overlord au The Star of Shadows Ch1

Morningstar bitterly stared at the nearly empty meeting room. A room that housed 41 seats and only had two filled at the moment. She was bitter for many reasons but the one that stuck out the most was how just seconds ago Herohero left. The black ooze just up and left Momonga and her self so casual there. A simple, "Hey let's meet up in the next game", and then gone. No exchange of information, no "I'll stay till the end." Not even a proper hand shake or even a hug. Two load thuds rang out as a massive Skeleton hand decked out in an almost tacky amount of rings smashed into meeting table. The second was a far smaller child like hand. This hand belonged to Morningstar an abyssal being who currently was in her alternative form. There forms turned to one another as they locked eyes with each other. Momonga is a giant skeletal overlord almost two and a half times the height of Morningstar, who is an abyssal being. A twisted mass of darkness dotted by hundreds of golden orbs carved into repeating goat eyes. The mass is ever shifting making it hard to get a fix on what shape she actually is. Sometimes she appears more humanoid while other times a mixture of animals. All while being translucent.

"Morningstar it's not like we can judge them for picking there real life over the virtual one." Momonga voice was full of disappointment and sadness as he spoke. It was apparently clear he, himself also was disappointed by the current turn of events.

"I know that Momonga, but we built this place!" She all but screamed out the statement. Quickly snapping her hands to her mouth, realizing she was about to take out her anger on Momonga, a long time friend and her guild master. "Am sorry, I didn't mean to .." she was cut off.

Momonga waving his hand back and forth to wave away the outburst. "It's fine Sakura. Am still here and so are you so in the end were still friends."

"Thank you." She spoke although here voice was still a bit down from before.

Being completely nervous by the turn of events Momonga spoke again. "How about we move the conversation to the throne room and reminisces about the past there!" He spoke trying to change the mood. "Besides we could move the NPC's there an end the game in style."

This earned a small laugh and a response." Sure, but you better take the guild weapon with you, after all It would suck to have never used it the entire time we had it."

"Ahh fine, you win I'll take it with us."Momonga walked over grabbed an ornate staff made of gold and other rare materials. The staff itself being a mass of twisted snakes with orbs in its mouths. As the two marched there way to the throne room of the 9th floor of the great tomb of Nazarick, they ran across the Pleades. An elite group of maids with combat prowess. There where to be the last line of defense in case invaders made it to the throne room but they simply were not that strong and would only provide a trivial bit to deal with. After all if any player got this far then they earned the right to face the whole guild of Ainz Ooal Gown in combat.

The group of maids plus the one butler (Sebas) were lined up in the long and luxurious hallway of the 9th floor. "Might as well give them one more use before the end." Momonga spoke."What was the order again?"

"It's follow. Momonga." Morningstar chimed in as he spoke mostly to himself." Besides that's a great idea, having them do there job."

The two now fallowed by the group of maids plus one butler continued there march to the throne room. It was only a few feet away from were they stopped at moments before but it's the thought that counts. Momonga pushed open two massive door with masterfully carved images in them. The images of a demon and angel of some sort. Morningstar didn't know she was never one for religious text but was sure they were important to the guild member who sculpted the door. The throne room is a massive hall filled to the brim with 41 large banners. Each banner marked a guild members personal symbol and a alcove were they would stand for the 'final battle' had it ever, even remotely happened. At the end of the hallway stood two things. A breath taking-ly beautiful women by the name of Albedo and the throne of kings. A giant black throne and world item. But something was odd as it seem someone had given Albedo a scepter and it's also a world item as well.

Momonga went of the throne only stopping momentarily to see Albedo. While Morningstar ordered the accompanying group to servants to kneel and bow before the throne. After doing so taking a seat on the armrest of the throne Momonga was actually sat in. "You know you ought to have a bit of fun with the staff before the end." Morningstar said as she watch Momonga glace through the settings of the near by Albedo.

