Hello people! this is 6 i hope you enjoy it.
points to keep in mind black board with green letters is goliah talking with either drones or leo directly, orange is goliah main speakers.
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The planet is weird, the hill was a desolate place but the area around it was a savannah, but now, it is an ocean of flames, it spread fast as the wind leaving nothing but ashes…
Leo successfully took all those 7 cat-people and the 5 adventurers, of course the translation he got from Goliah was scouts for adventurers, it is something that soon he will learn.
Esveta is leading him, it is because there are nine more people waiting for her, and she convinced him to make Goliah invisible so those other won’t be scared. The 7 that previously saw it agree quickly, they didn’t want to see it either.
By the way, Leo is walking with them as well.
By the time they reach the rest of her people, 2 of the adventurer died.
Ironically those that seems fragile with their thin cloths were injured as the other two robust ones that are dead.
They were talking but Leo couldn’t understood them, clearly they have more consonants than the cat people he thought.
And more interestingly Esveta understood them, thanks to that Goliah could decode this new language faster.
It is time for questions, Leo thought.
“My name is Leo. Tell me; What were you doing on furtive mode?”
The one that Leo is talking to is trembling he repeated 10 times something but Goliah didn’t translated it.
“Furtive?”
“You were invisible”
“We got a mission not far from here, we heard an explosion and bird flying away there. We decide go and see. You know the rest.”
Leo for once understood that Goliah didn’t properly translate the emotions of his targets, the poor guy was stuttering and screaming, well it didn’t matter. It makes easier the process of communication he thought.
“Why what did you do? Why did you attack us? Please send us to a temple.”
The information he has right now is too little, indeed attacking them with no question was overboard. On the other hand, seeing Leo talking with another race could bring him trouble. So he didn’t felt his actions were wrong either.
“For now let’s keep those light geared, Goliah kill the other the last one.”
Leo said, it was an order for Goliah, but Esveta did it faster she use her nails and behead him and after some time she pierced his chest.
It is too gore for him, he usually kill owls, and see humans die by the owls, not killing each other.
Sure pirates kill his comrades but it wasn’t visible either not like this.
“Thanks, but next time let Goliah do it please.”
“Ok.”
He asked the white clothed young man several more questions, like where does he comes from, when will his people sent another attack on them, which unit does he belong to.
He learned a lot. He noticed that there are two words that he say that but Goliah translated the same; scout is the word sometimes the word makes sense with the type of scout he knows, the other one feels like a general type of a soldier. He memorized both words and asked Esveta.
“Miss Esveta, what is the difference between **** and scouts? Goliah do not change the word unknown for us, try to find a similar word for me to understand after her definition.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
“Scouts works is infiltration. They can hide themselves depending of their race, their abilities changes.
*** is a general work, they hunt beast, demons… my kin as well, their motto is humanity survival”
“Gulp”
It is practically like his work against the owls, is the cat people that powerful? Doubt began to fill his heart.
“Why do they attack your kin?”
“There are type of demi-humans that eat human flesh, or use them for procreation and kill just for fun, it is truth that some races are indeed dangerous but not only for them but for us as well.”
“Ok”
That was some good news, he thought.
“By the way, how did they survive? They were not that far away of the area of attack.”
[table=black] Double layer of energy shield, one specialized for fire the other for solid damage.
They shared the shields between their group, but they have a higher efficiency with the energy shields close to them.
[/table]
“Amazing.”
Be able to have two different kind of energy shields and they are able, to some extent, mitigate explosive ammunition from Goliah; it is truly worthy of respect.
They travel for 4 days without problems but on the fifth day Goliah’s drones caught something.
[table=black] Alert. Hostiles detected. West 100 Km, their course is north, 8 m/s.
Alert unknown humanoids detected east 10 Km, their course is northwest, 12 m/s.[/table]
Are the unknown humanoids pursuing the second one?
“Goliah open the cabin and give me visual…”
Goliah stopped moving and opened his cabin in the process it deactivate its furtive mode.
The cat people that didn’t know about it scream with all their might… it cost the effort of all the other cat people to stop them… but Leo ignored all of that… he moved into the cabin and saw it…
Small people… he knows they are small people because the cameras on the drone display their height and facial expressions and more.
