Chapter 2: A prison or a new beginning?
Momonga and Tabula, were currently on the 9th Level of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
They had just finished the mechanism simulating day and night on this floor.
The Floor was structured into 3 different Areas, a Mountain with a Shinto Temple on top, a Forest covered in fog with a lake at its center and a forest of Cherry Blossom Trees with the Imperial Pagoda in its center.
And the day and night rhythm was the last missing function on this floor. At first they wanted to delay making the 9th floor, but after taking a look at what the blueprints truly were, they couldn't wait to start their work on it.
This was a floor with a scenery they could only dream of in reality and with many of them having Japanese heritage, they immediatly knew that they would need to first make this floor. Even if it was just to see its beauty.
And so they did. Now that they were finished, they could focus on making the Npc's for this floor, as well as the development of the other floors.
"Which Npc were you assigned again on this floor Momonga?" Tabula suddenly asked curiously.
"Huh? Weren't you there when we split the work?" Momonga was a bit perplexed by the question.
Tabula seemed a bit ashamed, *Cough* "I was a bit to focused on my ideas for the backstory of the Temple Miko..."
Momonga had to doubt his ears for a moment, before laughing, "Hahah, that sounds like you Tabula!" it took him a moment before calming down and addressing Tabula again.
"I was assigned to the design of the Floor Guardian, together with Touch-me and Ulbert, this will be a real headache..."
Tabula seemed to share Momonga's sentiment, "You will probably play peacemaker more than half the time..."
Momonga felt his Guildmate was right and didn't say more, though he liked all of his guildmates, sometimes the problems between Touch-me and Ulbert were just too much.
"Anyway, let's go back, I really want to start working on this floor Guardian."
Tabula agreed but asked with curiousity, "Did you already decide something for the Npc?"
Momonga nodded and answered, "Mhm, we at least decided that his name would be "Shuten Dōji" after a japanese myth and that he will like to drink very much, it just fits to well with the World Item, haha"
When he said the last part, he couldn't help it but chuckle a bit, it was ridiculous that all of them were of one mind on this one.
Tabula Chuckled along, "Haha, we have also at least chosen a name and ah... yes right we wanted to call for another meeting, because we had the idea of having the two girls being the fiances of your Shuten Dōji."
"Ha... my Npc is far ahead of me..." Momonga mumbled after hearing Tabula's suggestion, Tabula could only chuckle when he heard it.
Momonga then went on, "Yeah I think this could be a cool idea, especially since the two women are [Queen]'s of their races and he is a [Wicked Oni] which is seen asbthe leader of his race and even a special Yokai... I will speak to the others and then tell you."
"True, though i am still a bit suprised about the specification... anyway thanks." Tabula thanked him and the two finally left the 9th Level.
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Three people stood before a white silhouette, they seemed to be discussing something while pointing at the silhouette from time to time.
Those were the three player responsible for the creation of "Shuten Dōji", the [Unique Npc], Touch-me, Ulbert and Momonga.
Momonga was a skeleton, wearing magnificent Ravenblack robes and exquisite items. Ulbert on the other hand was Demon in the image of a Goat, walking on two feet and dressed in a military uniform. The last was Touch-me, who as always was fully covered in his World Champion full plate armor.
"I think a lazy personality fits much better than a hard working!" Ulbert argued aloud.
"No why should we make him a lazy ass, I don't like it!" Touch-me disagreed.
Momonga sighed and interupted them, "Guys stop, Touch-me I have to agree with Ulbert on this, a lazy personality fits him best. But I think we could make it that if he is interested in something he is the hardest worker possible."
Having found a middle way, even if both knew that most of their squabble came from their own problems with eachother, it felt always like they were just water and fire when working with eachother.
They were currently editing the last pieces of his backstory before finally starting the Npc.
They had now worked for over half a year on him and there were already enough problems with Ulbert and Touch-me, that Momonga thought about quitting the game for a while.
"Okay... now let's initiate the creation... you have the items with you?" Momonga started to apply their programming for creation, while asking his comrades about their parts.
