Graff's whole body was paralyzed almost every bone in his body is destroyed, if not for his natural strong body and ki he be dead already... He looks back at Arc who was now standing still not far from him he saw and can feel the power of the dark energy seemingly covering and flowing in Arc's body... This time he no longer in trance as being with god's blood running in his vein he can feel that the energy flowing in Arc's body no not normal… he hasn't seen anything like it, it feels like a primordial beast waiting to be unleashed...
"Who are you?... What are you?" Graff asks in difficulty, as blood flows in his mouth. Unfortunately he was able to hear Arc's reply as he fainted right after.
Arc heard Graff's question but was unable to answer as he too was surprised about what's happening...
"Nine what's going on?" Arc asked.
"The blood of Adam is finally been awoken in you…"
"Blood of Adam…" Arc mumbled. He knew he was a descendant of Adam, but he thought his ability to manipulate energy is already the result of Adams blood awakening he now knows he was wrong.. "It seems like this is the real awakening" Arc look at his hands and for some reason, the energy flowing is like an extension of his body he can freely control it unlike before that he needs to really concentrate to be able to manifest it.
"But what triggers its awakening? He asks himself. He then looks at Graff who was already pass out and seemingly in death door. "It should be him, but what is he? He looks like giant human-like depictions of gods of old from earth lore and legends.." Arc said to himself.
Since he was young he loves fantasy movies and novels and read a fair share of them and most of it describes godly being as giants. "Could it be?" He mumbled... Boss. Boss… "huh" he woke up from his thinking... He looks around and saw Eve calling out to him and saw the conditions to his teammates and blames himself for not noticing immediately…
He tried to move but ended up flashing he almost bumps into Eve he scratches his head.. Damn looks like I need to train myself to better control this thing... He looks at Biggs and Wedge as well as Jem. Who was severely injured, and he immediately fished out healing potion from his storage ring and give it to Eve...
"How are you guys? Sorry for not noticing immediately..." Arc didn't really treat this bunch as subordinate unlike the other personnel from the system these guys are with him the longest like Dianna and Tiffa he considers them as part of his family...
He looks at Ruby who seems to be uninjured and asked: "are you ok?"
Ruby smiles after traveling with Arc for months she no longer felt awkward talking to her god Arc.
"I'm ok boss, they are fine too they just need proper treatment, and they'll be back to normal." Said Ruby.
"That's right Boss.. You are amazing!!" Said Jem happily..
Biggs and Wedge also give him a thumbs up.. "Haha well thanks I don't really understand how it happens though but I have my suspicions.." Everyone follows Arc's gaze and found Graff lying in pools of his blood."
"Eve lets pack up immediately and returned to Specter. Make sure that guy survives.. I have a lot of questions to ask..." Said Arc.
Roger that Boss.
Arc and Eves summons support droids to help with clean up and to carry the injured back to specter..
Arc and the rest didn't linger long they immediately returned to Specter leaving all to the droids to deal with.
Arc also secretly gives another upgrade chips to Eve to be given to the rest… Arc blames himself for hesitating before and should have given it to them much earlier.. But because of the lack of energy unit he decided to save it for the future.. But seeing the injury they suffered all that change. He knows he can't lose any of them as to him they are irreplaceable.. Just like his real family.
Back in the ship Arc began to plan ahead, seeing how a single Graff can give them so much trouble what will happen if he faces 2 or 10 or 100 maybe more then its game over for them. And unlike in VR they can't start over again.
Luckily Specter is equipped with almost everything he needs a 2-star forge is placed in specter the forge can build any 2-star parts and below as long as they have the designs for the part.. It's different from other factories that can produce an already finished product the Forge can only make parts but if used right it can do almost anything..
Eve and Gaia and the rest of the research division are already making use of the Forge before leaving Arc bought two 2-Star forges it was meant to create parts for repairs and other things but Arc and the rest especially Frankenstein have different plans for them.. Arc left one with Gaia and the other he integrated it with Specter...
As he didn't really bring anything else he left all factories on Gaia control.
And to him, this is all he needs at least for now. And with the data and information, they got in graffs secret base as well as in graffs personal device they now have many options to choose from and only need to decide which direction to go.
"Boss…"
"hmm, Ruby what's up?"
"Boss we found this on Graff."
Ruby presented what looks like a bracelet it looks like a regular bracelet with runes and engraving all over it..
"This is… storage device?"
"We suspect so.. But for some reason we're unable to open it." Said Ruby.
"I see let me see" Arc took the bracelet and closely examine it he then began to inject his energy into it as it is one of the ways to use the storage devices...
There are two types of storage devices the system can produce the personal and the standard one. The personal storage requires an energy signature of the person using it to open and it only opens to the said person. The standard one on the other hand only needs commands to open and anyone can open it as long as they equip it.
And like Arc suspected the bracelets are indeed a personal storage device.. He felt that his energy was scanned but then rejected when he injects his energy into the bracelet.
Ruby notices Arc began to think, so she left silently in order not to disturb him.
But in fact Arc was talking to Nine.. As she was the only one who can help him open the storage device not even Eve can do anything about it and using brute force only risk the device self-destructing.. And he won't do something so stupid..
So he asks for Nines help..
Luckily for him for some reason Nine is in a good mood and didn't ignore him..
"Can you open it?" Ask Arc.
"1000 energy unit needed to unlock..." Said Nine.
"What? That's highway robbery" I don't even know what's inside what if it empty?"
"1000 energy…"
"Mother… 200…"
"1000 energy..."
"500…" Arc grit his teeth…
"1000 energy"
"You heartless mother… I can buy a good decent factory with that.."
"1000 energy"
Sigh.. Arc slumps back in his chair defeated he knows there's no use arguing with Nine as he will never win anyways but for some reason he felt compelled to bargain..
"Fuck… whatever.. do it... This better be worth it or I will put this thing in Graff ass.."
"Sneeze, who is talking about me?" Graffs already regains consciousness after he received some sort of treatment. Luckily Eve's makes preparation for something like this, so she ordered for Graff's limbs to be cut and all possession be removed including clothes. And she put Graffs in high security room reconstructed just for him.
When Graff woke up and noticed his conditions he knew he lost.. "So it's my time to be in the table. So what goes around comes around" he mumbles.