As I get out of the large bath, I pull on some clothes that Serena laid out for me, they're pretty what you'd expect a fantasy noble to wear, black long tunic with bold accents and black breeches, leather boots and a red cape...
I'm not sure about the cape, but the black, red and gold looks nice... and it does make me feel powerful, I wouldn't wear it in a modern world, but when in Rome I suppose...
Serena has good taste, she apologized for not cleaning me herself, saying she needed to keep training the peasants...
She's great.
Patch Notes
Create Undead and Create Greater Undead have been combined
Summon Spirits, Create Ghosts and Summon Greater Spirits have been combined
Things Stored in the Inventory will now be stored in your Main Home (The Dark Tower)
CP from the JumpChains Expansion has been renamed Credits to avoid confusion with Chakra Points
Domain Invasions expansion has now been installed.
Following the successful test, different enemy types have been released throughout the Multiverse
Hemomancer now gives END not DEX
Certain Classes have been lower from 100 to 50 levels
Horde Mode Dungeons now give greater EXP, but do not give Gacha Tokens
Location-based Dungeons are now spread throughout the Multiverse
Congratulations, you now have your own Domain.
Both the Dark Tower, and Spree are yours, to control and protect.
Your Domains can, and will, be invaded by factions you have crossed.
You can't be everywhere, so leaving defences to protect them while you are gone is of the utmost importance.
The Invaders will learn as they attack, Domain Lord who has nothing but Undead will find themselves being attacked by Clerics and Paladins before long.
When a domain invasion happens, the Invaders will appear at a random location in the vicinity of one of your Domains, chosen at random.
They will never appear on the inside of any Domain defences
[Current Domains]
[The Dark Tower]
[Graveyard] (Structure) x 1
Graverobber] (Minion) x 2
[Spree]
[Current Enemies]
[Halflings]
[Shining Justice]
Okay? So Spree and my Tower are going to be attacked by Halflings? That's easily dealt with. What's less easy is the learning... maybe it's time to expand my horde with some additional non-undead minions.
My Minions aren't the strongest, and I only have Brown and Red, so I don't want to completely relay on them. And I'm not happy that my Inventory now exists in a actual location, that puts it at risk after all.
I need to increase my Defences considerably, starting to wish I took Wardcrafter...
I'll have to put the Horde Mode to use and max Scribe out, I don't care about Spree getting attacked, I'll defend it but it's unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but this place has my entire Inventory in it.
There's a Storage Room that wasn't there before that now has all my Potions and other small things in, there's a morgue for all my corpses, all my weapons including Excalibur Ruler are in the Armoury and my Artefacts are in the Treasury, I cannot allow intruder to get into this place.
I can summon them to me through the inventory screen, but that doesn't stop them from being stolen if anyone sneaks in here, and lets be honest, Minions aren't exactly the smartest guards.
The Tower should be safe, for now, my Undead are all surrounding it after all, so any trespassers will be dealt with quickly... until I have Wards up, I need to keep my undead on guard duty, I'm not losing so much as a single potion, let alone some of my more powerful things...
I need more undead, a lot more.
I think pure numbers is the most important for now, I just want to have a Horde between my tower and everything else.
Thankfully I have 142 Halfling corpses which just count as Humanoid, so I have the material.
First things first, I'm increasing my Bayrok amount to 50 total, it costs 43 of my corpses, but it's worth it.
They'll guard my Tower from the various look out points, it's their job to turn anything that approaches my tower into a pincushion.
Then I summon five more Skeleton Hordes, they might not be the strongest, especially considering the fact that they cost 10 corpses each, but I just need them to cover the ground, and 50 more foot soldiers for just 5 of my summons is entirely worth it, I clearly won't have many issues with corpses while I'm here, at least regular corpses.
Next I'll use the two magical corpses Venelana gave me to make a pair of Lesser Liches, to lead the Horde while I am away. They're smarter than most of my Undead.
The Troll corpse I didn't use Raise Dead on can become a Zombie Giant, it'll serve as a good brute force fighter if the tower is assaulted.
...That should be enough until I have Wardcrafter to improve on my defences.
I suppose I should put some defences at Spree as well.
I should get as many Domains as possible, after all the more locations I control, the less likely it'll be for my Tower to be chosen as the random domain attacked.
Besides, I should look after my peasants, like the Black Baron did.
He was a Tyrant, and yet the peasants were sad he was gone, that's power. To rule over people with a cold iron fist, and have them be happy about it.
That's the kind of Rule I want, just because I'm a conqueror doesn't mean I can't be a good leader...
In hindsight, I should use the Build skill to make a couple of guard towers, and give them guards to defend Spree, having human guards will put the dumb peasants more at ease than my undead.
I'll take care of that immediately, before they get attacked.
As I head down to the Gate I pause, hearing Serena's coming from one of the open doors, peeking inside I raise an eyebrow.
Serena is lecturing to the six girls I took from the Halfling's... why do we even have a classroom? All six off them are wearing maid uniforms, skimpy maid uniforms at that, not quite bad-porno level skimpy, but the skirt is far too short, and the top reveals just as bit too much cleavage.
The girls all seem to be around fifteen to eighteen if I had to guess, with a couple of exceptions, one of them looks like she's more like she's in her early twenties, and another looks closer to thirteen.
All but one of them are sat at desks, watching as Serena lectures another, who is... attempting to take a wooden dildo deeper into her mouth...
...I'll leave them to it.
Heading down further I head through the Gate, I won't be needing to take my minions with me for a small trip to Spree, and I arrive at the Village quickly, being greeted by a nervous Archie.
"W-welcome, Lord Kuro... how can we help you today?" he asks, stuttering slightly.
"I'm just here to make some minor adjustments to the Village, nothing more." I say sending the two Bayrok's I left to the tower, to join the others.
