Disclaimer: I do not own Overlord.

Note: I did not include the Roble Kingdom in the conference because the surrounding countries know that the Roble Kingdom is in legit tatters after being wrecked by Demiurge and his happy farmers. Also, they officially asked for the Sorcerer King's aid. So essentially they are already in his hands.

Area between Re-Ulovale and the Dwarven Mountains

Normally, if one wished to travel from the Re-Estize Kingdom to the Baharuth Empire, they could do so by simply going across the Slane Theocracy's border or through E-Rantel. However, due to Evileye's nature as a vampire, heading through the Slane Theocracy was far too dangerous, and since E-Rantel was taken over, this was the next best route. The alternative was to cross directly through the Azerlisia Mountains which held numerous dangers such as powerful monsters and extreme weather.

At the far end of the Mountains was a small plot of land that served as a passage between the two countries, however not many people went through it so there were still quite a few monsters to be wary of.

"Hraaaaah!", Gagaran yelled as she swung her war pick and smashed it into a couple of Mud Serpents.

Mud Serpents were similar creatures to Sea Serpents yet they could hide themselves deep within the shores of lakes or swamps as long as the ground was moist. They had poisonous fangs and fins and large gaping maws filled with incredibly sharp teeth. Normally, those wearing heavy armor would be fine, but the teeth of the creatures secreted a corrosive substance which often melted through mithril armor and could cause permanent damage to equipment.

That was why Gagaran was taking the lead by engaging the Mud Serpents while Evileye and Lakyus were casting magic attacks and support spells. Climb and Brain were assisting Gagaran, but they could not stay too close to the front lines due to not possessing strong enough armor. Tina and Tia were scouting ahead to see if there were any enemies in hiding or waiting to ambush them.

4 hours later

"Haaah...Those Mud Serpents were so troublesome, how much longer till we reach Treblis?", Gagaran asked.

Treblis was one of the cities in the Baharuth Empire and also the closest. They were planning to restock their supplies there and head towards Arwintar.

"Almost 4 more days by foot. We can make it in 3 if we can convince a Merchant Caravan to take us along", Evileye answered.

"Well let's start setting up tent, it's almost dark out, I don't want fight any of those things in the night", Brain admitted.

It took around 3 hours to set up a makeshift camp. Luckily they found some firewood to start a fire and managed to catch some fish for their meal. It would save up on their food stocks for later. Soon a campfire was blazing and everyone had taken a seat and were eating dinner.

"Ah...reminds me of our time with the other Heroes, right Evileye?", Rigrit asked.

"Hmm? Yeah… Though I remember that Leader and Berserker-san were always picking fights every night. They were battle maniacs", Evileye responded.

Climb listened in silence. Ever since he joined Renner-sama as a knight, he had always admired the 13 Heroes. For him who lacked talent, they were the pinnacle of Humanity that he strived to reach for despite his weakness. That is why he was always inspired by their stories. Especially, the Leader who had started off as being the weakest swordsman, but eventually grew to become the strongest hero.

"So Rigrit, how did you join the 13 Heroes in the first place?", Brain asked.

He had fought with Rigrit before and the both of them had suffered major wounds. Then he had decided to go on a warrior's journey to become stronger and hone his skills. Although he had heard of the Granny's exploits she had never mentioned when she had joined the 13 Heroes.

"Well when I was a young girl I was once part of a dangerous cult. My parents and fellow villagers were born into it and we served under a Demon God at the time. He would demand sacrifices in exchange for giving us access to demonic magic as part of a pact. We were supposed to sacrifice one child below the age of 10 every year. I was chosen when I became 8 years old. If Leader didn't save me that day, I wouldn't be here", Rigrit said as she began to recall her past.

"Him and the Dark Knight came and slew the Demon God that our village worshipped. Then, the villagers chased them out of their village and I came with them. I owe them my life", Rigrit continued.

