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Chapter 3 : I'm very heroic, just ask my minions
I hate this mirror, so much. I've spent the last 10 minutes making weird hand gestures in front of it but it just doesn't seem to work, maybe it's broken? It's showing some fields but actually trying to move it around isn't working. The [Mirror of Remote Viewing] is a great item, but you'd think it'd come with a user manual. Sebas is watching me make a fool of myself, this is so embarrassing.
I finally manage to get the piece of junk to do something by spreading my arms wide, which is odd because I could have sworn that I did that at the beginning and it didn't work then.
"Congratulations, Lord Shiro." Sebas says, giving me a round of applause. Please stop this is embarrassing enough already.
"Thank you, Sebas. Thank you for assisting me with this." It's important to thank your minions, I think that might be a point on the Evil Overlords List. Wait no, I think that was about mind controlled beasts. Oh well it still counts.
"Staying besides my master and following his orders, that is the butler which Lord Touch Me created and my reason for existence." Sebas replies. He's so professional, which is baffling since he was created by a guy called 'Touch Me'. Also I've been wondering this for I while now, but how does his eye stay all shadowed, it made sense in the anime but it looks weird in person. Is it dragonoid magic? It's probably dragonoid magic.
"I See. Now, let's search for areas where there might be people." I say going back to the stupid mirror, I need to find Carne village so I can stop the attack and meet Gazef. After some slight technical difficulties I manage to track down the village, zooming in I can see the soldiers attacking the peasants. Worry not filthy peasants your hero is on his way, soonish.
"An attack? They don't seem to be bandits." as I skip though some scenes I find the guy I'm looking for, Enri's father, trying to hold off a single soldier. It's less than effective as he get stabbed through the back, he looks towards me and says something, but I can't lip read and I'm 95% sure he isn't actually talking to me anyway.
"What should we do?" Sebas asks, oh that's right Sebas was programmed to be all justice and other good gut nonsense, probably should have changed that when I had the chance.
"Sebas, I'm going to this village. Raise the security of Nazarick to maximum. And tell Albedo to join me, fully armed." I order, as I watch Enri flee the village with her little sister (think her name starts with a N?). "Next prepare the reserve forces, send in a few soldiers who are skilled at stealth, or have the invisibility skill."
"Understood." Sebas replies instantly. I wonder if Sebas would remain so cool and professional if I started making ridiculous nonsensical orders? I kinda want to try, maybe I should declare war on rabbits or some other woodland creature, the forces of Nazarick versus a deer, truly a battle for the ages.
Summoning the [Staff of Ains Ooal Gown] to me, really should probably check what this can do sometime but all the enemies in this village are trash mobs anyway, so I don't need to now, I get out of my comfy chair and create a gate to Enri's location. Time for the 'hero' to make his appearance.
Appearing in the forest immediately I notice that the soldiers don't seem as scared as they were in the anime, makes sense I'm a tall human in robes, not some giant skeleton, still I feel somewhat offended that they don't realise that I absolutely should be feared. I can change that though.
[Grasp Heart.] aiming my new spell at one of the soldiers a somewhat transparent heart appears in my hand, I crush it immediately in a gory burst of blood, and the soldier drops dead on the spot. It's what you get trash mob for not realising how outmatched you were.
"A Monster?!" Ahh there's the fear, still a monster? That hurts my feelings I'm a nice guy honest.
"I don't feel anything, even when I kill. I guess mentally I've stopped being human." which is fine as long as I get to keep my manhood, no amount of power is worth becoming a skeletal eunuch. "You can chase women and children, but you can't go against someone different from you? I went though the trouble of coming here, so you should at least entertain me a bit before you die. [Dragon Lightning.]"
A lightning bolt shoots from my finger killing the last soldier instantly. Lightning is fun I guess but [Grasp Heart] was so much more satisfying. I don't want to make a undead death knight like Momonga did, I'd like to hide the fact that I'm a necromancer for now. And I did promise to let my Primal Fire Elemental out to play.
Battle Won!
EXP – 300
Drops – Iron Sword, Iron Shield.
They really were worthless, that's not even enough to give me 1% exp.
[Summon! Primal Fire Elemental!]
