The Life of an Overpowered Elf

Bree and Daisy sat at a booth. Behind them, Orion was busy being fawned over by the locals. Giant cats were ordinary in certain parts of the world but were usually very hostile and dangerous, comparable to bears as far as she could tell. Hence, the opportunity to pet a tame one was a rare treat. Orion was enjoying the attention.

Next to Bree were Jaden and Belin. All four of them were waiting to be served the village specialty, Green Meat Surprise. Bree had expected something like a bowl of green soup with meat chunks; instead, she was given a basket with an assortment of Green Crustacean legs.

"Crab legs," she realized with a smile, "how fun." Daisy looked at it and picked it up as well.

"What odd-looking food!" she said, excited to have her first taste of meat. The two copied Jaden and Belin as they broke open the shell with their hands, showing they were stronger than typical humans as they ignored the tools most would use to open the shells.

Upon cracking the shells open, Bree and Daisy took a bite, and their eyes lit up.

"So good!" Bree cheered with glee, "Even better than normal crab legs!" Belin laughed as Daisy said nothing and began ravenous devouring her food, using her teeth to break the shell. "Orion, you must come try these,"

"Orion tries new things best of all," Orion declared as he bounded to his Mistress. "Orion loves seafood," He added when he saw what he had been called to try. While Bree enjoyed some quality time with her minions and two hospitable hosts, she overlooked Doren as he approached them, waiting for his hidden allies to get to their places before he allowed Bree to surrender her forces.

Not too far down the shopping district, Olu showed Boris the kind of meats they had readily available.

"Mistress Bree simply wanted me to look, not purchase; she gave me no coin either way," Boris informed his guide.

"I see," Olu replied, "Well, either way, I'm sure she wouldn't mind If I bought you some of our city's famous Green Crabs as a thank-you present for saving a few strangers; the lake is overpopulated with the little water spiders so I bet we can feed your entire little group,"

"Oh goodness no, we have several more mouths to feed back home, and they never want the same thing; your offer is generous, and I'll happily accept, but Orion and Silver are typically the only ones who eat seafood, Although Mistress Bree did have crab last night,"

"Sounds like quite the hassle for your cooks," Olu noted.

"Oh, no worries. My husband Manfred and I are more than capable of feeding everyone three meals a day," Olu looked at Boris oddly for a moment before pointing at him in confusion.

"You're the cook?" He asked, "A skilled fighter and a cook, your master must be proud,"

"Oh heavens no," Boris said with a laugh. I am one of my Mistress's weakest Subordinates," Olu stared blankly at the news that the creature who could effortlessly kill a Giant with his bare hands was considered weak by his peers.

"I don't suppose I could join you on your trip home?" He asked, "To see such power in person would be a dream come true; I might even get to meet my match in a duel for the first time in decades,"

"It is Mistress Bree's home; you will have to ask Mistress Bree if she will allow you to accompany us,"

"I think I'll do just that," Olu decided, neither he nor Boris aware that the people around them in the shop were waiting for Doren to confront Bree.

Doren walked towards Bree as she and Belin spoke of the two nations that bordered Green Water on either side. Doren was now wearing a cloak to hide his clothing.

"Bree," he called out loudly. I require your attention. I demand you come to me at once, you bug-eyed freak." Bree's smile dissipated for a moment before she shook her head.

"I'm starting to get a little self conscious about my eye size" She decided as she got up and walked to him, Orion and Daisy glaring at him in silence as Jaden and Belin got out of their seats and followed Bree, neither looking pleased with Doren's outcry.

"Doren," Belin said as he stroked the part of his mane that stretched out to his chin and made a fabulous grey beard, "we have talked about this. If this behavior doesn't stop, you will be cast out from your place in the protectors and assigned to work elsewhere," Doren simply smiled and ripped the cloak off, the symbol of Odren's kingdom on his chest as he wore a white uniform with blue shoulder pads, metal gauntlets, armored pant, and a belt with a sheathed sword.

"You dare?" Jaden demanded in outrage, "You dare walk around wearing that bastard Odren's symbol,"

"Odren?" Bree scratched at her cheek, lost in thought for a moment. I feel like I've heard that name before." Bree attempted to place the name when Doren drew a short sword from his hip and pointed it at her.

"Kneel before me and swear to serve me till your final breath," He demanded, "Or face a swift death," Doren's smug smile made Bree laugh.

