Chapter one: Awakening

Me a lowly peasant was peacefully farming until I heard the shrieking souls of the undead. A smoky hand extended to me and then it all went black. I lost it all my family, friends my home even my humanity I turned into a cursed undead but unlike the other undead it seems that i have managed to stay sane. Now I am headed towards the capital to slay the sorceress and the old king who have thrown this world into chaos. The old king searched for immortality and this is what it cost. I only have my ragged clothes an axe and a makeshift shield made of wood. I followed the undead to a nearby village that they destroyed. The main mobs have moved ahead but some remain chasing after potential survivors. The undead patrol the village. I have managed to avoid their suspicion it´s now just a matter of time until they find out that something is wrong with me. I had to witness them slaughter innocent people including women and children i couldn´t have saved them then but maybe I can now. The undead seem to have found signs of life. The undead smash open the door and reveal a mother and her child. The undead attack them. "Foul creature, Stay away!" she cries in terror with a knife in her hand ready to protect her daughter. This is my chance! I stab the undead in the back down to the spine and my hands begin to tremble. The undead look him straight into the eyes and reflect him in them. The ugly yellow eyes flash red and the undead are struck with a vision. The sorceress spirit comes out of them and commands with a aura of malice and hate "Die!". His body starts to move on it´s own the axe grows closer and closer to my neck and can feel it slicing through the fibres inch by inch and a disgusting crack. It turns black and message pops up. "Congratulations on awakening chosen undead." He wakes up again covered in sweat and breathing heavily. "Was that all a nightmare?" he asks myself. He looks down into a puddle of blood and sees his reflection. He is shocked. I look around for any signs of life or anything else. I failed to protect them he thinks to himself in shock upon seeing the corpses of the mother and her daughter. My stomach turns inside out and I vomit out of disgust. I can barely walk normaly. As I look at the axe and shield in my hand something pops up. "What is this?" he asks himself. It´s a popup window from a game. "Handaxe. Attack:24. Strength: 7 Agility: 5. Durability 99/100. Weight: 2.5 kg. Item description: A simple handaxe made for chopping wood or other things." He looks at his shield and it says. "Wooden plank shield. Attack 10. no requirements. Durability: 24/24. Weight: 2 kg. Item description: A makeshift shield made of wooden planks. It can take a couple of hits but will have to be replaced for a new one quickly." As he looks down on his clothes another window pops up. "Ragged old clothes. Durability 95/100. Weight: 5 kg. Item description: A ragged set of clothes. Doesn´t protect well against anything but at least it´s better than nothing." . "It tells me about the things I have huh. Useful. Does this have anything to do with that "Awakening" Message?" he asks himself. He makes his way out of the house and can see undead walking around. On top of their heads it says undead lvl1 in white letters. "What is a level?" he asks himself carefuly walking and hiding in debris. He manages to sneak out behind them and kills one from behind. The others turn around and run at him with farming implements waving them around. His first instinct was to block it with his shield but to his surprise it just goes through and digs into his arm. "40/45 hp remaining." "What´s that hp?" he asks himself. He uses his axe to cut up the undead in his path. "O/20 stamina." "Phew!" he says catching his breath. The stamina counter goes up again to full. + 200 souls. "Souls. I get souls from killing them? What does that do?" he asks himself unfamiliar with all these pop ups. He turns the corner and there is a small mob of them about 10 to 15 of them they scream out and start rushing at him. "oh shit!" he says running away with his stamina slowly going down. He hides behind a tree. The undead search the area for him. That´s my oppurtunity! he thinks. He shows up in front of them and attacks them. He kills about 5 of them. +600 souls. The others attack him and he trades for hits. 10/45 hp. 10/20 stamina. He runs away again. The undead chase him further. He runs around until he reaches a small river. He jumps in thinking he is safe. A name tag pops up. "Water lizards lvl15" written in red. They drag him down and rip him apart. "You died!" pops up and it turns to black. He wakes up in the house again. 