Welcome to the Netherworld!

[lazyvassals]

[It is difficult to define what a normal afternoon is by Netherworld standards. In the dark, torch-lit halls of the Overlord's Castle, penguin-suited prinnies totter about pretending to do work, while most other vassals make no effort at all to pretend. No fights have broken out yet, but it is questionable how long that will last with the Overlord being awake. It is just the sort of calm that comes before something unexpected happens, or someone makes it happen out of boredom.

And that is precisely when the first stranger comes through the swirling vortex of the Dimensional Gate.

It doesn't seem so unusual at first, because people use that gate on a daily basis. But more people start to show up, people who aren't demons. The Gatekeeper herself has no idea where they've come from, or how they've found their way to the Netherworld.

Unfortunately, neither do the unexpected guests.]

Comments

[makainoou]

Are you stupid? This is my Netherworld, so there isn't any code except what I decide on.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

As an Overlord of superior might, intelligence, handsomeness, and mana power, my desires are superior to your stupid decisions! I'm not going to be kept back from getting my Netherworld and my body back just because you haven't kept up with modern communication methods! What do you expect me to use, a passenger pigeon?!

[makainoou]

What kind of "superior Overlord" loses his body and winds up as a book?

Get out of my throne room and have fun finding that pigeon.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Body doesn't count for anything! Strength and mana power are all that matters! I'm still top of the heap!

[makainoou]

If that's true, then you shouldn't need a damn thing from me.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

And if YOU believed crap like that you wouldn't need vassals and minions, but your castle sure is freaking crowded with 'em!

...on that note, I'm pretty sure your Dimensional Gate is broken. It's spewing out random people like the Dark Assembly is so drunk it approved minion cloning.

[makainoou]

Great, so that's why you're here? Why don't you just wander back into it and see if it dumps you on someone else you can complain to?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

I wouldn't freaking bother with the Dimensional Gate! I'm a freaking Overlord, I'd just pop back up between worlds! But apparently your Netherworld is defective and doesn't have proper access to it!

[makainoou]

Are you sure you're not defective? Maybe you're missing a few pages.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Hyaaa ha ha ha ha! The Sacred Tome has infinite pages! And make as many book jokes as you want, I'm still the most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos!

[makainoou]

You keep saying that, and maybe someone besides you might believe it. Someone a lot more gullible than I am.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

You're the fool if you underestimate me! The fact that you haven't heard of me is proof of just how low-tier you are as an Overlord!

[makainoou]

All it proves is that you're not that famous.

You don't listen very well either. How many times do I have to tell you to leave?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Maybe I'll conquer your Netherworld instead of leaving it! How would you like that? I'm a worse enemy as a book than any ten ordinary Overlords you'll meet, kid!

[Laughing, Zetta demonstrates his power by aggressively flopping on his back. With a fairly startled expression.]

[makainoou]

...yeah, good luck with that. You couldn't even conquer a swimming pool with that move.

[He motions to the demon who brought Zetta in.]

Just carry him on out of here, will you?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

[The minion cheerfully salutes, then scoops up the book.]

Hey! I'm your Overlord, damn it! Stop obeying the kid!

[The book continues to rant angrily as the minion hauls him out with a vapidly cheerful smile.]