Author Notes-Hello all, and welcome to my fanfiction about the anime, Overlord. If you haven't seen the anime yet (why you are here then mate) then I highly recommend watching it, it's quite good. If you have seen the anime then I will tell you that this will tie in with the anime and whatnot. I hope that you all enjoy!

Disclaimer- I own nothing I am just a person.

Chapter one-Evolution

Sigh.

Of course it would end like this. The last day of my life that I sacrificed so much for, only to be gone within the hour.

"What is your wish, my master?"

I sighed once more as I looked around a depressingly empty and small table, ignoring the little comment to my left, it's not like it mattered anymore in this D0MMO-RPG anyway.

DOMMO-RPG is short for Dive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. It's a type of game where you can enjoy an imaginary world as if you were actually in it. A whole bunch of them cropped up in the recent years, but only one held my interest along with many others up until now: YGGDRASIL. It exploded in Japan due to its ridiculous amount of freedom and expansive maps that promised players content without end.

I say up until now, because fast forward twelve years later, and the very world that I've come to know and love is about to disappear forever. It's currently the last day, to the very last hour that the server's for YGGDRASIL will be forever shut down, to be nothing but a distant memory to the hardcore fans like myself.

Of course, on the last day of this wonderful and nearly perfect game I sit by myself in my guild's small house, alone of course only to be accompanied by my Demonic white-horned angel, Albedo. Dressed in a white beautiful exotic dress, her black wings flapping idly along her waist. Her yellow silted eyes looked upon me with glee, but I know that's all it would be, for that's all she could do. Albedo was a NPC after all. She was one of my most prized achievements, earning her from an unfathomable amount of repeatable raid instances that I scarified so much for. But even now, all she would be in no more than 30 minutes was a bunch of erased data, along with everything else.

"Holy shit man, you're still here?"

I looked up to my right to see someone I never thought I never thought to see, my old guild mate and fellow warlock, Captain Lunar, still garbed in his ever dripping black blood robe. I couldn't help but smile of the memories I had of when we helped him obtain such a legendary item. I also couldn't help but inwardly frown at his abandonment of the game, but it was understandable I suppose. Not everyone could sacrifice as much as I have.

"Aye, I'm still here Lunar, "I responded as happily as I could. No matter what he did, I couldn't help but be welcoming in his presence since he was one of the few to bother showing up. "What are you doing here, not that I'm displeased but I thought you would be close to one of the last to show up all things considered." I wasn't trying to be rude, it was an accurate assumption considering he was the first to become inactive in the guild.

"Yea well I just wanted to take one look around for old times' sake," he replied softly as he his hand patted the table. "Bunch of good times we had," he added in a melancholy tone.

"Yea..." was I could reply. No more words needed to be said, all of our great achievements would be erased in a matter of minutes.

"Maybe we'll met somewhere again."

I turned towards him, a look of bewilderment probably on my face-not that he could see with my black and purple hood- at this comment. We weren't supposed to meet up again somewhere else, it wasn't supposed to end like this to begin with! Next to no goodbyes were made and he was to give me this half-assed Farwell after everything we've been through together! So many things I wanted to say cropped in my head, so many swears I wanted to scream out, but above all the anger there was something that I could clearly feel all too well: a sense of loneliness.

"Yea…maybe we will," I said depressingly, rubbing my face out of habit as he 'logged' out. At the end of the day I could be angry all I want, but it wouldn't change anything. All of my former guild mates returned to their daily lives or jumped to another online game, basically abandoning what we all worked so hard for. They couldn't be to blame, as it was common in such games but still...

I waved my hand, summoning up the game's clock in the middle of my screen.

"Eleven fifty-eight."

"Are we going to do something fun soon master? Maybe..."

