(Prologue)
Strolling around his apartment within a wheelchair was a young man coiffed hairstyle, with the sides shaved. His blonde hair shined in the light of the room and his blue eyes pierced around him as he was at his desk examining it. Pushing himself up he simply walked to the kitchen and grunted with each step he took. This was Erik Pinder, commonly known in the gaming community as Erinder, one of the top MMORPG and VRMMORPG games, a survivor of Sword Art Online and commonly known by all the Dragonair. But he was also one of the first members of AInz Ooal Gown on Yggdrasil and the strongest player, a player who single handedly beat the Devourer himself and gained a World Champion Item from it, the only one of it's kind and one of the ultimate world items. Erik has suffered nerve scarring in her s back so he could not run and could only remain on his feet for so long.
Reaching into his cabinet he pulled out a bowl and opened his fridge to pull out some leftover pasta and meatballs and reheated it up and ate it. He sighed and checked his messages and clenched his fist seeing how a former two best friends and also girlfriends were happy together and seemed to show no empathy for him. Kirito was a slim petite girl as her real name was Kazuto Kirigaya, many mistaken her as a boy due to her tomboyish look and very slim and non-curvaceous figure. She was nearly completely flat as a board. But Kirito had short, smooth black hair and eyes. Asuna Yuuki, with a B82/W60/H83cms of measurements and had orange-brownish hair and hazel eyes.
Clenching his fist he closed it and a tear fell, they said they once last him and would never abandon him, but yet they did. They abandoned him and hardly ever spoke to him after the break up, not even their friends hardly talk to him anymore. Seeing a video call, he answered it and put his ear piece in and saw it was his advanced AI daughter he and Kirito adopted back in SAO. He smiled bravely seeing he black hair and his blue eyes showing concern and she asked: "Daddy are you okay?"
He sighed and said: "Yes sweetie, just tired. How was your day?"
She smiled and told him all about today in ALF and he smiled at her happiness. What kept him going was her, she was an AI but she was just as much human as he was. She then asked: "Daddy when are you coming back?"
He frowned and said: "I don't know sweetie, but my work keeps me busy. But happy birthday."
She perked up and said: "You remembered."
Chuckling he said: "How can I forget my lil faery own birthday."
Typing in something on screen was a cupcake and a present. She opened it and saw a beautiful frilly pink sleeveless princess dress and she said: "I love it, thank you Daddy."
Smiling he said: "Unknowingly w you would sweetie."
Hearing an alarm in the back he said: "Sorry sweetie gotta go to my therapy. I'll talk to you soon."
She nodded and blew out the cupcake's candle and said: "Okay, bye daddy love you!"
The call ended and he trembled as more tears had fallen and he said: "Love you too sweetie."
Rolling over to his system he climbed into his recliner after making sure everything else was turned off. Pulling out a bottle of alcohol he chugged it before logging in. Selecting the game Yggdrasil, an old game, but one he found most solace in, he blinked and found himself within the Great Tomb of Nazarick, he was in his spot at the round table where forty-one other chairs had been placed and saw the timer before the game could shut down. Which was nine hours, sighing as anyone else online had been grinding to finish a quest or visiting memorial places they have been to. The catacombs which expand from the first to the third floor filled with burial chambers and guarded by the Blood Valkyria herself Shalltear Bloodfallen, Shalltear is a vampire of short stature and has the appearance of a buxom fourteen-year-old girl. She is at best as a true beauty, she has pale shiny skin, seductive crimson-red eyes, and fine facial features.
Shalltear's silver hair is tied in a ponytail through a large ribbon on top of it all, allowing others a full view of her face. Shalltear wears a soft black evening dress with a big heavy skirt. Her upper body is dressed in a lace embellished ribbon and a short tailored jacket. Her hands are donned with long lace gloves, not exposing any bit of skin. However, her breasts are fake and are completely flat, similar to a boy's. She covers this up by using an excessive amount of breast pads.
