[3rd Person POV]
{2138, July 7th, Monday}
Inside YGGDRASIL there was a small, very simple event that would last an entire IRL day. Because the game originated in Japan, this event could be unknown or confusing to Western players, but in fact it was a kind of tribute to a festival that took place in the country, at a time when it was still possible to leave the house without problems and see the stars in the real world.
Tanabata, better known as Star Festival, was being celebrated within the game. The main part of the event consisted of letting the 4 in game days be 100% nighttime, with the simulated sky having more stars than usual. Furthermore, the capitals of each realm, along with the cities most frequented by players, now had mixed decorations between Nordic and Eastern.
The origin of the festival itself refers to two star lovers, Altair and Vega, who are always far from each other, but meet annually on the 7th day of the 7th month. Because of this, there were some very specific and interesting things that could happen to players, for example: Players who were officially in a relationship with each other, and made it official on their public profiles, received bonus EXP and attributes, if they were no more than 10 meters away from each other; Players could follow the Japanese tradition of writing wishes on paper and leaving them hanging in exposed areas, with a 5% chance of the wish being fulfilled, with the possible wishes being fulfilled being limited to temporary buffs and items that were at most 5th Tier (Legacy); And finally, Pets had a rare chance to summon a 50k Gold Data Crystals just once during the event.
Halfway through the 1st in game day of the event, inside Nazarick, Bukubukuchagama and Yamaiko were sitting in one of the open fields on the 6th Floor. Yamaiko was correcting some online tests for her irl students, as she was able to transfer the files to the DMMO-RPG with some ease. Bukubukuchagama was just there keeping company for the Nephilim Healer. In addition to the two, there were some Players and NPCs nearby.
Ulbert and Hikari were chatting a little, sitting on floating chairs, with an equally floating table between them. Those items were floating due to one of NPC Mary Necry's skills, in addition to talking, they seemed to also be playing chess, but it was quite complex, with the board being divided into 7 floors, with around 96 pieces in total, 3 times the number of pieces in conventional chess, in addition to having 4D Chess rules. There were also some NPC maids next to them, including Pestonya, who were bringing some treats, which even though they didn't really take away their hunger, still tasted good enough to completely immerse them in a great immersion.
"Darling~ Are you winning?" the pink slime asked, looking at both the players.
"We're in a similar situation, BB." Her boyfriend replied.
"In a chess like this, even the one with the fewest pieces can win, it is completely difficult to be 100% guaranteed…" Ulbert also commented, with a slight shake of his head, some little bells on his horns made a pleasant noise.
"I see… Hm… Yamaiko, why did you bring work here? Wouldn't it be better to do this outside of YGGDRASIL?" The pink slime asked again, this time looking at her close friend.
"That's why one of the reasons we asked BluePlanet to create a field of flowers, was so we could have a great place to relax... That and the feeling of carrying out activities in a place like that is incredible, you can even understand a little some scenes in very old romance books." The Nephelim said, with a really calm voice. "That and the game has the mental accelerator, which allows 1 day to turn into 4, much more time to calmly correct things."
"True… I never thought about taking advantage of this system to help me with my work…" Bukubuku became very thoughtful, with her gooey body almost melting, she was so calm there.
"You work as a Voice Actor, BB. The time the staff gives you to make the audios is enough so that you don't even need the system." Hikari said as he continued to play with Ulbert, moving three pieces at once.
"Hey! You can't do that!" the demon player complained.
"Baka. These 3 pieces are at different round times. Don't tell me you're not even paying attention to that…" The human player's words made the other feel embarrassed, he had really forgotten that detail.
"Hmm… having a lot of free time… eh…" The pink slime continued to be very thoughtful, until she slid her body towards her boyfriend. "Darling, you gave me an idea."
Everyone looked at her, confused. "What ideas would you have relating to what we are talking about?" Hikari was the one who asked her.
"I want to be something more than just a Voice Actor, and I think you would love this idea, to the point of wanting to participate together." She spoke excitedly and continued a little more. "How about we take advantage of our popularity as members of Ainz Ooal Gown, along with your fans as a journalist and my fans as a voice actor, to create something bigger and independent enough that we won't worry if we lose our jobs?"
"Oooh, thinking about a distant, slightly realistic future? That's good to see…" Ulbert positioned himself better, sitting in that floating chair. "But what do you think of doing, that would use all this?"
"Being a VR-Streamer!" The pink slime's response was so instantaneous, that the 3 players stared at it a little longer, as if they were thinking about whether they really heard that or not.
"VR-Streamer? Are you talking in the same way as on sites like THE-witch-Channel and Sunnytube?" Yamaiko asked. "I know this stuff is really popular with kids and teens, but your general content is more adult-oriented… how would that work?"
"She's right…" Hikari seemed to be talking about what Yamaiko said, but was actually agreeing with his girlfriend. "We could use some things that worked quite well in the past… for example… live videos with gameplay, karaoke, original songs, covers… things like that…"
"But what would the equipment be like for that?" Yamaiko was really curious about that detail.
"I'm a voice actor, I already have my own professional sound equipment." She answered
"And I would have no problem buying her some other equipment. The fact that these people are very successful overshadows the fact that the things they use are very simple. Their equipment is extremely expensive, but that is because of the brand, there are several that perform even better functions, which are cheap because they are from not so famous brands." Hikari spoke calmly, looking at a system window. "But I feel that most of the expenses would be on the 3D model and appearance of the location of the recordings."
"For this… I had a great idea." his girlfriend responded, appearing to smile behind the character.
"Great… But do you really not want to participate in the event? I mean, you two are the only ones in Nazarick who can earn the most benefits from the event." Ulbert questioned, confused.
"We have already prepared the wish papers, they are outside Nazarick, on the roof." Hikari was the one who responded, but Bukubuku also nodded in agreement.
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"HOLY FUCK! THIS IS A GENIUS IDEA!!!!"
"Shhh!! Be quiet, Tabula…"
It was the second in-game day of the event, Hikari and Momonga were talking to Tabula in his room. Why is that? Because Tabula was one of the few who had absolute permission to create more and more rooms on the 9th floor, as long as they were more decorative than functional, and Bukubuku's idea called for a room that did not contain things that are normally needed, was a perfect idea.
Why was Momonga there? Because it was with him that Bukubuku and Hikari talked about the possible idea of the pink slime using her free time in the game to become a VR-Streamer, after all, Momonga is not only a great acquaintance of both since the beginning of Nine's Own Goal, but also their guild leader.
And where was Bukubuku at that moment? She was with Ankoro Mocchi Mochi, asking her friend for help in making adorable idol-themed dress designs, inspired by her NPC model, Pestonya.
"We need to remain silent, even though we know how beneficial things will be in a certain way, you know very well that there is a huge chance that, if Punitto Moe finds out before the plan is happening, everything will be undone…" Momonga spoke calmly, with a slightly embarrassed, after all, he was the guild leader, but he still saw the Plant Cleric as a superior, due to his role as the greatest strategist among all the members.
"Ah… true… I always forget that little detail…" Tabula swung his tentacles very slowly as he got up and went to a closet in his room. "So… Create a Studio for Bukubuku in my name?… That could be possible, if that PlantHead asks something, we can say it was something made exclusively for the girls, in theory it won't be a lie…"
The two players nodded, allowing the Brain Eater Player to continue speaking. "But, remind me… how is the planning going so far?"
"The idea is to use this special room as a base scenario for her, and after that we use the flower field on the 6th floor as a secondary scenario, where BB can use Mare and Aura as companions or helpers. As this secondary part would be done there, no one could complain about us, as we are not taking the Floor Guardians out of their spaces." Hikari fiddled with a spreadsheet in the system as he spoke.
"Hm… So there really is a way to use NPCs to our advantage without breaking the rule that Punitto Moe created… I hadn't thought of that before…" Tabula said, taking a cube and placing it on a small table close to the two players. "So you don't want something too big, do you?"
"I think at most it would be good to make half of this room where there will be more technical things, and the other half to actually be her scene. That's how it used to work, with simpler setups, right?" Momonga gave his opinion, and the others agreed.
"Hey, talking about NPCs and Floor Guardians. Tabula, have you finished your project of creating the Final Floor Guardian?"
The question made Tabula freeze for a few seconds, and then look towards his friends. "Ah… well… I'm still configuring some things on it, but I already have the appearance and the choice of races ready."
"Good, because you're the only one left to finish a defensive utility NPC." Momonga pointed out that.
All the Floor Guardians and Area Guardians that had been requested were ready, with the exception of Tabula's Floor Guardian, and because of that Punitto Moe was always sending him threatening messages asking him to finish it soon. From that moment on, any other NPC created would be something extra and not 100% necessary, having the purpose of helping guild members with certain tasks, or entertaining them.
Tabula used that small cube to make a sketch of what the studio where Bukubuku would work in Nazarick would look like, but after that, he guided the two players into his laboratory. It was a complete alchemy-themed laboratory, it was quite empty at the moment, but it was likely that Tabula would make an NPC just to create potions more quickly.
"Here she is…" He said, approaching a large glass capsule that was covered by a white cloth, removing it to reveal the NPC.
She was a beautiful woman with very long black hair, wearing a white dress. It had two grand black wings that resembled those of a majestic raven, as well as two white horns on its skull. The curves, clothes, extremely exaggerated details, everything, with the exception of the neutral expression, seemed to come from some absolute beauty.
Momonga made a hissing noise. "You've outdone yourself, Tabula. Not that your other NPC doesn't look good, but this one… you really studied female anatomy a lot."
"Yes, yes, it was a little difficult to produce it, the artist I commissioned kept getting wrong about details that I asked, so I was forced to follow him on video calls, until this came up. I call her Albedo, and she is a Succubus."
"Succubus?" They both questioned.
"Yes, she will be a succubus with extreme defense for both magic and physical. Let's just say she is literally the final WALL." Tabula spoke theatrically again.
"Wait… Nigredo… Albedo… you're not thinking about making two others called Rubedo and Cinitritas, are you?" Hikari watched his brain eater friend get very excited by his words.
"Yes!! How did you know that????"
"These 4 words are used a lot in Western alchemy, they are seen in the scriptures when the creation of the magnum opus is mentioned." Momonga was surprised by the knowledge that Hikari spoke, leaving the skeleton open-mouthed during that conversation.
"Yes! Exactly, that's why I chose Albedo's main color to be white, and Nigredo's to be black." Hikari just agreed with what Tabula said.
They talked a little more about that NPC, which was almost being finished, and then headed to where the pink slime would be. When they met her, they talked about what the studio would be like, they even showed her that sketch made in a cube. If you could see the players' real faces, Bukubuku would have her eyes shining with joy, as she jumped on top of Hikari, thanking him so much for supporting her crazy idea.
It took a little longer for more things to be mentioned as ideas to use. But there was an absolute question about a slight detail to be thought about…
What would Bukubuku look like?
The first alternatives were related to her buying some humanoid 3D models, after all, not everyone likes non-human things. However, this idea was thrown out for the obvious reason that it could be seen as a surrender, since Ainz Ooal Gown is completely aggressive against humans who do not demonstrate themselves as allies. Other alternatives were limited to using 3D models of sexy monsters, something that made Hikari feel slightly jealous, at the idea of his girlfriend using something like that on live streams. Therefore, these ideas were also thrown out. However, there was one last idea that was very acceptable and possible to do, without having to spend much on that part.
"Yes, it would be good for you to use your own character for this…" Momonga commented, scratching his own chin. "But can you change the shape of your body to be something with a humanoid silhouette?"
"My main race is Slime, I must have some skill for that that I never realized because I didn't find it interesting at the moment…" She replied, with a system window open showing her entire skill tree.
"Oh! I found something that is what we were looking for!" Everyone looked at her curiously, and after a few seconds, her slimy pink body took on a more humanoid shape. Bukubuku ended up becoming a girl with an anime-style schoolgirl outfit and a ponytail, but she was still 100% pink.
"It may be like that, but if you think it need to gain more colors, I can use an illusion skill, BB." Hikari said while headpatting his girlfriend in her new form.
"Kaaaaay, senpai." She, as always, changed her voice to something loli-style.
"I have to say… If you don't make very sexualized content on your streams, you could gain countless fans in the 10 to 17 age group, looking like that" Tabula expressed his ideas, but then looked at Ankoro Mocchi Mochi. "Have you already planned what clothes you're going to make for her NPCs?"
Ankoro soon took out a holographic image and showed it to everyone, it was a super cute and adorable Idol uniform, one in yellow for Aura and another in green for Mare. According to the confectioner, her grandmother was the one who came up with the idea of being inspired by a group of V-Streamers that existed in the last century, that was a model of clothing they wore when they went to live music shows.
