“I’ll handle these green things while you take care of the evacuation…” I asked in between salvo of laser fire. “Can you do that?”
His jaw open wide from the sheer number of green monster that are charging us, and also dying with cooked organs.
“Hurry!” I yelled as the green monster comes a little closer.
That finally snapped him from his thought as he ran backwards and helping carry as many people as possible. While me? I keep firing until they finally arrived at my location.
I jumped backwards to give myself time.
//Energy: =============(80%)//
“Diverting energy to strength.” I muttered and threw smoke & mirror to the side. Causing them to pixelized before dissipating.
My muscles rippled with yellow electricity right as the first green things jumped to bash my head in. Well, I stepped forward and threw an uppercut to his chin. Breaking it.
Then the next comes behind me, so I grabbed him and yeet him to their back line. A spotted a nearby sword and grabbed it.
While backing slowly from the green horde I swung my swords. The gulching sounds of flesh getting torn apart and their inhumane screech bought a smile to my face.
“Really,” slash “this reminded me of the time” Slash “I fought against the undead horde back in America…” Slash.
They are starting to lose faith then an arror flew from the backline straight for my head. The velocity is too high for me to dodge and it struck, hard.
I stumbled backwards as the attacker is highlighted in red.
//Mana usage detected…//
“Go figure… they really are a divine construct!” I chuckled loudly before twirling my sword.
//Energy: ========== (73%)//
“diverting energy to bless my weapon…” I struck my sword to the sky and it glows yellow. The green things paused. Before ignoring that and charged at me again.
I smiled and swung my newly enhanced sword.
//Energy: ========= (61%)//
A beam of crescent light shot out from my sword and tore the goblin horde apart. Then another.
//Energy: ======== (49%)//
Then another
//Energy: ====== (37%)//
They are finally retreating as they left their amputated comrades to me. I stabbed the sword to the ground and pulled out smoke & mirror again in a flash of light.
One of them turned around just in time to see the gun whirred to life. Then he sees no more, alongside tens of his brothers and possibly sisters.
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Then it stopped. No shrieking of green things, no laser fire just… the crackling of fire.
I sighed while looking around.
“Looks like I failed again huh…” I dismissed my armament to let it recharge faster. My armour pixelized and completely vanish.
Then the smell actually hits me. The smell of rots from the corpses, the smell of burnt flesh. It made me grimace, no matter how many times I’ve seen it.
“well… better see how they-“ I turned around just in time to see the militia men all pointing their weapon at me.
“Who are you?!” he yelled.
“I’ve just saved your sorry asses, drop that… I’m in no mood to fight…” I replied with a friendly teasing smile.
“you are that… metal golem?” He sneered at me.
“Metal golem?” I laughed back “Well that’s an insult if I’ve ever seen one…”
“armament, glass bullet” a blue sphere encompassed me for a second before I’m back in my armour.
“Satisfied yet?” I spread my arms and chuckled.
They dropped their weapon. Doing a 180 to their first reaction. “thank you… for your help…”
“Bah!” I yelled hopefully cutting them off “Don’t thank me… it makes me feel weird… just live on… this is my job by the way…”
“besides, I failed to save your village anyway… I would feel bad if you thank me for a half assed job.” Waving them off I walked toward the centre of the village.
“By the way, do you guys have iron?” I asked without turning around “I might be able to shield this village from further attacks…”
“Iron? How much?” one of them asked.
“8 kg at the minimum…” I answered while doing the calculations in my head.
“I think we have some leftover… does it have to be ingots or processed?”
“Nope. I can process them quickly.”
(After gathering said iron.)
“well then… time to get to work…” I stretched my hips as I looked around. The people nearby all staring at me, some in curiosity other in outright suspicion. Well, nothing new there.
I spread my arms and a blue sphere appeared and engulfed the irons.
//Creating MK-2 ‘Iron shield’ energy shielding//
The sphere stays there for few minutes before dissipating. In it’s place, a tesla coil like rod appears. The rod shot a blue stream of energy upwards before said energy spreads to the edges of the village in a perfect sphere.
“they have a built-in energy system… so it won’t dissipate. Just… just don’t touch it and it might work out fine.” I said to the gobsmacked crowd behind me.
“Oh, and I added anti-theft system… so anyone that tries to remove or scan it will cause it to self-destruct.”
That bought them out of their stupor as they roared their gratitude. It almost felt literal as in I can’t understand the word they are saying, just some primal gratitude making itself known.
“Okay… that’s enough guys.” I tried calming them down. “We still haven’t bought back the deceased…” I said, hoping it would silence them. It works.
“You can bring people from the dead?”
“Yeah? I mean you guys can’t?” I asked genuinely.
“Are you going to turn them into blood thirsty undead or curse them with vampirism?!” One of the old men yelled in anger.
“What? No! I mean molecular reconfiguration… so their body return back to life as a human again… my master wouldn’t let me hear the end of it if I curse an innocent human corpse…”
“mole.. what?”
“Molecular reconstruction, the closest I have to true resurrection. I’m not a god of life… but I can still use her tricks…” I answered and looks around “Though you might want to hurry… the longer they are dead the more they lost their memory when they returned.”
That bought them out of their stupor as they dashed to get their loved one.
“Oh! And bought me their head, I can’t do it if their head is destroyed! Decapitation I can work with, but not complete destruction!”
That bought some people to a pause. Before they slapped themselves out of it and started helping others.
The first lady bought me a small corpse, with a burn mark covering his entire lower body. I sucked in a deep breath before saying “lay him down there, I’m starting the process…”
She complied and gently placed him down.
Spreading my arms again. A blue sphere encompassed the corpse fully.
//Reviving…//
After 30 seconds the sphere dissipated and in its place a perfectly healthy boy naked boy. He groggily opened his eyes and looked around.
“Mom? What… what happened? Why is our house burning? Who-“
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“I was so worried!” The lady screamed while hugging the boy. The poor kid looks absolutely confused.
“I bought you back from dead kid, don’t squander it… now scram… the others are coming.”
The lady furiously picks up the kid before muttering a quick “Thank you…” then she bought the kid away.
Heh… Its moment like this that reminded me of my reason in becoming a hero. I smile at their retreating figure. Then realized that the everyone in the crowds is now carrying a corpse each.
Fuck me… this is going to be a long~ day, and I wouldn’t have it any other ways.