《Honor of the battlefield》 annihilation and a new hope "Welcome Alex" .... As I open my eyes I see a seemingly endless barren expanse as far as the eye can see. The only thing I can see is the figure before me and even that is unclear with only a black silhouette never more than that but never fading further. "Where am I." "You''re dead, do you not remember? But I guess that is to be expected considering how horrifically you died." As I look down I see my body spectral yet still showing dozens if not hundreds of wounds; bullet holes, burns, slashes, every type of battle scar imaginable lining my destroyed body. And with that I remember, I remember how I died; a foolish order from the top. An order that was certain to fail and made to buy time for the generals to escape to their fortresses. I was sent to die so that those lazy, disgusting bureaucrats could live. "So, do you remember now? Not that it matters to you now but would you like to know the outcome?" As it spoke I dared not think of what I would see and yet still I answered with "Yes". The shadow waved its hand and spoke in little more than a whisper "Then so it shall be" and with this the landscape shifts to a scene I know all too well. A mountain pass lined with bunkers and fortifications. Bodies everywhere and the air filled with screams of agony and the stench of blood and gunpowder. I am left looking down on the scene from about 50 meters above the ground and yet with a single thought I can see anywhere on the battle field as if I were mere inches away. My men gathered around my body resolving to sell their lives dearly and scream the battle cry that our band of mad men and women were so well known for a cry I could not help but to join in with as well as a cry that caused many to tremble it fear " who are we, we are the survivors. Why do we fight, to honor the fallen. Why do we live, to spread the glories of the dead." The 12 greatest men and women of our age and the final 12 surviving titan soldiers. All of us were monsters in our own right and every one of them sworn brothers and sisters. In the beginning there were many of us titans. But as the war grew in length so did the losses until us 13 made our last stand alongside 150 state militia all of whom were sent there to die. I watch as wave after wave of enemies pour over the dying titans tanks rolled in only to be crushed and planes flew in for better shots only to be destroyed with little more than bits of rubble. Each titan inflicting devilish losses on the foe before falling with each loss more tears fall down my face and another name comes to mind Hugo is the first to fall a man of few word but great kindness he was our technical specialist able to make anything from simple traps to guns and ammunition out of little more than scrap metal. As the weakest of the titans he was the first to succumb to the devastating amount of fire power brought to bear finally taking a tank round to the chest he charges into the lines of the enemy detonating a self-made bomb destroying the offending party. Then Hannah falls she was always reckless and preferred to get close to the enemy destroying them in close combat with a hammer the size of a grown man. Falling with the use of a bazooka round taking out her leg before being shot to pieces at a distance. The twins Jess and Jane weaved in and out of combat picking off commanders until they are targeted from the air by and enemy strike craft. As I watch on they all slowly die, Kuro our self-styled samurai, Jonathan our sniper, palmer our gunner falls next and then Drummond our demolitions expert, tears roll down my face as more and more of my brothers and sisters die before my eyes and finally I scream out for it to stop. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. Instantly it does and I am back in the barren land from before and I ask "what do you want from me?". The shadow then responds with "nothing, I am only here to help you move on to your next life." "My next life you say" "Yes you are to be reborn in another world, although it is not quite rebirth as you will keep you looks, skills and memories" I stand there in silence and ask what is this other world you speak of like." "It is a world of swords and magic where strength of arms is all that matters and where the power is shown in levels. And you are lucky you know many do not get the chance you are getting now as to be reborn in this way you need a god to intervein which is rare as the god has to give a gift to anyone they do this for and that uses up a portion of their power in relation to the request. For you not only one god but three decided you were worth the risk as the gods of war, of honor and of memories came forward to grant you passage. With this you can make three requests a scene that has not been seen in almost 10,000 years!" I then start to think about the gods and start to speak "I understand why the gods of war and honor have come forward to an extent but why the god of memories what did I do to get their attention?" The shadow chuckles and replies " You are the one who should know best why but I guess there is no harm in explaining the choice to you, the cry you and your men repeat what is the last line again "Why do we live, to spread the glories of the dead." You and your men remembered the name and face of every titan you fought beside and chronicled every battle logging the names of the dead and ensuring that they were not forgotten that is why the god of memories favors you." "Then I shall make my first request I will to bring the 12 other titans that were beside me when I died to come with me. The oath of standing together in life and death shall be upheld." The shadow moves as if listening to a distant sound " The god of honor approves of this request" "The second request shall be for a perfect memory so that the fallen shall never be forgotten and finally I ask that I can save my last request for a time when I have a greater understanding of the world I am taken to." The shadow pauses for a moment as if deep in thought and replies "The requests are approved however, while I understand your third request are your sure all you want is a perfect memory? Afterall this is a gift from a god you can gain the greatest of boons from these requests and yet you only ask for a chance to remember all you see." I look forward and ask "In that case is it possible for my kin to gain the ability also?" The shadow flickers as if in suprise and replies " In that case the requests are approved and only one thing remains before sending you off and that is a warning. Due to you titans being soo far from a true human you are no longer recognised as a human by the world system and instead as a demi-human. This is both a boon and a curse as you will not be able to take advanced human classes that the system provides but it allows for you to use the evolution system. This means that when you reach a leveling threshold every 25 levels you can use the system to mould your bodies to a from that fits your skill set and with that I will send you off." I start to watch as the world slowly fades and then darkness. End of Chapter 1 P.S Thanks for reading guys this is my first attempt at writing like this so any construtive comments such as ways to improve or ideas for where to go from here with the novel would be appreciated, True Honor World system System boot sequence initiated... Status reading complete creating status screen... Race demi-Human Sub-species:Titan Titan traits: Genetic destabalisation (Time left before self-destruction 1 Year) Bolstered immune system Lesser regeneration Name:Alex Experience:0/100 Titles: Chosen of the god of Honor, Chosen of the god of War, Chosen of the god of Memories, One man army (grants aura of fear ability), Slayer of armies (grants aura of bloodshed ability), Demon of 1000 wars (X4 to all stats when on a battlefield), Commander (X10 to subordinate max), Species leader (Titan) Level:1 Hp:5000 (endurance x 100) Mp:1 (inteligence x magic aptitude x 100) Useable stat points:0 Useable skill points:0 Evolution points available:100 Base stats Strength 100 Agility 75 Endurance 50 Intelgence 10 Magical apptitude 0.001 Hidden Stats Memorisation 8 Skills Pain Endurace Lv 10 gold rank Blade mastery Lv 2 gold rank Thrown weapon mastery Lv 10 bronze rank Future tech weapon mastery Lv 3 gold rank Commander Lv 1 Platinum rank Aura of fear Lv 1 Silver rank Aura of bloodshed Lv 1 Silver rank Appraisal Lv 1 Regeneration Lv 8 Bronze Subordinates (Max 100): Titans X12 ---------------------------------------------------------- Since I have time before I am reborn I start to look at my status and try to understand what they mean. First I look at the points at which point I try to workout what each is used for. Luckily the appraisal skill activates leaving me with a short description of each. Stat points: Used to upgrade basic attributes such as strength and agility points are gained with each level up and can be distributed at any time. The number of points gained depends on the species base stats. 1 stat point is the equivilent of an average Lv 1 adult human male.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Skill points: Used to learn new skills and abilities from skill books and tomes. Skills can still be learnt but using skill points causes all basic skill information to be instantly implanted. 