Chapter 5: Ideas

Written by Y.H

Disclaimer: I do not own overlord or any related element you may or may not see. Those belong to their respective owner

Thought

[Spell]

"Speak"

On the field near White Mountain one could see a luxury carriage pull by two black horse and ride by someone that wear all black, even the face mask. Inside the carriage was as fancy as the outside, there even a wine cabinet in it, thought the person inside care not of it.

Lumia wear different set up from her usual dress, she wear blue and green dress with yellow accent and bow to her right, her elbow glove is still there but now pristine from use and blood, she still wear her tiara but now it look less like tiara and more hair accessories. Her hair and eyes still the same but her skin is a bit more tanned than her usual pale white.

Right now she just laying around inside the carriage, not an 'attitude' noble woman could associate but Lumia hardly care, she on the last moment where she could fully relax. how many time I do this it still the best Lumia already know that her mission is probably the most troublesome for her life, and that saying something when she and her 'family' serve the deth fleets and the whims of admiralty and grand admiral, not that she complaining.

"Those two really need time would you say" she ask nobody and nothing answer back. Crux and Mirai is the only other girl on her 'family' and it was pretty obvious that they could use more time to relax, what with Richard constant teasing of Mirai and crux emotionless being must be pretty hard to maintain. Maybe we could have some vacation? It probably going to disastrous knowing Richard and Listmen she sight as she put herself to 'proper' lady position.

Outside she see vast open field with a lone mountain on the distance and the mountain chain where the fleets is currently anchor, she couldn't see it of course, due to thick storm cloud obscuring it. The storm itself was cause by tier 8 spell [elder storm control] and of course it's Richard the one who did it, considering it amenity for magic spell and something that Richard like more than worshiping grand admiral.

She still dint know what exactly is Richard and she have no wish to know it. Tridentred, the deth admirals 'father' is a secretive admiralty board, even when he was one of the few that create the inner circle of deth fleets. He create her and the other while also create monsters that locate on the third fleet, and to simply say, they terrifying.

Suffice to say she understand why her 'brother' Cole never leave his flagship. Not that matter, I will be plotting, plotting, and more plotting, *sigh* I hope they not core rotten then again they do have really obnoxious name her carriage carry her thing and few of fleets more powerful item, Listmen say that for later use and emergency. Not that she complain about it, having tier 10 magic item around her is comforting.

"Milady, we approaching night, shall we stop for the night" the coach say to Lumia, she have to act as noble lady then so be it.

"Yes, we set up camp here" immediately the carriage stop, she open the door and step outside. The sun is already start dipping into the night and the sky is beginning to orange a bit earlier, but who I to deny this she look around. Her carriage is currently on the side of the dirt road, the coach is already readying fire circle.

"I can take care of it myself, join the other" the coach only nod before blending to the shadow and disappear. Lumia only shock her head before ignite the fire with a bit of magic and toss some log from the back of carriage. The sky quickly darkened and the moon came up, she could feel her power multiplying as the star themselves began to show itself.

That fast, or is it my perception on time is different? Eh, who care, certainly isn't me with fire is establish and the five R-recruit is securing the area for tonight. With that she back toward her carriage and plop down to nearest bed/coach/ bench inside the carriage. Outside one could see five shadow materialize and form five distinctly humanoid form, their shape hard to distinguish due to their all black outfit. They sit on circling the fire and appear to stand guard, not that it really matter they already spread censors all around the perimeter, they only to this for

This are five R-recruit, the fleets' special unit. They attire are all black [imagine recruit outfit from rainbow six siege but more Middle Ages style] and enchanted by the fleets rune maker. They are made by admiralty board Suck Me Ocean, one of the admiralty board that design the 'shadow' part of the fleets.

They are man, common man among the sea of horror on the fleets, but they care less about it. Their creator have high praise for them, even higher than the four horseman of apocalypse, another of his creation. On his word 'there nothing more fearsome than five men on all black with nothing to live for and everything to die for' since he design them to be five extremely powerful human with only desire is to die, it make some pretty fearsome image on the all admiralty boards.

They all loyal to death and beyond, same like the other. The different is they serve to die and only to die, sending with impossible mission and combating shadow steel assassins of ainz ool gown and heaven inquisitor of servant of heaven they did it and survive.