"Normally I wouldn't but I guess I'll make an exception because this is then end. Oh hey take a look at this Tabula made her a bitchy slut." He replied curtly. Waving his off hand to make her look at the text

"Ah that's Tabula for you, always about the gap moe characters. So I can't really say am surprised at that." Morningstar reply was curt. "Might as well change it up after it's not like he'll ever know."

"Yeah, well with this I can do just that!" He then follows up with erasing a line of text and rewriting it as a new line.

"Hey! What did you right?" Morningstar now curios.

"It's a bit dorky but I.. I.. I wrote she was madly in love with Momonga." There was clear embarrassment in his voice.
"Ah, well at least she not a bitchy sluty anymore. Practically anything was better than that."

"True but look at the time." Momonga being sadly listening off guild members by there banners. Morningstar star thinks quietly as she sends Momonga a email while hes preoccupied with the list of guild members he's naming aloud. That contains of her email are her address and phone number and of course a small note. The note reading hey just so we can stay in touch while looking for a new game to play, maybe ygrassel 2.

"It sure was a great time." Morningstar chimes in as he finishes the last names on the guild list.

"Yeah it was." He responded.

5 4 3 the two close there eyes.

2 1 0 but nothing happened.

"Did the server shut down get pushed back!?" A unknown masculine voice filled the air.

"Momonga was that you... is that me?" A dainty girly voice filled the air soon after. "Did a filter or something turn on?" Her mind buzzed into a million different thoughts.

"Yeah that's me. I just tried the GM function and could not get a response." The same heavily masculine voice spoke up confirming that he was indeed Momonga. He seem so calm and collected about the current situation.

Suddenly a third voice rang out, in deeply concerned tone. "Lord Momonga, lady Morningstar, for give me but I do not know of the GM function that is concerning you two. Please tell me any way I can help ease your worries!" It was Albedo. An NPC that could not talk other than some pre-recorded voice lines. What in the actual fuck was happening. Morningstar tried to grab the sides of her head to ruffle her hair only to hit the two long ears on her head. Then it hit her like bricks in a wall. She could actually feel the ears on her head, each time her eyes blinked and the coldness of the arm rest of the throne of kings on her bottom. All of these things were not allowed in game and no company even outside of their right mind would ever brake these unspoken rules. To do so would be to invite forced closures of there company and the freezing of all of the assets. So this could not be happening.

Momonga spoke first to her. "Uh.. don't worry about it Albedo. It's nothing to be concerned about."

"But lord Momonga surely there is something that I could do, anything, anything at all." Albedo responded maybe a bit to quickly for comfort.

"No but, Sebas. Go an conform the surroundings of Nazarick and meet me in an hour in the sixth floor"

A wised old man with sharp eyes and white hair responded. "Of course my lord."

The NPC's seem to be responding in real time to non official commands. This is unheard of. No this is completely impossible. There responding like real people would. Surely Momonga is thinking the same he's so calm after all.

He spoke up again."Now Pleiades go and guard the area in front of the throne room as normal." Silently the maids stood up and left the throne room, to guard there hallway.

Morningstar turned to lock eyes with Momonga only to see events unfold before her eyes. While she was lost in thought about how life like the NPC's were. Momonga has taken charge of the situation. She turn and in slow motion she heard it. "Albedo may I touch your chest?" He seemed nervous, a far-cry from the unwavering calming tone from before.

"AHH BUT OF COURSE MY LOVE, I AM YOURS TO DO WITH AS YOU PLEASE! " The practically sreamed as her face contorted from a near peerless beauty into that of a lust filled one. Then her grabbed her by the breast and started fondling her. She moaned in an animalistic manner. A sound that reddened the face of Morningstar.

...

Wow. Hes still going it's been two whole minutes and he's still at it. Morningstar thought to her self. At first she had been a little shocked at this action then embarrassed by it. As time passed she figured it out. Why he was groping her chest. He was test 18plus actions! Normally any attempt at such a thing would forcibly log out the player but nothing happened. Then the thought crossed her mind. It was a dumb, not crazy dumb idea. Really being actually in our character bodies, ahh this is not some anime or light novel.

