Chapter 2:
C.O.R.E
I grabbed one of the machines that was coming towards me, punching its face. As I tried to move my arm again, it was impossible due to the spikes that came out of its body. The machine took small steps, extending its hands full of triangles then started to extend like lances.
Failing to change weapon
Try again
Malfunction detected
Remove interference on the right hand.
I took my forearm and broke it, taking a step back while my other hand started to create a cannon, the machine was rapidly approaching me again, too late for that, its legs were destroyed by the blast of my hand-cannon.
The machine tripped and I blasted its head, making my arm go back to normal. I got close to the body of the machine, I looked at it and activated my propulsors, going really far away from the body. After a few seconds, spikes started to fly around the whole place.
Touching my back, I grabbed another core and put it on my arm, reconstructing my arm, I closed my hand a few times while taking a peek behind me, the explosion already ceased.
I could see the spikes on the ground, I touched the walls and stroked it until reaching the end, my fingers were blessed at feeling the immense walls intact, my whole body shook for an instant.
My propulsors got ignited again, flying around the place one more time. As I fly, I look below me. Tons of machines were already displayed for the grace of the obelisk. I saw one that was almost destroyed.
Its leg and arm were completely ripped off its body, its face had a hole in the middle, and a lot of layers in its armor were destroyed, showing all its cables and fluids dropping. It approached one machine, trying to tear apart its chest plate.
I descended as soon as I looked at it, the machine looked behind me and started to tear apart the chest even faster. I took steps, the machine found the core and when it was in its hands, I shot at him with an energy pistol coming out of my arm.
The core got destroyed in an instant, the machine fell to the ground, I took it from the neck and tore its head apart, punching its chest after taking its core and crushing it with my hands. I let the pieces fall in the ground, stepping on them.
The propulsors got reactivated, making me leave the already dead arena.
Enemy detected.
Missile approaching
Activated enhanced combat mode.
I shot the rocket with my pistol, making an explosion that made the place shake for a bit, I saw a total of five machines approaching me, all of them having the same model and color. A vivid red with purple lines on their joints. I saved the pistol and took the sniper out.
I made three shots that missed completely, I extended my hand to make a cannon and shot an energy blast. Missing another shot. The machines started to throw missiles at me, I saved my sniper and took out my pistol to shoot at the incoming missiles.
One after one they shot and the explosion took others with it, I moved, doing a pirouette in the air, dodging the missiles that were coming from left and right, passing behind my back and above my chest.
I made my arm a cannon again, as I watched from behind, I stopped completely while shooting my cannon at my left, my body was hit with another machine while the ones that passed rapidly through my cannon got cut in half.
I fell with the machine I to the ground, putting my cannon in its chin, shooting my cannon and destroying it. My body bounces across the room while I try to stand up.
Severe damages detected
Reparations needed.
Damages above 50%
Energy at 50%
Initiating reparations
Energy at 25%
The clash between me and the machine made half of my body get exposed, the metal and cables were slowly being torn up, I leaned on the wall and took three cores that I had, putting it on my chest.
Initiating core repairing system.
Energy at 325%
Restoring parts please wait.
Please wait.
My whole body got repaired in a matter of seconds, time enough to hide myself from the two remaining machines that were chasing me, they came to the place I was, they were moving their heads in all directions.
They stopped at the body of the machine I destroyed, they knelt and took their parts near their chest, I jumped from my place and took the shotgun from my other leg. The spread was enough to hit the two of them in their main core and head.
I saved my shotgun and approached the machine, taking its core and saving it on my backpack. I ran and jumped, activating my propulsor in the air. A few meters from my current location, there was a fight happening, a total of twenty machines fighting against each other.
I passed from above, until one of the machines was thrown towards me, the machine being throwed had its core exposed and was hit against the roof, shattering into pieces. I took a few seconds in the air to put more energy on my propulsors.
Enough time to make one of the fighters from below come to me and hit me in the head, making me fall at tremendous speed, its punch was directly targeted to my chest, and I took it with my hand.
My hand got twisted and then tear apart as we descended, I propelled myself far away from that machine and then landed on the ground. I saw different types of shots passing from above, below, in front and at the back of me.
