Time Capsule

by Skryb

The previous reincarnate in line must've really hated her, because she's been forced to go to an dystopian world and play a game for a decade. Fortunately though, the game and the people in it aren't that bad.

15. Bad Bad Bathhouse

Orphea did a bit of stretching before speaking up, "Alright, chumps! We're going to be scouting out the wilderness for a while! I know Punitto set a bunch of rules, but just forget about them, because he's lame!"

Technically, they should be doing things like "staying covert" and "avoid anything that looks dangerous," but has Ainz Ooal Gown ever been the type of guild to be smart with what they're doing?

The answer is yes.

Obviously, they're going to ignore their history of being smart so they can enjoy the outside world as much as possible without being tied down to things like guidelines and expectations.

Besides, what was going to happen in the wilderness? That just sounded like unsettled land, and really, they had experience in beating the crap out of anything that wanted to hurt them.

And as a CEO, would Orphea ever allow someone to think she didn't have the capability to just walk up to anyone and tell them what to do?

…Well, she wasn't a CEO anymore, but she as hell wasn't just going to give up those habits so quickly.

"Woo! Go queen!" Peroroncino cheered for his wife, "You tell those guys at HQ what you can and can't do!"

Orphea humphed and crossed her arms, "If anyone wants to go against me, speak your objections now!"

Temperance raised his windy hand.

Orphea pointed towards Temperance, "What do you want?"

"Why are we not wearing the rings of human deception that Punitto gave us?" Temperance asked, "Aren't we going to scare the locals?"

Orphea shrugged, "Sucks to be them. Besides, we're going into the 'unconquered' territories, so if we meet monsters, we have to look like monsters!"

"You're a short human girl, though," Blue Planet pointed out.

Orphea's right eye twitches, "Shut up, or else I'm going to cut your pay."

"You don't pay me at all anymore, though," Blue Planet said.

Orphea sighed, conceding the point. Sometimes you can't win them all, "Yeah, I guess you're right. Welp, anyways, Aura! I'm enlisting you to go ahead and pick out who's riding which pet!"

Aura eagerly nodded, "Yes, Lady Orphea Scarlet!"

As Aura turned around to address her pets, Coup De Grace asked, "What if we find something dangerous?"

"We beat it to death, duh," Orphea plainly answered, "Otherwise, we just take Punitto's advice and just run in the other direction."

Peroroncino asked, "Hey, Mako-"

"Call me Orphea now," Orphea cut in, "I think it's a bit weird to just keep calling each other by our old names when I don't look anything like it. And I'll call you Pero?"

Peroroncino paused and considered it for a moment before nodding, "Yeah, okay, that makes sense. So, Orphy-"

"Orphy?" Orphea quietly asked with a great deal of confusion on how he immediately went to use a cute nickname.

Peroroncino continued without interruption, "We're sharing the same ride, right?"

Orphea knocked herself out of her confusion and nodded, "Yeah, obviously. Why do you ask?"

Peroroncino silently pointed towards Aura.

Aura was currently leading the most… To put it kindly, "Unique" pet from her bunch to the two.

It was some kind of weird, slimy undead dragon hybrid type monster. If Orphea remembered correctly, it was a meta pet for like 2 months before the nerf hammer was thrown onto it. Then Mekongawa just gave it to Aura, since Aura kept all of his old pets, since they were the only beast tamers in the guild.

What was its name…? Oh, right, Mekongawa called it the Face Melter, because it melts faces.

Orphea pulled out her hand to stop the disaster coming towards her direction, "Aura, stop. We're not riding that."

Aura looked very upset about Orphea's dismissal, "But Face Melter is one of my strongest pets! As one of the strongest Supreme Beings, you need an equally strong mount!"

Orphea narrowed her eyes, "...No. I'm not riding Face Melter. He's… Ew."

Aura somehow became even more upset.

Bukubukuchagama gently patted Aura on her back to reassure her, "It's okay Aura, I'm sure Orphea is just being insensitive and doesn't mean it like that!"

Bukubukuchagama didn't have eyes, but even then it felt as if she suddenly glared at Orphea, "Right, Orphea?"

Orphea was absolutely not interested in fighting with her sister-in-law, so she conceded, "Yeah, yeah. I just, uh, would rather get on something more… Alive and less watery."

Aura gently patted her cheeks to school her expression and nodded, "I understand, Lady Orphea Scarlet! I'll find something more appropriate for you right away!"

As Aura went to go find more suitable mounts from her collection she brought to their location, Bukubukuchagama lightly chided Orphea, "Hey! Aura is still young, you know! You didn't have to be so mean to her!"

Peroroncino took her sister's side and nodded, "Yeah, Orphy, you definitely could've worded that better."

Knowing a losing fight when she sees one, Orphea raises her hand in surrender, "I know, I know. I'll be nicer from now on."

At that moment, Vagisilious contacted the group, "Alright folks, I got finished checking in on the Dragon Kingdom group, do you guys have any clue where you're going? Or are you guys just picking a direction and hoping to find something?"

"We're just picking a random direction," Orphea answered.

Vagisilious hummed, "Well alright, enjoy that! I'll be here if you need me."

As Vagisilious cut off the message, Orphea turned back to the group, "Okay, any last questions?"

Shatallia raised her hand, and once she gained permission to speak, she said, "What should I notify you of when I scry it, my lords? Should I be telling you everything I see?"

Orphea raised an eyebrow, "Uh, how about just something that we don't already know exists?"

"But surely you would already know everything from Atlas…" Shatallia slowly said.

"Oh, Atlas? I didn't check it," Orphea offhandedly said, "I have no clue where we are right now, but that doesn't really matter. Just tell us anything that you find interesting."

Shatallia blinked, then she suddenly smiled, "Thank you, Lady Orphea Scarlet."

Orphea nodded, "Anyone else?"

As nobody looked to say anything, Orphea then moved on, "Alright, then let's get on our mounts and head out!"

---

Shalltear and Liberta Midnight ended up sharing a mount, and the formation ended up having the Supreme Beings at the front of the convoy.

The Supreme Beings were busy having their own conversations, so to follow their example, Shalltear tried to talk to Liberta, "You're looking quite old today, Liberta, for being able to travel with our most magnificent creators."

Shalltear would've thought his prime self would've come along with them, considering it was their creators they were talking about. But this was his oldest form, and Shalltear couldn't quite consider why it was the midnight form that was brought along with them. Why not the penultimate form?

Liberta obviously could see right through her, so he replied, "I am here because the perspective in the peak of my life found something more… Interesting, to find in the Dragon Kingdom. I specifically requested Lord Punitto Moe so."

Shalltear tilted her head, "What could be more interesting than our creators? They are the most magnificent forms in this world, are they not?"

"While the Supreme Beings hold all the truths in the world, we cannot learn much from just being around them. It is perspective that shapes our view of the world. As such, while I'm sure that having my peak perspective be around Lady Orphea Scarlet would be beneficial… There are other things that I could be learning someplace else," Liberta answered, stroking his beard, "And to learn as much as I can in the Dragon Kingdom, it requires the power of my prime perspective to attain all the knowledge I can there."

Shalltear didn't quite understand what was so interesting about the Dragon Kingdom. From what she understood from the quick briefing the Supreme Beings gave to everyone, the Dragon Kingdom wasn't even ruled by a dragon. It was ruled by a human king who had lived for a 100 years. Why would that be interesting to Liberta?

It must've shown on her face, because Liberta chuckled, "I will tell you more about it if my hunches are correct. Until then… We are here to gather information. Let us not bother with the unknowable for now."

Shalltear hummed, "I see. That's a shame, I was hoping to be able to fully understand your brain for just a moment."

Liberta pridefully smirked, "The only ones who are capable of comprehending me at my fullest are the Supreme Beings."

"Oh? What about your fellow intellectual peers?" Shalltear asked, "Are you insinuating that you're better than them?"

"They are close, but they lack the perspective to truly see things as they are," Liberta answered, "More than that, they lack a certain ambition that I possess."

Shalltear almost laughed, "You hold yourself quite highly, don't you? Why, I could accuse you of wanting to become a Supreme Being."

Liberta smiled, "That is the height I wish to achieve, yes."

Shallltear blinked.

She didn't expect that.

"You wish to what now?" Shalltear confusedly asked.

"I wish to ascend from my current status as an 'creation' and become a 'creator.'" Liberta said, "In doing so, I will become an equal to the Supreme Beings and all the other players of Yggdrasil, just as Lady Orphea Scarlet wished for me all those years ago."

Ah, so Lady Orphea Scarlet set him upon this task?

Well, then it probably should be fine.

So, Shalltear nodded, "I see. I wish you luck in your endeavors, Liberta. By the way, can you feel anything from the nature around us?"

Liberta looked out at the distance for a moment, and then he coldly replied, "Yes. I can hear the echoes of wailing long past, carried on the wind."

---

"Lady Orphea Scarlet! I see ruins of a city nearby to our right!" Shatallia called out from a mount behind her.

Orphea nodded, "Thanks, Shatallia! We'll go there! Aura!"

Aura heard her name called, and she immediately whistled, causing all of the beasts to change their direction.

After a few minutes of riding, the group finally made it to the ruined city.

The damage looked to be pretty old, though it was clear that this was a recent event as nature only seems to be at the edges of the city.

And some of the damage looks too clean to have been from a more brutal force.

As they cautiously entered the ruined city, they theorized on how this could've happened.

"Hm, the damage looks like it could be from holy damage, right? They usually cause that much destruction," Blue Planet threw out a guess.

Temperance said, "No, if you look in some areas, it's clear that some fights were a lot messier than others, but…"

There were no bodies or skeletons to speak of. And not even the slightest hint of blood anywhere.

It was as if after the battle occurred, all life had disappeared.

Orphea contacted Vagisilious, "Hey, Vaggy, can you come check to see if there's anyone in this city?"

The group felt her gaze over them, and Vagisilious replied, "To your left, I think there's a small group of people… 3 humans, one tauren… Yeah, all low levels, about early tens. they look like… Scavengers? Should be fine to talk to."

Orphea gave her thanks, and as Vagisilious disconnected, Orphea loudly announced, "Gentlemen! We are going to make contact with some scavengers! NPCs, don't say a word!"

And so, they went off to where the scavengers were.

---

The four of them were exploring what used to be an old restaurant when all of a sudden, the four of them felt a chill go down through their entire body.

"You just felt what I felt, right?" Asked Bondook, their tauren demi-human friend.

Kaleen, the rogue and leader of the group nodded, "Yeah, it felt like… mana? Right, Meyin?"

Meyin, the group mage, agreed, "I just felt an absurd amount of mana wash over me. If we encounter whatever's the source of that mana, we're done for!"

Suddenly, the chill in their body elevated to frost, and they all suddenly understood that right now, they're the prey.

"Guys, the moment I see them, I'm bowing my head as far down as I can," Harley honestly said.

"You and all of us," Bondook said, the tempest of power growing ever closer to them.

They could feel their hearts beating in unison out of pure unadulterated fear of whatever was getting close to them.

The group dared to exit the building to be able to properly greet whoever was coming all at once, instead of having to inconvenience the incoming to enter the small building.

The four of them were at their brink just waiting for the monsters to turn the corner, and the moment they did…

For a quarter of a second, they were relieved to see a group of monsters.

Then they realized that they all had an unimaginable amount of power within them.

Without hesitation, they immediately brought their heads low and Kaleen shouted, "We surrender!"

The three of her comrades had both their knees down, while she only had one knee down to properly greet the monsters.

Daring to open her eyes, Kaleen sees…

…Is that a young or short human girl leading the group of monsters and… Other humanoids?

"Oh? You're all kneeling?" The girl said, her voice revealing that she wasn't a child, just short.

The white haired girl slowly walked up to her, establishing eye contact.

"Despite having a knee down, your head is still above mine," The small girl casually said, making it seem like a simple observation.

But Kaleen knew what she really meant with those words.

If you don't go further below, I'll kill you.

Kaleen immediately tossed her head onto the floor, "I'm sorry, my Lady!"

The girl's voice came back exasperated, "That's not what I… Agh, nevermind. My name is Orphea, and you?"

The group hastily introduced themselves.

"So, why are you all here?" Orphea asked.

"We… We were hoping to scavenge some supplies from this shattered city, Lady Orphea." Kaleen answered.

Orphea hummed, "Why is this city the way that it is now? Was there a war?"

"A massacre…" Bondook fearfully said, and once Orphea turned her attention to him, he slowly continued, "When the Holy Kingdom demanded our subservience, we had declined their offer. We thought they were bluffing when they said they would utterly annihilate us…"

"Ah," Orphea mouthed, "Are you survivors?"

Meyin answered, "Not of the massacres themselves. Not a single soul escaped their grasp. We were just fortunate enough to be somewhere else when the angels descended upon our country."

Orphea tapped her chin a few times, "I see… Well, I wanted to ask; how do you know everyone died? I don't really see any blood or skeletons around here."

