Puppetry skill
After reading the Main Task of the system and a prompt that said that he'll return to reality, preparing for his return, he looked towards the remaining hunter's watching them dig a new hole. He thought to himself about trying to use one of his new skills, mainly the[Overmind] skill.
Miyahara looked towards the Hunter close to him, he knew in some way that this was the first hunter he summoned. He mentally thought of activating the skill on it.
A sharp ring of bells sounded and a pop-up window appeared in front of him while another message appeared above it.
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The host used the Overmind skill on H-01, with the successful activation of the skill, H-01 is now evolving into Warden.
Subject: H-01
Faction: Swarm
Species: Hunter > Warden
Health: 100% > 350%
*Energy: 100%
*Body Height: 6ft
Body Length: 7ft > 7.5ft
Body Width: 3 in
Strength: 200 > 260
Speed: 478
Defense: 350 > 500
*Intelligence: 30
*Wisdom: 20
Vitality: 600
Racial Skills:
Retractable Blade (lv.3), Heightened sense (lv.5), Razor claw (lv.3), Genetic sac* (lv.6), Adaptive Metamorphosis (lv.2), Impenetrable chitrin (lv.1), Amphibious (lv.3), Flash (lv.2), Energy wave (lv.1), Swarm Command* (lv.2)
Skills: Devour (lv.2), Store (lv.2), Absorb (lv.2), Dark matter bullet* (lv.1), Howl (lv.1)
Evolution time: 1 day
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[Ding! Congratulations to the host for a successful skill cast! 100 XP acquired, skill {Corrosion} acquired!]
[Ding! Additional Reward acquired! Unlocking Production!]
Miyahara noticed the new skills and measurements had been added. He wanted to press the info for the newly added stuff, but the system message popped up and closed the other panels. He looked towards his first Hunter and noticed it had been encased in a cocoon which is now being transported towards the temporary nest.
[Returning Host now!]
Miyahara felt himself getting lighter and lighter as if he was floating like a balloon. He looked towards the ground and noticed he was already 3 ft away from it. 'What the-?' He last thought before his body catapulted to the sky nearly at the speed of light. 'WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKK!!!!' He inwardly shouts as he shoots past the upper atmosphere as things that look like fireflies circled him and turned into a sphere that's spinning in random directions.
And in a blink of an eye, he sat up from the hospital bed with a start. Miyahara covered his mouth as a sense of dizziness almost made him vomit. 'It will take time getting used to that.' He thought as he coughed, feeling his throat itchy and dry. He felt around the bed for the remote to call the nurse. After a moment he grasped a small remote with green, blue, yellow, and red buttons; he pressed the one that called the nurse before opening the status panel, planning to look at his stats.
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Name: Miyahara Yuu
Age: 17
Race: Half-human Half-???
Authority Level: 1
Level: 6
Energy: 100/100 (Not Connected)
Bioenergy: 200/200
Title: None
Strength: 11
Speed: 13
Defense: 10
Intelligence: 15
Vitality: 10
Skills:
Puppetry (lv. 1), Overmind (lv. 1), Alterian Eye (lv. 1), Body Enhancement (lv. 1), Razor Claw (lv.1), Mutation (lv.1), Corrosion (lv.1)*
Functions:
Status
Emergency Production
Construction
Production
???
???
???
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Miyahara pressed the [Corrosion] skill info wanting to understand its working one way or another. A window popped up with a green transparent background, its side also had dead vines twirled around it.
[Corrosion (lv. 1)]
The corrosion skill can be secreted from any pores of the host, it has a mixture of many known and unknown elements, and it also has a 1% probability of turning into vapor and if inhaled by unsuspecting victims causing their insides to melt.
Drawback:
If used inappropriately, it can deal damage to the host, although it can be fixed by having some degree of resistance, if the host passes a certain limit a poisoned status effect will pop up and affect the host stats or body.
