《Armipotent 》Chapter 23: Smart Territory
Advertisement
Lu An was chased by Crusher relentlessly, he thought it, with its big body, Crusher would have a low speed. He underestimated his opponent, Crusher caught him. It grabbed his feet and slammed him down to the floor.
"WAAAAAAA!!!!"
When his face was about to crash on the floor, Lu An woke up from his nightmare with sweat covering his face. His back was wet from sweating, his heart was thumping madly, and his breathing was ragged.
"Hah… Hah… Hah… It's just a nightmare? Eh, wait… Nightmare? But I and Boss are currently fighting against Crusher… Crusher!" Lu An's eyes opened wide as he jumped out of the bed and checked his surroundings.
He was surprised as he found himself in a luxurious room. At least, this room was much better than his room before the zombie appeared and the absurd game started. With just one look, he realized he was in a hotel room.
Just as Lu An was confused with everything, a familiar voice entered his ears, "Ah, you woke up!"
He turned around and saw his Boss in a bathrobe with his hair still wet. It was clear Tang Shaoyang just finished taking shower.
Tang Shaoyang approached his confused subordinate and sat on the king-size bed before asking a concerned tone, "How is it? Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"
Lu An was still trying to comprehend what actually happened to him. He recalled his last moment before losing his consciousness. It was when Crusher leaped to the air and formed hammer-shaped black gas and suddenly slammed at him at a frightening speed.
He barely escaped from that weird and scary skill. Without a doubt, he would be a meat paste if that hammer-shaped black gas landed on him. He barely escaped from that weird skill, but later he was unlucky as Crusher [Strengthening Fist] slammed at him.
After that, he did not remember anything which meant he passed out after getting hit once. Scanning the room before looking back at Boss, Lu An badly wanted to know what happened.
"Boss, what actually happened? What about the Crusher? You have killed them, right? We won the mini-game, right?"
*** ***
[ Congratulations! You have killed the keepers and finished Mini-Game: Killed or Get Killed! ]
[ You gained a reward, 1 Level 9 treasure chest, 1 Level 8 treasure chest, a territory, and +1 Level!]
[ Congratulations! You are the third person that won against a big scale mini-game and gained a Smart Base! ]
[ You leveled up! ]
[ You gained 2 attribute points! ]
[ You leveled up! ]
[ You gained 2 attribute points! ]
[ You leveled up! ]
[ You gained 2 attribute points! ]
…
It was the notification Tang Shaoyang received after killing the last Crusher. Even though he won the fight, he did not feel anything. He won the fight, but he lost his only subordinate. Yes, back then, Tang Shaoyang thought Lu An was dying.
Advertisement
He dejectedly walked back to the young Lu An's body. As Lu An was his first subordinate and had a decent relationship, he was rather down from losing Lu An.
When he reached Lu An's body, he noticed the red blood covered around his mouth. Even though he was not a doctor and with his experiences from fighting on the street. Tang Shaoyang knew Lu An suffered internal injuries.
If not, Lu An would not spit blood like this. He moved his index finger to Lu An's nose and he sensed faint breathing. However, with what he had now, there was no way he could save Lu An.
Looking at Lu An who was breathing weakly, there was a thought flashed in his mind.
'Should I end his suffering?'
Yes, he did not have any means to save Lu An and he was suffering from heavy internal injuries. It was a torture for Lu An to keep living like this even only for a short moment. So there was a thought in his mind, telling him to end his subordinate's suffering.
"Don't kill him! At least, not now as you still have a chance to save him, Master!"
Then, suddenly there was an enthusiastic voice resounded at the messed up lobby. Tang Shaoyang jolted awake and he turned around. He scanned the surroundings to find where the voice came from.
"Master, you will not be able to see me, but you can always hear me. I am the smart and unique AI, an AI of your smart base!" The enthusiastic voice resounded again. The voice seemed to be coming from every direction, but Tang Shaoyang failed to spot any living creature nearby.
"AI?" Tang Shaoyang asked in a doubtful tone.
"Yes, an AI! But I am not just an ordinary AI, I am unique as I have my awareness and I will be actively helping you to reach the next stage of the game!" The longer the AI spoke the more it became even more excited.
Meanwhile, Tang Shaoyang was still clueless about the thing called AI, but it was not his concern now. Lu An was his concern and AI said he had a chance to save Lu An.
"You said I have a chance to save my subordinate? How?"