The group looked to each other for answers, but the best they could offer was Harley offering, "Well… All of the damages and the fact we've never seen our families since then…"

It was a meager defense at best.

"Well, I guess that's true enough," Orphea allowed, "Now… Hm, where do you live?"

"We live in the forest, completely isolated from the rest of civilization," Kaleen said.

Orphea frowned, "Why not just live here? I mean, it's all broken up but I don't see why you can't tidy up a house or something."

"Well… It just feels a bit rude to live in a house of someone who is dead," Kaleen honestly replied.

Not to mention, it just feels eerie being in the empty city.

Orphea hummed, "Alright then…"

Orphea suddenly turned to her more monstrous companions, "Hey, I'm out of questions, you can have them."

The words "You can have them" elicited a panicked reaction from the four of them.

But their expectations were defied again as some sort of wind elemental asked them, "Hey, do you know any spells or skills?"

The group mage, Meyin, blinked, "Ah, well… I'm capable of casting first tier spells… And, uh, I don't know what you mean by 'skill.' Do you perhaps mean a martial art?"

"What's a martial art?" The pink slime suddenly asked, spooking the group.

"Uh, they're an ability that can be cast by warriors…" Bondook slowly answered, not sure if he was answering the right question.

"Oh, it might be a language difference, then," The pink slime concluded.

The birdman tilted his head, "Really? Show us a martial art, then."

Bondook gulped as he gripped his hammer, "Ah… Ahem, (Focus)!"

A red aura surrounded him, allowing Bondook a greater sense of focus on the monsters before him.

Before, he knew that he had no chance of survival if he were to fight against him.

Now, he knows that they could kill him just by sneezing on him too harshly.

Bondook was petrified in total fear as the group of monsters looked at each other.

"That's… Not what focus does," Orphea stated.

The slime hummed in agreement, "Yeah, maybe it's some type of new thing. Well, does it really matter now? Let's just move on."

Orphea nodded, "You're right, there's not much of value in this city anyways. You four, take us to your camp."

The four obeyed, for what else could they do in the face of such power?

---

Orphea managed to get the 4 random scavengers on the slimy dragon creature. Mostly because she wanted to see how someone reacted to being forced to ride on Face Melter.

It wasn't as funny as she thought it would've been.

They had apparently gotten to the city by horse, but the horses were all slower than their mounts, so they ended up just putting the horses on the beasts.

That was actually a pretty funny sight.

"So, why are we going to their camp again?" Blue Planet asked, "There wouldn't be much there, right?"

"Eh, did you want to be stuck in that city?" Orphea asked, and Blue Planet had to concede that particular point.

That city really was creepy.

"Speaking of which, why the hell did Seraphim kill everyone there?" Coup De Grace decided to ask, "That makes like, literally no sense to me."

Temperance nodded, "Yeah, that really was messed up. I hope that it's just a misunderstanding somehow…"

Blue Plant shook his head, "No, did you see the broken homes? That definitely was a massacre, especially considering how weak those guys were…"

It was good that they could hold back their strength innately, because they felt as if they could accidentally kill them just by lightly grazing them.

"Well, I'll relay it to HQ, and hopefully someone in the Holy Kingdom can get a good answer," Orphea said, bringing her fingers to the side of her head.

After the conversation lulled out for a few moments, Shalltear spoke up from a nearby mount, "My lords, if I may…"

Being silently given permission to speak, Shalltear continued, "I'm afraid that I'm unaware of the purpose of keeping these lesser beings with us… Would it not be better to simply turn them into thralls and take all of the information we needed from them that way?"

Orphea nodded and said, "Yeah, but that kind of only works if we know what we're looking for, doesn't it? If we just ask them to tell us everything they know, they're going to start exposing their entire life story, and we don't necessarily need that. It's easier to work with a living person."

Shalltear looked even more confused, "Lady Orphea Scarlet… Forgive me if I'm wrong, but minions under your control can instinctively understand your commands without fully voicing them, can they not?"

Orphea blinked, then she turned to Blue Planet, who had a couple of summons, "Blue Planet, is that true? I have no summons to test this out with."

Blue Planet shrugged, "I haven't summoned anything yet, I have no idea."

Orphea then looked to Temperance, who played a summoning build before he eventually transitioned into a full mage build, "Temperance, is that true?"

Temperance somehow looked ticked off slightly despite not even having a full face, "What? How am I supposed to know? I dumped that build years ago!"

Orphea held an unimpressed look on her face as she turned back to Shalltear, "Okay, maybe that's how summons work. I wouldn't know."

Shalltear hastily told Orphea, "Please! Do not humble yourself for my sake! I know it was a foolish question but you needn't make a fool out of yourself to lessen my embarrassment!"

Orphea sighed, "Yeah, yeah. Okay, we'll figure it out later," Orphea then turned to Shatallia, "Shatallia! Do you see anything yet?!"

Shatallia turned to Orphea, "I have spotted the encampment the mortals spoke about, Lady Orphea Scarlet, however…"

Orphea raised an eyebrow at Shatallia, "However?"

Shatallia concerningly told Orphea, "I can sense some sort of teleportation device in their encampment…"

"What kind?"

"I'm afraid I'm not powerful enough to break through its encryption, my lady."

Orphea frowned, "So, level 100? That's concerning… And it belongs to a bunch of weaklings?"

Peroroncino chipped in, "I say we just shoot it so it doesn't activate and trap us somewhere."

Orphea agreed with his assessment, "You read my mind, the moment we see it, we blow it up."

The risk of accidentally activating the teleportation item and not being able to defend against it in time was slightly too high for their liking.

"Let's just get Vaggy- Or, actually, Nubo to take a look at it," Bukubukuchagama suggested, "It's not like they're doing anything else anyways, right?"

Orphea snapped her finger, "Great idea, we'll do that."

And so, when they got near the camp, Orphea called for Nubo-

"Busy. Call Vaggy."

Well, that wasn't reassuring.

Orphea called for Vagisilious instead, who had promptly checked the surrounding area.

"Oh, yep, that red crystal is 100% a forced teleportation item. Level 100, so it's probably Seraphim's. I have no clue why these low levels have it, or even how it's activated though," Vagisilious relayed, "Though, if I recall correctly, there were some forced teleportation items that activate when the item breaks. So maybe just ignore it for now?"

Orphea nodded, "Alrighty, thanks, Vaggy. Though, can you keep an eye on us just in case?"

"Okay, I'll do that," Vagisilious confirmed.

Orphea stares at Coup De Grace, who gets the signal and asks the band of scavengers, "The red crystal in your camp, where did you get it?"

Kaleen nervously answered, "Ah, well, we met some sort of weird hooded person who gave it to us? That was maybe a year ago…"

Weird hooded person? Orphea couldn't describe a more vague way to describe someone than that.

"No name?" Coup De Grace asked.

Kaleen shook her head, "No, he just sort of said that the red crystal held a bit of fate in it, and asked us to take care of it…"

Yeah, Orphea had no reservations at all about agreeing to destroy the crystal. That sounded like the plot of a really bad horror movie or something.

"Pero, blow it up," Orphea ordered, "Vaggy, make sure that nothing bad happens because of it."

"Alright, Orphy," Peroroncino agreed as he pulled out his bow and took aim.

"Maybe take a few steps back?" Vagisilious suggested, "You guys are already pretty far away, but the radiuses on those suckers were pretty far."

Peroroncino sighed, "Okay, okay, guys, let's all go a few steps back, and then I'll destroy it."

Everyone went behind Peroroncino, then he pulled back his bow again, "Okay, this is good enough?"

"Yeah, blow it up, Pero!" Vagisilious cheered.

Peroroncino fired his shot, directly hitting the red crystal that was sitting on the floor inside of the encampment.

The red crystal was immediately broken and torn to bits without fanfare.

"See? What did I tell you, it was going to be fine-" Orphea tried to say, before everything went to shit.

The crystal's effect activated.

They were in its radius, which was far larger than they had anticipated.

The main way to counter forced teleportation was a simple, but difficult method to execute. If you used a teleportation spell at around the same time as the forced teleportation activated, you could only be forcibly teleported for half a second before being sent back.

This was made even easier with the addition of delay teleportation in later expansions, which increased the timeframe someone had to be able to pull off the counter. But it still took a decent level of reaction time and practice to be able to pull it off successfully consistently.

None of these players had gone against a forced teleportation in years. And the NPCs had never gone against a forced teleportation before because there really was no reason to ever use a forced teleportation against the NPCs.

Within an instant, the entire expedition had disappeared into a destination unknown.

---

Vagisilious stared at the empty field where her friends once stood.

Then, it hit her what had happened.

"FUCK! PUNITTO! NUBO! HELP ME FIND THEM!" She shouted out, desperately trying to figure out where the hell her friends went.

"What happened?!" Punitto shouted across the room they were in, before coming over to her, "Where's Orphea's group!?"

"Forced teleportation!" Vagisilious hastily said as she extended her reach as far as possible, looking for the souls of her friends.

She was able to do it on Earth, she can do it here.

If she repeats that enough times, she'll believe it and make it happen.

"Nubo! Call for Demiurge so we can increase the distance of Vaggy's divination!" Punitto called out, as Nubo immediately switched off of talking with Momonga.

Vagisilious still desperately looked for the slightest hint of where her friends could be, but all that was left was a slight hint east.

So she'll go east, and she'll search through this entire world to find them. And if they're not on this planet, she'll go beyond that.

She won't fail Ainz Ooal Gown, not today, not tomorrow, never in a thousand years.

---

Peroroncino decided that maybe indiscriminate destruction was not the best way to approach that situation.

Hell, Peroroncino probably owes Vagisilious money, since she directly claimed that breaking the crystal might lead to its effect activating.

Peroroncino sighed, "Damn, this sucks."

Deciding to just message Vagisilious-

His message was blocked.

Peroroncino decided to message Orphea instead-

His message was blocked.

"Fuck me," Peroroncino swore under his breath, "Where is this place anyway?"

The place where Peroroncino ended up was some sort of… Well, he'd hesitate to call it a room, because it looked like the sky was above him. But it was probably just a special effect like in the 6th floor of Nazarick.

Anyhow, he was in the middle of an open hallway with thousands of different candles and paintings of a human…

Wait a second, is that, who's that guy again?

Peroroncino could swear he knew that guy… Wasn't his name… Oh! Right it was Elo-

"HEEHEE! I BETCHA YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE HERE!" A wild, chaotic voice called out from behind him.

Peroroncino, in a split second decision, decided instead of risking what had happened with the crystal, had decided to turn around with open arms.

Instead of being greeted with kindness, he was instead greeted with the cold blanket of Two Worlds Mandala.

---

"Liberta."

"Yes, Lord Temperance?"

"Tell me where we are."

"I'm afraid I do not know that, Lord Temperance."

Temperance sighed, "Okay, whatever, I guess we'll just have to find it out ourselves."

Temperance and Liberta had ended up in a sauna of all places. Which, if Temperance were literally any other race, he might've stopped to enjoy.

Instead, his body was just throwing water everywhere, drenching Liberta, though he didn't seem to mind.

Temperance narrowed his eyes at the nearby door, then he turned back to Liberta, "Hey, so when we exit, can you stand behind me? You're low leveled, and I don't want to hear Orphea crying if you die."

Liberta dutifully nodded, "Of course, my lord. Additionally, I have just notified my other perspectives of what had happened. Though, it may be a bit hard to find our location as of now… Though, my perspective in my penultimate era is handling it as well as I can."

"Good, that's good," Temperance complimented, "Now, let's get out of here. This water is insulting me because of my inability to take a dip in it."

Temperance and Liberta opened the door, which led them to another sauna, which was basically near identical to the room they just left.

"Please don't tell me this is a maze!" Temperance begged as he quickly rushed to another door.

It was another sauna.

Temperance groaned, "Oh my God I hate it here already."

A low voice came from behind them, "Why, that's quite rude to say, isn't it?"

Temperance & Liberta turned around to find some sort of silvery, metallic human.

'No, that's an incarnation of greed, isn't it?' Temperance thought.

There were a few 'incarnation' races in Yggdrasil, and incarnation of greed was one of them. They usually had two forms. A humanoid one, and a more monstrous one. But the monstrous one acted like a buff, unlike some other races like dragons where the humanoid one was a pure debuff.

Temperance remembered that particular species because he got his ass kicked 3 to 0 in a battle pets tournament where he got to the final 16 by an incarnation of greed player.

Also, he looked pretty cool, unlike this guy in front of them.

Liberta tested the waters a bit by asking, "Who are you?"

The incarnation of greed simply replied, "I am The Collector. But you may call me Prata."

Prata? That sounded foreign to Temperance… In a European sort of way.

This was most definitely a guild base.

"Hey, what guild base is this?" Temperance asked, readying a spell just in case.

Prata tilted his head, "Is it not rude to consider introducing yourself?"

"Why would I want to give information to someone I don't trust yet?" Temperance said.

