Chapter 1: The Shutdown
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
{Message/Notifications}
[Spells/Abilities/Items]
Location change
Disclaimer: I do not own Overlord or anything in it except for my OC Tiras Thaddeus Aziz
The Great Tomb of Nazarick/The Conference Hall
Three figures sat in the conference hall. The first was the Guild Master Momonga, He was an Overlord the highest evolution of the Skeletal Mage. Momonga was wearing an Elaborate, jet-black academic gown adorned with golden and violet edges. The other two figures sitting next to each other to a few seats down and to Momonga's Left were both Devils. The first of the Devils was Ulbert Alain Odle. Ulbert was a humanoid gray goat, crowned with a pair of wickedly curved golden horns. He is dressed in a black suit and velvet cape, with a rose pinned on his left shoulder. Upon his head is a beau and the right side of his face is covered with a golden mask. The second Devil sitting directly to the left of Ulbert was Tiras Thaddeus Aziz. Tirus was 1.9 meter (or 6 foot 2 inches) tall Incubus, he has a lean muscular body, slightly tanned skin, messy black hair (like L from Death Note), curved horns much like Albedo's but slightly thicker, large bat-like wings sprouting from his shoulders, a tail that goes from his lower waist to his feet, and heterochromia eyes. His right eye is a fiery amber and his left is silver, both eyes have a slight glow to them. He wears a black vest with gold embroidering, simple black dress pants, black dress shoes, and black fingerless gloves. His vest is only half buttoned showing off his chest and arms, his pants are just the right amount of tight where they hint at his assets but still modest enough that it could be worn for everyday use. Strapped on his back is a beautiful and intricately designed lyre. The lyre was in the Norse style made from iron oak wood, carved into the lyre was Yggdrasil the world tree with its branches stretching out from the tree on the lover middle of the lyre and had leaves lining the edges of the lyre. Instead of a hood or helmet he wore what could best be described as a mage circlet but this isn't just any circlet, it was in fact a World Class Item. This was [Truth of the Heart] it was a metal circlet with a ruby in the middle, the metal was gold-bronze in appearance. Tiras was an Incubus Lord the highest evolution of the Incubus race. They sat at the round table, it was a grand circular table with 41 seats. 38 of those seats were empty as they reminisced about the past. Suddenly they all hear and see the notification {Herohero has logged on}. Herohero is an Elder Black Ooze, one of the strongest slime-type race. His appearance is merely a mass of black, sticky substance. His tar-like surface roils and writhes continuously, never staying in one shape for more than a second.
They all greeted Herohero.
Momonga: "Herohero! It's good to see you."
Ulbert: "Yes, it's good to see you Herohero."
Tiras: "Herohero! It's been a while. You were gone for two years, we didn't think you'd be getting on."
Herohero: "Hello everyone! Two years? Has it really been that long? I'm working too much my sense of time is getting all messed up." Herohero then went on elaborating and complaining about his job and how he was being overworked.
Momonga: "Are you ok? That doesn't sound to healthy."
Herohero: "I feel the way I look. I was planning to stay on till the servers shut down but I'm way to tired. I'm barely able to stay awake." He said tiredness evident in his voice.
Ulbert: "Well you could try to stay, The servers are shutting down in le-"
Momonga: "No. If you are that tired Herohero you should go on and get some rest." Momonga interrupts Ulbert.
Ulbert huffs in annoyance at being interrupted and leans back in his chair with his arms crossed.
Tiras: I agree with Momonga. If you're that tired you should definitely get some rest. We wouldn't want you to die because you were sleep deprived and overworked just so you could stay till the shutdown."
Ulbert uncrosses his arms.
Ulbert: "Sorry. That was selfish of me Herohero."
Herohero: "Thanks you guys. Sorry, I get on after two years and all I do is complain."
Momonga: "It's not a problem Herohero. What kind of friends would we be if we couldn't listen to your problems?"
The Devils nodded in agreement.
Herohero: "Well I guess I'll see you guys in Yggdrasil 2." Herohero motions through his console to log off.
{Herohero has logged off}
The three remaining player sat in silence for a few seconds.
Ulbert: "Dammit!" Ulbert slams his fist onto the table "How can they abandon all we built together!?"
Momonga lowers his head, seemingly feeling the same way.
Tiras: "You're wrong. They didn't abandon us or all that we built together. Yggdrasil is ending and most of them are busy with their real lives. It only makes sense for them to pick reality over this." he said solemnly.
