Chapter 15

Alex awoke to two new screens within my vision about the upgrades that Alice had completed with my nanites overnight.

Nanite enhanced lungs

Lungs are more efficient by increasing surface area. Lung capacity increases allowing for holding breath longer and allowing lungs to filter oxygen from air or water making body able to breathe in water.

Nanite enhanced kidneys

Kidneys purify blood of any foreign substance without fail rendering body essentially impervious to low level poisons ingested into the body. As more nanites are added kidneys will ncrease capacity allowing for shorter purifying times

Alex smiled a little as he awoke and got dressed. He took a deep breath and it seemed like his lungs just kept expanding. His deep breath seemed like it was taking in twice the amount of air as he normally took in.

That upgrade was something else. I wonder how well it will work swimming under water. Well, I won’t be doing that any time soon with that giant snake living there. Today I should do some training before I go out hunting again. Oh and I need to see about upgrading my ki energy as well.

“Alice, is the triage center ready yet?”, I asked through our neural link.

“No, it will take another 2 hours 35 minutes to complete.”

“Not bad, how about the wolves how are they doing?”

“With the large amount they consumed last night, I was able to increase the number of nanites in each of their bodies by 5000 each. Now each of them has nearly 17,000 nanites in their body. You are about 75% in control of them as well. They will not do something that they believe will harm them but other than that they will follow your commands without question.”

“How complex can the command be?”

“Your commands can be simple sentences like guard the house or protect me.”

“That is not bad. I will check on them later. Are they ok where they are?”

“Yes. They have marked this area as their home and have shown extreme aggression towards anything that enters their territory. They have been killing and eating anything that comes near your home.”

“Great, I’ve got two massive guard dogs.”

Alex walked into the main room where he began smelling the aroma of good food coming from the kitchen. He walked in and saw the two women in the kitchen. Eve was cooking and Bella was sitting there chatting. To his surprise, they were both dressed differently. Eve was wearing pair of black stretch leggings and a fitted red t-shirt. Bella was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a fitted low cut t-shirt. Both outfits accentuated their curves in a remarkable way. His jaw almost dropped when it took in the sight. He had seen many women before and his wife was a beautiful woman but these two were just in a completely different category. They were like playboy models mixed with fitness models. It was insane how hot they were. Before I could say anything they began talking.

“Good morning Spartan”, they both said.

“Good morning. The food smells great.”

“It’s amazing what you can do when you have the right tools.”

“By the way nice outfits.”

“Oh, I purchased them from the store for us”, said Eve.

“Oh I didn’t realize that you could do that.”

I guess a change of clothes isn’t important for your survival so Alice omitted those types of purchases.

“By the way, over there I have something for you”, said Bella

Alex looked over and on the table in a small neatly folded pile were some clothes.

“They are for me?”

“Yes, take it as a token of my appreciation for keeping me alive and giving us bedrooms to sleep in and also part of my apology for how things went before. Thank you, Spartan. You have made this hell hole a bit more livable”, she replied

Alex smiled and felt blood rushing to his face, “I’m glad you are happy. Bella I just want to…”

“No need. No more apologies will be offered or accepted after this. Let’s just start off fresh”, Bella said interrupting him.

He nodded in agreement.

“Well since we are all back together. I believe I should share what I know.”

“Ok. I was kind of wondering what you found out when you went out yesterday”, said Eve.

“Well I found the goblin cave and explored the entire thing.”

“What do you mean you explored the entire thing? How is that possible? Did you fight your way out”, asked Bella.

“No my nanites have given me the ability to camouflage myself so I wasn’t seen inside the cave."

"What do you mean camoflauge? Can you turn invisible?", asked Eve.

"Here I'll show you", said Alex as he activated his camouflage ability.

His body got that tingling sensation again as the light began to bend around him. Eve and Bella began walking around him.

"Man you are really full of surprises. This is amazing. You like the way the predator camouflages itself. In the dark, there is no way anything would be able to see you", said Eve.

"Yeah, I can see how you could get through the cave unnoticed", said Bella.

"It takes a lot of my energy to do it but it is really effective.", Alex said as he continued his description of the goblin cave. "There were over 100 goblins in there so I had no chance of fighting my way out. There will also be even more in the near future because they have captive females and are forcing them to bare goblin children.”

“What?!!?! They have more prisoners?”, screamed Eve.