They were moving on…
“Are they another type of mechanical units?”
[table=black] No metal alloys detected.
No electrical signal detected.
Unknown source of energy detected. [/table]
“Goliah tell me the name that everyone here gave you.”
[table=black] They labelled this unit as golem, the humans call me demon lord[/table]
“Demon lord?”
[table=black] Asian folklore from the old world… it is the nemesis of the living beings.[/table]
What? That much of a fear? He thought.
“So golems uh. Now I understand why they think you are a golem…”
Those golems are really big, not as big as Goliah. They are 1/10 of Goliah’s height, but still they are big… but comparing with those small people they should be incredible big…
“Goliah, call Esveta.”
Some minutes later Esveta arrived but she got inside slowly… this is the first time that she climb up Goliah and even seem what is inside of it…
“You call for me Leo?”
“Are those things what you call golems?”
She began to see the images of those golems transporting those little men and women.
Those golems are made of earth, 5 of them don’t have humanoid forms though, they resemblance a tiger, a wolf, a bull, a cougar and a moose the sixth is a gorilla rather big one compared with the other five… but those were larger rather than taller anyway.
Those that were travelling on the quadrupeds golems are mounting their heads while grabbing the ears, the sixth one is mounting the gorilla golem on its shoulder. Out of all those 6 the one at the front was a bit bigger than the other tiny people.
“Yes… I think those that are on top of them are call gnomes… the one at the front is a dwarf.”
“Gnomes? Dwarf?”
“People that live underground… the major said that they have high affinity with earth and fire magic.”
“Goliah show the other group.”
This time it showed 4 big carriages and battle-steeds are surrounding them.
“And what are they doing?”
She stayed quiet for some time… her eyes show some deep emotions that he was used to see… blinded hatred…
“They are slavers… those that are inside those carriages are slaves… do you know where are they going?”
“They are northwest from here, they are moving north…”
“North? West? 100 what?”
He thought for a bit.
“Goliah show me the northwest.”
Goliah raise its hand pointing northwest.
“That is where they are and perhaps moving… the other unit I show you seems to be pursuing those… slavers… Goliah estimate arrival time.”
[table=black] If they keep the speed and route, approximately 7 days. [/table]
Again she stayed quiet…
“Goliah do you know what is there on the north?”
[table=black] Up to 100 Km there is nothing.
Hypothesis: out of this unit reach may be a human base. [/table]
I know what slaves are used for… we use pirates the same way… as expendable workers… space miners… so there may be a mine there?
“Goliah tell me what do you need to activate the terraforming A.I.”
[table=black] For activation it can be link to this unit.
But if you desire an independent system, the auxiliary Nano-drones system needs certain types of transition metals, noble gases, alkali metals and certain no-metals if necessary this unit can prepare a more detailed list. [/table]
“No. that is more than enough.”
I barely know some of those in the list… but it doesn’t matter if I remember correctly Lapiz mentioned that the inner system of Goliah will build a room for one of the A.I. and from there the terraforming of the world would begin… well I have to make some major changes…
“Goliah. Follow those hostiles, Esveta bring your people to your… town. Also keep those adventurers with you I have more questions to ask.”
“I WANT TO GO TOO!!!”
Even though Goliah is translating her dialog, that scream from her… it help Goliah sent her message properly…
She almost hit me with her head as well… in this small cabin we barely have any space… out of nowhere she sat on my lap…
“we can’t… we are too many here and we have prisoners, I need to extract more information from those adventurers and I have to find where those humans are going… neither you, your people or prisoners would be able to handle all this long nonstop travel.”
Not knowing where are they going… or getting lost not sleeping properly, not eating properly this king of pursuing missions I didn’t have them a lot… only if…
“… after I leave those kids and those prisoners… can you let me go with you? Some of those slaves are from our people… I have questions to ask them… and see if they are ok…”
Now this is personal for her, Leo thought.
“As long as you don’t touch the other prisoners, slavers and follow my orders.”
“Yes Leo. thank you.”
