Overlord's New World.

Chapter 10: Forest Fortress.

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Overlord Darkblade was currently in Mayuri Kurostuchi's lab, as he and Nemu were examining Naruto.

"It is as you suspect, Lord. The boy does indeed have seals placed on his brain and body. They warped his mind and greatly stunted his intelligence, skills, physical growth and chakra control. It looks like they were placed on him while he was just a baby," said Mayuri.

Naruto was shocked by this. A betrayal of this magnitude from his own village while he was still a baby. It was unbelievable.

"The good news, is that I can remove them while causing no damage. However it could take months, or even years for your body and mind to get to where they should be. So don't expect too many instant results of epic proportions. Shall we get started?"

The seals were soon removed and Naruto's old persona was destroyed to make room for his true self. His mind was being tortured as he recalled his life in a new light. The orphanage he was dumped in was by no means up to even the lowest standards, he was constantly bullied and abused, and was never given proper food. They refused to give the basic education that was required for everyone, and they kicked him out years earlier than the law permitted. The people working in the stores refused to let him shop, and when they did they greatly overcharged him and only gave him long expired garbage. The adults made up excuses to attack him and always got away with it, and the children were encouraged to do the same. His entire life he was treated like he had the plague, and even his teachers sabotaged all his efforts to learn and improve. It wasn't his lack of skills or intelligence that kept him from graduating three years in a row, it was them giving him fake scrolls and books with all the important pages torn out, tampering with his tests, leaving him out of all group and individual lessons, and doing whatever else they could think of to ensure he'd fail. And the worst of it all was the fox hunts they did on his birthdays. Hordes of villagers would hunt him down and torture him until he was almost dead and suffering from broken bones and ruptured organs. And they always, ALWAYS got away with it! The third hokage may have acted kind towards him, but he could see now that was just an act. He never helped him, never stopped them, and never punished anyone for their crimes against him. He was only tricking him into becoming the village's weapon. And then there was his current team. They'd been treating him like dirt the entire time, despite the fact that he was always the one doing all the work. He would've been better off going solo than going with any of them. Especially that bitch Sakura. She attacked him literally thousands of times more than every enemy they've ever faced put together, and her entire vocabulary consisted of insulting him and praising Sasuke. To say that she was the worst teammate ever would be an understatement.

Now that Naruto had a clear view of his life, he was pissed off about it. And he wanted revenge. And when the Overlord offered him a chance to abandon his village and join him, he took it.

Now that Naruto was on board, it was time to get Sasuke on board.

"Mayuri. Is there a way to give one magic ninja clan the bloodlines of another?"

"Hmm, I never thought of that. It shouldn't be impossible, or even that hard, but it will require research and experimenting."

"I got a clan of ninjas that don't have any family powers, the last survivor of a once legendary clan, and one guy with an eye that contains the power of that clan. Think that's enough to work with?"

"I don't know. I'll have to experiment on these ninjas to figure it out. But I've been wanting to do that ever since I learned of these magic ninjas."

"I approve of the research. Let me know what you learn," said the Overlord.

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"Sasuke. Is avenging and restoring your clan truly what you want? Or is it just power that you long for?" Darkblade asked Sasuke.

"My only purpose in life is to avenge and restore my clan. And gaining power is the only way to do that."

"I offer an alternative: Join me, implant your kekkai genkai into another clan, have them be reborn as the new Uchiha, and let my forces track down and kill your brother. Your clan will be avenged and restored, and all you have to do is cooperate and help lead them to glory."

"Can you do that?"

"The world's most brilliant mad scientist has already begun working on it. We should be able to make that a reality before long. So, are you in?"

"Don't do it!"

"It's a trick! He's lying!"

Even with Sakura and Kakashi yelling at him and trying to prevent him from thinking clearly and choose what they wanted, it was still an easy decision. He'd get everything he was working so hard for in less than a fraction of the time. All he had to do was turn his back on a village that was trying to rob him.

"I'm in. I'll do whatever it takes to restore my clan and get my revenge."

"Good. Just remember the rules. My word is the law, your clan is more important than you or your revenge, and you are not to go after your brother. I'll handle him. You aren't to go near him unless he's threatening your new clan. You just focus on making your new clan better. If you can't handle that, this deal's off, and you're dead. Understood?"

"Understood."

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Soon Overlord Darkblade was meeting with Wes about the fortress in the forest.

"Wait, so let me get this straight. You're gonna let take over a fortress and rule over the whole area?"

"I need my loyal allies to rule over the places that are under my control if I am to expand my territories. And you've earned the right to rule your own land. Now you just need to help me claim it for you."

"Thank you. I won't let ya down."

