1 Chapter 1

Reincarnated into a world on the brink of destruction is not great. This world is what happens after the world goes into a nuclear war. Thick black fog covers the sky and only lets the sun shine upon the earth every now and then. Nature is almost gone and cannot survive outside the man-made dome.

You cannot walk outside without wearing a thick and specialized gas mask, or you will die within a month as your lungs get destroyed by the smoke and pollution. Don't forget the water. They must go through a complicated and lengthy treatment plant before being consumed.

If you directly drink water from the river, you will have an excruciating stomach cramp and die of poisoning a few minutes later. That's how bad the water is.

If you are a commoner, your life will be full of suffering. Me? I am the lucky one. While it is sad that I reincarnated into this world, I reincarnated into a wealthy family. My family is the unspoken ruler of Aomori City, Japan.

How? Well, after the war, corporations started to take over, and the reason why the world got even worse than before. They make it worse instead of trying to take care of the planet. They make the world worse and slowly increase their power. There are still governments, but they are a slave to the biggest corporations in the area.

My name is Sakata Aritomo, the third son of the Head of the Aritomo Family.

Our family is the biggest agricultural corporation in northern Japan, which makes us the absolute ruler of Aomori City and shadow ruler of the Aomori Prefecture. We also have power in other northern prefectures, but we are less powerful than when we are in Aomori.

You want to mess with us, huh? You will be gone. As in vanish without a trace, and your family will be blacklisted by our company. Getting blacklisted by our company means that the other company will not want you to buy their product, and you want that product because it lets you live.

It is better to be dead than to be blacklisted by our company.

Life is good, and it gets even better! Why? Because I found out that this world is a world I know. I smile a little at the floating screen in front of me.

|Grand Opening! YGGDRASIL!|

YGGDRASIL! YGGDRASIL is the game world in the story of Overlord. It is an isekai story about our Lord and Savior, Lord Ainz. YGGDRASIL is a game world where I can create a game character that will transport me to another world when it goes down.

It is true that there will be a chance of it not happening, but what do I lose from this? Nothing. If the game kicks me out instead of sending me to another world, I can still enjoy the rest of my life as a prince, literally.

I created an account and logged into the game without a second thought. As I enter the game, I float in the middle of a blue void where a beautiful woman awaits me.

|Welcome to Yggdrasil, player. My name is Gea, and I will be your assistant for creating your character. Please pick your starting race|

There are three races mentioned, and I quickly picked Heteromorphic. After I pick that, a long list of races appears before me. After reading and thinking for almost half an hour, I decided to pick Angel as my starting race.

|Please customize your character|

There are three presets that I can choose and customize. The first one is the mechanical angel, an angel that looks like a holy robot. The second one is the biblically accurate angel, which leans slightly more to the heteromorphic side than the other two. The last one is the humanoid one, which has a human-like body with wings and no face.

I picked the third one and added a hood to my character to cover the fact that I did not have any face on my character. Surprisingly, I can only customize a few things, and my character will change depending on the race and job classes I take in the future.

Of course, Gea is already offering to buy cosmetics with real money to change my appearance after my race change or something. In this day and age, microtransactions have become so big that every game will have one. Some can break the game balance while others will try to make it as balanced as possible but still give the 'Whale' an upper hand against the Free-to-Play players.

I don't know if YGGDRASIL will be the first or second. I hope it will be the second one because I want to play the game instead of demolishing it through money and connection to my family. However, I also want them to be able to create something that works for my plan.

If I transfer into my game character alongside my guild base, I need to create the strongest guild base ever, and an item that lets me add more NPC to my guild will be great. I will think about it later. There will be a long time before the game closes, and I will use the time to enjoy myself.

I press the done button after customizing my character.

|Please choose your starting class|

I quickly choose mage. That is my main class in any RPG game, with a healer as my secondary. The reason? It is a versatile job that can do DPS or support in the form of buff and debuff, depending on the game and the build I create.

|Please name your character.|

I think for a few seconds before saying.

"Haruian"

This is the nickname I always use when I play games in this world and in my previous world. It is a name that means a lot to me. It reminds me of the happier time in my past life when little me only cared about homework and grinding in games.

|Please select your starting world|

I snap from my thoughts and read the list of worlds I can choose as my starter. After reading them all, I picked four places I could choose where heteromorphic races could go without being attacked by the NPC.

The first one is Vanaheim, which is where heteromorphic races can stay and explore the city without getting attacked by the NPC. However, I need to maintain my Karma to be above zero because when my karma goes down below zero, aka evil, the NPC will attack me.

This will not be a problem because of my starting race; I will start with Karma of one hundred, aka Good.

The second one is Jotunheim. This place is where Demi-Human races rule and accept heteromorphic races among their races. Unlike Vanaheim, this place does not care if your Karma gets below zero, but the NPC will attack you when it goes below -75 karma.

The third one is Muspelheim. This is the land where the majority of its population are heteromorphic races. Most of them are demons, but there are also many other races. If the other two need you above a certain karma level, this place is the opposite. Your karma needs to be below zero. If you have karma above zero, you will be chased by the NPC of this place.

The last one is Helheim. This is the place with the least safe zone in the entire game. This place does not care about your karma and will not attack you unless you provoke the NPC. It is a great place for heteromorphic races. However, the downside of this place is the strength of the mob. It is stronger and more challenging to kill. People need to work together to level up faster in this place. Of course, you can be a solo player in this place, but the GM did not recommend doing it in this place.

I thought for a few seconds before choosing Vanaheim as my starting place.

|Thank you for playing our game. Please enjoy your time in YGGDRASIL|

After the word disappears, I arrive in the middle of a city. I look at the corner of my eyes and see that this city is called Neren, the City of Commerce. I move my body for a few seconds and smile.

"Let's do this."