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Prologue: How I Ended Since it seems I¡¯ll be laying down here for awhile¡­ Bleeding¡­ Ugh, this is great¡­ Sigh* never thought I would end up in this kind of situation in my lifetime¡­ Oh hey didn¡¯t notice you. I guess since you''re here, would you listen to a dead man¡¯s life story? If you would grant me the chance¡­ Sure? Okay well first I have to start out when I was born¡­. You see I¡¯m just your average American, if you can call me that at all¡­ I had average looks and a pretty darn good physique. Brown hair, brown eyes, and white skin with some olive tones in it. Pretty sure I¡¯m was descendent of the Greeks You know? It sure sounds like I was your average joe¡­ Well I wasn¡¯t for long because that quickly changed after an event I¡¯ll talk about a little later. The name is Luke. Think it was the Luke from starwars? Well you¡¯re pretty darn full of knowledge aren¡¯t you? That was a joke I think most people have heard of Star Wars, at least at one point in their life. Then everyone has made some kind of joke about being someone else¡¯s father too¡­ Unless they live under a rock they should know. I spent my time living on the great planet Earth for a grand total of 24 years. Such a long and fruitful life, don¡¯t you say? Especially considering I spent most of my life doing a service for other people. I¡¯ll start with my childhood¡­ I was a spoiled child while growing up. Getting to do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, and had the money to do it too. I of course found otaku culture fascinating. Spending days then weeks then a total of 5 years turned into a shut-in. Because of my genetics I was still thin even on a diet of ramen and candy. Thank my dad for my metabolism. I read everything there is to learn about fantasy worlds in light novels aspiring to become a writer. Fascinated by video games I wanted to become a programmer. And loving manga I wanted to become a mangaka. Anime didn¡¯t do too much for me though. So I¡¯d rather not say too much about becoming whatever you need to become for that job. I found it fascinating learning about worlds with magic who can give people like me who aren¡¯t physically strong the ability to kill loads of people. The stories of heroes who would save thousands of people made me want to become one myself. The ability to stop evil and get a fabulous bride sounded like a dream. Sadly it was. Virtual Reality wasn¡¯t a thing during my time. Nor were there any simulation software that people could immerse themselves into. It was even the damn 21st century dammit. Sadly my great life was brought to an end with the introduction of cancer, to my birth Mother¡¯s body. I can¡¯t remember where the cancer was, but it was pretty much untreatable. My Mother ended up dying a slow agonizing death over the course of one year and the procedures were so costly that most of our savings went to her. She died right on my birthday. Well at least now I didn¡¯t have to celebrate my birth anymore. There was no way to delay her life any longer and life hated me. Seriously dying on your own sons birthday is the worst. I never had real good ties to the people in my family, so I didn¡¯t take it too bad. My Father however is a different story altogether. He went down the path of depression. I guess the shock of Mother leaving us early was problematic for him. Losing most of our money from an economic crisis. With depression he started to gamble a large amount of money, while simultaneously, slowly quitting on work over the course of a three year period. From when i was fifteen to eighteen. Our living the good life ended, and I sold most of my collections of books and games and everything that comes with those time wasters. After my Mother died and Father started quitting on life¡­ yeah that sounds right¡­ I began to study outside of public school, and since I was born in America I got a job at the age of sixteen. The reason I got the job was to help pay for living expenses and other important life necessities such as food, bills, and medicine. Luckily I didn¡¯t get sick too much. I became athletique in high school during the last three years, getting a few close friends, and even was in the top 90% of all people in the graduating class. It was hard to do too many things to get friends with my job being more important. I was proud of myself and hoped that how well I had done would cheer up my Father. It seems it didn¡¯t work too well for him because my existence must have been a sore in his side. Still I took care of him. As I said I had some friends and wasn¡¯t a total dissocial person; as I was before in my life. I chose to form few close friendships, rather than a large amount of acquaintances. If I think about it having close friends didn¡¯t help me at all, since it may have led me to this situation. But whatever I don¡¯t care I am dying... I didn¡¯t have too many girlfriends though so my request to god for a relationship didn¡¯t come true. Never finding ¡°the one¡± I didn¡¯t feel too inclined to have any romance. Due to the economic crisis many people couldn¡¯t go to college for free on scholarships. After finishing High School I found since I couldn¡¯t pay for a college degree I decided to enter the military first. Apparently they will pay for college after something like four years of service. Joining sounded like a great deal, because as an added bonus I would still be paid while in service and could send money home to help pay for my fathers problems. I was a very tough worker and ended up doing very well in the boot camp they sent me too. I ended up joining the navy. I must have done very well on the course because after some time I was able to join the famed Navy SEALS. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. That was a pretty hectic time. Learning how to use various firearms, doing various missions overseas against terrorists. I can¡¯t remember too many missions right now. There was that one time with the dog¡­ ahh stupid dog. I think his name was Courage. Wait what am I saying I mean thats highly classified. You didn¡¯t hear anything¡­ right? I didn¡¯t get to do very much in the seals because most of it was just training. Then just six weeks after finally doing something I found out my father had passed away. That was just a few months ago. Apparently his health was deteriorating for awhile now, and the Navy wanted to keep my in my training so they kept it hidden till I was deployed for some time. I was given leave time in the Navy, it was only for a couple of weeks. They gave me time off because he was my last family member alive after all. My heart broke after that. I had spent about half my life helping my country and my father by now. Man looking back my life was good then sucked pretty bad. So you¡¯re asking how I ended up in the situation I am in right now. Well it was during my time back in the States that it happened. Me and a couple of buddies of mine from back in highschool decided to meet up at a huge bar in a major downtown district nearest the location of the funeral. Approximately a couple miles away. I was never an alcoholic kind of guy, but after being pressured to drink by my close friends I was rather wasted after leaving the bar we were in. My buddies all had wives or girlfriends at this time. Angry at their luck at finding someone to love I decided to take a walk for a few minutes. Ending up in the bad neighborhood I¡¯m in now. I didn¡¯t cry at the funeral and was pretty drunk so I wasn¡¯t thinking too straight. When I passed by an alleyway I heard a scream. Maybe two I can¡¯t remember. Cautiously moving closer to the inside of the alleyway I found it rather dark and hard to see. From what I could see there was two women surrounded by around 5 guys. I didn¡¯t know what was going on so when I heard one of them shouting ¡°Help¡± I slowly crept over to the nearest hiding spot to examine the situation. Watching one of the men begin to crouch down and start ripping off one of the girls clothes I sorta knew what was happening to her by now. Being the Intelligent person I was I first called the cops. However a problem rose quickly¡­ Seeing someone being raped in front of you is hard to deal with mentally. And because I had a fair bit of skill able to stop something like this I should be able to stop a couple of people. Although I wish I could remember how I did it though. Because seeing someone being raped is hard I sorta blew into a rage about the whole situation. Half unable to remember what happened I came back and four of the five guys were lying a fair bit close to me. Luke: ¡°Oh shit what did I do?