Chapter Two…
(Nether Heart.)
23rd of June x782 - Shirotsume Town:
"What is the Nether Heart?" Natsu asked the Minion Master.
"It's the heart of Netherworld and its Tower," Gnarl explained to Natsu and Happy. "You could say it is the power source of what we are. Without it, an Overlord is limited to what they can do. We were lucky to find it here."
"What do you mean?" asked Happy.
"I was going to tell you at the Netherworld Tower, but we sort of lost the Heart over a hundred, nearly two, years ago," Gnarl told them grimly.
"What do you mean 'sort of lost it'?" asked Natsu.
"Well, to be honest, it was stolen from us," Gnarl admitted darkly at the thought of what happened. "To this day I have no idea how they got into Netherworld Tower. At the time, we had, not long ago, won a big battle for evil against the Alvarez Empire, which was lead by The Shining Justice, a group that was led by a trio of champions: the paladins, Lady Clarissa the Vigorous and Sir Cedric the Cleanly, and a unicorn known simply as Sparkle. The actions of this group have created an encroaching plague of light known as 'The Golden' which cutifies and beautifies everything in its path." Here, the old minion cringed, as he remembered this time, as he was cutified for a short while.
"For ten long years The Shining Justice created peace and goodness around the world," Gnarl cringed at this, "by using the 'The Golden' to get rid of evil. Evil was slowly dying because of this, and with no Overlord to rain evil over the world, we were forced to go deeper into the Netherworld in parts known as the Netherdeep. We knew that if we wanted to get out of this, we needed to find some help," Gnarl explained to the Dragon Slayer, "and by luck I was informed about a book called 'The Big Book o' Evil.' The book allowed me to summon forth four undead individuals known as The Netherghuls, they weren't true Overlords, but, instead, were potential 'candidates' for the job, seeing as the minions had yet to find a true Overlord that can save them from The Golden!"
Normally, Natsu wouldn't listen to long winded stories, as he was more of an action kind of person, someone who likes to keep moving and doing something - more often than not fighting. But for some strange reason, both he and Happy were interested in this story and wanted to learn more.
"For a few years, it was bliss with darkness in the world, the killing, pillaging and raping, it was the good old days." Gnarl said with a dark smile at thinking back at the good old days., "We might not have been able to find a new Overlord, but The Netherghuls were doing their job at keeping the good at bay. But they began to fight against each other, as to who should become the new Overlord. The fight left the Netherworld and into the rest of the world, and at some point a group of people entered the Netherworld Tower and stole the Nether Heart. Somehow, as we minions watched the fight with interest, with all the blood and cunning it was a great sight to be seen, someone stole the Nether Heart, and since then, whenever a new Overlord appeared, we went searching for it. But each time, either the Overlord gets killed before we can find it, which happens often, or we can't the Heart at all and the Overlord is limited to what they could do, which meant they often lost their lives not long after or failed in someway."
"So why is this Nether Heart here?" asked Natsu.
"I don't know sire," Gnarl admitted thoughtfully, before becoming a bit darker as to who had the Nether Heart, "and I don't know how those half-witted fools got their hands on it, either."
"Who are they?" asked Happy.
"They are Halflings, evil, greedy, little buggers." Gnarl scoffed.
"More evil than an Overlord?" asked Happy.
"Oh please, those creatures being more evil than the Overlord, they are nothing more than pests to be stepped upon." Gnarl scoffed at the thought, "I thought that we had gotten rid of those years ago, but it seems that they been hiding, and are better off because of it. Before, they were short, ugly, little shits, with their feet covered in coarse hair, and not knowing how to dress. But now look at them," Gnarl waved his hand over to them, "they seem, ugg, healthier than ever and smartly dressed. I have no idea what the darkness happened to them." Upon seeing the Nether Heart being pulled away, the Minion Master said, "Hurry Master, we need to follow them."
And with that, the Minion Master dragged Natsu up the hill.
