Overlord x Myths: Pantheon

Ainz sat resting on his throne, The Throne of Kings, as he listened to his subordinates recount the information collected.

He subconsciously tightened his grip on the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, as it sank in, he had been transported to another world once more.

Thankfully though, maybe because of how vastly superior they were than a thousand years ago upon their first arrival, the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick was able to connect to Planet Gown, meaning his investment and projects have not been for naught.

In the last thousand years, he had been ruthless and determined in creating a utopia, which he succeeded in, at a cost.

He had destroyed many cultures and races, but in the process he saved many from needless slaughter and suppression.

In his world, there exists no slavery, no racism, no unwarranted hatred, everything is finally peaceful.

Religion was an option, no one can force you to believe in a god.

In fact, even after a thousand years, the Six Great Gods, Four Elemental Gods are still being worshiped, though not as great as when they arrived in the New World.

Even though he allows everyone to have free will, most of them choose to follow the religion that Neia started, called the Church of Justice, which is under the Church of Nazarick.

The Church of Nazarick is a sacred temple created by NPCs in order to let the people know who the Supreme Beings are, and what powers they possess.

Even though the place had forty one statues and books relating to each Supreme Being, those lucky to visit mainly sought to read about the Supreme One, Ainz Ooal Gown, the Overlord of Life and Death.

His reign was not easy, and was full of hurdles in the form of Dragon Lords and their alliance of rebels and the next descent of players, which was more than the combined amount of the previous descents.

The problem of the Dragon Lords cooperating with others to fight against him was honestly frightening as he still had his misgivings of fighting against 'True' Dragons.

Although it might be a small stretch to call the Dragon Lords True Dragons, it was an undoubtedly fact that they were powerful, almost as powerful as a lvl 100 player.

True Dragons are all World Bosses that could solo an entire group of players. Some of them couldn't even be defeated by an entire guild as to how powerful they are.

No matter what type of dragon, they were more powerful than any race of equivalent rank.

It's true the inhabitants of the New World are innately weaker than their Yggdrasil counterparts but for dragons that only get stronger the longer they live, this weakest and flaw of strength could easily be solved with time.

With his cautious nature, Ainz planned to wait until he had more information before killing the Dragon Lords, however all plans couldn't stop his rage once he saw the Dragon Lords and their allies attack Nazarick, harming his children!

He was furious!!

He had not attacked their kind, yet they sought him out, even killing his friends' children!

Such insolence shall not be tolerated!

His emotional suppression couldn't even calm him down, as he mobilizes Nazarick to remove the tumor of the world, finishing what the Eight Greed Kings fail to do.

He and his Guardians attack the Dragon Lords one by one, quickly eliminating the Dragon Race.

Only the dragons under him are allowed to exist. No dragon can remain neutral or they would be culled.

The residents of the New World witnessed what seemed like a battle of gods for the first time in their lives, further cementing the idea that Ainz was a Supreme Being and his Guardians were gods underneath him.

Upon killing the last Dragon Lord, who was called Corpse Dragon Lord after he resurrected him, Ainz learned some starting information; which made him wonder if this person was the one behind Shalltears mind control?

He originally thought it was players because this world was very weak but as time went on, all clues pointed towards Slane Theocracy.

However even after suppressing the Slane Theocracy, he still was clueless about the story of what happened with Shalltear.

The scriptures that saw they were outmatched vanished off the face of the world, not making any waves over the last thousand years but he was still cautious about them, having people secretly search but to no avail.

Shalltear's mind control had been a constant reminder that he shouldn't underestimate the inhabitants of this world; as many powerful players could be hiding and observing the world in the dark.

It was like everything was being pulled together; a being hidden from view, observing and interfering in his affairs.

The one behind everything, Platinum Dragon Lord, seems to fit all categories perfectly.

It was unfortunate that he made an enemy out of him. This world will have to do without a self proclaimed world protector.

At the same time he was locating Platinum Dragon Lord's location from Corpse Dragon Lord; he also learned the reason behind the alliance against him.

