Chapter 1: The beginning after the end.
- Year 2138 AD -
15 minutes before the shutdown of Yggdrasil.
The DMMO-RPG Yggdrasil was going to be closed 10 years after its release.
The game filled with millions of players for years was empty in its final days.
- In the Great Tomb of Nazarick-
In a larger conference room that consisted of a large table that looked to be made out of obsidian.
The surface of the table was smooth and had no dirt or scratch.
The table was so clean that one could see his or her reflection on it.
42 chairs are arranged in a circular shape around the table.
Once every chair in the room was occupied by someone, but now only one chair was occupied.
The only person in the room was a young man who looked to be in his early 20s.
The young man had snow-white hair and deep and beautiful golden eyes with a slit instead of a pupil.
The young man looked like he was waiting for someone.
Just then a notification grabbed his attention, and he smiled.
He was in a game, so his character didn't smile, but instead an emoji that represented his mood appeared.
Player Momonga has logged in-
Just then a large skeleton appeared in one of the chairs.
The skeleton had a red glow that represented its eyes.
It wore a large, dark blue, elegant robe.
The skeleton had many rings on its bony fingers.
Good to see you, bone daddy.
The young man said to the newly arrived member of his guild.
"That nickname again huh"the skeleton replied.
"You didn't change at all, Victor," the skeleton said to the newly named Victor.
"So what brings you here to this place after one and a half years?" Victor questioned.
One and a half years—has it been that long? The skeleton asked.
Well, after you and bukubukuchagama had your first child, you stopped logging in.
Well, I am a father now; I couldn't just play games, you know.
Unlike some rich bastard, some people have to work.
Hahahah, Victor laughed.
It was a friendly jab.
I am not rich, you know, Skeletor. I am filthy rich.
Yes, yes, everyone in the guild knows you made sure we all knew.
Did you participate in the last event? Momonga asked.
The save-the-world tree one? Victor asked.
Yes,momonga replied.
Yes, I was the boss that killed all those players after all.
Yaya, whatever you say.
Changing the subject, Momonga said, "Hard to believe that you kept the guild alive in the first place all this time by yourself".
Well, what can I say? I am awesome, Vector replied.
After all, this is the place we all build together.
I couldn't let it fall off its glorious spot of number 1, Victor replied.
A silence fell over the room. Both Victor and momonga fell into melancholy over the good times they had together in this game with their friends.
Well, would you look at the time? I've got to go; I can't be late for work tomorrow.
Bye! momonga said.
Before Victor could reply, Momonga logged off.
[-Player momonga has logged off-]
Sighing to himself, Victor said to himself, Goodbye, my friend. Hope you like my gift.
Victor was a person who transmigrated into this world 1 year before the release of Yggdrasil.
He was reborn in the body of a rich kid whose parents died in an accident.
After their death, he inherited their massive wealth and got rich.
He found out that he was in the original world of Overlord before the transmigration.
After finding out where he was, he quickly bought the shares of Yggdrasil.
He got himself a custom-made dragon avatar with no level cap, higher stats, infinite storage, and many other perks.
Some people might say he cheated. To answer that, he will say yes, he did; he had money, and this game was p2win anyway, so no problem.
He joined Nine's Own Goal as a founding member.
Became the guild leader of Ainz Ooal Gown as he was the strongest player among them.
He also had made the most contributions to the guild, and he was the most active player among all 42 of them, so when the guild leader was being chosen, when he said he would like to be the leader, no one disagreed.
But as the game's popularity decreased and players began to leave, he still continued to grind like carzy.
Due to the decreasing popularity, most investors began selling their shares, and he bought all the shares, becoming the sole owner of the game.
After that, in his command, there was a last event to protect the world tree.
Most thought it was one last effort to revive the game, but it was just his plan to farm levels and make his character the strongest.
He asked for his character to be customized in such a way that he could use every race's ability or skill without any drawback with no CD.
In addition to that, he got every job class and something that the devs made out of fun and some that he requested.
Victor also asked the devs for a final form that was the pinnacle of power and invincibility.
Such a thing couldn't be done if there were other shareholders, but now he owned everything of the game, and the devs were his employees; they will do as the big boss says.
And for the event, he asked for the ability to absorb a level for every person he killed.
This ability will help him grind levels like crazy in the last event that millions will participate in.
You may ask why millions will join in the event if it's a dead game.
Well, simply, the prize money for the people who dealt the most damage was 15 million, for second place it was 10 million, and for third place it was 5 million.
In addition to that, there was a prize for taking part and staying to the end of the event.
The fast level grind for him became the biggest event in gaming history.
He paid every dev and employee 1 million each for supporting him to the very end like a good boss.
He said that those who will help him do some more "adjustments" will get 1 million more.
Needless to say, everybody helped him for the "kindness" he showed them, and it had nothing to do with money.
And now he was ready to go to the new world.
-current time-
Victor finished remembering all the major events that led to the current point.
Looking at the time, he thought, 'Only 2 minutes left.'
Looking at the guild weapon that they had made.
He took it and looked at it.
The staff looked the same as in the anime, with the only change being the buff and the ability of the staff that he made the devs change to make it more powerful.
Taking the staff with him, Victor got out of the meeting room, heading to the throne room.
Outside the door, Sebas and the Pleiades were waiting.
Ordering them to follow him, he took them to the throne room and sat on the large throne.
After sitting on the throne, he commanded everyone to bow and waited for midnight for the game to close.
Looking at the time, there were only 30 seconds left.
He remembered all the good times he had in this game and in this world as a whole.
Remembering his friends, he thanked them all in his mind.
He had made sure that after he gets to the new world, all this remaining wealth will be donated to charity and his friends.
10 more seconds till the servers shut down.
Closing his eyes, he started to count the remaining time in his head.
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
When the time hit midnight, his vision went dark.