Realization

"Greetings Lord."

"Greetings my Lord."

"Greetings Lord Emperor!"

Three individual maids stood next to one another, in front of a throne.

Behind the massive throne were large skeletal remains of a dragon, known as Fafnir.

I kept its remains as memories of when Phantom Mutiny slain the vicious dragon during the raid.

A long time ago, there was a raid in Isekai World Online, It was the largest raid in history for the game, and even we struggled against it.

Millions of players across the world participated in this raid, known as Judgement Day.

It was the day when Terra, also known as the earth itself, rebelled against humanity.

Yes, you heard me correctly, the actual planet that we live on rebelled against us.

According to this world's lore; Terra, also known as Earth, is a planet that every player in Isekai World Online spawns in. Rather than being a floating rock in the depths of space, it's actually sentient and acts on the Will of its own. On the day of Genesis, when god created everything, Terra was known as a non-physical entity, not given form, until it decided to create its own life.

Terra decided to become something known as a 'planet', so it became physical, making itself into the shape of a globe rather than its spiritual form. Afterward, the Goddess Terra created the humanoid race; Humans, elves, dark elves, dwarves, orcs, and goblins, with the addition of creatures of earth, known as wolves, slimes, etc.

However, after the creation of the humanoid race, Terra could see how chaotic they were. They started wars, plagued the planet, ruined nature, and killed for fun.

The Goddess was heartbroken, she felt betrayed by her own creation. From their inability to show peace, her spirit eventually crumbled, and broke into fragments, putting her wrath upon the humanoid race.

Demons, Undead, Vampires, Elementals, and Golems were created from her anger. They're known as "Descendants of Terra", created to balance the world, and to be enemies of the humanoid race. Terra's will brought them into creation to vanquish most of humanity to prevent the destruction of natural world order.

This leads to the hateful relationship between the humanoid race, and the abnormal race.

Every day there's a battle between the humans and the undead, as the same could be said for other humanoid races against other abnormal races as well.

Not even the world we live in likes us, isn't that sad?

Well, specifically me, considering I'm human.

Goddamnit, I should've read more about the lore of this world before I started creating my character, I regret it.

But at the same time; a Human King that's as powerful as me is rare in certain MMORPGs.

"Greetings Mona, Aiko, and Keiko, are you well?!"

"Yes my lord!" (All)

The three individual maids were average in height for Japanese females.

Mona had black hair tied into a ponytail, Aiko had long pink hair that reached her back, and Keiko was your average brunette with short hair.

But despite their looks, they were something known as Battle Maids.

Here in Ottenmore kingdom, battle maids were subordinates of mine meant to fight and protect the castle against any possible threats. But they do have extra duties that revolve around the castle as well, such as; making my baths, fixing my food, dusting my room, and tidying up the castle.

But of course, they do the same for the Phantom Mutiny whenever they visit us from time to time.

"I have prepared your bath, Lord Emperor." Said Mona.

"I have prepared your meal, Lord Emperor." Pronounced Aiko.

"And I have picked out your clothes for tonight, Lord Emperor." Said Keiko.

"I see, thank you. Your help is very much appreciated, I should reward you all for your hard work."

"D-Do you mean that… Lord Emperor?" Aiko questioned.

Wait… she… questioned me?

"Um- I mean… yes, of course."

("Wait a goddamn second, did an NPC just question me? That's not normal… Usually, they act like robots and go with the flow, they don't have morals or any of that! What the hell is going on?")

"Tell me, what is it that you desire, Aiko, Keiko, and Mona? There isn't anything in this world that I cannot obtain."

"I want you, Lord Emperor!"

"I refuse."

"Eh???"

I instantly shut Aiko down.

The other two didn't answer, they merely stared down in thought.

Something's not right… This isn't right at all! NPCs aren't meant to think, have feelings, or express themselves!

They only acted like robots programmed to carry out the player's will.

"If it's fine by you, Lord Emperor… I would like a vacation to the West Continent, where the Great King, Angelica, resides. I heard it's peaceful… and that the West continent looks like heaven from rumors. Lady Angelica is wonderful, kind, and righteous as ever." Said Keiko.