Soon they were at the fortress, along with Rui, Shira, Charmcaster, Carmen, and a bunch of minions. They were soon attacked by a pack of wolves. The wolves kept circling around to attack from behind, making them annoyingly hard to deal with, and they struck whenever they spotted an opening. It was a decent tactic, but it wasn't enough. The wolves were cut down one after another.

The inside of forest fortress was overgrown with plants and many moblins and goblins had made it their home. It was a solid dungeon and they let Wes lead the way through. The rest backed him up, but he was the one who had to fight on the front lines and figure everything out. They hacked through many plants that had overrun the place, some of which were monsters in disguise, and slaughtered everything in their path. Once they found the map and compass, things got a little easier, but the plants were still an issue.

"When we take this place, we're going to have a lit of gardening to do,' said Charmcaster.

"Think your hammer can deal with it?"

"No idea. It fixes things, makes them as good as new, but clearing out a plant infestation like this? I'm not sure."

Soon they reached the miniboss. A huge werewolf that wore armour and carried a sword.

"You're the one who's gonna be taking this place over Wes, so you're also the one who has to deal with the bosses."

They stepped back and he stepped forth. Then he charged at the monster. Their swords clashed and Wes was pushed back. He charged again, ducked under the blade and got in a few strikes with his sword. All that time spent learning how to fight paid off as he steadily gained ground by getting in more hits than his opponent. It seemed like Wes's attacks weren't doing much damage, but then the straps on the werewolf's armour started breaking apart. It shook like a dog, sending the pieces flying off, and then it threw its sword at Wes, who just barely dodged it.

Now without a weapon or armour, its speed drastically increased and it started using its claws and fangs. The tide turned as Wes was overwhelmed. It got in a series of hits and then sent him crashing across the ground. Realizing he was now outmatched, he changed his tactics. He summoned forth a bunch of monsters to fight for him. The tactic worked. As the werewolf struggled to fend off the monsters, it couldn't avoid leaving itself open for Wes's attack. After a few hits, that werewolf went down. But before it died, he used a jewel to capture it.

With the fight over and victory in hand, a fairy showed up to heal his wounds and fix the damages he suffered. Then a large treasure chest appeared. In it was a bag full of bombs.

"These could come in handy."

He ended up needing them to blast through pieces of the dungeon, like boulders, logs, and a couple plant monsters. After they cleared every room, they went to the boss room. Then the Overlord stopped them.

"Listen to me. I know how these places work," said Darkblade. "Only one can go through that door before it closes. That one will have to fight the boss alone. The monster beyond this door will be enormous, and almost impossible to kill. But there's always a way to do it. And often that way is with the item you picked up earlier in this dungeon. In this case, those bombs. But don't just carelessly throw them around. Get past how intimidating it looks, use your head, and try to figure out an effective way to use them against it. Understand?"

"I think so."

"Good. And you can't capture it. You have to kill it. Also it might be a good idea to have some healing potions ready to use during the fight."

Figuring he was about as ready as he'd ever be, Wes unlocked the giant door and went inside. As predicted, the door closed behind him and he was on his own.

Looking around the huge room, Wes saw plenty of plants, but no monster. As he neared the centre, the room started shaking. Then the giant plants at the back started moving. Roots and vines moved like tentacles as the boss monster began to show itself. Eyes popped out over the three giant pods, which opened up to reveal that they were giant mouths, full of sharp fangs. Up against this towering monstrosity, he was a fly against a venus flytrap. It roared, signalling the start of the fight.

The head in the middle held back as the ones one the sides attacked. They did lunging bites at him, and used their tongues to try and snatch him up. At one point it worked, it got Wes into its mouth and began chewing him up. But by fighting and struggling intensely, he drove it to spit him back out. But then it went at it all over again. It was intent to make a meal out of him, but given their size differences, Wes was sure he wouldn't even do as a snack.

He dodged the giant plant monster's attacks, and then threw a bomb at it. It exploded in its face, but it just shook it off like it was no big deal. As Wes continued to dodge and look for an opening, he suddenly realized the monster had been giving him the openings as it attacked. It was careless about what it shoved into its mouth, and the inside looked a lot more tender than the outside. It was then that Wes realized the method of killing it. Throw a bomb at its tongue or gaping mouth when it attacked, the bomb would explode in its mouth, two bombs would make it fall stunned to the ground, wide open for attacks. He tried severing its head by hacking at its neck, but its neck was thick and it was able to recover before he could cut through it. So he simply repeated the process until the head fell off, went wild, and exploded. Then he did the same to the other head.

Then the middle head took action. Its neck stretched out, revealing that it was longer than the other two, giving it greater reach. It then struck with greater speed, and Wes noticed that its mouth looked even nastier. Between the greater reach & speed, and the more dangerous mouth, and the fact that it wasn't using its tongue, losing a key weak point the other two had, this last head was easily the most dangerous and hardest to beat. But the strategy of throwing bombs into its mouth, then cutting through its neck remained the same, so Wes kept at it.