“Yes but there was no way I could free them. I wrestled with having to leave but there was nothing I could do in that situation. It was only me versus at least 100 of them and the leader looked even stronger than all of the rest.”

“So what is the plan then?”, asked Bella

“Well right now I’m trying to work on improving my combat ability. I also tamed a pair of large gray wolves that will help us fight.”

“How did you do that? Did you get a taming ability like mine?”

“Yes and no. I tamed them by injecting my nanites into their wounds. The nanites then invade their minds and nervous systems giving me the ability to control them.”

“Hmmm… your power is so flexible. It seems there is nothing you can’t do with it.”

“Yes, but it does have its draw backs. I can’t use all of my abilities because it requires a lot of energy and it takes time for me to build up the number of nanites in my body to do anything. Like with taming the wolves. You can actually speak with Capone. The wolves just do what I tell them because the nanites force my desires on them it’s not a relationship like you have with Capone. I have essentially enslaved them.”

“I see. Your power lets you mimic other powers but you cannot completely replicate them”, said Eve.

“Yes that is the case at least not yet. Now on to what we are going to do. I think our best course of action will be to upgrade our weapons and equipment using the store and coins first. While we are upgrading we should train the skills that we have and once we reach a certain level then we should head to the goblin cave and attack.”

“Sounds like a good plan”, said Bella. “I’m in.”

“Me too”, said Eve.

[Combatant Bella wishes to join your party]

Yes

No

Combatant Level 3 Bella is now part of your party

“Thank you for the clothes, I’m going to go change now. Then I’m going into the training room to practice. The garden is already growing crops. They should be ready to harvest in the next few days. Once I'm done with my training session I’m going out with the wolves later to capture some of the rabbit monsters to put in the animal pen for domestication. I plan to use them as a food source so we don’t have to spend our time hunting for food. I would like for both of you to come with me and if you choose to I’ll leave the wolves here to guard the house.”

“What wolves are you talking about?”, asked Bella.

“Oh there are two very large gray wolves out front. Don’t worry they won’t attack you I have sent them a message saying not to attack the two females in the house.”

“Oh ok.”

“Eve, I’m going to build an alchemy lab for you as soon as I have the money.”

“Thank you. I'm going to go with you out to hunt”, said Eve.

"So will I", added Bella.

Alex stood up and grabbed his new clothes then left the room. He walked into the training room and began his daily training routine. He began with breathing exercises and moving his ki around his body. Impurities were expelled through his pores. Next, he moved to his Pankration movements and refined his skills with his sword and shield. Alex continued until his body was covered in sweat. He stopped for a few moments while he caught my breath. Once I was no longer winded, he tried doing the same Pankration exercises while having his ki activated. It was much more difficult than he thought. The level of concentration to do both of these activities at once was a struggle. He had to slow down his movements in order for him to maintain his augmented strength and speed provided by circulating his ki. Once he felt his ki run down to about 25% Alex stopped training. He closed his eyes and took a series of long deep breaths then he heard clapping coming from the door.

“Not bad! You are getting really good”, said Bella as she stood in the doorway.

“Thanks”, I said with a grin as I scratched the back of my head. “I practice every day to get better.”

“I will definitely need to do some of that. Where did you learn those skills?”

“I purchased a book from the store on a martial art called Pankration. It is what the Spartans and Alexander’s Macedonian army used in combat.”

“Hmm.. I have access to the store as well. I will have to get something like that when I save up some money.”

“Well I don’t think that will be too much of a problem. I have an idea of where we can make some money hunting. If you don’t mind any danger we should be able to make a little bit of cash. Are you up for it?”

“Of course but I noticed you and Eve are considerably stronger than I am now. I will have to catch up.”

“Don’t worry about it. You will get there just keep on fighting. Now that I’m finished with my morning training I’m ready to go. Get Capone and your equipment so that we can leave. I’ll wait for you and Eve outside.”

“Ok. I’ll go get her and Capone now.”

Alex looked in his inventory and saw that he had 290 coins remaining. He decided not to buy anything else at this time as he wanted to save his money for some new equipment. He wanted a suit of metal armor that his nanites could inhabit and transform into something better.

He walked outside and saw the wolves lying down on either side of the door. Alex patted both of the massive canines on the head as he looked at the carnage that they had done outside.

“Stay here and guard the house.”

