Chapter 02: Finding the Heart

Gnarl sighed as he still hasn't located the heart despite hours of searching for its energy.

"We really need to work out a failsafe for these artifacts," Gnarl mused knowing that they needed to find it as soon as they can. "The number of times we lost them is concerning."

Now if Quaver can just locate the Brown Minion Hive they would be getting somewhere. But he hasn't seen hide or hair of the Jester since he gave the order of finding the Hive.

"Then again, the new Master is still too young to even do much here," Gnarl began to pace a bit. "When he gets up we'll need to fix the damages done to him."

Finding a Health Stone should fix the physical damages done to him by those peasants and a Mana Stone should fix some of the mental damage. Maybe a Spell Stone to give their Master a surefire way to defend himself until he grows up a bit more?

The spell part would be a must have considering how while their Master slept Gnarl discovered that he had an affinity to Magic, although it's pushed down due to the upbringing he experienced.

Gnarl then looked at the still destroyed cavern they were in. "We should also look into getting a crane to clear this area now that we have a Master."

A cavern was fine for Minions but it was no place for their Master, especially when Winter comes.

They also need a Smelter to forge armor truly worthy of him and get rid of those dirty rags he's wearing, an Overlord has to look presentable to not get mistaken for a lowly servant-.

"Gnarl!" Mouldy ran in with a stupid smile on his face. "I is back!"

"Mouldy?" Gnarl asked in confusion before seeing what he had. "Oh right I did send you to get better clothes for the Master."

"I did good?" Mouldy asked considering how he and Grubbin had to take the Master's measurements while he was asleep to get the right sizes.

"Yes, yes." Gnarl said rolling his eyes at the simplicity of his fellow Minions. "We'll give them to the Master when he wakes up."

Mouldy grin got wider at hearing that and he ran off.

Contemplating something, Gnarl called out. "Giblet," It didn't take too long for the mentioned Minion to run in, nearly tripping over some of the debris. "What do we have in the Armory?"

Whatever they had would be next to useless but better than nothing, besides they need to get their new Master started on learning how to use a weapon.

"No good." Giblet shook his head making Gnarl frown. "Just cracked daggers."

"Any chance you can fix them without the smelter?" Gnarl asked, Giblet hesitating before giving a nod. "Then get to it, the Master will need a weapon."

Sending Giblet away, Gnarl once more mused to himself.

They always had a bit of a trial by fire that every Overlord would go through. One that would have them show they had what it took to become the Overlord and while he and the rest of the Minions would gladly give their lives for their Master, they can't be there all he time so their Master must be able to take care of himself.

Besides the Witch Boy took on an adult soldiers at a younger age than their current Master and he came out fine. So their current Master needs to learn quickly.

"Wake up Master," Harry twitched as he felt someone shaking his shoulder. "We have dark deeds to be done."

Slowly Harry opened his eyes tiredly to see Gnarl looking a little impatient.

Harry blinked before the events of the other day went through his mind and he sat up a little surprised that it wasn't just a dream.

"Come Master, the lands won't conquer themselves." Gnarl voiced walking out of the room. "We have a lot of work to do to prepare you for your future conquest."

Harry was a little unnerved by that but he listened, grabbing the gauntlet that was back to its original size on the tattered bedside table, placing it on his arm where it shrunk down again.

Once that was done he took a small look at the room that he was given-or rather what Gnarl called the 'Private Quarters'. It was just as much as a cavern as the other places but it was also huge with a huge makeshift bed that had curtains on the sides as well as candles on the walls.

Not that he wasn't grateful because it was very spacious and the bed was definitely a lot more comfortable than he was used to.

"Oh one more thing sire," Gnarl spoke up again turning back to Harry. "I had Mouldy get you some new clothes to wear rather than those rags, they're on the trunk at the end of your bed."

Looking surprised, Harry didn't have time to thank Gnarl when the Minion Master was gone, then again the young boy had a slight feeling that Gnarl would take being thanked as an insult more than anything else.