Checking her coding as the Guild's new Master he switched her from being flat as a board to having an A-cup border B-cup breast. Thankfully unlike the normal true vampires who a very hideous and disgusting who look like Hungers to him, he had made a new form of True Vampires as the Hunger versions they had changed to the cursed vampires and the curseless who resemble the humanoid Vampire Lords that the female Vampire Lords turned into back home. But Shalltear should have her extra set of wings sprout from her lower back and faint longer, sharper and tougher nails, as her figure would grow slightly taller and curvaceous and become a C-cup, thus it was dubbed the Truest Vampire, sounded lame but welcomed. The fourth floor was a massive lake and guarded by Gargantua, a massive golem that can single handedly lay a siege and win it, seeing the giant was dormant made him smile, Momonga won it. Next the fifth floor was a massive ice zone with actual blizzards and guarded by Cocytus. With an enormous body size of 2.5 meters, Cocytus has the appearance of an insect walking on two feet - a fusion between a mantis and an ant. With a tail twice as long as his height, Cocytus is covered in sharp spikes like icicles and has a strong jaw that can easily snap people's hands in a second.
Two of his hands hold a silver halberd, while the remaining two hands hold a mace emitting black light and a crooked shape sheath which seems to be for a broadsword. With a breathtaking cold air, the pale blue, hardened bone armor oozes out diamond dust like bright light. His shoulders and back look like uplifted icebergs. Like all the other floors it houses various combat beasts, which Momonga and Erik secretly discussed were either made by the members for their fetishes or worst nightmares. But the only person he made changes to was Nigredo, one of the 'sisters' of the final floor guardians. Instead of leaving her with a skinless face, he gave her an actual face like her sister the guardian but made it slight roundness to it, he remembered Tabula had left her unfinished for some reason and he sighed remembering the crazy custom alchemic ideas the two had come up with.
Next was a massive jungle upon the sixth floor and guarded by twin crossdressing elven brother and sister Aura and Fiore. A massive gigantic tree was their residence along with a massive roman colosseum with sub-areas of different forests in the jungle, swamps and a field of flowers. The floor also has overgrown ruins and a hidden road that only appears at night should show anyone the safest path, but it is very dangerous. Aura was the sister of the two and like her brother a dark elf. Aura is a tomboyish looking child with dark skin and pointed ears, a signature trait of the dark elves. She has golden hair and heterochromia, her left eye blue and right eye green.
She wears reddish-black dragon scale leather covered by a white and gold vest embroidered with the sigil of Ainz Ooal Gown. Below it, she has a matching set of white trousers and gold plated shoes, and around her neck is an acorn necklace emitting golden light and a golden watch on her wrist with a message on her and her brothers creator Bukubukuchagama who she and her brother coding said they see her as there mother. But he also saw her coding and said if she likes someone she will struggle to act more feminine. Shaking his head and turning to her brother who looked far from being called a guy. Mare is actually more like a young schoolgirl than her own sister, even coding wise, but he did find at times he would act like a male instead of being timid and shy. He also saw Bukubuku Chagama as a mother as well which made him smile and hoped this was not because of something bad.
Mare looks like a child with dark skin and pointed ears, a signature trait of the dark elves. He has golden hair and heterochromia, his right eye is blue and his left eye is green. He wears a blue dragon scale leather full-body suit, covered by a white and gold vest embroidered with the sigil of Ainz Ooal Gown and a forest green-leaf cloak. Below, he has a matching short white skirt exposing his thighs, and on his neck is an acorn necklace emitting silver light. His slender hands are donned with shiny white silk gloves and he wields a twisted black wooden staff. He then noticed a ring under his glove and guessed it must function like her sister's watch.
Now it was time for the lava floor, a floor of volcanic and running lava, a literal interpretation of hell itself. It was guarded by Demiurge, an Arch-devil. He is about 1.8 meters tall, Demiurge is described to be a demon with dark skin and nicely combed black hair. Behind the round glasses are eyes so squinty that they are not normally visible. Wearing a British suit with a tie, he is dressed like a gentleman. Behind his back is a silver tail, covered with metal plates and six long spikes at the end. In his humanoid form, Demiurge's pair of eyes lack eyeballs, in fact, shining jewels with numerous small cuts take the place of his eyeballs and is one of the cruelest coded NPC's belonging to the guild itself. Just like his creator Alain who was disillusioned and never believed anyone could amount to anything.
The eighth floor was a mass wilderness of feudal Japan meets the wild west that was in constant chaos and destruction. One safe place ever existed on this floor and that was the Sakura Sanctuary as the guardian of the floor was the Victim. Victim at first glance may not look like much, which was a fetus with a halo above his head and stick like wings was only his first form and on its third and final form becomes a full blown angel that rivals some of the strongest NPC's of the guild itself. Erik remembered having a hand in designing the forms and what each one unlocks for the unborn angel. Chuckling he said: "Truly the underdog, eh."
