《A Play ground for an Undead Lord》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 James got off the bus. As he looked in front of him, he saw and old Victorian building. It was the main building of a prestigious high school for girls. Mountain High school was an elite school where all the rich and famous people send their girls to school. James did not know why his sister asked him to come over to her new employer. James walked in to the school yard. After a few steps a lady come over. Dear sir, can I help you. I believe you have gotten of at the wrong stop." James just looked up at the lady and gave her the invitation his sister gave him. The lady took the invitation and looked at it. After confirming that the invasion was real, she gave it back. ¡°Please sir will you follow me. James followed the lady. After a sort walk, they come to the entrance of the Victorian building. As James entered the building, at witch time lady how escorted him too the building left. James walked to the front counter and gave the young lady behind the invitation. She took the invasions placed in to a card reader. ¡°Young man just follow the hall all the why down to the board room of the school. Your sister is waiting for you.¡± James followed the hallway till he saw a sign saying boardroom. James nocked on the door and entered. As James entered the room, he noticed that not only was his sister there but quite a few other ladies as well. James introduced himself and stood next to his sister.All the ladies in the room looked at James. ¡°Crystal is this the expert you told me about?¡± ¡°Yes, headmaster it is him.¡± At that moment the board room door open. A lady wearing a designer work suit entered the room. She had long blue hair, an athletic body and just the right number of curves on all the right places. She looked over the room. When her gaze fell on James she stopped for a moment before moveding on. She was part of the empire. The empire was a mix of different alien races how concord earth two years ago. She took a seat at the head of the boardroom table. ¡°Alright Ladies and gent, lets start the meeting.¡± Her assistant handed out some papers to people in the boardroom. James started reading the papers. After every one went throw the papers they started talking. ¡°What is this game, that we have to participate in?¡±¡± How does the game work?¡±¡± What type of game is this?¡± Was just a few of the questions that came out. The ladies started discussing the topic of the game. As James was listening, he got a coldchill down his back. Do they even know how to analyse a new game? James thought to himself. James could not lesson to them anymore. Ladies you are going about this the wrong way. James try to speak. One of the ladies looked up. ¡°Keep quiet, when we need you, we will ask for your opinion.¡± James looked at the lady. ¡°Fuck this I¡¯m not wasting my time with these idiots. Sister¡± He took hebackpake and started to move to the door. The room went quite after hearing James words. The ladies were shocked. One of the ladies got her composure back. ¡°How do you think you are calling us idiots.¡± James looked at her.¡± You are idiots trying to analyse a game but have no clue where to start and where to end. My sister asked attended this meeting so I could help you people. But you people believe that you are smart enough to do it on your own, so why am I here?¡±Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! ¡°James, I believe that is your name?¡± ¡°Yes, my lady¡± James answered. ¡°Calm down and give us your take on the game.¡± James looked at her, walked back to his sister and placed hisbackpakeon the ground. ¡°Ok people. The papers we got only gives us a few hints of what the game is about. They stated that there will be monsters, demons and undead in the game. The game will have a guild system, a vibrant PVP system and some city building. The game will all so be a VR game. From this we can conclude that it will be a type of RPG and not dungeon crawler.¡±The headmaster as James what RPG means. ¡°RPG means Role Playing Game. It is a game where player take on roles like a adventurer, black smith or shop owner and play as them. The reason why I feel confident that the game is an RPG and not a dungeon crawler is that it would be hard to build a guild and city building system in to a dungeon crawler, also the game will be a VR game. The game setting would most probably a fantasy world, due the type of monster in it.¡± James went throw every hind and explain what he thought it meant. The headmaster thanked James and ask him if could give them any advice how to proceed next. James thought for a while. ¡°Firstly, you need to find out if there is any more info out there. Secondly, When the game will start. Thirdly, how the tech works that rans the game. For example, does the game use predetirement skills or does the game work with the skill of the player. If you can answer these three points you would have great lead on people how does not know them.¡± James contained to explain why these three points where so importuned after one of the ladies asked him. Lidia the alien lady asked James to wait outside the room for a bit. James acknowledged and stood out side the room. ¡°Crystal how is this person James, I know he is your brother but what makes him an expert on games.¡± Crystal explained that her brother was one of the top gaming professionals in the country. That he did not play in the major leagues but for the under-ground leagues where the money was better. After about half an hour the boardroom door opened. James was invited back in to the room. James entered the and noticed that the headmaster was standing next to Lidia. Lidia looked at James and asked him to join their faction in the game.¡± If you join hour faction, I¡¯m sure that it would bring great reputation to our school and district.¡± James showed three fingers at the ladies in the room. ¡°I have tree condition before I join. Firstly, I will be compensated for my lost wages. Secondly, I take full control of the faction and lastly, no one interfere with the way I do things. ¡°James looked at the ladies and stated that these three conditions were not negotiable.¡± James could see that some of the ladies in the room were not happy withthe conditions. When no one answered James, he took his briefcase and made his way to the door. Lidia ask James to wait for a second. ¡°James I can agree with term one and three but not with the second term.¡± She stated that the faction had to be under the control of the school¡¯s board. James stated that it was a pity, bowed and made his way out of the room. As James made it to the end of the hall way, Lidia¡¯s assistant came running down the hall way and told him that Lidia wanted to speak to him. James returned to the room. Lidia told him to just wait at the door. She thanked the ladies. James saw how most of the ladies left the room. It was just James, Lidia, the headmaster and his sister crystal in the room. Lidia looked at James and asked him how he think he is. ¡°I gave you a good opportunity, and you throw it back in to my face.