《Wholly Undead》Chapter 147: Finally, Some Answers!
Advertisement
[I'm going to have to deal with the prayers later... Haaaa~] Jack decided not to dwell on it for the time being...
"Rise, Librarian Terrence." Jack's voice rolled within the halls of the great Library.
Terrence did as commanded and now stood with a rigid posture. He no longer drooped or looked withered and ragged as before.
Jack took out his Laptop and left it to float in front of him, as the screen flickered to show Tux.
This action drew the attention from Terrence to it, and now he, Jack, Stephanie, and Verruca looked at this Laptop.
"Oh, a living tome? What kind of creature is this?" Stephanie asked as she looked at the undead penguin.
"It's a penguin," Jack replied and then didn't bother to wait to answer any more follow up questions.
"Tux, how long would it take to flip through the pages of seventy million tomes?"
"Calculating... Complete. Responding to Creator, with an average page count of three hundred pages, it would take six hundred and sixty-five days and twenty hours."
Hearing the outrageous time, it would take to flip books caused Stephanie and Verruca to take in a cold breath... Even Terrence dazed for a moment, but due to the time... He wondered why one would want to flip all the book pages?
Jack heard this number and didn't know how to reply... He would have to come up with a better scanning style... wait... couldn't the Laptop just come up with one...?
"Tux, develop a spell that can scan all books within this Library to comply into your memory."
"Calculating... Calculation complete. This task will take an estimated two hours." Tux replied.
[What in the hell am I going to do for two hours...?]
Jack looked around at all the books and decided... Look at books, duh! Jack took his Laptop and folded it to carry.
"While my living tome is working on a new spell, I would like to see your section of tomes concerning coming of age ceremonies." Jack requested as he turned his head to look at Terrence.
Terrence did not ask why his lord wanted to see this section but that wasn't a problem, "Right this way, my Lord." Terrence guided the group of three.
"Why do you want to see this section?" Verruca asked.
Advertisement
"Among various reasons, Emily can't stay as she is forever... She, too, wishes to have an adult body."
[No more loli... Haaaa~] Jack thought in his mind.
"...So, this is for Emily...?"
"This is also for Joan." Jack patted the jar on his side, with a loving touch.
This type of caress didn't escape any of the ladies, including Joan herself. Jack didn't have any designs toward Joan other than her alibies on the battlefield. To him, Joan wasn't a monster but a weapon. Weapons should be cared for and maintained, and most of all pointed in the right direction.
After walking two flights of stairs and going to an old section to the back of the third floor, Librarian Terrence waved his arm to indicate the section of choice.
"Thank you, Librarian Terrence." Jack walked forward to look through the tomes, "Ladies, you can entertain yourselves, however you wish. I will be in this section for a period of time."
Stephanie and Verruca nodded. The two of them went over to a section that Stephanie was interested in... The family planning section.
Jack browsed through the many tomes. Most of these books were how to celebrate the occasion, while others were the potential traumas and issues with the transition from a childhood body to an adult body.
[Hmmmmm... Oh, here We go] Jack placed a finger on a tome called, "Summoning rites of an Undead Body."
Plain... This is what Jack liked... Plain, blunt, to the point!
Jack pulled the tome out and began to read it as he stood.
[Oh, wow!] Jack exclaimed inwardly.
This tome answered a lot of questions for him.
He had long wondered about where undead children got new bodies... At one point, he wondered if they went somewhere to rob graves or something of the sort, but no... This tome explained there was a plane of existence, like the Plane of Light. This plane was called the Plane of Death. It was discovered by ancient necromancers the progenitors of the race, and through their ancient rites, undead corpses could be summoned to this plane.
[So, the Plane of Death is like the graveyard of worlds??? How trippy is that... So, Leslie's body was someone else's? Or was it hers from a different timeline, or even a different reality...] Jack wasn't sure, as the tome detailed a process to collect a piece of the undead child's soul to be used in the ritual of summoning. This would allow the ritual to search the Plane of Death to a certain degree for a corpse with an intact soul container with a high degree of compatibility with the host soul.
Advertisement
[This is absolutely amazing!] Jack could only marvel, but now he wondered... If there is a Plane of Death with the Plane of Light... What other Planes exist? Plane of fire? Water? Earth? Blood? Wait... Plane of Bone?