Next was the royal suite of floor nine which was just a relaxing zone for everyone which made it practically a vacation resort to put all others to shame. The floor was guarded by his own creation, one of the strongest things within the guild itself. It was guarded by Ashura a djinn or called a genie. He has a humanoid appearance, with red markings all over his body that glow orange when powered up, that trace out from his eyes. He has spiky white hair, white, pupil-less eyes that make him look feral that can sometimes glow red, and tan skin. He is also rather muscular in his appearance.
Ashura's clothing has some Japanese influence, as the trousers he's wearing with a red flame pattern are uncommon. On those trousers, he wears a golden sash. On his legs, he wears unusual golden greaves that also act as sandals, and golden armor vambraces. Half way into any battle he starts regenerating and once on the borderline of defeat he will go into his rage mode and his arms gain golden pauldrons on his shoulders that reach his fingertips and he instantly heals and punches faster and harder. But once he drops down to near death again he gains another wind and sprouts four other armored arms and becomes a powerhouse tank, but magic attacks do more damage and he can hurl energy punches and kicks from a distance as he sat in his temple which has a hidden door leading to the final floor.
And lastly was the throne room floor, the final floor where the Pleiades, the combat maid squad is where one must go through first as it leads to the throne room hall and the Six Stars fight in a unit together. The floor was guarded by Albedo, the final floor guardians and one of the strongest of the NPCs alongside Ashura, Sebas the leader of the Six Stars and a few others. Albedo was a succubus by everything about her. She is an impeccable beauty, Albedo is a woman with lustrous jet-black hair and the face of a goddess to anyone. She has golden irises and vertically slit pupils; on her left and right temples are two thick horns protruding crookedly, and on her waist are a pair of black angel wings. Albedo wears a pure white dress with silky gloves covering her slender hands and a golden spiderweb necklace that covers her shoulders and chest, seeing the coding and the last line saying she was a bitch, he would deal with that later, but for now he teleported into the council chamber and to his surprise as he sat at the round table.
In one of the seats was Herohero, was a massive black oozing slime who said: "It had been sometime Erinder."
A smile graced his face and he said: "It sure has Herohero. In the final moments of our grand sanctum, I thought that I would be the only one coming online."
Hero chuckled and said: " Indeed, it has been two years since I've been online. Currently I've found myself a new job, still I didn't expect Nazarick to still be standing, or that the last member and the youngest to rise up to become a legend and lied to us."
Chuckling he said: " Sorry, kinda surprised you all found out after I woke up from… that hellhole."
Hero was silent, SAO was a very touchy subject, Momonga died after playing it and suffered massive amounts of trauma from it, but named Erik his successor and transferred his character to him. Hero then said: "I wish I could stay with you until the end my friend, I even wished everyone else was here."
Erik nodded his head and said: "Yes, but they all have lives and… honestly I had prayed we banded together. You know when I was trapped I feared our home here would have fallen, but no one came, then I recognized over half of the dead players of SAO were everyone who fucked with our guild and I stole back what was rightfully ours and built a secret teleport into our mines and locked it down."
Hero laughed and said: "Yes, and then you defeated the Devourer single handed, we all feared for you man. But we didn't hold it against you and glad we followed you to the end."
Erik chuckled and said: "I had statues of everyone erected in the throne room under our banners, a nice addition and feeling."
Hero then said: "I'm getting pretty sleepy, I'm really sorry Erinder."
He replied: "It's fine my friend… life is like this, just enjoy mortality to the fullest."
Hero laughed and said: " You sound like an elder."
Erik laughed and said: "I've been to hell my friend, and I've wised beyond most anyone in my age. I'll see you later, I'm usually found at the Dicey Cafe in Okachimachi, my friend Andrew runs the place, word of advice once inside you feel like you're in America."
Hero laughed and said: "I'll do that, if not I hope we'll meet again in Yggdrasil 2!"
Then he was gone and Erik's character slammed his fist on the table as on the verge of tears in real life he shouted: "WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL! THIS IS THE GREAT TOMB OF NAZARICK, OUR HOME, OUR LIFE, OUR CREATION! How could any of you abandon it! Abandoned Touch, Abandoned Momo!"
