I just hate it when blood gets on my paintjob, as i can't just wash it off. Tank troubles i guess. As i rolled into the village, some people came out of hiding and gawked at my... primitive and slightly chunky body. If only they knew my real body. I imagined they said something like: oh look at that handsome ai, alpha, he's so courageous bla bla bla. Let a tank have a little ego boost will ya? I watched as the cautious - but living villagers wander back into their homes, no doubt to check what happened. Do the geneva conventions exist in a world which geneva probably doesn't exist? As far as i know earth had no system bullshitery.
"You!" thundered a voice approximately 500 metres away, one of the perks of being an ai is that seconds last days and days last seconds, therefore i can easily calculate distance, which was coming from a bandit i might have somehow missed on my killing spree..
"Are you a bandit that participated in crimes against humanity?" My speakers blared back, cannon tracing his steps. If he said yes, i was free to send him to meet many of the... normal gods. And the achievement god(ess?) ... less said about it the better.
"Oh these villagers? I was the one that did the most killing! Time to a-" he didnt finish talking before he took a 6 pounder (57mm) tank round to the face.
"What did you want to say red smear on the ground? Not exactly ground beef but I'll take it!" I really did need to get my dumb engine checked. Or my core. I was not this funny before.
One bandit champion defeated!
2500 exp rewarded.
Achievement unlocked: Kill an enemy before they finish talking! Reward: time dilation token, common. One thing you did do right, and that's killing an enemy while they aren't ready.
Achievement unocked! Kill an enemy 1 or more evolution stages above you. Reward: f tier skill token! Why am i not surprised you managed to kill him?
Acheivment unlocked! Kill an enemy 2 or more evolution stages above you. Reward: e tier skill token! From what I'm reading you're the weakest variation of your kind with a cannon? What have we done?
I laughed a bit. Gods being scared of a mere ww1 tank? Though i do suppose their architecture looks like something from the dark ages. If only i actually knew what the dark ages were like. There's a reason why they're called the dark ages, and it isn't because we know everything about it, or it was just really dark for quite some time. Just europeans forgot what writing meant, something kids nowdays never wish to learn, especially those in america and china. Doomed to an eternity of being jelly.
Now, jokes aside, i realised having a bunch of definitely not ketchup stains everywhere would not be good. But I'm a war tank and not a water tank.
Pov: Tom.
i couldn't believe it. Just before a bandit was going to do... things to me, saviour arrived in the form of what looked like a hunk of metal, apperently sent by forge god logustus himself to save his followers. Unfortunately, my dad, the only blacksmith in our village was not... exactly in a state to be ready to pray. I always ridiculed him for not praying to one of the big gods, but now i understood. A big god would never have sent a soldier to dispatch the bandit gang, especially not a 'british' one, whatever that meant. Maybe it was the elite group of hitthings made by logustus?
Now i understoody my folly. If it weren't for my father, everyone would either be dead or condemned to a fate worse than it. I was lucky one of the bandits thought i had a 'cute' face. The other boys had not been so lucky, some having lost their minds. Quite literally. My mind was set. I take after my dads footsteps, and honour the god that at least tried to save us all, as my dad always said, 'trying is halfway to success'. It may not be an easy life from now on, but i had a purpose. Create weapons and arm the villagers so something like this can never happen again. I looked around at the devastation. Of my mother and sister crying in the corner. I would never let this happen again.
Pov: ???
"What do you mean everyone in our raiding party is dead? They were just going against a tiny village?" Someone shouted.
"Sir! It's because a monster made of metal came into the village and slaughtered every one of us to the last, and they had no mercy! They killed henry with one attack at a level less than 30 and no evolutions!" A panicky voice replied.
"Then send a bigger force this time. You got it? Send the 5 evo stages for all i care! We cannot afford to lose face like this, the other gangs might sense weakness! Now do it!" Thundered the first mysterious voice.
"Ok sir i got it!" The second jittery voice replied.
Pov: Alpha
It felt rather strange to look over a destroyed village when all I've been seeing are destroyed cities, which the meatbags hate for some reason. I personally love urban warfare, as there isn't a human alive that has faster reaction speed than an ai.
