“Are you awake?”

Asked a raspy voice.

I looked up and saw a rotting face, grayish and red, with a quarter of his or her face revealing skull and bloodshot eyes that have gone milky. I wanted to scream, but couldn’t make a sound. In fact I’m not even startled, nor afraid.

* - As an Undead, you are unable to become emotional. You are also unable to feel any sort of pain and discomfort

Huh? What is this? Unfeeling? Hey, I am confused right now. Doesn’t that count as some sort of emotion?

The rotting person snapped its fingers at me, catching my attention.

“Hey! Are you defective? I said are you awake? Answer!”

I tried to make a sound, but for some reason I can’t explain. I feel like I don’t even have any vocal cord. I raised my hands and gaze at the skeletal structure. Is all bone, white and slightly gray.

“So you are awake.” Said the rotting person, “Good, I can sense your thoughts a bit. You have sentience unlike all the others. Now as an undead and a full skeleton one, you cannot speak. Unless you acquire , it is impossible for you to speak. Fortunately, as a sentient being created by me, we can communicate telepathically.”

So you can read my mind?

I thought.

“Indeed. Now get up, from now on you’re my commanding officer for my legions! Go grab a set of armor and weapon, move now!”

The rotting person push me off the hard table that was cover in red cloth. I fell smashing my head on the floor, the rotting person snorted.

“Tch, a terrible reaction, pathetic. Get up, my patient has its limits you know.”

The rotting person kicked my ribs forcing me to roll over and push myself up with my seemingly fragile, skeletal body. I was wearing nothing and as a skeleton, this is beyond naked. Should I be embarrassed? As I begin to feel slightly uncomfortable, something popped within my mind.

* has been activated, all emotions are purged

The discomfort about my body condition dissipated in an instant and I disregard the topic while pushing myself up. Standing straight and trying to erase the embarrassment earlier, the rotting person snorted again.

“Took you long enough. From now on you will address me as Master. I am your creator, your ressurator! I am the Great Lich Trunai! Bow before your Master!”

With those commands, my body begin to move on its own and within seconds, I found myself prostrating before this huge ego of a rotting person.

Or Lich as he or she claims to be.

I couldn’t really tell if this Lich is a man or a woman, the decayed face is beyond recognizable and the Lich’s entire body is shrouded in a clean robe that is colored dark purple and decorated with several symbols.

During the time that my body is transitioning towards a prostrate pose, that mental message once again popped up in my mind.

* Attention has been activated, you shall obey most orders that is given by [Greater Lich Trunai]

Your wish is my command.

I thought.

“Good. Now go obtain a set of armor, I want you to stand out a bit since the rest are indistinguishable.”

Trunai stare at me while I stand up and automatically walk towards the huge door frame, which I assume to be the Armory

Various weapons and armors were laid out all of them looking brand new. While there isn’t much like you would expect from a small military armory, it is a lot for a single person to decide.

Which one do I pick? All of these gives off some sort of aura that clearly states that these gears are not your average tool of war.

Master, which armor do you think will suit me?   

“Ho, whichever suits you best.”

You are most generous. Unfortunately I cannot determine which armor is best suited for me knowing that these armors are not normal armors.

“Hm, I see. Very well, it would be beneficial to give my retainer .  With this, you shall be able to see which armor is best suited including its effects. Oh? That reminds me, I have yet to use on you.”

Trunai grasp my arm and gaze at it, a strange sensation washed over me. Like the Lich is literally staring into my soul.

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“No! Th-this is amazing!”

Trunai pulled my arm and threw me back into the room where I was resurrected. I tried to scramble back up, confused, but Trunai blasted me with something forcing me down.

I could feel my ribs turning into dust. It was a strange feeling, being able to feel my ribs despite being blasted into dust and detached from my main body.

Within seconds, what remains of my ribs began to reform and attached themselves to what was left of my bony chest like mud. The remains reshaped once they were attached to my stumps and ta-da!

I was whole.

“Haha! If only I have such a Passive Skill. Yes you are truly fitting to be my right hand man!”

Master? What do you mean?

had been activated earlier, causing me to disregard the fact that I was nearly killed. I’m pretty certain that I could still be killed despite being an Undead.

“You have a passive . You can pull yourself together even if I grind you into dust. Ha, if only I have such a skill. Alas I am a Lich, we hold our souls within and without...”

He raised his staff creating a whirlwind. The whirlwind tore me apart like paper in a shredder and scatter my body everywhere. What a jerk.

I believe I was mostly dust after that, next thing I knew, I was whole again.

* Attention, you have obtained the Title

A title?

“Hm, seems like a fitting one as well. That reminds me, I forgot to give you .”

Trunai raised his hands at me and I felt a sharp jab at my mind as another message appeared.

* Attention, you have obtain a Skill

I bowed to my Master. Despite not really knowing what appraising is.

Thank you for bestowing me a great gift, Master.

“Indeed, not many could give one a Skill. Much less an skill!”

The Lich cackled and walked away.

“Come find me once you pick out your equipment. I will be waiting in my Throne Room. Take your time.”

I stared at the Armory, looking at various armors and weapons ranging from to . That reminds me, I can use despite not being given any instruction on how to activate it in the first place. Guess its instinct.

I begin to use on armors I wanted based on their appearance. I check the stats on a dark purplish and reddish armor.

* [Draku Dark Guard’s Armor] - Draku Dark Guard’s Armor hails from the nation Draku. The country of Draku is mostly surrounded by former volcanoes where its ashes had caused the sky in Draku to be dark and its environment nearly uninhabitable.