And Then…
Outside of Everlue's Mansion:
Gnarl, Natsu and Happy followed the horse carriage to a mansion that was on top of the hill: a mansion that's a large and compact building constructed under a rigorous symmetry that seems to consist of a central section - counting at least three floors - topped by a pitched tiled roof, with three protruding structures possessing similar roofs, sprouting from both its sides on the top balcony, delimited by railings, which is formed on top of the two identical wings flanking the main structure.
The whole building is surrounded by a square fence, composed of cement topped by metal railing. The fence encloses a small lawn, and outside it is surrounded by a square stone road, connected on the front to the large pathway leading to the main entrance, and with its edges adorned by tidy round bushes...
This is what the horse and carriage stopped in front of, when five of the ugliest maids that Gnarl, Natsu and Happy, and that was saying something for Gnarl - since he had been around for a very long time and seen things that most wouldn't, showed up. The Minion Master had to wonder what kind of person would have such ugly maids on ground, especially a maid as ugly as that pink haired gorilla maid; luckily, he didn't have to wait for long, when said person appeared.
He was short, plump man with skinny arms and legs. He was wearing a formal black suit, with his jacket fastened with a large gold button and adorned with a decorative red flower. Beneath his jacket is a white collared shirt, a blue necktie and dark blue boots. He also sports a curled mustache which directly protrudes from his nostrils, as well as a bushel of wavy hair atop his round head.
Upon seeing the man from his position, Gnarl sighed darkly, "Should have known, sire. Only a damn bloody Halfling would be this... disgusting."
"Master Everlue we have found it, the Nether Heart," one of the Halflings said with a bow.
"Let me have a look Oldfur, and I'll tell you if you got what I wanted," Everlue told the Halfling as he walked up to the carriage and checked the item. After checking it thoroughly, Everlue said with glee, "Yes, Oldfur, this is what I wanted, my family has been looking for this for a long time. At long last I now have the Nether Heart, the very power source of the Netherworld Tower. With this we can control not only the Netherworld, but the very world over time. Now bring it in, once inside the better, I don't want anyone stealing it from me now that I have it."
And with that, the Halflings took the Nether Heart into Everlue Mansion, as Everlue and his so-called maids disappeared. With them gone, Gnarl, Natsu and Happy came out of the place they were hiding from and Gnarl said, "Master, we have to break in and take the Nether Heart back from them. We can't have some nasty Halfling controlling the Netherworld."
"So we break in and take the thing?" Natsu asked the old minion.
"And destroy the place, too," Gnarl told the Dragon Slayer, who grinned at this, "we have to let this half-witted fool know that the Overlord is back, and he shouldn't be taking our things."
"You got me at destroying the place," Natsu smirked foolishly, thinking about destroying the mansion, but then a thought came to him. "What is a Halfling? Whilst I'm all for going in there guns blazing, I'm trying to do things smarter, and I don't want to enter there not knowing what I am facing. So what are Halflings, and do they have any magic I should be aware of?"
The old minion smiled at this, it would seem that this new Overlord has a half a brain at least. Most of the new Overlords go into a fight not thinking about what they are facing, and whilst it could work, this action could end with them dying. It was nice when an Overlord thought about their actions before making them, so it was nice to see that this Overlord is thinking before acting.
"Well, what I know of Halflings is little, sire," Gnarl admitted to his new Master. "The rumour is that they are descendants of elves at the very least. They started off as Half-Elves, but inbreeding with the two races for too long, along with some other races over the years created the Halflings. I do not know if this is true or not, nor do I care, Master. But what I do know is that they are greedy, little, half-witted bastards, who kill and steal from others, normally they do so just for the hell of it and not to take over the world like the Overlords do.
"I haven't seen a Halfling for nearly a hundred years or so, we killed them all Master." Gnarl told Natsu, sounding disappointed that they aren't extinct as he thought they were. "So other than gaining an inch or two in height, I don't know if they have magic or not. As far as I know, the last time I saw them they did not, but sire, I would be careful just in case. The area smells of magic, be it theirs or someone else's I don't know, but there is magic around here, so be careful. Either way, Master, can we hurry, I do hate being around this fresh air and beauty all the time."
