H…How did it come to this?... Why am I fighting solo here going for a 1v1 with the hero that has successfully killed Arika?! I did not foresee this happening you know?! I just got here in this world like a few days ago and despite all that has transpired, I am already fighting a boss?! Considering that I got a few skills from Arika as she passed, these are still leveeeel 1. Not that I am complaining about having free skills but knowing the mechanics of the other-worldy games and novels I used to read in past times, finishing a final boss at level 1 was not part of this!
Well enough of that, let's go down to business. I would never forgive this so-called “hero” for killing a mother with her unborn child. With Arika’s nature, I am fully convinced that she was not the demon one would think. She was merely another person, another human inside with a different race, another mother. How could a ‘hero’ forget honor when faced with this? Let her child see the world outside her womb at least before wanting to kill the mother if she was such an important military figure. With her body still fresh after death, I ordered Kyushi to take care of her body as her child she named ‘Natan’ was still alive kicking in there. Kyu prepared a large tube that is used to contain dead patients in a medical ward. With the help of those medical ‘tentacles’, the baby is still being kept alive directly with pure magic I believe. I need to find food for that little boy after this battle. With the Toratoga fleet advancing one by one, time became a luxury and I set aside my emotions of remorse for Arika as I prepared for battle. There was only one problem : I do not have a body that is humanoid for me to go out there and mimic another living demon. With that I asked Kyu if she could lend me that digital skill of hers that allowed her to create her own body while in structure form.
“Why of course mother! Our skills are already shared though as I am the 9th tower as the demon lord said. The towers could share or distribute skills under subjects. It was one of the descriptions my mother had written in me.” This entire conversation was happening at the heat of the battle as well. Kyushi was completely destroying most of the enemy ships in front of us with ease. Those blue lights were apparently called ‘construction lights’ which is basically an integral part of every machine made by the demon race. Kyu and her weapons even run on pure magic as well which is I believe it was something rare and expensive to produce as every crew of the Toratoga fleet in front was so shocked to see them. I rushed below Kyu where she apparently hid me and restored my power levels. Her human body went on standing like a statue unconscious like a robot out of power as I moved my AI self to my real body. She even made me shrink with all that!! The A1 Supercarrier was only a meter long in front of me before I transferred. As I woke up in the A1, a hangar door opened at the edge of the room and I launched myself out. Fully charged I am, the anti-gravity worked flawlessly and I was soaring above Kyu. She was so massive compared to me, well I guess it's because I was shrunk by methods of the blue light but still. I unshrunk myself behind the tower and covered the entire sky with my presence.
While floating above I managed to find the digital skill ‘Physical Equivalence’ on one of my menus in my eyes and activated it. It took a long time to activate and was about a minute or so. Until then I fought with my own weapons while being the ‘mother’-ship, heh. It was the cyclone weaponry which created a mini air vacuum that consumed everything around it. Even their guts just crushed all over the place which left a gory scene, but I was already accustomed to it. With the Physical Equivalence finally finished processing, my entire body melted into construction light and converted my entire massive body into a demon form. I did not have a chance to see my face as I was in the middle of a battle. Better yet, the construction lights are automatically placed when treading on areas usually not traversable. Only at the time I found out that I was genuinely standing on water with the sea touching my feet. It felt refreshing to feel with your own body, a human body that is. The human body made by the digital skill ‘Physical Equivalence’ was still made of metal as I still feel that dense feeling. Plucking my left arm proved it as it made a metallic ding despite the exterior mimicking human skin perfectly. I know it was not this relevant to appear as a human in front of the entire enemy but deception was everything. Arika mentioned about her and her son being the last of the demonkind, appearing as another demon other than them would make them think there are more of us. Knowing that they have never found Kyu before due to the typhoon she made, they’d think we are still more capable of fighting to the last. Yeah, I had to read that art of war during my time as captain before I have to rank up to an admiral. That last training session would have gained me a new badge but here we are.
Fast forward into the battle, I created a single pistol with just the power of my mind. Well… as an AI, I did not need to think that much. A futuristic looking gun was instantly constructed and I aimed at the approaching target, the Admiral. The gun was so light yet it was armed with a red crystal along the barrel. It was not what I had in mind as I did not specifically ask for a silenced pistol like the states used but it was enough, oughhh.
This ‘hero’ Petrel charged in directly at me with his sword from a distance. His blade was more of a long sword instead of a typical needle from every pirate aboard their ship. It was even engulfed in water that had been glowing similar to a sword on fire. He was too fast for a normal human being to run. His side kick behind him has been casting out spells for a while now, they must have been buffs then. I don’t know his name so I’ll just ignore that guy for now. I aimed directly at the Admiral as he approached and shot.
“...!?” The admiral instantly disappeared from my line of sight and was in the air doing a plunge attack at me. The dark red beam flew across the distance and missed him entirely. I shot at him again but this time I just fired repeatedly as there was no recoil. I don’t even know if this thing has an ammo count! The red beams hit their mark and pierced his body entirely. He is still going!?? My shielding would not activate in time!