I have 2600 gold that I looted from the halflings, and it looks like the Guard Tower's are 1k each...
[Guard Tower] (Structure)
1000 Gold Cost
Can house 10 Guards, who will defend the Domain it is placed in from Invaders, and fight Uprisings and Crimes (unless the crimes are committed by you)
Potential Upgrades
Better Gear – Guards Assigned to Guard Towers will be equipped with higher tier armour and weapons, 10000 Gold Cost
Archers – Allows for an additional five guards to be assigned to each tower, who will serve as lookouts and Archers, 15000 Gold Cost
[Guard] (Minion)
350 Gold Cost
Will patrol the Domain, fighting crime, uprisings and invasions.
The upgrades are expensive, but I think they work like Ago of Empires upgrades, if you get one it upgrades them all.
Still, that's 4.5k to buy a tower and fully staff it... for now they can have the tower, and four guards.
It's not the best defence, but it'll do until I have more money.
The tower grows in the middle of the village, and the four guards, all female oddly enough, appear from inside it. Giving me a bow, they start their patrol, dressed in what looks like iron armour, not the best like I said, but it'll do for now, really they're just there to buy time for me to get here, I'll leave a scheming spirit here so I can get here in a rush if necessary...
Fuck it, I'll make five more Bayrok's for just in case, they can sit on the top of the tower away from the peasants, and they'll be more efficient than the guards, they don't need to sleep or eat, and they're better fighters as well.
And with that, this place should be more or less safe, unless the invasions are far bigger than I am expecting...
Still, it'll do, I'm not pulling anyone else away from my Tower to protect this place. My tower takes priority over Spree.
+10 Reputation with Archie [30/100] for protecting Spree
+10 Reputation with the Village of Spree [30/100] for protecting it
There we go, they better be thankful, that was all my gold.
Heading back to the Gate I return to the Tower, I want to do some grinding in the Horde Mode, but first, I need to choose a new Mage Class...
Looking over my choice I choose Summoner, the Game warned me that having only Undead would make the Invasions start to adapt to counter undead so I need more types of minions for my Horde.
[Summon Supernatural (Elemental)] (Active)
Summon an Elemental to fight for you, you can only have 1 Summon for every 5 INT.
Elementals can be dismissed and summoned at will.
[Translocate (Summoner)] (Active)
1000 MP to use
Swaps your location with any summon
I feel jipped, cheated and robbed...
Summoner Summons only require Mana, and nothing else to summon... that's some bullshit, all my troubles in DxD over not having corpses, and now I find out I could have picked Summoner, and not done any of that? The Mana cost would be a problem admittedly, but I have so much I can summon them easily...
I started with five summons, Flamvell baby, the only one I can summon at my current summoner level, Hinotama Soul that I need to be level 5 to summon, Giant Soldier of Stone, that I need to be level 10 for, Lightning Chidori, that needs level 15, and Labyrinth Walls, that requires level 20...
...They're all Yugioh cards.
What's very interesting is that it calculates my Summoner total summons separately from my Undead summons, summoning a Flamvell baby I check my free summon slots for undead, grinning as it doesn't rise at all. For every 5 INT I have I can have 1 summoner summon, and 2 necromancer undead.
And once again my potential horde size increases...
The Flamvell Baby is quite literally a tiny child-like figure made of flame, it isn't particularly strong but it's nice to have some new options, Undead aren't great at using different magic types other than death or plague magic after all...
Calling Raynare to me, I send us both to the Demon Horde Dungeon, time to grind.
- The 'Heroes' -
- Lust -
"So that fatso Melvin is dead?" William the Black frowned in concern. A new Overlord appearing right now was very bad, his plan to summon his Mistress, the Succubus Queen was already progressing far too much for him to move out now.
Who knew what his subordinates would do without him looking over their actions. He wouldn't lose his Mistress affections, not now when everything was going so perfectly for him.
No matter, the new Overlord might have been able to defeat Melvin but the fat Halfling had been the Bard of their party. He was nothing but support while Kahn, Goldo, himself and the Wizard did the heavy fighting. In a fight between them William would no doubt triumph.
- Greed -
"A new Overlord?" Goldo the Dwarf-king sat on his golden Throne and growled in anger as he read the letter which the old Wizard sent him.
"Bah, no doubt that evil cunt will try to steal my riches. But I will not allow that! The Gold of this world is mine and mine alone." Goldo grabbed his axe and slammed it into the ground. His subjects looking at him with greed in their eyes, each desiring his place as the richest.
"Listen up. The moment where the Overlord appears before you I order you to kill him. All this Treasure belongs to the Dwarves and he will not get a single rusty coin from us." Goldo roared as the Dwarves roared in blood-thirst.
- Envy -
Jewel the Thief looked in annoyance at a valuable ancient spell book. She had just stolen it from a small keep in the North of the continent but despite her deep desire for it now that she had it she grew bored with it.
Sighing she dropped it into her Vault full of valuables and treasures which she stole from all over the continent.
Turning around she thought about the message which she received from the old man. Apparently Melvin was dead now and there was now a new Overlord in the old Tower...
Smiling a bit she imagined all the Wealth and Treasures which he would amass in time. Especially after he killed Goldo who was no doubt another target of the Overlord. She'd let him build up his horde first, why hunt for treasure when she could just wait till the Overlord did it for her?
- Wrath -
Kahn roared in anger as he slaughtered a small village in his rage.
The message of his old friend Melvin's death had enraged him greatly and he decided to react himself off on this Village. Growling he wondered if he should go kill the Overlord now but he discarded it after some thinking.
His beloved Jewel might need him for something, so he wouldn't have time to go off and kill some upstart.
Still, perhaps he should intensify his training again. If that shit ever touched his beloved Jewel he would hunt to the end of the world...
- Sloth -
It was small, but Oberon could feel it.
