I come home from work after a long shift. I work as a city guard, which is a pretty hard job, but also a very fulfilling one. You may ask what's so fulfilling about it? Well, that's simple. I get to kill Humans. Now don't get me wrong, it's not like I really enjoy killing people! I just enjoy killing humans from time to time. Especially since the ones I get to kill are all trashy bandits or some other scum that doesn't deserve to live.
After opening the door to my house and getting inside I hear loud noises coming from the bedroom. Curiously I walk towards the noises and call out for my wife, wondering if we got any guests.
Entering the bedroom I get greeted by a knife to the gut and a bat to the knee.
Ouch, was that really necessary?
Everything went downhill from there. After seeing my brutally murdered and ravaged family I went crazy and tried to kill those assholes. But I failed and died myself instead.
So tell me, if I'm dead why am I opening my eyes right now? Actually, even if I did somehow survive and all this light and cold flame thing was a dream, shouldn't the acid have melted the flesh from my bones? How do I even have eyes or eyelids that can open? I'm actually kinda scared to open them right now. Well I guess I can at least check my status while I keep my eyes closed.
-Status- Name: None. Choose one? Y/N Class: None Level: 1 / 15 Race: Undead Monster Classification: Low Skeleton
Title: Cold Soul Divine Protection: None Attribute: None Follower: None Spouses None
Health: 80 Mana: 0 Strength: 12 Dexterity: 4 Vitality: 8 Endurance: 15 Intelligence: 78 Knowledge: 3
…What the fuck? Undead? I'm a fucking Undead now? Well at least I now know how I'm still alive, or should I say un-alive? Is that a word? Probably not.
Also what is a Monster Classification? Skeleton? Is that my form right now? So the acid really melted my flesh off, huh. Why is there a /15 next to my level? Is that my actual maximum level? I used to be level 51 and now I can only reach 15... I guess I'm really a low skeleton. And why don't I have a name anymore? Let's just use the name I had before I died.
…
What was it again? What the fuck? I actually can't remember my name? Well this sucks.
It also seems like all my physical stats were reset as well. I have a shit ton of intelligence though... Wonder where that came from. 78 is a pretty good value, especially if you take into consideration that I'm level 1! I didn't even have so much when I was still alive. Also, aren't skeletons supposed to be brainless and dumb? I mean I literally have no brain...
I even unlocked the knowledge stat, which is usually only owned by High Mages. Maybe this strange new title has something to do with it. 'Check title'
Cold Soul You Soul has been cooled down by the Flame of Hate, you shall never perish.
Effects: +75 INT +3 KNW +1 Skill
Well that explains a lot. Also new skills? Let's check those out as well! 'Skills'
Skillname Level Undead Max. Soul Eater Max.
Undead (Passive) You are Undead and therefore have to deal with the advantages and disadvantages.
Immune against Death Magic; Immune against healing spells; Able to always stay calm
Soul eater You are able to see souls if your targets level is less than 10% of yours, or if he is defeated. Absorbing a soul will kill the Person the soul once belonged to and reward you EXP.
This doesn't sound very pleasant... So I eat souls now? I never heard of a soul eating skeleton. There really aren't a lot of things that can mess with souls, the only things that come to my mind are Necromancers and those nasty Gur'algais. Also I'm thankful about the whole 'stay calm' thing, I think I would have lost my shit and went crazy if not for that effect. Well no use lying around now, right?
I open my eyes, or at least I do the equivalent to 'opening my eyes' that an eye-less skeleton can do. I can see surprisingly good for something that doesn't have any visual organs. It's pretty dark in here and I can still see perfectly well! On the ground around me lie the bones of my family.
Oh, I can feel it again, the darkness, the cold flame that is hate. I stand up and walk to my bed. I push it out of my way to reveal a little chest under it. Those fucking idiots didn't even bother checking if we hid anything. I take a little bag of holding out of the chest. Bag of holdings are incredible useful magical items. Even though they seem small you can fit nearly a whole house inside of them. Inside this little bag are our savings. 5 Gold 41 Silver and 31 Copper. Quite the nice amount. I put the bones of my family members inside the bag, or at least that was what I planned to do. But as soon as I pick one the bones up, I start eating them. I can't explain why, but it just feels right. After eating all of the bones a pleasant feeling comes over me.
Level up! (x2) +4 STR; +2 DEX; +1 INT; +3 VIT; + 4 END
…Should I feel bad? I'm sure they would be happy to help me, right? Well let's leave the house for now. I take the bag which sadly still only has some gold in it and leave. I freeze after I open the door to my bedroom. There on the couch is one of those 2 brothers lying and sleeping. Are you kidding me? Is he seriously taking a nap inside the the house, whose inhabitants he just raped and/or murdered? Rage flames inside of me, but is quickly eaten away by the cold flame that is my hate. Good. If I kept my rage I would probably done something really dumb. Those guys should at least be level 20 if they are able to win against my wife. Let's think rationally about it... what should I do? While thinking about a way to murder him in his sleep I notice a little glowing orb inside of his chest. automatically, before I can even stop myself I stretch my hand out and take the orb.
