《Road to Glory / For My Honor》 Prologue "Where am I" "What''s going on?" "Why am I here?" Those are some of the question that most of you are going to ask once I summoned you all hereThe author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. You might be confused or You might pannicked or You might be terrified or Maybe you might be excited So please First you must calm down Because I promise you...... All that you''re desires Be it Power, Wealth, Fame, Honor, Glory All of those can be yours So... Wellcome Will you please tell me your name? Chapter 1 The Summons "So, will you tell me your name?" What the.... WHAT THE HELL Who the hell are you? Where am I? What is this place? This question just keep popping out of my head For what I can remmember is that I''m at home watching tv and suddenly *boom* Here I am "Ora, who the hell are you?" "Where are we?" Phew, finally.. Someone spoke Wait... There are others besides me? "Me? I am a deva, one of the god here in this world. I summon you here"Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. "A deva? God? What? Are you sane?" "No wait, this is it. This is the one. We are called here because we died or something right? And now we will reincarnate in another world right? I''m so EXCITED" What the.... This guy is seriously got a screw loose of a head "Ding ding, you are correct! You people are my champions. But wait, you didn''t die in Earth, I just called you here" Said the man smilling I don''t know why, but that smile is semms ominous to me The man continued "You 8 will fight for me in the battles of the campions. I will bless each of you with unique power, and when the time came you will fight for me and I will grant you anything you wish" "What if we refuse?Ora" A yankee looking man spoke up Whats with the ora? I thought Well maybe he''s Jappanesse? I don''t know "You can''t refuse. This is your destiny" Said the man, smilling. Again with the smile Creepy. "What?" "WTF?" "Ora you bastard (kisama), take me back right now?" "Whoa, relax there. I can''t and I won''t. It takes a lot of effort in summoning you guys here. Why not go with the flow? I did promise that you can get whatever you wish for if you became my champion, not that you have a choice" The man said with a grin What the hell.... This guy getting creepier by the minute "Take us back you bastard, fake god" The Jappanesse man? kept throwing tantrum of insult towards the man *Sigh* The man sigh as he pointed his finger at the Jappanesse man? "Die!" As he said that the Jappanesse man? satrted screaming, begging for help. His body started to disapear and finally gone, without a trace. "Well, he''s a trouble maker isn''t he? Anyone else?" The man just smile after killing a man Gulp.... Everyone must be thingking the same thing Dangerous "Now, without further ado. Let the game begins. Oh, and my name is Ratatosk by the way. You will all learn things at the Library after this. Bye" He flick his hands and send us away Man that smile is creepy Chapter 2 The Library When the light fades out, we''ve found ourself standing in front of a giant building, maybe taller than the skyscrapper on earth. Silence Someone break the ice already "Uh... Guys, where are we now? No that doesn''t matter right now, how about we introduce ourself. I''m Mina Wang, a journalist" Someone finally spoke Mina Wang, a woman who is about 20 to 30 years old. She had red hair and and red eyes. Around 160cm tall, with heels on her feet. Beautiful. "Are you sure thats wise?" "Yeah, souldn''t we try finding a safer place? I mean, we don''t know if this place is save or not" As we argue, a figure is coming towards us.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. "Yapping all the time. This is why I hate humans. Listen up people, I am the guide, Morlock, an imp. You better follow me or else" The imp Morlock brought us towards the tall building "This is the library. You are to enter there and study what this world has to offer. The Book Keeper will explain the rest. Now off you go" Inside the library, a tall hooded figure stand before us. "You are? Ratatosk champion is it? Go to booth 29. Hey, Barton. Bring these people there" An imp, similar to Morlock, but smaller appear instantly before us "Yes Book Keeper, now follow me" So I guess that hooded figure is the Book Keeper huh. Creepy The imp lead us through the corridor full of books untill we finally arrived at "booth 29" "This is it. Now take your time to learn. You can read all the books here but you cannot take it with you when you come out. There will be food and water delivered to you every morning, noon, and at night. There are enough bathroom and bed here. Our staff will come at noon after lunch to teach you how this world works. You will stay for 1 year so you better get to know each others well. In this world, probably the only one who you can trust is your fellow team-mate here in the room" The imp said nonchalantly "Well, have a good time" The imp left just like that ".................................................................................." WTF Chapter 3 Introduction "Are you kidding me? One year? Here?" "Let''s try to get out" "How? The door dissappeared a while ago" "What?" "This really is a world of magic. I can''t wait" This guy really had a screw loose on his head. "Let''s calm down first okay guys. How about we introduce ourself already?" Mina Wang, tried to calm everyone down. Her voice is shoothing, I don''t mind listening to you girl. "As you all know, I''m Mina Wang, a journalist" She bowed "What''s with you and introduction? Fine, I''m Lin Feng, a businessman" Lin Feng, a man with bald hair. He wore a suit, an expensive one at that. Around 180 cm tall "I''m Leon Brandy. I am 18 and I''m a student, a cosplayer and an otaku"Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. Leon Brandy, the guy with a screw loose on his head. A blond beautiful man. He stand at around 170 cm tall. "Namu" A woman of few words I see. A tan woman, and my god is she tall. Around 190 cm maybe "Ano... I''m Kashiwagi Marie. I''m an idol. Nice to meet you all *nyan*" Another one with a screw loose on her head. Kashiwagi Marie huh. Typical Jappanesse idol. Once she introduce herself, Leon, that guy blond guy, his eyes turned to star. "And I''m her manager and her husband, Kashiwagi Shirou. Stay away from her, especially you blond guy" A manager and a husband huh? Pretty interesthing combo there "Only one left" "Who are you?" Uh oh... All eyes on me now. "I''m William Sanjaya, a former soldier. 