* Heat Resistance Lvl 6

* Blood Veins Lvl 5

* Shadow Stance Lvl 5

* Light Resistance Lvl 6

* Holy Resistance Lvl 4

* Fire Resistance Lvl 6

Not bad, compare to the others that I have seen. This armor has a lot of stats that is appealing to me. I now found out the reason why the Lich wanted me to take my time. I could use on the abilities and passives to get a better description.

* Blood Veins - The more injury the wearer is, the faster the wearer shall be healed [Passive]

* Blood Veins - The wearer can sacrifice part of its blood or soul in exchange for power [Active]

Due to my , I might not have to worry about overusing this ability. Although I won’t be able to sacrifice any blood since I am a skeleton and my bone marrows are empty. I don’t know if my soul is in any danger as well. Might as well check later just to be certain.

Next, I checked on [Draku Dark Guard’s Armor]

* Shadow Stance - The wearer can become invisible when the wearer is moving slowly or standing still [Passive]  

Now that is something I really want! Stealthy, but tanky. I grab the armor set and begin to disassemble it in order to wear it. The armor holds multiply components along with a chainmail and clothing that I can wear beneath the armor.

The armor itself have two shoulder pads that holds some sort of symbols along with a black cape that reaches about knee cap length. Being a full body armor, I was worried about movement restriction, but I found out that the small gaps in the armor doesn’t entirely restrict my movement.

In other words if I am nimble, I might not have to worry about being strike within the vulnerable part of my armor. But I am a skeleton, so I don’t need to worry about getting being pierce. Did I mention that it comes along with a cool helmet that covers my entire head?

Great to be wearing something again.

Next I looked for a weapon while doing a quick check on my Passive Skills.

* - The holder of this Skill can revive themselves after being slain from any sort of damage. If the holder is killed by a spiritual base damage, the holder’s soul can still be restore.

I think I’m safe even if I am overusing . I decided that while I am checking my stats, I would see what other stats I have.

* - As an Undead, you do not feel hunger, pain, emotion, nor fatigue.

* - Despite being an Undead, you are a sentential being and can be subjected to emotions that can become a burden. The holder of this Skill will have all emotion purged if the holder have reach a certain threshold.

* - You are an individual brought back to life by Necromancy. The higher your necromastery is, the stronger you are.

My stats aside, I set my sight on the variety of weapons.

Using I check the weapons that were hosted on the floor and some on the wall. Glancing over one of the huge sword that looks cool. I wonder if I could wield it.

* [High Demon Longsword] – A longsword made from an ore found deep within the demon lands. The sword is more durable than diamonds and can apply due to the property of the ore that was used to forge this blade.

* - Eats away one soul. Those who are affected by will take percentage damage over time. In order for this status to take effect, the wielder must be able to wound the target with this blade. [Passive]

* - This weapon is stronger than diamonds and does not need to be sharpen often.

* - Consumes mana or life force to create a deadly wind that can sever a target's soul. [Active]

* - Curses an area before erupting that area with at the cost of mana or life force. [Active]

Not only does the blade look intimidating, but it’s powerful. I reach out to grasp the black blade, and tried to lift it with difficulty.

As an Undead I am unable to feel tired, but I can still be strained if I am trying to get ahold of something that is beyond my strength.

I gave up and sighed while comparing my stats to the blade to see if I am compatible. By the way, this feature just popped up, how convenient.

* Suggested requirement to wield [High Demon Longsword]: The wielder who is an should have at least in order to wield [High Demon Longsword] effectively.

Looks like I am four levels short to wield this.

I glanced at another weapon, my eyes finally locked on a black spiny shield and a dark Jian like sword next to it.

* [King Serus’s Shield & Sword] - A blade and shield that comes from another dimension.

Eh? That’s it? Ah, whatever I decided to check its stats.

* - When activated, the shield shall shroud surrounding areas with mists that heal and revive nearby allies who are , , or . Requires mana or life force to activate. [Active]

* - Serus’s Blade can cut through anything without resistance for a short amount of time while consuming percentile amount of mana or life force while activated. [Active]

* - This material appears to be forged from the bones of a Dark Dragon. High chance of Curse can be applied to those who were wounded by this weapon. [Passive]

* - Dark Dragon Bones are extremely hard to break and is rank above diamonds in terms of hardness.

Oooh. This is nice.

Being able to revive allies might be a huge factor. Not only that, but I can cut through anything! While it lacks offensive abilities compared to the [High Demon Longsword], I am pretty certain that being able to cut through anything out shines the longsword.

Taking hold of the shield and sword, I begin to strap the shield to my left arm. The shield covers my entire chest and extends near my mid-thigh. The shield have a semi-oval like shape, the spiny parts that occupies the left side of the shield looks like it can be use like a secondary weapon.

A white sigil was engraved in the middle of the shield. I am assuming that this is how is called forth when I activate it.

The black sword is light, very light despite being harder than diamond. Come to think of it, the [High Demon Longsword] is also rank above diamond in terms of hardness. I could think of this blade as a smaller brother of that longsword.

Serus’s Sword seems to drain the light around it. Giving it an appearance of a faded black hole. I sheath the blade and look into a mirror that was prop against a wall.

A normal rectangular mirror with gold frames around it, I step in front of the mirror and took a look at my appearance.

A black caped, fully armored figure with a black spiny shield on the left along with the sword’s sheath since I draw the blade with my right hand. The dark red and purplish armor lacks those imitating spikes, but none less practical.

The helmet covers my entire head, leaving only two medium size slits that reveals my empty sockets and glowing purple orbs within my socket. Quite eerie.

Purple huh? So that is why I can see things despite not having any eyes.

I turned away from the mirror and walked out of the Armory. Time to visit my Master…