Something had happened...
Oh well...
- Pride -
The Second Overlord, wearing the Wizards face glared at the Tower in the distance in anger...
This wasn't how this was supposed to go...
He hadn't anticipated that another Overlord would steal his Tower from him while he was corrupting the 'Heroes'... he hadn't expected the Eighth Hero to be a possible Overlord Candidate, he certainly hadn't expected Gnarl to connect him to the Tower, if he had then he would have made sure the Hero, and Gnarl were dead before he left...
Gnarl was fanatically loyal to the Overlord, unfortunately he didn't particularly care who the Overlord was, only that someone was ruling over the Minions... when he left Gnarl apparently decided that he was no longer the Overlord, and chose another to Rule over the Tower.
If he could get back to the Tower then he could reclaim his throne... the Minions would switch sides as long as he could retake the Tower Heart, but even if he did, the place was overrun with Undead...
How did the Eighth Hero manage to work out Necromancy? The Skeletal Dragon that lurked in the peaks of the mountains was strong, too strong even. As much as it hurt his pride too admit, the False Overlord was a better Necromancer than he was, considerably better.
He needed to kill the false Overlord, while he was away from the Tower, the Undead were stronger than the Minions, fortunately they didn't seem to leave the Tower, it prevented him from trying to reclaim his Tower, but it meant the Fake was vulnerable while he was away...
Fortunately he still had the remaining heroes, and two of the Netherghuls that had been unleashed, they were both Overlord Candidates, and they wanted him dead so that they could take the Tower for themselves...
The weren't the smartest, but at least they were strong, he could manipulate them into attacking the Fake easily enough, he just had to find the right moment...
It was a shame that the other two were on the other side of the mountain range, he couldn't risk heading to the 'Glorious' Empire to 'recruit' them, it'd leave the Fake to his own devices for far too long, he'd enslave them after he had his Tower back.
The False Overlord would pay dearly for taking what was his...
He could still feel the damage to his soul from two of his Phylacteries being destroyed... how did the Fake know that the Jester was a Phylactery in the first place?
He was watching through the Jester's eye, using him to spy on the false overlord, and he could still feel the fakers axe splitting his skull, when he was watching through the Jester's eye eh could both see, and feel what the Jester did, and that Axe hurt... a lot.
At least he still had six more... his soul was in too many pieces for him to try making another, he'd already lost two pieces of his soul, he couldn't risk letting the Fake kill the other Heroes...
He'd thought he was being clever, using the Heroes as his Phylacteries, making the very people who sought to kill him be his source of immortality, but now everything was in danger, all because of some upstart...
- Kuro -
Looking at the awe filled Raynare as she knelt before me, her ten wings standing proudly before here.
[Raynare, Angel of Death]
Optional Objective 2: Get Raynare to a Ten-winged Fallen (Tier Four) - Compete
Reward: Raynare will serve you fanatically for all time, Massively Increased Rep with Azazel, Massively Increased Rep with the Grigori, [Trainer] Perk
Perk Added
[Trainer]
50% addition experience for party members
+25 Affection with Raynare [94/100] for making her stronger than she could have ever imagined
Azazel's Reputation is already Maxed
+25 Reputation with the Grigori [67/100] for making a low-level weak Fallen far stronger
[Prodigal Fallen] – The Grigori [50]
Fallen Angel Class levels much faster
It was a decent session, levelling other people is child's play, unfortunately levelling myself is far slower, despite getting Raynare so many levels, I only got to Level 20 Summoner and Level 10 Scribe myself... but that's still 28 levels, not bad even if they are the easier to get, lower levels off each class, it'll be harder when I get closer to maxing it.
[Summon Living Artifact] (Active)
Summon a living Artifact, you can only have 1 Summon for every 5 INT.
Artifacts can be dismissed and summoned at will.
[Summon Supernatural (Monster)] (Active)
Summon a monster to fight for you, you can only have 1 Summon for every 5 INT.
[Summon Servant (Fate)] (Active)
Allows you to use Fate Summon Cards to summon a Servant.
For each star the Servant has you need to have 10 levels in summoner.
A One Star Servant Card has been granted for free.
Summon Unlock Card – Mata Hari (1* Assassin)
Adds [Mata Hari (1* Assassin)] to Summon Servant
[Tantric Mana Transference (Fate)] (Passive)
You know what this does...
[Servant Ascension (Fate)] (Active)
Allows you to ascend a servant who has reached the appropriate level
[Command Seals] (Active)
Unique Summons have their own personality, and minds... and unlike normal summons can choose to disobey, that's where Command Seals come in
Can be used three times a day to force a Unique Summon to obey.
[Summon Supernatural (Fantasy)] (Active)
Summon a fantasy creature to fight for you, you can only have 1 Summon for every 5 INT.
[Copy Book] (Active)
200 MP to use
Allows you to make a perfect copy of any non-magical book
[Forge Document] (Active)
200 MP to use
Allows you to make forgeries, the believability of the document will be based on your WIS and INT, along with your Scribe Level
It's nice that I can finally put my Fate Cards to use, at least the 1 and 2 star ones... I'm not high level enough to summon the strongest ones, but I can at least Summon Mata Hari and Phantom of the Opera. The Command Seal has appeared on my right hand, the red emblem on the back of my hand, I'll need these if I'm going to be summoning Fate Servants...
Plus I got three more types of summons, Living Artifacts which seems interesting, the only one I have at the moment is Aroma Jar, apparently it causes people who breath in it's scents to feel different emotions, depending on what I want them to feel.
Monsters and Fantasy are also fun (even if they could probably have been put into one skill), and I got three of each to start with. For Monsters I got Medusa Worm, a giant burrowing worm that eats my enemies, and Gale Lizard, a flying lizard with wind magic. Along with one far more interesting... it's name is Number 26: Octobypass the Dimensional Pathway, a Unique summon that can only be summoned once, it can open Dimensional Gates allowing me to travel to places I haven't been before, it's not very good at fighting, but it's certainly powerful none the less.
