Prologue

This was the last day in Yggdrasil.

Today at midnight, the server would close down and any players left would be forcefully logged-out.

That's what was supposed to happen at least. Harry knew better than that though. He had seen the changes in the runes, had seen how they changed to become more permanent with each "new version" of the server.

Harry didn't know how old he was anymore, nor did he particularly care. With his status as Master of Death, he would not really "die" until the day came of the very final apocalypse, when each and every universe have collapsed, and there was no more life out there… only then he would be allowed to pass on. It had been hard to accept at first, but since the inevitable destruction of his original world, he had lived in numerous universes, each with their own set of particular rules, and his body and magic always adapted to the changes.

In the worlds he liked or were entertaining enough, he usually stayed until its destruction. If the world was boringly normal, he would stay only long enough to explore a little bit and satisfy his curiosity.

He hadn't liked the polluted world he had arrived in, where the big enterprises used workers as if they were napkins. There wasn't anything really interesting in this particular world, and he had been prepared to leave when the "game" of Yggdrasil came out.

There was something so utterly magical in that game; he could see it practically dripping. His curiosity would not let him leave without testing it first.

And that's how he ended here. He and Momonga had been chatting for a while now; walking in Nazarik's hallways after HeroHero left them. Sebas tian and the Pleiades were following behind them and towards the Throne room when Momonga suddenly stopped and cursed.

Apologizing, he said something along the lines of "I'll try to be back before midnight" and leaved, probably due to a problem in the Real World. Harry thought it was a pity; he was looking forward to his friend's reaction to the change that was bound to happen, but there was nothing he could do about that now.

Watching the staff of Ainz Ooal Gown in his hand, he recalled the moment where they had made the change of Guild Master, after their friends had left the game and only the two of them played and hunted together. Harry had asked to be the Guild Master because it would be beneficial once the runes in this world took effect.

Calmly walking to the Throne room, he ordered the servants following him to stay still before sitting down in the throne. He looked at Albedo, recalling the changes he had made to some of the NPCs in Nazarik all through the last months.

That had been one of the reasons he had asked for the position of Guild Master, he had made a few changes in the NPCs that were more likely to cause trouble, such as the configuration of Albedo to be a slut and the settings of Rubedo… seriously, what had Tabula been thinking?

Time was running out, and as the last seconds passed by he closed his eyes. He felt the change immediately the moment the clock reached midnight, the runes activating all at once, his senses momentarily overwhelmed by the sheer amount of pure magic around him.

It finished in an instant, and he couldn't help but feel slightly disoriented at the abrupt change, one moment surrounded by nothing but magic before it was all gone at the next.

He opened his eyes and tried and failed to use the menu he was supposed to have access to as a player.

"Is there something wrong?"

It was the first time he listened to that voice, looking at Albedo, he couldn't help but feel excitement.

This was going to be fun.

AUTHOR NOTE:

Now that this story has more chapters, I can make a few warnings.

1) As you may have deduced from the prologue, the story takes place in the world of Overlord. I've written under the assumption that you know the novel or, at least, the anime, and thus don't really describe the characters that much. If you have not finished the anime this story may be confusing for you.

2) Changes don't really appear until after the 6th novel is over with (anime 2nd season, spoilers!), so if you find yourself impatient you're free to leave, thanks for giving this story a chance even if it wasn't what you were looking for.

3) This story contains two series of Omakes. "Childhood memories" series is regarding 5-year-old Floor Guardians and "Small" series is regarding a 5-year-old Harry. Before disregarding the whole story I'd suggest a quick read on them~

4) Similarly, if you like the main story but not the Omakes you can skip them, as they have little to no interaction with the main events.

That was all, wish you a nice reading!