A few moments later Harry was surprised that the clothes fit him while he was wearing a purple silk shirt with a hood on it and dark pants. The hood had some sort of face mask to pull over his face up to his eyes too, while Harry found that a bit strange at first, he thought back to how all he Overlords didn't really show their face.

They felt comfortable but it felt weird to be wearing something like this, especially when he pulled the hood over his face, his green eyes glowing inside of the hood.

Eventually he met up with Gnarl in the Throne Room where the Minion Master was patiently waiting for him.

"Sorry I'm late." Harry apologized looking down the face mask muffling his voice a bit, distorting it.

Gnarl winced. "You don't need to apologize for anything Master," He said really hoping that their new Master would learn that over time. "Now it's time for you to learn how to become an Overlord. Ooh I can feel the land quaking with fear already."

Harry kept quiet as Gnarl paced in front of him, looking a little at a loss before he jerked when Gubbin ran in looking very excited.

"Gnarl, Gnarl I find object!" He said catching Gnarl's complete attention.

"Which one?!" Gnarl asked with Gubbin tripping and going into a roll before Gnarl stopped him with his foot, making Harry give a quiet chuckle despite looking worried for the Minion. "Get up you useless sack of puss and tell the Master which object you found!"

"I find Mana Stone." Gubbin inputted happily with a tongue sticking out making Gnarl's eyes widen before a dark smile made its way across his face.

"Did you? Good." Gnarl looked from Gubbin to Harry gaining an idea while Harry looked a little confused.

Not only would it help heal up the mental damage done but it would also extend their Master's magic reserve thereby making whatever spells he cast stronger. Plus it would be the trial by fire he was looking for.

"Alright sire are you ready for this?" Gnarl asked making Harry even more confused. "Regaining lost Overlord Objects is a good way for you to enhance your abilities and gain a little field experience."

"Y-You want me to get the object?" Harry asked making sure he understood that.

"No, you are needed to guide the Minions as besides yours truly they don't have the brains to think ahead, otherwise Gubbin here would've brought the Mana Stone back," Gnarl pointed out gesturing to Harry's Gauntlet. "As the Overlord you can control many Minions, I explained this yesterday. Now go forward and reclaim your artifact."

"H-Hold up what are these objects?" Harry asked confused by this whole thing. "I know you mentioned something about them but I never got the whole explanation."

Gnarl blinked, sighing when he realized that Harry was right. "Apologies Master, I get tired of these explanations at times," He said with a bit of humor. "Now there are many Tower Objects-or rather your Artifacts since we no longer have a tower. But let me talk about the main four."

Motioning for Harry to make himself comfortable, the Minion Master began when Harry was back in the throne.

"First there are the Minion Totems, they give you the ability to control multiple minions at a time, while that's something you could learn overtime this makes it much easier for you," Gnarl explained to Harry. "Think of these Totems giving you the ability to multitask and further enhancing it if you will."

Harry blinked at that, giving a nod as that does sound useful.

"Alright next are the Health Stones, finding them would be of the utmost importance as they will fix the damages already done to you by those peasants sire, something that when you're ready we'll get your vengeance for," Gnarl said making Harry wince that the Minion Master definitely knew about what the Dursley's did to him. "But they can also heal your wounds in seconds depending on how many you find say you break your bones and they'll heal in seconds if you have six Health Stones. Have enough of them and you will have an extremely long lifespan."

Harry's eyes widened at that.

That was amazing.

"Then we have the Mana Stones, something you already seem to possess due to your body's natural affinity to Magic," Harry blinked and looked at Gnarl in hopes for an explanation. "Sire have you ever noticed anything strange happening whenever you're upset or when someone tries to hurt you?"

Now that Gnarl mentioned it, Harry could remember many times unexplainable things happened.

There was that time his teacher's hair turned blue just by looking at it, or the time he ended up on the roof of the school while being chased by Dudley and his Gang. Didn't his hair grow back overnight too after his Aunt whacked it all off?

