Chapter 5

Rishido here. After what happened to me, I started to loss will to live a day again. Becoming depressed is getting inside my system day by day until I lost the will to live. But then again, there are things that might come in my way that would help me through this struggle.

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After getting my daily scan and status check. I’m back at the scrapyard still soloing my first week. I still keep this until i’m good with my body and weapon. But the things is I haven’t much talk to anyone here or out. Maybe i’m just getting rough for myself that is. And if Leyla was annoying, I do like her being near with me like a sister being close to her last relative.

I removed my endless thoughts and start hunting the ant. Even though there are no increase of enemies the fight was tough before I don’t have my support with me. It is still favourable because I know now my own capacity towards fight.

I keep killing troops and troops of ant that become relatively easier than yesterday because I can predict their movement and attack pattern. As I ended my fifth round I saw Leyla puffing her cheeks. Fuck she’s mad like a lady waiting for her boyfriend in vain.

“You started hunting without me”

Shit she’s fuming now better smoothen this out.

“I need to check my own capabilities if you’re not around and it is quite passable for soloing and also for me to defend myself if were not together.”

“Don’t give me that reason! You just want to go ahead of me then you will start ignoring me again!”

Where did she even get that stuff, well from the first three day I do ignored her presence more or less. But to rant me with just that, it was too shallow for me. Even i’m a clockwork will try to sweet talk to her, but having voice with no emotion will take a lot of time.

“You’re a fairy after all and even your class is lower you will surpassed me. And i’m a clockwork you know and the only thing that makes us stronger is to create a better version and not just relaying on hunting level.”

“Hmp, fine but next time you need to tell me.”

“Fine sweet cheeks and I got a new ability that allow me to do alchemy, do you know anything about this.”

“Not really and i’m not good and making stuffs like potion and beside we don’t need that.”

That was anti-climactic and here I was hoping she could learned this to make her busy.

“We still got time to work before noon then resume hunt after lunch.”

Then we continue our hunt until noon and she didn’t say anymore complains. Thank Minea she didn’t rant for more or my circuits can’t take it. As we do hunting down ants, I saw that Leyla start to be good at taking her aim like making them stumble or blocking their visuals.

I didn’t notice the time not until Leyla complain about this, then we proceed to go to the guild and take rest and while we’re on the way Leyla ask for treats like fruits or sweets she saw from the others. Might as well treat her for the handwork, but I have to limit this or I’ll go penniless again.

I still do wear that tattered cloth that covered my whole body but the steam coming out is not good but I can’t help it. I need to make a better body and with more energy capacity and have some cooling mech for getting overheated.

They look at me with suspicious eyes but I didn’t mind about this and buy her some citrus fruit that I scanned and sweets that she point at. But I didn’t agreed all the time because so of it has some compound substances that my affect her when she consumes them and she’s a fairy after all.

I wonder if I can make a body that can eat food to convert them to energy or fuel. Maybe I can do research about this oil fuel or something. After our detour along the street food, we arrived at per usual rowdy guild with many people but most likely there are betas here.

I scanned them but no information came up about being a native or traveller. And most level are low like a group of 5 or 6 with around level 5 as the average and the mutt was right that being a silver is around 50 or so. But that blow I received from him should take my life or maybe it is not armour pent just empowered like my visual shows me.

Anyways, I quickly proceed to the trading section and sell my loots that I don’t need for body construction. While Leyla is eating her meal on my shoulders not minding us. Maybe I could bribe her with this, I have to take note about this behaviour.

After she finished her meal and after my trade, I pay for the entrance fee and went down to the forgery and the heat starts to get a bit higher like 3 degrees to 5. I didn’t mind this but as for Leyla that was a lot.

“You can return to your home or upstairs if you can’t take the heat down here.”

“Hmp, you think this will weaken me and persuade me. Think again tin can.”

I just shrugged off her reply and proceed to one of the working place that is not occupied. There are others down here but I need to remove my cloak or it will burn down.

“Hey dude look at that, it’s that a robot. I didn’t know there is one.”

“Sheesh another dreamer, you know that in the selection that it has 5 star ranking and but how wants to be emotionless and not able to eat plus there are disadvantages about them.”

And the peanut gallery arrived again and starts murmuring about how bad clockworks are, yeah at first it is hard and no one tries to be one because of special skills that can be created if you are tedious at making your own skills but I like sci-fi more.

“Hey rusty their talking behind our back and they are bad mouthing you like your worthless.”

She whispered near my sensor, you know that I don’t have ears right.

“Don’t mind them, they are generics and i’m unique that’s all that matters and don’t try to pick fight here.”

