CHAPTER 7: FIRSTBORN

"Why do you call me your liege?"

My skepticism was growing tenfold as we were proceeding at this moment, and from my perspective, it was an absurd thing to happen for a skeleton to stand up and talk to me in real life, as it was so different from all the logic and laws of physics that I knew so far, and even Calix was not familiar in this Phenomenon as I'd desperately searching for an answer to my ever-increasing question inside of his head- assuming that he has even some kind of rough idea to have a basis and start my own analysis, but it was all for naught because I didn't found any other exceptional information about a moving skeleton however I happened to stumble to a more subtle reason for this to happen and it can possibly be related to the thing they called mana in this world, base on Calix mana was a unique resource usually utilized by the group of people called the magicians as they were using it for their endevour to search for the truth of the world and creating a diverse chain of commands they called spells, and i think this moving skeletons was possibly a kind of spell.

"Because the meaning of our existence is to serve you,"

I heard again a reply that seemed transmitted telepathically to my head, that severed my train of thought and greatly diverted my interest

"To serve me? Why will you do that?"

"Because of that-"

When the skeleton meets my gaze as he pointed out his boney finger at my chest, I'd happened to get a peek at his hollowed eyes and noticed a wisp of black fire dancing underneath the two holes in his skull-

'So that fire didn't disappear?'

After observing his eyes and putting a note inside of my head of what I'd concluded, I looked at my chest to search for anything significant that made him emphasize it. Nevertheless, there's nothing noteworthy, so I bounce my muscle as if I'm flexing it with an earnest expression for further confirmation- 'It was just a masculine chest.'

After that, I sternly looked back at the skeleton with a disappointed gaze- "Are you a pervert?... I know his body was almost perfect and masculine, but….."

"It's not your chest, my liege…."

"So, what was it?"

"The heart of those who conquer the death will become the owner of death itself, and that was the very existence of dark heart, my liege- the heart you own."

"What?!.. Dark heart?... Does it mean my heart becomes black? Damn!! Do you have an x-ray vision? BAH!! never mind, where does this dark heart you were talking about?"

"Don't be afraid, my lord, the dark heart is within your soul, not in your body- If the natural heart pumps blood and mana. The dark heart pumps your soul force to us and maintains our existence."

"I'm not afraid Dumbass!" I slightly smacked its skull as I marked within my brain all the significant details

'If I remember correctly, this was the skeleton of Lilith'

'So it was a heart in my soul?... things are getting interesting- if my assumption is correct, this was like a magical world where magicians and swordsmen was existing, like in the novels that I'd read when I was in high school. (Sigh) it's a good thing that I read those in my younger days. I really miss it, though. However, if that's the case, all the scenarios that played in the virtual world were all for naught!!!

'DAMN, GEEZERS!!! TSK!! I need to handle this situation first...'

"Hmm, you said that I distribute my soul force to your existence, so it means does my soul force was spread out? It doesn't have any bad effect on my soul?"

"you are not mistaken that your soul force was spreading to us, my lord, but it wasn't that bad before we've got summoned here, your soul-force was replenished enough by offering flesh and name of the dead bodies to your dark heart- by using the black fire."

'Oh, what a stroke of luck! I'd just muttered their names without knowing it, and by chance, it was counted as a ritual process?'

"Last question, are you Levi, Kevin, Theodore, Lilith, and Gladier? "

"I'm afraid you are wrong, my lord, every person has a soul, and every soul has an independent core. However, we don't have that core, and we're only dependent on the soul force you provide to us as our core. That's why we can't called as living beings, and instead we are called undead beings."

'basically, they are an extension of my soul in different bodies, as if we are one and at the same time we are a different person.'

"Hmm, so that was it, by the way…. Why are you knowledgeable if you're just recently brought to existence? "

"About that, my liege, because we are the firstborn."

"Firstborn?" the more she explains it, the more it gets intriguing.

"The firstborn has a different kind of specialty, and we have basic knowledge about things we can do, like how the living beings knew how to breathe since birth. In my case, I am a lich, and I can communicate with every soul, and every being that has a soul. The moment I got to the existence, I ordered all the souls here that haven't departed yet to the nether world-to gather as much knowledge about us in a short period."

'it was true if you come into existence and have an ego, the first thing you would ask to yourself was WHO AM I.'

"Correct me if I'm wrong, based on what I know. Lich can also create an undead like you, am I correct?"

"It's true, my lord, that I can create some undead being but not like us. I can mostly create a lesser undead who could only take orders and don't have a significant intelligence and ability, but there's some exception when the soul of the dead was a great person and desire to live again."

"Oh, that's already plausible; I'm looking forward to your performance."

When I look at her, I can see a workforce that doesn't stop working; what a great opportunity for my future projects

"It's all my pleasure to serve you, my lord." although she spoke to me so calmly and formally, I could see that she was shaking a little.

'is it because she didn't have any muscles? Is she struggling to maintain her position?' but when I look at others, they were stable and not making any awkward movements.

( she was shaking because you are naked!)

"what about others? Are you also a lich?" it's a good thing if I have a lot of workforces (chuckles)

"It might be complicated to explain, my lord, if you permit us to emerge our body fully. we can explain it a lot easier to you, my lord."

'This lich seems to have a lot more intelligence than the other, I might also use her to gain a lot of information needed in this world.'

"So this isn't your complete form yet? "

"Yes, my lord. Our bodies can evolve further if we absorb the nourishment we need."

"What kind of nourishment do you need? "

"They are around us, my liege."

I looked around for a long time to find out what is the thing they were talking about, but I still didn't get a hint out of it,

but when I looked at the black fire in their skull -I suddenly remembered the scene before they moved and stand up a black fire engulfed their flesh before they turned into a pure skeleton.

"then, show me your full forms."

"yes, my liege!"