Harry's silence was all the answer that Gnarl needed so he continued. "Finally there are the Spell Stones and they have the power to teach you powerful arcane magic you can use them to either burn any villagers who look at you funny or completely destroy their willpower to enslave them." Now Harry was uneasy again. "Now as for the Mana Stone that Gubbin found, getting it would be very beneficial to you sire so you must make haste."

A few moments later, Harry reappeared in another dark cavern where Gubbin dug a hole to and a second later Giblet, Gubbin and Mouldy were with him.

"Master can you hear me?" Gnarl's voice echoed, making Harry jerk. "I'm speaking to you through the stone on your Gauntlet. Hello? Is this thing on? I could've sworn that Giblet dusted it."

"Gnarl?"

"Ah that's better," Gnarl sounded pleased. "The connection is much easier than through that blasted helmet, too bad it takes too much energy and it isn't exactly private."

A few muttered curses could be heard before Gnarl continued.

"Right, be sure to stay within range so we can keep in contact as that's how this works for the moment, however once we find the Heart we'll be able to keep the connection up permanently thankfully it won't have to be fixed as one of your attempted predecessors took care of that before his death," He explained while Harry gave a nod with the three Minions waiting patiently. "Now the Mana Stone is around inside this dark cavern but it's also quite the nesting grounds for spiders so you'll need to be careful."

Harry blinked not thinking that was bad due to the spiders he slept with inside of his cupboard.

As if sensing his thoughts, Gnarl elaborated. "Giant, Poisonous, Flesh-eating Spiders so please be cautious," Now Harry paled. "Your Minions will give their lives to protect you and Brown Minions are your main fighters, capable of taking and dealing the most damage. But they're not invincible and you are limited on Minions so I suggest you take a stealthy approach, even if it's the boring one."

"G-Got it." Harry muttered not sure what to think.

"Ah before I forget, Giblet did you fix it?"

Giblet perked up and ran forward holding two daggers that were sheathed. "For the Master." He said looking happy when Harry took it and unsheathed the weapons.

"I apologize for how it looks old but it's all we have until we can find our smelters and create a weapon truly worthy of you," Gnarl explained while Harry looked over the daggers, a little uneasy about having a weapon but he held it like the kitchen knives that his Aunt Petunia gave him whenever he did any cooking. "But right now it's more important that you have something to defend yourself rather than you dying a horrible death."

"You're not filling me with confidence Gnarl." Harry said a bit fearfully but for some reason it came out as a dark echo, his eyes glowing more prominently.

Gnarl took note of how his voice changed and gave a smile.

The Tower Heart upon choosing an Overlord begins to corrupt the ones chosen by it. The fact that their new Master just acted like that showed that it could be very close.

"Alright and keep an eye out for the Tower Heart as it might be in your area." Gnarl explained making the three Minions perk while Harry looked confused by what just happened.

Harry gave a slow nod and began to walk forward wanting to get this done so he wouldn't be anywhere near these giant spiders that Gnarl described.

The Minions just giggled and walked after Harry, giddy at the idea of finally having a new Master.

While walking, Harry was a bit confused on how he seemed to be able to see well despite how Gnarl made him leave his glasses and didn't let the young boy bring a torch.

In fact, it just felt like it was sunny inside of the cave from how he was seeing it.

"Ah that would be the power of the Tower Heart when it chose you as the Overlord." Gnarl explained surprising Harry who was now wondering if the Minion Master can read his mind. "It fixed your eyesight and enhanced it along with giving a small enhancement to your strength and durability, not much of one but enough to help you give a fight. You'll get the full effects when you bond with it."

Tensing when he heard a noise, Harry saw a spider that was as big as a soda can come out of one of the caverns, hissing as it saw him.

"Just a baby one sire, perfect for combat practice," Gnarl said gleefully. "You can either kill it yourself or let the Minions tear it apart. And you don't have to worry about the parents because this part of the cave is too small for them."

Harry didn't hesitate to direct the Minions at the spider because he was keeping an eye out for any other ones.

The spider took two or three punches before it died, dropping a brownish-yellow orb that Grubbin picked up and brought to Harry who watched as the Gauntlet absorbed it. "For the Master."

