Chapter 19: Evil finds a way
Class Unlocked
[Overlord] – LVL 0/100 [00%]
Gain 2 STR, 2 END, 2 INT, 2 WIS and 2 CHA every level
Overlord Class leveled to 30 due to selected background.
250 STR Perk Added
[Giant's Strength]
All weapon damage is increased by 30%
500 WIS Perk Added
[Renaissance Man]
Professions Level twice as fast
Party members gain massive bonus experience
[Minion Master Proficiency (Novice)] (Passive)
As a beginner overlord you can control up to 15 minions at once
[Summon Minions (Overlord)] (Active)
Consume life force to summon a minion of the corresponding type
Can only be used at a Minion Gate
[Mace Proficiency (Novice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how use an mace with some skill
Superior Skill Already owned... Converted to +15 END and STR
[Heavy Armour Proficiency (Novice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how to wear heavy armour with some skill
[Fire: Fireball] (Active)
100 MP to use
Fires a ball of fire at a target
Deal [INT/2] Fire Damage
[Sword Proficiency (Novice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how use an regular sword with some skill
Superior Skill Already owned... Converted to +15 DEX and STR
[Axe Proficiency (Novice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how use an axe with some skill
[Dominion: Slow] (Active)
100 MP to use
Slows the advance of your enemies
Causes the target to become 25% slower for one minute
[Minion Master Proficiency (Apprentice)] (Passive)
As a apprentice overlord you can control up to 30 minions at once
Minions deal 25% more damage, and take 10% less damage
[Mace Proficiency (Apprentice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how use a mace with adequate skill
Increases mace damage by 25%
[Heavy Armour Proficiency (Apprentice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how wear heavy armour properly
Halves DEX decreases from wearing heavy armour
[Shield: Shield] (Active) 20
Creates a shield around the caster to prevent incoming damage for as long as it is cast
For every 100 HP of damage absorbed, 250 MP is drained
[Sword Proficiency (Apprentice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how use an regular sword with adequate skill
Increases regular sword damage by 25%
Skill Already owned... Converted to +25 DEX and STR
[Axe Proficiency (Apprentice)] (Passive)
Gained the knowledge on how use an axe with adequate skill
Increases axe damage by 25%
[Minion: Frenzy] (Active)
500 MP to use
Sends your Minions into a frenzy
Minions deal 25% more damage, and take 25% less damage for one minute
…I suppose that's what happens when you skip 30 levels.
Dimension Jump is on cooldown, to unlock the next world you must defeat 4 of the seven heroes.
That's fine. Looking over my abilities I smirk, I still have my Necromancy so I am more than prepared for all this...
Now that I think about it, I suppose it's time to Max Necromancer.
"Sire? Are you ok?" Gnarl asks hesitantly.
"I am. What is our current situation?" I ask as Serena approaches my throne, placing an hand on my armoured gauntlet as she stands at the side of my throne.
"The Tower itself has been fully repaired from the damage it took during the invasion... with the exception of the Tower Heart. Those bothersome do-gooders ran off with it! They also looted all your forges and spell stones! Don't they know that pillaging is the Villains job?!" Gnarl grumbles... "We have enough energy in the tower portal to send you to the Tower Hearts last known location, Sire! Once you've reclaimed it, you can truly begin your Dark Rule!" he says excitedly as I rise, grabbing the large axe next to my Throne as I do.
"Do be Careful, My Lord..." Serena says in a musical voice as I walk towards the portal.
"Just step right in Master, I will meet you on the other side." Gnarl says as I walk in without hesitation.
I want my Tower Heart back damn it, I'll deal with this before doing anything else.
As I do my vision blurs, before it clears, making me look around the farmlands with a slight sneer.
"Ah, you made it through the Gate, Sire! This tranquil wilderness... so rural and idyllic... Hideous is it not? Try not to inhale it, My Lord!" Gnarl warns, sounding disgusted. "Perhaps we may recover some of our looted Tower Objects in this... lush, verdant abomination." he says as I summon 30 Brown Minions from the nearby minion gate, I started with 50 so this is fine, I can get more later.
Much better than the tiny amount you start with in the main game.
As I head down the path some sheep blunder into my path.
"These fluffy creatures barely know they're alive, but you can still harvest Lifeforce from them!" Gnarl helpfully says as I send my minion horde on their first mission...
Thirty Bloodthirsty Imps, vs 7 Sheep.
It's a close fight, but I get 7 orbs of brown Lifeforce added to my Gauntlet at the end of it.
Thinking for a moment, I create a new kind of Undead, I have the corpses to make it after all.
A spell later, and my new Undead rises from the ground, Corpse Collector. His job is exactly what it sounds like, he's a big brute with a large sack on his back, any corpses put in it will enter my inventory. He quickly gathers the sheep corpses and throws them in his sack.
"A Necromancer!? Truly a skill worthy of a Bastion of Evil like you Sire!" Gnarl cheers, the minions join him cheering, even though I am sure they have no idea what they are cheering for.
+5 Reputation with Gnarl [25/100] for having an Evil Talent
25 Reputation? I know he's loyal to the past overlord, more than me but I thought it'd be higher...
I need to deal with the previous Overlord before he can try can take my tower and minions from me. The Wizard is no doubt my biggest threat at the moment, at least until the Raising Hell expansion.
I need to deal with him... and the Warrior sooner rather than later. I don't want to be on the defensive when they come for me.
Making my Minions clear the path for me, pushing a fallen pillar away I walk forwards pausing at the farmer tied up like a Scarecrow.
"Halflings took over my farm! Tied me up in the sun, to scare away the birds! Now, those pumpkins are plotting against poor Bob..." he says before I lash out with my axe, taking his head from his shoulders.
...I never liked him. Plus he's clearly mad, so I did this world a favour.
+5 Reputation with Gnarl [30/100] for committing pointless violence
Though if I kill everyone who is stupid or mad, this world is going to end up a lot emptier. On the bright side, more corpses and life force for me, Corpse Collector gathers the corpse, both parts, with a grunt.
