1 Awakening
[Reshaping the body...]
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[Remodeling the body...]
[Complete]
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In a dark tomb, numerous dead bodies were piled up.
These bodies had been altered; for instance, severed limbs were stitched back together. Unknown liquid flowed on the ground, and rotten smell spread in the air.
If someone skilled in necromancy were to visit, they would notice the corpses transformation into walking dead was undergoing.
In this pile of corpses, an undamaged body was visible. Its chest moved slowly with each breath.
Suddenly, the body moved, slowly sitting up, hands on its forehead, displaying a face of intense pain.
"Where am I...?"
As my thoughts gradually became clearer, memories flooded into my mind.
Family, friends, a carefree life, and... brutal skeletons, moving zombies, wailing villagers, spellcasters shrouded in black robes...
"My name is Rhodes. I am the eldest son of an hunter in Saou Village. I have a sister. I used to live a carefree life in the village, but the village was attacked by the Necromancer. The entire village was destroyed and everyone was Killed. Before I was killed, my last consciousness seemed to see the necromancer grabbing my sister and talking about being a born hero... She should have survived..."
"No... that's not the case... My name is Rhodes. I am a professional gamer in the 22nd century on Earth. I am currently playing the most popular virtual online game. [Invincible Heroes ]."
"Am I... still in the game? Also, what's going on with this memory?"
As if to verify his conjecture, Rhodes reached out and touched the ground where he was sitting, and then quickly picked up his hand from the ground. Rhode looked at his palm silently, which was stained with some unknown liquid.
Rhodes stood up and looked around the scene.
The dark tombs, the corpses on display, the low roars coming from the depths... all kinds of scenes that are difficult to see in reality undoubtedly made Rhodes feel confident.
"Sure enough, I'm still in the game... So, the attribute panel."
As the thought came to mind, a transparent panel appeared in front of Rhodes.
[Name: Rhodes
Hero Specialty: Unawakened
Class: tier 1 Militia Level 1 (0/10)
Attributes: Strength 7, Speed 6, Constitution 8, wisdom 2, Spirit 2
Health: 40/40
Mana: 0/0
Experience value: 0
Skills: None
Special skills: none
Spells: None]
Looking at his attribute panel, Rhodes fell into deep thought.
The three basic attributes of an adult man, strength, speed, and physique, should be 10. According to the memory of the predecessor, this body should still be in the Growing stage, and the attributes have not yet grown to the average.
"In the memory of my predecessor, the village he lived in was destroyed by a powerful necromancer. But according to the scenes I saw in my memory before, the so-called undead army actually only has two low-level undead units: walking corpses and skeleton soldiers. , and the magic cast by the necromancer is only the lowest level magic arrow and slow magic."
"The necromancer relied on the convenience of night combined with the fear of the undead by the ignorant villagers to successfully attack the village. If the village is attacked head-on during the day, the result is really uncertain."
"This necromancer is actually just a necromancer apprentice..."
After determining the identity of the village's attacker, Rhodes' thinking became clear.
"There are only a few purposes for the Necromancer Apprentice to attack the village, and generally speaking, they are related to resources. Whether it is the money in the village or the value of converting the villagers into an undead army after death, these are all what the Necromancer Apprentice needs. "
"Everyone in the village was killed...wait, according to the memory of the predecessor, his sister should have survived, a born hero...a hero?"
Rhodes' eyes narrowed, as if he thought of something.
The key to the world of Invincible 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 become a hero. More people are at a loss when facing desperate situations and can only wait for death to come. People who become heroes must have qualities that ordinary people don't have, either bravery or fearlessness, or firm will.
Compared with ordinary creatures of the same level, heroes can gain huge additional attribute bonuses and growth, as well as a unique specialty of their own.
"Is he a born hero too?... It's a pity that he was born in such a remote village. If he were born in the Kingdom of Erathia, he would probably be able to do great things..."
Suddenly, Rhodes was in a daze, and a blood-red panel appeared in front of his eyes.
[Soul Mission: Blood Relation]
[Mission Introduction: Since the village you live 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 ones, and you vow to find your sister. ]
[Mission goal: safely retrieve your sister Scarlett within twelve months].
[Failure conditions: Exceeding the specified time or death of Scarlett]
[Punishment for failure: Death ]
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"Okay, coming to this world and inheriting this body does come with a price. However, according to the system's general principle of equivalence between difficulty and benefit, although the reward for completing the task is not mentioned, it should be the allegiance and loyalty of the Scarlett. ."
"Now that the necromancer apprentice who attacked the village has discovered that Scarlett is a born hero, As long as he is not a fool, he will not simply turn Scarlett into an undead creature, even if he can get a Witch's corpse."
"What he will do is either give Scarlett to a great lord in exchange for resource, or send Scarlett to a large auction house in exchange for a huge reward."
Rhodes made some calculations in his mind. In short, there were still twelve months. After confirming that nothing would happen to Scarlett for the time being, he ignored the soul mission and figured out his own situation first.
After everyone in the village is killed, the Necromancer Apprentice will perform a series of tasks, from the simplest looting of the village to processing the corpses to transform into undead creatures.
How to deal with corpses to obtain higher quality undead creatures has always been the research goal of necromancers. The simplest is to sew the wounds of the corpse to reduce the loss of the walking corpse, and the second is to use various materials to increase the strength of the corpse. But no matter how much you improve it, you can't turn ordinary people's corpses into corpse witches or death knights. A truly powerful undead creature must be powerful while alive.
According to Rhodes' observation, the necromancer obviously did a good job in this aspect. The signs of disposal of the corpses all around were obvious.
Since it is difficult for an apprentice-level necromancer to transform corpses into undead creatures independently, 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 shown obvious signs of corpse transformation. All it takes is for the Necromancer Apprentice to come back and activate the Soul Fire to turn corpse into a walking corpse. In other words, whether it is escaping or exploring the tomb, l I don't have much time left , the necromancer might come back any time ." After observing the corpses around him, Rhodes came to this conclusion.