"Oh my, that might be the most pathetic offer I've ever received," she said, laughing as Doren pointed his sword at her. She expected him to swing it, but instead, it began glowing as a red circle appeared around the blade, and a much larger one etched itself into the ground around her. Bree looked down and scratched her cheek again with a smile. "Hm," she noted before being engulfed in a torrent of blood-red flames. Jaden looked on in horror while Belin jumped away from the fire and took a hefty fall.

"Dammit," Jaden grit her teeth. "You son of a bitch," She made the draw the greatsword on her back, and Doren simply pointed his sword at her. But before he could activate his spell, his sword was nearly smacked out of his hand. He took several steps back as Daisy held her Dadao in a defensive stance while Orion chose to fight the fire with a wooden bar stool.

"Fool," Doren held his hand out dramatically as he spoke. Your master is dead. Kneel to me, the one who ended her, and rejoice that you'll finally serve someone worthy of commanding power." Out of the corner of his eye, he could see a shine of magic in the direction Boris had been. "Perfect," he smiled smugly. "With him as my pawn, I'll wipe the floor with them all." Doren swung his sword, and Daisy blocked it.

"You hold your weapon like you're afraid of it," Daisy noted, remembering Annie scolding her for the very same reason during their training lesson the previous night, "Your stance lacks the skill and poise one needs to wield a short sword, And that's coming from a creature that only learned to fight yesterday,"

Daisy swung at him; his limp posture and weak thrusts gave away that he had not trained to fight with the weapon he was using, only to use the spell placed upon it. "You should have used a weapon you could handle properly or trained more with the one you currently wield," She noted as she continued to test her new sword skills and attempted to disarm him without touching anything other than his sword.

"Fool, it matters not; soon you'll all-" The sound of ripping flesh and pain stopped Doren as a sword cut into his back; he fell forward and screamed before turning, flinging his sword at dead space, Olu standing well out of swords to reach behind him, flicking the blood off his sword.

"For someone so sure that they are worthy of commanding power, you sure don't take in your surroundings well," Olu mocked as he held his sword at the ready. "I was able to walk right past you, and your opponent is just playing with you,"

"Disarming an opponent means you can claim the sword as your own, so long as you don't disarm them cheaply," Daisy said confidently, "My new friend Annie told me that when she helped me train last night. She also told me Mistress Bree collects weapons; I will take that sword and present it to her as a gift!"

"You weak-minded beast," Doren spat back. "Your master is dead; give up and-" Doren got cut off again when Jaden ran past Daisy and socked him square in the eye, sending him to the ground and causing him to drop his sword.

"Olu is right, it's important to keep your surrounding in check when in a fight with multiple people, you are far from worthy to command an single monster, much less an army of them." Doren crawled back a little, but when his enemies stood their ground instead of advancing, he quickly rearmed himself and returned to his feet.

"Says the fools that let me get back up, let me guess your pitiful honor wouldn't let you-"

"Negative," Olu said, cutting him off as he sheathed his blade. "We are pissed you betrayed us, but we have injured and degraded you; this fight now belongs to Ms.Daisy to help her honor her fallen master," Daisy smiled and swung her sword; Doren barely dodged, and his sword began glowing again as it shot a torrent of flames out, Daisy took cover while Olu and Jaden retreated from the blood red flames that started to lick at the land while Doren laughed.

"Who needs to fight with a sword when you can smother your enemies in flames? it worked on that stupid bug-eyed bitch you called a master, didn't it?" Daisy quickly moved around the building and came out on the other side, Doren still laughing as he set the building she had run behind ablaze; Daisy held her sword as though she was about to slash downward, and it began glowing, copies of her blade appeared around her, and lighting began arching between them.

"Hey, dumbass," She screamed, getting his attention, "Sword Storm!" She swung down, and the blades all shot at Doren with varying degrees of speed; he rushed to the side and would have easily dodged the blades but ended up running into his flames; he let out a screech and flailed wildly in pain as he tried to stomp out the magical flames, hitting one of Daisy's duplicate blade with his sword and getting blasted with a bolt of lightning. The sudden electrocution sent him flying and his sword was sent flying. Daisy held up her free hand and caught the sword by the blade without so much as nicking herself.