Both wolves howled showing their understanding of his commands. Moments later, both the girls came out. Eve had her staff and Bella was carrying her spear and she had a hatchet attached to her hip. They looked pretty tough from where he was standing. Once they were out he led them into the forest.

“Alice, can you lead us to where we found the rats?”

“Affirmative Spartan.”

Then a blinking green arrow appeared in front of him. Alex followed the direction keeping his eyes peeled for anything. It took a little over an hour before they came to a clearing in the forest. There he found a dozen forest rats going in and out of a hole in the ground.

“We’re here. Inside of that hole is our prey, forest rats", Alex said as he pointed to one of the holes. “They are not dangerous in small numbers so Bella we can farm them to help you gain experience. Plus there should be a lot of them so we can get some money.”

“Sounds good”, said Eve.

Bella nodded showing her agreement. Alex saw her hands tightly grasped the handles of her weapons.

“Eve, you’re up first. Use your fire and earth spike spells to kill as many as you can before they come up on us.”

“Right!”, she said as she pointed her staff towards the rats.

3 fireballs shot in quick succession from her staff each fireball igniting several rats. The ones that were hit squealed on the ground showing their pain and agony. A few seconds after the rats were ambushed they found where we were hiding. Alex watched as she used earth spike to kill the ones that were rushing towards us.

“Get ready Bella. Once they get in striking distance. Go all out when you fight this time. Don’t hold anything back!”

“Got it!”, Bella yelled.

Eve continued using the earth spike. Her practice seemed to be paying off. The spikes were taller more accurate than before. As the dead bodies on the ground piled up the large rodents took longer to reach their group and allowed Eve to continue reducing their numbers. Alex readied himself and rushed forward to meet them. The first one he reached received a shield bash to the head. He knocked it several meters back. His eyes caught a glimpse of another rat diving toward him. He slashed his sword downward cleaving its head into two pieces like a watermelon. Alex looked over and saw Bella and Capone making short work of their rats as well.

She’s doing pretty well. Her skills have definitely improved since the last time we fought together. This is good she will be a good addition. I just have to keep my temper in check regardless of what she says.

Alex continued fighting the rats with the two women. The rats continued pouring out of the hole but they really had no chance of fighting against the trio of humans.

“I’m getting low on magic. I only have about 20% of my mana left. That is enough for a few more spells. After that I’m out I think we should start to retreat.”

“Understood but how long will it take you to regenerate your mana?, I asked

“Umm… to fully recharge it would take about 20 minutes. Shorter if I was meditating.”

“Alright then after your next two attacks begin your meditation and Bella and I will fight off the rats.”

Eve fired off two more earth spikes impaling 2 more rats before she moved back to put some space between her and the fighting. Then she sat down and began meditating. Alex continued fighting with Bella at his side. It was more difficult without having Eve’s spells. It made Alex and Bella have to fight more than 2 monsters at a time but they managed. After a few more minutes, the number of rats coming out began to decline.

“The end of them is near! Just hold out a little longer”, Alex yelled to Bella.

“I can see that but something feels off about this situation”, Bella replied.

A cold shiver ran down Alex's spine. The only thing he could think of was a boss monster. Sure enough, after they killed the last rat that came out of the hole there was a large growl. It was ear-piercing. It felt like his ear drum had ruptured just from hearing it. His vision became hazy and his body wouldn’t move.

What the heck is going on?!

“Spartan you have been attacked by a sonic attack. You are currently paralyzed and you have been afflicted what you would call vertigo. Something dangerous is coming so I’m using the nanites to help restore you but try to summon your ki energy to break the effect.”

Alex tried to take hold of his ki but nothing happened. His body still wouldn’t move and he saw something climb out of the opening that was about 1.5 meters tall. He couldn’t make out too many details other than its fur was all black. He tried to look over at Bella but he couldn’t turn his head. Just then he felt something very hot move past him. His eyes caught a glimpse of it. The heat was generated by a fireball that Eve had fired off. He didn’t hear any screaming so he assumed the attack missed. Alex's right hand balled up into a fist but he still couldn’t use his arm. Just then he felt something large jump on him.

The large rat was heavy and it knocked Alex to the ground and stood on top of him. Alex still couldn’t move. It bit down on his shoulder and neck hard. Alex screamed as blood flood from the wound. It began to shake its head tearing Alex's flesh. His arm was tearing at the shoulder joint. Any more and the monster would have completely severed his arm from his body. Then in a cloud of blood and gore, Alex saw Capone’s body wrap around the monster’s neck and sink his fangs into its neck. The beast howled in pain releasing Alex. His body flew about 3 meters before he hit the ground in a heap bleeding profusely from the shoulder area.

