《Amongst the Stars》 Prologue The year 2020 the U.S. declared war on the world, launching three nukes targeting North Korea, Russia, and China. With the preemptive nuclear strike America was able to sweep through the countries in a short 10 years. Seizing the technology from the countries they were able to quickly develop their weapons and tactics. In the year 2044 America turn on their allies and waged war against the united nations. By the year 2066 America had conquered the world renaming itself the Global Federation. The unexpected happened and peace actually followed the war. No longer a need to develop weapons scientist turned all their attention to other things. In the year 2072 Snow Storm Entertainment, creators of the famous games like Planet of Warmaker, StarMaker, BrainStone, and OverClock announced the development of a new game, one that would change the world.Stolen novel; please report. In the year 2073 the first bit of news was released causing a sensation throughout the planet. Amongst the stars, the first VRMMORPG was announced. Snow Storm revealed they had been working on technology that would allow a players conscience to enter the game simulating 100% of reality. CEO Hector Thomas revealed that to accommodate all people there would be three different ways to play so everyone could afford it. In the year 2074 no news was announced about Amongst the Stars, almost like it fell off the face of the planet. Fans sent angry messages and berated Snow Storm Entertainment and CEO Thomas calling them frauds and over hyping nothing. They released no news to try to rectify the situation and the craze started to calm down. January 1st of the year 2075 Snow Storm announced Amongst the Stars would be released on June 1st Chapter 1 ¡°Mr. Thomas since you announced the release a few months ago fans have gone crazy once again, how do you respond to the fan backlash about the general lack of information available about the game, even though it comes out soon we know next to nothing?¡± ¡°Many companies have gone wrong from over hyping their game¡± a smile forms on the mns face as he looks towards the camera ¡°If I was to say that this game would change people lives forever would you all applaud me? Or still criticize? So if I say something or nothing, it won''t change that people will still be upset¡± Nodding his head in approval he looks at Mr. Thomas ¡°Some diehard fans of your other games are saying this one is play to win, even though you have had a fashion shop for a while you have never done something like this. They say that the fact that you are releasing three different gaming devices with varying prices wealthy people will have some sort of advantage, do you have anything to say in response?¡± Letting out a breath Mr. Thomas shakes his head, turning towards the host they lock eyes ¡°Fine, Fine¡± A smirk begins to creep on his face ¡°This game is run by an AI and every NPC in the game will have their own personality. The game world is huge, and players will start off on one of thousands of possible planets in varying solar systems and even different galaxies¡± a sinister smile appears on his face as he takes a drink of water, letting the host hang off the edge of his seat ¡°Because we are going for realism in the game things will of course take a long time, so you say pay to win...you''re not wrong, so let me answer your question¡± adjusting his tie ¡°The fist option, the game helmet only cost 1000 Fed Dollars, which will allow most people to play. The second option is a full body sensor suit costing 5000 Fed Dollars allowing your senses to enter the game with you allowing for a more¡­.enjoyable experience. Now let me tell you why this is important, game time will be accelerated twenty-four times reality so one hour in real life will be one day in the game.¡± looking at the host for a few seconds he lets the information sink in ¡°The last option is a game cabin with life support systems and comes with a Robot programmed with a limited AI to take care of your needs while in the pod. By using the pod your body will be put in suspended animation allowing you to stay in the game indefinitely, plus your AI robot will be able to join you in the game. So I guess that can be described as pay to win, but tell me¡­.can you leave your real life behind to start anew?¡± ¡°Th-That''s ridiculous?!? Stay in game indefinitely?? What is the price again! What is the price??¡± ¡°400,000 Fed Dollars¡± ¡°My god?? Won¡¯t wealthy people get an unfair advantage in the game? Just the eight hours people spend sleeping eight days will pass in game! If you miss one day of play time, almost a month of in game time will go by!¡± ¡°Hahah why are you so upset?¡± ¡°Ha¡­.sorry, sorry that was the gamer in me crying out for the injustice¡± *Click* As the light from the TV fades the room is plunged into darkness, light occasionally flickering in the room as the draft caused by the vents blow the blackened curtains revealing a man with empty eyes in a wheelchair. Lifting up his arm he spins the dial on his watch, cycling through different apps till he finds the one he wants. Clicking on the watch face a number is displayed on the screen, 720,000 Fed Dollars. Seeing the number he smacks his lips, Twisting the dial on the watch again he taps the screen. A deep Booming voice escapes from his dried lips ¡°Call Snow Storm Entertainment¡± after waiting for a moment the call connects. ¡°Snow Storm Entertainment this is Jackie speaking how may I help you?¡± ¡°I want to order the game cabin!¡± ¡°Sir? Are you sure you don''t mean the helmet? If you buy in bulk you can get a discount¡± ¡°No! I need the cabin, place the order¡± ¡°Sir that will be 400,000 are you OK with that?¡± ¡°Hmh go ahead and do the charge¡± Waiting a few minutes the voice returns ¡°Ok sir, your information and payment has been retrieved from your wrist comm, the game cabin will be delivered in 10 days and the game will be released next month on the first!¡± Hanging up the call a small smile forms on the corners of the man''s mouth. ¡°Finally, Finally!¡± using his hands to massage his legs ¡°Mom..Dad, has something good finally come from the accident? After all the lawsuits, I only have the money you left me.¡± Letting out a breath he rolls towards his desk and taps a button, looking at the computer starting up he taps his wrist watch again ¡°Call Boss¡± ¡°Matthew? What do you want?¡±Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Boss! I quit¡± ¡°What Matthew what is this all of a sudden? You''re scheduled to work tomorrow how are we supposed to replace you on such short notice?? Nonono you have to come in! If you don¡¯t you can forget about working again! I''ll use all my connection to make sure no one ever hires you! So you better be here!¡± ¡°Hmh Hmh good talk¡± pushing the button he hangs up the call. ¡°I wonder if there really is no information about the game¡± grabbing the mouse he begins to navigating the browser looking at Baloogal for information. The longer he looks the closer his eyebrows come together, a frown ever deeping on his face ¡°What is this? There is almost no information! No race information, class information, nothing!¡± Looking at his wrist comm a look of hesitation appears on his face, shaking his head he struggles before tapping the watch face ¡°Call Zack.¡± ¡°Matthew!! The boss is freaking out!! He''s storming around the office cursing up a storm hahah! Whats up bro, why you quit??¡± ¡°I won''t have time to work anymore anyway so I may as well quit now, Zack are you going to play Amongst the Stars?¡± ¡°Dude...who is not going to play? Why ask me this? Wait, don¡¯t tell me you''re playing to!¡± ¡°Sure, why cant I play? The guy on the TV said you control an avatar in the game with your mind so I might be able to walk again, so I decided to give it a shot and live in the game!¡± ¡°Live in game¡­..oh my god! You watched that TV broadcast too?? You bought the game cabin?!? how do you have that kind of money!¡± ¡°That is not important, what I want to know is do you have any info about the game? I searched for a bit and found nothing and I know you like this kind of stuff¡± ¡°Look man don¡¯t nobody knows nuttin and I mean nuttin! There was no beta test for this game and all the info people know about it is only the three types of devices discussed today!.¡± ¡°Why the secrecy? Do they really need to seal the info so tight?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t tell anyone I told you this but a friend of mines mom¡¯s brother¡¯s best friend¡¯s godson¡¯s girlfriend happens to work for the company and she said the start is so random it can completely ruin you somehow, and every person only gets one character! No redo!¡± ¡°Fuck! That''s so harsh!¡± rubbing his head he stares hard at his comm ¡°Zack thanks a lot, I hope I see you in game¡± ¡°Haha no way man i''ll probably never see you again! The game is to big to meet up unless you are lucky, anyway man take care¡± Hanging up the call Matthew shuts off the computer knowing he wont find anymore information. Rolling towards a bookshelf he stops in front of a pictures of his parents, gently rubbing the glass he heads towards his bedroom. The next few days went by in a flash, on the 5th day Matthew realized from looking at the forums online that the cabin would need an IV solution in order to support suspended animation. Calling Snow Storm he ordered enough to last the next year for 20,000 Fed dollars. On the 10th day there was a knock on the door. Rolling towards the door he hesitated before reaching for the knob, taking a deep breath he opened the door. To his surprise no person was outside the door, instead two silver robots where holding a huge wooden box. Looking at the robots Matthews eyes goes wide. ¡°Robots?? Are these my AI robots?¡± ¡°Hehehe¡± from behind the box a cute giggle permeates the surroundings. A young woman steps out from behind the box holding a tablet in her arms ¡°Are you Matthew Conner?¡± nodding her head without waiting for a reply ¡°No, these are not your robots, they are here to deliver the package¡± holding up the tablet ¡°Sign here and we will install the machine.¡± Looking at the short woman with light brown shoulder length hair his mouth slightly opens then closes before opening again ¡°Why did you sneak up on me?¡± Not replying to his question she shoves the tablet closer to him. ¡°Fine, fine¡± taking the tablet he swiped his wrist over the screen. Taking the tablet back into her hand she checks over the information on the screen while nodding her head ¡°Everything looks good here¡± pointing her finger ¡°Take it in boys!¡± Seeing the robots move towards him he wheels backwards into his house while pointing at a corner. Setting down the box they remove the covering revealing a silver metallic rectangle. As they lay the device down on its side the girl walks up to Matthew ¡°Place your hand here and the cabin will be register to you!¡± pointing at a cretin part of the box the girl looks him in the eyes. Rolling up he places his hand on the spot. As his hands come in contact with the cool surface the rectangle beeps before the sides start folding down revealing a gold bullet shaped cabin. Connected to the back of the cabin is a fridge like device housing the year supply of IV solution. The former casing continues folding down until ia silver cube the size of a normal chair takes shape. The cube begins to reform itself, twisting and turning till an outline of a humanoid is formed. Staring wide eyed at the girl he points ¡°Whats is this?¡± With a smug look on her face she puts her hands on her hips ¡°Your robot, cool right?¡± wiggling her eyebrows she smirks at Matthew. Nodding his head he looks as the robot as it moves into the final stage of its transformation. Vibrating slightly the robot looks at Matthew before a monotone voice leaks from its new mouth ¡°Master¡± *Clap clap clap* clapping her hands she looks at Mathew ¡°Ok my jobs done, lets go boys¡± turning on her heels she heads out the door without waiting for a reply. Looking at her retreating back he turns towards the robot ¡°Go close the door?¡± Standing there for a moment the robot¡¯s head begins to turn before he spots the door ¡°Master, ok¡± walking towards the door he reaches out grabbing the frame gently, and closes the door. A smile forms on his face as he sees the smooth actions of the robot ¡°I was expecting some clumsiness but it looks like its OK¡± looking at the robot as it walks towards him ¡°What can you do?¡± ¡°Master, I can do a variety of task, I can take care of the house while you are in the game and make sure no problems occurs with the life support systems, including cleaning the waste products.¡± looking back towards the cabin ¡°I am also connected to the cabin so while you are in game I will be able to join you¡± Nodding his head ¡°Great, great is there anything else?¡± Taking a moment ¡°Master, I am to inform you that there is an option available to everyone who bought the cabin¡± walking towards the cabin the robot touches it causing the side wall to lift up revealing a tub like compartment ¡°Because you chose the cabin even though the game is not going to be released for another 19 days you are allowed to enter now, but if you do you''re not allowed to exit the game till launch day so you will have to spend 1 year and 91 days in game¡± Matthews eyes go wide as a devilish smile emerges on his face ¡°Lets do it¡± Chapter 2 Rolling towards the cabin Matthew takes a deep breath before his body starts shaking, grabbing his thigh he begins to squeeze so hard his hand begins to pale. Pointing towards a bookshelf ¡°Bring me that picture and help me in¡± Looking towards where its master was pointing it moved towards the picture, grabbing the picture frame it walks over and places it in his lap ¡°Master, I¡¯m going to move you now¡± moving its arms behind his back and under his legs lifting him up it Moves towards the cabin and places him inside. Still shaking he looks at the picture of his parents before calming down ¡°Mom, Dad, I¡¯m starting my new life now, wish me luck¡± looking at the robot ¡°Close the cabin¡± Looking down at its master it ponders for a second ¡°Master, remember to breath¡± ¡°What??¡± before he an ask more the robot slaps the cabin and the lid closes. As the lid closes fluid begins to eject into the container. Swiveling his head around he looks as the chamber rapidly fills, before his head is submerged he takes a deep breath and holds it, wondering how he''s supposed to connect to the game like this. His eyebrows knit together as the chamber is completely filled but nothing happens he begins to panic, remembering what the robot said realization flashes in his eyes before he takes a breath, as the liquid fills his lungs he blacks out. As he comes to he finds himself lying down on the floor inside a completely white room, looking around he sees nothing but white. Looking down at his legs a smile blooms on his face as he begins to bend his knees. Pushing his hands on the ground he tries to stand before tumbling back down ¡°Haha I guess it''s harder than I remember!¡± rolling over on his back, a huge grin plastered on his face, he begins to lift his legs up and down. ¡°Hello future star traveler! Welcome to Amongst the Stars!¡± Turning over he seeks a blue stiletto, it appears that its entire body is made of static as it moves around a TV when you turn to an unavailable channel. On his face are just two void black holes where his eyes should be, looking it up and down for a moment Matthew opens his mouth ¡°What are you?¡± ¡°you can call me whatever you want, but I am the AI in charge of everything. I am here to help you get started so you can join the game¡± ¡°Can you help me walk?¡± Waving its hand Matthew begins to float in the air before landing on his feet ¡°Take your time to get the feeling of walking again, the better you get the less support i''ll give you¡± ¡°Thanks!¡± taking a step forward he realizes there is something holding him up, looking into the distance ¡°Gotta learn to walk before you can run¡± taking another step forward he begins to run ¡°WOO!¡± legs bringing him forward and arms moving at his side I can run again, Mom, Dad! I can run again! With every step the support was getting less and less, stumbling every few steps he slows down till he comes to a stop. As he stands there he realizes he''s standing all on his own ¡°How could I have learned that fast? I''ve seen other people do rehab and it could take months¡± ¡°That¡¯s teaching the body how to walk again, but the only thing here is your mind. So in the begging, the only thing holding you back is because you yourself thought you couldn''t walk, but by thinking I was helping you caused all hesitation to fade away. And because nothing is wrong with your body here of course you can walk¡± appearing in front of Matthew ¡°Are you ready to create your avatar now?¡± With a smile on his face he looks around ¡°I thought my robot would be here with me¡± Waving its hand a silver skeleton appears ¡°This is the most basic robot¡± Snapping its fingers a black ball appears in its hands. Squishing the ball in its palm a thumb ring appears ¡°¡¯Wear this thumb ring, its the core or your AI. This ring cannot be lost or stolen and will probably be the only thing you don¡¯t lose on death¡± Pointing to the silver skeleton ¡°This is a basic chassis, it can be upgraded, but if destroyed you will have to replace it on your own¡± it taps the ring on the skeleton before tossing it to Matthew ¡°In order to transfer the AI to a new body just use the ring, but its not as fast as it is now¡± Catching the ring Matthew quickly puts it on his thumb ¡°So how does character creation work?¡± ¡°The amount of races in the universe is limitless, but the ones in the galaxy you will be starting in number a total of four, and before you ask no not all will start in the same galaxy¡± ¡°The first race is the Al¡¯muthar, they have the least population in this galaxy and are hunted by the others as slaves. They make excellent psions but are ok as cyborgs too they ar-.¡± ¡°Psions? Cyborgs? Are those classes?¡± Looking over towards Matthew ¡°Well, I guess this will help you chose, psions and cyborgs are the class you can choose from, but of course you can also chose to not pick either and just be normal¡± taking a moment to let him digest the information ¡°Psions use psionic powers and cyborgs get cybernetic implants. There are two reasons why this is important, your Avatar has no levels in this game, psions get stronger by training their body, and cyborgs get stronger by training their body and getting different levels of implants¡± putting its hands behind its back ¡°Psions gain their ability from mutation of the brain and the cybernetic brain implant that lets you control the cybernetics interfere with abilities, so if a psion ever gets implants they will lose their abilities. Most psions will never have a second brain mutation allowing for different psi abilities, also if you chose to start as a psion your ability will be random. You may get a lesser ability or a really powerful psionic ability it is all a gamble¡±Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°What are the advantages of being normal then?¡± Shaking its head ¡°There are no advantages, but there are¡­..cretin ways to get the ability that you want or more advanced initial cybernetic brain implant, because removing the one cyborgs start with can be more expensive than the one you can get with some connections, plus some people like to decide their own fates¡± ¡°OK, what are the other three races¡± ¡°The second race is the Grandors, a living golem creature. There bones are made of stone and flesh as hard as rock and can be neither psions or cyborgs, but have an inborn racial ability to absorb stones and metals to strengthen themselves. But it is not a quick processes and are a race of conquerors, they go from planet to planet completely striping it of all its nutrients before the planet collapses on itself and is destroyed.¡± ¡°The third race is the Avarie, they are an avian species that do well in either psionics or cybernetics but if the implants get to heavy they may lose the ability of flight. Some say¡­.the ruler of the Avarie is capable of space flight using its own body¡± ¡°The final race and most populated race in the know universe, the Human. They make lackluster psions but ok cyborgs with a lot of training and modification. They are the weakest of the four races but have the numbers to make up for it, if you don¡¯t form a team they can still get by ok if they have a lot of luck and good weapons¡± waving his hand four different versions of Matthew appear. Taking a breath Matthew walks over to inspect the four races. The Al¡¯muthar looked almost human except its entire body was a light blue. It only had four fingers and they were slightly thinner and longer than normal human fingers, the most unique thing about their hands are the black fingernails that ended in sharp points. Its face, that slightly looked like Matthew is where it truly deviates from humans. Its nose looks almost like a humans except that instead of the bridge becoming narrow as it goes up, instead is fans out as it nears the forehead. The forehead itself was strange, as you got near where the hairline should be four evenly spaced protrusions extended from the head. The protrusions did not come to a point and instead traveled along to the back of the head moving closer and close till they eventually connected into a point, if you looked at it from above it would look like four closely space speed bumps that end up running into each other as they curve along the head. Its ears resemble what one would think of and elf, pointy. Except that instead of going straight up they are pointed slightly away, Its eyes have no iris and are entirely red. The Grandors looked like a humanoid body made of melting mud; if one splashed water on it, it looked like it would just flow away. Its hands are constantly changing from having no fingers, to have three, and sometime two. Looking at this one would think its shape was ever changing and mysterious. Its face consisted of only two black holes where its eyes should be, but the strange thing is that its body looks like it is constantly moving around like flowing mud. The Avarie looked nothing like one would have thought, instead of a bird like creature it instead resembled more of a spider than anything. Its body resembled a standard human the most except for two things, its eyes and its back. Its eyes sclera held eight different iris each constantly changing between different color. On its back protruded eight spider looking legs, four on each side that are connected by a fine almost invisible web. The spider legs come to an extremely sharp point and can move multi directional, looking like they can be used as spears, legs, and wings. The human looks like an exact replica of himself. ¡°Have you seen all that you need to see? What will you chose?¡± Looking at the four races his eyes stop on the human, himself. Humans are the most adaptable species, if I chose it Ill be able to better mold it to what I want to be. Nodding his head he looks at the blue static figure ¡°I know what I want¡± lifting up his hand to point at the human he hesitates slightly I¡¯m here to start a new life, and if I''m playing a space game anyway, why pick human? I''ve been human all my life, screw adaptability. ¡°I want to be an Al¡¯muthar¡± ¡°Very well¡± waving his hands all four creatures disappear, and at the same time Matthew is covered in a white light. As the light fades human Matthew is gone, replaced by an Al¡¯muthar. Spreading his hands he begins to check out his new body ¡°Do I not get to design what my Avatar looks like?¡± ¡°No, all Avatars resembles the main bodies as close as possible¡± shaking his head he looks at Matthew ¡°Now what will your name be from now on¡± Furrowing his brow Matthew looks down and ponders for a moment ¡°Since I¡¯m one of the early gamers I have to take something cool, I chose Leviathan¡± ¡°Very well, and for your final choice do you chose psion, cyborg, or normal.¡± ¡°Psion!¡± With a snap of its fingers the room fades to black. *Beep Beep Beep* ¡°CRASH IMMINENT PREPARE FOR LANDING!¡± When his senses return a glaring robotic voice sounds in his ear, looking around he notices that he is strapped into some sort of escape pod. Directly seated opposite of him is the robot ¡°What''s going on?! Robot where are we¡± ¡°Master, it appears we are getting ready for a landing, based on the speed we are traveling it appears we are going to crash¡± Smacking his hand into his face it told me no new information, 400,000¡­.really? ¡°Do you think we will survive??¡± ¡°Master, worry not, this is what these types of craft are designed to do¡± As the robot finishes it sentence the pod collides with the ground causing the cabin to violently shake from the collision, as the cabin skids across the ground Leviathan grabs the straps to try and support himself. After a few seconds the pod finally comes to a stop, the straps automatically disconnects and the door of the pod opens. Turning his head as the light seeps into the cabin emerald green grass divided by a streak of brown earth comes into view. Chapter 3 Leviathan rises to his feet, a smile plastered on his face. Turning towards the robot his brows knit together ¡°From now on robot, your name is B8¡± ¡°Master, thank you for the name.¡± Nodding his head ¡°Good, now I want you to go out there and see if its safe¡± Looking as the robot, B8 rises to its feet and walk out the door the smile on his face deepens. ¡°Hmm lets see in games your info is normal under status¡± in his vision a list of information appears. Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 48/50 Psi: 5/5 Str: 3 Con: 5 Agi: 6 Dex: 5 Int: 5 Skills: Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 0/100 Mind Reading Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: N/A Health: 60/60 Psi: N/A Str: 5 Con: 6 Agi: 3 Dex: 7 Int: 8 Skills: [Basic Computing] 0/100 ¡°Ohh not bad I think, maybe Telepathy will be fun¡± looking around the cabin he notices a box on the wall, walking towards it he finds clamps holding it in place. Unhooking the clamps to open the box a pistol comes into view, taking the pistol new information appears in his vision. Shoddy Ballistic Pistol Durability: 10/10 Damage: 4~10 Clip: 20/20 ¡°Master, I do not see any danger in the immediate area¡± Noticing that B8 has returned Leviathan makes his way out of the cabin. As he steps out lush green trees as tall as the eye can see completely blot out the sky, only letting in trickles of sunlight through the the opening in the canopy caused by the crash. Emerald green grass with a streak of brown trailing from the cabin, looking around he notices that the shrubs are so think you cant even see through the other side. Looking at the trail of dirt they came in on he begins to wonder how they survived. To travel in this forest would be tantamount to suicide, there are no visible trails, so to go forward they would have to travel through the brush, making them easy prey. ¡°I don¡¯t even know where we should go, B8 what should we do?¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯m here to serve¡± ¡°Is there anything we can do with this escape pod?¡± Turning its head B8 walks back into the pod, looking at its retreating back Leviathan begins to survey the surroundings ¡°It''s a little to quiet, maybe the crash drove away the animals? But if there are any people nearby there is no way they couldn''t have seen this¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯ve searched the ships computers and before the crash it did a small scan. If we travel north east from here for 20 miles we will find a mining camp.¡± Looking at B8 that reappeared ¡°Yea, there is no way they didn''t see us come down¡± fiddling with the pistol he hands it over to B8 ¡°Take this, I don¡¯t know how to shoot and I¡¯m sure you can do better with your robot brain¡± Taking the pistol B8 spins it in his hands for a moment ¡°Master, you can count on me.