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Chapter 1 — Call Me the Ultimate Extermination God, UEG!

Wipe out all life in this world. Haruto couldn’t help but hesitate after hearing that instruction from the Overlord. She was a god that even Zakuro served. She definitely possessed immeasurable power, but there still should have been limits to what she could do.

From his travels across this world, Haruto knew it was populated by powerful individuals. Sages, Aggressors, the sealed away Dark Gods, visitors from other worlds, not to mention the gods that ruled the world itself. There were more than he could count. Throwing a small tantrum was one thing, but attempting to wipe out all life in the world was a large enough disaster that it would inevitably threaten the other powerful beings that called this world home. No matter how powerful the Overlord was, he found it hard to believe that would be such an easy task to accomplish.

“What is your problem? What is that gross expression for? Do you have something to say about my orders? Do you? Actually, who the hell are you?”

They were in a cave deep underground. The Overlord was staring at Haruto with suspicion. After emerging from the lump of meat of the twin hydra monsters, the Overlord had taken on the form of a young girl and at some point donned a simple white robe. Though she was small, she appeared to be about Haruto’s age.

“This is Haruto. I took him in since he was about to die. I thought it might have been fate, so I had him help in searching for you. In the end he didn’t help much, but he did work quite hard. You should really be thanking him, so calling him gross is totally uncalled for. You’re giving a bad first impression of yourself.”

“I see,” the Overlord replied. “That must have been a struggle for you. And who is she?”

Haruto was relieved that he had at least survived the moment. He hadn’t intended his doubts to show on his face, but it seemed that much hesitation was enough for the Overlord to consider it defiance.

“She appears to be a member of the tribe you created. Do you not remember her?”

“Hm? No...my apologies. I seem to remember nothing. Well, I am sure it will come to me in time.”

“Her name is Euphemia. These two are my subordinates, so they’ve automatically come to support you as well. Is that okay?”

“I suppose so. I will allow it. I am quite benevolent to my allies, so please be at ease in your interactions with me.”

Despite being told that, Haruto felt like being relaxed around her was impossible. First of all, there was no point in speaking with her at all. Fundamentally, he just needed to do what Zakuro told him to. He was nowhere near Zakuro’s level, but he could at least converse with him.

“Hmm... It seems you have grown quite tense. At this rate things will be rather challenging in the future. Go ahead, try speaking with me.”

Apparently the Overlord was interested in speaking with him. But he couldn’t say a word in response. If he made her upset, he would die. It was far better for him to say nothing at all than risk offending her.

“Anything is okay. I promise I will not be angry with you. How about this: why not begin by introducing yourself?”

“My name is Haruto Ootori. I came here from another world...umm, Miss Overlord...”

“Ah, I am not a fan of that name.” She sounded unhappy. Haruto immediately regretted trying to speak with her.

“You had no problem with that name before, did you?” Zakuro asked.

“I have changed my mind.”

“Don’t you think that’s being a bit rough on him?”

“You may simply refer to me by my name.”

“Umm...may I ask what your name is?” Haruto managed to squeeze out.

“Are you telling me you do not even know my name?” She seemed even more displeased, but even Haruto found that unreasonable. He hadn’t heard so much as a clue as to what her name might be, let alone the name itself.

“To be fair, I don’t know your name either,” Zakuro added.

“Zakuro, you go too far. Even my boundless mercy has its limits.”

“But you once said that as the strongest being in existence you didn’t need a name, so you erased it from all records and everyone’s memories. So of course it’s been erased from my memories as well.”

“Hm. Did I do that? I suppose I did.”

“So Overlord is fine for a name, isn’t it?”

“Wait! Nothing I have said shall ever be retracted! As such, you may no longer refer to me as the Overlord!”

“Then what should we call you?”

“Hmm...good question. Very well. Let us decide on a name now.”

“You were so worked up about wiping out all life in this world a minute ago. Are you sure you want to waste time on this?”

“I do not mind. I have no need to complete their annihilation so quickly. I will spend as much time as I wish, engendering despair in all life here until I become bored. Any who live in this world were complicit in my being locked away, after all. I will make them all regret it!”

“Okay. Then please go ahead and think of a name.”

“Hmm...a temporary name should be sufficient for now. A name that strikes fear into the hearts of all those who live in this world. Zakuro, do you have any ideas?”

“Not really.”

“Then you, Haruto. Do you have a suggestion?”

Haruto jumped as the conversation suddenly turned to him. His mind seized up in fear, making it almost impossible to think, but he couldn’t just say no. If he shrank back now, he’d be killed. That was the impression he got.

“Umm...how about a name referring to what you are the god of?”

“Hmm...but I am a god of all things. Unified God. Absolute God. Ultimate God. None of them sound particularly good, do they?”

“Then how about a name based on your goal?”

“I see. My goal is to wipe out all life in this world. Very well! Call Me the Ultimate Extermination God, UEG!”

“Great. If I had known this is where we’d end up, I’d have tried harder to think of something. Ultimate Extermination God, huh? Are you sure you’re okay with that?” Zakuro’s voice was filled with regret. It seemed unlikely that anything would change her mind.


“Indeed! You may introduce me to the people of this world as such. Hearing this name shall drop all the denizens of this world into the pit of despair!”

I guess the abbreviation matches the English name because of the automatic translation?

It was a terrible name. They all thought it, but none could express the sentiment. No matter the reason, if their feelings became known, they’d be killed immediately. Haruto desperately tried to keep all traces of those thoughts from showing on his face.