Natsu couldn't understand why the Minion Master hated such things, maybe his race didn't like things like them, or it was something that some evil doesn't like. Whatever the case he didn't care, he wanted to start this training that Gnarl promise him, if it meant he needed to get this Nether Heart so he could start it so be it.
Natsu was about to leave to retrieve the Neither Heart, when Gnarl stopped him, "One moment sire. If you're going to face those Halflings, then you'll need help. Those Halflings are like cockatrices, where there's one of them there's, more than likely, more of them. Whilst they might not look like it, they are vicious little bastards, and you might need help with them."
With that the Minion Master pulled out a gem from his cloak, and holding it he said, "Grubby, are you there, you putrid lump of flesh?"
There were a few seconds of silence, then there were some strange grunting sounds, it must have been some sort of language, as Gnarl said, "Stop moaning you useless sack of pus, I need a Minion Gate where I am now!"
There were some more strange grunting sounds, before Gnarl said, "I know that we are low on power Grubby, but I'm with the new Overlord and we have found the Nether Heart. But we need the Brown Minion Gate, and the few Brown Minions that we have, along with the Overlord Gauntlet."
There was a high-pitched sound of "For the Overlord!" before there was nothing. Then all of a sudden the ground started to shake, and open as four black, shiny, jagged rocks, each pointing towards a 'center,' within which was a brown orb of energy, leading to realms beyond mere men. Out of the orb of energy, a brown, impish figure arose, with crooked, yellow, glowing eyes, elongated ears, thin, muscular limbs, he was wearing leather cloth around his wrist, and had a pick-axe and a hard hat with a lamp on it. He was holding a gauntlet:
The gauntlet itself is black, and appeared to have a skull on it, with sharp teeth at the fingers, sunken nostrils, and glowing amber eyes. It is plated, with five large plates going up the wrist. The edges of the plating are a silver color, and have rune-like etchings on them. In the middle of the gauntlet, a large gem, the same color as the eyes, resides, polished to a shine.
"Brown Minion Gate and Gauntlet for Master," the minion said proudly in a high pitch voice, as he gives Natsu the Gauntlet jumping back into the orb of energy.
"Who was that?" asked Happy, Natsu nodding in agreement.
"That was Grubby, a Brown Minion," said Gnarl told the two of them. "He's a specialist minion, he is a minion digger. He is in charge of expanding the tunnel network and setting up gates that connect to the Netherworld."
"So what do these Minion Gates and Gauntlet do?" Natsu asked in interest.
"The Brown Minion Gate allows you to call forth Brown Minions to aid you in a fight," the Minion Master explained. "Brown Minions are your are melee fighters. Their policy is bash first, jump up and down on the carcass later." Gnarl chuckled at this evilly, "Browns are the toughest of all the Minions you have sire. They're never ones to shy away from a fight. In fact, it's quite difficult to get them to stop!"
"And the Gauntlet?" asked Natsu.
"It is the most important tool for an Overlord to have, sire," Gnarl bowed at this. "You see, Master, you can use it to summon the Minions from the Minion Gates. Not only that, unless the Minions are told what to do, they attack anything and everything in their path, and do anything they want, they aren't all that smart sire. So the Gauntlet controls them. Not only that, but the first is that you can summon them from the Minion Gate, give it a go Master, put on the Gauntlet and summon some. Be warned though, sire, that at the moment, other than Grubby, you can only summon five Minions, as we do not have any more lifeforce to do so. Even if we had enough lifeforce, until we can get you back to the Netherworld and confirm that you are indeed the Overlord, you can only control fifteen Minions. So sire, put the Gauntlet on and summon the Browns."
As Natsu looked at the Gauntlet, he thought it was a bit too big, but tried it on his right hand anyway. As he did so, the Gauntlet refitted itself to fit him. Natsu suspected that the magic in the Gauntlet allowed itself to fit its new owner, so as he grew and become stronger, so would the Gauntlet.
