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Dragoness in the New World Overlord WaifuCatalog	By : Epiphany Category: -Misc Anime > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 116 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Overlord, or Warhammer, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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((Note: These first two chapters are going to be primarily about the main character's thinking on why he built (using the CHYOA https://waifu-catalog.neocities.org/) the "character" he chose to inhabit and the world he decided to visit. If you don't find it interesting feel free to skip these chapters, I will put the most essential pieces of information scattered throughout later chapters.))

Even after floating in an endless void for days now, paralyzed by the monumental decisions before me, I am still struggling to believe this is all real. The evidence before me, in the form of eternal nothingness that surrounds me on all sides, is hard to dispute. A single smart phone, seemingly independent of gravity and momentum, appears to be the only source of light as far as the eye can see. The only object, other then my naked body, in the entire world. There is no weather- is not cold, or warm, with no wind. No stars in the distance. Even after two days of indecision I'm not thirsty, or hungry, or tired. It as if there isn't anything in all of existence except me.. and a smart phone of all things.

The sole app on the smart phone had explained everything simply enough, in easily digestible language, even if the facts themselves seem impossible. Or downright silly. "Congratulations Steven, you have been selected to serve as a Contractor for The Company!" They had gone into great detail, details that would be laughable if not for the eternal darkness on all sides. The job was to scour the multiverse and "capture" targets they deemed valuable, to enslave them essentially, and to turn over to their "Waifu Catalog" which seemed to be a multiversal slave market. They had plucked me from my life without a word, or a say for that matter, and deposited me into this eternal void to make my choices on how I wanted to pursue their goal.

This is not dream, slowly that has become clear. It is too real, and I've always been excellent at recognizing my dreams and turning them lucid with some effort. No luck there. This is no drug trip- Wild teenage years taught me that nothing powerful enough to create this effect could leave me feeling so normal and calm, especially for so long. Could it be a complete psychotic break? I can't completely dismiss that possibility, the fear of it gnaws at the back of my mind, but I don't know what to do if that is the case. The first few hours of pure denial didn't seem to get me anywhere. So I've decided to accept this as real, and give it the attention and thought such an important set of choices deserves.

The first hours here had been spent looking through the worlds available to start in, 930 in total, and all seeming to be pulled from anime, games, comics, novels, or movies. Unfortunately the majority of worlds I'd never heard of, and of those I had heard of I'd only actually seen or read a handful. Each world provides a varying number of points to spend on giving myself abilities as determined by the Danger Level of the world, and the number of Intensity choices made. The more intensity choices one picked, in addition to providing detriments directly, the lower the amount of points that would be awarded. However a higher intensity rating provides greater rewards for each target that was.. captured. Essentially a starting difficulty level, making the start more dangerous while providing faster progression.

Dozens of potential builds later I let out a deep sigh of frustration, paralyzed by the plethora of choices and the fear of locking myself into a bad situation. This was going to be my new life after all, and assuming I didn't screw it up royally, it was likely to be much longer and more rewarding then my previous life had any chance of being. Ultimately I took a step back (metaphorically as there was nothing to actually step on in this entire universe..) to reconsider my goals instead of treating it like designing a character for a game and looking purely at getting the biggest numbers possible. Two priorities stood out of me, the pillars that would be the foundation of a new life.

1) Morality. The idea of becoming a slaver, particularly an immortal one of growing power and reach, made me queasy. The way this system is built, as if the name Waifu Catalog wasn't a big enough hint, clearly intended me to collect a harem of all of my favorite fantasy girls (or boys) and fuck their brains out while adventuring through the multiverse and capturing anyone who drew my eye. While that sparked a certain thrill, there was no doubt it would lead to one of two results that I could not accept. Over time I would come to hate myself for what I'd done, or worse, I wouldn't. The sort of person who could enjoy that without self loathing is not someone that should have the kind of power this opportunity is offering. Surely all sorts of justifications on why it doesn't matter, why it is okay, or why it is for their own good would present themselves.. and maybe even make me happy in the process, but I just couldn't accept the possibility of becoming that person. Power corrupts, and assuming this goes anything like I'm hoping power like I never dreamed possible is at my fingertips. The world should be a better place because I'm in it.

2) Happiness. While it wouldn't be accurate to say that I was ~un~happy in my previous life, to say I lived a happy life wouldn't exactly be true either. No family that lived close enough to see more then once a year. A job that I didn't quite hate but bored me to tears and left me feeling unfulfilled. Anxiety that had been growing in the last decade that I couldn't quite put my finger on but was taking a toll on my health and happiness. Dating had come to an end years ago for a variety of reasons, not the least of which being that I wasn't entirely comfortable in my own skin. Ever since my teenage years it had become clear to me that I'd rather have been born a girl, but the gulf between my life and actually getting to that point had always seemed more trouble then it was worth. The difficulty of coming out to friends and family. The medical reality of getting becoming someone else. Even if I overcame those barriers, become the beautiful woman I dreamed of being seemed like a long shot, considering my height at 6'1, wide shoulders, masculine bone structure.. Too many obstacles. So life moved forward, with my life as I'd been dealt, and looked for happiness where I could. Now an ocean of possibilities spread before me, and I wasn't going to let a new chance for happiness slip by. A new body. Love. Purpose. They all seemed close enough to touch in a way they had never before.

