Chapter 0: The Prologue

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### Part I

It was in a unknown year sometime after the release of the DMMO-RPG game called YGGDRASIL, a fantasy-based game where monsters and mystical fantasy come to life, players choosing multitude of classes and races as they traverse the Nine Worlds. In this world, everyone's dream became a reality and rose as a prominent thing in the world that has been taken over by businesses, governments were virtually non-existent as this point time.

"Take him out alread! Gahhh!" A man cried out as an white knight slashed down across his chest.

"Damn you, you bastar---" The man didn't even finish before he too was instantly taken out.

"W-wait wait WAIT!" The man cried as a red woman stood over him, her sword at his head as she stared confidently at him filled with hostile talent. "Look we're ok, we'll-- I'll leave OK GAHHH" The red woman, called Pendragon thrusted her sword next to the man's head as she tilted her head, gesturing to leave before changing her mind. However before he left, Pendragon grabbed his shoulder. "Also.. I am a WOMAN!" She shouted as the ran as if the devil was there while apologising, causing her to sigh.

"You sure are a tough, are you?" A voice called behind Pendragon. A blonde hair woman wearing what seems to be a bra-like attire over her chest, armour plating on her right arm while a ornament was on her left elbow while she worn baggy red stripped black pants with what seems to be a jacket tied around her waist. "Serious, you should just kill them, he wont stop hunting down players."

"I am aware, but as Knights of the Round Table, if the player surrenders we must abide by our code of conduct, we only cut them down if they refuse to surrender." Pendragon answered as the two turn to an low level player with little HP. Thankfully they arrived just in time before he was killed by Heteromorphic Hunters, an designation the Round Table guild members use to identity players that purposely hunt down non-human players, especially undead or of the furry type. "Please do not be afraid, we're here to help?" Pendragon offered her as the low level player, an Skeleton Warrior grabbed and was brought up.

"T-thank you, both of you. I heard of players that choose Heteromorphics were targeted but not to this degree." The player said sadly.

"No need to thank us, it's our duty as members of the Knights of the Round Table to ensure your protection and safety as you traverse Midgard. Due to the amount of players that purposely do so, we took it upon ourselves to ensure you lot have a fun and safe experience in this world." Pendragon explained as both she and Senpai began to walk with the player, who was known as Lionheart, named after a rather popular manga series back in the early 2000s. "Anyways, may I acquire what you're doing?"

"Well, I was doing a quest to gather some herbs, I am still rather new here and since Midgard is another name for Earth, I figured a familiar world be best... but I found the hard way, it's been almost impossible to do any quest with these Heteromorphics Hunters. Ironic, I named myself Lionheart, but I am not as strong as lion nor do I have the heart to continue." Lucky solemnly said before Senpai grabbed his boney chin and raised it to her eye level.

"Do not fret Lionheart, as you're lucky we're here! We'll help you do this quest for you!" Senpai declared as Pendragon no in agreement, causing Lucky to smile.

"Wait, seriously?"

"Yeah." Senpai answered. "After we're done with the quest, you cane come with us to our guild base, we have some members that can help you progress and learn the robes so you can get started, how's that?" Lionheart nodded in agreement as he walked with the two woman to their guild base. During their time walking back, Pendragon and Senpai began to talk.

"By the way Senpai why did you want to come along with me?" Pendragon asked her comrade. "I know you're just as tough as any one of the Founding Knights, but you're mostly just a priest right? A Dragon Priest?"

"Yeah I am." Senpai replied with a hidden smirk. "That doesn't mean I have other classes, I'm also a Armoured Mage so I do have some fighting capabilities with magic and a blade. Besides that, it gets boring just being at the guild base, so I came to see the many jobs we Knights do, I am always sitting inside!" Senpai ranted as she complained about being cooped up inside as Lionheart listened in as Pendragon sighed.

"Alright alright! Anyways we're nearing our destination. Also Lionheart, you may think we're just human only guild, but we also have Heteromorphics race players in the guild, including undead." Pendragon smiled warmly. "So once you arrive, you wont be alone at all."