As Natsu looked at the Gauntlet and thought about how to summon the Browns, he felt a strange feeling, an urge to push some of his magic into it and wave his hand over the Brown Minion Gate. Nothing to lose, the Dragon Slayer did just that, and within a few moments, five Brown Minions jumped out of the Gate.
Upon them appearing, they were crying out Master in joy. Than Gnarl said, "Ah, look at those happy, little, evil faces, ready to loot, pillage and even happily die at your command."
"What are they wearing?" Happy asked as he saw the strange clothing that the Minions were wearing, one of them had a pumpkin on its head as a helmet, and was holding a huge bone like a weapon.
"As I said before, they aren't the smartest," the Minion Master explained, "so they'll pick up anything to use as weapons and armour, even if it makes no sense to the rest of us. Anyway, before you leave to get the Nether Heart, let's see if you can use the Gauntlet to control the Browns."
Before Natsu could ask how to control the Minions with the Gauntlet, he felt the same magic come over him as he did before, that informed him what to do next. It was like the Gauntlet was telling him how to use it. As he pushed some power into the Gauntlet, and the thought the order to lead the Minions to where he wanted them, and to his surprise, they followed his lead.
"Good, good Master, you're doing better than most Overlords that I have seen." Gnarl admitted to his new Overlord, "Now one last thing before you leave, now that you have the Gauntlet, anyone that you kill or die around you, their lifeforce will appear. The Minions are able to pick up these lifeforce up and give them to you, and the Gauntlet will absorb them and send them to the Netherworld Tower, where we use them to create new Minions and send them to you."
Natsu was surprise that he wasn't bothered with the fact that to gain new Minions he would have to kill people, maybe it was with everything that has happened to him over the last few days, but he didn't seem to care anymore. Either way, with the five Brown Minions, he left Gnarl and entered Everlue Mansion.
And Then…
Everlue's Mansion:
Natsu would have liked to break in the front door, but not knowing what he was facing, he decided to sneak into the house. With Happy, Natsu and the Minions entering the mansion, they were slowly walking around the mansion searching each room looking for the Nether Heart.
As they entered the library, three Halflings came out of a secret entrance, and before they knew what was happening, Natsu order the Browns to attack them, in which they did without question. Within seconds the Halflings were dead, and to Happy's and Natsu's shock, other than what looked like brown lifeforce came from them as Gnarl told them would happen, there was black smoke coming from them. It was something Natsu was going to ask the old minion about later on.
Happy was shocked to see that his best friend and father wasn't affected by the fact that three people were killed by his hand, so to speak. He seemed to act as nothing had happened. Then again, seeing that Natsu wanted to become a Dark Mage, it wasn't surprising, but he thought that it would be some time before Natsu would get used to it. He realized that what happened to Natsu back at Fairy Tail affected his friend more than anyone thought. But it didn't matter to Happy, Natsu was his friend and father; he would never betray or leave him. He would be there for Natsu forever no matter what path the Dragon Slayer took.
Once the brown lifeforce was absorbed into the Gauntlet, Happy, Natsu and the Minions entered the secret entrance that lead to a long pathway. The small group carefully made their way down the pathway, where they found themselves in a huge chamber.
The chamber was full of items, books, weapons, statues and other stuff, and as they walked through the chamber, they soon came across the Nether Heart. It was surrounded by Everlue and his maids, along with twenty odd Halflings, and Natsu heard Everlue say, "After nearly two hundred years, I, Everlue, the descendant of the family of Melvin the Small, have the Nether Heart, something our family has been searching for since The Overlord of the time killed him. Now we'll never have to worry about any Overlord nor those who go against us ever again, we have the power to rule the world."
There were cheers at this, Natsu's plan was to wait, it wasn't his normal plan of attack, but there were more here than he is used to, and he didn't know what he was facing. At the moment he was trying to become someone who thought before acting, as that was how he made so much damage before.
But it didn't go as planned, as Happy tripped over a spare of some kind down, alerting Everlue and the other Halflings, and Everlue saying, "Who's there?"