"So you live with your grandmother? Eh… it's very rare to see elderly people living with their grandchildren. You are lucky." Momonga spoke, with smile emojis appearing all over him.
"Ah, well… as she says, 'Bad pots are hard to break'… Eh… I don't like those expressions…"
"Anyway, they're perfect… I'll ask a friend of mine to model and physicalize these clothes, then we can transfer the files and dress my children in them." Hikari said, still trapped in his girlfriend's gooey embrace.
"I think it's cute that you call them 'children'... You two really are adorable together." Ankoro gave a slight smile.
"Well, they are my wife's creations, why wouldn't I call them my children?" Hikari's words made the pink slime change color to red, becoming extremely blushing when she was called 'wife' instead of 'girlfriend'. In response to this, the human player just started laughing and headpatting her, with everyone around finding this quite adorable.
And so it continued…
After that event, Ankoro, Tabula, Yamaiko, Momonga, Ulbert and Hikari, those 6 players were mentally helping with the future idea for the side job that Bukubuku would have to improve her income a little. Hikari, being the closest person to her among the 6, was the one who provided a little extra money so she could buy everything she needed that she didn't have inside her house. Only those 6 players knew about the pink slime's plans, the others were ignorant about it.
Then the day arrived, Bukubuku's first live stream. She was using Studio Tabula as the initial setting, it was a simple but beautiful area. A completely cubic room, with countless decorations that ranged from adorable themes, to a more monstrous and unique theme, such as, for example, small plushies that vaguely resembled some of the members of Ainz Ooal Gown, with a plush that looked like Hikari and two others that looked like the pink slime's NPCs were the only ones at the desk where she was sitting and introducing herself. She used her slime skill to change shape, looking like any other teenage girl in school anime themed clothes, as well as having that adorable voice.
Most of her fans recognized her because they were also fans of her work as a Voice Actress, but none of them knew her nickname in YGGDRASIL. So to maintain even greater security, she decided to adopt a new name to represent her new Ego, instead of using her voice act nickname, she was now called [TeaTeaBoomPop], or just TTBP, a slight reference to the meaning of the official username .
Hikari, Ankoro and Yamaiko remained close to provide a lot of support during the debut, always staying behind the cameras and speaking using voice changers, which made them sound like robots, after all, the star there was "TTBP" and not her friends. And when that was over, they went to see what the reception had been like, with Bukubuku having achieved a huge number of simultaneous viewers on that website on the first day.
Things continued to go like this…
After 2 months of doing that, she finally showed Mare and Aura to the viewers. Both were wearing the uniform that some Virtual Idols wore in the 21st century, and from the first moment they appeared, Bukubuku's audience tripled, seeming to stabilize at a considerable number. That was enough to draw the attention of some entertainment companies, who wanted to hire that rising streamer. However, she rejected all contracts, but still allowed them to call her to do collabs with the streamers who already worked for them.
TTBP's schedule was well defined, as she still performed at Ainz Ooal Gown as Bukubukuchagama, she only had live streams on some weekdays and very specific weekends. All of this is in accordance with her responsibilities both in YGGDRASIL and in her main voice acting work…
Or that's what many people said...
Because slowly, what was the side job became the main job and vice versa. Even though she tried to hide this from the other guild members, some ended up watching her streams secretly, at some point the information would reach the ears of the more serious people in the group...
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{2138, October 31th, Friday}
"So you managed to be so successful as an independent artist for 3 irl months? Not bad."
"I agree, but still, I feel slightly betrayed that I didn't know something like this was happening under our roof."
"I'm lucky I wasn't one of those who saw these lives…"
Three players were at the large oval table on the 9th floor, along with Bukubuku, Hikari, Momonga and Tabula. These three players were Garnet, Peroroncino and Punitto Moe.
"What was it? Her work hasn't interfered with anything at the guild... I mean, you just found out because Yamaiko accidentally talked about the 6th Floor Guardians' uniform." Hikari was the one who started to respond.
"Still, we should have been informed that one of the areas on the 6th floor and the 9th floor were being used for transmissions like this… What if someone found out where Nazarick is?" Punitto Moe said, raising his voice a little. "And you two, I feel betrayed knowing you were covering this up!" He pointed to the skeleton and the brain eater.
"Eh?! What about Hikari, aren't you going to scold him?" Tabula exclaimed, realizing that only he and Momonga had been singled out at that time.
"He and my sister always hang out together… if something happens to her, he knows, and vice versa… so we expected that from him, without a doubt" Peroroncino said, shutting the brain eater up.
"I didn't want to seem like a bad guy in this situation, but Punitto is right about possibly revealing the location of Nazarick by doing this…" Garnet returned to the main point of the discussion.
"I already said, we are using at least 5 different VPNs for connection, in addition to that I reconfigured my account, since I am the one recording the lives, to indicate me being at the entrance to Helheim, and as ALL players know that Ainz Ooal Gown is a guild from Helheim, that's not relevant, not even for those who don't know it's Bukubuku, or think it's just someone who paid to use our guild as a studio." Hikari replied, once again.
"Still, I don't think this will be enough…"
"Punitto Moe, just because we have at least 5 super specialized programmers in our guild doesn't mean that other guilds also have the same. Besides, if there are guilds with programmers like ours, I think they would rather use their own effort in their work than in our game…" Momonga finally spoke in that discussion. "In addition to all this, given the way our guild is becoming famous in such a short time, it is very likely that they will discover our location... but you shouldn't be worried about that, after all, we made the NPCs and traps precisely so that we don't get invaded. Isn't it?"
Everyone fell silent for a while after Momonga demonstrated that strength in his words, until the death vine player spoke again. "But the longer we exist without them knowing exactly where the guild is, the better…"
". . . I feel like you're becoming too protective, Punitto…" Garnet commented, poking the very screws that were in his neck. "I'm more worried about how tired Bukubuku might be than about defending Nazarick, not that that's not important, but if… you're getting paranoid about when Nazarick is actually found… I could increase the number of traps in floors 1 to 5."
"If this is the reason for being here, Garnet... I sincerely thank you for being worried about me, but I'm fine, without any fatigue... in fact it's even less tiring than my Voice Acting work, because there I needed to repeat the same phrases over and over again… being a VR-Streamer, I just need to keep quiet on certain subjects and the rest will flow naturally…" Said the pink slime, still well together and glued to her boyfriend.
Punitto Moe was silent for a few seconds, thinking about how to respond to Garnet and Momonga about the fact that he was being 'paranoid' for trying to ward off the inevitable, but he soon sighed, looking at the Automaton and the Skeletor. "If you say that I'm actually being paranoid... that's fine, but the next time I feel like something is going to go wrong... if you don't listen to me and we end up suffering for it... I will beat you all to the point of returning to Lv.10… understand?" Everyone was silent with the clear threat, but accepted the situation.
"Now... if you'll excuse me... Today there will be one of the first karaokes, and I'll be the person who will be there as a duet and instrumentalist..." Hikari spoke, getting up from the chair with the pink slime being carried by him, as they always do.
Momonga just made a movement with his hands, allowing the couple to leave the room, but it didn't take long for his expression to show quite calm, as he looked at the players who were still with him. "Do you want to watch the stream here using one of the holographic screens? Or are we going to follow them and see them 'live'?"
"First option." they responded in unison, even Punitto Moe said this, seeming to have been defeated and surrendered to the idea.
The first karaoke live wasn't bad at all, in fact it was even better than expected. Mare and Aura continued to appear in the background with those adorable Idol uniforms, while "TeaTeaBoomPop" was dressed in a schoolgirl uniform, singing the songs that came up. Hikari was right next to her, with an instrument that resembled a very rustic guitar, as well as wearing a more modern punk-style uniform, having a red mask so he couldn't be recognized, the [Mask of Envy].
And slowly... things seemed to get a lot better from that day onwards.
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{2138, December 24th, Wednesday}
"You were great this time… I honestly didn't think that performing a cover like that would get so tiring for both of us…"
"I have to congratulate you, darling. The idea of us doing this here was the best you could have done, it really gave a more than special feeling... But are you sure our bodies didn't show up?"
"Of course I'm sure, I looked at least 7 times on VOD before archiving the stream."
Keiko and Haruka were talking to each other, both equally tired from what they had done, to the point that they were sweating a lot due to the intensity of the moment. Normally, they would do this inside YGGDRASIL, but due to that festive date, they decided to do something more special, getting together at one of their houses and using a virtual camera APP to look like their models in the game.
Haruka took two cans of beer from the minibar in Keiko's study room, handing one of them to him. They both opened it and drank some, while thinking about what was going to happen next. That day was Christmas Eve, but what about the party itself? Would it happen inside YGGDRASIL? The answer to that was that, yes, there would be a party within the game, but it would actually only happen in the early hours of the 24th to 25th. And at the time it was only 4 pm.
So they had the idea of having a small Christmas party with their irl friends. It was obvious that some people invited wouldn't be able to go, either because they were already busy at the parties themselves, or because they really didn't see a reason for something like that. However, there were those who accepted.
Kazuya, better known as Peroroncino, was already in that house, having come with his sister. He was in the living room watching a movie on TV, as well as using his cell phone, something very expected of an uninteresting young adult at that time. Meanwhile, the other guests, who had not yet arrived, were Momonga, Yamaiko and Ankoro Mocchi Mochi. Yamaiko informed Keiko in advance that she would come with her little sister, Ankoro had told him that her gifts would be special cakes from the bakery she works at, and lastly, Momonga said that he would come without any problem, since he lives alone and close.
It didn't take long for them to arrive there one by one. For Yamaiko and Ankoro, that meeting would be very interesting, as they were the only guests that the original members of Nine's Owl Goal had never seen in person.
The first to arrive was Yamaiko. She was an adult woman, with not so striking features, in addition to her long black hair which, if it weren't for her hairstyle, would have covered her face completely along with those glasses with rectangular lenses, her clothes were red and white, being something slightly casual, but still acceptable for parties. Next to her was a girl around 15 years old, with black hair like Yamaiko's, but short and slightly spiky, unlike her older sister, she didn't wear glasses, and she was wearing a much more formal Christmas outfit.
"Good afternoon teacher." Keiko said as he opened the door. "You look incredible in that outfit, I say the same to you, Akemi."
"Hm… why do we want to use silly names like that outside of the game?" Said Yamaiko's sister. "You can call me Senko… surname Yamase."
"Wait… Yamase…?" Haruka arrived behind and observed the teacher. "Don't tell me your name is Maiko… Is your username literally a combination of surname and first name?"
Yamaiko seemed to be extremely embarrassed as she placed her bag on the table. "I'm not good with names… besides… I've never used that name in any way in anything else, so I have nothing to worry about…"
"If that's the case, there's no problem… The worst that could happen is your students discovering that their caring teacher is actually part of a group of powerful villains." Peroroncino made that comment, making everyone there laugh.
As they talked, mostly with Yamaiko talking about Keiko being too mature for his age, the doorbell rang once again. When the boy opened the door, he saw two people, one of them being that same hard-working man, Suzuki Satoru, better known as the leader of Ainz Ooal Gown, Momonga. The other person was unknown to him, but because she was wearing an adorable Christmas outfit with an apron, he quickly concluded that it was Ankoro Mocchi Mochi.
The confectioner appeared to be a young adult, with short blond hair, wearing a kind of red beret on her head, as well as that Christmas apron and characteristic gloves. Those two were together, carrying some boxes, which made Keiko go to them and take some of those, helping them enter the apartment, in addition to putting everything on the table.
"Apparently it wasn't a lie when you said you are a pastry chef… Really… I didn't even think that this job still existed manually." Kazuya commented as he went to the table and opened the boxes, inside there were several sweets, chocolates and two sweet pies. The hungry face he made was noticeable, leaving Haruka afraid that her brother would try to devour everything prematurely. To stop him, she simply pulled him hard by the arm.
"Hm… I'm going to get things done quickly and cut the pies… can I?" Keiko said, entering the kitchen to get some plates and cutlery.
"Of course you can…" Suzuki commented, sitting on the sofa and observing the place. "I thought of something… Hikari, your parents aren't coming, are they?"
Keiko looked at his friend, putting things on the table and sighing. "You don't need to use my player name here. After all, everyone here knows everyone's name, right, Saori?"
"Eh?! How do you know my name???" Ankoro Mocchi Mochi asked, super confused, and then Keiko pointed to her apron. Looking closely, you could see that in one of the corners there was her name written, so she just sighed in defeat.
Some laughs were had by everyone there, but soon Keiko returned to Suzuki's question. "I told them I wouldn't go because of you... knowing the way my parents are, their presence and way of speaking would make you all want to move away or feel uncomfortable... I'm not kidding... they talk about expensive and luxurious things so naturally… as if they weren't even in the same world as us."
