OVERLORD- CH-82. Treasure House and Temple

Treehouses are built on these trees, or rather, the trees themselves have grown into the shape of treehouses. These treehouses are connected to form a place for Aya to rest and live every day.

There are about fifteen or sixteen similar emerald spiritual trees surrounding the lake, and beyond them lies a barrier that prevents outside life from entering or even sensing the existence of this place.

In other words, to those outside, the central lake of the Dark Moon Forest has vanished. This was the situation, and the Adventurer's Association even sent adventurers to investigate. As a result, most of those adventurers became fertilizer for the forest.

Some of the women were intercepted by Lilith and used as experimental subjects to test various monsters, magic, and Lilith's research methods. Half of them were eventually discarded, while the other half were transformed into succubi.

The succubus transformation workshop is located underground and is now operating at full capacity.

"Master, Lady Raphinis, please have some tea." A succubus wearing a revealing maid outfit placed tea leaves, fermented from the Tree of Creation's foliage, onto the table.

The girl named Benny, who was a silver-rank adventurer disguised as a man just a day ago, now had a very voluptuous figure and had completely accepted her identity as a secondary succubus.

The "Master" she was addressing was Lilith, while Raphinis was a level 80 fallen angel under Lilith's command. She had three white angel wings on the left and pure black devil wings on the right.

Her combat capability was far lower than other level 80 monsters, but she possessed unimaginable knowledge and abilities in intelligence, transformation, adjustment, and education. She was very dexterous, had blonde hair, a masochistic personality, and wore several chains as clothing—this was the kind of summoned creature she was.

Now, Raphinis' three pairs of wings drooped limply, their original luster gone, and her white feathers were in disarray.

"Lady Lilith, I can't take it anymore. Please step on me."

"Benny, step on her—step hard." Lilith ordered nonchalantly.

"Okay~" Benny first smiled at Lilith, then turned to Raphinis with a look of contempt. She raised her long legs, clad in high heels, and pressed them onto Raphinis.

"Ah~ Although it's not Lady Lilith, this contemptuous look..."

An unbearable sound came from behind, but Lilith automatically filtered it out.

Although Raphinis was a pervert, her methods were reliable. Examining the result of the fallen angel's all-night work, Lilith nodded in satisfaction.

"You understand your mission, don't you?" Lilith asked with a smile.

"Yes, Miss Third." The young man standing on the display stand bowed.

'He' was a high-level double phantom recruited by Aya, level 83. His form was the result of Phoenix's meticulous work, and his appearance was almost identical to Aya's "Beautiful Boy."

"The appearance is nearly identical, but I sense a slight difference in spirit."

"Lady Lilith, the mistress's attire is top-tier. The amount of detail in it surpasses even many artifact-level pieces." Phoenix, lying under Benny's feet, had a sorrowful expression.

"I have done my best to restore it to this point."

"That will do. With the feeble eyes of humans, they won't notice the difference." Lilith declared.

"It is a great honor to serve the mistress." The double phantom said solemnly while adjusting his face, still getting used to his new appearance.

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Somewhere else.

Ainz turned around and silently looked at the two women standing behind him.

One of them was a stunning woman dressed in a pure white gown. A faint smile adorned her lips, resembling that of a goddess—one that starkly contrasted with the purity of her dress. Her lustrous black hair cascaded down to her waist.

Although her golden irises and vertically slit pupils were somewhat unusual, she was an impeccable beauty. However, two curled goat-like horns protruded from the sides of her head. Additionally, black angel wings extended from her waist.

Perhaps due to the shadow cast by her horns, her goddess-like smile seemed to be a mask concealing her true self.

She wore a spider web-like golden necklace that extended from her shoulders to her chest.

Albedo, the Guardian Overseer of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, observed her surroundings with genuine admiration on her beautiful face.

The other person, unlike Albedo, did not exclaim in awe but simply observed Ainz in silence.

The individual's facial features were so delicate that they seemed sculpted by human hands. His emerald eyes gleamed with a cold, gemstone-like brilliance, though only one was visible—the other remained hidden beneath an eye patch. His long golden-red hair shimmered under the starlight reflecting off the ceiling.

She was an Automaton, a member of an alien race known as CZ2128 Delta, or simply Shizu.

As a combat maid, her outfit was similar to that of the others, but her attire was distinguished by urban camouflage accessories. A cute sticker with the words "two yuan" was affixed to her skirt. Additionally, she carried a white musket at her waist, holstered like a sword.

By the way, whether it was this magic gun, the Automaton, or Shizu's [Gunner] profession, they were all additions introduced after the super-large revision The Fall of the Valkyrie.

"That's what I saw just now... ahem." Ainz muttered awkwardly. The undead race's passive ability, [Forced Calmness], had already activated several times.

"If Pandora's Actor has displeased you, as his creator, I sincerely apologize on his behalf."

Pandora's Actor, a high-level double phantom, was a level 100 NPC created by Ainz himself. He served as the Guardian of the Treasury.

Possessing formidable intelligence and exceptional combat skills, his Double Phantom racial trait allowed him to take on the forms of Nazarick's Supreme Beings and access dozens of incarnations. In these forms, Pandora's Actor could utilize up to 80% of their power.

Pandora's Actor was an invaluable asset. How best to utilize his abilities was a question Ainz had pondered many times.

Frankly, it felt like a waste to have him merely guard a trove of dusty artifacts.

However, for some reason, Ainz was reluctant to give him a more prominent role.

"My creator, Lord Ainz~"

His face was unnervingly smooth, with the nose and other raised features flattened. There were only three empty holes where his eyes and mouth should be—no eyeballs, no teeth, no tongue. Just three black voids, as though drawn by a child with a marker.

The emblem on his hat bore the insignia of Ainz Ooal Gown, and his uniform bore a striking resemblance to a certain neo-Nazi SS outfit that had stirred controversy during the European Ecological Architecture War twenty years ago.

Taking a step back, he stretched out his right hand, traced a circle in the air, and finally rested it on his chest.

Completely ignoring Ainz's attempt at an apology, he performed exaggerated gestures while speaking in a high-pitched operatic tone.

Ainz frowned—or rather, would have if he had the ability.

"Why? The uniform is fine, even cool in its own way... but why the over-the-top expressions and movements?"

"Wow... that's lame..." He whispered so softly that no one could hear him.

It was like watching a living, breathing dark history.

Albedo's face twisted with unrestrained disgust, while Shizu, her expression unchanged, simply muttered a soft, "Wow."

The words cut deep into Ainz's non-existent heart.

"Pandora's Actor, we need to enter the Spirit Temple."

"If my God so wills it (Wenn es meines Gottes Wille)!"

"Stop speaking German! Please!" Ainz suddenly leaned in, his empty sockets flaring with green fire.

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