Legend of Link: Hyrule Overlord
Disclaimer: I don't own Overlord or the Legend of Zelda
Chapter 2: The Green Baron's Tunic
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Somewhere in the unknown, a lurking shadow is wisping away in the dark, as if it's being chased by something. The shadow takes form of a small creature with one exposed eye and wearing something that resemble horns. It suddenly wisp towards the hanging stalactites to hide when 2 large shadows emerge from the darkness and crouches on all fours, these shadows take form of skinny humanoids with tendrils and wearing flat round flat stone masks. The 2 shadow creatures lurch on the ground, moving their heads everywhere as if it's looking for something. The small shadow remains hiding behind the trees, it pants nervously as if it's panicking.
"I mustn't let that bastard capture me" whispered the little shadow in silent, the voice of the shadow is echoing and similar to a little girl. Which makes sense as the shadow's body does almost resemble a little girl while she peeks through the side of the stalactite. "I will not submit to him, I will not!"
The 2 large shadows are dangerously getting closer, but not to the little shadow.
ZAP!
But from a freak storm striking down from a certain spot and blue lightning shots out at the 2 shadows. The Shadows howl in pain as the lightning engulfs them, the little shadow widen her exposed eye at the scene, her large pursuers were recently attacked, but she cannot see what attacked them. The lightning continues to zap these large shadows until they collapse and die, the lightning ends when life no longer remains in those shadows. The now dead shadows fade away and ball of light exits their disintegrating corpses, the little shadow is shocked at this but is relieved that she is out of danger's way.
"Thank goodness that's over"said the little Shadow as she rests on the tree branch and chills for a moment while watching the balls of light wisp to where the storm struck. "But I don't really need your help, Vaati!"
"You're quite useless in that form Midna, especially as a shadow" said a voice from above the sky. The little shadow known as Midna looks up to see a creature that resembles a keese with four wings and a large red eye, she groaned at this creature known as Vaati while it hovers in front of her. "And you shouldn't be sending unwanted attention here, we can't have the "heart" exposed by "them!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know that" said Midna casually "Only the chosen one will approach the Heart of Evil and bring the kingdom together in the next age of evil. I know that!"
"Once again, you misinterpreted the prophesy, Midna" said Vaati rolling his single eye
"you think I give a damn!" said Midna "The reason I agreed to be part of this is so that I can have my revenge on the bastard who did THIS to me!"
"And you will have your revenge in due time, but in return you must swear loyalty to your master" said Vaati as he sways around Midna "Speaking of which, he is getting close to the tower, the time has come for you to approach him. Guide him to his destiny, Minda"
Midna exclaimed at this and starts to protest.
"Wha…Why me?!" Exclaimed Midna protesting at Vaati. "Why can't you?"
"I can't leave the Heart unprotected, I must stay guard and I doubt you could guard it in the form you're in right now"said Vaati hovering by the little shadow. "And besides, I sure the young master would appreciate the company and guidance of someone so beautiful."
"Oh please, you think I look fetching as this…thing?" said Midna in a deadpan expression.
"Oh come on, despite what HE did to you, you do look cute."said Vaati "Now stop complaining and get to work"
Midna groaned at the strange one eyed Keese and fades into the darkness. Vaati then returns to where an ominous glow is shown.
With Link
Link and Rusl are now near the outskirts of Faron Woods, the reason of this is because they are chasing a retreating group of Moblins. They found where the Moblins make camp and started attacking them 20 minutes ago, and despite the fact that the Moblins outnumber Link and Rusl they never stood a chance since Rusl and Link are more skilled with the sword and shield.
"Don't let them escape!" said Rusl charging at the fleeting Moblins "Come on, Link!"
"Right!" said Link as he joins in the chase with Rusl.
The 2 Ordonians continued on with the chase within this barren outskirts, where no life inhabits or even go near. Rusl is oblivious of this as he focuses on his chase on the Moblins, Link however has a feeling of familiarity from the barren lands but couldn't understand why. The Moblins are doing what they can to escape from Rusl and Link, such as firing a volley of arrows at them, but Rusl and Link block the raining arrows with their shields and continue their pursuit on the Moblins.
The further they enter in the outskirts, the more desolate and barren it becomes as a vast grave yard of forgotten bones of Hylian soldiers, sheikah assassins, Gerudo Bandits and human warriors scatter on the barren dirt of the outskirts. The Moblins run pass the graveyard and heads further in the outskirts. Rusl stops when he sees the vast pile of bones and rusted armour that lay before him. Link picked up a bow next to a Hylian archer's skeleton, unfortunately the bow is brittle with age and the cord has snapped.