"I understand… it's really good that this doesn't happen." Suzuki and the others agreed with that idea.
People spent time there, but Ankoro's sister continued to walk back and forth, curious. Until she ended up calling everyone to a room in the house, it was where Keiko kept his irl training items. It was not unexpected, as in addition to the common weights and gym equipment, there were even replicas of various weapons.
"How do you have something like this…? I've never seen it here…" Peroroncino said, picking up an ax from the wall, with a light touch on the blade, he realized that, even though it was a replica of a basic axe, it could still be used for self-defense.
"No matter how many times you guys come… I always lock the door after using my equipment… I mean…" Keiko blushes the back of her head a little. "I must have forgotten this time… as I was so excited for the Christmas karaoke live."
Everyone understood, but he could still see the excitement in Maiko, Saori and Senko's eyes. It was as if they were begging to see those items in action. Keiko simply sighed, understanding what they wanted. "Okay, I'll show you… let's go to the garage, normally I train in the living room, but as we've already packed everything for the Christmas party, we need to go somewhere very spacious…"
And so the 7 went to the lower floors of the building, obviously having permission from the security guard there, so that they wouldn't cause too much trouble. They brought a replica of each piece of equipment so they could see what Keiko's irl training was like. Everyone stood next to some vehicles, while the boy in question stayed in the center, in the most open space possible.
"Let's go… and don't blink…" Keiko picked up a stick that had circular tips, it was a safe replica of a spear, starting with simple thrusting movements, and then turning into some acrobatics, rotating the stick on its own axis, without ever fall or lose flow.
Kazuya took out his cell phone and started recording the situation, it was so incredible, not even Haruka believed that her boyfriend was really that skilled outside of the game. Everyone at Ainz Ooal Gown knows that "The Fantastic Hikari" did not use a Neural Helper, yet hearing about it and seeing it firsthand are two completely different things.
Soon after that he demonstrated movements using that blunt axe, then a plastic dagger, and surprisingly, movements using a katana and a sword, both with metal blades that were not sharp. To finish, he also demonstrated how he does hand-to-hand combat, just with punches, kicks and dodges.
"That was really incredible!!!" Saori and Maiko spoke extremely impressed, while Maiko's sister just stood with her mouth open.
"It's not that much… I can do better things with my YGGDRASIL body." Keiko responded modestly.
"So… are you telling me that you are only limited to your real body!? Holy shit! This is insane!!" Kazuya exclaimed as he stopped recording.
"Th-thank you…" He ended up feeling embarrassed because they were praising him so much, even when Haruka hugged him from behind, he shook in surprise, causing widespread laughter among those present there.
"Let's go back upstairs, now that you've shown us all this, I bet you must be hungry." Ankoro said, possibly wanting to know what everyone there thinks of her sweets.
"Of course…" Keiko said, quickly composing himself.
So, they went back to the apartment and had a Christmas Eve party, eating a lot, doing karaoke, and especially exchanging gifts with each other. Even though it was common practice to open presents after waking up, they all decided to open what they received right there.
"WOAH!! A new suit? And it seems to be of excellent quality… thank you very much Keiko-kun." Suzuki exclaimed happily when opening the first gift, but as soon as he opened the other, his face became serious. The next gift he opened was a well-made but extremely generic skull mask. "Is this serious, Pero?"
Kazuya laughed when he saw the gift he gave being opened. "What it was? Don't like it, Skeletron????" He couldn't stop laughing, but he suddenly became quiet when he opened his first gift, being an expensive collector's figure, from an ecchi game series that he loved, but the problem was that...
The figure itself was precisely one that his sister voiced…
"Don't you like being with your sister even more, Peroroncino?" Keiko said, with a smug smile on his face, he and Haruka had bought that, simply to irritate the poor fetishist.
"Shit…" Kazuya muttered, putting the gift back into the box.
"Oh! How lovely! Thank you so much, guys." Seiko said, taking out a cooking kit from inside her gift.
"It was nothing, Ankoro. As we only knew that your irl job was as a cook, I tried to think of the simplest and most practical thing." Suzuki said, scratching his own cheek a little.
"That makes sense… Anyway… now I feel a little stupid… since I gave everyone a giftcard, which is worth 40 thousand yen for shopping at my establishment…" Seiko said with a simple smile.
"Does this mean we can always buy from your bakery until we reach the total value of 40 thousand yen? It's quite understandable… you can't keep giving away amazing cakes for free, so it's just an excuse for your friends here to ask for some." Keiko commented and the baker just nodded.
"This is due to my bakery's policy, since I'm not the only one in charge there... my friend who runs the financial side is always very restricted... so really... this is the only way to cheat his system a little." Everyone laughed at how 'smart' she was for that.
Of the gifts that weren't open yet, Haruka had received a medicine kit, all of which were designed to take care of her voice and skin, something quite expected given her situation. As for Keiko, everyone said that, unfortunately, they didn't really know what to give him, so it would be something within YGGDRASIL. However, Haruka was the only one who said that there was a gift… with a slight condition, that it would only be given when the whole party was over.
That whole conversation made the boy blush nonstop, while Kazuya had an incredulous expression and the others gave some mischievous giggles, with the exception of Senko, who seemed to ignore everything, just wanting to know about the food. Everyone continued to have fun, singing a little karaoke and even playing some simple games that didn't require that much technology. At the end of it all, the party ended, with everyone taking with them the gifts they received, as well as small bags with what was left over from the Christmas meal.
Only Haruka and Keiko were left in that apartment…
"So, can we take this opportunity so I can give you my gift?" The young woman said, hugging her boyfriend from behind, after a few minutes of being alone.
He turned to her. "Ugh… are you sure about this? We need to wake up early to arrange some things with the Guil-" He could barely finish speaking, and he was attacked by continuous kisses that gradually became more and more intense.
"Let's forget about YGGDRASIL this morning~ We've already done a lot of work today with the livestream and the party…" She said, pulling the boy by his shirt to his room.
He couldn't fight against that woman, their bodies were easily pressed against each other on the bed, with several kisses being exchanged between them. It didn't take long for her to start taking off her clothes and attacking him like a real beast. Unlike what one imagined of a tired woman, it seemed that everything had disappeared, or that perhaps the kisses had completely replenished her...
It was an incredible Christmas morning for that couple…
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{2139, March 14th, Saturday}
"Thanks for the donations, guys! As promised before, 70% of the money I receive, after paying the fee, will only be used to improve our channel and equipment so that I can always improve the livestreams!" BukubukuChagama said, all happy and excited, using the appearance of her stream alter-ego, TeaTeaBoomPop.
"Anyway, today is our channel's first White Day! And as many know, if you really follow me on social media, I already have a love. An incredible man who is always supporting me... several of you may be jealous, but if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be able to be here!" She continued talking happily, sitting on a small wooden bench and swinging her legs agitatedly, with the landscape being the incredible flower field of Nazarick's 6th floor.
When she said that, Hikari, who was holding the camera, turned it slightly towards him, smiling and waving at everyone. He soon gave the camera to one of the NPCs who were there, in this case being Mary Necry, so that he could approach TTBP without any problem for the viewers, sitting next to her on that wooden bench.
As always, to hide who he was inside YGGDRASIL, he wore different masks, along with a completely black cloak, which left only his hands exposed. This time, the mask he was wearing was extremely smooth and white, to celebrate that date made for lovers.
"Yes, dear viewers! My camera man, who also interacts with us when I need a duet on my corvers, he is also my adorable knight in armor~" TTBP said that in a completely cute loli voice, which made Hikari just cough a little, completely with shame beneath that mask. "How some of you may know and some may not! White Day is a direct response to Valentine Day! In one, the girlfriend receives gifts and sweets from the boyfriend, in the other, the boyfriend receives the same affection in return!"
As she spoke, her two NPCs, Aura and Mare, approached the bench they were both on, each carrying a type of box. When they opened it, the one Mare was carrying had some kind of paper, while the one Aura was carrying had an incredible amount of beetle-shaped chocolates, with gold details. The paper was actually [Monster's Rule State], a consumable item, which allowed the player to tame a monster of their choice, with the monster's maximum level being 5 levels below the player's. The candies, called [Chocochoco Clumsy Beetle], were consumable items, which, unlike the name surgere, gave +5 in Agility for a period of 10 minutes in game, not being a stackable effect.
Those two boxes were worth a considerable amount of gold, enough to be able to buy 3 luxury cakes from the Ankoro Mocchi Mochi bakery, if the value was converted to real money...
"I loved the gift, TeaTea~" He replied, using her idol name and placing a soft kiss on her forehead, of course, with the mask between them. In reaction to this, the livestream chat started filling up with adorable emojis, while several donation notifications appeared above the slime girl's head.
"Hm… it seems like people loved our relationship, how cute~" She said in a loli voice.
"Ha… ha… anyway, thanks for the donation, guys!" Hikari responded by looking at the camera, but soon another notification appeared.
[LovelyGr33nP4nD4 gifted 7500 yen with the message "Oh my god! I've always loved these cute elves you have with you, TeaTeaBPop-chan! But since you already have a sweetheart, would they be… like…your two children?"]
That made them both blush incredibly, both in and out of the game. In response to this, Hikari headpatted the two little dark elves, and ordered them to sit with them on the bench. This resulted in Aura sitting between the players, while, due to lack of space, Mare's artificial intelligence made him sit on the lap of the largest player, in this case, Hikari, who continued headpatting him.
"Yes, they are, so much so that my dear TeaTea wrote in their flavor text that we are a beautiful family, aren't we?" The 'exposed' that Bukubuku received made her paralyzed, stuttering nonstop. This resulted in several viewers donating to her, seeing that scene was so adorable.
[Anonymous563: "LMAO!! She even looks like an anime character!"]
[Anonymous616: "I agree. The kind with social anxiety so bad you can only describe it as 'relatable'. wwwwww"]
[Salamonyahaha: "Adorable! Absolutely adorable!"]
[CakeSens31: "Take all that money! So perfect!"]
[Anonymous3252: "AH! What a lucky guy! It was supposed to be me, not him!!"]
Bukubuku soon began to shrink her slime shape, leaving her in size comparable to that of NPCs. This caused more fun laughter between Keiko and the viewers, with the slime girl blushing more and more with embarrassment.
The live ended with the human player deciding to play some music for his girlfriend. They were all old and emotional songs, using a very elegant bardic instrument and without the neural system to help with this, in addition to the voice appearing to be very moldable, being thick when needed.
[Anonymous616: "Oh my god! It's so cheesy it's good!"]
[LovelyGr33nP4nD4: "I can't believe it! It's the music from an old anime that I was marathoning these days!"]
[Anonymous3252: "Yes! It's from that blonde brat anime with a mechanical arm. Our! I didn't expect to hear someone singing that."]
[CakeSens31: "Marathon old anime? You really have nothing to do. wwwww"]
All viewers seemed to give more donations due to the quality of the music and finally the broadcast ended. It didn't take a minute for Bukubuku to return to her standard pink slime form.
"Why did you do?! T-the plan was to have a duet song moment!" She complained, still blushing.
"I know that when you look like that, you end up missing all the notes, my silly slime girl.~ " Hikari replied, taking off his mask, giving a simple kiss to his girlfriend's amorphous body.
Slowly that pink body became 100% red, like a tomato, and she became spherical, rolling away after so much embarrassment. The human player was left laughing at his girlfriend's reactions, while looking at the two NPCs, the couple's "children". He continued headpatting them, in addition to caressing and squeezing their cheeks.
"Hm… the feeling of touch really isn't 100% realistic… it kind of feels like I'm squeezing one of those stress balls." He expressed his thoughts while squeezing NPC Mare's cheeks tighter. "Oh my god, they are so cute! I think I'm going to die from so much cuteness!!! It was a really great idea to use them as 'assistants' for Har-BB." He almost said her real name, but stopped himself and just said her nickname.
It didn't take long for him to look at the NPC he created that was there too. The poltergeist was still there holding the camera, even though the transmission had ended. He ordered her to leave the camera next to him and took advantage of that to also look at her creation.
He tried to touch the NPC's face or hands a few times, but he passed through every time. He ended up facepalming, remembering that she was a ghost, so he made one more order. "Get concrete." And in this way, he was now able to touch the NPC.
Unlike Mare and Aura, in which BB was obsessed only with appearance, Mary Necry, as well as Hikari's other NPC, Belindo Dracul, were created in a much more detailed way. He had to create the models from scratch, with numerous small reliefs on the skin, to give them a more realistic appearance to the touch. Yes, it still looked like real skin, but it was much more than those dark elves. Not only that, the settings and character lore of both were also much more detailed than some Nazarick NPCs, due to Keiko's creative nature.