Alex still couldn’t move and his consciousness was slipping away. He could barely keep his eyes open when he saw 3 earth spikes rise up from the ground skewering the monster and lifting it off of its feet. It was unable to move. Bella jumped up with all of her might and with both of her weapons she slashed down at the monster’s head. Both weapons were deeply embedded within the giant rat’s’ skull. It squirmed for a few moments before going limp.

“Spartan, you have several notices pending. I am already repairing your injury. It will take time as you have a plethora of injuries including a torn rotator cuff, broken collarbone, dislocated shoulder, and lacerations to the upper arm.”

“Thanks Alice”, I said weakly.”

The two girls ran over to me and stared and the horrific wound Alex had.

“Wow! That is one ugly wound. How do we treat you? I mean we don’t have access to medicine.”

He chuckled before coughing up some blood out from his mouth, “I will be ok. My wounds are already being healed by my A.I. and my nanites. Now please loot all of the money from the bodies.”

The two ladies began looking for the small bags of coins as I began scrolling through the windows that popped up during the battle.

[Congratulations you have reached level 9. You have 1 point to allocate to your mental or physical stats]

[You have cleared the achievement slaughterhouse by killing more than 50 enemies at once.]

[Each person in your party will receive 1 ability point and a 25% increase in experience gained for 24 hours.]

[Congratulations you have reached level 10. You have 1 point to allocate to your mental or physical stats]

Congratulations! Now that you are level 10 you have qualified to choose a class.

You may choose any of the following classes:

Warrior

Increases Physique by 2. These individuals fight from the front. They rely on force to subdue their enemies. They gain an increase to their natural healing ability.

Requirements: Physique 5 and Physical coordination

Soldier

Increases reaction speed and physique by 1. These individuals are known to get the job done no matter what means they use. They are skilled with a variety of weapons as well.

Requirements: Physique 4 and Reaction Speed 4

Nanotechnician: Special class.

Increases mental ability by 2 Nanite manipulation increase by 1

These individuals use nanite technology in order to survive. They enhance themselves and weapons using the very adaptable nanites within their body.

Requirements: Nanite manipulation skill

Ki Warrior

Increase ki manipulation by 1 and physique by 1.

These individuals use the power ki in order to augment their physical capabilities.

Requirement: Ki manipulation

What class should I take? I have to choose between nano technician and ki warrior. I have Alice to help me with controlling my nanites but I have no idea how to use my ki other than the skills I learn from that book. I think I’m going to go with the nano technician because even though Alice can help I believe I can discover the stuff about ki on my own but the nano technician will be a large part of not only my fighting style but also my equipment and physical upgrades. If I survive long enough I can master ki on my own.

Alex chose nano technician and then a green aura began encapsulating my body. He could feel the nanites in his body changing. It was a weird feeling it was like he could feel every single one of the nanites individually and could sense where they were and what they were doing. He could even feel where the hardware that Alice runs was located in his brain. It was an amazing feeling. His sense of his body and what it could do all of the knowledge flowed directly into my mind. He whistled while thinking about all of his increases. Alex placed one of his points into physique and the other into speed. Then I pulled up my stats.

Name: Spartan

Level: 10

Class: Nanotechnician

Physique: 6

Mental Ability: 4

Physical coordination: 3

Reaction Speed: 5

Speed: 4

AP: 2

Abilities

A.I. Companion Tier II

Ki Manipulation Tier I

SP: 0

Skills

Nanite manipulation Tier IV

Once he allocated my points, he felt some tingling in his legs. It felt like ants were crawling up my legs. Then his body began shivering all over. There was no pain but it continued for a moment or two.

This must be the effect of increasing my stats. Once I return home the triage center should be able to upgrade Alice and my ki energy with the achievements that I made.

“Hey ladies, how many coins did we get?”

“I’m still counting but so far over 1400 coins. We can split them 3 ways”

“Sounds good”, Alex said as he coughed up some blood.

“There is a large coin pouch near the large on we just killed”, said Bella.

“Yeah that was the boss so it will have a lot of coins with it.”

“Ok can one of you help me up so we can get out of here? Oh and by the way Bella, what level are you now?”

“I reached level 7 at the end of the battle”, replied Bella.