Standing up he was clad in an armor design similar to Larvayne the dragon knight without the wings and had, but it was black armor pieces over scarlet scalemail with adamantine accents and had the emblem of Akatosh over the emblem of Auri-El. In the sword hilt was a red diamond, a world item called the Diamond of Yggdrasil. The wings were replaced by a black cape with golden accents with the symbol of Nazerick on it. The armor outside of the accents and scales was made from all four prismatic cores creating an ingot they called Galactium, it was far superior than Adamantine and could heavily lessen damage from spells in tier eight and anything below four wouldn't hardly even be worth damage. It was an eighth hidden mineral within the game itself. Eight and half years of playing and two years trapped in hell he only played Yggdrasil half the time it was up and was the strongest player. Started at eight and when he was eleven got trapped in SAO for two years came out and met the guild and Touch and worked his way up.
He was already loaded, finding a several dozen diamond the size of a wheel on the beach and adopted by a kind woman who was from a wealthy family and gave him a quarter of her inheritance she earned from her family and donated the rest to help everyone in SAO. On his back was a massive bastard sword that was the Ragnarok from final fantasy Brave Exvius but the guard was a dragon head with claws holding the icy blue crystal blade with golden runes on it and the grip had a scale like pattern to it with silver edges and a dragon eye gem embedded into the dragon's forehead with a broken chain as the pommel. This sword was Yggdrasil's ultimate and unstoppable item as only one exists, it was a World Champion Item for a reason, proper name would be a Realm Champion Item. The blade has three abilities: it doubles the wielder stats and makes them immune to all debuffs and status effects called Devourer Blessing, and then Devourer Bane which shuts down and removes world items abilities and effects for three months and even removes and prevents buffs or healing on enemies. And lastly Fimbulwinter provides frost, fire, wind, poison, lightning damage and insured the resistance and immunities. The blade truly brings the end to all.
Walking over to an opening off the wall where a scepter was, it was a golden double helix with a at the top having seven serpent heads each holding a coloured gem in its mouth, this was the Guild's Staff one of the only guild items left. He then said: "The Staff of AInz Ooal Gown, heh this weapon symbolized our bound and might of the guild itself. Time to stand my ground in these final moments. Back then there were two requirements to join, the avatar could only be inhuman and the player had to have an actual job. I weaseled my way in, I would have been thrown out if it wasn't for SAO."
Returning to the hallway of the throne room he said seeing the protectors. Erik then said: "Sebas the butler and the Pleiades themselves. Sebas was made by our founder Touch, our savior who helped all of us. Wondered what happened to you man. No one has ever reached this far as they only made it to the sixth and all died as I always joined the offense and wrecked them."
Chuckling lightly he then said: " Follow."
The maids and butler followed him into the throne room where over forty statues against the pillars of the room of the guild members under there banners as by the end on the back wall was a statue of Touch and Momonga with there's and above the throne itself was his banner which resembled the emblem on his chest. Raising his hand he said as he climbed the stairs: "Stand by."
Taking his spot upon the throne and saw the final countdown he looked to see Albedo beside him and looked at her deciding to make her final adjustments and noticed the bitch part, but missed she is a slut to the one she loves and changed it to she loves Erinder for a joke just encase Tabula saw this. Laughing he leaned back as he had three minutes left and said: "Well this is it, I suppose we are a relic then… Touch, Momonga. Shijuu, Mochi, Chino, Urbelt, Dina, Mika and everyone else. Did I do good, am I really more than just a lucky bastard."
A tear had fallen and he said: " These were fun times, I had a family who cared about me. I guess I will see you all in the real world."
Seeing the final countdown from ten and he said: " Maybe… I should rejoin ALF, it would make my little fairy happy."
(Chapter One - I Am Not Finished)
Closing his eyes waiting for it to be over. But then he felt it, something was off, it felt like that time when he arrived in Japan. Opening his eyes he blinked and actually felt the touch of his eyelids and was surprised. He then thought: 'What the… what is going on? Everything should have gone down by… " raising his hand to check the console menu and saw nothing and this was surprising him.
Soon he heard a gentle feminine voice ask: "Is something the matter, Lord Erinder?"
Looking to his side he saw Albedo had a look of genuine concern and then it dawned on him, this was like the last time. He was no longer in Japan, he was within the Tomb itself. Sighing he then let the Staff float and said: "No Albedo… Sebas."
Sebas stepped out and kneeled like a servant and asked: "At your service, Lord Erinder."
Erinder nodded and said: "Take the Pleiades and check around the area outside the tomb, I sensed a powerful spatial-time magic had been used upon the Tomb of Nazarick itself. Send word to the others but the floor guardians to be on high alert and check every inch of the tomb itself tell the floor guardians to stand by till I have Albedo retrieve them."
