Chapter 12

The Truth and Change

Rex Lopiz

6/4/25 8:01pm

As we entered through the Gate we saw the sight of the gnome city, I looked in awe at the style of the buildings, I first checked the map as I saw the place that was marked and I began to lead the way.

The small gnomes looked up at the ogre and they were surprised at seeing a being the size of their two story houses, Giruk looked at the much smaller people and gave them a ogre smile.

He was probably one of the less scary ogres that could have joined us, but I'm actually happy it was him instead of another ogre, he was like a child entering a big city for the first time.

As we walked down the road we were halted by a force of gnome soldiers.

"Halt! Who are you people?" A small gnome asked.

"My name is Rex Lopiz, I'm the leader of the other undead who have recently come here." I replied to the gnome.

"Ah you are the ones who will get rid of the demons." the small gnome said in happiness.

"Yes, that is correct." I replied.

"We all hope you are successful." The gnome said as they left towards the Gate.

We began the walk to the marked region, from the map it was a one day travel on foot, So we began to travel, there was nothing but plains and small patches of forests, the smell of the trees were nice and refreshing.

The further we got away from the gnome city the more it became silent and peaceful, we walked through small towns that had gnomes but that was about it, the skies did have flying airships of all sizes that would fly overhead at times.

We kept walking following the road as night approached we set up camp near a small patch of trees, the orcs kept watch all night as the ogre, well he was busy watching the skies as a airship flew by, that was all there was that day nothing happened besides us walking all day, and stopping to catch my breath or to drink from the clear rivers.

6/5/25 7:19am

I really am not a morning person, it felt like I just went to sleep, the ground was not comfy at all plus the bugs were annoying being the only one who is alive in a group sucks, thank god they had no mosquitoes here.

Being the only living person means only I need sleep, and let me tell you they can talk for hours especially Giruk, he kept asking Hailey questions about what was in her medic bag, as well as what each thing was for, and her being the nice person explained everything in simple terms for the ogre.

It felt like I was listening to a teacher giving me a lecture before a test, but the ogre seemed like he was having fun, so I eventually fell asleep.

I was woken up by Giruk when he poked me with one of his large fingers, it gave me a fright but when I saw him I calmed myself, we got ready to leave but I was slowing them down by a lot since I was half out of it.

"Hey Giruk?" Hailey asked Giruk.

"Yes Hailey?" Giruk replied.

"Could you carry Rex? It seems he is still tired." Hailey asked

I was not able to hear what they said, all I saw was Giruk turn and look at me then nod to Hailey as he walked up to me.

"What's up Girrrruuuk!" I shouted as he picked me up gently,

He made me sit on the palm of his hand and I simply used his hand as a chair as they walked.

As we walked for I think 5 hours, we stopped to let me eat, we only had some apples that we collected from some trees or so that is what they looked like.

The road came to an end after a while, that was where we came to a wall which was around 8 feet tall with gnomes walking on the top, they halted us and as we told them who we were they let us go through, there was no more road just grass fields and hills.

The terrain was rough at parts, small lakes scattered the field with large boulders as tall as Giruk sometimes, the area was rich with all sorts of natural resources.

Then we soon found what they called demons, the area was flat and there was a moving creature which was the shape of a mushroom walking around it held a small spear as it walked to a small mushroom patch, the creature was the as tall as a gnome and the mushroom patch was that of a gnomes house.

As we watched there were more mushroom creatures, they were like humans, their bodies were more plump and they had pure white bodies or stems, they had legs and arms but their heads were that of mushrooms and there were a few colors but a lot of them were the same.

They went in and out of the mushroom patch which was their home from the looks of it, they all did their own thing, some held weapons and others had nothing, the ones with weapons walked around in pairs of 5.

3 had swords while the other 2 had bows they talked as they walked, the number of patrols were no more than 3, there were only about 50 mushroom houses, one of the patrols pointed towards us as they yelled in their language.

All of sudden all of the patrols grouped up as the other ones who had no weapons ran into the mushroom village, the warriors had the sword one stand in front of the archers as they pulled back arrows and got ready to fire.

That was when a mushroom with a staff came out of the town and looked at us, he then spoke to the warriors as they let their weapons down, the one with a staff waved us over.

We looked at each other and agreed to see what it wanted, it casted a spell as it finished, it looked at us and spoke.

"Hello there, welcome to our village, what brings you here?" the mushroom said.

"We were asked to take care of demons but it seems you are not them." I said bluntly.

