There were many things that Discord would say he didn't expect the ponies to do. Suddenly overthrowing their benevolent demi-god rulers in the name of some revolution, deciding that meat was better than plants, and ripping a hole in the fabric of reality. Currently, he was standing in front of the third thing with the leaders of the known world.
“Run that by me again?” Discord had one eye on Twilight and another on the glowing string-like crack in the fabric of reality. “You say you kept the portal on?”
Discord knew about the portal between two realities. The mirror that Twilight now had was connected to a rare stable transdimensional wormhole that was connected to a humanized pony reality. A place Discord knew about but never visited due to not really having the time. “Yeah, and somehow this string looking thing popped out of it and well.”
Discord blocked out the rest of what she was saying. He was honestly shocked that they had unknowingly created a tunnel through reality. Such a thing was bound to punch a hole to other universes. “So, Celestia and Fluttershy figured it was best to call you over given your experience with this.”
He pushed aside his marveling at the fact that Twilight had done one of the things he thought was impossible for her. “Really I expected you to walk up to it and try to cross into it.”
Twilight had an awkward laugh at this. Starlight rolled her eyes at this. She was just about to open it when Starlight stopped her. The stories of some of those realities were more than enough to get Twilight to stop from trying to open it. Even she wasn’t curious enough to risk that.
Discord touched the trip in reality. His magic reaching out to see what was on the other side. The first thing his powers felt was another form of magic, a few actually. His eyes narrow as one of them tried to force his magic to follow its rules. Discord had gone to many realities and different magic systems. Equestria’s was very fluid and easily able to adapt but this one was rather forceful. His magic was his own and he could fight and overcome its attempts. Cutting a small pocket of space he introduced Equestria’s magic to it.
“Well, that’s a relief,” Equestria’s magic system was too fluid for it to overcome and control. If anything it was actually weakening the strange, and rigid nature of it. “It seems that the magic on the other side can’t alter the magic in this world although,” He took a sample it into himself to temporary subject his magic to the structure. “My god it's like a video game growing in strength with each level.”
No one understood anything Discord just said. Except for Luna who Discord got a gaming console and several games for her birthday. “Wait which kind?”
“I think an RPG, maybe an MMO,” He pushed the magic to took out of him and crushed the pocket dimension returning the two magic forms to their home realities.
Discord was in thought about were that reality could be. He knew much of the multiverse either through travels or second-hand accounts. From what he recalled a large cluster of realities had these strange magic. The name of them escaped him but he thought it was Iseka, Iseki, Displaced to another world? Whatever it was they didn’t need to deal with it.
“So is it dangerous or are we going to get invaded from another dimension?” Thorax voiced what a lot of them was thinking.
Discord just waved him off at this. “No, the dimension not dangerous as for being invaded.” He right out another mirror like the one Twilight had and slammed it onto the rip in reality. “There now they have to create a mirror of their own if they don’t want to pass through.” That or have a being like him open it.
Three days later Discord was called back again this time in front of the mirror that he made for the rip in reality. Celestia Luna, Cadence, and Twilight were all standing there to greet him. “Alright, so what is it that the four of you wanted?
“Well, Discord we've been talking and we are wondering if you could travel to the other world,” Celestia answered causing Discord to summon up a cup, literally drink the glass, and do a spit take.
“I’m sorry I just couldn’t help myself,” Discord in a flash looked at the mirror. He had expected the ponies to get curious as to what was on the other side. Truth be told he had done a little surface probing into the world on the other side. “Mind me asking why you want me to?”
For a second Discord pictured himself traveling across another world. It had been a long time since he had ever traveled to another world. There was just something about adventuring in another world. Plus, he could pull a prank with little to no consequences. A win-win for him.
“It wasn’t hard given that you have the most experience and your magic wouldn’t be affected by the magic in the other world,” Twilight still didn’t know what Discord had gone on when he said, video games. Although when she asked Luna all she got was her talking about things like Skyrim, and Final Fantasy. She had heard something similar from Sunset but for some strange
Celestia chose that time to walk forward. “Furthermore assuming that they are not hostile we figure we could learn a great deal from them and they us so it makes sense that one of the Equestrian Council goes to the world.”
That all made sense except for one part. “I’m not apart of the Equestrian Council though.”
There was an awkward since between the both of them. After a few minutes, Celestia realized that he wasn’t joking. “I sent you a letter about it we just thought that you had other things to do during the Council meetings.”
“Tia the mail refuses to go to my dimension something about Eldritch horrors and weird shapes that shouldn't be.”
That explained why Discord didn't ever show up to the meetings. Perhaps she should look into getting him a way to get mail via something like Spike could do. “Well, in any case, you were made part of the Equestrian Council and I do hope you would at least be on your best behavior to any non-hostile entities.”
“Oh, so no causing a war between two rivals for fun than?” Discord voice dripped with joking sarcasm. “I'll be on my best behavior but there something a need to get first.”