Smashing my way through the Pumpkins I head down to the farm house, seeing some Halflings run out of it, was a gesture I unleash the Minion Horde, there's only 6 halflings, and they are quickly overwhelmed and beaten to death with the Minions wooden clubs... I need to get them better weapons, none of this picking things of the ground nonsense. I can see some of them have put the pumpkins on their heads as makeshift helmets making me sigh.
"Minions will grab any useful items that they find! ...And often any useless items too! But do not fear, your weapons and armour are custom forged at the Tower! We wouldn't dream of giving you any old steal-me-downs, no no no..." Gnarl says as he sees me staring at the minions.
At least this is proving wonderful for corpses, plenty of people to kill without consequences here.
Pausing for a moment to burn down the farm house I set off, killing some more halflings in the process, these weaker enemies are no real threat given the Horde I started with and they are added to the corpse collection.
As we continue along the path I see our target, the against blue glowing orb of power... left in a pumpkin patch.
"The Tower Heart! The Halflings must have used it to grow pumpkins... the little fools, they have no idea the power it contains. Clear those pumpkins and let's get it back to the Tower!" Gnarl says insulted, as I send my Minions forwards I get a surprise as the vines knock my Minions back, bursting from the ground in front of me as I cut them with my axe.
I don't remember this...
As I pull my minions back I watch as two pumpkins burst from the ground, each with a single eye in the centre just above their gapping maws. The crowns on their heads are fairly amusing...
The other pumpkins rise, but only two stand out.
Pumpking the King of Ghosts
Tier – Veteran
Level – 60
Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts
Tier – Veteran
Level – 30
Quest Added
[Revenge of the Pumpking!]
The Tower Heart has mutated the pumpkins into abominations, slay them and claim the Tower Heart for yourself.
Objective: Slay Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts.
Reward: Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts unlocked as Undead summons, 50cp.
Throwing a Fireball at Pumprincess I scowl as a Pumpkin Warrior throws themselves in front of it, taking the hit for her. My scowl deepens as it gets back up, surviving the hit.
I can feel myself and my minions slowly growing weaker as long as Pumprincess is on the field, and Pumpking is growing stronger as time passes.
I recognise these, but there's no Castle of Dark Illusions, apparently they don't need it unlike in the card game.
I could summon my undead, but I feel like it'd be an insult to my Pride if I had to hide behind my undead to defeat a fucking Pumpkin...
I send my Minions charging forth, as they smash into the pumpkin warriors, and I cast Minion: Frenzy making them all go a bit mad as they throw themselves at their vegetable foe with renewed ferocity, and no concern for their own lives.
Jumping into the fray myself I bring my axe down on the closest Pumpkin, cutting it in a single swing, I have immense strength myself now, despite my habit of focusing on magic, so I can kill Pumpkins easily enough, honestly a Mace would have been better for this.
And I can finally put Power Strike to use, as I rush the Pumprincess I use it, making my axe leave a red trail as I cut into the Giant Pumpkin, slashing the vines coming from beneath her to pieces while my Minions keep the Pumpking itself occupied.
As the Pumprincess swings her vine at me I catch it with my armoured hand, wincing slightly at the stinging feeling from spikes digging into my hand, piercing the armour.
It hurts but it's not something I can't handle.
Swinging my axe again I cut the vine apart, before I leap at her, bringing my axe down on her single eye, as I do her vines go berserk for a moment, before they fall to the ground motionless, as they start to rot.
Moving down I smirk, before another vine, far stronger than the Pumprincess's slams into me, it's thorns stabbing into my side as I grunt, cleaving the vine with my axe making it fall to the floor.
I have 32k HP, and that took almost 2k of it, so I'm not in massive danger. I'll regen it back in a minute.
Glaring up at the single eye of the Pumpking I duck as another vine swings through the air where my head was seconds ago, taking a moment to kill one of the weaker Pumpkin warriors I charge the Pumpking, cutting at his vines as I watch a minion grab onto one of them, hanging onto it as it swings wilding, the minion bites and claws at the vine, making me smirk.
Sending my minions a new order I send my minions charging at the Pumpking as they start doing the same, jumping onto the vines and clawing their way up it's large round body, once they are on top of the vegetable (or is it a fruit?) they start clubbing away at it, one of them smashes it's club repeatedly on the single eye, making it roar in rage.
Getting an idea, I grab one of the Minions still on the ground by the neck.
"...Mastah?" it says before I pull my arm back, and toss the minion at the Pumpking's mouth sending the minion past it's maw as it grabs onto the Pumpking's orange tongue, stabbing it repeatedly with a dagger it stole from a halfling.
Turning my attention back to the warriors I cut and slash at them as they rush me, occasionally throwing a fireball into the mix, it's not a particularly powerful spell but it gets the job done, sending the warriors back from the blast.
Before long I've culled the pumpkin patch, leaving only the Pumpking himself, and he isn't looking great right now...
With a halflings sword sticking out of his only eye he's blind, swinging his vines wildly as he tries to shake of the Minions, who seem to be treating it like a fairground ride as they cheer while they get swung back and forth.
I watch in bemusement as one of them gets successfully flung off sending it flying into the air, getting almost 20 seconds of airtime before it lands face first on the hard ground, taking only a moment before it jumps up again.
"Again! Again!" it cheers rushing the Pumpking a second time.
Joining the fray myself I shoot fireball after fireball at the Pumpking, only occasionally hitting my own minions, before long the Pumpking is little more than a burning pile of rotten mush, making me grin at my first boss battle.
Quest Complete
[Revenge of the Pumpking!]
The Tower Heart has mutated the pumpkins into abominations, slay them and claim the Tower Heart for yourself.
Objective: Slay Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts.
Reward: Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts unlocked as Undead summons, 50cp.
"Well... that was odd." Gnarl says as I look over my depleted forces, I lost 8 Minions to those Pumpkins, but at least I got a load of Green Lifeforce from them, 29 to be exact, from the weak Pumpkin Warriors. "Never mind that, the Tower Heart, Sire! Just give the order and your minions will carry it for you. Being the Overlord means never having to life anything heavier than your axe!" he says.
