Rise Of The Ussr In Another World - Volume 1 Chapter 2 New Begining

After what seemed to be very long span of time, Add’s consciousness began to awaken. He could not yet open his eyes as they felt very heavy. It was then that he heard a soft voice call out to him.

“Young Master, you have finally woken up.”

As if jolted from an age long sleep, his dull consciousness started to clear and his eyes gradually opened, albeit with much difficulty. Rays of sunlight burst out as soon as his eyes opened.

“I’m not dead ?”

That was the first thought which came into Add’s mind as he slowly opened his eyes. The last thing he remembered was a group of missiles turning his immediate surroundings to kingdom come, and at that distance, his body should have vaporised, and by some sheer stroke of luck even if it wasn’t, he would undoubtedly have died. Yet what he was feeling was definitely not what a dead person would, theoretically feel. His heart was still beating and he was still breathing. Perhaps the only discomforts were that his body was aching in pain as if he had been thrown down from a moving vehicle, and his head hurt so badly, that it seemed like someone had hammered a nail into it.

“Young Master, are you alright?”

The same voice echoed once more. Turning his head he saw a kind looking old lady, looking at him with concern.

“.this is so strange, where am I? And who is this person ? Is..is this the hospital maybe ? ”

He was very perplexed and found himself lying on a bed in a old fashioned room. The only source of light appeared to be the big windows a few metres away from the bed, but they illuminated the whole room completely. As he was looking around, suddenly a massive pain assaulted his brain as if someone just hammered it with a sledgehammer.

“Guh!”

The pain was so intense that he, a veteran soldier almost fainted on the spot. He was somehow able to stay conscious as this pain lasted for over ten minutes which felt like days to him. Along with the pain, a stream of memories not belonging to him flooded into his mind. He felt that he was watching a film in his head, which was fast forwarded at insane speeds and yet he could recall all details instantly.

The old lady at the side worriedly looked at him as she wondered what was happening to him. She could see that he was holding his head in his hands and suppressing pain, but she was powerless to help him. Only after a long time, did the pain finally subside leaving behind a bad aftertaste. Add opened his eyes, and took a few deep breaths to steady himself. He sat up and looked at the old lady who had been standing beside him all this while and gave a small smile.

“Marthacould you bring me some water to drink please..ah and bring a mirror as well”

The old lady named Martha nodded, feeling strange as to why the young master would ask for a mirror, as the first thing after he woke up, but went to fetch it anyway. She left the room closing the door behind her. Add who was left alone sighed and slammed back first into the bed.

The old lady, Martha, returned after a few minutes bringing a silver glass full of water and a small hand mirror with her. Add quickly drank the water as he was feeling very thirsty and then looked t his reflection in the mirror. Looking at the reflection he was finally convinced.

Reflected in it was not the face of a 40 year old soldier as he had expected, but that of a young boy in his early teens. He had silky black hair with some white streaks here and there. His eyes were heterochromatic, the left one a crystal like blue, the right a crystalline red. His face was somewhat similar to what he had been in his younger days, but it was much more refined and handsome. His face was oval and his features were sharp and well chiselled, making him look attractive to both s.e.xes. The skin too was very pale almost deathly white, but smooth and supple, not something which one would usually expect from a healthy person. The only thing that bothered him however was the large bandage circling his head, covering the injury at the back of his head.

“So …it really happened…”

What Add found very hard to believe was that through some strange event, which he had no possible explanation of, he who had also died, somehow transmigrated and his soul had somehow taken hold of this body right after the original owner’s soul had departed. To Add all this appeared like he was watching a film, that he was just a bystander. He felt relieved that he didn’t get some identity crisis.

The body belonged to a young boy of 15, was called Adolf Kaiser Weismann. In fact he was no longer on Earth, his home world. After going through the memories briefly, he got a gist of the world he was now in. he got to know were some basic information about this world. The world was called Iseria by its residents. This was a world straight out of fantasy stories with magic, swords monsters and all that mythical tales coming to reality. Aside from humans there were many other races here like Elves, Werebeasts, Demons, Dragons, Dwarves, Fairies etc. There were also beasts which posed a constant threat to humans and the other races. He was currently in a country called Reingleif. Its local language which was similar to English in many regards. This kingdom again was one of the few kingdoms on the landmass called the Northern Subcontinent. It was called so, as it was situated North of a very large continent referred to as the Atlas continent, separated by a large stretch of sea.

