Overlord Ashes of Yggdrasil

When I woke up I was in a bed surrounded by golden hills. Hiryu was sleeping smiling on my chest, hugging me tightly. I lovingly started stroking her head and my other hand automatically went to her beautiful ass. She was breathing heavily when I squeezed her ass and soon she woke up from the arousal.

"Muck...Muah...Good morning Ashfall-sama...Muck💋" Hiryu greeted me with a morning kiss.

"Ashfall-sama, shall I prepare something for you to eat?

When she got up, the blanket fell away revealing her voluptuous body and my morning erection immediately hardened in reaction to the beautiful sight.

"My beautiful dragon, you are already the best food. Who told you to get up and leave?" I pushed her back on the bed and we started making love again.

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After making love for hours, we teleported together to the tenth floor. I sat on the majestic throne, and Hiryu stood at my side. Everyone was waiting for me to arrive and as soon as I entered, they bowed and greeted me.

"First of all, I would like to thank you all for your contribution to our victories. Our next target will be Roble Holy Kindom. Demurge, update us on the latest situation."

"Yes, Ashfall-sama. I have successfully completed the task you gave me specifically. All the half-human tribes are now under my command and can support us at any time. Roble Holy kingdom has been in conflict with these tribes for a long time, and the political instability of the country has made the situation worse. This state of the country is very useful for us and we can crush them at any time."

"Thank you Demurge, I have a new mission for you. Take Jalabadoh with you and attack the capital of the Roble Kingdom with the demi-human tribes. Do not harm the princess, but kill Kelart Custodio and bring her body to me. Also replace the nobles with doppelgangers, including the prince, and take over the country secretly."

"My Lord, why are we specifically targeting little sister Custodio?" (Albedo)

"Or are they a threat to Nazarik?" (Sakurahime)

"Of course they are ants compared to the Nazarik forces, but their power is beyond the standards of this world. The elder sister is unintelligent and crocodile-brained idiot, the younger sister is much wiser, But I'm targeting her because she's the secret mastermind of the kingdom. Her death will make the princess like a headless chicken, and that means they will offer me their backyard with their own hands.That way she will surely be forced to ask for our help and open the gates of her country to us."

"SASUGA ASHFALL-SAMA!" x?

"Remember, if they ask for help as we expect, I will personally go there."

"But why? Ashfall-sama, what if something dangerous happens to you? Let Nephthys go first and clear the area of danger," Nephthys told me with a worried look.

"Don't worry, nothing in this world is a threat to me. Think about it: having the king personally come to their aid will impress them more and increase their loyalty to us." I caress Nephthys hair and her fluffy ears.

'And of course I will be able to make Princess Calca mine.' ^_^

"Then with your permission, Ashfall-sama, I'm going to prepare for an attack on the kingdom." Demurge bowed and left the room with a whoosh.

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Two days later, Jalabadoh's attack on the Roble Kingdom began. With the great support of the Demi-Human tribes, the legendary fortress in the Abelion Hills collapsed in minutes. The news had a huge impact on the kingdom and the demi-human tribes continued at full speed, capturing the surrounding towns. But the most unexpected thing was Jalabadoh's attack on the capital. Hundreds of royal paladins were slaughtered, the palace was destroyed and the biggest casualty was the brutal murder of Kelart Custodio. This attack resulted in the kingdom's complete abandonment of the capital and a great panic began in the country.

Realizing that she alone could not stop the onslaught of demi-humans, Calca set out with a small but trained army for the most powerful country in the region, the Fulmenreich Empire.

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{My lord, the ambassadors from the Roble Kingdom and Princess Calca are here to see you, shall I let them in}" Alpha spoke with courtesy

"Albedo, invite them to the throne room and don't forget to show them our power."

"Yes, Ashfall-sama, your wish will be granted."

Albedo left the room and I changed the appearance of the armor into a magnificent robe and crown adorned with stones and gold. Soon Albedo called my name and I entered the throne room. Everyone was waiting for me, kneeling and bowing their heads. Invisible, imperceptible and swift, I sat on the throne and began to speak in a loud voice:

"Raise your heads, brave people of the Holy Kingdom. You must have been tired on your way here, we have prepared everything for you. If you wish, you can rest in the rooms reserved for you."

"How come...I didn't feel anything coming." The knight commander spoke slowly, trembling with shock.

I immediately recognized Neia with strange eyes among the group.

"We are honored to meet you, sir, and grateful for your prompt response to our request for a meeting." Calca started to speak gently.

"Of course, if a neighboring country needs help, we are always ready to help."

"You are probably aware of recent events in our kingdom. The attack of the Demi-humans this time has been devastating beyond our expectations and the demon Jalabadh is responsible for it all. You know him, sir, as he once attacked the city of Re-Estize, and the great spell you cast in that battle has become the stuff of legend among the people." Remedios jumped in to explain the situation.

