Turned into a Monster

Summary: After the death of Gazef Stronoff. Demiurge thought his death was a waste and proposes an idea to Ainz, that he soon regrets agreeing to. Gazef now a monster and without any memories, finds himself confused about why humans keep coming to him when all he wants to do is to eat them and have a good fight.

Author note: If you haven't read the light novel, you won't know what this story is based on.

(Edit:27/08/2018)

(Edit:28/08/2018)

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Crystalmoon39

I do not own Overlord.

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All the floor guardians kneeled before the supreme ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Ainz Ooal Gown.

They were showering their undead Ruler with praise over their King's involvement on the Battlefield, he had magnificently slaughtered millions of humans and crippled both sides.

"My Lord. You were magnificent" Said, Demiurge.

"Truly breathtaking" Said, Mare Bello Fiore.

"I wish I was there to bask in your greatness," Shalltear Bloodfallen said.

But despite the praise, their ruler did not seem happy.

It was because Gazef Stronoff had died on that battlefield.

The man could be said to be Ainz first-ever human, since they came to this world, that he had respect for.

And now the man was dead.

The biggest blow was that the man had asked to die when Ainz had given him an offer to join him to save lives, which any sane human would have taken.

Of course, the man's death was also a blow to Re-Estize Kingdom as well and now no sane person dared to underestimate the name Sorcerer King Ainz Ooal Gown.

However...

His death had been a blow to Ainz Gown as well.

"My Lord. May I suggest something?" Demiurge suddenly spoke up.

"Speak," Ainz said, even they could hear the depressed tone in his voice.

"The man Gazef Stronoff was an honorable man, we all know that. He was the first human to ever truly realize your greatness" Demiurge said, of course, all the humans know about him now. "That's why I find it hard to believe that he didn't say something at the battle meeting considering he is such an important person to the Kingdom. He would have known that going up against you would result in nothing but death"

"Go on," Ainz said.

"That's why I am positive that they ignored him," Demiurge said, "I find it hard to believe that the backbone of his country was ignored by the people who should listen to him the most. So why was he ignored? The number of humans that died that day wouldn't have been anywhere near as many if somebody had listened to him. So why didn't they?"

"W-Why don't you inform everybody else on why you think that is?" Ainz said, trying to deflect the question by praying they wouldn't try to get the answer from him because he was clueless.

"I would be happy to," He said, turning to the guardians. "It was because of his status. The man who could have saved millions was dismissed because of his low-level birth. In my opinion, the human race did not deserve him. So why don't we take him?"

"Take him? What are you talking about? " Shalltear said, while Ainz was wondering the same thing.

"That kind of loyalty he had to the King... shouldn't it have been directed at our Supreme one, where it would be appreciated? " Demiurge said, "Our Lord, wanted him by his side, anyway. We'll just revive him"

"Leave him, Demiurge. Gazef would never go back on his word" Ainz said, "If I know the man, he would just ask to be killed again"

"But what if we erase his memories?" Demiurge said, surprising them all. "Why don't we turn him non-human? We can erase the moment that made him so loyal to the Kingdom King in the first place. He will be kissing our lords' feet within a day. Would any of us mind having him around knowing he was no longer a weak human?"

And everybody thought about it.

Having a person like that as an ally and not as an inferior human, didn't sound bad.

But more importantly, he had earned their Lord's respect.

Ainz coughed, he was torn between letting the man live in the afterlife in peace or return him back to the world of the living as a monster.

He still thought the man should have chosen to become his subordinate.

Didn't the man see that his death would be the worst thing for his own kingdom?

He was after all the Sword of the King.

We'll he still wanted him.

"Demiurge, bring his body back to Nazerick. I want him ready by tomorrow morning" Ainz ordered.

"As you wish my lord," Demiurge said, bowing.

And then they talked about moving into the new land they 'acquired'.

While Ainz and half the guardian moved in, Demiurge took some monsters and raided Gazef grave without anybody noticing.