In a flash, he was back in his home. Opening up the ceiling that led to his basement he pulled out a cardboard box with a metal lock. Discord removed the metal lock and reached into the opening it left pulling out a sack that was seemingly filled with something. If he was going to an unknown world perhaps he could take a few things. With a flash, they were stored away within his personal hammerspace.
In another flash, he returned to the princesses. “Alright, I'm all set!” He reached into a pocket that somehow existed in his fur and tossed Twilight a crystal. “Here this should allow you to communicate with me and vice versa.”
Tapping his talon on the mirror he gave a snap and on it, the rip appeared before opening up. A one-way wormhole leading to whatever world Twilight had punched a hole too. Discord gave them a two-fingered salute and jumped right in. Before him, he could see the ever-changing color of the Realm Between. The space between realities inhabited by horrifying beings both malevolent and benevolent. A few took notice of him while others ignored him.
‘Wait did I leave the microwave on?’ A blinding light caught Discord's attention before he found himself standing out in the middle of an open plain.
He looked around as he got his bearings. The first thing he noticed was that it was nighttime. The second thing was the rip, in reality, glowing behind him before closing and disappearing. He raced out with his talon hand to it before he became aware that his body had been changed. His body wasn't the long serpentine-like form as before. It was broader and more humanoid in appearance.
Doing a once over it seemed that his form was vaguely modeled after that of a human based on the terms of structure. He brought his hand to his face and felt his goatee was still where it was. Touching his face a few times he finally got his answer as to what had changed. It seemed that he had gained a human or an outward human looking form. From his goatee, he could see that his hair was still the same color.
As for the outfit that had just formed, it seemed to be a three-piece suit. A black robe with sleeves embroidered with white threads, paired with a black vest, and white undershirt. A stone engraved with the sun and moon joined, the symbol of Equestria, was edged into a bolo tie just under his neck.
‘I can feel my wings and tail despite not seeing them,’ So, it seems that they were retractable. Now that he had taken note of his form and the changes he decided to return to what he was doing.
Reaching out he grabbed the rip in reality and sealed it up. Making certain that no one but himself would be able to open it again. With this done it was time to take a look at the surrounding area. The plains seemed to go on for miles and slowly Discord began contemplating just teleporting. Even if he was going in blind it was more fun than just randomly walking.
With a snap, he disappeared and reappeared within a forested area. He raised his head up to take note of the stars. He had only teleported several miles northwest from his position. Figuring it was better to get a bird's eye view of his surroundings Discord’s wings shot out from his back through two openings in the suit before he flew up into the air. They didn’t need to flap as his magic held him in the air.
He looked out seeing the forest going on in several directions and the plains in the distance. Narrowing his eyes he could just make out a village in the distance. Finally, a place for him to get a better grasp on the world that he was in. He flew down into another clearing and decided to watch from afar to see what the inhabitants looked like before taking on their form temporary. Unfamiliar territory after all and for all he knew his form would be seen as something of food to them.
He wasn't totally surprised that the village had humans in it. Out of the many races in the Multiverse humanity, in various forms and histories, was one of the most common. The second most to be exact if he recalled. With this in mind, he had used his old human appearance and learned what he could from the village.
Apparently, they were close to a board region between three nations. The Re-Estiza Kingdom which the village belonged to. Its neighbors were both the Baharuth Empire, an absolute monarchy the kingdom’s at war with, and the Slane Theocracy which taught human supremacy. That last bit made Discord remember a few worlds that he had visited that had similar teachings.
Taking a look at the situation he figured he could try his luck with the Kingdom first. As he set out at night again he stopped as he felt a shockwave ripple through space and time. No other being could sense it but he could thanks to his cosmic senses. From the effect, he knew that it was possibly caused by an anomaly in the world, or perhaps even from a rare cosmic event that occasionally happened. He should investigate the disturbance and see if it was a threat to reality.
‘If it was a threat to reality I would be having the huge shakes right now,’ Nevermind such an event would catch the attention of several forces seeking to defend the multiverse or maintain balance. Such threats were usually dealt with before they became a huge problem. ‘Still, I should keep an eye on it just in case.’
He raised his hand up and closed it. The effect causing a tiny bit if his shadow to fall out if his hands and into the ground below. It shot out through the ground forming a spy for him to track whatever it was that just entered this reality. It couldn’t see what was going on but it could feel what was going on for him. Plus, it can taste the feelings of who or what it was.
Plains greeted Sebas when he walked out of the Tomb. They were no longer in the same place and by the position of the stars not even in the same world. He was about to report this back when he thought he saw a shadow moving around. Sebas looked around but saw nothing for miles around him. ‘Perhaps, it’s nothing.’
Ooh! Me like a lot
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Thanks.
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There's few good Overlord fics as it is. Well, more like fics that haven't been updated in a long time in FanFiction.net....
So, i have high hopes for this fic. Since Discord will shake, twist, twirl and do all kinds of things to make everything very interesting
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Yeah I noticed.
I have been waiting so long for a story like this. Can't wait for the next chapter!
Well, this looks promising. Just one thing:
I think you repeated this.
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Fixed. My bad for overlooking that.
