Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Your Holiness
"What the fuck!! What the actual fuck!!" Aiden mouthed as he dashed away from the battle, he had no idea which side he was on since the horrors were too much.
He didn’t know if he was part of the attackers storming the kingdom, or part of its defense, but he didn’t care, right now he did the only logical thing to do, find somewhere to hide.
Aiden saw a house and pushed the door open. He quickly looked around to make sure no one was inside before slamming the door shut and heading to the next room just to be safe.
The bedroom was also empty and finally Aiden sat on the ground. He raised his head to look at the window, and the battle didn’t look like it was going to be concluded soon.
’What the hell is going on? This isn’t how the game usually starts, and I didn’t even get to choose or create my character, and what’s with that goddess’
’I told her I didn’t want a fighter class, I should check the system and log out, I think this is a glitch, system’
[SYSTEM ACTIVATED]
[LOADING STATUS...]
[DISPLAYING STATS]
[STATUS WINDOW FAILED]
[ERROR CODE: (+(;;())2683]
[ATTEMPTING RECOVERY]
[RECOVERY FAILED]
[UNKNOWN FUNCTION ASSESSED]
[CRITICAL ERROR]
’What the fuck is wrong with the system? Isn’t this the same glitch that happened before I met the goddess, and I can’t activate the system’
"LOG OUT!!" Aiden spoke but nothing happened.
"Haha...I think the game is playing a trick on me, LOG OUT!!" Aiden spoke again.
The system was supposed to have a lot of buttons which can be used to shut down the game, and users could also simply say ’LOG OUT’ and the game would bring up a confirmation screen, but right now none of that was happening.
"What the fuck is wrong with the game? You can’t fuck with me, first the glitch, then the goddess, and I didn’t even create a character"
"How the hell do I stop the game, and what the fuck is wrong with my system...System"
[SYSTEM UNLOCK UNDEAD, SWORD]
[ERROR CODE: 112121216676]
[INTIMATE DEFENSE]
"Well, I’m fucked, might as well just go out and get killed, after all I’ll just restart the game after my character dies" Aiden spoke as he stood up from the ground and walked towards the door.
He pushed the door open and the moment he stepped outside the smell of blood hit him first. His feet froze at the sight. Since he was close to the gates, he was right where the battle was taking place.
Houses around the city walls burned filling the skies with thick black smoke, men and women ran in every direction screaming and bodies littered the ground, some of them unmoving and others crying for help.
This was nothing like any of the other games he played, it felt too real. His beating heart, his nervousness, his mouth felt dry and his body stiff, unlike most games where he was the one doing the kill and fighting, he just stood still in the midst of war.
The screams and fear felt too real...all of it made his stomach churn.
Aiden slowly looked around waiting for someone to see him. Both sides of the war had humans, but some of the fighters were beastkins, and some regular beasts.
"Why am I afraid? It’s just a sword to the neck, then I’ll wake up back at home" Aiden muttered to himself.
Just then a soldier in battered armor turned his head and spotted him. The man’s eyes widened in disbelief before he proceeded to shout at the top of his lungs.
"A priest is alive, a male priest is alive!!"
His voice echoed around the surroundings and several soldiers immediately turned towards Aiden. For a brief second Aiden thought they were about to charge over and kill him, which is what he wanted but the first soldier could have done the killing without alerting the rest. The worst-case scenario would be torture.
But instead they rushed towards him while raising their shields.
"Protect his Holiness!! Don’t let the enemy bear him, the Head church still has a survivor!!" The soldier shouted.
Within moments, Aiden found himself surrounded by heavily armed soldiers. They formed a circle around him, shield raised as arrows bounced off creating loud clanging sounds and they pushed Aiden away from the battle front.
Once they were out of danger, one of the knights dropped to his knees, "Your Holiness, thank the goddess you’re alive, we thought the head church had fallen completely" The knight spoke his voice filled with relief as he had a smile on his face.
Before Aiden could respond, a figure charged towards them and one of the knights stepped forward cutting the man in half with a large broad sword. Then, he noticed the knight’s armor and clothes, each of which had a bright red cross drawn on top.
He knew about them, they were part of the fifth Empire called The Elaris Theocracy. He was definitely still in Empire Wars.
"We have to move!!" Another soldier shouted.
"The enemy is still pushing forward" Another spoke.
The knight speaking to Aiden suddenly turned serious, his expression stern, "Please forgive us, Your Holiness, but this is no place for you. We’ll escort you to safety and as long as we breathe, no harm will come to you"
Aiden blinked several times. He still couldn’t believe what was happening, the knights were definitely talking about him.
"Since when did I become His Holiness? I’m definitely not a..."
Aiden then took a look at his body. He knew he had clothes on but he didn’t think to check what kind of clothes he was wearing until now. The clothes he wore belonged to a priest, he was dressed in elegant white robes trimmed with gold, a silver emblem of the goddess of light a cross, was stitched across his chest.
Sure his robes were dirty and a little torn, with blood splatter around them, but still it was recognizable.
"There’s no mistake, only male priests wear those sacred robes, and only priests of the Holy Church possess healing magic. You are the kingdom’s last hope." The knight spoke.
Before Aiden could speak, the knight gently grabbed his arm and began leading him away, "This way, your Holiness, we must leave now"
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