On the Brigg's Outpost, a lot of people are gathered on a plaza. On the middle of a plaza is a podium and a middle aged man standing atop of it with an imperious look.
"Okay people! The Primal Bear is no more!"
"Mister Vyers wants more of the resources within the forest. Those who wanted some decent sum, go and join the expedition forces. You will be given a piece of loaf before you leave!"
"Now form into groups. I will be the one leading you all!"
The people looks a bit hopeful at that. More compensation means more funds to pay for their meal.
They know they are being exploited, but they can't really do anything other than to swallow their own pride and work for them. The payment they were promised is double the amount of what they are earning when selling their harvest to the boss of this outpost, so they wanted to work for it.
They know there won't be an incentive, though they have to do work and be happy for it. The people here won't pay them if they are caught becoming lax.
The person in charge of them is one of Brigg's Confidants. His name is Hughes. He is the one who takes care of every workers of this outpost.
He is known for being a two faced person. He is malicious to those who are lower than him while licking the shoes of those higher than him.
They can't fault him though. Being forgiving in this world is a sin. If you give them a chance, anyone will stab a person on the back and take everything they have. It's just how this world works right now.
Brigg likes this guy. He is good at manipulating the people. So he let him take care of the workers.
A hooded person is along with the workers. Just by the outline of the body, it can be seen that she is a girl if someone squinted their eyes carefully. Some strands of her golden hair fell a bit to her neck, as she looks around and seems to be looking for someone.
Then, after glancing everywhere, she slowly sneaks out of the area without any noticing her. Then moves out of the gathering, and go to the narrow paths of this encampment.
"Okay. Got to tell this to Grunt!" The woman muttered under her breathe.
~~o~~
Neil is currently looking at his status while lying on his bed.
[Status]
Neil Howard (Human/Male)
Upgrades : 73
He have made the robots and maids yesterday, and he can't think of anything to do right now.
He was planning to upgrade the scraps he got to turn them into furnitures, though his maids takes care of that. Along with it, the mechanized infantry are taking some scraps lying around and seems to be trying to create something.
He didn't know what they are trying to create, though he thinks it might be something useful to him so he let them be. He did tell them to decide whatever they wanted to do with his orders, so he really can't complain.
There are many furnitures now, mostly on his room. Most of them have a great design.
This also saves him on wasting upgrades just for furniture, so he just thank them at their hard work.
Now, he really have nothing to do other than look at his status panel. He's contemplating where to use these upgrades now.
Then he recalled about what Odette told him about Systems and decided to do it.
"Right. Why don't I turn the two of you into Supreme Systems?"
["Are you sure, User!?"]
["Please do so!"]
The two seems to have been shocked at his sudden announcement. He just smiled before continuing.
"Well, I don't know what to use my upgrades anymore, so I think that's a better investment."
"Also, if the two of you becomes stronger, that will also help me on surviving. So that's a plus for me. What do you think?"
The two hummed in agreement, and he nodded at their acceptance.
"Okay. Then I'll be using the upgrades then."
'I think I'll upgrade them ten times each!'
[Would you like to upgrade (Super Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Super Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Hyper Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Hyper Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Hyper Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Mega Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Mega Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Mega Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Giga Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Giga Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Giga Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Ultra Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Ultra Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Ultra Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Ultimate Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Ultimate Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Ultimate Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Supreme Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Supreme Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(Supreme Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (True Supreme Cosmic Pantry)]
[Would you like to upgrade (True Supreme Cosmic Pantry)?]
[(True Supreme Cosmic Pantry) upgraded to (Chaotic Gourmet World)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Chaotic Gourmet World)?]
[(Chaotic Gourmet World) upgraded to (Superior Chaotic Gourmet World)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Superior Chaotic Gourmet World)?]
[(Superior Chaotic Gourmet World) upgraded to (Supreme Chaotic Gourmet World)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Ultra Dimensional Armillary)?]
[(Ultra Dimensional Armillary) upgraded to (Ultimate Dimensional Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Ultimate Dimensional Armillary)?]
[(Ultimate Dimensional Armillary) upgraded to (Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Super Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Super Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Super Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Hyper Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Hyper Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Hyper Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Mega Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Mega Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Mega Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Giga Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Giga Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Giga Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Ultra Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Ultra Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Ultra Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Ultimate Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Ultimate Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Ultimate Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Supreme Cosmic Armillary)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Supreme Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(Supreme Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (True Supreme Cosmic Armillary)]
He felt a bit dissatisfied, seeing that Dinah didn't managed to get to the same level as Odette. So he decided to upgrade her three more times before the light fully shines and changes both of his systems.
