《How a Skeleton Became The Ruler Of The World》 Prolog Alex could be described as an ordinary nerd who lived alone and supported himself by selling items gained in the game. He was 28 years old and an only child, but he wasn''t like other nerds, who are usually unattractive, never had a girlfriend and never achieved anything in life. Alex from an early age was interested in games and was practically a legend in every game he played. He always used the nickname Hades in every game he played. He mostly liked strategy and fantasy games such as WoW. In the world outside of gaming, he was a millionaire thanks to his excellent understanding of the financial markets and selling the rarest of items that didn''t interest him. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Today, like every week, he was going to the gym to get some exercise and refreshment. It was raining heavily with hail. As he was crossing the lanes a car suddenly appeared out of nowhere going 100 km/h, he tried to dodge but it was too late. Boom! He flew 10 meters and landed on the roadway. "If there is life after death I beg you to put me in some fantasy" - he thought and died. Chapter 1 - Awakening This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Chapter 2 - The first fight in the new world Alex went along the corridor with Lucifer on the way. They visited several rooms and bathrooms, but they met nothing strange. After a few minutes of walking, they reached an old-looking door. When Lucifer opened it inside, it was full of weapons, shields, and armor and all of them looked like it forged them yesterday. So he chose the blade and tried to see if what he read was true. Somehow he can hold the sword, but when he swings it falls out of his hand. ¡°So the book didn¡¯t lie. A person who is born with a certain class can¡¯t train in another class¡± - he picked and then gave the weapon to Lucifer. The latter swung it as if he was a born swordsman. They left the armory and explored the other side of the tomb; they walked past the area where he was reborn and after a minute they passed a much larger door. ¡°What¡¯s with this door? A giraffe wouldn¡¯t have to bend the hell down,¡± he thought as he walked inside. The room was even more opulent than the one he woke up in. Aside from the gilded walls and pillars, gems that looked very expensive glittered everywhere. Then his gaze was caught by huge calendula which was made of thousands of diamond-like stones, then seats were attached along the hall, and at the end stood a throne made of animal bones. ¡°This is the throne room, but then who were the bones in which I was reborn?¡± he wondered. Looking further, he noticed that two horrible skulls were sticking out on either party of the seat. The palm rest was made of human skulls. The throne looked spectacular, as if it was made especially for the ruler of the world. Alex stepped closer to get a closer look. His eyes landed on the skulls: ¡°Are these humans?¡± he exclaimed. Although he was disgusted, inside he felt excited. He didn¡¯t know why, but he wanted to sit on this throne. Later, he looked at the two enormous heads coming out of the throne that were made of bone. ¡°Who the hell hunted two dragons to make a stool to sit on!!!,¡± he shouted in his mind. He tried to calm down and walked with his servant towards the door that was behind the throne. When they passed without a door, they came out into a large corridor at the edge of which was a diamond door. Many other corridors diverged from the hallway, but he checked out the room at the top of the hallway first. As he came to again, he looked at the familiar two dogs standing on either side of the door as if guarding the entrance. This time, their eyes did not move. The door opened by itself, which shocked Alex; he walked inside and saw an appointed living room with seats and a table. Further on stood a desk with a seat resembling a smaller throne. ¡°Made of bone,¡± - he thought with amusement. They then entered the next room, in which there was a bed large enough to accommodate ten people. After ten minutes of checking his residence, there were three bathrooms, a living room, two bedrooms, and a private vault. When they opened the vault, there was a lot of stuff in there, but what Alex was most curious about was the ¡°Transformation¡± booklet, which was only about three pages long. Alex did not waste time and read. Looking at the number of riches, he was sure that it would not be an ordinary thing. After he read, he heard a familiar sound in his head: ¡°[You have learned zero transformation magic]¡±. He entered his status to learn more about this skill. [Transformation(0/3)] - Allows the thrower to change their form as imagined, but does not change race or status only their body, which will be as strong as the original. The scent, aura, and voice also change. It is nearly impossible to see through the true form. The thrower can have a maximum of three bodies saved and they cannot be removed. Development ability. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it ¡°What an OP ability! With this, I won¡¯t arouse the interest of other people and I can also have three personalities that will be useful to conquer this world. I just have to choose well because I only have three bodies that I can save so far. Maybe I¡¯ll create the character I used in Wowie first? He was quite handsome. I just don¡¯t know if I would attract too much interest, but then again, looks can be helpful.¡± He looked at the book. ¡°That was to be expected.¡± the book was blank. ¡°The ability was a onetime thing to learn,¡± he thought, sighed, and imagined a figure with silver hair obscuring his eyes, medium height, a handsome face, and a finely muscled body. ¡°Transformation,¡± he said and his entire body changed. Bones covered the skin and organs formed inside. ¡°What a strange feeling. I feel like something is walking inside my body. Lucifer, who was standing at the side, had his face open but said nothing. His Lord had changed into a young, handsome man. ¡°Bring me the mirror,¡± waving his hand he said and Lucifer went to the bathroom, took the mirror, and returned. ¡°Please my Lord,¡± holding the mirror in front of Alex. The young man looked at himself in the mirror and smiled from ear to ear. ¡°Even my Lord¡¯s smile is special,¡± Lucifer thought, covering his face so his Lord couldn¡¯t see his blush. ¡°Lucifer.¡± ¡°Yes, my Lord?¡± ¡°Investigate this tomb as soon as possible and inform me if you find anything interesting.¡± ¡°Yes, I will, my Lord,¡± he said and walked with a quick step, completing his first task. He had a smile on his face and walked with a skipping step. At the same moment, Alex was thinking about his plans. ¡°I should not stand out. For now, explore the kingdoms nearby and get to a higher level. The major problem now is the level, because any soldier could kill me, and that I can only have ten undead under my control at once. Firstly, to increase my level, secondly to learn more about the relationship between the kingdoms nearby and their strongest units, thirdly I have to get the bodies of people who had good classes and skills.¡± he thought while lying in bed, at that moment he received a mental message. ¡°My Lord I found a staircase leading down and up at the bottom there is an entryway and at the top, there are high-level creatures but they don¡¯t seem to attack, I think they are guarding your tomb,¡± Lucifer reported to Alex. ¡°Alright, you can go to the armory, take some weapons and armor and get some gems from the vault and meet me at the room I woke up in,¡± Alex ordered After a few minutes they met, Alex took the things from Lucifer and put them in the system inventory, then together they started towards the stairs leading upwards. When they climbed the stairs, they saw some scary creatures. Among them were some orcs, goblins, creatures with 5 heads and a boar¡¯s body, and many others. When Alex used [Detect Threat] skill, the message showed [High Danger], which meant that it was better not to fight with them because the chance to win was fragile. After they passed, the creatures became weaker and weaker until he finally reached the ones that didn¡¯t seem to have intelligence. ¡°My Lord, it seems we will have to fight,¡± he shouted as he ran up two meters in front of Alex trying to protect him. ¡°Alright, we need some experience and we should be able to handle them. You gather them on you and I will try to kill them.¡± ¡°[Vanguard]!,¡± he yelled as all the monsters started running towards him once they were close: ¡°[Necromancer¡¯s Ball],¡± he thought and a ball the size of his head flew towards several goblins. The ball smashed into one goblin and splashed into the others, the skill did little damage but it slowly sucked the life out of them and sent them to Alex. ¡°[Sword Slashing],¡± he cut with his sword not giving the goblin a chance to turn the situation around, and turned to look to see if his Lord was alright. ¡°You did well Lucifer, bring me their corpses here,¡± he said, wondering if it would be the undead that would kill or if he would gain experience, so he decided to make them undead to test his theory. If it turned out to be true, it would be the skill that changed everything. When Lucifer brought him six dead goblins, Alex used on one of them ¡°[Rise Undead]¡± he thought and the black ointment came out of his hand and took the whole body of the goblin. ¡°What the hell, now that I think about it if I revive a human with skin will I create a popular human zombie or will its shortcut be absorbed and revive a skeleton,¡± a moment later when the black ointment disappeared a goblin appeared looking the same as before. ¡°This servant greets the ruler,¡± he greeted, kneeling. Chapter 3 - Massacre Alex was happy, first the people he was creating had the same appearance as before he died. Second, this goblin seems to understand and I can talk to him mentally. ¡°Alright, you can get up. What is your name ?¡± ¡°I have no name, my lord,¡± he lowered his head. ¡°Alright, your name is Matias,¡± he said and after a moment, he heard the same voice as always. ¡°[Matias has been added to your undead]¡± ¡°Matias props the ruler,¡± kneeling down and drawing his sword. ¡°Alright I accept your dedication,¡± and then he thought ¡°Matias status,¡± as he was curious what skills he got.