"This place…has a dark history, Link" said Rusl, his voice is void of emotions. "everyone in Ordon knows of this place and dare not enter it."
Link looks around to noticed the vast scale of this graveyard, and judging by it, there was once a war that happened in the outskirts.
"Was there a war?" said Link
"Not just any war, Link" said Rusl as he slowly walks past the bones. "This war changed the Kingdom of Hyrule, but with great sacrifice. Happened 18 years ago. I was only a young man like you, Link. And I still remembered it like it was yesterday. The King of Hyrule has formed a temporary union with the Prince of Gerudo Valley, the Sheikah Chieftain of Kakariko Village and the Mayors of the Human Settlements of Hyrule. Though reluctant, the Human Mayors from the 4 Hyrule Provinces, the Mysterious Sheikah Chieftain and the young Prince of Gerudo Valley brought their armies to aid the King against this foe that threatens the fate of not just Hyrule but the world.
The united armies marched to this very place, so barren and desolate that it might have no value to anyone, but it is ruled by the threat of the King and his kingdom.
They called him the Green Baron, the Regent of Evil!"
Link suddenly felt his head pulse a bit, along with the gauntlet in his left hand. But he ignores this and keeps listening to Rusl's tale.
"According to the King, the Green Baron believed to be the descendent of the Old Overlords that reigned in the Dark Ages of Hyrule. With him was an army of bizarre creatures, I thought they were a mix of Moblins, Bokoblins and bulblins. But I was wrong, they are much worse, because they are controlled by the Green Baron. The Green Baron was given that name because under that dark armour he also wears a dark green tunic and a hood over his dark iron circlet. His face is concealed by dark wrappings over his nose and mouth, he almost looks like a common thief but he ain't. The only features he showed were his eyes that glow like embers and his long ears, we couldn't tell if he was a Hylian or a Sheikah. He could be either, the way he moves when he strike down his enemies is like a combination of the 2 races. And his army of creatures are ruthless, more ruthless than the Moblins, the Bokoblins and the Bulblins. Each have their own unique style of combat, and they don't fight individually, they fight together."
"But who won the war, Rusl" asked Link
Rusl sighed at this.
"The war is a stalemate, as usual. The Dark Tower will be active in time and a new ruler will be crowned." said Rusl "But over the flows of time, the war became nothing but mere folktales as the Green Baron disappeared from the face of the earth. The King would've destroyed it but something is preventing anyone from entering the tower."
"What Tower?" said Link
"That tower" said Rusl as he then points at what he was referring to.
Link and Rusl arrives by the tower where the Moblins are fleeing into. They watch the beasts enter in the old ruins of the Green Baron's domain. Rusl looks up high at the towering ruins, it's giving him a disturbed feeling from it. But he shakes it off and ventures through.
Never thought I would see this place again thought Rusl as he feels his spine run cold. "Let's go, Link"
Link nods and follows his mentor to the Dark Tower Ruins.
Dark Tower: Main Hall
The Moblins rushes in the Dark Tower, thinking that they might be safe since no one can ever set foot in the ruins since it reeks of evil. But despite this, they think it's best to split up and hide. The ruin is…well you wouldn't call it a ruins, more like abandoned. The Tower is in top condition, no signs of aging on the interior but it is dark and cold due to the torches unlit and the braziers not heating the hall up. Nothing lives in here, apart from the Moblin refugees that are escaping from Rusl and Link.
If doesn't take long for the 2 Ordonians to arrive at the Tower, they stand by the gate but Rusl is rather hesitant to cross through.
"This place does creep me out, even give children nightmares if they get too close," said Rusl as he turns to Link, who doesn't look fazed by the Tower's malevolent fashion. "But you don't appear to fear it."
"Actually, I am afraid of it," said Link looking through the gate. "I've been having nightmares about it since I was a boy, but over the years the fear of it becomes… inviting and I'm used to it. The tower is indeed terrifying but I feel comfortable around it."
Rusl raised his brow at this and amazed at the young Hylian.
"You are indeed a wonder, Link" said Rusl as let his fears aside and prepares to venture on. Come, we can't leave those Moblins alive to terrorize the Province again."
