Yorun using one of the undead horses he acquired rode down the path he had not thought he would have gone down this many times in recent days but all the same he continues till the forest comes into view. Yorun stops then gets off the horse before deciding to test something focussing on the bird above and trying to remember the feeling of seeing through its eyes, After a short while he begins to see through the eyes of the undead bird once more before he returns his sight to his own eyes.

"Well I should be able to use that when searching for this camp" Yorun thought to himself as he walks along the road once more until the bird caws

Yorun hearing this looks to the forest quickly remembering that something was nearby when he was here last, quickly motioning the large cows to move themselves in between himself and the trees. Yorun keeps a keen eye on the forest for even the smallest movement when he notices the bird dive down into a tree and a rough looking man with a dagger and some rough clothes falls out of it with a small bit of blood coming from his skull where the bird had just pecked him, a snap is heard as he hits the ground however. Yorun walks over to the man and sees him dead on the ground due to his neck snapping against the ground. Yorun looks up at the bird.

"Well done, not what I anticipated you to do but I guess that works" Yorun said eliciting a caw from the bird before Yorun holds his head in pain as he hears a voice in it

"Yorun of Kurinet this is Raeknar, do you hear me?" Raeknar asked

"Yes, I do. Why are you contacting me right now?" Yorun asked slightly annoyed but trying not to show it

"I speak to you now for one reason, what just happened there is an example of the undead being able to learn or do things somewhat on their own. Their brains are revived alongside the rest of the body allowing for the ability to learn or take in new information. Those undead with superior brains will learn faster and learn more, human undead could even learn to speak again" Raeknar said

"That is actually very useful information" Yorun said

"I would not contact you otherwise Yorun, oh and one more thing before I leave your mind. My scythe you do not have a place to hold it other than your hand, it is connected to your mind merely think it gone or in your hand and it will do so" Raeknar said before his mind faded

Yorun looked to the scythe in his right hand and thought for it to be gone and it disappeared immediately, he then thought for it to return and once again it did so immediately. Yorun now done with testing that looks down to the mans body, he takes a deep breathe as he begins to bring the corpse to life humans are far more of a strain to him even after having done it once so it takes a while but the corpse does stand.

"Well it would seem we have the perfect little spy, should these bandits care enough for each other I could lure some of them out to him or send him in, well as long as they dont notice the neck" Yorun said to himself

Yorun looks at the newly risen undead then up to the bird.

"Really should give you a name, you're useful and the first of the undead so I'll think of one. Now how do I find the camp" Yorun said before the bird flies up to keep an eye out around them again

Yorun thought for a minute but then gets the undead to spread out and search the forest, carefully however as to not alert the camp, he keeps the undead bandit with him for protection however as he begins to look periodically though the eyes of all the undead searching. For so long he only finds other animals until the bird sees the camp and lands in a tree to confirm, Yorun watches the camp and then he gets the bird to fly up and look around.

"I can still make my body move and use other magic or at least I think I can, well time to test" Yorun thought to himself

He began to make a small ball of green light in his hand feeling the mental strain of doing this while looking through the birds eyes but he perseveres despite the pounding headache he's getting, he lets it shoot up into the air and he sees where it is from the birds eyes.

"Fuck I don't want to do that again oh well I need to head North west from here then" Yorun said to himself as he began to see through his eyes again and hold his head

Yorun began to make his way to the bandit camp with the rest of the undead making their way back to Yorun save for the bird which is keeping an eye on the bandits movements. Not too long after however some of the bandits start making their way towards Yorun and his group of undead seemingly to go investigate the light they all saw.

"Shit I really should have thought about that, alright I need to make a trap for them" Yorun thought to himself

Yorun quickly got the undead to spread out into the trees and bushes nearby but told the undead bandit to lay on the ground in view of where the bandits will come from. Yorun meanwhile gets rid of the scythe and quickly hides as well. It does not take long for the bandits to come into view, there is only 5 of them and they soon see their fellow bandits body on the ground. They rush over though seemingly not to check if he's alright.

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"Quick get any of the loot he had on him, can't waste this shit" One bandit said

The bandits don't even realise the trap they're in as the undead bandit quickly grabs their leg as the undead animals and Yorun come out of the trees and bushes surrounding the group of bandits. The bandits quickly grab their own weapons while donning confused looks though the one who had their leg grabbed quickly kicked the undead bandit and move away from it. Yorun looks to the group of bandits.

"Surrender bandits or face the undead" Yorun stated as the scythe appeared back in his right hand

"Who the fuck are you!?" The bandits shouted in unison

Yorun quickly remembered that Raeknar wanted him to used their name so the answer is simple.

