Nier X Overlord

00:30:00

Shadowlord77 sighed as he slumped into the chair. No, not slumped, this was just an animation, just pixels. As the last player left of his guild, he was just waiting for the end. The chair, while still just pixels, was a great looking chair, modeled off of some old sci fi show.

His own avatar was more based on the character from the Nier replicate game, although with "nanomachines" and magic (he and his teammates blurred things a bit together as they wrote the Nier lore for YGGDRASIL) meant that he would live forever, er according to game lore, and had many abilities. "It would be nice if nanomachines could really do cool stuff." He said. He would have said and it would be nice if I could live forever, but with earth trashed what would be the point?

All this effort and now it ends. He thinks, sighing as he spaces out looking out the window into... well literal space. The guild was relatively new, only created after the tech update that allowed things like magic, guns, and androids. The guild base itself was in "space" orbiting YGGDRASIL, though to make it work in game terms it wasn't really in space. At any rate, he and his teammates rose fairly quickly however, and became a somewhat powerful guild.

Probably shouldn't have based this off that depressing old video game. He thought. Nier, and Nier automata, were old games that are almost totally unknown. Depicting the extinction of humanity and the rise of androids, it was mostly lost; however, several players from YGGDRASIL tried to recreate it with this guild.

I guess it's a fitting depressing end like the games. He thought. Aloud, he said to no one "And I have to work in two hours." He sighed, wondering how he would even get to work. But he didn't want to log out, even if everyone else did.

[ Message ] anyone still in the game? He broadcast, but no one else answered. Surely there was someone else in the game somewhere?

Momonga sighed as the rest of his team mates signed out. "This is it huh?" As he walked to the throne room, he commanded the maids to follow him. He detected a global [ message ] broadcast asking if anyone else is online. "Oh, looks like that new guild that was more tech." He said aloud. They were new but rose fairly quickly.

He sat down on the throne as the maids lined up. Feeling too depressed to answer he looked at the settings for Albedo.

All the level 100 androids at the guild base, or the bunker, were in the "command room." They stood at attention, their eyes dim and unblinking. Because of the VR rules they couldn't look too real. He did a command for them to take off their blindfolds anyway.

The level 100s were 2B, A2, and Commander white. There was a mech type that was also level 100, and of course that robot…. He chuckled and thought about that one. it usually was inactive, though it really liked to use coins in battle...

00:10:00

"Ten minutes remaining, huh?" shadowlord70 said, bringing up the bio for the YoRHa androids and the rest of the guild base. Something he never understood was this: they were to "serve humanity", yet there were many human enemies in the game.

Always liking lore, (It was why he picked Nier as inspiration for his guild base) he thought about how to rectify this. What was human anyway? he thought, and decided to add a line for all androids and robots at the guild base."Shadowlord70 is the only human left, all others are fake humans." he wrote in, and closed the prompt.

He chuckled. This would be bad for everyone if this was really what androids thought.

00:01:00

"One minute remaining huh? I guess... this is it. What was the point of all this?" He asked.

00:00:10

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00:00:01

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He slumped into the chair. The leather felt nice against his skin as he sank deep into it... wait. Huh? Why can I feel the chair? He put his hand on the chair, and felt the leather. That wasn't allowed in YGGDRASIL... Most dive games you aren't allowed to feel things. Did a update happen? Is he still logged in?

He flinched when he heard servos whirl, footsteps, and very light chatter in the background. It was as if the guild base suddenly turned alive. What is going on?

The androids in front of him, 2B, commander white, and A2, all looked more real than ever. Their eyes were... intense. Their bodies twitched for a moment, and they straightened up, life like. They all looked at him. Totally and utterly focused on him.

Oh no no no no. He started thinking. Are they going to attack me? Did someone build lifelike robots? Was I kidnapped and this is some kind of test for military robots? He sank deeper into his chair as the three androids walked toward him, their boots hitting the floor like a march. They stood right in front of him. His mouth started to go dry. Could I run? Wait where would I run to? YoRHa androids are overpowered, they can slice through a tank, what can I do?

"GLORY TO MANKIND" "GLORY TO SHADOWLORD70 THE ONLY TRUE HUMAN" They all yelled out in unison. Shadowlord70 flinched hard from that. They looked to be on the urge of tears.Can androids cry?They all bowed, their eyes never leaving him.

"This isn't real, this isn't real, this isn't..." He started speaking, slinking back in his chair as the three androids leaned forward watching him. "What... what do you want?"

"Sir!" Commander white said. "We are real, made to serve mankind. As for what we want, we want to do anything you command. You are our one and only purpose."

2B nodded. "Yes sir, please anything."

A2 chuckled. "I don't usually work with YoRHa but… for you I will work with anyone."

"Sir, you have increased breathing and heart rate, are you OK?" Said 2B.

"Sir, commander white!" said a operator model, as she ran up and saluted. She stood ramrod straight. "The bunker is no longer above YGGDRASIL it is above... some other planet.

Is the game real now? Wait we're above another planet. Did some rich guy make lifelike androids and kidnap me? How can I explain this?

Momonga had a lot to think about as Albedo left to find the other guardians. how to deal with the NPCs, how to deal with this new place... and most importantly.

Should I have answered that message? He thought. There was another guild out there in this new world... Will they be friend or foe?

Hi everyone! Author here! First story, please let me know what you think and if you want this continued.