But suddenly when Rusl and Link cross the Tower's gate, Rusl was pushed out by a dark force from within the tower and the gate's portcullis closes down. Link is now trapped within the Tower, he rushes to the portcullis and tries to lift it, but it won't budge, it's too heavy.
"Damn it, now I know why no one tried to enter the tower" said Rusl before he turns his attention to Link, "Link, looks like you have to deal with those Moblins on your own, also find a way to open this gate. I'll stay here and wait for your return."
Link nods at this and ventures further in the Dark Tower. What he fails to realise is that he's just started his destiny.
Link arrives at the Main Hall at the lower section of the Tower, it is dark in here but luckily the hylian has a lantern with plenty of oil. He turns on the lantern to light his way and starts his search and hunt for the Moblins. The hall is dark, not just from the lack of light but from the style of the tower and the Dark volcanic rocks and obsidians used to construct the tower and to carve the sinister demonic pillars, gargoyles and statues decorating the interior. Link lights up the torches and braziers one by one to help see the Hall clearly.
"Here we go," said Link as he just finished lighting the last torch and brazier in the hall, he noticed a stairway and 5 doors, 2 each on the opposite sides of the hall while the 5th door leading up from the stairs. But the 5th door is locked and chained up by an unknown metal padlock but with no keyhole. "Strange, what kind of lock is this?"
Suddenly a sound of clattering of metal plates is heard from the lower left door, Link unsheathes his sword and rushes to investigate.
Dark Tower: West Corridor
The West Corridor is a total mess, as if it was raided but nothing was stolen but messed up as the decorative suits of armour are knocked down, portraits are slashed and burned off and skeletons of Hyians, Gerudos, Sheikahs are everywhere on the floor, it seems that a battle also happened here in the Tower. But what's strange about this pile of bones is that it's only from the Hyrule army, but no signs of any dead remains from the Green Baron's army.
Link just walks pass the bones of the fallen warriors and continues his journey, but has he walk pass the bones suddenly starts to move and reassemble together, Link saw the bones reanimate as the fallen soldiers of Hyrule resurrect as Stalfos, skeletal monsters created by dark magic. Link hoists his shield and draws his sword high. His next battle is about to begin against this unholy legion of Stalfos. The Stalfos charges at Link without hesitation, their only intention is to kill what they see around them. The Stalfos are fast but weak monsters since they are literally nothing but bones, but they still wear armour of the Hylian knights, Gerudo bandits, Sheikah assassins and human soldiers. But Link is no pushover, he is fending off these skeletal fiends, blocking their attacks with his shield and counter acts with his techniques he learned from Rusl.
He swings left, decapitating a few skulls off. He swings right, bisecting a dozen spines. And when the Stalfos thought they have Link surrounded, he finishes them with his new technique: the spinning attack. The fallen Stalfos all reduce to piles of broken bones, scattering all over the corridor, not really intense for Link but fun to begin with. He finished off the last of the Stalfos in this area and ventures on to the next room.
Dining Hall
The west corridor leads to the dining hall. But like the corridor it is also wreaked, the chairs are toppled, the tables broken, chandeliers fallen and shattered and the floor is littered with more bones of the dead, and when there's bones…
"Damn it, more Stalfos" said Link unsheathing his sword when the bones reanimate as Stalfos.
The Stalfos slowly approach Link who already got his sword and shield out. The Stalfo then charges in for the kill, but Link charges in also to end this already, but something strange happens. Strange creatures pop out from the floor, short and half naked, glowing round eyes and bat-like ears and sickly yellow-brown skin. These creatures gathered in groups of dozens, scurrying at the Stalfos and instantly shattering the skeletal fiends as if they were locusts ravaging on a freshly grown harvest.
Link was surprised at this as those creatures instantly took down those Stalfos with no effort. More Stalfo lurches in the dining hall and approaches Link, but these creatures swiftly sweep towards the Stalfos and shatters them until they are nothing but bonemeal. The Stalfo keeps one coming a few times but those creatures keep demolishing them before they could even reach Link. Link could only watch as the strange creatures shatter the Stalfos into bonemeal.
It doesn't take long for the dining room floor to be completely covered with powdered bones, Link is in shock at this but focuses at the creatures and poses in an offensive stance to fight them. But the creatures do something that catch Link off guard. They are bowing to him.
"Mastah!" said the hoard of brown creatures.
Link is startled at this, the creatures are bowing to him and called him Master, suddenly Link's Gauntlet pulses and the jewel glows in a yellow colour. The creatures then form in a box formation and await orders from their master. But Link is too startled to realise that these creatures are under his command, that is until he heard an unfamiliar voice speak to him.