Due to the level of detail, many AOG members imagined that both were representations of real people. However, they were mistaken, with Belindo's appearance and personality being a mix of some anime characters from the 20th and 21st centuries, and Mary being his own creation, with him saying that it was something that came into his mind to do.
Keiko was deep in thought while surrounded by the 3 NPCs, when he suddenly received a sudden text message. It was Momonga, and to answer him, he picked up the audio-to-text system and started talking while walking in one direction.
[Momonga: "Hikari, something new showed up. A group from a random human found Nazarick and they seem to be preparing to attack…"]
[Hikari: "Really? How many?"]
[Momonga: "It appears to be a group of at most 20 members, from the equipment I can see, using the special cameras in the external area, they appear to be players between lvls 50-80… That or they are newbies using a lot of cash items."]
[Hikari: "I see, is there any problem besides that?"]
[Momonga: "The tests we've done so far with the current NPCs and Traps were done only by you and Punitto Moe, so until now we haven't really tested with outside players. And as you well know, in case there was a failure that we didn't notice, we were supposed to have several members ready for attacks."]
[Hikari: "Even though it's Saturday. There aren't that many of our members online, and most of them are doing that quest to have access to the HistoryQuest related to Ragnarok, right?"]
[Momonga: *agreeing emoticon*]
[Hikari: "Okay, Bukubuku is also at the base and online, so I'll let her know, we'll meet at the 6th floor amphitheater and use the camera system to keep an eye on the situation, okay?"]
After this message, he went after Bukubuku. The beloved slime girl was inside the big tree that was her NPCs' home, she was very easy to find and warn about the situation. It doesn't take long for all available players to be in the amphitheater. In addition to the two lovebirds and the necromancer skeleton, there was also Beast King Mekongawa, who just hadn't gone to the quest, because he was too tired due to his irl work, wanting to be in YGGDRASIL just to do the thing he did most in those times, which was tinkering with his NPC, Lupusregina Beta, one of the Pleiades, always testing new uniforms and accessories for her.
"So just a group of human players, right?" Mekongawa said as he watched the floating screens that Momonga created.
"Very simple people…" Momonga said, noticing that some of them were scared and attacked desperately against the common enemies on the 1st Floor.
"They really must be newbies… Are we really needed here?" Bukubuku questioned.
"You never know if they'll hit the teleport trap here." Hikari replied, even giving a small laugh when she saw a dwarf girl falling on her butt on the ground after receiving a jumpscare from a normal [Skeleton Warrior].
"I agree... besides, we can't forget that they seem to have good equipment, it doesn't matter if they are newbies who rose in power using only money. Anyone can be lucky enough to destroy undeads this way." Momonga's words were accepted by everyone there, and they soon continued to look and wait for the need to intervene in that invasion.
Among the members of that group, the vast majority were human players who focus exclusively on physical job classes. Of course, there were some with more diverse job classes, but they didn't seem to have evolved to a high level, considering that, even though they looked desperate and were scared all the time, they continued to use skills that could be considered simple, or annoying like a fly floating near your ear, compared to the skills that AOG members normally use in friendly battles.
"Apparently their little leader is taking them to one of the teleportation traps." Bukubuku said, pointing to one of the floating screens with a tentacle from his slime body.
To further separate enemies, Nazarick's teleport traps were very random. The same trap had a chance of taking to a maximum of 6 different places for each person who fell into it. Of course, such teleports could be controlled and make an entire group go to the same place, but that was in special cases.
And as expected, they just entered a dead end corridor. The entire floor of that corridor opened up, showing a pit where the bottom was the teleportation portal. Everyone had fallen, and Momonga quickly activated the cameras in the locations where they could fall.
Seven unlucky players ended up falling in the middle of a disgusting floor, full of cockroaches that kept biting and devouring parts of their clothes, that sub-area was known as Black Capsule. The victims there screamed in fear, trying to attack the cockroaches with their weapons, but ended up attacking their own allies, due to an effect of that place, which linked the friendly fire between parties.
Another five ended up appearing in a "safe" area amid the extensive rope bridge that led to the Floor Guardian Shalltear Bloodfallen's habitat. Four were "lucky", as they were taken to the 5th Floor, more specifically, to the Frozen Prison, from everyone's expression, they were being affected by the Freezing Effect that the entire floor gave, in addition to the noises, there were already some [Frozen Ghouls] hidden in nearby hallways. Finally, the last 3 members of that group of invading players, Momonga's special screen showed that they had been teleported to the amphitheater, and heteromorph members could clearly hear a woman screaming in panic due to the fright of having fallen into that trap.
"Who will fight them?" Mekongawa spoke while appearing to sharpen his claws with one of his daggers.
"I'm going down there to do a little presentation, and I'll send Mare, Aura and Mary to fight them. What do you think of that?" Hikari said, already standing up.
"I'm fine with that, they seeing an unknown human player in this situation is hilarious to think about." Momonga replied.
"Okay, our babies should be able to easily handle a fight against anyone if they're good together." the slime girl said happily and with a loli voice.
Hikari soon jumped up, going down to the large circular stage of the arena, changing his outfit, he was now wearing a sleeveless and open jacket, no shirt, loose pants that went down to his heels and barefoot. It took a while for the invading players to appear and enter that arena, only when a human girl saw him, he was noticed.
"Oh! Hello invaders! I see you were lucky enough to be teleported here, how interesting." Hikari spoke with a smile, clearly seeing above the players that they were at most lvl 50.
"Invaders??" "Eh???? What is a player doing here?!" "Did anyone else buy information about this dungeon?! Are you kidding me?!?"
The three players spoke irritated and confused. Two were women, with one being human and one being elf, while the only man appeared to be a human rogue.
"Oooh?" Hikari heard that and had a strange smile on her face. "Well, this dungeon you entered, The Great Tomb of Nazarick, was actually conquered around 1 irl year ago, and has been our guild's base ever since."
"My God!! One YEAR?!? We had gotten this information last week, and it was being considered very new information!" The Elf girl complained.
"Well, now that you know you were raiding a guild and not a simple dungeon, you have two options. Either you leave here now and I return 80% of the items your dead comrades dropped… Or you die right here." Hikari's words seemed to anger the invaders, who gripped their weapons tighter and pointed at him, with the elf girl even spitting in his direction.
"You seem like an idiot, for thinking that someone would give up like that." she said, her pointy ears fully up.
"Don't you know what you're up against, kids? Newbies like you, wanting to fight [HIKARI, THE MIDGARD'S WORLD CHAMPION] just because you want to?"
His words echoed throughout the amphitheater, their eyes widened as they looked more closely at the person in front. The spiky red hair, that name, that job class…
"T-The journalist?! M-My god! I hadn't even recognized! I-I'm sorry my friend talks to you like that! I-I'm a fan!" The human girl spoke, stuttering a lot, immediately dropping her staff.
"W-What?!?" The other two were too confused by it all, and as if they wanted to escape from there, they looked around, only to realize that there were 3 more players there, all sitting in the stands and just staring at that scene.
"Enough! Hikari-sama, you showed me that there is no reason to give them mercy, even if everything is a mistake." Momonga said, standing up and swinging his grand staff. The clear skies on the 6th floor turned reddish, as if it were a sunset in the world made of flames. "You can get out of there, they don't deserve to be attacked by your blade, it would be disgusting to see such a scene! We will now send 3 NPCs to destroy them."
Hikari sighed and jumped, landing in the stands, next to Bukubukuchagama. With no time to waste and without letting those players recover from the whole scene, magic circles appeared on the floor, and Mare, Aura and Mary came out of them, all already wearing an appropriate outfit to be Floor Guardians, instead of the Idol uniforms for the BB lives.
"I recommend not taking it easy because they are adorable~" BB said.
"These blondes will annihilate you~" Hikari continued.
And so it happened... it wasn't that complicated, all the invading players either died, or logged out because of the horrors they experienced inside Nazarick. Those who suffered the most were definitely those who fell into the Black Capsule and those who ended up finding Rubedo in the Frozen Prison. The fight on the 6th Floor was also not disappointing, being exactly what was expected from the settings and teamwork of the 3 NPCs.
When some of the AOG members returned from the quest, they even saw recordings of what happened, with Yamaiko being the person to react the most when she saw what happened to those who fell into the cockroaches' domain. The information that Nazarick was being talked about as an unconquered dungeon made Punitto Moe rethink a little about the Guild's protection situation, after all, it was clear from the recordings that a small group like that would never try to enter if they had this basic knowledge.
"After the Ragnarok HistoryQuest, we will publish the information that our Tomb already has an owner. I find it impressive how those newbies came here without researching anything further, trusting an informant so blindly…" Punitto Moe said, pacing back and forth, being in his room with Momonga, TouchMe and Hikari.
"By the way, how is our progress towards Ragnarok?" Momonga asked, making TouchMe show him a floating, pulsing red heart.
"So the item we got was [Sulfur's Heart]? Better than nothing… This makes us mandatory for Ragnarok to be considered a winnable quest." Hikari commented, taking that heart and analyzing it. "Apparently, Ainz Ooal Gown will go deeper into the game's story than I thought…"
[[[3rd Person POV]]]
"ARGH!!!! Take it, FUCKER!!!!"
Said a certain insectoid, completely irritated and without patience, crushing the skull of a huge wolf again, again and again, using the blade of his great sword.
"Should we… calm him down and tell him that [The Great and Legendary Fenrir] is already dead?"
"No... Let's let him take out all his anger on the corpse... after all, he almost died 20 times in this final stage, plus the Boss drops are being spawned in the next room."
Those who were talking were Momonga and Punitto Moe, both watching the famous paladin, Touch_Me, having a fit of pure rage for the aforementioned reason. Meanwhile, most of the Guild members were entering the said room that was beyond the Boss, but there were still those who watched the Punisher Insectoid beating and cutting that corpse.
AOG was finally finishing the Ragnarok History Quest, something that was initially thought to be fast, turned out to be a pure two-year adventure. With this grand quest being divided into 20 stages, 19 of them being given to guilds in random order, and the last being the battle against 4 Bosses, [Surtur The FireLord], [The Great and Legendary Fenrir], [Fury of Vidofnir] and [The Oldest Remnant of Odin]. It had been a very intense Final Stage, with each guild member being forced to use at least twice a very expensive item called [Max Refresh], a transparent tube with a blue liquid that allows the user's HP and MP to return to maximum instantly.
"Hey! There's something interesting here, come and see!" Peroroncino ended up drawing their attention so that all members could enter the next room.
It was a half-destroyed square room, the intact part was full of large chests with orange decorations, while the other part was simply a large hole, in which they could see an immense abyss, and on the other side of the abyss, something that resembled a japanese dojo. There didn't seem to be any way to get there, it was like a scene element, but Hikari was staring at that landscape while the others were opening the loot chests.
The main reason the chests were decorated in orange was because AOG had been the 3rd guild to complete the entire History Quest. The two guilds had finished their final battle at least 5 hours ago, but compared to the fact that the most powerful guild behind them was still stuck at the 17th Stage, then the mighty Heteromorphs were actually far ahead.
"Was that the interesting thing?" Momonga asked while also looking at the scenery.
"I don't see anything much, it's not on the map, so it must be an area made just for landscapes, there's no way to get there." Punitto Moe commented, turning around and heading towards the loot chests, the same way all the other members did.
"I don't think it's just a scene element…" Hikari said, pointing to a kind of metallic target that changed color between blue and red. "It appears to be a bifrost temple. I'll go and see what's there…"
"To see? But how?" Momonga questioned, but was stunned by what his colleague did.
Hikari took his bow [Bow-Bifrost] and aimed at that metal. Using [Greater Aim of Ranger] he fired, a sharp sound was made as it hit the target, and surprisingly, a portal appeared below the cliff. The human player looked at the Guild leader with a smug face.
"Okay, you're right…"
"I'll go there and see what's new, I'll send you a message if it's an extra battle." He said, before throwing himself off the cliff, entering the portal and going to that dojo.
"Damn… why would they do something like that?" Touch_Me said, finally arriving in the room, but managing to see what his best friend did.
"Well, it must be a kind of extra for story reasons, after all, it is said by some that the original bridge, the Bifrost, had been destroyed during Ragnarok. So whoever has an item of this material can do this…" Peroroncino got involved in the conversation and sighed. "I even tried shooting with my own arrows before, but it didn't even work."
"Seeing as how the vast majority of items made by devs, with 'Bifrost' in the name or flavor text, are not that strong, it must have been a way of congratulating whoever still decided to bring something like this to the fight." Momonga tried to come up with the only possible explanation and soon he also joined the others to see what they had achieved.
