Chapter 16: Royal Judgement

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Overlord: Celestial Crusade
## Chapter 16: Coming Crusade

"I can't believe it went so well."

It was morning, with everyone at the baefolk village opening crates given by Mary Jane, with the elder overseeing the procedure "So many rations were exchanged between the two villages these last days, and to think that this would be considered stupid to imagine." he said and ended up looking at the sky "We have to thank Lady Mary Jane and Lord Aethaion for this."

Meanwhile

Aethaion was in a beautiful garden with trees, flowers and bushes of all types and on the middle was a huge tree with golden apples and beneath it wasa huge round table made of high quality crafted wood, with him sitting at it and looking at some scrolls as Nike Draconis and Nerida were at his side in silence.

"So, how are the preparations for the farm area, Nerida?" he asked her with a smile on his face, with her taking a step and turning to face him.

"My Lord, the preperations will be over in around two days.In the meantime, Themis has charmed a handful of female and male Unicorns along with other monsters. That sums up my report." she ended up saying while bowing her head, with Aethaion smiling at her.

"Thank you, Nerida. Since true death exists in this world, we must make sure Unicorns, Dryads and other monsters of the forest have their numbers protected and increased." he said, with his look becoming then more serious.

"Wait, there's unicorns here?!" Mary Jane popped from behind, star struck to hear such creature existed. "I'm so gonna ride one!"

Aethaion then sighed "I have forgotten than even back in YGGDRASIL, Unicorns were some of the rarest monsters, so your reaction is logical. The World Searcher guild was the only one that managed to discover them and our guild bought the information about the biggest Unicorn spawning spot, with it luckily having some other great secrets." explained Aethaion with a big smile on his face while bragging about his guild's action.

"What kind of secrets? Will it help us?" Mary inquired, with Aethaion being unable to contain himself.

"Fufufu, oh, you have to see! Gate!" he said, with him and Mary Jane seemingly being underground and before them were seven cave entrances that has a cluster of ores of different color each "When a guild used Ouroboros to banish Ainz Ooal Gown for a month, several guilds came to control them. Ηowever, P00(p)rifi3r managed to track the guild after a long time and steal Ouroboros and wished for the mines to become part of our guild base. Unfortunately, P00(p)rifi3r lost it after a Gm's intervention due to his intense trolling, with it being lost in another realm until the end of the game." explained Aethaion happy, with the last part of his explanation having a tone of regret.

"Don't these mines have Celestial Uranium?" Mary Janes inquired as she inspected one of the entrances.

"Of course! It along with all the other known ones." replied Aethaion happy and he saw then Mary seeming sceptical "Normally, any type of resources from YGGDRASIL won't respawn, however, thanks to Sophrosyne's abilities, we can both mass produce and renew them!" he said excited, with him gripping his right fist tighly.

"Wait, why do we need these? If I remember correctly, just us two alone can easily wipe out pretty much everything right?"

Aethaion then sighed "As you know already, Slane Theocracy has things from YGGDRASIL, even World Items. For all we know, there might be Players like us that control it from the shadows. If that is true, then we need everything we can get our hands on in order to be safe. Do you want something like what we went through a few days ago to happen again?" he ended up asking serious with a cold voice.

"I rather not die... again so no... not really." Mary Jane chuckle. "But, can these New Worlders even use skills? I know Tier Magic is a thing here... somehow but I had not once seen them use Skills, but this Martial Arts thing."

Upon hearing her explanation, Aethaion got skeptical "True, Mary Jane, and there is only one place where we can find out more." he said sure, seemingly confusing Mary Jane.

Meanwhile

Inside a huge throne room, there was a woman sitting on a throne with many people near her while two soldiers that were injured and with ruined armor were bowing before her. The woman had white hair in ponytails tied by black ribbons that were past her waist and had a pointed crown with blue gems on its base and top while there was a white stole around her neck with gold outlines and symbols. She was wearing a black and blue dress that was puffy at its bottom while it had black ribbons hanging from it with gold outlines and symbols. She had black boots, black gloves and was carrying a massive black-and-blue pronged spear.

"So..." she said in a skeptical and cold voice "Our research unit was killed?" she asked curious.

"Yes, Oh Faceless Queen. The party of soldiers we sent at Abelion Hills to search for rare herbs that may cure your illness were found dead, having deep claw marks on their bodies. This clearly is the work of demi-humans!" reported the kneeling soldier with a bowed head.

"I would like to investigate it more, if possible. While not having any form of relations, there is a centuries old neutrality between Roble Holy Kingdom and the demi-human races living in Abelion Hills. I find it preposterous for them to do something that can be seen as a sign of war." she said troubled.

"I agree, it should be investigated further." said a male voice and then appeared a man with a tall build that had short, wavy red hair that's slicked back and floats behind his head while he had sharp, distinctive facial features like crooked, large eyebrows and slanted eyes with rough edges. He was wearing a long one-piece black kaftan with golden circular linings, completed with a long, red mantle.

"Oh, Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox, I wasn't informed of your arrival." said the queen surprised, with the Duke bowing his head lightly.

"I've learned about what happened and came to offer my counsel." he explained, with her being serious.

"What does a Duke of your own experience have to suggest?" she asked curious, with Zelgius having a serious face upon raising his head.

"Your Majesty, for half a year now, we have received numerous complaints about the demi-humans living in Abelion Hills and now, they even killed some of our soldiers. Normally, I would suggest to launch an all-out crusade and purge them, but such an action would agitate the demi-humans living in this kingdom." he explained, with the queen being in thought.

"That's true. Such a thing would only give to the nobles of the south the perfect excuse for meddling in our affairs. So, Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox, I order you to investigate the situation in any way you like!" she ended up ordering him while standing up from her throne, with him smiling.

"As you wish, your Majesty. In that case, I will use some of my own men because otherwise, we won't be able to cover any further loss of units if we mobilize your own soldiers again." he suggested, with the queen sitting down and rubbing her head.

"You are right and now, please excuse me for I need to rest." she said as she gave her left hand to a maid that was guiding her inside, with the Duke then leaving with a bigger smile on his face