“Great then they offered you a production skill and a gathering skill right?”

“Yes. I was thinking about blacksmithing and mining.”

“Sounds good but the only mine I can think of is occupied by the goblins right now. We will have to clean them out before we can get you some ore to work with. For 200 coins I can purchase you a tier I smithy.”

“Sounds good to me.”

Eve helped him up while Bella finished collecting the coins. The total was 3550 coins. The two ladies gave Alex 1550 and each of them took 1000. They gave it to him to purchase upgrades for the group's home specifically another bathroom and the smithy for Bella. Alex walked gingerly with Eve back home.

Once they got home Alex went to the medical triage room. As soon as he walked into the room he saw a blue screen pop up in front of me.

You have entered the medical triage room. While staying in this room your body’s ability to heal will be increased by 20%. Any medical treatments will be more effective if performed in this room as well.

That’s great! Not only do I heal faster but I also have an increase in any medical procedures performed here. So my nanite healing should be increased here as well.

The room was completely white with some candles lighting the room. There was a bed in the middle with a table on the right side of the room that had some medical tools on the table next to it. Alex laid down on the bed and selected the increases to his ki manipulation and his A.I. Immediately, pain flooded his body and he screamed like someone was trying to murder him. Alex thrashed and writhed on the bed reopening the wound on his shoulder. His eyes bulged and his throat throbbed from the screaming. Alex looked at his skin and saw that his veins were showing through his skin. A black substance was being expelled from my body through every opening. His heart was pounding and his head was throbbing. Pain like this was indescribable. Every single moment felt like an eternity.

He had to do something. Alex tried to control his ki to slow the movement down. He did this in order to reduce his pain. He could feel the ki energy coursing through his veins like a wild bronco being ridden for the first time. Each time he tried to grasp a hold of it, the energy resisted and he lost control of it. Alex squeezed his hands into fists and tried again and again forcing his will upon his ki energy. Each time he gained control for a few seconds longer. He refused to give in even with his body being wrecked from the pain. He hadn’t noticed but Eve and Bella had entered the room. They were watching with tears in their eyes as to what was going on. He saw their mouths moving but I couldn’t hear what they were saying and he was too focused on his ki manipulation. He simply closed his eyes and focused his concentration on his ki center.

Alex noticed that his ki center had changed from the small stationary ball of energy. It was now spinning and its size was nearly double what it was from the last time he observed it. His ki center also had several streams connected to it. The streams seemed to be allowing energy to travel away from it into the rest of his body. He focused those streams trying to slow down the flow. The flow was so powerful. It felt like a tidal wave smashing against the land but he would not quit. Alex pushed harder and harder with his will. Little by little, he beat back the tidal wave. Eventually, the tidal wave subsided and he was able to reduce the pain that he was in. He had tamed the beast that was running wild in his body. Then he managed to open his eyes to find that he was covered in what seemed like black tar. Alex saw the screens appear in front of him telling him about his upgrades but he dismissed them for right now.

“Are you….ok?”, asked Bella.

“Yes, I just increased too many abilities at one time and there were a lot of changes within my body that caused me a lot of pain.”

“You scared us. Each time we tried to get close some kind of energy would lash out at us so we couldn’t do anything to help you”, said Eve.

“I have no idea what that was but I’m sorry if I scared you. I did it in here so that the healing properties of my nanites and my own regenerative abilities would be increased. I knew it would be tough but I had no idea it would be this tough.”

“Next time give us a heads up as to what you are doing so we don’t have to worry. Honestly I thought you were turning into some kind of monster seeing as though you got bit by those rats that carry diseases and stuff.”

“Sorry for worrying you”, Alex said as he scratched the back of his head and smiled. “I’m going to go take a shower to clean up. By the way, I will have the house build the extra bathroom and your smithy once I get cleaned up.”

“Thank you”, both girls replied.

Alex left the room and headed towards his room to get his change of clothes. Once he was there Alex purchased the smithy and another bathroom. Once finished he walked to the bathroom and removed his clothes so that he could shower. The shower felt great other than the water pouring over the open wound he had on his shoulder. There was no way to avoid it so he just clenched his fist to deal with the pain. The hot water poured on his open wound was sending shocks of pain all throughout his body. The pain was so great that it caused his legs to buckle and he almost collapsed in the shower. For the first time since he had the shower, Alex did not enjoy it. Once he finished, Alex let the jets dry his clothes and his body. Alex stepped out of the shower and put on the clothes that Eve purchased for him. It was a simple black compression shirt with a pair of light grey sweat pants. Alex put them on and they felt so good on my skin. It was much better than the crappy leather pants he made for himself.