29 years old, a pisces, still single. Nice to meet you all" I give a slight bow ""Nice to meet you"" "Now that we know each other, what should we do?" "Rest I guess. This really takes a toll on us" "Yeah I''m still confused. That imp said theres enough bed? Where?" We look around the room. It is perfect square. There are 8 door to the right. I''m guessing that''s the bedroom. In front of that is a set of table and chair with book self surrounding it. It is quite big for a "booth" "Lets check the room" Said Mina Wang, leading us. "This seems to be the bedroom, inside there is a bathroom as well. The imp said that at noon, there''s going to be a staff teaching us how this works. We better rest" We all agreed Thus end our first day in this mysterious world Chapter 4 Morning Group Meeting The next day William wake up and immediately take a shower William comes out of his room only to find Mina, reading "Good morning Mina, where are the others?" Mina look at William "Good morning William, still sleeping maybe. We''re an early bird huh? New day for us in this foreign land, it wouldn''t hurt to woke up early" "Yeah I guess. So, what you''re reading?" "Oh this? World History. But this is strange" "What is?" "The language. It is not English or any other letter that I know. Here, take a look" Mina handed the book to William "You''re right" William continue to flip the book when "HAPPY GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!" "Shut up, you''re to loud" Kashiwagi Marie and Kashiwagi Shirou comes out of their room. "Good morning, you two share a room?" Asked WilliamThis story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. "Of course, we''re husband and wife" Said Kashiwagi Shirou annoyed "Nevermind that, look at this. You recognize these language? Here take a look" "Huh... no, I don''t" "What? What? What is it? Can I look as well?" Asked Kashiwagi Marie curiously "Here" "Ummmm...... Nope, don''t know" "It is useless to give it to you in the first place" Grumbled Kashiwagi Shirou Mina interupted us saying : "I want to ask you two, did you two speak Japanesse or English this whole time?" Kashiwagi Shirou answered : "Of course it''s Japanesse" "Just as I thought" Said Mina contemplating "What is it?" Asked William "It feels like we were speaking a different language from the start yet we understand each other. You get what I mean" "Ohhh.... I get it...." "What, get what?" "It means we somehow understand each other even if we speak a different language dumbass" "Shirou you... you meanie...." Said Kashiwagi Marie tearing up "Okay lovebirds, no fighting please. Back to the topic" Mina interupt "This book "World History" is written in some unknown language but somehow we were able to read it" Mina continue "If thats the case, that deva, Ratatosk, said that he will give us blessing right? Maybe this is it?" "No way, it couldn''t be this simple" A voice interupt, and Kashiwagi Marie jumped, frightened "Hoeek, since when were you here?" "Since you two lovebirds start fighting" Leon said with a smirk "Maybe it is that simple. The power of language is not to be underastimate" Another different voice, this time it''s Lin Feng voice "Hmm, language power" Said Namu Leon pout saying : "I don''t believe it. We were summoned by a god. We should be getting powers, battling monster, saving kingdom, marry a princess. Hehehehe...." "This guy seriously got a screw loose on his head" "I agree" "Hun... hun..." Suddenly a person appears in front of them This person wears clown makeup and clown clothes Basically, a clown "Hello everyone, sorry to interupt. I''m the one whos going to teach you this time. It was supposed to be at noon but ah... who cares. Seing that you''re all lively in the morning so why not start now" ""Who are you?"" "I''m Brenden, the Book Keeper assistant, nice to met you. Now, shall we start" Chapter 5 Learning the Ropes "Now let us begin. To answer your question before, ''Why did I understand what the book say and understand other languages that are spoken here?'' Well, it is simple actually. Your essence already merge with this world thus able to understand each other. It actually a rare case. A person merging their essence to the world. It was probably master Ratatosk doing. But the word in the book still looks foreign right?" *nod* The clown continues : "That is because, although you understand, you never learn it. It will keep you in the strange state of understanding it yet not understanding it. For that reason, the next 3 months I will be teaching you all general knowledge of this world and the alphabet of this world and how to use it in daily conversation" Everybody nod, seeing that we don''t have any choices left. We were paired into 3 groups of two with one group consist of 3 people. So came our 3 months of learning alphabet and general knowledge of this world. In this 3 months we learn that this world, Jord-Vergen, have 6 continent in total. Up north there are Red Sands and Blue Seas. There''s Yellow Canyon on the wes side. In souht lies the Whitelands streching all the way east and finally the Blackgrounds, the place where the "Great Battle" once occured.