Ainz was baffled as he wondered if this Dragon Lord was so short sighted or narcissistic?

Ever since he got to the new world, all he brought was benefits, while he did kill a few, however that had benefited the many that were living.

His technologies, magical studies and vast abode of wealth had made this world different.

All under his rule were content, living luxurious lives when compared to before he descended. There was no more fear of dying or being eaten by monsters. On top of it all, no wars have been initiated or rebellions formed. It was truly peace on earth.

One great war to end them all!

Laughing coldly in his nonexistent heart, Ainz commands the forces of Nazarick to attack the Eryuentru, the guild base of the Eight Greed Kings, upon which the last remaining nuisance of a Dragon Lord resides.

He was honestly disappointed as the battle wasn't earth shattering, it was just a one sided battle that ended with one wave of Ainz hand, in the form of Guardians.

As soon as the forces of Nazarick arrived through the Gate spell, the Platinum Dragon Lord died on the spot, body severed into many parts, some parts being destroyed by his subordinates.

The remaining portions of the dragon's body was dripping with golden blood, dying the ground of the guild golden.

The remaining body parts were sent to Nazarick, one part for resurrection, one part for items and weapons, others for NPCs' bodily needs.

Since Eryuentiu is the Guild Base of the Eight Greed Kings, it's their innate nature to invest a vast amount of resources into the guild, so Ainz understands that there might be unknown dangers.

He could tell that Platinum Dragon Lord wasn't a member of the guild nor had he conquered it.

If he was a member of the guild, there would have been Guardians around him to protect him but it was the opposite.

All the NPCs were locked inside the guild and cannot reach the core because Platinum Dragon Lord partially controls the guild weapon.

Ainz had the option of subduing these alien NPCs, but the possibility of betraying and the fact that their strength is unknown, he decided not to.

Even if he somehow made them his subordinates, the NPCs of Nazarick would not accept these beings created by 'fake Supreme Beings' as they call them.

Thinking of this, the only option was to destroy the guild, and that he did.

Tapping the golden sword which was the Guild Weapon of Eryuentiu, with the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, the Guild of Eryuentiu, like snow under the rays of the sun, disappeared.

That is what is expected to happen but something else did, beyond any plan could fathom.

Ainz had changed over the years, and the biggest change was accepting of how different New World and Yggdrasil was.

In Yggdrasil, there were barely anyone below level 80, player wise; and those beneath level 80 were trying to earn special classes or job advancement.

In the New World though, even after much effort, the gap between those of Nazarick and the New World only grew instead of shrinking, as children born of Nazarick and New World denizens had become a norm.

Of course, the NPCs that have borne children of New World inhabitants could be counted on one hand, as only Tsura and Sebas fit this bill.

Two events had cemented the idea of how different game and reality is.

The first happened in the process of destroying the Guild Weapon.

As soon as the Guild Weapons touched, time seemed to halt, as the staff of Ainz Ooal Gown absorbed all of the data of Eryuentiu.

Maybe because the NPCs were inside Eryuentiu when it was destroyed, the staff of Ainz Ooal Gown absorbed the data used to create them, transferring all the data to the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

The staff shocked violently, as the staff seemed to have reached its limit, before spitting out a black fog of energy that went through the only outlet it could find, Ainz.

With the energy entering Ainz 'body, it broke a rule that Yggdrasil strenuously enforced, of only being able to equip one World Class Item at a time.

Yes, Ainz in some mysterious way gained his second World Class item, making him more powerful, especially since only he could equip it.

The World Class item wasn't from Yggdrasil, but from this world, meaning that there might be more out there.

Ainz gave the item the name, 'Sacred Blessing of Ainz Ooal Gown' because of the powers it had.

First is Sacred Channel, the ability that allows a connection just like Message to form between two people but different in the fact the channel is permanent and objects could be transferred through the channel.

Second is Sacred Transfer, in which one can share the use of 'Sacred Blessing of Ainz Ooal Gown'.

Third is Sacred Mark, which makes anyone that connects to the Sacred Users, upon death arrive before them.