"Who's a fool now?" She asked with a grin. Doren attempted to stand up, the hand he had been holding his sword with blackened and burned beyond usability, while his right leg was blistered and burned. He held out his other hand, and the sword shot back to him, much to Daisy's displeasure. "Hey, I won that fair and square!"

"Die!" Doren spat back as he pointed it at her; before it could activate, Boris called out.

"From the top rope," And Landed next to Doren, Boris had his hands clasped together and smacked them down on Doren's elbow, slicing his arm clean in half. Doren screamed out in agony as Boris ignored him and took the blade from his severed arm, throwing the arm back at Doren as he handed Daisy the sword.

"Here you go, Mistress Bree will love it,"

"Impossible," Doren said as he fought through the pain and stood up, barely keeping his weight on the burned leg as he used his blacked hand to cover his stump, "You should be-"

" Under your control?" Boris asked with a noticeable air of being insulted. "As if I would let anyone other than Mistress Bree tell me what to do," Boris passed for a moment and looked shifty before letting out a hard breath and adding in a quieter tone, "Well, maybe Manfred, but only when we're alone."

"Spicy," Orion called out, waving a set of burnt sticks that had once been a stool when his ears perked. "Oh," Orion jumped away from the flames and ran to Doren, opening his mouth. Dorne screamed and begged for aid as Orion picked him up and carried him to the flames.

"Put me down," Doren demanded, using his one remaining good foot to kick at Orion as he carried him to the flames; instead of throwing him in like Doren thought he was planning to do, he dropped him.

"Here you go," He said proudly. "Orion retrieves best of all,"

"You idiot, your worthless master-" Doren fell silent when Bree began laughing from within his wall of flames; the red fire turned white and was sucked into the blade at the tip of Bree's staff; she stood laughing, her clothes not even slightly charred from the attack.

"My, my, my," Bree said, smiling at Doren as she swung her staff around for a moment, "I do apologize, but I was having so much fun watching you get your ass handed to you I just couldn't bear to let you know I was alive, I knew the look on your face when I came out would be hilarious, and I just wanted to wait until it seemed you where at your lowest," Bree sighed as Doren tried to back away from her.

"Look at me," She said, her playful voice gone as she stared at him with a frown. "I took time out of my day to save you, and this is how you repay my kindness,"

"It…I…King Odren was controlling me. Yeah! yeah, I was being used as a puppet, but losing my arm snapped me out of it." The desperation in his face was too much for Bree.

"I sincerely hate you," Bree decided sweetly.

"We could work together," Bree watched with a soft smile as Doren struggled to get onto his knees, "Together, we could rule over all monster kind; with my brains and your magic, we could be an unstoppable team. I a shining beacon of Human Superiority, and you a shining beacon that even those with deformities have a purpose,"

"That only made me hate you more," Bree replied. "Frankly, it's impressive," Bree took her hood off, and Doren, Olu, Jaden, and even Belin, who had been unable to pick himself up after his fall, looked at her in silence as she showed off her ears. "I'm an elf, and my eyes are beautiful,"

"Ah," Olu nodded slowly. "That explains how someone like Boris could be considered weak amongst your ranks,"

"You're joking," Jaden looked at Boris, who gave her a peace sign.

"Yup," Boris confirmed, sticking his tongue out playfully, "I'm just a cook,"

"Incredible," Belin cried out so loudly that it startled Bree. She turned to him and saw him staring at her in awe. "I never would have dreamed in a million years that I might one day be blessed with the presence of an actual Elf." Bree looked down at Doren, who was screaming for his followers to come and aid him. No one came, as Boris had immediately butchered them all for insulting Bree with their attempts to enslave him.

Bree walked over to Belin, who looked like he could die happy just by being allowed to look her in the eyes.

"I like this town," Bree decided. "I think I'll move my home here," Belin's eyes looked as though they might shoot out of their sockets.

"You…you want to live here!?" he asked. "You would allow us such an honor!?" Bree smiled, looked down at him, and offered him her hand to shake.

"Swear your fealty to me, promise on your soul to serve me, and I will do that and more." Not being able to stand, Belin placed one hand on the ground and used the other to shake Bree's hand.

"I gladly swear my fealty to you, Lord Bree, and Swear on my soul to serve you dutifully until the end of my days,"

"Wonderful," Bree said as the hand she used to shake Belins began glowing. "Now then, let's fix you up,"

"Wha?" Belin managed to ask before turning into light.