"Oh uh sorry Albedo. I did not mean to do that for so long." He was nervous.

"Oh lord Momonga is this to be my first time. What should I do with my clothes?" Then she gasped." What about lady Morningstar, she's still here? Not that I mind her being here for my first time that is."

"Enough." Momonga voice boomed and Morningstar released a breath she hadn't known she was holding. "Albedo there is a time and a place for that and here and now is not either of those things." Albedo looked a bit sad at the thought of that. It was that expression that made Morningstar believe that she really was in her character's body. "Now go tell the floors guardians to meet me in the 6th floor in an hour except for the guardians of 8th and 4th floor."

"Ofcourse my lord, it shall be done."

...Throne room after Albedo has left...

"So am stuck in the body of a child now."Morningstar mopped. "Well it's better than being in an undead one. Also how are you so calm about this!?"

"I don't know, but I think as an undead who is immune to metal attacks my emotions calm down forcibly as they spike out of control." Momonga calmly spoke while rotating his skeletal hand in front of his face. He sharp burning light in his eye sockets glowing intensity as if staring through his bone hand." But am sure it will be fine, so your a bit younger, everyone wants to be a kid again. Even I do from time to time."

"Yeah but I am so.. small! Hell I could probably sit in your massive ass hand and still have room!" Morningstar voice was anxious. "My tall full body is gone! You know how long it took me to get that figure?"

Hesitantly Momonga place a bone hand on her shoulder. "It's gonna be okay, am sure if we're real stuck in our avatars, we can just use an item to alter our race and appearance."

"Oh I had forgotten in the panic about the whole race change thing. Am not even a Feral Elf am actually a high level abyssal being." Morningstar began to panic. "If your emotions are being suppressed what's gonna happen to me if I turn into my real form?" She was now shaking visibly.

Momonga saw this as an opportunity to both help his now young friend and test some thing that crossed his mind. Magic. If were stuck in our bodies and am a skeleton then magic must surely work. But how was the question. Momonga closed his not existent eyes and tried to cast a spell. The next thing he know was everything. All his spells there mana usage and cool rates all came flooding into his head. The spell he casted was lions heart. A spell that removes the fear effect of a target.

Morningstar felt warm and as if her worries were trivial thing shrugged them off. If she was in a child's body fine, what ever there are worse things. Besides Momonga was right she did want to be a kid again from time to time. As for turning into an abyssal being and abyssal empress on less, well she'd cross that bridge if she ever decided to turn into it. Right now she was herself and that was good enough for her. "Hey, I don't know what you did,but thanks." Her voice as confident although she still sound like a child it was more so how she normally sounded.

"Think nothing of it, anyways should test the guild rings and our magic in the 6th floor." He responded by taking control of the situation. Confidentiality placing his left hand on her shoulder and letting his right hand the two vanished from the throne room together.

"It would seem the ring works, and that enchanted items must work as well." Momonga voice was calm and collected.

"Wow we just teleport-ed, that's crazy I just don't know what to think about it."Morningstar reply in awe.

"Yeah but it's not the craziest thing that seemed to happen today, Also before we get any farther into the 6th floor I think we should try to keep up the act authority to the NPC's. We don't yet know how they have changed and I don't want to risk them turning on us." He said in a reasonable process.

"Yeah okay, but don't the dark elf twins work on this floor... Aura and Mare I believe." Morningstar tilted her head to the left side and placed her left hand to her face. She was extra careful not the catch her extremely long ears as she still needed time to adjust to them. Thumb on her bottom lip, pointer finger across her cheek, the rest folded into the palm of her dainty hand.

"Speaking of which there's one now." He then points to a form front flipping off a platform with ease. The form was Aura a dark elf, who stuck her landing and with a fluid motion began sprinting to the twos currently position. She stop far enough to prevent the cloud of dirt she kicked from reaching Momonga and Morningstar.