0 souls currently. He catches his breath again. "New mission ulocked: Find the map in the town hall.". "Town hall? It must be up the hill."he says. he leaves the house and sees the same undead again. "They´re back?" he asks. This time he rushes them killing them all and losing 5 hp and all his stamina. The hp very slowly increases with time but it´s so minescule it isn´t noticable but my stamina regens fast. "It seems that when my hp reaches 0 I die and when I run out of stamina I get tired. What do souls do then?" he asks looking for a large house with a chimney on top of the hill in front. He scans the area for other useful things. He runs up finding a fletchers place. He quickly takes the arrows and bolts and stuffs them into a quiver. He picks up a crossbow laying on top of a table. "Item: old Crossbow. Attack: 20. Requirements: 7 strength. Durability: 95/95. Item descrption: an old crossbow left behind by it´s owners." "A crossbow this will come in handy!" he says putting it away. "How did i do that?" he wonders having put the crossbow in his off hand. He quickly figures it out and finds out about the inventory where he can manage all his items. "I can seemingly store everything I want with magic?" he wonders never having witnessed real magic. He finds a corpse outside on the stairs leading up. "What is that glowing thing?" he wonders picking up a glowing orb. "Item: small soul. Item description: Pop this in your hand and acquire 200 souls.". "So it gives me souls. I should hold on to it until i figure out what it´s good for." he says stuffing it into his inventory. He moves ahead and takes a right on a path with a ches in a dead end. Some undead come out of cover and attack him. "Ah!" he screams scared swinging his axe around. They die. +200 souls. He opens the old soggy chest and finds something inside. "Item: Dagger. Attack: 20. Requirements: 5 strength and 8 agility. Durability 150/150. Item description: A simple dagger made out of steel. A popular self defence weapon.". "It has less attack but I can use it for stabbing and it´s faster!" he says swinging the dagger around. "Huh? Why do I know how to use it all of a sudden I nerver even used a dagger before." he says. Further up the hill are more undead. He picks out the crossbow and kills them all of one by one. He proceeds ahead and opens the big main doors to the town hall. A gust of wind comes out of there and there´s someone standing there. The door is covered in a golden fog blocking his escape. A healthbar pops up: 100 hp. "Old mayor. lvl 10" it says in red. It´s a man in red leather clothes with a wide hat with a white feather on it. He sheathes out his rapier and starts attacking him. He blocks once again. The first couple strikes get deflected but a final strong thrust breaks the shield and depletes his stamina to 0. I need to recover! he thinks to himself. He barely jumps out of the way with his regenerated stamina. "How do I deal with it´s attacks now?" he asks. The mayor stabs again but he can step back until backs up into a corner. He gets hit but he rushes under the rapier and stabs him once and cuts twice. hp 75/100. "About 9 hits more should do it!" he says dodging the attacks and sneaking in some of his own. 25/100 hp. "Just 25 more hp remaining." he says trying to avoid the attacks. The old mayors eyes turn red and he is quicker and stronger now. Hp: 10/45. "I´m low on health! I need to finish this quickly. " he says. He manages to parry one of the strong slow thrusts and rushes in aiming for his throat. He stabs him. "Critcal hit!" it says. "Victory achieved!" The old mayor dies and souls come flowing out of him: +1.000 souls. "Yeah! I did it!" he says. He receives a "Item: Rapier. Attack: 75, Requirements: 10 strength and 15 agility. Item description: A standard rapier. A beautiful sword designed for thrusting and is viewed as the deadliest weapon in duels." He equips it and immeadately knows how to use it. He has his dagger as a backup and holds the rapier in two hands. He proceeds further inward halting at the crackling fire in the chimney. He holds out his hand and sits down. He feels his strength returning and is now back to full hp. The undead resurrect again outside. He moves up the stairs and finds the old mayors office. He enters and finds a book on his bookshelf detailing the surrounding area. Behind a big desk there is a chest which he opens and inside it is a map of the entire country. "New mission unlocked: Head to the church in the forest.". "Go to church? what for!" he asks. "Mission rewards: Hp flasks, leveling up, fast travel, ???-sword and dead hero soul.