"Oh Brown Life Force," Gnarl sounded happy. "That's what creates the Brown Minions, however we won't be able to use it unless we find the Brown Minion Hive. Although we might find another use for it until we get the Hive."

Hearing clicking noises, Harry saw at least two or three more heading their way to avenge their fallen brother.

So he gave a silent command to the Minions to attack two of them while unsheathing his daggers for the third one, something that surprised Gnarl before grinning as the Master was finally taking some initiative.

Harry didn't waste any time when the spider lunged to stab forward, managing to get the spider in the underbelly where he quickly pulled to the side, the daggers ripping through the spider.

"Ooh quite brutal." Gnarl noted quietly so that Harry wouldn't exactly hear him due to the adrenaline.

Gnarl knew that if it was an actual living being instead of a spider, Harry would hesitate the way he was right now-something they would really need to stamp out before he could become their Overlord, but the fact that he killed it like that showed some promise.

In fact he only placed their Master in that area because Gubbin's intel-as dimwitted as he is-told him that the only dangers there were the baby spiders and the object was close to where he made the waypoint gate.

Once they had that, along with their Master getting a first taste of being an Overlord they would begin his training to ensure he would survive and they don't bury yet another candidate.

Harry paused when the gauntlet picked up another Brown Lifeforce while the Minions finished with their spiders, Gubbin now holding a spider leg while Giblet and Mouldy brought him two more Brown Lifeforce.

Taking a deep breath, Harry continued down the dark cavern looking for either the Mana Stone or the Tower Heart, using the Minions to cut down more spiders that came out of the caves, keeping his distance as he wasn't too keen on being close to them.

After a bit, Harry sighed. "Gubbin," He called out making the mention Minion perk up at hearing its name. "Where exactly did you find this… Mana Stone?"

"Near," Gubbin cried out happily moving forward. "Near!"

"I wouldn't bother sire, you can barely get a straight answer out of him." Gnarl explained sounding a little amused.

Harry sighed before holding his gauntlet up to call Gubbin back because he was getting a bit too far ahead, luckily the Minion listened.

Eventually they came across a blue stone that was as big as Harry himself causing him to stare, especially since he could actually feel something coming from it.

"That is a Mana Stone sire, no doubt you're feeling it's magical energy?" Gnarl asked earning a wordless nod from Harry. "It's best to grab it and go back the way you came, we can't risk going any further without more Minions."

Harry gave a nod and made a motion, Gubbin and Mouldy grabbing the Mana Stone while Gnarl continued.

"Good choice sire having Giblet free, as the leader of the Brown Minions he's the strongest and more durable out of all of them, physically," Gnarl stroked his Goatee in thought. "Keep him near you until you're out of there, with Mouldy and Gubbin busy you'll need to be more cautious."

"I know how to be cautious Gnarl." Harry snarled almost animalistically before he shook his head, stumbling a bit.

Gnarl's eyes widened. "Sire stop, from how you're acting the Tower Heart must be extremely close," He said knowing that every Overlord has been corrupted by the Tower Heart to some degree, only a select few were able to truly resist the corruptive influence, namely the five who he told their new Master about. "As important as the Mana Stone is, the Tower Heart is the most powerful artifact any Overlord can possess. Now that they're actually carrying it, Mouldy and Gubbin can get the Mana Stone to the Waypoint Gate to bring it back to your Domain, then they'll make another one in the location you find the Tower Heart, joining you again to help Giblet carry it."

As risky as it was to not get their Master out of there until he was truly ready, having the Tower Heart was a must.

Seeing that Mouldy and Gubbin were already out of sight, Harry looked at Giblet. "Stay close." He warned the Minion with it giving a happy nod as they slowly walked through the cavern.

Eventually they came to a huge area where a giant blue orb was glowing on a rock, lighting up the room to show cobwebs.

"Gnarl, is that?" Harry didn't even finish as he gazed at it seeing that it could barely fit inside of the Dursley's Living Room.

