The Undead King by Kugane MaruyamaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have never read a light novel in my life until I picked up Overlord. I have watched the anime (season one, actually) and I loved it so much that I had to read the light novel. I was not disappointed at all. Every scene of the book felt like I was rewatching the anime all over again. The idea of someone who has played a video game for so long, and wanted to stay till the end, only to wake up in your character’s body and you’re stuck in the world, having no idea how to get out of it.
That is what happened to Momonga when he spent one last day in the video game Yggdrasil, because he didn’t want to leave it. He said goodbye to one of his friends and when he closed his eyes...he woke up in the body of an undead lich. Confused, he walked around the Great Tomb of Nazarick and found all these geat NPCs-Albedo, Demiurge, Cyctous, Mare and Aura, Sebas, even Shalltear-and before the game even shut down and he went to sleep, he changed Albedo’s trait of being a bitch to being in love with him.
When he’s trying to figure out what works in the world he’s in right now and what doesn’t, a village called Caine Village got attacked by a bunch of knights of the Thane Sloanacy, to call out another knight they wanted to kill, Granef Stronoff. Ainz helped the village by summoning a death knight and only killed the knights and even helped two girls who were running from the village and gave them a healing potion. Once the village was saved and he spoke to the mayor of the village, that’s when the E-Rantel knights came and Granef and Ainz spoke, even though Ainz had a mask over his face so no one can see what he truly looked like.
Granef and the Thane Sloanacy did into a fight, but then they switch and it was Ainz vs The Thane Sloancy. The fight scenes in this book is really well written and it felt real, and I liked how Ainz was serious and also thinks about what spell to use before he attacks. He shocks the humans of the spells he uses, and they even try to get him to join the group, but Ainz says no, and i also like reading the thought process of the humans on the other side, trying to figure out what the hell is Ainz and how is he that powerful enough to kill angels and how he was still standing. In the end, they were sent to Nazarick and Carine Village is safe and in the protection of Ainz Ooal Gown.
For my first light novel, I have to say that I truly enjoyed it and am glad that I got book two and am planning on getting more of the series and finish watching the anime as well so I can enjoy it so much more. The light novel covers episodes one through four and I can’t wait to read where this story will lead us.
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