Overlord: Cain of Ainz Ooal Gown
I don't own Overlord
A/N: I still would like suggestion on just what Rubedo should be I am starting to think that she should be some type of eldritch and that like Shalltear she had extensive work done to make her look human
Cain held himself in a dignified way as watched his new pet/servant get registered and currently they had finished the paperwork and were just finishing the sketches, a rather boring thing to watch to be sure.
That being said Cain was ready to leave and he almost sighed in relief when minutes later the tamer guild's representative said that he could leave.
However his relief didn't last long as he came upon Nfirea's shop and the still unloaded herbs.
That immediately told him that something was wrong and thus he rushed in leaving behind his new named pet and, unknown to him, one Lizzie Bareare who followed him.
Upon entering the store a strong irony smell filled the air much to his worry and he didn't hear any sound struggling which for a brief moment caused fear to worm its way into his heart.
Had the scripture been wrong, did he make a mistake by assuming that all the humans of this world were weak; was there someone capable of besting even Rubedo?
However, his mind quickly snapped back to reality as he heard a voice behind him "Hey you in the armor what's going on here?!"
Cain quickly whipped around as he pulled his blades free and pointed them at the new arrival only to hesitate as he saw the elderly lady flinch.
"…I am Able Nfirea hired myself, my companion and a small group of adventurers upon returning we separated I went to register my newly tamed monster and the rest came here to unpack our haul." as he finished speaking he hazard a glance back to the room which was leaking the smell.
The old lady's eyes widened in shock before they seemed to focus gaining a solid resolve as she spoke "I am Lizzie Bareare Nfirea is my grandson."
Cain looked at her cautiously but decided to let it lay for the moment while he figured out what was going on and so with a slight nod he turned away and approached the back door.
Upon opening the door Cain almost couldn't hold back his gag thinking back he should have activated a passive mental effect but in his haste he had forgone it.
The room was a mess bloody and brutalized bodies were strung about as if they were cloths in a lazy person's room however to Cain's relief he found that Rubedo was missing however she wasn't the only person missing in fact Nfirea and Ninya were also missing curiously enough.
Cain finally activated his undead passive and began to think rushing through possibilities as he began examining scene more carefully now that his emotional peaks were forcefully capped.
However he paused as he neared the closest corpse he could feel it…the negative energy of an undead coming from the corpses.
Cain held a cautions hand out warning the older woman against getting any closer and after hearing her steps come to a stop he pointed his sword at one of the closest corpse and began moving again and as he predicted the corpses began to rise.
Cain stopped immediately and began observing the moving corpses Lukrut and Peter were killed by a single strike to the forehead with some sort of spike a quick kill definitely.
Dyne on the other appeared to have been stabbed in multiple non-lethal areas, shoulders and knees before being bludgeoned to death if the masses of not fully swollen and bruised flesh meant anything; he probably died before the wounds had a proper chance to swell completely.
Cain waited a moment until the three were well within his swords range and with on clean swipe removed the heads of the zombies causing them to collapse almost in synch.
Lizzie flinched at the noise of the heads hitting the ground and rolling slightly however she was beginning to grow more and more concerned at the silence of her companion.
"Are you ok?" Lizzie's words were quite almost silent as if she were choking them out rather than attempting to talk but to her surprise he replied.
"I am fine I didn't know them that well but three people are missing, your grandson the magic caster and Ruby are missing, I need to find Ruby." at that Lizzie gapped in shock.
"What about Nfirea and that magic caster aren't you going to save them too?!" yelled Lizzie in rage at Cain's disregard for her grandson's life.
Cain didn't even take a moment before he replied "We have already completed the job the second we were back in the city the job was over and everything after was simply a kindness on the party's part I am under no obligation to help you."
Again Lizzie was shocked to silence as the almost dead tone reached her ears the detached tone told her that he was serious he couldn't care less about the other two people her features tightened up with resolve after a moment.
"W-what do you want?" asked Lizzie in a much calmer subdued tone as she carefully kept her features locked in place lest her angered and fearful feelings show through.
Cain stopped and turned back to her his stillness as he stared at her caused a new wave of unease to roll across her frame before he spoke.
