Lizard in Blizzard

Lizard In Blizzard (リザードinブリザード) is a game event in Mass for the Dead that was released on December 15, 2020 to December 28, 2020.

Background
The village of the lizardmen was hit by a mysterious cold wave. Three members of the Pleiades rush to help them. A warm daily life for those who benefit Nazarick. Red and white two-tone Santa costumes dance brilliantly in the mountains ――

Incident
In Momonga's office on the 9th Floor of Nazarick, Pandora's Actor reports to his creator on the current status of the new financial and mineral resources. A dedicated space has been installed in the Treasury, reserved for mined ore resources which would then be strictly managed and stored until their composition could be appraised. Momonga is relieved to hear the report, and is hopeful at the prospect of Nazarick's mining operations in the Azerlisia Mountains believing it will be the dungeon's immediate source of revenue. To ensure steady operations, Momonga requests the Area Guardian cooperate with Albedo and Demiurge.

On the subject of the mine, Pandora's Actor asks his creator about the recent turmoil at the mine and is worried about damages. His concerns are put to rest by Momonga who informs Pandora's Actor that the mine is being operated by skeletons. Those that were lost in a collapse could easily be replaced through summoning. Not only that but using the undead means that the skeleton have no need for eat, drink or even sleep. Additionally are unaffected by toxic gases or oxygen deficiency, making them the perfect workforce for mining. The collapsed tunnel was just a nuisance and it now has been thoroughly reinforced to prevent future accidents. As of now the mine is also staffed by several lizardmen who act as guides and foremen. The joint venture by the lizardmen and Nazarick has thus been proving to be cheap and profitable.

Momonga seeing that the time for his meeting with Pandora's Actor is almost over then decides to end it. The Area Guardian promptly thanks his creator and bids him farewell. Pandora's Actor is seen walking in the corridors of the 9th Floor to a specific destination. Though the NPCs that have so far been revived by Momonga were required to remain at their posts, special permission was granted to allow them access to a specific area in Nazarick. At the Throne Room, under the supervision of a Floor Guardian NPCs were allowed to use the area as a training ground to strengthen and level up. On his way to the Throne room, the doppelgänger encounters the protagonist, Slimeko, Aura Bella Fiora, and Mare Bello Fiore. The quartet are surprised to see the Treasurer on the 9th Floor as they greet him. After Pandora's Actor informs him of his schedule, he inquires what the four are up to. Mare explains that they were heading to the 6th Floor after they visited Ashurbanipal. Aura seeing that Pandora's Actor is present before them, asks if he could help them with something as only he who has access to the Treasury would be able to fulfill their request. They even offer to assist him in his training session while eliminating Chaos Beast s for him.

With the help of Pandora's Actor, the protagonist and Slimeko were able to complete their preparations. Visiting Momonga's office, the two present their master with a treat. With a flourish the two open the doors of the office and present Mare and Aura dressed in Santa Claus costumes. The two dark elves cheerful say hello to their master and present a gift box to him. Momonga is delighted at the spectacle and the gift they gave him, which upon opening finds a shoulder massage coupon from Aura and a portrait of him from Mare. Pandora's Actor soon makes his appearance asking how he liked his surprise. Pandora's Actor claims responsibility for the outfits which he prepared at Mare's request after reading literature on Santa Claus in the library.

Personally Momonga never had any interest in wearing such costumes, as he was too embarrassed to wear them out of season even though the equipment had buff effects, so the costumes were stored in the Treasury. However he finds the display by Aura and Mare to be enjoyable and thanks them for the gifts, though be points out that children such as them as suppose to receive them on Christmas. Mare having read that Santa Claus gave gifts to good children, wanted to instead gift one to Momonga, and Aura wanted to give him one as well since the previous Christmas party after witnessing Albedo gift him one. While the occasion feels more like Father's Day than Christmas, Momonga appreciates the thought. The two elves then quickly change back into their regular attire and thank Pandora's Actor for his assistance. Pandora's Actor is just grateful and extremely honored to have contributed to the joy of his creator, Momonga. Slimeko agrees, musing that Christmas was certainly a celebration of the winter solstice and recalls how everyone was having fun at the party. The protagonist especially remembers the work to collect the necessary materials and tree for the celebration. Momonga even states that the party was truly exciting and fun to spend with his family. The word family causes Pandora's Actor to sputter as he finds it a pity that he was unable to enjoy the festivities or with Momonga. He admits that it could not be helped as he was currently guarding the Treasury which was an important mission, but sees that he missed an opportunity to spend some time with his creator, Momonga.