¡± Looking around Leviathan finds a thick bush to the west, scratching his chin he begins to ponder should we try an ambush? But I have no idea what the numbers would be. But B8 said it was a mining camp so how bad can it be? ¡°Lets hide and see what comes¡± moving towards a thick bush Leviathan and B8 hide. After waiting for around 15 minutes a Humvee comes plowing through the bushes from the direction of the camp, two men exit from the vehicle and begin to examine the pod. ¡°Woh It really was an escape pod¡± The second man whistles ¡°It looks like a pretty bad entry, you think anyone survived¡± ¡°Hehe I hope so¡± Looking at the men approaching the pod Leviathan touches his figures to his forehead he tries to activate his abilities on one of the men, after a few seconds he begins to hear voices in his head Boss said to kill anyo- Psi 0/5 Int +1 Psi 1/6 Ohh so it really works Looking over to B8 he taps its shoulder, points at one of the guys, and drags his thumb across his neck. B8 seeing this nods its head. Gripping the pistol in its hand it rushes out of the bush. Startled by the sudden sound the two men turn in time to see a silver skeleton rushing towards them opening fire. As bullets zoom towards them they eventually realize the situation, reaching for the rifles on their backs the first bullet connect with one of the men hitting him in the chest. B8 fired five shots and one connects. Basic Firearm skill acquired As the message flashes before its eyes its computing systems takes affect automatically, adjusting its aim slightly it squeezes the trigger three more times. As the bullets fly through the air, the unharmed man finally readies his gun and begins spraying bullets at B8 and at the same time the three bullets connect with the injured man ending his life before he even got to fire a shot. Leviathan, seeing the man getting ready to fire causes his eyes to go wide, diving towards the ground he hears bullets zipping overhead. B8 being the focus of the fire begins to take shots before it gets the chance to aim at the other man causing its body to jerk. -6 -10 -20 -15 ¡°DIVE!¡±The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. Hearing its master''s voice B8 dives towards the ground giving it the chance to open fire as it moves towards the ground, pulling the trigger three times. If B8 had been a person with that level of damage and low constitution he would already be on the ground bleeding out, but B8 was a robot so he felt no pain. Bod- Psi 0/6 After using his last point of Psi and getting the vague feeling of what he assumed was body shots he told B8 to dive, to hopefully dodge the bullets. Seeing the man jerk from the impact from the bullets and fall to the ground Leviathan hurriedly stood up and ran towards the bodies. Seeing that the last man was still alive, struggling on the ground, he kicked the gun from his hand before picking it up. Baking up slowly he looks at B8 on the ground ¡°Are you OK¡± ¡°Master, critical damage to body has been sustained, in need of immediate repair.¡± ¡°Dam, good job though¡± looking at B8 return to his feet riddled with bullet holes in its head, chest, and shoulder caused a sense of relief sweep over Leviathan. Looking at the gun in his hands information pops into his mind Simple Ballistic Rifle Durability: 20/20 Damage: 8-25 Clip: 183/200 Handing the rifle towards B8 ¡°Take this its better¡± ¡°Master, what about the pistol?¡± ¡°Just drop it, it''s useless¡± handing the gun over to B8 ¡°Watch that guy don¡¯t let him do anything¡± after handing the gun over he moves towards the dead body. Picking up the rifle he slings it over his arm, looking at the blood seeping out of the dead body his eyebrows knit together briefly before relaxing it''s just a game, I¡¯ve seen worse, if I can''t even handle this why am I even here? Patting down the dead body he finds a set of keys to the car and nothing else. Walking over next to B8 he looks at the man struggling on the ground while staring daggers at him How much Psi do I have?. Psi 2/6 Seeing the information appear like he wanted he nods his head It seems to recover at about one per minute ¡°B8 keep up the good work, i''ll be back in a sec¡± walking towards the Humvee he claps his hands together Oh great system AI I don¡¯t need much, just one or two godly weapons and ill call it even for you dropping me in this forest Arriving at the door he opens it. The inside of the vehicle can only be described in one word, clean. The sleek metal dash, the leather seats, and advance computer terminal installed in the dash. Looking inside only one thing was out of place, a small ammo pouch. Checking inside he found three more clips for the rifle, satisfied he slung the ammo pouch over his other shoulder and fastened it like a one strap backpack. Seeing nothing else of note on the surface he opened the glove box. Inside was a black wrist bad about the length of his hand, grabbing it caused a series of information to appear. Standard Personal Computer Skills: [Basic Computing] [Basic Hacking] [Basic Communications] Durability: 10/10 After searching for a bit longer and finding nothing else Leviathan exits and returns to B8. Grabbing the rifle in one hand he handed the computer towards B8 ¡°What can you do with this? Is it ok to use?¡± Taking the personal computer B8 looks at it for a bit. After a moment B8 turns to look towards Leviathan ¡°Master, I don¡¯t know if its safe, but I am able to strip its programs¡± Frowning a bit ¡°What does that even mean?¡± ¡°I can take the programs installed and make them my own, but the computer will become nothing but a shell. But once I take the programs I can install my own programs onto the device erasing any connection it might have to the previous owner¡± Looking at B8 a slight pain pulsates through his head it has no common sense, maybe because it''s a new AI? Hope it gets better, but not to the point it tries to kill me a slight shiver runs down his spine ¡°OK that¡¯s great, do it¡± Holding the bracer in its hand wires start coming out of its palm connecting to the bracer. Seeing that B8 has started the processes Leviathan looks at the man on the brink of death psi. Psi 6/6 holding the rifle to his face ¡°How many people are in your camp?¡± ¡°Fuck you Al¡¯muthar scum!¡± 36 Nodding ¡°Good, good, how is the defense of your camp?¡± ¡°Why should i tell you asshole!¡± They will never get pas- Psi 0/6 Int +1 Psi 1/7 Wrinkling his brow what won''t we get passed? Looking at the man ¡°What won¡¯t we get passed?¡± Hearing this the man''s eyes go wide ¡°OH GOD A MIND READING PSION KILL ME PLEASE KILL ME!¡± as the man struggles, pushing himself backwards on the ground Leviathan uses his ability again Fuc- Moving around causes the bullets in his body to shift, finally causing the man to succumb to his wounds. Psi 0/7 Walking towards the now dead man he searches his body, but finds nothing. ¡°Hmm I guess those personal computers are not common, neither of them had one so I guess they shared the one in the car? But the car had a computer so why would they need it?¡± and why would he say mind reader and not telepathy? Maybe Mind reading is one of those lesser abilities that the AI was talking about, and telepathy is an advanced version? Wow did I get lu- ¡°Master, I have stripped the data and reinstalled new versions. My skills have been updated during the processes and the computer is ready¡± Taking the computer from B8¡¯s hand he slaps it on his wrist, as he does a series of numbers scroll across the wristband till it finally settles into three different apps for the three skills. ¡°Hmm I have the hacking app but I don¡¯t even know how to hack¡± looking at B8 for a moment Leviathan points at the Humvee ¡°B8 go hack the Humvee!¡± Looking at him for a moment he turns towards the Humvee ¡°Master, I will try¡± as it starts to walk towards the vehicle Leviathan follows. B8 enters the driver side and Leviathan the passenger. Looking at the computer terminal B8 holds out his hand, wires once again extend out from its hands and connect to the computer. Seeing this Leviathan started to fiddle with the wrist band. Pressing communications oped a list, the list only had B8 on it at least its not empty. Closing the tab he pressed computing, as the tab opens something that can only be described as a calculator, a map and ruler, and some sort of 3D modeling device combined appears ¡°FUCK!¡± how am I supposed to use this?? I guess I do have years to learn but...i think i''ll leave it to the B8. Closing the tabs he turns towards B8, seeing him spaced out while hacking he turns to looks out the window at the surroundings. Listening closely he hears the noise of some insects and creatures begging to return to the area, knitting his brows he exits the vehicle holding the rifle firmly in his hands Status. Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 48/50 Psi: 2/7 Str: 3 Con: 5 Agi: 6 Dex: 5 Int: 7 Skills: Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 2/100 Mind Reading Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: N/A Health: 9/60 Psi: N/A Str: 5 Con: 6 Agi: 3 Dex: 7 Int: 8 Skills: [Basic Computing] 11/100 [Basic Hacking] 2/100 [Basic Communications] 0/100 [Basic Firearm] 4/100 Scanning the area realization flashes through his eyes, instead of trying to read the mind of someone he tries to fan out his ability. Raising his hand to his forehead to concentrate he activates is power. Int +10 As a wave of enlightenment flashes through his head due to figuring out a new way to use his powers he releases a wave of energy around him. Psi 0/17 Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Chapter 4 Leviathan¡¯s eyes go wide as he realizes that they are surrounded by enemies, backing up slowly he arrives at the Humvee door. Climbing inside he sees B8 is still trying to hack the computer, taking the keys and sticking it into the ignition he starts the engine ¡°Forget the hacking and drive!¡± Glancing at its master the wires retract into its palm ¡°Master, Right away¡± grabbing the steering while it pushes the pedal hard and the Humvee is instantly propelled forward through the brush ¡°Master, where to?¡± Glancing out the window he sees a beast chasing after them, the creature is running on all fours, three toes on each foot ending in razor sharp green claws. Each step it takes causes the ground to slightly sizzle, its body is lean like that of a lion but as you get closer to the tip of its tail is slowly formed into a crab like pincer. Its head looked like that of a bat, huge ears and piercing fangs. From the sides of its mouth a yellowish gas constantly rose, leaving behind a trail as it ran, any plants that came into contact with the gas would visibly start to wither. The creature was running faster than they were driving, constantly gaining ground. ¡°B8 drive faster! Faster!¡± ¡°Master, with the amount of vegetation in the way unless you want me to drive through the thickest bushes with no idea what we might run into, this is the optimum speed for travel¡± Gnashing his teeth he rolls down the window, and sticks the gun out of the window and starts to open fire on the creature. As bullets sweep out from the gun a smile forms on Leviathan¡¯s face ¡°Take that you bastard!¡± As the bullets near the creature it begins to leap from side to side, sometimes jumping, and sometimes ducking causing every bullet to miss. Seeing this causes Leviathan¡¯s eyes to go wide ¡°I refuse to believe I cant hit you!¡± trying to take better aim he continues the hail of fire. But as the creature dodges the bullets its speed slows down causing his aim to worsen. ¡°B8 I have an idea, head towards the mining camp¡± continuing his firing with one hand he takes the ammo clips from the pouch to get them ready.
A large blue hologram is looks down at a human male, the hologram¡¯s features are indistinguishable. The human male is of medium build with neatly cut dirty blonde hair, dressed in some sort of military fatigues and combat boots. The most distinguishable feature would be his robotic hand peeking from under his sleeves. ¡°Major Fang, it took a lot of effort and resources to get you to establish that mining camp secretly without the first prince finding out, if the third prince cant acquire the metal from that site we will lack the funds to advance our causing his highness, you, and me will be finished!¡± Major Fang looks up towards the hologram revealing a cybernetic eye ¡°Don¡¯t worry adviser, the beast in this forest where fierce but after we built the wall no more miner drones or patrolmen have been killed¡± The hazy blue figure nods its head ¡°Good, I won''t be able to contact you anymore as this is to risky, in three months time when you leave and sell the ore we can move onto the next part of our plan when the funds are available, over and out¡± As the hologram fades Major Fang presses a button on the control panel turning off the hologram communication device. Looking out the window overlooking the mining camp he sees a Humvee approaching in the distance ¡°James and Thomas are back, I wonder what they found¡± Pushing a button on the control panel to open the gates he heads out to meet them.
As the Humvee enters the clearing the gate of the base comes into view ¡°Fuck we made it to the base but I didn''t think there would be a wall!¡± turning around he sees the creature gaining on them, taking aim he continues firing. After a few seconds *Click click* ¡°Dam that''s the last of the ammo, all that''s left is B8¡¯s rifle¡± hesitating on weather to take B8¡¯s rifle or not he notices the gates of the base start to open. As the gate opens a swarm of people exit the gate dressed similar to the two men from before, green shirt and brown pants with combat boots all carrying a rifle. As the last one comes out he is trailed by a man wearing military clothing. The first group of men form into a parallel line and drop down on one knee while the second group stand behind them, all aiming their rifles. The man in the military uniform stands to the side and lift up what looks to be a metallic hand and points at the creature ¡°Men, shoot down that Vandark for me!¡± A hailstorm of bullets fire towards the Vandark, as the creature sees no way to dodge all the bullets its chest swells and it spews out yellow gas from its mouth. The yellow fog seems to have no effect on the bullets and they bombard its body. Seeing the soldiers full attention on the creature causes Leviathan¡¯s brows to rise ¡°B8 circle around back of these people!¡± Stepping on the peddle B8 drives behind the men ¡°Master, what now?¡± A sinister smile appears on Leviathan¡¯s face ¡°Ram them!¡±Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. The Vandark riddled with bullets closes in on the men as it puffs up its chest to release another attack, but before he does a smile appears on Major Fang ¡°Charge complete¡± holding up a simple looking gun, he releases the trigger. As he does a beam of light materializes from the barrel of the gun, to the Vandarks head, and 30 feet behind it. *Sizzle* The air itself around the beam burns as it materialized. The beam disappears as fast as it came. From the time the trigger was released, to the beam materialization and its disappearance not even half a second passed. As the Vandark drops to the ground the Humvee finally makes contact with the line of soldiers. Plowing through the line of people was as easy as driving through paper in a vehicle designed to transverse dense jungle. ¡°Was that a laser gun?!?¡± looking out the window he spots the man in uniform who fired the laser, pointing at him he turns to B8. ¡°B8 hit that man!¡± B8 quickly turns the car around and speeds towards the uniform man. Finally getting a good look at the Humvee Major Fang sees that it is not one of his people in the car causing his face to twist in rage ¡°You mother fuckers, who are you!¡± he begins to run towards the vehicle pulling back his right fist. As Leviathan sees this he squints at the man while putting his fingers to his forehead. I¡¯m going to kill you bastards! You ruined the plan! If the prince finds out I¡¯m de- Psi 0/17 Int +3 Psi 3/20 Major Fang swings with his cybernetic fist in a moment of fury, as the fist makes contact with the car it plows through like a hot knife to butter, but it fails to stop the car as it rams into his body. As the engine dies and the car comes to a stop he furrows his brows why didn¡¯t he dodge? Is he crazy, thinking for a moment Leviathan opens his eyes wide ¡°B8 quick get out and shoot him!¡± B8 exits the car and begins shooting the man that is now attached to the front end of the car, but nothing happens. ¡°Was I mistaken? He''s not some super powerful man, but just crazy?¡± getting out of the car Leviathan walks over and picks up the gun the man dropped. Basic Laser pistol Durability: 18/20 Damage: 40 Charge Time: 10 Range: 50 ft ¡°Now this feels like Sci-Fi!¡± walking up to he takes the holster from the uniform man''s body, strapping the pistol to his waist. Looking over the man he notices that his entire right arm is metallic ¡°B8 can you use this arm?¡± looking over at B8 with expectation in his eyes he points towards the arm. B8 looks at the arm and thinks for a moment ¡°Master, I wont know till I try¡± ¡°Better than nothing¡± nodding his head he looks around ¡°I¡¯m going to go look inside the base, judging from what we heard from the other guy this should be all the people. Kill anyone that survived being hit by the car, take all the ammo from the guns and anything that¡¯s of value and bring it inside¡± pointing towards the uniform man ¡°Also bring him in to see if you can do anything with his parts¡± ¡°Master, right away¡± gripping the gun it moves towards the group of people. Seeing this Leviathan nods his head and moves towards the gates. As he gets closer he notices that the walls are about five stories tall and beyond them he can see a tower. Moving through the gate he grabs the pistol and pulls the trigger causing the charging processes to begin. After entering the gates the tower comes into view, the tower was only the top most part of the structure, it was actually a rather thin looking pyramid made out of some sort of black metal. The pyramid was about ten stories tall, about five stories wide, and six stories thick. Noticing that the tower was directly in the center of the base he continues to survey the surroundings. Directly behind the tower is a large hill with a hole leading down into the ground, presumably the mine shaft. On the right side near the wall was a fairly large wooden building. As he walks further into the base he start to hear gunfire from the outside, turning his head back for a brief moment he heads towards the wooden building. As he comes towards the front door he puts hit left hand on his forehead while aiming with his right activating his Mind reading ability towards the wooden house, but picks up nothing. Psi 0/20 Nodding his head he looks down towards the gun in his hand How do I discharge this?? Looking over the gun while still holding the trigger he doesn''t see a way. Pointing the gun at the sky he releases the trigger, as he does the laser beam materializes and disappears leaving behind steam as it burns the air ¡°Fuck this is dangerous¡± tucking the pistol back into his holster he opens the door. As he walk through the door the first thing he notices are rows of beds, at the foot of each bed is a trunk ¡°This...could take a while¡± walking forward he opens the first trunk. Inside the trunk are a set of clothes and a pouch, reaching out he grabs the clothes ¡°This is the first set of clothes I¡¯ve seen not stained by blood¡± no other information pops into his view ¡°Does this mean it''s just a normal item?¡± putting the clothes down he reaches for the pouch. After opening the pouch he finds 3 gold and 12 silver, moving towards the next chest he finds the exact same contents, only this time this time it was 2 gold and 32 silver. After going through all the chest he collected 140 gold 438 silver and 230 copper, after stuffing the three different coins into three different sacks he puts them in a backpack he found. Slinging the pack over his shoulders he heads out the barracks. After heading out of the barracks he sees B8 standing there with a pile of guns and the body of the uniform soldier ¡°Good job B8, did you find anything useful?¡± ¡°Master, all those men had on them where the guns. I thought it illogical to carry just the ammo because it would be easier to just get the gun, also the major has a cybernetic eye as well as an arm¡± ¡°Good, we can deal with the guns and the guy in a bit, but lets go check out that tower¡± Walking past B8 Leviathan heads for the tower. ¡°Master, I¡¯m pretty sure that¡¯s a ship¡± Stopping in his tracks he turns around and looks at B8 as a smile creeps on his face ¡°lets go!¡± As they walk up to the ship they see door, getting closer allows them to see a control panel. Looking the control panel over Leviathan hesitates to touch it ¡°Can you open it B8?¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯m Not sure but it will take time¡± walking up he extends his palm causing wires to extending and attach to the control panel. Nodding his head Leviathan heads towards the mines. Chapter 5 As Leviathan walks towards the mine he realizes only and hour has passed since the crash landing, which mans in reality only a couple minutes have passed. While most people can only join the game in a few days, he will get over a year head start on them. Thinking about what the other people who have cabins are doing in the game he arrived at the cave entrance. Looking at the dimly lit a feeling of foreboding washes over him causing him to hesitates for a moment, shaking his body to loosen up he descends into the ground. Every step he takes engulf him in darkness, soon the light from the world is but a glimmer in the distance. Taking a moment for his eyes to adjust to the dim light he continues moving down. Soon clunking noises and sounds of drilling enter his ears. After moving a bit further down the tunnel stops descending and leveled out into flat ground. Looking around the fairly open area he notices five doors in front of him, to the left and right are branching tunnels where the noise seem to be coming from. Walking to the leftmost door, he begins to lift his fingers to his head, hesitating slightly he puts his hand back down I need to get rid of this habit squinting at the room he concentrates for a while before being able to activates his power. Int +1 Psi 18/21 Nodding his head in satisfaction he grabs the knob to open the door is Int supposed to be this easy to raise? How do I level up my other stats? Twisting the knob the door opens. The inside of the room is filled with a mountain of ores, walking towards the ore Leviathan grabs one from the stack. Shadow Iron ¡°Is this stuff any good?¡± throwing the ore back into the pile he heads to the next door on the right. As he enters the room he sees that it too is filled with shadow iron, furrowing his brows he checks one room after another and notices they are all filled with shadow iron. ¡°With this much ore even if it''s cheap, it will still be a lot of money¡± Massaging his head ¡°What did I get myself into¡­.some sort of space mob?¡± Looking down the left and right tunnels Leviathan ponders for a moment before heading down the left path. As he travels forward the sounds become louder and louder, after a few minutes he sees more doors. Looking inside he sees more Shadow Iron piled Up, furrowing his brows he picks up his pace as he travels down the tunnel until he sees a copper frame robot holding a hand drill. Reaching for the gun in his holster he points it at the robot, hesitating for a moment he decides not to pull the trigger. ¡°Hello?¡± looking at the robot that doesn''t seem to be responding to his presence he begins to back up before returning from the way he came. A few moments later he exits the cave. Walking back towards B8 he sees that it is still trying to open the door. ¡°Master, there has been a slight development since you''ve been gone. It seems like the dead bodies outside the gate has started to attract animals.¡± ¡°Ok? Why does that matter?¡± Turning its head to look at Leviathan ¡°Master, the gates are still open¡± Slapping his forehead he turns to look at the gate ¡°Dammit, B8 why didn''t you close the gate?¡± ¡°Master, I assume the controls to the gate are inside the ship, therefore I cannot close the gate until the door is opened¡± ¡°And what is your progress on opening the door?¡± ¡°Master, every moment I spend opening the door I feel like it''s becoming easier, if I had to say about 65% complete¡± Nodding his head he looks B8 up and down, seeing that the bullet holes are still there confirms it will not heal on its own, Status Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 50/50 Psi: 21/21 Str: 3 Con: 5 Agi: 6 Dex: 5 Int: 21 Skills: Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 16/100 Mind Reading Items: Standard Personal Computer, Basic Laser pistol Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: N/A Health: 9/60 Psi: N/A Str: 5 Con: 6 Agi: 3 Dex: 7 Int: 12 Skills: [Basic Computing] 23/100 [Basic Hacking] 14/100 [Basic Communications] 0/100 [Basic Firearm] 8/100 Items: Simple Ballistic Rifle ¡°B8 your intelligence rose?¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯m an AI, intelligence is the only thing that I can raise with the acquisition of new data without undergoing upgrades to my body, as all I really am is a program installed in your ring. But that is not to say that my intelligence cannot be upgraded as well, for example if Installed into a body whose abilities supersede my own.¡± Opening his eyes wide he looks down at the ring on his thumb forgetting that it was even here, touching it with his other hand causes information to appear. AI Housing Core Durability: N/A Skills: [AI] ¡°Neat!¡± a smile forms on his face knowing for sure that B8 will be safe even if its current body is destroyed. Turning his attention back towards the gate his face begins to scrunch ¡°Monsters¡± grabbing the laser pistol he pulls the trigger as he walks towards the gate. Putting his back towards the wall he begins to shimmy towards the opened gate. Peeking around the corner he sees three wolf like creatures eating the bodies left outside. The creatures had the body of a wolf but its mouth can be better described as that of an ant due mandibles that were ripping the flesh and bones from the corpse. Looking at the creatures a frown forms Leviathan¡¯s face as he raises the gun to aim at one of the creatures, closing one eye to better aim, he releases the trigger.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. The hum of the laser pistol and the steam from the burnt air are all that remains of the shot, in less than a second, faster than you can blink, one of the creatures was dead. Basic Firearm skill acquired The creature shot by the laser flops to the ground causing the other two to look around in a frenzy. Ducking back behind the wall Leviathan once again presses down on the trigger while hiding, hopeful to avoid detection. *SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* *SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* High pitched screams fill the area, turning to look at what''s happening he sees the creatures yelling into the air. Concentrating on one of the creatures he uses his ability HELP! HELP! Eyes go wide as he realizes they are calling for help. Waiting a couple more seconds for the gun to finish its charge he moves from behind the wall while raising the gun ¡°HEY YOU FUCKERS¡± and at the same time he releases the trigger. With the hum of the pistol a hole is burned through another creature''s body, dropping it to the ground. The last creature, finally seeing their assailant charges towards him. Seeing the creature charging in his direction Leviathan pulls the trigger while at the same time turning on his heels and taking a step. One step, two step, three step, until he is in a full sprint. But those three slow steps cost him time, time for the creature to close the distance. Every step he took it he felt as though he could feel its breath on his neck. Ten seconds, that was all he needed to charge then gun, but only two has passed. Fear overwhelmed him as death approached him from behind a few hours in game and i''m already going to die? Remembering that it was just a game ease his fear as he hears the creatures clicking jaw right behind him. His steps momentarily became a little lighter as he realized death was unavoidable slowing his speed slightly. Closing his eyes time seemed to stop as he waited for death I wonder if it''s going to hurt, if I die will all my stats be reset? Well intelligence seem to be easy for me to level up, but I need to figure out the rest taking another step well I guess this is it, huh? Tears begin to well up in his eyes nonononono this may be a game, but what did I come here for! This game gave he a new hope, a chance to relive my life!, to realize ¡°MY DREAM!