“CLANNNNNNNNNGGGG” His sword pierced through the barely made shields and into my left arm. The sword punctured through by only an inch and I felt the pain entirely. Despite feeling the pain I did not react like I would normally do when surprised like screaming when I took a hit. My entire body is made of metal after all. No blood oozed out like how it naturally occurs when you are made of flesh. The admiral was surprised and continued to push the sword into my shoulder despite the hard metal absorbing the force.
“...!?” Petrel instinctively backed off immediately jumping back up high and back to where he once stood activating skills. The sword was still on my shoulder while he retreated. I then pulled the sword off like it was some splinter on my uniform. Construction lights immediately repaired the damaged area and literally screwed my left arm back to where it should be. The metal of this sword is insane! Only a few minor cracks manage to take over the spot where it hit my shoulder. This is not good. This means there are some types of steel that can still penetrate this discount Arnoldian robot body. I managed to completely remove his weapon by simply standing still. Some physical and magic attacks could still manage to chip away bits of my HP.
“What…. What the hell are you?!” the admiral shouted at me from a distance. I could hear it clear as day because we machines were simply built differently than a normal human being that is. Even as the massive carrier I could still hear everything from a far even with the tiniest of sounds. I refused to respond to the admiral while still tending to my just healed arm. Silence filled the air for a moment.
“What’s the matter, demon?! Can’t speak while you are standing in fear?...”
“...” I stood there, rearming my gun.
“Ahh of course! Perhaps Aqua Regina has already gotten hold of yourself! Need I remind you of what will happen if Aqua Regina has reached the soul. All your skills will cease to exist! You cannot do anything to stop it. Admit your defeat and I shall end you painlessly!” Is this what Arika felt? My sight slowly darkens and I feel increasingly heavier. My legs failed me and I got down on my knees despite being made of metal. This… thing is wrapping around me as if I was hiding under a heavy blanket. I can’t even aim up to where Petrel is standing…
“Ha! That was easier than I thought. Morgan, finish her with your Special Skill. Sun Ray Lvl. 10.”
“Thank you for giving me this glory, Admiral. Special Skill. Sun Ray leve—” As if that would happen! Petrel’s sword was still on the grip of my left hand. I threw that sword as hard as I could that it looked like it streaked through the air like it was a spear or a bullet. The hero’s aid, Morgan was it? Wanted full glory apparently, he’s half now. The man could not even finish casting his spell. His entire V-shaped remains of his body fell down into the waves and the water turned red again. The sword even flew farther and hit the ship far behind Morgan. The ship was massive though, it must have been their flagship? A similar V-shaped space was created by the sword. The entire vessel collapsed instantly… Well that was… satisfying.
“MOORGANN!!!...” the ‘hero’ Admiral Petrel looked behind him and shouted. He just stood there in horror of his body sinking through the waves.
▲ Target Eliminated. +25,000xp ▲
▲ Info. Ranked Increased. RANK: 7/5 ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
▲ Promotion Acquired: VETERAN▲
“How in the gods are you standing?! Regina Aqua is unspellable for demons such as you! That is Impossible!!” With his sword still with me, he moved his arms with his palms aiming at me as he tried to cast whatever spell he had. Morgan did do a lot of the magical bits so Petrel must have been all physical warrior build this whole time. As for the Appraisal Skill of Arika, it showed only a single Special Skill which was Aqua Devina Lvl. 1. I am not willing to see what that does though.
[ Emulated : Appraisal Lvl. 25 - Target: Person ]
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Target Name: Astin Petrel
Race: Human
Faction: East Toratoga Island States (7th Tower)
Lvl: 100
HP: 100,000/100,000
ATK: 10,000 + 10,000 (Shiva)
DEF: 25,000
MP: 50,000
XP: 100,560
State: [ Speed Boost Lvl. 25 ] [ Health Boost Lvl. 25 ] [ True Aim Boost Lvl. 5 ] [ Magic Boost Lvl. 5 ] [ Magic Resistance Lvl 20 ] [ All Stat Boost Lvl. 5]
Titles and Roles: Ruler of the Seventh Tower | Hero of the Sea | Dragonslayer | Hero | Hero of the Seventh Tower | Admiral of the Great Toratoga Fleet | The Eight heroes
MAGIC:
Passive Skills: [ Armor: Lvl. 90 ] [ Speed: Lvl 90 ] [ Fear: Lvl. 90 ] [ Rapid Calculation: Lvl. 45 ] [ Reaction Haste: Lvl. 45 ] [ Longevity: Lvl. 45 ] [ Spell Incantation Acceleration: Lvl. 5 ] [ HP Recovery: Lvl. 90 ] [ MP Recovery: Lvl. 1 ]
Instrument Skills: [ Appraisal: Lvl. 45 ] [ Flare Magic Lvl. 2 ]
Extra Skills: [ Aqua Devina Lvl. 1 ]
Special Skills: [ Absolute Tower Control: 7th ] [ Aqua Armada ] [ Aqua Regina ] [ Fast Travel Lvl. 10 ] [ Hero's Blessing ]
“...If it was not painfully obvious, I am not human or demon. I am that massive ‘fortress’ you call, now in the form of a metal demon. I am MACHINE! Your curses mean nothing to the non-living!” I stood back up, finished the act of being defenseless and tested another of my weaponry, converted of course to be fired through this pistol! I did not know that I could channel my carrier based skills and weapons through this gun.