"Sorry for mentioning such a sensitive topic", Brain apologized.

"No, it's alright it happened a long time ago", Rigrit said.

Tina threw another branch of wood into the fire.

"What's your relationship with Fluder anyway? I heard that both of you can cast 6th tier magic, but how powerful is it?", Climb asked.

"Fluder and I were once apprentices to the same teacher. Back then, both of us competed to become our teacher's star pupil. We spent a large amount of time studying magic and Fluder has a talent for learning spells quickly. However, Fluder was unsatisfied when he reached the limit of what our master could teach him. He went on a journey to improve his magical knowledge. Eventually we met again when I was traveling with the 13 Heroes to Eryuentia. The Platinum Dragon Lord was planning on giving us some items that we could use in the battle against the Demon Gods and Fluder planned on asking him for the Nameless Spell Book. However, the Platinum Dragon Lord denied him his request and Fluder left", Rigrit explained.

"Recently I've heard that the Emperor has withdrawn some of his privileges . I assume that Fluder has sworn his allegiance to Ainz Ooal Gown in exchange for magical knowledge", Rigrit continued.

"Wait...What if we get into a conflict then? Would we have to fight him?", Lakyus asked.

"Don't worry with our current group we should be able to capture him and interrogate him. I don't think that the Empire would do anything since he had already betrayed them", Rigrit reassured her.

Then, everyone finished their meals in silence before heading to their tents.

Arwintar - Fluder's Study

Fluder had been working on deciphering the spell book that his lord had given to him. At first he was disappointed that he had to learn how to decipher it on his own, but then after looking through his master's library he realized his intention. Almost all of his master's books were written in the same language as the spell book he now held. If he was to be able to read those tomes he would need to master the language first.

Fluder hadn't left his room in 10 days. He poured over the books and through the use of his 5th tier spell Interpret he eventually finished reading the book. The name of it was the Necromonicon. It held details on how to transform oneself into an Elder Lich and thus obtain immortality. As expect of his great master, he had already foreseen Fluder's problem regarding his aging process and granted Fluder the knowledge to render himself immortal and overcome his mortal limitations. The ritual required a special potion formed from rare ingredients, a large quantity of human lifeblood, and finally a large amount of negative energy focused into the room in which the ritual was to take place.

The potion was made of rare ingredients which could be found in Nazarick and was responsible for severing the caster's soul from their body. The blood would be used in the ritual's pentagram to contain the soul. While the focused negative energy would guide and secure it back into the body. Other than the caster returning as a lich, no other undead should rise. The problem gathering significant amounts of focused negative energy. The Katze Plains has a large amount, but it was dispersed throughout the area. An alternative was to use a cemetery, but there was still not the required amount of death. That is when his majesty aided him once more, he had given Fluder a sentient item know as the Pearl of Death which had a large amount of negative energy stored in it. Fluder planned on using Arwintar's imperial graveyard as the place by which he would conduct the ceremony.

About 1 month ago there had been reports of a mysterious group heading into the graveyard every night and an increase in the purchasing of slaves which kept disappearing. Fluder had investigated those rumors and he followed the group into the graveyard. He had seen them ritually sacrifice the slaves to an altar which had a statue of a being with a similar figure to his lord. He later learned that they were nobles who were making sacrifices to him in exchange for mercy and prosperity after they heard about what happened at the Katze Plains.

It seemed that they had been worshipping Lord Ainz as a god. Fluder informed his master about the occasion and his majesty send one of his subordinates, Demiurge, to deal with the issue. The cult was put under Demiruge's control, and continued their activities albeit a bit more indiscreetly. When Fluder asked for aid in performing his ritual of ascension, Ainz had asked Demiurge to assist him and gave his control over the cult. Fluder planned to have the followers help him gather human blood for the ritual and carry it out in a few days time.