The others in the discussion feel sorry for the Area Guardian, especially Momonga who is upset about Pandora's Actor's depression and even Aura and Mare faces of disappointment. Not wanting to see such sad faces, Momonga declares that they should do the party again. To allow Pandora's Actor to participate, a replacement at the Treasury will be assigned to take his post temporarily. Pandora's Actor is overwhelmed by the offer, followed by Aura and Mare words of approval. The preparations of the party are assigned to the protagonist and Slimeko who both promise to take care of it. Though Momonga does not wish to trouble them to acquire the materials like they did previously, the protagonist assures his master that in this try he and Slimeko will buy the materials for the party from the humans using his adventurer connections. Momonga approves of the idea and allows Narberal Gamma and Solution Epsilon to assist the two on this assignment at E-Rantel. Aura also adds that she will solicit Pestonya Shortcake Wanko aid to prepare the food and Mare offers to get the venue for the party ready. Their plans now set Momonga declares that they will soon enjoy another party of Christmas fun. Just as Momonga and his subordinates were planning their event, they didn't know there was something happening in another place at the same time.—

In the midst of an "incident", a sudden cold wave swept from the Azerlisia Mountains and with it came the violent monsters that originally lived in the mountains. To escape the cold air, the monsters, such as Peryton s, had fled down the mountains and began flocking towards the lizardman settlement. At the Great Lake, the beasts came in conflict with the lizardmen at village of Green Claw. Many of the lizardmen who were supposed to defend the area found themselves unable to move satisfactorily due to the cold that arrived with the monsters. The remaining forces that could muster a proper defense are composed of Zaryusu Shasha, Kyuku Zuzu, Zenberu Gugu, and Shasuryu Shasha but the group face the same difficulty fighting as the temperature is rapidly dropping. Shasuryu uses his magic [Protection Energy - Ice] to give his allies some protection against the elements but even his magic is not enough to help the rest of his kind and if the cold wave continued it would be life threatening.

Cocytus arrives at the village to take out a flock of Perytons to protect his lizardmen allies. Zaryusu thanks the Floor Guardian for his as the two fight side by side. Cocytus who had been doing an inspection at the nearby resource mine was forced to abandon it after his workforce was attacked by the migrating beasts. He suspected that the monsters were heading to the village and relocated his minions to the area to assist in suppressing the attacks.

Kyuku cites that even if they fortified the village the cold wave is getting stronger which Zaryusu suggests that they need to send an investigation team north to intercept the demon beasts. But if they send out an investigation team it will weaken their defense, and risk a breach. The chieftains believe that if they do nothing the cold wave will get worse and the lizardmen will most likely freeze to death. The party senses that more monsters are heading towards then and Shasuryu tells them to ready themselves.

Soon after the crisis in the village of the lizardman is made known to Nazarick. After receiving a message from Cocytus, Momonga hurriedly convenes the Floor Guardians and Pleiades to the Round Table Room. The Overlord confirms the state of the village using Mirror of Remote Viewing. From what he could tell seems that there is no magical attack, yet it is simply not just abnormal weather. The cold wave at the Great Lake is noted to be curious by Mare as before the are faced a disaster of abnormally high water temperature. Aura on the other hand believes that such problems can't be helped as it is at the foot of the mountain range, where there are territories of the demon beasts.

Albedo wonders if it is necessary to gather everyone to help lizardmen. Momonga reminds her that Nazarick currently has a friendly relationship with the demi-humans. It would be regrettable to lose a rare case of interracial diplomacy, and the village that serves as a good stepping stone to the Azerlisia Mountains. Above all, the actual profit for Nazarik is great, since the lizardmen are also useful in mining mineral resources, such as the gold vein. Demiurge sees that his master wants to save the lizardmen from their predicament to show them that he is a person with a strong sense of duty, planting more grace to Nazarick. He admires that Momonga has taken advantage of the misfortune of the demi-humans by having Cocytus station at the mind at the time and is now protecting the village as an established fact. Though that is not the reason for his use of the lizardmen, Momonga decides to leave it at that for his subordinates.

