16. Sequence Synthetic Management Data Cube (SSTM DC) Upgrade.
A month of training passed quickly, as they level up and gain strength every time. On the grass plains which has now become a training field made by Twenny to trap EP and condense it into crystals. EP crystals are EXP needed to level up.
A trio could be seen challenging an undead centaur but its height is 5 meters and its ribs are scythes that can extend, with 2 massive sword arms with 10 legs. This undead was summoned by Twenny for the trio to challenge to test them, the weakest of them at this point is level 15 as they're all in C rank.
Chuck holds a silver shield with Flint wielding a broadsword, Aku wields twin swords for quick attacks. *SKRRREEEE!!!!!* The undead charges at them at Chuck takes the front, he holds his shield up.
"SHIELD MIGHT." His shield is covered by EP as it expands and hardens, the undead Sword hits his shield *BAN*. "COUNTER!" the undead is sent back as the same force it hit with Chuck is use to push it back.
Aku jumps over Chuck as the undead is in a staggered state. "SWORD TECHNIQUE > DANCING TWIN MOONS!" *SLASH SLASH* Aku makes 2 slashes at the undead as the ground behind the undead is carved with 2 crescent moons. The undead takes heavy damage but it's still standing *SKREEE!*.
Flint passes by Chuck's side as he runs to the side of the undead, he jumps and swings his sword down. "SWORD TECHNIQUE > MOUNTAIN CRUSH." His sword lands on the undead's back as its spine is bent forcing the undead down.
Chuck tackles the undead with the shield. "SHIELD TECHNIQUE > BARGE." He jumps aiming the shield at the undead as he crushes into it *BOOOM*. The undead is knocked back by 5 meters *KRR*. Flint appraises the undead as it roars "SKREEE!!*.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY
Name: Revenant
Race: Undead
Level: 22 (B)
Base Stats:
HP: 74/120
EP: 69/80
SP: 170/201
SoP: 0
Physical Stats:
Strength: 92
Endurance: 120
Agility: 39
Intelligence: 45
Wisdom: 61
Skills:
END]
Flint readies his sword, "We've still got a ways to go!" he charges at the undead as it gets up and charges at him. Flint runs jumps high ready to swing and the undead also swings its arm at Flint which seems to hit him before Flint hits it. Chuck plants his shield on the ground as he readies to block.
Aku appears behind the undead, "POSITION SWITCH. SWORD TECHNIQUE > DANCING TWIN MOONS" Flint switches places with Chuck as he uses his shield to block the undead *BANG*, Aku unleashes her twin slashes again at the undead *SLASH SLASH*. "POSITION SWITCH!" Chuck switches with Flint as Flint appears with his sword raised high, he swings down at the skull of the undead *BOOOM*
*SKREEEE!!* The undead monster glows read as they continue to fight. Twenny is way back observing the battle, she summoned the undead and gave it the order to attack them. "These guys are doing great. They can already be considered the strongest in the Zolkia kingdom, but there's an issue though. The weapons their using are mine, since they're all Supreme grade artefacts they can't use it's full potential."
A screen appears before her as it shows a row of icons on the bottom side of the screen. The first is a person icon with Flint's name on top of it, followed by a contact icon, web icon, games icon, inventory icon and others. She looks at the contact icon as it opens, she scrolls through the contacts to the 'I' column and stops at Ivan. She makes a call.
*DIALING, DIALING, ANSWERED* A male voice comes through to Twenny's ears. "Twenny, how are you?"
"I'm well Ivan and you?" She looks back at the battle going on.
"Same here, how's your agent?"
"He's progressing well, I've already made it possible for him to reach C rank."
"That's good progress. Keep up the good work, there shouldn't be any alien activity on your world so take your time." The screen changes as a graph appears showing EP density and alien activity being 0
"I will. There's something I'd like to ask, it's about the reward system."
"What about it?" Ivan is curious
"The reward system is designed for the wielders to acquire the rewards mainly from following the mission. I think changes should be made on that since my agent lacks weapons is currently wielding Supreme grade artefacts, I've nerfed it down to Rare grade for their safety."
"Supreme artefacts have wills of their own, they would probably kill them since their too weak. So, the issue is the rewards. I think I can include rewards from this universe, I'll leave the type of rewards to your discretion. I'll get smiths to work on creating suitable weapons for the wielders."
"Thank you, have you heard from Nytri? I'm worried she might die of boredom."
"She nearly did. She's currently in the Monster realm engaging in Murder race with her family."
"A race for monsters, no wonder earth has no suicidal race like that. Thanks again, also I do have an issue with the gods. They're activities will eventually get in my agent's way, should I eliminate them all?"
"I'd advise against that the residents of the world pray to them. Doing so can create a void and chaos, but eliminate any that you deem too powerful for your agent to handle."
"Ok, thanks. Oh, could you include advanced weapons in the rewards list?"
"You want to include guns?"
"I think it'll be fun, besides if the aliens do invade EDF will join with weapons. I can use this as a way to familiarize them with guns."
"....Sound argument, but I'll only include a limited catalogue for guns and not for the residents. You can create constructs, give it to them only when necessary."
"Thanks, bye!" She smiles.
"Good luck, little sister."
The call screen closes, Twenny moves back to the main screen. She goes to the person icon and a screen opens with columns at the top with a plus sign at the end of the row of columns. There's a family icon and under it are Flint's family, friends and all those he cares about. An icon with an angry face for Flint's enemies if their really deserve to be there. A reward icon with a list below it and the last icon is for pending rewards. This column is for rewards assigned to missions. To the top left corner is the more icon, Twenny goes there and she sees a door icon, this icon leads to Flint's system package. She goes inside and orders System DC bonded to Flint to update, and it does.
Twenny also updates hers as she now sees sci-fi weapons on display, even vehicle, planes and unconventional vehicles (vehicles without wheels). "Nice, I'll give chuck the EP Barrier shield as a reward. It can block any and all attack below god rank and has a cooldown time of a week. Flint should have enough credits for these rewards."
The rewards aren't free, the actions of the wielders generate credits for them. If they level up, the get credits. If the complete missions they get credits. If they make an achievement or register a new skill then a bunch of credits. But this credit is only usable by the handler because the language use in universe 1 is different from universe 2. Twenny had to learn the language from Flint's memories on their first encounter.
Back to the battle. The undead has a red aura signifying BERSERK skill which based on the level can grant up to 400% boost in strength for mortals. This undead only has 60% bonus to all stats.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY
Name: Revenant
Race: Undead
Level: 22 (B)
Base Stats:
HP: 9/120 -- +60%
EP: 24/80 -- +60%
SP: 42/201 -- +60%
SoP: 0
Physical Stats:
Strength: 92 – 50 Blocked. -- +60%
Endurance: 120 -- +60%
Agility: 39 – 20 Blocked. -- +60%
Intelligence: 45 -- +60%
Wisdom: 61 -- +60%
Skills:
NOTICE: 'Blocked' refers to stats that are unusable meanly due to loosing limbs or parts.
END]
The undead monster has lost 4 legs with cracks over its body, with one of it's arms off. Flint stands before the undead as he gets into a stance, Chuck and Aku fall back leaving Flint against the undead. "ENERGY SWORD RAY!" *BOOM!* EP bursts from sword like fire as it forms a giant sword on the hilt of his sword, he swings down. *SKRREE!!* It swallows the undead as it's burnt leaving only bones and ash behind.
Flints pants heavily since that took a lot of EP.