Chapter 1: A Strange New Life

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Overlord: Celestial Crusade

"Ha...ha..."

In a volcanic area, a red bearded dwarf with a black armor and a black war axe with red markings wad running with a hooded elf that was holding two glowing daggers.

"Hurry up, they are closing in!" said the elf panicked as he urged the dwarf to go faster. He turned around and saw a hanful of angel like beings behind them but then, an angel with a blue and silver armor appeared in front of them.

"You appeared exactly where I wanted" said the angel with a grinning emoticon much to the dismay of the dwarf and the elf.

The elf was down and disappeared while the dwarf fell to his knees with one spear thrust "D-Damn you, Aethaion of Seraphim!" he said angry before disappearing too.

Much later

"Congratulations,Sir Aethaion!" said an angel with a white taiga and a sun like scepter inside a huge temple "I can't believe that we finished this last event of YGGDRASIL with being 1st place again even though it was more competiting" he said amazed.

"Yeah, leave it to our leader to have our guild, Seraphim, remain the top guild for the last days of the game!" said a voice from the crowd. As the cheers were going, Aethaion sat in a marble throne that had two status near it while the surrounding marble pillars were decorated with beautiful flowers and near him were a one blonde and one black haired woman with halos, white togas and well endowned bodies.

"*I can't believe it...YGGRASIL...the game we all spent so much time...our second and beautiful life...will end...*" he thought shocked from realization.

Two days later

Inside the great temple, Aethaion was alone with the two rows of women NPC with halos and white togas "This is it, the last day. Before everything ends, I will behold everything one last time." he said and began walking. The place he was walking around was Seraphim's guild base, Elysium Fortress, a huge temple created from the Temple of Gods spell, a place whose appearance and illumination could be controlled by the owner. After making it permanent, the guild spent some gold and negotiated with the Gm's so it could be placed on a floating rock while seven floors were created that seperated the entrance and the throne room.

Aethaion passed through the first floor where there was a big mountain region with many giants and trolls arund and on the middle of the floor was a big mountain and on its peak was a tall young woman with long, white hair that was bound between orange rods into a ponytail at the back, which faded into aqua green and then blue the further down it went, and ends in rectangular lock. She also had large, orange eyes with prominent eyelashes, and was wearing gold hoop earrings on both ears and had red horns. Clothing-wise, she was wearing  a pair of red hakama pants and sandals while she was weraing a large purple and white nio-daisuki behind the back. Her outfit was a sleeveless white garment with a diamond-shaped design on both sides and an indigo, wisp-patterned bottom half and had a kanabo club in hand. The woman had near her many giants and trolls around her.

"*Ah, Leto, the NPC meant to wake up intruders and make them move on with humility. Now that I see her up close, she is indeed beautiful. **Crusher91**  made a good job.*" he thought impressed and then took the staircases for the next floor. The next floor was a forest with many boulders around and on the middle was a satyr like being with a fair skin and yellow eyes along with long, bushy, dark green hair that was reaching beyond his back from which there were two deer horns while in his feet had deer hooves and he had a dark green, long sleeved shirt and pants while he had a brown belt that had a bloody red fur coat hanging.

"Panisher, the one known as the Bloody or Drunk Satyr monk with the great attack and agility, **P00(p)rifi3r** gave him his energetic but merciless and rentless in combat personality. I remember when he defeated a group of 90 level players that we let invade our guild for fun, how scary, the NPC of Diligence indeed" he said while remembering the event and then moved on. The next floor he climbed the stairs for was a desert with a starry night sky and there were sand tornadoes that were still and sitting on a huge lotus flower was a woman with silver short hair, whose interior looked like a starry night sky, in a bob with a pink/reddish ribbon on the left side of her hair and red eyes while she had a very well endowned body along with a huge bust. She had a golden chain crossing down below her belly button to the other side of her waist decorated with lotuses on each side and was wearing a gold bra while her shoulders and stockings had golden decorations and her hands and feet were dark blue and had blue electric cracks. She also had golden earrings, a golden necklace with a lotus on the middle while she has bracelets with lotuses on her hands.

"Ah, Emmef Elataf, the Star Genie I created that represents Charity, the charity of giving pain to the enemies and giving them a beautiful image. Let's see...I made her character be that of a loyal and capable future wife that is also a master of love matters that loves me immensely...I really can't choose between her and Nerida..." he said amazed and troubled as he struggled to not touch her chest, with him deciding to move forward. He was brought to a dark floor in the form of a room filled with torches that were set ablaze and in the middle was an angelic like being with flaming wings and an armor of black and gold "Kratos, the Sacred Flame Bearer and strongest of the Virtue Lords in terms of pure magic attack with his fire spells. A NPC meant to give a rough time to intruders." he muttered and moved ahead.