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You have gained a Soul! Absorb it? Y/N
Soul? I look at the man and notice that he stopped breathing, also the soul is kinda shacking as if it was scared. So I just took his soul and killed him? Even though he is supposed to be a lot stronger then me? Well thinking about it, he probably doesn't have any way to protect his soul. Well I'll take it, 'absorb'
Level up! (x8) +16 STR; +8 DEX; +4 INT; +12 VIT; +16 END
Wow, that was good. While being happy about my newly acquired strength I hear footsteps. Seems like the smaller of the two brothers is coming.
“ Oi, bro! Ye still slee... ”
His sentence stays unfinished as he sees me. Seems like he is frozen in shock, do I really look so unpleasant? Well, let's hope the small brother is weaker than the big one. I quickly take a few steps in his direction and try to stick my skeleton fingers inside of his eyes. I feel mushy stuff break apart as my fingers drill inside his head.
“ AHHH! De' fuck? Shit, that hurts! Brother where are yer? Help me bro please! “
Well that was pretty easy. The asshole falls to his knees as he's pressing his hand on the places where his eyes used to be. This fucker is actually crying. So that's all you can do in such a situation? Scum. Well, having no eyes is kinda disturbing, but do you see me crying about it? Actually, you are probably never going to see anything ever again, huh? I look around the room until I see the bat this fucker used to shatter my knee with. I take the bat and hit the crying piece of shit with it.
“ ARGH! Please stop! I'm sorry! Really, I am, please! “
Wondering how many times my family begged them I continue to hit him. Seems like his level is pretty high as well, seeing how I need to hit him over 11 times on the head until he stopped moving. After he died, a small orb appeared on him. It started to fly away from the gross mush that was once a head. Before it could go to the afterlife though, I quickly grab and absorb it.
Level up! (x4) +8 STR; +4 DEX; +2 INT; +6 VIT; +8 END
Nice. Well that was a pretty short revenge, huh? My hatred hasn't decreased in the slightest though. Also seems like I reached my maximum level... I don't really feel that strong. Is that really all I can achieve?
Congratulations! You have reached your max level!
Want to rank up? Y/N
Rank up? Oh, now I understand. Monsters are not born strong they get strong and evolve. I didn't really think I could do so as well. Well what can I become?
Black Skeleton Yellow Bones Magical Skeleton Turns your bones black and a lot harder.
Increases your Strength and Endurance.
Gives you the most power available after
your first rank up, but has low potential. Turns your bones yellow and flexible.
Increases your Dexterity and Vitality.
You will be softer but also a lot
faster than before. Turns your bones completely white.
Increases your Intelligence and Knowledge.
You will be more fragile but also gain Mana
and be able to learn spells.
The Black Skeleton seems like a good option but it's potential is low? Now when I think about it I don't know any Undead above the Death Knight that are black, and he is only level 50-ish. So it's either Magical Skeleton or Yellow Bones ? Well looking at my title I guess Magical would make the most sense... let's go with that.
Congratulations! You are now a Magical Skeleton!
Your INT gain is increased! The gain of your other stats is decreased!
+10 INT; + 5 KNW; Unlocked Mana!
I see a bright light and Magic starts to flow through my bones. Well let's see what that did for me 'status'
-Status- Name: None. Choose one? Y/N Class: None Level: 15 / 30 Race: Undead Monster Classification: Magical Skeleton
Title: Cold Soul Divine Protection: None Attribute: None Follower: None Spouses None
Health: 290 Mana: 950 Strength: 40 Dexterity: 18 Vitality: 29 Endurance: 43 Intelligence: 95 Knowledge: 8
Nice! Looking pretty good, though I have yet to learn any spells. Well I know where I can learn some. I loot those assholes and take their gold. They only had some silver... well better than nothing I guess. I go the study room of my lovely wife and enter through the door. On the wall is a little picture of me and my family. Huh? That's strange. I feel water running down my face. Am I crying? I don't even have any tear glands, how can I cry? Somehow I lose all the strength in my bones and fall to the ground.
There I lie for a bit, just crying. After a while it seems like my hateful flame was finally able to consume my sadness. Good. I take a few spell books and start reading them. I am shocked at my own reading speed, I guess all that extra intelligence isn't just for show! After a while I get some nice messages.
You've learned elementary Water spells!
Good. Those spells are not very strong but they have to be enough for now. Sadly my wife was only able to learn water spells. After I packed some more books and the picture into my bag I leave my house. Outside, I'm greeted by the cold wind and a beautiful starry sky. Two full moons are hanging above me, making the scene look quite beautiful. Somehow, I get a little upset about how the sky can stay this nice and beautiful, like it doesn't even care about what happened here. I guess it actually really doesn't care. Our house is located outside our little Village. I would have preferred to live right in the middle of it, but my wife always wanted to have a house in the outskirts. Well looking back it was a pretty dumb decision, wasn't it?
I have two options now, I could either go to the village and with a bit luck I can talk to them before they try to kill me, which is pretty unlikely though. My second option would be to go into the wood and just see what I can find...
Let's go with that for now.
Goodbye civilization.
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Authors Note: So here is the 1st real chapter, I hope you enjoy it! please tell me what you guys think about it!