¡± James apologised to Lidia. I will not be controlled or restricted by any person or body in a game. Lidia looked at James. Thought for a wail. Ok I will and over the control of the faction to you. But you must meet the goals that we set out for you every 6 months or else I will take back the control and hand it over to the board. James thought about it. ¡°After you give me the goals for the first, second and third 6months terms, I will give you my answer¡±. Lidia just nodded. James took hisbackpake and left the room. Lidia looked at crystal. ¡°Sorry to say, but your brother is am asshole.¡± Crystal looked at Lidia. ¡°You don¡¯t know how big and asshole he really is, but he is the best at what he does.¡± The ladies left in the room all started to laugh. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The next day James came back to the school where he met the Headmaster and the present of the school¡¯s student body. James followed the to ladies to the Headmaster¡¯s office. The Headmaster gave James a piece of paper stating the goals for the first 18 months. The goals stated come down to the faction must be in the top 15 guilds after 6 months and there after the guild must advance 5 place every six months. The guild must be place in the top 5 guilds in the country after 18 months. James agreed. The headmaster gave James a password and a webpage address for the rules and a better explanation of the game. She only got the webpages and password this morning. James ask the schools AI to open a screen for him. A digital screen open in front of James eyes. James gave the web address to the AI and asked her to open it. James started to study the rules and description of the game. After about 4 to 5 Hours James stood up. ¡°Time to go home, we will have to start testing the girls soon.¡± ¡°What testing do you mean.¡± James explained to the Headmaster that the players avatars would be created with the strengths of the real person how plays the game. For example, a warrior and ranger should have good strength and reflexes in real life so that his avatar would have the same trades in the game. James also explained that you could put the players in four categories. The Warrior classes, the Mage classes, the Public Service classes and the Worker classes. To make sure that the right players are in the right category they have to be tested. James and some teachers have been testing all the students in the school. The day after the last round of testing James took the results of the students and started to sort them in to the four categories. In the Mage category James placed the top 600 academic students splitting them 300 priests and 300 mages. In the Warrior class James placed the top 900 players how qualified for the class. The split was 300 Tanks, 300 Warriors and 300 Rangers. The teachers and the Student Council made up the Public Service classes and the rest of the students was divided between the workers classes that included the retail sector. In total 3000 students. After sorting the classes James made up 300 combatant parties. Each party would a mage, priest, ranger, warrior and a tank. James went over to the headmaster¡¯s office. Knocked on the door and waited for a bit, then entered. He saw that the headmaster was not alone in the office. Lidia and the student council president Sonja were in the room. Sonja was a beautiful young lady, she had short blond hair with a face that would turn men and women crazy. Her body was athletic and her bust was a C cup. ¡°Good day my lady, good day everyone.¡± James bowed and went to the Headmaster. Lidia just nodded her head at James and went on speaking with Sonja.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. ¡°Headmaster can you please post this to all the students. Can you also ask the following people on this list to be ready to enter the game tomorrow at 7 am? The headmaster took the list and acknowledged that she would. Lidia and Sonja came over and looked at the lists that James gave the headmaster. ¡°The undead, you must be mad if you think we all are going to play as undead they are disgusting.¡± Sonja stared at James. ¡°Yes, we are¡± James replied. Lidia looked at James, ¡°You know the guild will be filled with ladies don¡¯t you.¡± James just shook his head affirmatively. ¡°There is no need to stress about it we are all going to be Spector¡¯s.¡± The next morning James met up with the other 24 players, how would enter the game first. They all entered their pods and logged on the game. James saw a white flash. After the flash, James was standing in a big room with the other 24 players behind him. The room was an old medieval hall. In the front of the hall there was a was a lady dressed in a white robe, the hood of the robe covered her face, so that hear face was hidden from the player. The most notable feature of the lady was her spread out angle wings. ¡°Welcome player to my world. Here you will fight for the glory of your district, provinces and country. If you are good enough you might even bring glory to your world.¡± She asked how the leader of the guild would be, James moved forward and confirmed that he would be the leader. ¡°Leader please give me the name of your guild.¡± Black plague James answered. ¡°What race would your guild be.¡± Undead subclass Spector¡¯s James answered. All the girls where shocked by James answer. ¡°Where in the world would you like your guild to be.¡± ¡°Mount Roraima Venezuela.¡± At that moment James, Sonja, Headmaster and all the remaining people in the hall where changed in to Undead Spector¡¯s. Sonja started looked at herself ready to be disgusted by was she would see. She lifted her arm, thinking that it would be a bone or an arm with rotten meat on it. To her surprise her arm looked almost norm, it was just a bit transparent. Sonja looked over too James. James just had an evil grin on his face. After sort while the lady at the front of the hall started to speak again. Guild leader please select one of the unique legacies. ¡°Undead Black Soul Rose¡± ¡°Please select the four generals of the legacy.¡± ¡°White tiger Chinese mythology, Black tortoise Chinese mythology, azure Dragon Chinse mythology and Vermillion Bird Chines mythology.¡± ¡°Please select a subclass for all your generals.¡± White Tiger Undead Ranger, Tortoise Undead Tank, Dragon Undead Priest and Bird Undead Mages.¡± The lady stated that every one must answer the next questions by clicking on the screen that is going to appear in front of them. The next moment a screen appeared in front of every player.¡± Please select a class and a subclass for yourself.¡± James selected the Warrior class and Warrior subclass again. After everyone was done picking their classes, they were transported to the top of Mount Roraima. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Everyone was looking around, they were on top of the mountain in an open field. James looked to his right and saw a small lake and on his left a small forest. Everywhere else was just grasslands. James took out his guild token. The token was a round gold coin with the world¡¯s guild token imprinted on it. ¡°Activate¡±. As James gave the command, the token floated up from his hand and started to spin above his head. After a few seconds the token released four beams. Everywhere the light beams landed new buildings started to appear out of thin air. Infront of James, the Guild House appeared, left was an apartment block for accommodation, to his right a Warehouse and behind him a teleporter. A pathway connected the buildings. An eerie mist settled on the mountain. Everything the mist touched died. The animals became undead creatures. The forest was just place with some old dead trees. The lakes water was black with poisonous water. James called up the guild manger screen and looked at the descriptions for the buildings. Guild House. This Guild House is where the action in the guild is. It holds the shop, blacksmith, Quest House, offices and three apartments for the Guild Leader and two Deputy Guild Masters. Apartment Block There are 25 apartments for guild members. More apartments will become available after each upgrade of the apartment block. Warehouse. A place to store all resources and good. Warehouse space will increase after each upgrade. Teleporter. Can be used to connect to other guilds, the Main City and the Underground. James asked Sonja to allocate apartments to the teachers and students. She called all the teachers and students, together they moved to the apartment block. James went over to the teleporter and set the restrictions to guild members only. The headmaster and James moved to the offices in the Guild Building to speak about their next move. After allocating the apartments Sonja went to the Guild Building to meet up with James and the headmaster. As she walked through the door of the building, she saw a big hall. On her right was the shop and blacksmith, to her left offices and in front of her was three doors, most probably the three apartments for the heads of the guild.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Sonja joined James and the headmaster in one of the offices. She saw James sitting behind a desk with the headmaster sitting across James. She took a seat next to the headmaster. After Sonja took her seat James started to explain the next step for the guild. ¡°Headmaster, can you please see that all players that are responsible for the shop, blacksmith and Warehouse are in place¡± ¡°Yes, I can¡± the headmaster replied. ¡°Sonja after the meeting can you please see to the player receiving the gear from the Warehouse.¡± Sonja nodded. James told them that the parties would start going in to the underworld after 12 pm. James explained that the goal of the parties was to find minerals and herb deposits for the guild. James made it clear that this is the highest priority for the guild so that they could upgrade the guild in this week. As the two ladies was about to leave the office James reminded them about the banquet tonight. ¡°Do not forget that we have a fucking banquet tonight.¡± Sonja looked at James. ¡°I take it you do not enjoy banquets.¡± ¡°No, they are a waste of time.¡± After getting his mind in order James left the office and went to the shop. One of the students was behind the shop counter waiting for customers. James bought three robes with hoods, three pairs of gloves and three pairs of boots. These items cost James 1 Gold 50 Silver. While waiting for the head master and Sonja to get done with there tasks, James went and got dressed in his apartment. James entered the room and had a look around. The apartment had two rooms. In the first room there was a window at the back. A desk was placed a meter in front of the window with a chair at the back and two chairs in front of the desk. On both sides of the room there were bookshelves with some books. In the second room was a bed. James got dressed in his new rob, boots and gloves. The rob, boots and gloves were all pitch black with red trim. As James got dressed, every piece of clothing he put on changed. The piece of clothing would become torn and ragged, giving the feeling that the clothing was old. James pulled the hood over his head to hide his face. As James went out of his room, he saw Sonja and the Headmaster enter the hall. He called out to them. ¡°James is that you¡± Sonja asked.¡± Yes¡± ¡°What an improvement, now I don¡¯t have to look at your ugly body and face.¡± James gave them each a rob, set of Gloves and a set of boots. Both sets were blood read with a black trim. ¡°This will become the standard uniform for the public service department until we can manufacture our own clothing.¡± James left the two ladies. He was planning to go look outside around the guild. First James made his way to the dead forest. He walked through the forest for a bit only seeing some undead zombie deers, and an undead zombie wolf. James thought to himself that all the living creatures in the forest must have transformed into zombies. Next James made his way too the lake. The water in the lake became a really dark colour with a black mist coming up out of the water. All the fish in the lake was rotten and drifting on top of the water. James took a rock and tossed it into the water. The next moment all the dead rotten fish rushed over to where the rock fell. The last place James visited was the edges of the mountain. As he looked down the mountain James notice that another guild had built their guild at the bottom of the mountain. James opened his map marked the spot of the guild and made a note. Destroy in one week. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Sonja saw James enter the guild and beckoned him over. She and the headmaster were standing in front of the Warehouse. ¡°James have you received your gear yet.¡± ¡°No¡± ¡°Please go and retrieve your gear so that I can get to my other tasks¡± ¡°Just give me a few moments I just want to test my legacy and then I will retrieve the gear.¡± Sonja was about to say something but the headmaster beckoned her to keep quiet. She wanted to know how the legacy works that James chose. James activated his ring and summoned the four souls. Four white light appeared in front of James. After the white lights disappeared an undead white tiger, an undead black tortoise, an undead azure dragon and undead Vermillion bird appeared. As James looked at them, he gave the command transform. The four-beast transformed into four beautiful Spector ladies. James looked at the four ladies and turned around. If he could still blush, he would have been as red as a tomato. All four ladies were completely naked. Sonja was shocked. ¡°James get out of here now!!