“You will let them talk bad at you and don’t mind, are you scared?”

“Hey, remember what happened last time. It didn’t end well for us either. And picking fights means creating enemies for the future. And i’m still a solo so take it easy.”

I unload my materials and ignored her mumbling about me being weak and kicking someone`s ass down here. I have body engineering so it will be easy in a way. I do the ingots crafting and thanks to the abilities and a trait I goes smoothly and even if the iron I just scraps and from drones, I can make them to a refined iron. I even make some alloys from other metals like nickel, copper, bronze and zinc. I found this out by doing scans on ingots and the residue from smelting.

Then I made a cast for my body parts from the clay that can have heat and flame resistance. While thinking I might fine materials that have elements resistant. After creating casting blocks I start to melt again some alloy that I compounded early on then do additional experiment that my metallurgy helps me.

I was like having two minds in one body my system and my own self that is. As long as it’s no bad for me I will welcome it. But there are still limitation that traits can help so I need to do further experiments for this. As I completed my skeleton and let it cool down, I starts to forge my exoskeleton and armour plates. I didn’t think about the aesthetics but its utility. But I will build it that would complement with my head.

I made my body parts rather bigger than myself to be able to house much more upgrades in the future. Around 6 feet or so, but not too high or I will have to always adjust for time to time. Then I remembered Leyla who’s sitting in my skeleton that still inside.

“Leyla can you ran your magic to my skeleton that you’re sitting in.”

“I don’t know, I mean I haven’t take class about enchantment”

She said will pounding her mind with my question. But she said she don’t know not cant maybe, just maybe. If it failed I have to stick with this until tomorrow.

“Why not try that, maybe you can learn a thing or two like that besides if you can learn new magic on your own that would help you greatly.”

Help sweet talk I need you to work now.

“Hhmm… that will do, okay I will try your crazy idea and do it just because I can benefits from it and not like I want to help you or anything.”

As she flies towards my face and puffed her flat chest. I have to take note of commenting about the chest in public or it will be a death flag but next to age talk. She hover to my skeleton and pump her magic on the core cage that I made with the skeleton. I turned on my scanner to see more on what is happening.

Unknown source has been detected entering the skeletonSource identifiedFairy magicAffiliationNatureSkeleton gauge3/100%

Cool now I can have magic well technically my skeleton have magic. Maybe it is because I made some alloy that is magic conductor I do have some flashing box but may later on.

“It is working Leyla but you have to do it for quite a while.”

“R-really… I mean of course it will work i`m your fairy after all. Fu fu fu fu.”

“Just don’t loss focus because it decrease some points if left unattended.”

“I know what i`m doing so just finish what you’re working at.”

“Tsk.”

She’s getting cocky about this but like the saying ‘you reap what you sow’ I have to bear with this. I start forging my metal plates and exoskeleton that will be connected to my main skeleton so it won’t receive direct hit if the plates get damaged. If humans have skeleton covered with muscles and skin then why not for me.

Unlike this body that plates was directly connected to the skeleton I made some gap like 3 to 5 centimetre away just to put more things like cables and wires that I scavenged and repaired.

After I crafted all the necessary items for my body parts like plates, gears, piston and other smaller items. I watch Leyla finished her work, the process is quite hard because if she didn’t supply magic for around 15 seconds the magic inside start to deceased by 1 every 15 seconds.

I let her take her time as I created a war hammer for pounding things and a rapier for precision piercing. I also refined my tool kit and add some more that is missing like adjustable wrench, a better screw driver, torch and cutting tools.

After she is done with my skeleton, I keep ignoring the notification but not the gauge that’s on the lowest right side of my vision blinking green indicating it is a success.

“Okay looks like your done and made a success.”

“*sigh* yeah, I know I even receive additional blessing from doing this work you know so you have to treat me again as payment.”

Her statement picks the curious cat in me and asked her what the things she received are. As I diagnose her self-praising statement while saying about her blessing, I concluded that she did gain magic enchantment but it’s more specific that she can only cast this on clockwork, construct and the likes.

She also received a hefty additional mana of 500, metal affinity and other stats bonus

And i’m so eager to see my bonus but I have to set it aside so it won’t get inside my head. Then I proceed to assemble my body and with the help of Leyla as she assist giving me small things that I needed it was rather faster.

After hours of fuel burning and steam leaking, we have finished my new body without the head of course but the dock is already made so I just need to remove my head then connects it in which is hard because I need someone to assist me.

After I transferred every parts and add new ones inside my new body, I will try a new experiment and that is do one by one connection and disconnection.