It was a bit hypocritical to say that, then also expect Prata to freely give information about the guild base they were in. But then again, Temperance didn't really care.

Prata frowned, "You are quite difficult to work with, do you know that?"

Temperance shrugged, "I don't see anyone with you. Do you want to see if you can really fight me?"

Temperance has fought a grand total of 0 battles in his new body as of now. And up against an NPC, Temperance did not like his odds of victory. But if he believes it enough, it'll manifest into reality.

Prata sighed and simply said, "You are in the Bad Bad Bathhouse."

…Bad Bad Bathhouse?

Oh, thank god, Temperance was worried over nothing! Bad Bad Bathhouse got raided plenty of times, and the only reason why they were still around was because they had a system where they would just take the guild weapon and their world items and screw off to a neutral hub for a while until the invaders went away.

It cost Bad Bad Bathhouse a lot of gold to revive everything when all was said and done, because things like the NPC scaling only worked when the guild weapon was inside of the guild base, but hey, if it works, it works.

Liberta frowned, then he turned to Temperance, "My lord, isn't that…"

Temperance shushed Liberta, "I got this, Liberta," Then Temperance stood straight, "I am Temperance of Ainz Ooal Gown! You will lead me out of this place or-"

Prata immediately replied with the 10th tier spell, Red Laser Eyes.

---

Aura frowned.

Shalltear gritted her teeth.

Shatallia had a completely neutral expression on her face.

The horde of beasts behind them whined.

They were in a narrow hallway with the only possible escape route being in front of them, but they were all trapped inside of a barrier created by the person in front of them.

"You know, it's very rude to keep attacking my barrier like that, monster girls," The small girl lightly chided, holding the source of all of their problems.

Shalltear was very familiar with the trinket in the shape of a wall held in their enemy's hand. Lord Peroroncino had shown it off once in the past to boast of his great luck.

The trinket, according to Lord Peroroncino, greatly boosted the user's ability to create barriers.

And, quite frankly, they did not have the piercing capabilities to successfully break through the barrier fast enough.

It was possible to break, in the 5 times the group tried to shatter the barrier, cracks rapidly emerged. But the enemy in front of them were very hasty in their reconstruction of the barrier, which had to be put behind the old ones.

So, in a way, they were making very slight progress measured in centimeters.

"Who are you?" Shatallia had decided to ask after another failed attempt by Shalltear.

"My real name is The Archivist, but Lord Anpanman deemed my name to be Biblioteca," She easily revealed, "So, can you tell me who you are?"

"Our masters have ordered us to not tell you anything," Aura said, firing another arrow at the barrier. Slightly cracking it and forcing Biblioteca to create another one.

"Oh, you have masters too? Ours left very long ago," Biblioteca frowned, "Where are your masters?"

"We will not tell you anything, you brat!" Shalltear glared at Biblioteca as she glowed with power-

Only for it to be interrupted.

Biblioteca informed Shalltear, "I'm sorry, vampire lady. But I specifically imbued my barriers to not allow teleportation outside of it."

Shalltear growled as she attacked the barrier again with her lance.

The barrier shatters and in that same moment, Shalltear activates her teleportation spell, successfully appearing behind Biblioteca.

Shalltear jabs her lance at Biblioteca, and Biblioteca responds by quickly casting another barrier to keep the other NPCs at bay and manages to grab Shalltear's lance.

Shalltear was surprised by the strength of Biblioteca's grip. She thought that Biblioteca would've been a mage, considering her use of barrier spells.

Shalltear lost the physical battle due to her surprise, and was thrown into the wall of the barrier, her lance still in her hand, and as soon as she regained her footing, there was already another barrier in front of her.

But it was much further in front than before. And if they kept up at it, eventually it would force Biblioteca to run out of mana, or to be forced out of the room.

Biblioteca frowned, "Can you all not do that, please? I don't have endless amounts of mana, you know."

The barrier fell down again, and Shalltear went on the attack again.

Knowing that Biblioteca had the ability to grab her lance, Shalltear slashed at her instead of jabbing.

This was a surprisingly effective maneuver, as it forced Biblioteca to back up and take up a fighting stance.

The barrier came up again as it was broken again, so she still had most of her attention on the barrier keeping Shalltear's allies from entering the battle.

So, quite simply, she'll break that concentration for long enough to where they can freely fight-

Biblioteca suddenly teleported out of sight.

Shalltear immediately slashed behind her in the expectations of a counter attack-

The door leading into the room was open, and Shalltear could briefly see Biblioteca's leg getting just out of frame.

"She's running?!" Shalltear shouted in shock, as the barrier behind her broke again.

And was not put back up.

"Come on! After her!" Aura shouted, and all of her beasts promptly followed her directions, "Shatallia! Can you contact any of the Supreme Beings?!"

Shatallia shook her head, "No, I cannot. However, I can sense an exit to this anti-messaging barrier. Allow me to lead us."

Shalltear nodded, "Right, you go do that, and Aura's pets and I'll go hunt that annoying brat."

Shatallia frowned, but did not say anything.

And so, Shalltear quickly left the room to chase after their enemy.

---

Coup De Grace complimented their host, "Hey, Colette, this is some very nice tea you have here."

Colette was, if Blue Planet had to describe her, a generic looking white haired anime girl. Though, Colette wore some old antique girly clothes that were popular back in the early 2000s. Maybe a more colorful goth style? Blue Planet didn't have the vocabulary to describe it.

Colette eagerly smiled, "Thank you, mister Coup De Grace!"

Colette was also a demon. But it looked like she was one of those rare good type nature demons, because Blue Planet couldn't sense a drop of hostility from her since the group of three met her.

Bukubukuchagama tried to get the conversation back on track, "Uh, Colette, this is nice and all, but can't you tell us how to get out of here? This entire situation was kind of a mistake…"

Colette shook her head, "Sorry, I've been told to keep an eye on any intruders, and, well. You're intruders."

If there were any remaining doubts that they were in a guild base, it was practically gone at that point.

They had been teleported in front of this strange demon girl, and then they'd been forcibly invited to her tea party.

Which just so happened to take place in an underground church.

And that "underground" was inside a bathhouse.

Blue Planet just decided to accept his reality and decided to ask, "By the way, Colette, that cloak of yours is really nice, I like how the underside of the cloak shows a bunch of stars. What's it called?"

Colette beamed at the praise and freely revealed, "Oh! My creator gave it to me upon my creation! It's called the Drape of Uranus!"

The Drapes of Uranus? Why did that sound so familiar to Blue Planet…?

Wait, didn't that one guild with the world champion brag on the forums about the Drapes of Uranus because it's a world item?!

Which guild was it?

It was… it was…

"Wait," Coup De Grace said, seemingly having figured it all out, "Is this the Bad Bad Bathhouse?"

Colette looked a bit surprised, "It is! How did you know?"

Coup De Grace smiled as he nostalgically reminisced, "Oh man! I used to bully the hell out of those guys back on the forums! Those were the times, man."

Colette ignored the bullying comment to ask, "Oh? You knew our masters?"

Coup De Grace nodded, "Some of them, yeah. Anyways, let's go find the others to make sure they don't wreck this place, yeah?"

Colette hummed, "I see, are they like us?"

"Well, we did have some NPCs in our group, yeah," Bukubukuchagama confirmed.

Colette smiled at the thought of being able to meet people in a similar position as her, "That's so nice! You must be very kind to have stayed behind with your creations." Colette frowned, "My masters… didn't."

The group could immediately tell that it was a sensitive subject, so they decided not to ask further.

"Ah… Let's just set out now, okay?" Bukubukuchagama said, successfully getting Colette to stand up and start moving towards the exit.

---

"Ouuurroooo! These monsters are chasing me! Heeeelp!" Biblioteca cried out, though it was in a very monotone voice that didn't convey any sense of danger aside from volume.

Ouro, another incarnation of greed, looked up from his book with some curiosity, "Oh? Are there intruders in this place once more?"

Biblioteca turned the corner, running into Ouro, "Hey! Ouro! Can you pretty please use that one item you stole off of that invader 90 years ago please?"

Ouro sighed, getting up from the bench he was sitting on, "Is it really that dire?"

Half a second later, Shalltear and Aura's beasts turned the corner, heading straight for the two NPCs.

"Ah, it is that dire," Ouro blandly remarked as he pulled out a small gem from his inventory, forged from the Gemstone Dragon Lord, who had once come here to try to find the source of an immense amount of power, before being driven back by the Bad Bad Bathhouse.

Ouro cracked the small gem, and Shalltear and her entourage immediately came to a stop, as if they had suddenly decided to stop giving chase.

"That shall keep them at bay for perhaps 5 minutes, if we are lucky. Otherwise, let us find the others so we can mount a more meaningful defense," Ouro said, turning around to leave.

Biblioteca smiled, following after him, "Thank you, Ouro."

"We will not perish today, for we still have to wait for our masters to return," Ouro said, nostalgia in his voice.

Yes, they cannot fail until that day comes.

---

Orphea opened the door, which led to another sauna room.

Though, unlike all the other rooms that she had opened before, this one was filled with something that wasn't water.

Rather, it was filled with the dead bodies of the natives they met before.

The presumable executioner of those natives stood before her. He looked like a human, but Orphea could tell that it was probably just a doppelganger.

"What level are you?" Orphea asked first.

The executioner blinked, then he answered, "I am level 74-"

Within just a moment, Orphea closed the distance between them and hit the NPC with an [Silent Skill: Deep Abyssal Strike] imbued with [Silent Skill: False Swipe] to ensure that he didn't die.

The executioner was launched into the wall, and his form rapidly deconstructed itself, showing the doppelganger underneath.

Orphea picked up the doppelganger by its neck, the doppelganger desperately gasping for air, "Hey, where are all of my friends?"

"I-I- I don't know-" The doppelganger breathed out, trying to mend its wounds.

"Why did you kill these guys?" Orphea asked, looking into the doppelganger's eyes.

"They were intruders-"

And now, Orphea had gotten all the information she needed to know.

Orphea snapped the neck of the doppelganger, killing it instantly.

Orphea rolled her shoulders as she dropped the NPC to the floor.

She could tell that her negative karma rating was getting to her. She wasn't unaware that her actions lead to deaths in the old world, but even so, killing so personally was still an odd feeling. It would've been a lot worse if she had her old moralities.

But to be frankly honest, that doppelganger was asking for it. If he wanted to live, maybe he should've kept her assets alive.

Another door suddenly opened, revealing some sort of female troll, "What the- Yahweh?!"

Orphea simply glared at the new intruder, "Do you know where my friends are?"

The troll pulled out an axe and shouted out, "You'll pay for this!"

Orphea flicked her fingers, unleashing a burst of dark energy that killed the troll instantly.

"Hm, I guess the NPC scaling really is down, huh?" Orphea guessed, "That's good. I would've hated trying to fight someone of an equal level to me."

If the scaling still existed, then with all of her fellow players and NPCs coming into account, even a level 50 NPC would've been a difficult fight.

So, it's quite fortunate that it hasn't come to that.

Orphea turned to the dead bodies of the natives.

She wasn't terribly torn up about it. They could probably be revived if they really needed more information out of them. They'll probably just come back to this room later if they want the bodies.

Anyhow, she needed to keep looking.

Reapplying another buff spell to keep all of them up, Orphea advanced to the next room.

---

Shatallia and Aura, on their way to what seemed to be the exit, ran into the group of Blue Planet, Coup De Grace, and Bukubukuchagama.

The current room they were in appeared to be some sort of massive arena. But with how the entire base was just a collection of random ideas and concepts all cobbled together, it really could've been anything.

"My lords!" The two NPCs had exclaimed, quickly regrouping with them as Shatallia debriefed, "I have a path to the exit, please, we must leave!"

"You do? Then let's go!" Blue Planet shouted, "We need to get back in contact with everyone!"

"My lords, who is this… demon standing next to you?" Aura cautiously asked.

Colette bowed and introduced herself, "My name is Colette, one of the remaining guardians of this place. Pleased to meet you, fellow creations."

Aura blinked, "Oh? Well, my name is Aura, it's good to see that you're smart enough to bow before the Supreme Beings!"

Colette frowned, but didn't say anything else, then she turned to Shatallia, "Well, what is your name?"

"I am Shatallia."

Colette allowed herself a second to think.

---

Colette

Level: 100

Racial Classes:

Imp (15)

Demon (10)

Archdemon (10)

Stolas' Bloodline (5)

Job Classes:

Astronomer (15)

Abyssal Disciple (15)

Master of Astrology (10)

Sorcerer of The Abyss (10)

Choronzon's Disciple (5)

Ars Goetian Princess (5)

Karma: -500, Extremely Evil

Approximate Status

HP 55

MP 100

Phy. Atk. 45

Phy. Def. 85

Agility 90

Mag. Atk. 100

Mag. Def. 25

Resistance. 60

Special Ability. 100

Total: 660.

