(Day 167) Aprilis 12th, 12th year of the Dragon, Age of Enlightenment
Adam put the duffle bag in his Ring of Holding as he walked toward the exit. He made eye contact with Adaline as he walked toward the exit and said, “Only back for a second. Venoran is under attack by traitors and the Assassins Guild, I need to get back. I will return, hopefully by nightfall.” Adam made his way upstairs, then walked outside and shut the door behind him. Then he ran. During the 9-minute trip back to the city he contemplated everything Thor had shown him. The issues they’d had with the die-hard criminal element and those that thought they were powerful and then the Lexi. He didn’t want to commit genocide but if there was ever a race that might justify it, they were certainly on the list of ultimate assholes. He also thought about their conversation right before he broke the connection.
As he ran south Adam thought about what Thor had told him; “Johnathan, the time dilation difference is about 6.67 times” Thor had informed him.
“Is there any way to overcome that” he’d asked.
“Now there might be, though I need to do some testing first.”
“Good, if you need to get a message to me after I go back, create USBs with the information on them and make sure to remove all the nanites before you send it through the portal. I should be able to create a computer to download the information. I will create some type of blinking light system to transmit data in binary that is battery-powered. At 6.67 speed I’ll set it to transmit for 1 day exactly which means you should check for new updates once every 6 days and 16 hours. “
“Noted. Johnathan Predictions approach unity that Desirae may become an issue in the future.” Thor said.
“I believe that too. Even so, teach her about our Universe and give her the tools she needs. If you run into any aliens worse than the Lexi that you need to make a physical demonstration against, use her. She is approximately one-sixth as strong and fast as me and her skill with bladed weapons will undoubtedly be better than anyone on the planet except me.”
“Understood. Am I to let her out at any time?” Thor asked.
“I saw that you are creating Earth V and it's almost ready. Just keep humans off that planet for now. If she follows the rules and keeps to her training use that planet to allow her some fresh air. Maybe even move her there permanently. But no one else is to go there, not even Amanda. She will be fast, and your reaction time might not catch her attack, especially if she’s allowed to get close.”
Their conversation had then shifted to the best way for the nanites to be upgraded. Then it had been time for Adam to head back. If the Time dilation held true he’d been gone for eleven minutes here which was almost two minutes at Adamantine Tower.
Adam arrived back at Venoran and made his way to the Temple. “Hey Freya, I’m back. The screaming coming from the castle and surrounding buildings was my fault. I thought some psychological warfare would help get the traitors to stand down.” As he was talking he had his nanites create a map of the city and circled the houses in red that had been skipped by the assassins. “This map details every house that no one was killed in, and the assassins seemed to skip. Also, it seemed that their highest levels were doing the initial attacks then the lower levels were coming out to do clean up. By the time I’d encountered Desirae, their level 4,897 assassin, they were already making their way into the 5th district away from the castle. I believe they would have gone through the whole city, and I don’t know of anyone here who could have stood up to her.”
“Is Desirae dead?” Freya asked.
“No, she and I were sucked into my Universe. I’d targeted her with a Mage Bolt attack and an item she had absorbed the damage. Fortunately for me, I did more damage than it could hold which caused it to explode. Unfortunately, she placed the necklace into her ring of holding to contain the explosion. She was trying to throw the ring away from her when it must have exploded. A vortex opened and we were both sucked through to my Universe. She is currently being controlled by my nanites and I have ensured she’s away from the rest of humanity, at least until I make it back there to release her.”
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“Then the leader of the assassin’s guild still lives?”
“Yes, but she’s aging six times faster than anyone here, doesn’t have access to her personal interface and magic does not work where she is. Also, I could literally make her do anything I want which includes dying. She won’t be an issue unless I bring her back here for some reason, which I don’t plan to do. Anyway, I returned back to here first because that spell you cast was dispelled. I need to get back out there and help subdue the traitors.
Freya smiled and cast the spell on him. “We’ll be here,” she said.
Adam took the time to memorize God’s Sight again and then cast it on himself. Adam turned and ran out of the temple and started making his way through the city as fast as he could. As he came upon anyone that was fighting his standard actions were to spend the first 3-5 seconds using Analyze and Identify on anyone with hostile intent then determine the durability of any armor they were wearing on their head. He made sure to analyze them, so he didn’t accidentally kill anyone. He’d then ask them to stop fighting. If they did and surrendered he'd move on to the next group. If they didn’t stop he’d strike each target twice if armored, once if not. The armored individuals who did not surrender had their headpieces destroyed when he did exactly the amount of damage needed to reduce their durability to zero. Then he'd hit them for exactly 100 subduing damage to knock them out. He rushed around the city, ending fights, and after 45 minutes noticed that the fighting had stopped. There hadn’t been as much fighting as he’d thought. Later he would learn that the screams that had come from the castle and surrounding homes, once investigated, had taken the fight right out of the traitors.
Congratulations! You have killed 99% of the Assassin Guild attack force that was sent to infiltrate Venoran and subdued the traitors who were trying to wrest control from the city guard. For doing so you are awarded 55,000 Fame Points.
Congratulations! You have achieved Regional level Fame. Regional Fame provides positive and negative modifiers depending on whether you have positive or negative relations with the leaders in that region. A relationship status of neutral simply means that the individuals in that region you encounter may have heard of you and may be impressed by your exploits but neither love nor hate you.
Relationship with members of Venoran: Positive Level 1
Relationship with members controlled by the Council: Negative Level 8. Please note, at Negative level 10 citizens of the Council will hate you so vehemently that they may attempt to attack you on sight.
Nothing new there, Adam thought as he made his way back to Freya. “The fighting is stopped, who would be in charge now?” Adam asked.
“If one of the royal heirs has survived then they will take over, otherwise, it might take a little while to sort out,” Freya answered.
“Okay, I need to head over to the Dungeon. The Dungeon Master tried to kill me this morning. He’s dead”
“You killed Belarious?” she asked.
“Yeah, that sperm that should have been swallowed is now a soulstone in my possession. He and his little assassin sidekick Seraphine killed the members of my Dungeon Party from yesterday, their wives or husbands, and their children before they traveled out to my home and tried to kill me. When he died, I became the Dungeon Master. I removed the Item of Power yesterday as it was a Soul Gem that contained a Divine, which I have every intention of releasing.” He added quickly” But if the dungeon is to remain I need to get inside and replace the item of power in the next 6 hours.” he finished.
“The dungeon is a great boon to the city. Know that there are those that would try to wrest the title of Dungeon Master from you so be careful as you head over there.”
“Not to worry, they won’t even know I’m there or have entered.” He said as he activated his cloak and sped towards the dungeon. Six seconds later he entered the Dungeon at just under the speed of sound. He’d slowed down so he could stop in the entryway.