Holy Grail War? Dragon Ball Wars!.

Chapter 580. Different Life (580K)

"Hey, did you hear? That guy is still buying items when YGGDRASIL is about to shut down."

"Oh, the flying squirrel of Ainz Ooal Gown, right?"

"Yes, I don't know what the madman is. He's wasting money on an online game that's about to be shut down."

"Who knows? Maybe he's just bored?"

In the square, the game that was once bustling with people now has only a few people walking back and forth on the street.

Apart from the unchanging NPCs, most of the players have left this world.

Because the popular game [YGGDRASIL] is nearing its end.

There are less than three days left until the server shutdown.
The only people who stay here now are the "old folks" who want to reminisce about the past and enjoy the scenery.

After all, no matter what, we always have to face reality.

……

The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
That was the place Ainz was most familiar with.
It would be better to say that he stayed in it until it was destroyed.

He remained silent as he looked at the figure setting up a table and booth at the entrance of the tomb.

As a defeated Servant, his soul had arrived here with the return of Suzuki Satoru at some point.

Unfortunately, no one can see him, and no one can contact him to talk to him.

During the past six months, he once again witnessed the decline of [YGGDRASIL].

It also witnessed Suzuki Satoru's changes that were different from the past.

"No matter what, this is too expensive, isn't it?"

"If you don't want it, forget it."

"It doesn't matter. Although I want to buy props and equipment, I won't force you to raise the price on purpose like you did."

"Since the game is shutting down, all your items are no different from scrap metal. Do you want to come to me to make some money back or drown yourself? It's your choice."

"Oh damn, okay!"

This was not the first time that Suzuki Satoru had faced such a thing, and he handled it quite skillfully while sitting in front of the stall.

Looking at the other person's gnashing teeth, he remained unmoved.

These people probably only think that they are fools.
"Is it almost full?"

Suzuki Satoru muttered as he looked at his backpack and item compartment.

At this time, he did not appear in the form of the "Death Ruler", but as a normal human.

Instead of using props to change his race, he trained a new character within half a year.

Thanks to the same account, you can switch at any time.

However, in the past six months, Suzuki Satoru has been appearing in the role of a "human".

This character focuses on the warrior type like Takimi, and in order to refine it as much as possible, a lot of Ainz Ooal Gown's resources were spent.

But now he is the only one who has the final say in the guild, so no one will condemn him for misappropriating "public funds".
But if we talk about strength.
Suzuki Satoru doesn't think this character is as good as Takimi who has already retired from the game.

In a normal battle, it is not certain that you will win against a character like "Flying Squirrel".

But he had nothing to complain about.

Considering that the game's production capacity has no further updates and life has been severely affected in the second half of the year, it is already quite fast to quickly train a graduated level 100 warrior character.

It certainly can't be compared with the "flying squirrel" that we have been using before.

But that's okay.
"Three days?"

"Let's just put our stuff into the expanded backpack today."

Feeling that it was time to pack up, he stood up, looked towards the palace behind him and murmured.

Since I died there, I never thought I could still be alive.

Having learned his lesson, he plans to make changes.

Retraining the "Immortal Race" is one of them.

Facing the future closure, Suzuki Satoru finally made a choice at that time.

That is, take a gamble.

He first trained the new character to its full potential, then used the old account as much as possible to search for important materials in tricky monster areas. Then he waited for the server closure notice to be issued, and in the last month he spent money to purchase props.

It's also because [YGGDRASIL] is going to shut down the server.

Many players who have not left have come to him to take advantage of him.

Those sets of artifact-level equipment and rare materials from different worlds have now filled up many backpacks.

Even the rare "world-class props", Suzuki Satoru has collected 92 of them so far.
As for the rest, there is either no news or the “twenty” is hidden somewhere unknown.

But he was not anxious. Instead, he set up a stall in front of the Nazarick Great Underground Tomb Guild every day and waited for people to come.

But the closer it gets to the server shutdown, the fewer people there are.

Nowadays, there are few people who are interested in selling things.

"Ugh"

Deciding to log off and take a rest, Suzuki Satoru returned to the depressing reality.

1:00
He took off the device and looked at the time displayed and sighed.

Even if you are prepared to risk everything, you will still feel anxious.

The proof is that I couldn't quit my job.
"Rest first. You can still sleep for three hours."

Here, getting up at 4 a.m. to prepare for work is common sense for ordinary people.

You have to work 7 days a week, and don't even think about taking a day off, which only comes occasionally after a long time.

The place where Suzuki Satoru lives is not a mansion, but just an ordinary apartment in the working-class area.

There were even places where the door hinges were crooked and pushing the door would make a sharp, weird sound.

Although there would be no problem if he replaced it with a new one, he still felt it was too wasteful.