"But in that battle the army of the capital forced Jalabadoh and his demons to retreat. This was all due to the adamantine-level adventurer Felix, and thanks to his efforts, casualties were drastically reduced." Calca patiently brought the conversation to the point she wanted.

"It was during Jalabadoh's attack on our kingdom that we saw his true strength. Unfortunately, no one in our army can compare to him, so we ask for your help." This time Remedios spoke. Her eyes glowed like fire with the pain of the past.

"Please let the adventurer Felix help us. With his power we can rid Jalabadoh of the country and bless the people in distress." Calca bowed deeply and prostrated herself.

Her gesture shocked all the paladins, Remedios immediately grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her to her feet.

'A princess who gave up her pride for her people, I really want to make this beauty my woman right now.'

''Please Princess Calca, there is no need to bow, I am fully aware of the gravity of the situation, I have a very good relationship with Felix and I am sure he would not refuse a request from me.'' Everyone's face lit up at my words.

"But Felix is very valuable to my country. He is a powerful person who I can entrust my people to without being bound by political chains like me. He is invaluable for the stability of the Katze Plains, for close relations with the adventurer's guild, for the safety of the people."

"So, Ashfall-sama, will you send the adventurer Felix to help us, even if it causes damage to your country?" Neia dropped the bombshell.

Suddenly there was an awkward silence, the knights were looking at me with shocked expressions on their faces. Remedios' face soured as if she had eaten shit and she looked at Neia with piercing eyes.

"Hmmm...that's a very good question. It is true that Felix is invaluable to my country, so I cannot send him to your country, but I will send someone far more powerful than Felix to help you."

"Before I ask your demands, do you know anyone even stronger than Felix?" Remedios asked skeptically.

"He's sitting right in front of you...that's me."

Everyone in the room stood up in shock and Princess Calca put her hand to her heart and began to speak:

"Emperor Ashfall-sama, I have no doubt about your power, but we cannot accept this. If something happens to you because of us, it will put us in a much more difficult position."

I stood up in great splendor, my wings spread wide, my aura filled the room and my eyes shone.

"Don't worry, no one will be able to do anything to me." I spoke with pride.

"Ashfall-sama, please give us some time to discuss the matter." Calca spoke graciously.

I nodded my head in agreement and left the room. But I was still watching the room. Inside Remedios was scolding Neia and Calca separated them. Calca was absolutely against my proposal because she was afraid that I would get hurt, but Remedios, on the contrary, liked my proposal. In her opinion, it was a great opportunity to turn one demi-human against another demi-human, and the thought of me dying made that bitch happy. After they had discussed me inside, they invited me into the room and announced that they had accepted my proposal. We agreed to leave tomorrow and I went downstairs to my room and continued to spy on them. Remedios was telling Neia to stay with me and spy on me. Neia, of course, tried to refuse, but without Calca in the room, she was helpless and helplessly accepted his order. Of course I recorded all these images with the recording stone because they will help me a lot in the future.

Tomorrow the royal carriage was prepared and my journey to Roble Kingdom began with Neia by my side. Neia looked at me suspiciously with piercing eyes, as if she had something she wanted to say but was afraid to say it.

"Neia, don't worry about me being emperor. If you want to say something, speak up. By the way, I like those eyes of yours, you would make a good archer."

"Thank you sir, actually my father is the best archer in the kingdom, but I chose my mother's path and that's why I became a paladin."

"What a pity, you are wasting your talent. I would like to meet your father. It would be a marvelous idea to have someone of his talent training the archers of my country."

"I'm sorry, sir, but my father is missing from the first day of the attack, and I'm afraid it is very likely he will not return." Neia bowed her head sadly.

"Do not despair, even death has a cure in this world. Tell me about your story of becoming a paladin." I tried to divert the conversation.

Our journey continued for days and finally we stopped in front of a cave.

"Emperor Ashfall-sama, I know this is not a place worthy of you, but I ask you to please attend our war meeting." Calca welcomed me and graciously escorted me to the room.

We sat at the stone table and I took the initiative and started the conversation.

"Before we discuss our plan, there are a few things I want to tell you:

1) You must give me enough information about the war. You have tried to hide many things from me while I was on the road, but enough is enough.

2) But personally, judging from the fact that Princess Calca has come for help, I think the situation is very grave. I am also aware that there is a split between the nobles of the North and the South, so they will not support us in the war. Now spill whatever you know.

"I truly apologize to you, Ashfall-sama. The reason we have been so rude to you is that we have not yet recovered from the shock of the massacre in the capital. Please forgive us. Remedios, please explain everything." Calca bowed deeply and tried to express her apology, and Remedios gritted her teeth in anger and began to share the information about the battle with me.

Our war target was a small city. But many of the powerful nobles were held captive here, and if we could free them, we could significantly increase our support.