"Lord Momonga, Lady Morningstar. It's good to see you. What brings you to the 6th floor today?" Aura, eagerly spoke. Bright eyes gleam with child like innocence.
Aura one of the twins that guard this floor is a young dark elf girl. At first glance she might be mistaken for a boy given her androgynous look and tomboy personality. She has lightly bronzed skin, long ears although not as long as Morningstar's. Those ear of her's stick out upwards in a energetic way. Two different colors eyes and is wearing a vest suits with red dragon leather shirt.

"Ah sorry to intrude but we'll be here for a bit." Momonga release Morningstar's shoulder.

"Intrude, oh you could never intrude we floor guardians exist to serve the supreme beings!" Aura was full of energy.

"Speaking of the guardians, where is Mare at? Dear." Morningstar purposely added the dear at then end of statement. Aura was simply too cute for her own good. She was even cuter when here ear twitch at the "dear" and her blush a bit. It really made Morningstar's day seeing it.

"Uh..uh.." Aura turned around and began to yell to hide her embarrassment." MARE get down here NOW, your being rude to the supreme beings."
A response was quick. It came from the earlier plat form Aura has so boldly jumped from.

"Uh ... bu-but sis am scared!" Mare reply was fragile and soft as if about to break any moment.

"Now!" Aura yelled back.

"O-okay am coming." Mare responded then quickly and in an extremely feminine fashion jumped over the railing grabbing the him of the skirt the elf was wearing and sprinted to Aura. Making extra care not to let the skirt flip up at any moment in time and to not allow any dirt kick up in the sprint to reach the supreme beings Mare now that Momonga and Morningstar could see him looked like a girl. No way around it. He has the same blonde hair and skin tone. The same eyes and even dressed in a similar but noticeably different manner. He wore a tiny skirt with thigh high socks and exposed a small amount of skin on his thighs. A similar vest but with purple dragon leather shirt. Another noticeable differences was that his ears dropped down in a adorably way. No one could falt you for thinking that this boy was a girl. "Ah s-supreme beings, what can we do for you?"

"Well sweet heart we were talking and decided to test out some magic here." Morningstar took a few steps to reach between the two of them an wrapped an arm around each of there shoulders. Making both of them completely embarrassed and blush deeply. Yeah she could not get enough of that, there just criminal cute. Curse you Bukubukuchagamma!

In a desperate attempt to save there self's from further embarrassment Mare spoke up. "Is that the staff of Ainz Ooal Gown!?"

"Ah it is. The very weapon that represents our guild and ..." Morningstar began to tune out Momonga as he always gets carried away when anyone one asks about the staff.

"Hey Aura let's get some target's set up." Aura claps her hands slightly and few dragon kin being setting up targets. As Aura dose this a slight scent fills the air. Morningstar release her grasp on Mare to pinch her nose. Thanks to Morningstar ablitys and skills suddenly popping into her mind she able to determine what happened. Aura had use a fear ability to control the low lvl dragon kin into action. Aura notices Morningstars actions and beings to profusely apologize. Morningstar star stop her before can start by pulling her in closer. Kind of like how a mother would console a child who thinks they messed up.

"No need for that." Aura is now wrapped tightly in between Morningstar's arm and chest, with her hand ruffling already messy hair."Besides that helped me out more than you could know." Morningstar ruffled her hair more cause Aura already deep blush to darken even more. While continuing to "sooth" the girls emotions Morningstar star cast a spell. This time it was message.*hey Momonga this is a message spell, respond if possible also I have conformed that friendly fire is possible .*

"Its so powerful its auto attack is on par with a world..." Momonga stopped mid speech, a bit surprised to her Morningstar in his head. *Ah so I can respond by choice, good work Morningstar star, now let's test something else out.*

"Anyway enough about that." Momonga looked at the starry eye elf boy. "Let's try a little something more."