Lumia doesn't know why they being assigned to her, but considering the duration of mission, it probably for fail safe and tool for later purpose. She only sigh at the thought before closing her eyes, unlike the rest of her 'family' she and Ricardo is the only one that still have beating heart.

(9Liiiiiiiineeeeee break0)

The Deth fleets

Luther current mood could be summarily to 'how?' she just sitting on her throne, relaxing her day (ever since she got here, she found that the throne somehow make her relax greatly, no idea why). Ever since Listmen make and implement the new systems and administration her is greatly reduce, to point that only one or two stack make it to her desk. She don't know how he manage to cut it down to this size, but who she to complaint on such blessing. She got report that the new system ware mostly on the lower hierarch of the fleets, mainly the deckhands. Somehow she dint surprise at all, deckhand are shit, only worth just being cannon fodder.

Now her previous relaxing session (which she need it desperately) is interrupted when Ricardo of all people just plop down near her throne. Now she know hundreds of spell and tomes, but to literally plop down near some object is unheard of. After a lot of apologize/begging on part Ricardo and cringe feeling on Luther part, she finally get his to calm down.

Apparently he and Richard is experiment on new way to communicate and transport spell before their spell lost control and zap Ricardo, the next thing he know is standing near her throne with Luther eyeing him. Well, at least it confirm my suspicion about R&D she really dint need to dealing with rogue experiment on her time, but this info also spark some deep seethed worry on her part if we still could develop and make new Yggdrasil magic, is that mean we could make magic higher than super magic? Hmmm, now that a worrying thought before she could dwell further on about that she snap by Richard appearing before her and plop, just like Richard I need to set up rule about teleporting

After a lot of begging and general creepiness of Richard and few Ricardo kick as his punishment for transporting him, they finally manage to calm down. Right now they kneeling in front of her why Luther just pitch her nose bridge. "Let me short in out, you two experimenting on new method of transport spell using new material and sample from Mirai, but somehow, somehow your experiment transport Ricardo to me"

"Y-yes grand admiral"

"And if the commotion I heard outside is any indication, you two just transport first fleet flagship directly on top of my flagship on the tenth fleet with just centimeter gap between each other, correct"

"*gulp* yes grand admiral" Ricardo say with clear nervous on his voice

Luther only could sigh on the sheer amount on this situation "*sigh* I don't know I should either praise you or kick you two, *sigh* first fix the mess you two create, second I want full on report on this incident by noon, third new rule, no new experiment without my permission, fourth you two will be punish by cutting half of your 'salary' and 20 whip on my deck" she surprise by her own attitude at this, her voice carry extra weight on it and even she get shiver from her own voice. She do not like where the voice is directed at.

"T-thank you for your mercy for this lowly servant of you" Richard voice is dripping with guilt and its posture show submission by kneeling even lower, she do not know Richard could do that.

She only wave her hand at them "inform Marty about your punishment, he going to do it for me, now scram" the two bow deep before teleport out. She could hear the noise outside calm down to small yet audible sound to her ear. That one is still feel weird on her part, suddenly have sense as acute as this really mess with her sometime.

Luther head resting on both her arm as she process the information, her weapon lay forgotten on her lap. Now, she generally is nice person, momonga, Luna and the rest of her guild could vouch for that. How could she just sent two people? On inhuman punishment, even by modern society standard. And why she feeling somewhat content about it, she shouldn't feeling content with what just her order.

But with more time she thinking about it, the more she feel like it was natural to her. That, that is terrify her to her core, she not a good man, but still she decent all around. Not some trigger happy guy with a boner for murder.

Luther does have theory about what happening to her. Due to effect that she change to her character and the game lore is apparently is make real (she still confuse with all new information on her head) she conclude that her character personality lore also mix with her old one.

In game, her character personality, according to lore, is all around like her but darker way darker, and that apparently mixing with her current personality. That scare her, she don't what to change mind, body and race is bad enough now she going to change into merciless pirate queen of her own design is worse.

In all of this she can't help but chuckle on the sheer magnitude of the situation she currently in, here she is once a normal run-of-mill office worker now dealing with existence crisis and fleets of tens of thousands undead ghost ship. She can't help but laugh at it. Maybe she already insane, maybe she on coma and all of this is just a dream, or maybe all of this is just her own personal hell.