Name: matias Skills
Race: Undead [Deep wounds] - each cut leaves a bleeding that is hard to control
Class: Szermierz [Triple Slash] - jumps a few meters to the front, delivering three quick sword strikes
Level: 1/100 (0%) [Undead body] - no need to sleep or eat, not feeling fatigue, immortality, immunity to poisons, immunity to necromancy magic.
HP: 40/40 [Goblin language] - ability to communicate with goblins
MP: 10/10
STR: 15
AGI: 07
INT: 13
VIT: 11
DEX: 12
¡°Matias, do you remember what happened before I created you?¡± asked Alex ¡°Unfortunately, my lord I remember nothing¡± ¡°Alright, let¡¯s move on,¡± he said and the three of them moved on. ¡°From now on you will fight together without my help if possible, so give it your best¡± ¡°Yes, Master,¡± they both replied simultaneously. Alex he regretted that he could not remember anything because he wanted to check how many and if the same abilities were given to his undead. He liked their behavior because who doesn¡¯t want others to respect and honor them. Alex had always been a person who wanted to be the best in everything, so for him such words worked like a bull¡¯s eye and he wanted even more for them to respect him. They moved slowly, because every several meters they had to fight with small monsters. The longer they walked, the weaker were the monsters, which bored Alex. After about ten minutes, there was finally light. He told Matis to stay here and kill the monsters so that when they returned, the journey would not take so long. After leaving, he turned around and noticed that the tomb was under a deep hill. ¡°In the future, we could build a castle on it and a secret passage to the tomb, or if I build a teleportation portal, it would be even better to build a castle somewhere else and mask the tomb and just teleport there.¡± He pondered while gazing upwards. ¡°Good time to see how many levels I have gained, feels much lighter and my brain working faster. Status!¡± he thought.
Name: Hades Skills
Race: Undead [Create Undead] - creates an undead
Class: Necromancer [Rise Undead] - Creates an undead from flesh while retaining some of its abilities.
Level: 5/100 (3%) [Necromancer''s Ball lvl1 ] - Fires balls of necromancer energy and absorbs its life and sends us healing
HP: 40/40 [Undead Control(1/10)] - passiv ability to control Undead which you create
MP: 30/30 [Undead body] - no need to sleep or eat, not feeling fatigue, immortality, immunity to poisons, immunity to necromancy magic.
STR: 11 [Detect Threat] - warns of sudden danger and assesses visible threat
AGI: 08
INT: 27
VIT: 09
DEX: 05
¡°I gained five levels, three of which were gained for me by my subordinates. My theory showed to work. If my servants kill monsters, I also get exp. Oh, but I didn¡¯t expect this. My sphere spell advanced to level one. If I¡¯m not mistaken, it should be because I used it directly on some orcs and then they died. This means that skills exp separately, interestingly intelligence points make me smarter,¡± after reviewing the status, he seemed to understand the basics behind gaining levels. He was also curious if Matias killed monsters away from him would he also receive experience, but he was skeptical about it. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Around the entrance to the tomb were dense forests, and the trees reached up to a hundred meters, which shocked Alex as he was not used to such dense forests and tall trees on the ground. They headed east, after half an hour they finally came out of the forest onto the plains and came across a road, after an hour on the road they finally saw a village in the distance, but strangest of all there was a thick smoke coming from the village. Alex guessed what could happen, but he was not sure. After all, he learned about this world only from books and not known how old. He decided to get to the village as soon as possible. When they reached the village, the corpses of the youngest and oldest people were lying in the street, the houses were on fire and some people were moaning in pain. ¡°My Lord, we should leave here as soon as feasible. Any moment now the army may come and take us for criminals,¡± Lucifer said concernedly. ¡°Track down these bandits, we will go kill them and get their belongings,¡± he ordered. Lucifer looked for signs of horses and after a moment, ¡°They went this way, my Lord,¡± ¡°Lead the way,¡± he said, running with Lucifer following the tracks towards the bandits¡¯ camp. Alex, surprisingly didn¡¯t even feel bad looking at this macabre, but guessed it was related to his race. The boy did not want to take revenge for those people, but to take their horses and valuables and, by the way, check the level of the so-called bandits in this kingdom. After an hour of running, Lucifer crouched down and pointed his finger at what looked like a cave carved into the rock. They walked closer to the cave, then Alex turned to Lucifer and waved his hand to check for a back exit. Lucifer