Now Fluder was focusing on memorizing the spell that he would be casting at the ritual. The Ritual of Undeath required him to chant for 4 hours straight with no break in between and then consume the potion. Should he mispronounce even a single word, he would not even revive after drinking the potion, or he might become a mindless undead.

Knock. Knock.

"Come in", Fluder said wearily. He was annoyed that someone had come to bother him at this point in time.

"Yes, sir. The Emperor requires your presense", the messenger said.

"Yes. I will be arriving in a minute", Fluder answered. The past few days, Fluder had been stripped of his privileges and even the title of Court Magic Caster. This was because Jircniv no longer trusted Fluder who had so easily betrayed him. Fluder felt a little bit pained that Jircniv was treating him so, but he felt that it was necessary for him to go beyond his limits and delve into the magic of the gods.

Fluder dressed himself in his usual robes and headed towards Jircniv's chambers.

Slane Theocracy - Central Quarters

Raymond washed his hands in the basin adjacent to the statues of the 6 Great Gods before he began reading the message. It seems that the Argland Council had sent them a request to meet at the Surshana Ruins at the border of their country regarding their mutual enemy, Ainz Ooal Gown. He personally believed that it was a good idea to go along with some members of the Black Scripture as guards. The truth was that he did not particularly hate the demi-humans, but he did acknowledge them as a threat that had to be removed.

Working with the Dragon Lords to defeat this threat would be ideal. If the Sorcerer King slew some of the Dragon Lords then it would weaken the Argland Council enough for the Slane Theocracy to finish the job. However, the alternative was true. If any of the Scriptures were slaughtered then there would be a lack of man power. However, by working with them they could minimize losses.

The problem was Ginedine. Amongst all the cardinals, he was the most opposed towards working with other races due to his long time spent eradicating them. He feared that Ginedine may reject their proposal or insult the Dragon Lords which would cause the meeting to break apart. However, he was certain that the Theocracy would only send 1 cardinal to the meeting and he hoped that he would be chosen for the task.

He walked into the courtyard and blessed several of the children praying at the God of Earth's shrine. He looked around at the people walking through the area. Although the Theocracy taught humanity to hate the other races, it was by no means wicked. For example, it did not approve child slavery or political corruption. In fact, many of their views were similar to the Baharuth Empire and most of the taxes went into national defense or straight back to the people.

The 6 Gods who descended long ago defeated the rampaging World Evils. These were beings said to be on par with the 6 Gods who inspired human sacrifice in exchange for prosperity. They also indulged themselves and others in sin and ruled through tyranny. However, by uniting together the 6 Gods saved humanity at its darkest hours. When the 8 Greed Kings came and took over, they were mostly favorable to the humans and destroyed several demi-human species. However, the Demon Gods arrived 200 years ago and brought destruction in their wake. The demons planned to slay all life on their world, but 13 Heroes were sent by the Gods to defeat these evil beings.

Raymond took a sip of water from his flask. However, new evils have arisen to fill the gap left behind. Jaldabaoth, Ainz, and that Vampire. All enemies supposed to be on the same level as the 6 Gods. Raymond and the other cardinals contemplated using Downfall of Castle on Country, but Kaire's death had left no one able to use it. Even if they started training someone now, it would take at least 5 years before they could use it. They also had members of the Black Scripture who were Godkin...yet he was not sure if they would have the strength to fight against this undead. If they were to fall...it would spell the end of humanity.

One of Raymond's disciples came walking towards him. "Sir, we have sent our message to the Argland Council", he said. "Good work", Raymond answered.

It seems the other cardinals has seen the truth of his words. Perhaps they still had a chance...

Baharuth Empire - Academy of Magic - Library

Jet read through Volume 1 of Basic Tier Magic for Students in preparation for tomorrow's test. Most of the students in the academy came from noble families who were there to increase their prestige and make connections. Others were those who had great skill in magic and were supported by the Emperor in their studies.