"Oh the gnomes said that about us more likely, well you found us." It said with a smile.

"That seems to be true, why do the gnomes call you that?"

"It's because we are that of mushrooms, you see gnomes don't like mushrooms." the mushroom chuckled,

"That's it?"

"Yep that is all there is to it." it said with a smile

"Why do you still live here then?" I asked

"Because it's all that is available." It replied

"Do you want to come with us? We are also looking for a new place to live, so far we have a small city but I'm leaving to go find a new place." I said simply

It looked surprise the same with my followers.

"Are you sure?" it asked.

"Yeah you are actually really cute . . . Don't take that the wrong way" The mushroom laughed.

"I will talk to the rest of my people to see what they think about leaving." It said as it walked away

"Are you serious?" Hailey asked.

"Yep I could use some more hands especially since I'm leaving anyways" I said bluntly

They looked at each other and soon agreed.

We all waited for about 10 minutes before about 150 mushrooms came walking towards us with the one with the staff in the lead.

"We agree to follow you, it's not like we have much here besides our houses but could your big friend carry the children for us?" the mushroom asked

"Oh by the way we are called the Myconid and my name is Hoobla." it said while looking at me.

"Very well, that should be no problem for Giruk, also my name is Rex Lopiz" I said as we walked back to the Gate.

Giruk was more than happy to hold all of the children, they were only halfway to my knee in height, they ran around in his hand as they played, they also asked Giruk all sorts of questions and he was smiling while answering and making sure none fell off of his hands.

We arrived at the wall again and we almost got attacked but once they saw us they let us through, they then used a radio of their own, it was made differently but they said that their leader will give us a reward once we get back to the city of gnome.

As we began to leave we heard from the radio an emergency call.

"This is Gnome main command be advised we have refugees from the Gate they report of an enemy attack and call for aid, we are mobilizing the gnome's 4th army to give aid, as well as sending a large airship that should be able to carry the 150 Myconid's and to pick up the leader of the undead and his followers." The radio said we had to wait 8 mins, that was when a large airship arrived and it was huge.

We all boarded the ship and I informed Hoopla what was going on where I was living at the time and he mobilized the 15 warriors from before. By the time we got to the gate an hour had passed, as we landed I saw the refugees, all of the ogres and most of the human undead with the orc's workforce were standing around, more gnomes ran into the portal armed with rifles.

We left the ship and I ran through the refugees as I entered through the portal the cave was in chaos as Gunfire sounded in the cave, their was Airships landing outside of the cave and wounded gnomes were being unloaded as more gnomes went to replace the dead, they had small mechs make quick repairs as the airships flew back out into the chaos.

As I was standing there the mushroom warriors came through the gate, they looked at the carnage as they looked sad for the loss of life, Hoopla came through and spoke.

"This is truly sad, all of these brave gnomes fight to protect their home as well as yours." Hoopla said

"I know I can see all of the dead bodies." I said, I crouched over to a gnome who was crying over another gnome soldier.

"I can bring him back" I said coldly to the gnome

"Can you really?" The gnome said, looking at me with tears.

"He will come back yes, but he will be undead for the rest of his life." I replied

The gnome looked at me with tears as he nodded to me.

"Alright, I mind as well bring them all back then." I said as I picked up the gnome body and left the cave to where the city was now in ruins.

The gnome soldier was looking at me in confusion as I set the gnome body down, I lifted my staff up as I Began to let out a chant, I spoke it loud as I felt the magic run through my body, That was when I felt more magic wind up inside of me as more people die it made my magic more powerful.

Soon my body was spilling out magic as it made a large cloud of pure black fog as it lifted in the sky, soon the screams were no more the gunfire stopped as everyone on the battlefield was now watching the pitch black fog fill the sky.

I then Began to chant more as my voice echoed throughout the battlefield, the black fog carrying my voice to be heard throughout the region, the fog speeded and covered the sky for miles upon miles, soon there were no more blue skies over us now it was nothing but darkness.

"COME FORTH AND RISE AGAIN" ~RAISE UNDEAD~

Magic Overload . . . There Is A Chance You May Die . . .

Do You Wish To Raise All Of The Dead In The Region?

"RAISE THEM ALL EVEN IF I DIE!" I yelled out

Raising all 100,000+ Undead

As I finished casting I fell to my knees once more, the sky cleared up as the dead was now coming back to life the ground shook as thousands of hands stook out of the ground and skeletons climbed out, they held bone spears, they kept breaking through the ground as more and more were risen, the dead became zombies while those who died who knows how long ago broke out of the ground as skeletons.

