I-I am dead.
[Alert.]
[Unidentified energy has been detected from the target.]
[Tactical retreat recommended.]
No shit!
"Activating Propulsors."
[Propulsors activated.]
[Propulsors are set at maximal capacity.]
I left the ground and fley right into the air.
I can make it!
Then around 10 meters around the ground the invisible force pushed me back to the ground with more power.
This time I slammed into one of the sides of the mountain and my armor was in an ever wors condition.
[Armore integrity is at 32% ]
[Battery 1. destroyed.]
[Battery 2. destroyed.]
[Armor overdrive stopped, due to insufficient energy. ]
[Alert.]
[Armor will self-destruct due to destroyed batteries.]
[Exit immediately.]
Damn it!
"Re-Reconstruction."
There was no time nor point in saving this thing now. I ejected myself and I grabbed the ax and one of the rifles, to protect myself.
Jut in time the suit exploded behind my back the shockwave, pushing me off my feet.
"Oh my, so this is your true form. It's quite old, what can you possibly do now that your shell is broke.? "
This floating bitch!
I aimed at her and let out a series of shots.
The bullets ricocheted not from her armor but the air around her.
She can even create barriers?! Let's see how sturdy it is! Reconstruction: Spike X3!
I launched three rock spikes at her, but she just blocked them with her invisible barrier.
Okay, it is quite hard. But it must be taxing keeping this kind of protection up. If i could create a garage of attacks, it should be able to break it into pieces.
Sadly I don't have that kind of firepower and I don't believe that my mana is enough to make it happen.
I decided to run with all my might.
I need to find a place where I can think for a sec. Radio on.
[Radio has been broken in the fight.]
Are you serious?! Like this will stop me! Reconstruct!
[...Radio repaired.]
'...moving to the northern mountain range. Be aware, it's in a highly agitated state we don't know what it will do.'
'Don't worry we will take care of that hunk of junk in a flash!"
How are they able to follow me?! I need to hide to put myself together.
Tap.
Something is closing in fast!
I raised my weapon in time, the brute with the mass cam out from the nearby bushes and came at me. If not for my defense I would have already been flattened.
"Bhahahhahahhaha! You won't escape me!"
This brute!
I let go of the rifle and named it in her eyes.
No matter what his armor is made of his eyes cant be indestructible!
Bamm!
As I expected the two lights in her helmet disappeared, followed by a scream.
How is it even alive?! It was a headshot!
I pulled the trigger again, but this time, she was faster than me and pushed me aside, making me miss.
Damn it! Die already!
I pulled the trigger again, emptying my only cartouch in her face.
Whatever she did, it protected her from the balls and swung her hammer at me. Due to her wound, she was slightly, giving me space to evade and counter-attack with my ax.
It was a stalemate, she couldn't see me and I couldn't harm her.
Perfect chance to escape.
I ducked from her attack and started to run, while she was busy attacking everywhere.
Idiot, you should have called for reinforcements!
I went through bushes and stuff soon finding myself in a clearing near a mountain.
There should be caves at a mountain, no? I could hide in one of those, till this whole thing blows over.
[Alert.]
[Unidentified energy detected.]
Unidentified energy? Is there another person here?
I stopped in my tracks and readied myself for anything.
Come on show yourself.
Baam!
What?!
Before I could even react an indescribable force punched me in the back sending me into the sky, landing at one of the sides of the mountain finding myself in what I believed was a cave.
[Extensive damage, on unit detected.]
[Unit integrity critical.]
No joke.
My body was in pieces, literally, I was all over the floor.
The only thing that stayed attached to my head, was my left arm still holding my ax and my battery.
I-I can't even comprehend what just happened.
From the hole that I made several figures came in. Each one of them had a different type of armor and exhumed a different power.
Ha, I was naive. Of course, there were more. I was dumb, thinking I only needed to deal with two.
"Command, we have secured the target. Taking it with us right now.
Yeah? Well, I don't think so! Self destruct!
[...Self destruct activated.]