ran behind the cave, but no exit was visible. ¡°But we have fished around this village. Let¡¯s go have some fun with the women because they are waiting,¡± he said and started off with some of his buddies deeper into the cave. Lucifer who was standing there, heard everything exactly and knew that this was the best chance to attack. He went back to Hades and told him everything. They attacked. Lucifer went first and right behind him, Alex. There were two bandits standing on the scout. ¡°You¡¯ll have to deal with them yourself, because I don¡¯t have a method of killing quickly and quietly,¡± Alex said and the servant just nodded and started sneaking up behind one of the bandits he grabbed him by the mouth and slit his throat and he fell to the ground, he quickly ran up to the other one and did the same. They then entered the cave and saw three men sitting by the fire. ¡°[Necromancer¡¯s Ball]¡± he threw and the three bandits didn¡¯t react. They flew back a piece and their life force kept decreasing and they screamed: ¡°Ahhh! Help! It hurts, what is it?¡± they were lying on the floor writhing in pain and Lucifer just came up and hit them with his sword, a moment later 6 more enemies ran out of the room, Alex said ¡°[Danger high]¡± he was surprised, it turned out that the captain will not be easy to deal with. ¡°Lucifer watch out for the one with the axe he is the strongest of them all, you take care of him and I¡¯ll take care of the rest,¡± he ordered and threw the necromancer¡¯s bullet again, the bullet hit but only two of the six, so he decided to quickly use the undead creation on the ones they killed so they could do vanguard for him. ¡°[Rise Undead],¡± he thought while extending his hand to the bandit they killed. After a moment, the same man who was just moments ago only he was dead emerged from the darkness. ¡°Attack my enemies,¡± he ordered briefly, and the man ran at the three approaching men. While they fought his undead, he again threw the necromancer¡¯s bullets, but this time he only hit one. The third bandit, seeing that his friend had seized the enemy, ran towards Alex. ¡°Lord!!!,¡± Lucifer shouted, seeing the man approaching his Lord. He quickly threw his skill to kill his opponent as fast as possible. He killed him but when he looked, the man was a step away from Hades. He fired with all his strength that the ground bent beneath his feet, but he was too late because the bandit pierced him in half with his sword blade. Lucifer jumped up and beheaded him. ¡°My Lord, forgive me for failing. I will die here and now,¡± he knelt down and put the sword to his head. Blood was oozing from Alex, but he felt no pain. He drew his sword and threw the necromancer¡¯s bullets towards the last living bandit. Within seconds the man¡¯s life energy healed Alex¡¯s wounds and after a few minutes he was healthy as new," looking at his servant, ¡°Alright, just next time we need to prepare better,¡± he said and then added, ¡°Bring all the money and riches of these people so I can look.¡± He said, sitting down by the fire. Chapter 4 - Limewood city Alex sat by the fire. ¡°God, I almost died again. I had eight life points left as I looked at the status during the fight. I have to be more careful because I won¡¯t be reborn a second time. I should create a servant from the body of this bandit commander,¡± he pondered and Lucifer came pushing a cart filled with coins, artwork, precious stones and several skill books. ¡°My lord this is all I have found,¡± said lucifer bowing. Alex tucked everything into the system inventory, then took out the books and started looking through them. ¡°[Wall of fire] it won¡¯t be useful to me now, [Ice spear] also medium,¡± he looked at the last one and his lips smiled, [Corpse support] ¡°Finally something useful,¡± he took it in his hand and started reading. ¡°[You have learned Corpse support magic],¡± Alex thought to check the exact working of this skill. ¡°[Corpse support],¡± he thought, and a message appeared in front of his eyes. [Corpse support] - Revives corpses within range (10m) to aid the thrower for two minutes. Growth Opportunity. He was satisfied, as this was the skill he needed most if there were more than one opponent. Moments later, the bandit brought in a few girls who had been kidnapped. ¡°My Lord, I found only them,¡± he said, kneeling down. The women, when they saw this, did not know what to think. At first they were happy that someone had killed the bandits, but they guessed that this someone was not a law enforcement person. ¡°Look at me,¡± he said in a serious voice. The women raised their heads and looked into his eyes, which were indifferent to their lives. ¡°You have two choices. Either you go to my place and be a maid there, or death on the spot.¡± The women knew he couldn¡¯t let them go because the kingdom would find out what happened here. The woman looked around at the others and replied: ¡°We agree to serve you,¡± she said and bowed. ¡°Alright now tell me everything about this kingdom, the nearest city, the professions that are done, everything you know.