"Ashfall-sama, with your support, I assume it won't be too difficult to take the city." The Paladin captain spoke with a hint of pride, a hint of flattery.

"You can't have my support in this battle because I am saving my strength for the battle with Jalabadoh. But if you agree to let me lead the army, I can convince all the nobles to fight and give you a decisive vic..."

"That's not possible!...We will lead our own army!" Remedios interrupted me shouting.

'Ahhhh....You bitch. You worm, who are you to interrupt me. I'm going to give you so much heartache you'll want to crawl into the ground.'

Calca stopped Remedios before our argument escalated and they decided to attack the city without my support.

The army of the Kingdom of Roble began to prepare for battle. I was watching them from the top of the hill, when Neia came to me and started to watch the soldiers. Her feet made no sound, she was probably skilled enough to silently kill most skilled knights.

"You are really good with stealth, your father taught you well. I still don't understand why you are not an assassin or an archer." I took the bow covered with runes from my Inventory and handed it to her.

"No, sir, I cannot accept this." Neia waved her hands in refusal.

"I just want you to try it, and if you don't like it, you can return it later. For now you will protect me with it, okay?"

Desperate at my question, Neia took the bow with some curiosity and went to the training ground to test it. I watched the soldiers into the night and when I got bored I went back to my room and slept.

Early tomorrow, the kingdom army attacked and surrounded the city walls. The wizards supported the army by summoning angels. The attack on the castle gate was led by [4th Tier Angel: Principality Peace] summoned by Princess Calca. All the enemy soldiers in the towers were killed and the gate was broken down, but just as the army was about to rush in, one of the demi Human soldiers raised a skinny boy and drew attention to him.

"If you do not lay down your weapons and leave, we will kill all the prisoners one by one, including this boy." He shouted, bringing the sword close to the boy's neck.

At the sudden command of Princess Calca and Remedios, the entire attack was stopped. But some soldiers were questioning the order and were in a position to attack at any moment. Calca and Remedios were in a state of panic. The absence of the cool Kelart had put them in a very difficult situation.

I rode my horse forward and came up to Calca and began to speak softly:

" Lady Calca, please try to think calmly. That boy is stopping the liberation of the whole country and you are showing the enemy that you are weak when it comes to prisoners. But if you want, I can take matters into my own hands."

"No, that can't be! We can't kill that boy!" Remedios shouted in panic.

"Why not? That child's sacrifice will save the whole country and help us free the other prisoners." Neia calmly explained to Remedios.

"What did you say?! Where is your chivalric justice? We will be unfair to that boy, it is not possible! That is not justice!"

"(Justice is a lie designed to deceive the weak) and you have come to this age and you still don't get it. In reality you are bird-brained fanatics." I slowly moved my horse forward and continued:

"There is no war without casualties, either your people die or your humanity dies. Tell me, where was the justice you worshipped when the capital was destroyed, when thousands died, when your sister was slaughtered by demon?

Fools, justice is on the side of the strong, Jalabadoh defeated you because he was strong and you were defeated because you were weak. Justice has no place in this war. There is a very meaningful saying: "War is a trick."

Calling elementals, wolves, spirits, I entered the castle and left behind the bitch who no longer barked.

Neia, who had come with me, held her bow tightly, ready for any possible attack. Along the way the streets were littered with corpses and I looted them all. But when we approached the city center, a bafolk was sitting there waiting for us.

"My name is Buser, Grand King of Dest..." before he could finish his words, his head snapped off and he fell to the ground, blood spurting from his neck.

"I'm not in the mood to play with you right now" I wiped the blood off my sword and started looting the corpse and got a lot of magic items. I took Buser's severed head and after freeing the imprisoned orcs, I made my way to the noble manor.

When I entered the great hall of the mansion, I was greeted by Caspond Bessarez, Calca's brother.

"You must be Emperor Ashfall Nightsade, savior of the Roble kingdom. I cannot thank you enough, Emperor Ashfall." Caspond held out his hand.

{Good day sir Ashfall-sama, glad to see you healthy} The doppelganger in front of me expressed his wishes with a message spell.

"No need for thanks prince Caspond, I am just keeping my word as an emperor." I said shaking the doppelganger's hand.

"I will leave you alone, please don't get carried away and take care of your health." Finishing my words, I quickly left the room and went to my own room. After casting spells against possible intelligence, I started talking to Demurge with the message spell:

"Demurge, are the half-human tribes ready to attack?"

"Of course, my lord. According to the plan, the tribal kings will take advantage of the chaos at the time of the great attack to kidnap Princess Calca."

"Very good, you are doing excellent work, Demurge, exactly as expected of you. But remember, no harm must come to Calca, understood?"

"I understand, sir, and I will honor your request unconditionally."

I finished my conversation with Demurge and fell asleep dreaming of the great victories of the coming days.

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