"I see, so you wish to visit Angelica and her continent. Very well, it shall be done."

"Really? Are you certain my lord?"

"Yes, I'll see to it, Keiko. You've done a great service to me, and all of Ottenmore kingdom, you deserve it."

"Thank you so much, Lord Emperor, you're so gracious and kind."

("Well, I wouldn't say that. Ever since my soul fused with Emperor (Aka, my Game avatar), I started picking up his traits. I'm more ruthless now, and tyrannical as ever. I'm assuming it's like that because it's the way I made Emperor in character, so now my soul is becoming one with him. That just sounds fucking crazy, but it's the truth. I'm assuming it's the same for the rest of Phantom Mutiny as well.")

"You haven't spoken yet, Mona, what is it that you desire?"

"O-Oh… well… I wish to, have more abnormal's, maybe? Something like… a few vampires, or a couple of undead."

("Oh… right, I forgot she was into that kind of stuff. For so long, Mona has been trying to interbreed with the abnormal races, to see if she could create a child with them. It may sound weird, but if someone actually managed to create a half-humanoid and half-abnormal child, it would go down in history.")

"Mona, you disgust me."

From my words alone, she blushed, tilting her head down, and hugging herself, "Y-Your majesty… why such harsh words?! You know it turns me on…"

"I will not capture any abnormal race as experiments for you, do that yourself. And make sure they aren't someone of importance, otherwise, I will have the Demon King and Vampire Queen on my head."

"Y-Yes my lord, very well! I'm sorry! I deserve punishment, please initiate it!" Mona fell to her hands and knees, begging.

("She's a total masochist… what was I thinking making her this way!? Actually, I'm a Great King, I can change the way she acts. Let me do that instead of complaining. She's just an NPC after all.")

Time suddenly froze.

The only ones who could move in the world right now were the Great Kings.

I walked forward, approaching Mona, and extended my hand.

"Unfold."

Mona's personal hub appeared in front of me.

You may be wondering why that's the case, but it's simple;

In Isekai World Online, there's a summoning ritual done in the Main Lobby. You can summon characters you wish to use, which transfers your consciousness into their bodies, or you can summon characters you wish to be companions with. Each servant that exists in my castle is someone that I summoned from the Ritual Port. I can use "Unfold" to bring up their personal information whenever I desire.

Also, I can't forget to mention that the NPCs in my castle are all God Rare.

If you don't know what that is, it's easy to understand.

You played a Gacha game before, right? Well, all Gacha games have rarities to the characters you summon. In Isekai World Online, those rarities are:

{Normal Rare

Rare

Super Rare

Legendary Rare

God Rare.}

To summon NPCs, you must have WG (World Gems) to do so.

Just in case you forgot, World Gems are Isekai Online's currency for players.

Only players can obtain World Gems, and by using them, they can unlock certain areas, buy certain locations, purchase certain items in the shop, and even summon NPCs from the Ritual Port.

As of now, I have 5'000 WG.

Each summoning for NPCs usually costs 30 WG, so they were pretty expensive.

Also, take into consideration that summoning for NPCs is all luck. You can get some Normal rare or God rare, it just depends on how lucky you are.

Since I summoned Mona from the Ritual Port, I could alter her settings whenever I like, including her dialogue… it would just cost me 50 WG to do so.

"Alright, this should do it."

A notification popped up in my field of vision.

<Would you like to change Mona's settings for 50 World Gems?>

[YES] [NO]

Of course, I clicked yes… but upon doing so, I couldn't believe my eyes.

"What's this?"

What the hell is Soul Link?!

It was an option I could click on, underneath her dialogue settings. I never seen something like this before… are you telling me that NPCs now have souls?

If that's the case, that means they're all sentient and can act on their own.

Shit shit shit… Shit!!

That's not good, considering I summoned a specific NPC meant to cause trouble for the Swindlers guild…

She goes by the name… Dorothy.