1 skill point is gained per level. Evolution points: Used to alter the body structure of an species and is available to the leader of said species. These are gained though the collective achivements over the lifetime of every member of said species. After the evolution of a leader each member of the speices will be given the chance to evolve either into the new species or stay as the old species. Any remaining members of the old species will then have the highest level member of the old speices appointed as the new leader. I then start to look though the rest of the abilities and look on in despair as the gene edited defect was still there. The Genetic destabalisation gene ment that we had to follow orders from above, every 6 months genetic repair fluid would be administered to stop us degrading and without it we have little time left. Before I get to look further into my stats a system message interrupted. "All members of the new Titan species shall be sent to the demi-human testing fields via Titan drop in 30 seconds" At this point I can only come out with "Ohh fuck no" and with that the 13 Titans including myself start to free fall towards a hellscape as we had done soo many times before. "System announcement species number 1326 labled as titans have entered the testing field numbering 13. The number of evolution points earned for annihilation of species is 1M points. To leave the testing field a species is required to go though their first evolution. Evolution points can be stolen from any race in the field until the race leader evolves at which point all members of the race are to be removed from the field. Other races with the highest value are omega wyvern at 10,000 individuals worth 40,000 points each, greater demon moth 25,000 individuals worth 10,000 points each and plague arachne at 50,000 individuals at 7500 points each. During the testing field evolution can be postponed indefinatly while aging and genetic decay are halted, however breeding of any kind is impossible." And with that we fell to the ground blasting great craters and crushing many to death just from landing on them. "Species system message: Titan evolution points gained from kills 11,258 total points 11,358." "Individual system message: experience gained 1550 level up, level up, level up, level up,level up experience to next level up 550 points level 6 Stat points gained 125, Skill points gained 5." We have little time to prepare as we are instantly swamped by a hoard of lesser races all aiming for a quick escape from the hellscape. I instantly allocate 25 points to agility 50 to endurance and 50 to strength raising me to 100, 100 and 150 respectivly. I instinctivly understand the change and slam a fist down on a creature that looks like a mix between a woodlouse and a person gaining a 5 experience and 2 evolution points. I then notice that the air around me is tinged with red and black particles that seem to eminate from my body and cause the weaker enemies to recoil away from me. As I see this I remember the aura abilities that arepassively causing fear whileinciting my blood lust causing me to only think of destroying every foe in my path. The battle raged with each titan creating an area of localised chaos destroying many lesser races but never even seeing an individual from the top 3 species. During this time the evolution points came pouring in with the total sitting at 85,456 and I had reached my second bottleneck at level 19 going to level 20 with theexperience required being far higher than the previous changes. It seems aswell as the threshold at 25 the last level ups before that are a massive spike in experience. I start to consider how to spend theaccumulated 325 stat points. During that time the number of enemies grew less and less until a new system message appeared. "Species Leader message: Achivement completed: species slayer-Obtained when one species wipes out another species destroying a minimum of 90% of their total numbers. Species leader can now steal 1 species trait or add one extra stat point per level to species counter. Traits to pick from quick breeder, brittle bones, gentic mutation (random) please pick a option to add to the race upon evolution" As I look at the choices only one option catches my eye and with appraisal I read the descripiton of genetic mutation "Genetic mutation (random)- causes each member of a species to have a random mutation with a 10% chance of a greater mutation which is always a powerful asset to the individual,40% chance of a lesser mutation which is helpful but not as powerful, 40% chance of no mutation and a 10% chance of a debilitating mutation. This clashes with the already owned genetic degredation trait and will lead to the replacement of the genetic degredation trait however the persentage chances will all shift 5% in favour of debilitating mutations. More instances of this trait stack to form better chances of good mutations." I never thought I would get a chance to remove the trait soo soon especially after having it since I was born. This world is truely amazing with our growth being incredibly fast. However I am starting to wonder why the shadow didn''t mention the testing grounds before it left and why it so suddenly sent us here. However I got little time to contemplate as a massive spider type creature surrounded by flies charged towards me. Finally one of the top three species has come the first plague arachne. Cause of slow releases and the future Hi guys True Honor here, due to a increased hours at work I have been struggling to do constant chapters and for that I apologize. I will aim to get one chapter a month as a minimum and will try to release more. Thank you for your support and I will release another chapter soon. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.