I just wanted to come by to ramble a little bit because when binging through your story in one go, I noticed on the most recent chapter how you mentioned you were surprised to find your fic on Overlord's Fanfic Recs page. Well, I wanted to convince you that, yes, you do deserve to have this story on that page because just from reading this fic and coming back to this first chapter to review, the story is well-written and thought-out to rival /the/ original light novels in my eyes.

What I like so much about this story is that, unlike other Overlord OC fics, Dracul/Ryan really integrates himself well with the established lore of Satoru's original world while also still being human. From the glimpses we get of his family to his interactions with Momonga, he easily makes the heart of this fic that I wish Canon Overlord had more often, because if there's something that Canon Overlord has done in later novels that led me to ghosting it, it's from how Satoru starts turning into the Evil Overlord so much to the point where it's hard to continue caring where things are going. Having an OP main protagonist in Momonga later on really makes it hard to care where things go, but with his banter with Dracul in this chapter to their later interactions and their dedication, it's just that heart of friendship I wanted from canon that you're giving.

Dracul brings out the Satoru in Ainz Ooal Gown, and considering how that human heart is slowly eroding away in both of them in this story, their friendship stays and I'm glad you show and address that.

What's also nice about this story is how Dracul's presence changes things. From how his point of view in approaching the NPCs to his actions in Carne, it puts more of a heavy emphasis on the information and worldbuilding of the story that, while Canon Overlord is no slouch in, makes things personalized and important. Sometimes Canon Overlord could be like, "this happens, oh, and then this happens!" without any time to let the reader breathe, but with the transitions you have between each scene and Dracul's amazing sarcasm, it feels all the more real. There were a lot of times I sympathized with Dracul and how he wants to go home, not to mention how he's conflicted with how the New World is changing him and Momonga (thank you for doing that, there are CONSEQUENCES to their decisions together), but even in his new body in the New World, he can see that Momonga doesn't want him to go and says what Momonga's been needing for so long. That kind of empathy - that kind of emotion, it's hard to replicate with the NPCs.

Also, Entoma and Shalltear! I really love how you've been writing them, Anco, because it shows that the NPCs of Nazarick are not just devoted to Momonga. Instead, with Dracul's kindness and prodding at their usual programmed loyalty, it lets them grow as people and beings that really needed that time. This is me coming off from the anime too, which cut out some scenes that were honestly critical to development, so to see you dedicate time to them and others with including the CD chapter and conversations that has Dracul challenge the NPCs' thinking in a positive way - yes. This is what I've been looking for in an Overlord fanfic that, aside from a few others that had the Supreme Beings come back with Momonga, most others haven't been able to replicate.

Just, thank you for writing this fic, Anco, and I look forward to whatever you put out next. :) You did an amazing job.

just started reading this,
the only thing i want to say is THIS IS AMAZING

This is one the better stories I read on the overlord page. Kudos! I like that both characters act as a mental anchor for the other. Granted, they're still (d)evolving into inhuman godlike monsters who barely (at best) care for others, beside the guild. And I hope to see more interactions between Dracul and the Guardians.
About Dracul's human mode, Maruyama wrote that Aura and Mare will grow up and become completely gorgeous in a hundred years. Can his human form also reach a more mature form? Staying as migdet for centuries is not very fun.
Also, it would be nice if Dracul can contribute something else to the tomb. Some stories had blacksmiths or intellectuals who created gunpowder, weaponry and other stuff to affect the world. Now, I don't expect Dracul to suddenly built handguns or conquer countries in the name of Ainz-sama, but could he possibly apply his knowledge and tactics from other games here in the New World? Like strategy games or some amateur military tactics which end up revolutionary here?

Don’t abandon this. People were looking forward to this story. Cringeworthy in your own eyes or not, this story can jumpstart popularity with people wanting to read something good for once. Every time readers come across a good story it’s almost abandoned afterwards for odd reasons. Don’t be one of those people.

Are you to update the next chapter soon?

Dude. I love this fanfic. Keep it up!

THIS! IS! IT!

Continue the great work!

So you're telling me that he gave up the WORLD CHAMPION class for a dragon mode, which, while very powerful, is severly impractical? That's pretty shit in-game. Wonder how it'll go in the New World. Like, is he starting the countdown two days earlier whenever Ainz wants to show off?
I wonder by how much his stats will increase. Would he end up stronger than Gargantua, the strongest of the Floor Guardians?