¡± The headmaster was trying to cover the girls with anything she could find. James ran in to the Warehouse. The four ladies tried to follow James but was stopped by Sonja. James entered the Warehouse, calmed himself and asked the student on duty if he could pick some gear. ¡°Yes, you can Guild Leader¡±. James went to the back and found himself two Katanas and a black coat with no sleeves. James looked around and found 2 Samurai Armors in the back of the Warehouse which he decided to give to the white tiger and the black tortoise. James also looked around for gear for the other two ladies. After a while he found two pitch black combat robes for the two ladies. James left the Wearhouse and saw that Sonja and the headmaster were walking away with the four ladies. ¡°Sonja, Sonja¡± James was calling and running to them. Sonja stopped and looked at James. ¡°What are you doing here are you a pervert¡±¡± No I just wanted to say that after you got them dressed, please take them to the Warehouse to get their gear. The student on duty will give you the gear¡±. James did not wait for a reply and made sure to disappear. After quite some time the four ladies, Sonja and the headmaster came into James¡¯ office. James looked up from his desk and saw the four ladies clothed in the armour and robes that James has picked out for them. He saw that the armour became old and tattered like all the clothes the undead wear. James asked the ladies if they had names. The white tiger lady stepped forward. ¡°Zhi Ruo my Lord¡± bowed and stepped back. Next was the tortoise lady. ¡°Yu Yan my Lord¡± she bowed and stepped back. Next to follow was the dragon lady. ¡°Hui Yin my Lord¡± bowed and then stepped back. Last was the bird lady. ¡°Ying Yue my Lord¡± bowed and stepped back. James acknowledged them and unsummoned them.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. James looked at Sonja and the headmaster. ¡°It is time to go to that fucking banquet, let¡¯s go and get it over with.¡± James and the two ladies made their way to the teleporter. As James and the two Ladies walked out of the transporter, they saw one of the most beautiful buildings they have every seen. The building was made out of white marble with a black marble pathway leading up to the stairs that took people the door of the building. James followed the pathway up the stairs and into the building. As James entered the building, he saw that the level they stood on was a massive balcony that you could look down from all sides into the room below. On both sides of James were staircases leading down to the bottom of the room. A man with some fancy clothes looked at James and the ladies and greeted him. The man gestured for James¡¯ party to go down the stairs. As the party of three made there way down the stairs the man they just met made an announcement. ¡°Please welcome the leaders of guild Black Plague. Guild leader Black Death, Deputy leader Medusa and First Elder Black Rose. Race Undead.¡± The people in the room below was not really bothered by the announcement until they heard the words ¡°Undead¡±. People started to look at the three as they made their way down the stairs. ¡°Who is the damn idiot that picked undead?¡± ¡°Why are they even here?¡± ¡°Why are they hiding their faces?¡± ¡°Doesn¡¯t the guild know that they will become the enemy of all the guilds.¡± Was just some of the comments the players whispered to one another. As the party stepped off the last step a lady came over to escort them to the table. After James and the two ladies took their seats the lady gave them a forced smile, bowed and left. After a 5-minute wait, the lady that they met when they got in to the game for the first time appeared on the stages. She greeted everyone and gave a short speech. After words some more people gave some speeches. James saw some people bring out food to the table. As James was just about to say to the ladies that they were leaving a man came over to their table. ¡°I do not know who you are, but you must think you are something special to play as the undead, or are you just an idiot who did not know of better.¡± James stood up beckoned the ladies to leave. James was busy walking away when the man grabbed his shoulder. ¡°You do not walk away when I am talking to you, do you understand me¡±. ¡°Let go¡± James asked the man. The man just tightened his grip on the James shoulder in reply. In less then a second James grabbed the man¡¯s wrist, twisted it so hard and fast that the man¡¯s whole upper body moved forward, smashing his face into the table. James left the man and made his way to the door like nothing has happened. The man was still laying face down on the table. James and the ladies went through the port back to their guild. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 James left the teleporter with the two ladies and bid them goodnight and logged out of the game. When James opened his eyes, he could see that the pod¡¯s door was already open. It took James a few seconds to get his bearings and got out of the pod. As James walked into his house, he heard his sister on the phone. James made his way to the kitchen looking for something to eat. ¡°James, your food is in the microwave.¡± He opened the microwave and found a hamburger and some fries. While James was eating, his sister entered the room. ¡°I made the call James.¡± ¡°Thanks, it will make my life a whole lot easier.¡± After eating James went to bed and had a good night¡¯s rest. The next morning at 4am, he and his sister went for a run and did some martial arts sparring. James left for school at around 6am. The pod opened and James entered. Logging on a few seconds later. James went straight to the quest building, looked through the quests and found one that no other guild has touched. The tomb of Ramies Quest description. A client asks for the retrieval of Ramies Staff. Any guild that is interested, please inquire at the front desk of the quest building. Level requirement: 1 to 3 Guild active: 0 Party number: 1 to 5 First clearance: Owns Dungeon (Guild that clears the dungeon first will have the right to charge other players a fee to enter the Dungeon) James took the quest and inquired about the details at the front desk. It was your normal clear dungeon, ¡°find a quest item and return for your rewards¡± type of quest. What was interesting about the quest was that the first clear has not been taken yet. In the game as soon as a person dies, that person has to start over from level one again. So even a low-level dungeon owned by a guild would always be of use for players and Guilds. James made his way to the teleporter and teleported himself to the underground. As he looked around, he saw that he was in a small village underneath the earth. Players were running around, restocking their potions and selling off their monster crystals for coin. James headed out of the village, opened his map to see what direction he needed to go and started moving out. James followed the road and after a short walk, James left the road for a pathway that lead it to the depths of the underground. Following the pathway for about 500m when he came to a small clearing in the path. There where three giant rats moving about in the clearing. The clearance was about 4 meters wide and 5 meters long with some plants scattered around and vines growing on the face of the rock walls on the sides. James summoned the four beast souls. ¡°Transform¡± The four beasts transformed in to their human forms.