This body he was now in belonged to the son of the Weismann household, a noble family which governed the surrounding areas, and Adolf had apparently inherited these land and lordship from his father. Adolf’s father was called Henry Ritter Weismann. He was a general of the kingdom of Reinglief. His father Rudolf Weismann, that is Adolf’s grandfather had also served as a great general for the country and had many repeated and outstanding military exploits. As a result he was given his own territory to rule over.

However, worried that the Weismann family would become too powerful, the king bestowed upon them a remote and barren land in the southeast. As a result, Rudolf helplessly took his own family and came to this region after he retired. He came to this wild lands to carry out the development. The piece of land that was bestowed upon him called was a massive place.

It was located on the foothills of the northern mountain ranges, bordered by the Great Forest of Waldesten in the east which covered nearly a fourth of the northern subcontinent. On its west was the rest of the kingdom, and between them was a vast stretch of plains and grasslands. The kingdom on a whole had the forest in the east and had two large mountain ranges bordering it; the first range went from the north to south, nearly bisecting the continent in two, and the second one followed the southern coast from east to west. As such Reinglief was located in a central spot surrounded by natural defences.

No other lord in the kingdom had such a large fiefdom as the Weismann family did if comparing the sheer size. But that meant nothing to the Weismann family. The land was large, almost half the size of Germany on Earth, but it was very barren. They would have managed somehow if it was just about the barren soil. The problem was that this territory was plagued with local wars and skirmishes with the countless tribal forces that lived here. There were also nomadic bandits who escaped into these outlands and robbed and pillaged whosoever was unlucky to meet them.

In addition to the local tribes and bandit groups, there were the two mountain ranges; the one in the north was called ‘The Great Dividing range’ and the southern range were simply called the ‘Southern Arken Ranges’ . These mountains and the gargantuan forest of Waldesten were home to countless monsters. These were creatures similar to animals but were very strong, dangerous and ferocious. These included, goblins, trolls, huge animal like monsters, serpents, giant insects and many more. There were also many monsters that could use magic, and were called magical beasts. These monsters often attacked villages and towns creating chaos and destruction everywhere they went.

The King’s bestowal of this land was easy to understand. If the Weismann family could settle the problems then these land belonged to them. If they didn’t have the capacity then there was nothing to be done. Before this the kingdom had placed no major importance in this area, as it was too much of a hassle to develop it. But Rudolf Weismann wasn’t a person to easily give up. He used his military talent and with the help of his son Henry, the Weismann family began to conquer the area.

After 30 years of hard work, they were finally was able to build a small town in the barren land. The residents mainly came from nearby villages and slums of the big cities which were again hundreds of kilometres away. They came in hopes of a new chance at improving their lives. However, because of the military struggles and monster threats, the population of the territory never really grew a lot.

After a long term of battles and struggles, Rudolf Weismann finally died of old age and a year ago even Adolf’s father died due to fatal wounds he had suffered while fighting a monster. Rudolf only had one son Henry and he also had only one son Adolf. As such there was no else left in the family, and so Adolf inherited the lordship.

But this boy was not cut out to be a lord. His mother had passed on after a few weeks of is birth due to her internal weakness and strain from giving birth. His father had spoiled him dearly, trying to fulfil all his wishes. As a result he had grown to be a hedonistic young master. He ate, drank and gambled all day long. Not to say that he was a fool though, in fact he was proficient in many things. Sadly gambling was not one of them. In a time frame of one year, he had crippled the family’s possessions which were weakened by the long battles and wars.

Finally two days ago, he had been drunk in alcohol and was riding a horse without care, when he lost his grip and fell down miserably, hitting his head on a rock. When he was being carried home the boy died and somehow, Add’s soul took hold over it and became its new owner. While he was absorbed in his thoughts the old lady Martha spoke out once again.