Quest complete! Reward received: f tier skill token.
Now... how do i claim these things?
Would you like a tutorial?
Well, i have no choice now. Sure.
Status screen: Think the word status for approximately 3 seconds.
Inventory/ storage. Think either word for 3 seconds.
Token claiming and skill claiming: open inventory/ storage and select a token/ skill. Mentally say open for 3 seconds.
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Map: think map for 3 seconds. Map will map out every part of the world you have been to and a 10 metre circle around it.
Teleport: open map and select a teleportation location. Mentally will yourself to be there. Teleporting to non teleport locations without a teleport token will result in major mangling of body. You have been warned!
Reputation: by helping a certain group of people or a settlement, you can level up your reputation level, decreasing prices and occasionally getting free items.
Approval: how a god feels about you. This is changed by doing what a god likes and what a god dislikes. Gods that favour you will give a buff when you uphold their values and do what the god is for. Disapproval is done by doing the opposite.
Evolutions: since you are a tank, evolutions will move your tank technology forward each time to a maximum of 10. From g rank to SSS rank. Or, for you, world war one to the war for the milky way.
That is all you need to know for the basics. Figure the rest out yourself!
Damn... better not get on the wrong side of god of gunpowder and shells.
Status status status...
Name: Alpha
Species: AI (human created)
Gender: Male
Class: none
level: 26
Evolutions:0
Health 5000/5000.
Titles
Outsider, weapon of mass destruction.
Traits: 4/4
Non organic: Not affected by diseases, posions, mind control or fear related attacks, as well as explosive attacks that do not hit your armour or engine.
Tanky: Since you are a tank, you take 0 damage from simple weapons, and anything that can't pierce your armour.
Chunky boi: can not be affected by telekenesis and paralysis, and objects that are simply thrown at you will not do anything.
Made of metal: strong magnetic forces will ruin your day, as well as electricity themed attacks. However, ice, water and earth attacks will do nothing, and dire attacks have a reduced damage output on you.
Skills: 0/4
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Interesting, i wonder what happens if those traits are removed.
Inventory...
Aoe shell modification, common to legendary, permanent if not removed.
Gratitude token, common to rare.
Time dilation token, common.
Skill token, f x2. Skill token, e x1.
Hmmm... I'll claim those later.
Notification: reputation +2!
Status in hills zone village 1: friend.
My tracks squeeled as i went into the village, and saw people waving at me, saying words that sounded a lot like German, but alas, this ai did not learn german. Partly because the first country the east targeted was Germany, which didn't get nuked as bad as the USA, but did get nuked so that everyone in the country either died horrible deaths or are currently dying horrible deaths due to the radiation.
Is that boy... worshipping me? Oh yeah... i did say i was sent by a god. Which is technichally true. Maybe he's a worshipper of logustus? I have no clue how they understand me but i don't them, but i guess they have some magical bullshit that lets them autotranslate or something like that at least.
"People of his village, all pray to logustus today, for he has saved you. If not... i will not speculate on your fate, but i will say it would've been an unpleasant one." My speakers boomed, before i started moving again. Pop. What was that? Is it bubblewrap? I looked through my cameras. God fucking damn it man.
Injured villager x1 killed.
-100 exp.
I just ran over a villager that i think tried to climb on me.
Reputation -1.
Status in Hills zone village one: honoured outsider.
I think I'm more of a danger to these villagers if i stay here than if i leave. So i decided to teleport back to Logustus and report my 'success'.
Map...
So they weren't lying about a do it yourself map huh? I saw a little circle titled 'logustus' lair' i mentally selected that shit and pressed the teleport button with my mind.
3, 2, 1, teleporting!
A massive beam of light, not too much different from the one used to kill me in everything but size, (An example of when size does matter, don't want to teleport half the tank and have my core roll out) hit me, and in nanoseconds, i was in the lair.
Ahhh! You're back, and you completed my quest? Well done, you might want to. Stay here when picking your skills. There are a stupid amount of them. Minions! Put the max amount of ammunition into the tank here!
"Ok then." I replied, knowing now os the time for skills.
Inventory...
I selected an f tier skill token and mentally pressed open.
Choose from the following options for your f tier skill: