"Wake up Viktor, it's already eight o'clock. Viktor groggily got out of the sleeping bag and made his way to the logs and threw one on the embers. He went through his morning ablutions, washed his hands and ate some breakfast. "Alright Cortana, lets go over the shop and quest pages."
"You got it chief, so the shop function is currently locked but basically it has random items from the multiverse which can be purchased with Shop Points earned via quests or through selling items via the shop. The items include weapons, skill books, clothing, everyday items and items to help your evolution. The items are listed as common, uncommon, rare and mythical. The quest page will have a list of current quests and side quest which will award shop points or items. The quests are mostly auto generated by your needs, goals and lucky encounters but a few were generated by Rob. Here is your quest page."
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QUESTS
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TRAINING MONTAGE!
YOU HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE FIRST OF 3 WORLDS TO TRAIN YOU UP TO SO YOU DONT EMBARRASS YOURSELF OR WORSE, ME. COMPLETE THE TRAINING OF EACH WORLD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
¹DCAU: TRAIN LIKE A DEMON
JOIN THE LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS AND HAVE THEM TRAIN YOU. REWARDS: LEGENDARY ASSASSIN TRAINING. 1 MULTIVERSE PASS. $500,000. 1000 SP.
-SUBQUESTS
WARITH AL GHUL
BECOME THE HEIR OF THE DEMON. GET RAS AL GHUL'S APPROVAL AND BECOME HIS HEIR. REWARDS: $1M. 5000 SP. BUY 1 GET ONE FREE COUPON FROM SHOP. DEMON'S HEAD RING.
SCREW CONTINUITY
PERMANENTLY KILL RAS AL GHUL. PUT RAS AL GHUL DOWN FOR GOOD AND HELP A BROTHER GET SOME POINTS WITH DEATH. SHE FINE BRO.
REWARDS: HELPING A BRO GET SOME. $10M. ONE RARE ITEM. 10,000 SP.
BANGING THE DAUGHTER OF THE DEMON
DO I REALLY GOTTA SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU? FINE! YOU MORON! HAVE SEX WITH TALIA AL GHUL. REWARDS: I THINK THAT THE QUEST IS IT'S OWN REWARD BUT WHATEVER. $500,000. 5000 SP. ONE UNCOMMON ITEM.
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Viktor was speechless after reading the last subquest the first two were difficult but that last one was ridiculous. Sure, Talia is sexy but that was a surefire way to get killed. The rewards were tempting though. Oh well, he still had a few years so he wouldnt worry about it. Wait, that means having to go through puberty again. "That mutha@#$%^&!" Viktor felt his Gamer mind kick on and he was calm again.
"Moving on, Cortana, please seperate my skills into 2 categories: common knowledge and warcraft, for now so anything that is not battlefield applicable goes to common knowledge. Were you able to find anything that would be of use to us in your scan last night?"
"I actually did. If you were to collect some of the water from the Lazarus pit we would be able to use it to help your body evolve. I also found a few items that would help us evolve through out the world but the Lazarus Pit water is closest. If you like I can mark it on the map."
"Please do so, we will make our way to Nanda Parbat's borders soon. Please create a background history for me in this world's records in case they do a background check. The name used can be Viktor. Also, please tap into all the government and private databases and access their facial and voice recognition so that when I see someone's face you can get me their names and backgrounds. Sort of like a pseudo observe skill. Mark the border of Nanda Parbat and we will set off. One last thing please do scans every 10 minutes for anyone or any electrical surveillance. We will make it look like I'm a lost little orphan"
"Too easy chief. Already done. You are now Viktor Martinez age 10 from The Florida Keys. Your parents were Dr. Juan Martinez and Valeria Martinez working with Doctors without borders who were brutally killed and you went missing 8 month's ago."
Viktor got ready for his hike and put all the extra items in his inventory and packed his backpack and made his way out of the cave and followed his compass to Nanda Parbat while conversing with Cortana along the way.
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The League Assassin on guard duty was starting to get bored but it did not mean he would get lax because the consequences of that were dire. He was just about to get a drink of water when movement caught his eye. He picked up his binoculars and saw a boy no older than ten in a bloody oversized coat walking then collapsing just outside the border. He immediately called it in because it was a bizarre occurrence.