"Then again I suppose have little bit insanity mix with my own mind right now" she know that the day she become her character, is the day that her old self died but she could help to keep clinging on the last bit of her own mind and humanity inside her maybe not humanity, maybe just all around being me

She keep going around on her mind for couple of minute before she sign and raise up from her super comfortable throne (she don't know why) grabbing Eternal Deth and teleport out to her room. When she arrive, she just plop to her chair and began caressing her weapon.

Ever since she arrive here she on constant work. Keeping the fleets together, handling order and task, ordering deckhands, organizing more task and soooo much paperwork. "Is like nothing change yet everything change" she mumble as she stare the center jewel on her weapon, she remember how and when she get this divine ingredient, this bring smile to her face.

"At least our dream become true eh, Boys?" she continue this for couple of minute before idea smash to her head at speed of light. "How about vacation? Yeah, yeah that going to do, that's will do" with every word her smile grow to maniac, her mind already running full speed but now with the perspective of vacation her mind going full booster.

With maniac smile she slam the Eternal Deth and began laughs evilly, she dint realize it or she care about it. In her mind she feel like she uncover great horde of magic, knowledge, and booty. Or she realize that her laughs echo throughout the fleet. Many hear it and feel the malice in it, some express joy, distress or more commonly smirk. Whatever get grand admiral to be like this must be good, and it must be good for the rest of the fleets

(9Liiiiiiiineeeeee break0)

As much as crux love her dear sister they really could grind her gears. New assignment to holy kingdom capital could do that to you, not that she care about them, she could easily demolish the entire city with tier ten spell, no it was the specific assignment by the grand admiral that grind her.

She currently flying circle above the city, even high in the air she still could feel the holy energy radiating from the city, especially the castle/cathedral. Her status as undead mean that she could even approach the castle without some ward, even though her resistance and endurance could easily shrug it off it still not a pleasant sensation.

The city itself lay on the slope of a mountain, it dominate by white color and holy element is practically steamed from various shrine and cross scatter through the city. The wall is pretty sturdy with the material it made, blessed stone with iron fence support is not nothing in her book. Most of the city are luxury to middle class resident and store, she spot slum section of the city on it southeast corner, and those place could benefit her and Lumia. She also spot some poor resident with poor store just beside the slum, not as bad as the slum but not as good as the rest of the city, the holy energy also the most weak on that past of the city some place even doesn't emit it.

She fly over the city couple of time before touch down on the secluded part of the mountain just opposite of the city. "The city is quite big, almost 50 thousand strong, not quite the scale as the cities in Midgard or Alfhein, the amount of holy energy and ward here is worrisome but with most of them are low level ward and magic is no problem for the fleets. Oh and they apparently worship something but with the aura I feel around the city, they probably only use holy magic and not actually white" crux say as the scroll on her left grow blue before back to normal, she grab the scroll from her belt and sent in to the fleets.

She sight at this, due to long distance mission she suddenly being given, she only could grab her utility/storage belt before she teleport out of the fleets. She could only sight at this, crux felt her eagle nudge her side she only chuckle before petting it head and let out purring like sound.

She let small smile grace her face at her eagle "today just beginning of something interesting, right?" even if her emotion could summarize into three words, she could help but getting excited about this prospect of new excitement. Her smile turn feral as she thinking on what the future hold, emotion or not she still admiral of the deth fleets and every admiral always have dark side, they are after all ruler of the watery grave.

(9Liiiiiiiineeeeee break0)

Herkat market city

"Thank you for your purchase, come again" Mirai say while bowing to another costumer, the costumer only nod before exiting the store. Ever since word get out about her wares prices and weapon quality (not that they could tell the difference) she are having more costumer and her shop become more crowded, not that she mind it.

Currently she saving money to buy another carriages and staff to expand her operation, currently she have 25 carriages including the one she bring to operate as mover for her goods across the city storages to other store/merchant that buying her seemingly never ending wares.

Not that they suspect a thing, with her perfect paper permission and record she practically on the city elites excluding the merchant at the merchant guild. They already trying to undermine her operation and store, they even go as far to trying to trace where her wares come from, not that they will find it. There also one occasion where she being rob at night, which go as she beat them into slime, literally after she got what she want, there even few threat and abduction attempt and even bribe, all meat the same result either they turn to meaty slime or get no, usually the former.