I dismissed the clock before once again looking upon Albedo from her idle comment, not surprised to see the same dam smile on her face like every time before. My rage quickly settled down as I looked upon my virtual waifu that would never be, my virtual waifu that would soon be erased like everything else. I've never admitted it to anyone, but I was deeply in love with albedo, if only for looks. It's sad to say, but I really did wish deep down in my heart that she was real, so that she could at least respond to me. It dawned on me more-so now that this would be the last time I could sit with her by my side waiting patiently for me. I could take a screenshot but…I think it's better I just let everything go then to try and hang on to it.

Eleven fifty-nine Pm.

"Well Albedo, I sincerely hope you had as good as a time that I've had," I said in a crazed happy voice, fully throwing reasoning to the wind at this point. Who cares if I had a one-sided conversation with a NPC at this point?

I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes, as if I was really about to die. In a sense, a part of me was in fact about to die.

"This is goodbye Albedo, my most beloved treasure..."

Twelve o'clock.

"Master! You're not dying are you?"

My eyes snapped open, only to widen once I saw that I was staring right into Albedo, who was leaning over me in my bed.

Bed?!

"What the hell?"

I quickly but carefully moved albedo off to the side as I sat up, my mind absolutely racing at this point. Why the hell was I in my warlock room and why could albedo talk to me, let alone interact with me as if she was…

Alive.

"Albedo…" I watched in silence as she removed her left long-sleeved glove before pressing her hand against my forehead. I couldn't do anything, between her warm hand against my head and the way her golden eyes studied me so passionately caused me to simply remain still. Gods she smelled so good, an indescribable aroma wafting off of her that I could have easily gotten addicted to. Why was she acting like…like a human? The way she reacted to my comment earlier and the way she was acting was too complicated for just a game.

"I couldn't sense anything wrong with you master, but just in case-"she stopped mid speech before pulling away from me, a small blush adoring her pale cheeks.

"I'm so sorry master Hue!" she yelled awkwardly before hoping off the bed bowing to the ground, her forehead practically touching the ground in one swift motion. "I am unworthy of touching my lord. All I ask is that you be gentle in my punishment my master," she added timidly, as if she was expecting some kind of painful punishment from me. I guess it was to be expected given the class that I played in YGGDRASIL.

"I'm not going to punish you Albedo-"

"Really master?" Albedo asked, a look of unsure clearly evident on her face as if she didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed. I'm just going to assume the former.

"Yea, I'm not going to punish you albedo so just calm down alright?"

"Oh thank you Master Hue!"

My brow twitched uncontrollably as I watched her repeatedly bow to me, as if I had just gave her the greatest gift she could have or something. Just how much did she value me?

"Albedo, you don't have to, how should I put this…Don't you have a desire to Leave my side?" I needed to confirm exactly what her intentions were before I continue figuring everything out.

I watched in silence as Albedo took a kneeling position, one hand over her chest and her head bowed low.

"I have no desire to leave my one true master's side unless you so desire it. I will follow you to your grave, my master," she stated clearly before glancing away for a moment with a small blush. Was she embarrassed with such a thing? If she was it was completely understandable. I was about to comfort her when she added timidly, "I'll follow the man I love to hell and back."

Huh…

"…"

I could say nothing, her confession consuming all of my thoughts. I couldn't believe it, the woman before me that I could have only hoped for just confessed her feelings for me. I mean I wasn't inexperienced when it came to dating and whatnot, but that didn't help in the slightest when it came to the woman before me.

'She likes what you pretend to be'

My eyes widened to the thought, the realism of the comment bringing me down from my high. Of course, in her eyes I was a powerful warlock that invoked fear in players within YGGDRASIL, not the average collage student that was living off his parents.

"Thank you Albedo. I'm sorry for doubting your loyalty in a sense," I replied in a melancholy tone, the thought from earlier plaguing me somewhat.

"I should be the one apologizing master. I have shown too little loyalty up to this point if you are questioning it," she commented seriously, a look of determination etched on her face as she looked up to me. I must admit it was rather cute in a way. The feelings I had though would have to be ignored, for now at least until I sorted everything out.

