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Inner thoughts
Overlord speech
Voices in Overlord's head
Chapter 2
The land was calm and peaceful, rolling green hills as far as the eye could see with birds chirping as deer grazed in a meadow. Everything was full of joy and happiness in the silent air, until a massive black spear like stone busted forth from the ground. Shattering the silence as the animals scattered and the stone opened in almost a shape of a clawed hand. A swirling blue portal in the center glowing brightly before the Overlord emerged. Grunting as he cracked his neck and the bones snapped loudly. Looking around he gave a low growl as he held his Durium Sword tightly, ready to shed blood as he took a few steps and strode onto the grass.
He almost cracked a smile under the mask covering his mouth. It had been so long since he felt anything but the hard obsidian of the Infernal Abyss and the Netherworld, he had almost forgotten the feeling of soft dirt and grass. He stretched his arm out to a glowing mound next to the Tower Portal and a deep sound of a horny called out and beckoned the first minion forth, flying from the minion tunnel before landing on his feet and eagerly looked around at the land. "YEAAAHHH, Mesa is on da surface! Masta gona REEEALLY massive happy with Jibby!" The Brown minion says as he does a little dance and jumped . . . Before another fourteen browns flew out and landed on top of him.
"Ba! Jibby! You block landing! Me beat you harder next time, maybe beat brain in you." Another Brown, this one quite larger and more muscular as he stood a head taller than Jibby and the others, jumped up and bashed the minion in the head before pulling the others up and lining them up in front of their Overlord. "Masta, me Gasher! Me leading Brown Minions under you! Me happy to beating fluffier with you again!" The large Brown, now know as Gasher, says as he rested his club on his shoulder and gave a solute, smacking Jibby in the face and knocking him on his back with a yelp.
The Overlord silently looked over Gasher and the other Minions. Seeing them in only the basic loincloths, like when he first ventured out in the Mellow Hill so long ago. It almost made him smile at the past memories, then he steeled himself as he turns and starts walking, the Minions falling instep behind their master. They journeyed around the Portal to insure no one was near and the portal secured before heading west. The Minions eager for blood and the screams of their enemies as the Overlord remained silent, listening for any movement.
"Is . . . Is this thing on?" Gnarl's voice asks, echoing through the Overlord's mind. "Blasted reception! Last time I let Grubby fix thi- OOOWWWW!" He screamed as the sound of a crash echoed loudly around him. "Next time I see that worthless beetle shite, I'll strangle him with his own intestines! Can you hear me master?! Oh! There we are." Gnarl says, finally getting the connection right. "As you see, my lord. This land has been saturated with -" Gnarl stopped as a rabbit hopped out and looked at the Overlord and his minions. "the fluffy . . . Cuddly abominations as this . . . *shudders* rabbit."
Without hesitation the Overlord sent a mental command to his minions. "KIIIILLL!" The command echoed through their minds and they charged without question. The rabbit started to run as they came. Dodging one and diving under another's legs as a third crashed into him, letting the rabbit have a few precious moments to try and get to the forest . . . only for a fireball to hit it in the side, burning the fur and and muscles as it fell dead and a brown life force appeared above the body. A brown eager grabbed the orb and carried it over before holding it out, offering it to his master with a wide smile before it was absorbed into the Overlord a second later.
The Overlord himself however was looking over his gauntlet, he wanted to cast Inferno or Combustion not Fireball! He then looked at a tree and tried to cast the spell again, only for another fireball to fly from his gauntlet. He let out a growl as he saw the tree burning and some flames spread to another near by.
"Hmmmm, as I suspected, Lord. Your old spells have lost much of their old power. We will need to find the Tower Heart or another source of significant magical energy to restore them." Gnarl says as the Overlord let his arm drop to his side, glaring at the tree with more rage than he felt in years. "Patience, my Lord. We will restore your power and army as they once were. For now I'm picking up a small settlement to the northwest. I'd suggest investing for a possible map we could use, as well as some equipment for the Minions."
