Chapter 1: Lionheart

< Previous Chapter / Next Chapter >

Note: This Chapter shall be written in a first-person perspective

## Creating Chapter 1: Lionheart

I was in a daze when I suddenly awakened, and I do not know why. The last thing I remembered was the final countdown of the DMMO-RPG YGGDRASIL, a expansive game of fantasy with dragons, undead, and heroes and all that stuff. The thing was, I decided to choose a undead class that eventually got me to Skeleton Lord, only attainable at level 100. As I did awakened, I heard talking it seems, speaking about how a undead failed or something? I think they meant me?

"I finally did it, a Skeleton Lord under my command!" I heard what I assume was a man, shouted as if he accomplished a monumental task that taken ages to accomplish. "The sacrifices I needed to do." Sacrifices and then it hit me. My eyes shined a blue as I looked around, a cave of some sort and expected to be underground as I notice the man who summoned me somehow. A necromancy it seems and he doesn't look like a average dude either. "Rise Skeleton Lord!" The man commanded me, however I know these types of individuals and so I do not care what kind of player they are, I'll cut them. So, I used my sword and cut the man in half before he could react, blood coming out of his as he died instantly. What a bother, but I think it's time to find out what the hell happened. I was somewhere waiting for the game to shut down but.. here I am, still in the... wait a minute. My feelings, my hand, everything feels.. real, way too real! Keep it together, lets see if the UI works. So I tried to bring up the menu and nothing happened, and I even tried my Message spell which failed as well. In order to get the bottom of this, I need to leave this cave at once!

I ventured through this weird cave, though I did encounter more necromancers, but they were easily taken cared off, low level necromancers and most likely simply novices. Of course, this is a perfect to check my spells still work as a Skeleton Lord. Considering there are three bodies of necromancers, I think one Elder Lich and two zombies will make them good subjects. So I casted Create Low Tier Undead and was successful in making two zombies and one Elder Lich and due to using actual corpses they wont just vanish like when we just summon them. I had the Elder Lich take command of the two zombies to investigate the caves elsewhere as I made it to the surface. To be fair, the cave is not half bad, it's quite massive actually, I been walking for like a hour and I been through corridors and hallways, could've been a man-made cave system. Finally I made it out and I do not recognize the terrain, it's all foreign and concludes I was indeed summoned to another world from within the game somehow. But how did that Necromancer summoned me? A higher power could be at play here, and I shall investigate further but I need a base of operations. Oh wait, the cave right behind me is good enough.

After having the Elder Lich clear out any remaining necromancers, I decide to use the cave as my base of operations until further notice and I did not know so many necromancers were here! There's like 20 bodies for god sake.

"Lord Lionheart, the 20 bodies are ready for your choice to do with them." The Elder Lich told me, and with 20 bodies, I can create a small squad of undead to act as bodyguards. Though they're necromancers and so I wandered if I can make Skeleton Warriors from the necromancers, so I'll use one to make sure. I did cast it one one necromancer and thankfully it worked, it has the basic items of the skeleton warrior so I used it on nine others in total making 10 Skeleton Warriors. I'll make three more Elder Liches to command three Skeleton Warriors each and the rest will become more Skeleton Warriors. The four Elder Liches will take command of four Skeleton Warriors, though one of them will have one extra and will be stationed at the entrance hallways in order to deter anyone entering and if any more hostile were to emerge we can add them to the undead battalion I am forming here. However I do need to establish the outside surroundings.

After a hour setting things up inside the cave which I might add is even larger then I thought! We're near the ocean and there's like rivers inside, ponds and all that which is pretty nice to see, and I went to call the cave as the Undead Cave. Soon after I went to investigate the outside area surrounding the Cave. It quite a sight to behold honestly, and so I ventured further outwards of the cave to see what exists in this world or if humans are here, so I am wearing my helmet despite the fact I am way taller then the normal human male.

