Hi! My name is Rudy and I am your typical gamer. My hobbies include playing games, watching tv and reading. Although I have these hobbies that take away most of my free time, I’m still a functioning member of society. I'm a teacher at a big high school.

I love my job and I love to teach. I work up to 10 hours a day and when I get home I always sit down by my computer. I'm single and have been for a while, my ex cheated on me a few years ago and I guess I still have a hard time getting over it.

I woke up like every other morning and was going to get ready for work, but when I opened my eyes all I could see was darkness. I tried moving but I can't even feel myself moving, what's going on? I tried yelling out but heard no sound, I could feel that I didn't even make any sound when I tried to.

Even though all of this is happening I'm unusually calm. I'm not panicked or worried, it's already been at least a month in this darkness and I've yet to be upset or worried. Thinking about that kinda makes me.... worry.

After what seemed like at least months, maybe even a year in that darkness I finally saw a light! It's impossible to miss when you've been stuck with darkness for so long, I know I can't move but I try to move towards the light and I can see it getting closer! When it was within reach I was shocked to see a naked, very beautiful woman, she looked to be in her mid to late twenties, long blond hair, rosy lips, beautiful blue eyes.

She was in a fetus position giving off this mysterious light, I could see her body, it looked extremely well trained, but it had scars here and there, even her face had a few scars. I tried reaching for her to maybe wake her up or something.

After so long in silence, I finally have someone to speak to! When I reach for her with the hands I don't even know I have I felt a shock in my entire body, wait, I do have a body? It shocked me and it felt like I got electrocuted. After a minute of that, I could feel intense pain all over me and tried to scream out but nothing came out.

The pain suddenly stopped and the woman was gone and I was back in pure darkness. I felt myself drifting off to sleep. Sleep, something I haven’t had since I entered this dark place.

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My name is Rudy, I grew up in a small village. I trained hard to improve myself physically, the men of the village did not like that, a woman should not fight, they said. I don't care! I continued training for a couple of years when a warrior arrived in the village. I was 12 years old at that time, so I asked him to train me. He told me he was a crusader and if I wish to follow him, I need to swear an oath, so I did. I swore an oath, leaving my home, family and leaving with the man.

When I was 16, I saw my master die. I did what I was supposed to do, I took up his shield and weapon, and on that day, I became a Crusader. Driven by duty I'm bound to kill the enemies of Zakarum. Sworn to live as a crusader and to die as one.

When I was 20 years old I reached what I'd believe to be hell on earth. Demons running around doing what they please. R*pe and murder in each corner of the few human cities that are left. I took my weapon and headed out. For almost 9 years I fought continuously against hordes of demons and I even fought and won against the Prime Evil itself as well as corrupted angels and angels seeking the extinction of humankind.

When I was 29, I died. At least that's what I think I did. I remember closing my eyes to get some rest, but when I opened my eyes, all I could see was darkness. I drifted around in the darkness for many moons. After what felt like a year I could see a light. I tried getting closer to the light, when I got close I could see the light. It was a man, he had short dark blond hair and no facial hair, he looked to be around 30 years old.

He was, I guess you could say handsome. But he didn't look like he'd been in a fight in his life. A slim body and not a single scar. He was lying in a fetus position, giving off a strange light and when I tried to touch him I felt a shock in my entire body like I was struck by lightning and after a few minutes, I could feel intense pain! I gritted my teeth and fought against the pain. Suddenly the pain vanished and so did the light, I could feel my eyes growing heavy like I wanted to sleep. I haven't slept since I arrived in this darkness, I didn't even fight it and just drifted off to sleep.

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I opened my eyes and could see the bright blue sky, not a single cloud could be seen. I just laid there for minutes, staring at the beautiful blue sky, something I’ve really come to miss after that dark place.

I decided to stand up and see where I was, I knew already that I was alive again. I looked around and all I saw was nature, it was amazing. I was standing in a grassy field close to a forest. The breeze felt refreshing and I took a deep breath, relishing the feeling of getting the fresh air in my lungs. I didn’t even realize that in the dark place, I never even breathed.

I started inspecting my body, and to no surprise, I was naked. My arms are slightly tanned, but not as hairy as I was used to, which was almost no hair at all. I touched my face for some reason and was surprised by how different it was, then I looked down and could see something sticking out. Breasts? What? Of course, I have breasts!

Confusion got to me, I got a bit dizzy and sat down and closed my eyes and tried to remember something, anything. Many different memories flashed in my mind as I finally figured out why I was so confused. We had merged when we touched in the darkness.

We had become one, which was very confusing because one was a man, and the other a woman. One was a simple man from a technologically advanced world, the other was a warrior woman from a fantasy world. Everyone about ourselves was different, except our name, Rudy. I had the same appearance as the crusader, except I was taller. I was 6’2” tall and had long blond hair with blue eyes.

Although the concept was not strange to me, as I had seen and read stories such as this, I never expected to be a part of something like this. One part of me was panicking, while the other was excited.

One thing however stood out to me, I was monstrously strong in the fantasy world, I fought and defeated angels and demons alike. Angels and demons I was very familiar with in my other world as well, from a video game called Diablo.

While the memories of that world were vastly more different than the game I played, it still had too many similarities. The world humans lived in was called Sanctuary, the prime evils Mephisto, Baal, Diablo and more. The angles such as Tyrael, the archangel of justice, turned mortal. The arrogant Imperius, Archangel of Valor. Malthael, Archangel of Wisdom, who later turned into the angel of death.

Hours went by as I still sat on the grass, thinking of what to do now. I swore an oath, and I fulfilled that oath, I am now free of said oath. I always liked traveling so using this chance, this second chance of life to go on a crazy, magical adventure was now my biggest goal. My first mission? well, learning about myself of course.

Just how strong was I? Could I use magic as I could before? Could I access my so-called inventory? The answers to those questions got easily answered, I could instinctively use magic. However, crusader magic was mostly used to strengthen themselves and weaken foes.

I tried using magic while thinking of my inventory and it worked immediately. While living in that world, I had no such thing as an inventory, I took a shot in the dark and guessed that I would have access to an inventory, and I was correct. Although I couldn’t physically see inside the inventory, as soon as I used the magic, I just knew everything that was in there.

Lets just say I was rich in gold and many different armors, weapons, shields and more. Seeing as I was still naked I put on some clothes and armor. Turns out I can also change the appearance of the armor and weapon I use, like the transmogrify in the game. I put on my Akkhan Set, which looked both scary and angelic at the same time. It was painted in white, silver and gold, paired with a shield called Frydehr’s Wrath, which had the appearance of an angel on it and then a massive, burning ebony sledgehammer called The Furnace. I was pretty sure no one would mess with me if I looked like this.

Also, the helmet somehow doesn’t affect my sight at all, infact, it improves it. Mental note to look into that more.

Now it was time to test my physical strength. I walked towards the forest that was close, approximately 300 feet away. As I got closer to the forest I got a bit scared thinking about my weapon, The Furnace. It was constantly burning, what if I accidently start a fire? I took my gloves off and tried touching the flames and they did not harm me at all. I tried burning the grass under me by just placing [The Furnace] to it, it did not burn at all, it was like the fire was an illusion. I wonder if it only does harm against enemies, and since I don't see grass as an enemy it won't burn it.

I walked into the forest, battle ready. New world, new enemies, I figured. You can never be too careful. I luckily found no enemies, but the forest was overgrown, no presence of humans here at all. It didn’t take long for me to find a boulder, I tried lifting it and it was easy. Now this boulder must have weighed at least 300kg. It was safe to assume that I was strong, at least in my own standard. Now I only hope I’m strong in this world's standard.