¡± backing away from the bodies I noticed my bleeding knuckles. I quickly looked around and noticed one of the women was half naked while the other was not wearing anything. Their expressions were fearful of the situation, but I guess they were happy I came. Glancing at the four men around me I saw that they looked to have smashed faces and probably a few broken ribs. Wait¡­ wasn¡¯t there one more? Looking around I saw the last one... seems I threw him over near the mouth of the.... Huh, he¡¯s getting up¡­ ¡®Shouldn¡¯t be too bad to let him run...¡¯ Random Gangbanger: ¡°You asshole!. You¡¯re going to fucking pay for this!¡± Well it seems i forgot to check people for firearms because as he was saying this He began to pull out what seemed to be a 9mm handgun. ¡® Damn American laws giving this bastard a gun.¡¯ Hearing sirens in the distance I felt lucky that I was only a few meters from the guy I threw. There was a problem though he seemed rather fast at his aim. Not very accurate though¡­ I knew if I was able to reach him I could kill him before he shot me too much. Running at full speed he managed to shoot me 3 out of the total 5 times he fired his gun. One managed to hit my left shoulder, and two in the gut, the other 2 flew past my head. Gangbanger: ¡°Ahhhhh¡­.¡± Running at full speed toward him I managed to use my weight and the speed on my stride to grab his neck with my right hand to slam him to the ground. Hearing a *crunch* sound on the concrete I felt proud to have snapped the guys neck. When the shots finally resounded through my body I was lying on the ground beside the guy I broke. Heh broke. Hearing the sirens growing quiet as i faded into unconsciousness I saw the two women approaching me to check my body, I guess. As I lost the ability to see everything went black, my other senses slowly disappeared as well with my consciousness just sat in pure black darkness for what seemed to be awhile. Okay. Well I¡¯ll see you in heaven. Have fun¡­ wait am i still here.. What¡¯s going to happen to me... Slowly the cold feeling went away and I felt a warmth entering my body through my gut¡­¡­.Wait a minute¡­¡­. WHAT??? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This is the reboot I did the prologue and it only took 1 hour and 45 minutes. I changed from doing a new fiction to just uploading the chapters then deleting the old ones. I wanted to keep the old ones for reminders on what to do from now on. But whatever. Just remember to rate this up and comment. Chapter 1: My Second Birth Chapter 1: My Second Birth The warmth surrounding me began to spread into my body, once completely inside my body I felt a nice warm and fuzzy feeling making me relax quite a bit compared to how tense I was earlier. What I can call a few minutes passed and I felt a nice drum beat echoing in distance¡­ My relaxed mind started to become hypnotized by the sound echoing into my very soul¡­. Snapping out of what kind of trans i had entered I realized something important that isn¡¯t happening to my soul right now¡­ There was no bright light to bring me to heaven¡­ Luke: ¡®What the hell happened to going to heaven?!?¡¯ A few seconds passed and another though passed in my mind.¡®Dammit.... I guess this warm feeling must be hell.¡¯ Luke: ¡®AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡¯ Screaming in my mind at my current predicament I instantly grew angry at the world for cursing me to eternal damnation. I had no idea what I had done before I seemingly died to deserve to go to hell for eternity. I may have sinned a little bit I mean I was a christian and they taught that everyone sins even without knowing. I mean I did indulge in worldly pleasures aka video games for much of my life¡­ Growing increasingly depressed at the new situation I found myself in I had no idea how to react. I was taught to obey the 10 commandments and follow the word of god while i went to church. Instead here I am in a warm darkness, a place I can¡¯t even see for myself¡­ at least the drum beat is soothing, and the warmth isn¡¯t so bad¡­ What might be called a few minutes passed and I began to notice something peculiar about this new hell I found myself in¡­ I seem to have something resembling a human body¡­ moving what I assumed to be my hands. I mean they were near the top portion of my body and it felt like there is 5 fingers. Moving my hands around cautiously it took me some time to gather the courage to move further into the darkness until I managed to hit something. What I felt while moving my hands around was a nice squishy wall in front of me. The wall was a bit cooler than the place I was in at the moment, but still wasn''t a deterrent to feel around it for a few more seconds. Luke: ¡®Where the Hell am I?¡¯ Because I couldn¡¯t really see at the moment I went ahead and felt around my body for a few more minutes. What i managed to move my hands around was a rather humanoid shaped body. Although I found it to be rather soft and squishy I guessed it to be my body after I tried to pinch myself and felt a slight bit of pain. It didn''t hurt as much as I thought it would and began moving more. Although I grew rather fatigued after moving around for a few minutes, but I felt accomplished at finding something out about this hell hole I found myself in. I knew I was safe after some more poking and prodding and I found myself pretty much trapped in something. I couldn¡¯t feel around everywhere, but that wasn¡¯t a problem when I knew i couldn¡¯t do much before getting tired. Although finding myself in hell was rather depressing I felt as though nothing would change for a long time. Seeking a way to pass the time I began to become hypnotized by the echoing drum again. A couple of hours later I regained consciousness of the world around me, after some time in a trans I knew I needed to do something more useful with my time. Luke: ¡®AH HA! I know something I can do!¡¯ Thinking back to the time before I died I remembered there was something that monks would do to cleanse their souls, so eventually they can go to the afterlife, or maybe was it become reincarnated. Either option works for me as long as I leave this place sooner or later. Starting to meditate in the darkness I began to relax my mind and soul. At some point I think I began to feel the world around me and entered some place unlike the darkness. Looking around what I saw was rolling fields of grass. In the middle of the grasslands in front of me was a long tree. Beginning to walk closer to the tree I noticed it grew and grew and grew. I kept walking closer to it and after some time of walking I managed to reach it. The size difference I felt was something akin to an ant looking at a tree. I felt miniscule to the world and I believed to reach zen. After placing my hand on the large tree a unstoppable force suddenly began to pull me back into the darkness of which I came from, and the warm darkness returned. Depressed at the outcome of leaving the place I could actually see in. A few minutes more of meditating came and went and I began to notice change in my body. What I noticed was a new feeling in the region of my new body where a heart would be. A slight warmth in my heart was now resting in my new body. It felt odd yet comforting. After meditating more and more I felt the strength of the feeling grow and intensify. I also found that if I used my mind to move the warmth it could then be transferred to different parts of my body. It was only odd for the few seconds it entered the part of my body I would move it to. It was a cool thing moving it from my foot to my hand and then into my head. After some more time I learnt that I could actually stretch the feeling, making it grow and shrink. It was a great way to pass the time, but I was wondering when a change in this place would happen. Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. EVEN MORE time passed and I grew frustrated at how long I was stuck in the warm darkness with what I now guessed to be a beating heart. It would speed up and slow down quite a bit like my own heart would do also. I was now even able to move the feeling out of my body making myself the first time I tried it pass out for who knows how long. I managed after sever times of passing out to move it passed the wall of squishy material. It was a new cool feeling that I used to sense what was around me. Although for now I didn¡¯t move it out too far Eventually growing bored and able to move the feeling around my body as much as I wanted I decided to grow and shrink as fast as possible even moving it around me in figure eight patterns. Sometimes I would try to hide the feeling completely in my body making the feeling eventually disappear altogether, being able to call upon it whenever I wanted with my mind. I must note that this ¡°entertaining¡± activity would completely fatigue me mentally, usually ending up making me waste more time to rest and then i would continue to mess around again. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. Some time later I was meditating. I still believed that if I meditated enough I would be able to go to heaven, or reincarnate. Either still working for me. When I started to move toward one of the edges of the wall. After a few minutes what sounded of screaming resounded through my ears. Hesitating for a few seconds I hid the sensation inside my body. The screaming decreased after I stop releasing the new sense I held in my body. Hiding the power in my body I managed to see a light enter my field of view. After a few minutes of screaming and people talking in the background. I was now entirely outside and able to view my surroundings. What I saw surprised me, but before I could analyze the situation a voice boomed from one of the peoples heads. Voice: ¡°Ma''am your baby is now born. You should be overjoyed, especially your husband. You gave birth to a newborn boy.¡± Analyzing the situation began right after the man said those few sentences. Firstly¡­. Luke: ¡®WHAT THE FUCK???????¡¯ It had only taken a few seconds for my new eyes to adjust to the new lighting he entered. Opening my new mouth wide open I gasped at the new situation I was confronted with. With my new eyes I used the ability of something called analyzing things to confront what was happening. Moving my new head around I noticed that everyone around me was seemingly a giant person. The man holding me was a rather odd fellow with a long white beard covering half of his face. He was light red skinned with pointed ears. His long silver hair went down to what seemed to be his shoulder blades. The man¡¯s eyes were a red color with a soft blue hue hiding in the background. What puzzled me next was the way he kept glancing at the door like he was waiting for something to happen. Continuing on he was doing some weird stuff to my body¡­ aren¡¯t I a man? Why is this guy patting my on the back and wiping me down. Let me do that! Turning my head to look over toward the woman lying on the bed. I saw a very beautiful woman lying down. She appeared to be exhausted, although I didn¡¯t understand what had happened. The woman had aquamarine blue hair that dazzled even in the light of the room I was in. Her face was beautiful enough to make almost anyone fall in love at first sight. I was captivated by her blue eyes for what seemed to be a few seconds. I noticed she too had rather pointy ears. Although not as odd as the man holding me I was amazed by how well it fit her face. Her skin was a pale white with a voluptuous chest which was larger than most women I¡¯ve seen before. Her clothing was rather bland though, with what I would call a white bed sheet covering her body. Although it was thick enough to cover her body from exposing anything too explicit for me to describe. But her lower regions were rather bloody something must have happened before I came here right? Luke: ¡®Did she get cut or something?¡¯ Thinking to myself I had no idea what must have happened until I did something that changed the way I saw this new world I entered. Looking at my hands I saw almost purely white hands with small stubby fingers they were fat and a bit pudgy. It seems to remind me of what a babies hands look like¡­¡­¡­. WHAT??? I froze from the revelation of what has just happened¡­.. Luke: ¡®This is impossible¡­ This can¡¯t actually be happening.¡¯ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This took longer than the last one because I was distracted by some things. It seems this will be easier for the earlier chapters because I already have something to reference. YAY so happy about how easy this will be. Idk if ill do another one today. Maybe if you guys comment enough i''ll do it.... hint hint
Remember to comment and rate if you love it Chapter 2: Ritual Room Chapter 2: Ritual Room I¡¯d been frozen for quite some time during the time when I let the revelation that I was just reborn process inside my head. The whole realization that it actually happened amazed me. The fact that I was actually reborn was an amazing feeling¡­ until I remembered something¡­ Luke: ¡®Don¡¯t people usually forget their past lives? Why can I remember everything about before I died? Was I actually reborn?¡¯ Multitudes of questions were moving around inside my head, but it all ended when something happened that ended all questioning of my life. *BAMMmmmmmm¡­..* The extremely loud sound of a door opening, along with its echo forced all useless questioning out of my mind in order to focus on the situation unfolding before me. When the man holding me, I assume to be a doctor because he¡¯s the only other person in the room beside the one who birthed me, turned toward the sound. I noticed something surprising. Two men had just entered the room, but that wasn¡¯t the surprising part. What shocked me was the fact that there was some kind of darkness surrounding the men who had just entered. Being brought closer to the two men made my spine shiver in fear. The two men once entered began moving closer toward me and the doctor holding me. The man now kneeling in fear lifted me up by my armpits. Giving me the perfect opportunity to examine what they looked like. Ignoring the cold darkness that surrounded the two men I began to examine what they looked like... starting with the man on the left, I began my examination. The man¡¯s features shocked me at first sight. The man was wearing a pure black cloak that covered from his neck down. Looking directly at the cloak made me feel as though I feel into a black hole. The long blood red hair covering his head was a major clashing factor with the color of his skin. His skin was a pale blue, reminding me of a humans veins. His blood red hair covering his ears spilled over the back of his black cloak reminding me of blood dripping from an open wound. His hair reached down to his shoulder blades. The grin he was wearing made my eyes widen in fear of what he was thinking. Looking into his eyes for a reason behind the grin made my spine shiver in fear. What I saw in his eyes was creepy to say the least. His eyes were void of all color. Only darkness remained. No iris, no pupil, just darkness¡­ His contrasting body colors and creepy eyes made me feel as though the reason he wore the robe was to stop people¡¯s stares. The man on the right was a much more difficult person to examine, although the darkness was there I felt more nobility emulating from his body than darkness. The man on the right was wearing something resembling nobility. The amazing care put into the stitching made him seem all the more noble. His clothes were of red and purple with golden threading, covering his whole body the elegance of the clothing made me feel as though the kneeling Doctor was right in respecting his authority. The man had two black horns protruding out of pitch black hair, rivaling the darkness of the cloak the man on the left was wearing. His hair that looked to be made of silk reached all the way down to his waist. With black hair and horns it was almost impossible to distinguish the difference between the two. Finding the beginning of where the horns started and were attached to his head was very difficult if I didn¡¯t strain my eyes. His horns on his head were rather long. They formed upwards out of his head, curving to the back of his head. Ending with a point, they seemed sharp enough to stab someone like a knife would. His eyes were red with vertical slits, almost resembling a snake''s eyes. His eyes were rather dark as though there was no light reflecting in his eyes. Though his ears were pointed just like many of the other people I have seen I found it rather odd because his skin was a pale white almost like a ghost or dead person. The contrast between skin and hair wasn¡¯t as bad as the other man but it still made me feel quite scared. His face was a very handsome one, making most people fall in love at sight. His facial expression was rather angry at the moment. Looking at the woman he squinted his eyes a tiny bit. Then moving his eyes to look at me. His expression moved from angry to rage filled. Starting the conversation the nobleman spoke first. Nobleman: ¡°I see the newborn is male¡­ Adviser test the levels of power.