The Lord of Humanity

(Chapter 4)

“So you’re leaving” said a young human male.

“Only for a week. The diamond dogs will protect you until I arrive back“ I say settling his worries. I can tell the young man didn’t trust the diamond dogs, but he understands that he will halve the work with them.

In front of me were all the humans that have beem freed. The Lord’s told me that I need training, and that it will only take a week. I don’t understand how, but I trust them.

Samantha was really upset, considering I had just became her father and was about to leave.

She rushes to my legs and hugs them tightly. “Please don’t go!” she says. It took all my strength to say no. “I’m sorry sweetie, but if I’m going to protect you, I have to go for one week. That’s it. When I return, I’ll find something we can do together, just me and you.”

She looks up at me with a tear filled face “You promise?” she asks.

I kneel in front of her. I wish there was something I could give her to show that I was coming back. “You can” said one of the Lords. I felt something pop into my hands and when I looked at it, it was a book from 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'.

I open the book real quick and noticed that it had all of the magic, stones abilities, blessings and shouts in it. It was written in the dragon language, but somehow, even without studying it, I could read it with ease.

I show her the book and put it in her arms. “Samantha I am trusting you with this book. It may not seem like much, but this book is very important to me. Do you mind holding onto it so I can come back and get it?” I gave her smile as I said that.

She smiles back and holds the book tightly while nodding her head her head. She gives me a thin brown blanket. I realize this was the same blanket that covered her mother.

I nodded and took the blanket, promising to protect it.

I rose to my full height and look at Bowman. “You don’t mind looking after her do you?”

“Like I said before,” he said “I wouldn’t mind watching her for a week.“

I give him a nod of appreciation and start making my way to the forest.

On my way I noticed the little grave that we made for Samantha’s mother to the right. I silently promised myself that I would protect Samantha, so that her mother wouldn’t die in vain.

As I make it to the edge, I look back one last time to see they’re all watching me. I give them one last night before I disappear into the forest.

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It’s been about two hours and Death finally tells me to stop. I’m surprised I don’t feel at least a little bit tired after that walk, but I do as he says.

The Lords appear beside me.

“Alright,” says Death “now, you might be wondering why it’s only gonna take you a week.”

I nodded my head confirming his statement.

“Well, you see you’re not actually going to be gone for a week.” I look at him confused. “You see we’re gonna put you in like some type of sleep state where you only have your body here for a week, but you will be training for years.”

“Ahh, now I understand” I say. "My body will be here for a week, but my mind is going to be here but I’m gonna be training for years.”

“Exactly" says Bright.

“But wait, my body be exposed to animals that are hungry.”

“Don’t worry I have that covered” said Death. Behind him I could see many green Gondorian guards ready to defend my body.

As I see that I will be protected while I am training, my fears wash away from me.

I picked the most comfortable tree I could find and lay down for the next week. I leave the blanket on me. It’s a little weird, but I like feeling the warmth. As I close my eyes, I wonder what training will be like.

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As I re-open my eyes, I notice that I am on a mountain that’s at least 500 meters tall. The clothes that I was wearing disappeared, wearing caveman clothes now.

I also noticed that on my head is some kind of skull. I take off this scull and look at it. I feel a chill go down my spine.

I put the Elk skull back on and noticed Bright appearing before me. “Now, we are in the Far Cry Primal world. The first thing that you’re going to have to learn is survival, so good luck… Also, don’t worry about dying you’ll just respawn… But you’ll still feel the pain.” he vanishes into thin air and leaves me… All alone… Probably going to die...

(three months later)

“Fu-!”

My stomach growls at me as I haven’t eaten in a while. I look around with my hunters vision and noticed footprints quite easily. I look to the left at my partners Alpha and Snowball.

(Alpha)

(Snowball)

And there's a group of kin behind them. I pet them on the head a little bit and look for a place to climb.

I climb a tree and noticed a deer a few meters away. I draw my longbow and focus as I make a clear shot at my target.

I jump down the tree and go grab my dinner. As I make my way to the deer, I quickly start a fire and start cooking it.

My wolves go hunting for some more deer and bring it back to cook some more.

I rest my back against a rock and Alpha curls up on my left, while Snowball curls up on my right. I start thinking on everything that has happened for the last three months.

While being here for three months, I was able to learn of shit ton of survival skills, considering I probably died a few dozen times. And trust me, none of them didn’t hurt. I starved, been eaten alive and been murdered by some Udum.

But after the second month, I have been getting used to it. Everyone here is actually like in the game, so there’s no talking your way out of anything. There is only a few key differences, like me having multiple animals out instead of just one.

I learned how to craft all my weapons and are at maximum level for each one. I helped save Wenja and learned how to use my inventory. It’s basically a pocket dimension to put my shit in. Finally I learned how to tame all the animals and the rest of the skill tree.

I was able to tame more than one wolf, so that I can have a little cute army… What can I say, I love wolves.

I learned a few powers from Skyrim and Shadow of War, but that’s it.

As I noticed that the meat is ready, I get a tap on my shoulder.

I move my head to the right just enough so I can see the person. I noticed Death giving me a little smile and a bow of his head. “Greetings, Master, I have come to give you your next test.”

Thank God, I was done with this hell hole… But as I looked around, I noticed all my wolves. I didn’t want to leave them, they were with me most of the time. Death also noticed that and said “You know, Master, that you can just put them in your pocket dimension, right?”