Once again the giant fire titan appears. So badass. "Fire Elemental! Kill the knights that are attacking this village." my pet elemental flies off towards the village, I'm sure it'll be fine but I have other things to pay attention to as Albedo appears though the gate in her full badass armour. I was actually impressed when I saw the anime that she wore actual armour instead of a metal bikini like so many other female fantasy characters. But now I'm disappointed, Albedo in Bikini armour sounds wonderful.
"The preparations took some time. I apologize." Albedo says, it's weird having her beautiful voice apologizing, coming from the deadly looking warrior.
"No. Your timing is perfect, Albedo."
"Thank you very much. And so, what would you like me to do with these lower life forms?" Her disdain for Enri and the kid is amusing. She really has a low opinion of everything that isn't from Nazarick.
"For now, the ones wearing that armour are our enemy." Gesturing to the corpses I left behind. Still what to do with these two, I could heal Enri and keep following the plot but I didn't like the Carne village arcs anyway. I have an idea. 'Skill Creation, Sleep'
Skill Added [Sleep]
[Sleep] (Active) LVL 1/50 (0%)
100 MP to cast
Target will fall into a deep sleep unless then can pass a resistance check. Taking damage will awaken them.
At Level 20 lower level targets will always be effected.
At Level 40 target will not awaken naturally.
At Level 50 taking damage will no longer cause the target to awaken.
Even at level 1 it should do the trick. [Sleep] [Sleep], with this both Enri and the other one both fall asleep immediately. I ignore the notifications telling me that [Sleep] has leveled twice (The WIS Perks are overpowered it seems.)
"Albedo, have these two sent back to Nazarick and imprisoned somewhere on the Ninth Floor. They are to be kept until I return but they are not to be harmed. Oh and have someone heal the blonde ones wound." Screw canon, the goblin arc was boring anyway, and I do have that slave master quest sat in my log. It might seem cruel but really it's just a reward for me saving the village. I saved the day so I get the girl. Albedo quickly acknowledges my order without question and some weird invisible bug thing shows up and takes them both through the gate, oh right those the the 'Eight-Edge Assassins' that save Momonga from being jumped by Albedo later in the show. I forget they came to Carne village since they don't show up in the anime.
Now thank I think about it why haven't more quests popped up while I've been here? Did I miss the notifications? A quick check in my quest log shows that I have no new quests, I don't know if that's bad or good, being told what to do is annoying but I like rewards.
Oh well, I guess it's time for me to go and introduce myself to the villagers.
*Five minutes later*
First of all I would like to point out that this is not my fault. Admittedly sending such a ridiculously high level elemental into a village was somewhat over the top but how was I suppose to know that this would happen? It turns out the Primal Fire Elemental has a passive AoE fire effect that burns anything around his that can't resist it. Like say some random peasants. This is probably bad. Carne village is a smouldering wreckage of burnt buildings and charred corpses. Admittedly I'm not particularly upset about some worthless peasants getting barbecued but I wanted to have a good first impression with Gazef, this is not the greatest.
Though thinking about it do I even need a good impression with Gazef? I wanted one because he's a pretty cool character but really he's not even that strong, and I'll just have to kill him later anyway since I want to conquer his kingdom and kill his king. Wouldn't it be easier to just kill him now?
I can work with this. I can see his little cavalry unit headed this way, but I don't want to fall into the Evil Dark Lord habit of monologuing. "Fire Elemental! Kill the approaching knights!"
Quick trivia, Primal Fire Elementals level is in the upper 80s, the Dark Young that destroy the Kingdoms armies at the end of season 3 are level 90, Gazef wasn't even able to harm the Dark Young. So needless to say him and his knights are having a really bad day.
The knights aren't even having any effect, most have been wiped out already just by the AoE effects of Primal Fire Elemental. Gazef's still alive, more or less, he does look a little well done though. I have to commend his bravery for staying to fight it, but not his intelligence. His sword is having no effect on my precious ball of flame. All his knights have been killed at this point but he's still hanging on.
"Primal Fire Elemental. Return to me." As my pet returns to my side Gazef looks over at me, he seems angry. I suppose I can at least explain to him why all this is happening. It's the nice thing to do.
Gazef manages to get a second wind and decides to rush at me, he probably hopes that if I die my Elemental will disappear. Which might actually be correct now that I think about it. Alas poor Gazef it was not to be as his sword is blocked by Albedo before it can reach me, she's such a good girl.
