Arc 1 Chapter 8.5: The Bear and the Soldiers

[FLASHBACK: The day before the attack of the organization]

(Rester POV)

I felt my entire existence tingle as mana began to form around me. This is it. My master is once again calling me. With excitement, I poured my own mana with the coinciding mana, accepting the call. As I felt the senses of the physical world I let out a roar of triumphant return.

“Master, I have heeded your call.”

I looked in front of me and saw my master. Right now, he was in his female form. I should probably refer to him as mistress for now. Her eyes stared right into me, a smile on her face.

“Good to see you Rester.”

“And you mistress.”

Without warning He came over to me and hugged me. I returned the hug as I looked at my surroundings. This wasn’t the same world as before. How I know, it’s because the mana was… pure, not contaminated. Even the trees that surrounded us were vibrant with life. It was… beautiful and peaceful.

“How have you been my old friend?”

He released me and stepped back a bit. I started to exercise my muscle, extending and contracting them to my will.

“I have been well mistress. I have to say though, you took a while to call me.”

He shrugged.

“Well, it took a while. I had to change the spell to incorporate a new body for you.”

“A new body?”

He nodded.

“Yes. From now on, you won’t have to go back to that void of a world. Instead you have your own physical body. The mana in this world is so pure that I’m able to create a much more refined version of the spell.”

I stood there shocked as she brought out her chest with pride. Before I knew it, tears where falling from my face. My master. He truly cares with how his familiars feel.

“I won’t ever fail you master.”

“Hehehehee… I knew seeing you smile was better.”

I quickly wiped the tears from my eyes. I then noticed that it seems I have claws.

“Speaking of which master. What kind of body did you give me?”

I looked at my hand and feet. Oddly enough, they were covered in dark and light brown fur. My body also seemed to be big, not in a fat way, but in a powerful way.

“Well… you always like the bear class from the other world, so I incorporated that into your new body. So, how do you like it?”

Oh. I approached one of the trees. Without activating any nature spells, I punched cleanly right through the wood. This feels incredible.

“Earthern Wall!”

I kicked my feet to the ground and sure enough a wall made of earth rose from the ground. It was as high as the trees. I punched it and sure enough it managed to hold itself. I quickly deactivated the spell and the wall began to crumble back into the ground.

“This is amazing.”

“Hehehee. I know right. Anyway, I know I just summoned you… but I actually have a mission for you.”

“What is your bidding mistress?”

He smiled devilishly. He then began summoning a familiar armor which was instantly fitted to suit my new body. I looked at the armor and smiled, knowing that I was headed for war.

“I want you to lead an attack on an organization.”

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[The day of the attack]

“Rester Sama. Alpha Company and Bravo Company are in position.”

“Alright. Remember the plan. Capture as many as you can and kill any dangerous personnel. Got it?”

The two automatons gave a salute before relaying the message. Master really has outdone himself this time. In the previous world, he can only make golems that were only good for their brute force. Now, his abilities surpassed that and is now able to create the automaton race. The race is categorized under the golems. The only difference though is their appearance. Unlike golems, automatons look exactly like the humans. It was nearly impossible to tell the difference. The only way you can tell is by looking at their habit. Because they are machines, they have no need for food nor do they have any need of the bathroom. What’s even more unique with the automatons master created was their consciousness. Master granted them reason. That’s why they even act like humans now. I swear, I even saw some of them breaking down in tears as they pledged their allegiance to my master. Where did they even get those tears?

“Rester Sama.”

I broke from my thoughts and saw Ashir walking up to me. He was currently my second in command. Out of all the automatons, he was the most capable of the bunch fielding a high capability in leading men into the field.

“Hey Ashir. Like I said earlier, you can just call me Rester. Now, what’s up?”

“C company and D company are in position. Were ready to attack at your order.”

“Alright. When I say ‘go’ activate the flare and have our radioman contact the other group to begin operations at zone Charlie. Got it.”

He nodded and relayed the message to everyone in the group. He also took out his flare gun and got ready. I scanned the horizon making sure no traps were present. After a few minutes, I decided to begin.

“GO!”

I didn’t even wait for the flare to go as I lumbered towards the enemy base.

“ENEMY ATTACK!!!”

Orders were instantly shouted throughout the complex. It was a hidden base at the mouth of a valley. How master found this is amazing. There were currently two guards at the front who were shouting into the cave behind them.

 “Should I kill them?”

“Negative Aisha. Your job is to kill anyone that leaves the complex.”

“Aww… that’s no fun.”

“Just follow my orders.”

“Haiiiiiiii!”

I heard a bored moan from the other side the radio link. The only bad thing that came with their consciousness was the fact that each automaton had different personalities. It was really amazing… they really were like real people. I finally made it to the entrance which now had several people forming a shield wall.

“WHAT IS THAT?!”

“Who cares kill it.”

Archers came from behind the shield and began shooting towards me. I immediately summoned my tower shield, blocking the arrows that came. On my other hand, my war axe appeared. I began spinning it sideways, its momentum increasing with every spin. Once I reached the wall, I quickly used the blunt side of the axe and pushed the entire formation to the side. Groans and moans could be heard as bodies and shields were pushed to the side, but I’m sure I didn’t kill anyone.

