The Life of an Overpowered Elf

The sound of a small explosion jolted Bree awake. She looked around in confusion momentarily, noting that she was in a massive bed; she pulled up the blanket and noticed her clothing.

"What the?" She looked down and found herself in a long purple nightgown with a glowing full-moon design on the back; after a moment, she managed to pull together that she had won the clothes during an Eclipse Event. She got out of bed and patted herself in confusion, "I suppose it is the softest thing I have," She decided before making her way out of the room, too tired to take much note of anything else in the room besides a large cat bed with several blankets and a giant bean bag with several long pillows laying around it.

"I must be in my Maid's room," she muttered sleepily, pushing the door open and walking out onto the second floor. She found no one around and brought her investigation to the first floor. Still half asleep, she simply flopped down the stairs and picked herself back up at the bottom, not even bothering to brush herself off as she followed the sound of Winnie yelling angrily at someone.

Bree walked towards the noise and found Winnie standing before a hole in the wall leading into what looked like the new Bathhouse she had had Zoey and Vi working on.

"I'm sorry," Zoey said without an ounce of sorrow in her voice, "But it was the only way to install the door; Mistress Bree created this mansion, and nothing she makes falls easy,"

"She's right," Bella agreed as she picked up some debris. Annie ignored Winnie entirely as she inspected the hole they had made.

"Mistress Bree is Sleeping," Winnie said irritably, "What if you awaken her,"

"Oh, it's too late to worry about that," Bree yawned.

"See," Winnie said before blinking and turning on the spot. "My Lady, you're finally awake!" Looking at her in a half-awake state, Bree vaguely noted that Winnie looked a bit messy.

"I am," Bree agreed. What blew up?" The maid's look of guilt made Bree smile. "Am I correct to assume that bit of wall, then?"

"We are so sorry," The three maids said in unison, actually sounding sorry, "We will fix it at once,"

"Just don't forget to install the door," Bree warned as she turned away, "I need some Coffee to perk me up,"

"Coffee?" Winnie asked in confusion before waving the maids to go back to work and chasing after Bree, "Mistress, how has your slumber been? Has the poison left your system fully?"

"Coffee first," Bree replied. I need a cup or two to wake up fully; otherwise," Bree was cut off by her yawn before continuing. "I might just fall asleep again." Winnie shot past Bree and bolted into the kitchen ahead of her. Bree opted to shamble slowly, hoping Winnie was getting the coffee ready for her arrival.

"Manfred," She called out; the Boar orc turned to her, having been in the middle of making a giant sandwich for Orion. "Halt all cooking procedures,"

"But Orion hungers most of all," The Giant cat whined; a Woman dressed in full armor proceeded to pet him, "No pets!" Orion demanded. The woman stopped, and he looked back at her as he pranced in place. "Ok now, pets,"

"Mistress Bree has awakened but has informed me that without something called Coffee, she is likely to fall back into her slumber,"

"Orion waits best of all," Orion decided, still prancing in place, "Mistress, wake up first, then Orion eats,"

"Boris," Manfred said, slamming down the knife he had been using to cut with, "Distract Lady Bree!" Boris jumped out of the kitchen and ran to intersect Bree, "What is Coffee?" Manfred demanded.

"You don't know what it is either?" Winnie asked in horror. "She said she needed one or two cups, so I assumed it was a kind of drink, but if you don't know what it is, then maybe it's a potion of some kind?"

"Excuse me," The Woman in the Armor spoke up, and all present in the room turned to her, "Coffee is indeed a kind of drink, it's fairly easy to come by, I'm sure there's a Coffee house somewhere in town if you…ask," The Girl's confidece quickly faltered and she hide behind Orion, who use his tale as a shile before eyeing.

"Orion, tell Silver I owe him an apology for calling him stupid. Sparing this girl was the correct thing to do," Winnie said as she turned her eyes yellow and began talking to Belin. Meanwhile, Manfred motioned the new girl closer.

"This Coffee, what does it look like,"

"Oh, I've never had it myself, but I hear it's a ground-up bean…" Manfred began writing everything she said down as she did her damnedest to recall everything she'd ever heard about Coffee.

Boris was easily stalling Bree but could also see she was falling asleep on her feet.

"Coffee," Boris replied, lying through his teeth "Of course Winnie just requested it for you, It should be ready soon, I'm sure,"

"In that case I'd like to stand by the pot, the smell should help me wake up," Bree said, punctuating her statement by yawning into her hand. Boris panicked slightly, but then salvation came when a mighty voice cried out.

"Mistress Bree!" the front door slammed open, and Belin ran towards them at high speeds, a cup with a dome like lid was in his hands. "Do not be silly," he declared, his eyes shining as he presented the drink to Bree "Why wait for a normal Coffee? You haven't yet tried one of Greenwaters special's, Our Green-Coffee, with mocha, green whipped cream, 4 teaspoons of sugar, and a pinch of pink cinnamon dust sprinkled over the top, Freshly made of course so it's hot, but if you prefer iced coffee that can easily be arranged"

Bree didn't say anything. Instead, she took the cup and took a long sip, licking the cream from her lips before letting out a sigh.