"I want you to know that this wasn't suppose to happen, just a slight miscalculation on my part that got out of hand." I say honestly, I mean sure I was going to conquer his home anyway but still.
"...a mistake? You did all this by accident?!" Gazef roars, he's actually quite scary. He tries to attack me again but Albedo sends him flying backwards.
"Look, I'm pretty new to this 'Hero' business, a few bumps along the way are to be expected, it was a pleasure to meet you Head Warrior despite all this. Albedo, Kill Him."
Gazef attempts to fight back but really what could he do against my beloved Albedo, before he can even fully raise his sword Albedo clears the distance and decapitates him. Canon is well and truly fucked now, maybe it's better this way.
Oh right, there's that weird angel summoning asshole around here somewhere, did they run away?
A quick glance around shows that no they did not, I can see those stupid metal angels floating in the distance, [Hawkeyes] is very useful. Why did they stay? Maybe they think their dumb angels are powerful enough to beat Primal Fire Elemental? It's stupid but then again they are fanatics, this is why I don't like theocracy, it makes so many stupid people.
"Albedo, kill all of those men and their angel summons, they are too weak to be worth my time, I'm returning to Nazarick."
I've had enough for today, so I'm going home.
*Nigun Grid Luins PoV*
How did this happen?! Everything was going perfectly! The foolish head warrior had taken the bait, the trap was set. So how has everything gone so horribly wrong.
We should have fled that demon of fire appeared and destroyed the village we were attacking. But I didn't want to abandon my mission, I thought Dominion Authority would be able to protect me. But that was before the monstrous warrior in black attacked.
Nothing we do seems to even have an effect on her, spells have no effect, the angels don't even slow her down as she cleaves through my men with that giant black axe.
I can still do this, reaching into my robes to pull out the crystal containing the highest level angel. I just need to summon it and I can get away from this hellish place.
I hold the crystal in my hands, it's soft glow comforting me, with this I know that I'll be safe even if the rest of my men are doomed.
"Look, the shining form of th-" Wait, where has my arm gone?
...oh there it is, on the ground with my crystal. I look up just in time to see the axe that took my arm coming back for another swing.
We really should have fled this place.
*Shiros PoV*
Sitting on my throne I have the guardians kneeling in front of me, Albedos returned from her little workout completely unharmed of course.
"First of all I apologize for moving on my own, Albedo will tell you all that has happened. However there is one thing I must say immediately. This world is weak. One of it's greatest warriors fell without even providing a challenge. I have decided to conquer it. To teach this pathetic world the true meaning of Power. If you have any objections, stand and voice them now!" Fuck 'spreading my name', the guild of Ains Ooal Gown is dead, it's members have all fucked off back to their real world. Their guild hall, their creations. They are all mine now.
"We have heard your orders, Lord Shiro. We devote absolute loyalty to our venerable leader. Hail Lord Shiro!" Albedo is the first to reply, she's a good girl like that, so eager to please.
"Hail Lord Shiro!" and the rest follow suit quickly enough, Momonga was a unambitious fool. Never fully utilising what he had at his command, I won't make that mistake.
"We shall give ourselves completely to the Supreme One!" Shalltear follows up, I wonder if she knows she'll be giving up more than most to me, I suppose she'll find out soon enough.
"To the most powerful king." The twins are next, I have given some serious thought over them, do I want them in my harem? They both look young, but I'm a god damn king, the petty laws of man cannot hold me. Aura is mine, maybe Mare as well, but I still haven't decided whether I care about him being a trap or not. On one hands it's pretty gay, but on the other he's cute. Who would call me out on it? I'll spend some more time deliberating on this matter.
"Everyone in this world will know of your greatness." Demiurge knows just what to say to make me feel all warm and tingly inside.
"The one who rules over all, our king." Cocytus is a man(?) of few words, but damn if he doesn't use them well, the king who rules over all... even after I'm done here there are countless worlds to conquer. Tamriel, Westeros, Thedas, whatever the witcher world is called. They will all be mine.
"Glory to the Supreme One, the ruler of All!" Everything that leaves Albedos mouth just makes me want her more. She really is perfect.
"This is an absolute order! Bring this pathetic world to it's proper place beneath us!" They all cheer at my words, except Sebas. That could be a problem, he was created by a justice obsessed fool, I might have to keep an eye on him, I doubt he would betray me but I don't want to take that chance.