¡± The man who wore the black cloak moved forward toward me. Pulling out a glowing orb with his left hand, and a knife with his right. He started to walk up to me. Luke: ¡®Okay so that guy is his Adviser? Rather scary guy if you ask me¡­ Wait what is he doing with that knife?!?¡¯ Using the knife to cut my hand he placed my bloodied hand on the orb. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. A multitude of colors began to flow around in the orb... For around 30 seconds the man waited and once done he looked into the orb¡­ Waiting for a few minutes into the orb the Adviser¡¯s mouth fell open. With the Adviser taking so long the Nobleman began to speak. Nobleman: ¡°What¡¯s taking so long! Hurry up and tell me how strong he is!¡± Adviser: ¡°My Lord¡­. There''s a problem we need to resolve¡­ His power is already three times higher than yours¡­¡± Lord: ¡°WHAT!?! That can¡¯t be! I won¡¯t let my own son take over as Demon Lord when I¡¯m still in power!¡± Growing increasingly angry at whatever happened he continued¡­ Lord: ¡°Prepare the ritual room! Were going to seal this brats power.¡± Luke: ¡°Wait they are going to seal me? What the hell is a ritual room? What is this about Demon Lords? I don¡¯t get anything! Wasn¡¯t I reborn into my old world?¡± The expression on the Adviser twitched for a moment before turning calm. When the Doctor interrupted. Doctor: ¡°But My Lord! We are being attacked by the¡­.¡± Father?: ¡°Who said you could talk fool!¡± My new Father first grabbing me from the Doctor¡¯s grasp. Kicked the man right in the chest sending him flying across the room. Ending his flight was a poor wall that didn¡¯t hurt nobody. *Crack* After hitting the wall with an amazing cracking sound coming from the wall. The man didn¡¯t move, nor twitch, after hitting the wall. Luke: ¡®Holy fuck! My dad, I think? Just killed that guy for no reason!¡¯ Adviser: ¡°My lord you do remember that it will take a lot of your energy to seal the boy. And we are under attack at the moment¡­ Are you sure?¡± Father?: ¡°Do what I say and don¡¯t question me! Prepare the sealing ritual right now!¡± The Adviser leaving the room I was carried by my new Father out into a hallway. After a few minutes we arrived in front of a large door. My new Father opening the door I saw only darkness, except upon entering I saw a soft glow coming from a circle and several lines. While I was brought to the center of the circle I was subsequently placed there too¡­ Looking around I saw several people with multitudes of different colored clothing surrounding me at the edges of the circle. Now on my back, in the middle of a glowing circle I was rather nervous about what was going to happen. I couldn¡¯t see very well. I did see my Father move to the portion of the circle of where my head was. I could see him, and the Adviser on his right. After a few minutes of what I guess was the people preparing by placing some kind of lit candles in front of themselves. I heard my new Father yell... Father?: ¡°Begin the sealing Ritual!!!¡± What happened next was something out of a sci fi movie. With lasers coming out of the robed peoples hands I began floating in some kind of orb. The weird thing was the colors of the beams were the same color as their robes. With my new Father having the largest beam of all. I then realized that I should try to talk to these people. Luke: ¡°&*(!@^$) @&*!$^_@¡± Luke: ¡®What the fuck was that? I have no idea what I just said!¡± After around an hour whatever they were doing to me was finally finished. I felt an immediate change during that time however. I became rather tired and wasn¡¯t going to stay awake much longer. Afterwards while I was still awake I saw the Adviser who was standing next to my new Father start to walk toward me. The situation immediately changed when I saw my new Father pull the sword strapped to his waist. He then proceeded to cut the Adviser diagonally in half. What I saw next I couldn¡¯t even describe very well. There was some kind of giant shadow covering most of the room blocking out the candles which had been lit for the ceremony. What happened next was confusing. My new Father appeared in front of me and whispered into my ear some questionable words. Father?: ¡°I¡¯m doing this for you my son¡­ and remember, don¡¯t let anger rule you....¡± Luke: ¡®What is this guy saying?¡¯ After whispering those words into my ear he placed me down as far from the cut Adviser as possible in the dark room. The last thing I remember was the sound of a female voice saying something¡­ Female Voice: ¡°Your murder of countless dwarven, elven, and human villages ends today! The Hero Elizabeth, will be your end Demon Lord!¡± xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Finally redid the second chapter... The story has changed quite a bit because I had an amazing idea come into my head for the story today. So you wont get any hints about whats happening unless you PM me. Remember to Rate and Comment. Ya know if you like it... or me. Some details were left out on purpose this time. Chapter 3: Waking Up Chapter 3: Waking up Jerking myself awake I immediately found myself unable to breathe. Realizing I would die if I don¡¯t get some oxygen to my brain, I began to struggle against what was holding me. What was holding me? You may ask? Well it was a someone¡¯s arms. Using all the strength I could summon from my new baby body, I pushed and pulled the arms. In what began as a vain attempt attempt to make them move or let go of me. I eventually succeeded and was given the ability to breathe. --------------------------------------entering self thought-------------------------------------- Now that I can actually think I should go back over what in the hell just happened to me before I fell asleep¡­ I guess making a list would help me out in my endeavor. First lets start with what happened, because I have no idea what I learned from all that talking before I fell asleep... I guess it would be that I was reborn? Well after I was reborn I was picked up by the Doctor and held in front of two creepy guys¡­ and my mother was¡­ Wait what happened to my new Mother? Shit... I guess she was left passed out in the room¡­ Man thinking about it, she doesn¡¯t even know where her own baby is. What a terrible time to be a parent. Moving on¡­. I remember that Adviser guy saying I¡¯m stronger than the Demon Lord in front of me. I have no idea how that''s possible, but this world has confused me enough already. Then he decided to seal me for some reason¡­ well I don¡¯t actually know if he sealed me so whatever¡­ he killed that poor Doctor though¡­ I guess my life is causing hard aches for everyone. Just like my past life people are dying on the day of my birth¡­ Great¡­ Screw you too life!! Ugh¡­ next. Well the one who called himself my dad looked to be around 22 or so years old¡­ so whatever he had to deal with doesn¡¯t really matter to me¡­ Wait.. he called himself a Demon Lord¡­ Why would he do that? Did I get brought into a fantasy world or something? Is there going to be magic and different races like elves and dwarves, maybe a fairy who says listen a crap ton too. That would suck¡­ but there would be someone who is a hero right? Maybe I could be that hero? Well you think I was going to say that but HELL NO. I¡¯m not going to be anyone¡¯s hero! I¡¯m living my life my own way. If I ever want to be a hero and save people I¡¯ll do that when I feel like it. For now I need to grow stronger¡­ Wait what point was I on¡­ Shit¡­ uhm¡­ born¡­ sealed.... oh yah¡­ My new Father had horns didn¡¯t he? Does that mean I¡¯ll have horns? Oh boy that wouldn¡¯t help me if I want to hang around with humans. Or so I¡¯ve read. That laser light show was quite awesome while it lasted. I wonder why my Father did that¡­ and said those words.... Don¡¯t let my emotions rule me? What did he mean he did this for me? I can¡¯t remember after that... Shit so many questions needing answers¡­ Whatever¡­ time to move onto my next point¡­ Where am I? ----------------------------------end of self thought--------------------------------- Moving my head around I noticed I was resting in between two curvaceous soft mounds¡­ So I¡¯m in bed with a woman¡­ lucky me. Well I guess her waking up would do me some good¡­ although being here next to someone warm.. and hearing someone¡¯s heart beat again sure is nice¡­ zzzzzzzzzz *BAM BAM BAM¡­* ¡°Elizabeth its ti¡­¡± Luke: ¡®Huh? What¡¯s happening now¡­ I¡¯m trying to sleep¡­¡¯ *Bam Bam Bam¡­* ¡°Elizabeth its time to get up. Were heading back to the capital today.