(Part 1) Swimsuits, Lizards, and Dark Elves

(Part 1) Swimsuits, Lizards, and Dark Elves (【前編】水着と蜥蜴と闇妖精) is a game event in Mass for the Dead that was released on July 15, 2022 to July 31, 2022. The event was continued in (Part 2) Swimsuits, Lizards, and Dark Elves.

Background
At the petition of Shalltear, a re-experiment of [Gate] was carried out. The destination is the familiar "beach". The coordinate shift was a concern so to make sure it's stable, Aura and Mare train in final battle weapon "swimsuit" and take the challenge to confirm it――

Incident
Present in the Round Table Room, Shalltear Bloodfallen makes an earnest petition before the Floor Guardians, Momonga and the protagonist for permission to resume [Gate] experiments to reconfirm the phenomenon that teleportation magic still functions. While Nazarick is still being structurally reconstructed, the transitional traps under the vampire's jurisdiction, from the 1st to 3rd Floors have ceased to function. Given that [Gate] is an ability given to her by Peroroncino, Shalltear believes that it should not be in an odd state to use.

Momonga having set up the consultation for this very purpose opens the floor for opinions on Shalltear's requets. Demiurge answers first that the while there may be risks, it would be useful to know if that transition coordinates can still be used. Albedo gives her opinion next, as she finds the inter-floor [Gate] system to be sufficient enough as well as the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown for their needs, and finds the request to be unnecessary. Her opinion almost discourages Shalltear, but Momonga then asks the protagonist for his input, which the homunculus believes re-investigating the [Gate]s would be a powerful weapon to outperform other countries in transportation of goods and personnel.

The Overlord notes that the inability of not using [Gate] has robbed Nazarick of their means to conduct emergency evacuations in the event of a surprise attack by a strong enemy. While there may be risks, it is no different from Demiurge's experiments with the Cracks when the benefits outweigh the risks. On this Demiurge agrees as his own investigation on the Cracks has not revealed much but the risk have thus far remained minimal.

To restart the [Gate] experiments, Momonga authorizes that the take place in the same place as before, on the 2nd Floor of the dungeon where it will be as far away as possible from the Cracks, and provide enough space for interception if the [Gate] connects to enemy territory and brings a powerful enemy. Plus with the experiments taking place on the 2nd Floor, it will minimize the observation from people outside the dungeon. The coordinates of the mine managed by Demiurge is selected to be the target destination for the [Gate] experiments.

Demiurge seeing that they were re-experimenting suggested that they conduct the tests under the same conditions as it would be useful in measuring the difference from the previous time. The idea is novel to Shalltear at first but is more than happy to include it to be more useful to Momonga.

Aura raises a question on what was he problem during the first set of experiments with the [Gate]s, annoying Shalltear thinking Aura is trying to second guess Momonga's wisdom. Aura though only wants to check the status of the Cracks and suggests that she check on the one on the 6th Floor before any experiment starts. Her advice is believed to be prudent by Demiurge as they never observed a [Gate] in action when a Crack was activated. Momonga agrees and orders the dark elf twins to head to the 6th Floor to not only subjugate the emerging Chaos Beasts and check on the condition of the phenomena before the [Gate] experiment is performed on the 2nd Floor by Momonga and the others.

After being dismissed, Aura and Mare at on the 6th Floor where they subdue the Chaos Beasts. While waiting to see if anything strange is with the Crack, the twins talks about Shalltear's behavior and her desperation to move forward with the experiments. Aura has a pretty good idea where the desire is coming from and states to her brother it is just from Shalltear's need to contribute to the defense of Nazarick. The two admire the vampire's dedication as they head to t for news from the 2nd Floor.

On the 2nd floor, Demiurge has already replicated all aspects of the previous [Gate] experiments using records he made that mark the exact place of where everyone involved was and the placement of the [Gate]. The twins come into the room to report no abnormalities with the nearby Crack. Ready to begin, Momonga gives Shalltear he order to connect a [Gate] to the 2nd Floor to the ore quarry. A s[Gate] appears and to make sure it can be used, Momonga sends a skeleton to cross the threshold. Through [Remote Viewing] Momonga uses his undead to see what it sees. Albedo is excited about the result and expects the [Gate] to have successfully connected to the mine. However grows confused when Momonga reports to be seeing a beach instead.

Aftermath
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