I teleport back to my room, because when you can teleport why walk anywhere? What to do now? I have some time before I need to become an adventurer and I don't want to go just yet, a powerful mage appearing right after Carne village is destroyed would be way to suspicious. I suppose it's time to deal with the girls I so heroically saved, I send one of the maids (this place has so many) to bring Enri to my room before taking a seat. How am I going to play this? I probably shouldn't mention that I destroyed her village, maybe a carrot and stick approach? Or a stick and a bigger stick? Really getting her to obey shouldn't be hard, I have her little sister so ensuring her obedience shouldn't even prove a challenge. It's not like I've never done this before.
A knock on my door brings me out of my thoughts. "Enter."
A maid (seriously why does this single floor need 41 maids?) leads Enri into my room, she looks scared, makes sense she must have been surprised when she woke up in one of the guest rooms.
"Thank you, Cixous. Leave us." Observe is the best I dont have to worry about learning name when I can cheat.
After a moments hesitation Cixous leaves us, just leaving me with an increasingly nervous Enri standing in front of me. I take a moment to look her over, the clothes she's wearing are surprisingly decent quality. Not what I would expect from some random peasant. She's got a decent body as well. C cup breasts I think, I was never good at guessing these things.
My staring is making her even more nervous, she seems like a smart girl so my intentions must be fairly obvious.
"Your village has been destroyed. The knights killed everyone, you and your sister are the only survivors." I say, breaking the silence. My words clearly shock her and she starts to tear up, as she tries to speak I interrupt her. "I am Lord Shiro, Ruler of Nazarick. It is only due to me that you both escaped, you owe me your lives. I intend to collect."
She flinches at my cold tone. "Please.."
"Do you think that I'm wrong? That you do not owe me?" I interrupt again.
"...no, please do what you want with me, but leave my sister alone." she tries again.
I expected as much, in the anime she's willing to drink what she thinks is blood to protect her sister, her self sacrifice was what I was counting on.
"Your sister will be safe, enjoying a life far more luxurious than either of you deserve, as long as you obey me, is that understood." Carrot and Stick.
"..yes." she says quietly, this was easier than I expected. I thought I'd have to throw some threats around to get my point across.
"That's Yes Master. Or Yes my Lord. Do get it right, I'd hate to have to discipline you."
"Yes my Lord." That's better, not quite what I hoped but you have to work your way up slowly, rushing her now would be a mistake.
Which is the only reason she isn't being put to work immediately, let her get acclimated to her new life for a little while.
Calling Cixous back in I send Enri back to her sister, ordering the maid to have a uniform made for Enri, maid outfits are the best. I really am the bad guy here aren't I? Momonga played the villain, but he was doing just that. Just Playing. I am the Villain, this world's new antagonist, they are not ready for me at all.
In another life that girl would have become village chief, led a goblin army, had a happy marriage to the Alchemist. In this life she's a slave, I've ruined her life for nothing more than my own amusement, and I feel nothing but satisfaction over it. I'll keep my word, as long as Enri serves me nothing will happen to the sister, she'll have fine foods, a warm bed. More than any other village girl could hope for really.
A Slave Master... An interdimensional Slave Master... travelling from world to world, adding the finest girls of each world to my collection. I like it, I like it a lot.
The only real question is who's next? I can't leave this world until the end of season 3 but this world has plenty of targets. Time to get to work.
[Enri Emmot] has been Enslaved
Authors Note : A shorter chapter this time, I'm trying to decide if I prefer short regular updates (every 3 days or so) or long slower ones (once a week). Feel free to offer your opinions. I'm working for the next 2 days so I won't get much opportunity to work on this until monday.
I've decided to have Shiro become I full evil Villain, originally he was going to be a more Selfish Anti-Hero type but I really like stories with evil MCs, I want it to be clear that he is the Bad Guy in this story, and he's only going to get worse as all his power goes to his head.
Major changes to canon, with carne village destroyed, Gazef killed and Enri Enslaved.
I've decided to try writing lemons (probably start next chapter) but I've never done one before so go easy on me.
A reviewer said that Shiro would have to fight his battles eventually, and you're right, but Shiro is a lazy asshole and he'll do his best to make others do it all for him.
Hope you enjoyed, if not let me know why.
