Inactive [LP CYOA] Overlord

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

It's honestly Rin I am more worried about. Life just wouldn't be the same without our little murder mistress.

 

[Esquilax]

It's honestly Rin I am more worried about. Life just wouldn't be the same without our little murder mistress.

We can just betray her for a better murder-mistress, which is how we met her in the first place. Betrayal is like Tinder for Overlords.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Betrayal was also a condition of her contract and she'd make a vicious enemy. Better to keep her and start a harem instead.

 

[Nevill]

I do not understand what can possibly beat a 10/10 demon princess (meaning she has a claim over her surviving people) that is chained to you through an oath and sworn to protect you with her life.

You have to be really short-sighted to turn her down. How many gullible fools willing to do what she did because TRADITION do you think you can find?

Our murdermaiden is to be treasured.

 

[Esquilax]

Betrayal was also a condition of her contract and she'd make a vicious enemy. Better to keep her and start a harem instead.

Oh, I agree. I was (mostly) messing around and we have a great working relationship right now and it's better not to fuck with it. I don't think Rin betrayed us at all right now, for the record (that's our own character's paranoia talking), I think she's either in trouble (bad) or waiting for the right time to strike (good).

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Maybe she just wants to give us the opportunity to show off to our "crush", the prince.

I can't wait until we meet Kyle and she tries to "reconcile these two estranged lovers".

 

[Baltika9]

Maybe she just wants to give us the opportunity to show off to our "crush", the prince.

I can't wait until we meet Kyle and she tries to "reconcile these two estranged lovers".

Sweet Baby Satan, I can see her doing both.
Also, great point about letting the cavalry charge in. I was for it when we were planning the battle in the past update, but that spell has got me worried, too. I think it will be better if we don't send our meal ticket charging into it headfirst. I'd rather he leave so that we can really cut loose without worrying about exposing ourselves.

 

[Nevill]

Maybe she just wants to give us the opportunity to show off to our "crush", the prince.

Maybe?

Dude!

“Ah.” Rin nods. “You want the prince to appreciate you more. Got it.”

“…something like that, yes.” Somehow, Rin has reacted more favourably than you expected. Is she finally warming up to you? Ah, baby steps work after all. You always knew they would.

“Don’t worry, you can leave it to me, I know what to do. I’ll start by mopping up the trash on the outskirts as quietly as I can,” says Rin reassuringly. Maybe she isn’t as dense or as blunt as she appears to be after all.

The moment Rin says 'Got it' and 'I know what to do' you can say with a 100% certainty that she is clueless.

She is very quietly working her way through the outskirts, not wanting to ruin our date. Why do you think she is being quiet at all despite her raging bloodlust? Because she is a master tactician?

There is not a single man in this 'force' that would be able to give her trouble. She is just doing you a favor, as she understands it.

And we know how good her grasp on common sense is.

She should come out if the prince leaves. I am sure of it.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Crap, you are right...

“Don’t worry, you can leave it to me, I know what to do. I’ll start by mopping up the trash on the outskirts as quietly as I can,” says Rin reassuringly. Maybe she isn’t as dense or as blunt as she appears to be after all.

..."then I will go to the condom store and buy some lube for your tryst with the prince. *sigh* How romantic!"

 

[Esquilax]

Jesus, you guys are right. But this all proves one thing... that even treave thinks that helping the Prince was the faggot option.

 

[Baltika9]

Jesus, you guys are right. But this all proves one thing... that even treave thinks that helping the Prince was the faggot option.

Naw.

“Sure.” Unsure why you are willingly getting yourself in more trouble, you nod. “I hope the payment for saving a prince’s life will be worth it.”

You think?

 

[Nevill]

that even treave thinks that helping the Prince was the faggot option.

I know you are joking... but still, do not confuse the author and a character.

Rin was shown to be naive, dreamy, clumsy and clueless. Also raised on women novels straight out of Boudoir of Agony.

She is quite endearing for a murder machine.

 

[Azira]

The prince probably somehow has access to resurrection magic.

 

[Azira]

Going for A here.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Rin's Diary

Day 45
"Erdrick felt me up today. Has he been hiding his homosexuality like this his whole life?"

Day 55
"Erdrick took the remainder of his reward from the prince and went to a brothel today. He had a 9 hour orgy with 20 different women. I pity his closeted lifestyle."

Day 81
"Erdrick betrayed the prince and killed him. Clearly this was a metaphor for his gay love. Maybe murder is like marriage for them? I'm so happy for him."

Day 106
"Erdrick talked me into sex with him. Further proof of his gayness."

 

[asxetos]

i'd kill the prince for that

 

[Absinthe]

A. This is getting too gay. The school of Zhang Jue applies: If he dies, it's his fault for being too weak. We get to cash in on that reward before he leaves anyway so I fail to see why we should be so dedicated to his safety.

And I suspect that C will cost us some goodwill by revealing ourselves.