[I need a lot of materials such as bone for Bellum... Is there a Plane of Bone, or is that part of the Plane of Death? I bet it's the Plane of Death since it's composed of anything that's died.] Jack continued to muse in his mind while thumbing through the pages.
[I bet I don't need to use a ritual. I can just make use of some special spellwork and summon up a body... But Joan's soul is very strong, so I might need to modify the body I summon for her, hmmmmm. Well, I'll just get Tux to figure it out.] Jack tossed the hard parts, now that he knew the key parts.
He felt even more sure of his plan for the Militus Obitus.
"Reporting to Creator. Spellcraft is ready for your review." Jack heard tux replied, as he pulled the Laptop from the shelve where he placed it while reading.
He opened it to have it float in the air, as he read the spellwork on the screen.
[That actually makes a lot of sense... I didn't take into consideration my cherubs, but... I didn't explain my abilities to Tux... Did I?] Jack wondered how his Laptop considered his abilities when crafting this spell. He would ask later.
He first manually scanned the tome he had in his hands, before putting back on the shelf, before going back the way he came, speaking out, "Alright Ladies, do you want to see some fireworks?"
A pair of ladies were disturbed from their banter on baby names, as they walked from the family planning section to see Jack going down the flights of stairs.
They quickly followed behind him, while this drew the attention of Librarian Terrence.
Jack went back to the middle of the hall in the center of the Library where he was before and opened his Laptop.
"Alright, everyone stands behind me, and don't make any sudden moves," Jack said with a commanding voice.
Verruca's brows lifted upward in wonderment, while Stephanie maintained a neutral expression with a slight smile at the corners of her lips. It didn't matter to her what the God-King did... Her life was his after all.
"Librarian Terrence are there any more undead here, or is it just Us?"
"It is only you and us, everyone else has been asked to leave for your arrival," Terrence replied with much humbleness.
"That is for the best."
Jack turned back to his Laptop and began to hum his spellwork.
Terrence, Stephanie, and Verruca watched on, with Jack's living tome floating in front of him that the light rose up around him. It was as if the Light was dripping upward instead of down. Once a large drop of light the size of a basketball was produced it would fly up and take the shape of a miniature Angel of Death Cherub.
Seeing these creatures from Zitergall before, Stephanie and Verruca were impressed but not shocked... Terrence, on the other hand, had the intense urge to fall to the floor in reverence, if not for being told not to move he would have already done so...
From within her Soul Jar, Joan witnessed the creation of these Cherubs and their directions under the command of her God-King. The last traces of resistance that still remained, however small they were, vanished from her heart. This was her God-King, and she would serve in this unlife, and into the next.
Cherubs flew throughout the Library moving from tome to tome, as if almost randomly. After a book was flipped, it would fly back to the Laptop, and enter into it, as if disappearing. The same cherub would re-emerge to complete this process again.
Jack continued to spawn many cherubs, and his audience lost count after something like five hundred something...
In a swarm of light and it seemed it would only be a matter of time before everything was scanned within the Library, as Jack nodded in satisfaction.
Advertisement
- In Serial59 Chapters
Game Dungeon
A recently deceased man finds himself imprisoned in a prismatic gem, confused and missing pieces of his memory he wishes to play video games, but to his horror, he is stuck in a world of sword and magic. Hello! I am the writer of Game Dungeon thanks for your feedback! Although my intentions were not to insult the reader I can see how someone would think that way. I have no plans to change it as of now and it's better to put it out there as a warning that I use a lot of words with similar meanings but are used very irregularly. Honestly speaking my English teacher was weird and a lot of words I use are more complicated than they need to be, but again something I was drilled into was not reusing words apart from "I".
8 176 - In Serial10 Chapters
Searching for Valor Among the Stars
Original and three dimensional characters set in the Starfinder adventure universe embarking on original journeys. Heavliy inspired by the Starfinder roleplaying game, no characters or adventures are taken directly from the series or any copyright owners except for items, some factions, races, classes, and skills. Planned updates roughly every three days. Vahl, a large vesk with unimaginable strength and speed, stuck on a rotten world of crime and pirates. Discovering more about himself and making life long companions and friends to adventure across the stars with, stopping and destroying powerful crime lords and cult leaders they come across while adventuring into ancient alien ruins and discovering ancient civilizations Mysterious cults and powerful crime lords, mystics that tap into unnatural powers and worshipers of black holes who tap into the power of the suns, soldiers in large suits of powered armor, mechanics and technomancers using and controlling technology. The universe is a large place full of powerful people, technnology, and magics for anybody to explore and claim treasures from. A story of self-discovery and companionship, adventure and action, riches and misfortunes. Current cover is an example of a vesk, taken from the Pathfinder Core Rulebook. Drawn cover art for the series would be greatly appreciated.
8 150 - In Serial20 Chapters
Once in a Lifetime
Louise Palrick, upset with how mundane everyday life is, constantly seeks out conspiracy and local legends to try to make life a bit more interesting. From cryptids sightings to rumors of haunted locations, her search ends up getting her targeted by a dangerous organization, hoping to keep it all under wraps. However, she was given a mysterious gift by an anonymous individual of unknown origins.Louise with the strange gift seeks out more supernatural events for her own kind of adventure.Chapters will be released on the first friday of every monthArtist: Komoumo (https://twitter.com/Komoumo)If you want to support the book, feel free to tip or donate to our patreon!Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/benfishPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/fishstories
8 115 - In Serial191 Chapters
Once Upon a Time in a Foreign Land
When deciding to try to settle in a place far from their hometown, Shanquan and his friends only hope to experience things that are different from their routine. Everything changes when a call from a friend drags them into a series of events that are difficult for them to understand. The presence of mysterious people following them is only the beginning of all these oddities. The kidnapping of one of them makes them realize they are dealing with a dangerous group of people. Furthermore, Shanquan and his friends are flabbergasted when they find someone wandering in a secret underground passage whose entrance is in their house's backyard.
8 202 - In Serial17 Chapters
The Rebirth of a Emperor
An Emperor reaches the end of his days, exiled and living in misery in a faraway land together with his entire dynasty and some friends from his time of rule. He regrets never being able to return to his beloved country and wonders if he made the right choice by leaving his throne to avoid a massive conflict but tries to comfort himself knowing many lives were spared. As he dies however, visions of a strange future appear as if to answer his doubt, making him shed tears of remorse, for his country's fate is not a good one after him, making his end truly a miserable one. However unexpectedly, his eyes open again to a place never seen before to a people he had no recollection of, in the embrace of a woman he at first has no idea of who it was. This strange, absurd situation quickly makes him realise what just happened, he does not know how he came to grasp the situation, but something made him understand this: This isnt his world and there is no turning back, no way to see his homeland again nor his family. In this horrible realisation, he cried, much like the infant he was now, marking his rebirth to this new world, which he saw as a punishment from God for his actions. ----------- Note from author: this story is the first i ever published, so please, to anyone who takes an interest in it, have a bit of patience with me and if you can, give me a bit of good old criticism. For now i will publish small chapters for i am not very confident in this, but as i write more and gain some experience i will release longer and better ones. Also English isn't my mother language so any advice or correction is welcomed.
8 89 - In Serial51 Chapters
Soulmates (Klaus mikaelson)
In which Bonnie's older cousin Natalie finds out she is soulmates with the Original hybrid.(Season 2 - 3)(Klaus Mikaelson x OC) I DO NOT own TVD nor the characters. Only Natalie and her plot.Most impressive rankings#1 in Caroline Forbes#4 in Klaus mikaelson#2 in Klaus mikaelson#3 in Klaus mikaelson#3 in Caroline Forbes#1 in Damon Salvatore#2 in Caroline Forbes#1 in Caroline Forbes#3 in Klaus mikaelson#2 in Klaus mikaelson#1 in tvd#1 in Klaus mikaelson#2 in Klaus mikaelson#1 in Klaus mikaelson#2 in Klaus mikaelson#2 in tvd #1 in tvd#2 in tvd#3 in Klaus mikaelson#1 in Klaus mikaelson#3 in Klaus mikaelson#3 in soulmates#2 in Klaus mikaelson #1 in Caroline Forbes#5 in Elijah Mikaelson#1 in Bonnie Bennett#3 in Elijah Mikaelson#2 in Bonnie Bennett#1 in Bonnie Bennett#2 in Kol Mikaelson#1 in Jeremy Gilbert#2 in Kol Mikaelson#1 in Elena Gilbert#2 in text to speech
8 121

