Chapter 92: Home and Party Members (1)
Chapter 92: Home and Party Members (1)
~Jack POV~
"Ok bots please do the usual checkout over there!"
"Roger! Roger!"
"Woof!"
"Whew…"
Releasing a breath of relief taking full control of Merlot Island and his lab I used Merlot Robots to kill off all the Mutant Grimm on the island while I get too busy using my <Technopathy> to control the machines.
The lab also needs to be redone a bit but…
Sitting down on a rolling chair and seeing multiple screens light up like a Christmas tree I began to see numerous blueprints at the ready including Merlot's info about how to use his Mutant Serum on Grimm.
Hmm…
I wonder how I can use this to my advantage to reverse engineer it for human and Faunus consumption granting more boost in power…
Scratching the side of my face with my finger ever since I took a hostile takeover of this island I began to label it as my territory since no one can claim it and because of that, I gained something for it.
My quest to get my own land.
<Territory Manipulation>.
[You have gained an unknown territory would you like to claim it?]
Pressing yes to it I officially completed the mission I wanted to do and get the skill I wanted.
[Ding!]
[Quest Completed!]
[Please choose the following rewards:
-Blessed Chest Box
-Cursed Chest Box]
[You have learned <Territory Manipulation>!]
Skill list.
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<Territory Manipulation> (Active/Passive) Lv. MAX
Description: The user can create, shape, and manipulate territories, and areas under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state, including countries, districts, states, kingdoms, etc. They can merge/divide, shrink/enlarge, and otherwise warp territories and what is in them.
This skill is only possible only if the following conditions have been met to obtain the territory as you own:
-The territory must be obtained through force or bought from the neighboring lands.
-Or on the case if no one has ever found this piece of land the user can claim it as their own territory.
Once one of the following conditions has been met you can add the benefits that are recommended to your control:
-Increase Dust natural productions of all types [Toggle on/off]
-Increase natural ores resources [Toggle on/off]
-Increase natural resources woods, diamonds, obsidian, orichalcum, berries, etc. [Toggle on/off]
-No Enemy pass [Toggle on/off]
-No enemy spawning [Toggle on/off]
-Increase find of magic artifacts [Toggle on/off]
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M-Hmm…
A job well done I say.
Yeah…
All these skills especially with <Territory Manipulation> will be extremely useful, especially with the island now being incredibly useful with Dust and materials I need. I basically got myself one of those farming islands in some games.
And I already picked out the Blessed from Merlot Quest and might as well go for the Cursed Chest box from the Territory Quest.
Both this time obtaining these items one in a form of multiple items and the other just a potion in my hand.
I made sure to check what I have to be sure what these items can do.
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Item: Orichalcum+x20
Description: Orichalcum+ is represented by a large, aqua-colored jewel. It is more snowflake-like in design that a basic Orichalcum. Its top half is lined by five triangular spikes that alternate from large to small in size. The two smaller spikes fork into three points at their tips, and all five spikes are connected by four thin bars. Its lower half is lined by four slanted spikes, two on each side of the jewel. One large, diamond-shaped spike is placed on its bottom, and there are white sparkles decorating the center of the jewel.
This type of material is best used to create Golems and weapons that have unique abilities gaining a unique energy absorption ability, light metal, and extremely durable.
Item: Elixir
Description: Created by the greatest healer in the age where Gods were together with Mankind this item will allow one to restore all sorts of damages returning them to a perfectly healthy state. Recover any magic or physical damage done to the person and regenerate any lost wounds.
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Hmm…
The Elixir I'm certainly saving up as a last resort since it's too good to waste. But the Orichalcum+ though… Yes, this could be very useful to create an android to what I have in mind but first how about I do something about that first?
About the time I begin to use my Semblance to good use.
<Fusion>.
[-Choose the following Skills to Fuse into a new one-]
[-Image Training-]
[-Dream-]
[-If the following -Image Training Sun-, and -Dream- fused result in: <Dream Image Training>-]
[-Notice if fuse you lose the materials used to fuse-]
Argh…
Rolling my eyes at this I know I would lose my best training method I really hope to gain something better for this.
Now begin.
[Ding!]
[Using the materials of -Image Training-, and -Dream- will begin fusion!]
[<Fusion> LEVEL UP!]x2
[Fusion Complete!]
[Skills <Image Training>, and <Dream> have been lost.]
[The Skill <Dream Image Training> has been learned from <Fusion>!]
Ok so far so good…
Now time to check out what this skill does for me exactly.
Skill List.
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<Dream Image Training> (Active) Lv. MAX
Description: When you use this skill, you enter a meditative state that allows you to fight against people you have met. Defeating the conjured enemies will allow you to gain EXP. Damage taken during combat will lower your HP, and death during training will lead to real death. The more often you defeat the same opponent the less experience you gain for defeating them.
Additionally, with this skill, you can now fight people or dream versions of them without having to actually meet them in real life so long as the user knows them but only 3 times a month before force shutdown that the user can fight a dream version.
The user can still use this skill when force shutdown but can't use people he hasn't met only those he met in real life.
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Oh, I can so use this busted skill however I have to make it count.
For now, though I have some business to deal with in the aftermath like setting up a place for me to handle everything and getting rid of the Mutant Grimm in the area.