Miyahara was surprised by the added message, but was thankful that the system has this sort of function, giving him the impression that every skill has its own pros and cons. He sighed and closed the window before he was caught staring blankly at nothing.
As if on cue, someone knocked gently on the door before opening it a little, as the one on the other side pokes their head in. The nurse was a young male with bright brown hair and a slightly handsome face wearing the hospital uniform neatly ironed. "You called, Sir?" He asked respectfully, looking at Miyahara who was sitting up coughing a little.
Miyahara cleared his throat a few times before looking at the male nurse and smiled. "Sorry to call you, but can you bring me a glass of water? My throat feels dry today." He asked nicely, not forgetting to flash his smile while looking at the nurse. The nurse on the other hand felt that Miyahara's way of asking was quite adorable before nodding his head with a smile. "Of course Sir, please wait a moment." The nurse retracted their head and gently closed the door.
Once the door was closed, Miyahara waited for a few moments before releasing a sigh and turning his smile into a frown while holding his chin. "Now that I think about it, since the main task has been released and requires me to build a fortress the size of a city, I'll need to call in a meeting of the board." Miyahara raised his head and looked towards the window. His room was situated on the 4th floor of the hospital, and it had a wonderful view of the large garden and the city. Miyahara closed his hands into a fist as he grit his teeth. 'I hope I can convince them.'
He turned to the table near him and grabbed his phone before dialing a number. After a couple of minutes, someone answered the call. "Hello?" A gruff masculine voice came from the other side, and from the tone, Miyahara concluded that the one on the other side just woke up. "Good Morning Mr Lyons, I hope I didn't wake you up." Miyahara greeted while forming a smirk. Lyons, on the other side of the phone, choked from surprise and forced down a yawn.
"N-Not at all Sir Miyahara in fact, I was about to take a shower." Lyons lied as he quickly got up from the bed and put on the slippers next to the bed stand. "That's good Mr Lyons, now I want you to call the other board members as we are gonna have a digital meeting later in the afternoon. I hope I'm not intruding on something important?" Miyahara asked while Lyons' forehead dripped with cold sweat. 'Who in the right mind won't be surprised if someone calls them three in the morning?' He inwardly thought while wiping the sweat using his forearm.
Mackenzie Lyons, soon-to-be head of the Lyons family, was a thirty-year-old man who was very keen on keeping his loyalty to the Miyahara family's company. From what he knows, his great-grandfather and Miyahara's family head were close like brothers and keeping their end of the promise, both families had a very close bond. What Makenzie fears is the current head of the Miyahara family.
Although he is still 17-years-old, he carries the authority of a leader with his punishment named to be severe if found guilty of disloyalty. For him who is close to Yuu, he knew how cruel he can be when dealing with traitors. "If I may ask, what is this meeting going to be about?" He carefully asked with some sweat dripping down his forehead. "It's good that you asked, the meeting is going to be held because one of my secret R&D facilities has built a functioning robot made for construction and offensive mode. I'm calling a meeting to speak about a project I had in mind, it's called 'Project Eden' that's all for now." Miyahara lied for the most part before deciding to end the call. The nurse knocked gently on the door before entering. "Excuse me sir, your water." The nurse placed the glass on the bedside table, Miyahara thanked him before drinking it as the nurse exited the room with a wide smile.
Miyahara put down the glass before lying on the bed and closing his eyes. 'I wonder what will happen later, and I need to find out how to connect the energy to buy Zelturian units.' He last thought before darkness engulfed his mind as he slowly drifted to sleep not noticing a dark red panel that popped up in front of him.
[Defense mode Activated, Guardian summoned....]
4 hours later...
Miyahara slowly opened his eyes, squinting as the sunlight made his eyes sting a little. He sat upon the hospital bed stretching his arms upwards yawning before rubbing the sleepiness from his eyes. "What a peaceful dream." He said aloud before noticing a panel in front of him. 'Huh?' He subconsciously pressed the panel with curiosity and watched it enlarge the text.