“Yong Master are you feeling well now? You didn’t wake up for two days, even the physician had no idea when you would wake up”

According to the memories, Add knew that this old lady who served as the housekeeper was called Martha. She had followed his father for more than three decade. She was one of the few maids serving in the household and her position was that of the head maid. Adolf had seen her here ever since he could remember. Looking at her he could see that there was no anger in her eyes. But he could see that she was disappointed with him.

The boy Adolf was only afraid of this old housekeeper. After the death of his father, old Martha was the only one who could control this hedonistic young man. But Add realised that his predecessor also respected the old lady. He had no mother, and his grandmother had died before he was born, the closest thing to a mother and grandmother to him was Martha, that’s why he listened to her words and never refuted her, only trying to sneak past her and enjoy life. Add sighed internally. He was an orphan in his last life, and it seems this boy also had it bad in that regard. He shook his head and smiled at Martha.

“I am fine. Aside from this pain in the head, there is no more discomfort in my bodyah could you bring me something to eat? Something simple would do.”

Martha nodded and went out. After sometime she brought some milk in a large bowl with pieces of bread soaked in it. It was a simple meal, but Add who had served in the special forces had had to eat worms to survive, he never was the one to look down on food.

“Very well Young Master if you have nothing else, I will excuse myself then. Please have a good rest now.”

She bowed and left the room. After she left, Add left his bed. His head was still in pain, but he managed to walk, albeit wobbly. He went up to the window and looked out. The first thing he saw, was the bright blue sky above him, with beautiful clouds floating around.

“When was the last time the skies were this clear ?” he thought

Years of intense warfare had turned the skies of most of the major cities of Earth murky and full of dust and smoke. It had already been years since Add had seen such clear skies. He saw a fairly large garden with many shrubs and trees below him. He was currently on the first floor of the two story house which was called the Weismann mansion. The morning air was cool and fresh and Add felt a weird sense of calm and tranquillity as he closed his eyes and stood there silently.

He had already accepted the reality that he was no longer on Earth, and instead on a strange world which he knew very little of, but this didn’t cause him to panic or lose his mind. He was a soldier who had been through hell and back many times, this with his training from a very young age had already made him very adaptable to his situations. His mind was calm and composed. Since he was alive again he might as well live this life.

Add was an atheist. He believed in practicality and science, and never put his trust in stuff like the supernatural. However now, this seemed like the only possible scenario. From the memories of this body Add understood that he was in a very different world from Earth. It was a world where society was like that of the late medieval times of Earth, however the similarities were only so many. This was a world of sword and Magic. Here science had stagnated and instead magic, which was thought to be a thing of fantasy was real. This was a world ruled by strength where the biggest fist always won. The law of the jungle prevailed here.

“So it seems I would have to live on as Adolf Kaiser Weismann from now on Well not o bad, at least I am not reborn as some criminal or other pitiful person.lets deal with things as they come.”

As he was wondering what to do with this new lease at life, had a sudden realization. He looked up at the sky, it was very similar to that of Earth before the war. One sun shining brightly, clouds, birds flying and such. He closed his eyes and stayed silent for a long time, and when he finally opened them, they were dull and cold.

“Wellthat means I can probably never return back home.”

He was a soldier who devoted his life in the service of his motherland. One has to understand how much courage and dedication those people have to have to sacrifice their everything just to keep their motherland safe. But now, Add realised that he would probably never be able to set foot on Russian soil ever again, his homeland. Although he had no particular attachment, nor any debts to the world and neither was he so weak as to be crushed by this sense of loss, but he felt a sense of deep melancholy within him. For him who had lived solely to serve the motherland, suddenly had all reasons of his life snatched away. The training in the army camps, his comrades most of whom had also died, the snow covered forests, the parties they had on their vacations, he had left all of that behind.