"Everything." it was a single word yet Lizzie stared for moment not comprehending before it clicked and she replied.
"Everything what do you mean, are you some type of demon?!" her voice shook uncertainly as she screamed at him.
Cain took it in without flinching and replied "Maybe I am…If I do this you give me everything your store, your potions, your knowledge, your very life."
Lizzie's face fell and a cold chill fell over her pushing aside the unease she had felt before the cold chill reached her stomach and it felt like she had ice in her veins as she spoke.
"I w-will do it I will accept your terms, demon." Cain tilted his head curiously before he offered a hand Lizzie shakily took the hand and felt an ice cold hand wrap around her heart as she shook it.
Cain nodded to her and spoke "Its best you leave for now I am going to investigate for clues and it would be best if you weren't around for this."
Lizzie hesitantly nodded and backed away before quickly rushing from the store in its entirety standing outside it her instincts telling her it would be best to do so.
Cain allowed himself a moment before he finally settled on an action bringing his hand to his ear and cast message and feel it connect he spoke "Rubedo can you hear me?"
There was a brief moment of silence before Rubedo spoke "Ah are we using our true names now?" Cain sighed in relief before the spike was abruptly cut off and he returned to more level state of mind, he would have been more annoyed if he wasn't still relieved that Rubedo was ok.
Cain thought for a moment before replying "No we aren't using our actual names yet…However I am at the herbalist shop and looking at remains of our recent companions so where are you and what happened?"
Rubedo let out a gasping breath before she replied causing Cain to flinch as the slight moan entered his ears but focused back in as she spoke "I am at the center of grave yard with the people who attacked the herbalist store…Ah…" Cain cringed slightly again but what embarrassment he felt at the noise was canceled.
Rubedo paused after another slight moan and grunted lightly before she continued "I grew curious and let the weakling talk a bit more before I cut in and used my Command to order them to explain they wished to use Nfirea to turn this city into a 'city of death' and become liches I figured that this would be a lovely thing and I helped them."
Cain frowned slightly and couldn't help the irritation that crawled up his back, he had almost exposed himself due to his worry over her and she was partly the cause of situation however his irritation was spike by the when a slightly louder moan rang in his ear.
"What is that what are you doing Rubedo?!" snapped Cain his curiosity and irritation getting the better of him for a moment before the peak dropped.
Rubedo squeaked slightly and Cain heard her take in a deep breath and responding "A-apologize Lord C-Able but I was using the woman that attacked to kill time."
Cain actually froze for a moment as his mind tried to process what had been said "You…you're h-having sex with her?"
Rubedo laughed heartily almost belly achingly for a few moments before her voice came back through the spell "Me have sex with a member of such weak race such as the humans Able you wound me so…though I wouldn't be against it if you were to order me to of course my lord."
Cain felt a different kind of sensation travel through his body before the feeling was again crushed by his active undead passive and after a moment of 'radio' silence Cain's curiosity got the better of him and he asked a question before he could stop himself "S-so what are you doing with her then?"
"I made her wash her hands, face, and mouth first but I am having her use them to pleasure me, I am sure if you would like that she would happily do the same for you if you wish." Rubedo's reply lacked any sort of shame and to literally any non-shameless person let alone an actual virgin such as Cain it was a bit shocking.
Needless Cain was grateful for the effects of the undead passive for the first time since his conversation with Rubedo began as he knew that if he was without that he wouldn't have been able to continue with the conversation at all.
"I have accepted a job from Nfirea's grandmother to save him and the magic caster so I will be on my way soon." said Cain hoped that by branching out here he could avoid further conversation of the previous nature hopefully preventing his own curiosity causing problems as well.
Rubedo hummed happily almost a purr before she replied "I knew it was a good idea to keep that one alive you seemed so interested in them when it was discovered that they were a talent holder so I knocked her unconscious, it should be easy to play with her memory so that she doesn't tattle on me my lord."
Cain released a sigh as he spoke "And what of Nfirea?"