"Are you going to stand and gape like an idiot or give those idiots something to do?"
"H-huh, who said that?" said Link looking around to find the person who spoke to him.
"Now's not the time, you have Moblins to slay or they'll escape. Now move it."
Link frowns at this but the voice does have a point. He leaves the dining hall to find these moblins, but before he could leave the hall, he heard a loud clatter and turns to the doorway where the noise is coming from. The doorway that leads to the Tower's kitchens, could the Moblins be in there, well there is one way to find out.
Kitchens
Link and the Brown Hoard arrives at the kitchens to see where that recent sound came from, he looked around and noticed fallen pans and pots that lay on the floor. But that's not all, there are Moblins here, but only 2. One tied to an unlit spit and the other caged in a massive unlit oven, they squeal for help as they are all trapped, trapped by more Browns who are struggling to light a match and/or even start a fire.
"Damn piggies won't roast, no fire to roast piggies"
"We need Reds, Reds can roast piggies"
Link slowly approaches the other Browns to check on what they are doing, he then looks at the trapped Moblins, he chuckles at this as it appears that the Browns are trying to roast the Moblins and eat them. But they are having trouble lighting up the Spit and the Ovens. Link decided to help the Browns lit up the spit and the oven by taking out his lantern. The Browns saw this and stare at Link with awe as he presents them his still burning lantern. Link splash some oil on the logs under the spit before setting a flame for the spit to roast the Moblin, while it squeals in horror and constantly beg for mercy. Link then turns to the Oven and does the same to it with his lantern, now both Lantern and Oven is lit, the 2 moblins are nicely roasting under the dies, alive and screaming.
Link just watches, showing no mercy to the swine-like beasts, he is here to kill them. Roasting them to be these Brown creatures' lunch is no difference to him. But the sight of his foes being roasted alive and listening to their screams of agony and begging for mercy starts to make Link…ecstatic, could it be the satisfaction of making progress of killing a couple of Moblins? Who knows?
The browns cheer as their DINNER is cooking, one of the Browns approach Link excitingly and presents him a small key.
Link obtains the Upper West Wing Key! It will unlock the door that leads to the upper West Wing.
Link pockets the key and turns to leave the kitchen, strangely the smell of roasting moblins does work up Link's appitite.
Damn, it's strange but the smell of that roasting Moblin does make me hungry thought Link "so much I could eat an Octorok
"Now's not the time to think about food, you have more Moblins to slay…and get out of this Din forsaken place."
Link groaned softly when the voice is heard again, but where is it coming from?
Upper West Corridor
Link now headed to the upper west wing now he has the key to go through. Once again the corridor is littered with the bones of the dead.
How many did the Baron kill in here? Thought Link as he unsheathes his sword when the bones rise up and reform as Stalfo, but there so many for Link to handle. The Stalfos may be weak but they are overwhelming in vast numbers. But suddenly Link's gauntlet pulses and emits a horn-like sound, the sound calls to the Browns and they answer the call by rising from the ground and through the door behind Link. The Browns all pull out their weapons and bear their menacing teeth to show their wicked sadistic expressions at the skeletal fiends. Link lift up hi gauntlet clad hand to look at it, he notices the jewel on the back glowing beautifully like a star. This Gauntlet, why is it glowing. And did it call in these creatures?
"Oh wow, you are a fast learner, well done, bravo"
Link frowned at the voice again, this time it was being sarcastic.
"Listen, whatever you are" said Link "If you know about these creatures around me and this gauntlet in my hand, please tell me."
"Don't want to, you just have to find out"
Link frowned at that answer and tries to figure it out for himself, he slowly move his gauntlet clad hand forward, the Browns felt this and slowly approaches the mass army of Stalfos. This intrigued Link and he slowly starts to understand what is going on. He flex his wrist and this caused the minions to form up in a line, weapons unsheathed and ready for the kill. Link felt a smile creep up on his face, something inside him is making him feel excited and amazed.
Oh, this is getting interesting thought Link as he then points at the stalfos, causing the Browns to charge at them and attack. I have control of these creatures, I am controlling them, this is MY army, my minions…yes, that's what they are, they are minions, they now serve me and obey my every command.
Link has learned Minion Control! Now the minions will do his bidding.