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°Yan take the one on the left, Ruo take the one on the right and I will take the one in the middle. Yin give us magic support when you can and Yue heal where is needed¡± Yan was slowly moving forward when the rat noticed her and started charging straight for her. Yan moved her body into a sideways position, pushing her shoulder in to her shield. The moment the rat charged into the shield Yun leaned slightly forward, absorbing most of the force from the charge. She quickly stabbed at the rat with her spear, hitting the rat in the abdomen. Just as she was about to attack again, a fireball hit the rat from the side, completely finishing it off. Ruo was kiting a rat around the clearance, shooting one arrow after another at the rat. After about four arrows the rat collapsed on the ground and died. James withdrew his two-swords, charged over to the rat. As he got into range of the rat, he made a windmill action cutting the rat twice and proceeded to stab the rat with both swords. As James pulled the two swords from the body of the rat it collapsed and died. James picked up the three little crystals that the monsters dropped and proceeded to move forward. [System notice: All party members earned 12 EXP from the battle.] After following the path and killing rats for an hour James got a System notice. [System notice: You have gained a level. All player stats have improved.] James smiled and saw the three ladies in the party were also happy after gaining a level. They followed the path till they got to the entrance of the tomb. After entering the tomb, James noticed that they were in a room with hieroglyphs on the wall. The room had six pillars and a fountain on his right-hand side. On the left side was a door in the middle of the room. James saw 6 skeletons shambling around in the room. The skeletons did not have any armour, but had a sword in the right hand. ¡°Ruo, fire an arrow to one of the skeletons to get their attention on us. Yan be sure to protect Yin and Yue at all cost.¡± Ruo fired her arrow at a skeleton, killing it on the spot. James drew his swords, rushed over to the closest skeleton, striking the skeleton and killing it. The skeleton behind the fallen one slashed at James. James took a small bit of damage from the skeleton. After the skeleton slashed James, an arrow struck the skeleton through its left eye, killing it. One of the skeletons charged at Yin, she cast a Fireball just in time, blowing the skeleton to smithereens. Yan on the other hand was busy blocking and slashing at two skeletons, preventing them from attacking Yue. After a few slashes the two skeletons died. James picked up the small crystals dropped by the skeletons. [System notice: All party members earned 30 exp from battle.] The party followed the exit into a hallway. They followed the hallway until they entered another room. James saw 10 skeletons in the room. 6 melee skeletons and four archers. ¡°Yan you take the archers, Ruo support Yan. Yin you¡¯re with me. Yue heal when it¡¯s necessary.¡± Yan moved to the archers blocking as many arrows as she could with her shield. Yue cast heal on Yan every time her health fell below 75%. Rue shot one of the skeletons through the skull, killing it then taking aim at the next. James rushed towards the melee skeletons, stabbing the first skeleton that came into range with the sword in his right hand. He moved his body sideways after killing the skeleton and slashed at the next skeleton with his left hand. Yue was casting fireballs after every chant. It took the team just 10 seconds to clear out the room. [System notice: All party members earned 50 Exp from the battle] After clearing four more rooms and levelling up once, the party arrived at the room with the Final Boss of the dungeon. Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The party entered the room. The room had 8 pillars in total. One in each corner and one at the corners outside of the sarcophagus. The walls were painted with Depictions of the gods of Egypt. The pillars had hieroglyphs all over, the roof of the tomb was white marbled and the floor a contrasting black. As the last party member entered the room, a door rose from the ground closing of the entrance. The lid on the sarcophagus slowly cracked open. A mummy wielding a staff rose from the sarcophagus and looked at the party. ¡°Why have you disturbed my rest!?¡± James smirked towards the mummy. ¡°I just want your staff, nothing more.¡± The mummy looked at his staff and shot a bolt of lightning at James in his rage. Yan moved in front of James deflecting the attack towards the ground with her shield. Ruo started firing arrows at the mummy while Yin chanted her fireball spell. Yue move to the back where she was out of the way and able to heal her party members. James rushed forward. As he got in range, he slashed at the mummy, the sword hitting across its chest. The mummy started chanting and summoned three skeleton warriors. ¡°Ruo take care of the skeletons. Yan protect Yue.¡± James gave orders while he was dealing with the Monster. After a few seconds the mummy¡¯s chant started again. The lighting struck at random throughout the room. James was struck once but was immediately healed by Yue. After Ruo disposed of the skeletons, she attacked the mummy again. The mummy pointed his finger at Ruo and a white circle emerged from around her feet, sending lighting strikes at her. Rue tried to move away from the circle but it kept following her, it was a skill that could not be evaded. Yue healed Ruo the moment the lighting stopped. Their party fought the mummy for little under 3 minutes before it came crashing down. James went and picked up the staff and a small crystal that seemed to be of better quality from the ones they received from the lesser monsters before. A string of system notifications appeared. [System Notice: You have cleared The Tomb of Ramies, you are the new owner of the dungeon.] [System Notice: You have picked up the Quest Item] The door that closed when they entered the room slowly opened. James and the party made their way back to the underground villages. James unsummoned the beasts and went to the crystal shop to sell the crystals they have gathered. James moved to the shop¡¯s counter. The NPC behind looked up. When he saw that James was part of the undead, he was shocked. ¡°Can... Can I help you sir?¡± James put down the crystals on the table. ¡°I want to sell all of these crystals.¡± The NPC looked at the crystals taking the small pure crystal and putting it to aside. He started counting the cloudy crystals. ¡°Sir there are 82 cloudy crystals and 1 pure crystal. The cloudy ones are worth a total of 4 Silver and 10 coppers. The pure crystal is worth 2 silver.¡± James nodded, took the money and left for the guild.