"Happy." Natsu whispered to his friend, annoyed at the fact they were found. His foster son should be more careful about his surroundings, this wasn't the first time that something like this happened to them. Before he could think what to do next, five Halflings appeared from behind where he was hiding, and he made the Minions attack them.
The Halflings fought back, but, in the five on five fight, the Minions came out victorious. The lifeforce of the Halflings appeared, signifying that they are, indeed, dead.
With his current plan failing, Natsu did what he does best, and jumped straight into the fray, challenging Everlue, "Hey! I'm taking the Nether Heart!" Fire burst from his fists, as he brutally downed another three Halflings. Their lifeforce wasn't released, showing Natsu had not actually finished them. The Minions soon took care of that, however, smashing the defenceless bodies until they barely resembled bodies.
"Just who are you to demand my most prized possession?" Everlue, in his usual 'holier-than-thou' voice questioned.
Natsu smirked, and held up his arm, prominently displaying his new Gauntlet, and not revealing who he really was, said, "I think you mean my most prized possession. I'm the Overlord, and I'm here for my Heart."
At this, Everlue visibly reddened, anger overtaking him for a second, he couldn't believe it, he thought there were no more Overlords. He thought that without the Nether Heart, there would be no more Overlords, or if there were, there wouldn't be one for some time. Realizing that anger won't going to get him anyway, he took a few deep breaths and calmed down, though he still seemed angrier than before, "Get him!" Everlue didn't need to say more, as the remaining Halflings, along with his maids, charged Natsu, wielding whatever happened to be near as a weapon.
Natsu simply thought his will for the Minions to join him, and they, too, jumped into battle, taking on the new additions. The Minions seemed to be winning, as Halflings and maids alike fell, the familiar brown material appearing above them. However, the Minions were not unscathed, and showed it. While they swung with frenzy at the beginning of the fight, their movements became sluggish and pained. Taking advantage of this, the remaining opponents attacked at once, quickly reducing the Minions numbers by three.
Two Minions stood on one side of the battlefield, facing off against seven Halflings and three maids, while the leaders of each side stood behind them, one visibly angered, and one showing no emotion other than boredom. As important as the battle was, Natsu wasn't happy that he wasn't doing the fighting.
Both sides are heavily injured, but Everlue's fighters seemed more worried than the Minions. While the Minions were happy to give their lives for the Overlord, the others value theirs, and didn't want to forfeit their lives that easily.
Natsu waved his hand, and the Minions advanced, striking down another maid and two more Halflings in their last attack, before they were swiftly finished. The maids were panting heavily, and the Halflings were practically wheezing, but they had won.
Or so they thought, before a swift blast of fire incinerated all of them. All of them, that is, except for a certain pink-haired maid, who was sent tumbling back to her Master.
"It seems that I have to step in on this one. It's too bad, they were good servants," Everlue commented offhand, as he stepped forward, preparing to take on the Overlord.
"I could say the same thing," Natsu smirked. He was surprised that he was actually somewhat happy at the way things were turning out, it seemed that he would get to fight, after all. Sure, the Minions lost their lives fighting for him, but he felt nothing over the loss. He was happy and relieved that Happy had taken up hiding; normally he would join the fight, but with these numbers and how they were fighting, he was happy that his friend/son was hiding. He didn't think that he could deal with losing another person that he cared about, not right after losing Lisanna, Natsu didn't think he could live if Happy dead today.
Knowing that Happy was safe, Natsu lit his fists on fire, preparing to charge Everlue, when the ground suddenly gave out beneath him, as the only remaining maid tunnelled up.
"It took you long enough, Virgo!" Everlue scolded. "How hard is it to tunnel under a nuisance?"
"I apologize, Master. Shall I receive punishment?" The maid, now known as Virgo, asked, with something that sounded like hope in her voice.
"Not now. For now we have to deal with our little rat problem," Everlue said as he tunnelled into the ground, completely disappearing from Natsu's sight. Virgo soon followed, vanishing as well. Natsu spun around, trying to pinpoint their locations, but failing. From behind, Everlue sprung up, striking Natsu by surprise. The Dragon Slayer turned, surprised by the attack, before he was sent hurtling forward by another attack from behind, this time by the gorilla-like maid.
