Greetings readers
I'm back
The chapter introduces my OC
I don't own Overlord (オーバーロード) by Maruyama Kugane
People can use my OCs if they want
But you have to make a new backstory for them
The assault squad, or maid squad as they called themselves, rode on Aura's beasts, flanked by 5 hanzo's and 5 eight-edge assassins. The low level creatures would not be able to enter the structure or fight strong enemies but they could be guards for the maids on their way there.
If the maid squad was ambushed before reaching the fortress they were to sacrifice their lives so the maids could escape.
The beasts the maids rode on were summoned from Aura's personal collection and could travel to the Katze plains in an hour. They were apparently called Dragonborne. They looked like a light brown miniature dragon the size of a horse with wings. However, they could not fly. Each of their wings had the width of two of their bodies but they still couldn't fly.
This was intended to be a troll by the devs of YGGDRASIL. When a player got to Level 20 they got a land mount without the abilities of flight. This mount cost all their gold that they stored up which had a limit at 500. When a player got to level 50, they chose another mount, a flying one. This cost all the player 2000 gold, their storage limit.
The earthborne was a troll mount that counted as a flying mount, but could not fly. Obviously, this caused a lot of hate by the YGGDRASIL community. A lot of players ragequit and a lot more demanded compensation. The devs replied with letting the players choose a new flying mount and a letter to all level 50 players and above that said
"We're sorry, this will never happen again."
Ainz felt the urge to laugh every time he saw one of the mounts. When Bubukuchagama bought one of them she immediately raged after seeing that it couldn't fly.
"WTF IS THIS S***** MOUNT!"
"IS THIS A GLITCH OR SOMETHING?!"
"DEVS!"
Ainz got a lot of laughs out of that bad that Bubukuchagama nor the rest of his guildmates will ever have that kind of memory with him again.
The dragonborne carried the maid squad to the structure and dropped them off near Hanzos and Eight-Edge assassins did not have protection against the shadowy miasma so they retreated to Nazarick with the Earthborne. The Hanzos and eight-edged assassins went home as well after a good bye, leaving the maids alone.
"Alright, we shall explore the unknown structure and if there is a being that resides within its walls, we shall try to negotiate with it. If it's hostile we will kill or capture it." This was stated by Yuri, the leader of the group.
The rest of the maids responded with a "Yes Yuri-oneesan"
The maids slowly marched towards the structure, but not without protection from the energy it emitted. Yuri and Shizu were immune to the insanity. Nabe and Entoma protected themselves with their abilities also.
The maids ventured into the strange miasma that covered the structure, it was thick and hard to see through so shizu used [X-Ray Vision], a passive ability that let her see at night or in fog.
However, the ability did not work. The structure was obscured by the miasma even when she used her ability. This scared Shizu.
"[X-Ray Vision] doesn't seem to work Yuri-oneesan. What do we do?"
Yuri and the rest of the maids were surprised by this because few things in this world can block Shizu's ability. They had to be wary. There was no point trying the other maid's sensory abilities because Shizu's had the best one. They knew better to ask things like "Are you sure" because CZ2128 Delta was many things, but she was never unsure about her own abilities.
Naberal calmly asked, "What do we do Yuri-oneesan?"
Yuri was unsure what to do. The fact that Shizu's ability was blocked probably meant that if someone resided in the fortress, they were indeed powerful. Yuri considered whether to retreat or not.
"Entoma, since [X-Ray Vision] doesn't work, send some of your bugs that rely on echolocation to be scouts. We don't know what's ahead because the thick fog is everywhere."
"Yes, Yuri-oneesan"
Entoma released a swarm of little bugs from her robes. They had no eyes but razor sharp teeth and fly wings. Their color resembles a light brown, nearing peach. (They look like baby xenomorphs with fly wings)
"Go and map the place with your echolocation." Entoma commanded
However, the bugs buzzed around, confused. They had no idea where to go. After a while they just plummeted to the ground. When Entoma called them back they did not know where she was so they flew around blindly again.
Entoma had to pick them all up by hand. While she was doing this Yuri frowned.
"This place could not be affected by echolocation as well?"
Yuri suddenly had a thought as as she panicked.
"Entoma! Can you feel your cloths?! Can you taste anything?!"
"Come to think of it Yuri-oneesan, it feels like I'm not wearing anything right now."
Entoma licks a lock of her hair. Her eyes widen.
"Yuri-oneesan! I can't taste anything!"
Yuri suddenly realised that she almost felt like she was naked. She could barely feel the fabric of her cloths. But when she glanced down, she saw her maid uniform on just fine. Then she realised. She could not even feel the glasses on her head. Her eyes widened in shock and fear at the knowledge.
"We have to retreat! This place is numbing our senses and it might get worse!"
Shizu calmly asked, "But which way is back?"
Beads of sweat began to form on Yuri's forehead.
"So it's numbing our sense of direction too?" Yuri said while clenching her fists.
The maid squad tried walking the direction their back faced, but it got them nowhere, they just faced more miasma.
Yuri stated,"We have no choice, we must use the hearthstones Ainz-sama gave us to return to Nazarick."
The three other maids said, "Yes, Yuri-oneesan"
The maids pulled out their hearthstones from their inventory and used it, attempting to get home. However, the magic stones did not work.
"Ainz-sama said that the stones shouldn't be able to be jammed by anything in the world except maybe PvP or when fighting other gods."
Yuri's face suddenly flushed with white.
"Has another god been transported to this world?"
The maids were not sure what to do. Every idea their leader had did not work. What would they do now?
Suddenly, the miasma in front of them cleared away, forming a passageway. At the end of the path lied two black doors. They were 10 feet tall and 4 feet wide each. Each door had engravings of souls that screamed out in pain.
Yuri Alpha gulped as she observed this strange occurrence. The doors slowly opened, revealing a large interior.
The maids warily walked inside, Nabe equipped her battle staff, Yuri equipped her gauntlets, Shizu had her pistol locked and loaded in her right hand, Entoma equipped her sword and shield bugs. They worked because they were more like weapons than living beings. The shield bug just latched on to Entoma's arm at all times and the sword bug did nothing while wielded by her.
When they walked in, the room was pitch black. A purple fire lied in wait of them. It floated in mid air.
"Yuri-oneesan what is that thing?" Naberal asked with a calm tone.
"I don't know."
"There is nothing in my database about it."
"Same here."
The fire suddenly began to move in a direction.
Yuri stated, "I think we need to follow it"
The other maids agreed. That was their best bet for the time being. If they ventured off, they would get lost.
The maids followed the fire. It led them through a path of stairs and rooms. The maids could see nothing about the rooms nor the floors but felt the sturdiness of the walls when they touched them. (They aren't under the effects of the miasma anymore, they haven't realised.) The flame lead the maids to a door with handles, the maids assumed that they needed to go in the room for something and thought about opening the door.
Meanwhile, a man sat in a throne, in the room behind that exact door and thought,
"Their leader was smart giving them the hearthstones, but he should have known that they don't work in structures or air from another dimension. Now then, time to see what four members of the Pleiades Battle Maids can do."
The door opened and the maids walked into the room.
Who is the mystery man?
Will he fight or talk?
All in the next 2 chapters
The next chapter is probably coming out tomorrow