“But before that, how long until you can reach your town?”
“It should take a day on foot.”
“Goliah send a drone to our north”
[table=black] Already done. High density of cat people detected. It should be in this unit radius if we split in two and reach the hostile group.
[/table]
“Ok Goliah focus on those two groups I want eyes on every single one of them, and keep searching for their destiny point, also use 2 drones to assist Esveta with the adventurers and use 1 drone to scout her road.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
30 drones are mapping the zone this is an automatic action in unexplored areas with no battle engagement, 5 are used as patrols for immediate areas, 2 are used to transport those adventurers and the rest are on standby on Goliah.
“Esveta when you delivered the package these drones will help you to come back ok?”
“Ok.”
She didn’t know what package means but understood that it should be related with those adventurers and her town.
At the speed Esveta group is traveling they will not intercept those gnomes, but it may be possible that they would be a hindrance if he leave them alone.
“Goliah estimate time when those gnomes intercept the humans?”
[table=black] If neither of them face any difficulties, approximately three days.
[/table]
Hmmm.
“How fast can you bring Esveta back after delivery?
[table=black] Six hours.
[/table]
“She won’t be able to handle that speed…”
No it should be a nice opportunity to test her physical condition. He thought
“ok let’s follow the human group, from time to time lure some beast to the gnomes, I don’t want to get in contact with them yet also keep monitoring the slaves and slavers and decode their language.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
“Now everything is ok at least for now the humans are not close to their mine… or they have incredible good means to hide it even against Goliah’s sensor.”
He arrived at the slavers location in minutes. The speed that they travel with the cat tribe was slow because of their number, their need to rest and more. As a soldier that never leave his unit all that was a hassle.
He kept monitoring them for 1 day.
All those slavers have a single uniform and an emblem on their shoulders. It seems it is a big faction in this zone, on the contrary the people inside the carriages all have ragged clothes… 4 carriages, it was divided in 3 groups, males, female and males, and females.
The last one only has 5 females.
The pure male group all of them were robust and big, they were around 100, they couldn’t even sit because they barely fit in. the female and male one has less people around 50 people, they were all naked… some of them were badly sick the next one of female only has very little only 30…
Most of them are demi-human as Esveta, some were humans, others have long ears… others have a lot of fur… it was an interesting sight for Leo.
So far his unit already learn 5 languages the language, out of these languages’ the ones he knew were the nyanyamiau language and human language. The other were those of the small people, gnomes, of the not so small people the humans call them dwarf, the big fur people called kuma tribe, dog and wolf tribe.
“Goliah those that has long ears. Are they ok? They didn’t talk since we began monitoring them.”
[table=black]Yes scanners shows they are ok, but there is an unknown source of energy on their necks. [/table]
That intrigues him.
“Show it.”
On his screen he could see the neck of one of those females, it was a black collar. Only those five females on that carriage have those collars.
“Interesting… does it stop them talking?”
They have something like that on the conglomerate at least that is what Esmeralda told him.
[table=black] Data unavailable.
Esveta arrived at her destiny point. She informs that it would take her some hours before been able to come back.
[/table]
“Ok keep her company. Show me the gnomes what they are doing now.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
He check on them from time to time, of course there wasn’t a problem with them, Goliah succeed on delaying them, the ETA change from 3 days two 5 days already.
But now it is different, they are frantic… they just ignore the wild bear that Goliah lured… it caused some injuries to some of them.
[table=black] they increased their movement speed and they didn’t stop since our harassment.
[/table]
On the display he could see that they are traveling 15 m/s.
“Will they intercept Esveta?”
[table=black] Negative. They will bypass her a bit more to the north of the cat-tribe town.
[/table]
Now this is a major issue… it seems he has to stop them… or he can show force of intimidation for future actions.
[table=black] An anomaly has been located 9 km north, showing it on the screen.
[/table]
“So they have methods to hide a base from your sensors… amazing.”
The location appears to be natural cave on a mountain, there is no path neither hints of living beings… except that a human was outside the cave, the sensors couldn’t detect activity with eco-location either, but the eco-location of his unit isn’t the best… his unit is prepared for owls extermination but not human suppression.