I crouched and took the leg of the first machine it got close to; I made it trip and took its core when I pierce through its chest with my hand. I walk away from the fights using the body of the machine I just broke to block the incoming attacks.
When I was close to leaving, two machines that were fighting looked at me and stopped punching the one from another. I threw the body towards them and grabbed the head of the first one.
I tried to pull, but I couldn’t. Its head was not moving an inch, the next thing I saw was its fist coming towards my head, sending me flying back to the little arena that they made. They didn’t come towards me after that.
I hold tight to myself, as if I was hugging myself, I let out after a bit, letting my arms and legs become weapons, opening my head, exposing a small energy sphere. I activated my propulsors and approached the first machine that was alone.
The energy of my head stunned him and shot him. I put my hand in his chest, shooting both from the pistol and the palm of my hand. The machine fell down and I kicked it to the others, the sound of the blast of each weapon, for a moment, everything seemed quiet, as if it became white noise.
I moved around the machines searching for ones that were not fighting, some of them were standing still, and that’s when I propelled towards it, aiming towards the chest and shooting my blast through. The core of the machine flew around shattered in pieces.
When the pieces touched the floor, another machine was destroyed by my hand, jumping from machine to machine, I returned to the previous ones that punched me back. The first two punches were evaded by them. Both of them try to punch me. I jumped with my leg with the energy blast from the shotgun.
I channeled energy on my cannon and landed on the head in one of the brawls, shooting a giant beam that lasted about 5 seconds being fired. I kick it with the blast of the shotgun and I look back.
The entire armor skin was roasted, and started to fall apart, it was walking slowly until it couldn’t stop moving anymore, the other machine didn’t let me do anything else, it was throwing fist in a different way now.
Doing kicks that didn’t reach me, I saved all my weapons and cached its leg in the air, I propelled myself to the air and then threw it below my while extending my leg. My foot didn’t pierce through its skin, but it was generating an impact thanks to the velocity of the fall.
That was until we reached the floor, a strong wind was generated as the power wave, my leg was completely destroyed, but the brawler couldn’t move anymore. I put my hand ready to pierce through its chest and made it after putting my laser at 50% power.
I did the same with the other and put the cores in my leg and the other in my backpack. There were still people fighting behind. I turn around and move my whole body, cleaning and making sure my joints work properly. I jumped from where I was and activated the propulsors in the air, but I couldn’t move. As hard as I tried to pull I couldn’t and the reason was below me.
A chain was holding my back, I shot it with my cannon, dealing no damage at all. A figure appeared from the shadows, a machine with a hat, he threw another chain towards me to the other leg making me descend.
The machine with the chain started to hit me with it, denting my armor skin. With the exception of my leg. I looked at the UI in my sigh and activated my leg protocol.
Energy canalized
Weapons: Unusable
100% Power at the right leg
Flying deactivated.
Enhanced modes deactivated.
Switching to manual.
The joints from my right leg started to move themselves and hot smoke came out of it. I spin my body and the chains with my right leg, leaving me free. When I put my foot on the ground, I put force into it, doing a big jump towards the machine with the chain.
It threw the chain against me, I kicked it, making it bounce to the air, the machine started to make noises, its head showed a lot of text. I kick its head, making it go to the roof and crashing it.
As I was crouching to grab the core, the pieces of its head hit my body. When I look at the fight again, there were only two left, they didn’t have any functional limbs, they were hitting their bodies against each other.
All the remaining machines that were on the ground were twitching as their exposed core flicked until it completely shut down. The two that were fighting started to hit themselves with their heads.
With every hit, their metal skin peeled apart, showing the cables and the hardware that were sticking them together, I observed as I jumped and levitated in the air. Their last hit against their heads was the last.
They stopped moving completely, the light coming from their cores started flickering just like the reset, until they were out of light. I looked in front of me and propelled once again.
As I was flying, I noticed how the walls were notoriously getting tighter, I barely fit and my armor skin started to get scratched due to the friction, until I got out, I couldn’t see anything, the night vision was getting in the way. I turned it off, revealing a new place, the place of the obelisk. It was still far away but I could see the tip of it.
The room was bright thanks to the energy that the obelisk provided. I descended to the floor looking at the different paths I should take, along with the machines that were getting out of the first labyrinth.
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