The World Class Item is on the weak side but because the more people that get involved with it, the more powerful it becomes.

Because one cannot use two World Class items, none of the NPCs were aware of this; which Ainz wasn't going to clear up.

The less that knows about this, the more trump cards in his arsenal that he has been growing, secretly and visibly.

Looking at the large amount of data, he rushed back to Nazarick, opening up Master Source after sending the NPCs away; he saw how large the data he gained was.

The data was almost three thirds of Nazarick complete data, so It was no wonder the guild weapon was at its limit.

Clearing his head, Ainz began to think of how to strengthen Nazarick.

Nazarick needs a lot of things, things that he noticed over the years has been lacking and making his treasury slowly empty.

He hadn't been able to activate the entire guild's defense because of no guarantee of resources in the form of gold coins.

Ainz decided to change the guild, one floor at a time, from top to bottom.

Looking at the first three floors, the Catacombs, where many died attempting to invade the guild, Ainz looked at the Derelict Rope Bridge, and the Windowless Underground Chapel, rubbing his chin.

He remembered when the 1500 of players invaded Nazarick in the past, if not for Shalltear holding her own and wearing down many of the players, even with the NPCs on the Eighth Floor, they would be hard pressed to defeat them all and to prevent any escapees.

He doesn't doubt Shalltear's ability to protect her floors, but having more manpower is not a bad thing.

Ainz directly began to create two extra guardians, who will be Shalltear's subordinates.

The First Floor, Ainz thought deeply before customizing a level 80 male shapeshifter, who is almost like Dooperlangers but was able to retain a hundred percent of the abilities of the creature they choose, the only problem is that they can only have three forms, including their original human form.

The first form Ainz chose was a Vampire, and the second a Lycan.

An exclusive Class was granted to the NPC, 'Night Original'; which allows him to have great command over creatures over the night.

There were other abilities but they weren't important at the moment.

The second NPC was a level 90 female human knight, she is an immortal human that is skilled in battle, even rivaling Shalltear when she doesn't use Blood Frenzy.

Ainz also creates many other NPCs, all level one but they are unique in the fact they would resurrect a few hours after death, at no cost.

The reason for their existence was actually for two reasons, one is for Shalltear when she needs to regenerate her health in battle, she could just kill them; second was that he wanted Nazarick to have everything of Yggdrasil in the guild even if its weak and useless.

As he was about to move on, he paused as he realized he didn't make residence for his new NPCs, and decided to create two black castles next to Shalltear's Grave Vault of Adipocere.

With these houses neatly lined up, a tiny neighbor was formed in a dark and haunted place.

He also remembered Kyouhukou, the Area Guardian of Black Capsule, who had been grief- stricken about his children eating one another over and over again because of the little to no food to eat.

Ainz was not an indifferent lord to his subordinates' suffering thus, even though it pained him to, he expanded the Black Capsule double its size and created a magical formation that allows all the food thrown away to arrive in Black Capsule.

However he knew that the room would soon be full with cockroaches, thus once a month some of the cockroaches would be teleported to Entoma's room for her to eat.

Looking over to make sure he didn't forget anything, he looked at the Fourth Floor, and saw Gargantua floating at the bottom of the Underground Lake.

In his time in the New World this Floor Guardian has been of little help mainly because of its lack of sentience, he plans to change that.

Usually he wouldn't be able to do that as Yggdrasil wouldn't allow him to, as the golem was a rewarded item whose data was already final, but this had changed in the New World.

Tapping on Gargantua, Ainz saw all his information pop up, and used his Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown, to add it to the custom NPC and change its data.

Looking at the data of Gargantua, he changed it to allow him sentience, and wrote a simple background for it.

After he finished with Gargantua, he expanded the floor and added some more marine life and a level 80 blue dragon on the floor; to assist the Floor Guardian.

His data balance only dropped slightly which made him calculate a little and notice he might have enough for what he wanted to do.

The Fifth Floor was one of the floors that remained the same other than becoming ten times colder and a death curse was placed on Cocytus, which made the floor fall to absolute zero upon his death.