Silently agreeing the Overlord started to walk with the minions marching behind, eager for more blood and chaos than the rabbit barely gave. His feet where fast and heavy, shaking the earth as he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, rage boiling within him as he stared straight ahead. Slashing a tree down that stood in his way with one swing, letting it fall to show the Overlord and his minions were on a large cliff face. Down below in a valley was a small village, maybe a dozen houses and a town hall at the center. All of them having a similar style to the 'Glorious Empire' from so long ago, making the Overlord's eyes narrow and let out a low growl.
"Hmmm, interesting. It seems these people are either remnants of the Empire, or took quite a bit of inspiration from them. Either way, it matters little. How about you go down there and introduce the populist to their new Master?"Gnarl asked with a chuckle.
The Overlord turned and started to the east, going back into the forest and following the cliff downhill. The birds incessant chirping was grating on his ears, making him want to just burn down the whole forest to shut them up, maybe even give the minions some snacks. His feet falling to the earth with such force it made the ground shake with each step. His eyes narrowed with a bright yellow glow, leaving a small trail of energy that quickly disappeared. He was enraged, eager to kill, but he knew that to have a rule he needed subjects, LIVING subjects. Though that didn't mean he couldn't slaughter a few of the potential rabble rousers as examples.
The suddenly a loud roar of a beast broke the Overlord from his thoughts. He looked to his right and saw a large brown bear charging out of the brush. Barreling towards him and the Minions with it's teeth bared. The Overlord took his sword in both hands, tightening his grip as the minions jumped and whooped with glee, eager to take the beast and prove their strength after the annoyance that was the . . . Rabbit.
The beast drew closer, its teeth glistening with its saliva, eager for blood as it continued to charge straight at the Overlord. He raised his sword and held it close to his chest, mentally commanding the browns to step back into the trees. The bear reared back on his hind legs and tries to swipe its claws at the Overlord, but he nimbly jumps to the side, bringing his sword down and slashing the side of the bear between the ribs. The beast roared in pain and anger as it turned its head and tried to bite, only for the Overlord to slash across its face, curing through one eyes and across its snout as a few browns to jump on its back and dig their claws into its fur and fat. The bear roared even louder, rearing back once again to try and force the minions off as they cheered with every cut their claws inflicted and as they bashed their clubs against its head. The bear then bashed its back against a tree, trying to crush the Minions, only for them to jump off with only Gasher to latch his teeth around its throat. The bear tried to swipe at Gasher and pull him off, only for the Overlord's blade to cut through its paw, lopping it off before he plunged his sword into the bear's stomach as slice it open. Gasher but harder and harder as his claws raked across the beard eyes, drawing the loudest roar it gave as its entrails spilled out onto the ground. In a last desperation attempt to kill something the bear lunged down to bite the Overlord. Only for Jibby to shove his club into its maw as he cheered and jumped onto its back once again with other browns. The bear groaned softly, growing weaker and weaker as its blood seeped from every wound and its organs dragged on the ground as it tried to take a step, trying to smell the Overlord as he stabbed the bear through the side, this time piercing its heart, killing the beast as it slumped to the ground with a thud.
"Ugh! Me still here! Someone help Gasher!" The big Brown yelled, muffled under the bear's throat as he tried to push away the fur and fat. The Overlord removed his sword as he ordered the minions to flip the creature over.
"Ahhh, a fine display, Sire! I must say, it's good to see your skills are still as . . . SHARP as ever." Gnarl says jokingly. Almost making the Overlord groan as he looked over the bear as some brown life force spilled out and flowed into him. "Well it was certainly a good first step, now I'll have some new faces to pummel while you are away."
Gasher slowly crawled out from under the bear's throat, panting slightly with some blood on his teeth and claws. "Masta . . . Masta wesa get good thingies from big fluffy." He says taking the severed bear paw, easily covering his hand under it as he hooked the paw on the back of his arm. Some fur pulled off and draped around a few on the minions as trophies and armor as they grabbed for any long teeth and ripped off the other paws.
The Overlord let them harvest what they could, looking in the direction he was traveling before the beast attacked. "It's good to be back!" He says as he flicked off the blood from his sword.