The chests contained numerous consumable rewards, the vast majority being [Greater EXP Balancer] and [Gacha Coin Tier 3], two items that made any player gain an absurd amount of EXP and Gold, depending on the current amount each player had. There were also some weapons and magic stones, which could be used to create or improve items. But what interested everyone most were 3 specific things, the first being a special skin, in which certain species could have interesting effects, with embers and a divine aura around the body, few AOG members had races that this effect could be placed.
The second was a kind of invitation that only existed in one of the chests. That invitation seemed to give permission to the Players to be able to talk to the Devs, in addition, according to the flavor text, the conversation would be related to making the guild in question part of YGGDRASIL's canonical lore. This made several AOG members excited, for a player to be recognized as part of a game's lore due to achievements? This even seemed like a dream. And of course, the person who would use this item to talk to the Devs should be the Guild Leader.
And speaking of the Guild Leader, the third thing was something that caught Momonga's attention when he opened a small chest a little away from everyone. Inside it was only a red and glowing sphere, as if it were some currently deactivated mana receptacle. What intrigued him most was the name of the item… or in this case, the lack of a name.
"What did you find there, Momonga? Seems interesting." HeroHero, the second slime player in the guild, asked as he approached the skeleton.
"Nothing much, I think I'll keep it, it looks like it's some kind of equippable item." he replied as he put the orb on as equipment.
When he did this, it positioned itself inside Momonga's body, more specifically where his intestines would be, if he weren't a skeleton. But one thing scared him… It was permanent equipment…
"And now it's attached to me… but it seems to be a magic caster assistant according to the basics I understood from the flavor text, so perfect…" he said again, now completely opening the cloak he was wearing to see what the orb looked like there.
"Wow, it looks like you have a shining target." Peroroncino commented, and everyone ended up agreeing.
"Well, the idiots who target this thing, thinking it's a weak point, will end up suffering." Punitto moe took one of the positives of having a shiny red orb exposed like that.
It didn't take long for everyone to finish collecting the loot from the room, including Hikari, who ended up returning the way he had gone. Having a kind of reddish metal staff in his hands, it ended up catching the attention of Punitto Moe, who went to see what the boy had picked up in that extra area. Touch_Me and Momonga also went to see what happened.
"There was nothing much, other than dusty chests with data crystals and this item here." He showed that metallic staff, with the name [Laevatein]. "It is a type of multi-weapon with a flaming appearance and which gives an attribute buff to spellcasters, swordsmen and martial artists. Depending on how you use."
"Multi-weapon?" The three players questioned and the boy demonstrated it.
Initially, it looked like a very elongated metal bar that slightly resembled a simple staff. However, placing the staff horizontally, keeping one hand at the end, and moving the other hand towards the other end, suddenly the central part glowed and turned into chains, the staff had become a nunchaku. After that, he returned it to the shape of a staff, held it with just one hand and swung it very quickly, until it made a sharp sound, as if cutting through the wind, shining and remodeling itself, now becoming a big knife. Everyone found the options that that item gave to the user interesting, but even so, they allowed Hikari to be the owner of it, because he was the only one who went looking for that object.
Finally, the last members of AOG left the reward room, making it completely official that this guild of heteromorphs was the third, in all of YGGDRASIL, to complete Ragnarok. It wasn't long after that that Ainz Ooal Gown entered the game's lore, as being the most powerful group of heteromorphs in all of history.
Information about the guild was being exposed by members, ranging from superficial things, to completely dramatic and theatrical versions of events, maintaining the roleplay identity that everyone there loved. With the most impressive situation being a joint interview with 20 of the 41 members, answering questions about what they liked most about the game, how everyone there met, and giving tips to some players, as expected from AOG, the vast majority of tips they were related to builds with Racial Levels, leaving human players largely aside.
After the interview and the addition of AOG to the game's lore, there was greater recognition. With enemy guilds becoming increasingly rare to attack, and allied guilds spending a lot of time close to them. Their fame grew, and they became, in everyone's eyes, like the biggest villains, the type of group that no one wants to see the bad side of.
Two specific players, these being Bukubukuchagama and Hikari, ended up being much more affected by the guild's fame, as they were recognized as TeaTeaBoomPop and "Camera Boyfriend" in such a short time due to the hardcore fans they obtained over those 3 years of streaming. Even so, they did not stop using pseudonyms, and continued their work together.
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{2141, May 1st, Monday}
{IRL - Keiko's House}
The young game journalist woke up and tried to get out of bed, having a little difficulty because of his girlfriend, who had come by surprise and spent the whole weekend with him. After leaving her firm embrace, he managed to go to the bathroom, clean his face and take care of all his personal hygiene, having not put on his contact lenses and being in his pajamas, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
While there, he prepared a hot bottle of coffee, as well as artificial bacon in the frying pan and some really thin slices of tofu, which, when fried, became a kind of snack. Putting everything on plates and glasses on the table in the living room. The morning seemed calm and simple, like any Monday morning for someone like him.
Until a call destroyed the calm, it was Masato Senju's professional number, the one he uses when working in police. Keiko didn't take long to answer. "Hello? Masa-san?"
"Keiko, I don't want to scare you, but could you turn your TV on to the live news?" The voice of the famous Touch_Me seemed breathless, with even some strange noises in the background.
Without questioning, the boy left his breakfast on the table and went to turn on the television, putting it on the local news channel. What he saw made his eyes widen.
It was a broadcast about some kind of attack that a building was having, according to the information that the news gave, it seemed that one of the companies that used that building had a huge drop in their business actions, and because of that, an employee went completely crazy, setting fire to the place, in addition to killing some of his companions as result. The police had been called after an explosion occurred in one of the parts of the building due to the fire, and were already surrounding the building together with the fire department.
Keiko stared in shock at that transmission, recognizing the name of the company. "This is not the company that…"
"That Bellriver works for? Yes, it is... I was called to provide backup and we are helping the people we managed to rescue. I just saw him being taken away by an ambulance, with his legs badly burned and some wounds on his body. I'm warning you in case something worse happens, or if the members ask about him... you know very well that-"
"I know that most members don't watch the news... Anyway, thanks for letting me know right away. And for the love of god, Masato, stay safe! If this building starts to collapse because of the fire, get out of there immediately!" Keiko spoke worriedly on his cell phone.
"Okay, as I was called as an extra reinforcement, I'm not really obligated to stay in the area, I'll update you with anything." Just like that, Masato Senju ended the call.
Keiko stared at the television, carefully observing this sudden situation, until he felt a gentle touch on his right shoulder, as he looked, it was Haruka. She was also in her pajamas, a little messy, as she started hugging him from behind and watching what her boyfriend saw.
"Ah… darling, it's morning… Why are you seeing this kind of thing?…" From the sleepy way of speaking, it was obvious that she had now entered the room, not knowing the context.
"Of course I'm not going to see this, I just turned on the TV… your breakfast is ready, you can go eat." He kissed her on the cheek and sat on the sofa. "I'm going to have to change my calendar…"
That sentence was much stronger than he expected to be…
He was still planning a party for all of AOG to attend IRL, in order to celebrate the achievement they made two weeks ago. That sentence was referring to having to adjust the schedule a little and put it for a few weeks after the normal, for now he was thinking too much about Bellriver's situation...
And so, it started to get worse…
The members were informed why the hecatonchires was not participating as much in some events, saying that he was in the hospital due to accidents at work, but only few really knew the level of severity of it all. Three weeks passed, and sadness truly hit the guild members.
Bellriver was unable to resist the large degree of burns and cuts for long, ending up dying in hospital due to a general failure of organs that had been affected in the fire, but which doctors only noticed when it was already in an advanced state. There were two burials for him, one inside YGGDRASIL, with members paying their respects inside the Cherry Blossom Sanctuary, and the other taking place irl, in a simple cemetery in Japan's countryside, within the AOG members, only Hikari and Momonga had a schedule open to participate.
The funeral was simple, with only 3 of Bellriver's relatives there, his mother, sister and a cousin. The two players knew the difficulty that the deceased's family was going through, due to some mandatory conversations about a "stable life" that was required to Bellriver to enter the guild. With him, that family even had enough money to save, but now, it would be difficult to stay okay. And because of that, Keiko went to them and gave them a card with money, which represented the deceased's hard work during his days in YGGDRASIL, in addition to proposing a side job as a helper for his sister, it wasn't something common to see these days, but the kindness he delivered was accepted.
"You really are a very different person, Keiko-kun." Satoru said, thoughtfully, as he got into the car, the funeral was over, and he would be driving.
"Different?" The young man asked, a little confused, sitting in the passenger seat, taking off the breathing aid that was attached to his clothes.
"Being charitable and respectful like that… It even sounds like things my mother said about my grandparents." he replied, taking off his suit tie and starting to drive. Taking a while to continue. "That's not really what I expected from a rich man's son. And… what was that? Give a job out of nowhere?"
"From some conversations I had with Bellriver, I know that his sister works part-time at a grocery store, even though she was trained to be a Designer. So, giving her an opportunity to earn a little more by helping me write articles, when I'm really tired, shouldn't be that much of a problem…"
"But with what money???" Satoru asked really wanting an answer. "You haven't received an allowance from your parents for a year from what I heard, besides, the YGGDRASIL Staff might not like it."
"I will pay her half of the salary that I earn from YGGDRASIL, with an additional amount that I earn with Haruka…" He replied calmly. "And like I said, she will only work and be paid when I need help, which will be soon, as countless BoomPop fans are asking me to appear a lot in the gameplay and interaction lives that she does."
"I can understand your logic… in theory it makes sense, given how things are, there will be no complaints in the monetary case… I think…" Satoru commented, stepping a little hard on the accelerator.
"Are you still going…?" Keiko apparently wanted to change the subject.
"For the event? I already told you that you need to tell me in advance when it will be so that I can at least say whether I'm going or not."
"Of course, I'm still planning properly, since with his death, I was forced to see a better day for us, and the place I thought about renting doesn't have any other upcoming dates, but I promise you, it will be on a Saturday."
"If it's a Saturday, I'm definitely in…" they did a fistbump, playing some music, as there weren't many things to talk about.
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{2141, October 28th, Saturday}
It was the day...
The guild's celebration had become a reality, and, as expected, it would not be held inside YGGDRASIL, but in the real world. The chosen location was a large building belonging to a company specializing in events and entertainment. Each floor of the building had a kitchen, a set of bathrooms, and, most importantly, a party room. Considering the number of guests, only a single floor of that place had been rented.
The hall was magnificent, compared to the life they had outside the game. The walls were decorated in a way that resembled some of the floors in Nazarick, apparently, a small band had been hired, as there were some instruments on a small stage, with no people at the moment, and not only that, part of the hall had a grand table, in which there were 41 chairs, each one having the nickname of each AOG member written on the back. It wasn't such a round table, but it was a clear reference to the Round Table Room on Nazarick's 9th floor.
Keiko, as the main person in organizing all of that, was already present at the moment, asking some of the cooks in the building to defrost and prepare some desserts, as the snacks had been on the main table for a few minutes. Due to the dress code that he and Punitto Moe planned, the boy was wearing a simple black suit, with a red shirt underneath, as well as a white mask that covered half his face, with an abbreviation of his nickname written on his cheek.
The purpose of the mask was to take into account the fact that there were still people in the guild who had not met in person in the real world, so, out of pure respect for them, everyone was asked to speak to each other using their nicknames if possible. This way, everyone would feel comfortable on such an occasion.
"The party is going to be very interesting…" Said a person who approached, wearing a classic theater mask with a long beak, obviously it was Peroroncino.
"Oh yeah it will be great. I don't believe everything worked out after that unfortunate incident... I thought it would happen in 2 years, given the number of companies that rent floors here to hold meetings between the most important members." Keiko adjusted his mask a little. "I was extremely lucky to find out that they were released for a date close to Halloween… It's almost as if fate wanted us to have our day."
"I agree… And are you really going to do that?" The perverted friend asked with an eyebrow raised beneath his mask, but he was soon left speechless when he saw the organizer respond silently, simply taking an item from his bag. "Man… this is going to be amazing."
"Everyone's reaction will be incredible. And her? Is she ready yet? I mean... it was because she wanted to dress up like crazy that you two arrived early... So she could put on makeup right here."
"Last time I knocked on the bathroom door to check on her, she screamed at me and all she had to do was kick me between the legs… she must be almost ready."
"Perfect… and you were quiet, weren't you, you idiot? You, Suzuki and Masato are the only ones in our entire group who I spoke about this." Keiko spoke, putting the item back in his bag as he walked close to the stage.