For Fantasy I got Gigantes, a red skinned Giant, who beats people with a log no magic required, Water Omotics, a weird naked lady who uses a magic jar to control water, and Gaia Plate the Earth Giant, another Unique one which I can't even summon until I hit Level 40 Summoner...
I'll summon them later, and Mata Hari as well... but I should deal with Raynare now.
"I take it that you're satisfied?" I ask her rhetorically as she practically vibrates in excitement. I hope she is considering that she's Tier 4, Level 70... that makes her considerably higher level than me after all.
It's easy to level followers, so I've fallen behind annoyingly... still, it's fine, despite my pride roaring in anger inside me, I'm a summoner type, it's better to have strong servants than to be strong myself as long as I can grind their Obedience.
"Of Course, My Lord! I never thought... I never even dreamed that I would be able to become this strong!" she shouts staring up at me from her kneeling position. "There are only a handful of Fallen with Ten Wings, and all of them were created with Ten Wings, no Fallen has ever reached this level if they weren't created with this many!"
...Ah. Well, that's going to be fun when we go back. Ehh, whatever. I'll train people, if they can offer me enough for it.
"You have my eternal gratitude, loyalty... and love, My Lord." she says looking away with a small blush as I place a hand on her head gently, stroking her hair. "If there is every anything I can do for you, just say the word..." she says.
That makes me think... she's ridiculously strong...
What if I become a Lich now, and have Raynare guard the Tower Heart? With my Undead surrounding the place, and her guarding the Heart itself then my soul would be safe... and I could finally get rid off my pesky mortality.
The Wizard/Second Overlord took control of the Tower Heart when he returned, but he can't do that if there's a fanatical Fallen Angel in his way, and even if he could he can't destroy the tower heart without massively ruining his own plans.
I'm doing it, I've waited long enough.
"There are two things you can do for me... one is of the utmost importance, and the other is... less important." I say making her look up. "Follow me." I order heading back into the spawning pits, with the Tower Heart hovering in the centre of the room.
"My Lord? Why have we come here?" she asks, looking around in confusion.
"I have decided to become a Lich, to remove my soul from my body and store it in a phylactery, so that I can become truly immortal... I want you to be the one to guard my soul." I say as her eyes widen in shock. She drops back onto one knee immediately.
"I would be honoured, My Lord, none will harm your soul as long as I draw breath." she says fanatically, I do like her...
"I'm sure they won't, I'm using the Tower Heart as my Phylactery... it will be your one and only duty to keep it safe." I say as I prepare myself mentally to remove my soul.
After taking a breath I cast Create Phylactery on the Tower Heart, biting down on my lip as a tearing feeling runs through me, a black mist leaving my body and entering the Heart as Raynare watches in awe.
Race Changed from [Blessed Human] to [Blessed Lich]
[Blessed Lich]
A Lich who has been blessed by a divine figure, powering them up
Can be granted Miracles if they have pleased their Deity
Base Stats - x100 END for HP/SP, x300 INT for MP, x30 WIS for MP Regen, x20 END for SP/HP Regen
[Lich] Special Class unlocked
[Devour Soul] (Active)
5000 MP to cast
Devour the soul of a fallen target to gain the skills they possess
Will restore the humanity of the Lich.
Effects vary depending on target
[Lichdom] (Passive)
If your body is destroyed you will reform at the location of your Phylactery
[Resist Death (Adept)] (Passive)
Reduces Death Damage by 40%
[Resist Plague (Adept)] (Passive)
Reduces Plague Damage by 40%
The Master Necromancer, Kuro
Level – 267
Class – Lich – LVL 1/50 [00%]
Race – Blessed Lich [100% Humanity]
Rank – Champion of Izanami
Alignment – Neutral Evil
HP – 67,600 [6,760 per minute] (Will resurrect if killed)
MP – 873,900 [27,187.5 per 30 seconds]
SP – 67,600 [6,760 per minute]
STR – 270
END – 338
DEX – 192
INT – 971
WIS – 725
CHA – 236
LCK – 108
Credits – 400
"MY LORD?! Are you okay?" she asks rushing to me as I drop to one knee, catching my breath. That really fucking hurt...
"I'm fine..." I say rising again, I don't feel or look, any different, but I have so much Mana now...
As a Lich your Humanity will slowly erode (1% per day), giving you a more tradition undead look, and suppressing your ability to feel...
As long as your humanity is above 80%
Devour souls to restore your humanity
So I have 20 days till my body starts to decay? That's fine, that's what the new skill is for... I just have to find someone whose soul I can Devout every so often, I don't know how much Humanity each soul will restore yet, I'll wait till it drops to 95% before I eat my first soul.
There aren't any powers I want in this world anyway, the only skills worth getting are the Overlord ones, and I don't need to eat souls for that...
Summoning 10 scheming spirits I have them watch this area, and all the enter ways into here, before I summon all my Death Knights and have them stand guard in this room. I still have 40 corpses, and now isn't the time to be frugal, not when my soul is at risk.
20 More Death Knights to start with, I want anyone who comes down here to be slaughtered in seconds. Ten of my souls can become Shadowdancers, as ambushers, I maxed my souls back to 100 in the dungeon earlier after all.
25 Death Knights, 10 Shadowdancers, and Raynare should be more than enough defences right?
"From now on, keeping the Tower Heart safe is your highest priority..." I order seriously.
"I understand, My Lord. Nothing will harm your soul, I swear it." she says. "...but you said you had two things you wanted me to do, what else do you require of me?" she asks making me smirk slightly.
My soul will be fine for a while...
