Chapter 1 Awakening

[Reshaping the body...]

【Remodeling completed...】

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A large number of corpses were stacked in a dark tomb.

These corpses have undergone some treatment, such as the parts of the limbs that were cut off at the time of death and stitched together again. An unknown pus was flowing on the ground, and the air was filled with an odor of corruption.

If anyone who has practiced undead magic comes here, they will surely find that the transformation of walking corpses is taking place here.

In this piece of rotten corpse, an intact body is so strange that if someone can come close to check this body, they can also see that its chest rises and falls with breathing.

Suddenly, the body moved a bit, and then slowly sat up, supporting his forehead with his hands, with a look of extreme pain on his face.

"I'm... where..."

As my thoughts slowly cleared up, memories flooded into my mind.

Family, friends, a carefree life, and... brutal skeletons, moving corpses, wailing villagers, spellcasters shrouded in black robes...

"My name is Rhode, the eldest son of a hunter in Sao Village, and he has a younger sister. He used to live a carefree life in the village, but the village was attacked by the Necromancer, and the whole village was destroyed. Killed. Before I was killed, the last of my consciousness seemed to see the necromancer grabbing my sister and saying what a natural hero...she should have survived..."

"No...it's not like that...my name is Rhodes, I'm a professional player in the 22nd century on Earth, and I'm currently attacking the most popular third world virtual online game [Heroes 3]."

"Am I... still in the game? Also, what's with this memory?"

As if to verify his conjecture, Rhodes reached out and touched the ground on which he was sitting, and then quickly lifted his hand from the ground. Rhodes looked speechlessly at his palm, which was stained with some unknown pus.

Rhode stood up and looked around the scene.

The dark tombs, the corpses on display, the roars from the depths... All kinds of scenes that are hard to see in reality undoubtedly made Rhodes have a certainty in his heart.

"Sure enough, I'm still in the game... Then, the attribute panel."

As thoughts rose, a transparent panel appeared in front of Rhodes.

[Name: Rhodes

Hero Feature: Unawakened

Rank: 1st Militia 1st (0/10)

Attributes: Strength 7, Speed ​​6, Constitution 8, Knowledge 2, Spirit 2

Health: 40/40

Mana: 0/0

XP: 0

Skills: none

Special skills: none

Spell: None]

Looking at his attribute panel, Rhodes fell into contemplation.

The three basic attributes of strength, speed, and physique of an adult man should be 10. According to the memory of the predecessor, this body should still be in the juvenile stage, the attributes have not yet grown to the average value, and only two points of knowledge and spirit indicate that the predecessor did not become a mage talent. Generally speaking, the starting attribute is low, but it is better than the predecessor's age and excellent growth.

"In the memory of his predecessor, the village he lived in was destroyed by a powerful necromancer. But according to the pictures I saw in my memory before, the so-called undead army is actually only the two low-level undead arms of walking corpses and skeleton soldiers. , and the magic cast by the necromancer is only the lowest level of magic arrows and slow magic."

"The Necromancer relied on the convenience of surprise attacks at night, coupled with the fear of the undead by the ignorant villagers, to successfully break through the village. If the village is attacked in the daytime, the result is really uncertain."

"This Necromancer is actually just an apprentice of the Necromancer..."

After judging the identity of the attacker in the village, Rhode's thoughts suddenly became clear.

"The necromancer apprentices attacked the village for only a few purposes. Generally speaking, they are all related to wealth. Whether it is the money in the village or the value of converting the villagers into the undead army after death, they are all the necromancer apprentices need. "

"Everyone in the village was killed... Wait, according to the memory of the predecessor, his sister should have survived, a born hero... a hero?"

Rhode's pupils shrank, as if thinking of something.

The key to the world of Heroes: Heroes. Even an ordinary person, when faced with a desperate situation, can awaken and become a hero under the impact of a strong will.

But not everyone can be a hero, and more people are at a loss when faced with a desperate situation and can only wait for death to come. People who become heroes must have qualities that ordinary people do not have, either brave or fearless, or determined.

Compared with ordinary creatures of the same rank, heroes can additionally obtain huge attribute bonuses and growth, as well as a unique specialty.

"A born hero?... It's a pity that I was born in such a remote small village. If I were born in the Kingdom of Erathia, I'm afraid that I would be able to do something great..."

Suddenly, Rhode's spirit was in a trance, and a blood-red panel appeared in front of him.

[Soul Mission: Bloodline]

[Mission introduction: Since the village you lived in was destroyed, as your only living blood relative, your sister's whereabouts are unknown. Even death can't take away your longing for your loved one, and you vowed to get your sister back. 】

[Mission goal: Retrieve your sister Rowling safely within 12 months]

[Failure Condition: Exceed the specified time or lose the target hero]

[Failure penalty: Soul split, main character disappears]

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"Okay, coming to this world and inheriting this body really has a price. However, according to the general principle of the system of equal difficulty and income, although the reward for completing the quest is not mentioned, it should be the allegiance and inheritance of the hero Rowling. The hidden dangers of the specific body are eliminated.”

"Since the necromancer apprentice who attacked the village discovered that Rowling is a natural hero, as long as he is not a fool, he will not simply turn Rowling into an undead creature, even if he can get a corpse witch."

"What he'll do is either give Rowling to a high lord in exchange for something in return, or send Rowling to a big auction in exchange for a huge reward."

Rhodes thought for a bit in his heart. In short, there are still twelve months. After confirming that Rowling will not have an accident for the time being, he will ignore the soul task and first clarify his own situation.

After everyone in the village has been killed, the necromancer apprentice will perform a series of finishing touches, from the simplest scavenging of the village, all the way to dealing with corpses and transforming undead creatures.

How to deal with corpses to obtain higher-quality undead creatures has always been the research goal of necromancers. The easiest way is to suture the wounds of the corpse to reduce the loss of walking corpses, and the second is to use various materials to increase the strength of the corpse. But no amount of improvement can transform the corpse of an ordinary person into a necromancer or a death knight. A truly powerful undead creature must have been powerful in its lifetime.

According to Rhodes' observation, the necromancer is obviously doing okay in this regard. The surrounding corpses showed signs of processing.

Since it is difficult for apprentice-level necromancers to independently transform corpses into undead creatures, they can only take the processed corpses to places with strong death energy, let them naturally transform into undead creatures, and finally control them. The natural transformation will last from a few days to a few weeks depending on the intensity of the death energy.

"The corpses around me have already shown obvious signs of corpse transformation, and the apprentice of the necromancer can turn into a walking corpse by activating the fire of the soul. I don't have much time." After observing the surrounding corpses, Rhodes came to this conclusion.