He has a point, and I send my Minions to get my Tower Heart, carrying it back to the Gate through a shortcut (a wall that I knocked down to make a bridge, it shouldn't have worked of course, but that's the power of Game Logic.)
"Moudly! Keep up with the other Minions! Giblet! I see you pretending to hold it with one claw! Hold your share, Gubbins, you useless sack of puss!" Gnarl shouts at the Minions as they carry it, placing it down on the Gate making it vanish, as we follow behind it.
"Excellent, Dark One! The Tower Heart is back where it belongs. This is the Heart of the Tower, it will play a vital role in helping you establish your Dark Domain, Sire!" he says as we watch the Tower Heart sink into the pool that serves as my Gate. "Unfortunately, I'm not the Evil Entity that I once was... I cannot take the feel of lush green grass under my feet and birdsong in my ears! In fact, I think I need to find a dark corner and something to pummel! I shall stay here, the Heart will allow me to speak directly to you, Sire, and see and hear what you do. When you are ready, use the Gate to return to the Halfling Domain, and seek out more Tower Objects!"
It's interesting that I don't need to go and get the Crane to help with reconstruction... since my tower is entirely in one piece. That being said I do want to explore and seek out more tower objects, they are fairly important after all.
Still... I think I've found my Phylactery. The Tower Heart itself. In canon it is destroyed by the idiotic elf Florian after he tries to steal the power from it, but that only happens because the Third Overlord gets sealed in Infernal Abyss and frankly if I get sealed in their I have bigger problems than an Elf.
Actually that reminds me... walking over to the Jester I clutch my Axe, I'm not waiting for the little shit to betray me.
"Most Unworthy Ove-" he starts before I split his skull open with my axe, pulling it out as he drops to the ground, killed instantly as the blade cut through his skull, impeding itself in his tiny brain.
"...Sire?" Gnarl asks hesitantly.
"...I don't like Jesters." I say pulling his Jester hat off the floor and cleaning my axe with it.
"...That's fair. He was rather annoying." Gnarl says shrugging nonchalantly, I suppose after having served multiple Evil Lords he's pretty used to random acts of violence.
I want to explore my new home for now... and get to know my new Mistress I suppose. I also want to look into the new Business skills I got. I've noticed that the different types of structures and the people to work in them are unlocked by what classes I have, since I unlocked Dungeons, Torture Chamber, Torturer and Dungeon Guard by getting the Overlord class.
Placing my Axe against my Throne I sit down, and close my eyes.
My Vision changes, and I can see myself sitting on the throne as I look down from a Birds Eye View...
Looking around I can see the Tower in all it's glory, it has a Armoury, which currently only has two weapons in it, a Steel Sword and a Steel Mace to go with my Axe. A Treasury which has a small pile of Gold, a Forge which is missing it's smelters. There's also an Arena, I can spawn past enemies there to battle with.
Under the Tower is the Dungeons and a Torture Chamber, both empty at the moment, and beneath that is the Spawning Pits, where my Minions lurk, the Tower Heart is down there as well, floating in the Spawning Pit.
At the top of the tower is My Personal Quarters, a massive Bedroom with an equally massive bed, there's also plenty of rooms for my Mistresses. There's also a completely empty Trophy Room, but I'll change that soon enough.
Looking at the rocky lands surrounding the tower I frown, or at least I try to but I don't have a face at the moment. Using [Build Structures] I make a large flat area of land with Expand Land, I need room to build after all.
Eventually the Wizard is going to try and take my position... and I need to be prepared for when he does, he can take my Minions, but he can't take my undead. Adding a Graveyard to the new barren land, I summon my horde, the Dragon taking up a position in the mountains waiting for anyone to be stupid enough to attack me here, the rest of my Horde lurk around the Graveyard, except my Living Armours that position themselves in my Towers Upper Levels. As I look at the new graveyard I frown again.
[Graveyard] (Structure)
Will produce corpses in it's graves for a Graverobber to collect.
Can produce 10 corpses a day
Oh. I just wanted a place to put my Undead...
Hiring a Graverobber makes a middle aged woman with a shovel, as I do a small hut appears for her to live in.
[Graverobber] (Minion)
Will harvest corpses from a Graveyard.
Can harvest 5 corpses a day.
Then I guess I need another one? As I add another one, also a woman with a shovel, I wince, this alone has emptied the Treasury. I'd like more but I can't afford them, I need more gold. But at least now my Corpse problem is no longer a problem, at least for regular humanoid corpses where I have a reliable constant supply.
I want to start growing my own plants in the Greenhouses, and I want to start producing potions full time with my Alchemy Labs, but all that costs money which I don't have yet.
Returning to my body I frown in thought... I need a way to prepare for the possibility of the Wizard managing to turn my Minions against me, My Undead are a good start, but not enough.
Of the Heroes the only ones I truly am worried about are the Wizard and Khan. The Wizard is possessed by my predecessor, and if he returns my Minions will switch sides. And Khan goes on a rampage, destroying a lot of the Third Overlord's Empire so I need him dead as well.
With the buffed Heroes I don't know how strong he is, or how strong the Netherghuls or the Shining Justice are either for that matter...
But I need to find out.
I have a plan, not a great plan but a plan all the same, I'm going to make a hit squad whose sole job is to hunt down Khan, and dispose of him.
First things first though, I want to max out Necromancer. Re-equipping it as my main class I immediately down both potions, it wasted 1 level since I was already level 91 but I think it was definitely worth it.
[True Resurrection] (Active)
10,000 MP to cast
Causes the target corpses to come back to life in perfect condition
Requires a soul to be sacrificed to work
[Age of Death] (Active)
1,000,000 MP to cast
Can not be dispelled
All Death and Plague Magic deals triple damage, All Undead deal 100% more Damage, Undead take 75% less damage.
[Master Necromancer] (Perk/Title)
A True Master of Death, ruling the undead comes naturally to you
Reduces the INT cost of undead summons from 5 to 2.5, doubling the amount of undead that can be summoned at once
Well shit. True Resurrection is no problem, I can get souls easily with my Soul Absorbing Bone Towers, but Age of Death takes almost 10x the MP I currently have to cast...