¡± The women just looked at each other and began to answer. ¡°This is the kingdom of Azrael, it is one of the weaker ones in the area, this is because only a small portion of the population has combat classes. Because of this, we are mainly an agricultural state. We exist mainly because it doesn¡¯t pay to conquer us as we don¡¯t have many dungeons where people can grow by killing monsters.¡± said a woman with amber hair smiling gently. After a moment another woman added: ¡°As for the nearest city it is the city of Limewood, about an hour away, it is one of the larger cities in the area, there is also a dungeon there so there are quite a few seekers. As for the economy, our kingdom is leading the way in agriculture.¡± ¡®Alright now you will go to my place of residence. No one will do anything to you if you don¡¯t provoke him,¡¯ he said and looked at the undead bandit: ¡®Lead these ladies to the tomb and take care of them. You should be able to contact Matias mentally ." He said and sent them away with a wave of his hand. Later he stood up, walked over to the captain¡¯s body and created an undead from it. ¡°Your name will be Jasper and you will do what you have been doing so far. Besides robbing, you will look for people with special skills and classes. When you find such either recruit them or kill them and take their corpses with you, we will be in touch. I hope you can handle it.¡± He said to Jasper and a smile on his face. ¡°Yes my lord, if you don¡¯t mind me asking what classes are useful to you?,¡± he asked mentally ¡°Classes such as archer, mages of any kind, spy, scout, assassin, thief besides it is important their skills if they are useless in their classes or just weak then I am not interested,¡± he replied with a surprised expression on his face. He didn¡¯t expect the undead to ask him anything. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°Yes, my lord,¡± bowing he left the cave. Alex, out of curiosity, gave such a mission to Jasper. He wanted to see how much it is possible to perform tasks by an undead in which he has to show creativity and caution. Even if he died Alex would lose almost nothing and if he succeeded, it would mean that he could just commission unspecific missions and by the way he would gain a lot of silver and maybe some suitable corpses. ¡°My Lord, shall I prepare a carriage with horses?¡± Lucifer asked. ¡°Yes prepare, we will travel to Limewood¡±. A moment later, a carriage harnessed to two horses stood in front of the cave. The interior was simple. Inside, there were two benches on two sides to transport over three people sitting in the front. Alex came out of the cave, sat in front next to Lucifer, and nodded that they could go. The road was rough at first, but once they got on the paved road, the journey passed quickly. ¡°Remember Lucifer, you must act like an adventurer and I am your companion, so from now on you call me Hades with no titles when anyone is around. I will portray you as a mute, but if anything happens, remember not to give out my identity.¡± He said with a menacing expression on his face. ¡°This servant will remember,¡± he replied. Soon the city could be seen in the distance. The walls reached about ten meters. On two sides were towers on which stood guards with bows and ballistas. The carriage pulled up to the gate. The guards were checking the carriages to see if they were smuggling anything illegal. ¡°Two bronze coins for entry,¡± the guard said to Lucifer. Alex took and gave the guard two silver coins instead of the bronze ones. The guard was surprised, looked at him again and let him drive in. In the beginning of the town, there were many factories for clothing, weapons, armor and all sorts of things. As we drove, on after a few, minutes we came to a place where stores, taverns and various services started. The street was wide enough for 6 carts to fit in the width. People were walking back and forth. You could also see a lot of slaves on the street, who were often of a different race. He went through the walk and see what was being sold in the stores and for how much. ¡°Good morning,¡± he said, walking into a gun store. ¡°These things, compared to what was in my armory, look like they came out of scrap metal,¡± he thought as he walked by checking the prices and quality of the products. He didn¡¯t know much about swords, but he wanted to know the prices, anyway. He walked around many stores and finally decided to go to the office that sold houses. The building was in the center of the city and was nicely decorated with two guards standing outside. Alex went inside and approached the window. ¡°Good morning, I would like to buy a house,¡± he said, and the man turned around with an unsavory expression on his face. ¡°Kid you better not joke around and get out of here,¡± he said hungrily waving