Cain felt something was wrong the moment Rubedo didn't immediately respond "…He is currently a part of the ritual to summon enough undead to create the city of death; the item that they forced him to use is said to destroy the mind of the one who uses it or at least that is what my toy said and after seeing him I can agree the little guy seems broken…such a waste I am sure he would have made for a great toy." Cain felt that she hadn't meant for him to hear that last bit.
Cain allowed himself a moment to think on whether he should rush over or not he knew she was ok he knew she was strong enough to over overpower the attackers as Command only worked on those who's levels are below the one using it…It was similar to Demiurge's own Command Mantra in that the higher level the target was the less it worked, except for undead of course.
However, he needed to be convincing in the fact that he was looking for clues and his conversation with Rubedo only lasted for a few minutes and thus it wouldn't be to convincing if he suddenly rushed for the grave yard.
"Rubedo what is a city of death and how prepared is the spell?" Cain asked hoping that it was at least somewhat close to done after all Lizzie didn't specify in what state she wanted him back in just that he be saved from his kidnappers and having to stop whatever a city of the dead is would surely be interesting and helpful to his adventuring career.
Rubedo hummed again seemingly happy with his question "I asked the same thing Able and I was told that it was when the undead take over a city and begin spawning stronger and stronger undead due to the collective negative energy…and the spell is already underway causing more and more undead to spawn soon there should be enough to raze this city if you pleased and we could keep expanding from here if-."
Cain cut her off with a bit of steel in his tone "Rubedo I believe that I have already told you I made a deal and I don't break my deals."
Rubedo released a panicked squeal "I am sorry I didn't mean to imply that you would!"
Cain allowed her to squirm a moment longer before he spoke again "I will be on my way soon when can talk your actions and your choice to not inform me of them later, tell the one in charge to start sending undead to attack the city." Rubedo gave slightly rejected ok before Cain cut the spell off.
Cain then paused he had a few minutes so he decided to do a few check ins checking in with Demiurge found that the written language has been translated and were ready for distribution Albedo wasn't having any difficulties with the administration so far but she was delighted about him checking in on her upon.
After trudging through Albedo's praises and suggestive phrases, which took several minutes alone, Cain wanted to check one last person but before he could check on Shalltear he heard a small number of guards come running and screaming down the road.
"UNDEAD the undead are attacking from the graveyard!" Cain clicked his tongue and rushed from the herbalist store and noted from which direction the guards where running and taking off himself.
It wasn't long till he began to notice the undead most were basic undead but a few were a bit more developed an organ egg here and there.
Cain made sure to dispatch them as he ran ignoring his new pet as it struggled to keep pace with him calling for him to slow down.
However, Cain held his pace until he came across the gate to the graveyard and the few remaining guards doing their best to make sure it remain which was difficult to do with sheer amount of undead allowing them to swarm over the walls and the Giant Nercroswarm doing its best to kick in the stone wall next to the gate…most undead aren't really that intelligent.
After a moment to process Cain took a deep breath and then shouted loudly "Air Cleave" as he swept a blade through the air aiming for the undead clambering over and the Giant Necroswarm and wasn't disappointed.
Cain watched with satisfaction when all the undead on the wall and the Giant Necroswarm were cleaved cleanly stopping the hoard fora brief moment.
Cain felt a small splash of satisfaction when he saw the startled and awed looks the guards sent him letting him know that his plan was working.
Cain nodded to the guards before turning to his pet "Hamsuke help these men guard the gate don't let any of the undead into the city."
Hamsuke gave a deep nod and replied "As you wish my lord." Hamsuke bound up to the gate and began taking out undead that neared the guards.
Cain seeing this began run again this time leapt over the wall in its entirety and to the guards it was just as shocking as seeing Cain's first strike.
What was even more shocking was the sudden silence that fell over the other side of the wall moments later and when they finally managed to get on the wall again they were greeted by mounds of corpses.
Cain paused for a moment and looked back at the gate he was sure that he was he wasn't visible Cain sheathed his blades before he spoke "Create undead…Lesser vampire swarm…summon lesser household."
Cain watched the goo from before coat a pile of corpses that he had already dispatched and was mindful of his feet least he accidently step on his household which due to being a lesser summoning only summoned low level rodent type vampiric beasts.
