Forced calm.
No matter what happens, you can calm down.
Even if you think of something embarrassing, you can calm down instantly and enter a state of desirelessness and serenity.
"This passive skill is still here..."
A trace of relief flashed in Momonga's heart, and in the next moment, his voice regained its serious and dignified tone: "Alright, now let's see what Uehara Naraku really wants to do!"
Inside the Throne Hall.
Uehara Naraku took out an hourglass from his body, placed it on the table at a leisurely pace, and spoke softly: "Hourglass, a world-class item, can accelerate the time around us..."
Uehara Naraku gazed at Shalltear and continued to explain: "This hourglass can compress up to one year into one minute and can continuously compress for two hours...
Which means, when we spend what feels like two hours here, the outside world and where he is will have turned into a scene 120 years later. Let's see if he will appear after 120 years."
"One hundred... twenty years?"
Shalltear's expression was faintly amazed.
The next moment, Shalltear couldn't help but laugh as if she had heard a funny joke: "Hahaha, it's so interesting, do you want to compete in longevity with Lord Momonga, who belongs to the Undead Race?"
"No."
Uehara Naraku slowly shook his head, speaking with a leisurely manner: "I was just thinking, even as an Undead Race, wouldn't he psychologically, as an ordinary human, get too tired staying in one place for too long?"
"..."
Shalltear hesitated for a while as if she didn't understand this matter, furrowing her brows as she asked: "Why are you still coming to Nazarick?"
"A promise."
Upon saying this, Uehara Naraku slowly continued: "Before Touch Me left, he made a promise with me. He said he believed Momonga would definitely escape my threat, which is why I came to fulfill our promise."
"..."
Shalltear fell into silence.
Meanwhile, within the World Gap.
Momonga and a group of NPCs finally experienced the feeling of a year passing like a day; they had been inside the World Gap for an unknown amount of time.
They even placed a clock specifically for timing.
While Uehara Naraku and Shalltear said a few sentences, the clock's hands had already moved a long way; they had been hiding inside the World Gap for over a year...
However, Momonga remained extraordinarily calm.
As an Undead Race, he didn't need to eat or rest much, just staying peacefully in the World Gap to cultivate his magic power was enough.
The other NPCs didn't mind either.
No matter which NPC, each had a long and enduring lifespan.
Of course, the tedium was inevitable...
Over a year, they had only just finished listening to a few words between Uehara Naraku and Shalltear; that was the most difficult part for them!
"The promise..."
Momonga finally spent a year listening to Uehara Naraku's words. It was as if he was deciphering a code, recording every character he heard over a year, piecing together all the words.
A group of NPCs gathered around Momonga.
Simply judging from the meaning, it seemed easy to understand. That is, Uehara Naraku made a promise with Touch Me, and Touch Me believes that Momonga can escape danger and eliminate the threat brought by Uehara Naraku.
This point...
Feels a bit unrealistic.
Because Touch Me, the strongest in battle power in the entire Ainz Ooal Gown Guild, had no way to deal with Uehara Naraku, why would he believe Momonga could solve it?
To be honest...
Momonga thought his way to escape Uehara Naraku's threat was to keep hiding inside the World Gap until Uehara Naraku leaves the Nazarick Great Tomb...
The problem is...
This guy even has a world-class item like the Hourglass!
This means that while Uehara Naraku stays in the Nazarick Great Tomb for two hours, they would have to endure 120 years of monotony and boredom!
No, incorrect...
After all, Uehara Naraku had already gotten 198 world-class items...
It's quite normal for him to take out anything!
This means that a level ten-something Undead Race player, holding two world-class items, one of which is a non-combat concealment item, is fighting a top-level world boss holding 198 world items...
It seems impossible to win no matter how you think about it!
Just as Momonga was contemplating, Sebastian suddenly spoke up beside him: "Supreme Lord Momonga, since Lord Touch Me chose to believe in you... did he leave any messages for you?"
As the creator of Touch Me, Sebastian chose to unconditionally trust his creator, naturally wanting to speculate based on the few words Touch Me left behind.
"Yes."
Momonga slowly nodded, speaking in a deep voice: "The first message is that everything is Uehara Naraku's scheme; whether it's us coming to this world or anything else, it seems everything is his conspiracy;
The second message implies that Uehara Naraku is a vile character, though he did something bad, he seems to be a good person;
The third message is to cherish the scene of our first meeting..."
These messages...
Hardly provide any effective information.
Sebastian was silent for a while, slowly looking at Momonga, and continued: "Then... does Lord Momonga still remember the scene of your first meeting with Lord Touch Me?"
"Of course, I remember."
Momonga nodded, using his finger bones to stroke his chin and began recalling: "That was also the first time I met Bubbly Tea Kettle; she was clamoring to test her defense power, and as a result, we were instantly killed by Uehara Naraku...
Later, at the respawn point, we met Touch Me who was also being hunted by Uehara Naraku; simply because Touch Me had a world-class item on him, Uehara Naraku blocked our respawn point...
Finally..."
Upon reaching this point...
Momonga's voice slowly stopped.
At this moment, Momonga seemed to have recalled something.
Under the surprised gazes of a group of NPCs, Momonga was still slowly contemplating, but he couldn't decide what to do, whether to choose to trust Touch Me or continue to hide...
After a long time.
Momonga began to chant his spell.
Just when a group of NPCs wanted to stop Momonga from taking a risk, Momonga waved his hand to stop them, speaking softly: "You don't know the story inside, do not stop me… I will always believe in my friends."
Even though once because Touch Me overly trusted others, which ultimately led to their loss of world-class items, causing great losses to Ainz Ooal Gown Guild...
Since then, Touch Me also became silent and lost his right to speak.
Or it might be that since that time, Touch Me's online time gradually became less; he wanted to leave the game, not so much for family reasons but rather because he lost the trust of other friends in Ainz Ooal Gown Guild.
The World Gap opened up.
Momonga himself walked out from the World Gap, took out another world-class item, hinted at Uehara Naraku, and slowly tossed it onto the ground.
This is
"..."
Uehara Naraku's face darkened.
This is a mechanism of the world boss Uehara Naraku in the YGGDRASIL game, where only if players throw world-class items on the ground, Uehara Naraku will stop attacking.
The next step is to first trade a world-class item...
"Idiot... this is not the game!"
Uehara Naraku couldn't help but cover his forehead.
Momonga's expression was bewildered for a moment, seeming as if he guessed wrong. Just when he felt a bit flustered in his heart, Uehara Naraku shook his head and sighed.
"Your Ring of Destiny."
Uehara Naraku slowly reached out and took out a ring from his body, handing it to Momonga in front of him: "Alright, this isn't the game world so we don't need to follow the procedure, this promise, you won."
According to Uehara Naraku's setting.
As long as two world-class items are handed over to Uehara Naraku, there's no need to worry about his attack anymore. This was a protection left for Momonga by Huberts and Touch Me, who inadvertently cooperated.