The core next to me shined in a bright blue light before everything turned white.
*****
At an unknown place, a being of indescribable form was gazing into a bowl full of water, that showed a scene of a fight between the knights and a strange being.
"Hhhhmmm, i should help it a little. A being like this should provide an amusement unlike any other."
The being gently touched the water, making it ripple a little.
"Now, little stone, show me the greatest divertisements!"
******
Stupid village elders! Who those he thinks he is! Just because I was defeated by a lower bread, why should the mighty me be exiled! This is stupid!
The great me, the son of the most important person in the village, how dare they throw me away! i will show them! I will show them just how strong i am.
The mighty me will rise to be the greatest tribe leader ever seen!
'... strengths...'
"Who is there?"
I looked around, but there was no one around.
Is it my head?
'...Do you wish for power?'
Is this a fortunate encounter? like my grandfather used to tell me.
My chest became hot with excitement.
Of course! The mighty must have a fortunate encounter! Who else would be more qualifies than the mighty me!
"Yes, I want it! I want to be the strongest!"
'Then, follow this path till you found a very tall stalactite. There you will find your new-found strengths.'
As the voice said I started to walk in the direction the voice told me to.
'..You just passed it. It's here.'
Oh, right. Its not my mighty self fault, it's dark in this cave!
I went to the pillar and looked behind it.
On the floor next to it there was a shining green stone surrounded by iron scrap.
Pretty stone.
I picked it up, to see it closer.
Inside of the glowingston was a torrent of light, that pulsated like a heartbeat.
Beautiful.
'Now, it's time. If you truly desire power over anything else, if you wish to crush anything that stands in your way, if you want the world to know your mighty name, then put that stone next to your heart and let me give you its strengths.'
"Yes. Power."
I did as the voice said. The great me will be the strongest who ever lived!
' Ennek az áldozat husával és véeével kötlek téged. névtelen lélek! Parancsollak... "
By each world of that strange language, the stone shined brighter and brighter, filling me with warmth.
This is it! The start of my epic tale!
*****
I don't like this. I don't like this one bit! What the hell is this thing?! I was in the middle of celebrating my survival from my suicide bombing, then this boar showed up.
I am not rude, this thing looks just like a boar! it had the head of it with tusks coming out from its mouth and his entire fat body was covered in brown fur.
Can't a guy catch a break?! I just blew up! And I still have not the slightest idea how I ended up here!
Uncontrollably my body started to shine so brightly, that I couldn't see a damn thing.
When my vision came back, my body was different.
I had legs and arms, with a big belly covered in fur.
You have to be kidding me!
I touched my face, feeling the pig nose and the tusks.
I became a pig?! This is not funny!
'it is a little bit. '
"WHos their!?"
Damn these things make it hard to talk.
'...You are still not used to your new body, so take it easy. I am nearly a messenger and a gift bearer.'
Gift bearer? What, did i win something?
'I can read your mind you know?'
I don't care. It is easier for me then.
'Hmmm, most of the people would be freaked out by this.'
Most people aren't sentient stones.
'True. Anyway here's the first gift!'
First? There are multiple ones?
For the first time since I could remember I experienced physical pain. My flesh and skin moved as if it had a mind of their own. They twisted and shaped, burning like hell, yet i stayed on my feet, saying nothing.
Don't get it wrong, it was not willpower, i was forced to keep standing quiet.
TTTThhhhiiisss huuuuurttttsss!
When the excruciating pain finally stopped I fell on my knees, sweating madly.
Damn it! This was horrible! is this what pain feels like? I hate it!
'... Done. Now you don't look like a fat pig. I did a wonderful job on you, if i may say. Look!'
A thin layer of ice spread on the floor reflecting the cave's dealing.
In it, i saw something, not from this world.
It was a black hairy monster, with incredibly long limbs and a thin body. Its head was elongated and in place of any facial feature, there was a palm-sized greenstone, shining like a lamp. As I raised my hand so did the creature waving at me with its four freakishly long fingers.