The two nodded and started to take out items which they had prepared for their new Npc, most of these items were on Divine class rank, which made this Npc probably one of the best outfitted Npc's in all of Yggdrasil.
As most Npc's only had one or two divine Class items.
Slowly, the white silhouette started to change, growing bigger, until it reached 2.5 m. Than the white light turned into skin, much human-like at first but it seemed to have a red hue to it. A face started to appear, handsome and masculine, the canine teeth being to long to stay inside his mouth, coming out between the lips.
Hair started to grow on its own, growing until it reached the neck in length, while at first white, it soon turned pitch black and showing a wild style.
Two horns sprouted on the hairline on his forehead, they weren't long, but clearly visible.
A tall lean muscled Kijin now replaced the white silhouette, completely naked, though censored as was nessessary inside a game according to cyber law.
"Nice! He looks great!" Momonga said with excitement evident in his voice.
The other two nodded their heads aswell in satisfaction, before Ulbert spoke up, "Okay now let's equip him!"
The other two nodded and then they started to give him everything they had prepared for him.
When they were done, they were even more satisfied then before.
They had already come to the place where he was to live in, from the beginning. As they thought to start him in his new home was what they ought to do if it was possible.
The three looked at eachother and nodded, now finally the time to start himself would come, "I would really like to see you in action..." Touch-me muttered as Momonga activated Shuten Dōji.
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He had died, though he didn't know how and everything happend to fast it was clear that he had died.
So why did he suddenly feel like life filled him?
Was he not dead but in a coma? Or something else?
He didn't know and right now his mind felt fuzzy, like it had been shut down forcefully and then reactivated forcefully.
It felt like his head had been opened everything ripped out and then put into place somewhere else.
Then suddenly he realized he felt his body, 'Am I not dead?' some hope filled him for a moment, but then he realized he couldn't move at all.
He was neither able to move a single muscle, nor open his eyes or mouth. Horror filled his heart as he felt terrified, 'Am I... am I a cripple?'.
It was an expected thought, for someone who thought himself dead and then woke up only to have no control over his body whatsoever.
Then voices reached his ears, they sounded deep and a bit creepy if he had to tell the truth.
Then one of the voices seemed to command someone, "Open your eyes."
To his horror, he opened his eyes at the command of the being, he had no idea what was going on, but his heart was filled with terror he never expected possible.
Than utter suprise flooded his mind and heart, because in front of him stood three monsters.
'Those... those people are...'
Now this would normally warrant an invitation into a clinic for mental illness, but in this case it was Special.
'Momonga... Ulber Alain Odle... Touch-me...'
In front of him stood three beings, a skeleton Mage in gorgeous black robes, a Goat-like Demon in a military uniform and lastly someone covered from head to toe in armor.
He had known all three of them, as he was someone who read the light novel since the first season of the anime came out.
Not really knowing what to think, his mind which had just started again moments ago shut down immediately.
It took awhile before his mind came back to it's senses, 'I died... now I wake up and can't move... in front of me are three people I know from a novel...was I reincarnated? As an Npc?'
He realized what had happend to him as he gradually calmed his mind and focused on the essence of everything that was going on.
Meanwhile the three of Momonga, Ulbert and Touch-me seemed to inspect him, while talking among themselves.
Although he knew they were talking, he couldn't hear a thing of their words, though he didn't know why.
'Hm...? Am I not a little to calm?' He suddenly realized that there were more things, which seemed very wrong to him, 'Also why is my fear and terror gone so easily? Something is definitely going on.'.
At this moment, the voice of Momonga again reached his ears. It was unclear to him why he could only hear Momonga and only when he was addressed, but it still caught his attention.
"Now let's upload his backstory and the programming, since the character seems to work fine so far."
The other two nodded in acknowledgement, waiting for Momonga to start the process.
The one in front of them, into whom they want to put in some things on the other hand started to panic a little.
'It seems I am indeed a Npc in Nazarick though I do not know, where I will be placed or what I am...?! what about uploading something into me?!'
Though he would very much like to protest he couldn't do anything, but there was still a gain as he could see his Status window which was opened by Momonga to put his backstory into the description.