Momonga walked a few step forward to the targets that had been set up moments ago. Raised the guild staff and released a massive fire blast from. The fire ball spell radiated a massive amount of heat and hot winds. The dragon kin from before actually moving in front of Morningstar, Aura and Mare to shield them from the heat and winds. A commendable effort but it was entirely needless. The group didn't even feel an thing from it, hardly even worth a glance. In all actuality it was an impossible hot fire but to them that third tier spell as basically child's play.

"Really Momonga, a third tier fire spell!" Morningstar jokingly replied.

"What it's a classic spell, and has a wide range. It's easily capable of hitting multiple targets and reasonably fast to cast. This makes it a good test fire for reading opponents and seeing how they respond."

"Yeah, yeah but how about something like this. " Morningstar raised her off hand and casted a spell. The spell was a astral summon spell, a type of magic that she specialized in. "Moon light lancer." A 7th tier spell. Emerging from her hand was a ghost appearance. A male figure clad head to toe in gray armor the chest ripped open. There were hundreds are metal spikes parroting from the chest cavity while a ghostly blue and white flame burst from the open chest, it flowed backwards to cover his head and form a long cloak of flame. In his hand was a massive lace with ported holes in it. Each hole produces the same flames. Just as quickly as he was summoned he sprinted of at the same speed of the fire ball from before hand to ram his lance through his target. The form past through it leaving the target ablaze. Then he was gone without a trace.

Aura and Mare both gasped with awe. Arua spoke first." Lady Morningstar that was amazing, I've never seen anything like that before!"

Then Mare." But it disappeared so fast, when it was summoned.?"

"Mare don't be rude!" She hissed at her brother, who in return clung into Momonga. He simply place a hand on his head to attempt at calming his nerves. This had the opposite effect making him more nervous.

"It's quite alright. You see astral summon don't stick around, there not like undead summons or normally monster summons." Morningstar started to explain. "You see normally a summon monster is mana given the form of monster, or in necromancy an enhanced corpse with negative energy. No astral summons are similar to you two. Actually life give purpose. That purpose is to damage and kill, its basically living magic!"

"Like us?" The twins spoke at the same time.

"Well not really, creation like your self are a hole different thing, like creating souls and feelings and flesh. Astral summons are a cheep imitation of the real thing." She awkwardly scratched her head. Good thing she read the wiki about that cause her bs just had to work.

"I don't get." Mare responded.

"Neither do I." Aura responded as well.

"Don't worry about it you two. How about I summon a monster for you two to fight?"

"Ah. You mean it! I haven't had a good fight in a while now." Arua eagerly stretched her arms and legs.

"Oh, I just remember that I has something else to do today." Mare tried to creep off only to be stopped in his tracks by his sister.

"Summon primal fire elemental!" Momonga shouted at the top of his nonexistent lungs.

Aura at the sight of the new summon giant flaming monster jumped into action. This was fallowed by Mare going into support mode to aid his sister. While the two dark elves fought Momonga and Morningstar found a nice spot to sit and watch.

"Are you feeling alright Morningstar, you seem far more energetic than a bit earlier today." Momongas massive figure leaned into Morningstar's much smaller one.

"Well now that you mentioned it, I did think that they were super cute and there embarrassed faces seemed to.. I don't know... filling to me." She awkwardly responded.

"Do you think it may be a mental change, kinda like my emotions being suppressed to an extent?"

"Maybe, I am an abyssal being, and abyssal beings are known to sustain there self's off of emotions. Am I subconsciously feeding off there embarrassed emotions. It would explain why I suddenly got so clingy with talk about it more later looks like the twins are finishing up."

"Oh that was faster than I expected, they sure do cover each other's weaknesses up well."

"Yeah it reminds me of the old days. Say you too did well. So how about some refreshments to cool you too down!" At first it seemed like a question but then it did seem so much like one because he rapidly shoved his bone hand into his inventory. Sometimes that hadn't even crossed her mind.