his hand. Lucifer almost growled at the sales agent but held back, not wanting to reveal his Lord. The woman on the side who worked here watched and nodded. ¡°Maybe he¡¯ll finally learn not to judge people by their appearance, let alone their age,¡± she thought. ¡°I think you made a mistake, I am here to buy a house, if you are not capable of such a simple task as showing me which house is vacant and accepting the money please call someone who can handle it¡± Alex said mocking the guy. The employee burst out angrily, calling out the guards. The guards came in and knew they had been put in some good shit. ¡°Arrest them for insulting a public servant,¡± he yelled, pointing at Alex and Lucifer. The guards hesitated. They could see that these two were no ordinary people. Lucifer took off his shield and sword, which was about a foot and a half long, from his back. When the people saw this, they knew that all this had happened because of one official. ¡°We¡¯re going to get out of here and come back with a warrant to arrest this clerk and now if you don¡¯t want to eat sand from underneath then move,¡± Alex loudly said in such a tone of voice that even the king would have backed away. The guards moved away, and he and Lucifer walked out. The people breathed a sigh of relief because blood would have been shed if the young man had not stepped aside. His words left the people in amazement. After leaving the office, they went to an inn to spend the night and to hunt for the mayor of the town in the evening so that their stay would be without problems. Chapter 5 - Slaves When they arrived at the inn, they took a room for two days, including meals. They paid 15 bronze coins for it. When it got dark, they went out the back door of the inn so no one would see them. They ran through the streets towards the town hall, which was connected to the small palace where the mayor lived. There were several guards standing in front of the town hall, and now and then they went out to do their rounds. Alex and Lucifer slipped between the guards and ran towards the palace. Alex was not petty, but the change into a skeleton and the desire to have his subordinates respect him made him want to kill that official on the spot, along with all the people who were there. He decided to kill the mayor and reborn him as an undead, so that he would have almost absolute power. When they entered the palace, there were only a few bodyguards who were not very well trained, they easily entered through the balcony on the second floor, they slowly walked through and checked the rooms to find the one where the mayor himself was sleeping. Finally, they managed to find the room where the mayor was sleeping. They went inside quietly. Lucifer took out his sword, went up to the bed and pierced the mayor¡¯s heart so that he didn¡¯t even have time to open his eyes before dying. ¡°[Rise undead]¡± he muttered in thought and a black liquid flew out of his hand, covering the man¡¯s body. After a moment, the man knelt down and wanted to say something, but Alex said mentally, ¡°Shh, though to the room there we will talk,¡± he said and they went to the Mayor¡¯s office. ¡°I created you to pretend to be the mayor of this city, make them believe that you are the mayor, besides I have a request that you arrest and sentence to death the clerk who had an argument with a young boy yesterday and sack everyone who was in the office at that time but did not react,¡± he said. ¡°Of course, my Lord, your requests are orders. I will do my best,¡± he replied, bowing. ¡°Alright now go back to your wife to bed and I hope to hear good news tomorrow morning,¡± he said, and they left the mayor¡¯s room and quietly returned to the inn. The next morning, the guard rushed into the office and took away the clerk and those who had worked the shift that day. People didn¡¯t know what was going on at first, but some made the association that yesterday a young man on his way out said that this clerk would be arrested the next day. ¡°I wonder who that young man was?¡± asked a man in the crowd of another. ¡°Probably someone from a large noble family,¡± replied someone in the crowd. They took away the officials and the assistant mayor announced that the official would be executed in the main square the next day. When Alex heard this, he was pleased with how his servant had done, so he decided to go and buy an apartment again today. As they walked down the street, many people looked at him, ¡°Apparently the rumor has already spread,¡± he thought, shaking his head. After a few minutes, they reached the office when a man standing at the front desk saw him walk in, until sweat ran down the back of his neck. Alex walked up to the registration desk and everyone was looking at him to see what he would say or do, they were convinced that he was going to brag about what power he had or intimidate other officials, but they were wrong. ¡°Good morning. I came to buy an apartment. Are you able to help me choose something and deal with the formalities?