"The Tower Heart," Gnarl however didn't sound pleased, he sounded worried which as weird to hear from what he knew of the Minion Master. "Careful sire, the Heart doesn't just corrupt you while you're near it, its energy when it isn't bonded to you can also corrupt other beings and enhance their capabilities. That room is big enough for any number of creatures that can kill you as you are."

Giblet stilled and looked up, clenching the rock club he picked up on their trek through the caverns.

Following the Minion's gaze, Harry felt fear as he saw a giant spider that was bigger than him, snapping from the ceiling as it crawled around.

"Like that, not as bad as I thought it would be." Gnarl admitted managing to see it through the gem on Harry's Gauntlet. "But it's still dangerous for you to take head-on. Even Giblet won't be able to take it on by himself in a head-on fight, but you should be able to exit back through the cavern and wait until Mouldy and Gubbin get to you-."

The spider didn't even give them the chance as it shot acid from its mandibles on some rocks above them forcing for Harry and Giblet to move right as they toppled down, blocking the way they came.

"... New plan sire, survive at all costs until we can get them to you." Gnarl quickly amended before shouting. "Mouldy! Gubbin! Hurry up if you can hear me!"

"What about you?!" Harry snarled having to move back with the spider descending on the ground, getting closer to the Heart, his head swimming from the proximity and enhancing his anger. "Can't you come and fight?!"

"I'm unable to, when the Baron created me to be an advisor to future Overlords he made it impossible for me to fight to avoid me making trouble," Gnarl explained to Harry. "I'll explain more on the subject when you're back sire."

Shaking his head to clear it, Harry had to jump back to avoid a lunge, using the practice he gained running from Dudley's gang to keep away from the spider while he directed Giblet to get behind it and jump on the back, something that Gnarl just suggested in his head.

The spider began to hiss, shaking to try and get Giblet off. "Wheeeee." Giblet cheered as if he was on a park ride.

Harry would've chuckled at that if it wasn't for his vision swimming as the gem on the Gauntlet began to glow.

"Sire, the Mana Stone was just retrieved, I have Mouldy and Gubbin digging a tunnel to your location to retrieve the Tower Heart." Gnarl reported with Harry looking up his mind a bit clearer compared to how it used to be.

Narrowing his eyes, Harry ran towards the spider when it managed to throw Giblet off, stunning him as he rolled on the ground with his eyes spinning.

"Sire what are you doing?!"

The spider was too focused on Giblet to even think about Harry who used one of the fallen rocks behind it to jump with the daggers out, jamming them in the back earning a screech from the spider.

It was as if his mind was on autopilot with anger as he pulled a dagger out and began to stab it repeatedly while using the other dagger to stay on due to the spider trying to throw him off.

Giblet had time to recover and run forward to help Harry, jamming one of the eyes with the club right as the ground nearby exploded with Mouldy and Gubbin coming in giving a battle cry tackling the spider, managing to cripple one of the legs.

Finally the spider managed to throw Harry off with him only having one of his daggers while the other one was still inside of the spider, the young boy rolling on the ground a bit in pain.

"Sire let the Minions do the rest." Gnarl offered hiding his impressed tone that Harry managed to do that much damage at his age against a spider like that. "Don't worry you'll get the finishing blow of course."

Harry coughed, managing to regain control of his anger not really believing what he just did either while both Mouldy and Gubbin managed to tear off another leg each with Giblet on the spider's head blinding it on by one.

Eventually the spider was on its literal last leg with one eye glaring at them, it's mandibles broken in a way to prevent it from spitting acid.

Now Giblet, Mouldy and Gubbin were by Harry throwing their fists in the air while he stood up.

"Now sire if you would please deliver the finishing blow." Gnarl said with a grin on his face. "Show that overgrown arachnid the might of an Overlord."

Harry gave a nod and approached the spider as it looked at him before jamming the dagger into it.

While doing so, Harry found himself a bit surprised that he was doing this without any hesitation. Was it because this was just a spider? Or maybe it was because of how close to the Tower Heart he was?