"*chuckle* all going smoothly" Mirai say as she counting the coin she get today "not bad for today" she mumble as she put the rest of coin to the drawer and close it, she dint store her money elsewhere at least not before she become rich enough to warrant it at any given time.

She look at her rack and notice few commodity is beginning to thin like clothes and tool, she walk from her counter to another room beside her to retrieve new stock of it. She usually store the lightweight goods on nearby room for quick access and the heavier goods is store either on her basement or nearby storage.

After getting some clothes and tool she get back to her racks and began to refill them, she quite like this routine she fall into. Selling goods, accumulate local money, spreading influence and sending back requested item back to fleets. She quite like this, now that she ranks up on merchant guild she could finally begin to flex her merchant muscle.

There total 5 rank at merchant guild from the lower to the height shopkeeper, keeper, owner, merchant and patrician currently she on keeper rank. The rank measure on wealth, shops and votes to rank up, first time rank is easy but from now there will be vote on possible promotion, which means influencing the voter.

She okay with it though, she could easily do that magic, potion and skill is at her arsenal will make a breeze. She hum a little tune as she restock her rack when a door open with little jiggle of bell. "Ah welcome to Mirai shop of goods" she says as she look at her costumer.

She wear plain skirt, shirt and everything that make her… plain. She even sure she could contest crux on plainness and being draw. Further inspection reveal she little malnourish and look like she not having good night sleep, and her clothes seem little bit tater. Not much but certainly noticeable and pact work on it is done poorly.

All in all she look like lower class citizen, low enough to be poor but still have enough money to just above broken. Not that she could sustain herself much longer if she know any better, the city while beautiful and seem free of corruption is rotten to the core, she have been three time get threaten to pay 'fee' to noble and city official. Her answer certainly yes, she must be in good side of noble and city official for her mission, but if they take one more step further like requesting 'service' you better bet she going to drag the city down to watery graves.

"What can I help you?" Mirai say as she go back to her counter and put on her 'selling sales' she being practice.

"Ahh… I, eh, do you have any job?" she ask shyly from her place near the door.

Mirai only smile at this "come here why you not tell me more about yourself" she say as gesture to place before her counter.

She walk awkwardly toward her and silent while looking at the floor "well?" Mirai word seemingly cause her more pressure. After couple of minute wait she know that her will not begin so Mirai take the initiative "tell me why you what to work here hmm?" she only mumble few word after a moment of silent.

"I don't have any money" at this Mirai only smile before continue with her interview, lack of money is common drive for desperation and when that set in people tend to do stupid things.

"Tell me more about it"

For half an hour Mirai questioning her and dig much information she can. Her situation are common around here, peasant force to pay taxes they can't pay so they sell or work somewhere else, and she apparently just sell her home to bunch of 'city official' if she know any better she would say she just get mugged hard. So she began to search for job to sustain herself and her little sister which is just past 16 years.

'They could have kidnaped to work on brothel then, she have pretty nice face after all' it was common tactic use by the noble, not exactly subtle but it get the job done after all who care about homeless broke people anyway. She have been quit since she finish her stories about how she came to her store. 'She look so cute holding her expression like that' Mirai thought with smile, she does need new worker to operate her new stall at the market and while she could been in two places at the same time it will raise a lot of question.

"You could work simple stall right?" she nod, Mirai could she hope on her eyes at that she only chuckle at that 'they never change did they' Mirai grab piece of paper before writing few word on it to the guy at the stall next morning "here, take this to my stall in the morning and the guy there should point you on the rope"

"I-it's that mean"

"Yes, welcome aboard mate" Mirai let her pirate accent slip through, thought apparently she dint notice through her happy face. Oh and she almost forget "wear this it should signal that you are in my employed" Mirai say before grab small pin shape of silver anchor and give it to her

Her deep bow and thanks her many time which Mirai just wave her out "don't thank me just yet" she apparently doesn't hear it and keep thanking her, oh and Mirai just realize that she still doesn't know her name "oy what your name, I still didn't get it from our little chat"

"Oh it's Iliana"

"Well Iliana welcome aboard" 'to the deth fleets' Mirai left the last part off, no need to confuse potential future tool and ally. Not unlike rest of the admiral that seen human as lest than dirt she see them as potential ally… and dirt that can make brick to throw into enemy. Very fragile brick, but still a brick.

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