Sebas then said: "As you wish, Lord Erinder."
Leaning upright in the throne, was he glad he made this thing comfortable. Albedo then asked: "Lord Erinder, shall I retrieve the Floor Guardians now?"
Erik replied: " Not right now, but come here I need to make sure that whatever happened hasn't affected you. If it hasn't then the others should be alright.*
She came before him and Erik examined her and thought: 'Physically she looks fine other than having a will of her own.'
Checking for a pulse and found she had one, it was confirmed she was alive. He then said what part of Ashen was in his consciousness and was cheering for this: "I have to make sure of something Albedo, hold still."
Reaching for her breast he thought: 'This is by no means sexual harassment, this is…' he then said: "Detection Scan!"
The spell was a mid-tier spell allowing one to detect abnormalities that are hidden on a character. She moaned feeling his hand was gripping her left breast. She shuddered in bliss as in his eyes he saw a network of green veins spread throughout her, if when started to turn orange then something was wrong. He then thought: 'The spell had originally required just touching a being, but this is not Yggdrasil as nothing rated eighteen or over was ever prohibited except for the attire in some cases. If this is possible then that means we are no longer there and this is not Yggdrasil 2.'
Pulling his hand away he said: "Sorry Albedo, seems nothing has affected you…" then he heard alarms go off in his head as he saw her hair overshadow her eyes.
Albedo looked up at him and the most thirsty lust face and he literally saw hearts in her eyes and the alarms grew louder. She then said in pure bliss: "Lord Erinder, am I going to experience my first time right here and now."
He blinked owlishly behind his helm and thought: 'Say what now?'
She then asked as she leaned forward showing him her cleavage: "What should I do about my clothes? Should I strip myself? Or would you perhaps prefer to do that? If I stay dressed, they'll get dirty… unless you des'ree that, because I certainly wouldn't mind-" Erik then said: " Now is not the time for this Albedo! We have more pressing matters to attend to!"
She backed away and bowed ninety degrees and said: "My deepest apologies! To think I prioritize my lust in such a state of emergency…" Erik then stood up and outstretched his hand as the staff flew into it and said: " We will discuss that later."
He honestly felt he would have just ripped her clothes to shreds and forced himself onto her. He knew he was a dragon, but now being a his dragon-like instincts were thrown into a massive overdrive. He then said: "Gather all the floor guardians minus Victim and Gargantua they must remain as I shall send word to them of the state. But knowing the latter he will be unresponsive till danger or call for a battle."
Albedo soon left and Erik sighed, this was no longer a fake. Now he had this amount of responsibility, unlike most of the guild members who were either neutral or evil, he was one of the few none evil, he was a necessary evil he was himself in Yggdrasil and now here. Nearing twenty and now a true leader of Nazarick then a thought crossed his mind as he walked on the red carpet as he eyed the statues: "Could you all be here or had been here or will be here soon. Or am I alone again?"
Looking at the Guild's ring he chuckled and hoped it worked. In a flash he appeared in a massive Roman colosseum. Smirking above him, a young tomboy dark elf girl saw him and jumped down before him and he said: "Ah good, Aura."
She posted and did the victory sign and he chuckled, Bubbles had that quirk about her wanting to pose after a battle. Aura turned up into the stands and shouted to her girly brother: "Hurry up! C'mon Erinder-sama is here, Mare!"
He timidly called out: "O… okay."
Making it down below Aura said to her brother: "Geez you are so slow, Mare."
Erik then said: "It is fine Aura, remember you two are different as night and day. But I'd like for you two to help me with some tests before the others arrive."
Both looked confused and asked: " Test?"
Extending the staff he said as the two were in awe of the staff: "Yes I sensed something has happened to the area of the Tomb and I wish to make sure everything is in proper order."
As he aimed his staff at the stadium, the red orb began to glow as the central Brazzer erupted and formed a massive beast made of molten rock forming a humanoid lizard beast in a spiral of fire. Erik smirked seeing the staff was still as powerful as they made it and he said: "Now show me how you two can handle a primal element."
Mare looked frightened and turned around and said: " I just remembered something I have to do…" but he felt a hand on his shoulder and said: " Oh no you don't, come on let's do this!"
Her whip that was dubbed Queen in hand she lunged at the beast and slashed downward splitting it in two. Only for it to come back together and go for a punch, but Mare raised a shield around his sister stopping the attack. Erik smiled seeing the two, and he said: "Bubbles you'd be proud of your children."