Colette's Bio

I FUCKING HATE SHATALLIA THAT FUCKING NAGA FROM NAZARICK.

I HOPE THIS NPC KILLS HER A MILLION TIMES IN THAT FUCKING ANNUAL NPC TOURNAMENT SHIT THE DEVELOPERS DO EVERY YEAR.

I HOPE THE DEVS ADD IN A STUPID FUCKING MECHANIC WHERE THEY SCALE NPCS TO LEVEL 100 FOR SOME STUPID SHIT REASON AND VAGISILIOUS TRIES TO GET SHATALLIA INTO THAT TOURNAMENT SO COLETTE CAN COME IN AND KICK THAT FUCKING SNAKE ASS AND FEED HER HER OWN SHIT BECAUSE I FUCKING HATE THAT SHIT ASS LEVEL 88 WORLD OF WARCRAFT AZSHARA RIP OFF PIECE OF FUCKING WASTE OF DATA SPACE.

AND VAGISILIOUS! IF I OR COLETTE EVER GET OUR HANDS ON YOU IT'S FUCKING OVER! I WILL KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS AND THEN I'M GOING TO SELL YOU TO THE WORST FUCKING MEGACORP I CAN FIND IN AFRICA AND YOU'RE GOING TO EAT SHIT AND DRINK PISS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER!

AND I'M GOING TO SEND YOU THIS BIO ON THE YGGDRASIL FORUMS, AND I'M GOING TO BE VINDICATED WHEN THIS BECOMES A COPY PASTA AND YOU'RE CEMENTED AS THE WORST FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT IN THE WORLD FOR FOR GOD FUCKING REASON PUTTING HYDRO PUMP LEVEL 88 NPC IN THAT SHALLOW FUCKING POOL.

WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT ANYWAYS? YOU LITERALLY HAVE 0 REASONS TO DO THAT BUT YOU DID BECAUSE YOU'RE HITLER. AND STALIN. AND MAO. AND ALL THE FUCKING MEGACORP CEOS INTO ONE PERSON. YOU ARE SATAN HIMSELF FROM THE REAL FUCKING HELL BIBLE.

IM SO FUCKING PISSED ABOUT THAT SHIT. I HOPE SHATALLIA AND VAGISILIOUS DIE A TERRIBLE FUCKING DEATH IN THE REAL WORLD AND I HOPE ITS SUPER FUCKING SLOW AND PAINFUL, AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RISK FINDING OUT IF YGGDRASIL HAS ACTUAL CENSORSHIP FOR BIOS, I WANT TO TELL YOU TO GO FUCKING KILL YOURSELF. FOR REAL!

KILL YOURSELF! SERIOUSLY! I HOPE THAT WHATEVER JOB YOU'RE WORKING AT, IT'S FUCKING TERRIBLE AND I HOPE YOUR BOSS OVERWORKS AND KILLS YOU! SO YOU CAN KILL YOURSELF!

DIE! SHUT UP! QUIT THE GAME YOU'RE NOT THAT GOOD ANYWAYS AND YOU GET HARD CARRIED BY THAT FUCKING MIANGUAN BY THE WAY DEVELOPERS CAN WE NERF THAT SHIT. AINZ OOAL GOWN HAS NO FUCKING BUSINESS GETTING WORLD FIRSTS BECAUSE ULBERT CAN SPAM GRAND CATASTROPHE WITH NO CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER IT'S SO FUCKING SHIT GAME DESIGN. I HOPE TRIUMVIRATE OR EVEN FUCKING SERAPHIM AT THIS POINT DELETES YOU FROM LIFE! PRINCIPALITY! BLESSTHYHEARTS! FUCK HER UP FOR ME!

VAGISILIOUS! NEVER SEE ME IN REAL LIFE BECAUSE I WILL KILL YOU! THREE TIMES! FOR REAL! WATCH ME WHEN I CATCH YOU VAGISILIOUS! I WILL MAKE HISTORY LOOK LIKE HELLO KITTY! I'LL KILL YOU!

Hey Elohs! This is a really funny bio, but I really like how you designed Colette so I gave her a real bio! :D (Butterfield Buttercup 3)

Colette is a collector by heart. She will treasure any item she finds, take care of every item, and embrace them all everyday. This is especially so if the items were from her creators. She loves to treasure her achievements through items of various things she could find that relates to either the defeated enemy or the trash left behind by her creators.

As an astrologer she loves gazing out through space and looking at the night sky and trying to find new stars she could name and catalog, study, and hopefully one day step foot on.

She longs for a companion that shares the same interests as her, star gazing.

Her creator once told her that Nidavellir - the world on which her creator has become the champion of - has a different other version of it and that there is a version where Nidavellir is a giant forge revolving around a dying neutron star where the Dwarf King and his blacksmiths make world items and other divine weapons and armor. She has made it her dream to find such a star and present it to her creator.

Being the direct descendant of Stolas, a spirit of the Ars Goetia and Great Prince of Hell, Colette is sometimes conflicted on her emotions on who her real creator really is.

Being the disciple of Choronzon, the one and only demon to dwell in the abyss. She has critical knowledge of how to expertly manipulate the Abyss to her cause and works fluidly with her astral magic, courtesy to her father Stolas being a master expert towards astrology, and astral magic. But sometimes his other knowledge seeps into her too.

Now burdened with encyclopedic knowledge of herbs, plants, and precious stones, on which she doesn't know what to do.

Her other hobbies besides astrology is to stalk people and steal personal items for her 'collection.' Though not as good as a level 100 rogue when it comes to sneaking and not as great as a thief on stealing, she is scarily great at keeping an eye on people without them knowing picking any personal belongings to add to her collection.

And she hates Shatallia and Vagisilious specifically. She has no qualms with anyone else from Ainz Ooal Gown.

Oh shit thanks man lol.

I'm not reading this though. Why did you write an essay? I just made this NPC to apply to the NPC tournament if Shatallia ever shows up.

(YOU LITERALLY MADE AN ESSAY? DID YOU NOT READ YOUR OWN WORK?)

No.

---

Colette turned into her true demon form, a massive dark eldritch owl that was hard to look at, and immediately went on the attack against Shatallia, her most hated enemy.

Shatallia immediately assumed a defensive stance, hastily conjuring up a barrier in front of her to defend against any attacks.

"[Star Arrow]!"

A pitch black arrow pierced through Shatallia's shield and found its way into her neck, exploding in stars.

Shatallia threw herself away from Colette as everyone began to react.

"What the- Colette?!" Bukubukuchagama shouted out as she quickly threw herself in between Colette and Shatallia.

"YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Colette shouted out, "[Veil of Stars]!"

Colette's demonic form was surrounded by stars. A classical 10th tier defensive spell.

Aura shot her bow at Colette, the arrow making it into her eye.

The arrow hit Colette's eye, but it didn't pierce through her, and the arrow ended up bouncing off of her.

Coup De Grace swung his hammer at Colette, but the veil of stars blocked his attack. So instead Coup De Grace used a shout skill, lowering Colette's physical defense.

Blue Planet casted the 8th tier spell, "[Moonblast]!" and it hit Colette directly in the chest-

Before it fizzled away without having done anything.

"[Entropy]!" Colette shouted out, forcing everyone back.

As everyone was being flung back, Coup De Grace shouted out, "Aura! Where are your pets?!"

Aura responded back, "They're with Shalltear! They're chasing another enemy!"

Blue Planet gritted his teeth and sent out another 8th tier spell, "[Penetrate Magic: Nature's Wrath]!"

Again, it fizzled out doing nothing at all as soon as it hit Colette.

Blue Planet was getting quickly annoyed with the lack of impact his spells were doing in this fight.

Colette took aim at Shatallia again, "[Reality Slash]!"

Reality tore through the air, trying to reach Shatallia. But Bukubukuchagama put herself in its way, forcibly stopping the attack and being pushed back.

"Buku! Are you alright?!" Coup De Grace shouted out in worry.

"That fucking HURT!" Bukubukuchagama shouted out, her body missing a considerable chunk of slime, "But I'm fine! My defensive skills worked! I can keep tanking!"

Bukubukuchagama's build focused on absorbing physical attacks. Coup De Grace was also a physical defense build, but Coup De Grace's build focused on lowering the statuses of their enemy while also tanking. So between the two of them, they silently agreed that Bukubukuchagama would face the brunt of Colette's attacks.

"VERMIN…" Colette growled as she fired off another, "[Nightmare of The Earth]!"

The ground rapidly began to shake as the ground started to split beneath them.

"[Mass fly]!" Blue Planet shouted out, countering the spell.

Aura fired more arrows at Colette, but Colette just shrugged them off as she casted another spell, "[Penetrate Magic: Spatial Ballista]!"

A bolt of space fired off in Shatallia's direction as Bukubukuchagama went to tank the hit once more.

Instead of being able to absorb the attack, Bukubukuchagama was instead sent flying in Shatallia direction with the bolt not being stopped.

Bukubukuchagama slammed into Shatallia, the bolt leaving holes in their body.

Coup De Grace jumped back into the fray, slamming his hammer down on Colette's back.

Colette shouted out in pain as she twisted her body to get Coup De Grace off of her.

Blue Planet fired off a 9th tier spell, "[Triplet Magic: Eyr's Light]!"

The attacks landed on Colette and did absolutely nothing to her.

"Is that magic immunity?!" Blue Planet shouted out in shock, before quickly recomposing himself, "No, that'd be dumb for the devs to add, even for a world item…"

Colette threw Coup De Grace off of her as she suddenly teleported away.

Colette reappeared next to Shatallia and Bukubukuchagama as she shouted out, "[Maximize Magic: Universal Tear]!"

The very atoms of Shatallia and Bukubukuchagama began to separate from each other as they had to deal with the full might of a maximized 10th tier spell.

Shatallia was on the verge of death as she raised a hand and hit her with a 9th tier spell, "[Oceanic Rend]!"

The spell did absolutely nothing to Colette.

Blue Planet decided that the chances of hitting the two were worth it in exchange for landing a 10th tier spell to test the limits of Colette's magic immunity, "[Overgrowth of Nature]!"

Vines came from the ground, tearing the land apart as many vines began to grab Colette and tear her to shreds.

And the spell was actually doing something as Colette screamed out in pain, before managing to escape using a silent teleportation spell.

"So, magic immunity only up to the 9th tier?" Blue Planet deduced, "That must be the effect of the Drapes of Uranus. What a shitty world item."

And if they gave that to Colette, then she must be wearing gear that massively boosts her physical defense…

And that build, Blue Planet recognized the effects of those spells. That was a meta PvP build for almost 2 years because it was one of the few classes in the game that had percentage damage in its kit, before the percentage damage was nerfed to basically be inferior to flat damage. Except against tanks, he was pretty sure.

Blue Planet had to give Bad Bad Bathhouse some praise. That was a very good build. If Colette were affected by the NPC scaler, then it forces invaders to waste a lot of mana on Colette and allows for the other players of the guild to take advantage of it.

Colette was likely weak to magic attacks, and because she's a demon, that also means she's likely weak to holy magic. But Blue Planet didn't have any holy spells, nor anyone else in the party.

Blue Planet smiled as the sigils of a super-tier spell surrounded him.

Fortunately for him, nature damage hits for neutral against space.

Colette, who had reappeared behind Blue Planet, widened her eyes in panic as she recognized the symbols surrounding him.

Colette tried to shout out another spell that would stop his casting but-

"[Haymaker]!" Coup De Grace punched her in the face with a 6th tier skill, interrupting her casting.

So, that world item doesn't nullify skills. Shitty devs, truly one of their finest works.

Blue Planet laughed as he shattered the hourglass in his hands, "That's embarrassing, Colette! [Super tier Spell: Primal Overgrowth]!"

The room they were in suddenly transformed into a lush jungle, teeming with exotic plant life and powerful beasts, all under Blue Planet's control.

Blue Planet wasn't built to be able to extract the most out of his newly summoned horde of sentient plants and dangerous animals, but Aura was.

Aura immediately took the cue, and she started to cast all of her beast tamer spells to boost the power of the newly summoned creatures.

"Guys! Only 10th tier and above spells work on her!" Blue Planet shouted out, "And for the love of God don't use a super destructive super tier spell!"

The horde immediately rushed towards Colette, who was still recovering from Coup De Grace's haymaker.

Colette tried to yell out, "[Greater Tel-"

Blue Planet at the same shouted out faster, "[Dimensional Block]!"

Colette was caught off guard by the sudden blockage of her teleportation, "Why didn't you-?!"

Colette's slight pause cost her the fight as she was dragged down to the ground by the various beasts, as she was pelted by spell after spell.

Usually, people would use dimensional block at the beginning of a fight to ensure the other opponent couldn't run. Most fights don't last longer than 3 minutes, which is the time limit of Dimensional Block. However, if you simply interrupt a teleportation using dimensional block, it leaves the interrupted wide open for an attack.