¡± asked Alex politely, as if nothing happened yesterday. People could not believe that someone with such power could be so polite and tactful. Some even thought the rumor was false. ¡°Hello customer, we have some houses for sale today. Could I ask what size you would be interested in or what price you are looking for an apartment up to?¡± he asked If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ¡°I am not familiar with housing prices. I am new to this city. Could you tell me what is the cheapest and most expensive house.¡± replied ¡°Of course, the cheapest is at 80 silver coins and the most expensive villa is at 300 gold coins,¡± he said, swallowing his throat when he mentioned 300 gold coins. ¡°hmm, I can see that the money I have is quite a good property. In any, case you can go a little, crazy,¡± he thought and said. ¡°Then I would like to look at the apartment for 300 gold coins here please,¡± handing the bag of gold coins to the clerk. The clerk looked at it and was horrified that someone could carry so much money, took the money, put it on the scales and then called an assistant to prepare the documents needed to sell the house and they left, heading for the city center. After a few minutes, they came to an enormous villa surrounded by a high wall so that it was impossible to see what was inside. When they went inside, the plot of land was big and there were ponds, a place to exercise, a garden and in the middle there was a gigantic building with two floors and a size at least twice as big as the mayor¡¯s palace. Alex was happy with his purchase. He looked around inside and everything was as it should be. It couldn¡¯t compare to his living in the tomb, but it could be. ¡°Alright, I take it,¡± he said and turned to go back to the office. When they returned, the officials gathered to look at the young man who was buying the house they thought could not be sold. Alex signed the relevant documents, took the key and the deed and left, leaving ten gold coins with the guy who served him. The boy could not believe what had happened, not only did he not lose his job, but he made money for which he would have worked for several years and sold an impossible house to sell. Alex then went to a workshop where it was possible to buy carriages. He bought two normal and two richly decorated carriages, spending about four gold coins, then took one carriage and headed for the slave market. When they arrived, they saw from the entrance many cages with five to ten slaves in each, they were treated in a bad way. All of them were dirty, emaciated, and some were even mutilated. Although Alex had nothing against slavery, he still thought that they should be treated with some respect as intelligent people. This made him wrinkle his eyebrows and rush his horses. When he arrived to the place where the staff was standing, people got out of the carriage and started to watch, because it was the first time they saw such a richly decorated carriage and a young man got out of it. Alex was already used to this kind of looks. Seconds later, a man approached him with a smile on his face. ¡°Good morning dearest customer, what goods are you looking for?¡± he asked, licking his lips excitedly. ¡°Hello, you mean what people am I looking for?¡± he corrected him and the sales agent just nodded and knew what Alex meant. ¡°Go call the owner and tell him that a big buyer has arrived and wants to negotiate with him personally,¡± he said with a confident expression on his face. ¡°My Lord, may I ask what you want to negotiate?¡± he asked with a skeptical look. ¡°He wants to buy everything,¡± he said ¡°Everything?¡± he asked. ¡°Yes, then you better run for the owner,¡± he said, rushing him. He ran to the building, and after a while came out with the owner. The landlord was aware of the gossip and knew that he should not insult the young man. He walked up and greeted him. ¡°Dear Sir I heard that you want to buy all the slaves, but then we won¡¯t be able to function and we will lose our regular customers,¡± ¡°Of course I understand that, but I wanted to buy your company along with the slaves and not the slaves themselves,¡± he said and added. ¡°Tell me how much all the slaves are worth at this point and I will give you the price I am willing to give for your business.¡± The older man tried to hide his surprise but let it show anyway, than estimated and said. ¡°Slaves are worth about a hundred gold coins my lord,¡± he replied, adding some value. ¡°Hmm alright I will give you three hundred gold coins, I think that should be enough,¡± he said, pulling out the money. ¡°Deal.¡± he shook Alex¡¯s hand and went to get the papers to sign the sales contract. Thanks to that, he could firstly take what slaves he wanted to his mansion, secondly he could learn more about other races and kill some and turn them into his undead, if they had skills that he wanted.