I walked through the forest with an Elder Lich by my side, I even have one of my Elder Lich to use some kind of Reconnaissance Magic to survey the area around me and my Message spell still functions, but I can not contact any players nor even the admins, confirming we're in a entirely new world, summoned by some low-level necromancer somehow. However as I walked throughout the forest, I was told an nearby village is going ransacked by necromancers, most likely the same affiliated to the ones I killed. This be perfect to showcase my might as well get on the good side of the people so I used the Gate spell to get there faster, walking would just take forever. I was shown where the town is and I used my Gate to get there. I walked through only to see 3 necromancers cowering before me as I stepped through, with an girl and a boy right at my feet, but I noticed we're not even at the village, I appeared outside of it. It seems a barrier is placed around the village in order to ward off anything entering. Before the three reacted, I used Grasp Despair Aura V on the three necromancers and killed them instantly, easier to do that. I looked down the two humans, both were badly hurt and show signs of resistance.

"Hello there." I greeted the two, thankfully I have my helmet on so they don't see my undead form as I knelt down and showed them an blood coloured potion. They seem confused and even recoil, calling it blood but I understand why they would think that, it does look like blood but have they never seen potions before? I went to correct them, not calling it blood at al. "It's a potion, it will heal you from the wounds you both got." The two looked at each other before grabbing them and drinking it and sure enough it healed.

"W-wow." The boy called out, amazed before the girl asked for my name. I answered with Lionheat as I turned to the three corpses.

"Now, allow me to save the others shall I?" I have a idea on what to do. There is three bodies I can use, so I took one of them and made an Death Knight, however after making the Death Knight the two humans recoiled in horror, I just save them for pete sake, why would they be scared. I then made an Skeleton Mage from the other body however I did not touch the last body.

"Skeleton Mage, I want you to stay here and protect these two humans from any and all harm." Before I left, I performed some protection spells on the two humans for additional protection before I turned to the death. "Now.. Death Knight, go to the village and kill anyone that looks like that one, necromancers and do not let anyone die under their hands." As soon I did that, the Death Knight left, I hope this New World did not change the Death Knights in anyway. I soon turned the final body into another Skeleton Mage and had it follow me to the village.

I got the village in time to see my Death Knight effortlessly killing the necromancers, to be frank I expected way more from these people but they seem very very low level, like even an simple Skeleton Mage could easily kill them. Of course the priority is the safety of the villagers and eradication of these necromancers. After all, these bodies can be useful in creating more undead to enhance my own strength. I got the village as one of them walked up to me, looks like the village head.

"H-hello there warrior, I am the chief of this village and should I be the one to suspect you command these undead?" He questioned as I nod in confirmation.

"Indeed, a astute observation for you align the undead to me, you must be intelligent to put the two and two gather to think the Death Knight is not part of the necromancer attackers but my own."

"Yes, I am very grateful to your intervention, we are in your debt great one." The chief praised and thanked me.

"Now, before we continue lets head inside and discuss on the issue at hand and see why necromancers attacked this village." I and the chief walked inside what one calls the main hall of the village, where all meetings and all that are held. Compared to what I see back in YGGDRASIL, it's not impressive, a simple hall with a rectangle fireplace in the centre of the room, so the roof as 'two roof's to allow the smoke to escape.

"Now, what exactly is the necromancers up to?" I asked them as the chief pondered on the question before he answered.

"You sure sir, around 200 years ago there was the Thirteen Heroes that battled against a group of beings called the Evil Deities, plunging our world into chaos. However right here an battle ensured between one of the Thirteen against one of the Evil Deities and was said both the hero and deity died." The chief explained and I believe I understood what he's getting at.

"So, you believe the necromancers might be trying to locate and find the bodies of not not only this hero but even the evil deity to be brought back to life and be under their control?" I'd assumed as the chief confirmed my guess. However thankfully they do not need to worry about that. "Fear not, that wont happen. "The chief looked at me with confusion. "For I had already took care of the necromancers to the cave south from here, as such there is no more necromancers coming you way!" The Chief signed in relief as he thanked me even more as we left the building, everyone was grateful to my contributions to save the village. I had sent the undead here back to the cave.

"I assume ya heading to Solitude?" The chief asked I looked at him in confusion.

"Solitude?"

"Of course, with your strength I am willing to bet you can become an adventure and become adamantine-class some day." Oh I see now, so an adventure's guild exists in this world and since I doubt currency from YGGDRASIL, I'll need to find new ways to earn income.

"Why yes of course, no better way to spread my name right?" Soon after I said my goodbyes to the villagers, my next destinations was the capital of this kingdom of Solitude.