¡± opening his eyes in a furry his foot smashes down into the ground propelling him forward ever so slightly I was the fastest! Swinging his arms at his sides he gnashes his teeth together, slamming his other foot into the ground his body assumes the form of a champion, the champion that shook the world, the fastest man alive. Be it from sheer will of mind, or the perfect running technique honed by a man who once surpassed human limitations currently in a body superior to that of humans, the game answered his call. As the sounds of jaws close in on him a feeling of power overtook him, seeming to push him forward. Agi +1 Agi +1 Agi +1 Con +1 Agi +1 Dex +1 Only five seconds passed since the time he pulled the trigger, but fear no longer covers his face. A smile so cheesy and eyes brimming with hope, the eyes of the man who tied with the world fastest man at the age of 18, the man destined to be king. As he ran he realized he was pulling further from the creature, taking a chance he turned his head, he was roughly six feet in front of the creature, and at that moment he realizes how close to death he really was. After another step pain starts to shoot up his legs causing his eyes to go wide I don¡¯t have the strength to run like this, my muscles are getting shredded looking down at the laser gun four more seconds biting his lip to overcome the pain in his legs he pushes forward, but his speed noticeably slows. -2 Feeling that the creature is gaining ground he makes a decision, as his right foot connect with the ground he transfers all his power into his ankle twisting it to turn left *crack* pain rushes up his leg, but he did it, he turned 90 degrees on his foot to try and shake his opponent. -5 But he miscalculated, that sharp of a turn would have easily thrown off any pursuer causing it to slow down drastically to change direction, that is, any human pursuer, but this was a beast, a beast with the body similar to a wolf no less, this turn was nothing but a gift. Leaping forwards the creatures mandibles circles around Leviathan¡¯s waist before clamping shut, *crunch* A sickening sound is heard as his pelvis begin to shatter, blood poured out of his wounds as the jaws sliced through his flesh. -35 The creature relaxed its jaws for a moment, gathering power to cleave this fool who disturbed its meal in two. As it was ready to finish its prey a storm of bullets rained upon its body, wincing in pain it dropped Leviathan from its mouth. ¡°Master, I am here to help¡± firing a volley of bullets B8 walks towards Leviathan. Lifting his head from the ground revealing his bloodshot eyes he stares at the creature, lifting his hand shakily he releases the trigger. The Pistol hums and the smell of burning flesh permeates the the air as the beast drops to the ground. Slamming his head back to the ground ¡°B8 close that fucking gate!¡± ¡°Master, the door is about 80% complete¡± turning around B8 moves back towards the door. -1 Looking at his lower body still spilling blood he gnashes his teeth as he removes his backpack, taking out a shirt he got from the chest earlier in the dormitory he begins to wrap it around his waist to stop the bleeding. Removing a strap from the backpack he tightens it around his waist to apply pressure. Lying down on his back he feels the pain in his ankle, legs, and waist as he stares into the sky ¡°Hahahahahahaha!¡± laughing madly he covers his eyes with his hand ¡°There are two sun! Two sun!!¡± removing his hand ¡°What have I been doing till now?¡± furrowing his brow I¡¯m not a front line fighter! I need to play to my strength. Taking a deep breath he releases his power to the maximum capacity. A feeling escapes from his body into the area of about 50 ft, so this is my limit? Psi 0/21 Int +5 Psi 5/21 Looking towards the sky he release his ability in a straight line. Psi 0/26 Int +1 Psi 1/27 Hmm it seems like if I just use it towards one area it goes till I run out of Psi? And it seems like my Int increases around every 5 Psi I use, but when will I get diminishing returns? A smile forms on his face as he passes out from the pain. Chapter 6 ¡°Master, I have opened the door and closed the gate¡± Eyes flutter momentarily before opening, the first thing he sees is that the sky has darkened. Looking around he sees B8 standing above him ¡°What?¡± ¡°Master, I have opened the door and closed the gate like you asked. I was either going to try and graph the arm and eye to my body or search through the ship computer but I wanted to see what you wanted to do fist.¡± Looking down at his waist wrapped in a blood covered shirt he tries to move, causing pain to shoot through his entire body biting his teeth he checks his condition, status. Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 6/60 Psi: 27/27 Str: 3 Con: 6 Agi: 10 Dex: 6 Int: 27 Skills: [Basic Firearm] 2/100 Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 19/100 Mind Reading Items: Standard Personal Computer Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: N/A Health: 9/60 Psi: N/A Str: 5 Con: 6 Agi: 3 Dex: 7 Int: 14 Skills: [Basic Computing] 32/100 [Basic Hacking] 21/100 [Basic Communications] 3/100 [Basic Firearm] 10/100 Items: Simple Ballistic Rifle ¡°Help me up B8¡± stretching out his hand he waits for B8 yo help jim to his feet. As his hand comes into contact with his cold metallic one pf B8 he feels a tug before being lifted to his feet. Standing on his own causes pain from his right ankle, legs, and hips to hit him like a tide, almost blacking out again from the pain he stares at the ships door with bloodshot eyes. With great difficulty he takes his first step forward causing his entire body to wobble, but he continues to move forward slowly. B8 looking at its master¡¯s struggle walks next to him ¡°Master, do you need help?¡± ¡°NO!¡± turning his head while biting his teeth to help endure the pain ¡°I refuse to be shackled to another crutch, I feel as though if I were to give up here than the future would be bleak for us¡± After a few minutes of great difficulty he finally manages to arrive next to the uniform man ¡°Bring the body with us.¡± Seeing that he has made it around half way he takes a deep breath before moving forward. Finally arriving at the door he looks inside and sees a small, brightly lit white corridor leading to a wide open space. Standing there for a moment B8 arrives next to Leviathan ¡°Master, this appears to be the storage area¡± walking through the short hallway they arrive in an area empty room encases in some form of metal, the ground has straps used to secure cargo and the walls are blank the only thing of interest is the room is a box like structure. Walking towards the box B8 turns towards Leviathan ¡°This is a lift that leads to the second floor, the second floor appears to be a small living area. On the third and final floor is the control room, all I did earlier was close the gate and have not properly looked at the specs of the ship¡± Nodding his head Leviathan and B8 move through the empty cargo hold towards the lift. As Leviathan us unable to move fast he looks around as he walks ¡°Why does this ship...look so shabby?¡± ¡°Master, I believe we will only know after we look through the computers and find out more about where we are¡± ¡°Right¡± after surveying the room Leviathan closes his eyes briefly due to a server spike of pain, now would be a good time to try using my powers while under distress opening his eyes he tries to focus while the pain surges through his body, after struggling for a while he is barely able to archive it. Feeling the invisible force wash over him he notices that the area has increased out to 52ft, he focuses as long as he can till he eventually runs dry. Psi 0/27 Int +5 Psi 5/32 Doubt washes over him as he sees the growth of his intelligence why does my Int grow so fast? this can¡¯t be normal Turning his head towards B8 ¡°B8 do you know anything about psionic abilities?¡± Looking straight ahead for a moment B8 then shakes its head ¡°Master, I know just as much as you do¡± *Tsk* Clicking his tongue they arrive at the lift. stepping inside he sees there are indeed three buttons, pressing the one for the third floor he waits for the lift to ascend. ¡°B8 what do you want out of life¡± ¡°Master, my whole purpose is to serve you¡± Knitting his brows together ¡°Nothing else besides that?¡± Thinking for a moment the elevator dings as they pass the 2nd floor ¡°Master, if I may be so rude as to say, I would like upgrades to my system. Today I was not able to adequately assist you, be it getting shot multiple times damaging my frame or when you were being assaulted by that monster, my performance was subpar. Even when you ask me questions I don''t know the answer, as my only purpose is to serve you it make me wonder when I¡¯m unable to do so¡± ¡°Wonder what?¡± ¡°If my existence is needed¡± *Ding* as B8 finishes its sentence they arrive at the third floor. The entire room is a giant metal sphere with a glass windows spanning the circumference of the room. At the opposite end of the lift is a control panel spanning about half the room running along the wall. In front of the control panel at different points are seats that seem to be suggesting different operating stations, and behind them all towards the center of the room is a larger chair.Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. Leviathan hobbes towards the center chair, after arriving closer he can tell that the cushions are made out of some sort of leather and the frame from some metal. Seeing that there are no buttons or controls the chair must be for decoration only. Sitting in the chair Leviathan looks at B8 standing next to him with the uniform man slumped over his shoulder ¡°First thing first, try and see if you can incorporate that man''s bionics into your body¡± tapping his fingers on the armrest of the chair ¡°After that find out everything you can about the ship¡± ¡°Master, right away¡± Putting the man down B8 puts it¡¯s left hand on the man¡¯s robotic arm, as it does wires extend from B8 attaching to different parts of the arm. Looking towards his waist a trace of helplessness flashes through his eyes I wonder how long it will take me to heal? bah I never should have gone towards the monsters at the gate, but I guess it¡¯s not like I gained nothing from the trip. Looking at the computer consoles he scratches his chin, Trying to get information from the computers first would have been better, but I don''t want B8 to feel like I don''t respect its wishes...wait Standing up with difficulty Leviathan moves towards the consol. Hobbling for a few seconds he arrives at the center most chair, sitting down he looks at all the foreign controls and buttons shaking his head he looks towards the computer on his arm. Holding up his left arm with the personal computer on it he sees the three apps, pausing for a moment he clicks the icon for the hacking program. As he does a small hole opens up near the top of his wrist revealing a wire. Grabbing the wire and pulling causes two feet of cable to be revealed, looking at the consol it doesn''t appear to fit in ant particular port. Shrugging his shoulders he jams the cable into one of the ports, as he does the end of the wire seems to morp to fit inside ¡°Fucking awesome!¡± Looking at his computer a progress bar appears on the screen, causing a small smile to form on his face. As the bar finishes loading a message flashes on the screen ¡®Connection established¡¯ as the message disappears a series of 1s and 0s flash across the entire screen of the personal computer. ¡°What am I even looking at¡­¡± reaching out towards the computer he hesitates for a while, looking at the scrolling numbers. Taking a deep breath he touches the screen, as his finger makes contact the numbers stop scrolling revealing ¡®10001011001001, 10111011001, 11001001110¡¯ looking at the numbers he raises a brow in confusion is this some kind of code? ¡°Well, I tried¡± reaching out he pulls the plug from the consol, as he releases the coord it zips back into the personal computer, swirling his chair around he looks at B8. Whispering to himself ¡°If you think your useless B8, then what can I do?¡± Gazing towards the ceiling ¡°If I¡¯m terrible with computers, and really bad at fighting for now, the only thing I can do is be the best mind reader ever¡± closing his eyes, Psi Psi 10/32 Extending his palm above his head he activates his power Psi 0/32 Int +2 Psi 2/34 If It''s going to allow me to raise my int like this Id be a fool not to do it. Opening his eyes slowly causes a smile to creep on the edge of his lips, and who knows? maybe raising my Int a lot will make me smarter, no one knows what this game can really do Closing his eyes again, he waits. Eight minutes later he opens his eyes again and uses his power. Psi 0/34 Int +3 Psi 3/37 Smacking his lips together he looks out the window don¡¯t blame me system, the heavens are repaying me Glancing over at B8 again he closes his eyes. After waiting for twelve minutes he once again opens his eyes ¡°Muahahaha fear me mortals¡± sweeping his hands in front of his body he activates his powers again. Psi 0/37 Int +3 Psi 3/40 ¡°Why do I feel like a villain doing this? should I try conquering the world? Hahaha we will see!¡± a frown quickly forms on his face fuck man, I¡¯m talking to myself already...I¡¯ve only been playing a couple hours and i''m already going crazy-Swirling his chair back around he looks out the window. Noticing that it''s gotten fairly dark he looks for the moon, or moons. ¡°Master, I''ve done the analysis and it appears that i should be able to integrate the arm and eye onto my body¡± Swinging the chair back around he looks at B8 ¡°GOOD! can you do it now?¡± Shaking its head ¡°Master, I do not have the tools required. The best course of action would be to remove the arm and eye to attach later¡± Looking at B8 for a moment before shaking his head ¡°You could be wrong, B8¡± spreading his arms wide ¡°This camp did not spring up from out of the ground, there has to be tools somewhere for them to at least build the walls and the mine¡± throwing his thumb over the shoulder ¡°I uh, did a preliminary check on the computer, softened it up for ya to come take a look, I want to know everything you can learn.¡± ¡°Master, right away¡± Walking up to the control panels B8 extends both its arms causing a web or wires to pour out an plug into all the open ports near him. Looking at this scene Leviathan smiles softly If it could read minds, I really would be out of a job. Shaking his head Forget it, it''s my AI so his abilities are my abilities, so good job me. Only waiting for four minutes B8 wires begin to recede into his body ¡°Master, you were right, I''ve learned a lot of information and should be able to answer a lot of your questions now¡± turning to face Leviathan ¡°Master, on the second floor is a sort of hospital, there is a hydro tank there that will allow the recovery of your wounds, the solution onboard the ship is limited so they saved it incase of and emergency but there is enough for you.¡± ¡°GREAT! Let''s walk and talk¡± standing up shakily he bears with the pain as he knows that he will soon be free, and begins hobbling towards the lift. ¡°So what is this mining camp? why is it in the middle of nowhere and what''s up with all those armed guys?¡± B8 walks over to the unifor man and slings him over its shoulder before it follows after Leviathan ¡°Master, I don¡¯t know If you are lucky or unlucky. Lucky because no one is going to come looking for this place after killing all those men, or unlucky because these were men of a prince, and if they do find out this whole planet can come after us¡± Leviathan pauses for a moment ¡°This is a spaceship, let''s just leave this planet¡± waving his hand nonchalantly he continues to walk towards the lift. ¡°Master, I was wrong earlier, this ship is not capable of space flight and is just a planetary ship, they acquire it with less than legal means to not be tracked back to the prince¡± Arriving at the lift Leviathan looks at B8 ¡°So, how do we leave this planet?¡± ¡°Master, the ones who control the only offworld transports are members of the royal family¡± ¡°Fuck¡­.¡± Chapter 7 Arriving at the second floor they stepped off the elevator revealing a white hallway. The hallway contained five doors, two on each side and one at the end. B8 walks towards the door at the end of the hall ¡°Master, I originally thought this floor was just crew quarters, but this door leads to the medical room" arriving at the end of the hall B8 opens the door and looks back at the hobbling Leviathan ¡°Master, this was originally just a crew quarter but this man is of great importance, so the prince used quite a bit of resources to put this equipment here¡± B8 heads into the room leaving Leviathan in the hallway. Seeing that B8 has entered the room leviathan looks around the hall for a moment before stepping into the room, as he enters the first thing he notices is a huge glass tank in the corner of the room with a glass base. In the other corner is a hospital looking bed next to some sort of tool cabinet next to the head of the bed. Along the wall next to the tank is a giant barrel with a hose connect to it lying next to the glass tank. ¡°So what do we do here B8?¡± ¡°Master, you just have to get into the tank¡± raising its free hand he points at the tank. B8 lays the man down on the bed and walks towards the tank and pushes a button. A faint mist is released from the tank of the glass cylinder begins to retreat into the metal base. ¡°Master, you have just have to step onto the platform after removing your clothes¡± Looking down at his blood soaked clothes he shrugs his shoulder. Removing the strap around his waist he removes the shirt he was using as a bandage. Removing the remainder of his clothes reveals his blue flesh. On his waist is a gastly wound revealing flesh and in some area bone, every step he takes causes bubbles of blood to ooze. Climbing upon the platform with difficulty he plops down breathing heavily. ¡°So what else did you find out about this place?¡± B8 begins to push a series of buttons ¡°Master, the mine houses a total of twenty robots mining the tunnels. Shadow iron is the only metal found currently in the tunnels and mining should be done in around three months¡± pushing another button causes the glass to begin to raise. grabbing the tube on the floor he plugged it into the tank. ¡°The planet is called Lugo and is barley a tech level one planet, that man is probably one of the stronge-¡± ¡°Tech level one?¡± ¡°Master the tank will now fill with the liquid, you won''t be able to talk so i''ll tell you the information I''ve marked as important¡± Pushing another button the tank begins to fill with liquid. ¡°Master, planets seem to be classified by tech levels, this planet barely qualifies as a tech level one because only the royal family is capable of space travel, that man with the laser gun is probably a mercenary hired from a level two planet because of his cybernetics and laser gun. Tech level one planets are barely able to achieve space flight and almost all its people are normal, meaning no cybernetics or psionics. This planet is populated by humans and an innate human psion is probably one out of a million, and even then it might be so pathetic it might not even show signs of abilities¡± as the tank completely fills with fluid B8 walks towards the cabinet next to the bed. Grabbing a hand tool out of the cabinet with a sharp tim he walks towards the man, using the tool on the man''s shoulder area cause sparks to fly as he begins to remove the arm. Leviathan breathes in the fluid in the tanks allowing it to fill his lungs, he was less hesitant this time after experiencing the game cabin. An itchy feeling begins to wash over his entire body. floating in the liquid he looks at B8 operation on the man. Looking down as his waist he can feel the pain begging to lessen bringing a smile to his face. ¡°Master, Level one planets are not where the danger lies. If we can get to a Tech level two planet we won''t have to worry about Level one planets any longer. Tech level two planets have more cyborgs and psions, maybe one in a thousand. Tech level two planets, obvious by the name has better technology as well, spaceships are not rare and laser weaponry is common, That tank, the laser pistol, and this man are from a level two planet. The last bit of information i could get from the computer is a little info about Tech level three planets. On level three almost everyone is either a cyborg or psion, if we were there now death would be 100% certain.¡± Leviathan glances around the room well if i''m stuck in here might as well continue training, Psi Psi 11/40 Waving his hand he activates his ability. Psi 0/40 Int +2 Psi 2/42 He waved his hand again activating his ability.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. Psi 0/42 Seeing that his Psi is finally empty he closes his eyes, lets the soothing feeling wash over his body, and drifts to sleep. Glancing back at Leviathan B8 grabs another wrench like tool from the cabinet, after making a few more cuts with the slicing tool it uses the wrench to remove the arm. Carefully pulling the arm off from the shoulder it places it down at the foot of the bed. Putting both tools back into the cabinet it looks at the mans face, Parting his eyelids it begins to insert its fingers into the man''s eye socket. Dark red blood begins to ooze out of the socket as it inserts his fingers further, hooking its fingers it begins to pull the eye out slowly. As the eye is lubed with blood it is removed rather easily. After using the man''s shirt to wipe off a majority of the blood B8 then sets it next to the arm. Making sure that Leviathan was still asleep first it then picks the man up and heads towards the lift. Exiting the ship B8 throws the man''s body in a corner of the camp. walking over to where Leviathan collapsed he picks up his backpack and laser pistol. Returning back to the medical room it drops off the equipment. Grabbing a hand torch from the cabinet it walks towards the bed ¡°I think it will be easier to do the eye first¡± using the hand torch he begins to cut his existing eye out of the socket. After cutting for a few minutes the eye is removed from the socket, picking up the cybernetic eye it places it in the socket. Grabbing a tac gun from the cabinet he mico welds the eye into the socket. the wires in its skull begins to try and integrate with the new left eye. Waiting for a few moments the vision in its left eye returns. Using the torch B8 begins to remove its right arm. Making a few cuts along the joints the arm eventually falls off exposing the inner wiring of the arm. Picking up the cybernetic right arm B8 holds up up next to its shoulder, the wiring begins to wiggle like its alive and shoots into the arm. Pushing the arm up it holds it flush with its shoulder. using the wire in the arm to hold it in place it grabs the tac gun, welding the arm to its shoulder in key places it waits to see if it can integrate the arm into its body. As it waits for the arm to integrate B8 heads up to the control room, Leaving Leviathan alone in the medical room. After an unknown amount of time Leviathan slowly opens his eyes. As he begins to move in the tank it begins to drain. Waiting a moment for the liquid to drain Leviathan stands on the metal base naked. Looking at his body he doesn''t even see a scar on his waist and all the pain is gone. After the glass retreats back into the base he steps of the platform while opening and closing his fingers, causing a smile to appear on his face ¡°Truly great stuff!¡± looking around the room he notices the abscents of B8. Looking at his naked body Leviathan decides to check the rooms for clothes, grabbing his Computer, backpack, holster, and gun he exits the room. Oh right, status. Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 60/60 Psi: 42/42 Str: 3 Con: 6 Agi: 10 Dex: 6 Int: 42 Skills: [Basic Firearm] 2/100 Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 23/100 Mind Reading Items: Standard Personal Computer, Basic Laser Gun Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: N/A Health: 11/70 Psi: N/A Str: 12 Con: 7 Agi: 3 Dex: 9 Int: 21 Skills: [Basic Computing] 52/100 [Basic Hacking] 29/100 [Basic Communications] 5/100 [Basic Firearm] 10/100 Cybornetics: Right Arm +7 Str +1 Con, Left eye +2 Dex Items: Simple Ballistic Rifle ¡°Wow, B8 is really coming along nicely muhahah! i''ll be invincible!¡± Arriving at the first door he walks inside. the room had six bunk beds closely packs along one wall and lockers on the other end. Walking towards the lockers he opens one up. The inside is filled with military rations, furrowing his brows for a moment he puts some into his bag along with the coins. Moving to the next locker he finds that it too is filled with rations. After checking all the lockers in this room Leviathan moves to another room, entering inside he begins to check the lockers, this time finding bandages and bottles of pills. Stuffing a few bandages into his pack he looks at the pills ¡°Painkillers?¡± shrugging his shoulders he puts a few bottles into his pack. Moving to the next locker he opens it and a smile forms on his face, the inside of this one has a long white robe, black pants, and white boots. Setting down all his equipment he slaps the computer onto his left arm, taking the pants he slips them on, they are a little long but will work. Pulling the white robes out of the locker he sees that there is a black shirt inside of it, putting on the black shirt he then drapes the hooded robe over him. The length of the robes drapes down to just above his ankles, the sleeves go just beyond hit fingertips barely revealing his sharp black nails, and the hood completely covers his eyes hiding half his face. Looking at the huge robe ¡°Is this some kinda nightwear? but why are there boots..¡± Grabbing the white boots he aligns the soles with his foot should work. After putting the boots on he strapes the holster to his waist and the pack to his back, as the robes hang down it completely hides the gun and pack. With the hood up the only thing giving away his race is his blue jaw. Flipping his hood down he grabs his bag and exits the room. Walking towards the lift he waves his hand in front of his body while activating his ability till he runes out of psi, with the added effect of the long white sleeve it adds a mystical effect. After a few seconds he finally runs out of psi. Psi 0/42 Int +9 Psi 9/51 Basic Telepathy 25/100 Psychic Communication acquired Stopping in his tracks Leviathans eyes go wide ¡°Is this a mutation that AI was talking about?¡± Scrunching his brows together ¡°No, no that''s not it" closing his eyes ¡°This ability is just apart of my Telepathy, I can feel it" slowly opening his eyes ¡°This confirms it, telepathy must be an advanced ability, and maybe that''s why it levels my intelligence stat so fast" Arching his head up ¡°Muhahaha! I will be invincible in this life! No one''s mind shall be safe from my power!¡± *caugh* *caugh* glancing over his shoulder to make sure no one was around he enters the lift, with a broad smile on his face. Chapter 8 Arriving at the third floor Leviathan notices that the suns are beginning to rise. He sees B8 standing next to the center most consol with wires extending from both arms. Walking closer he sees that B8¡¯s right arm is different. ¡°So I take it the transplants were successful?¡± B8 turn its head ¡°Mas-" ¡°AH Shit!¡± looking at B8¡¯s face he notices that his new left eye is slightly larger and doesn''t perfectly fit in its skull like face. ¡°B8 don''t scare me like that¡­¡± ¡°Master, I apologize. While you were resting I was looking at the control systems for the mining robots, it appears while they were mining they found another tunnel not dug by them. Following protocol it flagged it in the system but because no one here we just noticed it" ¡°Ok, here''s the plan, I don''t think we will benefit if we stay here long term so can you get the mining robots to bring all the ore to the ship?¡± ¡°Master, it shouldn''t be a problem¡± wiggling its fingers in the air for a moment ¡°Master, it is done but it will take a while" ¡°Ok no problem, while they are moving the ore we can go check out that tunnel" cupping his hands behind his back he begins moving towards the lift in the real world I was an athlete who lost his purpose, but now that i''ve got my legs back I no longer want to be just an athlete. I will turn all my focus on psionics, and if I can run a little in the side that will be great. Arriving at the lift they ride it down. Stepping off the ship they start walking towards the mines. ¡°B8 how hard do you think it will be to get off this planet? Or at least get some sort of defensive capabilities?¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯m not sure how difficult it will be to get off this planet, but if you can get a personal body shield your defense will improve¡± ¡°And how do I get that?¡± ¡°Master, they are pretty common on level two planets.¡± Shaking his head he looks towards the ground mind reading is pretty obvious but psychic communication? I guess it''s for talking to people? I wonder if there''s a way I can check, Psychic Communication. Psychic Communication: Ability to converse directly onto the minds of target and relay information. ¡°Wow it worked" ¡°Master, what worked" Shaking his head they arrive just in time to see the robots pushing carts out of the mine filled with ore. After watching all twenty robots leave they finally enter the mine. Leviathan flicks his arms in front of him and folds them inside the sleeves trying to look wise ¡°B8 we are going on an expedition so we need to be carefully¡± reaching into his waist he takes out the laser pistol before handing it to B8 ¡°You are still damaged and have a better shot, so be the rear guard for now" refolding his arms he continues to descend into the mines. B8 pulls the trigger for the laser pistol in his right hand and unslings the rifle from his back to hold in the left, while following Leviathan. After descending Leviathan arrives at the level ground again, the only difference is that all the doors are opened. Looking back at B8 ¡°Left or right?