The now dubbed minions charge in bone breaking frenzy and swiftly turning every Stalfo into bonemeal. Link only stays and watch with amusements, he doesn't know why he is enjoying the battle but he is accepting this joyful feeling.
The stalfos are now turning to dust, but this time balls of light wisp out from the piles of bonemeal and fly towards Link and entering in the Gauntlet's glowing jewel. Link suddenly got bored watching the minions fight the Stalfos and decided to shatter some skeletons himself. He unsheathes his sword and shield while charging in to join the fun with his minions.
The sound of breaking bones on sharp steel echoes in this corridor, Link is having a ball in this place. It's slowly affecting his morals but he doesn't give a damn, he is having so much fun killing these undead fiends. The fighting continues for 5 more minutes until every Stalfo in this corridor is eradicated, and while the Stalfos are dealt with, the minions are playing various games like skittles, cricket and football with the surviving bones, Link is using a Stalfo skull as a ball to juggle while he leaves the corridor.
Arena: Viewing Booth
The corridor leads Link to the viewing booth that oversees a moderate sized arena, there he sees the ring flowing with 3 Moblins, who are now trapped with a never ending hoard of Stalfo. Link cannot get to the Moblins to slay them himself, but then he wondered…why should he when the Moblins are about to die by the hands of those undead fiends. He sat down on the booth and watches the foul beast battle to the death against the Stalfo while he continues juggling the skull he still has.
"Hmm, it seems the tower is one big solution for you, huh?" the voice finally speaks out to Link, Link merely shrugs and watches the show.
The Moblins are being overwhelmed, despite the fact that the Stalfo are so easy to destroy. There are too many Stalfos for the Moblins to handle. However, the Moblins are handling it well as the Stalfos population in the arena is depleting rapidly. The now growing audience of the Brown Minions boo and jeer at the Moblins when they victoriously defeated the Stalfos. Link frowns at this until he heard a bellowing roar echoing from within the arena, Link leans forward and noticed there are a few portcullis gates on the side of the ring, then he looks far to see what is behind one of the closed gates.
"Them bag of bones are pathetic, but I'm sure a bigger beast would help." Said the voice.
"So you finally decided to help me, huh?" said Link
"Not that I want to, but both of us know that we don't have time to waste. Since you have the power to command those things, tell them release the Helmasaur that's caged in the arena." Said the voice again, Link smirks at this suggestion and raised his gauntlet to command a minion.
"Unleash the Helmasaur!" said Link
A few random minions scurry off towards the winch and starts raising the portcullis gate, the Moblins saw this and prepare themselves for their next battle. Exiting though the opened gate, a huge bulky dinosaur-like beast with a horned helmet waddles out, snorting fierously and prepares to charge. The Minions cheer for the Helmasaur, chanting "Kill, Kill, Kill!" while they wave their flagons of beer and roasted Moblin kebabs as the show is about to start. The sight of those kebabs does make Link feel hungry, luckily a few minions enter in the viewing booth and present him a slightly overcooked Cucco.
"For you!" said the Minions
Link accepts the cooked Cucco, he noticed that one of the minions is bruised and covered in peak marks and scratches. Not surprising since Cuccos do fight back if assaulted, especially in groups.
"Oh on Hyrule did they find that Cucco? Or better yet, managed to kill one?" said the voice to itself.
Link starts eating his roast Cucco and enjoys the show.
The Moblins are now in deep shit, the Helmasaur is tough and more dangerous than the Stalfos. The Helmasaur charges and struck down one of the Moblins sending him flying and crashing into the arena wall, the audience applaud and cheer at this spectacle. Now 2 Moblin's remain in the ring, the Helmasaur shake its body and snorts out hot air from his armour covered nostrils, it leers at the other 2 Moblins and charges again. The Moblins pull out their bow and arrows and tries to stop the beast, but the fired arrows just bounce off the armoured helmasaur as it continues charging with full speed.
SLAM
The Helmasaur made impact and struck one of the Moblins, you can hear the sound of breaking and organs tenderizing from the impact. This Moblins is good as dead and now only one remains. The minions cheer again, Link chuckles at this as he is having so much fun. This Dark Tower is a wonderful place to be in, he feels at home here, the minions who reside here are pleasant company, apart from the Stalfos but they were created by dark magic so there might be something that causing the Stalfo to reanimate to life, perhaps a Wizzrob or something.
Link suddenly starts to yawn and noticed that he's been here long enough, he has to find the rest of the Moblins.
"Mastah!"