“Our heat sensors detected something?”
[table=black] 6 drones are currently going inside the cave.
[/table]
“Make a massive scan I want to know what they are mining and what we can use… keep in mind I want to activate the terraforming A.I.”
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[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
“Hmmm I may need those humans to know the leader location… Goliah bring back all drones that are neither with the gnomes nor with Esveta and send them to that mine, search for massive area of hostiles… with hostiles I mean those that are not slaves.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
He got a complete map of the mine… it is rather large 4km deep, 3km wide… it has 4 entrances; 1 is hidden and only 1 of those entrances has rails, so that is the place for exportation… 5 drones are at the entrance with railing, 2 at the secret entrance and 4 on each other.
That mine is odd… completely out of common sense… Goliah informed that it will be able to build the hardware for the terraforming A.I. without issues… although he found multiple source of unknown energy… perhaps because of this energy the mine is able to have alkaline and noble gases this is something that he can’t comprehend… not that he need to anyway.
[table=black] Gnomes are 1 Km behind us.
[/table]
“They are already here…”
[table=black] Solution: Destroy the golems, research of their movement indicates degradation of their bodies, the source of energy from their inside has reduced by 1/3, destroying them won’t force us to use this unit weapons, drones alone are more than enough.
[/table]
“The problem Goliah, I don’t want to be hostile with them… we can pretty much consider ourselves hostile with my own race…”
Having enemies from all sides is the least he wanted.
[table=black] Hypothesis: They may be pursuing those humans to rescue their people.
Solution: Compromised the mission, allow them to retrieve their people and we continue with the mine capture.
[/table]
“Now that is not a bad idea… if you can, bring Esveta faster… lets meet the gnomes.”
Goliah move in front of the gnomes estimated location and wait for them, it was not on furtive mode and 6 drones are surrounding it like a rainbow from side to side.
Leo could see the group of gnomes and their golems from his screen.
They stopped, the one that appears to be the leader moved forward slowly while the others are getting prepared for battle.
“Where is your master?!”
The common knowledge is that the owners of the golems should be close enough to the golems so they can maintain their form, strength and above all it will be like this so the owner will be able to give orders actively.
What they did not expect was a verbal answer from the very golem.
[table=black] This unit is not what you call golem. This unit is called Goliah.
Greetings
That question cannot be answered.
[/table]
Goliah is on standby mode, goliah crossed its multipurpose arms, while the heavy weapon arms were behind it. It remained with its basic colors black and gold with white eyes.
The 6 drones were floating over him like a rainbow.
“Goliah, I think you were rude.”
[table=black] We have yet to stablish a relationship between them, giving them the knowledge they want is not prudent.
[/table]
They are whispering between each other, some of them are trembling while staring at Goliah.
Others were looking at him in awe and laughing.
“Greetings Mr. Goliah my name is Alduim leader of this little group, are you part of those slavers?”
The leader asked…
[table=black] Incorrect. this unit is currently following them.
[/table]
“Can we ask for what reason?”
This is the questioned they both were looking for.
[table=black] That we can’t tell, excuse this unit rudeness.
Nevertheless this unit believe you are pursuing them to release some of your people, is this unit right?
[/table]
With the information that Goliah got regarding the mine and the gnome force, it is impossible to capture it, so the best they can do is intercept the caravan before it reach its destiny location.
Those gnomes that were not stroke by fear were one step away to launch an attack.
But their leader stopped them.
“Indeed they capture the daughter of one of our great nobles”
He stopped for some time.
“Will this bring conflict with your mission?”
[table=black] It may indeed jeopardize this unit mission, nevertheless this unit can help you free her and the rest of your people, of course there will be a prize for it.
[/table]
“What did you say?!”
“You are just one big golem stop spitting nonsense!”
Those two gnomes couldn’t hold it anymore… and said whatever their minds come with.
“Silence!!”
The leader glared at them.
“May I ask the price?”
Goliah raised his arm and pointed a location behind them.
[table=black] If you follow that direction, at the speed that you were traveling yesterday. You will reach a town of the cat tribe by twilight.