As they came out they already were rushing where fighting broke out once more and gunfire rang throughout the city and even outside of the walls.

I stood up with the remaining energy as the Myconid's supported me, we walked to the front line with the large mass of skeletons who followed behind me and others simply ran ahead, as we approached the broken walls there were people fighting and dying, gnomes fired into the approaching orc hordes.

I simply watched as new zombies and skeletons attacked the orcs as the army of orcs were fighting within their formation as dead gnomes and creatures came back to life.

This is truly a sight to see.

The world slowed, as I was the only one able to move, I walked through the armies and saw each and everyone of the soldiers and race fighting so hard to stay alive, did I choose the right path?

Of course I did not know the answer, and why is everything frozen but me?

That is simple, it's because you have passed, You will now be brought to your designated world, Rex Lopiz this is where your real journey begins, we all hope to see you again Rex . . .

"What?!? . . . What does that mean . . Passed? what did I pass? Designated world? I'm From Earth though that is my world. . . Answer me you fucking voice! . . ." That was all I could say before the world around me began to return to normal.

The Battle continued as I looked around and I soon saw myself begin to fade.

Everyone looked as a bright light shined upon me and I faded entirely.

6/5/25 1:05pm

This was the day which everyone on Earth saw another strange event, the fight ended with the orcs and the Undead Forces losing, the man who raised the dead was known as Rex Lopiz.

After he disappeared a voice called out to every creature inside of the orcs gate.

The voice said for everyone to leave the world besides the orcs, if they did not obey they would face consequences, the gnomes left the world when they heard the voice, leaving behind the ruined city.

The U.S forces left once they began to realize that something was not right, everyone saw what happened to Rex he simply faded away all that remained was his staff and robes, the undead turned back to bodies besides a few which also faded into nothing.

Once the U.S forces returned they soon realized this happened to every country with their Gates as well besides a person vanishing the voice then told everyone on earth the same message.

We apologize but it seems it time to explain everything, The Thing's you call Gates are correct, but they all share one thing in common though . . .

That is, that they were made by us . . .

They appear on every world and dimension you could possibly think of, you may enter them, but the same goes for the other side as well.

But you know that already. . .

Starting today more Gates shall open, however the amount of Gates on this world will be lowered down to One Main Gate.

This Gate will connect your world to another world and will be way larger, all of the other gates will disappear including the land masses.

This does not mean it will only be one Gate, that would be silly, if another world's Gate gets connected to your world, then another Gate will appear somewhere in your world as well.

But you Get one Gate that leads to a Different world at all times, You may all work together under one flag or fight it out, This Gate shall be placed in A spot where it is fair for all of your countries, this Gate will be located in the middle of the place you call The North Atlantic Ocean.

All of the people who have died by the Gates this far shall be brought back, and no they will not be brought back as undead.

Rex Lopiz is no longer on earth so you don't need to worry. . . .

However, you shall one day reunite with him and he may be even stronger then he was before . . .

See this as a test run for you Earthlings. please do better from now on, in the test run you have lost a total of 19,982,092 Lives, that is a lot of Earthlings dead, I hope you all can get along if not it shall be the end for you Earthlings. . . For real this time.

We shall no longer help you, you will be like the rest of the worlds as for you are the last world to join, Best of Luck . . . From us. . . .

Everyone on Earth now knew why the Gates are here, they knew that there is some beings who made them and are now telling us there will be more, the landmasses did vanish while a new one appeared in the North Atlantic Ocean, the gate was as big as a skyscraper and as wide as the island itself, which was around the size of Texas.

This meant that we could fit anything into it, but this also meant the same for the other side as well, there was no path to the island, if you wanted to get there you had to go by sea or air, this was a good thing and a curse.

It meant they too could only go by those options unless they had something else.

The new Gate was not online for at least a year by then the countries had all agreed to work together, we all knew it had to be done until there were no more Gates, each country at first did not want to until the size of the gate was revealed.

With all the countries having their complete indolence still, they all agreed to use their military powers to work together when the gates open.

The countries agreed to name their military power under the name of UDF also known as the United Defense Force, but of course they are not just for defense they are used for entering the Gates as well but it had a nice ring to it.

It took that whole year to calm down riots that had broken out in each country as well as to convince every country to join up, there are still threats from within, but now people are starting to focus on the Gates more.

People called it a miracle world peace was closer than before but now they had to deal with the Gates.