[Defense mode Deactivated, Guardian inactive]
"Guardian? Defense mode?" He said with his voice filled with confusion, which made him scratch his nape while thinking over last night not remembering activating something. 'System, what does defense mode do? And explain the Guardian along with it.' He mentally asked the system, which led to a blue-ish green panel opening up.
[Defence Mode is a hidden mechanism installed in the system whereby it can be activated by the system if the host is in an inactive state, it can also be activated by the host, themself.]
[Guardian is the summoned unit of both factions, Zelturian and Swarm guardians for free. The host can also get different kinds of guardians as rewards from the task given.]
'Now that I think about it, is there a mall or shop function?' He asked towards the panel as it disappeared and a bright red panel popped up along with a blue panel.
[Warning: Authority level 2 required!]
[Host Authority level: 1]
'That's interesting, I guess to raise authority is by doing a task or crossing a certain threshold.' Miyahara thought before looking at the time on his phone. It says 7:30 AM, with a few notifications on it. He turned it off before turning towards the door as he senses someone coming.
A moment later, the door opened to reveal a male nurse wearing a surgical mask and carrying a tray of food. Miyahara narrows his eyes a little before subconsciously looking at his skills and looking back at the nurse, activating [Alterian Eye] making his eyes turn a shade of violet before disappearing.
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Name: Zak Calvin
Age: 32
Level: 10
Race: Human
Health: 100%
Energy: 50%
Occupation: Assassin
Strength: 14
Speed: 20
Defense: 13
Intelligence: 10
Vitality: 9
Skills:
Disguise, Silent Wind, Poison Mastery, Dagger Mastery, Blood Needle technique
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A red transparent window appeared in front of him, Miyahara mostly focused on the attribute panel and skills, noting them to his mind before looking at the now named Assassin. "Good morning Sir, today's breakfast is garlic vegetable soup mixed in with broccoli, carrots, and salad side dish," Zak says smiling behind the mask before placing it down on the table and moving it towards the bed. "How are you feeling today sir?" He asked, still keeping his act up before moving away from the bed a little.
Miyahara kept staring at Zak, making the others suspicious of his cover being blown. As if reading his mind, Miyahara's eyes flashed with cold light as he activated one of his skills [Puppetry]. "Today's weather is fine, nurse William or should I say," Miyahara cooly said before staring intently at the Assassin as the white of his eyes suddenly became black and his sclera became a golden amber as veins spread out around his eye sockets and ended at least a meter away from his mouth. Zak felt his senses and hair shoot up as he sensed a thick bloodlust towards him which made him subconsciously pull out a hidden blade on his sleeve before thrusting it towards Miyahara's throat. "Zak Calvin."
As if the world became gray and blurry, Zak felt countless strings tie up his body and something crawling upwards from both his legs, making him pause on his action while he stared at Miyahara's smile that appeared and along with his black eyes and golden ambered sclera. Looking at Miyahara's golden amber eyes made his senses go haywire.
"Stand up properly," Miyahara ordered as his golden-amber eyes glowed while staring into Zak's eyes unblinking. As if magic, Zak felt his entire body being pulled by invisible strings. He tried talking but an invisible pressure was pressed onto his neck, choking him. "My, so this is the power of [Puppetry] skill, now that I think about it can I put puppets in the faction space?" He thought to himself aloud, completely forgetting Zak was still standing in front of him. Miyahara then looked towards Zak with a devious glint and moved his mind to ask the system about it. A pop-up window appeared in front of him.
[Currently, the host has a level 1 Authority level. The number of Puppets, Parasitized victims, or Infected currently allowed to be stored in Faction space is 15.]
Miyahara slowly made his smile widen before locking eyes with Zak, his eyes glinting with a golden luster. "Hide the blade." With his words, Zak turned the blade and slid it back on its heath hidden and strapped on his arm. Miyahara moved his thoughts and a window popped up asking permission to send Zak in the Faction space.