- Next Morning -
Pulling myself from my bed, I extract myself from Raynare's grasp, I got another 5 affection with her, only one point to go before I max her out as well.
I'll get it soon enough, no need to rush.
I get dressed in another copy of the outfit Serena made for me, I really should look into finding out how she keeps making outfits...
As I think that I get a flash of memories, Serena... was a seamstress in an elven village... and they gave her to me to... stop me from slaughtering the village?
I have some vague memories from my 'background' but they're blurry at best...
Oh well, she's here and she's mine, the rest doesn't really matter.
As I leave the room, heading downstairs one of the maids almost bumps into me, making me scowl as my Pride kicks in again, before I smother it ruthlessly.
"L-Lord Kuro! M-my apologies..." she says with a paling face, seeing my scowl.
"What's your name, Girl?" I ask the red-headed teenager.
"M-Mara, my lord. T-thank you for saving us from the halflings..." she says with a curtsey, a well done one at that, I don't think she's a farm girl.
"Not angry I brought you here instead of letting you go?" I ask with a slight smirk.
"N-no My Lord, my home is gone now..." she says with a flinch, not from Spree then?
"And where was your home?" I ask curiously.
"Castle Spree, My Lord... the Halfling's captured me and my sister when they k-killed my father... the Lord of Spree while we were fleeing out destroyed castle..." she says sadly, small tears in her eyes... now that I think about it the youngest of the girls has the same red hair and blue eyes... interesting.
"Then I suppose your lucky I came along before Melvin got hungry enough to add you to the dinner table." I say calmly as she flinches.
"I-I am, My Lord... that halfling was an abomination... there were more girls at one point... but the food was taking too long so he just..." she trails off, a look of horror on her face.
Is it cannibalism if it's a halfling eating a human? Would it be cannibalism if I ate a elf?
"Exactly, I saved you. Which is why it's completely fair for me to make you serve me, isn't it? You're just paying me back..." I say calmly, placing a hand on her shoulder, as she quickly agrees. "Excellent... I'll let you get back to whatever you were doing." I say letting her go, as she walks away my eyes trail over her long, mostly exposed legs and her firm ass, barely covered by her Maid Uniform.
I had sex a lot back in DxD, and my libido became very healthy as a result, Raynare alone just isn't enough for me...
Lucky then that I have six maids and a mistress, isn't it?
Moving on, I move to the Armoury, putting my Armour back on, it's been cleaned by Serena, she's removed all the dirt, blood and pus from it.
She's very useful.
I've put it off long enough, so I suppose I should go and see what the evil energy Gnarl told me about is...
Heading to the gate I return to the the Mellow Fields, summoning 25 Browns and 10 Reds for my horde today, I don't want to use my undead until the Wizard is dealt with, my Tower must not fall, and the Minions are unreliable...
But that's what summoner is for... Summoning 5 Gigantes and 4 more Flamvell Baby's I use them to supplement my horde, adding some additional firepower, quite literally as the five flame sprites float around...
Watching the minions chase them around, trying to catch them I laugh, calling the minions back into order, summoning Corpse Collector, and making 4 more corpse collectors, they're seriously useful on a logistical level, even if they aren't the best at fighting. My new expanded horde proves that.
I've noticed that my corpse requirements seem to have changed somewhat, before to summon a Nightmare Horse I needed a horses corpse, now it just says Animal Corpse, and the Mammoth Graveyard that needed a Elephant Corpse just says Large Animal Corpse, which is very useful since I don't have to search for each individual type.
The five giants tower over us, I barely reach their upper chest as they clutch the giant logs, and I'm not exactly short, ever since I got here I've had the body of a fully grown man, as strange as it sound it took me a while to notice, since I also got memoires of growing in this body, which is why it isn't difficult to move around despite me gaining about ten years in age, which is going to be awkward when I go back to DxD... still I don't really want to change it, I kinda like being this tall. I'm guessing I would have stayed a teenager if I had chosen Drop In, but I'd guess that I'm around mid-twenties now, at least Physically.
Still, it's time to see what's going on here...
As we move a farm girl approaches me making me pause,
"My Lord, now that you've got rid of Melvin, the sheep are flourishing! Take as many as you like, Sire, they're breeding faster than I can count 'em!" she says making me look over the once again, sheep filled fields.
"...I'll keep that in mind." I say heading off, Game Logic at it's finest, I slaughtered them all yesterday, and now they've returned in greater numbers.
As we approach the source of Evil Energy, I find some peasants gathered at a completely out of place building, the white and gold marble standing out like a sore thumb as I walk behind the oblivious peasants.
"The Gods have surely smiled upon us lowly peons!" one of them says kneeling before it, fucking peasants... they're just so dumb...
"They have given us a way a escape out Dark Overlord! It must be a passage... a passage to heaven!" another says as I frown, clutching my weapon... a mace today, not a axe. I am a Dark Overlord, but that doesn't make me a bad ruler, I spent all my gold yesterday trying to keep these idiots alive...
"Do we get wings? I want wings! Do they have wings? Oooh, I hope they have wings." one of them says, I really hate peasants...
"Come on, let us be free from this sheep-killing , pumpkin smashing Overlord!" one shouts gleefully as I start walking towards them.
"That Overlord can grow 'is own bloody food... I'm going where there's a halo with my name on it!"
"And Wings! Don't forget the wings!"
"I had some wings once... gave me a rash. However Sire, you have an Evil domain to uphold, you can't just let your subjects wander off! It's bad for your image! Find out where they're going and stop them!" Gnarl says... he has a point, I have some ungrateful assholes to kill.
Is what I would be saying if I didn't know where that portal goes too...
The Raising Hell expansion, that's the way to enter the Abyss, where the Forgotten God is waiting...