However, Jet had none of that. His mother used to be a concubine for a low level nobles, but after the Bloody Emperor purged the nobility, she had fallen out of favor. Now she was bedridden with illness and he had to make a living by producing salt using magic. He also did not possess much magical talent, limited to only the 1st tier. This was mainly due to the fact that he did not have enough resources to provide for himself and could only study magic in his spare time at the library.

However, he did possess a powerful talent. It was known as the All-Seeing Eye which could allow him to see through illusions and disguises of any tier of magic. This ability to discern illusions was also dangerous as it allowed those being viewed to notice him more easily. His former mentor and close friend, Arche Eeb Rile Furt, who analyzed his ability once told him to hide his eye under an eye patch to avoid attention lest his life be put in danger.

Jet also went to school with Arche's sister, Kuuderika, as she was a Magic Caster of the 2nd tier and a former noble. Even though some nobles had lost their prestige, their blood was still considered valuable and many nobles sought to remain pure-blooded by marrying their children to these fallen nobles. Thus, Kuuderika was often targeted by a noble known as Rangobart. He was considered a prodigy for being able to use 3rd tier magic at his age despite being the third son. However, he hated commoners like Jet and only wanted Kuuderika to help raise his own status.

Jet tried to protect Kuuderika as best as he could, but the most he could do was get in Rangobart's way by inviting Kuuderika to take walks with him or to spend time with him instead of Rangobart. However, that is when tragedy struck.

Arche had been earning money as a worker in order to support her parents' spending which was why she was forced to leave the academy. However, she perished during one of her jobs which left Kuuderika and her sister Uerika in a bad position. Then, their debt came calling. Their parents were taken away as work-slaves while the two children were forced out onto the streets. Luckily, the man who had given the loan to the parents let the two children go instead of accepting them as payment from their parents.

Jet had been letting them live in his apartment with his mother and they had begun working part time in order to make ends meet. However, it was still taxing to look after and take care of two more people other than himself.

After all, his mother was too weak to take care of Uerika when he and Kuuderika left for school or work. He was worried that she would be in danger if she decided to walk the streets of the Baharuth Empire alone. Although there were few criminals, there weren't exactly none.

Jet finished his reading and headed towards his apartment. "Onii-san!", a young yellow-haired girls said as he opened the door. "Hey, Uerika. How is Kuuderika-san?", Jet asked as he took off his jacket.

"Ah. She's fine. She just got over her cold", Uerika replied.

"Oh that's good. Now where is she now?", Jet asked.

"Nee-sama said she was asked to stay over by one of the nobles for help with some guests", Uerika said joyfully.

Jet crossed his eyebrows. He didn't like the fact that nobles had been calling Kuuderika due to the fact that he was jealous. He was afraid that Kuuderika would someday leave him and go to live with one of those nobles. The truth was that he liked Kuuderika, but he felt guilty that he would not be able to take care of her.

"Oh is that so. Then, I'll start making dinner. You don't mind helping me right?", Jet asked.

"Not at all. I wanna bake a cake for one-sama!", Uerika said happily.

Baharuth Empire - House of Risel

The noble family of Risel was lead by Radrius Derian Risel. He had been a competent man in his youth and had expanded his family's power under the reign of the Bloody Emperor. He had 3 children. The first was said to be extremely competent in the state of affairs and he had planned to allow him to inherit the family estate. The second was extremely skilled in magic and could cast up to the 4th tier. In addition, he had the support of Fluder and the Emperor himself which allowed him to become the General of the 5th Army. His last son, Rangobart was less appreciated He was born from a concubine so much was not expected of him and if he could not find a noble family to take him in, he would be turned out at the age of 18.

That said, Radrius had one flaw and that was being very greedy. As he grew older he began to care less about politics and indulged himself in luxury. This also resulted in him fearing death more than anyone else. No one was sure what would happened after death, some said that the righteous would be rewarded with paradise and sinners would suffer in hell.