The Perk is OP as fuck, doing the maths in my head I can have around 330 Undead summons at any moment, and that's ridiculous. Of course I need the corpses to make them first...
Class Soul Mage Unlocked
Class Bone Tyrant Unlocked
Class Voodoo Priest Unlocked
All interesting, but right now I'm focusing on Overlord. The Real Question is do I want to make the Tower Heart my Phylactery immediately, or do I want to wait until I have dealt with the Wizard?
...I do want to be immortal.
No, at the very least I need to work out how strong the new heroes are, and the best way to do that is to continue with the story, and hunt down Melvin Underbelly. The First 'Boss', and one of the Heroes. He'll serve as a good measuring stick.
I also need to worry about the Empire, My Tower is in the mountain range that Separates the lands that Overlord One takes place in, and the land where the Empire is currently gaining steam, eventually they will come for me.
And then the Shining Justice will do the same, along with the Netherghuls...
I'm so popular...
Maybe I should bring some... reinforcements here from DxD just in case?
Skill Added
[Summon Companion] (Active)
No MP Cost
Summons a Companion from another world to your current world.
Can only be used on Companions with 50 or higher Rep, Aff or Obe
That works... But who to summon is the main question.
The obvious one is Raynare, my own psycho battle mage. Using my new skill makes her appear in front of me, looking around in confusion before she sees me and kneels obediently.
"My Lord? How may I serve you?" she asks, the wonders of 100 Obedience.
"We are in another world, time is not moving in our old world. Simply put I intend to conquer this world, and I've summoned you to assist in defending my Tower." I say getting a gasp from her.
"Of course My Lord, with the power you have given me I will annihilate any who would challenge you." she says immediately, flaring out her wings making me smile as I stroke her hair.
"Of course you will." I say with a smirk before frowning.
Ever since I got here I've been feeling... odd.
Normally I wouldn't kill unless there was something in it for me, but earlier I cut of that farmers had on a whim, simply because he annoyed me... plus I feel far more... arrogant than usual, looking back accepting every challenge despite the lack of information was a dumb idea, I should have at least thought this through more.
I've always like being dominant, having others obey, but the sight of Raynare kneeling sent a shiver of pleasure down my spine...
Something strange is happening, and it started after the jump...
Overlord Background Trait Discovered
[Sin of Pride]
You're the best, and no one will ever convince you that you aren't amazing. You're far more likely to take on challenges, after all you can do anything...
Overlord Background Trait Discovered
[Bloodthirsty]
You have a love for taking life. Human, Animal, Supernatural? It doesn't matter, you'll kill it all the same
Overlord Background Trait Discovered
[Dominator]
It's your very nature to force other to submit to you, by any means necessary.
Weaker Trait [Dominant] removed
...Really game? You couldn't have mentioned this when I was picking my background.
Could have, didn't want to.
Lovely...
I can handle this, of course that's my new pride talking but it should be fine... keeping the Bloodthirsty one under control is the most important I think, but I'll have to watch to make sure my Pride doesn't get me into more trouble than I can handle.
"For now, I want you to focus on protecting my Tower... don't bother with the maid things, you're role is defending this place from attackers, I may have a new assignment for you soon." I say going back to what I was doing.
"It will be done, My Lord." she says immediately. She's good like that, I'm fairly glad I didn't kill her, she's more useful alive.
As she sets off on her patrols I summon my next companion, or the next two to be specific.
Shisui and Kushimaru stand before me immediately, Shisui looks around, but the emotionless Kushimaru simply stares blankly waiting for his new orders.
"Shisui, how good are you at tracking?" I ask immediately.
"It's a skill all Shinobi should know, I'm no Inuzuka but I make do." he says quickly.
"Short Version, this is another world. And I have someone I need you to track down. His name is Khan, he's a warrior who I want dead, and he's last known location was the Ruborian Desert, I want you and Kushimaru to find him, don't engage him, just locate him and keep an eye on him and report back." I order, I doubt Khan's stronger enough to beat Shisui, but I'm not talking any chances.
Once he's tracked down, I'll switch locations with one of them and use Observe on Khan to find out how strong he is, since he's the second to last boss of the first game he'll give me a good idea of how strong I will need to get before I'm ready to hunt down the Wizard, fuck leaving him for last, I want him extremely dead as soon as possible. Once he's dead I can make the tower heart my Phylactery, but I can't risk losing the tower to him if he returns.
But he's been buffed, and I can't underestimate him, especially now that my pride is a legitimate threat. I feel like I could beat him, which is exactly why I'm not trusting my gut feeling, I need more information before I act.
In the Game he takes the tower from the protagonist, the Third Overlord, after he defeats all the over heroes, but I can't count on that. He could show up at any moment and my Tower would turn against me, until the Wizard, or to be more precise the Second Overlord who's wearing the Wizard like a flesh suit, is dead I can't really consider myself the True Overlord.
I know there's a theory that he possesses the Jester after his 'death' at the hands of the Third Overlord, so when I kill him I need to Trap his Soul, preventing this possession nonsense.
Alternatively the Jester is just a traitor, but I've already dealt with him. I'm sure the Raising Hell expansion will happen regardless, but that's no reason to leave a traitor in my Minions...
Although all my Minions are traitors waiting to happen, when I track down the Wizard I'll need to use my Undead, not my Minions. Gnarl switches sides against the Third Overlord in the Game, so I can't count on him, or any of the minions, no matter how amusing they may be...
Sending Shisui off in the general direction of the Ruborian Desert I sigh in annoyance. As long as the Second Overlord/Wizard draws breath my power base isn't secure, and I can't let my guard down.
The rest of the Heroes are irrelevant, Melvin is a fat fuck who'll just keep eating till I'm ready to crush him, the elf is asleep, the greedy dwarfs digging holes looking for gold, the pervy paladin is at an orgy and Jewel will be stealing things, she might try robbing me, but she's no fighter.
Khan and the Wizard are the only two worth my concern. And Khan won't go berserk if I leave Jewel alone first, since that's what sets him off.