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“Support team, restrain them and place them in a safe place we can acquire later. Everyone else, follow me and make sure to set your guns to stun. Also, close combat is a possibility so fix bayonets.”

“Hah.”

They all took their rifles and flipped the switch on the side. They also took out their bayonets and began attaching them to the barrel of their guns. With this, their shots will only stun their targets and close combat would be a breeze. We quickly pushed through as the enemy began fighting back. It was rather pathetic though. Many of their weapons barely pierced our armor. Not only that, our marines would quickly stun a person before they could even get close enough to hit us. Of course the bandits realized this as they began using magic and arrows to hurt us. A couple of the automatons were hit, but most of it glanced of their armor. In no time we made it to a huge room which was filled with tables and papers. An entire map of the continent could be seen alongside a banner. A group of soldiers have formed their last stand here. To my utter shock, they were carrying shields… human shields.

“Tch… they have prisoners with them.”

“What should we do Rester?”

I looked at the surprised look on their faces. Being just made yesterday, these automatons never saw this type of behavior before. I mean, Master must have shown it to them as he gave them his memories of fighting, but to actually see them in person… Yeah, they must be surprised.

“Hmm… Let me try to convince them first. Otherwise, switch to kill. Make sure you don’t hit the prisoners.”

“Hah…”

They all flipped the switch and began aiming at individual soldiers.

“Oye, don’t you see we have innocent people here. Don’t think we won’t kill them.”

One of the men stood forward. He held a girl by throat as his sword was ready to plunge it into her.

“Hmm… I’m guessing you’re the leader. Let me make you a proposal… either you let them go and live, or die. Easy enough right?”

“Tch… you think we’ll fall for that. I don’t think so. Instead of us, you should lower your weapons. I promise you that if you do, we won’t kill the prisoners.”

“… will you really do that?”

“Of course.”

He gave off a sinister smile. Really so stupid. Pretending to surrender, I lowered both my shield and my axe and raised my hands in the air. The man smiled as I saw bloodlust in his eyes. Gotcha. I pointed my finger down and instantly, the room was filled with gunfire. Screams filled the cave as each soldier was shot dead several times. I could tell that the automatons were mad at this scene… then again, this was the first time they saw such an unethical way of fighting. Giving them human emotions… really Bryan Sama. I’m not sure if that’s a gift… or a curse.

“Support team, get the prisoners some care. They’ll need it.”

They nodded as they began helping the prisoners.

“You’ll… never get… away for this.”

Oh, he was still alive. I looked at the man who was holding the girl earlier.

“Hmmm… I feel as if you’re special. What’s your name?”

“Hah… my name is Vas… trust me, you’ve made an enemy of my group… you fucking monster.”

I shrugged.

“Well… I may have made an enemy of your group… but trust me. There’ll be no one left to avenge you. But for now, since you’re no longer able to fight, we’ll put you in the group we’ve caught. Aren’t you so lucky?”

I gave him a sarcastic sneer as I quickly made my way to the prisoners. At first they seem to have eyes filled with fear, but soon some of the kids went to me. They started patting my fur and I couldn’t help but smile as I messed around with them a bit.

“Thank you mister for saving us.”

“Hee… no prob kid. At least all of you are safe”

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[After the meeting]

We finally made it back to house. Master was still at the castle… probably has a couple more meetings to attend. As for me… I feel tired. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that side of master. She was nice and compassionate to her friends, merciful to her enemies. But those who she deem unworthy were always punished in some gruesome way. Honestly, I could still feel chills as I remember the man being grounded up into a small ball. Brrrrrrrrr…

“Is that how master acts when she’s mad.”

“I swear, if I could, I would have probably peed myself right now.”

I look at the two automatons that were with me. It was Ashir and Del. They were both sitting on the floor as if their legs could no longer carry them.

“Hey Rester, is this how fear feels like.”

I nodded.

“Yes… and trust me, master is usually more horrific than that.”

They both shivered.

“I’m so glad Master is our master.”

“Yeah.”

“Me too.”

Another automaton entered the room. It was Aisha. She looked really pale, almost like she was going to throw up… but she probably can’t even do that.

“What happened to you?”

“Didn’t you remember, I was supposed to keep over watch over the entire meeting. Because of that, I didn’t miss a single detail as the guy was turned into a pulp. Ugh… I swear, this is making me regret being a sniper.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Hahahahaa… don’t worry, I’m sure that you all would have a great time, especially since Master is a very interesting person.”

With that I continued to laugh as the trio joined in with an awkward laugh. Oh, I can’t wait to have a great adventure with master in this world.

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Author Notes:

Hey guys. So, I've had a lot of time to write... like really. This is insane. Anyway, here is a chapter that helps introduce some of the new people... I know people were wondering how the hell did the bear and the soldiers behind him appear, so I was like... IMA INTRODUCE THEM IN THIS ONE AND BACKSTORY (well for Rester) LATER. So yeah... I hope you enjoy.

P.S. If you've noticed, Bryans circuit magic is in "[]"

Nature magic/chants are italicized "goddess guide my flame. Inferno"

and regular magic is well "Fireball" normal.