"Maximize size," Bree declared. "assign basic skills, Strength four, speed four, Raw Hide one, Lionheart two, Long-Lived two," Olu and Jaden watched in awe as Belin increased in size slightly; his mane grew out, his body became muscular, and just like that he stopped glowing. The Elder Lion had become a buff Lion in the prime of his youth. Belin looked at his hands and cracked the ground as he got up, Bree letting go of his hands and backing off so he could enjoy his new body properly.

"I'm young again," he declared, his eyes shining as he flexed and tore the upper part of his robe and sash to shreds, showing his abs to the world. Thank you, Ms...NO! Lord Bree, for returning me to my prime. I will gladly serve you with all my might, no matter how weak it might be compared to the rest of your followers!"

"Don't be silly," Bree chuckled. "I wouldn't let someone serving under me be weaker than Boris,"

"It's true," Boris said, eyeing Belin's body with a smile. "You could easily flatten me in a fight now," Belin said nothing, realizing he could move his leg without pain for the first time in decades. Bree walked over to Olu and Jaden and smiled as Belin hopped on one leg.

"How about you two?" She asked, "You allowed Daisy to 'avenge me,' so I also owe you thanks. Will you swear your fealty and promise to serve me on your soul? If you don't wish to, I promise I won't take your jobs from you when I take over the town, although I won't offer this again,"

Jaden looked taken aback, but Olu bowed without hesitation, clearly unwilling to let the older man pass her by such a large margin she bowed to.

"I swear my Fealty to you, Lord Bree," they said in unison. And swear on my soul to serve you until the day I die," Bree held out her hand, and the duo began glowing.

"Maximize size, equip basic skills," Bree pointed to Olu. "Master of the Sword four, Sonic Speed seven, Eyes of Time one, Long-lived five," Bree turned to Jaden. "Master of flames two, Resistance to heat seven, Dragons Blood three." Bree put her hand down, and they stopped glowing. Unlike Belin, they had no noticeable changes at first glance. Much to Bree's surprise, Olu's hair didn't change color, and his age also seemed to stay the same.

"I used Long-lived five on you," Bree noted in disbelief, "that's the highest that skill can go for humans, and you look exactly the same,"

"I noticed," Olu said as he bowed to Bree, "I probably only had a few years left; it seems I have more time to serve you than I thought I would get; thank you," Bree turned to Jaden, and took a step back, Jaden looked the same, but her eyes were bright red with lizard-like pupils, and each breath was visible, as though she was cold,"

"Oh dear, maybe level three Dragons Blood was a little too much," Bree chuckled nervously; having never had any Human NPC and her only in-game character being the one she currently was, Olu and Jaden had been her unwilling test subjects to see what might happen if Humans where given high-level skills, "Now don't panic or anything, but if you train too hard you may lose your humanity and become a Dragonling,"

"Fine by me," Jaden replied as she clenched her fist.

"Oh, before I forget, Daisy, you had a gift, did you not?" Daisy, who had been waiting patiently to the side, rushed to Bree and presented her with Doren's sword; Bree tapped it and absorbed the enchantment, destroying the sword in the process, much to Daisy's shock.

"I thought you liked unique swords," She said with a little crack to her voice, looking like she might cry, "I am so sorry for offering you such a worthless item that it broke just from your presence," Bree lightly patted Daisy's head.

"No worries. That sword was indeed plain, but the enchantment was something I didn't have; thanks to you, I can use it to power up a weapon worthy of having it, and speaking of worthy weapons," Bree turned to Olu and Jaden, "Do either of those swords hold any sentiment to you?"

"Yes," Olu replied instantly. "My master passed this sword on to me before she died; It would be a stain on my honor to disregard it,"

"No," Jaden shrugged, "I looted this from my old adventure team when we...parted ways, Frankly I doubt it could cut butter,"

"Olu you may keep your sword, Jaden give me yours," Jaden handed her Greatsword to Bree and it turned to white light and was sucked into her staff.

"Do you want a great sword, or is there another weapon you'd prefer?"

"When I was a student at the Pandoran Schol of Magicraft and Learning, I trained with a Chain mace and Shield," Jaden sighed as she thought back to easier times, "But after graduation, I was never able to find a good set and ended up stuck with whatever I could find when I started working as an adventurer,"

"Heavens no, if you're best with a Chain mace and Shield," Bree moved her hand and reached into her inventory, pulling out a Mace and letting it go; the Mace floated in the air as Bree pulled out a large shield, one Jaden could easily use to hide her entire body behind, Bree held up her staff and enchanted them both with the enchantment Daisy had just given her before handing them to Jaden.