Momonga: *sigh* "Tiras is right, they didn't abandon us."
The room returned to silence for another minute.
Momonga suddenly rose from his chair.
Momonga: "How about we wait for the shutdown in the throne room?"
The Devils nodded in agreement.
Momonga turned and went over to the alcove with the guild weapon [The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown]. Being the guild weapon it is, [The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown] was designed with supreme quality while taking on the name of the respective guild. [The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown] takes on traits similar to that of the Greek God Hermes' caduceus. It is entwined by seven serpents and in each of the squirming serpents' mouths hold a jewel of a different color.
Ulbert and Tiras noticed Momonga staring at the staff.
Ulbert: "You should take it."
Momonga seemed to jump, Ulbert's voice interrupting his thoughts.
Momonga: "I-Is it really ok?"
Tiras: "Yeah, you should take it. It would be a shame if the weapon we spent so much time making never got used."
Momonga nodded in agreement.
Momonga: "Umu, Indeed. Many of us took time off work and some even argued with their wives about spending so much time in Yggdrasil to make it."
Momonga equipped [The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown]. After the staff was equipped it started spewing a dark red aura. Sometimes, the faces of humans in agony would appear and crumble away dancing on the surface. Such of an effect from the staff is so vivid that it felt as though one could hear their voices of pain.
Upon seeing the effect Ulbert used a smiling emoji
Momonga: "I forgot it had that effect. Well let's head to the throne room."
The three players exited the Conference Hall. Soon after leaving the conference hall the three players came across seven NPCs, a stoic looking butler and six beautiful maids.
Momonga approached the butler and brought up an interface with all of the butlers' info on it.
Momonga: "Sebas Tian was his name." He looked at he maids "The Pleiades Battle Maids. We put them here as a last line of defence but no one ever made it this far."
Tiras: "We should move them. Since the servers are shutting down they won't be needed here anymore."
Momonga: "You're right. What was the command again?... Oh! Right. Follow me."
After ordering them to follow Sebas Tian and the Pleiades followed behind the players as they went to the throne room.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick/Throne Room
Momonga: "The command was… Stand by."
Sebas Tian and the Pleiades stood off to the side.
Momonga took a seat on [The Throne of Kings]. It was made from a single mass of obsidian. The throne's size is considered gigantic whose back was high enough to touch the ceiling above where it is situated in.
Tiras and Ulbert took their place to the right to the throne, with Tiras at Momonga's direct right as he was the guild administrator and second in command. Being guild administrator and second in command didn't give Tiras any special privileges. It just meant that on the rare occasion where Momonga wasn't available he would act in his place as a mediator, calming down arguments and being a neural and if necessary deciding vote on an issue. He also helped keep track of the guilds finances.
Ulbert was to the right of Tiras. After taking their place Tiras reached out and held Ulbert's hand. This was one of the few ways they could show their affection in game as anything else would be considered an 18+ action which would instantly kick you out of the game.
Momonga looked at Albedo. An impeccable beauty, Albedo is a woman with lustrous jet-black hair and the face of a goddess. She has golden irises and vertically split 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.
Momonga: "What were her settings again?"
Momonga then proceeded to open her settings and started scrolling through.
Momonga: "So long!"
Tiras and Ulbert looked over.
Ulbert: "Of course it's long, she was made by the settings maniac Tabula Smaragdina after all."
Momonga scrolled to the bottom.
Momonga: "What the Hell!?"
Momonga's sudden shout startled Tiras and Ulbert. "What is it?" they asked in unison.
Momonga: "It's the last line… She is a slut."
Tiras: "We should've expected as much. Tabula was into… What was it called? Gap Moe?"
Ulbert: "Yes it is called Gap Moe. You should change it Momonga."
Momonga nodded in agreement. Using [The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown] Momonga edited her settings.
Tiras: "So what did you change it to?"
Momonga remained silent.
Ulbert: "Come on, what did you change it to?"
Momonga: "She is deeply in love with Momonga and views Tiras as a big brother." he stated in embarrassment while hiding his face behind one of his hands.
Tiras and Ulbert burst into laughter.
Momonga: "Fine! I'll change it to something else!"
Tiras: "Leave it. The servers are about to shut down anyway."
After Tiras and Ulbert stopped laughing Momonga started listing the members while pointing at each members' flag.
Momonga: "It was fun."
Ulbert: "It was."
Tiras: "We should definitely get together in Yggdrasil 2."
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"What?" All three players asked in unison.