"I needed that," she said, her drink in hand. She noticed that Boris was thanking Belin, who waved him off. "It's perfect," she told Belin, who smiled.

"I'll have the recipe and the ingredients shipped here at once," he replied. "Boris, my good man, do come along. I'll need your aid in loading the supplies into your storehouse." Boris and Belin walked out, and while she was drinking, Belin's eyes began glowing yellow.

"Mission accomplished," He informed Winnie, "I'll have the recipe and the ingredients delivered within the hour," Still drinking her drink Bree walked into the kitchen and found Manfred hurriedly working away at making Orion's sandwich, Bree noticed the new comer, but before she could asked nearly spit out her Coffee upon looking at Winnie properly.

Winnie's hair was a mess, her suit was singed, torn, and all around a mess, her wings were a mess of uncared-for feathers, and she had dark circles under her eyes.

"My Lady," Winnie said with relief, "I'm so happy you're finally awake,"

"How long have I been sleeping?" Bree asked as she looked at Winnie in shock.

"One Month, two weeks, four days, and a little over nine hours," Bree nearly choked at Winnie's response.

"Why didn't any of you wake me up?" Bree demanded in pure confusion.

"Wake you up?" Winnie's confusion swiftly turned to panic, "Was I supposed to wake you up at a specific time!?"

"If the maids hadn't busted down that wall, I might have just slept forever," Bree cried back as she remembered some of the lore about Elves from the game. I don't naturally need to sleep, but if I do, someone has to wake me up, or I'll just sleep for eternity." Manfred stopped cutting, turned on the spot, and looked at Winnie demandingly.

"How did you not know that?" He demanded, "We only let her sleep because you insisted she need it,"

"I don't know anything about Elf Biology," Winnie shot back in defense. How was I supposed to know that out of everything in existence, the one thing that our Mistress has a weakness to was sleeping?"

"Isn't that your job?" Manfred shot back, "To…to know things!?" While the two were arguing, Bree pulled a bell out of her inventory and rang it to get their attention.

"It's all right," she said, returning the bell to her inventory. "Winnie, you're a mess. Go take a bath, get a change of clothing, maybe take a nap?" Winnie bowed and rushed to do as Bree told her.

"And who are you?" Bree asked, turning to the Woman scratching Orion again. She wore full body armor, and her face and hair were hidden behind her helmet. Her right shoulder pauldron had an insignia at one point, but it had been scratched to hell and back to remove it.

"I am Master Silver's humble servant," The Woman replied, kneeling to Bree. "I am Platoon member B-34," Bree looked at her momentarily before realizing she was dead serious.

"What kind of name is that?" Bree demanded in confusion. "Are you a golem or something?"

"I was born with an aptitude for magic," She replied. "My parents gave me to the church at birth; I was assigned that name after I was initiated. I was sent to Irenfell on the king's request for aid to kill Demon Lord Argit,"

"Oh," Bree replied before taking a sip of her drink. "I don't like that name; pick a new one." The woman stood in place for a moment before speaking up.

"I…I've always fancied the name Beth,"

"Very good, I name the Beth," Bree took a sip before holding her hand out and enveloping Beth in light, "Maximize, assign basic skills, exchange equipment for raw materials, equip Light Armor, equip staff, Iron Skin level two, Iron Will level two, Metal Magic level two," Bree put her hand down and after a moment Beth looked up at Bree, now wearing the same kind of armor Jaden wore, on her back was a Metallic staff with a snake head on it's end. 

She no longer wore a helmet, and her face and hair were revealed to the world. Her hair was silvery white on the left and coal black on the right, her eyebrows matching the colors. She had soft blue eyes.

"Oh, you're adorable," Bree noted with some surprise. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to ensure nothing catastrophic happened while I was asleep." Bree left Beth with Orion and made her way out onto her front lawn. She figured it was around midday before she noticed Minerva and Sheepy sitting near the entrance laughing. She looked at what they were laughing about and smiled.

Inky was wearing an orange jumpsuit with his name written in the same spot where the maids had their names. He now had a fully formed body. He was short and had hair matching Minerva's length but fluffy like Winnie's. He was using it as extra support as it dragged on the ground behind him. He had four fingers on each hand and two toes on each foot. He proudly walked around, carrying a log almost as big as he was, like it was nothing more than a toy.

"I'm so proud," Minerva cried out. "our baby's becoming a tiny little man,"

"I know," Sheepy replied, watching Inky fumble before slamming the log down. She laughed as he picked it back up and tossed it around like a makeshift battering weapon.

"That's so cute," Bree agreed as she stood beside Inky.