"When I found out that the Frost Giants in a game called YGGDRASIL were actually called Frost Giants in game, I wasn't too pleased with the missed opportunity. Like, seriously, if you're gonna base your game in Norse Mythology and have the Nine Realms, at least call them their proper names."

Frost Giant is correct, unless you want the original name from norse mythology in which case it should be 'Hrimtursar', not 'jötunn'.
Jötunn is a name given to all "monsters" in norse mythology and everything from trolls and wolves to giants with all their subcategories (frost, fire, mountain...). Jötunn is is often translated to just 'Giant' since most Jötunns were/are giants, but it is not a wholly correct since not all Jötunns are giants.
An easy way to look at it would be that 'Frost Giant' is the tribe, 'Giant' is the race, and 'Jötunn' is the species. That is not entirely correct either btw since beings could be classed as Jötunn without neccessarily having Jötunn parents, and Jötunn parents could conceive non-jötunn offspring.

In short: 'Frost giant' is correct, it's just more specific to that exact type of monster. Jötunn could be translated simply as 'any type monster from norse mythology'. Since this is the internet I'll use the common housecat as an example, Dracul is basically looking at a housecat saying: "Why call it a housecat, the proper name is animal". He might be right, but that which he is trying to correct is more right than he is.

I assume you got this from marvel so I'll also mention that the realm of ice and cold where the frost giants live in norse mythology is called Nifelheim.
Jotunnheim is a realm inhabited by various different jötunns in all shapes and forms with a climate not that dissimilar to Midgard or Asgard.
Muspelheim is the realm of fire where the fire giants (amongst others) live.
Svartalfheim and Alfheim is for Dark Elves (Svart Black, Alf Elf) and Regular elves respectively.
Midgard for humans, Vanaheim for the Vanir, and Asgard for the Aesir.
The ninth realm varies from source to source but is usually Helheim, or just 'Hel', where Loki's daughter Hel rules over the dead not chosen by Odin for Valhalla.

Well, this was fun to read. Love the chapter and especially love Draculs possible intervention with the fate of the Swords of Darkness. While I’m hoping it won’t take you a year to write another chapter, the fact this was updated to begin with gives me hope for it for its continued progress. Keep up the great work.

Agreed. I like Dracul/Ryan and his relationship with Ainz and the residents of Nazarick, but he's a bit unbelievable as a character. Yes, he's a lv 100 player, so it's not unlikely for him to roam on his own. YGGDRASIL is an exploration game, not a guild battle game. But I have struggle believing that a guy who beat a major boss on his own and won THE tournament of the game once, runs around with zero items save his sword and armor. Besides, isn't that overspecialization on fire causing more demerits than success? To be fair, Ainz has a similiar specialization which leaves him unsuited for PvP battles, but Dracul has already been established as a successful gamer. It's just weird to see him act like so nonchalant about it. I hope he gets a World Item from Ainz, at the very least.

Ok... The premise to this story was good, but it ended up being just a tag along kind of fic. There's nothing interesting about the only new addition to Overlord's story (the main character/OC) and he's rather underwhelming overall.

His race is cool, but as it's described it looks like it was nerfed. He has literally NOTHING to him. He has no guild, nor is part of AOG before the servers shut down. He doesn't have great equipment aside from a sword which, at the moment, just burns, even if that might augment his racial and class traits a bit, it's not interesting or amazing to read about. He doesn't have any NPC, he LITERALLY HAS NO ITEMS IN HIS INVENTORY, he's a teen wanting to go home, which isn't bad by itself, but takes a little fun out of it because the fun in Overlord is literally about making a new life in this world full of possibilities where you seem clearly overpowered...

Honestly, I think it has potential, but it's squandered. On the same note, perhaps that's just because the kind of thing I expect from Overlord fics are just different. But I stand by one thing: The main Character, Dracul (and that's a name I associate first with Dracula/Vampires, but ok), needs to be more impactful. As it is, he is rather bland.

Thank you for the read, I'm sorry I didn't quite enjoy your story, but I think you have potential as a writer. Hope to see you on another fic sometime.

" I slowly looked at my hand that casted to spell."
"to" should probably be "the"
"casted" should probably be "cast". "cast" is an irregular verb and remains as "cast" even when in past tense. "casted" is not a word despite popular use. It's actually used more than once so I'd suggest just searching out every use of it and correct it; since it's not even conditionally correct, it's always incorrect.

Only on the second chapter so far. This is good, really good.

I just noticed something. Is dragonoid Dracul inside his armor all the time? You'd think he'd order something more relaxing to move in his free-time.