me - guys calm down , we can still take care of this . you just have to do as I say .
( there was a lot of whispers which I knew would not stop for some time . there were a group of skeletons in front of me that was freaking me out but for now I had to command them )
me - (in a loud booming voice ) will everybody shut up
( that did the trick , everybody was looking at me which honestly making me feel very awkward . have you ever had skeletons look at you with that burning look in their eyes , which was literal in their case )
me - ( still loud ) you can only talk if you can think of something to help me , you can speak . but if you don't and you speak , mark my words , I will kill you .
( that scared them or at least I hoped it did . I not good at being scary especially not to a group of skeletons. )
me - now , whoever are your leaders will come with me and the remaining will stay here .
( saying this I got up , and among the group of skeletons in front of of three particular skeletons began moving . I walked a bit far away from the grave yard , where I was sure that the others could not hear . )
me - tell me your names first
first skeleton - it's Jacob , milord
second skeleton - it's Andrew , milord
third skeleton - it's jack , milord
me - okay , all you drop the honorifics, will you . I know you don't mean it . you don't like me nor the devil behind me . buts now is not the time to kill each other , so let's concentrate on the matter at this moment. first of all , tell me what would you assume your power level to be and what skills you are good at .
Jacob - Andrew and his group of twenty are skilled at archery. jack and his ten people are good at assassinations and espionage . as for me , I and my seventy soldiers are skilled at closed range combat . as for power levels , these bodies are pretty useless . a first level might be just be able to kill us all . and that is saying something .
me - okay , so whatever group will come , we can't depend on our forces to fight . is there any way to hide us .
jack- nope , you are already lucky that the altar is hiding you that much . the world wouldn't allow you to exist if the altar didn't exist . even the forces that are coming at us is more of a subconscious reaction of the world not an active reaction .
me - so hiding is not a option and we can't escape from the altar and we definitely can't play defensively and a head on attack will definitely kill us . so we can go guerilla . we ambush them .
Jacob - whoever coming here could be much more familiar with this area , guerilla warfare is dependent on who is more familiar with the land .
me - then we play defensively , though it's risky it's the only option we have .
andrew - . we do have a week or so . so we prepare traps . and I am sure that I saw a blood iron tree so we have weapons and we can transplant a few of this trees to form a wall . i am pretty sure whoever will come will be definitely weak as the world will needs to actively control a strong person , so if we are lucky we can stay alive and increase our numbers before the effects of the altar wears off . luckily this is forest type area so we will find plenty of raw materials .
me - jack will be accompanying me , he and I shall go out . I have plans that might solve our problem . we both will leave after we craft a couple of blood iron wood weapons
jack - whatever you wish (all their voices were plain , I could hear no emotion in it .I didn't like trusting such people . but if my plan was effective , our problem could be solved. )
( after a few hours )
jack - the first batch of our weapons are made , young man
( since I told them to drop the honorfics . they have been calling me young man . to be honest they only called me like that a couple of times but I had a feeling that it would stick .I really didn't trust the people in front of me . but as my luck had it I. had to trust the subordinates of the man that took away everyone I loved . so on that note I leave for the trip )
( after another few hours )
jack - now will you tell where we are going or what are we even trying to do here . we have been roaming pointlessly . we know nothing of our surroundings and nothing of our enemies . whatever scheme you have is pointless if you don't have enough information .
( he was irritated , which was a good thing . emotions don't allow a man to think . until I decide I could trust them , it's better to treat them as enemies )
me - then I have a question , what would the beings of this world think if we were to go to the people of this world .
jack - they would think we were undead (as realisation struck ) , they would think of us as a undead but we know no death magic, so it would not work . we would be considered as at most a weak skeleton which wouldnt justify such a large reaction , on a lich level of undead at least .
me - yes , I can perform a few death magics even in this form . it's my specialty , I thought you would know , after your master was the one that introduced on that path .
jack - but the magic you can use might be pretty limited . these bodies are pretty weak , they need a lot of time and energy to strengthen .
me - yes , but with some preparation it might just be possible for me pass of as a lich but we need to see.