Finger absently scrolling through the companions tab, the temptation of starting with a companion who would help me stay on the straight and narrow was strong. Charlie Morningstar from Hasbin Hotel sprang to mind- Morally upright, laser focused on doing the right thing, chipper, fun to be around, probably beautiful (Honestly a little hard to tell from the art style..). Surely she, or someone like her, could help me keep to the righteous path.. but it was hard to justify ripping her from her world, explaining to her that she would never see her love, friends, or family again all so that I could get her advice on how not to be an asshole day in and day out.. It seemed more than a little counter productive. Making someone I could see myself falling for miserable as my first act of becoming a Contractor didn't sound like the way to start.

So with those two goals in mind, it was time to decide upon a world that would be my new home.

It had been hours without much progress, but with my two priorities determined it was time to power forward. My first instinct was to take a world with a very low Danger Rating, even if it would provide very few points, and simply focus on growing personal power slowly. In no rush, being choosy with missions issued by the company, taking only those that would make the world a better place (or at least not worse), and let the points pile up at an unhurried pace. Perhaps after I got a little more comfortable and powerful from the points the missions would provide capturing a few of the worst offenders would become more viable. Magically enslaving an evil overlord to stop his rampage felt morally grey at worst.

The hours ticked on while building options for the very safest of worlds, generally worlds that closely resembled Earth, but they provide only a tiny pool of points to play with. I would struggle to buy even the basic templates that would allow me to grow in various powers and the skills to learn faster. It was tempting, and I spent a long time tinkering with options, but it wasn't a sure thing. Essentially I would be a normal person for quite a long time, while learning to control the granted powers, with all the vulnerabilities that entailed. Even if the world wasn't particularly dangerous there was still car accidents, shootings, natural disasters, or nuclear war. Some of the survival skills were quite powerful, but regeneration or other defenses without the power to protect myself offered up some of those fates worse then death as a real possibility. Low danger worlds didn't provide the points for both. The odds of something horrific happening was not large, and it was certainly an offer I would gladly accept over my old life, but I wanted to find something with even less room for error.

Pouring through the world list it became clear that the higher Danger Rating worlds allowed for not only more points, but massively more so. The obvious problem is that most of them are higher Danger Rating for very good reasons. Powerful foes and dangers inherit to the world itself, without enough points to make me feel truly safe, quickly ruled out the middle band of worlds. For the most part they seemed to have the worst of both worlds- dangerous enough to threaten my life, without enough points to mitigate the early danger of being a mid sized fish in a very big ocean.

Ultimately I decided that a high Danger Rating world, while making myself powerful enough to survive until I could grow truly mighty, would actually be safer then the alternatives if I picked one with the right foes.

Exalted, a table top RPG, is a setting that I know very well and is at the maximum DR of 10. The temptation to be able to start as a true powerhouse was almost overwhelming.. but in a world filled with power houses. The Incarna, The Neverborn, The Yozi, Death Lords. While most wouldn't have any reason they would notice or target me right off, they all have very busy plates, it would be a disaster if they did. The last thing I needed was The Unconquered Sun deciding the new interloper to his world was an invading Creature of Darkness from beyond creation.. which I technically would be. It would certainly be ironic to be destroyed by the paragon of Virtue of the entire setting. As much as I loved Exalted and knew enough to take excellent advantage of the world, it was simply too risky.

Taking a step down in difficulty I was surprised to find that One Piece, set later into its story line, was rated at DR 8. Considering the moderate power of the characters, at least as far I made it watching into Dressrosa, this surprised and tempted me. Squinting in the darkness of the void around me, into the soul source of light in the universe, my fingers plugged away at a few dozen options for builds.. but ultimately came to the conclusion jumping into a Shonen that I had only watched half way through was too risky. They had a habit of scaling in ridiculous ways and while I was relatively sure the skills the catalog offered could handle anything a show like that could come up with.. relatively sure wasn't good enough. One Piece went on the back burner while scrolling through yet more worlds.

On the topic of ridiculous scaling: DBZ during the start of the Saiyan Saga- DR 9. Manifesting as one of the insanely powerful characters from the Tournament of Power Arc (or whatever came after it I hadn't watched yet) set in the timeline before Raditz even arrived on Earth. It would grant decades of growth ahead of anything the story line could throw at me. One thing, or more appropriately one being, stopped all those thoughts- Zeno. I didn't understand him well enough, what would draw his attention or ire, especially from a being that would be from outside of "his" worlds. Considering he could erase universes, he certainly wasn't someone to trifle with.

Solo leveling seemed to be rated surprisingly high at DR 10. Based upon the anime it shouldn't be anywhere near that high, so probably that was based upon the manga storyline, but I'd only seen the anime, so that was out. A real shame, considering the temptation to live in a modern society.

So many worlds were tempting if not for their gods. Elder Scrolls being a prime example. DR 8 during the Oblivion Crisis or events of Skyrim would be ever so manageable.. if not for the godlike beings lurking in the background. Marvel and DC I knew better then most.. but cosmic entities a plenty. Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, many otherwise great options just had too many gods.

Overlord. Danger rating 9.. While the show as a major power fantasy, it was a power fantasy that I knew very well. It was also a world in dire need of saving. It was clear to everyone that Nazarick was going to take over the world, it was already well under way in the story I'd watched. In the process they had killed over a hundred thousand people with a single spell, flattened a city with who knows how many people in it, and setup an industrial process that skinned people in mass to use as materials to craft scrolls. Those are only the horrors I could remember off the top of my head.

The characters were very powerful, but most of their power came from a leveling system that I would have access to as well. Given the talents I had access to the progress should be fairly quick, probably fast enough to stop the worst of the horrors I knew were coming. Or I could try the diplomatic route, Ainz was sure to be excited to meet someone else from Earth.. ignoring the part that we're from different Earths, at least.

It was risky, but I did want to be a force for good in the world, and they needed me. I locked in Overlord New World as a world and moved on to character creation.
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