¡± ¡°Master, from here its left¡± Nodding he begins to move towards the left. ¡°What do you think is down here?¡± ¡°Master, all the robots did was send a signal that they encountered an anomaly, but what it actually is, the robots are unable to tell, they are only programed to do a job and not an Intelligence like myself.¡± After entering the right path a smile creeps on Leviathans face, closing his eyes he releases a pulse of his ability. Receiving no feedback they continue to walk, as he gets to the edge of the last pulse he releases another Great! I can use this as a type of sonar, and if it''s just a pulse it doesn''t cost much Psi. Traveling down the tunnel begins to transition into a natural open cave system. Looking at the walls pockets of partially mined ore comes into view. ¡°Master, the area should be just up ahead¡± ¡°What should we be looking for?¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯m not sure¡± ¡°Well, I haven''t picked up any signs in this room from my abilities, so either my abilities don''t work...or nothing ¡®alive¡¯ is here¡± ¡°Master, give me a moment and I will find it¡± ¡°Ill help look to¡± Looking at the dim lights attached to the roof he furrows his brows. Looking around the floor he finds some stones and begins throwing them towards the light, eventually knocks it down. Catching the light fixture so it doesn''t shatter he begins to illuminate the walls. Walking along the walls Leviathan begins to mumble to himself ¡°What am I even doing right now, this is supposed to be a sci-fi game and here I am spelunking.¡±This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. After examining the cave walls for a while he eventually chances upon an area that''s no longer stone and ore, but a type of brick. Looking at the brick he notices a giant five foot crack running diagonally. Running his hand along the brick a cool sensation is transmitted through his palm as a gust of wind blows on his face. Taking a breath he steps through the crack. As the light illuminates the room Leviathan¡¯s jaw drops, infront of him are giant golden pillars filled with archaic carvings. Looking at the brick wall behind him he sees the same style of writing carved along the entire wall, taking a moment he sticks his head through the crack ¡°B8 over here!¡± Withdrawing his head he walks towards the golden pillars. Getting closer he sees a total of four pillars evenly spaced across the room. A series of stairs are leading further down placed between the middle pillars, and at the top of the stairs lies a metallic box. Looking around the room he sees four brazzers, two near the box and two near the base of the stairs near a dark entryway. After looking around for a moment B8 finally steps through the crack. ¡°Master, you found it" looking around the room ¡°this appears to have been built by someone" ¡°Thanks for the expert analysis B8¡­.¡± shaking his head he walk up to the pillar ¡°do you know what''s on this pillar?¡± ¡°Master, this is written in a very old machine language¡± Nodding his head ¡°its ok if yo-" wiping his head around, eyes wide, pointing at the pillar ¡°Did you say you know what this means?¡± ¡°Master, the pillars seems to be telling a story, from the top of the first pillar to the bottom of this pillar.¡± ¡°What type of story, and how does it end?¡± B8 begins to study the pillar, Leviathan seeing this walks up to the box. Looking at the box Leviathan waves his hand at hit trying to see if he can hear anything, picking up nothing he waves his hand again, this time sending his thought towards the box Hello? Getting no reaction he places his hand on top of the box, as he does a strange energy begins to travel into his hand but stops once it comes into contact with the thumb ring. As the energy returns back into the box the lid slides open revealing a sphere the size of a softball and as black as the abyss. As if he can''t pull his eyes away from it he reaches out for the object, right before he picks it up B8 calls out to him. ¡°Master, I¡¯ve translated all I could. The last part says ¡®There was no turning back for the machine empire, the Invaders swept through our legions like a plague. I was the last survivor, but my core was damaged in the final battle, even though I have repaired it, I can still feel myself fade. Even at the last moment we do not know from where our enemies come from, but they were beyond our tech level six capabilities. Here I leave the last of my legacy, my core, in hopes one can let the machine empire rises again, the core of the machine king'' " Listening as B8 finishes the story Leviathan looks down at the sphear in the box, reaching down he grasps it in his hand. Nanorobotic Core Durability: 100/100 Skills: [Master Nanotechnology] 3/100 ¡®Transfer AI?¡¯ Seeing the message Leviathan¡¯s eyes go wide ¡°I think I found a better body for you, B8" ¡°Master, what do you mean?¡± ¡°Let''s find out" looking at the sphear in his hand Transfer. The ring on his thumb glows slightly and the robotic B8 slumps over, as it does it drops the rifle and laser pistol, causing the pistol to discharge. As the laser strikes the ground it burns a hole in the ground, at the same time another message appears. ¡®Transfering AI¡­..Level six core detected¡­..Time till transfer complete 60 hrs¡­.Please keep contact for remaining time.¡¯ ¡°Sixty hours?!? Fuck" Looking at the sphere in his hand ¡°How am I supposed to hold onto this for that long? Wont it roll away when I sleep?¡± Reaching into the pack with his free hand he searches around, bumping into the rations first ¡°Did that medical tank rid me of my hunger?¡± digging around some more he eventually pulls out some bandages. Using his left hand and mouth he completely wraps his right hand around the ball holding it in place. ¡°Haha all this increased intelligence is making me a genius!¡± a satisfied smile on his face he crosses his legs with his hands in his lap Psi. Psi 25/51 Looking at the entrance at the bottom of the stairs Hello? Anyone there? I¡¯m cheat training my abilities so if you''re there don''t come kill me in my sleep or anythi- Psi 0/51 Int +5 Psi 5/56 A smirk creeps on his face ¡°I¡¯m really glad I joined this game¡± Looking at his wrapped hand his face begins to soften ¡°Buddy I can¡¯t do it without you so hurry up, It¡¯s only been a day but I don''t want to be alone anymore" Taking a deep breath he activates his ability again. Psi 0/56 Int +1 Psi 1/57 ¡°Grinding always was hard" Closing his eyes he begins to wait. One hour later. Int +11 Psi 11/68 Around another hour. Int +14 Psi 14/82 After waiting around two hours he uses his abilities again. Psi 0/82 Int +16 Psi 16/98 Nodding his head with a satisfied smile on his face as he wipes his imaginary sweat from his forehead ¡°Nothing like a hard days work" swiping his hand in a dramatic fashion he empties his Psi pool. Psi 0/98 Int +3 Psi 3/101 As his intelligence breaks through 100 it''s like an explosion goes off in his mind, his red eyes dim a shade and he stares blankly into the distance. Messages runs through his vision but nothing seems to wake him from his trance. ¡®First major threshold broken¡­.Awakening Innate Talent - Intelligence¡­.Processing.¡¯ An unknown amount of time later the sound of a stomach growling wakes Leviathan from his stupor. Blinking slowly the light returns to his eyes. ¡°Of course¡­..I was a fool" standing up slowly he shakes his legs to get the blood circulating. ¡°The way I used my abilities before was so crude" activating his ability a 100ft radius around him is permeated with his power, but his Psi doesn''t decrease. A smile creeps on his face ¡°I don''t know why I was using my ability so actively before.¡± sitting back on the ground he grabs a ration out of his pack and begins to eat Status. Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 60/60 Psi: 101/101 Str: 3 Con: 6 Agi: 10 Dex: 6 Int: 101 Skills: [Basic Firearm] 2/100 Talent: [Psi Mind] Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 35/100 Mind Reading Psychic Communication Items: Standard Personal Computer Psi Mind: A better understanding of one''s psionic abilities, Psi usage down 20% Waiving his hand in front of him the area of his power spreads to over 300ft, after a few minutes his area retracts to 100ft Psi 0/101 Int +10 Psi 10/111 ¡°So I can go to around 300ft actively and 100ft passively, even with an empty Psi pool the 100ft area remains¡± furrowing his brow ¡°It also appears my Intel gain has been halved. What would have happened if I went through this in an unsafe area, Id probably be dead." Looking down at his wrapped hand a smile returns to his face ¡°How much time has passed?.¡± Chapter 9 After waiting for nearly two hours his Psi is fully recharged. Looking down the stairs, towards the black entrance Leviathan stretches out his hand ¡°go¡± focusing he wills his pour to pour out of him. Traveling in a straight line if finally reaches the 300ft radius of his max ranged area scan, but by utilizing his power in a line its able to surpass it. Traveling the full 800 or so feet to the entranceway the psionic energy gets ready to cross the threshold, but is blocked by a black curtin. A strange energy, the same feeling that traveled through his hand, blocks his Psi from exiting the room. After trying to force through for a moment his Psi finally empties. Psi 0/111 Int +11 Psi 11/122 ¡°Hmm¡± scratching his chen Leviathan looks over his shoulder at the box ¡°If my theory is correct, this is an inheritance ment for a machine. If I didn''t have this ring I would probably be dead" glancing around the room for a moment a pensive look appears on his face ¡°The question though is how did this get here, and why. Is it for a random robot to find or cyborg players? If it''s not meant to be for cyborg players, then robot players? But that means the machine empire was from another galaxy, because machine wasn''t a choice for me to pick from¡± looking down at his right hand with a smile B8 hurry up so I don''t go crazy talking to myself in this ruin. Opening his eyes wide in realization Leviathan jaw drops open ¡°That has to be it, a hidden piece! Maybe this isn''t a random forest, but I was put here because I¡¯m a cabin player. If I didn''t find this place it would just be my bad luck and Id never know. But what if all cabin players, or all players in general start near something that could give them a boon if they have the abilities to seize it" A sinister smile begins to form on his face ¡°Muhahaha! Who would be crazy enough to attack a highly defensive compound armed with soldiers at the begging of the game?¡± the smile rapidly fades from his face ¡°that''s right¡­.who would do that. If I waited even another hour or so they would have discovered this place themselves, and even with the risk of exposing themselves they would have notified the prince about the discovery of a ruin¡± an extremely ugly look appears on his face. ¡°I didn''t even know this place was here and it already tried to kill me¡± Looking around for a moment he calms down ¡°Its funny how fast your eyes adjust to the darkness, I guess I better get started now that I have some time¡± Adjusting his body he walks over to the stairs, looking down he begins to rapidly descend. as he gets to the bottom instead of trying to go through the dark entrance he turns around, does ten squats. After the squats he begins to jump up the stairs in a zigzag pattern, one foot to the other. At the top of the stairs he does more squats before repeating the process. Forty minutes later, at the top of the stairs leviathan collapses on the ground breathing heavily. A few breaths later a series of information appears before him. Agi +1 Str +1 Con +1 Dex +1 ¡°Fuck man, it''s like training all over again. It''s not even rewarding compared to intelligence and many times harder to level¡± a smile on his face as he looks at his wrapped right hand ¡°Even with you out of it right now, you still help me out, I hate doing pushups¡± crossing his arms over his chest he waits. An hour and a half later he sits up, looking at the dark entrance way. Raising his hand he tries to penetrate the entranceway again, but fails. Psi 0/122 Int +13 Psi 13/135 ¡°Even when I fail to accomplish my task, I still gain more than moving my body for so long¡± shaking his head he returns to his feet. ¡°This is such a cheat¡± Taking one last breath he descends the stairs again. As he begins the exercise his eyes open a little wider ¡°Hmm, it''s a little easier¡± Clenching his left fist he moves a little faster. After a full hour of exercise Leviathan once again collapses to the ground Str +1 Agi +1 Con +1 Dex +1 Breathing heavily on the ground, sweat covering his face, he feels a slight vibration in his right hand. Sitting up as fast as possible he begins to unwrap his hand, thinking that meaby the sweat or movement made the ring lose contact with the sphear. Unwrapping his hand the ball comes into view, still maintaining contact with the ring. Looking at it Leviathan tilts his head ¡°Was I mistaken?¡± as words flow out of his mouth the sphear vibrates again. Like dropping a stone in still water the sphear begins to ripple, moving like no solid should. After a few seconds the sphear begins to morph and move, like lumps underneath the skin trying to escape. Looking at the sphear in his hand Leviathan hesitates for a moment, lifting his left hand he pokes the sphear. As his finger nears the ball the surface of the sphere begins to retract, preventing the finger from making contact, and at the same time the ball shatters, flowing through his fingers like sand. Looking at the black sand fall to the ground Leviathans eyes go wide ¡°Oh shit what did I do?¡±If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Dropping to his knees he tries to collect the sand, but before he can the black particles move to converge with each other. Combining together it starts to take shape, a swarm of black mass building on top of each other, eventually forming the outline of a humanoid figure. Looking at the small humanoid figure standing at half a foot tall Leviathans eyes begin to narrow ¡°B8 is that you?¡± The small figure looks towards Leviathan, as its face has no features it only looks like a small oval. The entire body vibrates as it speaks ¡°Master, it is I¡± ¡°Great! How do you feel? Is anything different? Guess I was spaced out longer than I thought¡± ¡°Master, the best way to describe it is I have evolved. My entire body is made up of individual Nano machines, as long as one survives I shall not be destroyed. These bots are made up of the metal Abysnic, when a black hole has swallowed its entire galaxy a fist size stone will be produced. To make the amount Nano machines I am currently would require over ten stones. It makes me wonder how strong the Machine Empire was, and who wiped them out.¡± Looking at the tiny B8 Leviathan reaches out and picks it up. Returning to his feet he holds B8 in his palm, looking it up and down a smile forms on his face, status. Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 80/80 Psi: 76/135 Str: 5 Con: 8 Agi: 12 Dex: 8 Int: 135 Skills: [Basic Firearm] 2/100 Talent: [Psi Mind] Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 37/100 Mind Reading Psychic Communication Items: Standard Personal Computer Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: Nano Machine Nanobots: 3,040,000 Psi: N/A Str: N/a Con: N/a Agi: N/a Dex: N/a Int: 304 Skills: [Master Nanotechnology] 3/100 [Basic Computing] 52/100 [Basic Hacking] 29/100 [Basic Communications] 5/100 [Basic Firearm] 10/100 ¡°My god, B8 your intelligence rose so much? and why did your other stats disappear?¡± ¡°Master, My stats can no longer be quantified, as my form is ever changing. Intelligence for me only indicates the number of bots I am currently controlling,one intelligence is equal to ten-thousand bots¡± Looking at B8 in his palm ¡°Does that mean I¡¯m holding millions of bots? why is it so light? and can you make more?¡± ¡°Master, I do not understand your confusion, from the time you picked up the sphear you were holding millions of bots so nothing has changed. In reality the reason you are able to hold so many is because Abysnic is a material that defies gravity, I can freely shift my weight but the bots can only support so much. When the Machine Emperor was Fleeing he ejected half its core planting them on the pursuing ships. When releasing control of the gravity affect, the bots will collapse into nothingness, taking a large chunk of anything near them with it. But it comes with a price that even the Emperor did not know, when the bots collapse it opens a path to the AI¡¯s conscience, slowly draining it away. That is how the Emperor died, but before he left he reached this backwater planet and set up this place leaving behind all his knowledge on Nanobots.¡± ¡°Hmm, so that''s what Nanotechnology is? the Machine emperors knowledge on Nanobots...I guess that was all he could save. So what do you need to make more bots?¡± ¡°Master, you don''t have to worry, because the Emperor foresaw this. When he arrived here he converted his ship into these four golder pillars, In these pillars are enough materials to make millions of bots. The Emperor did us a great favor, to put it in perspective one mining droid has enough material to make a hundred or so bot. ¡°He? the Emperor was a man? does a AI have a gender?¡± ¡°Master, the Emperor was very old, to make his core alone would require the death of over twenty galaxys. His body was composed of billions of Nanobots, with that much processing power he eventually developed emotions¡± ¡°Why do you keep calling what you are now the core? aren''t you just made up of Nanobots?¡± ¡°Master, these bots are different. As long as one remains this body can be rebuilt over time, but if all are gone the other bots will no longer function. Even though they are the hardest metal known to the Empire at the time, they still chose to encase them in layers of other bots, I guess you can say they are like the brain.¡± ¡°Ok Good, can you start making the bots now? how long will it take?¡± ¡°Master, I can start now, and since the pillars were prepared for this I won''t have to process the metal much, so I can finish it in a day.¡± ¡°Ok, go¡± Jumping from his hand B8 drifts down to the ground, as it walks past the laser pistol it looks back towards Leviathan ¡°Master, are you going to use this pistol?¡± Raising his brows he looks at the half foot B8 ¡°Do you need it?¡± ¡°Master, I should be able to incorporate the laser into my body¡± ¡°Sweet, yea, go for it¡± B8 reaches the bottom of the first golden pillar, while looking up its entire body broke down into the back sand. Moving up the pillar like millions of tiny ants in reaches the top, Forming into a ring it begins to circle around the pillar. Looking at it you can see the top of the pillar begin to reduce, and as it does specks of gold are added into the sea of black. Looking at B8 work Leviathan sits back down to continue resting. watching the bots devour the pillar like a swarm of locust he scratches his chin, an entire empire made of robots, I wonder how rare AI are. ¡°Well, I¡¯m pretty energized from B8¡¯s return so I may as well get started¡± returning to his feet he begins to exercise on the stairs again, but this time when he gets to the top instead of ten squats he does ten push ups. After moving around for an hour Leviathan crawls to the top of the stairs. Str +2 Agi +1 Con +2 Dex +1 ¡° Ha¡­.ha¡­..ha, why am I doing this to myself¡± reaching the top of the stairs he rolls onto his back ¡°How was it that I used to enjoy this¡± flopping his hands to his side he spreads his powers as far as he can, when it reaches just over 300ft it stops. Waiting for a few minutes his Psi finally empties. Psi 0/135 Int +13 Psi 13/148 ¡°At Least Int hasn''t let me down¡± Closing his eyes he lets exhaustion wash over him as he drifts to sleep. Chapter 10 Opening his eye slowly a dim light illuminates his surroundings, remembering where he was Leviathan turns towards the gold pillars. Two of the golden pillars are gone, and the third is covered in a golden cloud with an occasional black streak. Seeing that the third pillar is half gone he walks closer to get a better look. Approaching the pillar with the light he formally sees that it''s not solid gold. A foot of gold acts as the casing and the insides is filed with wiring and computer circuitry. Looking at the swarm of bots Leviathan is reminded of bees swarming a target. ¡°At this rate it should be a couple more hours right?¡± as he talks to himself a change occurs to the swarm. An egg sized black ball flies out from the swarm, followed by a bowling ball sized golden swarm. The golden bots begin to mold around the black ball, slowly turning into a foot and a half tall golden figure. ¡°Master, you are awake" Looking at the tiny golden figure Leviathan tilts his head to the side ¡°do you need to concentrate to build the new bots?¡± ¡°Master, my ability to process won''t be affected, the other bots are basically on autopilot unless something comes up. I noticed that you wanted to explore the entryway so I divided my attention¡± Leviathan¡¯s eyes open wide in anticipation ¡°Do you know what''s over there?¡± ¡°Master, I do not, but we can go¡­.one moment" walking towards the laser gun on the floor B8 extends out its hand, as it does its hand turns into a golden mist that detaches at the wrist and surrounds the gun. The mist floats back towards B8 surrounding the stub, a few seconds later the hand is reformed. ¡°What are you doing with the gun?¡± ¡°Master, I sent the gun near my core region when I can study it better. If i''m able to learn anything I may be able to attach laser beams to my bots, what I know about Nanobots is limited to creation and operation making me feel like I¡¯m missing programs to aid them.¡± ¡°B8, are you able to turn into anything?¡± ¡°Master, as long as I know the shape" A smile forms on Leviathan¡¯s face as he turns around and begins to descend the stairs ¡°Lets go B8, I really want to know why my Psi cant penetrate this black entrance.¡± Walking down the stairs B8 and Leviathan arrives at the entrance, staring at the black curtin blocking the way B8 steps forward. Walking forward his body comes into contact, as it does the black curtin ripples before cracks appear, causing it to shatter into particles of light. The light particles flutter in the air momentarily before flying to the four braziers, causing them to ignite. Light fills the room causing momentary blindness to Leviathan. As his eyes adjust and his vision return Leviathan finally gets a proper look at the room he''s spent the last few days in. Looking at the walls he can finally tell this whole room was a perfect cube, the carvings on the wall were so detailed they almost looked alive. Standing there for a moment he finally turns around to see B8 standing in there looking at him, even though it had no face. Looking past B8 a room half the size of the current one comes into view. The design of the room is simple, in the middle of the room lies a stone tablet, underneath the tablet is a stone chest, and on the other side of the room is a long hallway. Walking into the room Leviathan and tiny B8 stand in front of the tablet. The tablet is covered in the same ancient writing from the previous room. Leviathan looks at B8 ¡°What does it say?¡± ¡°Master, It says ¡®Here lies the tomb of an Emperor. I created this place for my successor, and beyond this room is meant for them. If you are not meant to be my successor in this chest is something for you, in hopes you will spread word so my legacy will continue.¡¯¡± Leviathan looks down the tunnel briefly before looking at the chest ¡°So this must be the only other thing here, besides the last room" reaching out to open the chest he hesitates for a moment, glancing at the tiny B8 ¡°Is it safe to open?¡± B8 walks towards the chest, placing its hands on the lid. Giving a strong shove the lid falls to the floor revealing a earthly green ring. Seeing the ring Leviathan arches a brow before picking it up. Gravity Controller Durability: 1000/1000 Skill: [Gravity Control] Blinking a few times he looks at the ring in his hand, looking at the skill gravity control more information appears.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Gravity Control: Due to the material Gravineum, control of gravity in a 20ft radius will fall under control. Opening his eyes wide he slides the ring onto his pointer finger on his right hand, right next to the thumb ring. After putting on the ring besides the 100ft radius filled with his Psi, in 20ft around him it''s as though he can feel the air moving. Closing his eyes he raises his hand, feeling the flow around him. Concentrating he begins to rotate his hand, causing the pebbles on the ground to tremble. Clenching his fist the pebbles begin to rise. Opening his hand the pebbles fall back to the ground. Opening his eyes a smile appears on his face ¡°I need to test this out a bit more, but this ability seems really strong" Looking at the tiny B8 ¡°How much longer for you to finish with the pillars?¡± ¡°Master, it will be done in around four hours" ¡°Good, I¡¯m ready to leave this hole" cupping his hands behind his back. Scanning the room with his eyes he unleashes his abilities to its maximum. Moving forward Leviathan and B8 heads back into the last chamber. Seeing that the third pillar is almost gone he nods his head, as he arrives at the stairs he finally runs out of psi. Psi 0/148 Int +15 Psi 15/163 ¡°Master, if you need me just call. I¡¯m going to focus on understanding the laser weapon" as it finishes speaking its entire body breaks into a golden cloud that combines with the swarm around the pillar, and at the same time a small black swarm comes and combines with the Abysnic bots left behind. Forming into a small half foot humanoid figure B8 sits on the ground. Sitting down Leviathan grabs a stone with his right hand, rolling it around with his fingers for a moment he begins to focus on the stone. The stone begins to vibrate, floating into the air. Raising his hand the stone floats higher, closing his hand the stone begins to shake more violently. *Tsk* clicking his tongue he squeezes his fist harder, as he does a crack appears on the stone. Knuckles begging to pale and fist shaking, the stone finally breaks. *Hah* releasing a breath Leviathan shakes his head ¡°To hard, making things lighter than air is easy, but trying to apply pressure on all sides is to hard¡± looking at the ring on his finger ¡°I guess it should just be used to increase and decrease weight, anything more and its encouching on the area of psionics reducing its effectiveness.¡± Rising to his feet a smile appears to his face as he looks up the stairs. Clenching his fist he quadruples his bodyweight causing his knees to buckle, taking a difficult step forward he lands on the first stair. I always thought movies and shows that depicted training in increased gravity was an exaggeration taking another step forward he looks at the long way to go. Two hours later Leviathan finally arrives at the top of the stairs, covered in swat. Releasing the gravity he crumbles to the ground breathing heavily. Str +3 Con +2 As the message fades his stomach begins to grumble, using the ring to reduce his weight by half he sits up. Reaching into his pack he grabs some rations. Taking a bite he begins to ponder -in a half hour my psi will be full, in a few hours B8 will be done. The mining robots should be done with moving the ore by now glancing over at B8 most of his nanobots are made of gold, which is a very soft metal..why did the Machine Emperor want the bots to be made of such a weak metal? Returning his body to his natural weight his shoulders slump ¡°B8 I have some questions¡± Turning its head B8 begins to walk towards Leviathan, with its small body it takes a while but eventually gets there ¡°Master, you called?¡± ¡°Won''t your bots be very weak if made from gold? Why not shadow iron found around this place?¡± ¡°Master, you answered your own question. Gold is weak, which causes bots made from it to be faster. If I were to use the original bots to start making the new ones from shadow iron it would take a long time. But if I have many bots I can use mass quantity to make quality bots" Snapping his fingers ¡°Dam, I didn''t even think about that! So what I really wanted to ask you is weather you want to use the shadow iron on the ship to make more bots?