"How do you like my Diver Magic?" Everlue's disembodied voice called from somewhere in the ground. "There's no way scum like you can defeat it!"
Natsu growled, standing back up. He had barely felt Everlue's attack, but Virgo's had hurt. Outraged, he swung his fire-unfused fist at a random spot in the ground, destroying a large portion of it. Hoping that making Everlue mad, would make him easier to defeat.
"Just what do you think you're doing to my beautiful treasure room?" Everlue announced as he once again attacked Natsu. Virgo, on the other hand, remained unseen. Natsu took another blind swing, having no other plan to strike either of them at this point.
This continued, with either Everlue or Virgo jumping out and hitting Natsu, followed by Natsu creating another crater. This was clearly not going well for Natsu, as he was left panting and bruised, while Everlue was untouched, and Virgo was barely injured. Even with Happy flying in and saving Natsu from the last sneak attack from the ground, things didn't go as planned, as they started to attack from the walls and the ceiling. Nowhere was safe.
Natsu was getting fed up with the barrage of attacks, even with the help of Happy flying him about, he could see no way to stop the attacks. Thinking fast, Natsu decided to use his go-to method: destruction. Natsu aimed at the ground and unleashed a blast of fire from his hands, destroying a much larger area than usual, and landing his first hit on Everlue, causing a rather unsightly burn on his lower legs.
The attack on her Master seemed to spur on Virgo, who doubled her efforts at taking out the Dragon Slayer. She burst from the ground, the walls, and even the ceiling, doing more damage with each strike than she had before. One of these attacks knocked him and Happy from the air, one of the few advantages they had. As they had moderately, and whilst they could not avoid all attacks, they were able to avoid most of them. Happy was at the moment unconscious.
With no way to know where the attacks were coming from, and no moderately avoid the attacks Everlue was also attacking, trapping Natsu in a combo. The combo ended with Natsu being pinned under Virgo, unable to move.
"Any last words, Overlord?" Everlue's words were laced with enough sarcasm to kill, which seemed to be the goal, as he pointed a shiny dagger from his hoard at Natsu's neck.
Natsu knew there wasn't much he could do, there was no fire to replenish his strength, so little he could do right now. He could only hope he had the strength to do this, and Natsu, being Natsu, exclaimed, "I hope this works! Fire Dragon's Roar!" As he said this, he put his hands before their mouth, in a pose resembling that of a trumpeter, before trying to release his fire.
But nothing happened, however, which confused Everlue, but didn't disappoint him. He began to reach forward with the knife, but it didn't cut the Overlord as it touched him. Rather, any part of the blade that touched him melted, eventually reaching the point of Everlue dropping the knife, for fear of being burned.
Just as that happened, tried the spell again, "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Just as he cried out the spell, he was able to release his fire, prompting it to be expelled between his fingers. The flames produced by this version start out as a very thin stream, enough to be fit between the user's fingers, before suddenly enlarging to strike his opponent.
"I'd call that a success." surveying his work, Natsu admired the scorched wasteland that used to hold valuable treasure. Everlue lay defeated at one corner of the room, Virgo laying in another. Hoping to finish what he had started, Natsu hobbled over to Everlue with the little strength he had left. Before he could reach him, however, Virgo tackled him.
"Don't you dare hurt Master!" the Maid exclaimed as she wrestled with Natsu. He had little strength left, and the goliath maid was winning. He only had enough fire left for one attack, so he had to make it count. He decided to fire a "Fire Dragon's Roar" right into Virgo's face, from point-blank. The attack actually caught the spirit off-guard, and went down her mouth, roasting her from the inside. Instead of bursting into lifeforce, as Natsu thought she would, Virgo's body disappeared, replaced by a key.
Confused, Natsu shrugged it off. Content to ask Gnarl about it later, Natsu pocketed the key and laid there taking a few deep breaths to regain his strength. But as he was regaining his strength and deciding what he was going to do next, he heard some movement to his side, and saw Everlue slowly getting up and walking slowly toward him with a knife in his hands. As he was walking up to him, he said, "Die Overlord!"
