"...A castle. I need an Overlord's castle!" [video]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

[The video feed of the scroll displays... a castle. An ancient, crumbling castle surrounded by forest, yet with enough stability left that much of it still stands tall and proud.]

Okay, two questions. First, why is there a sweet if poorly-maintained castle in the middle of this forest, and second, mine now! Hyaaa ha ha ha ha!

Comments

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Hmph. Sounds like you come from a wuss land. Let me guess, no violence, no power struggles, everyone plays nice in a parliamentary or representative democracy?

[gunsnponies]

Yeah, sorta a lot like that. Makes the banks easy to take, but it'd be nice with some bigger challenges sometimes, ya know?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Then make them. That's all there is to it. Banks are small-time. Governments are where you start really getting interesting.

[gunsnponies]

I've been taking trains too. Since they move, it's more fun than banks. But the banks are beautiful.
[ But he wasn't sure about robbing the government, even if they damn well deserved it, rich bastards. }

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Interesting thing about the Netherworld: we don't mess with the banks or the stores. That's just asking them to supply and equip your enemies.

[gunsnponies]

Who said anythin' about the stores? [ Stores were good, mostly honest, hardworking people. He had worked is stores, too, some of the times when he had tried to go straight. ] It's not like the banks will actually help anyone out, though. The banks love their money, and the bankers love to sit and count them all day long. They'd never give 'em back if they could.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Yeah, but in the Netherworld they also hold onto our excess inventory, so you definitely don't mess with them.

[gunsnponies]

Huuuh, I see. So that's how't works in your world.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Exactly. Safest way is to stick to fighting your real enemies.

[gunsnponies]

And the "real enemies" in your case are..?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

For me? Other Overlords, mostly. Everyone else is too trivial to pose a challenge. Your average Netherworld monster might as well be cotton fluff in a fight against me.

[gunsnponies]

So there're more then one Overlord, then. [ Like cotten fluff--huh, entertaining comparison. ]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Exactly. There are countless universes out there, and each one has its own Netherworld. Most of them aren't important, though. Specks of dust on the cosmic scale.

[gunsnponies]

And yours's the most important?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Hyaaa ha ha ha ha! I like the way you think! There's no denying that my Netherworld has ME! The most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos!

[gunsnponies]

Thanks, I kinda like how ya think too. They must be lucky t've been made important then.

How many more important are there?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Hmph. None, really -- but in general terms, only a dozen or so Netherworlds at best have Overlords that can even put themselves one tier below me.

[gunsnponies]

Hmm… So out of uncountable numbers, there are less than twenty, then. That ain't a big percentage, 's't.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

And let THAT be proof of the unquestionable power I possess! Strongest in the cosmos isn't just a title you stumble across like a penny on the street!

[gunsnponies]

I’ll do that then. Sounds like a fuckin’ cool position!