Link turns to notice an approaching minion scurrying towards him.
"For you!" said the minion presenting Link another Key.
Link has obtained the Lower East Wing Key!
"Awesome" said Link putting the key in his pocket and turns to see the last Moblin getting trampled by the Helmasaur. "Looks like I'm almost done here, but I still need to find the rest of the Moblins and find a way out of here."
Lower East Wing: Dungeons
With the West Wing searched, Link now has the East Wing to go through. Thanks to one of the Minions finding the key to the Lower East Wing, he ventures through. Now Link is at the dungeons, but it looks empty and dark. Link takes out his lantern and starts lighting up torches to help him see the way through the dungeons. The cages are filled with bones, perhaps of the Green Baron's prisoners he left to starve and possibly to torture, the young Hylian can imagine the screams of agony echoing in his head as he sees the skeleton's expression of woe and agony. But this doesn't cause any disturbance to Link as he keeps going.
There is nothing hostile in the dungeons that Link has to deal, apart from the keeses who nest in the dark ceilings, Ropes that slither through cracks and canals used as the Dungeon's primitive form of plumbing. Also rats, foul flea ridden vermin who thrive in this dark desolate place.
It is a 5-minute walk across the dungeons until Link reached the end of this area, where he reached the torture/interrogation area. And luckily the Moblins are here, thanks to some minions who are preparing to torture them in various ways. One is strapped in a rack, one is in an iron maiden, the other getting dunked in a cauldron of oil but no flame is burning to heat it. The same goes to another torture device that is rather unusual to Link's eyes. It resembles a dodongo but it's made of bronze and hollow. The minions just shoved the last Moblin in but they are having trouble lighting up the fires for both the iron dodongo and the cauldron of oil.
Link sighed and rolled his eyes while he takes is lantern and uses it to light up the cauldron and the iron Dodongo. Now Link does next is watch the minions torture the Moblins, the rack stretches the limbs, the iron maiden punctures and bleeds the body, the boiling oil burns and melts skin. But what does the Iron Dodongo do? Suddenly Link heard the Iron Dodongo roar as smoke comes out from the nostrils and mouth. The Moblin inside the Iron Dodongo is being cooked alive, screaming from within the iron statue, but the scream sounds almost identical to a Dodongo's.
"I never understand you humans, creating something so foul to use on others. But it doesn't really matter since Moblin's aren't classed as sentient beings"
Link only chuckled while a Minion approaches to present him another key.
"For you!" said the Minion
Link has obtained the Upper East Wing Key!
"That's the last key on his lower tier of the tower, the remaining Moblins must be in the last room. Good, I was getting impatient anyway"
"What do you mean by that?" said Link
"I'll explain when you kill all those Moblins and leave this Din- forsaken tower"
"Hmm, I don't know" said Link as he feels hesitant. "I kinda link it here, I might move in. It feels homey."
"are you really that twisted in the head or are you just messing with me?"
"And why do you care, you're just a figment of my imagination." Said Link "I mean, I'm in a haunted Tower that's been abandoned for nearly 20 years, infested with Stalfo, strange imps calling me master and being good hosts, providing me with something to eat, some entertainment and aiding me on my hunt for Moblins. Now normally I'd be freaking out about this but I'm not. It feels comfortable and I like this place, all it needs is a fixer-upper."
The only response Link gets from the voice is a groan and said nothing else. But Link didn't wait for any more from the voice and makes his leave to search for the remaining Moblins.
Upper East Wing: Portrait Room
Link enters the Upper East Wing; it is a where the portraits of the Overlords are displayed along with marble busts of their revealed faces. The busts show that the Overlords are Hylian by race, young, pubescent and very handsome. But their names on the portraits and busts have been scratched out, perhaps sabotage to prevent the history of the Overlords from ever known. But despite the scratched off names, the portraits and the busts weren't vandalized, they are perfectly preserved.
"Strange, why would someone want to remove the names of these Overlord but leave the portraits and busts intact?"
The voice does make a good point, it is very strange for the portraits to remain intact and left alone while the names engraved on them are erased, but that's not the weird part. The conditions of this room is nearly flawless, it's like the 20 years of abandonment never happened.
"Who doesn't want the name of the Overlords to be known?" said the voice
Suddenly a volley of arrows is flying towards Link, luckily Link is fast as he delfect them with his shield. He looks yonder at the portrait room and sees the remaining Moblins. The total of the Moblins is about 30…no about 20 at best. Something doesn't feel right, there was only a few Moblins in the other rooms while a large number is in this room.