¡± Waking up again I began to reassess my situation. Luke: ¡®Huh? So this person¡¯s Elizabeth?¡¯ Why is she sleeping with a baby? There is no logical reason to be sleeping with a baby¡­ what a silly person... Looking behind myself I noticed that she was wearing something similar to a silk nightgown over her body. Seems that she likes to sleep with babies.. and in pajamas? At least I don¡¯t have to look at her naked body. I¡¯ve never really slept with a woman before, but this is a rather nice feeling if I do say so myself. I hope I get married in this life¡­ but getting out of bed and on with my life is talk number one¡­ that is like task number 7¡­ or more¡­ Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. The woman I will now call Liz finally begins to wake up after the third time the person knocked and yelled through the door. Responding she says in a loud voice. Liz: ¡°Okay Sarah¡­ I¡¯ll get up... Just let me get ready for a bit¡­¡± Sarah?: ¡°I¡¯ll be waiting outside if you need help¡­¡± After waiting for the response Liz looks down at me and notices I had awoken. After lifting me up and putting me in front of her, she begins to speak in a sweet baby voice. Liz: ¡°Hello little guy. Have a good sleep? I hope your ready for a big day today.¡± Luke: ¡®Wait should I respond with talking? Maybe I should just nod¡­¡± Nodding my head I gave a big happy smile to her. You know.. for not killing me in her sleep. Liz: ¡°Awwwh you¡¯re just adorable! You know what? Now I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll keep you!¡± Hugging me tightly I couldn¡¯t breathe yet again. AGH what a tight grip.. calm down! I¡¯m just a baby! Lightly tapping her on the back with my small hands. Which for me is my vain attempt to have her notice me senpai. She eventually releases me from her hug. Placing me on the soft bed she gets up and speaks to me in a cutely stern voice. Liz: ¡°Okay I know you¡¯re a boy so don¡¯t peek while I change¡­ Okay?¡± While waving her pointer finger left and right she made me happy due to how she was being so genuinely nice. I nodded toward her again and my smile grew yet again. Turning around I decided to sit there on the bed waiting for her to finish getting dressed. Hearing the ruffle of clothes being put off and on made me flush a little. The thought of such a pretty woman undressing behind me was appealing to peek. However I am a man who isn¡¯t ruled by perversion. So I chose to wait and look away. Plus so naked descriptions... for now. After the sound of ruffled clothing ended I peeked behind myself to see something amazing. Well at least beautiful to say the least. What I saw was a very pretty woman if I say so myself. She has beautiful wavy, sandy blonde hair, covering her ears. It reached well past her shoulders to the end of her shoulder blades. A slim oval face with a jawline that would beat most famous American Models. A set of ocean blue eyes that fit below two perfectly trimmed blonde eyebrows. Fitting perfectly with a fine nose and a mouth that any man would want to kiss. She was the definition of beauty. Its an added bonus that she doesn¡¯t look any older than 23 years old. Her body was a similar story. She had a body type that would put most models to shame. She wasn¡¯t too skinny or too fat. Although she does have rather small breasts they done change how pretty she is. Her skin was a beautiful shade of white porcelain skin that made her shine beautifully in the morning sun that entered through the window. She seemed to have quite a bit of muscle built up under her skin but it did hide well and actually didn¡¯t change her beauty. She was wearing a light purple colored sundress. The color was one of my favorites and it made me like her more and more. There¡¯s no telling how long I sat there on my soft little baby butt, jaw wide open, waiting for her to finish getting some kind of shoes on. But after noticing me stare at her she did a twirl in her dress, and giggled. She did say something rather shocking though. Liz: ¡°Oh to act young again¡­¡± I didn¡¯t know what it meant so I just went along with it. Picking me up she decided to change my clothing from white baby clothing to some kind of purple matching clothing. It seemed nice to match with her so I was happy. After we were done she decided to head out the door. I was ready for a new day to unfold. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Almost the same but I changed her dress, and his clothing. Plus her eyes. If anyone thinks I over did the description just say so. I feel rather bad for describing a beautiful girl because in class the other day I was told that women don¡¯t think men like them for anything other than their looks¡­ So any women please comment to make me not feel like I¡¯m a shit head for doing something like this. I believe personality and looks go hand in hand, but that''s just me... Chapter 4: Adoption Chapter 4: Adoption As I was carried out the door of the bedroom. I noticed to our left was a woman standing beside the door. To the right stood a man in some kind of armor. Remembering that the voice I heard earlier was a woman¡¯s I guessed her name was Sarah. Turning towards us I was given the opportunity to examine her. She was wearing a white dress that made her shine brightly in the morning light reaching through the windows in the hallway. She has straight brown hair that goes a little past her shoulders. Her eyes were a soft brown, reminding me of chocolate, with a small nose and mouth. Her skin was a fair/light skinned tone ending with a v shaped jawline. She reminded me of someone in my past life with a half white half asian mix. After examining her a little too much I noticed that she was currently examining the clothing that the woman holding me was wearing. Her gaze seemed to waver for a second after noticing me. Avoiding mentioning me in her arms, she finished examining Liz. She then decided to bring up what we were doing next. Sarah: ¡°Okay lets hurry up and get some breakfast¡­ hopefully the others meet us there. I did wake up Erith and told her to go get Baltrik.¡± Liz: ¡°Heh, wonder if that dwarf will actually get up even with Erith screaming at him...¡± Luke: ¡®Huh, There are dwarves in this world? Maybe there are elves too?¡± We were walking for some time when Liz decided to ask the question of time¡­ After a moment of thought while we walked Sarah responded. Sarah: ¡°Well I woke up at sunrise which is about 7? Then decided to go get Erith up at 7:30 and after that woke you up¡­ So its probably 8:00.