They carried his body back to Nazarick, placed him on the same table many human lives had ended on.

His experimental table.

"The body is still intact. My Lord, truly had respect for him to grant him such a death" He said before he walked to a shelf and began to flick through the different species out there.

Of course, he didn't care about defiling a man's corpse, he had performed dozens of human experiments for the good of Nazerick in the past, so this was no big deal.

However, he had never made a human turn into a monster before, it would be a new and exciting experiment to perform.

Already his servants were opening the man's body up.

They began to discuss what creature would easily crush a human in this world.

Of course, nothing from this world could even come close to them but it would be nice to have a little bit more in the defense area.

"Demiurge-sama" Said, one of the servants. "What about this creature?"

He looked at the page that was being shown to him.

Mothbrow.

A creature known to crave fights and posses an unparallel cruelty.

And there was even a disclaimer that said, 'If encountered, assess rank. If above 3rd rank, flee on sight'.

"That sounds perfect for him," Demiurge said, of course, that cruelty the man would gain would fit right at home amongst the monsters.

He wouldn't be a monster if he didn't see every human as trash.

"We have to go out and get some ingredients, " he said.

They teleported to a place the creature was mostly seen in and were back in an hour, they had acquired the heart of a Mothbrow and other things.

With the use of magic, they began to tie everything with the man's body, changing his very DNA.

They made sure to wipe his mind clean to the point of only having the basics of survival.

When he was revived, Gazef would be nothing more than an animal that only know how to eat, hunt and sleep.

It took them a couple of hours to get it finished before congratulating themselves for having nothing explode like usual then they restarted his heart and dragged a human corpse into the room.

They left to get some lunch while Demiurge went to talk to the other floor guardians.

When he came back he wasn't surprised to hear the sound of chewing echoing beyond the door.

As he walked in, he found that the room was a bloody mess but what was most noticeable was the figure chewing on a human arm.

Gazef was back from the dead.

And to think, the great Gazef Stronoff would be eating a human corpse?

"Hello, there," he said, he decided to start off politely.

The figure froze and turned around.

Their eyes met and Demiurge know his assumptions were right.

All human rationality had left the man and all that was left was a mindless beast.

He wasn't surprised that Gazef attacked him a second later.

But no matter.

He had plenty of time to teach him who the boss was in their newfound relationship.

#over 10 hours later#

All the floor guardians were present and position faithfully around Ainz Ooal Gown, the supreme leader of the monsters.

"You may come in," Ainz said.

The door opened and in came a person, who looked like he hadn't died in the worst Masscure the world had ever seen.

The Sword of Re-Estize King.

Gazef Stronoff.

Except he wasn't in his usual armour that many thought he never took off.

Instead, he was in high-level armour that belonged to the world of YGGDRASIL and a sword was placed on his back that was made from tough inhuman metal.

The man under the watch of everybody walked up to Ainz.

"Stop. That's far enough" Demiurge instructed.

The man stopped and then he got down onto his knees.

"Introduce yourself," Demiurge said.

"Great Sorcerer King Ainz Gowl and last of the Supreme beings. My name is Gazef Stronoff, I am Mothbrow. I swear my absolute loyalty to you." said, the man.

And Ainz was stunned.

It was like he was speaking to another of one of his subordinates.

The same people who had an uncomfortable high view of him.

What exactly did Demiurge do to the person who refused to join him and asked for death instead?

"My king, what do you think?" Demiurge said, feeling proud. "I trained him very well. Can you believe 10 hours ago, he couldn't even speak a word?"

"Eh?" Ainz said, if he had eyeballs he would have blinked them owlishly.

Couldn't he speak before?

How much did you erase!? Ainz could help but think.

Ainz wouldn't be surprised If Demiurge erased everything except basic instinct.

This was no longer the man he respected, but another one of his crazy loyal subordinates.

He felt a headache coming on.