The Frozen Prison became five times larger with Ghost Wardens, and an isolation spell placed over it.

As long as one is marked by the Ghost Wardens, one's power will slowly slip away.

Cocytus' Snowball Earth didn't change much, other than gaining five connected Snowball Earths, which were full of weapons and Frost Virgins that serve the Glacier God.

The Six Floor experienced great changes, but still remained the same in appearance.

The floor became bigger than all the floors combined; match the size of a medium size island. More trees populated the floor making it truly look like a forest.

The sky became a real sky, even though it was still fake.

The skies went further away from the land, making creatures like dragons fly around freely without hindrance.

The skies produce clouds, weather and seasons, making the Sixth Floor a world of its own. In the center of this world, the gigantic tree became larger, towering over everything in the Sixth Floor.

A volcano rose from beneath the Blazing Temple, pushing it to the peak of the Seventh Floor. It was the ideal place for one to overlook the floor.

A crimson sun emerges in the skies, with lava dripping from it, causing the already hot floor to become hellish.

The floor expanded, with the lava river covering everything at the base of the volcano, where many lava demons live.

Fire elements and other demons were born, making the floor a place that doesn't pale to the heat of the sun.

Victim of the Eight Floor changed appearance slightly as his body was enlarged twice its normal size and his eyes were now shimmering golden s and his twig-like wings that seemed to have been made from an oak tree before now seemed like divine branches plucked from the Tree of Yggdrasil itself.

Ainz thought about the situation and decided to create another NPCs, a Valkyrie, who would be Victim's mother and caretaker.

She was only a level 50 NPC but he didn't want Victim to be left alone, especially with its sacrificial skill. He wanted him to have someone to rely on.

Only half of the data remained, making him hesitate to continue but since he already started he might as well finish.

He created three floors after the Eighth Floor, pushing the Royal Suite and the Throne Room to become the twelve and thirteen floors respectively.

The first of the new floors was Death Grounds, a place where the Undead spawn in great numbers, before spawning stronger ones from the large amount of low level undead.

The floor was gloomy with a clanking of bones, and vast amounts of negative energy roaming about. Every minute, undeads rose from the ground, before dying as stronger ones were born.

Powerful undead split the floor between themselves, living in their own territory.

Second of the three floors was the Holy Citadel, where angels spawn before stronger ones spawn from the vast amount of low level angels.

The floor was white full of holy radiance, angels flew freely in the air, showing their metallic bodies, causing feathers to fall from the skies, making the floor full of Holy and positive energy.

On this floor, one large white Citadel stood erect, from where angels stream from.

The last of the three floors was nicknamed Chaos, a land without a specific order and full of danger. Positive, negative and every kind of energy was present on this floor in full effect.

On this floor, one could see dragonoids, demons, angels and many other creatures, however only madness exists in their eyes.

This floor was weird, one minute it would be dark, the next it would be bright. One minute it would snow, the next it would rain and become sunny; this floor was extremely chaotic. However, it had a massive amount of resources, as he created artificial mines that generated a fixed amount of gold and other materials.

The Royal Suite of the Supreme Beings became more grand looking like hallways of temples, with one shining more brightly than the others.

More rooms were created each with an important purpose, with NPCs that were in charge of them.

Because of how big Nazarick has become, a new group of maids was created, each powerful in their own rights. They were not as good as the regular maid in cleaning or the battle maids in battle but specialized in a specific aspect.

The Throne Room now holds a large painting of the Supreme Beings in a kneeling position looking towards the Throne of Kings with Ainz on it and flanked by Touch Me and Ulbert Alain Odle besides him.

All the Supreme Beings in the painting wore their iconic armor with an aura of power permeating from it that made all those who gazed upon it tremble with fear and reverence.

The Treasury became twice as big, with eighteen exchange boxes lined up neatly in one corner, generating gold coins from the trash drop into it.

With all his creations complete, Ainz was surprised to see he still had a thousand points of data left to use. Since he didn't need it, he left for another day; after all anything could happen.