"I am Raeknar" Yorun Stated

"T-the god of death and justice!?" One bandit shouted confused and scared

"You idiot that can't be right! What god deals with bandits like us and uses undead cows, horses and just one human!?" Another bandit shouts angrily

The other bandits agree and they quickly bare their weapons and attack the undead while one goes for Yorun who tries to dodge their attacks the undead cows use their size, weight and inability to feel pain to quickly knock the bandits over and crush pats of the bandits. The horses easily trample the bandits that attack them and one of the horses run over to Yorun and turns using its back legs to kick the bandit that is attacking Yorun in the head quickly killing the bandit. Yorun pats the undead horses head.

"Well done to all of you, I really need to figure out how to fight and maybe heal, it would make these bandits easier to use now that some of them have crushed bones. Gods I don't think I'm going to get used to this anytime soon" Yorun said

Yorun took the next half hour to raise the corpses of the bandits, some of whom couldn't walk due to crushed parts of their bodies making that impossible. Yorun gathers the undead and then heads off towards the bandit camp though along the way he thinks on what had just happened.

"The undead have a better mind for combat than me, don't know whether to feel insulted or just fucking glad. Oh well it's something I'll pick up in time I suppose or maybe I will find someone to train me" Yorun thought to himself somewhat annoyed but hopeful

A while passes and it begins to get dark but he and his group of undead are near the bandit camp so he looks through the birds eyes once more. He counts 14 more bandits in this camp and then returns to looking through his own eyes, he looks to the undead bandits.

"On my mark go in there and terrify them" Yorun commanded

Yorun then made small green fireballs and threw them at the bandit camps tents setting them alive which quickly sent the bandits into a panic as they ran out of their tents ill prepared either missing weapons or in some cases parts of their clothing. Yorun then snapped his fingers and the undead bandits walk or crawl into the camp which horrifies the living bandits that see them quickly making them scream. Some bandits began to run but were immediately cut off by the undead horses which ran around and got in front of them. Yorun then showed himself and all the living bandits looked to him standing there clad in the black cloak of Raeknar holding the scythe of death themself.

"WHO ARE YOU!?" The bandits brave enough to speak shouted in fear

"I am Raeknar and you will surrender or become like your allies here" Yorun said before motioning to the undead bandits

The bandits all know the name and some try to run again while others attack the undead bandits, the undead bandits however do not care for the attacks merely allowing the attacks to hit them, the stabs and slashes do nothing but their counterattack against the attackers do. The living bandits were quickly killed but the ones who ran were once again stopped by the horses.

"Surrender not run. It is either that or death, choose wisely" Yorun stated

The bandits know they cannot run so they attack not willing to surrender even to the possible god before them whatever the consequences, the consequence here though is simple death which is meted out quickly by the undead. Yorun begins the lengthy process of raising all the corpses one after another but afterwards he sat down in the middle of the burning camp exhausted. Raeknar appeared before him in that moment a living skeleton once again.

"You have done well Yorun, refinement is needed but that was to be expected" Raeknar stated

"Thank you my l- eh what title should I give you?" Yorun asked

"Just use my name Raeknar you will be using it for yourself after all" Raeknar said

"Fair point, Raeknar I do want to ask a couple things" Yorun said

"Feel free to ask Yorun" Raeknar said

"Well for one why the many different forms?" Yorun asked

"Simple, death comes in all shapes and sizes, death means something different to all as does justice. I change for you though because you see death and even justice differently now" Raeknar stated

"That makes sense I suppose. Now I do have to ask, will you really bring my family back?" Yorun asked

"You doubt that I will?" Raeknar asked with genuine intrigue

"Here in the outskirts we always felt abandoned by the gods mistreated by those far away who the gods allowed to stay in power and sure you're seemingly trying to rectify that through me but it's hard to trust that" Yorun said

"I can give you a choice, to revive someone now properly but you do have to make the choice" Raeknar said

"Wait really!?" Yorun asked excitedly

"Indeed but as I said you would choose, your wife, one of your children or even someone else? You'd still be letting everyone else stay dead to save that one person that's a thing that may make them see you differently depending on who you bring back" Raeknar said and they see their words sink in

"Oh... That... Shit" Yorun said as he put his head in his hands

"Exactly, we gods have our rules and you completing this test grants you the ability to revive one person properly, you can wait however till you are able to revive more and bring your family back entirely then begin getting everyone else" Raeknar said

"I will wait, it pains me but I will wait. What must I do to get more of these divine favours?" Yorun asked

"Begin the task of which I set you, find those who trouble these lands, those who killed your village and bring them to justice" Raeknar said

"Then that is what I will do" Yorun said as he began to stand up

"Word of advice Yorun, you may be collecting the dead and such to use in this endeavour but do not forsake the living, living allies can do much for you" Raeknar said before disappearing

"Living allies huh? Gira is a possible one, my undead do need parts of them fixed up to be of more use" Yorun thought to himself as he and his undead horde make their way to Orakin once more