Undead of the north

The two boys swung their swords at the group of undead chasing the group of civilians they have just passed. And in the middle of the fight, Abel heard a man's voice, "Thank you boys, there's an underground shelter at the town centre after you're done! Good luck"

[Relation with northern people increased by 10]

The boy then heard the group footsteps, galloping away like a horse toward what it seems to be the town centre. He just hoped they reached the place safely and continued crushing the skeletons until the last one of them was gone.

When he was done, Abelard showed up on his shoulder. He was sweating nervously and profusely, like something is bothering him, then he said, "Abel… The enemy is in front of us, I can feel him slowly approaching. You should retreat"

[Danger ahead]

The boy nodded and signalled to his friend. He left not long after, leaving Abel standing there as he slowly rotated his body to the other direction. As he was taking his first step toward the town centre, he heard a familiar voice behind him, "… Hi? Are you the boy from yesterday?"

Abelard said to the boy, 'Be careful, I can feel the guy behind you is dangerous according to his behaviour"

Abel turned around to see the familiar sight of the brown-haired guard that gave him a signal from yesterday. The boy scratched his head and just nodded, then the guard said to him, "Go to the warehouse on the east, I heard they are having a shelter there"

At that moment, both the boy and the mini boy knew something was up. But to not raise attention, Abel just nodded to him and the guard nodded back. He passed the boy and as soon as that, Abelard said to the boy, "I don't know if he got the wrong information or what but the guy obviously is emitting dangerous vibe"

Abel nodded, he stood there, staring in silent for a few seconds as he thought his next move, 'What should I do? ...should I find the source of this all and end this all and for once or go take shelter at the town centre���

Abelard floated in front of his eyes and sighed. He said to him, "Boy, don't forget that only you can see me and even our minds are connected. And I know what you truly want, you want to act as a hero right now but don't want to anybody to be injured"

Abel gulped, and he still didn't know what to do, the mini boy just sighed and continued his words, "You can't defeat the source at this moment, I'm not even sure you could go against that one guy, so just go to the town centre!"

The mini boy pointed to a skeleton in the distance, armour completely covering his body. The boy gulped when he saw the skeleton and ran to the other direction. He soon found himself on the underground shelter in the town centre.

The room was filled with people, some with lost limbs, some with all their limbs still attached on their body. Some sat on the floor and some lied on the cold ground. The room itself was cold, with minimal light and warmth from the torches. Some even made a campfire.

Suddenly, he heard a manly voice calling for him, "Hey boy, over here, sit with us beside the campfire"

He looked to the direction of the voice and saw the same man in the group of civilians from before that told him about the shelter. The boy sat beside the man and warm himself with the warmth of the campfire. The man suddenly sighed and said, "It must've been hard for you to fight against that undead in the coldness… If only that man were here…"

The words that came out of his mouth caught the attention of the boy himself. He faced him and asked, "Who is that man?"

The man answered, "That man… Is a normal guard. He was really handsome, kind, humble, very strong and likes to help people. But he suddenly disappeared one day and was never seen by anyone ever again"

Abel felt saddened when he heard the tale of the man. He sat there in silence for a few seconds before curiosity got the better out of him, "Can you describe him with words? His appearance, maybe? I could try to find him"

The man sighed once again; he stared straight at the boy's face while the boy himself is giving him the serious expression. Then he sighed once again before saying, "Brown hair, brown eyes, a little taller than you. His name is Ame, which means eagle in our tradition"

[Intelligence increased by 10]

Abelard suddenly appeared on his shoulder, he was completely pale at this point. He said his words as he stuttered, "Abe-Abel, a large group… of und-undead is approa-approaching this position. This type of ma-mana… is scaring me!"

[Danger ahead]

He disappeared right after that and then a loud scream from a woman could be heard from the entrance of the shelter. Abel looked at the direction and saw skeletons pouring inside the room at an insane rate.

He got himself up and unsheathed his sword from its scabbard and charged at the skeletons as the others were running away from it. Some soldiers could be seen charging at it as well and with them, they crushed the skeletons with their weapons.

But more and more kept pouring in, at this point, all hope was lost, 'Damn it! If only I was stronger… then I could defeat the skeletons easily and won this fight!"

"Use your magic" A voice could be heard in his head, a female one.

Nevertheless, he took a step backwards and cast a fireball on the pal of his hand while it's directed at the enemies. A big fireball began to form on his hand as others behind him watched from the distance, and then, with a single shout, he released it, "Fireball!"

[Job acquired, beginner magic warrior]

The skeletons crumbled in no time and the smoke filled the room. He waved his hand as he coughed for sometimes and once the smokes dispersed, he couldn't believe his eyes. 5 creatures remain, 4 were skeletons on robes and 1 was a human… the human guard from before.

[Danger ahead]

[System added a new character to characters list]

[Acquainted with the king of undead of the north, Ame]

[New Quest]

[Defeat the undead of the north]

[Difficulty: E]

[Detail]