"Of course I kept quiet, I can be an asshole sometimes. But ruining that would mean her destroying or selling all my model figures." The pervert's words seemed like the most logical he had ever said in his entire life, and Keiko could do nothing but agree.
It didn't take long for some people to arrive, all following the same dress code, with suits of different colors, as well as white masks that slightly resembled the races of their characters. In the case of Slimes like HeroHero and Bukubuku, both received completely smooth masks with details that slightly resembled slime. The women of the guild, being the large minority, came in dresses that covered them below the knees, with long gloves.
Everyone was talking and introducing themselves to each other, as well as sitting in their seats. Only when the last chair was filled, Keiko stood up, tapping a glass lightly.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! I wanted to say a few words before the party starts... I'm very happy that I managed to invite you to this place, where we can all interact and have fun outside of YGGDRASIL! A true demonstration that friendships don't change, no matter where they are made." He said, raising the glass a little higher, indicating to the employees on the floor to fill the glasses of the people sitting at the table.
With a slight movement of his hand, in addition to sitting down, Satoru noticed it was his time, standing up and continuing Keiko's speech. "Thank you for the sweet words, Hikari. Well, today we are all here, together, to celebrate our victory against the game! Many saw us as villains just because of who we chose to be and our friends, but now, we truly are the villains, even within the game's Lore! Many would dream of a moment like this! A moment when you, as a player, are recognized in such a big way. And now, it's our turn!!"
Everyone raised their full glasses to the guild leader, and he continued. "Unfortunately, absolutely all the members present on the day of our conquest cannot be here today, so, among the guests, I asked Bellriver's younger sister to come in his place... I would like us to take a moment of silence out of respect for him…" he said pointing to the girl who was wearing a white mask with several small faces on the left side, as expected, everyone gave their period of silence for their friend.
After the silence, the words returned to Keiko. "And now, our grand banquet can begin! You can serve yourselves at will and without being afraid! It's all on me!" The lids of the trays were lifted, revealing food that was extremely expensive and beautiful to look at. Much of it was imitation of food items commonly seen in the game, with the taste being the most faithful attempt possible at what such foods would taste like. They ranged from roasted pieces of chicken and shrimp, to burgers and full rows of salmon and sushi.
Everyone ate happily, talking a lot among themselves, especially with the deceased's younger sister. It seemed like everyone wanted to cheer her up by telling stories about the adventures her brother had with all the members, this clearly raised the aura of the place a little, to the point where they started having drinking competitions and some karaoke, using a holographic screen for song lyrics to emerge.
Without exception, AOG members participated in those small events. There were those who were embarrassed, those who had a great voice despite being shy, and obviously, those who thought they were being incredible, when in fact it was necessary to put a cloth over their mouth after the songs. If this was a competition worth money, clearly Haruka and Keiko would win as a duet, since they had been working in music and entertainment for a while.
It didn't take long for everyone to be extremely comfortable there, the scene was perfect for something to happen. Everyone's attention went to the leader of the group, who gently tapped the spoon on the wine glass in front of him, causing a thin and calm sound.
"Guys! I know everyone is having an incredible time on our special day, and I would like everyone's attention to an urgent announcement from our fellow human." Suzuki said, forcing his voice a little to be a little similar to Momonga's voice.
Pointing to Keiko, he already knew what that was, getting up from the chair. "Thank you, Momonga-Sama! I would love to make a grand announcement that could change the lives of some people in Ainz Ooal Gown, both within YGGDRASIL and here, in our world… My dearest slime, could you look at me for a brief period?"
As he said that, everyone looked towards Haruka, who, a little confused, adjusted her chair. Seeing her boyfriend approaching her, he continued to speak. "Bukubuku, we've known each other for a long time... We can count from the period when you still played as a Human Sniper, after you became a heteromorph, or from the day we were able to touch hands IRL... Whatever, it's been almost 5 years that we've known each other, with 4 of those 5 years being our incredible relationship that started as just a roleplay, and then evolved into something bigger than that…"
His words touched the hearts of some of the guests, while Haruka remained silent, looking at him, a little confused about where this conversation was going. With the first one that realized what was really happening being Maiko, she was left slightly awestruck.
"And I would like to know if our relationship can evolve further…" The situation became as obvious as possible when he knelt down next to his girlfriend, pulling from his pocket a beautiful pink box, completely decorated with silver details and reddish spheres.
When opening the box, she could see a golden ring with small pink and red stones surrounding it, with an oval, greenish jewel as the main one. The woman's face became completely red, almost the same shade as her avatar, her wide eyes showed surprise at that, she really didn't expect something like that to happen.
"This is not for Bukubukuchagama, not even for TeaTeaBoomPop… This is for you…" A smile appeared on him, as he lifted the open box a little higher, closer to his beloved. "Haruka Aoki… Would you like to marry me?"
The woman seemed to lose her voice for a few seconds, as she slowly stood up and pulled the young man by the arm, hugging him tightly while stealing a long kiss from him. Everyone was amazed at her way of expressing herself, until, when she parted her lips, she responded sweetly.
"Yes, of course~"
It was possible to hear a whistle while everyone clapped for that event, it was Masato Senju, Touch_Me, the one catching the waiters' attention. "Bring more wine! We need to drink to celebrate the couple here!!"
"Did you really ask me to marry you? Me? An older woman?" Haruka spoke with a silly smile, still hugging her lover tightly.
"And do you think there would be someone else who would have this role? You are my sweet in the middle of my sour life." He said that, stroking her chin, but she couldn't control herself, laughing.
"Haha! You were so cheesy just now!"
"Relax, all this cheesiness will turn into something else in bed." Now, speaking with a seductive voice close to her ear, the voice actor began to blush extremely, but with a smile on her face, she really loved it.
"Are you inviting me to your house when the event is over?~" She followed the flow, still whispering.
"If you want… we can repeat everything that happened from our first meeting. You just need to drink alot, and then I'll take you to my bed."
"Oh, maybe I can be with less clothes than before~"
While the two were whispering indecent things to each other, some other members talked a little more, until they reached an important topic, started by Punitto Moe. Everyone was there, with the exception of the two lovebirds who had gone out of the room to do "something else".
"So guys, I don't know if this is a good time to speak, but I received a communication from some important guilds in YGGDRASIL, two of them want to have a guild fight with us." He said calmly as he pulled out some wine to drink.
"Oh, a fight between guilds, tell me more please!" The person with a mega deformed mask spoke, it was HeroHero.
"Well, they want a friendly fight against us. The original idea is that each guild will form two groups, one for attack and one for defense. Those attacking will go to the opposing guild to attack and those defending will remain in their own guild bases."
"Hmmm. So would it really be a fight between guilds just so we have something to do while there are no events…? There must be something bigger to this, what are the gains for whoever wins?" Masato asked as he enjoyed a burger.
"Simple, the fight would last until one guild completely dominates the enemy base, or until a time limit runs out. The winner gets the percentage of loot equivalent to the percentage they dominated in the dungeon."
"So this is if the time limit runs out, if we manage to take over their dungeon completely, we get all the loot?" A member with a robotic mask asked, this being Garnet, the person in charge of creating gimmicks in Nazarick.
"Exactly! BUT the same applies to the enemy!" Punitto Moe spoke a little theatrically, moving the cup in his hands a lot.
"Hmm… I hadn't heard about that." Suzuki commented, adjusting his skeleton mask. "When was this request made?"
"It was about 2 am today. If it had been something delivered to me earlier yesterday, I would have re-emailed you. But I was busy seeing if I was really ready to come to the party." That really was an acceptable excuse, considering the situations.
Suzuki just shook his head a little, thoughtfully, but exposing his voice. "Depending on the guilds that wanted this and their credibility, I will be able to see whether or not we accept the invitation to a controlled guild war, did they at least inform us what the time limit is?"
"Well, they said nothing has been fully confirmed and we can talk over time to rearrange any of the rules before an official date. But the initial idea they gave me was that there would be a maximum period of 1 in game day."
"Well… yes, of course… we will talk to them if we accept, and arrange everything so that everyone feels comfortable. But I see 6 hours a day as something acceptable only on weekends." Several people agreed with the guild leader's words.
The rest of the party had been simple, but incredible for the members, ending around 8 pm, everyone went to their homes, with the exception of Haruka, who had gone with her now fiancé, so that the party continued for much longer, just for them. And things didn't seem to have changed that much after the event, with everyone having their jobs, moments in YGGDRASIL, etc.
With the information Keiko had, it was discovered that YGGDRASIL would not have any major events until August 2142, with the holiday events before that being completely simple or just remakes of those that happened in 2140. Having this knowledge, the most important members of Ainz Ooal Gown began to see the possibility of actually participating in a friendly guild war.
Among the guilds that came up with the idea and those that were invited, there were 5 guilds made up only of Human Players, 7 mixed guilds that roleplayed among themselves for pure fun, and 2 guilds focused on Heteromorph Players, including AOG. They were all within the list of Top 20 guilds, which was not seen as so important, as the list only took into account the average number of points earned by the total amount of Kills, Gold and DataCrystals that each one had. This meant that a guild known for being PKers was on the same level as a guild focused only on accumulating Gold and items.
During the period in which everyone would be coming to an agreement on the rules of this particular event, some were leaving, others were joining, the number increased and decreased depending on the choices made, and this was mainly due to the guilds seeing this as a very serious event, to the point that, if a guild leader was not present at meetings for 2 weeks in a row, their guild would be removed from the competition. Everyone wanted an incredible guild battle that really focused on the game, and that was clearly going to happen.
In the end, there were only 4 guilds participating in the competition, one of them being AOG. Among the other 3, two of them were in 2nd and 7th place in the Top Guilds, both being composed only of Human Players, while the last one was a mixed guild, which was in 5th place. And the rules had finally been agreed upon by everyone.
The rules were that each guild could only have 2 teams, one offensive and one defensive, with a maximum of 10 members each, if the guild had more than 20 total members, the others would be left out, being the narrators and judges for see all the events from both sides. The score of each offensive group would refer to how much of the opposing guild was explored and how many traps were destroyed, the winner would be the one with the most offensive points. Because there are 4 guilds, there would actually be three battles, two between two guilds and a final one between the two winners.
The winner of everything would receive 50% of all the loot dropped during all 3 battles, second place would receive 40% and third place, the one with the highest offensive point among the first losers, would receive 10%. Last place would receive nothing, just compensation in gold and the reputation for at least having participated in a private guild war.
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{2142, May 5th, Friday}
This little championship had become a kind of entertainment. With permission from all of the offensive and defensive groups of the 4 guilds, the battles that would take place were recorded and posted as videos in a separate tab on Keiko's website. In the videos, there were recordings made by the offensive teams and the members left out, who narrated the events, in addition to giving their own comments and recording the scores.
4 videos had already been published, all of them from the first round of that particular event between the guilds. And today was the final, with the participants being AOG, and "L30nidas' Warriors", better known as "L-Thirty", respectively 3rd and 2nd on the list of best guilds in YGGDRASIL.
In Nazarick, AOG's defense team and L-Thirty's attack team were chatting, before the small war began...
"Haha! What a good joke, eh. Anyway, I'm really happy to be on the same battlefield as you, even though I'm like an enemy." Said a member of L-30, a human who appeared to be a Hunter Sniper, due to his clothes and the revolver on his waist.
"Oh, I'm grateful that there are still people like you who know how to separate roleplay from reality. Seriously, there are some crazy people who keep filling me with racist messages in DMs…" Garnet replied to the human player.
"I agree… impressive how there are crazy people who really see me as a complete traitor to the human race… I mean, I was among the founders of this group…" Hikari was also in the middle of that conversation, he seemed to be taking a potion to make his HP and MP complete, he even offered a potion to the Hunter Sniper, but he refused because he had already taken one before.
"Guys! 1 hour left until we start! Prepare yourselves!" The leader of the L-30 attack team spoke loudly using an item that looked like a megaphone.
"Well, I think it's time for you guys to get ready, good luck there." Garnet said waving and heading towards Nazarick.
"I agree, no hard feelings, right?" The player said, taking the pistol from his waist.
"Of course, roleplay only." Hikari responded, doing a firstbump, but his attention was soon caught by Momonga.
"Hikari!! There has been a change of plans, you will be relocated, due to some problems we noticed with our defenses." The guild leader said this while sending a private message to the journalist, so that no one from the rival team would know.
Hikari soon waved to everyone there, disappearing from the front garden of the great tomb using [Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown], reappearing shortly afterwards on the 6th floor, realizing that even Yamaiko was there. He approached the Niphilim waving. "So, you and I will be here together?"