...Actually I know exactly how I want to eliminate him. It's about time I put Shisui's special skill too good use, and making Jewel into my Trojan Horse will work perfectly.
I'll have Shisui put her under his Kotoamatsukami and make her assassinate Khan when they are together, while Shisui and Kushimaru wait in the wings to finish the job should she fail, maybe Raynare as well just to be safe.
Maybe I should even power through and finish her quest, getting her to Tier Four first. If nothing else it'll be nice to clear my growing quest log.
Once the Wizard is dead I'll start moving more people from my Castle in DxD to my Tower, I haven't even gone to the underground domain yet... I don't need it just yet, the Wizard could teleport to it from the Tower Gate so it's not secure yet anyway.
Which leads me back to the same problem, the Wizard needs to die... he's standing in between me and Immortality.
For my position in this world to be truly secure I need to kill the Wizard, the Shining Justice assholes, the Netherghuls, Florian the whiny elf and worst of all the Forgotten God.
Then this World will be secure, it'll be my own safe haven where I can be safe and secure. No overpowered Satans, looming wars, or Apocalypse monsters to threaten me, all I have to do is wipe out the threats.
No problem right?
First things first, I have a Halfling to kill. Heading back through the Tower Gate I teleport back to the halflings domain, clutching my axe as I re-summon my Minions, replacing the ones I lost against the Pumpking.
"Testing, testing, one two? I-is this thing working? It's a bit grubby..." Gnarl's voice echoes in my helmet. "Can you hear me, Master? Oh... there you are! Now Sire, the creatures around here are rather frisky so they will have undoubtedly repopulated the area."
As my minions descend upon the sheep I smirk, it doesn't make sense that they would repopulate the area in the hour or so that I've been gone, but I'm certainly not complaining.
The Minions bring me the Life Force as Corpse Collector grabs the corpses, and we continue travelling along the paths towards the village of Spree. We have to clear the path at bit, since there are pillars in the road, but my minions make short work of it, and it takes mere minutes to reach the closed gate of Spree.
"Halflings approaching! Get Ready!" one of the idiot peasants says, as I grip my axe tightly, I already want to blast him with a fireball but I want to keep my Bloodthirst under control.
"Hang on! Those ain't Halflings... Look at the one with the helmet!" idiot peasant two says.
"Hmmm, could be two Halflings holding up some armour. Yeah I bet that's it! I don't trust those sneaky little wossnames..."
That's it, I'm killing them.
Summoning my Bayroks to my side they immediately fire on the peasants who mistook me for a fucking halfling. I'm the Overlord, damn it.
Leaping over the wall they lower the gate for me, making me smirk.
As I enter the town I gather my Minions behind me, glaring at a peasant as he clutches his pitchfork, making him drop it and flee.
As people start gathering around, I glare at the crowd.
"Who is in charge here?" I say coldly, my eye glowing under my helm as a dark skinned overweight man approaches bowing.
"I-I am, My Lord... My name is Archibaldamuis Methuselah..." he trails off as my glare intensifies. "My name is Archie?" he squeaks. "I am the Mayor of Spree... how may I serve you My Lord?" he asks quickly,
"I am Lord Kuro, Overlord of the Dark Tower and your new ruler, I will make this offer only once, you and your town have two choices, you can serve me, and I will protect your little village, or you can disobey and I will burn it to the ground with you all still in it." I growl out as he trembles.
"O-Of Course, My Lord! Lord Spree met his death at the hands of the Halflings, so the position of Lord is open at the moment... I-I'm sure you'll be a wonderful Ruler?" he whimpers, as he does my offended pride is soothed, calming me.
"Excellent, as proof of my Power, I will retrieve your people from the Halfling Labour Camps, and slay the Halfling Leader, reclaiming your food. Spread the word, as long as you obey, you will be safe and well fed, if you disobey the only future for you is an eternity of serving as one of my undead..." I say raising both Peasants as Bayroks. "These two will serve as your villages guardians, with far more efficiency than they ever did in Life." I say making Archie nervously glance at the two moving corpses.
"These are simple people, My Lord... if you can truly do what you say you can... n-not that I have doubts... then they will happily serve you!" Archie says quickly. "I-I will make sure everyone understands their place, My Lord."
"See that you do." I say turning and leaving, the two Bayroks taking a position on the walls watching for Halflings, were they will remain, I also summon some Scheming Spirits to keep an eye on the Village, both to keep it safe, and to make sure the Peasants stay loyal.
- Archibaldamuis Methuselah Wobbleboard the 3rd -
As the Intimidating armoured man left he let out a deep sigh, seeing the corpses of the two former members of the town guard staring down at him.
This wasn't good at all... he couldn't shake the feeling that this Lord Kuro would be as bad as the Halflings...
Still he'd spread the word to make sure none of the more... impulsive villagers didn't do anything to incur his wrath, he'd already shown how useless the wall was against him, and he was sure the two 'guardians' would be able to slaughter most of them alone if they gave him a reason to order their deaths...
Maybe the halflings and this Overlord would kill each other?
Still if he was speaking the truth, then soon the people enslaved by the Halflings would return, and they would have food again...
Spree would survive, they survived under the incompetence of Lord Spree, the Greed of the Halflings, and they would survive the cruelty of the Overlord.
He'd spread the word, Lord Kuro was to be obeyed, no matter what he ordered, as Mayor it was his job to keep Spree and it's villagers alive, even if that meant making them serve a Tyrant...
- Kuro -
-40 Reputation with the Village of Spree [-40/100] for enslaving them and killing two of their residents
+20 Obedience with the Village of Spree [20/100] because Archie has spread the word
-40 Reputation with Archibaldamuis Methuselah Wobbleboard the 3rd [-40/100] for enslaving Spree
+20 Obedience with Archibaldamuis Methuselah Wobbleboard the 3rd [20/100] for threatening to burn the place down if he doesn't obey
+10 Reputation with Gnarl [40/100] for dominating some worthless peasants
Whatever, they'll change their minds when I recover their men and food.
As I leave I throw a Fireball at some halflings in the wheat fields before pausing... I should probably not burn their farms down if they are starving...