The next floor was like a huge church filled with light from the three windows and the rays were showering a girl with very long, wavy, pastel yellow-blonde hair that reaches down to her feet with a small ahoge; large green eyes with no pupils; peachy skin and a slight child-like build that was wearing a frilly, pink layered robe with a red ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. Around the chest were three blue diamond patterns with two blue triangles above and each series of these is outlined in a hot pink. She was wearing wing-like adornments around her ears and small hoop earrings and was barefoot "Themis, a Loreley which is great for support and disruption, **Crusher91** was right, she is indeed cute. She was meant to disrupt enemies and inflict status conditions." he said as he looked at her upside down and then moved on.

He was brought to another room with two rows of white armored knights and in the center was an emotionless girl with blond braided hair, violet eyes, two small horns on each side of her head and a gold star sign on her forehead while she had a pure white armor and a white hammer "Sophrosyne, a Half-Golem NPC I made that was meant to be a tank for wearing out the enemy forces with her toughness and her Divine Class item **Eternity Hammer** that causes slow with each hit once activated." he said and as he petted her, he checked a window and saw her background and what caught his eye was "...She is generally hyperactive and energetic" and he face palmed "Damn, I still didn't remove it, huh? But then again, it's a nice detail I think." he said a little embarassed while looking at her and moved on.

Before reaching the throne room, the final floor he was brought into had a watery floor and on the middle was an immensely beautiful woman a beautiful young woman with long, straight silver hair and aqua-colored eyes. She was wearing a Valkyrie like armor, which consisted of a white breastplate with gold and pale blue accents and matching, fingerless gauntlets, boots, hip guards, and wing-shaped hair clips. She was also wearing a black leotard underneath her breastplate, black thigh-high stockings, and a pale blue cloth wrapped underneath her hip guards, all of which were clad with pink lacing along with her hair clips. "Ah, my beautiful Nerida, leader of the Virtue Lords. So beautiful, so majestic, so versatile..." he was saying in ecstasy and manifested again a window "...so in love with me?!" he shouted shocked and was looking for a while at the window screen and then Nerida, with him then sighing "Nice prank former leader, still, a woman like her to be in love with me would be too good to be true." he said and then, he leaned on and kissed her lips, with him then freezing from embarrassment and quickly moved on.

He then reached the throne room, a huge hall with ancient pillars and two doors on each side "we never hanged out that often here" he said and then headed to the right door and what appeared before him was a huge, circular golden tab filled with heated water while there were a handful of humanoid npc with halos and white togas in bowing fashion, with him entering the tab "This water restores HP once you enter it, but it's too bad you can't feel the water." he said and left the tab disappointed. He then returned to the throne room and from there, he went to the other door and then was teleported to another room, with the room having mountains of gold while there were numerous objects placed on altars "We indeed collected astronomical amounts of gold and numerous Divine Items and some World Items, didn't we?" he wondered while reminiscing the past while looking at the treasury.

He then sat on the throne which didn't have a roof above it and then a window popped in front of him that showed a counter and five minutes were remaining before the game ended for good "I could go to the room behind the throne from behind or at left and right, but it will only make me sadder. Since it has come to this, I will sit until the end and let the game disconnect me." he said and was waiting patiently. The counter reached one minute and now there was a countdown of seconds "this is it" he said and then the counter reached zero, with a white flash of light englufing the world "w-what is going on?!" he asked bewildered as the light consumed him.

"Lord Aethaion, Lord Aethaion!" the concerned voices of women could be heard and Aethaion was slowly regaining his senses and in front of him were one blonde and one black haired woman with halos, white togas and well endowned bodies.

"Huh? Who are you?" he asked half asleep and then they bowed.

"We are Jasmine and Marie, the two sister attendants of the throne and two of the 50 temple attendants of which you have created the 48, oh Celestial One!" explained the blonde woman while introducing herself and her sister.

Aethaion woke up fully and gave a quick look around "*Impossible! This is the guild's throne room! Didn't the game close?*" he wondered and was poking the air "*No windows at all!*" he thought bewildered. He then flew upwards swiftly which caused a small gust of air, with him seeing the floating temple "The temple is as it was, but the landscape is strange...this is not the Valley of Chosen, just an unknown mountain range." he said and then returned to the throne room "Let me get it straight, you two are the two sister Npcs created by **Lov3Ang3l** to be the caretakers of this room and support those of the guild, right?" he asked the two women.

"Yes, Milord" they said in unison and he got hold of his chin.

"I see" he said and got an idea "please remain in your position" he said and extended his hand "**Magic Arrow!**" he shouted as an arrow of mana hit one of the pillars and left a small, scorched mark on it "*I can't believe it, everything became real!*" he thought bewildered as he was looking at his palm and the maids were looking at him puzzled.

"My maids, I need something from you to do." he said and they snapped out of their slight confusion.

"Everything you ask is an absolute command, please name it!" asked Marie with a strick and yet passionate voice, with Aethaion being taken aback for a moment.

"Bring me here the Virtue Lords!" he demanded with a passionate and imposing tone in his voice while also swiping his right hand.