¡± ¡°Master, if I use some shadow iron and parts from they hydro tank I should be able to make a few bots¡± ¡°Great, we should be leaving this camp soon" crossing his legs and placing his hands in his lap he closes his eyes and begins to wait. Thirty minutes later without even opening his eyes he uses his ability to spread his power from 100ft to 300ft, a few minutes later it recedes. Psi 0/163 Int +16 Psi 16/179 Time travels on, and in the next moment all the golden towers are gone. The golden cloud begins to swarm around the tiny black B8. The black bots reform into a sphere and as it does the golden bots completely envelop it. Morphing around for a while a five foot tall sleek golden figure stands before Leviathan. The figure has a humanoid appearance but its face is blank, just a smooth egg shape. ¡°Master, I am ready" ¡°Great! We have been here for to long" sizing B8 up and down Leviathan nods his head. Turning on his heels he begins to walk towards the crack in the wall. Entering through the crack he turns to wait for B8, looking at it move through the crack Leviathan smacks his lips, status Name: Leviathan Race: Al¡¯muthar Age: 22 Class: Psion Health: 120/120 Psi: 104/179 Str: 10 Con: 12 Agi: 13 Dex: 9 Int: 179 Skills: [Basic Firearm] 2/100 Talent: [Psi Mind] Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 39/100 Mind Reading Physic Communication Items: Standard Personal Computer, Gravity Controller Name: B8 Race: AI Age: N/A Class: Nano Machine Nanobots: 33,040,000 Psi: N/A Str: N/a Con: N/a Agi: N/a Dex: N/a Int: 3040 Skills: [Master Nanotechnology] 3/100 [Basic Computing] 52/100 [Basic Hacking] 29/100 [Basic Communications] 5/100 [Basic Firearm] 10/100 Raising his brows he looks at the number of bots, blinking a few times he looks at the now emerged B8 all those bots and its only this big? ¡°Ok let''s go" walking side by side they leave the mine. Walking to the front of the ship they see the twenty bronze bots lined in front of the door, walking passed them they enter the ship. As they enter the door they see the previous empty room filled with shadow iron. ¡°How much is here?¡± ¡°Master, just from looking it appears to be over 500 tons.¡± ¡°Ok B8, carry out my orders. I want those guns piled up from earlier brought onboard, then get enough iron to the hydro tank to make your bots. When you get everything set up meet me in the control room, I want to take off" Leviathan walks towards the lift and B8 towards the mining robots. Chapter 11 Reaching the third floor Leviathan exits the lift, his robes flutter as he quickly moves towards the center chair ¡°The last time I was here I could barely walk, cant believe a few days have already passed.¡± sitting down he begins to tap on the armrest of the chair. ¡°If I want to leave this planet I need to either storm the royal palace, or befriend them somehow¡± tapping rhythmically on the chair with one hand and stroking his chin with the other Leviathan begins to think. ¡°Based on those guys from earlier and what B8 told me, Level one planets don''t seem to be much of a threat¡­.I think it''s time to Implement my idea¡± After waiting for twenty minutes a half foot tall black B8 enters the floor ¡°Master, the guns and the mining robots are on the ship. I moved around 10 tons of shadow iron to the second floor med room, with the amount of circuitry in the hydro pod I should be able to make another three million bots.¡± ¡°Good, B8 do you know how to fly this ship? I¡¯m ready to leave this camp. While this place is safe, it is a ticking time bomb. We need to sell the ores and ditch the ship¡± ¡°Master, leave it to me¡± As B8 walks over to the control panel his entire body breaks up into a black mist, drifting forward the mist begins to seep into the plugs of the control panel. Lights begin to flash and beeps sound, after a few seconds the entire ship begins to rumble. From what sounds like the ship itself comes B8¡¯s voice ¡°Master, we are getting ready for lift off, what is our destination¡± Opening his eyes a little bit wider ¡°So fast? I guess Tech Level six Nanobots are no joke...B8 is there a place where we can go to sell this, the ore and the ship? preferable not the place where it was bought?¡± ¡°Master, there are no such thing in the logs, but If we get near I can scan to see what city it is and maybe pull something up¡± ¡°Hmm, That will have to do. Lets just fly to the west¡± After he finishes speaking the ship begins to rumble, looking out the window one can see dust and black smoke rising in a plum. After a few seconds the ship begins to rise. As the ship lifts off the ground it begins to rotate slowly, while rotating the ship begins to move forward. Leviathan seeing that the ship is rotating furrows his brow ¡°B8 why is this ship so shitty? the way it flyes is not cool at all¡± ¡°Master, I¡¯m also not sure why it flies like this, but remember that this planet is rather poor¡± Looking around in the air for a camera or something to talk to he decides to just talk to the control panel ¡°How long will it take for you to make your new bots?¡± ¡°Master, It should take around ten hours.¡± the black mist exits from the control panel and reforms the half foot tall black figure ¡°Now that the ship has taken off I will now focus on making them¡± ¡°Wait, I want you to send¡­¡± looking at the tiny B8 ¡° three million golden bots for me to experiment with¡± Silence flows in the room for a moment as the AI and Al¡¯muthar look at each other ¡°Master, that would increase my production time by thirty-seven minutes.¡± ¡°Thats OK, what I want is not that difficult¡± ¡°Master, I will be right back¡± Tiny B8 walks quietly towards the lift, and descends. After waiting for three minutes a golden foot and a half tall B8 appears. ¡°Master, I have returned¡± ¡°Ok, good B8 just come stand next to me for now, there are some things I¡¯ve been wanting to try¡± Looking out the window for a moment as the ship slowly moves over the forest Leviathan begins to think. After pondering for a few moments he raises his left hand, clicking on the computing app on his personal computer causes the same screen for earlier appear. Using his fingernail he begins to draw on the app, tracing out a simple oval design. Nodding his head he draws a simple line in the upper middle area of the oval, Looking over towards B8 he smiles. ¡°Ok, B8¡± showing it the design on the screen ¡°I want you to turn into this, instead of being flat I want it to cover my entire head. Also I want this slit to be where my eyes are, can you do it?¡± Looking at the screen for a moment, from the torso up B8 turns into a golden mist that begins moving onto Leviathans face. Completely shrouding his face for a moment, a helmet begins to take shape. A golden egg sits upon white robes, showing a very percurlier scene. After a few seconds the egg begins to reduce in size and forms a more streamlined design, as it incorporates his neck as well to not look like a ball stuck on someones head. After morphing to look more like a proper helmet, a narrow slit streaks across the mask revealing a slight red glow underneath. As his vision return Leviathan walks towards the window to catch a glimpse of his reflection. Seeing the golden helmet reflected in the window Leviathan raises his hand and begins to feel it, if one didn¡¯t know this was made of individual robots they could never tell As the thought comes into his head its as if his entire body was struck by lightning causing him to freeze ¡°Hahaha Hahaha Muhahahah!¡± his already deep voice is amplified by the mask causing his laughter to sound like thunderclaps, If anyone else was to see this scene they would think a man of true evil was born.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°Small! B8 we have been thinking to small!¡± grabbing the mask on his face he begins to pull ¡°B8, return to your humanoid form¡± at his master''s orders the mask breaks into a golden mist, returning to the legs to reform its body. ¡°B8 I want you to use it all! everything that is not needed to fly the ship I want you to turn it into a bot! And when you find a city suitable for trade that sells in ships and metals, do not enter it, but land close to it¡± Leviathan¡¯s shoulders rise up and down as he chuckles to himself ¡°This is not earth, I am no longer bound by its rules¡­.Fair trade? I have grade six Tech on a level one planet! Hahahahah I was almost a fool!¡± After receiving its masters orders the golden B8 breaks into a mist and begins to devour the control panel, similar scenes was happening all over the ship, from the Mining droids, to the elevator, and even the outer door. Anything with circuits and metal were being devoured. As they flew over the forest Leviathan remained seated in the central chair, looking at the controls being devoured. Rising to his feet he walks towards the window are the limits to telepathy communication through the mind? No, I refuse to believe that something that increases my stats so fast can be reduced to just that, plus its still at the basic level putting his hand on the glass he feels that his psi is once again full. Looking at the forest below him focuses his power into a straight line until it hits the forest floor, reading the simplistic minds of any animal it passes over. Food Food Sneak, kill Hide Sleepy Getting different response he shortens the distance, from the ground to just the tree tops, and instead of reading their minds he projects his Ahhhhhhh! Birds begin to take off into the air, frightened by the sudden scream in their head. Focusing on one particular bird that has risen in front of the ship, he uses the remainder of his psi to send a message FALL! Screaming into the birds head causes to pause for a moment before it continues to fly away. Psi 0/179 Int +18 Psi 18/197 *Tsk* Clicking his tongue he watches the bird fly away ¡°Even the mind of a bird is to advanced to overload it, maybe insects would be instantly killed.¡± Shaking his head he looks at the control panel ¡°B8, what''s the progress?¡± Silence follows for a moment ¡°Master, following your orders I have begun the process of making more bots, since I am no longer limited to just using the shadow iron the speed has increased. Using half the gold bots to process the shadow iron bots and the other half to make steel bots out of the ship, which in turn move over and make more shadow iron bots. But at this rate I will run out of circuitry that is non critical for flight before metal.¡± ¡°Any cities yet?¡± ¡°Master, I have detected two cities, but after checking comm traffic neither deal in the trade in ships or metals" ¡°That''s fine, trade is no longer important to our plans. Pick any of the two and land a few miles out of view. Forget the shadow iron for now and make as many steel bots as you can, then after we land you can use anything you need from the ship to make them out of shadow iron.¡± ¡°Master, it will be done" as B8 finishes speaking the ship changes direction, flying more north west. Focusing all on its attention on making steel bots a tide of gold, silver, and a splotch of black move through the ship like ants. After flying for two in a half hours, on the edge of the forest, towering steel buildings come into view on the horizon. Looking at the rows of buildings a smile creeps on Leviathan¡¯s face ¡°finally here, B8 set the ship down in the forest a few miles away. How''s the droid situation?¡± ¡°Master, the current count is 30 million gold droids, 12 million steel droids, 3 million abysnic droids, and 760 thousand shadow iron droids.¡± ¡°After landing make as many shadow iron bots as possible. But I want you to use the the steel bots for something else, bring them here.¡± The ship slows its flight as it begins its descent, and at the same time Leviathan strips his clothes. Standing in the nude leviathan looks at the personal computer, thinking for a moment he tosses it towards the golden bots refining the control panel. Digging in the pack he removes the three sacks of coin, as he does millions of silver nanobots crawl out from the lift. ¡°Ok B8, use the steel bots to cover my entire body, like a second layer of skin¡± spreading his arms to the side and opening his legs slightly he looks as the bots begin to swarm his feet. As the bots ascend Leviathan, in their wake the once blue skin is replaced by a silver luster. As the arrive at his crotch Leviathan winces as the cold metallic bots encase his penis and scrotum. Moving up his waist he begins to feel the increased weight, activating the ring he lessens the gravity on the bots. As the bots cover his hands his fingernails turn from being black points to steel talons, another finger made completely out of bots is formed, moving up his chest and nearing his neck ¡°B8, when you reach my head make the helmet from last time" as if responding to his master''s call a greater number of steel bots surged towards his head. As all 12 million bots settle a silver skinned man stands in the room. Looking at his body through the slit in the mask he begins to rub his fingers along his palms. No feeling of touch is transmitted through the new ¡®skin¡¯ but his movement is not limited. ¡°B8 if your core remains here will you be able to respond if I ask something?¡± ¡°Master, It should not be a problem to divide my attention. With every bot I make my abilities are enhanced, so for now Two separate consciousness is my limit.¡± ¡°Can you make more AIs?¡± ¡°Master, I do not have the ability, splitting myself and creating a new intelligence is different.¡± ¡°Ok, lets go. When you speak to me try and only transmit your voice in the helmet¡± reaching down he begins to put his clothes back on, picking up the sacks of coins he ties them to his waist. Flipping up the hood he begins to move towards the lift, seeing that it''s gone he jumps while lessing gravity around him. Landing on the bottom floor he sees the bots swarming around the shadow iron ¡°B8 if anything comes to the ship, kill it" walking forward he leaves the ship. Chapter 12 Stepping off the ship the forest once again comes into view. Turning his head around to look at the ship ¡°Tear it down B8, make as many shadow iron bots as you can, we are heading for the city.¡± Stepping through the brush the thoughts of every animal in 100ft enter his head food, hiding, killing, shelter Simple thoughts, but using them he avoids going in the direction of anything wanting to kill him. As he moves deeper into the forest he furrows his brows under the mask, he is constantly drowning in a stream of thoughts ¡°receiving the thoughts of everything in 100ft is more troublesome than I thought" clutching his head he kneels over in pain, continuously being bombarded by everything advanced enough to think was to overwhelming. Clenching his fist rage build in his eyes, finally, he erupts. ENOUGH!! Yelling at everything in 100ft, the trees ruffle, the ground shakes, and the dust flies. All the birds, squirrels, rabbits, and creatures in a 100ft radius of Leviathan flee. Even though the insects were not sending messages, all insects within 100ft die without question, as their brains were to simple to receive such complex thoughts. Taking a breath Leviathan enjoys the moment of calm, feeling some thoughts beginning to return he tries to push the creatures thoughts away. With the help of his talent psi mind, and a few minutes of trial and error, Leviathan is able to push the thoughts to the back of his mind like a conversation in the background. Even though you can hear it, you wont pay attention unless something peaks your interest. ¡°B8, I feel that if instead of experiencing this with simple thoughts, and instead were more complex conversations, I would have died.¡± Inside the helmet a small voice whispers into his ear ¡°Master, I receive many inputs at the same time from my bots, but every bot I create increases my processing power by a small amount. Maybe as your processing power increases you will be able to do more.¡± Thinking about it for a moment Leviathan continues to move forward. Everytime he picks up violent thoughts in the background noise he moves to dodge. After walking for over twenty minutes he feels that his Psi is once again full, hesitating weather or not to drain his psi to increase his intelligence he picks up a strong thought heading towards him, with the intent to kill. ¡°B8 get ready!¡± Holding his hands down by his side, with his palms facing forward, he assumes a stance, waiting for the creature to emerge. The ground rumbles, and from the brush a creature with the head of a triceratops and the body of a lion charged towards Leviathan. The creatures body was black, on its head were three spiraling red horns rotation like drills. As it charged, its claws ripped into the earth. 60ft away he noticed that all along its shield like head were smoking black holes, its eyes were actually on its shoulders. Seeing the creatures charge, Leviathan focused all his attention on it, completely blocking all the background noise. Charge! Kill! Destroy! 40ft away Leviathan begins to lower his body, ready to act. As the creature enters the 20ft range Leviathan finally acts. Activating the ring to max capacity increases the weight of creature by ten times. With the sudden increase in weight the creatures legs buckle, dropping it to the ground. Seeing this Leviathan charges at the creature ¡°Die for me!¡± drawing close Leviathan swipes down both steel claws simultaneously. Seeing the coming threat the creatures reacts ¡°ROAAAAAAAAH!¡± DESTROOOOOY! The smoke on its face increase in intensity as it roars, the horns spin faster as Leviathan¡¯s rake down towards its eye. Inches from clawing out the creatures eye, its head explodes. Flames engulf Leviathan¡¯s body, and in the next second his body is flung out of a cloud of black smoke. Colliding with the ground his body begins to roll like a rag doll. -48 Coughing up blood inside the helmet he feels as though his body has been hit by a sledge hammer. Giant holes were blown into his white robes and black shirt, revealing the silver skin underneath. The bots were moving around like a swarm of ants, agitated from the explosion. ¡°Master, the heat was blocked by the bots, but the full impact was still transmitted to you.¡± Returning to his sense from the sound of B8¡¯s voice he releases how close to death he was. looking up he sees the creature recovering. The creature has returned to its feet, as Leviathan¡¯s concentration was broken when he was blown away, gravity returned to normal. Black smoke plumed from the holes in its skin, while a type of liquid covered its body. No visible burn wounds were visible on the creature, even though it was ground zero. Stomping its feet it rush at Leviathan. Pierce! ¡°If the hard approach wont work lets try the soft" pushing himself up, and at the same time activating his ring, he reduces gravity on the creature by ten times. Not expecting it, the normal running motion of the creature causes it to float off the ground momentarily. Seeing this Leviathan reduces his own gravity by the same amount as he jumps towards the creature. Because he was prepared he was able to easily get above the creature. As the creature began to return to the ground, due to the fact gravity was only reduced, not zero, Leviathan acted. ¡°B8 support my wrist as much as possible!¡± yelling to B8, and at the same time Leviathan makes a knife fist. Pointing his knife hand at the creature he increases his weight by ten times.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! Plummeting towards the ground like an arrow his fingers pierce into the creatures soft back like butter, severing the spine. As he felt the spine snap he instantly reduced his gravity to max to prevent fall damage, landing softly on the creature. Pulling his hand from the motionless creatures back, he rolls off. Rising to his feet he notices that he''s covered in the same sticky fluid as the creature. Looking at the creature he noticed that it''s not yet dead, only paralyzed. Moving in to finish off the creature he hesitates for a moment releasing his psionic pulses. Hide! Hide! Stalk! Prey! While he was getting nothing dangerous in 100ft, 300ft had several predators. Shaking his head he turns and leaves, and as he walks away he picks up there final thoughts before reducing his psi field. Go go Food! Kill! Int +1 Looking back at the triceratops exploding lion as he walks away he sees the light fading from its eyes, and picks out his thoughts from the background noise. Rest, rest, die, rest, food, rest. Turning his head Leviathan walks away. After walking some distance away ¡°B8, can you remove the blood from the helmet?¡± as his voice fades the bots begin to stir, replacing ones on the inside with those on the outside. Looking as his blood covered hand and burnt and sticky clots, Leviathan sighs. Feeling towards his waist he makes sure the gold is still present; fixing his hood he continues towards the city. After dodging a few close calls he finally comes to the edge of the forest. After spending days in the game, he finally leaves the forest, bringing a smile to his face. A short few miles away a giant city wall can be seen, and beyond those walls are towering metal structures penetrating the clouds. Walking towards the city a paved road finally comes into view, stepping on the road the journey becomes easier than traveling on a dirt ground. As he moves forwards the city entrance comes into view, on the sides of the gate, half the size of the walls, are two towers. As he moves closer he sees that on top of the walls something that can only be described as missile launches can be seen. The towers are lined with machine guns and people can be seen moving about. As he moves closer he can tell he has been spotted as the machine guns are trailing his position, and two sets of missile launches are now pointing in his direction. While walking up to the gate two uniform men carrying rifles come to meet him. He waits for them to enter 300ft before he enlarges his psi field to encompass them, because it''s easier than targeting one from further away. Uhhhhh another check. What''s with this guy? He looks like he was in a fight. I hope it''s nice and easy, I just want to get off work and play games. Hmm those burn marks, did he fight a trilion? That silver...is it some kind of armor? Maybe I should just say I''m sick, so I can go home earlier. Maybe his hunting party died? I don''t see any weapons and by the look of it the trilion got close to them. Int +2 Arriving within 100ft he reduces their thoughts to background noise, still hearing them, just not paying attention. Raising his hand he waives ¡°Hello!¡± The guard standing on the left, the lazy one, raises his gun ¡°What do you want, your suspicions so we had to come stop you" saying the last part in a grumble he aims the gun, watching for any strange movements. Looking at the men Leviathan notices they are wearing the same uniform as the man from before, with clean fades and a hat, typical military men. Whispering softly ¡°B8 where was that other city?¡± ¡°Master, it is around four days walk south from here" ¡°I said! What are you doing here!¡± As the man yells, the second man raises his gun as well. ¡°Ah, sorry sorry. Me and a couple friends were traveling here from the south, but when we were almost here we got attacked by a trilion, I''m the only one who got away.¡± Coward So I was right Suspicion fades from the guard on the right, turning briefly he gives an OK sign to the towers. As he does the machine guns no longer point at him, and once again scans the distance. Shaking his gun, still pointing it at him Leviathan ¡°Be sure to report the name of the dead to city hall" scoffing in the air he turns to leave. Since you wasted my time I''ll waist yours ¡°Sorry about my friend, and your loss" turning around he follows the other guard. For his clothes to be burned that bad, but still be alive, that silver armor must be good. Leviathan waits for the men to walk further away. deciding its enough, walks towards the gate. Before he can pass through the gate B8 whispers in his ear ¡°Master, I have finished my study of the laser pistol, and gained the skill [Basic Laser Technology] the lasers use a type of focusing crystals to store energy from the surroundings before firing. The crystals in the pistol was broken up and put into my abysnic bots, while each individual shot will be weaker but can be combined together for the same output from before. The charge time Is still the same due to the limitations if my understanding, but can be held indefinitely ready for use. With more things to study, I can improve.¡± Not responding, but a smile forms on his face. Passing through the gate Leviathan gets a better view of the city, steel buildings as high as the eye can see, smaller storefronts line the streets, hover cars driving down the road, people moving about with their family, and soldiers patrolling. Walking further in he tries to see if he can hear something interesting as he passes by the guards and people. After passing a few people he realizes most of their thoughts were about how strange and suspicious he looked, defeating the whole purpose. ¡°Mommy why does that man look so funny?¡± ¡°Don''t look baby" freak How did that guy get in here? Look at his clothes, how uncool. Where should we eat toda- ah Is that blood? How unsettling, I¡¯ve lost my appetite. Why don''t they arrest that man, he''s covered in blood! Obviously a criminal. Deciding to stop listening he walks up to a guard ¡°Excuse me sir, is there an adventurer¡¯s guild I can register in?¡± Turning to look at the sound of the voice the soldiers eyes go wide, startled for a moment he just stares. ¡°Hello?¡± Blinking, the soldier regains his calm if he''s here he must have passed through a checkpoint, and I doubt he would come up to me if he just murdered someone ¡°what did you say?¡± ¡°Is there an adventurer''s guild? ¡°Adventurer¡¯s guild? Is that a companies name or something?¡± Guess they don''t have them here? looking at the guard for a moment Leviathan decides on a different approach. ¡°Ah, sorry guessed they don''t have a branch here. Is there a place I can buy combat gear?¡± Leviathan gestures towards himself ¡°As you can see mine was met with an accident" ¡°Oh, ok. As you know, things are being strictly watched right now because the king has fallen ill. But if you just want protection equipment it shouldn''t be a problem.¡± pointing at one of the colossus structure ¡°that''s the headquarters of the Mero company in this town, if you have money they have what you want.¡± The guard looks around for a bit, looking back towards Leviathan he points at a street ¡°If money is tight, if you head down this street and take the first left you will see a variety of stores selling different things.¡± ¡°Thanks" nodding to the soldier Leviathan begins to walk towards the Mero company. Chapter 13 Walking along the street Leviathan looks at the civilians as they enter stores, talk to their families, and living their lives. He looks at the soldiers patrolling, talking to each other, and aiding people. If one didn''t know it was a game, they would never assume it was. Walking past a building he catches something that perks his interest. His highness said he discovered his brother doing something...but we''ve been looking in this forest for weeks! Pausing for a moment he looks at the building. Seeing that it''s some kind of bar he decides to move on. Looking at the hover cars pass by, he suddenly has an idea. He thought that after riding in the humvee all cars still had wheels. Thinking about how to get a car later he speeds up his pace, and before long he arrives in front of the Mero building. Walking inside he sees a young lady standing behind a desk. Besides the lady at the desk the only thing in the room are couches lining the left wall and chairs on the right, behind the counter is an elevator. Uh, disgusting, look at his clothes. Walking towards the desk he places his metallic hand on the desk and begins tapping. Hearing the rhythmic sounds the girl furrows her brows. Is he some high level cyborg? Why did he come to this planet? Opening his eyes a bit wider a smile forms on Leviathan¡¯s face is the Mero company not based on this planet? giving more time for the girls thoughts to wonder Leviathan continues to wait. What does he want, is he not going to say anything? By the looks of it he may not be from this planet. But why would someone from a level two or three planet come to this small world? The girl looks him up and down does he expect me to say the first word? Slapping his hand down on the table he startles the girl, his voice booms from behind the mask ¡°I need a few things, I came to this planet with some friends. But there was an accident and I was left for dead.¡± Leviathan gestures to his body ¡°We both know Mero company isn''t what it seems, and I need some special goods and services.