Prologue

I woke up and found myself in the middle of an endless darkness. Okay maybe I’m not in the middle but this place is seriously dark and I can't  even see a dim of light. My whole body feels numb, even lifting a finger is a very arduous task.

Ouch.. it hurts. 

My whole body is aching everytime I tried to stand. As I expected, I only barely managed to lift my head.

After a while I decided not to stand then I close my eyes and focusing in regaining my strength instead. A moment later, I entered a meditative-like state while laying on the ground lifelessly. I began to sense a lot of energy in my surrounding. I slowly started to absorb aethra in my surrounding into my aether. Strange, it is indeed very strange. Everytime I tried to refine the aethra that I’ve absorbed into my aether it dissipates into nothingness. 

It was very frustating but there’s nothing I can do about it, if I can’t absorb aethra maybe I can still absorb mana in my surrounding. then I tried to perceive mana in my surrounding and tried to absorbed it into my mana core.

  

There are 3 kinds of energy in this world. the first are called aethra which are the essence of one’s physical energy. To use the aethra from the world one must absorb it into aether and then refine it because it is impossible to use the energy from outside one body without refining it beforehand. Aether is a place in one body to store the aethra, aether is located in the lower abdomen.

The second energy is known as mana. Mana is the essence energy of the universe which can be used to defy,change or create the law of physic. Altough mana and aethra a bit similiar on the contrary it was very different. Mana is an energy which can be used to manipulate the law of logic while aethra is an energy which can be used to maximized one strength, but of course some people who has an extraordinary mastery of aethra can defy the law of logic. in order to use mana one must be able to perceive mana in the surrounding and absorb it into the mana core. Mana core is a place to store mana. It’s form, size and location are different for everybody. 

The third energy is mental energy. As the name implies mental energy is born from one mental strength and fortitude which can be used to attack others mental state or to alter the law of logic which is similiar to mana altough the effect isn’t as good as mana.

 

I dont know how many hours or days have passed but I felt that I had regained a little bit of my strength and altough my mana hasn’t fully replenished but it is enough for the time being I think. then I tried to stand again. Ouch it hurts... It hurts... fortunately it is not as hurt as before. Finally I’m able to stand again and then I tried to walk straigth in the middle of the darkness trying to find an exit or at least somewhere brighter than here. As I walk I tried to recall my memories.

Ouch... it hurts... it hurts...

My head is aching as I tried to recall my memories. The only thing that I can remember except for the knowledge the world,martial art skill and magic is my name, Fey Evergreen. I’m an 26 years old female elf, my class is grand paladin and my sub-class is surgeon. 

As I tried to forcefully recall more memories the pain is getting stronger and stronger until it became unbearable and then I reluctantly gave up. It is very weird. I remembered all the knowledge i know about this world but I cant remembered anything about my past. I cant even remember the reason i woke up in this endless darkness.

“triing!”

<Ability Night Vision Learned>

Night Vision

After walking in the darkness for hours now your eyes are more adapted to the dark environment and can see better in the dark even without a dim of light

Whooa!

Finally I got night vision skill. Because the skill mastery is still low the range which I can see in the dark is very limited but I think it is enough for now. At least I won’t getting tripped when I was walking in the dark again.

Oh that’s right I even haven’t checked my status up till now because I am too absorbed in trying to figure out my past but in the end the only thing i know is the general knowledge about myself, it was as if I’m a stranger to myself. I can’t even remember what kind of person I am except being a grand paladin which made me quite curious and sad at the same time.

“status”

Name:             Fey Evergreen

Title:                None

Blessing:          <Unverified>

Race:               Walking Dead

Rank:               F ranked monster(Walking Dead)

Age:                 1 week

What!?

No! it must be a lies, a dream maybe?

 Yes, it must be a dream right! the worst kind of nightmare on top of it. I still didn’t believed of what happened and then i tried to pinch my cheek as hard as i can, so i can wake up from this nightmare. Ouch.. it hurts a lot and then... nothing happened! Its not a dream!. Oh my god I’m not an elf anymore, I’m not a grand paladin anymore! Now I’m just a lowly undead of the lowest of undead bottom class, a walkng dead.

Calmdown Fey... Calm.... Calm..... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm.... Calm....

It took me quite a long time  to be able to calm myself and then I tried to figure out what happened. After pondering about it for a long time, I came into a conclusion which can be summarize into 3 point.

First I’m not an elf anymore. I’m a walking dead and that means I have died. um.. uh.. okay I’m a walking dead and I have died. It is hard but I have to accept the truth because I can’t be ignorant forever. But it was so hard to believe you know?, I was a paladin and a grand paladin at that. Normally everyone who has a light affinity which lead to became able to use light magic is almost impossible on becoming an undead well of course there is always an exeception... um.. well... someone who has a very deep hatred of course can be turned into an undead or a demon even if they have a light affinity. But I'm a good girl, well even if I don’t remember what kind of person I am before but I’m pretty sure that I’m a good person. Why you ask? Because I felt like it, never underestimate a womans instinct!. Well that only mean that I have died an unnatural death and the person who killed me is a very cruel and evil person to make me wanted to take vengeance otherwise I wouldn’t be an undead or..... I was cursed which seems very unlikely to be happened. 

Second I am a walking dead, but except for my ragged dress that I wore, i was still beautifull as usual. My skin is as white as milk and isn’t decayed like any other undead out there. Well maybe because I was a grand paladin and quite proficient in using light magic, somehow it was able to preventing my body from decaying. Well I’m not as beautifull as before but at least I can still considered as beautiful and I’m not an ungly undead. I have a silky smooth golden colored hair that reaches my shoulder, Bright yellow eyes complemented with a beautifull curly eyelashes, sweet and tempting lips and a cute chubby cheeks. My body was just like when I was 13 years old except for one thing...um... I do not know why even though my body revert to the age of 13 but the size of my twin mountain still the same as before.... perhaps I was a succubus ... no I don’t want to turn into a succubus ... waaaa ...

Huuh... I dont want to be a succubus... 

Ehem...ehem... back to the business.

Third I was a monster. Yup, a monster. Although my body resembles that of a human. I'm still a monster which meant I could evolve ... yup it meant I could be as beautiful as before or even more beautiful. Eh... I mean I could evolve so that I could protect myself. And everything was decided. Well from now on I will only drink the blood of reptiles and would not eat or drink anything else.

Eh... why only drink the blood you ask... of course because I was an undead, I want to evolve into a vampire which is very well known because of their aesthetic beauty. Why would only drink the blood of reptiles you ask... of course because the reptile blood is the blood that comes closest to the dragon's blood. I was too weak to fight a dragon so for now I better drink the blood of reptiles beforehand.

As a genius surgeon I know many things about monsters... and of course I always wanted to create a new kind of monster. But since I was a paladin, and monster experiment is taboo. As an accomplice of the church I cannot create a new kind of monster...

Huhuhu...

But now I'm classified as a monster, and therefore I want to do an experiment with myself as the subject, I don’t know what will I evolve to if I drink a lot of draconic blood but I’m pretty sure every low ranked undead will became a vampire if they drank alot of blood... Huhuhuhu... I don’t know what happened before I die but take my word that I’m gonna pay it back thrice added with a bonus.