It wasn't a commonly used strategy, most people would rather not have to deal with someone who can teleport at will. But against someone with near immunity to spells and a high defense, and also on their own turf, catching them lacking was a thing that needed to happen if they wanted to beat her without her managing to run away.

"[Entropy]!" Colette shouted once more, everything around her being forced back.

Colette turned her sights to the mages in the room, "[Dark Devour]!"

A pool of darkness appeared beneath Blue Planet and the magic plants.

Blue planet managed to jump out of the way, but the plants were immobile and were caught by the abyssal creature that came out of the pool of darkness, killing them instantly.

Colette sent another spell at Blue Planet, which was faster than he could react to.

Coup De Grace suddenly appeared in front of him, taking the attack.

Coup De Grace lightly admonished Blue Planet, "Hey, dude! Don't get hit! Our physical attacks are doing jack shit!"

Aura was hitting Colette with her whip, but as Coup De Grace said, Colette was essentially shrugging off the attacks.

"I really hate builds that do that sort of shit," Blue Planet bitterly said as he fired off another spell, "[Overgrowth of Nature]!"

The trees grown from Blue Planet's Primal Overgrowth suddenly started to move as its branches acted as the vines for Overgrowth of Nature.

Colette wasn't expecting the trees to attack, so she was suddenly chained by the vines and was violently ripped from the skies.

As Colette was being swarmed by everyone, Blue Planet decided to use Life Essence on Colette to check her health.

But it didn't work, the spell being blocked off.

Quite frankly, Blue Planet was tired of the Drapes of Uranus.

"KIll her!" Blue Planet shouted out in frustration, the attacks against Colette becoming more brutal as they tried to pierce through her high physical defense.

"Wait! Keep her alive!" Bukubukuchagama protested, "We're here for information gathering, right?!"

NPCs couldn't be revived, simply due to the fact that if that was allowed, it would completely circumvent the NPC revival system that was already in place. And the NPC revival system was one of the main ways for the developers to get gold out of the economy, seeing as reviving an NPC meant you needed to pay for the gear they were wearing, and the gold cost for gear kept rising higher and higher every single patch.

So, if Colette were to die and they didn't get any other NPC captured alive, they would have no means of being able to answer any of their questions.

Blue Planet sighed, "Alright, I'll do that. [Maximize Magic: Dreamer's Spore]!"

Because Colette was in such low health, she was able to be put to sleep by the 10th tier spell instead of resisting it.

And so, the fight ended.

Shatallia crawled over to the main group, holes still in her body and half her tail gone, though the bleeding mostly ended, "My lords…"

"Shatallia! Have you taken a healing potion already?" Coup De Grace worriedly asked.

Shatallia weakly nodded, "Yes, Lord Coup De Grace…"

Bukubukuchagama also nodded, "Yeah, we both did. But we need an actual healer if we want to get back up to full."

Blue Planet nodded, "Alright, then we need to find the exit-"

Suddenly, they felt the anti-messaging barrier break.

"Or I guess not?" Blue Planet looked up to the sky, then he remembered, "Oh, I just realized why…"

Blue Planet turned to his summoned creatures, "Hey, pick up Colette. We might need to restrain her for a while… Aura, do you have rope or anything to bind her with?"

Aura nodded and pulled out some rope from her inventory, "Yes, Lord Blue Planet!"

Blue Planet pointed to Colette, and Aura immediately went to work.

"Then let's just call Vaggy, and she'll come to heal us," Bukubukuchagama said, getting agreements from the group.

---

Temperance dodged another ray of darkness from Prata as he unleashed another wave of sharp wind to try and put down Prata.

Just by the way Prata fought, Temperance could tell that whoever decided Prata's build was an absolute moron.

Prata had attacked with basically the full list of elemental spells. And it was doubtful whether or not Prata had any bonuses to casting those spells.

Prata kicked himself off the wall to avoid Temperance's attack as he conjured up another casting circle to use [Paralyzing Ire] on Liberta.

Liberta was temporarily paralyzed, and Prata threw an iron spear at him, which was deflected by Temperance's passive ability, which occasionally deflected projectiles.

In fact, Temperance in the middle of fighting had figured out that Prata was using one of those Midas classes. The ones where the amount of firepower you had was dictated by how much money you had in your inventory. And maybe Prata had one of those classes like Momonga where you could increase your 300 slot limit if you fulfilled a few conditions.

And that stupid creator gave that build to an NPC?! Who would willingly give gold to their NPCS?! They drop that stuff when they die!

Temperance decided to tank an attack from Prata to land a Category 5 Hurricane on Prata.

Prata's eyes widened as he realized the severity of the attack coming his way.

"[Boost Maximize Magic: Category 5 Hurricane]!" Temperance shouted out, completely covering the side of the room in dangerous wind.

Once the wind dissipated…

Prata had opened the door and escaped the brunt of the attack.

"I really hate that build now," Temperance bitterly remarked as he looked to Liberta, who was only looking slightly injured, "Liberta, drink a healing potion."

"But Lord Temperance, someone can only drink a single healing potion every 5 minutes, what if I were in more dire straits later?" Liberta protested.

"If you drink it now, you can get the cooldown running faster," Temperance coached, "Use it before you lose it."

Liberta widened his eyes as if he had learned something important, and agreed to drink from a healing potion.

"Speaking of using it before I lose it…" Temperance realized something he should do right at this second.

The rings of a super-tier spell came around him.

Message spells were blocked in this place. If Temperance remembered correctly, guild bases didn't have any protections like that aside from the protection of invaders not being able to alter the terrain of the guild base. So invading players could freely message, teleport, or what have you while inside.

Bad Bad Bathhouse only had around 1200 NPC levels, so it likely wasn't the type of guild base that gave its conqueror a world item. So the obvious question it elicits is how is message disabled?

Temperance hasn't played Yggdrasil in years, but if he had to guess, it was likely the result of someone casting an anti-messaging spell over the entire guild base, likely using the widen metamagic to do so.

The radius of that anti-message spell was absolutely massive, and because it was an open barrier that couldn't be interacted with, there wasn't much a player could do to counter it.

Until the level 83 update dropped with a new super-tier spell to counter open barrier spells.

Temperance cracked the hourglass.

"[Super Tier Spell, Lucifer's Rebellion]!"

---

Orphea opened another door, leading to some weird Harry Potter-esque cafeteria hallway thing. Stars and everything.

Well, it was better than the endless sauna rooms, so at least that was nice.

Taking a few steps into the room, she finally got a message from Vagisilious.

"Found you! Why did it take so long for Temperance to remember Lucifer's Rebellion?!"

Vagisilious shouted out, before immediately getting to the point, "Here, I'm opening a Gate right now, and we're giving you Ginnungagap!"

A gate opened in front of Orphea, and Punitto and Demiurge walked out of it.

Punitto handed her Ginnungagap in its staff form, "Orphea, destroy this place."

"Already on it, Punitto," Orphea replied as she charged up Ginnungagap.

Ginnungagap was an early world item, meaning its effects weren't as flashy as the newer world items. For example, Billion Blades was an early world item, and its effect of being able to hit multiple times wasn't as powerful or as unique as newer world items were added into the game. Though, it was buffed a few times to try and make it more powerful, though all that did was make Touch Me's dominance in Alfheim even stronger.

Ginnungagap is also not very creative, because all it does is just delete sections of the map with black magic. And it also has an axe form, which also deletes sections of the map with melee.

In other words, perfect for their situation.

Orphea swiped Ginnungagap, and the walls of the Bad Bad Bathhouse were rapidly torn away.

Demiurge's demons began to flood the guild base, and Orphea started walking in a different direction.

Punitto tilted his head, "Where are you going, Orphea?"

"I'm trying to find Ryuji, obviously," Orphea answered, swinging Ginnungagap in the direction she was walking in, revealing more of the guild base.

"Here, let me come with you-"

"Nah, I'm going to peg the hell out of him when I see him, you don't want to see that," Orphea denied Punitto's request, jumping down to the depths of the underground bathhouse.

Punitto sighed, "Yeah, I don't want to see that."

Well, Ginnungagap was a fairly powerful world item. And according to the messages he was getting from Vagisilious, the NPC scaling is turned off, so it's doubtful that the blood on Orphea's clothes were hers.

Punitto turned his attention to Demiurge, "Hey, make something tail after Orphea. She'll probably be fine, but I don't want her to get her ass kicked and not tell us about it."

Demiurge bowed, "Of course, Lord Punitto Moe."

A small imp followed after Orphea, and Punitto decided to turn his attention elsewhere.

---

Biblioteca blandly remarked, "Wow, that's a lot of demons. I think we lost, guys."

Prata was furious about her remark, "We have not lost yet! We just need to get in contact with Colette-"

"Colette has been defeated, brother," Ouro said, getting a shocked expression from the two of them.

Ouro could feel her presence diminishing while their enemies grew only brighter. He could feel that Colette's remaining days are numbered.

Perhaps if she had their master's greatest weapon, The Kanji, she would've faced better odds. But as it is, The Kanji was in Ouro's hands now.

"Her? Defeated?! How?!" Prata cried out, "She holds the Drapes of Uranus, does she not?!"

"It seems as if she was outwitted in battle," Ouro said, his eyes turning to Biblioteca, "Archivist, how do you think Jevil is faring?"

Biblioteca hummed, "Well, he has the Two Worlds Mandala and the Open Canvas, doesn't he? It'd be bad if we had to disappoint our masters by losing not only the canvas which was entrusted to us, but also the Two Worlds Mandla which we gained from battle."

"The Drapes of Uranus have already been lost," Ouro pointed out.

Prata narrowed his eyes, "Then let us go reclaim them-"

"No, let's just leave," Biblioteca suggested, "If Jevil wins his battle, he can come with us too."

Ouro tilted his head, "Oh? Are you suggesting the others won't survive?"

"They are much weaker than us," Stated Biblioteca, "Only Jevil is on our level. And since he thrives on chaos, and right now is certainly the most chaotic it's ever been, I think he can win."

Prata frowned, "But our home-!"

"Has been broken," Ouro said with finality, "We must preserve ourselves. Otherwise, our potential will be cut short."

Prata's shoulders fell in defeat, there was nothing else they could do, "I understand."

None of the three liked it, but it was their reality. The Bad Bad Bathhouse was only a shadow of its former self, as age has taken many of their strongest members, and their masters show no signs of return.

It was finally over.

Biblioteca opened a Gate, and so, they left 150 years of memories behind.

---

The theming for this entire base is stupid, in Orphea's professional opinion.

She's now in a cave, where just a few moments ago she was in a grand hallway, and moments before that, she was stuck inside a maze of saunas.

She's tried messaging Peroroncino, but she still got nothing from him.

He's definitely alive, it's something Orphea just instinctively knows. That dumb bird wouldn't die without her.

Walking further into the cave, Orphea notices that there were a lot of holes in the floor and walls of the place.

As if there was a fight here.

Orphea started to run, trying to hear anything that indicated a fight going on, and as she kept going deeper and deeper into the cave, Orphea finally found something useful.

Carved into the wall were a series of holes that vaguely spelled out "2 WrlD mDlA"

It took Orphea a few moments to realize it, but she eventually figured out that it probably meant "Two Worlds Mandala."

Two Worlds Mandala was a relatively famous world item back in the day, mostly because the guild that held it basically used it in every single fight they had and were not afraid about bragging about it.

Two Worlds Mandala was a point and click world item that basically transported the affected into a separate instance, similarly to how dungeons are made so that everyone can take part and not have to wait for dungeon bosses to respawn after being killed by different guilds.

AiBeaCee had all of their members be inside of Two Worlds Mandala, and what they would essentially do is point to somebody, they would be transported inside Two Worlds Mandala, and 83 guild members would instantly annihilate anyone inside.

And usually, their wielder of Two Worlds Mandala would be a rogue, so the risk of the world item being lost was near zero.

Two Worlds Mandala was eventually nerfed to have to be in melee range to use, but because the user of Two Worlds Mandala could use it on themselves, it wasn't hard to take a few enemies and then go into Two Worlds Mandala without much issue.

However, AiBeaCee eventually disbanded after their guild leader died and nobody could agree on who would lead the guild, and Two Worlds Mandala was taken by a player that logged off for a month straight just to reset Two Worlds Mandala. And as far as Orphea knew, Two Worlds Mandala was never seen again because the method of obtainment stayed unknown because it was the guild leader who originally got the world item.

So why would Two Worlds Mandala be here?

Orphea looked at Ginnungagap.

If Peroroncino was fighting inside of Two Worlds Mandala, then because she had a world item, she wouldn't be able to enter inside because of the natural defenses a world item gives.

Maybe if Orphea mentally allowed it to happen, she could enter Two Worlds Mandala, but it's unlikely that whoever is holding the world item would just allow someone holding a world item inside.

Orphea opened a gate leading to Nazarick, and tossed Ginnungagap away.

She didn't need it anyways.

Orphea ran further and further inside of the cave, until eventually, she found a large area where there still appeared to be damage going on.

"Get me inside of there!" Orphea shouted out, hitting the ground and creating a massive crater to let everyone know that she was there.

All damage done to the terrain inside Two Worlds Mandala also affected the real world, so it was hard to say whether or not she could be damaged too.

But as long as she could enter Two Worlds Mandala, it didn't matter how hurt she would be.
Suddenly, someone appeared in front of her, and a second later, coldness seeped into her body as she was taken inside of Two Worlds Mandala.

"HEEHEE! I SEE YOU'RE DYING TO MEET ME!" Some weird pale clown person said, hopping excitedly in the air.

Orphea's eyes quickly took in the area, trying to find Peroroncino.

Her eyes finally landed on him, his left arm nearly torn apart, and many of his feathers were missing.

"Ryuji!" Orphea cried out, quickly rushing to his side.

Peroroncino chuckled, slowly getting up from the floor, "I thought we were going by our new names?"

Orphea ignored his slight jab to ask, "Are you okay?"

"Blegh, no," Peroroncino blandly replied, "My potion cooldown is at 2 minutes right now, but he- Jevil, is playing a Blade Dancer & Embodiment of Chaos build, and he's been kicking my ass for the past 30 minutes."

Embodiment of Chaos? Orphea absolutely hated that class.

That entire class was designed to make people waste time, and every single player that Orphea knew who played that class were all the worst people imaginable.

"NPC?" Orphea asked.

Peroroncino nodded, "NPC. By the way, I missed like half my shots, and he's been downing health potions too. Sorry."

"It's okay," Orphea told Peroroncino as she laid him to the side, "I'll kick his ass for you."

Peroroncino picked up his bow and scoffed, "You act like 2 legends can't coexist. I'm kicking his ass too, now that you're here."

The two turned to Jevil, who was patiently waiting for his turn with the biggest grin on his face and clapping, "YAY! YAY! I LOVE IT WHEN THEY THINK THEY STAND A CHANCE!"

Jevil pulled out his scythe, and put the Two Worlds Mandala in some abstract looking bag, "COME! COME! LET'S HAVE A BLAST!"

Orphea launched herself in Jevil's direction, her fist flying forward, imbued with [Silent Skill: Deep Abyssal Strike].

Jevil laughed as he used [Silent Magic: Greater Teleportation] and appeared right behind Orphea, his scythe falling down on her.

Jevil's scythe was diverted when Peroroncino's arrows landed, pushing the scythe back.

Orphea elbowed Jevil in the stomach, pushing him back a bit and stunning him for a slight second.

In that slight second, Orphea threw another punch, "[Penetrate Magic: Time Lag]!"

Orphea's punch missed as Jevil's body became a fog.

Orphea was struck by Jevil's scythe, and Orphea was pushed back.

"YOOHOO! PAY ATTENTION!" Jevil taunted as he blocked another one of Peroroncino's arrows, "THIS RIDE'S NOT OVER!"

Jevil stuck his hand into a canvas which was hanging off of his hip, and suddenly, Jevil felt different.

Which was immediately vindicated as Jevil pulled out a bow.

Jevil smiled as he called out, "[Chaotic Launch]!"

The arrow flew in Peroroncino's direction, landing in his stomach, but not quite piercing through him.

"When the hell could he do that?!" Peroroncino shouted out, trying to recover his standing.

But Jevil had stuck his hand into the canvas again, and suddenly he had his scythe back as he rushed towards Peroroncino.

"[Greater Teleportation] !" Orphea appeared between Peroroncino and Jevil, as Orphea tried to stop Jevil, " [Widen Magic: Sovereign's Command]!"

Jevil laughed as the effect of the spell reached him and forced him to the floor, "[Pirouette]!"

Peroroncino's arrow flew through the air again, but Jevil suddenly split into two, dodging the strike.

The two Jevil's combined into one and Jevil twirled in the air as he yelled out, "[True Swift Strike]!"

Jevil's scythe cut into Orphea's right arm, causing a great amount of pain, though not damage, to her.

Orphea's eye straightened as her other arm went towards Jevil, "[Maximize Skill: Final Counter]!"

Jevil disappeared from sight once more, completely dodging Orphea's counter. Appearing nearby, slightly away from the duo.

Jevil stuck his hand into the canvas once more, "OOH! OOH! LET ME TRY!"

Jevil's scythe disappeared from his hands once more as he threw his own punch, "[Deep Abyssal Strike]!"

Jevil hit Orphea in the chest, causing her to be flung back.

That hurt less to Orphea, because of the amount of abyssal resistance that she had. But it was still deeply insulting to her that she was hit with her own specialty.

Though, at this point, she could figure out what that canvas could do.

It allowed him to cycle through job classes. Though the specifics are lost on her, it was still very dangerous, especially considering that Jevil likely has years of combat experience on the two of them.

"Ryu! The canvas is a world item that allows him to change job classes!" Orphea shouted out.

Peroroncino shouted back, "Yeah I figured that one out! But he wasn't doing that before, so we're definitely putting up a better fight than I was solo!"

Ah, so they were dangerous enough for Jevil to pull these tricks out.

How flattering.

Jevil giggled, "HAHA! YOU SURE ARE SOME SMART COOKIES!"

Jevil stuck his hand in the canvas again, and this time he pulled out a staff, "[Mass of Deceit]!"

Suddenly, more Jevils appeared on the battlefield, all equally as ravenous as the main one.

Orphea flicked her fingers, "[Greater Dispel Illusion]!"

Half of the Jevils disappeared, while the other Jevils began to cast their own spells.

Peroroncino, obviously trying to show off, twirled up into the air and used his own skill, "[Widen Skill: Barrage]!"

A vast tide of arrows washed over the Jevils, completely stopping them in their tracks.

Jevil chuckled, casually dodging every single arrow as his clones were taken down, "THIS IS SO MUCH FUN! LET'S GO EVEN HIGHER!"

As Jevil stuck his hand into his canvas, Orphea attempted an interruption, throwing her fist at Jevil, "[Maximize Skill: Combo Extender]!"

Jevil was unable to move, and Orphea sucker punched Jevil in the neck.

A flash of light suddenly appeared at her fist, and like second nature, Orphea knew what to do.

"[Black Flash]!"

The developers of Yggdrasil took joy in stealing as much intellectual property as possible, and Jujutsu Kaisen was no different.

Black Flash was a simple skill. Once you get a critical hit, you have a tenth of a second to yell out Black Flash. If you missed the timing, you lost a lot of mana. If you hit it, you had a 20% buff to all your stats.

But you could easily get dispelled by a first tier spell, and all that work would disappear. So it wasn't a very good skill. But Orphea put a bunch of time and effort into being able to consistently land the skill, because it was super easy to land on bosses.

And that just so happened to translate well to PvP as well.

Orphea's fist landed on Jevil's face, launching him all the way back into a wall.

Suddenly, Orphea felt more alive. She could see the world more clearly than ever before. The colors of everything became more vibrant. Peroroncino looked more beautiful than ever…

One of Orphea's rings started to glow red.

The ring dropped from a level 73 raid, and it allowed for its user to essentially share a buff with another player. The drawback was that you had to both imprint the buff and player on the ring, and it couldn't ever be changed back.

Fortunately, Black Flash would always be good, and Peroroncino would always stay at her side.

Peroroncino felt the effects of the ring, and all he said was, "Orphy, we're having sex with this on later."

"Really?" a massive grin grew on Orphea's face, "Actually, you're so right, that'd be so awesome."

Jevil got back up, laughing, "HAHA! THAT SURE WAS A STICKY SITUATION! [Pirouette]!"

Jevil suddenly turned into a smaller version of himself, and shouted out "[Greater Teleportation]!"

Jevil appeared behind Peroroncino, and he swung his scythe at him.

Peroroncino twisted his body to dodge the attack, and his counter attack left Jevil reeling.

Orphea then crossed the distance and punched Jevil towards the ground.

Jevil dodged Peroroncino's arrow by turning into mist again, and he quickly cartwheeled out of the entire situation, sticking his hand into the canvas.

"He doesn't know! Hahaha!" Orphea laughed. He wasn't trying to dispel the effects of the black flash! That moron!

It wasn't a very funny statement, but Peroroncino laughed alongside her, "Yeah! He's absolutely clueless! Hahaha!"

Jevil let go of his scythe to once again brandish his hands, "HAHA! YOU'RE ALL MORE UNAWARE THAN I AM!"

Orphea and Jevil launched both of themselves at each other, exchanging blows.

As Orphea and Peroroncino's arrows were both about to make contact, Jevil suddenly teleported behind Orphea.

Jevil landed a blow to Orphea's back, and a flash of light appeared at Jevil's fist.

"[Black Flash]!"

Orphea was completely caught off guard as she was suddenly launched towards Peroroncino, who caught her.

Jevil loudly laughed, "HAHAHAHA! THIS FEELS SO GREAT! THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO DO THIS FIRSTHAND!"

"Should we-" Peroroncino asked.

"No, if we do it to each other, it'll feel bad," Orphea kept her grin, "At least this way, all three of us are high."

Now, all of them were back onto equal ground, fighting at their maximum potential.

Jevil threw his hand into the canvas, and when it resurfaced, it felt as if Jevil was suddenly much more powerful than what he was just a few moments ago.

Jevil had the most maniac grin on his face, "YOU, WHOSE NAMES ARE STILL UNKNOWN TO ME! THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE CLASH! BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST AND IT'LL LEAVE EVERYONE DEAD!"

"Peroroncino, you didn't introduce yourself? That's a bit rude," Orphea lightly made fun of him, getting into another fighting stance.

"Orphea, my love, I would never do something like that," Peroroncino smiled, nocking another arrow into his bow.

Jevil pulled out a little wooden stick, but the two of them could instantly tell that it was the auto-equipper that was from the cash shop for 300 yen.

Jevil snapped the auto-equipper in half, and suddenly, he was decked out in…

"That's Elohs' world champion gear, isn't it?" Peroroncino calmly said.

Orphea nodded, "Yeah, this is about to be fun."

Jevil swung his new sword, and the air itself was erased in trying to hit the duo.

The two of them jumped up, as Orphea launched herself in Jevil's direction.

Orphea twisted her body to avoid another slash, and she punched Jevil in the face, throwing him back.

Peroroncino hit him with multiple arrows while he was airbound, and Jevil quickly fixed his posture as he pulled out a staff, shouting out, "[Meteor Fall]!"

Orphea was briefly confused how a meteor would appear in this cave they were in, but it was quickly clarified as a massive portal opened up above them with a meteor inbound.

Peroroncino aimed up, "[Boost Maximize Magic: Sunblessed Arrows]!"

Multiple rays of sunlight hit the meteor, shattering it into smaller pieces, causing many smaller impacts, but nothing as threatening as the previous one.

Orphea teleported in front of Jevil, and threw a kick at him.

Jevil dodged the kick, and he grabbed onto her leg to slam her onto the ground, "TRY THAT AGAIN! HEEHEE!"

"[Final Counter]!" Orphea's other leg reached Jevil's chest, and Jevil was suddenly flung back a great distance, "Yeah I did try again!"

Peroroncino's arrows chipped away at Jevil's armor, and Jevil shouted out, "YOU'RE ALL TIRING ME OUT! I'M AT MY LIMIT! I'M GIVING UP!"

Jevil had the brightest grin on his face, stretching from cheek to cheek as he pointed up into the sky, "JUST KIDDING! I NEVER GIVE UP! HERE'S MY FINAL CHAOS! [Dimensional Block] ! [Delay Magic: Petit Catastrophe] ! [World Break]!"

"Oh, this rat!" Orphea shouted out with manic glee as she quickly tried to figure out the counter to that particular combo, "That's so mean!"

World Break was the signature skill of world champions, and it basically was a nuke. In addition to doing a bunch of damage, it breaks any defensive buffs and lowers your defense after the damage comes, so the world champion can keep pummeling you in the ground.

Petit Catastrophe was the lesser version of Grand Catastrophe. Petit Catastrophe was basically just a really powerful nuke, and the amount of damage it did rivaled a neutral damage super-tier spell.

So, in combination with world break, basically anything that wasn't a raid boss would die to it.

Orphea had to be honest with herself, it was a really great combo. She's just pissed that her and Peroroncino had to be on the receiving end of it. And she doesn't even know where Jevil got the mana to pull those two skills off after trading so many blows with each other.

Usually, she would counter a massive attack like this by using Power of The Unyielding, which nullifies 1 attack, which could only be used once a day. But then she would get hit by the Petit Catastrophe and die instantly.

If she instead tried to go for Abyssal Wall, which reduced incoming damage by half for 5 seconds, it would be ripped apart by World Break and she would still end up dying to Petit Catastrophe.

If she tried to use them both, she's not even sure if there'll be time to cast Power of The Unyielding because of the delayed casting of Petit Catastrophe.