So what would that make Radrius? Thus, he tried to avoid death by all means. Trying life-extending drugs and dubious rituals, he was a man obsessed with circumventing death. He did not want to become an undead though. What he wanted was to immerse himself in pleasure while living forever, in other words youthful immortality. So it was no surprise when he turned towards worshipping the Evil God. He had first been informed about it from one of his close friends. It was said to be a god originating from the Slane Theocracy, one who governed over death.

It was God that could play with the souls of mortal directly. Some said that the souls of the living were intangible things that could not be perceived by humans, but this God had access to it. To those who had displeased him, he could tear the souls from their body and consume them thus erasing them from an existence. It could only be described as an incarnation of death, a being who end even the immortal soul. Even the other gods were no match for him and were reported to have fallen to his scythe. It was also said to be the progenitor of all undead and that it was his will that caused them to raise and strike the living.

However, he had worshippers nonetheless. This was because the Evil God had the power to cure all afflictions and restore beings from death. It was even believed that if one was devoted enough, they could receive immortality. As a result, the man joined the cult and took part in the sacrifices. Had a priest belonging to the Four God's faith seen what the cult was doing, everyone would be executed, however that had not come to pass.

Even though the man squirmed when he saw his fellow humans being slain on the altar, he held firm in the belief that he would receive immortality. And eventually it came to pass. In the Katze Plains, an undead lich had slaughtered the entire Kingdom's army with a single spell. Furthermore, it was stated that he had an appearance similar to the god they worshipped.

Soon after the priest who was in charge of holding their rituals proclaimed that the undead lich and their god were in fact one and the same. Radrius remembered feeling immense joy at that declaration. Their sacrifices had not been for naught. They had managed to catch the attention of their deity. Immortality was not far away!

A month ago, they had performed the ritual as usual when suddenly all the candles went out and they burned again with an unhealthy purple flame. A large black oval appeared where two beings stepped out. One was the being that could only be described as the Evil God himself. He wore a jet black cloak with a black aura and halo emanating from behind him. It felt as though all life was being sucked into him. He held a gold scepter filled with multicoloured jewels. Beside him was what could only be described as a Devil. He had large wings and a spiked tail. His eyes were like polished diamonds and a feeling akin to terror welled up from within.

They immediately kneeled and proclaimed their loyalty towards their true God. The Lord of Death watched them for a time before announcing that he had come to reward his loyal followers. He stated that he was willing to grant his followers the reward that they deserved. He stretched out his hands and dark purple beams came out and struck each of their members.

If anyone had looked closely, they would have notice small ghost-like undead attaching themselves to the members. They were Ghost-Leeches. They had the ability to stop aging in their victims, but at a price. The victim would slowly start to transform into undead, however the process was slow as if not to be noticed. The monsters could be removed if 4th tier holy magic was casted within a few weeks. However, if they stayed too long, then removing them would prove fatal to the victims.

However, no one here was particularly skilled in magic so they could not notice what was going on. The Lord of Death proclaimed, "I have relieved all of you from the mortal coil, now I will ask of you to follow my subordinate's instructions." Then, the lich left after passing through the dark portal.

Afterwards, Radrius carried out the order that Lord Demiurge had asked of him. He helped maintain the cult while preparing sacrifices and gathered info through his connections. He was glad that he had achieved immortality through the power of his God and was content.

Demiurge had given him his latest mission which was to gather sacrifices for Fluder's transformation into a lich. Such a ritual was spoken of only in legends, but now he would be able to witness it in person! In order to gather enough sacrifices, Radrius had been purchasing large amounts of human slaves and had even captured and used his maids and servants. Right now he had captured a certain girl from a fallen noble house as the last requirement. Her name was Kuuderika and she had accidentally listened in on one of his meetings with his fellow cultists.

He decided to capture her and use her for the ritual that was going to be held in a few days. Besides no one would bother rescuing someone like her.

Note: Alright first big event coming up! I hate Jet-kun but his eye ability will be important later in the conference.