"Yes, even though the chance is so low, but might as well try rather than doing nothing, right? The chance I am talking about is the treasure chest. I believe you got treasure chests from capturing this base and that treasure is your chance to save your subordinate, Master!"
"There is a possibility you might get healing potions from the treasure chest. With healing potions, your subordinate could be saved!"
As for what happened next, he opened the treasure chest and got a healing potion. That was why Lu An was saved.
After hearing all of those, Lu An rushed and gave his Boss a bear hug while crying, "Thank you, Boss! Thank you! Thank you for saving me, again and again!"
Advertisement
Lu An was getting emotional and crying on Tang Shaoyang's chest. However, Tang Shaoyang's reaction was throwing his subordinate to the bed and said in an odd tone, "Get away, I am straight! Even if all the women in the world are gone, I will not even touch you!"
"No, Boss, don't misunderstand me! I am also straight, but I am just getting emotional that you are willing to use the rare healing potion for me. Thank you, Boss!" Lu An voiced his honest thought and truly felt grateful.
Yes, the healing potion was a rare commodity at this earlier stage and for Tang Shaoyang willing to use it on him, Lu An was touched. His Boss could save the potion for himself and let him die, after all, he was just a weakling subordinate, and Tang Shaoyang could look for another Lu An to be his subordinate.
However, Boss did not do so, he used the precious healing potion for him.
Of course, Tang Shaoyang's action was not without consideration. He used his healing potion because of Lu An's improvement in the last few days. From the weak-looking youth, he braced himself to face thousands of zombies with him.
From the scaredy-cat boy, he transformed into a boy who willingly to be a bait against a Stage 3 Zombie. With all these improvements, Tang Shaoyang was willing to use the healing potion for Lu An.
"Don't get too emotional with such a thing. I give you a healing potion because I still have two with me. Giving you one is out of my consideration of your contribution to completing the mini-game! Don't get your head with those useless thoughts!"
"Boss, can you not break the good atmosphere between us? I thought we will become even closer, our bond will be strengthened further!" Lu An said those with a big laugh etched on his face.
"It's cringe and creepy, don't ever say it again or I am going to kick your ass! Get up, I will bring you to a place!" Having said that, Tang Shaoyang walked out of the room.
Lu An followed Tang Shaoyang closely as he was curious about what Boss wanted to show him. When they came out of the bedroom, it was a spacious living room that greeted Lu An.
He scanned the surroundings fervently like a bumpkin who just entered a five-star hotel. Meanwhile, he noticed his Boss was pretty calm and not that amazed by this room.
This only made Lu An even more curious about Boss's background. Before, he noticed that Boss was also pretty familiar with Changshou Mall.
As his thoughts went wild, they reached the elevator. He looked at the button and saw his Boss's hand pressed B3. Currently, he was on the fifteenth floor.
'Basement? What's so special about the basement?' From his knowledge, usually, basements were used to be a parking lot.
"All this time, you are very frustrated with not being able to receive talent, right?" Then, the silence was broken by Tang Shaoyang's calm voice.
"It turned out that you will not be able to get talent except for killing a thousand zombies on the very first day or twenty-four hours after the game started!" Tang Shaoyang told him crucial information.
Ting!
"But you don't have to worry, with the smart base, you can get a talent!" As Tang Shaoyang finished his words, the elevator's door opened and a robotic voice resounded.
"Welcome to Evolution Floor, Your Majesty!"
Lu An was startled with the robotic voice. The voice was clearly different from the voice he heard from leveling up. The robotic voice from leveling up was void of emotion while the robotic he just heard was full of enthusiasm in greeting them.
"Is that the AI you were talking about, Boss?" Lu An asked excitedly.
"Correct! Also, don't call me AI as Your Majesty has bestowed me a name, Origin!" The one who replied was not Tang Shaoyang, but the AI as it introduced itself as Origin.
"Can you stop calling me that? It's cringe, you know!" Even though he was dreaming to be an Emperor of his empire, but as a man born in the modern era, he felt cringe being called Your Majesty.
"It won't do, as an AI, my purpose is serving my Master, helping him to achieve his dream. Your dream…" Origin spoke fluently and excitedly when it talked about its Master's grand purpose.
However, Tang Shaoyang immediately cut it off halfway, "Alright! Alright! Stop already, just explain to this boy about the talent!"
He immediately walked out with Lu An followed him closely with a confused gaze. He was still clueless as to why Origin called his Boss with Your Majesty. However, he did not think much about this as he was excited about the talent.