Naturally, Miyahara picked yes and watched as Zak slowly faded away with surprise and fear in his eyes before completely disappearing. As if on cue, the door was opened and a doctor walked in looking at his chart. Miyahara accidentally looked towards him and a window popped up.
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Name: Alex Hermes
Age: 36
Gender: M
Race: Human
Level: 7
Health: 100%
Energy: 125%
Occupation: Doctor
Sub-occupation: Spiritual Elementalist
Strength: 10
Speed: 5
Defense: 9
Intelligence: 20
Wisdom: 25
Vitality: 15
Skills:
Heal, Water blade, Spirit sword dance, Energy Resonance, Spirit Voice, Energy Manipulation, Protection
Attribute(s):
Water: 25
Spirit: 60
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The doctor looked up from his file and smiled kindly towards him. "Good Morning Mr. Miyahara, My name is Dr. Hermes, I am your current attending doctor." He introduced himself before nodding towards Miyahara. He in turn nodded back as a greeting subconsciously, still trying to process the window that popped up.
Dr. Hermes, who was still standing near the door, noticed a surgical mask on the ground before looking toward the food on the table. He narrowed his eyes before looking around the room while he heightened his senses. Miyahara on the other hand suddenly moved and made his body face Dr. Hermes and crouched on the bed with his arm spread to his side. "What are you?" He suddenly asked while also activating his [Razor Claw] Skill, his hands twitched and spread out his fingers as his nails extended by 5 inches and harped with a hint of metallic luster. Hermes was surprised to say the least, but still put on a small smile to hide it.
"Do not worry young master, I won't hurt you." He said as he looked at the room again before looking back at the door then bowed towards Miyahara . "My name is Alex Hermes, I was one of your parents' subordinates and under strict orders to protect you and your siblings. And as you may have guessed, from the looks of it, I am…Something else." He coolly introduced himself, still staying in a bowed position. "I…your…" Miyahara deactivated his [Razor claw] skill before sitting cross legged on the hospital bed. Miyahara released a heavy sigh and looked at Hermes with slightly narrowed eyes. "What do you mean by 'Something else' ?" He asked the question, not saying he already knew what the other side's half-race was. " We are people who are given vials of medicine that gives them the ability to manipulate elements or awaken certain abilities, and some fusing different DNA into their own. My kind of occupation or class is officially called 'Elementalist', those that awaken abilities are called 'Awakeners, and those that wish to fuse their DNA are called 'Halfas'." He explained as much as he could before pointing towards himself with a small grin. "To Elementalist like me, who can manipulate energy and what we call spirits and the like are called Spirit Elementalist. We are a rare class that occupies at least a percentage." Miyahara was surprised by the revelation before he went into thinking again.
He looked up on the ceiling before slightly muttering to himself. "Then which of them drank?" He kept his head looking up on the ceiling trying to hold back the slight tear that was about to drop. He didn't want to remember the past, he had no qualms in finding lessons in mistakes of the past but if you look back too long, he fears he'll never be the same. "If you're wondering why, there's a mask on the floor, someone tried to assassinate me-." Before Miyahara could finish Hermes suddenly moved and grabbed Miyahara by the shoulder, his grip clutching on it like his life dependent on it. The sudden movement snapped Miyahara's focus back towards the man as he raised a brow.
"Where are they now?!" Hermes slightly raised his voice, grip tightening making Miyahara squint his eyes a little, he thought about showing him the new puppet, but he couldn't trust someone he just met. He looked towards the window that was conveniently open somehow. Hermes followed his gaze and before rushing to the windowsill while pressing something behind his ear and muttered a few words. 'Most likely other members?' Miyahara inwardly thought while narrowing his eyes before looking at empty air before opening his status panel and looking towards his skills. 'Hm…Maybe turn him into a puppet? No, he'll be less useful.' He contemplated himself while he subconsciously rubbed his thumb on the back of his hand. 'I guess I need to grow further.' He thought before an idea pop-up. He looked towards a new system window as smaller windows appeared and spread out from behind it.
[Zelturian Faction Window opened]