My rushed designed pistol glows darker red along with some yellow lines on the barrel. The first one I used with the pistol was Electron-Ion Cannon which was also miniaturized by 50x its original power. Reducing its miniaturization would definitely be too much for this little gun to handle.
Minimum miniaturization needed: -30x of the original firepower.
Yep. It sure is too much but rather than increasing the intensity, I would just use other weapons to test them out on the small scale. Pure Mana cannon seems to be more powerful than any other standard magic beam weapons I use. Electron-Ion Cannon converted pure mana to red magical beams which were medium range but high damage. My two ‘red eyes’ were these cannons. Let's see what pure magic can do!
Universal Pistol Weaponry Type Changed: Pure Mana Cannon.
Target Locked: ‘Admiral Astin Petrel’
Construction lights appeared and engulfed the entire pistol. A newer longer and more cylindrical weapon replaces my original gun. It almost resembled a silenced pistol but not quite. It still had a more rigid shape along with a rectangular body. I pulled the trigger and it fired a singular travelling beam with the golden color.
“...!?” Petrel disappears once again and appears about 10 meters to the right. Terror and fear was still retained on his face as he dodged the beam.
“HA! The same trick that I completely dodged the first time does not work again on me!” The gold beam still travelled further behind and completely missed him.
“...?! UUGH” a meter wide beam completely punctured his upper body vaporizing everything that was once there. To me and his surprise, the gold beam stopped completely dead mid-air and changed in the complete opposite direction aiming at his back. The gold beam widened as it went back to hit the hero. Wow… magical beams can be programmed to change direction now?! How did the demons even lose with this tech? ‘Hero’ Admiral Astin Petrel’s remains were just his legs. Which fell down onto the waves just a few seconds after the spell that allows him to walk on water disappears. Another red patch of the sea widens as his lower torso sinks further down.
▲ Target Eliminated. +50,000xp ▲
▲ Info. Ranked Increased. RANK: 1/5 ✰ - - - - VETERAN
▲ Info. Ranked Increased. RANK: 2/5 ✰ ✰ - - - VETERAN
▲ Info. Ranked Increased. RANK: 3/5 ✰ ✰ ✰ - - VETERAN
▲ Info. Ranked Increased. RANK: 4/5 ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ - VETERAN
▲ Info. Ranked Increased. RANK: 5/5 ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ VETERAN
▲ Promotion Acquired: ELITE ▲
“So… anyone else wants to fight?” Our skill sharing allows me to use Kyu’s digital skill Maximum Speaker which essentially does what it means. The remaining enemy fleet will hear me from this distance with this skill.
“Ahh… that’s what I thought. Go, leave this place at once!” Before I even got to say that, the last 34 ships have turned around and sailed slowly away from the island. That skill they used to travel in an instant must have been from the ‘hero’ then. Their flagship is below the waves and they were in disarray. Some ships charged in but then suddenly changed course.
“You are victorious, Mother!” Kyushi praised me as if I had done it all by myself.
“No No.. We are victorious, Kyushi. You even had the most kills from this battle.” After I said this, that reactive lighting from hers appears to affect her tower exterior as well. The tip of the tower and some lights she had while being the structure glowed reddish pink again. Honestly… that’s kinda cute the demons had reactive lighting for emotions…
“Mother, your face is red. Are you alright?”
“Heh?! Don’t mind it…” I.. did not even notice that! I forgot I was not in carrier mode!! AHH!
“That being said, we may have avenged Arika but they will definitely return to this place.” Kyu made a solid point. Considering that she was the last demon lord, appearing as the new demon lord or queen with more people and weapons will definitely force the other heroes to react to this. Until then, we need to prepare for what is about to come next.
▲ Info. Construction mode available.
Cannot deploy here.
Optimal location detected: Please move 1 step.
“...Hmm?” Something in my HUD appeared to say that construction mode is available. What the heck is that even?
“Is there something wrong, mother?” I ignored Kyu for a bit due to curiosity and moved a step forward.
▲ Info. Construction mode activated! Standby…
“Mother?!...” I fell down on my knees again but this time I really could not feel anything. Construction lights appeared once again and my entire view was covered in blue. I already know this sight of seeing blue is when I go to use Physical Equivalence, but what I am converting into is what I don’t know…
“aa… ehh?”
▲ Info. New Construction Options.