In regard to the selection of people to lead up the rescue operation, Albedo suggest that Shalltear Bloodfallen be sent as she is resistant to cold. The vampire agrees to this and suggests that Yuri Alpha accompanies her. Momonga disagress as it would be better for them to remain and guard Nazarick's defense as he does not wish to spread their forces too thin. The Guardians are confused by the reason and consider that maybe Shalltear's excess power is not suitable for the job. Albedo claims that she understand Momonga's reasoning and explains to her fellows that Momonga is using this as a demonstration. Demiurge catches on and sees that Momonga believes that this event might be the work of an unknown enemy. If that is so, Isn't it possible to think that they would expect Nazarick to send agents would would be naturally resistant to cold air as a way to lure them. The group, including Momonga, see the logic to avoid such a mistake to prevent the enemy predicting their movements.

To alleviate the plight of the village and dilute the exposure of their forces, Demiurge has a suggestion. Cocytus has already been exposed outside Nazarick to act as a target, while working at the mine, so moving him from the village would be a terrible thing exhaust the defenses of the area. He thus recommends that Nazarick give priority to assist the lizardmen. Entoma Vasilissa Zeta has reported that Cocytus called to tell them that the Heatstone s are mining for Nazarick and asks for permission to use them to alleviate the suffering of the freezing lizardmen.

Momonga sees that Cocytus as though ahead for himself on the situation and gives him permission. Since the protagonist is out with his allies on another mission in E-Rantel, the demon recommends that another team be sent to the lizardman village for combat duty. Seeing that they would need to rescue personnel at the Great Lake, Lupusregina Beta, CZ2I28 Delta and Entoma Vasilissa Zeta are deemed to be appropriate for the mission. A issue is drawn on cold-weather equipment, which Mare and Aura state that the Santa costumes they wore had cold resistance and thus the maids should equip themselves with the items. To demonstrate Mare offers Momonga to examine his costume using [All Appraisal Magic Item] and confirms that the items do possess the buffs to make a wearer to be completely resistant to cold air. Momonga orders the maids to hurry to the Treasury and have Pandora's Actor equip them with Santa costumes. Once they arrive at the village their mission will not just to be to investigate and solve the abnormality, but like Santa Claus, give the lizardmen a peaceful gift.

Flying on the back of a peryton borrowed from Aura, the three maids fly swiftly in the sky to solve the predicament of the lizardmen. Each maid wears a Santa Claus outfit, making their appearance in the air seem like a flash of red. Lupusregina enjoys her ride on the magical beast, while her sisters marvel at the cold resistance and cuteness of the items. Shizu notes that they to be cute, resembling Santa Claus, though Entoma questions that since the real Santa is like a big beard grandfather and wonders if that can still be considered cute. Shizu likens Santa Claus as a fluffy as a Spear Needle.

Lupusregina is more eager to complete the mission so that the three can return home and enjoy the upcoming Christmas party. The other two maids nod in agreement that should be their end goal. Just as Lupusregina comments on the two being such good sisters, her "Beast's Intuition" picks up something approaching them. Shizu with her sight confirms it to bea flying demon beast and Entoma promises to eliminate it. After killing the beast which turns out to be a vulture, Lupusregina returns the conservation back to the Santa Claus equipment, noting that it's not harder to move than she expected. Shizu stated that Momonga said that all equipment parameters have buffs so flexible movement could be that effect. When Entoma, makes a comparison to their maid clothes, Lupusregina stops her there as it is a mistake to compare the equipmet with one created by the Supreme Beings. Shizu comments that it is natural for ladies to enjoy changing clothes. Entoma rebukes that she understands, but only wishes to state that it is important to have equipment that suits the situation. On that the senior maid agrees on the usefullness of the equipments' properties, but is unsure if they are suitable for the current situation. Entoma notes that more vultures have come and wonders perhaps it is due to their clothes. The maids then get ready to deal with the buzzards as it would be annoying if their mount was attacked.

Due being assailed by a flock of demon beasts that intermittently attacked from the Azerlisia Mountains the lizardmen established a base to intercept them. They soon noticed the appearance of a peryton flying from overhead, coming from the exact opposite of the position of the mountains. The chieftains think it might be a lone monster that circled around their defenses, but when they see the maids: Lupusregina, Entoma and Shizu on the back of the magical beast, they see it not to be the case. Cocytus welcomes the maids and tells the lizardmen that they are allies of his that have come to help.

Aftermath
TBA