We fight our way through the Halflings in between us and the labour camp, simply overwhelming them with our superior numbers, starting with 30 Minions makes this beginning area rather easy.
Some nearby farmers cheer me on, while Gnarl mentions that killing them would increase my power, but it's not a good long term solution to just kill
everything.
If they are alive they can provide me with tribute after all.
As we approach the camp I frown at the numbers, I don't remember the game perfectly but there certainly wasn't this many of the little bastards before. The Stones they throw actually hurt, so I order my minions to charge the makeshift tower they have, swarming the ranged units before they can react. This has the side effect of making the horde of fat midgets charge the tower, around twenty of the little guys, as they fight my minions.
Seeing them focused on my horde I charge forwards, casting Minion: Frenzy as I do. Picking a target at random I bring my axe down on one of them before they can react, cleaving their head from their body in one brutal swing.
There's something satisfying about just slaughtering them with my own brute strength as I kick another in it's conveniently low head, as they turn to me I cast Shield: Shield, an oddly named spell, covering myself in a white aura as their blades fail to find purchase, bouncing off me as they cut and slash futilely, I can't attack while I'm using this, but I have Mana to spare, my Minions take advantage of the distraction to overwhelm them.
I lost four minions in this fight, but I gained 27 brown life force and a lot of corpses, so I head to the gate and re-summon the four I lost. This was certainly a win.
As we approach the gate another smaller swarm rushes from the side, coming from the forest, they meet the same fate as I roast three of them before they even reach us, my Minions making short work of the rest.
Heading into the forest we find some chests that my minions smash apart, brining the gold inside to me.
"For the Mastah!" "For You!" "Treasure!"
"Good... Minions?" I say as they pass the gold bags to me, I need gold for my businesses after all.
Aside from some sheep there's nothing else of interest so I have my minions open the gate, and head inside, ignoring the whining peasants as we head in deeper, killing some more Halfling guards as we do.
"Thank you, Lord. You should know that the camp up ahead is defended by rock-throwers and jesters!" a peasant says as we kill his guards.
Jesters?
As I'm trying to work out what he means I get struck in the face by a firework, with the sounds of laughter coming from up ahead. Looking forwards I see a halfling in a jester hat fleeing deeper into the camp... throwing a fireball I catch him in the back making his stupid outfit ignite as he screams, burning to death.
Heading in deeper I don't bother with the games method of beating the halflings hiding in their towers, and just pummel them with Fireballs till they are all burning.
In the game you had limited Mana that didn't regenerate, I however do not.
Fucking Jesters...
As I head deeper I let some slaves out of their cages, with them warning me about a troll guarding the other prisoners.
The Peasants grab the nearest tools and join my minions in fighting a patrol of Halfling guards, surprisingly surviving the encounter, and not dying like I expected.
Moving on, we reach a large clearing just in time for the halflings to let out a hideous troll from it's cage... why does it have nipple rings? The chains covering it I understand... but why nipple rings?
As it roars, charging the peasants charge forwards, getting crushed in seconds as I sigh, why did I bother letting them out?
Throwing a fireball at it to halt it's charge I send my minions forwards, surrounding the troll as they stab at it's legs. Some climb onto it's back, holding onto the chains as they stab it repeatedly.
This fights fairly simple, every time it tries to do it's jump move I pull my minions back, sending them forwards when it bellyflops onto the ground as they pile on it, preventing it from rising.
With thirty minions and unlimited fireballs this is a simple enough fight, the halflings join in when they realise that their trump card is losing, but they're no threat either.
Before long the camp is liberated, the halflings dead and added to my rapidly growing corpse collection. The Troll I use Raise Dead on, making it rise up lumbering around behind us as we open the next gate and free the peasants.
I take the Crane, even though I don't need it to rebuild the tower, because really, why wouldn't I?
"Hurrah! We're Free! Thank the Gods!" the peasants cheer, why what did the Gods do?
"I think you meant, Thank the Overlord..." I say making a fireball as they all freeze, thanking me desperately as I make the fireball disappear. "Now, get back to Spree, and tell Archie that I rescued you all.
"Archie? You mean Mayor Archibaldamuis Methuselah Wobbleboard the 3rd?" one of them asks as I take a breath.
"Yes, now go. And don't get eaten on the way back." I growl out.
"Will do, your Armouredness!" he says walking away as I suppress the urge to go the destruction route.
I head back to the village myself, since I need to go to the other side of it. Archie tries saying something to me as I do, but I ignore him and the celebrating peasants and head to the other gate, opening it up and heading through.
The Halflings on the other side attack the moment I do, but they meet the same end as all the others.
Exploring a little I find a spell stone, what do these even do for me since I get the spells by levelling? I have no idea but I take it anyway, my minions carrying it back to the Tower Gate quickly.
"Sloooow! This spell will slow down advancing enemies, giving you more time to make them very dead!" Gnarl says
[Dominion: Slow] Upgraded
[Dominion: Slow] (Active)
100 MP to use
Slows the advance of your enemies
Causes the target to become 50% slower for one minute
Nice to know that there's a reason to get the spell stones, I'll have to keep an eye out for them.
Getting back on track I head to the halfling town, burning down a Halfling house in the process. As I approach I can see the Halflings preparing a party, Melvin himself is on a stage, but he's too far away for observe to work.
That's easily solved as I head further in, there's another troll with some more halflings, but my own undead troll takes it on, Undead don't feel pain unlike the living so my Troll wins (with a little help from my Fireballs...), as my minions slaughter the halflings happily.
Heading in deeper I frown at the closed gate in my path.
"Seems we won't be joining the party, just yet... While they're busy here, perhaps you should find out where those greedy dEvils have hidden Spree's food!" Gnarl advises as I consider the pros and cons of burning the gate down.
Shrugging to myself I turn back, taking a moment to set all the halfling homes on fire after having my minions loot them for more gold.
I'm here for the food anyway, so we head to the biggest house and open it, unfortunately my troll is too big to fit inside so he'll have to stay behind...
Smashing through the inner doors we head inside, interrupting dinner time... of course these are Halflings so it's always dinner time.