¡± After answering her question silence returned to our walk through many different hallways. Some lit by natural light shining through windows; while others were lit by candles. While we were walking Liz would play with me a little. Trying to act like a real baby I went along with it. Although it ended when we finally reached a large wooden door. Upon opening the door we entered a large room. Centered in the room was a long rectangular table surrounded by chairs. There were other people seated having their own conversations at the moment. Many of them seemed to be wearing matching armor of some sort. While we walked to the table I took note that each chair seemed to be hand carved. Very elegantly I might add; complementary with a red cushion on the seats. There were around 30 chairs around the table. Enough for a feast. All three of us sat toward the end where there were some people who looked like butlers/maids waiting at attendance. I sat in Liz¡¯s lap with the chair back from the table. With Sarah sitting on our right She motioned to the people on the edge of the room. Although many of them didn¡¯t seem to be very human they were apparently serving us. After ordering some food to be brought to us we waited at the table. Sarah spoke up first. Sarah: ¡°I wonder where those two are¡­ I don¡¯t want to have to take too much time before we leave... ¡° After being seated in silence for a few more minutes, with Liz playing with me some more. The food finally arrived. Some kind of meat with several different kinds of fruits and vegetables were placed in front of us on the table. The smell of the food made my mouth water. And I realized I had not eaten probably since birth. Squirming around and poking Liz a bit. She managed to understand that I was hungry. Asking the people who were serving us to bring out something for a baby. I guessed she didn¡¯t want to breastfeed me, or maybe I don¡¯t need breast milk? Wearing a complicated expression they brought out some kind of white creamy liquid, sort of like milk in a cup. I can guess they didn¡¯t expect to be feeding a baby. After tasting the liquid I found¡¯ it to be very sweet and after drinking quite a bit it was filling me up. However while liz sat me down on her lap she began to eat in a formal manner. Luke: ¡®I guess they aren¡¯t slobs.¡± The smell of the meat they were eating was making me want to taste it very badly. Although there were other things they had set on their plates for themselves. The smell of the meat made my mouth water. Prying my attention away from the smell of the meat, after around 30 seconds into the meal two people decided to sit down across from us. Across from me, or rather Liz. Was a tall woman who had long blonde hair. Her ears which were showing through her hair, were pointed toward us. Her body type wasn¡¯t all that bad. She actually reminds me of an elf in a movie in my past life where some dwarves were going out in search of a shiny rock. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. She had a figure that was very stunning even though she was wearing some kind of armor that was fitted perfectly around her body. The guy though was a rather strong contrast to her. He was seated across from Sarah, or i could say diagonally to the right of my location across the table. His face looked rather bruised, but what I found odd was the fact that he was a very short man. He has brown hair with a large beard that covered most of his lower face. He was wearing some kind of shiny armor that made him look really cool. Luke: ¡°So if the woman is the Erith they mentioned because if my assumption is right the beat up guy is the Baltrik guy.¡± After trying to remember whose face went with whose name my actions were confirmed later in the conversation. After a few minutes of eating elegantly¡­ except for the short guy who I guess is the dwarf. The same guy mentioned broke the silence with a burp. After the accidental burp ended the silence ended with the elf like girl starting the conversation. Erith: ¡°Good morning Sarah, and little miss shout out who I am before we battle¡­ huh? why are you both wearing dresses while I was told to wear armor?¡± The elf girl spoke in an annoyed tone of voice. Sarah: ¡°Well I actually didn¡¯t tell you to wear armor. I said to wear something suitable for today¡¯s ride. So you can¡¯t blame me.¡± Erith: ¡°Well you told me we¡¯re going to be getting into caravan to head back to the kingdom. Plus were still in the land of the newly killed Demon Lord.¡± ¡°So I assumed we were supposed to stay prepared, since many supporters of the Demon Lord fled¡­ Plus there was that dragon.¡± Liz: ¡°Whatever I didn¡¯t want to wear armor today because I have this little guy to take care of right now. And don¡¯t we have guards at every major location in case anything happens?¡± Finally noticing me, the woman named Erith gave a shocked expression to the acknowledgement of my presence. Practically blurting out¡­ Erith: ¡°Wait¡­ what are you doing with that baby? Is that the one we found in the ritual room yesterday? Why do you have him with you?¡± Liz: ¡°Well¡­ He seems nice and he hasn''t put up a fight once...so I thought about adopting him. Anyways I feel bad¡­¡± Erith: ¡°Wha¡­ Why are you adopting him??? Doesn¡¯t it seem suspicious that he was in a ritual room when we found him? He could be dangerous...¡± Liz: ¡°Yah, but where else does he have to go? I doubt he could be dangerous¡­ plus we don¡¯t know who his parents are since many of the people in the castle left.¡± Grabbing my by the sides she moved me to face her, with her arms outstretched over the table she said to the woman. ¡°Look at him... Doesn¡¯t he look harmless.¡± Giving the best smile I could to try and convince her I was nice I obediently sat there waiting for this to end. Erith: ¡°Ehhh¡­ uhhh¡­ whatever¡­¡± Looking away she moved her head to the side with a hmph. Sarah: ¡°Well that was an interesting turn of events... honestly I don¡¯t really care about what you do with the baby. However remember to tell your father when you get back.¡± Baltrik: ¡°Agreed¡­ but from what I could see earlier... you really should give him some meat. Looks to me like he wants some to eat.¡± Liz: ¡°Huh? What are you talking about? This guy wants meat? But he¡¯s just a baby!¡± Puzzled at first she went to the conclusion that it would make no sense to feed a baby meat. Baltrik: ¡°You never know¡­¡± As what I guessed was a test she put a piece of meat in front of me so I could grab it with my small hands. As I could feel with my tongue I had slightly sharp teeth to use for eating. Scarfing down the piece of meat I found it to taste rather foreign closely resembling a steak. It was tender and juicy, so it was delicious nonetheless. Erith: ¡°See! No baby does that!¡± Liz: ¡°Wow¡­really? That''s great!? Now I don¡¯t have to deal with feeding him breast milk on the way home! We can give him solid food!¡± After a bit more talk about the preparations to get home the conversation about me was settled and we began to leave the big dining room. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Took me some time to set up this chapter. Writing dialogue sucks. Next chapter will be the one where I delete the old versions. I will save them all as they are. Like and Favorite plus comment. It makes me want to do these faster. I''ll shoot for the last one today, but I don''t know.. this one took some time. Chapter 5: Carriage Ride Chapter 5: Carriage Ride As the group of four plus the baby me left the dining hall, we began walking through multiple hallways. Everyone was following Sarah because she apparently was the only one who spent the time memorizing the way out. Apparently the other two were late to get to the dining hall because they had to stop and ask for directions from one of the guards. After having my first meal since being born I was happy that I was full. I grew a bit tired from being a baby, but forced myself to stay awake while I found out some more about this world. Spending quite some time walking through the hallways we finally found ourselves at a door that led to the outside. The light of the morning sun was so bright that I was forced to shield my eyes with my hands. Although I found that I only had to spend a few seconds like that because my eyes adjusted to the bright light in a mere seconds. I found the weather to be clear and luckily enough to find that this planet only had one sun in the sky. Luke: ¡°Hopefully there¡¯s only one moon or the oceans on this planet would be terrible to reside at.¡± The temperature outside was mild for the morning light, but I felt that the rising sun would make the weather hot after a few hours. The sky was clear, but I did notice some clouds in the distance that probably would bring rain. We were walking through some kind of courtyard and walking on some kind of gravel path. I noticed that there were patches of missing grass and upturned dirt. Plus some trees were missing leaving only a trunk. Looking a behind us I noticed that the place we just left was a large castle like building. With cobblestone walls holding up the building. There were walls surrounding the courtyard that had large holes in them. There were soldiers of some sort fixing up the holes with stones lying beside the open holes that were blown apart. Luke: ¡°Whatever happened here must have been almost like a war probably because of something stupid¡­ Hmm... Maybe that¡¯s why these guys killed my Father.¡± We had been walking toward a set of caravans surrounded by horses and men in armor. Looking at the caravan I noticed that it was made out of some kind of dark wood, and seemed to have some kind of intricate carvings all along it. On each side of the caravan were large doors to enter in slash out of, and there were large holes in the doors filled with some kind of crude stain glass that when looked through only had slight distortion. Toward the front of the caravans were two horses tied to the caravan with a man sitting on a seat at the front. They were both most likely the drivers. They both seemed to be waiting for someone to get in. Luke: ¡®Hmm I guess they are waiting for us?¡¯ Moving back to the people and horses surrounding the caravans waiting for someone to enter it looked like. I saw that there were around 20 horses with the same amount of armored individuals beside them waiting. I could guess they were guards for the caravans. When the elf girl noticed the caravans she let out a happy comment. Erith: ¡°Oooooo, a heroes exit¡­ Nice.¡± smiling after the comment. The armored men wearing some kind of thick silver colored armor, that radiated a dull shine in the morning light. Many of them had weapons and their helmets on their sides, calmly waiting for something to happen. There seemed to be a similar symbol on each persons armor, it had a shield in front of two swords in an x formation pointing downwards, with branches surrounding the whole thing. The whole thing was a soft blue hue. The armor seemed to resemble some kind of medieval type of design with large chest plates and helmets that covered most of their faces and heads. All the people who looked to be human had some kind of long swords or blunt weapons, while there were a few people who looked like elves, such as being tall with blonde hair, holding crossbows and bows; alongside daggers at their sides. Entering the caravan nearest the back was the elf girl Erith and the short dwarf Baltrik. I was wondering why they both entered the same caravan, but I guessed it was to save room. Liz, Sarah, and I entered the front caravan after chatting with some of the men. Some of them were thanking us for some odd reason, and a few chose to ask about what I was doing with Liz. Instead of actually telling them how she took me, like I wanted to hear, she just told them that she found me. Which left many of the guards with confused looks on their faces. Luke: ¡®I guess finding a baby isn¡¯t an everyday occurrence¡¯ After a few minutes of preparing the caravan set off with us inside, and the men outside now on their horses. The first thing I noticed was the inside was cooler than the outside air by quit a degree. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Something about as cool as what people in my past life would call room temperature, it was neither too hot or too cold. Confused on why it was cooler outside the caravan I began to look around inside. The inside of the caravan was also a bit dark, but I noticed a light blue crystal of some sort embedded into the top of the caravan. It was shining, but I ignored trying to examine it because I was too small to reach, and believed I would learn about this world eventually. Liz was seated toward the back of the caravan with me in her lap, and across from us toward the front was Sarah. It was actually her talking to the driver at the front of the caravan that had us leave. The back of the caravan was padded a bit, so that someone could fall asleep against the wall if they wanted to. After awhile of moving I choose to look out the window. What I saw was another large wall with even larger holes in it. There were some kind of humanoid like people fixing this portion of the wall; they really didn¡¯t look like guards, but instead are probably citizens of the kingdom. Some were rather large and looked kinda odd, while others were human sized. I didn¡¯t really get a good long look since we were moving a little fast. While we were driving Sarah and Liz were talking about how long it would take to reach their own kingdom. They called it Seria... So at least now I know where we are going¡­ so that¡¯s good. They said it would take about a month of horse riding in the carriage with our guards to reach Seria. Liz didn¡¯t seem so surprised about it. Luke: ¡®Holy crap a month? That must take forever to reach. Now I really want to know how large the world is if its going to take so long to reach this other kingdom.¡¯ After a long time of traveling we eventually stopped in a forest we entered and made camp before it turned dark. A few of the soldiers were sent out to go hunt for some meat. While others were supposed to keep guard of the campsite. I found that I really have turned to liking all kinds of meat, because after the hunt they brought several different kinds of weird looking foods that we cooked over a fire. I found it odd that I was now into meat a lot more than before. I would mostly only buy meat before I died when it was on sale or when it was an important event. I found it weird that I have turned to liking it over most of the vegetables they gave me to eat. I also passed off the fact that I had very sharp teeth in my mouth guessing it was due to being a demon. I really need to learn more about this world, but speaking about learning some stuff. I grew really close to Liz over the days. She mainly told me some stories that she said she learned in her childhood. It was interesting listening to her stories, but she didn¡¯t talk much about the kingdom or the world. I assumed she was so good with kids because she must have had a little sister or something of the sort. The reason I say that is because she knew the relative times I would get hungry. Although I did eat more than any baby I¡¯ve seen. I did learn that there were several different races in the continent; some being elves, dwarves, humans, beastmen, the demon races were all grouped into one for some reason, and there are apparently dragons too. Plus there are apparently demonic beasts residing in the world. That was probably the reason that there were cuts and dents appearing in the hunters armor. I did find out that I do go to the bathroom, and was forced to change clothes. I¡¯ll try to keep my problems with removing wastes from my body while in my clothes to myself from now on¡­ It¡¯s embarrassing... We were traveling for a few days keeping cool in the carriage having some nice times. Sarah seemed to like chatting with Liz laughing and enjoying the time. We had been passing through multiple biomes. Such as forests, grasslands, some plains, and swamps. We were moving at really fast speeds to get back to Seria apparently. But a problem arose after a few days of travel. I noticed that many of the people who went hunting were having some kind of darkness around them. I didn¡¯t know what it meant until it was too late. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This took some time to do. But the next chapter will be the one where they finally reach the castle and then I¡¯ll delete the old chapters, or move them to a different location. Idk comment about what I should do. Now remember to Like, Favorite, Follow, and comment. I like reading comments... This is what the caravan looks similar too. ---http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141009161753/shingeki-no-bahamut-genesis/images/2/21/Bacchu''s_caravan.png--- Chapter 6: Slight Interruption Chapter 6: Slight Interruption We¡¯d been riding in the carriage for a couple of days, when I noticed the weird shadows around the guards bodies. But before I talk about the problem that came I should talk about what we were doing before the event. Now about the stories I was listening to Liz tell me. I may have not learned much from the stories but I did manage to learn a bit pieces of information Although I can say I didn¡¯t learn much about the technologies of the world, what kind of politics in place, religions people may worship, or even the shape of the land. I can guess that it may be one giant continent. One major thing I did learn was some of the species general locations from the stories she would tell me. Apparently to the west is the location of the demon realm, which as you may guess is mostly filled with sentient demons. To the east is the human realm, which probably has a large amount of humans living there. I still found it odd that the demons were all grouped as one. The beastmen lived to the south, and the elves to the north, shared with by the dwarves. Although I can¡¯t be sure about if there are any mixes of towns or the like around I did learn that if I went in one of those directions I could find the race in that vicinity. I mostly guessed what the meaning of beastmen and demons meant because I had yet to actually meet one. I was never really given a location name but guessed they lived there nonetheless. I still don¡¯t have a map, to see how large the world is or how large the territories these realms are. Now I can talk about the event that had occurred¡­ during the time on the road we had been camping out a few times in the forests and whatnot we had decided to make camp in. We did manage to sleep in a few inns in some towns, but I was almost always stuck with Liz, probably because she didn¡¯t think I should be left alone. There was one common factor to all of the villages we passed by. They all were building buildings, and there were usually destroyed wreckages around the place, usually buildings or walls. Now to return to the reason the event that occurred. Usually if we didn¡¯t make it to a village we had to sleep in the wilderness. some of the guards would go out hunting before night, I was told that what we were eating was demonic beasts. I guess its a creature that is demonic or something? I know its tasty either way. Some of the guards would come back with cuts and/or bruises, it was highly likely it was from the beasts they fought in the wild. It was still something that seemed to happen to a few of the guards coming back. The ones who came back with both of the symptoms were the ones who were coming back with the darkness surrounding them. At the time when the problem occurred I had counted around 5 of the 20 guards we had protecting us had the darkness surrounding their bodies. Truthfully I had never paid much attention to the darkness around them because nobody else seemed to notice it like me. I guessed it was due to the stress of not getting enough sleep. They usually only got a short amount of sleep compared to how much I got. The problem arose on a beautiful morning just like any other, and we had just finished camping out in the forest. We were 14 days through our trip from what I had counted, and I had been in the caravan for a bit with Liz and Sarah. After a bit I was told a story by Liz. She was telling me a story about some kind of war that included heroes from each of the major races. It had to do with the gods blessing heroes and having them end the war before it grew too out of hand. When the story ended Liz and Sarah were talking about what route we needed to take or whatnot, and they had a map that I could only see a bit of. I never really got a good view because she would leave me on the back part of the carriage. When suddenly Sarah stopped talking she began looking off in the distance. Usually when the carriage would start moving we had been waiting for what seemed to be minutes. After a while of waiting I heard something that sounded like thudding, and the sound of clanging metal on metal. I didn¡¯t understand what was going on, but I assumed it had to do with a battle of some sort when Liz suddenly told me¡­ Liz: ¡°Okay were going to go out for a bit¡­ Stay quiet, and don¡¯t move.¡± I chose to just sit there and wait while they rushed out of the carriage. Grabbing the swords that were leaning on the wall beside the door. Honestly I didn¡¯t exactly know what was going on, but since I was alone for a bit I thought I should check and see if I could talk now. The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. When I was reborn I questioned how I could understand the people in this world speak at first, and when I found out I couldn¡¯t even understand my own speech I grew even more confused. It was during the ceremony when I first tried to talk, and I guess now is as good as time as any to check if I can understand myself since I¡¯m alone. I heard some yelling outside, but decided to ignore it because I was busy thinking. Luke: ¡®Okay so I should try and see if I can talk¡­ Maybe start with a simple sentence.¡¯ Thinking out loud... Luke: ¡°I really need to learn about this world more... It seems Liz is trying to be my adoptive mother so I guess when I get to the castle I¡¯ll start speaking to her¡­¡± I kept talking to myself excited I could talk again, after some time the sounds outside started to die down. I would guess around 15 minutes passed. -------------------------------------Outside----------------------------------- Outside the caravan chaos was unfolding with guards fighting guards. The people who Luke had noticed shrouded in the darkness were fighting against the rest of the guards. Unknown to the guards and our heroes shadows were approaching their position. As the four heroes quickly exited their caravans the first thing they noticed was five guards lying on the ground bleeding or unconscious. Hearing horses neighing while the battle was unfolding. The other 10 guards that had managed to notice what was going on before they were cut down by their comrades were busy trying to stop them from fighting. They were holding them in combat in a vain attempt to stop the 5 men who had mysteriously gone insane. The guards were at a loss at what to do while their comrades were acting oddly on their own. The two carriage drivers were trying to keep hidden as the battle was taking place. When the heroes came upon the scene the first thing they did was start chanting magic. Sarah the healer of the group began chanting holy magic in a vain attempt to stop their possessed selves. Finding it only to slow down their movements, the remaining heroes managed to knock out the newly insane guards. Right after they subdued the controlled guards the shadows appeared. If one looked at the shadows they were rather medieval soldier esc but with full black armour, and if one looked closely they were almost see through. The heroes already sensing the location of the man controlling the shadows took off with some of the horses after Liz told the guards to protect the front caravan at all cost. A few minutes of riding through the forest and our heroes managed to make it to the location of the dark summoner controlling the dark shadows. Our heroes now confronting the culprit, the dark summoner began chanting. What he was doing was bringing more shadows from the ethereal plane using his own life energy. He was summoning stronger versions of the shadows that rather than humanoid looking were more large beast like. Our heroes began fighting the several shadows which were summoned. After a few minutes the summoner couldn¡¯t keep up with our heroes. And succumbing to fatigue he was cut down by Liz the vanguard. Our heroes only managed to get out half a sentence from the summoner before his life was ended by a mysterious object that planted itself into the mans back. Summoner: ¡°S-stop I was sent here to get a young baby for my mas-.¡± Our dejected heroes, watched as the perpetrator who sent the object dashed away along tree branches. Unable to learn enough about who ordered the attack Liz was the only one who was close enough to hear his final words. Returning to the carriages they met with our main character, and Liz wasn¡¯t very happy at the result of the battle. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I still don¡¯t like the result of the third person view I tried. I will start the next chapter on Luke¡¯s pov, but before that I may change this chapter a bit. I just wanted to get this up and get some peoples opinions. Some details may be missing, but hopefully I manage to get them added before the next chapter. Remember to Comment, Like, and favorite, I love to read comments btw.