--- Ten minutes later---
A squad of 5 men followed their Lord to the borders to look at the Boy's corpse.
"You! check the boy." a man commanded.
One of the assassins left his Lord's side and turned the boy over he then leaned closer to check if he was breathing but just as his face was close the boy stabbed him in the shoulder with a stick. The guards instantly jumped in front of their Lord.
They saw the boy hazily look at the man and simply said. "You wont hurt me anymore..." then fainted.
The man stared at the boy for a moment then the corners of his mouth quirked up. "It seems we have a fighter on our hands. Bring the boy." He then took one of the guard's swords and stabbed the assassin with the stick in his shoulder. "Weak. You let a mere boy hurt you. You shame us all." he then pulled the sword out of the dead man's chest and handed it back to the guard. "Leave him, he will feed the jackals." The man turned around and was quickly followed by his entourage with the final man carrying a boy.
The man had a small smile on his face as he made his way back to his palace, 'To think a mere boy could look me in the eye unflinchingly. Truly, children and fools are fearless."
---2 HOURS EARLIER---
"Viktor if you do get to Nanda Parbat how are you gonna get in?"
Viktor then thought about that as he came to a small ravine he had an idea. 'This is gonna suck.'
Cortana run simulations in the best way to survive a fall from up here that would give me the best chance of survival but would injure me enough to make it believable that i have been o. the run."
Cortana ran the simulations and made a route show up on Viktor's HUD. "Are you sure about this Chief? This is gonna hurt."
"Unfortunately I am." He then put everything in his inventory and jumped where his HUD told him. He woke up a few minutes later and asked Cortana to run a diagnostic scan to tell him of his injuries.
"Chief, you have multiple lacerations and contusions, a broken arm and a laceration on your scalp."
Viktor the pulled some items from his inventory and made a splint from some cloth strips and sticks he then bandaged his head and started walking to Nanda Parbat.
He knew he was going to faint from blood loss but he would make it to the border. "Cortana, I want you to lower Gamer mind to none when I get to the border I will more than like likely be in and out of consciousness if Ras or Talia dont come in person then put it back to normal and if he does I will stab one of his guards and most likely faint as soon as I faint engage Battle mode. If he uses the Pit collect some water for us to use in the inventory and place it in the empty water jugs."
"I dont like this, Chief. This is really risky for what ifs."
"Duly noted."
---Present---
the boy was stripped to his underwear and one could see he was emaciated. They then placed him in the Pit. Ras watched as the boy sunk into the Pit. 'Come on boy, show me that warrior's spirit and come back to the living.' Not long after that thought had crossed Ras' mind the boy burst from the water with a roar and after quickly looking for exits he calmed down and stared staright into his eyes unflinchingly yet again. They stared at each other in silence for a moment.
"So are you gonna stare at me like a pervert or is there a towel somewhere?"
Ras had expected many things but that was not one of them. Ras could hear the collective intake of breaths from his men and a quiet giggle from Talia who didnt do a very good job of hiding.
"Most men quake in fear of my name, boy. Why dont you? Where does this bravery come from? Are you not afraid of death?"
The boy kept staring into his eyes and coldly replied, "I dont know your name."
Silenced drowned the chamber and as fast as the silenced had engulfed the chamber it was quickly broken by laughter. Ras Al Ghul laughed.
"True boy! You dont know my name yet you quickly assessed your chances of leaving the moment you rose from the Pit and as soon as you saw there was no exit instead of despair you looked deep into my eyes and resolved yourself to battle your way out."
He saw the boy frown as soon as his plan was seen through. He motioned one of his guards to bring a robe. The man handed the robe to him and Ras quickly threw it at the boy. "You have spirit boy, come someone will take you to get clothing and you will join me for a meal." He then motioned one of his men to lead the now robed boy to his room to be dressed and turned to make his way to his dinner table.
When he walked out of the room Talia soon joined him on the walk to the dining room. "What do you think of him, daughter?" he asked not once looking at her.