The group finally arrived to the shock of Lionheart, their guild base was a massive castle-fortress expanding a very large territory in Midgard, massive circular walls surrounds a massive fortress of some kind, towers dot the interior as land and flowers surround the castle-fortress. Pendragon lead Lionheart inside the building to the lobby area of the castle-fortress, containing at least 15 other individuals.

"Well, look what the cat dragged in." A orange-haired player said as he walked over, towering both Pendragon, Senpai and Lionheart as he greeted the three.

"Ah, welcome Subject, good to see you again, how was your time in Niflheim?" Pendragon asked as Subject sighed.

"More harder and challenging then anticipated, but I got what I needed from the world so that's. But enough on that, whose the Skeleton Warrior?"

"This is Lionheart, we saved him from heteromorphic hunters so we took them out." Pendragon introduced him as she explained what occurred prior to their arrival. "We brought him here to see if we can get one of the guild members to help him understand racial and job classes and get him up speed." Pendragon explained to Subject as he nodded in understandment.

"I see now, then your best bet is to go one of our Overlords, while a magic caster he be best to speak about job and racial classes since he's one of the Founding Knights. I'll introduce him to ya Lionheart." Subject offered to take him the Overlord. After both Pendragon and Senpai said their goodbyes, Lionheart and Subject began to venture through the many halls of the caslte-fortress.

"I gotta say, this is extraordinary." Lionheart praised as Subject smiled.

"I agree, I wasn't here when they took it but I heard it took all of the Founding Knights to take, powerful NPCs and bosses was here. Also to add it's the only guild bass in Midgard with 3000 NPCs data." Subject explained, but Lionheart seemed confused. "Lemme explain. In guild bases there is data for NPCs. While there is NPCs generated by the base it, the data allows us to create our custom NPCs and we use the NPC data levels to make their set levels. Since this place 3000 levels of NPC data, we can create around 300 custom NPCs with the 3000 data, however some other places has way less, for example if a guild base only has say 300, then they can make 3 NPCs at level 100." Subject explained and Lionheart understood it completely. "Currently, we have 150 NPCs that are level 100 making it quite a deadly force. Since we have 150 NPCs, we have I think around 2500 data left over." After their conversation, they made it to a large door surrounded by undead warriors, who let them inside. "Welcome to the heteromorphic zone, while everyone in the guild are equal, each one wish to have their zone so to speak and customize it their likening." The two walked in and were greeted with the only Overlord there called Cleatus Deletus.

"HEY THERE, welcome Subject, been some time since we talked and..." Cleatus Deletus stared at Lionheart. "A new member?"

"No no, I am hoping you can help him with this game, teach him the ropes and all since ya both are undead." Subject explained as Cleatus walked up to him. "You think you can do that?"

"Of course, I be glad to help anyone here so they can actually play the game. Now.. lets what you know and get you up to speed shall we?"

### Part II

Many years later after Lionheart's introduction to YGGDRASIL, many developments emerged since that day. Pendragon rose to become one of the top players in the entire game, becoming the World Champion of Midgard, a fitting job class as her guild is primarily situated in Midgard and the Knights of the Round Table becoming one of the top 10 guilds, even overtaking Ainz Ooal Gown. Lionheart soon became known as the Wanderer and a powerful Skeleton Lord.

At some point, Camelot's main lobby was filled with the guild's players, however unexpected by many, the World Champion of Álfheim and guildmaster Ainz Ooal Gown of Touch Me walked inside their main hall, accepted due to his ties to Knight's guildmaster Pendragon, another World Champion.

"Fellow knights, where is Pendragon, I need a audience!" Touch Me asked as Senpai walked up to him.

"Hello there Touchy, allow me to direct you to Pendragon." Senpai lead Touch Me to the Chamber of Unity where Pendragon, donning the Guildmaster's Robes as she sat there in deep thought before noticing Senpai and Touch Me in the room.

"Ah Touch, it's been a while." Pendragon greeted her fellow World Champion as they both shook hands before being offered a chair at the Round Table. Touch Me soon had his hand wiping across the Round Table before getting to the point of his visit. "Pendragon, we have a situation at the Great Tomb of Nazarick."

