He had heard such phrases time after time. But the instance of them actually keeping their words almost never happened.
Nobody had returned to Yggdrasil.
"Just where and when are we meeting again…"
Momonga's shoulders shook greatly. Then his true feelings that he had bottled up for a long time burst forth.
"— Don't joke with me!"
With a furious shout, he slammed his hands on the table. Having judged the action as an attack, the system calculated countless variables such as Momonga's barehanded damage and the table's structural defense, and displayed its result where Momonga hit with the number "0".
"This place is the Grand Underground Grave of Nazarick that we all built together! How can everyone give it up that easily?!"
What followed after his fierce fury was desolation.
"… No, that's not it. They didn't give it up. They simply faced head-on the choice between "reality" and "fantasy". Ah, it couldn't be helped, and there were no betrayals. It must've been a difficult choice for them…"
Momonga muttered as though persuading himself and stood up from his seat. He walked towards the wall with a single staff hanging on it.
Having the Greek god Herme's caduceus as its motif, the staff was entwined by seven serpents. Each of the squirming serpents' mouths held a jewel of a different colour. Its grip had a transparent quality like crystal, and was emitting a bluish white light.
The staff of supreme quality was a 'guild weapon' that each guild can possess only one of, and it was an item that could be said to be the symbol of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Originally, guildmasters were supposed to carry it with them, so why was it hanging on the wall in the room as a decoration?
That was because it was an existence that symbolized the guild.
The destruction of a guild weapon signified the dissolution of the guild. That was why guild weapons were stored in the most secure location in many cases, with their powerful abilities never seeing the light of day. Even a prominent guild like Ainz Ooal Gown was no exception. For such a reason, the staff was never handed to Momonga despite it being custom-made for him, and instead was adorned on the wall.