We rampage through the house, easily slaughtering everything in out path as we do, looting the place in the process.
I have to admit, Halfling houses are actually quite nice, it has a very cosy feel to it, at least when they aren't decorated in halfling corpses and blood.
As we move we come across a giant bag of gold, which is a fairly inefficient method of storing gold, but I'll take it none the less. It takes 5 Minions to carry it back to the gate, and they kept getting stuck on things as they carried it, but eventually I have it taken back to the tower, to be added to my Treasury.
I know it's pointless, and that it'd be smarter to keep my gold in my inventory, but I want a treasury that is overflowing with gold, with it piled to the ceiling.
Continuing our pillaging I come across a Giant Pumpkin, this one thankfully doesn't have teeth or spiky vines.
"What a fine Specimen, it must have taken them years to grow... Don't you just want to... smash it up?" Gnarl says making me grin. Rushing forwards I take a leap, bringing my axe down in a Power Strike splitting the pumpkin in two, revealing a totem shaped object.
"Ooh an object! I like Objects!" Gnarl cheers.
So do I... so I'll take it. My minions carry it back to the Gate, as they do I get a message that my Minion count has risen by five.
"You can now control 35 Minions! 35! That's double the number of brain cells in the average peasant!" Gnarl says.
[Minion Master Proficiency (Apprentice)] (Passive)
As a apprentice overlord you can control up to 30 (+5) minions at once
Minions deal 25% more damage, and take 10% less damage
Interesting, normally Minion Totems are how you increase your minion count, but I get mine by levelling and getting the better Minion Master skills, but it's good to know the Totems are still useful, I'm guessing the +5 will carry over to the next skill, so that's another thing to watch out for.
After we move on, fixing a broken wheel so we can move in deeper, we come across a party.
Of course there's a party, fucking Halflings only ever seem to party. There are a lot of halflings gathered around a multiple tables, while Human girls serve them food.
"Hmmm, we've found the nest, Sire. Careful, you should not alarm them all at once otherwise they'll have your Minions upside down in a pot before you know it!" Gnarl warns. "Hey- Wait what are yo-" his voice cuts out making my eyebrows raise.
"My Lord... if I may speak." Serena's musical voice calls out in my head.
"Go on." I say curious, smirking at the sounds of Gnarls grumbling in the background.
"The Minions make wonderful warriors, I'm sure, but they fail at more mundane tasks, your tower needs servants to cook and clean, after all. These girls would do fine, I would advise that you capture them and send them through the Tower Gate, I will ensure they understand their new place beneath you." she says calmly.
I like her.
My minions aren't exactly stealthy, but the Halflings are so busy eating that we manage to kill off a lot of the outliers before they notice that they are under attack, including one of the massive chefs, but soon enough all hell breaks lose, if I had Green Minions I could have killed more but for now I don't have any stealth minions, and I'm trying to not use my undead for everything, it'd defeat the purpose of being an Overlord after all.
With a horde of furious Halflings charging us I cast Minion: Frenzy again, and Fireball the closest halfling as I jump into the battle, hacking my way through them as they stab at me, they aren't doing much damage but it still hurts, fortunately my Axe is more than enough for them, along with some well placed Fireballs, honestly the low level trash mobs are no threat to me, other than the threat they pose to my time.
I do lose 12 minions in this fight, but we killed close to 40 halflings, so its a numerical victory, especially since each fallen halfling is another minion, and another undead.
The life force makes me a Minion, while the corpse makes a future undead.
Making all the girls gather as my Minions surround them, holding them in place I walk towards them.
"If you want to get out of here alive, just follow the Minions to the Gate." I say as I watch Corpse Collector hard at work.
"A-and then we can go home?" one of them asks, a young teenaged girl staring at me with false bravado.
"...yes, it'll take you home." I say. To their new home.
They either trust me, or they are too scared to defy me. My Minions guide them to a nearby Tower Gate, making me frown.
What's the explanation for the Tower Gates being everywhere? Or is it just Game Mechanics.
"My Lord, I will make put these new girls to work immediately, don't worry I can train them for their new roles, and I have the skills to make them their new Uniforms, you won't be disappointed." Serena promises happily.
I really like her.
Looking around I find the massive stockpile of food, all tied up and ready to go. I get my Minions to lift it and carry it towards the gate as we come across some peasants.
"Oh, you've found it! Oh, Spree is saved! Thank you, Lord! If you could just place the food over here, Lord, we shall take it up to Spree." one of them says.
"That food would provide you with a substantial amount of Lifeforce, Sire! You could leave them the food... Or, if you're feeling particularly Evil, why not just... keep it? That is, if we dispose of the... ahem, witnesses!" Gnarl says, having got back in control of the artefact he uses to watch through my helm.
"Starving Peasants are Useless Peasants, and corpses can't give me Tribute." I say back as my minions place the food down.
"A generous act. I hope Spree will reward you accordingly." he says.
"They will, if the don't I'll take my reward by force." I say coldly, seeing the peasants cower at my words, as they carry the food away.
I can hear Gnarls cold laughter through the Helm.
+60 Reputation with the Village of Spree [20/100] for saving their people and giving them the food
+40 Obedience with the Village of Spree [60/100] for saving their people and giving them the food
+60 Reputation with Archibaldamuis Methuselah Wobbleboard the 3rd [20/100] for keeping your word
+40 Obedience with Archibaldamuis Methuselah Wobbleboard the 3rd [60/100] for proving your power
+10 Reputation with Gnarl [50/100] for being intelligent Evil.
[The Lord of Minions] – Gnarl [50]
Affection, Reputation and Obedience grows faster with Evil beings that serve you.
See, I knew they'd come around. At least until they realise all the girls are missing. Ehh, I'll just say the Halflings ate them.
Leaving the building after looting and plundering everything that wasn't nailed to the ground, we are on the other side of the gate now,, so along with my Troll who's rejoined the group after we lowered the gate from this side, we head to the party.
As we get there I scowl, looking at Melvin, the Lard Bucket. He's massive, as wide as the trolls and almost as tall, just how much did he eat?