Aura spoke first. "Oh no lord Momonga, were suppose to serve and host you." She in vain tried to politely decline his offer but that simple was not happening. Momonga had pulled out an endless pitcher of ice cold water and a few drinking classes. He handed one to each of the dark elves and then the last to Morningstar, who took it without question.

The three drinks of water we quickly down. To Morningstar it was the best water she had ever had it tasted clean unlike the water from home. That water has large amounts of chemicals to make it drinkable. To her this was yet another reason to believe this was reality. How could someone simulate drinking a glass of water, the taste, smell, the coldness of it. It sent a small shiver down her back.

"I ... figured that you would be scarier?" Mare spoke hesitantly.

"We could be if you wanted?" Was all Momonga responded with.

"Wh-a, no I like you two the way are!."Mare was once more embarrassed.

"It should be about time for the rest of the floor guardians to arrive." Morningstar casual elbowed Momonga as she spoke.

"Dose that mean Shaltear is coming too!" Aura asked her tone a bit harsher but not hostile.

"Yes she will becoming, every one but the guardians of the 4th and 8th floors. " Momonga stood up and took a few steps toward the open floor of the 6th floor coliseum. When he turned to his side he saw an oval of pure darkness appear. "Ahh I would seem am the first to arrive! Oh huh hu hu!" It was Shaltear Bloodfallen. True vampire. She arrive with parasol in hand dropped ir as is faded into nothingness and sprinted elegantly into Momonga. She jumped wrappings both arms around his neck as a lover would do, then kissed the side of his face. "Oh lord Momonga am true love!" Then proceeded to rube her cheek against him until eyeing Morningstar. Momonga was stunned unable to move. Morningstar noted his odd lack of reaction and chopped it up to him being surprised.

"Did you rewrite this one too... no, forgive me that's just how Peroroncino made her." Morningstar tapping her foot. Shaltear dropped from Momonga an noticeable bounce of her rather large chest as she took two long strides and embraced her.

The vampire shaltear is much taller than Morningstar so she had to lean in to pull her into a tight but not uncomfortable embrace. Shaltear's breast being forced into her face. Morningstar was confused as she returned the hug. Shaltear's breast felt wrong to her, the felt like..

"Fake tits!" The words filled the room, a good feat seeing as the 6th floor was massive. The words were so soft spoken, only loud enough to be heard.
Shaltear responded with fire.

"What was that HALF PINT?! Mare surely it must be hard to deal with such a foolish sister like this all the time."

"Well I see you went through the trouble of stuffing your top and even when through the trouble of using a gate so they wouldn't shift.!" Aura snapped back quickly.

"Watch it elf you've got nothing but a boy chest!" Even quicker was Shaltear's response.

"True but am only 76 years old and I have room to develop. Besides Morningstar is also an elf!"Aura retorted. "Also were as your stuck in an undead body so you might as well get use to those bug bites you have."

"How dare you! ...I'll make..." Shaltear was interrupted.

"Oh Look more of the floor Guardians!" Morningstar comment snapping the attention of the two girls about to argue. A small group of individuals lead by Albedo arrived." And besides am not actually an elf!" This caused all the guardians to turn there heads to her.

"Your not an elf? But you have elf feral elf ears and age slowly?" Aura was confused.

"I guess that make sense after all you have seen me look the same for the last seven years and I do have the these elf ears. Although I don't actually age this is just the form I made. More so for people around me not to be effected by some of my racial abilities."

"Then wh-what are you? Lady Morningstar. " This time it was Mare.

"I am the darkness that stares back at you from the abyss of one's heart." Morningstar's reply was purposely less than helpful. She was enjoying the odd filling of fullness that radiated off of the living members of the group.

"MMMH. . ?" Cayotes a massive blue chitin vermin lord softly spoke or at lest tries to.

"Silence everyone we do not have time for this." To Morningstar surprise Momonga stepped in to rain in control of the situation. A dark aura surrounding his body.

End