Wait there for your people, I will sent them there.
[/table]
The leader turn back and talk to them.
“Goliah translate please.”
“What are you doing?!!! We have to retrieve her!!! You know the repercussions if we don’t rescue her!”
“Yes!! How the hell do you know if it will keep his word? Heck it could turn for the worse!!!”
“we-we-we have to go back…”
“no no no that thing shouldn’t exist…”
“…”
“It seems that those that are scared are the most proficient in magic it seems…”
“What did you say? This is not the time to look for a fight!”
“I have 3 questions for you. Do you feel magic inside it? Do you feel the essence of earth on it? Have you ever see or hear about a golem of that height and able to talk?”
Some time passed before someone answer.
“It doesn’t matter. If we don’t rescue Miss Jackeline it will be far worse than just our dead.”
“You are right… we can’t let her get inside that mine… if she does, we won’t be able to see her ever again… and if we do…”
He shook his head.
“She won’t I just don’t want to think about it.”
[table=black] Leo seems they are not willing to follow the instruction. Do we use the alternative?
[/table]
He thought for a bit.
“Excuse me sir Goliah, but you are asking the impossible rescuing her is the only way to guarantee safety to our kingdoms’.
“Goliah tell them that we can let only one of them to follow us, but he is not allow to interfere if they want to come there will be no other options but to engage in battle here.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
[table=black] This unit can let one of you to follow it, the rest of you have to go back to that town and wait.
Else, you will be forcing this unit hands.
[/table]
The heavy weapon arm moved and aimed for them, and a strong sense of heat overwhelmed them.
“You… are you threating us?”
The leader didn’t ask this.
[table=black] Negative, this unit mission is imperative as well.
[/table]
Those two keep spitting nonsense while the leader was in deep thinking
[table=black] Leo, Esveta arrived.
[/table]
She is mounting the drone, its size is big enough for her to do that.
“Ok… let me go.”
The leader after seeing her getting at the side of the Goliah reach his conclusion.
He told his people to follow its orders and wait at the cat tribe town.
The three that were completely frightened escape at once, while the other two keep yielding at him.
In the end they agreed as well on the condition that all that is going to happen here will his and only his fault.
The leader didn’t know the location of the mine as well. And if they could release their people from that place it would be great. Or so he thought.
Some hours has passed all three were traveling together with an awkward silence.
“Leo tell me why is this dwarf coming with us?”
“Leo?”
[table=black] This unit pilot is call Leo. Esveta you just need to do as told.
[/table]
Goliah stop communicating with its main speakers and began talking with its drones.
The first part was from Goliah while the second part from Leo.
“Can it talk cat tribe language as well?”
[table=black] This unit can talk cat-tribe, kuma-tribe, dog, wolf-tribe, human, dwarf and gnome language. We have been following that slave for almost two days by now.
[/table]
“Amazing… tell me Mr... Goliah what are you made of?”
He is deeply curious… this golem was so fluent talking, and his walking manner was superb, but still he couldn’t understand how he work and as a member of the dwarf race that is one of the greatest humiliation ever but at the same time it is something fun deeply fun these were just a tiny thought that he has in his mind.
[table=black] With some compounds of certain metals, silicon and other components, I am not done just by one kind of material.
[/table]
“a a golem with multiple elements?”
[table=black] This unit is not what you known as golem, this is a mechanical warfare unit with an assisting A.I. call Goliah.
[/table]
Goliah was rather talkative because Leo ordered him to, if either of them come up with a question the other side answer naturally.
“Warfare?? You were built exclusively to fight?”
[table=black] Affirmative. For survival and peace of humankind.
[/table]
“You… shouldn’t have mentioned that Goliah… humans are holding his people as slaves.”
Indeed the moment Goliah said that that leader’s golem stopped moving. He look at Esveta and then to Goliah, slowly his golem slowly stood up, on size it reach Goliah knees.
“What are you planning to do? What does this young woman have to do with you? Are you really planning to return our people back?”
Indeed he is turning hostile… he has his reasons though.
“Goliah tell him that we are keeping our part of the deal, and our humanity doesn’t the kind of humans he is thinking about.”
