[ After some constant playtime with the Queen. ]
"( Shit, this is... )" Shiro says in his state, his HP is almost 0 after the Queen uses her every saliva feature to give her poisonous liquids in her body into his.
"( Dammit... ) "
"( This is even worse than death. )" Shiro says as the System Screen then shows.
< (!) Message (!) >
< You've got an achievement. >
< Achievement: [There are fates worse than death Part 1] >
< Achievement Rewards: >
< HP Fully Recovered >
< Existence Chance +1 >
In an instant, Shiro can feel his body can be moved again and gets up since the Queen didn't bind him with anything in the bed or nest he was in or whatever it is since he doesn't know or care. Shiro then wakes up and looks around to see that the Queen is gone for a while and in that very moment, the System shows itself as it wants to notify about something.
" An
" What is that? again I don't understand whatever items you are giving me with System. "
" I only follow your instructions since you're technically the only one I could talk with at the moment. "
" After all, in this place, the creatures here are just the same as the people in the place I live during my life. "
" They're all evil and untrustworthy. " Shiro says as he looks at the System Screen showing an emoticon of sadness after hearing him saying that.
< I'm sorry, Astral Player Shiro (T_T) >
< Forgive me for not understanding your sorrow. >
< After all, I was active after you hold my physical Orb form during your battle with the people of your town.* >
< Thus is why, after I was online, I can do nothing to help you at the moment since I need to first properly install my Database into your very body and astral form and since your body was dead during the progress. >
< I decided to install myself entirely to your Astral Core, thus is why you have me as your [Personal Assistant] after you die. >
The System then explains itself as it also tells Shiro that it also knows everything about Shiro since it already has all of the Data regarding Shiro's past in its Database but Shiro needs to Level Up to Unlock those very Data since some memories might have been too dangerous for Shiro if Shiro had no experience to handle the memory that will be displayed.
" Are my 'memories' really that bad? " Shiro asks.
< Well some are happy memories (^_^), some are angry memories (\^/), some are sad memories (T^T), and some are fearful memories (>_<). >
< I also hold the data of Astral Player Shiro's memories before death (*_*) >
" I see, no wonder you always seemed to look like you know everything about me. "
" By the way. "
" What are these notifications that I can clearly see on the Screen while you're giving me the 'emojis' of yours? " Shiro says as he sees the notifications.
< (!) MESSAGE (!) >
< [Main Quest]: -- Escape the Hive Part 1 >
< In this Quest, the Player's mission is to escape the Hive in any way by following the System's direction. >
< In this Quest, the Player must avoid being seen by the Carroñeros while the Carroñero Queen is gone. >
< (Time required 05:59 Hours) >
< Note: >
< *The System will show the Carroñero's range of sight, so the Player should evade the range of sight marked by the System in order to not make the Carroñero realize the Player's attempt of escaping. >
...
" Fair enough, at least I still have some hours to escape, but... "
" Before escaping... " Shiro says while looking at the Monarch's corpse.
Seeing the corpse, he then sees if he can at least take something from it for his very sake of survival which he then scours all of the Monarch's corpse for something useful in the future.
" This seems worth it. "
< Item Obtained. >
< Item: [Dragon Monarch's Teeth] >
< Rank: S >
< Type: Material. >
< Can be used to forge a strong weapon. >
< Effects: (Unknown) >
...
< (!) MESSAGE (!) >
< You have obtained the Dragon Monarch's remains! >
< Dragon Monarch Remains Obtained: 1/10 >
" Huh? " Shiro asks.
< [Special Mission] received. >
< [Special Mission]: Obtain the items from the Remains of the Dragon Monarch (1/10). >
As Shiro sees the mission, he then realized that he was probably doing the right thing to let himself stay for a while to see the Dragon Monarch's corpse.
" Guess this unnamed Dragon Monarch was so great in his peak of might before entering here. "
" Even after death, he still gives me some powerful things that I might have used it in the future. " Shiro says as he then searches the remaining items inside the Dragon Monarch's corpse.
< Item Obtained. >
< Item: [Dragon Monarch's Claws] >
< Rank: S >
< Type: Material. >
< Can be used to forge a strong weapon. >
< Effects: (Unknown) >
...
< Item Obtained. >
< Item: [Dragon Monarch's Horns] >
< Rank: S >
< Type: Material. >
< Can be used to forge a strong weapon. >
< Effects: (Unknown) >
...
< Dragon Monarch Remains Obtained: 3/10 >
< Time: 05:19 Hours >
" I have acquired three, but it seems... wait... "
" What is this? " Shiro says as he then sees another item as he sees inside the bones of the Dragon Monarch.
" System can you scan it or something? " Shiro says as he sees the Item.
< Scanning >
< Identifying Identifying Identifying >
< Identifying Identifying Identifying >
< Identifying Identifying Identifying >
< Item Identified >
< Item: [Astral Armor] >
< Rank: S >
< Type: Armor >
< (Unknown) >
< Effects: (Unknown) >
...
Shiro then approached the armor as he looks around, hoping that no one will see him while he still has time before the Carroñero Queen's return from her journey. He then approached the stranded armor as he then puts his hand towards it and obtains it.
< Item Obtained. >
" This armor is available... " Shiro says as he then immediately equips his body which immediately fits as if the armor can be used by all sizes.
After equipping himself with the armor, Shiro then felt good since he just receives a great suit of armor and after equipping it, he immediately hears.
{ Begin Activation initiated }
{ [Astral Armor Activated] }
...
" Whoa... whoa .... "
< Time: 04:25 Hours >
....
[ At the same time. ]
" I felt something strange here... "
" Something is not right, my Carroñeros can also feel it too as I received their message immediately. " the Carroñero Queen says as she then orders the Carroñero squad she brings to return back to her nest, in response to what Shiro has done, alarming the Carroñeros in the nest since the Armor activation resulted in a great amount of Astral Energy released immediately from it, making all of the creatures sensing it gets alarmed.
From the Carroñero Queen and the other Spirits in the Subterraneo, including those Desierto above that felt a sudden burst of energy from underground.
" What the? " Tracker 101 says as he felt it and the Astral Tracker Device also receives another signal other than the power of Madness.
" This is bad! "
" I need to tell Captain Raymond first to end things quickly in the Desierto," he says while seeing the captain fighting Cráneos Buitres in the skies.