The Spider began to spasm as dark energy began to dissolve from it, making Harry back up in surprise. "What is that?!"

"That sire is evil energy taken from the Tower Heart, it also resides in all evil creatures," Gnarl sounded very giddy. "You will learn more about it in time."

Harry gave a nod and walked towards the dissolving spider to get his other dagger while at least ten Brown Lifeforce dropped and absorbed into the gem on his Gauntlet.

Taking a step back from where the dead spider was, Harry turned to the three minions and gestured to the Tower Heart where they ran and managed to lift it up much to his surprise.

It just looked way too big for them at first glance.

"Still this trip became quite the fortunate one hasn't it? Not only did we get the Heart and a Mana Stone but once the spiders are fully cleaned out we can use this place as whatever you wish in your dark domain, a true first step."

Harry barely listened to that as he stepped back on the Waypoint after the Heart was teleported back.

Harry sighed in relief when they appeared back in the cavern looking a bit tired from everything while the Minions were carrying the Tower Heart with Gnarl shouting at them to be careful.

"Welcome back sire, you're off to a tremendous start in your Overlording career," Gnarl greeted with a toothy grin. "Once we bond you with the Tower Heart you will be a true Overlord."

"It's really that easy?" Harry asked in surprise earning a snort from Gnarl.

"Please Sire, if it were so easy anybody could be the Overlord," Gnarl commented while the Minion's took off into an empty tunnel with the two following. "The Heart has to accept you first, right now you were just chosen as a possible candidate, although just retrieving it in the first place shows your promise."

"Alright?"

"I suppose you want a detailed explanation on the Heart?" Gnarl asked with Harry giving a nod.

He risked his life for this and the Mana Stone so of course he wants one.

"Very well, the Tower Heart-or shall we call it the Cavern Heart for now, is one of the strongest artifacts created by the Baron, it not only binds us forever to your will but enhances everything about you and will heal you immediately when you return home," Gnarl began surprising Harry with that bit of info. "You're strength and magic are enhanced to quite the degree where you'll be able to fight a fully grown adult at your current age to a standstill so when you're of age you'll be able to fight off an army on your own if you wish. And it can teleport you back to the Caverns if you're in danger of being killed, although doing so while you have Minions with you will kill said Minions."

Harry blinked before giving a nod, this Heart really has some good advantages. But he was uneasy about the idea of these Minions dying, especially considering how Gnarl mentioned it so casually.

"The downside is that if you're in the same room as the heart that's when you're truly vulnerable as it can't teleport or heal you when you're right next to it," Gnarl admitted making Harry tense. "If it's damaged you'll be weakened which is why we're taking it to the farthest reach of our cavern to where no one but you will be able to access it."

"Good to know." Harry muttered in surprise.

Still it was good to know his limits if he wants to live through this.

"I would think so, now it will link everything to you like the Mana Stone you picked up, without the Heart you would only have the benefits at a certain range, but now it will forever be with you," Gnarl explained to him. "No doubt you noticed that you can think quicker and your mind is clearer compared to before?"

At Harry's nod, Gnarl rubbed his hands together with a smile.

"That's the Mana Stone fixing the mental damages done to you and improving them," Gnarl looked at Harry when he spoke. "Each Mana Stone will also increase your mental fortitude to where you won't be compromised mentally."

Finishing the explanation, they came to an open area where there were multiple floors in the underground cavern.

"Once we get a Minion Hive this will serve as the Spawning Point, where each and every Minion are born and will live in," Gnarl said holding his hands forward, gesturing to them. "What better place to keep the Heart then with the very beings who will die to protect it?"

"Wouldn't it be in danger of being damaged by accident?" Harry asked a bit cautiously as he could already tell how some of the Minions would be while Gnarl chuckled.

"No need to worry Sire, to every Minion the Heart is a very sacred object that we would rather die than damage it," Gnarl eased his worries while the three Minions placed it in the middle of the room. "Now approach the Heart and pour your magic into it, then you will truly be an Overlord."

Harry approached it, his hands out. "Pour my magic in?"