When he stepped out of the elevator, he was greeted with a spacious room, but also an empty. It was more like a hall than a room and at the end of the hall, Lu An spotted two doors that led to a different room.
The door on the left was green while the door on the right was blue. There seemed to be writing on the door. When he got near, he was finally able to read the word.
On the green door, Talent was written on it. As for the blue door, Advancement was written on it.
"Hear me out, little boy! Go to the left room and I will elaborate more when you enter the room!"
Advertisement
The Galactic Salt Road: Albert’s Kitchen
All that Albert wanted was to cook food and to share it with people. He's a great guy, a real people person, and has found happiness in his small eatery. Life in Ceres was great, if not exceptional. That all changed when he got involved with something he shouldn't have seen. Now, Albert unwillingly had to leave his peaceful existence in Illustratum to be a cook in the Woglinde, a warship of the Red Tiger Mercenaries when his eatery was blow up by slavers. Can Albert still serve food while dodging laser fire? Will the Woglinde be the unexpected opportunity that he was looking for? One thing is for certain, it's a whole lot different from before...
8 192LitRPG: Grand Age - Lord Of Bloodlines
It is the year 2124. Earth is no longer divided into countries, rather it is divided into four large federations. Science has advanced in every aspect. A body can be revived and restored, and there are few things that are uncurable. Most manual labour is done by robots and most people do not work at all, they instead spend their days in leasure. One thing remains unchanged in the world of entertainment however, video games is still the main interest. For deccades, people have been playing VR-games through pods, which takes them into different worlds where they really feel alive. Untill now, it has only been a form of entertaiment. Yet for one man, it is his only hope for a future. Adrian was born with progeria, aging at a higher rate. Due to modern treatment, he has lived for nearly 20 years, but now only one week remain. With his missfortune, comes some luck. He has one offer, to get his conciousness transfered into a video game, permanently. And not just any video game, the revolutionary VRMMO game called Grand Age, one year ahead of the other players. In return for this, he is to write feedback reports on the game controlled by the godlike AI who has complete control. What nobody could forsee however, was the demise of the next hundred people qued for testing the game. The game launch is therfore posponed for a long time. This leaves Adrian in a world where the AI accedentally sets the time to 100 000 : 1 meaning Adrian is stranded in this world for age after age. When time finally returns to normal, and the game world resets, he is not the same as he once was. In the time before the reset, Adrian is known as the Eternal Blood-Sage the immortal expert who has experienced everything from the world began. Now after having experienced and learned everything beneath the heavens, he must face his greatest hurdle yet, other people entering the world.
8 9412 Hand Asura
Millions Of years after the war between the 12 gods, inside a small clan next to the largest mountain in the world, lives a boy who is very prideful, his dream is to become the strongest so when he finds out about a weapon that his ancestor used to make the whole world kneel before him, the boy decided to find it for himself.Little did he know that this decision of his will separates him from his family and friends forever.This is a story about a boy who wants ultimate strength but he has no experience or knowledge about the world outside.With a lot of effort and luck by his side the boy may get what he wants but at what cost?
8 212A Christmas Tale (Nicercy)
NOTE: Cover is not mine, I found it on google and it's so cute but not mineA story that was meant to be at Christmas Time, but I forgot to put it up so go me.Description: Nico can't work up the courage to tell his best friend, Percy, that he's in love with him, and Percy is completely oblivious to his own feelings for Nico, and the fact Nico likes him. But when someone starts sending Percy early Christmas gifts, will Nico finally step in? And who is the secret admirer?
8 143Legend of the Arch Magus
An Arch Magus dies, only to find himself in the body of a young man in a medieval Kingdom. He finds out that he is the second son of a Duke, exiled to a desolated town by his own family. Shackled by the notorious reputation of his new shell, he tries his best to develop his domain, implementing new policies and innovations, leading his subjects to prosperity. In this world where magic is undeveloped, he shall once again pave a new path. -------------------------------------- Started posting here since the book is ending and it'll be better if more people read it -- started regretting posting things for free tho. People are less forgiving and more critical to published writers, it seems. I'll post whenever my mental health allows. Hope everyone understands.
8 161Real Fake World
An original fiction of the Isekai sort, people being sent to another world. I go back in time and send my whole classroom into the other world, as heroes, it might be overly biased and not make a lot of sense in a few parts, I wrote it in a hurry long ago, so enjoy, 1 chapter per day.
8 87