Worker Within The Fog

Worker Within The Fog (請負人は霧と共に) is a game event in Mass for the Dead that was released on August 16, 2021 to September 1, 2021.

Background
Nazarick gets suspicious information about an imperial worker who wants to conduct a large-scale subjugation of undead in the Katze Plains. There is also the possibility of movement related to the location and the case of Shalltear. Momonga immediately decided to send intelligence personnel to the Empire――

Incident
In the Katze Plains, located southeast of E-Rantel an accursed land of the undead. Since the outbreak of the "World Cracks" the range of the fog generated by the area has expanded making the area more dangerous than ever. Currently a group of people are fighting undead through the cursed land in the fog that surrounds them. A trio composed of a thief, magic caster and warrior fight the approaching skeletons. To them it is routine as they are workers seeing to earn some coin to cull the undead from the plains. Unlike adventurers, workers are not affiliated with the Adventurer's Guild as such the activities of workers are done so out of monetary greed and involve in many unsavory ventures such as murder or the criminal element. Their client, Zero who hired them on this undead subjugation mission shouts out orders as the workers advance into the fog and advises them to not to stray too far. Malmvist and Peshurian are part of the party and eliminate any undead they see. The duo find the subjugation to be a relief, much better than being turned into soup alongside Chaos Beasts. One of the workers in their employ hearing them ask if this is related to a story they heard somewhere north of E-Rantel. Distracted he fails to notice two looming undead behind him, but he is saved by two other workers, a pink-pig tailed eye patch girl and a red haired woman. The red haired woman proceeds to use her cosier to crush the oncoming skeletons stunning the workers with her strength. Zero seeing her realizes that she is one of the newcomers that fled from E-Rantel. The two women introduce themselves, as Shizuni and Regi.

Malmvist informs his boss that the two those escaped E-Rantel when Jaldabaoth raided the city. Though he finds it odd as staying in the city to help reconstruct it would have been more profitable. Regi answers that the city of E-Rantel was not to their taste as shady characters, plus they found the work of being adventurers to be too troublesome as one can't make much money unless you rank up. On this Peshurian agrees, citing that employment in the Empire is more lucrative as it pays for performance and strength be it if an individual is from the slums or a criminal. After sharing some brief encouraging words with the members of Six Arms the two women go back to work in cleaning up the undead.

The party continues to fight the undead, and after a short interval break, Peshurian feels that the undead they have been encountering so far were actually controlled, and calls to his companions that they are close. Malmvist warns to Zero that the target will be arriving soon which Zero grins at the prospect and to get ready. A creaking sounds emanates from the fog and a large derelict galley emerges. Zero unsurprised by the sight tells everyone that it is a Ghost Ship of the Katze Plains. While the members of Six Arms marvel at the ship floating above the misty ground, Regi confused ask who this relates to the job. Zero explains that the being who controls the vessel is an Elder Lich and one of the strongest undead in the plains and that he plans to tame it. Shizuni warns her employer someone is coming out. Malmvist cites that it is the elder lich and it brings to mind his old comrade Davernoch.

The lich introduces himself as Iguva and demands to know why the humans have come to him. Zero tells the undead that normally they would pick off the undead one by one for money, but the criminal mastermind states that he has something different in mind and it concerns the lich which he declares his intent to capture Iguva. Iguva jumping down from the ship, laughs at the petty materialistic desires of the living and states that the workers will replenish his thralls. The three members of Six Arms are unfazed having expected this kind of reception and Regi and Shizuni prepare to follow their lead. Zero pauses for a moment and asks what happened to the other workers, which Malmvist reports that they fell behind in the march. Shizuni then directs her attention to Regi as to why she did not recover them. The other woman feigns that she didn't want to get lost and possibly die herself in the fog. The reason makes sense to the members of Six Arms as their mission takes priority, something Zero commends as he does with Shizuni's sniping arm. Iguva believes they must be joking that the five could hope to defeat him.

Aftermath
TBA