Looking thoughtful as the battle continued: 'I can feel the power from Yggdrasil, but yet I feel more…'
Raising his hand as the shadows danced across it and closed his eyes and looked into himself and snapped his eyes open. Momonga's gift of his own power and his power from Alfheim were within him, but yet between them was a statue of Akatosh. How or why he had them, sure he had his deceased friends account, but still. He then thought: 'Alfheim… heh, I have no one to go back to, all I have is Yui… and I tried so hard to not let the pain feel affect my and her happiness. She is my daughter, Yui. I'll come for you someday, but for now I have things to do.'
Aura beamed with pride as she wiped her forehead and Erik said: "Good work you two. Seems nothing is wrong."
Aura and Mare beamed and looked embarrassed, Erik chuckled and thought as he knew that statue symbolized his connection with Akatosh. Soon a spiral vortex appeared and outstripped Shalltear who had an umbrella in hand and said: "Oh? Am I the first?"
Shalltear walked over toward Erik and let her umbrella gently hit the ground and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself up close to his helmet face and said: "Ahh, my master… you are the sole being I cannot conquer, and the one I love… '' Erik brow twitched and knew this was Pero's way of getting back at him for having recorded hentai games of Bubbles and had it on a soundboard. And he still does not regret it. Aura growled and said: "Miss fake boobs."
Shalltear's head snapped toward her creation cousin and hissed in embarrassment and said: "How'd you know!?"
Aura then started mocking her and said: "First glance is enough to tell! Look how abnormal they look. So how many layers of padding do you use."
Shalltear then shouted: " Shut it, you don't have any!"
Aura smiled in triumph: "I am still growing… It must be tough being undead with no future. You should be satisfied with what you got!
Aura started laughing and Erik sighed, this was definitely them all over again. But it brought him a smile, to hear these kinda banters was refreshing. Shalltear snarled and shouted: "Why you little runt! Come here!"
Aura dodged her and said: "Don't run or your boobs will shift!"
Shalltear shouted: "I have you know they have grown, a gift from my creator and I have a feeling they will be magnificent upon my transformation!"
Soon a cold chilling serious deep voice said: "What a racket. You amuse yourselves before a supreme being and the strongest of them!"
Erik slightly nodded, despite being the youngest, he was the deadliest, he was practically naked in every status except for his speed which was not that fast, but due to his sword doubles everything even when in inventory which was a bug and still seems to be in effect, making him nearly unbeatable. Erik then said: "Now that's enough you two, seems the others are arriving."
Behind Cocytus was Albedo and Demiurge. But then behind Erik came the footsteps and silence of a warrior. They all looked and for the first time gazed upon Ashura and saw how the man had a gentle yet serious look and he bowed as if he was a student and said: "Erinder-sensei."
Erik smirked and said: " Glad you could join us Ashura, join the other guardians if you please."
Albedo then said: "Now then… let us perform the ritual of allegiance."
All were kneeling before them and Shalltear said: "Guardian of the first, second and third levels, Shalltear Bloodfallen the Blood Valkyria. I bow before you, O supreme one."
Cocytus then said: " Guardian of the fifth level, Coctyus the ice storm shogun. I bow before you, O supreme one."
Aura then spoke up: " Co-guardian of the sixth level, Aura Bella Fiora the huntress and tamer of beasts. I bow before you, O supreme one."
Mare then said timidly: "Co-guardian of the sixth level, Mare Bello Fiore the Disciple of Nature. I bow before you, O supreme one."
Erik saw he clung to his branch like staff and then he looked to Demiurge and he said: "Guardian of the seventh level, Demiurge the Blazing Inferno. I bow before you, O supreme being."
Ashura who was kneeling said with her : "Guardian of the ninth level, Ashura the vengeful executioner. I bow before you, O supreme being."
Albedo then said: " Captain of the floor guardians and protector of the throne, Albedo the white devil. I bow before you, O supreme being. Accepting the level guardians of the fourth level guardian Gargantua the siege titan and the eighth level guardian Victim the angel of sacrifice, the floor guardians have gathered to prostrate themselves before you… Erinder the Bane of the Devourer, conqueror of the lost, savior and guardian of Nazareth. Your orders, O supreme one. We offer our complete devotion to you."
A smile graced his face as he felt his former comrades with him and he thought: 'This is no relic of the past… no forgotten tomb, no lost piece of history and I am not alone. Everyone is here… the fruit, hope, dream and ambition of all of us… it has always been here.'