"Yes, the plan was for Bukubuku to stay here, but we discovered that one of the players on the enemy team has a very intense build that could destroy Peroroncino's NPC, so she was taken there as a way to intensify defensive buffs." The healer commented as she sat on a fallen log. "So you had to be called in, to help coordinate the NPCs here in case someone invades."
"I understand… Then I will be the leader of the '6th floor squad'… I don't see a problem with that. You're here to amplify NPC regeneration, aren't you?" She agreed with the boy's question. "Perfect, if everything goes wrong, even with me here, I will use the 'Phantom Claw Zeentry' position… any questions?"
"What is this bizarre formation you said?...I never write these things down."
"Simple, my NPC, Mary, will use [Possession of Awakening] to enter Mare and increase his magical power, while Belindo will be in dragon form and will be used as a mount for Aura, thus optimizing and maximizing their strengths. "
"Why these strange names?" The Healer said, confused.
"Says the person who called an attack formation with a healer in the center 'Yuri-Alpha' and then decided to pay homage, for always working out, by calling an NPC the same way." Hikari's words ended up reaching Yamaiko's big heart, who just remained silent, questioning her ability to name things.
"The NPCs are now scattered around, so I will call them and organize them in more strategic areas. I recommend staying in the Coliseum area." He continued to speak after the long silence and soon disappeared, leaving a shadowy trail with a trail of flames that disappeared after a few seconds.
"..." Yamaiko just sighed, staring at where her companion was, but she did as suggested and walked towards the large arena on the 6th floor.
After an hour, the small guild battle finally began, 10x10 pvp, with NPCs as additions to make the situation more exciting. At the entrance of Nazarick, there he was, Momonga, the guild leader, floating in the skies as enemies appeared, everything being filmed.
"Hahahaha!!! Look what we have here! Welcome to the destruction of your miserable existence, oh, those who dare invade my dear home!" The skeleton said, focusing hard on the roleplay, swinging his grand cane.
"So you are the grand demon king of the evil guild? I expected more than a skeleton in a purple cape!" Said the player leading the attack team, swinging a kind of greatsword he had in his hands.
"Demon king? It's a title I could accept in many ways…" Momonga said imposingly, then pointing to the ground. "Unfortunately, you, peasant weaklings, don't seem that powerful in my eyes! Face simpler minions, they are perfect for weak beings that still ensure the existence of humanity!!"
"[Quintet Extensive Magic! Summon Skeleton Legion!]" Momonga shouted his spell, creating a huge magic circle across the land.
Within the area of the large magic circle, 5 different types of skeletons began to emerge from the ground, these being [Skeleton Archer], [Skeleton Mage], [Skeleton Warrior], [Skeleton Rider] and [Skeleton Centipede]. But it wasn't just that, as some separate bones also came out of the ground and levitated to the heavens, joining together and forming some [Bone Vulture]. All those monsters were very weak, ranging between levels 20 and 30, and because of having [Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown] in hand, he managed to summon 30 of each. In Momonga's view, this would serve as an excellent way to start a fight in which the enemies were all around lvl 80 to 100.
"The Demon King has summoned a legion against divine morals! I will not accept this! [Second Lesson of Holy! Harm Undead]!!" Said an elf woman, High Cleric, who was on the attack team, raising a staff full of religious symbols and launching a bright beam towards some of the skeletons that surrounded her. Few Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Centipedes were destroyed, because they didn't have their shields raised or because they didn't dodge quickly.
"A High Cleric?! I see you're not that stupid when choosing your team of heroes! I must respect them for that." Momonga spoke again with that imposing voice, flying above the entrance to Nazarick.
One of the rival players, a dwarf with a bow and arrow, started shooting towards the Overlord, who started to dodge some attacks, but seemed to be hit, or in this case, he let that happen, with the arrows sticking in his bones, but causing no damage, due to passive skills with high physical resistance. This ended up scaring the dwarf himself, who tried to shoot using arrows loaded with fire magic, but this distracted him deeply, causing him to be hit by one of the Skeleton Mages. It wasn't that much damage, but it was annoying to say the least.
"Let's use our strategies! Just because they are low level doesn't mean we should let our guards down!!" Exclaimed the leader of the rival team, making Momonga laugh again evilly.
Inside, Satoru was loving that mix of roleplay and competition. It wasn't every time he could use spells like that openly instead of using something more overpowering. He was thinking of using things like [Fallen Down] only if a lot of them managed to get past the 4th floor.
It didn't take long to see 2 of the 10 players being left there while the rest invaded Nazarick. The leader didn't seem worried and summoned more skeletons to hinder the players there from reuniting with their allies, even slightly increasing the amount of MP used for Skeleton Archers to use Bone Vultures as mounts.
After some time, 3 of the maximum 6 hours had already passed, apparently staying separated was the attack team's strategy, as only a few of them managed to go through each stage, they were divided, the limit becoming the 5th Floor, with the glacial effects affecting the two remaining players. In the current situation, Momonga took care of the entrance by always summoning skeleton monsters; Bukubuku helped on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd floors, being a damage sponge and giving protection to Shalltear Bloodfallen; Tigris Euphrates, one of the guild's Rangers, focused on attacking anyone on the 4th floor, as it was a very open cave, he could position himself on platforms on the roof to attack enemies; Garnet was on the 5th floor, in order to help the Floor Guardian, Cocytus, in attacks on enemies; On the 6th floor, Hikari and Yamaiko were also there as assistants to the Floor Guardians; The players on the 7th floor were Genjiro, the AOG loot organizer, Ulbert and Nubo, the guild's divination specialist, two of them focused on identifying any invaders, while Ulbert would go into battle with the help of Demiurge and his minions; And finally, the tenth player on the defensive team was Luci★Fer, who hilariously was sitting on a chair in the middle of the main hallway of 9th floor, just waiting for someone to arrive.
In the midst of all that, a message appeared in the guild chat... it was one of the members of the AOG attack team, but why would they be sending something?
[Peroroncino: Guys! A big problem happened here!! The enemy guild is being attacked with full force!!!]
[Hikari: But isn't that good? Attack our rivals and conquer as much as possible???]
[Peroroncino: No, you idiot! Another guild decided to attack them while we are here!! I want to ask permission from Momonga and Punitto Moe if we can help them, as this is completely out of our control.]
[Momonga: Permission granted-... wait a minute, I see some enemies from outside the rival guild approaching! I want everyone here at the entrance, now!!]
Suddenly the situation changed... Apparently some ill-intentioned guild wanted to take advantage of that particular competition there. All available AOG members, with the exception of the attack team that was far away, quickly went to the entrance, to defend that dungeon. Due to the goodwill that happened, L-30's offensive team decided to join the AOG members to also defend the place, thus, an unforeseen invasion began.
Without any real start, the true enemies started attacking from all sides of the entrance, luckily, several of the allied players had AoE skills to attack as much as possible. There were several, the vast majority that could be seen were Human-type Players, with some Heteromorphs and the majority being Demi-Human players.
"Lucifer! Take me high!" Hikari said, after fighting 5 enemies at once, he was using [Kuwoi-Muramasa] and [Laevatein], occupying both hands.
"Okay!" The angel replied.
Holding tight to Hikari's shoulders, he used [Fly] to get off the ground. Gaining a better view, they could see the extreme number of enemies that came to invade, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to think that the entire invasion was carried out by a group of 5 entire guilds at least, if it takes into account that another party was invading L-30's base. And in that position, [Laevatein] changed form, from being a big knife, to becoming a crimson staff.
"[Quintet Potency Fire Magic! Epic Magic Missile of Fire World!!]" Hikari exclaimed the skill, quickly rotating the staff in his hands, large spheres of fire appeared around him and his winged friend, all of them were projected in different directions, exploding upon impact with the ground and causing a great Burning effect on everyone close to the explosion.
"Are you sure it's okay to do this?"
"Of course, I have JobClass MAX in War Wizard and High Wizard, along with this staff here. So spells, specifically fire spells, won't cost that much MP."
"If you say s- OH SHIT!!!" The winged friend said, holding on tight and trying to dodge some arrows and magical projectiles that were aiming at both of them.
During the dodges, it was possible to see several AOG members having problems, as they began to resort to their most powerful abilities, [Fallen Down] being the easiest example to notice, as a large pillar of light descended from the skies, causing a large amount of huge number of messages related to dead players. There were also some types of small meteorites conjured up and hitting the ground hard, an attack characteristic of Ulbert.
That wasn't the only thing that was noticed, a little behind all the enemies, there were three figures with armor that caught a lot of attention... they weren't just any Player, and Hikari quickly recognized them. This made him decide to use one more blow, getting rid of his items to take [Bow-Bifrost] and aim at the heavens, pulling the line back with great force and releasing an arrow of pure energy.
"What was that?" Lucifer asked, not paying as much attention to his friend as he continued to fly and dodge the attacks while holding him tight.
"[Double Potency World's Sun. Hell's Rain of Arrows]" Hikari responded after saying the name of the skill, with a now very serious expression on his face. "Throw me as high as you can!"
The arrow slowly disappears as it passes the vertical limit of the map, but in an instant, clouds appeared from that same point, spreading and creating several small arrows that were stationary, without falling yet, waiting for the user to aim at the true target. And this happened, with him being thrown, there was a better angle for the skill to be very effective. When he reached the maximum height, Hikari pulled the bowstring firmly and released it, thus making the various arrows move forward with speed and strength.
Due to the bow used for this skill, the areas hit by the arrows changed, with the swamp floor freezing, in addition to creating numerous sharp clusters of ice that impale and even burn nearby enemies. Unfortunately, out of the three he wanted to target, only one seemed weakened.
"Bastards…" Hikari said to himself as he activated voice communication with all AOG. "Guys! We have a World Champion attacking us! Just in case none of you die easily and lose too many levels, I ask everyone that is in this battlefield enter Nazarick and only attack whoever enters."
[Momonga: Are you serious?!]
[Touch_Me: Wait! Is there a World Champion there? I'm going to help you!]
"No need, Touch… Keep helping and defending L-30's base… I'm going to DESTROY this guy…" Hikari returned to the ground while summoning [Kuwoi-Muramasa] again, cutting three enemies in half. "And the reason I want you to join inside Nazarick is because I will have to configure to leave the Party [AOG_Battle_Defensive] to be able to go all out, that is, my attacks can damage even you... and I don't want anyone to lose levels because of me."
[Bukubukuchagama: Love, do you want me to help you by serving as an extra layer?]
"Don't worry... I'll use something else to give me great buffs, honey... I would only ask to use you if it was something I know I can't handle on my own. I don't want you to lose levels just because you're being my shield. Hold things tight inside Nazarick, and good luck to everyone." He said, leaving the Party, jumping very high, in the middle of the air, activating some basic buff skills focused on magic classes and thus landing in front of the possible organizer of the invasion.
He was very tall, holding a large big war axe with several golden details and amplification jewelry. His two large skeletal horns made him have 60 centimeters added in total height, with a purple color over much of his skin, a trademark of zombies with high racial classes. The minotaur seemed to have a serious expression, but upon seeing [Midgard's World Champion], a mocking smile appeared on his face, with steam coming out of his nostrils. Next to him were two people with uniforms that resembled fighting Jesters, but one of them had part of his body frozen.
"Look… if it isn't the crazy minotaur…[Aurogoth_Rher]… What are you doing here?" Hikari asked a rhetorical question, while making a portal appear behind him, from inside it, Mary Necry and Belindo Dracul, his NPCs, showed.
"Hehehe… I just heard that the group of so-called 'villains' was playing such a friendly game… a competition with rules to boot…" Muspellsheim's Champion spoke in a bored manner. "This is unacceptable…"
"Unacceptable? With what context, you idiot?"
"Shut up, you stupid little boy!!" Said the unfrozen jester. "You guys are supposed to be the peak of evil! THE BEST IN DESTRUCTION!!! But do y'all actually end up being friends with people who are friendly and play games with rules? WITHOUT any conspitation?!?"
Hikari was slightly confused by that sentence, but he replied. "So… you're attacking us because AinzOoalGown in Roleplay isn't the same as the real guild itself…?"
"OF FUCKING COURSE!! THIS IS TOO IRRITATING!!! And to think that worms like you act like this!! Mostly you! You are a World Champion! A GOD among all players! And yet, don't you use all your power to cause what your guild represents? EVIL INCARNATE?!?" The other Jester, even though frozen, complained too.