"I know," Minerva replied before realizing it was Bree who had spoken. "My Lady!" Minerva did something that, so far, only Orion had dared to do. Bree barely managed to move her coffee out of harm's way before Minerva hugged her tightly. "I'm so happy you've finally awakened," she cheered.

"I noticed," Bree replied as Minerva swung her around just long enough for Bree to feel self-conscious that she was being pressed into Minerva's chest. "Aren't you worried about making Sheepy jealous?"

"Don't be silly," Sheepy laughed. "If she was doing it to anyone else, maybe, but we'd never stop one another from enjoying your company," Minerva set Bree down, and Sheepy took her turn to give Bree a hug. "Thank you so much for using your divine body as a shield for our little boy," Bree waited to be let go and was instead given a kiss on the cheek before being allowed to leave Sheepy's embrace.

Bree laughed nervously before making sure no one saw that, "Careful now, you'll go making everyone else jealous that I let you do that,"

"I understand, my Lady," Sheepy said before turning back to Inky and picking him up. Look, honey, it's Mistress Bree. Can you say hi to Lady Bree?" Inky's verbal response failed to convey any words, even with Universal Translation, but his actions made it clear that Bree wasn't the one he was focusing on.

"I do believe he wants your attention," she noted as she moved away from Minerva. Bree left Minerva and Sheepy to play with their child and went to the farm. Upon arrival, she found a less-than-desirable sight waiting for her.

"Leafy," She said, getting the nymph's attention. Leafolio was sitting among the plants; their broken limbs now had tiny vine sprouts. "What happened to your arms?" Leafolio looked at her; she watched as their stumps moved around for a moment before Leafolio just sadly shook their head.

Bree sat on the ground and lightly patted Leafolio's bushy head, "Would you like me to regrow them for you?" Leafolio shook their head, and Bree nodded. "I suppose it's best to let them grow back how you want them to; I hope you're able to give yourself a fine set of hands," Leafolio nodded, and Bree got up, leaving the Wood Nymph to recover in peace.

"During my long absence, if anything were broken or changed, I would like you to come and tell me now," Her message sent. Bree sat on the ground and took a moment to enjoy her Coffee. Leafolio slowly scooted closer to her until they were at the farm's edge and stared at her.

"My Lady!" Jaden called out as she rushed down the bride, "I am so happy to see you have finally awoken,"

"Jaden," Bree Greeted, "Did you come all this way just to see me, or has something happened to you while I slumbered?"

"I'm very sorry," Jaden said as she lowered herself to Bree, "A man in enchanted armor destroyed My Mace,"

"Oh, don't worry," Bree said calmly. I made several spares." Bree reached into her inventory and pulled out a mace, which Jaden accepted with gusto.

"Thank you, my lady. I won't let this one be destroyed." While Jaden was bowing, the front door opened, and Beth walked out with Orion behind her. He was eating a very large sandwich and proceeded to drop into a sitting position.

"Who is that?" Jaden asked as she looked at Beth.

"I am Beth," She replied. "I…I'm the woman Sir Silver spared,"

"Oh," Jaden suddenly looked interested as she looked her up and down. Having only ever seen her wearing the fullest of armor and having never heard her speak, she had thought she was just some sort of enchanted armor. "I might have to ask him if I can borrow you," Beth blushed as Jaden nodded. "You'd make an excellent addition to the Protectors." As Jaden began inspecting Beth, Daisy calmly made her way down the bridge.

"My Lady," She said with a bow, "I am happy to see you awake; when you have a moment, I would like to discuss the issue of the horses,"

"Happily," Bree replied; there was a moment of silence between her and Daisy before Bree took a sip and nodded, "Ok, I have a moment; talk to me, Daisy,"

"As per your orders, we did not kill a single horse during the fight that ended up putting you to sleep, but we are having trouble caring for all of them; with my original brethren and all of them put together, we have three horses for every one person in the town, it's starting to become a serious problem,"

"Oh," Bree got up and stretched, "I'll just turn them all into Minotorian Centaurs and have them go start their own town," Daisy looked scared at Bree's words, and she quickly added, "Not you, Daisy, I like you too much so you can only leave if that is what you wish, and with several weeks of notice prior so I have time to convince you to stay,"

"I wish to stay and serve you," Daisy declared instantly.

"Good, I will power them all up, but to a far lesser extent than I have to you; I think about the strength of an average monster should do," Bree took another sip of her drink before adding, "Daisy, gather up all of the horses, the ones who were original with you but who had no interest in serving me can be designated the leaders of their new town," Daisy nodded and headed out to gather the many horses under her care,"

"Beth," Bree said, turning to her newest follower. "I would like you to sit next to me and tell me everything about Odren's plan to kill Argit." As Bree waited for Beth to sit next to her, she turned her gaze to Inky, smiling as she watched him play with his mother.