It has been 2 days since the fight with Graff ended and Arc now realize how hard it is to upgrade his current Warbot and Mech. Eve and Specter have teamed up to find a way to upgrade the current warbots designs without relying on the system but after two days the things they come up with is ridiculous as it no longer a warbot but a full-fledge battle mech and second the design is simply out of place in so many ways Arc can only shake his head after Eve showed him the current upgrades designs...
So Arc has no choice but to look into the system that can help him with his current predicament and with the help of nine he found several things that can help him.
The best one is the Upgrade Factory. It can literally upgrade anything, of course, it's not without drawback the main problem is it needs massive amounts of energy unit for every upgrade and second the factory itself is quite expensive.
The second option he was considering is the Customization Factory. This one can help customize and balance any item. It can also give one suggestion or a possible way for upgrades. But the problem for this is it can't create the item needed for upgrade in can only install... But for Arc who have the Forge its not a big deal but the problem is Customization Factory is only a temporary fix, not a permanent solution mainly because the Customization Factory can not customized item beyond its capabilities and 1-star CF is still expensive although not as expensive as UF or Upgrade Factory.
His 3rd option is to buy blueprints from the system store and using the forge to create its parts. This is the cheapest way he can save a lot of Energy Units, but he will need a lot of materials but then again this is also a temporary fix as he has no idea how powerful the top echelon of this world is.
He was also thinking of buying a 2-star droid factory as this will solve all his problems although he didn't know how many he can build with the materials and energy unit he has right now. But a 2-star Droid Factory can really help him in the long run the only problem is He didn't have enough Energy unit to purchase it let alone built 2-star droids.
After a few hours of deliberating and thinking he gritted his teeth and choose option 1 Upgrade factory. Upgrade factory doesn't have a rating it is one of those special factories in the system.. Where the upgrades consumptions depend on what item you want an upgrade and what kind of upgrades you want. The higher the rank of the item you want to upgrade the more expensive the upgrade will be.
After deciding on it, he asks Specter to prepare a huge room for him as the upgraded factory consists of several massive machines...
He also asks Eve to build him a new warbot as the Upgrade Factory needed a physical item to be able to upgrade.
It only took specter a few minutes to prepare the room but Eve needed a few hours to build him a new warbot.
Arc goes to the newly created room and indeed Specter created a massive room for him he can fit several Upgrade factories in it if he wanted.
He is the only one in here not wasting any time he selected the Upgrade Factory and click build, and within seconds the factory is built it consists of several spheres and dome-like buildings each one is bigger then the next on the very first dome a massive command center is located this is where he can customize the upgrades he wants it also has its own AI so Eve didn't need to control it, but he still connected Eve into it so that Eve or him can use it remotely...
Since his warbots is not ready he choose his mech instead or Diablo he ordered Specter to transfer Diablo into the new room which he named Upgrade Facility, for now, the room is only accessible to a few people and although he trusts all his men a little precaution wouldn't hurt, so he only alowed those that came from the system to access the room. He also ordered them not to reveal the existence of the upgrade facility to others just yet.
Well, it is actually not needed as in order to access the Upgrade Facility Specter needs to teleport them inside the room as there's no physical entrance or exit in the room.
The upgrading procedures are easy enough with the help of Upgrade Factory AI everything is very easy to do. But despite that Arc was so enamored with the possible many upgrades that it took him several hours of customizing and Choosing the perfect upgrade, and when he finally decided on the upgrades it turns out he doesn't have enough energy unit for the upgrades since Diablo is already close to a 2-star mech any upgrades on it requires a lot of energy units. When he saw the amount needed to upgrade Diablo he can only curse inside.
In the end, it turns out he cannot upgrade Diablo after all luckily by that time his warbot is already ready for upgrades, and because of his experience with Diablo, it didn't take long for him to choose what kind of upgrade he wants for his new warbot. The Upgrade Factory also scan him to increase the compatibility with the upgraded warbot...
After choosing the upgrade the process of upgrading only takes a few minutes it shows how advance the technology of Upgrade Factory is.
Arc was now looking at his newly upgraded warbot, and he can only nod in satisfaction and although he spent almost all his reserved energy units it was worth it he knows he didn't make a wrong decision.
The upgraded warbot still looks the same as the old one the only difference is that there are more runes on its body and it is a little bigger it also has a halo-like light on its back apparently that is some kind of booster. The same halo would appear every time he attacks if he punches a halo would appear on its fist the same if he kicks it also appeared if he uses a weapon whether it is a rifle or a sword a halo would appear. Unfortunately, he can't try its power, but he knew it would be awesome.
His energy also synchronized with the warbot much better, and he notices that he can use his energy to powerup his warbot more. He also notice that the halo changes color every time he uses his energy it turns golden into black.
Overall he was very satisfied with the upgrades. Unfortunately, he can not upgrade anymore warbots as he already uses all his reserved energy units. It's a good thing that before he left earth he spent all his reserved energy unit on building an Energy factory because of that he earns a decent amount of energy unit on a regular basis. Not to mention since he left earth he was able to complete many minor system quests along the way some with the help of Legion that was until he entered the red hole and lost all connection to Legion and the rest back on Earth.
But now he once again uses everything up, but he wasn't worried if worse comes to worst he still has specter to rely on, or he can always retreat if his enemy is too much for him.
Beep! Beep! Hmmm. "Boss please come to the bridge we have a situation." He heard the voice of Arielle on his coms.
"Alright"
On the bridge... "Arielle, what's going on?"
"Take a look boss!"
Suddenly the monitor changes, and he saw two being like Graff sneaking around, fortunately, the droids already finished dismantling Graff storage facility so the two didn't saw anything and since specter in hovering in high altitudes in stealth mode the two didn't saw it either but even though the facility was already dismantled the area where it uses to be is still visible and it still shows evidence that there was once a building there and it was just there very recently.
The individual was of course Kol and Rah the one Marius and Darius sent ahead to scout and investigate.
Micro surveillance drones that Eve and Specter left behind and scattered was the one found the two.
Arc saw Koh and Rah and notice that the two have the same god like colar so he assumes they are someone else subordinate or slaves he knows that colar through Graff computer when Eve and Specter scanned and inspected it...
"They were just scout probably Graff's subordinates when their boss suddenly disappeared they came here to investigate.." Said Arc.
"No Boss I don't think that's the case..." Said Arielle..
"Really?"
"Yes, Boss look at how they act they clearly didn't know there's a facility there before, second they are looking for something in secret look how cautious they are? If they are with Graff they should be calling or trying to communicate with him now. But that's not the case..." Said Arielle.
"I agree Boss," said Eve who just arrived
"I see, so they must be sent by Graff's rival or Enemies," said Arc.
"That's highly possible Boss." Said Arielle.
"Perfect I was looking for the opportunity to test my new warbot." Said Arc smiling.