Upon counting the lesser vampires he found that there were 10 5 more than there should have been which wouldn't have bothered him so much if he wasn't currently equipped with a warrior only loadout he didn't have any summoning enhancing classes or passives equipped at the moment.
Frowning at the swarm Cain gave them their orders "Spread out and prevent anyone else from coming this way…"Cain turned to his household "…assist the Lesser vampires." the lesser vampires gave whispery groans of agreement before they shambled off as swarms of shadowy rats trailed behind them.
With that done Cain finally restarted his dive towards the center of the cemetery now ignoring the undead approaching running past them with little to no effort.
Minutes later Cain finally arrived at the center of the graveyard taking note that Rubedo was waiting for him in front of the tomb along with an adult blond woman.
Said blond had several fresh bruises on her neck and cheeks while her left hand seemed to be broken as she cradled it against her chest.
As he came to a stop Cain noted that the woman was rather beautiful despite the bruises and the look of fear in her reddish brown eyes, which were now shifting between Rubedo and himself even as Rubedo bowed in respect causing the blond to mimic her.
Cain didn't feel like wasting time and spoke "Take me to the leader." Rubedo gave a small nod and began moving while looking at the ground not meeting his eyes the blond seeing this hesitantly fell in line behind her only for Rubedo to turn and strike her in the stomach.
As the blond fell to the ground with the wind having been knocked out of her Rubedo spoke "You do not walk before lord Able without his permission pest!" Rubedo went to say more but Cain stuck a hand between them.
"Lead the way Rubedo." Rubedo's eyes opened wide in shock at the annoyance and slight anger in his voice before an odd mix of a blush and downcast look appeared on her face before she shakily began walking again.
Once Cain was certain that she wasn't going to waste more time with the blond he decided to be courteous offering a hand to the blond she cautiously took it before he helped her stand.
Then with a nod Cain turned and followed Rubedo leaving the blond to follow behind him.
When Rubedo finally came to a stop it was in front of a circle of robed men and the oldest seemed to take notice of their presence immediately and hastily made his way over.
With a shaky bow the man began speaking "M-my lord your servant has informed us of your powers I wish to offer you my services in exchange for your help."
Cain's eyes moved over to Rubedo when he saw her twitch something both the blond and the old man flinched away from before Cain spoke "Ruby stop I wish to hear his offer."
As Tabula's creation stilled herself the old man spoke "I wish to offer you my services, materials, and knowledge in exchange for your help in my endeavor to become a lich."
Cain thought it over momentarily before he spoke "I will need assurance that you are true to your word I will send you to my home to be tested but first…what are your names?"
The old man spoke first "I am Khajiit dale badantel my lord a necromancer of Zurrernorn." as he finished speaking Khajiit bowed deeply.
Cain nodded then turned to the blond who bowed before she spoke "I am Clementine, p-pet of R-ruby."
Cain's brow furrowed slightly only a few questions before he could make his decision and move on from Rubedo's…pet "Where is Nfirea and Ninya?"
Khajiit slightly turned and pointed his staff at a stair case leading downwards "They are down there…the girl is restrained and unconscious against the left most pillar last we checked and the boy is in the center of a magic circle."
Cain nodded once and continued "Are you particularly attached to any of the other magic casters here and is that all of them?" at this Khajiit stared in confusion.
Seeing this Cain continued speaking "We will need at least a few to take the fall for this."
Khajiit's eyes widened before he bowed again "O-of course my lord but not none of these men are particularly important or special in any way and yes that is all of them."
Cain nodded cast the communication spell and upon feeling it connect he spoke "Albedo?"
The response was immediate "Yes my lord do you need something of me?" her excitement was easy to hear over the spell.
"Yes I am opening a portal to the throne room of Nazarick two humans will be coming through one is to be given a through introduction to Nazarick and to have their loyalty tested as a potential asset and the other, a female, is…your sister's pet and is to be moved to her room and monitored to prevent any damages." replied Cain.
Albedo became quite before a quite giggle came through the spell "So my adorable little sister has taken another pet then I hope this one last longer than the others."