There is no need to spend extra money on a door that you will only use when commuting to and from get off work.

Or it could be fun to regard the eerie squeaking sound as a congratulations for returning home.

The most important thing is that there is no denying that this sound can be used as an anti-theft alarm. If a thief comes to this shabby apartment, no one would think that there would be valuables behind the door that makes such a sound, right?

He fell into silence and just lay there sleeping.

"."

I had no idea that there was actually a ghost following me.

What a nostalgic place this is.
Ainz looked around the room, and then his eyes fell on the family photo on the table, showing a man and a woman holding a baby.

I reached out to pick up the photo, but all I got was a picture of my hand penetrating through it.

The mood is extremely complicated.
He floated outside the window with a terrifying appearance, but could only be a spectator.

Nothing can be done.
“If this is my punishment.”

"Then let me see what your future will be like."

.........

"Still not working?"

The next day, Suzuki Satoru returned home tired and logged into [YGGDRASIL] again. He looked at the gloomy friend list and sighed.

please.
Even if it's just once.
Even if it's just for a minute.
Even if I'm willing to stay for just a few seconds
I sent several emails to my former friends, but the results were not ideal at all.

Almost no longer online
Just like YGGDRASIL which is facing server closure, the guild Ainz Ooal Gown is also coming to an end.

Even if Suzuki Satoru sent a message offline, it would be difficult to get a response from the public.

It's become the norm.
It was clearly going to end in two days, but I still felt a sense of loss.

disturbed?

Ainz, who had been floating nearby, remained silent.

How could he not know that Suzuki Satoru was just making his "last throes".

I want to bring everyone in the guild into a new world.
But friends who are entangled in reality cannot understand.

No matter how loud you shout or how attractive your reasons are, it cannot change this fact.

That trust and expectation... no one will respond.

Even if they are friends who are also supreme beings, this is true.
What's more, whether it is possible to travel to another world is still unclear.

Suzuki Satoru himself did not have the confidence to deal with such ambiguous matters.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be still dragging my feet and not daring to quit my job.

Maybe this is what adults are like.
I always want to leave a way out for myself.

But it’s not incomprehensible.
After all, even if you make preparations in advance, if you cannot reach the other world, everything will become a ridiculous delusion.

I have accomplished nothing and returned to being an ordinary employee.
Or start a new life in another world.
Ainz wanted to see the end of Suzuki Satoru.

And the wait didn't last long.

The countdown to the closure of [YGGDRASIL] server is not far away.

.........

"I didn't expect Momonga to still be here, but in a new role?"

"Ah, it was just a spur of the moment thing."

"I saw your email, so I took some time to come here before going to bed today."

"I really appreciate it, Kurohero."

"It's not that serious. We haven't seen each other for two or three years, right?"

"Yes."

Suzuki Satoru was filled with joy as he never expected that his good friend Kuroro Kuroro would come online at 22: on the day of the server shutdown.

There is hope
"It's still completely unchanged here." "You've worked really hard, Momonga."

"Sorry, I have to log off and go to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Wait!"

He was about to reach out and open his mouth to stop it, but the situation before the Jade Record made Suzuki Satoru hesitate.

(Sorry, Momonga, although I really want to stay with you until the last moment of the server shutdown, I still have to take care of the children.)

(I originally just wanted to come here today to give Albedo a final farewell gift.)
Suzuki Satoru paused with his hand in the air, silent.

Yes
Compared to him who has "nothing" in reality, Hei Luo Hei Luo and others are different.

They still have concerns.
[Hei Luo Hei Luo quit the game]

Suzuki Satoru slowly lowered his hand, unable to speak any more, and lamented.

23:45
After sitting in the empty round table hall for an unknown amount of time, Suzuki Satoru came to his senses and looked at the floating "Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown".

"Perhaps this is what is called fate."

Switching to Momonga, holding the staff in his hand, he slowly walked outside.

Seeing the familiar NPCs on the road, Ainz hesitated for a long time, and finally went to the throne to call up the system panel.

[Do you want to destroy all generated NPCs? ]

【whether】

[After destruction, the items and equipment held by the NPC will be placed in the backpack, please prepare enough space. ]

Without hesitation, Suzuki Satoru made that choice.

Whether he goes to another world or not, he plans to make it a conclusion.

23:55
After taking care of everything, Ainz sat on the throne and then remembered something.

"I specially prepared something like that. It would be a shame if I didn't use it."

Thinking of this, he flew outside in this body.

You must go. Even if you are alone, it will be a great ending at the end!

Heading to the island above the swamp, Suzuki Satoru looked at the imminent time.

23:59
“In time”

At that moment, light bullets rose up from the island and hit the air almost without any gap.

That's fireworks.
It was the last "stupid thing" that Suzuki Satoru wanted to do.