When the final head was severed, the rest of the giant plant started flailing wildly, then it exploded. Wes won, and as the smoke cleared, a heart container came floating down, and then a fancy piece of jewellery appeared.

Following his victory, a portal opened up and a message came. He could either lay claim to the dungeon, or get a large amount of treasure or experience to level up, or a rare item. He smiled and chose to lay claim to the dungeon. Moments later all the surviving monsters fled and his flag was raised. The top left quarter of Wes's flag contained the Overlord's flag, showing his allegiance, and the rest held his symbol. A partial silhouette of himself with a demonic arm.

After that the rest of them came in and congratulated him. Then the Overlord left and the rest got to work turning the forest fortress into a decent place to live. They agreed that they would first clear out all the plants, then get Overlord Darkblade to use his magic hammer to fix the rest of it. But with that many plants, it could be a while before it became the place they fantasized about.

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With Wes's loyalty and services now properly rewarded, as well as having his territory expanded to include new lands and a fortress, Darkblade was able to check that off his to do list. But he still had other things to do. Like raiding more of the desert for the treasures it held, and dealing with Kublar, a city he wanted to use as part of a trade route. He had sent an envoy to talk to them about it, but they were met with hostility. They made it clear that members of the Overlord's kingdom were not going to be tolerated anywhere near their city, and should they go anywhere near their borders, they were ready for war. If Darkblade backed down, he'd not only lose the trade route he wanted, he'd also appear weak, which would invite others to stand against him and cause him trouble. But that city was well fortified and at the moment he could only attack from the hardest angle. He needed to find a way to surround it, then find the safest, easiest method to attack it.

While he was planning things out, he got a distress signal from Wes. He summoned his minions, got a few of his warriors to join him, and they teleported to the Forest Fortress. They searched the place until they found Wes and his girls. All of them had been stripped naked, tied up, gagged, and all but one of them were tied to a wall. That one was Carmen, and she was down on all fours, held in place with ropes, bobbing her head up and down on Wes's dick.

It had been less than an hour and a half since he left them, and for someone to do all that in such a short amount of time was startling. But seeing the group tied up naked and put on display like that was not something they had any complaints about.

"What happened?" asked Darkblade as he removed the nearest girl's gag.

"A woman with green minions snuck in, and grabbed us one after another. Almost all of us were captured before we even realized we weren't alone."

"Zuko, free them, then guard them. Everybody else, spread out, keep your eyes open, and call out when you see someone."

As Zuko began untying them, the rest spread out to search the place. They almost immediately spotted a Green minion and followed him to the throne room. There sat a woman, surrounded by Greens. She had short, dark green, almost black hair, a red ribbon on top, red eye shadow, red eyes, red lipstick, a black choker, a black kimono, a katana at her side, a red skull on her lap, and a comb in her hand.

"Are you the new Overlord?" she asked.

"I am."

She stood up and let her kimono fall to the floor. She had nothing on underneath it, so now she stood nude, bountiful breasts and hairless pussy on full display. She smirked as they took in her body.

"My name is Yura. And I wish to join you."

The Overlord looked into her mind.

"Yura of the demon hair. You were once killed in battle, then resurrected by the demon Naraku, who then enslaved you to do his bidding and tortured you whenever you failed or even complained. You recently escaped during an attack, and you've been running and hiding ever since. When you found the green minions and heard about me you saw a means of getting protection from him. You captured Wes and his harem just to prove your worth."

She cringed as he said that.

"How did you know that?"

"I read your mind. If you want to join me and receive my protection in exchange for the Greens, then I'll welcome you. Just know I won't tolerate any more attacks on my allies."

She fell to her knees and bowed before him, pressing her face to the floor.

"Thank you! I promise you won't regret this. I'll do everything in my power to serve you."

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Yura was allowed to join. Wes and his girls were not happy about it, but given that she just wanted to prove herself and was offering the Green minions, they knew they had to swallow their pride. But they refused to swallow their rage. The girls jumped Yura, held her down tore off her clothes and tanned her hide. By the time it was over, she had to be carried.

Soon after things got back on track. But this time Zuko, Sabretooth, and a bunch of minions stuck around to act as security, and to help out when needed. After all, they couldn't risk another surprise attack.

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When news of Wes getting his own land and fortress got out, it greatly boosted morale amongst the Overlord's forces. He had given a base and territory to rule over, and the power that came with it, to a loyal follower who had earned it. And that meant he might do the same for others who earned such a reward. And that gave them motivation to sign up into his army, as well as something to strive for.

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AN: I would have gotten around to updating this a lot sooner, but it hasn't been getting enough reviews.