"Albedo… do you know why we were teleported to my room?" I really need to see what the hell exactly was going on.

"I merely assumed you teleported us here master," Albedo replied smoothly as she stood up before dusting off invisible dirt from her white dress. My eyes began to wonder but I immediately wheel in the feeling, not wanting to cause any more confusion then I already have. Unfortunately it appears I was too late as I saw Albedo look away with a faint blush. God damns this woman.

.

"Alright. First things first. I should probably see if anyone else got transported as well," I said as calm as possible, trying to dispel the awkward moment.

I took a deep breath before stretching my hands out in front of me. If I was really stuck in YGGDRASIL then by logic I have to assume that other people were stuck in the game world as well. In front of me I conjured up what I assumed was my friends list, not surprised in the least when a blank yellow and black page appeared. I didn't have large amount of friends within YGGDRASIL so I wasn't expecting much, but that alone didn't rule out that others weren't teleported to wherever the hell I was as well.

I immediately dismiss it before conjuring up a simple demonic looking mirror in front of me. My eyes widened slightly at the slight shock of looking at my usual appearance I chose in the game. I shouldn't have been surprised but it was an out of body experience yet at the same time it wasn't. Unlike in the real world I wasn't pale white, but I was on the darker side of caramel skinned. My usual long unkempt blond hair was instead replaced with jet black with silvers of red at the tips. Instead of a completely normal looking face I had a scar that ran from my right eye to the cheek. My eyes….instead of greyish green they were instead replaced with beautiful blue ones.

"Ha-ha…hahahaha!"

I couldn't help it, I laughed in earnest at my new appearance, it practically mirroring my appearance in YGGDRASIL. I was a decent-looking man before but I now I just looked simply amazing. I would have liked to completely take in my new look, but Albedo's worried voice caught my attention.

"Master?"

I dropped the demonic looking mirror, the trinket disappearing before it hit the ground as I turned towards Albedo. The woman had a confused look on her face, but she still gave me a smile nonetheless.

"Are you alright Master Hue?" she asked hesitantly, watching curiously as I nodded quickly before replacing the hood back over my head.

"Yes, Albedo, I'm perfectly fine. I merely found something amusing is all," I answered her, which wasn't exactly the whole truth but it wasn't exactly a lie either. "Also Albedo, refer to me as…Ravanna." In truth I simply wasn't going to be referred to in such a silly way.

Albedo seemed to accept my request before letting out a yawn-a rather cute one if I do say so myself. She must've noticed the grin on my face because she covered her mouth in embarrassment.

"mphmm."

"I can't make out what you're saying when you have your mouth covered albedo," I replied in a light tone, trying not to laugh at my loyal servant.

She sighed before bowing and saying quietly," Forgive me master Ravanna but this is usually the time when we would head to sleep."

I scratched my chin in thought before raising my brow at her comment. I resummoned what I assumed was my friends list before looking at the top right, not surprised in the least when I didn't see the time in the corner. It seemed like 'we' would go to sleep when I logged off. Now that she brought up sleep, I could feel the fatigue become more noticeable. Sleep sounded good at the moment but I wanted to at least find out if others were stuck here as well. I could only hope that anyone else that was stuck here would teleport to their home set point. Someone had to have the same home point as me.

"You can go ahead and get some sleep Albedo. I'm going to take a look around," I stated before trying to figure out how to summon my home stone. The action, like summoning the mirror, was simple enough. Luckily enough actions so far seemed to be similar as they were in the game. The sky blue stone sat in my hand, glowing faintly before encircling me in its glow. A sense of weightlessness washed over me as well as a blur in front of me before I was met with a rather strange Sight. Only a couple inches away from me was a gigantic bell, remaining motionless as I placed my hand upon it.

"I don't remember us ever coming here."

I turned around towards the voice, somewhat surprised to find Albedo.