“Leyla, you know how to do this so just assist me with my wire and cable got it”

“Yeah, I know how to do that so shut down now so you can treat me some sweets.”

“I got it but it will be different you have to quickly connect the cables that I will disconnect because i’m just using the stored energy of this body.”

“Fine, why did you even transfer your core first not your head.”

“It is needed so it will function after my transfer unlike this I can still process with stored energy.”

Then she didn’t ask for more and grab the cable that I said to be connected. I’m most likely skeleton now so my neck and cable is exposed now so it will be easier. Then process didn’t take too much time because she didn’t ask or complain for a while.

After all the cables and wires are connected I eject my head where as I will be momentarily off and then Leyla switch the button on my new neck to connect my head from the duck as it fits.

New body has been detected doing body scanBody parts and system is connected and functioning normallyAuthenticationRaiser QantAccepted system synchronization initiated

STATUSNameRaiser QantRaceClockworkClassCollectorLevel3

TitleDrone Ant HunterDurability560/560Energy280/290Mana energy500/500Energy regen0.34 per secondStrength92 +3Intelligent188 +8Agility107 +3Dexterity132 +8Wisdom192 +8Luck45 +3Toughness97 +3Free stat points5

Just wow, but having high stats don`t means i’m stronger than the norm. There is no direct relation towards stats and damage. It will always comes down to proficiency towards the skill and battle sense but still having high stats help a lot like lifting a great sword and swing it back and forth. For someone that`s just on the right stats will have a hard time adjusting unlike the one that have two to three times stats may also dual wield great sword.

Plus if you could swing it with ease if you have good stats towards agility and dexterity. Using human psychics and study maybe on this subject I mean, there is a difference from a normal human punch to a world class boxer.

Well for magic, it is quite complicated unlike melee fight that all you do is hack and slash but for magic it’s about how you build yourself. Affinity, proficiency, mana manipulation, and other technicality is required to be one of the top magician. Still equipment do matter because of bonuses if can give.

But still i’m thankful about my stats bonuses like crafting the skeleton and body parts gives me all stats of around 30 plus from programming and network relaying give good bonus toward the three basic stat that is Wis, Int, and Dex.

And that magic energy is intriguing, maybe I can now use magic as an energy but I don’t have regeneration for this. Maybe I could craft a magic tool for magic or mana collection or buy one if it’s already created or more I can scan it and make my own.

After some checking for body parts, I feel more empowered as the stats given and a bit taller than my original like 6 feet 8 inches or so but not as high as the guild master that’s around 7 feet plus, come on that man is a giant after all.

The peanut gallery that keeps on increasing just seeing a clockwork transfer from one body to the other is truly sight to see. I didn’t care about them as always, while Leyla is having a dilemma on whether she will be my great fairy or fumes in rage as some of them keep saying bad things that I didn’t care about. There will always be haters so I just let it go, for now.

And for my old body I disassembled it and melt the bulky parts that is mostly from iron. Then store the alloy ingots and smaller pieces of metal and or things inside my item box that I have a loop hole how to store things inside.

My old crude items are also melted and stored while the consumables like the daggers and throwing spear from the legs are still there, weapons have their own uses so better keep things than sorry.

Then I got upstairs and proceed to the ojou-san that I saw last time just to reconfirm my stats or my looks if required. She just said to me that every time something changes towards the owner it also happen to the card or plate every time we hold on to it. Then I tried to take my first quest to increase my ranking, I excluded the traveller path because it is like apprenticeship towards one craft but the craft that is beneficial to me was blacksmithing.

I’m still pondering on what to take but being an adventurer is to roam around naturally and discover new things outside instances while the explorer do the opposite and do tomb raiding, dungeon mapping and ruin discovering so basically archaeologist and the former in mix of biologist, botanist and zoologist.

But if i’m going to find the remaining clockworks I have to do so dungeon exploration because there are hiding for some reason that is still vague for me. And I need to do it before the deadline or there will be dare devil idiots who just take this on a wimp and be exploited or go mad and end up bad for all clockworks and construct.

Most subjugations are beast or monsters that is part or full mech. I take the explorer only subjugation and ask ojou-san to change my current status as none to explorer then instruct me with things like the time limit, subjugation range, monster counts and other things.

I was also told that to go to the town hall that is just on the other street parallel to this building and be recognized by guards so they won’t attacked me. That would be troublesome, so I listened to her advice and proceed but the enchantment didn’t help because I become large like half giants, troll, and other race and sub race that is on the bigger size and even the cloak can’t cover my whole body down the foot as it is now on my knees.