"Well, Well, Well. It appears that Melvin the Halfling Hero is all grown up... and out! Pity he doesn't have the taste in music he does in food!" Gnarl mocks.
Melvin Underbelly
Tier – Veteran
Level - 80
As I walk towards him he turns and flees inside, despite his strength... of course he's a coward as well as a Glutton.
"Looks like Melvin's making a run for it! Well, a waddle for it!" Gnarls laughs as my minions rush him, before they pause, listening to the bard dancing on a table music, before they all start dancing as well. "Your Minions seem bewitched... it does have a haunting beauty to it... perhaps we should stay a while, and revel in the melody... Oh My feet Master! I can't stop them... Oh I'm dancing, I'm actually dancing! Quick do something Sire!" Gnarls begs as I laugh under my breath at his disgusted tone, throwing a fireball at the Bard.
"That's better, So often the great die before their time... Ohhh! His music will live on in our hearts! Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to find something cute to slaughter to make myself feel right again..." Gnarl says.
[Stopping the Feast]
Melvin's fled inside to eat more, the glutton, find a way inside and put a stop to his never-ending feast.
Objective: Kill Melvin Underbelly
Reward: 50cp, Melvin's Crown and Fork Trophy
Well I was going to do it either way. The door was closed after he fled inside, but my Troll simply knocks it down, saving me the trouble of tracking down the missing parts of the wheel.
Heading into Melvin's Kitchen I look at the immense amount of food scattered around, as a dozen Halfling Cooks work to make more food for Melvin.
"All this for one bloated Halfling hero! It could feed a hundred Minions! The Reds! Those Fat Halflings must be using them to start the cooking fires!" he says angrily, I'm pretty pissed as well, those are my minions, if anyone is using them it's going to be me.
As the Halfling Cooks walk over the grates, I turn the wheel and let the reds out as they start the fire, burning the cooks alive.
"Ha! Roasted in their own kitchen! There's something Evilly poetic about that! More roast meat for Melvin!" Gnarl laughs. "A good Halfling, is an on-fire-and screaming Halfling!"
As we head deeper, I see Melvin stuffing his face in a large room, did anyone say boss chamber?
"Melvin ain't so small now!" he sneers waddling towards me, food staining his bare chest and bulging stomach.
He's strong, but he's also incredibly slow, years of stuffing his face has seen to that.
Guiding my Minions behind him they climb onto his back, stabbing him repeatedly, making him slowly turn around as I throw fireballs at him.
"Oh... Stay still Little Snack!" he shouts swinging his giant fork around, eventually catching one of the minions., which he lifts and swallows whole.
After a while of flanking him, a tray of food lowers from the ceiling, as I throw a fireball at it, sending the meat on it flying as it's burnt to a crisp.
"NOOOOO! It's Mine! I'm Hungry!" he screams, before he tucks his arms in, rolling towards me like a horrifying ball of flesh. I jump out of the way easily enough, but get a nasty surprise as he bounces off the wall, rolling towards me again as he slams into me sending me sailing through the air as I crash into the wall, scowling at the 6k damage I took.
Fortunately he gets stuck, upside down as my Minions rush him in enraged, as they all climb onto him, slashing away.
That hurt, but thankfully Melvin's just a starter boss, he's not that good even with the power boost.
As he rises I pull my minions back, and he rolls again, I'm ready this time dodging him both times, and sending my minions forwards as he gets stuck again.
He really isn't a complicated boss, and it's just a matter of repeating this over and over until he falls, he only has two phases, and in his second phase he only has one move, so it's an easy fight after I learn his pattern.
Honestly this has convinced me that this won't be that hard, if the bosses all have the same patterns they have in the game.
Before long he collapses onto his front, unable to rise as I finish him with a axe swing. He explodes into a mixture of dark energy and yellow puss, as it covers my armour...
Eww... I want a bath.
"That is concentrated Evil, Sire! It accumulates in those of a especially Evil disposition! Now you've dealt with Melvin, you should endeavour to find our fiery friends!" Gnarl explains as I head forwards, finding and releasing five red minions, them replacing some of the browns Melvin ate.
They put out the burning wreckage blocking my path and we head forwards, slaughtering some beetles to get more Red Lifeforce so I can increase my numbers, and even better getting me my first insectoid corpses I've needed for Swarm of Scarabs.
Collecting the Red Hive from a fiery area, we head out of the Kitchen building, fighting more halflings as we go. My Reds do a wonderful job burning our enemies as we move, and before long the Red Minion Hive is back where it belongs, in My Tower.
As I head through the gate myself Gnarl approaches me.
"Sire, there seems to be a surge of Evil Energy coming from the Mellow Hills! Your peasants are being drawn towards it!"
"My Peasants can wait till I've had a bath, I don't know what this pus is but I want it gone." I say heading upstairs, it smells rank and it's completely covering my armour.
Fucking Halflings.
Quest Complete
[Stopping the Feast]
Melvin's fled inside to eat more, the glutton, find a way inside and put a stop to his never-ending feast.
Objective: Kill Melvin Underbelly
Reward: 50cp, Melvin's Crown and Fork Trophy
- Bonus Scene – Gnarl -
The Minions had a Master once more!
After their former master met an unfortunate end at the hands of the despicable heroes the Minions had fallen into a slump, with countless treasure being stolen by the scum.
But now they had a new lord, even if he wasn't fully convinced that his old one was... completely gone... after all, the Heroes had fallen into sin and Evil far too fast for it too be natural, and Evil always finds a way.
Even better, their new lord was a Necromancer! How very Evil, it sent a shiver down his spine, regular Evil could kill things, it could even kill things slowly, but it couldn't keep making people suffer even after the killing was done!
Even better the new Lord, came with some new Mistresses! He'd missed having the delicious looking decorations around, with their firm buttocks and bouncy breasts! And the new one barely even wore anything! And the other one wore all black leather, that also didn't cover anything as she flew around glaring at anything that moved funny...
Ooh if he was a younger minion... and wouldn't be crushed like a baby seal by his Master for trying it...
He might even be sad if the Second Overlord returned, this was shaping up to be a fun time!
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