"Right," Gnarl muttered in annoyance forgetting once more that while he was highly attuned to Magic, the boy has never called on it on purpose before. "Just will your being into it, think about dominating the Heart."

Giving a shrug, Harry touched the Heart and a second later immense pain filled him as his body was carried into the air by the Heart, energy pouring into him.

The three Minions cheered while Gnarl watched before his eyes widened when he saw a dark, inky soul being forced out of Harry, into the Heart as it dissolved. "Interesting, so someone else's soul was inside of the Master?" He mused knowing a Horcrux being destroyed when he saw one. "We'll have to look into who did that later when the Master is finished."

After all if someone used their new Master as a Horcrux they would need to make them suffer for their insolence.

Across Scotland, a whistling sound caught the attention of an elderly old man with a long silver beard wearing a purple robe as he stood up, his eyes twinkling behind his glasses that sat on a nose that looked like it's been broken.

"Something is wrong." Albus Wulfric Brian Dumbledore the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry muttered at seeing this.

Seeing as how that was the charm to warn him if something bad was happening to one Harry Potter, Dumbledore grabbed his wand and lowered the apparition wards in his office to apparate to Privet Drive, intent on seeing what was wrong.

His arrival however had him in shock at the practically destroyed home.

Something wasn't right, the wards should've prevented anyone who meant Mr. Potter harm from even approaching the house and if they did break through the wards the charm he had would've gone off right when it happened.

Giving a frown, Dumbledore casted a Notice-Me-Not Spell to investigate what was going on and to find out why Arabella Figg didn't contact him on what was happening.

Harry gasped as he landed on one knee, his whole body wracked with pain while feeling a little claustrophobic for the moment so he took the hood down only to see blood dripping off of his face.

Reaching up, Harry winced at how his scar opened up.

Gnarl frowned and approached Harry. "Sire, where did you get that scar?" He asked a bit surprised he didn't see it before.

Then again, the Master's hair did hide it from view.

Harry looked at Gnarl. "In the Car Crash that killed my parents."

Gnarl raised a brow, not looking like he believed that for a second but he knew that their master did.

It was something to look into.

Putting that in the back of his mind, Gnarl looked at the exhausted form of their Master. "Bonding with the Heart took a lot out of you as well as what you went through to get it," He said snapping his fingers to have one of the Minions help Harry stand up. "I'd recommend you get some rest after we take care of your injury Sire, tomorrow is going to be a busy day for you in terms of learning how to use magic and combat practice."

Harry gave a tired nod, letting the Minions escort him out of the Spawning Pit.

To Be Continued…

Man, this was pretty fun to type. Now it will be a bit before Harry finds himself in a fight again-only when they find a Minion Hive, for now he'll be learning a bit more of how to be an Overlord.

Which brings me to the next point with his character changing a bit in this chapter, that is the result of someone being too close to the Tower Heart-or as it is now the Cavern Heart considering there's no Tower, I figured with all the dark energy that's said to reside inside of that in the games that anything around it would be corrupted, although if bonded with an Overlord the corruption can be limited.

It also enhances the capabilities of the Overlord-like how Gromgard suddenly knew how to fight in the Overlord: Dark Legends or how the Witch Boy was strong enough to kill grown soldiers in a freaking army due to being affected by the Great Cataclysm? That's my explanation for all of that.

Now Harry had his first taste of combat-although it was only against spider's, not really that impressive if you think about it but for a nine year old suffering from malnutrition it is impressive and got some Lifeforce, though he won't be able to use them as of yet. Just figured it would be interesting to show this before he truly becomes an Overlord.

Now I didn't really change much except for making a plan to use the Spider Cavern as something in his domain in the future, what it'll be used as will be revealed in time.

Current Cavern Objects.

The Tower Heart: The Power Source for any true Overlord, capable of enhancing their capabilities but can also be their downfall if damaged or destroyed.

Mana Stone (X1): An Artifact that enhances the magic of the Overlord, capable of healing any mental trauma done and is capable of increasing a person's IQ.