However before Everlue could make the killing move, he was stabbed in the back. As the body fell, Natsu saw Happy standing on Everlue's back with a small, knife-like sword. Happy was crying that he had killed somebody, but he couldn't allow another person die and so picked up the first thing he saw and did what he had to to keep his father/best friend from being killed. As Everlue's life disappeared, his lifeforce appeared, as before brown lifeforce appeared, but unlike before, there was three of them, and not only that but there was some blue lifeforce appeared too. Confused about the extra lifeforce, he made a mental note to ask Gnarl about that later, too.
For now he had to comfort his friend, so slowly getting up, he walked towards his friend and said softly as he hugged him, "Hey pal, don't cry, he was going to kill me."
"I… I know." sobbed Happy.
"Come on mate, let's collect these lifeforce and the Nether Heart, and let's get get out of here." was all Natsu said as he collected the lifeforce and the two of them left through the tunnel that they found with the horse and carriage with the Nether Heart was on.
And Then…
Outside of Everlue's Mansion:
"Excellent work master, I knew you could do it." Gnarl congratulated Natsu, "Now that we have the Nether Heart, not only can we leave this God forsaken place, but we have the Heart that'll allow us to start and fix the Nether Tower and the rest of the Netherworld." Than seeing the crying Happy in the Overlord's arms, he asked, "What's wrong with him?" Not really caring.
"He had just killed someone for the first time." Natsu explained as he held Happy close to him, "He isn't used to it, and need to come to terms with it."
"And you're not bothered about killing?" The Minion Master asked in interest, wanting to know if he was going to become a problem or not, when it came to killing.
"I was taught to kill, mainly dragons of course," Natsu said in matter of fact tone of voice, "but my father taught me it was killed or be killed. So if someone was going to kill me, and there was no other way about it I should know how to kill someone."
Gnarl didn't say anything just yet about this, but whilst he was placed about him knowing how to kill, the idea of being taught how to kill a dragon was somewhat confusing. As far as he knew, the last lot of fire breathers were about a few hundred years ago, by now they were all extinct. So the old minion had to wonder who taught him to fight dragons, and why when there were no more about. Gnarl really have to find out more about this new Overlord, as a few things about him don't make any sense - but that was for later. For now they had to return to the Nether Tower before anyone learns about what happened at the mansion, "Master, whilst it might be upsetting for your friend about killing, I think we should leave now before someone from the town comes by. We don't want them to find us here and find the Lord of the place dead as well."
"You're right, we need to go." Natsu admitted as he begun to walk, with the horse and carriage behind him.
But Gnarl stopped him and said, "No master, get on, we need to leave in a hurry," seeing Natsu's ill look at the idea, he went on to say, "sire, I know you don't like the idea, but as soon as the townsman find us leaving with the Heart they might come and investigate. As they saw the Halflings taking it up here, so some might wonder why we're taking away. So unless you want to fight, by all means, I don't mind, in fact I do enjoy the flashbags being killed. But this is one fight that should be involved until you get stronger."
As much as he hated the idea, he knew that the Minion Master was right, people would be suspicious should they see him leaving with something that not long got here. And seeing he didn't want to fight the whole town, it was best for them to leave quickly, and the best way for that was on the horse and carriage. So with a sigh he said, "Fine but you are driving Gnarl, I'll be in the back next to the Nether Heart."
"Of course sire." Gnarl bowed as Natsu got into the back of the carriage with Happy in his arms, and once they were ready, Gnarl quickly left the area.
And Then…
Outside of Shirotsume Town:
"Ugh, I, I hope there's a better way to travel, as I don't want to travel like that to get around." Natsu moaned as the horse and carriage finally stopped. And as he got out of the carriage, his legs feeling a bit uneasy, he found himself in front a huge boulder made of smaller stones.