Seeing the images of everyone he then said: "Guardians of Nazareth, our home, our kingdom, our sanctuary. I believe you understand my aims… and are capable of accomplishing what lies ahead of us all. As I see you I see and feel the presence of my comrades, my friends, my family standing before me. We all have an equal part to play for the incoming future. If one of us fail we all fail, we are more than just various pieces of an object, we are one and let this be said here and now, we shall rise up to any and all who dare endanger us, those who dare harm us, those who would dare use us, let it be here and now it is time for us to rise and forge a new path!"
They all looked upon Erik and felt motivated as he tapped the tip of the staff into the ground when he spoke and saw a true godly being. Sebas and the Pleiades who were watching from a distance saw this and felt truly the same. Erik then said seriously: "Now then… it appears we have a predicament that has befallen upon our home. Moments ago I sensed a power unlike anything within Yggdrasil, it was very vast even rivaled that or could overpower the devourer itself, but then it vanished as if it was exhausted. Has anyone seen or felt any signs of something unusual?"
Albedo was able to answer as she replied: "No… no one had any idea this would happen."
Erik remained silent then Sebas appeared kneeling beside her and said: "I apologize for my lateness, Lord Erinder"
Erik then said: "It is fine Sebas, the task of knowing where we are was important… more importantly have you discovered anything?"
Sebas nodded and said: " Yes, for a half-mile in radius, it's all just a normal grassy plain. There were no man made structures. It is inhabited by small wild life with no combat capabilities."
Erik then said: " It is just as I sensed it, a high calibur teleportation spell beyond a tenth tier. I had felt both space and time bent to it and yet Ragnarok would have canceled it if it was a World Item. Raise the alert level on each floor. Demiurge, Albedo… I shall leave you both to overhaul the security level of the levels. Including ten. "
Both nodded and said: " Understood Erinder-sama."
Erik then said: "Aura, Mare if it is possible to hide the Tomb of Nazarick, shift the land around us to mask us. Ashura lends them your strength if needed. We shall have the terrain be our cloak. Raise up some hills, and if need be, fetch some saplings to plant around us to make it seem natural."
All three nodded at this and said: " Yes Erinder-sama."
Erik looked at Cactus and said: "Coctyus, Shalltear sent out some scouts a quarter of a mile in different directions to monitor our area for now. We still do not know if we are being watched from a distance."
Both nodded and said: "Of course Erinder-sama."
Erik then said: "I need your honest opinion everyone, with the others gone how do you all view me?"
Albedos simply and obediently replied: "A concentration of beauty. You are truly the most beautiful person in this world."
He gave her a flat look behind his helmet as Coctyus replied: " You are the strongest of us all… and truly fit to rule over The Great Tomb of Nazarick."
Aura replied: " You're merciful and extremely considerate."
Mare only said: "I think your s… super nice."
Demiurge then spoke saying: "You are wise in judgment… and always make use of your power to achieve things none could fathom done."
Sebas then said: " You are the merciful one… who did not forsaken and leave us, but stayed."
Ashura looked at him and said: " It is as they said master, you had never abandoned us, you remained with us in great times and ventured to foreign land to face a threat with Lord Momonga and returned to us and held your ground and triumph over the Devourer and regained much of what the Tomb had lost."
Albedo then said: " You hold the highest position and the strongest of the Supreme Beings… and our exalted Master. You are also the man I love."
Erik sighed silently at her answer, she was right the members of the guild had all stated it. He was by far the strongest, he was their ace, their joker, the ultimate player of Yggdrasil. Speaking with a calm voice as he said: " I have a sufficient understanding of your thoughts everyone. And thank you…" they all looked at him and he said: "But this news may share something. As me and Momonga went to face this threat alone for those two years, we had been captured by an entity mightier than the Devourer itself… This surprised them and Erik continued twisting the tale: " We were trapped in human forms with weak power and no way to regain what we lost till we had slain the enemy. During our final battle, Momonga sanctified himself to make the entity killable."
This surprised them and Erik clenched his fist remembering HeathCliff he then said: "I hunted the bastard down with a few others who had fallen into a similar state of us, Faerie elf, a fusion hybrid of an elf and fairy. They each took the name of various beings hailing from another variation of Alfheim from Yggdrasil as no humans existed in their realm. The races or tribes as they were Cait Sith the beast tamera who looked part animal, Gnomes, Imps, Leprechaun, Pookas, Salamanders, Spriggans, Sylph, Undines. We venture to track the one who imprisoned Ned and who lied to us by disguising themself as an Allie."
