Volume 12: The Two Monsters

Chapter 4, Part 3

"That is the new battle plan, and your objectives after it's over," - Ainz told disguised Pandora's Actor, after explaining the new plan he came up with.

"I understand, my Creator."

"Then there is the matter of the test I had just conducted," Ainz continued while leaning back in his chair and taking a more comfortable position, not that his undead body could feel it.

"For a while now I have been thinking, my luck had been rather incredible since coming to this New World. Carne village, which I saved on a whim, became a prototype of the nation I want to build, not to mention being the perfect place to settle the runesmiths. The potion I gave to that warrior adventurer, led me to Nfirea and his grandmother. Even the recent excursion to the dwarven country. Of all the dwarfs we could come across, we met Gondo – the one dwarf whose lifelong goal is to see rune crafting made great again. The Quoga attack also couldn't come at a better time."

"Even Shalltear's mind control, not only did it alert us to the presence of World Items in this world, but think of what could've happened if the mind control worked – the enemy would learn everything about us, and could use Shalltear to attack or infiltrate Nazarick. Compared to that, what actually happened can only be seen as lucky, " Ainz tried not to dwell on the enemy who mind controlled Shalltear, lest he loses his line of thought in anger.

"So, I've been thinking, could it be that the stats of my character are playing a role in this? When I came into this world, all of my physical attributes changed to mirror my character stats. Strengths, agility, speed. And I had simply accepted this fact. But what if that's also true for the other stats, such as luck, charisma, and intellect?" Ainz continued, as Pandora's Actorlistened in silence.

"Let's take charisma, I am a hated undead, yet I was able to completely turn around Ainzach and Moknakin their attitude towards me, with just a short conversation. I was able to reawaken the thirst to be the best and inspire the dwarven runesmiths with but a short speech. Then there is the fact that everyone says I have the bearing of a true ruler."

"As expected of my Creator. Ainz-sama's charisma knows no bounds,"Pandora's Actor said in a dramatic voice.
"This is not helping,"Ainz thought as he glared at his creation.

"Anyway, then there is luck as I had already explained. Fortunately, there is a simple way to test it. A coin flip should result in roughly similar ratios. I wanted the coin to land on tails after one hundred flips the ratio was 93 tails and 7 heads. So the luck stat appears to be working, and rather strongly."

"Oh", responded Pandora'sActor.

"Which bring us to intellect, it should be active as well, but I don't feel it. Could it be that I currently lack the ability to fully utilize the intellect stat of my character? And if that's the case, are my actions subconsciously guided by the character's intellect stat, even if I myself don't realize it and think of some other reason to take the actions I do?" Ainz mused.

"Ainz-sama's intellect is unmatched. To see so far into the future when creating Momon..."

"Stop. We are alone, and I wish to speak freely. Frankly, as my creation and with your intellect, you should already be aware of this. No one could see so far into the future. I certainly did not, well, not consciously. What happened with Momon was just a coincidence," Ainz told Pandora'sActor after interrupting him.

"... I am aware of your cautious nature. Still, you are the smartest one in Nazairck, father. Your intellect far surpassing that of myself, Demiurge and Albedo,"Pandora's Actor replied after a moment.

"I see, that is your perception of me. Perhaps my theory is correct. The conclusion I came to is that I should rely more on my instincts and gut feeling, while still being cautious of course. Then, tell me, what are the benefits you see that we will reap as a result of my plan for the upcoming battle?"