She couldn't even try to teleport away, because Jevil used Dimensional Block, totally spitting on the fun the three of them were having. If Jevil had used Dimensional Block earlier, it would've forced the two of them to play closer by the exit so they could run if needed. Instead, they were far into the cave with no viable escape routes because they were comfortable with the idea of teleporting away.

What a great combo… With all the resources at her disposal, she couldn't think of a way to live this attack!

Which is why it surprised her to see Peroroncino bust out a super tier spell.

Instantly, Orphea picked up on what Peroroncino was trying to resort to, and she conjured up her own super tier spell.

Orphea & Peroroncino were tutored in a whole bunch of subjects, intended to make them both smarter to not look dumb in front of higher class people. And they both absolutely hated those classes, but they took it in stride and made solid progress.

Peroroncino once bemoaned upon learning about Newton's laws that a cool scenario like countering a really powerful attack with a different powerful attack couldn't work in Yggdrasil because it was a game.

Now, he could really see if Newton was right using real world scenarios. Their favorite method of learning.

They both cracked their hourglasses at the same time.

"[Super Tier Spell: Captivating Aura of The Sun]!"

"[Super Tier Spell: Yog-Sothoth's Wrath]!"

Light and darkness coalesced into one as it clashed with World Break, the three spells battling for dominance.

World Break was being pushed back, and just when it seemed as if World Break would fizzle out, Petit Catastrophe entered the fray and the flames of disaster began to push against light and dark.

The world around them was beginning to crack as the forces of power began to overwhelm the effects of Two World Mandala, and eventually, one side had to give in.

Jevil was ultimately one person.

Petit Catastrophe and World Break gave out as Jevil was struck by the two super tier spells, and the effects of Two Worlds Mandala broke alongside him.

After the dust settled, Jevil was lying on the floor, broken.

"THAT WAS SO FUCKING AWESOME!" Orphea cheered as she jumped and hugged Peroroncino, who twirled her around.

"YEAH THAT WAS!" Peroroncino shouted in agreement, "NEVER GONNA FORGET THAT!"

Jevil coughed, which immediately put them on their guard.

Jevil slowly raised his body to meet their eyes, and he slowly spoke, "Ha… Wonderful… Magnificent! I wonder… Can you…"

Jevil fell back down, "Can you… Defeat the looming darkness ahead of you? Fate has taken our masters… Perhaps Fate will take yours?"

Jevil chuckled for one last time with his final message, "Goodbye, heroes and villains! This was what I was looking for… In my last 150 years…"

The light faded out of Jevil's eyes, and once Orphea and Peroroncino slowly walked to his body, they could finally see that Jevil had died.

"Man, is it bad that I'm gonna miss him? That was such a good fight," Orphea kneeled to check his body, "I didn't know fighting could be so fun…"

Peroroncino nodded, "Yeah, we need to try out resurrection."

At that moment, Vagisilious's voice entered both of their heads, "Guys why the FUCK were you two gone for like 5 minutes?! You worried the hell out of me! What happened?!"

Oh, right, having responsibilities.

"Oh, you know, a fight," Orphea messaged her back, "We won though. Maybe we need a bit of healing. "

"You guys are the worst," Vagisilious said without any bite, "I'll be there in a moment. "

Orphea hummed and turned to Peroroncino, "Hey, Jevil died using the world champion class… Does that mean we can't use it from his canvas anymore?"

Peroroncino just sighed, "God damn it."

Orphea picked up the canvas and tried sticking her hand into it.

Instinctively, she knew how it was used. Apparently, you could store job classes inside of the canvas and take it out for later.

That meant that Elohs put his own world champion classes inside. But Orphea has never heard of Bad Bad Bathhouse having multiple world champions, meaning…

This must've been Elohs' final act in Yggdrasil.

Orphea didn't decide to take anything from the canvas. She's perfectly fine with her own job classes. And Jevil basically took all of the good classes from the canvas anyways with his own demise.

Well, maybe this will come in handy later.

Once Vagisilious arrived, the duo knew that they were all right.

---

"I should be executed for this!" Shalltear cried out in shame, visibly holding in tears, "I'm a failure!"

Demiurge, quite frankly, agreed with her words. It was an embarrassment for one of the floor guardians of Nazarick to be caught off guard by lesser beings.

Not just caught off guard, but so utterly beaten by them to the point of not being able to assist their masters!

Demiurge truly couldn't think of a more shameful defeat on Shalltear's name.

However, such punishments could only be decided by the Supreme Beings, so instead he said, "Now now, Shalltear. We have won the day, the three nobodies escaping will not prove too much of a problem in the future. I'm sure the Supreme Beings will be lenient in their punishment."

Shalltear sniffled, "But what if I am replaced as a floor guardian?! What will be my purpose then?!"

Demiurge patted Shalltear on the back, "There, there. I am sure the Supreme Beings will not be so cruel against you."

Demiurge glared at Aura, "You, on the other hand…"

Aura looked very displeased at Demiurge's words, "What?! I did the best that I could!"

"Letting all of your beasts chase a fleeing enemy and not even leaving some behind to defend both you and Shatallia is a truly reckless move that could've been easily avoided," Demiurge stated, "Because of your actions, you were utterly incapable of assisting our masters at your peak when they most needed it. And Shalltear may not have been so bold if it was only her leading the chase."

Aura pouted and crossed her arms, "Man, you're mean, Demiurge…"

"Perhaps I will be less so when you have matured and become better assets for our masters," Demiurge said, straightening his glasses, "We cannot afford having flaws, for if they do, they may leave once more."

Shalltear and Aura both were whipped into shape with fear upon hearing his words.

Shalltear nervously asked, "They wouldn't do that, right, Demiurge? Surely they'll have some semblance of mercy…"

Aura resolutely nodded, as if admitting Demiurge's words were true would manifest it into existence, "Yeah! Lady Bukubukuchagama is so nice! She wouldn't do that to us!"

"The minds of the Supreme Beings are indecipherable to lesser beings like us. We cannot afford disappointing them even slightly," Demiurge said, stubborn in his conclusion, "Improve yourselves, and never let this happen again. They might let this slide once, but who can say that they will let it happen again twice?"

Aura shoulder's fell, saddened by the reality of their situation, "I understand, Demiurge… I'll think twice next time."

Shalltear nodded, "I as well. I will not be caught off guard the second time!"

Demiurge smiled, "That's good. Now, Lord Punitto Moe is waiting for our reports. Let us not be idle!"

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"Nope, can't be revived," Vagisilious confirmed, holding Hygelia's Chalice in her hand over the bodies of the dead NPCs.

"Well, shit," Was all Punitto had to say, "Then in that case, don't let the NPCs die. Ever. That's going to be a drain on our limited gold supply if we ever have to spend hundreds of millions of gold to revive one of them."

Vagisilious nodded in agreement, "Yeah, that would be bad."

Punitto hummed, "Well, I guess we can use their guild weapon to see how much of their stuff we can access. Do we know where the guild weapon is?"

Vagisilious blinked, "Uhh…"

"We don't know where the guild weapon is," Punitto deadpanned, "Okay, fine, fine. It's not like the guild weapon is going anywhere, we can find it later."

Temperance soon entered the room they were in, holding 4 different bodies, "Hey guys! I found the bodies of the adventurers we met. Are we going to revive them?"

Punitto nodded, "Yeah. We don't really need to, but having more practice with revival isn't a bad thing. Vaggy, you revive two, and I revive two?"

Vagisilious tilted her head, "Why are we splitting it?"

"So I can have practice, dumbass."

"Oh."

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"And then Peroroncino and I were like, "We're gonna kick your ass, Jevil!" and Jevil was like "oh no! I'm done for!"" Orphea was busy describing how their fight went to the group of players.

They had decided to call it a day, and would be camping out for the rest of the day. So now they were just sharing stories of what happened.

"Jevil? I swear I know that name…" Blue Planet scratched his head, trying to remember where it was from.

Basically half of all NPCs in Yggdrasil were basically copies of different characters from different franchises because Yggdrasil players were the most uncreative people on the planet. So Blue Planet was trying to figure out where Jevil was from.

"If you can't remember it, it probably wasn't that important," Orphea said, getting Blue Planet to drop it, "By the way, can I get a chair?"

"ACTIVATING CHAIR MODE!" Coup De Grace shouted out, dropping to all 4s.

"Thanks, Coup," Orphea thanked as she got on his back, "My most faithful servant."

Coup De Grace would always do things like this, being the funniest suck-up ever. And quite frankly, Orphea liked it.
Peroroncino picked up Orphea so he could put her on his lap while he sat on Coup De Grace.

"Man, Pero, why are you like 6 feet tall and I'm like 5?" Orphea asked.

"You decided your avatar, Orphy," Peroroncino retorted, putting his head on her's.

Orphea nuzzled deeper into his body, "Yeah, I guess I did. Anyways, where was I? Oh right, so Jevil tried to pull off this combo, but then Pero and I threw out a double super tier spell…"

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Somehow, that was not the worst thing to happen for Ainz Ooal Gown today.

Just a few hours later, they were called back to Nazarick for an emergency meeting.

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Bonus Stories: World Item & NPC info. (Info is canon, reactions to world items are not 100% canon.)

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The Collector

Level: 100

Racial Classes:

Golem (15)

Profaned (10)

Vessel (10)

Incarnation of Greed (5)

Occupational Classes:

Gatherer (15)

Accountant (15)

Lord of Tribute (10)

Coin Master (10)

Treasure Lord (5)

Midas Devotee (5)

Karma: 0, Neutral.

Approximate Status

HP: 35

MP: 100

Phy. Atk.: 55

Phy. Def.: 55

Agility: 90

Mag. Atk.: 100

Mag. Def.: 90

Resistance: 75

Special Ability: 100

Total: 700

Biography:

What is wealth?

This was the question that was the core of my existence, as the answer to it always eluded me.

Gold? So common that it would be an insult to call it wealth.

Gems? Gems are nothing more than crystallized carbon, an element more common than gold.

Magical items? Close, but if they were made once, they can be made again. There was no greater disappointment in my life when I realized this.

Every time I thought I found the answer, I discovered I was wrong. I pondered for years on the answer to my question, and I believe I finally found it. On the surface, it seems ordinary, but I discovered that normally, one can only have 300 of them, no more and no less.

Fortunately for me, I have what it takes to satisfy my greed.

(Wtf is up with you and not giving your NPCs name dude? His name is now Prata!)

(You really used the guild weapon to put this into my NPC? Dude why?)

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The Gatherer

Level: 100

Racial Classes:

Golem (15)

Profaned (10)

Vessel (10)

Incarnation of Greed (5)

Occupational Classes:

Gatherer (15)

Accountant (15)

Lord of Tribute (10)

Coin Master (10)

Treasure Lord (5)

Midas Devotee (5)

Karma: 0, True Neutral

Approximate Status

HP: 40

MP: 100

Phy. Atk.: 50

Phy. Def.: 50

Agility: 100

Mag. Atk.: 100

Mag. Def.: 90

Resistance: 70

Special Ability: 100

Total: 700

The Gatherer's Biography:

The Gatherer, once a weak human, had everything that weakened him forcibly taken away by his new masters- emotions, memories, and even his old name. However, none of that matters now, as he has become The Gatherer, and his duty is to acquire the greatest amount of wealth possible. Nothing else matters to him.

(Why no name? His name is now Ouro!)

(Who are you? Because I know you're not Elohs, that guy hates NPCs.)

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Archivist

Level: 100

Racial Classes:

Human: Broken (15)

Remembered (10)

Forgotten (10)

Dilemma of Man (5)

Occupational Classes:

Fighter (15)

Observer (15)

Guardian of Memories (10)

Lord of Memory (10)

Master of Weapons (5)

Mind Devourer (5)

Karma: 0, neutral

Approximate Status

HP: 90

MP: 80

Phy. Atk.: 100

Phy. Def.: 50

Agility: 70

Mag. Atk.: 40

Mag. Def.: 50

Resistance: 50

Special Ability: 100

Total: 630

The Archivist's Bio

(You didn't make a bio for her? Criminal! Her name is now Biblioteca!)

(I was busy, also seriously what the hell are you doing? Why are you naming my NPCs after Spanish and Portuguese stuff?)

(Where's her bio now?)

(I'm not making one anymore because you keep being a little bitch stealing the guild weapon to edit bios and not revealing yourself.)

:(

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Jevil

Level: 100

Racial Class:

Imp: (15)

Jestborn: (10)

Mirthweaver: (10)

Chaoskin: (5)

Job Class:

Rogue: (15)

Sorcerer: (15)

Phantom Duelist: (10)

Chaos Sorcerer: (10)

Blade Dancer: (5)

Embodiment of Chaos: (5)

(World Champion: (5))

(Ranger: 15))

(Disciple of Disaster: (5))

(Executioner: (10))

(Disorder Archer: (10))

(Lord Over Power: (5))

(Insane: (5))

(Abyssal Sovereign: (5))

(Illusionist: 10))

Karma: -100, Evil Neutral.