"Yeah... in short... I'm here creating discord, just to end the competition, and show YGGDRASIL, what true evil is... I was actually hoping to fight the stupid paladin... but my informant only told me that only one World Champion would be here…" Aurogoth sighed, but soon had a maniacal smile, his teeth grinding and his grip on the axe tighter. "But I don't care… I will destroy you, along with the 10 guilds that decided to join me…"
"And given their level…"
"Yes, very weak, they were at the very bottom of the guild list, and because of that… I was able to hire them with the reward of having part of the loot we gain from destroying you and your friends…" The minotaur's smile widened. "But you decided to come alone… and with just two companions? Wait, I can't see their tag, are they NPCs? Is this serious? Fight me using NPCs?!?"
He started laughing loudly, while the other invading players were also laughing at the situation. Hikari kept hearing those laughs that came from all sides, having a serious expression in that situation. Was the guild being attacked because the members aren't that bad compared to when Roleplaying or facing enemies? And this was the motivation of a World Champion to carry out such an attack?
"If you want something destructive, I will give you something destructive…" Without wasting time, he used some commands. "Mary, use [Possessions of Awakening] targeting me. Belindo, use [The Guardian Angel Sacrifice] targeting me."
The Poltergeist started becoming translucent and entering Hikari's body, his character changed his appearance a little. His spiky red hair turned into a long orange hair. The hunter's uniform and armor he had were all disappearing, taking on a cosmetic appearance of a green British suit with a blue bow tie. Meanwhile, the Half-Dragon was behind Hikari, with her body slowly falling apart, giving all her energy to create a golden halo, which was placed above her creator's head. This gave an almost divine aura to the player.
"Will you give some destruction? For me?!? Hahahaha!! And how will you do that? In that dumb outfit? Or is it this Halo? OOH NO! He is an angel!!" The minotaur began to laugh and make fun of the whole situation, not being afraid of what it all possibly meant.
"Apparently you didn't really research much about some things in YGGDRASIL…" Hikari used [High Leap] to fly away from them, ending up landing very close to Nazarick's entrance, this way, all the enemies would be right in front of him.
He continued to speak loudly for everyone to hear. "You will know PAIN and SUFFERING!!! I swear on all the GOLD and DATA CRYSTALS in my player account that I will get you all to Level 10 and this will happen due the damage taken being so excessive!"
Holding [Kuwoi-Muramasa] in his left hand, he extends his right, calling out his World Item, [Yamato-Kowaidasai]. Holding it firmly, countless magical circles appeared around him, these created barriers prevented some desperate players from hitting him with projectiles, and thus, he was filled with buffs, more than he expected to use.
…[Attack Boost], [Great Attack Boost], [Greater Attack Boost], [Agility Boost], [Great Agility Boost], [Greater Agility Boost], [Body Strengthening], [Refined Body Strengtheing], [Magician's Body Strengtheing], [Manaterization], [Great Manaterization], [Greater Manaterization], [Elementarist resist: Fire], [Elementarist resist: Ice]...
The thing he said about others not researching, was in regards to what it means to be possessed by a ghost and have the protection of an angel. Certain races can use abilities of this type, which gain maximum efficiency when used by an NPC and not a Player, because when used, the beings themselves decide to stop existing for a temporary period just to add their attributes to the target. The biggest backlash to this is that the target's maximum HP will decrease absurdly.
With two NPCs doing this kind of thing with Hikari, his HP attribute became 5, when previously it was 50, but his other attributes each easily surpassed the 150 point mark. He, at that moment, had become the best representation of the term "Glass-Canon"...
Among the various skills he used, all the skills from the "Manaterization" series allowed him to intensify the blades of both katanas, making them more robust and powerful. It got to the point that they could be categorized as greatswords instead, their blades, along with much of his body, glowed in an intense cacophony of red and green.
"[WORLD CLASS DESTRUCTION! SLASHER!]" It was possible to hear Aurogoth launch an immense blast of energy using his war axe; some of the players brought there ended up being caught in the middle of the attack, which was heading towards Hikari.
"[World Class Catastrophe: Null], [High Level Counter]" He responded, giving a light and gentle swing with both katanas, directing the attack towards the skies, preventing Nazarick's entrance from being destroyed in the process.
Without letting the others react, he started attacking the players that were close to him, killing them with ease after one or two hits. They seemed to never stop coming, as if all of Aurogoth's players now decided to go all out, but nothing changed the fact that they were torn apart quite easily.
All the AOG members who were inside the dungeon looked at the scene thanks to a holographic screen created by Momonga, it could feel the seriousness on their faces, even if many of them were unable to express it in the game. It was worrying, to say the least, as most of them had never seen that World Champion use so many buffs at the same time, without taking into account that it was very likely that he had also activated the ability [Alpha-Glass] in the process.
"Can't we help him now?" Genjiro asked, seeming to doubt what he was seeing on the screen.
"I don't think he needs it… and you heard him, we will only attack those who enter here." Nubo commented, giving a sigh. "Isn't that true Punitto?"
Punitto Moe was talking to some members of the L-30, asking about their strengths and weaknesses, in case they were needed in any strategy. "Of course, did you forget that he is the 3rd person in the guild that everyone can count on for strategies?" He responded without even looking at his colleague.
"I hope this doesn't make him too stressed later... Last time he was like this, he didn't even talk to me, he just kept going into fight simulations and beating dummies like crazy." Bukubuku finally spoke, she seemed to be hugging the NPC Mare like a stuffed animal as she watched the scene.
"Is he that kind of person?" One of the L-30 members asked.
"Sometimes he relieves stress by eating, other times by playing heavy metal… and sometimes he wants to beat something up… I think it's pretty normal, tbh…" Tigris Euphrates joined the conversation, but then looked at the guild leader. "Momonga, when do you think the others will be able to get here?"
"According to what Touch_Me told me, the situation there isn't the best either... Even though there isn't a World Champion, they're facing a little less than twice as many enemies..." Momonga answered them, still looking at the fight that was taking place up there, for better protection and preparation, everyone was in the church on the 2nd floor.
"My god… that's really scary to think about…" Garnet said as he soon looked back at the holographic screen, being quite shocked by what he saw. "What the hell is that?!"
Everyone's attention was on what was happening on the screen. The number of dead players seemed to increase more and more, but not only that, Hikari was shining as if he were a green and red light, which went through everyone, giving countless blows until he killed them, leaving a trail of black fire wherever he passed.
"Why does this remind me of 'snake'?" Lucifer said this and was soon slapped hard on the back of the head.
"I know that the fact that he's leaving a trail and 'devouring' everything in his path makes it seem like he's from the game 'snake', but at a time like this, for the love of all that is divine and evil, don't make jokes." Ulbert, the one who caused the attack, commented.
"It looks like he is attacking Aurogoth while also attacking the surrounding players…" Ankoro said his thoughts.
"He must be using the other players as 'charge' to continue the skill [Blood Rush Fever] against the same person... I remember him saying that this was a viable form of exploit." Bukubuku said, still hugging one of her NPCs.
Almost exponentially, the enemies disappeared, pillars of fire and countless bursts of attacks even began to appear on the scene, making it a little difficult for everyone to understand what was happening with Momonga's help. But it was clear that all that was coming to an end.
Extremely loud and sharp noises could be heard, with even some strong earthquakes reaching the 2nd floor, demonstrating the intensity of the attacks that were occurring. After a few tremors, everything seemed to have gone silent. The Overlord soon reactivated the holographic screens and it was clear to see… only Hikari was there. That image made everyone celebrate immediately and everyone walked out of the guild, whistling and clapping for Midgard's World Champion.
Bukubuku was jumping and jumping with her gelatinous body to where her lover was. "Hey! You did it! My god, next time I go there, I will give you a graaaaand gift as a reward!"
Hikari didn't respond, he seemed to be resting a little, kneeling and with one of the katanas stuck against the ground, close to several data crystals, possibly Aurogoth's loot. This made the slime jump a lot closer to him.
"Hey! My dear fiancé! Not ignore me! HMPH!!" She made an imaginary pout, and even so, Hikari didn't respond, in fact he didn't even move.
"Heellooooo?? Love? Are you hearing me?!?" It didn't take long for Bukubuku's agitation to draw the attention of other members who were going to see what had happened. Unfortunately, a system message appeared in front of Hikari, before he simply disappeared.
[Player Hikari was logged out due to lack of connection.]
"Lack of connection? He? Is this serious?" Lucifer was the first to speak seeing that system box.
"There must have been a problem with the power at his house, or someone must have visited him and he went to see who it was… but he ended up leaving the game on and it took too long to come back." Momonga spoke of the most likely options.
"Okay, shall we wait for him for a celebration?" Ulbert commented and everyone seemed to raise their hands, accepting.
However… Something was happening…
1 day…
2 days…
5 days…
Hikari wasn't entering YGGDRASIL, not even answering others' calls...
A week after the last time he was online, Masato and Haruka decided to go check on him. That was very strange to happen, considering that he works with YGGDRASIL. The two were chosen to do this because they both live very close to him, and Haruka had access to the apartment.
"Ugh… seriously, why isn't he even answering ME? Did I do something?" Haruka responded, getting out of Masato's car, both already inside the garage.
The police officer was finishing turning off his vehicle, getting out of it and locking the doors as he walked to the elevator. "I don't think it's that... I mean... he was happy and all before that bullshit... and it doesn't seem like it was some general energy problem..." He said, pointing to the garage lights, they were the regular, not the emergency ones.
The confusion only increased in both of their minds, not even understanding why this was happening. When they entered the elevator, Haruka not only clicked the floor button, but also swiped a card on a reader, these were some security upgrades that the building had undergone in the last year. Arriving at the apartment door, they opened it, revealing the room that looked a little dirty. Not in the sense of pure dirt or mess, but they could notice some dust.
"Love! Darling! I arrived! I'm sorry for not coming sooner, I was busy… Are you home?" She said that as she put her things on the sofa and opened the curtains that were completely closed, turning on the holographic window, setting to show a calm landscape of a clear morning.
Masato walked a little further away, heading towards the main corridor, seeing that the doors were closed, he knocked softly on each door to let anyone know that he was going to enter, and then opened it, revealing no one there. With every door he opened, a stupidly high anxiety arose in his mind. But why was he like that?
The situation was already strange enough, his intellect as a police officer thought of some alternatives when seeing the situation as a whole, since normally he hates to go out of the apartament, one of them would be kidnapping, in other words, he wouldn't be there. This would even be the most common thing to think, since he comes from a family that owns one of the biggest companies in Japan. So before opening the door that led to the game room, he took a deep breath and pushed the door lightly...
What was there was unexpected...
Masato remained silent, with a slight twitch in one of his eyes as his legs slowly began to tremble…
"Did he leave a message about where he is?" Haruka's voice came, not so close to him, and he swallowed hard.
"Haru… please… can you wait for me in the garage?"
"Why do you say that? Something happened?" She said approaching the door where he was.
Masato stretched out his arms, preventing her from passing through that part of the corridor, his legs still shaking. "I told you to go down…"
The way the police officer acted made her want to really see what it was, even though she felt like she shouldn't do that. When she looked into that room, a scream of horror could be heard coming out of her mouth, but not only that, she was pulled away from that door and started vomiting on the floor, with tears coming out of her eyes and her breathing was incredibly heavy, as if she was going to faint.
"No No No… That's a prank… WHO THE FUCK MADE THIS PRANK?!?"
"Please... go to my car... I have some strong tranquilizers in the backseats... use them so you don't have a more severe panic attack than now... understand?" Masato said with tears also streaming down his face, trying to get the most profissional he could. "I-I'm going to call some of my friends… let's start an intense investigation… Do you understand me?"
What was inside the room was simply a body, sitting on a chair and headless, several electronic shrapnel everywhere near the corpse, and what appeared to be pieces of flesh and muscle burst on the ceiling and walls, there was even one of his eyeballs, the amber one, slight near the entrance...
No one could believe that something like this would happen to such a kind and friendly person…
It was later confirmed, after some research in the security and info logs, the cause of death. A technical failure had occurred, the virtual reality device exploded in his head, after trying to amplify the neural speed by 64 times, and it seems that it exploded in the time he won that last battle.
Time of death: 2142, May 5th; 9:00 pm. He died at the age of 26.
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End of Volume 1 - YGGDRASIL
Next: Volume 2 - A New Holy World
A/N: -Hello, my dear readers! I hope that y'all liked this volume, yes, the end was crazy, but this is Overlord, everything goes morbid and crazy in an expected or unexpected way, you needed to remember this!
Either way, for some of you that don't know, this volume was fully focused in interactions and relationships of Keiko with other players, as long as to show my vision of how could YGGDRASIL be in the start and the fully hype days! And that is why there wasn't a total focus on battles or, when they happened, they were showed in the pov of people outside it. But what will happen in the future? As the name of Volume 2 shows, finally we will enter in known territory, the New World! And maybe the battles will become more extreme and gruesome? All depends on my mood in the moment I write them! Until next chapter!-
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