User blog comment:Zack Tan/Volume 7 Intermission/@comment-138.162.0.41-20150903140211/@comment-73.162.38.142-20150908064832

I guess I still disagree in that I think it's pretty easy to connect the dots that Momon=Ainz for PDL. To have super strong adventurers come out of nowhere, it becomes very suspicious. Even if PDL wasn't sure that Momon=Ainz, he would probably think Momon works for Ainz. If Momon refuses to answers PDL's questions on where he comes from, it would just make him more suspicious. (This would be the guilty until proven innocent scenario.) Also, I thought I read in the comments that Clementine might have been resurrected. If this is true, then she could definitely provide evidence that the two are the same (e.g., Momon knows magic, and he is an elder lich). Also Shalltear can be linked to Momon/Ainz. First Momon specifically told many people that he was in this area to hunt for Shalltear. Then the fact that Shalltear is back (as confirmed by Brain) after she was supposedly killed by Momon, would make Momon even more suspicious. If the PDL finds that Shalltear somehow broke out of the mind control of a World Class item, that would point even more to that Momon / Ainz was a player. That is, either someone has another World Class item that can break the mind control of Downfall of Country and Kin or somebody resurrected Shalltear. And who else would have the power or motivation to resurrect a true vampire but Ainz.

I realize that as readers, we have the knowing all of these things that the participants in the New World do not. However, it's been shown that Ainz and his crew do make mistakes. (e.g., how Nifrea was able to deduce that Momon was Ainz.) Therefore, I think that others in this world will be able to figure things out. And once it is known that Momon is in reality an elder lich, I think all of the goodwill and reputation that he has been working on will evaporate.

I agree that PDL may be enemies with Slane Theocracy, but after the events of volume 9, it may be the "enemy of my enemy is my friend." I still think the best strategy if someone wants to defeat Nazarick is to kill Ainz and prevent his resurrection. Is it known who can perform resurrections in Nazarick w/o using the wand other than Ainz? Victim has left the 8th floor of Nazarick before. (He did it when Pandora's Actor, etc, were questing Sebas about Tsuare and whether Sebas had betrayed Ainz.) Also, there has been some foreshadowing that Rubedo might betray Nazarick when Nigredo suggested this early on. The thing is obviously, no one besides the denizens of Nazarick know about Victim's special ability. To be able to complete this scenario, you would almost need another player to come from Yggdrasil who was part of that 1500 level 100 party raid, and inform the people of the New World about this. Then the best case would still be to try to set some trap where Ainz is in Nazarick in a room with the Guardians, Rubedo, and Victim, and a mind-controlled Victim unleashes his special skill, and causes Rubedo (along w/ some other Guardians) to turn on Ainz, and kill him. And in this chaos, some other adventurers are able to obtain the resurrection wand and other means to prevent Ainz from being resurrected. I don't think Victim has a WC item to protect him, and I am not sure if his skill would affect those who do possess WC items or have an ability to resist Mind Control (like Shalltear), but it still may be possible. I agree it sounds like a crazy long shot, but I think the route for this may still exist.

Again, I think the only reason that the 1500 player raid lost was due to the ability of Victim which was why so many players complained to the mods after this happened, so if Victim can be mind controlled, that might be the weak link in Nazarick.