Is, this me? There is nothing left of that pig!
Soon I realized that it did had a mouth. it was wide-reaching almost where it should have its ears, fully packed with sharp white teeth and a long black tongue.
My god, this looks so cool!
'Nice right? I thought that you would prefer this form rather than having that ugly body. '
You are not wrong, but this is quite a change. Is there any drawback that I should know of?
'Drawbacks? No, nothing that i am away of. You might be feeling a little uncomfortable, that's all. Let's go to the next one!'
Thung.
On my left, something just hit the ground.
It was a battle-ax, the same that i had when i exploded.
Did it survive the explosion?
I grabbed its handle and lifted it up.
It was strange as if I met with a long lost friend.
The ax was light as a feather and the guard was perfectly fitting to my new hands.
'Do like it?'
Yep very much. Now I can protect myself. Are there more gifts?
'Someone is impatient. Yes, there is one more. It's a skill called Self View. It allows you to see your own states. Try it.'
How do i use it?
'Just say it out loud or think about it really hard.'
Hmmm, Self View.
Before me, a screen appeared before my eye.
[ NAME: NONE
RACE: HEAVILY MODIFIED BODY(+SENTIENT LESSER MAGIC CORE)
Lv: 1 (Lv:0)
JOB: NONE
DP: 34/34
HP: 40/40
MP: 10/10
DEFF: 20
ST: 20
SP: 10
INT: 4 (+30)
CH: 1 (+
LUCK: 5
SKILLS: [RECONSTRUCTION] [SELF VIEW] [UNNATURAL BODY]
TITLES: [BLESSED BY THE VOID] [SURVIVOR] ]
There is another skill called Unnatural Body.
'Realy? Guess you are lucky then. There should only be two.'
If you say so. Can you tell me what those states do?
'What? Did nobody teach you this? It's pretty basic stuff.'
No one so if you can tell me i would be grateful.
'Sure. HP measures your health and MP is your magic. Those two are the only ones that you can really change outside evolution. Then there is DEFF for defense, ST for strength, SP means speed, INT for intelligence, CH: for charisma, and finally LUCK for luck. Al of these numbers are just rough estimates, so a person at 0 HP can easily stay alive or can die at full health. Also before i forget since you are a gem than you should also have a state for durability. For you, that is your real health bar. If that thing goes done to zero you will turn into a pile of green dust. Got it?'
Yeah, thanks. Is there a way to increase my sates?
'Naturally, but I won't tell you.'
Why?
'My master wishes to see you struggle a little. Which brings us to the message! My lord wants you to do something for him.'
Obviously. There is no way all of this you'd be given freely.
'Don't worry it's an easy job. You only need to kill some orcs in the nearby village. It will be a breeze for someone like you. Plus you may take everything you find in it. '
So you only want the villager's gon. Indeed i can do that. Is there a time limit or can i prepare for it?
'There is no time limit, you can get rid of them anytime you want. Just make sure that all of them are dead and decomposing.'
Alright then, you can leave that to me. If you can show me where the village is, I would appreciate it.
'It's down this road. it has big, wooden walls so it's hard to miss it. ... I have to go, there are other messages that i need to send. Try to make a scene while you're here.'
The voice disappeared from my head and stayed silent even when I called it.
Damn, what did I got myself into? I am starting to miss the time when I was only an earing.
I stud up, only realizing that I had no feet.
My legs were genuine spikes, covered in some sort of citing, reminding me of those insect legs I tried to me.
Is this some sort of reminder of my past failures or did they actually forget to make genuine legs?
Maybe because of my muscle mass but it was quite easy to walk on them, they didn't even sink into the soft ground.
While drawing my ax behind myself I soon noticed that this cave was actually quite lively.
Different monsters were roaming around me, killing then eating each other, trying to become stronger and survive the day.
It was a chaotic yet simple life.
Let's see how will they react to someone like me.
While smiling with my new mouth, I lifted my ax onto my shoulder and advanced.