“.Never mindbeing stuck in the past will get us nowhere..who knows maybe there is some way to returnbut for nowI will have to adapt to this new world, or else I won’t be able to survive”

Add cleared his head of these idle thoughts and returned his focus to reality. It was then that he suddenly heard a peculiar sound like a bell ringing.

*Ding!*

*Possible host detected*

*Analysing host*

*Compatibility 100%*

*Identifying User*

*Selecting Format*

*Booting System*

*Preparing System launch*

*System Now ready*

*WELCOME HOST!*

A voice which lacked any intonation spoke in his mind in a mechanical way. Following that a Bluish translucent screen which reminded him of some high end holographic projections, suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. The screen showed “WELCOME HOST” in bright white letters. Add tried to touch the screen wanting to verify if he was hallucinating but his hand passed through it, while the screen remained there.

“What the heck?”

As he was wondering, the words on the screen changed and a new set of lines appeared.

[Would you want to go to the tutorial ? Yes/No (Tutorial Recommended)]

The two options were sparkling, it appeared to Add like some of those games back on earth. Intrigued by it, he decided to click yes, but his hand would not be able to touch it so he wondered how he was supposed to do that.

[To select an option the user just needs to accept it in his mind.]

The same voice instantly answered his doubts. It was as if whatever this system thing was, it could read his mind. However considering that he had been reborn in a strange world, he paid it little mind. Following the advice, he selected yes in his mind, the screen changed again.

[Welcome to The System an wonderful existence designed to help its Host reach the peak of everything.]

[Initiating Final Scan]

[Scan complete, Registering user]

[As a welcome gift, the system awards you 3 Lottery chances and 10,000 CP.]

“What is all this ?”

The texts were appearing on the screen one after the other making Add a bit confused. Then the screen showed a Menu in which various icons were glowing.

[User, please inspect your status by thinking of the STATUS icon or saying ‘Status’]

He was still confused but did as told and selected the Status icon and a display appeared.

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STATUS

Name : Add (Adolf Kaiser Weismann)

Race : Human

HP : 80/100

MP : N/A (Locked)

Level : 0 | Experience Required : 0/50

Class : N/A

Subclass : N/A

Title : N/A

Passive Skills :

[Unarmed Combat Mastery Lv. 20 (MAX)]

[Knife Mastery Lv. 20(MAX)]

[Firearms Mastery Lv. 20 (Max)]

Active Skills :

N/A

Special Skills :

[Calm Mind (Passive) Lv. 20(Max)]

Credit Points : 10,000

ATTRIBUTES :

Vitality : 2

Strength : 1

Agility : 1

Defence: 1

Intelligence : 4

Wisdom : 4

Stamina : 1

Charm : 3

Magic Aptitude : N/A (Locked)

Stat Points : 0

Skill Points : 0

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After looking at the screen which showed strange lines resembling those of RPG-games he sometimes saw back on earth, he was more confused. Albeit, if he was an normal human or a normal soldier he would undoubtedly know what this game-like thing was. But alas, he was born in a global war and was trained from a very young age. His instructors were not so much keen on letting their troops play games when they could train. So he had very little knowledge of such games.

“Sosystem can you explain what these status actually is?”

[ Host, the various stats represent your body’s various parameters.

HP or Health Points represents your health. Its value decreases when you receive injury or harm. If the HP value reaches zero, you die.

Vitality directly affects your HP. More the vitality stat, more is your HP.

Strength represents your overall physical power.

Agility shows your overall speed, and affects your movement speed, speed of reaction etc.

Defence represents the innate defensive capabilities of your body.

Stamina shows your endurance level. Higher your stamina stat, the more work you can do.

Wisdom describes your willpower, common sense, perception, knowledge and intuition.

Intelligence refers to your logic, problem solving abilities, and ability to analyse information easily and solve problems.

Charm stat represents your attractiveness to other people around you. As your charm points go higher, the impression you give to others is more favourable. ]

Add carefully read all this information and took a few moments to digest it. The status showed him his overall abilities in a gist. However, the low values against his stats troubled him as he had nothing to compare them with.

“Just what kind of thing did I get into now.” He wondered while looking at the screen.

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