[table=black] Acknowledge.
[/table]
So far he seems to believe it.
Well it is the truth Leo thought.
“Leo what is he talking about?”
She really didn’t care their pet chat until he began to stared at her with doubtful eyes… she didn’t like it.
“He has to rescue some of his people. He is here to help us.”
“Will he kill the slavers?”
“No he will be there looking just like you.”
“Ok.”
“My name is Alduim young woman, may I ask yours?”
“You can ask.”
…
“What is your name?”
“Oh you hear it already.”
“She is so mean…”
Leo said.
[table=black] Affirmative.
[/table]
“I apologize if I offend you in any way miss Esveta.”
“Hmm.”
Because she was using those drones as her way of traveling, Leo is able to talk with her without Alduim hearing them.
“Esveta you can whisper to the drone to talk to me, is there an issue with him?”
“To begin with, we had a friendly relationship with the dwarf kingdom we really thought they could give us haven when the humans started raiding our town… but…”
So it is resentment he thought.
“Esveta this is not the time for this… both of you want the same thing. Please dealt with your issues.”
“I know so shut up.”
The hatred that the cat tribe felt is deep. It is not just Esveta.
“Alduim what do they do first with the slaves?”
Depending what they do with them he will do some plans.
“I don’t know Mr. Goliah, we didn’t knew there was a mine so close to the frontier… until some days ago.”
If they knew, they would have sent an attack on it long ago.
“Ok, we will wait until they arrived at the entrance. We will see what happens after that.”
The rest of the day was about Alduim trying to talk with Esveta, Esveta ignoring Alduim and Alduim asking question regarding Goliah and its armament.
The next day.
[table=black] Warning scouts from the mine have made contact with the caravan.
[/table]
“Show it.”
On his screen he could see a human with a flag blocking the caravan, the caravan stopped and a man that was on one of the carriages moved forward.
“Ha-ha long time no see you Travis!!”
“Your life as a slave dealer give you a great time right Christian?”
“Hahaha but of course!!! But hey… your boss sure bought expensive ones this time…”
“Hmmm you are talking about the ice elf and the black elf?”
“Also the dwarf she is beautiful as well and the lamp girl seems so tasty the young woman is not left far behind either… all virgins not trained as he wanted… he should be in deep debt now hahahahaha.”
“Yes I can see those 5 right?”
“Yes special goods, special treatment well we follow you from now on.”
“Yes follow me, we will get inside via the third entrance.”
“Ok.”
“Hmmm so they are VIP people.
aldium does the slave dealers know who she is??”
“Probable… she may have state her name so they would free her…”
“And with that her prize sky rocketed…”
“Probable. Did you find her?”
“She is in a special carriage with four more females.”
“Not good… well at least it is safe to assume she wasn’t badly treated…”
They finally arrived… those humans inside the mine build a fence so the slaves won’t have a chance to escape. The entrance was small so slaves can get inside in group of 5 at most.
“Mr. Goliah, if those slaves go inside we won’t be able to recover them ever again…”
[table=black] It is ok, the manager of the mine is going out, we will use him as a hostage and if it doesn’t work, it will turn into a suppression mission
[/table]
The problem is that Goliah doesn’t have weaponry for suppression… at best he has to use his energy weaponry from the drones at the lowest level of damage… and even with that there will be a high amount of corpses.
… …
The slaves move out of the carriages they remained with their division. The first people that move inside were the future miners those that will work until dead.
The second group were are used to release stress from the workers… those were the females and males group. They were the second group to move.
After that were the group of females and the other 5 females, by that time some movement could be seen inside the mine… a formation could be seen.
All this time Goliah was above of them while Alduim and Esveta remain around 1km away. They are getting updated with the drone that is assisting Esveta.
“So this are the girls for you guys. Don’t break them… they have to last at least 2 years after all.”
They were not the top of the crop but still it was more than enough for sexual release for these men.
“Yes boss arigatou!!!”
A lot of men thank him, it is a confirmation that he is the boss.
[table=black] Stop your actions immediately.
[/table]
Goliah on top of them released his furtive mode.
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