"Don't worry, sire. From now on, you will not have the need to use such transportation, unless the need arises." The Minion Master, explained to Natsu, as he left the carriage. He pushed some of the stones on to the huge boulder. As soon as he did this, the stones that made the boulder began to fall to the ground, revealing six spires made of a black metal with swirling silvery patterns arranged a circular dais like a claw. In front of Natsu there were a set garish silvery steps, inscribed with several runes. At the base of the spires, were spikes that pointed outwards, shaped with the same black, silver metal, yet marked with runes ever-so beautiful. Within the centre of the construct, was a blue beam, leading upwards, between the angled spires.
"Instead you'll be taking Netherworld Gate, that'll take you wherever you need to go." Gnarl explained to Natsu, "Now please push carriage onto the Netherworld Gate with us and we can leave the awful place."
Without another word, Natsu unclipped the horses from the carriage and pushed the carriage onto the Netherworld Gate, where they were teleported away.
To be Continued!
Author's Note: Here ends Chapter 2 of The Dragon Overlord, and I want you to thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I would like to thank Solaris Startear for helping me in writing the fight between Natsu Vs the Halflings, and I hope if they are reading this, I ask to look over the file once again and do any final editings. I haven't seen them for a few days and so wasn't able to ask them to look over the last part of the story.
Got a question for you all, do you think that other than Natsu, should I have all the other Dragon Slayers as female? I know, perverted idea, but I would like your thoughts about it. I would also like to ask what girls would you like to see in the story, and ideas on how they could join Natsu.
I would like to ask another thing, I have been talking to someone, and they thought I should do a time skip where we return to see the Fairy Tail once again, and see how they are going. But what I want to ask is how should Fairy Tail react with Natsu not being there any more, how should they be? Any ideas would be welcomed…
Please know that any flames will be ignored, any guests reviews that aren't useful to make the story better, will be deleted! I am a dyslexic, and had a bad schooling so without a Co-Writer/Beta Reader, my spelling, grammar and the way things are written will not be as good as the rest of the work here. So please don't moan about this, as it can't be helped.
If you think you can doing a better job, I'm still looking for a Co-Writer/Beta Reader to help me write this story, I want someone to talk to about ideas and suggestions about the part I'm writing and how to make it better. If you're only want to be a Beta Reader, I'm looking someone who is willing to alter things to make it better, even if it means deleting or rewriting it, or adding things to it. parts of it. So if you are interested, and you are a fan of Fairy Tail, knowing a lot of it, please leave a review or PM me.
Either thank you for reading this story, and I hope you'll leave a review letting me know what you think. As I would like your thoughts about my first ever Fairy Tail story, be it bad or good, so please leave a good length review. One thing I'm looking for are ideas for new Overlord Items, and how to add them. I hope you can help me out. So you know, I'm going back to Rise of Overlord Vulcan - Rewrite and do a chapter there before going back to this one. I have decided that I'll be going back and forth from that story to this story.
Overlord Log
Overlord Items:
Spell Stones: Got a few spell from Overlord that I'll use, but I would like ideas for more spells that I can use. So ideas are welcomed here.
Mana Pillars: Going to be called something like Power Pillars or something like that, which give the person as the name suggests, gives power to the Overlord.
Health Pillars: Not going to appear, as I can't see how I could use them.
Minion Totems: Not going to appear in the story, as I don't like the idea of limiting how many minions Natsu can use at a time. Not only that, I had no idea how to add them into the story. Unless you have an idea how to alter them to fit into a story. I was thinking that they could make the Minions stronger, but would like to hear what you lot think.
Tower Heart: To follow the Followship of Evil, the Heart will now be called Nether Heart.
Tower Smelters: Unlike the games, the first Smelter will still be at the tower.
Minion Hives:
Brown Hive: Like in the game it'll be in the tower.
Red Hive: Like the game not in the tower, in this story the Red Minions will be found near Sun Village.
Green Hive: Like the game not in the tower, but I am unsure where it'll be found, so ideas would be welcomed as to where to find it. Was thinking of some kind of swamp or something.
Blue Hive: Like the game not in the tower, in this story I was thinking they could be found on Galuna Island, unless you can think of another place for them to be found.