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. As soon as James entered the guild he went to his office. He asked one of the students to call both the Headmaster and Sonja. while he was waiting for them, he opened the guild administration screen. Then he selected the Guild Dungeon tab, {Tomb of Ramies} and then settings. [System Notice: Do you want to set up the dungeon?] ¡°Yes¡± [System Notice: Please select which parties can enter the dungeon.] ¡°All Parties¡± [System Notice: Do you want to charge a toll for entering the dungeon?] ¡°Yes¡± [System Notice: Please state the amount.] ¡°10 coppers per party¡± After setting up the dungeon, he closed the dungeon tab and opened the Guild Upgrade tab. James looked at the requirements for the guild to upgrade to level 2. Guild Upgrade Requirements: 10 000 Wood, 10 000 Stone, 10 000 Iron and 25 gold. James looked at the amount that was still left in the guild¡¯s treasury. 98 Gold 50 Silver. James stood up from behind his desk walked to one of the Public Service offices and asked a student to find out what the wood, stone and iron costs at the moment. After a short while Sonja, the Headmaster and the student entered the room. James asked Sonja and the Headmaster to take seats opposite to him. ¡°Did you get the prices I asked for?¡± ¡°Yes, my lord, Wood- 2 coppers, Stone- 5 coppers and iron- 10 coppers, per unit respectively¡± James thanked the student who then left the office and went back to her workstation. James made a note regarding the details, then turned his attention to Sonja and the Headmaster. ¡°Headmaster I need you to log out and ask the next group of players to be ready to enter the game, but I need the entire group to be combatants except for five spots. Also ask Crystal and 4 players with no current Profession to enter the game.¡± ¡°Sonja, I need you to go and buy us 10 000 wood, 10 000 Stone and 10 000 iron and send it to the Warehouse.¡± ¡°James why are we upgrading our guild. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s a little early?¡± James shook his head and told them about the guild he saw at the foot of the mountain. James explained that he wanted to get rid of the guild before they become a problem. ¡°How could they be a danger to us? We are on top off the mountain, so they might become our allies.¡± ¡°No Sonja, the longer we let them grow, the stronger they get. You don¡¯t leave a Devil on your doorstep.¡± Sonja was not happy about the war James was planning on starting, she stood up and asked if she could be excused to go buy the resources James asked for. ¡°James, why do I get the feeling that everything you do is to start a war with the other guilds.¡± James thought about how to respond. ¡°The problem with games is that the strong eat the weak. If we let another Guild become stronger, they will sooner or later eat us. I would rather be the predator than the prey.¡± The Headmaster thought about what he said. ¡°I understand, I will talk to Sonja and explain to her your thoughts.¡± She stood up and left the office. I can¡¯t wait for my sister to enter the game, James thought to himself. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 James looked at the notes he made, there were a few subjects that needed his attention. Placement of the core members, the War and upgrading the guild were the three main subjects that needed his attention. James picked up a list of names he made before the game started containing the names of students he thought would be capable of becoming elders in the guild. After quite some time James had written down the names of 4 students. Sonja McLane, Rebeca Summerfield, Christene Walters and Feng Mian. Sonja would be the head of the Human Resources department, Christene would be head of the Finance department, Rebeca of the Resources department while Feng Mian would be Head Teacher of the Military department. The Human Resources, Resources and the Financial department would all be under the control of the Headmaster. The Military department would be managed by Crystal. Crystal would fill the second deputy leader position that was vacant up untill know. James opened the Guild Management Tab. ¡°Upgrade Guild¡± [System Notice: Do you want to upgrade the Guild?] ¡°Yes¡± [System Notice: Checking available Resources. 10 000 Wood checked, 10 000 Stone checked, 10 000 Iron checked, 25 Gold checked. Beginning upgrade.] At that moment the players on the outside saw a white light covering the area of the guild. After the light disappeared, the Guild area had a few more buildings. The Blacksmith and Shop were now positioned outside the Guild building. There were now two shops. One trading Resources and the other a Potion shop. Behind the Teleporter was a new building called the Military Academy and next to it was a Temple. The apartment block became 5 double story buildings and there was a Quest building next to the Guild building. A Lumber mill was placed next to the woods while a Quarry was close to the edge of the mountain. [System notice: Upgrade Completed] [System notice: Upgrade requirements for Level 3 Guild. All available buildings must be Level 2. Resources needed. Wood 20 000 units, Stone 20 000 units, Iron 20 000 units, Gold 50 pieces.] James left his desk to inspect the improved Guild and its changes. As he walked through the door of his office, he noticed that he walked into another office. The office was smaller than his office with a desk and some painting of a broken-down castle on the wall. James left the office and came out on a balcony overlooking the inside of the guild building. On his left and right-hand side of the balcony were stairs leading down to the floor below. James followed one of the sets of stairs to the lower floor. When he got there, he noticed that there was an old fountain in the middle of the Guild building¡¯s reception hall. The fountain had dark, murky water running down it. He also noticed that the Blacksmith, Shop and Quest Building were removed and replaced by more offices. Behind him there was now a meeting hall. James left the building. James made his way to the Teleporter to meet the Headmaster and the new students that just entered the game. Just as James arrived at the Teleporter the headmaster walked out of it. Following behind her was Crystal and the new students joining the game.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. ¡°Sonja, can you get me someone to arrange an apartment for the new students. Can you also call Rebeca Summerfield, Christene Walters and Feng Mian and have them join us in my office, please?¡± Sonja acknowledged the command from James and left. ¡°Headmaster, Crystal, please follow me to my office.¡± James and the two ladies entered his office. James moved in behind his desk while the two ladies both took the seats in front of his desk. ¡°Welcome to the game Crystal.¡± James greeted his sister. ¡°Glad to be here.¡± James asked the headmaster if everything went smoothly in the real word. ¡°Yes, it did. The students are all eager to join the game.¡± After chit-chatting for a while, Sonja and the other three ladies entered the office. James looked at the ladies in the room. ¡°Congratulations ladies, you are now all part of the core members of the guild.