I look at them and say “Wouldn't they just starve to death?”

“No need to worry” he replied. “Your pocket dimension or inventory has no time passing through it. One second it goes, in the next second is when the portal reopens.”

I nod my head and open up a small portal to fit my wolves. All 15 of them went through.

As the last one makes it through, I close the portal and look at Death.

“Alright death what’s next?”

Instead of replying, he gives me a smirk and I start passing out.

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My eyes slowly flutter open, as I notice that the ground seems to be moving. Now I’m sitting on something.

As I open my eyes more I notice that I am on a... cart? I look around me and notice the Stormcloaks. I didn’t notice my hands are tied up.

“Oh Mother Fu-!”

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(Two years later)

Finally... After two long... Fucking! Years! I’ve done every fucking mission in Skyrim. I died more than I could probably count and that is generously rounding down. I’m pretty sure I barely feel pain anymore.

My skill tree is up to 100%. I found every hidden spot on the map. I finished the Civil War that is a lot harder than in the game. I learned every possible shout I could learn. And I mastered dragon and daedric languages.

What else do you want to throw to me, world?!

I sit down on a rock. I was able to find a full set of Daedric armour and weapons. I know a few great magic spells, but I am nowhere near a Master level. I joined The Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves guild. I battled for the Stormcloaks and I defeated Alduin.

And the only downside is that everyone’s just a computer. Though I made many companions we can never really talk to each other, so I just preferred to be alone.

I accepted that I am the only true being here that has a choice. I know I’m supposed to be training so I can help the humans, but I still miss Samantha. I know my training is important, but I’m still human.

“Well you won’t have to worry any longer.” I turned around to identify the voice to find Bright standing there.

“Good evening, General” he gave me a salute and proceeded to sit beside me. He looks a hell at the dozens of bodies that I just slaughtered.

“Busy?” he said. I just nodded my head in reply. “I know it’s frustrating right now, but soon you’ll realize that this is for the greater good.”

I just sigh and say “Maybe you’re right, but I just can’t help it. I may have gotten better, but my feelings are choking me up inside. In the game I could always just sympathize, saying that they’re just computers. But when you’re face-to-face trying to kill each other… I start to hesitate.”

“I know, I understand your feelings” he says.

I just look at him confused.

“I am you, remember? Everything you feel, I feel as well. Trust me, things will get harder, there will be some nights where don’t you think you can sleep. But when you remember all the people that are depending on you, you’re ready to make that sacrifice” he gives me a smile and pats me on the back.

I returned the smile, but he probably can’t see it due to my Daedric helmet. “Thank you, Bright, I feel a bit better.” I say thanking him.

“No problem, sir. Now, I must escort you to your third test.” As he says that a portal appears behind him. “Oh I would get rid of the arm if I was you and put it in the inventory. You lose everything as soon as you go through.”

I remembered I did the exact same thing with my wolves two years ago. Do I have a perfect memory? I’m remembering shit I should’ve forgotten long time ago… Maybe that’s why it was so easy to learn the languages.

I open up my pocket dimension and toss my armour inside along with my weapons.

I turn around to see Bright leading me to a portal. But as I went through, Bright suddenly disappeared.

As I looked around, I noticed that I was in a cave. A very familiar Cave. The Cave you enter in the start of the game with Shelob.

I looked down, noticing I’ve already gotten stronger and faster. I quickly kill any Orcs in my way.

As I make it to the exit I noticed Celebrimbor was stuck on the wall. I noticed Bright on the ground, but the whole world seems to be frozen in time.

“Who are you?” said a feminine voice behind me. I turned around and noticing Shelob in her human form.

“What do you mean” I reply

She shows a face of frustration and says “Do you not fear me? I have the power to see the future, and now it’s gone because of you coming here. So I will ask again. Who are you?”

“I am the Bright Lord, Talion.” I say calmly.

“Do not lie to me!” She shouts angrily “Talion is all but gone from this world! Ever since you showed up!”

“All right!” I say “you’re right, I’m not Talion, but I am the Bright Lord”

“That doesn’t make any sense” she said confused.

“That’s because... I am from a different universe” I said truthfully.

“What, do you mean?” she asked.

“In my world, Middle Earth is nothing but a book and a game.”

She looks even more confused

“You see, you guys aren’t real in my world. But in my world, there is a person called The Merchant. If you buy an item from him he will send you to a world called "My Little Pony" from the TV show. I bought many items, but one was the new ring. At first it was fake, but then became real.”

She nodded her head starting to understand a little bit “But wait, if you want to this my little pony universe, how did you end up here?”

“I was getting to that,” I say “as I got there, I learned that the humans there were nothing more than slaves and food. I quickly freed some humans and decided to train in different universes to get used to my powers. But this is strange.” I looked at her and she seems confused. In every universe I went to it’s been in my mind so they acted just like the game… But I am able to fully interact with you?”

She walks over to a rock and sits down. “That is quite strange” she says. I walk in sit down beside her ”I’m surprise you’re taking this quite well, not every day you get told that your life has been all but I lie and repeated over and over.” I say impressed.

“Trust me” she says “I have been through a lot worse. To learn that my life is a lie, it’s kind of refreshing, in a way.”

Now it was me who was confused. “What do you mean?" I ask.

“Isn’t it obvious” she says with a sly smirk. She stands up get closer to me wiggling her hips suggestively. She said down on my lap face-to-face with me and says “I’m going with you and helping you, if you free me from my prison.”