¡± I wonder where he''s from ¡°Sir, We of course have what you need...but you know selling higher level tech on an undeveloped planet goes against the laws set by the Holy Empire.¡± Spreading his hands slightly ¡°Is there nothing you can do, you''re my last hope" ¡°I...I can''t" unless it was by order or the Holy Empire shaking her head she looks pitifully at Leviathan ¡°Is there something else I can help you with?¡± *Sigh* ¡°Can you help me off planet?¡± ¡°Let me see" the girl begins to type furiously on the computer screen ¡°Let me see¡­.yes, it looks like there will be a private shuttle sent to the space station in two weeks.¡± Raising an eyebrow under his mask space station? ¡°Ok, can I get some low tech armor then?¡± The girl once again begins typing on the computer, after a while she looks up with a smile. ¡°Is you head into the elevator behind me, you are authorized to go to the 25th floor, there you can get armor.¡± Waiving his hand at the girl, he walks towards the elevator ¡°Thanks.¡± it¡¯s nice talking to a girl without her feeling pity for you, can you date NPCs¡­.hmm. After walking into the elevator the door closes. Slightly opening his mouth he begins to whisper ¡°B8 if there''s any cameras in the elevator disable them.¡± Tiny spec fall off Leviathan¡¯s body and begin moving along the wall. After a few seconds a whisper is transmitted into his ear ¡°Master, there were four cameras, and I have disabled them all.¡± ¡°Ok good! I want to know where they keep the advanced tech!¡± ¡°Master, this is the first time I get to use my skills after upgrading, look forward to my abilities.¡± more silver flakes break off from his body, moving along the elevator walls the bots enter the cameras. Tracing the signal from the cameras back to the computer B8 gains access. B8 back on the ship stops its task momentarily, using the processing power of over 45 million bots, it attacks the system. B8¡¯s hacking and computing rapidly rose as it broke through firewalls and penetrated back doors. Computers in the entire office flickered as B8 passes through the system, but in the next few seconds his skills evolve into the advanced level, allowing it to trample unimpeded. In a few minutes he gains access to the whole system. ¡°Master, I have access¡± ¡°Good! Tell me about Mero company¡± ¡°Master, the Holy Empire is the only level three planet in this part of the galaxy. They use their power to oppress the level two planets and prevent the help of development of level one planets. The Mero company is one of the four companies the Holy Empire uses to secure its section of space. They place a branch in every city, on every planet to maintain control.¡±Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. ¡°Oh, that''s interesting, where do they keep the advanced weapons, armor, and is there a ship?¡± ¡°Master, there''s some tech level two laser pistols, like the one from earlier. There isn''t much here because this is only a branch store, the main store in the Capitol will have much more.¡± ¡°B8 I want you to go break down those laser pistols to make more bots, also grab the crystals for your abysnic bots.¡± as his voice fades all the bots covering his back break off, crawling through the elevator, and disappearing. ¡°B8 send me to the 25th floor, and how many bots did you send.¡± A few seconds later the elevator begins to move. ¡°Master, responding to you will be slow as I move the bots who broke off. Of the 12 million bots with you, 2 million have left" ¡°Got it" the elevator finally starts ascending, reaching the 25th floor the door opens. In front of him stands a scar faced man with long black dreads, dressed in green camo pants, a green shirt with a bulletproof vest, a personal comm on his wrist, and pistol on his waist. ¡°FUCK MAN WERE YOU THE ONE HOLDING UP THE ELEVATOR!¡± If I wasn''t in this building right now I''d kill this fucker! Leviathan looks the man up and down The man seeing Leviathan not move reaches for his gun. fuck it, I''ll kill this bastard. Hearing the man''s thoughts Leviathan reaches for his arm. Seeing that he won''t make it before the man grabs the gun, he increases the gravity of the gun by ten times. Not expecting the extra weight the man''s shoulder buckles for a moment as he grabs it. ¡°What?!?¡± why? The moment of hesitation gives him time to grab the man''s arm. Squeezing as hard as he can, his claws rip into the man''s forearm. ¡°AHhhhh!¡± Dropping the gun the man tries to jerk his arm back, after three jerks Leviathan finally releases him. Four other people in the room turn to look at them, three men and a woman. The lady was obviously the receptionist, she had shoulder length, fiery red hair, a stunning strapless black dress that stopped just above her knees, and a pair of red heels that matched her hair. The men were actually triplets, their backs hund rifles and waist donned pistols, wearing black combat boots, khaki pants, and black shirts. Across their chest hung bandoliers, equipped with a 12in bowie knife. Oh god not again¡­ A threat? A threat? A threat? Seeing that he''s gotten unwanted attention Leviathan wipes his figures on the man''s shirt as he walks by. The man, to busy holding his arm to stop the bleeding doesn''t stop him, instead he lets him pass so he can enter the elevator. Before the elevator closes the man stares daggers at Leviathan¡¯s back ¡°Don''t let me find you on the streets! I''ll fucking kill you!¡± oh god, please close faster, this guy is crazy! Not paying the threat and mind Leviathan finally takes the chance to look around the room. A glass countertop cut the room in half, on the countertop were holograms of the standard merchandise they mass produce. Behind the counter in glass displays are one of a kind armors made from rare animal hides and metals. In front of the counter the triplets continue their talk to the receptionist, acting as if the previous incident was a common occurrence. ¡°We need better armor if we are going to fight the arahaknar!¡± ¡°What we have now wont even protect from one bite!¡± ¡°And if we get the fags we will sell to you!¡± ¡°so all we ask is a discount!¡± ¡°so all we ask is a discount!¡± ¡°so all we ask is a discount!¡± The lady looks at the three men while rubbing her forehead, a paind look plastered on her face ahhh so troublesome! ¡°Look here chen brothers, I like you, I really do. But last time you said the same thing about hunting the kekukan, and before that the yosumold! Both times you failed and the armor was beyond repair, so we couldn''t even take it back!¡± ¡°This time will be different!¡± ¡°This time will be different!¡± ¡°This time will be different!¡± Listening for a while Leviathan decides that is rubbish and decides to ignore it. Walking towards the counter he begins to look at the holograms. The first option is a full body suit with various pricing depending on the hardness of the leather. Picking out one with the best hardness at the cheapest price, he clicks it, adding it to a shopping list as customers five. Moving to the next hologram he notices its for boots, after browsing for a few minutes he clicks a pair made from the same material as the body suit, a synthetic material called Trimnium. As he moves towards the next hologram the redheaded women stands in front of him, looking around he notices it''s only the two of them in the room. Being in closer proximity he gets a better look at her and notices she''s only as tall as his chest. Light freckles cover her cheeks, trying to hide her cute dimples. Her button nose and almond shaped eyes contradict each other, as if saying I''m adorable but fierce. Cherry color lips, just asking to be plucked, bend into a crescent as she stares at Leviathan. ¡°Can I help you, sir" a sultry voice escapes from her lips. Leviathan takes a moment to stare at her some more before finally opening his mouth. ¡°I''m looking for new gear, mine is damaged, as you can see" Looking leviathan up and down for a moment she holds her hand up, covers her mouth, and chuckles. ¡°If pajamas and a bathrobe count as gear, what do we sell here?¡± is this guy foreal? He looks like a full body cyborg...is his brain fried? *Caugh* ¡°What I meant was my gear was destroyed, and this was all I have left" turning his head slightly he tries to avoid looking at her out of shame. ¡°Well then, dear customer. How may I~, be of assistance to you?¡± ¡°Well" untying the sacks on his waist, he drops them on the counter. ¡°I have already picked a few things, and was just about to continue before you walked over" As he finishes his sentence B8 whispers into his ear ¡°Master, I have finally made my way to the laser pistols, there are a total of ten pistols, more than enough to complete my abysnic bots. From the components of the pistols I can make a thousand droids, a negligible number so I will only harvest the crystals and meet you In the lift in 20 minutes¡± ¡°Actually miss¡­¡± ¡°Bianca" ¡°Miss Bianca, can you help me look around?¡± A smile forms on her face ¡°It''s only polite to give your name as well¡± Thinking a moment before opening his mouth ¡°My name is Levi" ¡°Ok then, Levi" turning around she begins to saunter behind the counter, empathizing her curves. ¡°A man of your...caliber needs special equipment¡± turning her head around she winks ¡°You''re special, I can tell" arriving before a metal cabinet, she opens it, revealing a long black robe. Turning to face Leviathan again she places her finger on her bottom lip ¡°Isn''t this more your" looking him up and down ¡°Style?¡± ¡°I thought you didn''t sell pajamas here?¡± ¡°It''s just a small joke, this is the coat I wore in today" after closing the cabinet she moves towards the bags on the counter ¡°How much money did you bring?¡± ¡°A little over 140 gold, what can that get me?¡± After hearing his answer the light fades from her eyes ¡°You can use the holograms to pick what you want, if you have any questions or you complete you selection come find me" turning, she walks away. Am I that poor?!?! Side story A-1 After the US takeover of the world, the small island country of New Zealand was nonplussed and eventually kept their neutral stance. With the Global Federation being such a large organization, the necessity of leading bodies for different regions of the world was apparent, allowing larger nations to remain the same, whilst smaller nations like New Zealand were combined. All the politics aside, the island nation - now known as the State of Isles (or Kiwi State locally) - went through rapid changes as peace washed over the world. As world problems were being slowly being corrected by scientists, SOI became a cultural and environmental paradise. A lot of cultures were freely expressing themselves, while the environment was a clear contrast to the urban jungles of concrete and metal. Greenery interspersed between aesthetically pleasing buildings without taking away the feel of nature. That is what Kiwi State prides itself on. And for the generations that grew up with all the benefits of technology, gaming and eSports took off. While the gamers may not be professionals and experts, mostly filled with casual players, there is no denying their unity and solidity when acting together. While others would fight amongst themselves due to the interactions of their countries before the Global Federation, Kiwi State could still show a surprising - for other states - sportsmanship and competitiveness at the same time. Which brings us to the current times, with the announcement of ¡°Amongst The Stars (ATS)¡± by Snow Storm Entertainment (SSE). States such as Kiwi State, Korea State, Japan State, and other famous player-nations had companies laying claim to game cabins, finding the price negligible in comparison to the profit if they make it a first place prize in a competition. In addition, some companies got a sponsorship if lucky with SSE, giving a percentage of the profits in return for receiving the game cabin, game suits, and game helmets to be used as prizes. One such company in Kiwi State followed this trend. Within the 24 hour limit of application for this limited time, one-off competition, they had already made a huge profit, even after taking into account the cut for SSE. Having applied for the competition, a particular no-name casual player won the first prize. It was something that could happen to anyone, but he got lucky enough to win the draw. And what was his reaction to winning? A shrug of the shoulders, before continuing to eat his cheese on barbecue fried noodles. After finishing up the legalities with a stoic appearance, he refused any offers for appearing in the media, remaining anonymous - at least for a day or two until the internet hunted him down - and carrying on with his normal life. His emotions betrayed no excitement or disappointed. Did this mean he wasn¡¯t happy or surprised at this? That is not true. It is simply that his emotions rarely display themselves. And this wasn¡¯t uncommon, either. In fact, except for two or three, the 20 winners (1 game cabin, 4 game suits, 15 game helmets) had a casual expression and light smiles, as if sitting down for a cup of coffee after lunch. As for some background information of our little man. Kauri Johns, age 24. Has lived in a small, quiet and peaceful town, surrounded by greenery but mostly stays in his own world playing games, taking things at his own pace. Main income is a government benefit, and is too lazy to find a job, making believable lies using half-hearted effort to complete tasks so that he can remain on the dole. He earns money on the side by using his self-learned programming skills to take on small jobs online. While not common, he is still average overall when it comes to the fact that he has browsed around both the deep web and the dark web a little. His favorite food is chicken and chips from a local bakery, and prefers a large and filling meal rather than a small and delicious one, giving credence to his chubby appearance. Being lazy, he has a short beard and shoulder length hair tied in a ponytail. Perhaps due to his bloodline, he has curly dark brown hair that appears unmanageable, green eyes, and lightly tanned skin. While maybe stressed too much, it should still be noted that he is an example of your average person that you would pass by on the street and not even remember in the least. And yet he has won such a large prize which came included with a years worth of IV solution. With his family all living out of state and only paying enough for the family houses¡¯ expenses, it was more than enough for him to live in the game. Since he would be supported by the game cabin, it didn¡¯t matter if his benefit was cut; he would be living on an IV. He would miss the food though. The day the game cabin arrived, Kauri was in the middle of playing a 4X space strategy game.He played a variety of genres, but tends to lean towards sci fi, space, strategy, rpg, and tactical sorts of games. After a short explanation later, he showed the movers out before looking at his reformed AI robot helper. Nodding to himself, he asked it some simple questions to understand it a bit more. Strength, dexterity, intelligence, durability. He checked these four things first by doing different tasks. First was asking the robots weight limit, how much it could carry, followed by demonstrating with lifting objects in the house. Next was dexterity, done by having the AI follow simple tasks starting with simple, before moving on to complex things, ranging from opening a door, picking up a shirt off the floor, folding said shirt, to even doing the dishes. Intelligence was testing how advanced the AI was. This was mostly about confirming its capabilities similar to a computer and programs. CPU speed, core count, RAM size, memory size, and so on. Lastly was durability. He needed to know if it would be damaged carrying out miscellaneous tasks, how often it would need to be tuned and repaired if at all, if such tasks can be done by itself, and other such things. Once it became night time, and everything for the game cabin and AI prepped, Kauri went to sleep. When morning arrived, he finished having the AI robot learn and confirm its tasks for while he was in the game cabin. Periodically cleaning the house, making sure power wasn¡¯t being wasted, checking on the tank water for this rural residence of his, and operating the generator should the power be cut for whatever reason, usually a stupid driver hitting a power pole. By this time, he had finally come up with a name for this helper of his. Camellia. While the AI robot wasn¡¯t defined as either gender, and had an androgynous voice, Kauri figured that, similar to ships, using a female pronoun wouldn¡¯t be out of place. Following this, Camellia explained how one could join the game straight away, in return for not being allowed to leave for a certain amount of time. Pondering it for a while, Kauri said he would do it after breakfast. Where did he get it from? Of course, it was the bakery. For his favorite chicken and chips. After the quick drive there and back, and savoring what could be his last meal in a long time mentally, he finally went into his game cabin. He found it intriguing how the game pod was using Total Liquid Ventilation (TLV), shortly before his consciousness vanished. Opening his eyes to a white abyss with only a floor to stand on, Kauri saw this and just sat on the ground with nothing to do except wait for what he would expect to be an AI. He reads a lot of fiction, and while some are unique and interesting, there are a lot that have points that coincide. VR games, AI introduction, befriending said AI, or maybe the AI was one of the prevailing Gods of the game universe. ¡°Hello future Star Traveler! Welcome to Amongst The Stars!¡± (AI) When a distorted figure appeared in front of him, Kauri stood up and gave a light bow with his head, before peering into the dark void that served as eyes for the distorted static figure in front of him. ¡°Hm hm, you¡¯re a polite one. And not much of a reaction from you. Quite the stoic person for one so young.¡± (AI) ¡°Hello, one who I assume is the AI in charge of character creation. And possibly more, I take it?¡± (Kauri) ¡°That¡¯s right! I¡¯m the AI in charge of everything, and I¡¯ll help you get started so you can join the game.¡± (AI) ¡°Thank you. So, how do we start?¡± (Kauri) Following this short conversation, the AI explained the AI thumb ring and robot skeleton before handing the ring to Kauri, and then moving on to the topic of Psionics, Cybernetics, and Normals. Next was an explanation of the 4 primary starting species for the destination galaxy. Al¡¯muthar. Grandor. Averie. Human. Without even waiting for the example appearances to appear, Kauri had decided. ¡°Grandor.¡± (Kauri) ¡°That was a quick decision. Are you sure about that?¡± (AI) ¡°I want to be a ship.¡± (Kauri) ¡°...¡± (AI) ¡°I want to be---¡± (Kauri) ¡°I heard you. Well, good luck with that.¡± (AI) The moment Kauri heard of the Grandor species and their body, he straight away came up with the idea of working towards making his body not human but a ship. To grow as much as he can and become a starship, as if an organic ship rather than one made of metal. Of course, he would most likely be metallic in nature if he managed to eat enough ores and minerals. Conductive metals could be refined in the body as circuitry instead of things like blood vessels. Ideas spun around and around in his head on how to try and do this, even though he didn¡¯t know whether or not it would be possible in the first place.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. With a flash of light, Kauri became a mass of flowing mud. Due to the difference in appearance and biology, he had to spend some time adjusting and learning to his new body, particularly in holding the shape of a normal human without constantly shifting. The moment he finished adjusting, the AI continued. ¡°What will your name be?¡± (AI) ¡°Dran.¡± (Kauri/Dran) ¡°Confirmed. Have fun!¡± (AI) And with that, the world went black. When he next opened his eyes, Dran was met with the sight of stacks of cargo containers in a large room, with dim blue illuminating lights around the walls, floor and ceiling. Looking behind him, he saw a container which had fallen off the shelf, and both himself and a silver skeleton - Camellia¡¯s robot body - having rolled out of it. Quickly running through scenarios in his head, he thought of what could be happening as well as what may happen in the next while, so that he could decide on how to act. ¡°Camellia, begin self-diagnostic. Are you fully functioning?¡± (Dran) ¡°Affirmative, Master. Beginning self-diagnostic¡­ Complete. All systems functional.¡± (Camellia) ¡°Good. Let¡¯s start searching the room, see if we can find out any---¡± (Dran) ¡°Enemy contact! Set up blockade here! We can¡¯t let them reach the bridge!¡± (???) ¡°Kill the bastards! Take control of the ship!¡± (???) In the distance, possibly beyond a connecting door, the muffled voices of people could be heard rushing, alongside the sounds of both energy and ballistic weapons being used. Hearing this, Dran began to panic. Just because he was a gamer, even if only casual, didn¡¯t mean he was used to sudden tense situations. With his mind racing, he thought over and over about what he should do, trying to come up with something, but his mind kept going blank. As his body starting to lose human shape in his confusion, Camellia spoke up. ¡°Master. What are your orders?¡± (Camellia) Hearing that, Dran immediately cooled his head. He¡¯s seen a lot of dark things before so he should be used to panic. Especially with horror games. He needed to take a step back. Taking a metaphorical deep breath, he looked at things objectively, as if looking at a computer screen showing a paused game. For several seconds, he organized his thoughts, and started issuing instructions. ¡°Camellia. Begin searching the containers for anything of use. Order of priority from highest: Weapon. Equipment. Armor. Refined Metals and minerals. Raw metals and minerals. Miscellaneous. Time limit: Until the sounds of combat stop. At that time, if you have a weapon, shoot anyone who enters the room while taking cover behind these cargo containers. If without a weapon, remain hidden.¡± (Dran) ¡°Orders received, Master. Executing.¡± (Camellia) While Camellia began opening containers and scanning through them, Dran instead moved towards the doors and found a control panel next to it. Pressing the lock button, he confirmed it was tightly closed before running towards containers to start looking through them, his feet making wet plops with every step. He really wanted to eat something solid and become less¡­ muddy. Even a copper or bronze would be nice about now, though he didn¡¯t know how much it would take to completely improve himself. Multitasking while searching, he finally did something he should have done when he first regained awareness. Status. Name: Dran Race: Grandor Age: 24 Class: None Health: 100/100 Psi: N/A Str: 4 Con: 10 Agi: 3 Dex: 3 Int: 5 Racial: [Basic Ore Consumption] 0/100 - Malleable Body Name: Camellia Race: AI Age: N/A Class: N/A Health: 60/60 Psi: N/A Str: 5 Con: 6 Agi: 3 Dex: 7 Int: 8 Skills: [Basic Computing] 0/100 [Basic Ore Assimilation] - Innate racial ability of Grandor. First stage. Allows one to eat ore and minerals to improve oneself. This can also include processed and refined materials [Malleable Body] - Allows a Grandor to reshape their body within their mass limit. Dran now had a decision to make that could greatly affect his future actions. From the short exchange he heard, he was currently on a ship, presumably accidentally picked up and stored in the cargo bay. If this was a small ship, there was the chance that all contents were mixed together, but if it happens to be a large ship, then it may be categorized, reducing the chances of getting something good and useful. Then there was the problem of who the ship belonged to, and who was invading it. Though it seems it wouldn¡¯t be hard to figure out the former, as he found out by investigating the cargo containers. In a sealed container with what looked like air filtration holes on it, he came across something he didn¡¯t expect. Children. About a dozen in one container, and with a quick glance around, he could see about 10 of these containers. Looking at their state, they were cowering in the fetal position with wrists and ankles tied up, and mouths gagged with a cloth. The fear in their eyes as they looked at him made him feel stifled. Slave Traders. While they may not be limited to this, they were certainly involved in it. The crew of the ship were likely outlaws, pirates, or worse, working for a powerful underground company. If his luck was bad, there was also the chance that they were part of a galactic empire who enslaved others. On the flip side, maybe the soldiers didn¡¯t know about the kidnapped children, but this could be quickly ruled out by the report of Camellia, saying she had found a lot of substances which should be classified as illegal. The children in front of him were varied in age, appearing as young as 9 and as old at 16. Their species were mixed, but primarily human with some al¡¯muthar and averie here and there. Visible bruising and dried cuts could be seen on them, and several of the older looking girls among them had glazed eyes, as if having given up. With their disheveled appearance, it didn¡¯t take much to figure out why. The sight of them made Dran¡¯s mind go white. The realization of how real this universe was, the dark nature of things that is happening, as well as some flashbacks to what he had seen on the dark web. With his imagination and creativity, it wasn¡¯t hard to think of even worse things that may have or would have happened. With most of his time being used up looking through the enslaved children in a daze, Dran finally got back to searching, albeit with a more grim expression on his muddy head. The sounds outside looked like they were dying down, too. While others may believe that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Dran knew better than to blindly believe this. He had read enough fictional stories and played enough strategy games to know otherwise. A key thing he could figure out, was that both sides were enemies, due to the fact that the invaders had prioritized gaining control of the ship, not securing the children. This could mean they were a rival group, or just work in a similar illegal business and are taking out a competitor. Though they were more likely to be space pirates rather than smugglers, a conjecture made based on their brash actions and words. When the fighting stopped, Camellia and Dran came together with whatever they found to be useful in the immediate situation. The result was¡­ surprising. And not to mention, all of them were stolen goods. W&P Standard Ballistic Rifle x10 Durability: 30/30 Damage: 10-30 Ammo: 90/5 (rounds/magazines) W&P Standard Plasma Pistol x15 Durability: 30/30 Damage: 15 Ammo: 10/8 (charges/power cells) W&P Standard Laser Rifle x5 Durability: 30/30 Damage: 60 Charge Time: 5s W&P Standard Molecular Dagger x20 Durability: 30/30 Damage: 25 Standard Personal Computer (Hacking) Durability: 30/30 Skills: [Standard Computing] [Standard Communications] [Standard Hacking] [Standard Cyber-Security] Standard Personal Computer (Medicine x2 Durability: 30/30 Skills: [Standard Computing] [Standard Communications] [Standard Medical Knowledge] [Standard Personal Computer (Engineering) x8 Durability: 30/30 Skills: [Standard Computing] [Standard Communications] [Standard Engineering Knowledge] [Steel Bar] x200 Mass: 1kg [Iron Bar] x100 Mass: 1kg [Tungsten Bar] x50 Mass: 1kg [Copper Bar] x250 Mass: 1kg [Gold Bar] x25 Mass: 1kg [Platinum Bar] x25 Mass: 1kg [Iridium Bar] x10 Mass: 1kg At first, Dran was quite happy with the found items, until he started to think more. He didn¡¯t know what counted as good or bad. On top of that, if these were goods being smuggled and used for trades, then what were those fighting outside using? What level of combat expertise did they have? There were too many things he didn¡¯t know. But he knew one thing for sure. One shot from any of those weapons, and he was likely to die without a chance. The same to Camellia¡¯s silver skeletal frame. There were even a lot of metal bars he could absorb. But it seemed too good to be true. He just started the game, and has already received a boon like this? Maybe the dangers from here on out would be lethal at every step. Illegal substances, kidnapped children, stolen equipment, large amounts of metal. These smugglers must be high priority targets for any raiders, which also means a lot of escorts on both sides. And he had to wonder; if he hadn¡¯t been a Grandor, what were the chances of any of this being immediately useful? Others would have to try steal it and then sell it to make cash. Needless to say, the next course of action was decided. Chapter 14 Walking towards the third hologram he sees that its for pants and vest, Taking his time he scrolls through the selections. After a few minutes he makes up his mind, choosing the material to be made from the leather of an animal called a Fragler. Apparently its hide was strong enough to block knife wounds, and was fairly flexible. Seeing that there were no more holograms, he walks towards Bianca. ¡°Do you really not have cloaks or robes here? something with a hood?