Momonga's close friend, Ulbert Yalian Odle, had this to say about Aya: "Wealth, plus ability, plus intelligence, plus drive—that's Aya."
"Aya is absolutely someone of the upper class. Even setting aside that terrifying wealth, her way of thinking and her drive aren't things lowborn people could cultivate."
If the guild had gained someone like Aya, then perhaps it becoming like this wasn't impossible...
Author's Note:
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It suddenly occurred to me that maybe I could write a side story someday about Aya in the Nazarick timeline.
Aya's Story in Nazarick, Part Two
After the basic introduction was finished, Lilith began explaining, in chronological order, the events that had happened to Nazarick in this timeline.
From the moment she began until she finished, it took roughly half an hour. During that time, Momonga's racial passive, [Forced Calmness], triggered around fifteen times.
Once every two minutes on average.
Actually, it triggered more often during the first half, because later on... Momonga began to get used to it.
If the events of this world were to be summed up in a single sentence, it would be: "The honest guildmaster Momonga led all guild members forward in unity and cooperation, while the mysterious young girl Aya ruled from behind the curtain and slaughtered her enemies in every direction."
First came the founding of the guild. The party, including Aya and Momonga, decided to capture the special dungeon, the underground tomb "Nazarick," and make it their base. On their first attempt, they successfully cleared it.
This was the same as in the original story. Because of the achievement for "clearing it in one attempt," Nazarick received a reward of 500 total guild base levels.
In other words, the total level cap of the Great Tomb of Nazarick's NPCs rose from 2250 to 2750.
Then, because