"Then a Chain mace and Sheild you shall have, the mace obey's your will," Bree said as she added a few enchantments to make the weapon and shield sturdier, "Comand it to become a chain mace, and it will; you can also shot the end out like a Cannonball, and with the fire enchantments and abilities I've given you, you'll be an eternal flame no one can burn out in no time, I bet you'll be making water-proof fire within a month,"

While Bree was giving her new subordinates her attention, Doren had gotten to his feet and attempted to flee while she was distracted, only for Orion to stand in his path, Belin cracking his knuckles angrily at him as he approached.

"I welcomed you to my town," Belin's voice shook with rage as he approached, "Let you live here, help you move in, and you have the audacity to betray me for the bastard sack of lard that constantly tries to claim our deal is no longer valid because he doesn't want it to be; if I weren't under oath to Lord Bree I would…"

"So long as you don't kill him feel free to kick his ass," Bree responded with a wave before talking to Olu about the origins of his sword; Belin did not hesitate and decked Doren in the face, he fell back, and Orion greeted him with a roundhouse kick him into a nearby wall.

"Orion kicks best of all," He declared proudly.

"I must agree," Belin replied with a hearty laugh, "You must show me how to do that sometime," Orion looked at Belin for a moment.

"Ok!" Orion declared as he began to roundhouse kick the air. "Do as Orion does!" Belin watched as Orion roundhoused kicked nothing and attempted to emulate him. As Belin tried to master the art of the roundhouse kick, Doren attempted to pick himself up again, but the pain from his leg told him Orion had broken his last good limb with his kick.

"Dammit," He said, slamming his burnt fist into the ground, having lost all feeling in it."This is all wrong; this was my time to shine!" He began crying as he hit the earth with his remaining arm, "I can't lose like this; I have to win," Doren looked over to Bree and smiled as he held up his burnt arm and charged magic. "Yes…yes, a soul link; now you'll have to serve and obey!"

Doren smiled at his brilliance as the chains shot out at Bree, who didn't respond. They hit her back and proceeded to shatter. "No! No, I will win!" Doren attempted and failed again; he charged the magic a third time, anger burning in his eyes when a white blast of energy hit his arm and sliced it off. He looked at his lost arm in silence, no longer feeling the pain. He still screamed at it and flailed around like a fish on the ground. Winnie landed next to Bree.

"Quiet the power move, Ma'am," Winnie said with a chuckle, getting her master's attention. "Pretending you didn't see that attack,"

"What attack," Bree asked, sincerely failing to notice Doren attempting to soul-link with her.

"But of course," Winnie replied with a shake of her head. "He is so pathetic you didn't even notice him," Winnie looked at Doren as he realized from the look on Bree's face that she was being truthful. "That is how utterly pathetic you are," Winnie said as she walked towards him, her wings glowing as she charged up her attack. "If not for your persistence whines for attention, Mistress wouldn't even know you existed," Bree looked at the man lying on the ground and then chuckled.

"I…I actually can't remember his name," She realized with a chuckle. "How sad, Winnie; I promised you could kill him if he tried to kill me. Do as you wish," Winnie raised her wing, and the pitiful creature screamed again.

"No, Please, I'll do anything; I'll serve you loyalty; I'll even betray Kind Odren; just don't, Ki…" Winnie kicked him in the face. He rolled over onto his back, her clawed feet slicing up his face.

"This is for daring to insult Mistress Bree's beautiful eyes," She said venomously before slicing her wing through the air and receiving her gift for patience.

"Oh," Orion said upon noticing Winnie was here. "That dude died,"

"Yeah," Belin said, having been listening to Winnie and Bree "Shame, I seem to have forgotten his name," Winnie smiled at his remark.

"I think you and I will be getting along fine," She decided "Mistress Bree it is over, would you like me to continue making the map?"

"No," Bree decided. "Listen up, you are all to stay and guard this town, as it is now mine to control. Winnie, you are to accompany me back home; we will be moving everything here at once," Bree smiled as she looked out at the Green Lake. "I've come to rather enjoy the scenery,"