"How did you…" my voice trailed until I finally realized where we were at. Before us was an entire fortress of a city, layers upon layers of buildings stretching across the land. I spotted a couple of soldiers here and there, but nothing that worried me. Without much effort I could clearly view a handful people below us, walking here and there. The city looked quite beautiful but quite sturdy as well so I assume it held some importance. I took note of what seemed like some key locations in my head. There's nothing much that could be done, it was obviously quite late as it is. So many questions I had, but they would have to wait until tomorrow. For now…

"Where do you suppose we are master Ravanna?"

"I honestly have no Idea Albedo," I answered, scratching my chin in thought. "One things for certain, we're definitely not in YGGDRASIL anymore."

"So what do we do now?" she asked with noticeably fatigue.

"Well…" but I lost my voice when I laid eyes upon her. The way she was stretching combined with the moonlight hitting her just right equaled a truly sight of a woman to behold. To see the woman that I could only have dreamed of to not only exist but to view me as her one and only master swelled something inside of me that I just couldn't explain. My eyes widened when she turned away from me, yet another faint blush adoring her cheeks.

"Master, you are staring quite hard," she said quietly though I could see her golden eyes dance with glee. I mean, who wouldn't stare at her, she was drop-dead gorgeous!

'Too bad she doesn't like the real you'

"My apology's Albedo," I replied smoothly, the depressing thought quelling any kind of desire I felt towards Albedo.

"I mean master do not let me stop you! I-um-I don't…" she fumbled with her words for a couple of moments, looking at her hands as if they held her thoughts. "I don't mind if you stare at me master Ravanna!" she finally blurted as she bowed towards me once more. Gods this woman was too good for me.

I sighed tiredly before focusing on conjuring up the portal to my warlock room. For the slightest of moments I thought the act wouldn't work, but then a dark red and purple portal appeared in front of us. I stepped in, a brief sense of vertigo washing over me before my eyes focused on the warlock room once more. Not even a second later I heard Albedo's steps behind me.

"For now let's just get some sleep, tomorrow we'll get some answers in town," I stated tiredly before sitting down on the bed. As soon as I laid eyes upon Albedo I almost choked on my spit. Albedo was before me in nothing but a black nightgown, calmly spreading out some sort of sheet on the floor. Wait what?

"Albedo, what are you doing?" I asked a little too seriously as she jolted up, her black wings flapping nervously at her hips. I hope she wasn't about to setup a bed on the floor.

"I-I was going to sleep on the floor master, was I too close to you? I'm sorr-

"Albedo," I said sternly before standing up and walking towards her.

"I'm so sorry master, I'll-

"Albedo," I said once more, only this time I grabbed her wrist gently. "Albedo, just calm down with this master crap alright? I'm not going to make you sleep on the floor, just take the bed…Albedo?" I quirked a brow at Albedo as she looked as if indescribable pleasure at the moment. Was this caused because I was simply holding her wrist? God have mercy.

I released her wrist before taking the white blanket from her hands and nudging her towards the bed.

"B-but master, where will you sleep?!" Albedo blurted as she finally came back to her senses. "I cannot allow you to sleep on the floor Master!" She added with fervor as she turned towards me, a mix of determination and embarrassment across her face that was nothing but cute. So this is how Albedo is when she's determined.

"We'll you're not going to sleep on the floor Albedo," I said with finality.

"And I will not allow you to sleep on the floor either Master Ravanna," she replied with equally finality."

"Goodnight Albedo."

"G-g-goodnight master Ravanna."

We both laid on opposite sides of the bed, back to back. After a couple of moments I peeked over my shoulder, only to find yellow orbs staring right back at me.

"Sorry!"

I chuckled nervously at the act of us both apologizing at the same time. Albedo let out a quiet laugh as well, and I must admit it was quite addicting. I'd be lying to myself if I said that I didn't want to hear more of her beautiful laugh.

"Seriously Albedo, goodnight."

"Goodnight master."

As my eyelids grew heavier, I could have sworn I heard Albedo's voice, a ghost of a whisper.

"Love you."