When the Guardians noticed the changes, they were alarmed but soon came to accept it after his assurance it was his doing.

With all his addition to Nazarick, the guild started to operate smoothly like never before, everything was like water returning to the sea.

Not much change after Nazarick became stronger other than his strengthened grip he had on the world. Everyone in the world knew of Ainz Ooal Gown, the monarch who ushered in an era of peace and tranquility to the world; however like he once said, ' All good things must come to an end.'.

Players from Yggdrasil arrive in the New World, and like him they were cautious of the world, however as they realize they were stronger than most inhabitants of the world, greed and ambition fuel their minds, attacking and destroying what he created so tirelessly for.

The players were smart and didn't oppose Ainz. Those that chose to kneel became the lords of territories.

For those who oppose him, he didn't even have to act personally as he sent out his new NPCs to test their abilities and powers, making him happy as they killed the Players swiftly.

The only time he acted was when he discovered a player possessed a World Class item.

The player didn't have time to use the World item as he killed him in PvP, winning easily.

Collecting the Worlds Item and the custom made items, he tosses them to Pandora's Actor, to be archived in the Treasury.

Coming to himself, Ainz looked at the array of Guardians before him, and tapped the armrest of his throne with his right hand, while his left hand remained holding the staff of Ainz Ooal Gown.

"Demiurge, good job collecting the information, it's beyond valuable." Ainz nodded at the Archfiend, smiling like he expected Ainz to already be aware of this information. "From Demiurge information gathering, we can conclude we are in Ancient Greece, in a period before the Olympians rebelled against their father."

The Guardians smiled in awe at their master's vast intellect to know so much before it even happened, or maybe he planned for it to happen this way?

"Before I state your orders, I shall announce something important. Albedo!" Ainz suddenly became serious as he tapped his staff on the ground, drawing everyone's attention to himself.

"Yes, Lord Ainz." Albedo was surprised but answered nonetheless.

"Step forward!"Ainz's voice seemed to carry some unknown emotions as she spoke, as if remenicening of the past.

"Yes, Lord Ainz." Albedo stood up and approached the throne before kneeling again.

Looking at her as if examining her soul and worth, he moved his gaze and looked at Shalltear. " Shalltear, join Albedo before me."

"Yes, Lord Ainz." Shalltear confusingly reached Albedo's side and kneeled, looking at Ainz, wondering what he was about to do.

Looking at them, Ainz spoke, "You two have served me greatly in the New World and I can see you both have grown, not only physically but mentally as well. Originally I was hesitant to do this because of many reasons but I have decided you two are ready."

"Albedo, I tempered with you settings, your soul, to be in love with me, I originally was guilty because of this but I noticed that I too love you dearly. I noticed many things observing you, both good and bad; but I shall overlook them so you can be at my side."

"Shalltear, you are the creation of one of my best friends; a daughter of his. You love me even when I'm in this form, and I must say you have been growing on me over the years."

"My loyal Guardians, salute my two Queens!", Tapping his staff violently on the ground as he stood up. " These two shall be my wives, bearing my descendants when the time comes. If anyone opposes it, let it be known!" He waited but no one moved, he looked at them and saw the pure smile of happiness on their faces, making him relieved.

Ainz calmly walked down from his throne and kneeled before his two women, caressing their beautiful faces lovingly.

While shocked, the Guardians were excited as their Supreme One finally decided to think about having heirs; but some of them wondered why? Could it be that he plans to leave? No, that doesn't make sense, if he did, he wouldn't make them so happy only for them to suffer grief, right?

Albedo was over the moon crying tears of joy, all her efforts and paid off, her love had accepted her as his! She was going to bear the child of the Supreme One, Lord Momonga!! Her womb seems to throb in anticipation of the greatness that would eventually be inside, yet it didn't compare to her heart that seemed to burst from the happiness that she felt at the moment

Shalltear emotions were similar but more relaxed as she simply imagined all the bondage positions they would share with one another in bed.