Erik faces away from them and he said: " Once I had him on the ropes he released his true power and imprisoned the fairy queen into his second world, as the being power was stolen by his high priest. I owed it to my comrades to help save her and as times I ventured after my returned I traveled to the new land and was forced to take an appearance as the beings curse would not allow my body to enter his realm easily, so I took the body of a recently deceased Spriggan Faerie elf and became known as the Shadow Shotgun and freed the Princess and destroyed the new chosen of its power and destroyed said power. But in the end the queen and her… lover betrayed my trust and my heart. "
Both Albedo and Shalltear snarled and their aura flared and he said: " Thus once she freed I cut my ties and focused on my promise to Momonga to become Nazarick true and ultimate leader till the end. Now what do you truly think of me?"
All looked amongst themselves as Albedo said: " My lord… nothing has changed. You had proven even if you were no longer your true magnificent self you are a true supreme being of all. We will follow until the end of time."
Smiling, his shadow wings erupted from his back and formed a pair of dragon wings and he said: "I may no longer have access to that Spriggan body, but I still wield its power. As you said I am myself and this power is mine to command. I Erinder the Dragon Emperor of Gentle Darkness and Master of Nazarick, accept your servitude. I am entrusting the work of my friends to you all, but remember this, you are honoring their legacy and yourselves. Strive to be loyal to yourself, each other and myself."
Raising his ring finger he was gone and sighed. Walking and entering his room. The room was an exact resemblance of the Emperor room at Cloud Ruler Temple but large and had the bed posts carved to resemble dragons as the bed could hold eight people. A black golden chandelier hanged above with blue flame candles as two mannequins on either side of the door remained and above the bed was a weapon mount with a of mourn blades, powerful runeblades weapons with runes engraved into them they were the twin swords Damnation and Salvation. Both were his own custom weapons, like his friends as he had sealed away. Damnation was a demonic dragon looking sword, while salvation was a heavenly dragon look sword. Both were the exact opposites: one harm's dark creatures and the other light creatures.
Damnation was massive as the pommel of the blade was a skull that looked to have cracks of glowing red as were the eyes and those cracks appeared across the blade itself. The hilt was smooth yet scaled as the black scales edges were gilded with gold. The guard itself was massing resembling a demonic dragon like beast with its wings pulled onward at an angle coming from the top. As the blade itself started near the edges of the end of the wings and curved in before coming out and formed a good shape on one side and began it's slanted ascent upward forming an acute angle. On the other side it was a straight shot as the acute side had a wedge-like appearance and the filler covered in runes, as crimson scarlet lines covered it. Salvation was the opposite, instead of black it was white and the skull was replaced with a sun and the dragon was replaced by an seraph with six folded angel wings in different directions as the face resembled his mother's with it have a dao blade shaped end.
Damnation could harm all humanoid races and half of the demi-human race while Salvation was meant for the opposite such as most heteromorphic races and the other half of the demi-humans. The blades have other abilities as they were a pair of Divine Class Items and he worked months crafted these two before he vanished. One armor stand mannequin was empty, but the other holds an old armor set of his. The armor is a suit of silver and dark gray armor that looked to be full platemail, with black settings containing fiery orange eye like orbs on his chest, on the back of his hand and above and between the eyes of the dragon carved style horn helmet. The cape is as red as the banners of the guild and has the symbol of Akatosh on the back over the symbol of Auri-El. The faceplate resembled dragon teeth as the members of the guild had poked at him with his obsession of dragons and he ignored them, the armor was called: "Eclipse Dragon King Armor."
The third fourth strongest set of armor in the guild and a Divine Class Items he had won in a raid battle. The armor like the one he was wearing now The Yggdrasil's Dragon Emperor Armor adds defense to all element and non-elemental magic attacks, and resistance to poisons and other things as well as give a slight healing factor along with his passive skill. Plopping down onto his bed after his armor shifted onto the the stand he sighed and thought as the staff floated next to his bed: 'So exhausted.'
Holy fucking shit man, this was a massive ton and goddamn a pain in the ass. But yes, he is chaotic good as face it, most of the New World was fucked up shit was. The first timeline with the final fantasy is Lawful Evil exploring everything and the second one he is just chaotic neutral and follows his code. And yes he did a few tinkering with their coding to show humanity some respect, unless these humans become enemies.