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. They are surrounding the Green Meadows in the center of the world. To get to the Green Meadows, peole must cross Jormungand river. The sacred tree or the world tree is in the Green Meadow. The world tree is protected by a race called elf, long eared people who lives far longer than the human. Speaking of races, there are currently 6 major races. They are Human, mostly reside in the Whitelands and the Red Sands. Elf, mainly in the Green Meadow and Whitelands. Elf can live for a long time, often exceeding 200 years old. Imp, like Morlock, originate from Blackgrounds while now they can be found anywhere. They have the most population, second only to humans Dwarf, reside in the caves of Yellow Canyon. They don''t like leaving their cave. Weirdo Fairy, they too like elf, mainly reside in the Green Meadow. They like to be near nature. It is very rare to encounter a fairy outside Green Meadow but fairly easy to spot in Green Meadow. Finally there''s Beast tribe. They are people who have an animal trait. They mainly resides in the Red Sands and Yellow Canyon. Of course there are half-breed as well, but they''re genaraly 2 races at one so they don''t count. The half-breed seldom get mistreated, so its all good. Most if not all the people in this world worship the world tree and the 4 devas, Ratatosk the squirell, Nidhogg the dragon, Vedfolnir the bird and the 4 stags brother. The currency is just coins. Gold, silver, bronze. Every 100 bronze is 1 silver, 100 silver is 1 gold. Humans have several kingdoms but they are mostly part of two larger kingdom. They are Kingdom of Stek and Kingdom of Klok. Kingdom of Stek is famous for their warriors while Kingdom of Klok is famous for their mages. They are located both at the Whitelands. The humans in the Red Sands are sepparated into tribes. They co-exsist with the beast tribe there who also have tribes on their own. Social status in this world does not guarentee you to have a good life here Chapter 6 Combat Room "Today, we are having a combat lesson" said the clown, excited "Combat lesson? Cool.... Is it with sword? Magic? I can''t wait" said Leon, he too appears to be excited by the prospect of combat in another world "For f*ck sake blond guy, can you not get excited everytime about anything?" rebuke Lin Feng "Aw, can he not get excited about this baldy? It''s kinda cool doing battle at another world like in the movies *nyan* " said Kashiwagi Marie "Knock it off with the *nyan* thing" said Kashiwagi Shirou, flicking his wife forehead "It hurts nyaaan" "Enough, the combat lesson will start in another room. Follow me there" said the clown We follow the clown, some of us is excited, some worried, some afraid. We were led to a room with nothing but a reception desk and a massive circle drawing on the floor.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. I''m guessing it''s a magic circle "Welcome to the combat room master Clown. These are the students today?" said an imp "Yes imp, ready a sim for me will you" "Right away master Clown" said the imp politely "You all, step in the magic circle" yelled the imp. Unlike when talking to the clown with politeness, the imp talk to us like a commanding officer The imp press a button bellow the desk and suddenlya bright light envelopes arround us. When the light''s gone, we were suddenly in a different place A massive plains can be seen in front of us. It strecth far and wide. And there are creature that resembles the animal of earth. I''m guessing it''s a monster "Welcome to combat sim : Plains. Here, the opponents you will face are low class goblins, low class wolf, low class horned rabbit and low class flockfeather. Before that, let me check your affinities first" said the clown "Affinities?" "Yes, affinities. It will decide your compatibility with certain class that you received in the future" "Class? We get a class? Cool" said Leon with sparkling eyes "Isn''t that amazing Leon? You get to chose a class. Remember, once you choose a class, you cannot change it for the rest of your life so choose carefully later on. But first.... Namu" said the Clown while pointing at Namu "Yes...?" "Come here, you''re the first tester today" said the Clown with an evil smile As I thought... this guy is creepy Chapter 7 Affinities "Miss Namu, please come forward" asked the Clown Namu step forward "Spell: Affinities Check" *Ding Namu : FIGHTER : A ROGUE : B MAGE : E CLERIC : D "There you go. Miss Namu has an excellent affinities for fighter class"If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. He continued "But, I''m getting ahead of myself. You''re all still doesn''t know about classes yet right?" "Classes generely can be split into 4 caragories. It is Fighter, mage, rogue, and cleric" "Fighter consist of : Warrior, Knight, Swordman, Axeman, Spearman, Berserker etc" "Rogue consist of : Thief, Archer, Sniper, Scout, Assassin etc" "Mage consist of : Spellcaster, Warlock, Magus, Elementalist etc "While Cleric consist of mainly healing classes such as : Shaman, Priest, Doctor etc" "You understand that?" "Yes" exclaim everyone together "Good. Later on, you can get a second class to add to your current primary one. The condition varies between classes" "Phew, now where were we? Leon come here" After a while, the clown check all affinities and generaly it looks like this: Mina : Fighter B, Mage A, Rogue A, Cleric B Lin Feng : Fighter C, Mage C, Rogue A, Cleric A Leon : Fighter A, Mage A, Rogue A, Cleric D Marie : Fighter E, Mage A, Rogue E, Cleric A Shirou : Fighter S, Mage A, Rogue D, Cleric S William : Fighter A, Mage A, Rogue A, Cleric A "Well thats about it. Now follow me, we start training acording to your affinities"