[Would you like to upgrade (True Supreme Cosmic Armillary)?]
[(True Supreme Cosmic Armillary) upgraded to (Inimitable War)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Inimitable War)?]
[(Inimitable War) upgraded to (Superior Inimitable War)]
[Would you like to upgrade (Superior Inimitable War)?]
[(Superior Inimitable War) upgraded to (Supreme Inimitable War)]
A light shines in front of his eyes, causing him to close it and raise his arms to cover his face. On the air just in front of him, two female outlines slowly materializes themselves.
The first is their feet, then their hands. After that, the shell of bright light slowly cracks, revealing their limbs first. Then their body slowly unveils from the crack of light.
In a flash, clothes of divine make slowly covers their heavenly bodies. Their faces slowly revealing itself.
Slowly, the two otherworldly beauties opened their eyes as they slowly floated down to the floor. The light show slowly dimming which gave Neil enough leeway to finally stop covering his face.
"... Woah...!?"
The two otherworldly beauty glances at him with their beautiful eyes. One have red fiery hair tied elaborately on her back, her eyes a bright ruby color. The other is a cold beauty with the hair the same color as ice, her eyes a submissive color of the ocean.
The red haired beauty wears a garb reminiscent of a traditional asian clothes. It have a big flowing sleeves and seems to be stacked on each other, which somehow compliments her beauty a lot. She is wearing a golden crown resembling flames, with her hair tied in a ponytail with the accessories behind the crown. Her clothing felt like a mix of traditional clothes for shrine maiden, a chef's suit, and Chinese royalty at the same time.
The cold beauty on the other looks more futuristic. She is wearing a white body suit with outlines of skyblue and pink on the shoulders. The limb parts of the body suit are colored black, which just complements the curves of her body. She have shoulder length hair, and is a bit shorter than the red haired beauty.
"User, it is I, Odette!" The red haired beauty introduces herself with a grace of royalty and at the same time, the energy of a child.
"Un." The cold beauty, who seems to be Dinah, just nodded at him in acknowledgement.
Their beauty is world shaking. It makes his heart skip a beat by just glancing at their face, and the curves of their body. It is like god sculpted them to perfection.
He can feel his blood rushing to his nose, which makes him almost unable to hold back himself. So he turns his back and pinch his nose.
'Fuck! They're so hot!'
The beautiful homunculi on the outside? They are totally outclassed by these two beauties!
If the two stands besides those homunculi, then it would feel like comparing heaven on earth. It's just not on the same level.
Even him, who isn't that easily swayed by looking at a lady, felt like seeing his crush for the first time. Mentally, his mind is producing some vivid images of them being together to him, which makes him smash it with bat in his mind.
'Fuck you Neil! Stop thinking those bullshits!' He chided himself, pinching his nose once again.
"Uhmm... User? Did you not like the result of our advancement?"
The tone of hurt in her voice causes him to immediately turn his attention back to them.
"Wha-No! Not at all!" He replied quickly while gritting his teeth.
"User, your eyes are averting us." Dinah said in a neutral tone.
"Oh...."
Realizing it, he felt awkward about that.
"Okay. Wait..."
The two just tilted their head in curiosity as he slowly turned his glance at them. Their beauty is truly a work of art, that even him can confidently say that they are more attractive than 2D.
He swallowed his saliva at the sight of the two fairies in front of him, the two are just staring at him in worry and confusion.
".... User?"
Hearing Odette's beautiful voice, he snaps out of his mesmerized state. He takes a glance at her face before averting his sight to the wall on the side.
"Sorry... it's just... ah..." He scratches the back of his head. "Right. Your too beautiful that I was just shocked...." The latter words were said in a whisper as he felt more embarrassed.
The two are just that beautiful. Nothing could compare to their beauty on this world. He felt so sure about that.
The two still heard it though as they averted their gaze at him, a blush forming on their face.
In the end, he is still a teenager. The two, if thinking about it on a technical term, are just born this last month. It's when they became a system that they acquired awareness to the world.
So with their newly formed emotions, they easily felt flattered at his words.
As for him, a 16 year old teenager, he is still at the age where his hormones are rampaging. He is just that not interested in women, seeing them as more annoying than attractive.
He won't go as far as to say he is uninterested. Though he haven't met any woman that met his preference. More like, the only girls he got interested in are the ones from Anime or Mangas.
This is the first time for him to see someone this attractive on real life. He finally believes that there are truly world shaking beauties in this world just by looking at them.
An awkward silence permeates the whole room. The three not knowing what to say next.