(after roaming about for quite the time , rather than calling it roaming we were systematically scouting out surroundings. we were essentially moving in a spiral with the altar as the core . for quite a while we found nothing except trees and a few other blood iron trees which jack took the effort to mark down . )
( after travelling for approximately four hours )
me - can't you be more careful , you are the assassin aren't you . how in hell did you not notice the freaking wolf .
jack - I am an assassin not a freaking rangers , aren't your kind supposed to sensitive to life force . how did you not notice them .
me - shut up , what my kind . I am still a human . ( I said it in the flow then remembering my current form ) . okay I get your point , but life force detection is a pretty advanced magic , I can't use it now .you are lucky I can use a basic undead summoning right now , so no criticism .
jack - do something about it .
me - what the hell are you expecting to do , I am a mage that too in this weak body and I am a mage that is proficient in death magic . give me a few dead bodies and I will help you .
jack - (a bit irritated ) young man do something about this , aren't you supposed to be the genius .
me - okay calm down , will you let me concentrate . ( I stopped talking as I kept thinking . there were a lot of things i was thinking but none of them could work . now my job was to find the best plan which had the highest chance of working.
(after five minutes I still could not think of what to do , everything seemed to be impossible . we we're lucky that this form had a ridiculously high endurance , which was the only advantage this body had . as soon as that thought entered my mind . )
me - jack , take us to that pit , the one which had the blood iron tree in which you almost lost your life .
jack - what do you want to do , throw ourselves to death ,( with some sarcasm) well we would at least take a few of them with us .
me - no , we are presently souls which are possessing a dead skeleton . as long as our heads are safe , we can actually just rearrange our body safely and you know the effect the world will has on low level beings . it tends to make them into loyal slaves so if we were to fall into the cliff they will follow us so we can get a few undead under us without too much hassle
jack - right now there is only wolf behind us and by the time we reach the pit , we will have a complete clan behind us and other wolf clans could follow us . do you really risk it
me - we will have to risk it and if we succeed we can have an entire clan of undead giant wolves for us.
jack - might as well try it , it's not like we have a choice . according to my estimates , it is roughly five kilometre . then we have to keep changing direction to make sure the world will doesn't set ambushes . we will reach the pit in fourty to fifty minutes. this body is too slow , but we can't do anything about it . luckily this species of wolf is the giant wolf which are legendary for their close combat and even more legendary for their slow speed. so we can handle running that long . but while we reach there you must tell me what exactly are you planning .
( after fifty minutes , during our run . the single wolf had turned into what I estimated to be around fifty wolves . if we had delayed a bit more we would have been surrounded by way more giant wolves . )
( the pit could not be seen, it was covered in a net of vines which made it hard to detect the pit . jack had only discovered it by falling in it . the only reason he was saved was because there was a blood iron wood tree inside the pit . jack had memorised this location because he believed that it could serve as a backup hiding spot where we could rest and recover .)
( right now it would serve a different purpose )
jack - are you sure this will work , we are not actual undead . are you sure this magic of yours will work . because if it does not work will be found by the world will and it won't be a pretty sight if that does happen . )
me - I am at least seventy percent sure .
jack - are you crazy or something , seventy . for this kind of risk , you need to be at least ninety percent sure .
me - shut up , you have a better idea, you can use it . my idea gets rid off the world will temporarily .
jack - I don't care if you die or not , just don't take me with you .
me - something just give me your head at the right time and everything will be fine .
(we we're waiting for all the giant wolves . we we're standing on the net exactly at the center . our bones were light so we wouldn't fall in it if we we're careful enough to see where we we're standing in it. )
jack - they are not coming in , it seems like that they are suspicious of where we are . we will be stuck here if they decide to wait
me - presently they are vessels of world . there thinking capabilities are at least a hundred times better .but we will use this to our advantage . I actually want the world will to find out exactly where we are standing , it wouldn't mind sacrificing all these wolves if it means we are dead , i am counting on that
jack - are you crazy , you are trying to predict the behavior of a world will, which is famous for their unpredictability . for all you it might decide to give you a competition in patience .
me - well to be honest , I am going to give it a extra incentive . I need to you to say a few words and move the death energy in your bodies as if your doing a spell . it's simple voice modulating spell .
(I said as I handed him a sheet )
me - let's not die today