'Woah shit...' he was a bit stunned by what was written there.
[Name : Shuten Dōji
Job : Floor Guardian of the 9th Underground Floor of Nazarick
Residence : 9-layered Imperial Pagoda on the 9th Floor
Items : [Shihakushō], [Demon King's Haori], [Asura's Kanabo], [Monkey King's Guardbottle], [Night Walker's Sandals], [Death's Amulet], [Night King's Kasa hat], [Yokai King's Sashi], [Armor of the Kijin King], ...
Racial Class Level :
Kijin Warrior - Lv.15
Kijin Lord - Lv.5
Wicked Oni - Lv.5
Job Class Level :
Master Fighter - Lv.10
High Berserker - Lv.10
Youki Master - Lv.10
Drunken Berserker - Lv.10
Destroyer - Lv.10
High Elementalist (Black Lightning) - Lv.10
Drunken Calamity - Lv.5
King of Combat - Lv.5
Doombringer - Lv.5
Alignment : Extreme Evil
Sense of Justice : -500
Level 100: {Racial Level:25|Job Level:75}
{Statpoints: 900}
HP : 120
MP : 80
Phy. Attack : 120
Phy. Defense : 100
Agillity : 100
Mag. Attack : 80
Mag. Defense : 100
Resist : 100
Special : 100]
This was much more than what he expected, 'I was reborn as a Kijin? Did that quiz have anything to do with this?' He asked himself but in the end should he be grateful or not? If he was sincerely answering, than it was grateful...
There was nothing exiting about his life in his own opinion and while he had a couple of girlfriends, he had no family, leaving him with no obligations for which he should try to return.
'Living as a Floor Guardian shouldn't be a bad life and with this strength...' although he didn't know what happend, he found now that he should be very thankful about this situation.
Then, suddenly a stinging pain entered his mind and information started to be forcibly pressed into it.
To him it felt like someone was using a jackhammer to hammer a billion books into his head, in one word it was a horrible experience. One probably no one wants to experience.
He didn't know how long the pain held on, the only thing he knew was that he was glad when it was over.
'Shit, what was...?' He wanted to as himself what happend to him for a moment but then realized it, 'This is... information about my classes, skills, items and even... Nazarick...'
They had dumped a seemingly huge amount of information dumped into his brain and there was more...
'So my name is Shuten Dōji... isn't this the name of an Oni of Japanese folklore?' he thought about it for a moment, but then couldn't continue as Momonga addressed him.
"So, hello Shuten Dōji, I am Momonga, the Guildmaster of Ainz Ooal Gown."
"Haha, Momonga why do you introduce yourself to an npc?"
"Why not? Let him do his thing."
Momonga ignored the others and continued to address Shuten Dōji, "Anyway, this here will be your new home and the place you will be watching over."
Momonga gestured around him, and at this moment Shuten Dōji realized, he didn't even look at the surroundings.
They were standing in the middle of a forest of Cherry Blossom trees, while in front of him a 9-layer Pagoda, looking like it was directly taken out of the Warring states era of Japan.
It was truly a magnificent sight, and when he took in his surroundings, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of calm envelop him.
As if this place was his home and had always been, 'Feels a bit strange, but... very comfortable...'
Though he could neither move his head kor truly control his sight, he could capture enough of the sight around him to not only appreciate the sight, but also to realize that this wasn't a floor which should be in nazarick originally.
'It seems like somehow another floor was added... but how?' Though he didn't understand how, he felt like he somehow was the reason for it even when he didn't do anything.
Momonga and the others, than brought him inside the Pagoda and left him there alone.
But before leaving, momonga left some more words for him, "You will be alone for now, but soon this will be a bustling place like the other floors..." indicating that they were still creating more Npc's to be placed here with him.
'On my status stood that this was the 9th Level, so was this floor put in as an extra? I just hope that I'm not the reason that one of the other floors is missing later...'
Unconciously, the programming seemed to already influence him as his focus shifted from himself to what would benefit or be a loss for this place.
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