As I walk down the street towards the opposite end where I have to past the fountain or what others called as market place I got strange stares from the people I passed by as I keep ignoring them and buy some sweets and fruits for Leyla how’s sitting on my broad shoulders.

The people here are just amazing like you could see trolls, ogres, elves and even some elemental sentinel like golems and sylphs plus even if you’re a demon class your free to roam. So that means there is no Demon lord or something, I should give my condolence to the chuuni players dreaming on becoming a hero by fighting Demon lord.

This town is the only safe way towards the duchy place so this might be the reason, but I want to explore other starter place. As I reach the fountain, the magnitude of people increase but i`m easily be mark because of my size but no one dares to pick a fight to a big guy with a halberd that is as tall as him with a giant axe head that is attached to it.

There are still murmurs and gossips among the peanut gallery, but who care about them if they’re just repeating things. I haven’t viewed my abilities but maybe later on because i’m so eager to fight using my new body. And as I arrived at the town hall and it’s like the earth has but a little old time.

They are weary about a guy with a scary halberd and that`s me. There are guards making rounds so no one with create ruckus. As I approached the help desk and ask an onee-san about my predicament that she nicely comply. I arrived at the second floor and went inside of a huge door then what I saw was that old man from the guild.

“Ah you arrived at last.”

He said as he stand up and face the wall on his right and press something and the wall goes down.

“Follow me and you will know.”

I just nodded then I gaze at Leyla who just nod back to me and follow the guild master to the hidden door. It was dimmed corridor and a bit eerie but I just keep walking behind him as he unlocked a door and then a bright light come out and another room came to my view.

“Most travellers have to comply with this and yes all of you had finished this process well you’re the one left out.”

“I know and don’t rub it more.”

“But the old man is right you were so stubborn about being weird and keep saying you want soloing.”

What a companion but can’t say a thing about it, i’m guilty so no. Well as I have a better view of the room it is bluish lit room with crystal around then a crystal sculpture like a post with a crystal ball on top that`s on a raised platform and shining brightly.

“Place your both hands and just wait for it. This is a crystal crafted to records all travellers that is arriving since that time when it first started, and most kingdom and empires is following this rule since then but there are some that is not included here like the ones that far away from the union of land. But this can help us to know who’s an offender and can easily mark that. So don’t think of doing killing because most towns have powers to know it and even if you’re able to remove your offence all will be alert about you.”

In a sense, it is a data base of all of us and it is really informative for security reason. So most kingdoms and other places honour this process, maybe Minea and Neos prepared this. I approached the crystal then place my hands on it then my vision darkens and then a galaxy like view came to and I was floating then I heard voice from child like to jii-san, from a female to male, from hoarse voice to a pleasing one.

Theirs a murmuring around me that I can identify but even using my scanner is not working.

“Don’t even try that machine of yours young one, we don’t allowed any kind of magic and tools to be used inside the God`s corridor.”

Sounds like a jii-san that’s always grumpy. If i’m here so what do they need, I just touch that stone or maybe like the novels I read I might get blessing or missions. That mission would be great but too troublesome, I mean I just starting in this work and I got some plan on exploring all continents.

“That was a good dream to make and I’m exciting to see how you would make it.”

“We will give you blessing but you have to earned it, some may do some would not, we can give and also take in accordance on your action. We do not give blessing on what side you will be the good or bad we give equal evaluation towards each of you.”

“As the merging of world continue so do us Gods increase. Many of us represent each race, faith, disposition and other things. But we agreed that we will work together in keeping this world from its destruction. And one of the cause if your race. They have given this world a new age of living and with the help of dwarves, machine ages have come to this land.”

“War starts, when greed of people increase, as they hunger for more so thus the destruction occurred. Many wars happened and most race have been damaged but most of all your race is the one that damaged deeply. They hide themselves from most race and to us, they haven’t made any contact for help or assistance. Thus we decided to let them with their own will and let time pass by.”

“We cannot directly control on what is happening and what will happened but we can make certain intervention to our chosen race and followers. But still there are places that do this that`s against the law of the world but we will let the people decide for this. They need to grow up and do what they think is right and for us we just guide them in a vague premonition.”

“We are not giving you a mission to risk your short life to make a difference, all we ask is to find them the others and help them in your own way. We know that on the last day of the first arrival of the new world many people will be able to resurrect from the graves and walk again. What we fear is that you and your world bring destruction to ours. We can’t make our move to stop you but we can speak to our believers about this.”