"Well done Demiurge. What does he specialize in?" He said he wasn't about to put the demon down.

"The sword," Demiurge said. "He'll be useful in defending the city. And I may take him when I go out."

"Do as you wish with him," Ainz said,

All this time, the man hadn't moved an inch from his position and waited to be dismissed.

"You may leave now and go back to your quarters. Somebody will come and get you to escort you to the guard's post" Demiurge said.

The man got up and his eyes showed no familiar gleam that he was known for or any hint of recognition of the name Ainz Gown.

His eyes were cold, holding a hidden cruelty to them and seemed to in-body the desire of a raging beast looking for an endless glorious fight.

Those weren't the eyes of a human being.

There was nothing of the man left.

Demiurge really had erased everything.

The man turned around and walked out of the room fully aware of the stares on his back.

He walked passed the maids who were watching him closely and went back to the room he had been told to stay in until he was summoned.

The room was luxurious and big, however, he preferred damp places to sleep in.

"That was Sorcerer King Ainz Gown," he said, from the information that had been planted in his head, he was even stronger than the being he called Master who had given him his name.

But then a sadistic gleam entered his eyes.

He had felt it all over his body and managed to keep himself from trembling with excitement in his presence.

His senses told him that the person he bowed to was a Monster amongst Monsters.

A Monster to rule them all.

Just how it should be amongst none humans.

No sane monster would bow their head to somebody who was weaker than them.

In the world of the monster's, high intelligence meant nothing if they didn't have the power to back it up.

This was the main difference between humans and Monsters.

Being a monster, he lived in a cut-throat world completely different from humans, the likelihood of being killed was far greater for him than if he was human.

Ainz had been right.

There really was nothing left of the man he once was.

And to make matter worse, this world had no such thing as a camera, so if somebody told him about his past life, he would have to trust their word.

With his new mindset, he would be thinking more about the meat on their bodies instead of the weight of their words, if it came out of a human's mouth.

And as if rehearsed, there was a knock at the door.

The door opened and in came a maid.

"I'll show you to your new quarters. You have been assigned to protect the city. The humans are wary of non-humans so please wear a mask" she said, giving him a convincing lie.

He took the mask while showing his displeasure with bending the knee to make a bunch of humans feel safe.

It was every other monsters' reaction as well but the existence of Ainz put them all in place.

He put the mask on, it hid the top half of his face and had the effects of sealing his killing intent so the humans wouldn't run when they saw him.

He followed the maid out of the grand castle and into the streets, the unbelievable sight of Human and non-humans living together was seen.

He felt the urge to kill the humans around him but he know what awaited him if he disobeyed an order.

He came to the walls of the Country and saw a tower surrounded by strong looking none humans.

He walked into the front door and saw a person who fit the description of a demon lord.

"You must be the new guy," said the man radiating an aura that would have had human beings running.

But he stood his ground and replied like a soldier.

"Gazef Stronoff. I've was just born recently" he said, when he spoke to monsters, you could almost see the man many humans looked up to.

"Been born recently? What are you? What do you specialize in? " said the demon.

"I specialise in the Sword and I'm Mothbrow" he replied. "Master Demiurge created me"

So he's the one. All the monsters thought.

If he came from that demon than he was a Mothbrow, made from countless horrific experiments.

"Nice to meet you, Gazef. Monsters here are all assigned to protect this city from the dangers within and beyond the walls. We are the people who make sure the King doesn't lift a finger regarding the land he slaughtered his way to get" said, the demon.

"Do you sleep?" said, one creature.

"I do but I like to sleep in damp places," he answered.

"Than that can be easily be arranged," said the creature.

He was then shown to his room which was nice and damp.

The door closed behind him and he took off his mask.

The Sorcerer Kingdom of Nazrick.

The place where he was born.

It was his home and since this was him home he had to defend it.

He paused.

Defend it?

Why does it feel like he had defended a Country before?

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