Jack opened his eyes and saw the orange sun just above him. It was hot, and the grass he was laying in made his already sweaty skin itchy. He stood up and looked around his new world. The area he awoke in was right next to the small lake in the west. Jack realized how beautiful it was.
'Such a calm water surface, and crystal clear water, I can see the bottom far away.'
Jack turned away from the water and looked at the large grass-land area he was standing in. Wild animals cries and birds chirping could be heard in abundance. Even some herds of some large animals resembling horses and cows in the distance.
His gaze scanned the ominous mountains 50-100km away in the distance.
'Even so far away they look so domineering' he thought.
He turned his eyes to the west. After a stretch of grassland a dense forest lay, and on the other side was the black mountain. A colossus of stone and peaks reaching the clouds and above.
As his eyes starred in marvel at the giant mountain, a notification suddenly pinged in his ears and a phased hologram appeared in his eyes, making it seem like it was floating before him.
[Lord System: Main mission detected]
[Make your way to the Black Mountain]
[Reward: 1x Trash Troop summoning portal(Lords Race), 1x gift bag of the gods.]
[Gods note: He he he. We forgot to mention that the area you spawned in is dangerous, so we have cleared the way. Better hurry up before the protection expires!]
Jack didn't waste a second and started sprinting. Yes, sprinting! Jack was thrilled to find out his body didn't ache, his heart didn't make a fuss! On the contrary he felt like a young man again, full of vitality!
'Just you wait mountain! I'm going to impregnate you and make you my home.'
Jack happily thought as he began to sprint as fast as he could. He didn't want to waste this new chance at life, with a healthy body everything finally felt possible.
As he ran, he reached the dense forest and had a blast jumping over fallen trees and zigzagging between trees so large it would take thirty men with arms stretched to circle around them. All the while he savored the feeling of being young, disease-free and full of energy.
A good one hour later he finally stopped before the root of the mountain.
[Lord System: Ding Ding! You have reached your destination]
[Status tab has been opened]
[Inventory tab has been opened]
[Rewards sent to inventory]
[Main Quest Part 2: Defeat the guardian at the Black Mountain entrance to claim the territory: Black Mountain]
[Rewards: Civilian summoning portal x1 (Lords race)]
[Gods final notice: Every Lord can only be gifted 1 civilian summoning portal. However, who knows what is hidden in Prime? He. He. He.]
Jack hurriedly opened his status.
Lord Name: [Choose a name]
[Fortitude: 6]
Description: Fortitude shows an overall value of a life-forms health, strength, speed and reflexes.
[Spirit power: 8]
Description: Spirit power shows an overall value of a life-forms mana capacity, mana control and mental power.
[Ability(s)]: Matter control[Mythic rank, heavily locked].
Description: Ability to manifest, change and implement any kind of matter, heavily depending on spirit power. Currently heavily locked. ?[Locked]. ?[Locked]. ?[Locked]. Earth-matter control, uncommon rank. ?[Locked]. ?[Locked]. ?[Locked]. Water-matter control, uncommon Rank.
[Inventory(10 squbic meter storage] 1x Trash troop summoning portal(Lords race)]. 1x gift bag of the gods.
[Lords common resources] Stone x0. Wood x0. Iron x0. Gold coins x0.
[Lords rare resources] Sulfur x0. Gemstones x0. Mithril x0. Adamantium x0.
Jack was excited as he checked the descriptions of his status and pondered..
' So I have to choose a name? And I guess I have to use the summon portal to get some troops to help me with my mission.´
Jack mentally reached into his storage space.
'But first lets see what this bag from the gods contains.´
A small olden brown bag of leather closed with another strip of leather appeared in his hand. As he opened it another notification sounded.
[Gained 1000x Gold coins, basic spear, basic leather armor]
He instantly checked his inventory and yes, right there in the lords common resource tab was now depicting 1000 gold coins.
He continued to check his spear and armor.
[Basic spear, trash rank]
Description: A very basic two meter long spear made of common wood and a rusted pointy iron head.
[Basic leather armor, trash rank]
Description: A very basic degraded leather armor, consisting of boots, leggings, tunic and arm-guards.
"You gods couldn't even give me some armor that hadn't already begun to rot, huh?" Jack mocked as he removed his old clothes and donned the armor.
'I guess its something at least.'
He took a firm hold of the spear and trust it forward a few times to get the feeling of it.
'At least the wood seems sturdy enough..'
Next Jack withdrew the summoning portal, and to his surprise it was just a small red-glowing gemstone with tiny words inscribed]
[Trash Troop, Human Race, Spearmen. Throw me]
'Throw me, huh??´Jack didn't think twice as he threw the gemstone on the ground before him.
When the gemstone stopped moving it exploded in a blinding red light and a holographic red portal 3 meters high and 2 meters wide appeared above it.
As jack circled around it and was delighted in the rare phenomena a text suddenly appeared in his vision, just as the lords system had done.
[Trash troop, Human, Spearmen. Owner Lord [Choose a Name]. Price 10x gold coins]
Jack did a quick calculation. With the 1000 gold coins he could get 100 troops. But what if something happened and he lost them all? He didn't know anything real substantial about this world of Prime yet. And the gods note had said that this area was dangerous.
"I will summon half for now and save the rest for emergency." Jack spoke out loud and immediately the 1000 gold coins was reduced to 500 gold coins and the holographic portal began to shudder.
One after the other the troops marched out with only 10 seconds between.
Fifty trash troops stood before him clad in the same kind of basic leather gear Jack had just donned and a matching basic spear.
[Trash Troop, Human Spearmen]
[Fortitude: 10]
[Spirit power: 2]
'So they are actually stronger than me' Jack realized as he inspected them.
"Uhm.. ehhh.. Can you guys talk??" Jack spoke as he suddenly realized he was right next to fellow humans.
"Allow me to speak Mylord!" A troop in the front row exclaimed with a salute.
Jack was delighted to finally hear another human voice after all that had happened and eagerly replied.
"Speak freely."
"Yes Mylord! Yes, we can speak. We are Troops. We are completely loyal to our summoning lord and we will assist you in any way we can!"
"That's a relief" Jack smiled and asked if they had names or memories.
"We were soldier recruits in a giant army once, but we died on the front lines. We can't remember anything else about our lives besides our training drills. And my name is Harken. Mylord."
"Thank you for satisfying my curiosity Harken. I currently have a mission to claim this Black mountain as my territory, and I need your help to find the entrance and defeat the guardian. It should be weakened, but I don't know for how long."
After a few more words the troop spread out to search for the entrance. Jack couldn't tell how long it would take. The Black mountains roots was filled with rocks, rock-hills and endlessly growing up into the clouds.
Besides he had had the bird-eye view, and knew the roots of the mountain was 50km long at the widest.