No Thanks, the peasants are going to be tortured in there anyway, so they can enjoy their 'freedom' from me, I hope it's everything they ever wanted, the pathetic fools.
Instead, I'll head off to get one of my Forges, now that I have the red minions to put out the eternally burning flames.
Passing through spree I head towards where I remember the forge being, having reds put out the flames, and the browns lift it, carrying it back to the portal.
As we go back some Halfling's try rushing the village through the open gate, making the villagers close it, locking me out as I scowl, my Gigantes rush the Halfling's quite literally crushing them into paste with their strength, and I glare at the peasant who locked me out, making him drop the gate again, my Guards rushing to the gate just a little bit too late...
I can't blame them, the fight was over almost immediately.
Sending my minions to the gate, I take the other path, taking a moment to kill more Halfling's and sheep, collecting the corpses and life force quickly.
We reach the gate quickly, and place the Smelter on it, sending it back to it's rightful place in my Tower.
"You have retrieved a smelter, Sire. More forging options are available!"
I'll have to look into forging, maybe even look into taking Blacksmith, but Wardcrafter is first after I finish Scribe.
Now, I can either head to the forest, and deal with Oberon, or Castle Spree and grab Rose...
Shisui and Kushimaru are tracking Khan, but I've told Shisui to just keep spying on them for now, I know exactly when I'm, going to turn them on each other...
First I'd deal with Castle Spree, Oberon is just sleeping so there's no rush to end him.
Heading through Spree, I open the back gate, ignoring a blubbering peasant as I do, he mentions something about a lady at the castle, Rose no doubt, but I don't need to listen to him, I know this part of the game fairly well.
Heading though the gate it doesn't take long before I see it, the Burning Ruin that was once Castle Spree, I can see why Lord Spree fled his tower... still I wonder how long the sisters were in captivity before I 'saved' them.
"A thousand Halflings couldn't do this much damage, I smell magic in the air. That's never a good smell, Sire. I think you should investigate further." Gnarl advises.
Getting my reds to put out the fires blocking my way I head in further, killing some giant bugs along the way. They're a good source of Red Lifeforce after all...
As we move a armoured fool leaps out from a bush, swinging his sword at me, making me frown as he's smacked by one of the Gigantes, the brown minions piling on him tearing him apart...
That body is in too many pieces... Restore Corpse fixes that problem though.
"He was most definitely not local! I wonder if the lady that gibbering peasant mentioned is behind this." Gnarl says... I wouldn't put it past her to be honest, she's a cunning one...
She can either join me, or she can get acquainted with my dungeons, I can't risk her helping her 'father' later on. She's a scheming one after all.
The drawbridge is closed, but that's easily fixed, the fires being put out as I send my minions through a gap in the damaged wall, too small for me to pass through, the armoured guys attack my minions while they open the gate and my Flamvell Babies burn them alive, covering my Minions with their fire magic.
As the Drawbridge lowers my Gigantes rush across, smashing the armoured assholes aside.
The smell of burnt flesh covers the area as I enter the castle myself, but that's fine, spending so long around Undead has hardened me to bad smells, instead I look around the castle with a frown, I'll have to have this repaired later on, it could be a good addition to my empire later on.
The armoured men rush us, but between the fire magic and the pure strength of my Gigantes they stand little chance, being swept aside with ease as they are quickly overwhelmed.
Searching around, I find another Tower Object, a Health Totem, and plenty of gold in the pots that my minions gleefully smash apart.
I wasn't expecting the Health Totem to do anything, but it does actually work...
[Blessed Lich]
A Lich who has been blessed by a divine figure, powering them up
Can be granted Miracles if they have pleased their Deity
Base Stats – [x100(+1)] END for HP/SP, x300 INT for MP, x30 WIS for MP Regen, x20 END for SP/HP Regen
It's small, a one percent increase, but it's still very nice to see, since that means I can get more, both for HP/SP and MP.
After we've done that we head inside, unfortunately I have to de-summon the Gigantes behind, they're just too big to be useful in such enclosed spaces.
As we enter I see a peasant run though a doorway, on fire... before Rose and some more Peasant's flee into a storeroom closing the gate behind them just in time to stop a couple of the armoured men from getting in.
I quickly launch two fireballs, igniting both armoured men aflame as they are rushed by my horde, being killed easily as I approach the closed gate.
"Your little creatures are just dealings aren't they! I'm Rose. Well, it seems like you can handle yourselves... interested in a job?" she asks me with a smile.
"Not particularly, why?" I reply.
"Have you heard about the Heaven's Peak plague? It's nasty, very nasty. I came here to see if this place could shelter the poor lumps that aren't infected.. yet. I need to get out of here, but I can't leave with these Raiders everywhere and I need my luggage. Could you deal with them and retrieve it for me?" she asks unphased by my response.
"...why would I do that? I'm the Overlord of the Dark Tower, New Ruler of Spree, not some errand boy." I respond with a glare.
"An Overlord? So you've taken over Spree? Wonderful, then you can help out, these people can just live in your village." she responds making me glare harder.
"And again, why would I help out some random nobodies? I'm here to claim this castle for myself, and get these fools out of my new fortress." I say trying to crush my angered pride.
"Fair enough, but every empire needs intelligent people to help run it... help me and I'll join you, it must be hard being surrounded by idiotic peasants like these lumps..." she says gesturing at the peasants as they look at her in confusion.
"...Fine, give me a moment to clear this place out." I say, I wanted to get her anyway, so this works as long as she realises just who is in charge.
"Wonderful, Oh You should probably know, those Raiders had a strange creature with them. It's bound to be magical... must have helped them get in here!" she says as I go to leave.
"I'll deal with it." I respond leaving her in the storeroom, as I head deeper inside, killing more beetles along the way. I soothe my pride by squashing some of the bugs myself, bringing my mace down on them in a brutal swing.