¡± James started appointing the ladies to their new positions in the guild. The ladies were happy about their promotions except for Sonja. After James gave them their orders the ladies left the room. The headmaster saw Sonja was not happy and followed her out of the room. After a short while the headmaster entered James¡¯ office again. She closed the door behind her while looking at James. ¡°Can you please explain to me why Crystal is one of the Deputy Guild Leaders and Sonja isn¡¯t?¡± James looked up to the headmaster and stayed quiet for a while before answering. James explained that it was a close call between Sonja and Crystal, but after the incident he decided on Crystal. He explained that Crystal had a better understanding of how games work and did the necessary research on the game. ¡°But most of all, I trust my sister.¡± Without saying a word the headmaster stood up and left the office. The headmaster went to look for Sonja and found out that she had logged out of the game. ¡°This is going to be trouble¡±, she thought to herself. Not even an hour had passed when James got a message saying he needed to attend a meeting in the Boardroom of the school. James went to his room, laid down on his bed and logged off. He made his way to the board room where he found Sonja, the Headmaster, Crystal, Lidia and two Ladies. ¡°What is this meeting about?¡± Lidia was the first to reply and asked James if he could explain the reason why Sonja is not a Deputy Leader. ¡°The Headmaster should have told you the reasons for my decision.¡± James looked towards the Headmaster. The lady next to Sonja looked at James.¡± The reasons you gave to the headmaster are not good enough. We think you are just being biased.¡± ¡°You are truly trying to infuriate me.¡± Lidia stepped in before James could blow up. ¡°James can you give me an example why you think Crystal is a better choice than Sonja.¡± ¡°Ok Ma¡¯am, Sonja and Crystal with the knowledge you have of the game, give me the main reasons why we are playing the undead race?¡± Sonja thought for a while and could only come up with one reason. James stood waiting for Sonja¡¯s answer. ¡°Ok Sonja do you any idea why?¡± Everyone in the room looked at Sonja. ¡°The only reason I can think of is because you always play as the undead.¡± ¡°Crystal please explain to everyone why we play the undead race.¡± Crystal started explaining that her brother had three main reasons for picking the undead race. The first reason being that it was the race that he was the strongest with. The second reason was that the undead never tire, never need food and was immune to fear. The third reason was the legacy that he chose. After stating the three main reasons she went on to give some smaller reasons, explaining it to the ladies in the board room in detail. After listening to the reasons, Sonja and the ladies realised that their comprehension of the game was low. Knowing the rules and the objectives of the game, did not make one knowledgeable about the game, and there was a lot more to the game that the Guild leader¡¯ had to consider. James looked at the ladies. ¡°Satisfied now?¡± Lidia just nodded her head. James turned around and headed back to his gaming capsule. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 After James entered the game, he went straight to the Military Academy to talk to Head Teacher Mian. James knocked on the door of Instructor Mian. ¡°Come in¡± James entered the office. Behind a desk sat a young lady with silky black hair. She was well built but a bit short. She was the P.E teacher of Mountain High. ¡°James it¡¯s You. Can I help you with something?¡± James nodded and summoned his four beasts. After transforming the beast in to their human, James ask Teacher Mian if she could help the four ladies to improve their skills. He needs the mage and priest to learn and upgrade their spells. After James left Mian took the four ladies to their respective instructor for training. James walked into the new office that was in front of his. He noticed a student behind the desk. As the students saw James she stood up and greeted him. ¡°Good day my Lord I¡¯m Clare and I¡¯m your new assistant.¡± James smiled. ¡°Hi Clare, hope we get along¡±. Teacher Main entered James office. James looked up and saw Mian and the four ladies he left in her care. ¡°Can I help you Mian¡± James asked with a smile. Mian looked at the four Ladies and told James that they are done for the day and She just brought them over because someone forgot to show them the way to his office. James just smiled. ¡°Sorry, forgot about that¡± James unsummoned the beasts, went to his bed and Logged off. The next morning after logging in, James went to the Quest House to hand in the completed quest. The student behind the counter took the Quest Item and paid James 25 Silver for the quest. James made his way to the quest wall to see if there any quest he could take. One of the quests caught James¡¯ eye. It was another Dungeon quest where the party needed to go and kill the beast that took over a mansion. James took the Quest off the quest board. The Forgotten mansion Quest Description: A old mansion infested with beasts. The village close by has asked for the assistance of adventures to clear the mansion. Level 5 ¨C 8 Guilds active: 0 First clearance: Owns Dungeon (Guild that clears the dungeon first will have the right to charge other players a fee to enter the Dungeon) Even though the dungeon requirements were two levels higher than his party¡¯s level he still believed that they could complete the dungeon.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it After killing their way to the mansion, James and the party all reached Level 4. The party looked at the old western double story mansion. The mansion had a blue tile roof with vines growing along the roof. The white walls were covered with vines and plant matter. The party entered the mansion through the big double door. As they entered the entrance hall, they saw the hall was covered in dust and spider webs. The entrance hall had doors on both sides and a stairway leading to the second floor. Eight giant spiders were rushing over to them. Ruo was the first to act and shot an arrow at one of the spiders, killing it. Yun walked forward blocking the way of the remaining spiders as James attacked the spider closest to him. Yue was healing Yun when she needed it. Yin started chanting her new spell, after 2 seconds she unleashed the spell. A fireball was sent at the spiders, as the fireball struck one of spiders, it erupted and send a wave of fire in a 1.5-meter radius burning the other spiders. After the spell erupted James and the party just needed one attack per monster to kill them. The party moved to the door on the right and entered. It was a study. As James looked around, he saw a skeleton sitting behind the desk. There were also 5 Dire rats in one of the corners. ¡°Yin cast your AoE spell on the rats in the corner. Do not attack the rats before the spell erupts.