Also, I need a different fuel source than natural Lightening Dust to something more suitable for me to have…
Sigh…
Rubbing the bridge between my nose I began to sulk a bit wondering what to do next after cleaning everything up and how do I explain this to my team…
Hmm…
Maybe I can spin a tale about the whole idea I was forced to kill Merlot because I couldn't let a dangerous man like him live since he was responsible for the cause of Mt. Glenn or I could explain to them that I found this island deserted used by a dangerous scientist.
Sigh…
Shaking my head I have more work to do now with all of this free time.
Maybe I can create a very convincing lie about that scum's death.
"Woof!"
Looking down at my Koro I saw him jump up to my lap while I smirked at my dog's playful nature rubbing his cute head, "No worries Koro. We're still making our home in progress it's just going to take us about 12 days we have to spare. I bet you want your own room, right?"
"Woof!"
Wagging his tail at the idea I guess having my own fighting force would be the first step in the right direction and I know just the androids I have in mind, to use my Orichalcum+ to create an exoskeleton by using my <Dream Image Training> and my <Mechanical King> in the process of fighting fictional characters that are extremely powerful with their machines.
This just means I have a lot of work to do now.
First small break before inventing revolutionary ideas.
But first I need to do some info gathering to create a party member –
"Beep!"
"Beep!"
Blinking at the sudden alarm I began to search with a nearby terminal what was the cause of this as I began to hurry along to find the source of it. Hmm... seems to be a system error that occurred here in this portion of the facility?
Huh?
Searching through this base database I see that they have a cryo chamber room.
Wait I have cryo chambers?
What the hell?
Going towards the direction of where the beeping sounds I followed the path of where this cryo-chamber is located as I began to read the contents of it clearly and carefully in the progress… what!
"WWSSSSH!!!"
Using <Petal Burst> what I found out that Merlot held within and kept hidden wants me to kill the mother fucker twice in a row for what I found out.
But I couldn't be certain it was the case… at least till I see it before my very eyes.
Stopping completely at the place I see inside the room there are or what were people living inside of these chambers with almost all of them empty but one… and that very one is what mattered the fucking most as my eyes widen seeing her in the flesh.
An exact Ruby lookalike is almost the spitting image of her mother Summer Rose, having the same silver eyes, fair complexion, and graduating black-into-red hair….
But that's where the similarities end as for her body condition with her flesh of the arms and leg seemingly missing or lacking along with two of her silver eyes missing with lab patient clothes covering her as I see the terminal next to her as I began to hurry along and read it to get a better grasp of what's going on.
To make a long story short I could only curse at the fact that Merlot managed to give his Mutant Grimm formula to his benefactor named 'The Queen' for in return providing a living sample of a Silver-Eyed person preferably female in order to experiment then be used as a brooding mare or Subject Zero of the cloning processes…
This is really fucked up, but I could only shudder at the fact that Salem managed to acquire the mad quacks' work…
According to the terminal, this is used as life support to keep the subject in cryostasis to ensure prolonged life till time for testing but… Summer still lives… even though this is what I couldn't call living more like hell.
Everyone knows Summer Rose disappeared and they all assumed she was dead, but it seems like Merlot got a hold of her somehow through the connection of Salem for his Mutant Grimm formula.
Assuming she is to the eyes of Merlot the last silver-eyed warrior Merlot must have kept her well preserved and in stasis since if the case she died, he'd have no more to run his experiments on to make his progress.
Or to just begin…
Sigh…
Where the hell is my normal school life gone too now?
No use arguing now.
I could only frown seeing her in this state as with my Healing potion it would be simple to heal her, but the issue is, I don't have a working room for her available at the moment but at the very least I can use the healing potion to restore her body.
"SHsssss…."
Opening up the chamber and taking out one of the healing potions, I began to drip some in her mouth glad that she was breathing taking the sips to ensure she recovers her… missing body parts…
Seeing her body grows back her muscle mass and Silver Eyes again there was still no response to Summer reacting which is gravely concerning.
And to my relief, it seems like the potion is doing its job recovering her to physically be normal but mentally I don't even want to know what she's been through… and add the fact she lost her Silver Eyes must mean Salem is still in the process of making the hound.
For now, I'll have one of the Merlot Bots take care of her with everything needed for the time being.
I need to be delicate with this matter as much as I can.
But for now, it seems like Summer won't be waking up anytime sooner or later so, for now, I'll do what I originally planned and that is create my android. There really is no use worrying about Summer if she isn't responsive but all the same take care in a delicate matter.
<Observe>.
[Summer Rose - Lv.10 (Formerly Lv.180) Silver-Eyed Warrior]
[Summer Rose was Ruby Rose's mother and was the leader of Team STRQ. Her gravestone is on a cliff in the Cliffside Forest. After her fight with Salem and losing she resorted to torture experimentation for Salem to find a way to combat the Silver-Eyed Warriors as she was experimented on losing flesh and her eyes for a very long time.
When given to Merlot for his Mutant Grimm formula he dosed her with a sleeping agent that would cause her to experience a coma-like trance for the unforeseeable time. She still dreams of the flickering hope to one day see her family in her mind despite how broken she is...]
Sigh…
I'm so not in the mood to be the one to explain this to Ruby and Yang about their mom...