the Great Tomb of Nazarick would oppose the Supreme Leader who led them.

Albedo immediately echoed with a smile all over her face: "...Understood, my lord, we have all remembered your new surname and name. Lord Ainz Ooal Kung, long live! The greatest and wisest The supreme being, Lord Ainz Ooal Gown, all members of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick swear allegiance to you!" Immediately afterwards, the rest of the guild NPCs also bowed to the lord and shouted loudly at the same time, "...Long live Lord Ainz Ooal Gown! Our Supreme Commander, Lord Ainz Ooal Gown! We will dedicate everything to you and pledge our allegiance to you to the death!"

As for Wang Qiumiao and other kitten players, after exchanging a few glances with each other, out of politeness, they all bowed their heads to express their congratulations.

Faced with such a frenzied atmosphere, the Lich King seemed at a loss for a while, so he nodded casually, expressing that he knew everything.

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After solving the last pretentious detail, the exploration team from another world continued to pass through the forest and head towards Karn Village.

Then, at the edge of the forest, they found that the small mountain village in front of them was supposed to be very quiet, but now it seemed a bit too lively.

"...It looks very noisy... Could this be... some kind of festival?"

Ainz, the Lich King, couldn't help but bewildered as he vaguely saw people running around in the village from a distance, entering and leaving houses continuously early in the morning.

For the first thought of this serious lack of crisis awareness, Wang Qiu had the urge to reach out and knock hard on his skull.

"...No, this is not a celebration. Ainz-sama, it is a massacre!"

On the other hand, Sebas the dragonman steward, a rare kind person in the tomb of Nazarick, who was rampant with evil spirits, stared at the distant scene with sharp eyes, and replied with a voice like steel.There was obvious disgust in his tone.

Ainz was startled when he heard this, and cast a spell similar to a telescope. He looked carefully, and he saw many corpses dressed up by villagers and armored knights wielding swords.It was obvious that the knights were slaughtering the villagers unilaterally. Every time they swung their swords, some villagers fell.The villagers had no means of resistance and could only run away, while the knights seemed to be having fun chasing and teasing them, even throwing their horses in the wheat field.

This is massacre... Ainz, who had already turned into a lich, still felt disgusted by this scene because of the "residues of the human soul".

But his mood was only a little unhappy, and it hadn't risen to the level of anger.Even these unpleasant emotions are mainly aimed at the "disruption of the scheduled plan", not the massacre of the villagers by the knights.After all, Ainz, who was able to choose the Lich in the game, has never been a partner of justice, and he will never become mad as soon as he sees this kind of scene, and recklessly go up to "eliminate the strong and help the weak"!
First of all, he is still not sure how powerful these majestic-looking knights are.Although I am a full-level player at level [-], and I have a few powerful NPCs with me, there are quite a few knights attacking Karn Village.Once they fight, there may be damage, and this is obviously not worth it. After all, these villagers are not relatives or relatives to themselves, and they seem to have no reason to save them as visitors from other worlds.

Besides, the knight who slaughtered the villagers did not necessarily represent evil.Although this scene looks like a unilateral killing by the knights, the villagers may also have their own methods of death, such as harboring rebels, colluding with the enemy, selling banned drugs, etc., or they must be killed if they are infected with the plague. Get rid of it, and it may be a war between countries.If he repelled the knights who were ordered to act, he might even turn against their country.

In this way, the best countermeasure should be to continue to stay here and die.Because I can't see the reason, value and benefit of saving people.

But the problem is...he not only has his own loyal subordinates, but also a group of "ancient players" from the 21st century...

In terms of status, they should be equal to themselves, and they seem to have no right to issue orders to them.

Therefore, Lich King Ainz thought about it, and decided to seek the opinions of these allies first.

"...That...Mr. Wang, what are you planning to do? Or continue to Kahn Village as planned?"

Thus, Lich King Ainz raised his head and asked a certain tabby mage lying on a tree branch overlooking the killing field.

"...Uh? Are you asking me meow?" Tabby cat Wang Qiu blinked his eyes, "...on this matter, I respect your judgment meow..."

However, as soon as he said this, he suddenly got stuck, and then he burst into a roar: "... Rachel! Flor! Damn it! Why do you rush forward so casually? Discipline concept Where did everyone go, meow? There is no other way! All attack! Everyone go together!"

Then, while the Lich King Ainz was stunned, a group of cats ran wildly towards Karn Village like wild horses...