¡± Yin cast the spell and after the spell erupted, the rest of the party started attacking the rats. The party killed all of the monsters and started moving out of the room. James noticed something strange, the skeleton behind the desk has disappeared. His party made their way across the entrance hall and entered the door. What they saw in front of them was a ballroom. Everywhere they looked they saw rotten bodies. The bodies were laying on the floor, sitting at tables. When James looked at the main table, he saw the only skeleton in the room. James heard something from behind, but when he looked, there was nothing. When he turned his attention back to the table, the skeleton was gone. At that moment all the dead bodies started to move. ¡°Every one out of the room! Yun block the door and let them pass one at a time. Ruo attack when you get a chance. Yin use your AoE spell every time you get an opportunity. Once Yun lets one get past you have to heal her Yue, she¡¯s going to need it.¡± Every time Yun let a zombie through, James killed it. After 1 or 2 minutes the party killed all the zombies in the room. The party moved onto the next room on the floor. As they moved through the door, they saw that they were in the kitchen. James was searching for the skeletons but they were nowhere to be found. Four giant spiders dropped from the ceiling and started their attacks. The party took only a few seconds to deal with them and moved on to the last room on the floor. This time they entered a library. In the middle of the room was a skeleton by the round table with a book laying in front of him. The party heard a noise above them. They looked up expecting to see more spiders but what they saw was a roof full of bats. ¡°Yin cast your spell at the roof now! Lets get out of the room there are too many of them to handle.¡± Yin cast the spell at the roof where the door was. The party made it out of the room. Yun turned around and blocked the door with her shield. Rue and Yin were launching their attacks at the bats through the small openings between the shield and the door. After killing all the bats, the party members sat on the floor waiting for Yue and Yin¡¯s mana to regenerate. Chapter 9 Chapter 9 While sitting, James noticed something at the top of the stairs, he looked up and saw a skeleton watching them. James stood up, entered the library and looked at where the previous skeleton was sitting, it was gone. James wondered if it was the same skeleton, the same skeleton they have been seeing throughout the dungeon. After the party restored their health and mana, they made their way up the stairs. On the second level of the mansion there were four doors. James and the party made their way into the closed door. It was a bedroom, with one look it could be seen that it was once a gorgeous room with all the luxuries of its time. Now everything in the room was old and broken. On the bed laid a skeleton. As the party looked at the scene in the room, they saw movement under the bed. Four centipedes came out from under the bed. Ruo was the first to react and shot off her first arrow. Yun moved forward and blocked two of the centipede¡¯s path, as James attacked the fourth. After killing the monsters in the room, the party made their way to the next room. It was another bedroom. This room was a bit smaller than the previous room. Two centipedes attacked the party. The party quickly dealt with them. As the party entered the next room, they saw a skeleton praying at an altar. The skeleton stood up and looked towards the party. A sword appeared in his right hand and the skeleton grew to twice his size. James looked at the party, ¡°This should be the final boss of the dungeon.¡± ¡°Yun go block its path, Yue heal Yun.¡± The party started attacking the skeleton. The skeleton slashed at Yun with sword. The sword was a big two-handed sword with a skull at the back of the hilt. The blade was made from a black metal. Yun blocked the incoming attacks. The attacks were so fierce that she could hardly get a chance to attack the skeleton boss. After a few swings with its sword the skeleton started to spin itself all over the room, hitting everyone in its path. The party tried to get out of the way but was a bit slow and every one took a few hits. The Skelton stopped after 2 seconds. Yun rushed up to the skeleton to block its path again. Yue was franticly healing everyone. James, Ruo and Yin started attacking the skeleton after it stopped. It took the party around 4 minutes to kill the skeleton.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. After the skeleton fell to the ground James received a System notice. [System Notice: Congratulations! First clearance of the quest ~Forgotten Mansion~. You own the rights to the dungeon.] James and the party left for the village to sell off all the crystals they received from the quest. After selling off the crystals, the party made their way to the guild where they went straight to the Blacksmith. James asked the blacksmith to upgrade all their weapons and armour. The blacksmith informed James that it would take her about three hours to do as he requested. James gave the gear to the blacksmith and paid for the upgrades. James unsummoned the four ladies and made his way to the Quest House where he handed in the quest for payment. After receiving payment James went to his office. James sat behind his desk and called Clare over. ¡°Clare could you please go call Teacher Mian and the two Deputy Leaders for me?¡± Clare acknowledged James¡¯ order and went on her way. After about 10 minutes the three ladies entered James¡¯ office. James made a gesture for the ladies to sit. ¡°In three days, we will attack the guild at the bottom of the mountain. Crystal, I need you to send out a scouting party to get us the needed information on the guild. Teacher Mian, I need you to make sure that all combatent students are trained to their current level.¡± The two ladies left the office. James looked at the Headmaster and explained that he needed students to enrol into the school. ¡°James who is this lady?¡± James explained that she was another guild leader from the underground leagues. The student would be running the second guild for them. James went to the bed and logged off the game. James made his way to a small restaurant while talking on his cell phone. ¡°Hi baby, can you meet me at Freddie¡¯s. Ok see you there in 10¡± He entered the restaurant and walked over to a table with two seats. After about 15 minutes a lady walked up to James. She was about 1.75 meters tall with long, silky black hair that came all the way down to her knees, her skin was light brown and she had curves all over the right parts of her body with big blue eyes. ¡°Hi there.¡± James looked up. ¡°Hi Theresa¡± James explained the details of the game to Theresa and asked if she wanted to join him in the game. Theresa thought about it for a while. ¡°James, what role would I play in the Game?¡± James proceeded to explain that his guild would attack another guild in three days and if everything goes well, he needed Theresa to take over the as the Guild leader of the second guild.