We kill more of the Raiders, cutting a path to the wheel that opens the cellar, heading into it seeing the creature she mentioned... the floating thing looks at me with it's giant eye, and also with it's much smaller, but still pretty big eyes that are on the ends of it's tentacles...
I don't like it, so it has to die.
"Hmmm... That creature's presence explains how these Raiders entered the castle." Gnarl says as we watch it bring in more of the Raiders in a flash of light.
As my Minions fight the Raiders, I send my Flamvell Babies to burn the Beholder looking asshole, the Raider's can't hit them since they don't have a ranged attack, and the monster itself can't actually attack, it's just a teleporter.
Why it doesn't teleport away while it's being burnt alive I don't know, but oh well. It dies quickly enough, and that's really all that matters.
Putting out the fires, I have my Minions grab Rose's luggage, resisting the urge to just burn it out of spite, and we move back to her.
"My Luggage! You and your little Cherubs found it!" she says delighted... Cherubs? I look at the little imps as they drop the luggage on their fingers... sure, let's go with that.
"Cherubs? Yuck!" one of them shouts in the background.
"i thought your were just the usual run-of-the-mill dungeon fodder, but you've surprised me! I think someone like you, could use someone like me. Let's go!" she says walking out of the storeroom.
"We will see." I respond, she's starting to get on my nerves.
+20 Affection with Rose [20/100] for helping her
I lead her to one of the Gates, and take her back to the tower quickly. As we arrive back she looks around with a look of begrudging acceptance.
"So this is your Tower? It's better than I expected, but it could still use a bit of work." she says... she's not wrong, I could do with some upgrades, but that'll have to wait
"Sire, I've had the minions take her luggage up to the Private Quarters, and assigned her a room." Serena says, giving me a slight bow.
"Thank you, Serena, show her around, I have work to do." I say getting a small smile in return.
"If you're heading to Heaven's Peak, perhaps you could investigate what's been causing the plague?" she asks giving Serena a calculating look before she turns back to me with a smile. "I'd better get up there, wouldn't want those little dears eating my things and getting a tummy ache, give me a chance to spruce up the place a little, then come on up, I'll put the kettle on."
"Allow me to show you the way." Serena says with a smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes.
That's going to be fun...
Sending a Scheming Spirit to keep an eye on Rose, I head back into the Gate, returning to Mellow Hills, Heaven's Peak can wait until I am good and ready, I want to go to the Elven Forest first.
Calling back my full horde, I head to the forest ready to kill another Hero.
- Serena -
"So, how long have you known the Overlord?" the new girl asks as she is shown around.
"Years, some fools from my old village attacked him while he was travelling through the forest out village was in, he killed them all and threatened to slaughter the entire village in retribution. The Village Elders offered me as recompense." she answered.
She didn't care at all that her lord had gotten another woman, she was his, but he was not hers, Lord Kuro belonged to no one after all.
"And he accepted?" she asked.
"No, I offered to become his if he burnt the village down, it's what they deserved for using me as a bargaining chip. That offer he accepted, I've never looked back since." she replied with a smile, her village was full of nature loving idiots with delusions of grandeur, she was an orphan so it wasn't like she had any family to lose when her Lord burnt the place to the ground.
She was known as the most beautiful girl in the village, not that she had much completion, as all the other girls in the village would stuff their faces with food trying to look like their precious 'Mother Goddess' as they became fat and lazy...
As the only woman in their village who didn't care about their stupid religion, or the dumb animals in their forest, she wasn't exactly popular, the Elders must have thanked their goddess for a chance to get rid off her, unfortunately for them, she was smarter than them.
If she was being taken, the least she could do was make sure they didn't benefit from it... she had planned on running from Lord Kuro the first chance she got, but as she saw him simply crush everything that got in his way, taking life after life without pause something awoke in her...
She realised why she always hated her pathetic little village, with their peaceful animal loving ways... she was Evil, and she loved Evil. Every time her Lord killed something she felt herself grow wet...
Her ambitions of fleeing, of being free vanished in the face of his evil, and she found a new ambition, to see her lord spread his evil throughout the world, to help him bring this world under his control.
And now, he'd finally started his conquest. This was going to be wonderful...
- Kuro -
"Evernight Forest was once filled with Elven Magic, Creature and plant existed harmoniously amid leafy canopies and sun-dappled pools... Now it is dank, dark, corrupted...Ooh I like what they've done with the place!" Gnarl says as I enter the forest, looking around at the overgrown roots.
Moving forwards my path is blocked by two floating elves.
"What creature has the Dreaming brought forth? Alas Oberon is truly sickened!" one of them says looking at my minions.
"Elves, even dead ones, can speak telepathically to all magical beings, Sire. Lazy Creatures!"
They're ghosts... and I'm a necromancer...
Into a Soulflask they go. I might need a snack later...
They were saying something about a one horned beast, but that doesn't matter, what matters is that I don't have to listen to their depressed moaning any more. It doesn't take long before I stumble on the One Horned Beast, a Unicorn feasting on the corpse of a dwarf.
"Soppy, over-rated pit-ponies! Elves, I despise, but not as much as bloody Unicorns!" Gnarl shouts in my ear as I cast Grasp Heart on the Unicorn as it charges at me, it doesn't quite kill it, but it does make it stumble and fall, my Gigantes smashing their logs down on it before it can rise up.
I remember them being a pain in the ass to deal with, but then when I played the game I wasn't carrying over my save data from another Game was I?
Moving on after collecting the corpse I meet the next problem.
A small river.
"Although your imposing form can enter water, your Minions cannot! Well the can... but they will drown in a rather amusing way. You must find them a bridge across." Gnarl says as I sigh... they can't even swim...
I guide them over a large vine that crosses the tiny river, sighing to myself as I do, Undead are definitely the superior servants...