Alex walked out of the shower and put his clothes in his room. After I came back into the hallway, Eve and Bella were standing there.

“OOOOOHHHH WOOOOOOW!”, Eve said as she whistled.

“You look hot in that shirt!”, yelled Bella.

Alex's face turned red as he never had women leering at me like this. He was somewhat handsome in his uniform his wife had told him but he was never this attractive. After looking at himself in the mirror he was built better than any fitness model and he had the looks of a Hollywood actor. Alex quickly ran into the triage center to finish healing his wounds. "Alex laid down on the table and rested while he let his nanites do the work of healing my damaged shoulder.

This was a tough fight. That thing almost took my arm off. I also lost a lot of blood while it was mauling me but I survived and since I survived I will be even stronger tomorrow then I was today.

“Alice commence the final three upgrades to my heart, stomach, and nervous system.”

“As you command, Spartan. You currently have nearly 50,000 nanites so the speed of the upgrades will be greater. I have a suggestion.”

“What is it?”

“You should buy a suit of inexpensive metal armor tomorrow. Your nanites and I have some new abilities that you should check out.”

“OK. I will do that. I’ll check out the upgrades that you got as well as the nanites tomorrow morning when I wake up. Right now I’m physically and mentally exhausted. I need to rest.”

“Then rest well Spartan and I will commence the upgrades you requested. There is one more thing I will do which is to improve your muscle density which should increase your overall physical ability.”

“Thank you Alice”, Alex said as he closed his eyes and began breathing deeply.

Spartan slowly drifted off to sleep on the table in the medical triage room.

----------------------------------------------Back in the real world ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

“He continues to impress Doctor Samuels”, said Mr. Zhao. “His survival instincts are amazing and his combination of two of the weaker ability/skills is remarkable.”

“I agree Mr. Zhao. I believe we should begin to test him much more severely. If he raids the goblin camp now with his current strength he could possibly defeat them especially if uses those wolves and the two women. Then he will have access to yet another perk and achievement.”

“Yes, but he is very entertaining. He is like that old proverb, fall down seven times and get up eight. No matter what you throw at him he will continue to survive unless we send something that he has no way of defeating, however, he is nowhere near the more powerful enemies. We shall just continue to observe him.”

“Aren’t we losing money because of him?”, asked Dr. Samuels

“No, on the contrary, he is our greatest money maker.”

“How is that? Aren’t the people betting on whether or not he will survive?”

“Yes some are but the safer bet is that he will die. I have made the odds really enticing to bet on whether or not he dies so people are betting heavily. Trust me I know how to make money. Just make sure you keep an eye on him. There are others that have survived much longer than him but they have gone a different way. His way is more dangerous but it has gained him tremendous rewards.”

“Yes, I will keep an eye on him and is there anything you want me to do?”

“No just monitor him for now. By the way, how are the top three combatants doing?”

“Zeus is at level 20, Robin Hood is currently level 24, and Merlin is level 23. Each of them is currently battling against various factions of monsters including orcs, dark elves, and trolls. They are holding their ground but without more numbers none of them will survive for very long.”

“Ah yes, fighting alone gets you a lot of experience and coins but you are still only one person eventually numbers will overwhelm you if you power is not too far from your opponents. Spartan has taken the right approach. He has chosen to gather teammates to increase his odds of survival.”

“I will watch him closely Mr. Zhao.”

“Thank you Dr. Samuels. I will leave you to your work.”

“Have a good evening Mr. Zhao.”

Mr. Zhao left the room and Dr. Samuels began staring at the screen showing Spartan resting on the medical triage table. He watched intently as the man was healing.

“This bastard just refuses to die and he is getting stronger every day. What will happen if he continues to survive? Will we have to shut the program down or will we actually have to release him. He has already reduced his sentence by 10 days. Considering the time dilation of 1 day real time is 10 days inside he could potential end his double life sentence which is 80 year sentence in less than 8 years. He may actually be the first to get out. Others have gotten strong but none actually survived long enough to make it out.”

Dr. Samuels sat down at the computer terminal and began inputting computer code as he continued to watch Spartan heal.