Overlord: I’ve Been Recruiting Followers in Another World

Princess Renner's mind drifted back to the previous night.

She and her brother, Prince Zanac, were preparing to depart for another royal territory under the protection of the palace guards. However, they were suddenly intercepted by members of the Church of Destiny, who appeared unexpectedly.

The other party displayed overwhelming power, effortlessly subduing all the guards as well as her brother and herself.

If that were all, Princess Renner would not have been afraid.

After all, since they had chosen to be taken hostage, there must have been a need to utilize them. Before the other party achieved their goals, their lives should not be in danger. This was her pragmatic calculation.

But what happened next far exceeded her expectations.

After conversing with the demon Demiurge in the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, she had reached an agreement to sell the entire Re-Estize Kingdom to him in exchange for what she desired.

When they parted ways, the great demon had arranged for shadow demons to hide beside her, one to protect her safety, and the other to monitor her actions.

She truly could not comprehend how the people from the Church of Destiny discovered such a secret matter.

You know, she had never had any contact with anyone from the Church of Destiny. Even if the gods of that church were incredibly powerful, it was impossible for them to know everything, right? A doubt gnawed at her.

However, the current situation was that when the people from the Church of Destiny intercepted them, they immediately attacked the shadow demon hidden in her shadow and easily destroyed it.

Even though she pretended to know nothing at the time, Princess Renner was very certain that the Church of Destiny must have known about her deal with Nazarick from the very beginning.

How terrifying.

It felt as if she was entirely under someone else's control. Any disguise was meaningless, and her actions and thoughts were plainly visible to others.

"What does the other party want to use me for?"

Princess Renner stared at the bright moon in the sky with a slightly dazed gaze. A feeling of unease arose in her heart, a bad premonition.

If he wanted to use her for his own benefit, he shouldn't have exposed the secret of the shadow demon publicly, as this would only negatively impact her identity as a princess.

Conversely, wouldn't it be more difficult to use this incident as a bargaining chip to threaten others?

If he didn't want her to do something for him secretly, it must have something to do with the reputation of the Golden Princess she had built up over the years.

By destroying the perfect image of the Golden Princess, the royal family's reputation could be damaged. This reason could be given to the aristocratic faction members who had always opposed the king. Then, the entire kingdom would fall into chaos without the need for external intervention.

Could this be the other party's objective?

Alas... it's no use thinking further. No matter what the other party wants to do, she is powerless to stop it.

Trapped in this unfamiliar small village, she was surrounded by various powerful angels and monsters guarding her strictly. The only person she could contact daily was a woman who brought her food but refused to speak to her. Not to mention seizing an opportunity to escape, she didn't even have a chance to get information from the outside world.

Now all I can do is wait for the person behind the scenes to contact me. I hope the situation isn't as bad as I imagine.

Princess Renner blinked and snapped out of her reverie.

Feeling that it was already late, she removed the wooden stick propping open the window, preparing to close it and sleep.

And as the window clicked shut, Princess Renner suddenly felt dizzy and immediately covered her head with her hands.

An expression of pain appeared on her face, but quickly turned numb, and her eyes gradually became dull.

Like a puppet, Princess Renner staggered to the bed, then lay down and closed her eyes, as if falling into a deep sleep.

"Time to begin."

Seeing Princess Renner lying on the bed, Kael couldn't help but smile when he appeared due to the failure of [Complete Invisibility] caused by the control magic he used. The smile held satisfaction.

If they wanted to complete the stitching of the Re-Estize Royal Capital incident, they had to alter Princess Renner's memories. Otherwise, the use of summoned mercenaries disguised as Ainz Ooal Gown and Demiurge would be easily exposed.

It didn't matter whether the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick could see through this. Kael's purpose in doing this was not to guard against them.

He just needed to make the New World natives believe that this Re-Estize Royal Capital incident was planned by Ainz Ooal Gown from beginning to end, and had nothing to do with him, Kael.

"[Memory Manipulation]!"

Kael cast this magic on Princess Renner, who lay on the bed.

[Memory Manipulation] was a magic that could trace, erase, and alter a target's memory, but it consumed a lot of MP to make such changes.

The limit Kael could manipulate was only three days' worth of memories. If it exceeded that time frame, he would be powerless.

Fortunately, he didn't need to change too much of Princess Renner's memories. He only needed to add content that the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick intended to use imposters to clear its own name, and at the same time intended to secretly control the Re-Estize Kingdom and use the kingdom's power to attack the Church of Destiny.

This was like AI generation combined with video editing.

About ten minutes later, Kael re-reviewed Princess Renner's memories, ensuring there were no loopholes. With his work complete, he used teleportation magic to return to E-Rantel.

The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, ninth floor.

Ainz Ooal Gown, Albedo, and Demiurge, Nazarick's two masterminds, were discussing the future development direction of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.

In the great battle at the Re-Estize Royal Capital, although the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick suffered heavy losses, it ultimately won the battle.

Despite the losses, this outcome was still within Demiurge's plans.

After experiencing the E-Rantel incident, Ainz Ooal Gown and the others realized one thing: the human race had a very strong sense of rejection towards other races.

If there was no interference from other forces, the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick could still build a good organizational image for itself through planning, and thus slowly integrate itself into various human nations.

But after the emergence of the Church of Destiny and the realization that Kael's ultimate goal was likely the same as theirs, Ainz Ooal Gown and the others knew that it would be difficult for Nazarick to gain renown by creating and solving crises.

Because once a disaster occurred, the first people humans would ask for help from would surely be the Church of Destiny, which was also a human race. If Nazarick wanted to do the same, it would certainly be a waste of time and effort.

Since it was impossible to build a positive image, the only option was to use terror and power to represent the organization, which was also the easiest way for Nazarick to achieve it.

"Demiurge, is there any progress in the matter you are responsible for?" Ainz Ooal Gown asked, his voice calm yet expectant.

Demiurge bowed his head and saluted Ainz Ooal Gown, then smiled faintly and said, "Ainz-sama, we have successfully taken over a human evil organization called Chiranon. After seeing Nazarick's power, they are very willing to submit to us."

"Not only that, their organization's leader is a great sorcerer from the Dark Night Undead. After hearing that you are a great undead, he is even very eager to meet you."

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