"Yeah, what kind of situation? I know we're ranked just above you, but honestly ranking doesn't mean much."

"I understand, but it's has to due with a particular intruder." Pendragon and Senpai soon had serious and fixated on Touch Me as he continued. "This intruder was unlike any other, this one stormed the Tomb and was able to defend herself from us, including from our Floor Guardians. My concern is what she stole, Longinus." Pendragon and Senpai looked at him in horror as he continued. "Now you understand my concern, she was able to best me in combat as she stole the World Item. The only reason I was able to win was due to «World Break», a power greater then Reality Slash, but she got away."

"So, you came to warn us about Her?" Senpai inquired as Pendragon closed her eyes.

"So.. Alessia finally began to move." Pendragon concluded as Touch Me stood.

"Before careful Pendragon, if I believe she'll target you with Longinus and do not care about losing her character, I also fear she might have allies that can revive her somehow to counter Longinus effects." Touch Me then began to move to the Chamber's door before turning. "Remember, we members of the Ainz Ooal Gown guild are here to help you whenever we can, as one of the guilds that accepts all players no matter the race." Touch Me said before leaving, as Senpai and Pendragon simply sat there.

"Senpai, we need to prepare for the worst, set to DEFCON-1 and get all battle NPCs into position and lockdown key areas. If what I fear is right, I am willing to bet another guild war is upon our castle doors."

As Senpai and Pendragon spoke, there was a team of three members, both being level 90 in the main hall of Camelot, the young blue haired man wearing a white jacket spoke to two other female members.

"We already cleared that dungeon, we just need to figure out on how to gather the data crystals." The man was named Iségard, he's a level-90 member and one of the newer members of the guild, he's a High Wizard who devoted his time improving his magical destructiveness.

"Well, maybe we could fight a major boss or some high-level enemy and get some of the data crystals from there?" A blonde woman whose been affectionally called as Princess said to Iségard. "We had gotten assistance from the guild to locate these major enemies for our great weapon!"

"Well, still on that quest to make your own *Divine*-class Item now, eh?" An massive undead Overlord said as he emerged from his Gate. This Overlord is named Hungolomghnonoloughongous, while his intellectually prowess is unrivalled, he's more known as the biggest pervert in the entire server. "Come on now, if you continue to carry that massive chest of yours, I'll have no choice but to hold them as you fight your enemy!" Hungolomghnonoloughongous said, causing Princess to scream out and Iségard to sigh as Hungolomghnonoloughongous laughed it off.

"Seriously Hunigolo, you have to cut that out! I know you're like our best strategist and all but damn, Master seriously needs to deal with you!" Princess screamed out as their third member simply smiled, listening on the conversation. "Anyways, why are YOU even here?"

"Why you ask? As the guild's strategist, I was called by our guildmaster to discuss some matters is all. You three should get ready, we have a big meeting happening soon." Hungolomghnonoloughongous informed them as he walked away towards the Chamber of Unity.

"So, something gonna happen? I bet it's another guild war." Iségard sighed while Princess was in thought, but soon after Senpai, Pendragon and Hungolo appeared via Teleportation and got the attention of the members in the lobby.

"Fellow knights!" Pendragon declared. "In exactly eight hours, a enemy guild will launch a attack upon Camelot, lead by Alessia!" As soon Pendragon shouted the name Alessia, many of the Heteromorphic was shaken by fear. In YGGDRASIL, many players hunted non-human players, however Alessia is considered the most aggressive and hostile of out any, almost a obsession at this point and Alessia's name brought fear into any Heteromorphic players due to her nature in hunting and killing anyone that's inhumane, including non-Heteromorphic such as elves or dwarves or anyone aligned with defending Heteromorphics. Worse of all, Alessia and her guild holds a very big grudge against the Knights of the Round Table due to the guild's assisting and helping Heteromorphics and defending them. "In one hour, get your best gear, stock on up items and prepare for battle! We shall defend the Great Castle Fortress of Midgard!" Pendragon declared as everyone in the guild shouted in agreement and all went to prepare. Pendragon soon assigned the players to quickly relay messages to other guild members to prepare and go their positions for the incoming battle.