"Link, look!"
Link took a good look and noticed a small cart with a chest. The Moblins was intended to enter the tower to rob it. Whatever is in that chest, Link cannot allow the Moblins leave the tower with it.
"Show them what you've got!"
Link tighten his gauntlet clad hand and raised it in the air, the gauntlet emits a horn-like sound to summon the minions. The minions answer Link's call and emerges from the floor and doorway, armed to the teeth and eager to maim and massacre the Moblins. Link stretch out his hand to command his minions and points at the Moblins.
"Kill them, leave no survivors!" said Link
The Minions instantly charge into battle, the Moblins saw this and also charge into battle. Link joins in as he charges with his sword drawn and his shield high. Link and his minions showed no mercy to the Moblins, they butchered them without hesitation. This tower has made him war-torn and violent, it makes his blood boil and his spine chill with ecstasy. He swings his sword sideways, lopping off heads, disarming, eviscerating, ending lives in his path. Blood stains his clothes while rips are made when Link dodge sneak stabs and slashes from the Moblins but luckily evaded berely. His minions got more violent at the Moblins who try to harm their master and starts jumping on them, stabbing repeating on their heads and necks, blood gushing out organic fountains, spilling on the floor to form puddles.
The fight lasts for a few minutes, the Moblins are now nothing but piles of dead meat, the minions are salivating in their mouths at the pile, Link permits the minions to dispose of the corpses as they please. So the minions drag the Moblin corpses out of the portrait room, the only things that are left is the bloodstains and 20 balls of light. Link raise his gauntlet at the balls of light and absorb them, he can feel himself getting stronger by absorbing them. Next, he approaches the large chest and broke the lock with his sword, he opens the chest and see what it contains.
Link pulls out a forest green tunic with a hood, then he looks to see a chainmail vest, dark brown pants, boots and a single leather vambrace. With the bloodstains on his current clothes, a change is needed. So he starts getting undressed, unaware that a certain shadow is watching him get changed, now if this shadow had a physical body, it be blushing right now when it saw Link topless while trying to take off his boots.
It doesn't take long for Link to discard his old clothes and starts wearing his new ones. Now he dones the green tunic, the one the Green Baron wore 20 years ago, Link looks up to a portrait that presumed to be the Green Baron. Then he looks down at bust below it. Rather intriguing as the Bust looks completely like Link but a decade older than him. Link put up his hood and cover his mouth with the shroud used as a face mask.
Link has obtained the Green Baron's Tunic, he feels even more powerful!
Energy suddenly pulses in his body all the way from his gauntlet and then across his body. Link then starts to leave the portrait room and figure out how to get out of the tower. But suddenly the door that leads back to the main hall instantly closes and a padlock magically appears. But this padlock cannot be opened with a key, well not an actual key per say. Link tries to cut the lock off, but the sword bounces off as the lock is protected by a magic barrier.
"What is this?" said Link "First I kill off the Moblins, gotten myself a change of clothes and now I am trapped in a room with no other way out. What sorcery is this?!"
"You've forgotten something, Link"
Link heard the voice again, but this time he notices the shadow now hovering in front of him. It is a little shadow with a small human-like appearance and one exposed eye.
"So you reveal yourself" said Link "And what do you mean I've forgotten something?"
"You're not wearing the complete set, the "Tower Circlet" is not on your head" said the little shadow.
"What's so important about this circlet?" said Link
The shadow only chuckles at Link and wisp around him in a playful way.
"How else did the Green Baron enter though rooms that are magically protected? Open doors with a magical lock?" said the Little Shadow
Link turns to the locked door, the lock doesn't have a keyhole so it can only be opened by magic. The circlet, the little shadow mentioned might be the only way.
"Where is this circlet?" said Link
"I dunno" said the little shadow shugging it's shoulders. "You're guess is as good as mine"
Link then drops his head and his face deadpanned by the answer.
"Oh just fucking great!" exclaimed Link as he strokes his hair back and sighed.
How on Hyrule is he gonna get out of here?
To be continued
Overlord Log
Name: Link
Age: 17
Race: Hylian
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Minions: Browns
Weapons: Ordon Sword and Shield
Armour: Green Baron's Tunic
Inventory: Slingshot
Mysterious Gauntlet
Lantern
"Evil Presence" Rune Stone.
Stalfo Skull