“We have talked to all of you and said this warning some don’t believe to this and some understand, so the decision is at your hand to make a choice. Help others for peace and understanding or destroy this world and take our wrath.”

“We have foresighted this event and created a land where you and your kinds that revive from the dead cannot go, but only and only if permitted and that’s not going too happened.”

“We have seen your past, your happiness, your sadness, your self-destruction and self-reaffirmation towards your goal. We can’t say we do understand your suffering but if you help this land then thus so this world will help you.”

“This will not be our last encounter young one, when we see that we need to communicate with you we will do.”

After their monologue that’s quite long so I just recorded it on my avatar to do rerun. I build courage to ask.

“I know about this and I respect life above all after all that had happened to me, but I do not liked people or gods reading my memories because I don’t like sharing them. I already know my destination and that is to know about this race and find them. About your request about our kind don’t worry I may help you with that and for all I know there are people who do nothing but to destroy this and seek their own desire.”

“I liked your attitude clockwork, very fiery and intense but still under control. That is how long could you hold on to it until your own destruction.”

“I have my ways. I need to go now, I have other matters to do and I don’t have much time now.”

“Very well, take care of yourself and take care of your companion. She maybe not the greatest fairy but she will assist you in the future.”

“Then I give my thanks to all of you for helping her coz she`s quite handful but I can manage.”

Then I hear chuckles around and groans from the others. Well at least they know how it is to take care of her. Then my vision darken again then a bluish light peck at my vision letting me know I have returned.

“Looks like your back and you really taken your time or the gods got amused to a clockwork after all we haven’t seen one walking around.”

I turned towards Arth-dono and look also to Leyla who’s crying slowly towards me.

“What do you think you’re doing there? *sniff* are you trying to pick a fight with them.”

“What are you saying, I just have some talk with them that’s all.”

Then a shocked look came to Arth-sensei. Did I say something wrong?

“Did you just say them?”

“Right, what about it, is it bad.”

He scratch his chin thinking on how to say it to me, like come on jii-san just say it your too obvious.

“Well some do talk to two or three gods but most are only one, but to think you said them means you talk to a group or less.”

That was it, well that was a reliever and Leyla is still crying and pounding my left flank saying i’m stupid.*sigh* tsundere.

“Well more like a group because there are many voice that I hear. Maybe they just want to see first-hand a clockwork after.”

“Maybe your assumption was right, anyways you are already registered to this land and always follow the laws inside and out.”

“Okay, I know don’t worry and Leyla stop crying okay, i’m here now so don’t worry.”

“I not worrying about you or anything,*sniff* i’m just worried that my adventure will stop *sniff* because of you that all.”

She not good at lying, well I just have to let it past.

“Okay, then let’s move out to start our mission.”

“So you have taken request already so you’re an explorer or adventurer and I can tell because i`m the travellers guild master after all.”

Oh so he`s the one of the body of the guild. Well I can’t expect less towards guild master after all.

“explorers and it`s just a simple subjugation of monsters on the south eastern side one on the hill”

He crossed his arms and start thinking, please don’t let this first mission be a death flag.

“Well it is a season after all so there is an increase of monster inside some dungeons.”

“Some it is their breeding season or hatching season. And another thing why can’t you just destroy a dungeon.”

“Both some breed and some have their young, so some are hostile. Well for the dungeon thing…“

To make it short, dungeons where some monster and other creature emerge. Then there are 3 kind of dungeon, first is god created meaning this is where creature emerge, second is craft made that is a dungeon created from a person own mana and it can hold monster or creatures that had been defeated inside like a dungeoneering game and the last is corrupted or magic dungeon where monsters came from mana that has no intervention just a natural thing and the sign that it is a corrupted one is that monster are more powerful and have tattoos or marking on their bodies.

Some kingdoms regulate god created or craft made dungeons while the corrupted ones are destroyed to prevent any further accidents. That was a long story but informative, I need to sort things out after I log out.

“Thank you guild master, we will be going now”

“Yey, my first mission”

“Okay then but take care of yourself.”

“Don’t worry old man this fairy will take care of this metal head, come on Raiser hurry up.”

*sigh* She really need counselling. Then we are back to his office then got out of the building. As we made back to the market place, I purchase a bigger cloak for me because i`m still unease. Then we head to the eastside of the town to start our mission.

Ability List[tr][tr]Body engineering basic 2Tinker basic 6Scavenger basic 6Acrobatics beginner 3Perception beginner 3Dismantle basic 5Blacksmithing basic 5Programming basic 7Salvage basic 5Metalworks basic 3

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another update and more to the story and history of edean, anyways i`m your reading this series please rate and review :D