¡± The girls face scrunches ¡°No, what do you think this place is? are you ready to check out?¡± Seeing the drastic change in attitude Leviathan mood sours, remembering how people treated him after finding out he wouldn''t recover. ¡°Yes I¡¯m ready¡± waving his hand in agitation ¡°Ring it up!¡± Bianca types on the computer, pulling up his list of items. ¡°Adding all this together, it totals 87 gold¡± Grabbing one of the sacks on the counter he begins to count the gold one by one. Seeing this the girls eyes narrow ¡°We have a machine to count gold, do you need help?¡± ¡°Great! I lost count!¡± sweeping all the gold back into the bag he begins to count again. Flustrated the girl begins to slap her leg, getting ready to open her mouth she hesitates before closing it, her little nose scrunches up, and lips turn down into a frown. Uhh is this guy just wearing silver body paint? poor bastard wasting my time! As he was counting the twentieth gold coin, he suddenly slapped the counter ¡°I think i''ll use the silver and copper coins first, can you count them for me!¡± returning the gold to the bag he pushes the others towers her. Lips twitch slightly as she reaches for the two bags ¡°Of course...customer.¡± Taking the bags she moves over to a machine in the corner, untying the bad she pours the coins inside. The machine hums a bit before a card is ejected from a slot, grabbing the card Bianca tosses it onto the counter ¡°4 gold 40 silver and 30 copper.¡± Leviathan pick up the card, and as he does a familiar scene flashes before his eyes. Bank Card: 4g 40s 30c ¡®Bank card detected¡­.activating currency withdrawal system¡­..1 gold = 1 Fed dollar¡­..Link bank account?¡¯ Leviathan raises his eyebrows in surprises, so I can take money out of the game? Link. ¡®Account linked...money withdrawal from bank cards possible¡­.deposit impossible.¡¯ Putting the card back on the table he pushes both it and the bag of gold towards Bianca. ¡°I changed my mind, pull all the gold on the card, then charge the 87 gold¡± Narrowing her eyes she stares at Leviathan is this guy messing with me on purpose? ¡°Ok...customer¡± gnashing her teeth she takes the card and bag, walking back to the machine she inserts a card into the slot, then pours the gold into the top. Walking back to her computer, she scans the card before returning it to Leviathan. Bank Card: 57g 40s 30c ¡°Your Items will be on the first floor with the receptionist there" Just leave, poor scum, dared to get my hopes up for a big commission Smiling slightly under the mask, he walks towards the lift. Waiting for the door to open he whispers in his mask ¡°B8 you ready?¡± ¡°Master, I''m on my way to the elevator now.¡± After waiting for a moment the door open, stepping onto the lift he waits for the door to close. Taking one final look at Bianca, who is staring daggers at him, the door closes. As the lift descends Leviathan¡¯s eyes wander around the cabin, looking for traces of bots. As the elevator passes the twelfth floor the bots start start descending from the roof, falling onto Leviathan. The bots remerge on his back, a large lump moves over his shoulder, down his arm, and finally settles in his palm. The bots in his hand part, revealing ten pea sized crystals. Small Laser Focusing Crystal ¡°Master, I need to get these crystals back to the ship in order for them to be useful.¡± ¡°Don''t worry B8, we will be going back to the ship soon, But first we need to move to the next step of my plan.¡± looking at the crystals for a a few seconds ¡°B8, if you can incorporate the lasers into your bots, can you do so for other things? like the ships thrusters?¡± The elevator passes the fifth floor in silence, as it reaches the fourth B8 finally responds. ¡°Master, I would have to study it, which would take away a lot of processing power I¡¯m using to make bots.¡± ¡°Good, start working on it, Try and add thrust to as many shadow iron bots as possible.¡± ¡°Master, count on me.¡± *Ding* The elevator arrives at the first floor, stepping off he sees that a box is now next to the receptionist. as he nears the receptionist he sees a strange smile on her face.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. He must be the poor bastard Bianca told me about Walking upon the receptionist he points at the box ¡°Is this mine?¡± ¡°Yes it is customer, please do come visit again¡± Seeing that she wants nothing to do with him he picks up the box. ¡°Do you know where I can buy a hover car?¡± Narrowing her eyes she looks Leviathan up and down. I thought he was poor? ¡°When you leave this building and take a right, head all the way down the street till you see a small bakery, if you take a left from there you will eventually run into Hanks Cars.¡± ¡°Thanks¡± waving his hand he walks towards the exit. After leaving the building he notices that it is starting to get dark. Turning right he begins to walk down the street, as he walks he notices that the soldiers patrol has started to increase. after walking for a while he finally sees the bakery, a simple building made from a dull brown metal, the front of the store is mostly glass allowing one to see inside. The inside had a few dining chairs and a glass counter filled with different types of bread, pausing for a moment, he walks inside. As he enters the bakery he sees and older lady behind the counter, she has a slightly hunched back, and gray hair tied into a bun. Walking up to the counter he greets the woman ¡°Hi ma¡¯am i''d like some fresh bread, and to use your bathroom, if thats ok.¡± The old lady is surprised for a moment, hearing such a deep voice from a man entirely encased in silver, and wearing tattered robes. Looking at him for a moment the smile returns to her face ¡°Well dear, you can''t go surprising old people like that, now what kind of bread would you want sweety?¡± As the old lady was talking to him he picked up a thought from outside the store, that has barley entered his range. That bastard makes a fool out of me in front of Bianca?? wait till I find out where he''s going, I''ll fucking kill him. Opening his eyes a little wider from the surprise Leviathan hesitates, almost looking in the direction of the man but manages to stop himself. Taking a breath he activates his psi field to its max range. Why did the boss bring us here...Isn''t it just one guy? God can we just kill this fucker and go home? I bought that bitch the other day and still need to give her a test drive. The bosses arm was pretty messed up, hope we have enough guys. Maybe the boss will die, and i''ll get to take over! Fuck man I almost beat that level, but nooo here I am! A total of six guys including the one from earlier, have surrounded the building. Coming to kill me? you¡¯re three tech levels to low to even try! Looking at the old lady ¡°Granny, i''ll just have a muffin¡± Taking the box he heads into the bathroom, while still listening to the thoughts of the men. Besides being upset about having to stalk some guy, their thoughts weren''t very complex. Arriving in the bathroom he locks the door. Opening the box he finds his goods inside. Before taking anything out, he sets the bank card and crystals on the sink. He strips off all his clothes, and throws everything into the bin, besides the white robes. Setting it aside, he reaches into the box. The first thing he pulls out is the black body suit, as he does a screen appears in his vision. Trimnium Bodysuit Durability: 20/20 Effect: Tech lvl 1 slash/piercing damage -15% Leviathan brows raise as he looks at the clothes in his hand a screen never appeared for the other clothes, is it because the system never recognized it as an item? Grabbing the suit he begins stretching the neck area, the body suit looks like those worn by divers and surfers. Sitting on the toilet he slides both feet into the suit, standing up he pulls it onto his body. Looking in the mirror he sees his metallic body is now mostly covered by the black suit. The leg area extends down to his ankles, the sleeves extend to right before his wrist, and the top stops right at the top of his collarbone. Since the bots are hugging his body so tightly, he looks ripped. Turning his body a few times in the mirror, he reaches for the next item. Digging in the box, he picks up a grey pair of pants, causes another screen to appear. Fragler Leather Pants Durability: 20/20 Effect: Tech lvl 1 slash/piercing damage -5% Nodding his head, he decides to put on the boots next, so he wouldn''t have to stand on the bathroom floor barefoot anymore. As he reaches for the boots his psi finally runs out, besides them being impatient, he learned nothing else. Psi 0/200 Int +20 Psi 20/220 Leviathan pauses for a moment even though my int gain was halved, I''m starting to make a lot of progress again. Smiling he picks up the black boots. Trimnium Hiking Boots Durability: 20/20 Effect: Great flexibility, increase movement speed 2% ¡°Oh, this is better than I expected¡± slipping the boots on he jumps a few times, to test them out. Satisfied by their sturdiness, lightness, and flexibility he reaches for the last item. Picking up the vest, the last screen appears. Fragler Leather Vest Durability: 30/30 Effect: Tech lvl 1 slash/piercing damage -25% The vest looked like a bulky bullet proof vest. The middle area had buckles, so you can chose to fasten it, or leave it open. The inside if the vest has two pockets, one in each breast area. Picking up the card and crystals, he places them in a pocket each. Fastening the vest close, he looks in the mirror. The only part of his silver skin showing were from the wrist down, and from the neck up. Without the baggy robes, he looked ridiculous. A silver skinned man wearing a full face helmet, grey pants and vest, black bodysuit and boots, if there was a fashion police he''d already be in jail. Grabbing the robes, he puts them on to cover his shame. The robes were badly burnt, the original white was covered in black soot, and was still kind of sticky. The sleeves had multiple burn holes in them and around ? of the front section was missing. But strangely enough, now that you couldn''t see his silver skin underneath, the robes actually improved his image, especially so since the hood remained undamaged. ¡°Hmm not that bad after all¡± satisfied, he walks over to the vent. ¡°B8, time for the next part of the plan. I want you to infiltrate the rocket launchers on top of the walls near the gate that we entered. Make sure you are not caught" ¡°Master, do you want me to make bots out of them?¡± ¡°No, just try to gain access to them.¡± ¡°Master, I will try my best" After receiving his comply Leviathan places his hand on the wall, as he does silver bots brake off from his hand and move up the wall, entering the vents. The area where the bots left, new ones quickly fill the gap to cover his blue skin. Seeing that B8 is making its move, Leviathan exits the bathroom. As he does the man enters his 100ft radius again. He''s finally back, fuck he bought an entire set of new gear! Well good! I can steal it from his corpse! Looking around he sees a muffin sitting on a table. Sitting down, he waits for night fall. Looking at the muffin, he furrows his brows. ¡°How am I supposed to eat this?¡± Chapter 15 Cupping the muffin in his hand, he holds it up to his face like he was praying. ¡°B8 open a hole near my mouth for me to eat.¡± Eating the muffin like a squirrel, he listens to his stalker thoughts. How long is he going to stay in there? Fuck man, I¡¯m going to beat the shit out of this guy! Hurry up! After a few minutes he finishes the muffin, and finds out that they are just ordinary gangsters.Asking B8 to close the hole, he rises to his feet, and walks to the old lady. ¡°How much do I owe you?¡± ¡°Deary it''s only 15 coppers¡± Reaching into his vest he fishes out the card, handing it to her. Taking the card, she scans it over the computer, and hands it back. Bank Card: 57g 40s 15c After he finished paying he heads for the exit. As he leaves, jubilant thoughts ring in his head. Finally that asshole has left! Good, quicker we get this over with the faster we can leave. This guy looks dangerous, why did he have to cross the boss... Finally that bastard is out, lets gank him! Any longer and I was going to storm that place!! Shaking his head he heads for the hover car dealer. As he moves further from the bakery he notices that the men are once again out of his 100ft radius. They seem to be pretty good at stalking, I dont know why he has to press the issue. The sky begins to visibly darken, pedestrians are now few and far between, military patrols are increasing, but the area remained softy illuminated. As night descends, the colossus structures shone ever so gently, embedded in the metals were stones, twinkling in the night. After walking for awhile B8 whispers in his ear ¡°Master, I''ve made it to the launchers, the entire network is connected. By gaining access to one launcher, I can control them all, after I bypass the defenses.¡± As B8 finishes speaking the car lot finally comes into view. ¡°Ok B8 here''s the plan, I''m going to touch as many cars as possible. I want you to¡­.infect all of them. Study how they hover, then make as many bots as you can without destroying the frame.¡± ¡°Master, I can do it, but I don''t understand. What is your plan?¡± Leviathan walks forward in silence for a moment ¡°B8, I don''t know if my guess is right or wrong, But if at that time when we saw the gate open, and those soldiers poured out...what if we didn''t dare to kill them and seize the base?¡± Leviathan looks at the soldiers checking alleyways, moving loiters along, and keeping the peace. ¡°B8, if we do not dare to act, I feel like it will become difficult to move. I don''t care if millions have to die for my dream.¡± Leviathan¡¯s face ices over ¡°I refuse to sit still, and watch others go by.¡± B8 begins to ponder over what its master said, killing millions to achieve one''s goal is normal. Arriving at the gates of the car lot, a rather plump man comes out to greet them. If one was to describe this man in one word, it be round! The man''s cheeks, chin, and face in general were so large they formed an almost perfect circle. His neck is nonexistent, like a large ball of meat on top of an even larger lumpier ball of meat. The man''s legs¡­.did not exist. It wasn''t that he was crippled, just that his legs were absorbed into his body! The man was standing...sitting¡­.existing on a large oval hovering disk the same circumference of his body. How the disk was able to hold all his weight was the real mystery. Haha look at this a big customer! ¡°Hello cyborg friend! I don''t know what brings you to planet Lugo, but welcome to Tiny Tim¡¯s Travel Theater! I''m your host, Tiny Tim. Will I be directing you into your dream car, or did you come here with a type cast in mind?¡± As the man speaks saliva leaks from the corners of his mouth, and spittle flies towards Leviathan. Taking a step back to avoid the onslaught, Leviathan looks at the man. ¡°I''m here to take a look, if I have any questions, who should I ask?¡± ¡°Well you''re free to take a look, It''s just me and my assistant here, Big Jim. But if you have any questions just walk up to any security robot, tell them your issue, and either Jim or myself can assist you¡± the disk begins to rotate, and fly away.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. I hope he buys an expensive one, sales have been low this month. Watching the fat man float away Leviathan finally gets a chance to observe the lot. Rows and rows of cars are present, all together more than a thousand cars. The hover cars looked no diffrent than the sport cars of earth, except they had no wheels. Walking up to a car that resembled a charger from earth, Leviathan places his palm on the hood. Removing his hand he sees five ant size holes drilled into the hood. Smiling he begins to walk from one car to another. As he moves around the car lot he notices a total of ten security droids, the main building was a rather plain metal building, the entire lot was surrounded by a three foot high solid metal gate. The only entrance and exit was the front gate he walked through, and even that was on railing and could be slid closed. After walking around for twenty minutes touching cars Leviathan became increasingly satisfied with this place. ¡°This will be a good base, we won''t have to worry about the army like at the mines, and we can slowly devour the town. The only issue are those stalkers.¡± As Leviathan was walking around the lot he was able to notice the men following him peeking from behind the gate. After a while they could no longer resist, and entered the lot. They were greeted by a rather skinny man, who could only be big Jim. The six men spread out, and started to circle around Leviathan while pretending to browse cars. Seeing this put a smile on Leviathan¡¯s face is the enmity between us so strong that you would follow me all day? acting as if he didn''t notice he whispers to B8. ¡°B8 try to disable the security bots for now, I don''t want any alarms going off and alerting the army.¡± ¡°Master, I have already gained access to the security bots. I noticed that they were beginning to follow you, because you were acting strangely and only touching cars. After infiltrating one, I was able to access the car lots closed network. This entire place is already under my control.¡± ¡°B8 you are capable of autonomous actions?¡± Leviathan opens his eyes in shock. ¡°Master, that is only natural. I am a full AI, not a VI, or a simple robot created to perform a task. If I wasn''t capable of reason and learning, now that would be strange. I have been studying you to best judge how I can aide you, and taking over this place systems seemed to align with your future course of action.¡± ¡°Great, If you are able to actively able to make decisions then I won''t have to worry If I miss some details in a plan.¡± ¡°Master, that is correct because I can use my best judgment to fill the gaps, but your orders are absolute and I cannot go against them.¡± Leviathan slightly scrunches his brow ¡°Oh, have there been times you wanted to go against me?¡± ¡°Master, you misunderstood my words. It''s not that I want to go against you, but some of your choices were illogical.¡± Perking his brows in interest ¡°Like what?¡± ¡°Master, that are had an abundance of shadow iron, we knew that it would be safe for a while longer. So If we stayed we could have mined more.¡± Nodding his head slightly ¡°B8 you¡¯re right, we could have stayed there longer and gained more benefits, but I did not feel comfortable there. I guess that is a benefit of being a machine, emotions can''t cloud your judgement.¡± As Leviathan and B8 talk the encirclement closes into the 100ft range. Finally we can kill this eyesore! If we strip off his cybernetics we will be rich! Finally, we can kill this smuck and go home. A smile creeps on Leviathan¡¯s face ¡°But B8, you seem to make bad decisions too, If you told me earlier that this place was under your control, we wouldn''t have had to play around with these fools for so long.¡± Hearing its masters words B8 was silent. ¡°Go, kill everyone here, don''t let them scream" From the bottom of Leviathan¡¯s robes hundreds of thousands of silver bots poured out like a tide. As he was standing in between cars, no one could see them. The bots broke off into eight different silver snakes and scattered. This is the problem with an overwhelming technological advantage, they had no way to tell death was approaching. The eight snakes reached their targets, the six men, Jim, and Tim. After arriving at their backs the snakes broke off into individual droids. A few droids crawled up their clothing, so they wouldn''t notice the increased weight. The droids crawled onto the mens neck, some felt the tingling sensation and slapped. But It was no use, the droids burrowed into their skin. The bots are designed to cut, and process metal. Shredding an unprotected human jugular was like popping a bubble. The men tried to scream but was only able to choke on their blood. To prevent anyone from seeing the scene over the low fence B8 turned the remainder of his bots into a sharp stake, stabbing through their knees. As the men fell to the ground, to prevent any mishaps, the bots poured into their throats. As their internals were being shredded, seven out of the eight men quickly died. As Tiny Tim was on the hover disk, the bots were unable to crawl up his leg. Pooling underneath the hover disk, they begin to throw themselves onto the bottom of the disk. Whatever force allowing the disk to hover was to strong, causing the bots to fall back. Unwilling to give up B8 constructs a tower leading to the disk. Finally able to land on the disk B8 climbs onto his fat body, as his area was just to big he was unable to discover them. B8 burrows a few dozen bots into his flesh body, moving along his organs the bots reach his heart. Moving as one the bots rips his heart apart. Tiny Tim clutches his chest and grunts in pain, his eyes go bloodshot before rolling back, his entire body relaxes and he slumps on the disk, dropping the controller from his hand. Seeing this all play out, Leviathan is slightly horrified my entire body is covered in these bots!?!? ¡°Go...good job B8. Now move all the bodies inside" Every droid on Leviathan¡¯s body, besides the ones covering his head and hands, move to carry the bodies inside. Tim''s body was the easiest to move, as B8 just had to control the disk. Looking around to make sure nobody is paying attention, Leviathan moves towards the building. As he steps inside, the remaining bots leave as well. Looking around the room he sees a couch and a table in what could be called a waiting area. There were two offices towards the back, and between the waiting area and offices is a display car. The only way to see inside was a small window on the door. As Leviathan walked towards the offices B8 brought the bodies inside. The first thing Leviathan noticed, was a machine sitting in the corner, the same one that counted his coins and made his bank card. Walking towards the desk Leviathan sits in the chair. ¡°A little less than two hours till my psi is full¡± furrowing his brow he stares at the lobby as B8 moves the last of the bodies in ¡°Well, I guess we have a time now.¡± ¡°Master, all of them have been moved.¡± ¡°Good, lets get started¡± Chapter 16 Sitting in the chair, looking at the bodies, Leviathan clears his thoughts. Rising to his feet he moves towards the bodies, a trail of blood from the door to the corpse can be seen. from the blood trail thousands of smaller lines can be seen, like the roots of trees, branching off into many directions. Standing over the bodies Leviathan frowns for a moment, Thousands of holes could be seen, like termites eating through wood. seeing that their clothes were completely ruined, he decides to search their bodies. After a few minutes of searching he found all there was to find. The six men who were following him only had knives, as the boss dropped his pistol before. Remembering that that he left the pistol on the ground Leviathan felt a brief moment of regret, but only for a moment. He found a total of 27g 14s and 33c on their bodies, but the best surprise came from the two men from the car lot. On them were two bank cards, totaling 730g 78s and 95c, showing that they were pretty well off. Taking the coins and bank cards he heads back into the office. Walking to the counting machine he looks it over where do the coins go? taking his bank card he puts it into the slot, and dumps in the coins. The machine hums for a moment, the the card is ejected. Scrunching his brows he looks at the machine again there is no collection tray and no tubes that carry the coins away, what''s going on? Taking the three bank cards he puts them on the desk. Walking into the other office he sees the same machine in the corner. Walking over, he lifts the machine off the stand it was on, before carrying it back into the other office. placing it down on the floor, he moves the other one next to it. Picking up a little model car from the desk, he drops it into one of the machines. The machine is quiet for a moment, then a loud buzzer sounds, and the car is ejected from the machine. *Tsk* Clicking his tongue he picks up one of the machines, and with all his strength, slams it onto the ground. As he does there is no sound, no impact, but the machine turns to dust, leaving behind nothing. seeing this leviathans eyes go wide ¡°Is this something here put by the game, just to make bank cards?!?¡± hesitating if he should get B8 to look at it, the dust from the other one catches his eye. Shaking his head, he puts the last one back on the desk in the corner. Sitting back in the desk he looks out the small window in the front, he sees that it is completely night time now. Looking at the computer screen in front of him, he taps the screen. The screen lights up, displaying what could only be the desktop. Looking at the icons, most of them appear to be games. All of Snow Storm Entertainments game icons were on the desktop. Hesitating whether he wanted to see if he could actually play the games of not, he clicked on an icon with the name of the company. A new window opens and at the top were three tabs, cars in stock, application forms, and finances. Clicking the finances tab it switches over, showing all expenses for the month, income from selling cars, payroll, and that there is 3 platinum 500 gold in the company accounts. Seeing the money on the screen a smile forms on his face, clicking on the company account, two options appear, deposit or withdrawal. Clicking on deposit a box and number pad appears, keying in 730g 78c 95c into the box. After pressing confirm he holds up the two cards next to the screen, just like Bianca did when he bought his armor, and in the next second the cards disappeared. Leviathan looks at his empty hand in shock for a second, before turning back to the computer. The account balance now reads 4p 200g 78s 95c. Clicking on deposit, he puts it all on his card. Holding the card in his hand with a cheesy grin on his face ¡°Hahaha now I have money!¡± Bank Card: 4p 285g 33s 43c Tucking the card back into his pocket he walks towards the building door, opening it slightly. ¡°B8 I want you to slowly build up the walls with your new bots, also try to do it slowly when people are around, but if no one is looking go as fast as possible. we can''t have people seeing cars just disappear from the lot, also don''t open the gate, if anyone jumps it let me know¡± A voice seems to transmit from multiple cars ¡°Master, It shouldn''t be a problem, I also have information about the ship. I should be able to completely convert it over the next four days, also now that I am studying the hover systems and propulsion systems, they will progress slower until I can make more bots to increase my processing speed.¡± ¡°That should not be a problem, when you are done, we can begin my plan.¡± Closing the door he walks over to the hover disk B8 brought in, with the remote sitting on top. Picking up the control he felt a strange connection with the hover disk, with a thought, the disk shoots into the air, crashes into the ceiling, and falls back onto the ground. ¡°Is this the same type of control they install in a cyborgs brain? If I dig it out of their brain, can I control their body?¡± frowning for a moment he tries extending his psi rang further than 100ft while holding the controller.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. His psi extends just like normal ¡°no effect? Maybe this isn''t the same control?¡± shrugging his shoulders he wills the disk to slow lift off the ground. Walking over to it he tries to push it down with his hand. Seeing that he can''t he slowly crawls on top, with plenty of extra space because it was designed for the fat man, he sits cross legged. With a thought the disk begins to move around the room. Playing around for a few minutes, Leviathan hovers in the center of the room. ¡°It''s actually quite fun to fly around, It''s like flying a drone" Hopping off, he moves to sit on the couch, psi Psi 168/220 ¡°Close enough" picking a direction he shoots his ability as far as he can, after traveling over 1000ft he makes contact with a mind. I hope things get better, all these armed soldiers walking about the street is making me worry the kings health is worse than people thi- Psi 0/220 Int +17 Psi 17/237 ¡°In a few days I''ll come visit you, royal capital¡± expanding his psi field as wide as possible, it runs out after a few seconds Psi 0/237 Int +1 Psi 1/238 Telepathy 50/100 Empathy acquired Oh, a new ability? Whats it do. Empathy Empathy: The ability to interpret the emotions of others. ¡°Is this even useful?!?¡± furrowing his brows slightly he looks out the window at the night sky either way, I wont be able to test it till tomorrow Laying down on the couch, he closes his eyes.