“Anyway, we were in the middle of something. Try speaking with me. You have yet another strange expression on your face, so it seems something has occurred to you. You may ask me anything.”

A chill ran down Haruto’s spine, thinking she had read his mind. She was a god, after all. Reading his thoughts may have been easy for her. Haruto looked pleadingly at Zakuro.

“Just be honest. The Overlord...err, Lady UEG, was it? As a god, her words are absolute, and that goes for what she says about herself as well. She would never go back on her own word. Right?”

“I-Indeed. No matter how foolish or infuriating your words may be, I will not punish you.”

“By the way, unless it’s something really important, we don’t read people’s minds. So you’ll be fine no matter what you say. Just relax and answer.”

“Well if you instruct him to lie to me, that defeats the purpose. No matter. I will not be so strict.”

After all that, Haruto couldn’t just stay silent. But of course, he still couldn’t say that her name sounded stupid.

“Then...you mentioned that you were the strongest, ultimate god. In that case, what led to you being locked up in a place like this?”

“Ah, I’m also kind of curious about that,” Zakuro added. “Being locked away explains why you never came home after leaving on a whim, but the fact someone was able to trap you is bizarre in and of itself. What happened?”

They were honest questions, but they could have been taken as doubting her strength. Haruto had regretted his words the moment he spoke them, but he was relieved at Zakuro echoing the question.

“Well, you see...though there is no room to doubt my position as the most powerful god, even as the strongest, it is possible for me to be defeated. For example, say my power was one hundred. If the second most powerful being was ninety and the third was eighty, the two of them working together would be one hundred and seventy. Even someone as powerful as me would struggle against those odds, no?”

“Sounds like an excuse to me.” Zakuro voiced the thought that had immediately occurred to Haruto.

“What?!”

“But more importantly, if that second most powerful person is still here, don’t you think wiping out all life in this world could be a little difficult?”

“While I am only vaguely aware of what happened after being trapped, it appears that the second most powerful being has also been sealed away, although my perception of that until now has been as if I were half asleep.”

“I see. So your tantrum earlier was because you hadn’t quite woken up yet?”

“Putting that aside, at present, I do not sense any beings capable of posing a threat to me.”

“You said you didn’t want to wipe out all life here all at once, so how exactly do you want to do it?”

“If my only interest was in their destruction, I could simply unleash an ultimate annihilation wave and reduce the world to ash in an instant. However that would only lead to them dying without realizing it, which would be boring. I need to teach the people of this world a lesson. So I will wipe them out with my own hands. Only that will quell my wrath! That said, killing every little mouse in this world one by one would be too much of a nuisance. As such, I will leave the extermination of the lessers of this world to you as my representatives. Yes! You shall be my envoys!”

“Hmm...so that’s the situation. Can you do it?” Zakuro asked, turning to Haruto and Euphemia.

“As you command.” Euphemia bowed her head. Haruto hurriedly followed suit. In a situation like this, he couldn’t disobey even if he wanted to.

“Fear not. I shall grant you even greater power. I make only one demand of you: do not blindly kill en masse. Only take their lives once they are aware of their own sins. Though I suppose I cannot ask that you snap each of their necks individually.”

The people of this world would have no idea that the UEG even existed. But on account of them living in the world in which she’d been trapped, they had been sentenced to death. It was a totally unreasonable state of affairs. But she was a god, so there was nothing for Haruto to do but accept it. He may have been fated to end up in a situation like this from the moment Zakuro had saved him.

“Do you care which of us goes where?” Zakuro asked.

“Not at all! I shall begin by prioritizing those who seem like they will offer some level of resistance! The rest of you can simply wander around and slay whomever you come across.” After saying that, the UEG vanished.

“Huh?”

“I guess she went to start killing.”

“What should we do?”

“Exactly what she told us to. Wander around and kill whoever we find. Hmm. Are you reluctant to help?”

“To be honest, I’m a bit bewildered.” Before coming to this world, Haruto had fought as a member of the bird beastkin. He had killed according to the orders from his tribe before. He didn’t balk at the thought of killing. However, he couldn’t help but feel reluctant to kill people who had done nothing wrong. If it was one or two people, he might have been able to swallow it, but there was no limit to these orders. He would have to keep killing until all life in this world was annihilated.

“Sorry for getting you wrapped up in this, but there’s no backing out now. Lady UEG is very tolerant of her followers, but she has no mercy for those who disobey. However, she did just tell us to kill whoever we found. There is always the possibility you won’t end up finding anyone.”

“Umm...”

“Either way, take it easy. And just in case, our actions are just extensions of Lady UEG’s will. Keep that in mind.”

“May I ask something?”

“What is it?”

“What will happen to us once all life in this world is wiped out?”

“We’ll be heading back to our own world, but you came from a different world, didn’t you? Do you want to go back there?”

“If at all possible...”

“Then you should do what you can to get on Lady UEG’s good side. In the end, she’ll be the one who decides.”

While they were talking, Euphemia had disappeared. Perhaps she had gone to carry out her orders. As if deciding he had said all that needed to be said, Zakuro turned and began walking towards the exit as well.

What is this situation? How did things end up like this? Haruto cursed silently. His plan had been to use his classmates to make a place for himself in this world. But things had spun so far out of control that he was now part of a plan to exterminate all life in the world. Do I have no other choice?

The best he could hope for was that everything that happened in this world was just a dream. If he could make his way back to his own world, he might be able to convince himself of that. This place was foreign to him. He could always pretend that it had never even existed.

Haruto resolved himself to the task. He would work with the UEG to finish things as soon as possible.



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