Cain shuddered again as he mentally berated Tabula for his choices in personalities for his NPCs before he continued speaking "If either one of them attempts to run or steal anything…give them to Neuronist."
At that Albedo seemed to straighten herself out and responded "Of course my lord, will that be all?"
"Yes that will be all for the time being." stated Cain simply before he cut the connection and cast gate causing the black portal to appear at his side.
Cain then turned to the two humans and spoke "Clementine goes first then you Khajiit." The two human obeyed bowing before hesitantly stepping through the portal.
Once they were gone however Cain felt a shift in the air before spikes made of bone pierced through the ground and began to form into something Cain recognized making him frown in annoyance as the skeletal dragons roared.
Cain spoke "Rubedo run at human levels back to the gate tell any guards or adventures you see that I am fighting a group called Zurrernorn tell them that I freed you and told you to flee, do not tell them of what actually happened here."
Rubedo nodded slowly clearly unhappy with his decision but followed none the less as Cain drew his swords and stepped towards the undead dragons that had just finished killing the last of the cultists on the surface.
Cain let a sigh slip from his mouth now that he was alone he began to mutter "This was supposed to be a simple job but then Rubedo had to go and complicate things."
Cain continued to think as he almost passively decapitated one of the dragons "But at least now I can learn if there are any major differences between Yggdrasil necromancy and this new world's version."
Cain side stepped a claw strike severed the limb before using Giant's razor cleave horizontally bisecting the dragon with the damage done both dragons began to break apart as Cain made his way to the stairs.
Upon reaching the bottom Cain was happy to note that Khajiit had not lied…so now it was time to test a few theories could his Monstrous Mutation allow him to take talents and how reviving works in this world.
First he would need to test it on the Ninya, the less valuable test subject, Cain approached Ninya thankful that there were no other cultists to interrupt him and with luck he would have plenty of time to experiment.
Cain knelt next to Ninya taking note of her expose chest because apparently his all boy adventuring group wasn't all boys as Ninya's shirts was torn open and her chest wraps were torn exposing her chest…maybe it happened before she was brought here.
Cain pulled her shirt shut and buttoned it he was going to use her for experiments but there was no reason to be discourteous and then with that done Cain placed one hand on her neck and with a small twitch snapped her neck.
Cain paused before and shouted in joy standing up straight arms in the air as he felt a very familiar sensation permeate his being and he could almost instinctively tell he had gained something new.
However, his joy was immediately cut off and in his irritation Cain disabled it allowing the joy to flood back in before he finally noticed that he hadn't let go of Ninya yet and her body was dangling limply from his hand and then he was hit with shame this was rude and disgraceful.
Cain took a calming breath and lowered the body to the floor before he reached into his inventory and pulled out a wand of resurrection and upon casting the spell on her he felt it take effect.
Cain watched as her cheeks, which had slowly become a pale white, regain color and her lightly blue lips became a light pink showing that blood flow had been returned but something felt off.
Growing curious Cain switched to a healer class and cast an analysis spell finding that Ninya's vitality had dropped considerably implying that her levels had also drop close to if not at level one causing Cain to tsk.
He had been hoping that the revival in the New world wouldn't require levels to foot the bill but it was a good sign that revival still worked and didn't teleport the resurrect-y to a different location.
With that done Cain then turned his eyes one Nfirea Bareare he noticed that blood was drooling from under his eyelids and correctly assumed that the cultists had removed the boy's eyes.
Cain then scanned the item and noted its effects before an idea snapped into place and with a silent apology Cain took the item from Nfirea's head and stored it in his inventory before laying the boy down.
Cain then sat through Nfirea's cries and wails after a few moments Cain gagged him with a cloth that he tore from Ninya's cloths so that he didn't bite his tongue off and choke on it as he seemingly had a seizure.
After the boy had seemingly slipped into unconsciousness Cain noticed that the boy had lost control of his bowls and with a bit of disgust he stripped the boy of his pants and grabbed one of the less bloody cloaks from a cultist corpse before wrapping it around the boy after washing both the boy and the cloak with the pitcher of endless water.
Cain then pulled the boy up carrying him in one arm and Ninya in the other before he began making his way to the graveyard gate.
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