"I dont know if he is brave or a fool. He spoke to you disrespectfully. If he were a man, you would have cut his tongue out and gouged his eyes for being stupid enough to look you in the eyes, father."
Ras sighed Talia was his pride and joy but sometimes he forgot how truly sheltered and young she is. "You did not see him daughter, in the desert he stabbed a guard and and looked directly into my eyes and stated no one would ever hurt him again. He then came out out of the Pit roaring his wrath out to the world the moment he was reborn. The moment that he exited the Pit he quickly assessed his surroundings and took the measure of my men and knew he had no chance of escape and instead of despair in his eyes I saw the wrath of a warrior who would fight to his last breath. He is no mere boy, daughter. He is a warrior, a survivor full of life and wrath."
Talia had listened to her father explain what he saw in that sickly little boy. The boy who had outright disrespected the Demon without fear and made her father laugh in joy. "What do you see in him, Father? Why does he make you happy?"
Ras stopped and looked at his daughter and answered her questions. "What I see in that boy, is me." He then continued on to the dining room. Talia stood rooted to her spot wide eyed. Her father had basically declared the boy his heir. She wouldnt allow that. She was Daughter of the Demon. She was his heir. She would show her father she was the right choice. Her eyes hardened with resolve and made her way to dinner with her father and her new enemy.
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Once the man in the ninja suit led Viktor to a room with similar clothing laid out he stepped outsode to leave the boy to change. Once he felt like he was truly alone, Viktor started to change quickly while he spoke with Cortana Mentally.
"Cortana, did you get it?"
"I got it, Chief." He then had a gallon sized plastic bottle full of Pit water.
"So what now? How do we use this to evolve?" his status page came up in his HUD.
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Viktor Martinez
AGE: 10 (PHYSICALLY) 33 (MENTALLY)
HP: 100%
EP: N/A
EXP UNTIL NEXT EVOLUTION: 45% +
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"The increase to the evolution gauge is mostly due to you jumping into the ravine, Chief. To increase the amount you will have to ingest the water. I suggest a sip to see how much it will increase."
Viktor shrugged and tried not to think of how many nasty bodies had been in the water. He took a sip and saw that the gauge increase by 1%.
"It seems that with this full water bottle you should be able to evolve."
Viktor shuddered because he was starting to think of how many bodies really had been in the Pit. He plugged his nose and chugged the gallon bottle of water. Normally, a gallon of water would be too much for a 10 year old boy but somehow he wasnt getting full. As soon as he took the last gulp he heard a ping. That ping is so annoying he thought.
*PING* EVOLUTION WILL START IN 5...4...3...2...1
Viktor doubled over and fell on the bed and started to convulse.
"Hang in there Chief, the counter says it will take 3 minutes."
Viktor couldnt acknowledge Cortana due to the pain. Three long pain filled minutes later he got up and felt a lot better. He actually felt refreshed.
"Cortana, what happened?"
"Chief! you finished your first evolution! you now have a new ability would you like to see it?"
"Not right now, just summarize for me. I need to go to dinner. I've already pushed Ras ebough for today."
He straightened up his clothes and opened the door. the guard gave him a once over and nodded and led him to the dining room. On the way Cortana summarized his new ability.
"The water gave you a regeneration factor, and it's at novice level!" Cortana explained excitedly.
"What does that mean, Cortana?" he asked.
"It means that you now have a healing factor, its not on par with the likes of Wolverine or Deadpool but definitely higher than most humans. Its at Captain America Levels. Severe Injuries will heal in weeks not months and Minor injuries may heal anywhere from a few hours to a few days.. Congratulations Chief! You also just Completed one of Rob's hidden Quests. The quest was to use the Pit to evolve. The shop has been unlocked and you received $20,000 and 5000 SP. Not to mention a rare item ticket for the shop.
Viktor looked apathetic to the outside world but on the inside he was cackling like a madman. He was then led to some ornate cherrywood doors and the doors were opened as soon as he and his guide stepped in front of them and he saw Ras in his pompous glory sitting with a gorgeous woman in her early to mid twenties with raven hair and beautiful green eyes. Said eyes were currently glaring at him. 'I wonder what I did to piss her off?'