Love Overlord, tracking this story.
Hmm... With "time stop" "the goal of all life is death" "true death" combo, Ainz is one of the few entities in existence capable of legitimately killing Discord. I wonder how this will turn out...
Also, I don't expect an Overlord story, however humorous, to stay E for long...
EDIT.
The story could use some more proofreading, preferrably by someone other than the author - our brain often makes shortcuts based on assumptions, so it's much harder to find mistakes in your own writing.
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I thought I fixed the rating. Oh for the love of god. I haven't used this in a long time.
Ainz is probably gonna freak out with their first meeting
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Oh, I have their formal introduction already planned out.
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I really doubt it. Ainz knows shit about magic or his own powers. He knows how to "press buttons" to use spells but that about it. And Discord most likely knows all ins and out of his magic and most likely can turn inside out any spell that Aizn try to use.
Today is a good day. I did not expect this but I accept it wholeheartedly.
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Do not worry, it happens to me all the time.
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I like this
Sunset is a main character? I'm intrigued. I'll wait and let this build up in the meantime though.
Ummmm, discord traviling into the world that is overlord. 🤔 I AM LOVING IT. Please as someone once said "Let the story continue". More chapters please
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We've also seen Discord sucker-punched by all sorts of threats, including geting sneezed at by a monster.
Ainz doesn't need to understand the theory of magic, as long as he understands his macros - stop time , disable enemy's immunity to death effects at a cost of a delay, use a death effect so that the delay overlaps with time stop.
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He has only been sucker-punched only when he been fooling around - I doubt that in the new world he would be so careless. There also a problem that while Discord power highly fluid, as far as I remember Aiz and other denizens of Nazarik are static. They can't learn new spells, they can't learn new combat moves and so on - that a pretty big point in ranobe. Aiz limited by spells he knows while Discord could literally bend a world to his whims. Their fight would heavily depend on Discord underestimate Ainz and that Ainz spells would work on Discord. Which is not a given. Discord a mad wizard/god/spirit with thousand years of experience while Ainz just a salaryman why get some magic powers that he doesn't even understand.
Nazaric doesn't get owned only because of they so much powerful than anyone else in New World.
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I'm guessing the two of you want to see Ainz vs Discord?
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Actually no. I would prefer Discord to be an Out of Context Problem, something that Nazaric just can't simply overpower. Extremely slippery trickster, that make fools out of them.
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A chaos creature from a world of magical talking ponies with the power to rewrite reality fits that to a T.
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Personally, I agree; Discord is Trickster archetype. Trickster doesn't enter combat head-on against unknown enemies (or even known ones); also, Trickster's whole archetype is about humiliating powerful people who take themselves too seriously, which describes everyone in Nazarick but Ainz, and Ainz is compelled to pose as if he takes himself super seriously because of the role he's in.
Ainz might actually recognize Discord as being fundamentally similar to Bugs Bunny. Anime doesn't have a lot of trickster archetypes, but a hyper-nerd like Momonga was has probably seen Looney Toons. (He's a lot less likely to recognize him as Q, since if he's seen Star Trek Next Generation, it was probably dubbed into Japanese.) Which would just add to Ainz's mystique with Nazarick, as Discord would fuck with everyone and make them look like idiots, but Ainz would know how to handle him. Not in direct combat; Ainz knows better than to fight something so evidently powerful and Not Playing By The Rules You Know. You handle a trickster by talking to him. (Cue the Nazarick crew going "Sasuga no Ainz-sama!" and declaring how obvious it is that someone as awesome as Ainz would know how to handle a threat like Discord...)
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I'm a little bit doubt it? YGGDRASIL servers shut down in 2138. At this point Looney Toons and Star Trek Next Generation most likely an obscure history that only known to select few... Although there still a chance that Momonga knows about them.
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Copyright laws being what they are and being unlikely to get better by the dystopian future of Overlord's backstory, I strongly suspect Warner Bros will have to do a revival every 70 years or so so they can keep the Toons in copyright forever.
Yggsdrasil was so similar to modern MMOs and RPGs that I suspect nothing truly, absolutely original gets made anymore; everything is remixes from the past.
That being said, it's even less likely that Momonga knew TNG than I was thinking, now that you've pointed that out.
Anyway, Looney Toons or no, I hope Momonga got to see something based on a trickster archetype. I kind of find it frustrating with anime that they so rarely have one, kind of like how I find it frustrating with Western shows that in order to get a good show about female heroes you have to turn to a little girl's cartoon about ponies. :-) (I love MLP, I just wish there were a lot more shows like it made over here.)
Can't wait to see my boy get a panic attack
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ALL OF MY YES! That is just the perfect idea for this story!
Also you should be the first to add you fic to this group section.
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Just discussing the possibilities. The actual fight is unlikely, if only because one of them has been told not to cause trouble, and the other is cautious of unknown powers.
We want to see a good story. Where the story takes the characters is the author's choice
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Somehow I can't.
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Weird....
F*ck YAE DOIN GOOD MAN FOR THE EMPORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!