There's another unicorn, but it meets the same fate as the last, allowing me to grab another Spell stone from a small alcove. I get it back to the gate easily, opening a shortcut as I do.
[Minion: Frenzy] (Active) Upgraded
500 MP to use
Sends your Minions into a frenzy
Minions deal 35% more damage, and take 35% less damage for one minute
Heading back on the path, we meet our next enemies, some skeletal rat monsters... again, I'm a Necromancer with Control Undead, so I just take control of them all.
Once control undead is cast it never wears off, making skeleton rat I came control off a permanent increase to my horde.
I stuff every Elf Ghost I come across into Soulflasks, I know they'd try and explain what's going on here, but their voices are so annoying...
It's better to put their wasted souls to use.
Before long, me and my ever growing horde reach Oberon, sleeping in his big tree with it's blue magical barrier blocking me from just killing him and being done with it.
Despite my best efforts, I can't actually pierce the barrier, even with my Necromancer Spells...
"Hmmm... Oberon... catchy name... that Elf is protected by a powerful shield, Master! The Root give it energy." Gnarl says as I follow one of the roots to it's base, a large glowing blue orb, which my minions smash to pieces with a satisfying squelch.
"The shield is weakening! You must destroy the other root nodes, Sire! No doubt the Dwarf domain is bloated with the spoils of war! We must find a way through, Lord!"
Gnarl has a point, I do like spoils of war.
Besides, if I don't explore I'll miss the collectables like Spell Stones and Totems, and that would suck, I even think the Greens are around here somewhere.
As I take control of the next bunch of Skeletal Rats, I get a notification.
[Command Undead] Upgraded due to constant use
[Mass Command Undead] (Active)
Targets Combined Level x 20 MP to cast
Take control of a group of undead that was not created by you
That'll do, as I look back over the few dozen skeletal rats following behind me I smirk, this area wasn't meant for someone with the power to control undead... so many Games are going to be easier due to this single spell.
For example, Skyrim? 90% of the dungeons are Draugr... undead are a regular enemy type, and now they can just be added to my collection.
As I move on I come across three green minions, just lurking around.
"Green Minions! We are in Luck! They have resistance to the poisonous plants in Evernight. You must find their lair."
Damn right I must, I want my full selection of minions. What's an Overlord with only two minion types?
Trying to find away through the forest I come across some antler headed monsters but they're classed as undead as well so...
My Horde just keeps growing as I move, enslaving everything I come across, I kinda wish I started in a Fantasy World, it would have been a far easier start than DxD. But I'm here now, and that's really all that matters.
As I search the forest I find a Mana Totem, giving me another tiny increase to my Mana, if I was still human, I'd be overjoyed at that, but it just increased by base from 300 to 301, which is small enough for it not to matter.
I'll definitely still take them all, but they aren't as important as they were in the games, my Mana is already absolutely ridiculous.
Finding a cavern I enter, following the Green Minions as they run through it, next hive here I come.
The 'Puzzles' that I was supposed to use the Green Minions are incredibly easy, since I just have the skeletal rats do it instead, they are also immune to poison being undead after all.
The Beetles that live in this place manage to kill a few of my rats, but really... who cares? They were free undead after all... and I'm 80% sure they'll respawn over time.
The Poison Plants on the walls are also easily dealt with, a simple Fireball deals with that problem, burning the plants and stopping the poison.
Before long, the Green Hive is in my hands... well my minions hands, I'm not carrying things like a peasant... getting it back to the gate is just as easy, the poison pods blocking my way are destroyed by the Skeletal Rats and my Fireballs.
Which you really should have been able to do in the game itself... Fire beats Grass after all.
There is a Wild Troll, but I don't feel like using the Greens like Gnarl suggests, and it's stuck down in a pit, so I just spam my Fireball till it stops moving, and add it's corpse to my collection.
After we get to the Gate, and send the Green Hive back where it belongs, I head out of the cavern.
+10 Reputation with the Dark Tower [50/100] for restoring another Hive
+10 Obedience with the Dark Tower [50/100] for restoring another Hive
+12 Reputation with Gnarl [62/100] for restoring another Hive
+12 Reputation with Gnarl [52/100] for restoring another Hive
[Evil finds a Way!] - the Dark Tower [50]
Reputation and Obedience rise faster with Evil Organisations
I have a hero to kill after all.
- Elsewhere -
"Why did they have to send me into the filthy forest?" she whined, already knowing the answer.
Cedric would probably faint in horror at this mess, he was a strong fighter, but he just couldn't deal with mess like this... and Sparkle was their leader, so he could get away with sending someone else...
Oh well, in the Name of Shining Justice, she and her Knights would smite this Evil Overlord before he could spread his evil any further.
- Bonus Scene – Rose -
As she finished decorating her new room, she sat on her bed with a slight frown...
She hadn't expected the new Overlord to be so... set up already, he was very new so she thought he'd just be starting off with barely anything to his name, but that was very much false.
Not only did he already have a fully functioning tower, with Maids and a Mistress (and whatever that winged woman was, after she went down that way she was almost Skewered by a spear of light, and was warned to stay out of the spawning pit, on penalty of death.)
The Hordes of undead outside weren't expected either, but she could work with this... she knew a winning team when she saw one after all, and this was a winning team.
One she wanted to be on, it was a shame he already had a mistress, if he didn't she was sure she'd be able to control him by his second head. but with one who'd been by his side for so long she had her work cut out for her...
Oh well, a little competition never hurt anyone, at least Serena understood the importance of order, she'd made a wonderful start training the maids, at least on the obedience and sexuality side of things, she'd have to help with the actual cleaning side of things, but she was sure she could get along with Serena.
She was wonderful at making uniforms as well, maybe they should compare notes? It'd be a good opportunity to find out what made her, and more importantly, the Overlord tick.