Short Sword

Short Sword or Shortsword (ショートソード) was an weapon from YGGDRASIL.

Description
The Swords of Darkness each possessed a black short sword that represented represented the team's symbol and determination to make their dream of possessing the actual Swords of Darkness owned by the Black Knight come true.

The Great Tomb of Nazarick's Treasury contained various weapons of short swords.

In the Re-Estize Kingdom, being bestowed a short sword by the king was symbolic in being presented with a medal as a knight or winning the spoils of battle.

In the final negotiations between the Sorcerer Kingdom and the Dwarf Kingdom, the Forgemaster was given a shortsword to use as a reference to make a suit of armor out of a peculiar metal for the Sorcerer King. However the blacksmith found his abilities of processing the metal lacking and so abandoned his post, taking the metal and sword with him.

Orlando Campano once possessed a shortsword, but it ended up getting destroyed in an encounter with Buser.

Appearance
A type of sword that considered short, but longer than a dagger.

Abilities
Short Swords were commonly seen used by the natives of the New World as mainstay weapons. Used by knights and even criminals.

Later its revealed by Ainz Ooal Gown, that shortswords could be imbued with data.

List of Short Swords

 * Pluton's Magic Shortsword

Trivia

 * Zach tried to pierce Solution Epsilon with a short sword to free himself from being pulled into her chest.
 * Hekkeran Termite wielded a variation of short swords with handle guards. His lover Imina also carried one on her person.
 * Evileye was capable of conjuring crystal shortswords with her magic.
 * In OVERLORD -ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK-, the item is found on the Throne Floor of Fake Nazarick.
 * The game stats declare it to be Attack Area/Medium, Attack Speed/Fast.
 * After looting the treasury of the Elven Royal Castle, Ainz used a short sword as a marker for a [Gate].