Spending the last minute watching the beautiful and ethereal fireworks is a new way to numb yourself.

"Bang Bang Bang!!!"

"Um"

The fireworks stopped, and the time limit was exactly one minute.

"It should be shut down, right?"

Suzuki Satoru spoke in surprise, looking a little flustered at the moment.

The fireworks he ordered were from 23:59 to 00:00.

The fireworks stop, which means [YGGDRASIL] is closed.

But now this situation.
"Well"

"Success?"

The staff in my hand feels more real, and the scenery I see is also different.

The swamp under my feet was no longer the same as before, and the island in front of me had disappeared.

Instead,
Urban.
ruins
“Is this what it feels like to actually master your account character?”

"Well"

Without paying attention to the situation below, he just paid attention to himself.

Magic will be activated more smoothly than in the game
After adapting for a while, he slowly landed in the desolate city and then used that function.

“Switch.”

The skeletal hands turned into flesh, and a human face appeared on the skeleton's appearance.

From the undead "flying squirrel" to the human "flying squirrel".

"Sure enough, characters in the same account can also be switched."

Wearing a divine armor and holding an extraordinary sword in his hand, the scene seen from a human perspective is completely different.

This is indeed a different world
I just don't know where it went.

"But this is not the time to dwell on that kind of thing."

"This undead's reaction is quite exaggerated."

"It seems a bit rude for a living person to step in here."

As a character of the warrior class, he is not too afraid of ordinary undead.

Suzuki Satoru himself intended to live in the other world using this identity.

As for the undead "flying rat", he plans to seal it.
"A city ruled by the undead?"

"Well, it seems a bit similar to the world he lives in."

The only things I saw wandering around in these ruins were zombies.

He killed it easily, and then he noticed the sound of it running away.

"Ok?"

Following the intelligence he had obtained, he followed the sound.

The strength of the warrior character is easily demonstrated at this moment.

The long distance was shortened in an instant, and the short hooded figure running was stopped at the same time.

"Who are you.?"

You can vaguely see that the other person is afraid, and the golden hair and red eyes hidden under the hood clearly show that he is not a normal person.

"Aww."

I wanted to ask something, but the little girl in front of me spoke slurred words and couldn't say anything useful.

Suzuki Satoru patiently sat down and talked with him, and finally got the girl's name.
"Kino Fasilis Inberon"

The human "Flying Squirrel" met a vampire girl.

.........

The mood is extremely complicated.
How would Ainz describe it?
Looking at Suzuki Satoru's completely different life on the road, I always have a sense of wonder, "It turns out that this can be done this way."

Do you know how he got through these five years?

It's about watching Suzuki Satoru and Keno's journey together.
Although powerful enemies occasionally appear during this period, Suzuki Satoru is able to defeat them with his excellent warrior profession and endless equipment.

It makes me a little jealous.
Although there was no help from NPCs like Albedo, the large number of world-class items and artifact-level equipment was even more excessive.

Use different ones in battle.
And now, it seems that we are facing the final challenge.

"Qino, wait here."

"Well, let's not do that, okay?"

Unlike Keno who is still a young vampire, as a human, her once young face now shows signs of vicissitudes.

“It’s an existence that turns a large number of people into immortals. Even if it’s Satoru, it’s hard to win, right?”

"really."

"so we"

"I'm sorry, Keno, there is something that I cannot forgive no matter what."

"That's the situation where you let your companions suffer and then leave the culprit alone."

After hearing those words, Ainz remained silent.

Has Suzuki Satoru changed?

Changed but not completely.

He still retains that sentiment of caring for his new companions even more than he did at the beginning.

Is it the influence of human species?
Trying to convince myself but not sure.

"Don't worry"

As he left, all that was left for the blonde girl was his steady back.

"Since I've made such a promise, I must win."

Looking at the scenery in the distance, Suzuki Satoru hesitated for a while.

"But if it's for Keno, what's the harm in becoming undead again for my companions?"

The healthy skin turned into white bones, the robe was draped over the body, and the sealed posture appeared again.

The ruler of death.
Come again!

The last time I saw this posture was when I first came to this world.
Since then, he has been switching roles to those of the human species.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work this time.

Warrior characters can't handle that kind of big guy.
The opponent not only has the advantage in numbers, but also has powerful BOSS performance.

You can't win with a warrior class.

But, if it is the "Flying Squirrel" which is both a necromancy and undead, there is a chance to win!
Checking the artifact-level equipment he was wearing and the rare equipment and props in his backpack that could be switched at any time.

Then he took the more than 90 world-class props with him.
The magic that was familiar to me in the past can still be used skillfully.
Be fully prepared
He looked at the Dragon King hovering in the distance and said coldly.

"You picked the wrong opponent."

(End of this chapter)