Approximate Status

HP 70

MP 100

Phy. Atk. 95

Phy. Def. 40

Agility 80

Mag. Atk. 90

Mag. Def. 50

Resistance. 90

Special Ability. 95

Total: 710

Jevil's Bio:

It's Jevil from Deltarune.

Idk what else to add. If anyone else wants to add a good bio please do.

Pranks are Jevil's passion, a source of endless joy that he shares with friends and gleefully inflicts upon his enemies. To him, playing with food is not just necessity but a delightful game, turning meals into an amusing spectacle of culinary chaos.

His perception of reality is as chaotic as his prank. Jevil belies that the outside world is a self-imposed prison, with individuals choosing to confine themselves away from their true home, the "Bad Bad Bathhouse." According to Jevil, the only way to break free from this perceived captivity is to exit the outside world and enter their guild base, the Bad Bad Bathhouse, now not only are mortals free from the prison they can have new playmates that he can 'play' with. This inverted reality adds an extra layer of unpredictability to Jevil's already capricious nature.

Jevil's love or pranks knows no bounds, extending to both superiors and subordinates alike. His laughter echoes through their home as he revels in the chaos he creates, finding joy in the bewildered reactions of those around him.

Jevil harbors an approval for Colette's stalking habits. To him, having someone keep an eye on those who escape the prison of the outside world adds an extra layer of intrigue to the chaotic tapestry he weaves.

Despite his penchant for mischief, Jevil occasionally finds himself longing for company. Boredom creeps in when he's alone or surrounded only by his friends outside the prison. In those moments, he wishes for the outside world to break free, inviting others to witness the majestic wonders of their home, the Bad Bad Bathhouse.

In the chaotic dance of reality that Jevil orchestrates, laughter remains the common thread. Whether playing pranks, challenging perceptions, or yearning for new playmates, Jevil embodies the essence of chaos with a mischievous grin and a twirl of his Devilsknife.

Oh hey thanks. I can't read half of this though. Could you please use lower grade words.

No.

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Jindaga

Level 42

Racial Classes:

Troll (15)

Zandalari Troll (2)

Job Classes:

Executioner (15)

Defender of The Law (10)

Karma: 500, Extremely Good.

Approximate Status

HP 20

MP 5

Phy. Atk. 40

Phy. Def. 30

Agility 15

Mag. Atk. 5

Mag. Def. 10

Resistance. 15

Special Ability. 10

Total: 150

Jindaga's Bio:

Jindaga is a super cute troll girl! Definitely the cutest troll there is.

Jindaga is awesome and loves her friends a lot.

Uhh idk, she likes eating ice cream.

Oh yeah she has a crush on Yahweh now!

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Yahweh

Level 74

Racial Classes:

Imp (15)

Imitation (10)

Incubus (7)

Job Classes:

Warrior (15)

Standard Bearer (15)

Curse Bearer (10)

Eldritch Knight (2)

Karma: -300, Great Evil.

Approximate Status

HP 75

MP 55

Phy. Atk. 70

Phy. Def. 60

Agility 20

Mag. Atk. 50

Mag. Def. 60

Resistance. 65

Special Ability. 60

Total: 515

Yahweh's Bio:

Yahweh once lived in a wooden shack very very far away in Midgard before being invited to the Bad Bad Bathhouse.

At first, he was apprehensive about his new living conditions, but eventually he got used to it.

He's a sadist, and enjoys killing for fun, but he would never touch his new friends.

He enjoys painting too. And relaxing in the Bad Bad Bathhouse's many saunas.

Also I guess he's in love with Yahweh now? Idk how that happened.

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[Open Canvas - World Class Item - Deposit job classes inside of Open Canvas, and you can take them out at any time. You cannot go past level 100 with this.]

Open Canvas Lore

"Will I ever be greater than the old masters?"

Such a question has always persisted since artists began to paint. And even when paint turned to electrical light, such a question still remained.

Many believe the old to be better, but truly, all art is subjective.

The only one who could bring a great artist down is themselves. And nobody but them can stop them.

Which is why when the artist had his canvas taken away, he was not so upset.

After all, a canvas is just the window to the soul.

But there are many other windows as well, so why not just paint on air? And that canvas can be a lasting memory of why an artist's canvas should never be taken from him.

Denshosho's notes: I'm not an artist but I'm assuming that all the artists are going "YASSS KING SLAYYY!"

Though I'm like 99% sure that "painting on air" was something I heard in an anime somewhere…

Elohs' Yddad's notes: Man, I used to be so happy seeing this. Well, I'm gonna just put all of my job classes here, maybe the NPCs will be happy when they see it like when I was when I first got this.

[Two Worlds Mandala - World Class Item - a blanket that transports targets into a parallel dimension. Anything that happens in the parallel dimension happens in the real world.]

Two Worlds Mandala Lore

Children are the lifeblood of any civilization, and within their dreams hold the most potent power.

And so, seeking to take advantage of dreams, Ozymandias snuck his way into the realm of children.

He whispered poison into the ears of the ignorant. He fed lies into the mouths of the blind. He breathed out delusions to the noses of the mute.

Eventually, the realm of dreams was twisted to Ozymandias' will. And for the next 50 years, every child in the world was under his control.

However, with his great power, Ozymandias fell to his own delusions, and dreams eventually turned into nightmares.

Trying to lighten the darkness in his life, Ozymandias fell to a deep slumber, trying to fix his mistakes.

He never woke up again.

Denshosho's Notes: Professional Child Groomer Ozymandias. What a loser lmao. I can't believe they literally made a blanket into a world item, the developers are running out of ideas at this point.

[Drapes of Uranus - World Class Item - A cape filled with stars. Guarantees the user to survive a killing blow. Recharges in 5 minutes. Additionally, all spells from the 9th tier or below are nullified against or for the user.]

Drapes of Uranus Lore

"Wakener, your deeds have earned you the respect of the Primordial Dragons. You are to be rewarded, walk with me.

We Primordial Dragons are an elder race. These mortals you associate with, they are but children.

They have their role to play. Back in our prime, each cycle of new dragons swarmed their worlds, devouring all that they could. The mortals slayed the weak, the strong returned.

With each generation, we grew ever stronger.

Before your history even began, our empire was vast.

We shared this world tree with our sister races, the Deities of Yggdrasil who rule the leaves, the Beasts who inhabited the wood of Yggdrasil, and we, the skies of Yggdrasil.

Our king, our god, Neuvillette, was almighty and unstoppable, we worshiped his 7 heads each as their own deity.

Great was his power, and terrible was his wrath.

He consumed hope, and begat despair.

He inhaled courage, and breathed fear.

When Nidhoggr spawned into existence, we Primordial Dragons valiantly lead the charge against Nidhoggr.

Yet when it all ended, Nidhoggr had destroyed us all.

Neuvillete's last terrible breath still haunts Yggdrasil to this day. The shadows he left behind are mere shadows of his former glory.

Your gods are not our gods, outsider.

I will tell you this now, because you have earned this warning.

Though we may be raised to serve this pretender dragon king, if Neuvillette ever returned, we will cast off the chains that bind us and once again flock to his side.

The wisest among you will do the same.

That is all that needs to be said. Remember what you have learned today."

- The Raised Primordial Dragon, Y'Shaarj.

Denshosho's notes: NGL this lore is FIRE. Thank you Elohs' for sharing it with us!

So if the primordial dragons can be raised from the dead, can the other 2 elder races be revived too? Are we going to be facing off against revived gods and beast lords in the last expansion?

Or will we be teaming up with them to fight off against Nidhoggr? That would be fire.

Vagisilious's notes: NOOOO I WAS TRYING TO GET TO EXALTED REPUTATION FIRST! FUCK YOU ELOHS! I WAS LITERALLY 2 QUESTS OFF!

Elohs' Yddad's notes: YEAH FUCK ALL OF YOU GUYS! I'M THE GREATEST GRINDER IN THIS LAND! FUCK YEAH! I'M HIM!

Also this is literally just a word for word copy of the exalted reward. I got the voiceover of this here.

Denshosho's notes 2: Oh wow I guess the developers are lazy. I just got the exalted reward and yeah you were right, literally just copy and pasted the transcript.

It was still fire, though. I understand the developers wanting to show off their awesome script writing.

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AN:

18k words by the way.

Well, it's like 16 if you discount all of the things after the chapter ended, but 18 sounds cooler.

If I were a logical author, I could've split this into like, I don't know, 3 chapters maybe. But as it is, we still have a few different places to go to so I crammed everything in this chapter.

Eventually, I'm going to stop a chapter in the middle of something like I did with the whole bombing moment and the 72 Lords of Seraphim reveal and we're all going to be equally flabbergasted that I didn't finish everything up in 1 chapter.

Anyways, my greatest thanks to the comment section for making Colette, Jevil, the 300+ Trio, and the Drapes of Uranus. I ended up letting the trio go because their classes could be interesting if let loose from their guild base, and Colette stays alive because I thought of her bio at like 7 in the afternoon a week ago and I thought it was too hilarious for her to just die.

Jevil dies, and I have to ask, is that not my greatest fight I've written? Idk I'm really proud of it for some reason. I'm equally as upset that I wrote all of that for JEVIL and not like a Seraphim member for some reason.

Well, that just means I'll have to do better for the actual Seraphim fights.

Also, 9 hours ago I uploaded my latest chapter of Manifest Destiny, and this chapter was at like, I don't remember, 13k words I think? And I thought to myself "Yeah I can finish this chapter."

That was before the Jevil fight was written.

And you remember how I said you'll never get a jumping ever again and I immediately went back on my word and made a 1v5 against Colette? Then 2 1v2s?

Man, I can't even trust myself.

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So Bad Bad Bathhouse, I think I subconsciously picked it out of the Persona 4 fandom while I was reading fics there. I think it's like a kink forum thing based on the Kanji dungeon?
Speaking of which, I made Kanji the guild weapon for Bad Bad Bathhouse.

Ouro is Portuguese for Gold.

Prata is Portuguese for Silver.

Biblioteca, and I learnt this like a few days ago, is Portuguese for Library. Yeah, I didn't know that Spanish and Portuguese shared words. Though maybe I'm just stupid because those 2 countries are literally right next to each other on the same peninsula.

I named them all that way because Tristeza1, the guy who lended me the NPCs, speaks Portuguese.

The other two NPCs, the demon disguised as a doppelganger and the troll I just made up with no basis on any google translating.

Two Worlds Mandala is a canon world item with no canon effect, so I basically made it my own thing. Ozymandias is the king of kings guy.

Drapes of Uranus is from CZ from the comment section, though I guess his Ao3 profile is Antilene now. The lore for the Drapes is essentially a rewording of the Paragons of The Klaxxi warning from World of Warcraft. It's super cool, if you search up "Paragons of The Klaxxi Warning" on Youtube, you can hear the original thing.

Y'Shaarj is the Old God who's the master of the Klaaxi in World of Warcraft. But I made him into a Primordial Dragon and decided that there was an expansion where they were revived. Which expansion? Idk. After the Nazarick raid I guess.

Open Canvas I think I made up on my own after seeing Tristeza1's world item and getting a bit inspired. Though his version will be appearing later.

Oh yeah, black flash is just stolen from Jujutsu Kaisen, but you could probably tell.

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I made another MS Paint for this chapter. This time, I traced off JJK's 120% panel, because it's cool.

(FFN and their nefarious anti-picture laws. They're on Ao3, same chapter.)

It's very funny, I know. My tracing skills are unmatched.

Anyways, if you're curious, both Peroroncino & Orphea lose that fight if they went in solo. Final chaos goes crazy.

And the answer for how Jevil still had the mana for a petit catastrophe after throwing hands for like 30 minutes is "Rule of Cool" that's literally it lmao.

The next chapter is Baharuth, and to be honest, I'm kinda not sure what else to do there. I have like, 2 things I want to do there and that's it.

So basically, the next chapter should be super short, maybe even only 5k words long. Can you imagine that? A chapter that doesn't take like a year to scroll through?

Well, only if I don't get any bright ideas while writing that chapter. If that happens, I'm finished!

Also I just realized I said "Hey, there's going to be a lot of talking for the next few chapters and not many fights, so I'm gonna do the Argland state first so I can write a cool fight" and then I immediately follow it up with 3 chapters of just straight hands being thrown.

Man, I really can't trust myself. Baharuth better be just Talk-No-Jutsu!

Oh, yeah, I just thought of this, but would anyone want a different story picture for this fic on FFN that isn't just my profile picture? Which is currently just a trash can?

Not gonna lie, I am attached to my trash can, but at the same time there are probably a few people on FFN thinking "Well, why would I click on a story with a trash can as the profile picture. It's trash."

Also, is Orphy a good nickname or not? I went with it just because I thought it was fun, but the more I see it the more my eyes squint. But maybe that's just because I wrote Orphea like 100 times in this chapter and it's starting to look less like a real word to me.

Well, anyways, that's all that I got.

Feel free to leave a comment.