 

[Nevill]

Honestly, the only ones I am worried about here are the kids. Seriously, how did we think they would prove their worth in a mage duel?

I hope they can stay safe behind us, or maybe even back away. I do not want to lose our long-term investment in the shape of a fiery loli!

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

If the girl dies, I vote we leave the boy in a ditch somewhere.

 

[Nevill]

I can think of a few things that might help us with A.

Displacement - Shifts the image of the caster by a few meters in a random direction
Greater Spellshield - Blocks five magical attacks of Rank C and lower
Battle Premonition - A short-term precognitive spell. Allows prediction 0.5 seconds into the future for each rank of caster's magical attack.
Doppleganger - See my soul's mirror; awaken, doppleganger. Creates a duplicate of the caster that is two ranks lower in all stats.

- Displacement might help us decide if they are targetting us or the area we are in. Maybe they are aiming at the rock we are sitting on, seeing how they are proficient in Earth magic.
- Doppelganger might confuse them as to which one of us is real and waste a spell reacting to a threat that does not exist.
- Battle Premonition might help us find out what the hell they are planning and either dodge or execute a countermeasure as needed. In fact, I'd say it is our best shot since we do not understand the situation.
- And finally, Greater Spellshield might shrug it off altogether, seeing how their other spells are rank E or lower, being easily blocked by the Globe of Invulnerability.

None of these, except maybe for Doppelganger, are apparent right away.

I wonder how long it takes to cast Teleport. Can it be used in conjunction with Battle Premonition to dodge extremely lethal spells?

 

[TOME]

If the girl dies, let's kill the boy for not protecting her.

 

[lightbane]

Obviously, these mages are powering-up a bigger spell by focusing their mana together. I would say that we blow up the ritual by vaporizing the leader of said ritual with a powerful spell, but I'm not sure if that's possible nor if Erdrick is aware of who's he (I bet it's the mage with the most flashy clothes). Can we do that, treave?

Another good option would be to combine Doppleganger+ Invisibility while the Prince retreats. The magical clone should run towards the mages screaming "Allahu Akbar!" to confuse them. That way, if they target the incoming clone, their spell is wasted. If they don't, we can make the clone detonate once it physically reaches the mages, disrupting their focus anyway. Can we do that option A+? Therefore: A>C

Regardless of our choice though, Battle Premonition should be casted first to ensure a 100% success.

 

[Grimgravy]

B>A

 

[Nevill]

The magical clone should run towards the mages screaming "Allahu Akbar!" to confuse them.

I would very much like to see it. Though wouldn't it be 'Elmeth Akbar'?

I wonder how would our Universal Translator handle that...

Even though Invisibility would probably be impossible if we are also managing the wolves and a doppelganger. I don't know, how does it even work? We fell out of Invis automatically by casting Petrification, I assume that even the smallest spell breaks it.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

I can think of a few things that might help us with A.

- Displacement might help us decide if they are targetting us or the area we are in. Maybe they are aiming at the rock we are sitting on, seeing how they are proficient in Earth magic.

Which will be of no help if they are targeting the area we are in or can see through it somehow.

- Doppelganger might confuse them as to which one of us is real and waste a spell reacting to a threat that does not exist.

Maybe. But if I were them, I'd go for the one that's casting a spell. The doppleganger spell is slightly less useful when you enemy sees you casting it and if our doppleganger runs off out from under our Globe of Invulnerability he can be killed by a mere arrow or a low level spell.

- Battle Premonition might help us find out what the hell they are planning and either dodge or execute a countermeasure as needed. In fact, I'd say it is our best shot since we do not understand the situation.

If it's dodgeable and if we have a countermeasure.

- And finally, Greater Spellshield might shrug it off altogether, seeing how their other spells are rank E or lower, being easily blocked by the Globe of Invulnerability.

And what makes you thing that the spell is E ranked and lower? This is our most powerful defensive spell:

Greater Spellshield - Blocks five magical attacks of Rank C and lower

And remember that:

As you expected, upon realizing that mundane swords and spears have no effect, the distant mages react accordingly and use the spell that you had seen in the ruins to enhance their comrades’ equipment. You take out your notebook and begin jotting down some quick observations: more than one mage seems to have contributed to the spell, meaning that they can cast magic as a team. Does it empower their spells?

and then:

In the chaotic battle, you see seven mages chanting, preparing an unknown spell. They are being defended from your wolves by a group of well-armoured guards and a woman wearing a cloak similar in pattern to yours – a commander, perhaps? You do not get the tingling sense of intense, concentrated magic that you normally would from a powerful spell, however; you are uncertain whether it is something to worry about, or if they are – judging from their past performance – merely going to try and hit you with a mere Storm-class magic.

Now, if they are all combining their efforts to cast a spell of B rank and we just can't detect it because the mana is split across 7 casters, we'd have no chance of stopping it because Greater Spellshield only stops spells of C rank and lower.