She knew it was impossible for her to bear children as an undead but knowing the vast intellect which was Lord Ainz, she believed if he said it was possible, it must be so, Lord Ainz has never been wrong, and even when he failed it was his plan all along.

Demiurge's eyes flash as he seems to come to a startling conclusion, making his admiration for Ainz increase by a couple levels, even though it was already beyond infinite.

Standing up and getting back to important matters at hand, Ainz coughed, "Khm, now back to your orders. Demiurge!"

"Lord Ainz!" The Archfiend adjusted his glasses as he waited for the words of his lord.

"Demiurge, I want you to find Cronos, the King of the Titans, he should be one of the most powerful figures around. His most noticeable feature is the the scythe he wields. I want you to find out how strong he is; if you think you can kill him, bring him to me. If you can't, simply stay in the background and spread news of the Nazarick Pantheon, with me at the Supreme One and you all my subordinate gods. Demiurge, I trust you, so I want you to be careful of Gaia, she is the primordial deity, the personification of the Earth."

"Yes, Lord Ainz. Forgive me however Lord Ainz, can you explain why you need Cronos? I doubt a titan can catch your attention." Demiurge has always been a person who likes to know more, so asking Ainz a question about his order was nothing new. In fact If he didn't ask, people would think something was wrong.

Ainz nodded, and began to explain, " Cronos has little to no value to me other than that scythe he holds and his importance to this world's growth. He is the parent of the important gods of this world. I wish to gain as much information about the strongest of this world and spread information about us, to easily conquer this world in the future. As you might not know, there are other pantheons here, I don't want to be attacked by them all, as it would be a bother. Plus, I might be getting too relaxed lately but I wish to change the story a little, I want to see what would happen. Just see it as your Lord feeling a bit bored after years of peace." The NPCs in response to Ainz's remark smirked and laughed!

"Mare, same protocol as the New World hide us from the outside, Sebas had already confirmed there are hills surrounding us; plus a human settlement not too far from our location, so it should be easy to accomplish. Cocytus, Victim, Gargantua, Venice and Willams will remain to guard Nazarick. Sebas along with Tsuare and his daughter will blend into the human settlement. I want to know everything these people know, how to bring them to our side. While you are at it, build a temple of Nazarick, with statues of us in it. I want to see the reaction of this world's power." Ainz muse as he wonders what Gaia will do, will she create monsters to attack him? From the myths, she had rarely acted herself and only supported her children from the background. However it's unknown if she would become either his enemy or an ally.

"Yes, Lord Ainz! (Father!)"

Rubbing his chin, Ainz thoughts swirled, he wondered what to do about the other pantheons.

Christianity isn't one opposable as easily as the other pantheons, what with its legions of named and unnamed demons and angels and God Himself, however the Norse Pantheon might be interesting to temper with since my magic have the same origin. Even the Eastern Pantheons with their vast arrays of deities is not without value.

Looking at the Guardian of the Second Floor, Venice, the immortal female knight, Ainz spoke, " Venice, I need you to go along with Sebas, I want you to learn about Christianity, any information on it must be reported at once. If you find the location of the Devil, Lucifer Morningstar, report to me but remain to be discreet. You safety is your top priority."

"Yes, Father."

Yes, Venice called him Father, all the NPCs he created called him Father, he tried to change the way they called him but they seemed sad, so he could only allow it. Plus he didn't really mind as he came to see her and the other as his children; they took after him after all.

"Leave after preparing. Hmm, Venice will come to my office later. You are all dismissed." The Guardians bowed and left, leaving only Shalltear and Albedo with him.

Ainz slowly walked to his throne, sitting down. Albedo sat on his right thigh and Shalltear on his left. They both rested their heads on the chest of the Supreme Overlord.

Looking at the happy expressions on their faces, his feeling of guilt disappeared.

They are his and his alone!!

He wondered if he should tell them he could transform into human form; meaning he could have the family he always wished for.

Even Shalltear could give birth to his child after his vast growth in getting back his missing 'son'; pondering for a minute he decided to wait until the fact they belonged to him sank in.