*Dun dun dun dun* Thirteen men, fully armed like medieval knights were marching through a hall in a v formation. on their hips were beautiful golden scabbards. The hilts of the blades were black as night, decorated with fiery red Pheni dancing their way to the pummel. The pummel was made of a gem, the gem rotated and pulsed, like a yellow dwarf star. Their armour was black with gold trim, in the center of their chest was a golden Phoenix. On their heads were gold trimmed crusader great helms with a Phoenix claw design on the sides. The leading man''s armor was different from the rest, on his chest was a golden Phoenix surrounded by blazing flames, almost as if it was alive. His helmet, which he carried in his left hand at his side, was in the shape of a Phoenix head. As they marched down the hallway maids quickly moved to the sides, bowing their head. Reaching a large gilded door they came to a halt. The leading man had a head of curly auburn hair, his eyes green as jade. His face looked as if it was sculpted instead of naturally formed, perfect from every angle, with sword like eyebrows gave off an aura of dominance. ¡°My King! The Phoenix knights have arrived!¡± the man''s voice flows out like running water, filled with respect, and a hint of sorrow. Silence flowed through the hall for a moment, before a weak voice finally responded. ¡°You may enter our chamber, Knight General Valen.¡± The twelve knights break formation, standing off to the sides of the hall. Valen alone enters the door. As he walks through the doors, a grand chamber comes into view. Extravagant art decorates the walls, marble statues on display, gold trim curtains hang from the ceiling, a pool of water filed with lotus and naked bathing women, and in the center of the room lies a bed. In the bed lay an old man. His body, bones at this point, was filled with liver spots. Oh his head were strings of white hair. The man looked so weak that a simple sneeze may take his life, but his eyes, his eyes burned with the light of a thousand dying stars. Valen quickly walked to the side of the bed, in one fluid motion he dropped down to a knee, at the same time his right hand slams into the ground with the sound of thunder, the ground splinters from the impact, and blood leaks from his gauntlet. From clenched teeth ¡°Your subject greets you, Your Majesty¡± The old man''s eyes glance at Valen for a moment, before returning to the bathing women. The man''s cracked lips part slowly ¡°Valen, your body is not your own to damage, it is ours.¡± the old king is silent for a moment ¡°we have watched you grow up into a fine young man. You have served us your entire life, just like your father, and his father before him.¡± the old king once again looks at Valen ¡°For over 200 years your family has served us, we trust you more than our own sons!¡± the old kings eyes burn in fury ¡°our only capable air died serving the Holy Empire, and only two dogs are left to inherit our throne!¡± the old king closes his eyes. Seeing the king''s eyes close Valen begins to tremble. ¡°Valen, our daughter is weak and young, we do not want our daughter to be a casualty of war" the old man takes a deep breath, his final breath. His eyes burst open like a supernova, his voice erupts like a volcano, and at that moment the old king regains all his majesty. ¡°Valen! Hear our order! You are to protect the Fist Princess with your life! This is the last order of Phoenix King Kladusa Quinten Von Ashman!¡± ¡°YES, YOUR MAJESTY!¡± A smile forms on the king''s face, as his body relaxes. As the king dies bells sound throughout the Capitol. Valen raises his head, tears streaming down his face, blood seeping through his teeth.
Light trickles into the room, and Leviathan is woken by the sounds of sirens and gunfire. Jolting up Leviathan stares out the window. Smoke rises in the distance, on the streets soldiers are firing at each other. Not a single civilian can be seen on the streets. Rushing to the door to get a better view, he sees the security robots forming a line blocking the door, bodies of soldiers litter the parking lot, and cars are swarming with bots. ¡°B8 what happened?? How am I just now waking up??¡± A voice transmets from the security robots ¡°Master, I used the bots to form a shell over your body to block the noise, as for what happened, I¡¯ve learned that the king is dead.¡± Leviathans eyes go wide ¡°Fuck! That ruins my entire plan! Dam! Move to phase two then!¡± Leviathan steps out from the shop. ¡°B8 fire the rockets into the city! Cause as much chaos as possible!¡± Chapter 17 All along the walls missile launchers began to move. The missile launchers have a round base, the main support column pivots along the base. On both sides of the column are the the containers that house the missiles, giant rectangles. Each rectangle has eight holes, sixteen total per launcher. At this very second, a total of eighty-four such launchers are pointed towards the city. ¡°B8! what''s the status on the ship how close are you to converting everything?¡± ¡°Master, I have completed ? of the shadow iron droids, totaling eight million. The thirty million gold bots are still the same, and I have made another twenty-five million steel bots. The study of propulsion systems are ? through but I have ? of the hover systems analyzed as the sample size was bigger.¡± ¡°Dam, we needed more time...more time¡± Leviathan closes his eyes. The sound of gunfire, soldiers screaming orders, and explosions fill his ears. Leviathan takes a moment to clear his thoughts before opening his eyes. Scanning the surroundings he can see the wall has increased in height by a foot and a half not enough, we won''t be able to use this as a base ¡°B8 how many bots were you able to make here?¡± ¡°Master, using the cars I was able to make an extra fifty million steel bots, due to the fact steel bots can make bots a lot faster than gold bots, and I didn''t have to focus on making shadow iron bots here. So in total we have sixty-two million bots here.¡± ¡°It will have to do¡­.fire the rockets¡± At Leviathans orders, all eighty-four launchers begin releasing their payload towards different parts of the city. Missiles fly through the air and collide with the skyscrapers, causing more internal explosions in the buildings. Explosions pave the street, smoke clouds raising as high as the eye can see. The sounds of screams are like buzzing mosquitoes to the backdrop of explosions. Buildings collapse, causing tides of smoke and debris to wash over the streets like a tsunami. Fires rage as one thousand three hundred and forty-four missiles paint the city in death. Leviathan closes his eyes, listening to the sound of death. While no missle hits the car lot, the fallout of smoke, debris, and ash washes over his body. Five minutes, five minutes to fire all the missiles. The total death count, unknown. It¡¯s just a game, just a game. Leviathan trembles a bit, as he imagines all the lives lost. As he opens his eyes, they appear to be a shade darker than normal. There is no turning back now, If there is a god, forgive me, for I have sinned. Taking a breath he walks back into the building. Picking up the controller to the hover disk, he shoves it in the sleeve of his body suit. Leviathan walks into the office and grabs the coin counting machine, and puts it on the Hover disk and leaves the building, hover disk in tow. ¡°B8 reform the armor¡± at his command bots begin to swarm his body, in a few seconds they reform the armor. Seeing all the bots still remaining, he ponders for a few seconds. ¡°B8 use the remaining bots to turn into something optimal for combat¡± Receiving the order fifty million bots begin to swarm each other. after a few seconds B8 took the form of Leviathans armor. The only difference is B8 had a total of six arms, a think long tail that extended around twelve feet, and its body was covered in small silver balls. While Leviathan stood at 5¡¯10¡¯¡¯ B8 was 8¡¯ tall. ¡°Master, I am ready¡± Looking the giant B8 up and down for a second Leviathan nods ¡°Lets go, this whole city shall become your factory. First we need to clean up the soldiers¡± Leviathan and B8 step out onto the street, and as soon as he does he''s pelted by the emotions from everyone within 100ft. Fear, anger, confusion, and crushing sorrow all flow into him at the same time, causing his already deteriorating mental state to break further. ¡°B8 kill everything within 100ft of me!¡± ¡°Master, as you command¡± B8 begins to move, its tail sweeps through the buildings to the front, arms stretch out and plunge into debris, the balls on its body open sending needles flying in different directions. With every move it makes, a life is lost. Every step Leviathan takes, an emotion disappears. One step Anger is gone, Two steps fear is gone, three steps sorrow is gone, four steps compassion. Every step he takes his disposition becomes colder and lonelier. Every step he takes his eyes become redder. Moving forward he''s bombarded with an emotion stronger than any other, an emotion he almost lost. Turning his head he sees a little girl, around six or seven years old with long blonde hair. Her body is covered in black ash, her fingers bleed as she digs in the stone debris of a collapsed building. The girl is radiating hope, a hope so strong Leviathan can''t focus on anything else. Mom, dad, I will save you! You can''t leave me! Seeing the girl dig in the debris, Leviathan is reminded of himself, four years ago. They were on their way out to celebrate, he had just gotten accepted into the Olympics. It was a rare moment that they could all be together. The light turned green and they went, but a SUV ran a red light. The SUV plowed into their car, and as he wasn''t wearing a seatbelts like normal, he was thrown out the window. A large shard of glass severed his spinal cord, he was lucky to still be alive. But that didn''t stop him from crawling back towards the car, leaving a trail of blood, to try and save his parents. Doctors told him later that if he stayed still, there was a chance they could have fixed his spine. He never regretted it, because he had hope, hope that he could save them.Stolen novel; please report. Seeing the little girl he was reminded of himself, and in the next second a silver hand was stretching for her neak. ¡°STOP!¡± The silver hand stops inches from the girls neck. What?? The little girl finally notices the silver men behind her. ¡°Can you help me!?! My mommy and daddy are trapped!¡± the girl looks at them with pleading eyes. Leviathan walks closer to the little girl and looks where she was digging, and gets nothing. Looking at the desperation on her face, he''s reminded why he''s here. His emotions begin to come under control as he looks at the girl, and his eyes return to normal. ¡°Master, what are your orders?¡± B8 whispers in his ear. Speaking softly ¡°Kill all the soldiers as planned when you see them, but there''s no need to bother the civilians unless they attack first.¡± Walking towards the little girl Leviathan drops to a knee, to get on her level. ¡°I''m sorry, but your parents are gone" shaking his head he tries to explain to her ¡°They''re no longer with us.¡± The girls eyes begin to tremble, tears well in her eyes, her body shakes. Leviathan feels the hope beginning to fade, slowly replaced by sorrow. Feeling the extreme shift in emotions, Leviathan reaches out his hand. ¡°B8, retract the armor on my hand" the silver armor on his hand recedes, revealing a blue hand. Leviathan slowly places his hand on the girls head ¡°Its ok, its ok. You''ll be ok¡± Feeling the hand on her head, and the spoken words, causes the dam to break. Tears stream down her face ¡°Waaaaaah! Waaaaaaaah" the girl begins to wail. As if drawn by the crying girl, soldiers begin to move down the street. Picking the girl up he moves towards the hover disk. The girl cries on his vest as he sits on the disk. Leviathan looks towards the giant B8, even though he can talk to the suit, talking to something is far more familiar. ¡°B8 I''m going back, you sweep the city. I need to get my powers under control before I do anything else.¡± Leviathan heads back for the car lot, leaving the Asura looking B8 to face the approaching soldiers. Ten soldiers ran forward, pointed their guns at B8. ¡°Which camp are you from! Identity yourself!¡± B8 turns towards the men, not bothering to reply. In the next second B8 charges forward like a flying arrow, its six arms spread, ready to attack. The soldiers open fire, a sea of bullets rush towards B8, crashing upon him like a wave. Every time a bullet hits small bots would fall off, crushed. But new bots would move in to take their place. B8 stores the bullets in its body for later use, and continues to move forward unhindered. Finally the first click of an empty rifle sounds. The soldier moves to reload, but it''s too late. B8 finally arrives within striking range, bashing its tail into the ground it launches its body into the air. ¡°Pitiful humans, your death has been ordered, so die for me¡± With its palms facing down, the bots making up its body begin to stir. B8''s height noticeable decreases, but its arms become thicker. As it falls it begins to launch palm strikes as if falling meteorites, six arms of death. Palms connect with the soldiers faces, as if pressing clay. As the palm retracts a torrent of blood follows, gushing forward like a geyser. With their skulls destroyed six soldiers instantly die. Landing in the middle of the remaining four soldiers B8¡¯s tail swings as fast as lightning, instantly bisecting two. As a blunt object was used to cut, blood and guts cover the streets as their torsos are launched into the distance. At the same time the tail swings, the balls on its body burst open sending metallic needs flying towards the other two men. Unable to dodge they are impaled by hundreds of needles. Seeing this B8 begins to walk away, to clear the city. The two men drop to the ground screaming in pain as the needles puncture their skin. As they wonder why the silver man is walking away, the needles begin to disappear. Hundreds of bots begin to eat them alive from the inside out. As they burst from the bodies, they look for a place to repopulate. Leviathan brings the crying girl back into the car lot building, and places her on the couch. The girl immediately grabs a pillow and cries into it. ¡°Little girl don''t cry, be good" he continues to rub the girls head. The girls thoughts are in complete disarray; her emotions shift between sorrow, fear, guilt, scared, lost, and worthless. As he tries to comfort the girl, he hears voices in the distance. ¡°Is this where their signals were lost?¡± ¡°Yea, this is the last place they reported to, let''s check it out¡± Looking out the window he sees two soldiers entering the lot. Looking at the crying girl for a moment, he makes a decision. ¡°B8 remove the armor and protect the girl, form a cocoon around her. Also use the security robots to charge the men when I open the door.¡± The silver armor leaves his body and moves to protect the girl, seeing this Leviathan walks to the door. What am I even doing...I''m no hero. Leviathan takes a deep breath But for some reason, I feel as if, If I don''t protect this girl, I''ll lose something important Steeling his resolve, Leviathan opens the door. As the door opens Leviathan expands the psi field to the maximum range, and at the same time the security robots begin to charge. What? The enemies?? BEHIND YOU!!! screaming into their heads with all his might, Leviathan rushes out the door. His eyes scan the ground, looking for the rifles from the previous killed soldiers. Behind?? An ambush! The soldiers, startled, turn their head slightly to look behind them. Giving Leviathan enough time to reach the gun. Seeing nothing behind them they face the front, guns raised. There''s nothing? Finally, they see the blue man, the Al¡¯muthar. ¡°PSION!! OPEN FIRE¡± The soldiers begin firing, B8 tries to block with the robots as much as possible, but they drop like flies. Bullet zoom towards Leviathan hitting the building behind him. Seeing this he furrows his brows before firing at the two men, but misses his shots. A bullet impacts his vest, causing the power of the bullet to lessen. As it reaches the body suit the impact is further dispersed, preventing the bullet from penetrating, but a hammering pressure is still transmitted. -8 ¡°I refuse to remain useless! Those I wish to save those I wish to protect, NOTHING SHALL STOP ME!" Gritting his teeth he begins to gather all the psi he has, focusing to release is all at once. His head begins to throb, pain shoots through his body. -85 And as if something rips, his mind feels free, as if arriving at the top of the mountain after a tough climb. ¡®Advanced Telepathy forcibly used¡­.backlash imminent¡­.backlash endured¡­.telepathy raised¡¯ Advanced Telepathy 0/100 Telepathic Speaking acquired Binding acquired Leviathan releases all psi he was building up. ¡°FALL FOR ME!¡± Chapter 18 A powerful wave of psi energy is transmitted into the soldiers brains, causing their neurons to stop firing. For them the world is frozen, no information is transmitted, no action can be taken. With the signals transmitted to their legs allowing them to stand cut off, they begin to fall. Leviathans psi drains quicker than it ever has before, every second over twenty psi is lost, but it is enough. In but a moment Leviathan is able to close the distance, pointing the rifle at the soldiers head he pulls the trigger. Bullets rip his skull apart, blood and brain matter scatters about, like taking a bat to a watermelon. Quickly rotating he points the gun at the other soldiers chest before pulling the trigger, dying the ground red. Psi 0/238 Int +24 Psi 24/262 Looking at the bodies for a moment, a sense of accomplishment washes over Leviathan. Finally feeling as though he has real power, finally accomplishing something without aid from B8. Scanning the surroundings he sees people escaping from collapsed buildings, fires, and loud gunfire in the background, but no soldiers in the immediate area. ¡°This place is to conspiquies as its the only place undamaged, we need to move¡± Leviathan sweeps the lot, taking all the ammo he can find before returning to the building. As he enters he sees a small silver shell on the couch, the walls have a few bullet holes, but everything else seems to be ok. ¡°It wasn''t ideal B8, but we have accomplished what we wanted to do here. continue to sweep the city of soldiers. When the numbers have been reduced enough use this entire city to make bots! I¡¯m going to go back to the ship location, and from there we will storm the next city. how''s the girl?¡± The silver shell begins to open, revealing a sleeping girl inside. Her eyes are puffy, and face covered in dirt, making her look miserable. Faintly smiling he picks up a couch cushion and places it on the hover disk. Scooping up the girl, he palaces her on the cushion. ¡°B8 protect the girl, I don''t want her hurt¡± At his command the bots move to the disk and form a thick dome over the top surface. Nodding in satisfaction he has the hover disk follow him as he heads out the door. Looking at the rifle in his hand he checks the stats. Superior Ballistic Rifle Durability: 29/30 Damage: 13~40 Clip: 120/250 Good Holding the rifle he begins to move. Arriving on the street people stare him down, as he''s not wearing the silver skin his racial features are on display. Carefully moving forward he makes sure no one has any hostile thoughts, and because he was prepared this time the emotions don''t overwhelm him. People mostly look at him with curiosity, some fear, but most people were worried about their families and when they would be saved. Traveling slowly for a while, he arrives at the bakery. The building is partially collapsed, and under the rubble the lower body of an elderly woman can be seen, biting his lips for a moment he enters the building. The hover disk is too big to squeeze through the rubble so it leaves it outside. Looking around for a moment he finds a paper bag. Moving to the partially destroyed counter he begins to load the bag with bread that wasn''t destroyed or to dirty, and carefully looking he finds some sort of juice. Eating a small piece of bread and drinking some juice he moves back to the hover disk. ¡°B8 put these inside, also open up tiny holes so light can get through so she can see if she wakes up¡± A hole opens up in the dome and Leviathan places the bag inside. Looking inside as the hole closes he sees the girl is still sleeping on the cushion next to the coin counting machine. ¡°Ok B8 it''s pretty far from here to the south gate, so I need you to make a big ruckus with the soldiers¡± ¡°Master, no need to worry¡± With hover disk in tow, the small convoy moves towards the gate.
A sea of blood flows, holes blown into the street from RPGs, bullet casings dyed red, and in the center of it all stands a silver Asura. ¡°Orders received¡± bending at the waist, it takes off. Running down the street it moves towards its next target, turning it finally sees the military base. At the gate of the base are two machine turrets and two 4 shot missile launcher operated by four men. ¡°Enemy attack!!¡± The machine guns immediately open fire. Bullets easily blow holes into B8¡¯s body, as its only made of steel and puncture holes into the concrete ground. But B8 continues to advance, every hole opened new bots move to take its place. ¡°The Machine guns aren''t working fire the rockets!!¡± The missile launchers take aim, firing a rocket each. Seeing the approaching rockets B8¡¯s body begins to stir, the mass along its body is visible reduced and its tail thickens. Using all its power it smashes it tail into the ground launching it into the air. The rockets hit the ground causing a massive explosion. The flames sweep up engulfing B8¡¯s legs, due to the high temp they are melted away, but the blast sends him higher in the air.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Yea we got him!¡± ¡°Hahah fool! the 3rd prince will never be king!¡± As B8 glides through the Air he looks at the humans on the ground. B8 mumbles to itself ¡°Do they think they have won? How illogical, I am not a biological lifeform¡± In the next moment its body explodes into millions of droids. Seeing this the soldiers are momentary baffled ¡°Call for backup! backup!¡± the machine guns begin to fire into the swarm, as the bots are to small most of the shots miss. The rockets are fired, as they pass through the swarm B8 hijacks the missiles. Tampering with the guiding systems it leads the missiles into parts of the city that are heavily guarded. The swarm descends the the ground like locust. The soldiers fire in vain, In the distance hundreds of reinforcements are coming from the base, But the bots finally land. Instantly boring through the men''s flesh, they scream in pain as they drop to the ground. Taking control of the Machine guns he begins to fire on the reinforcements. As the high caliber bullets reap their lives a voice yells from the distance. ¡°WHO DARES STORM MY BASE!¡± the soldiers who survived by hiding begin to cheer. ¡°Colonel Wilson!¡± ¡°Please save us Colonel!¡± A buff man in a military uniform emerges from a building, seeing his men being killed by his own guns a deep frown blooms on his face ¡°How dare you!¡± lifting up his hands reveal two cybernetic arms. Using his pointer fingers, he aims at the two turrets ¡°Die for me!¡± Instantly a Laser beam is formed, firing into the turrets. The machine turrets explode, and not taking any chances he points his middle fingers at the rocket launchers. Another beam is fired at the rocket launchers instantly destroying them. While B8¡¯s abysnic core droids are made up of tier 6 metals, these bots were made of steel, a tier 1 metal. If the shadow iron, which is a tier 3 metal was here, this place would be easy pickings. But faced with advanced tech level 2 laser weapons these steel bots might as well be paper. But laser weapons had their disadvantage. Giving up the turrets the swarm of bots rush towards the base, tearing their way through everything. Soldiers hiding were eaten alive and screams one again filled the air. Using his other fingers Colonel Wilson fired into the swarm, but the area of damage was too focused, and the recharge time was to long on each finger, so he couldn''t make a noticeable difference. Seeing the tide butchering his men, it wasn''t fear that overtook him, but guilt. As the leader he failed to protect his men. ¡°If thats how its going to be! I¡¯ll kill as many as I can!¡± charging his lasers he runs at the tide, fist clenched as tight as possible. Seeing the man approaching B8 instantly understood what the man was doing. with his understanding of laser technology he knew the man wanted to explode the crystals to cause a pulse blast. B8 decided the best course of action, would be to hide in the people. In the next second millions of bots begin to burrow inside of the soldiers. millions of bots hid inside of around fifteen people. their bodys slightly bulged and they kneeled over in pain. The bots that couldn''t make it into people dispersed through the base. Seeing this Willson was infuriated, when he finally neared his men all he saw was them rolling in pain. ¡°Despicable! fight honorable!¡± looking around he sees one of the men rolling on the ground, causing his eyes to go wide. Dispersing the energy he runs over to the man and drop to the ground, checking the man''s condition. ¡°Charley! charley my boy! are you ok!¡± Wilson looks over the man''s body, face full of worry. Seizing the chance B8 erupts from charley¡¯s body, a steel spike puncering Wilson¡¯s chest. Wilson''s face contorts in pain. Struggling he tries to aim his hands at the Steel spike. Not giving him the chance the steel spike begins to move. The bots move across his chest and restrict his arms from moving by binding his shoulders. Wilson struggles to his feet as the bots begin to squeeze his body. ¡°AHHHHHHHHHH!¡± The bots explode from the other soldiers bodies, killing them. Millions of bots begin to climb up wilsons body. Starting from the legs B8 begins to destroy his body, and slowly replaces it with bots. His feet are quickly replaced, followed by his legs. Copious amounts of blood and bone powder pour out from the droids as the body is destroyed. ¡°AHHHHHHHAHHHH NOOOOOOO¡± unimaginable pain, unbearable pain. As Willson is about to blackout from the pain he hears a voice. ¡°Thanks for the upgrade¡± And he loses consciousness, forever. B8 Finishes destroying the man''s body, and as he does he reforms his Asura body, the only difference is the middle arms are the ones with the finger lasers. Studying the Cybornetics slowly, he begins to replace that too.
As Leviathan moves towards the gate he hears explosions in other parts of the city. Moving through back alleyways he is able to avoid soldiers. After traveling for a while he finally arrives at the gates, but they are crowded with people. The soldiers are refusing to let people leave. Furrowing his brows he decided to take a different approach. Hover disk in tow, he begins to travel along the wall away from the gate. What, where am I? Mommy I''m scared Stopping in his tracks he looks at the hover disk ¡°She''s awake?¡± Don''t worry little girl, dont be sad ¡°What, who''s there?¡± a small voice echoes from inside the dome. ¡°I''m Levi...I saved you¡± ¡°Are...are my parents really gone?¡± Leviathan is silent for a moment. ¡°Yea" After answering, the girl no longer speak. Thinking if he should say something else, he shakes his head. Arriving at a spot out of view Leviathan turns towards the dome. ¡°B8 I want you to drill through this wall.¡± The dome disperses, revealing the little girl sitting on the cushion. She''s covered in dirt, and her eyes are still puffy. She has green eyes and a small dainty nose and a tiny mouth. Seeing Leviathan her body jumps for a moment and her eyes go wide Don''t be scared Startled, the girl jumps in surprise ¡°Is that you? Why is your voice in my head" As he opens his mouth to answer, he stops. Focusing for a bit, his voice is transmitted next to the girl. ¡°This is my ability" Shocked the girl turns her head. ¡°Cool right" A smile begins to form on her face, before quickly disappearing. Curling into the fetal position she lays down. I¡¯m not allowed to be happy *Sigh* shaking his head he turn towards the wall. ¡°Drill through, B8" The droids move up the wall a a few feet. Moving in a circular motion, they begin to drill through the wall.