"What do we need to do, my lord?"
I look at Rita in shock at her title for me.
"Call me Kael."
"What do we need to do, Lord Kael?"
I release a sigh and say.
"Close enough, I guess. As for what you need to do… Nothing, I guess."
"What do you mean?"
"I brought you here not because I need a worker. You can do whatever you want to do."
They look at me in shock, as if what I am saying is alien to them. Ah, they are people who always work for a dozen hours a day, huh? They are not used to having free time.
"I am serious, you know? You can relax here."
Seeing them look at me with the same expression, I sigh. What should I do?
{Kael, why don't you give them some of the weapons? They can guard this place. They are not used to not doing anything. Guarding this place is good enough for them to be busy, but easy enough for them to rest from the straining work in the Hive City. The fact that they will defend the base also helps if the infected sneak through the stone wall.}
Right. With a wave of my hand, I summon all the weapons I have inside my inventory except for my trusty lasgun.
"Here. You can guard this place while I am away."
"You are going away, my lord?"
I look at Rita and see her worried expression. I give her a small smile and say.
"Yes. When I said I want to create a safe haven, I mean it. This place might not be the best, but it is something that can be turned into a safe haven for anyone who is tired of working for the Imperium, who torture its citizens, but doesn't want to worship the demons."
Rita looks at me for a few seconds before saying.
"Can I come with you, my lord?"
"Once again, call me Kael. As for coming… Maybe later. For now, you need to train using the weapons. Do any of you know how to use guns?"
To my surprise, there are three of them. Two women and one man. The first woman
"Me da was a Guardsman, m'lord. Taught me how t' work a gun back in the day."
"I see. That is good. Can you teach others how to use them safely? We don't want them to get hurt."
"Aye, o' course, m'lord. I'll see they learn t' handle them guns safe an' sound."
"Thank you."
I get up and use my power to summon more food for the others. All kinds of fruits and vegetables for them to eat. All of them are safe to eat raw. I nod my head in satisfaction and say.
"You can eat these if you guys are hungry. It should be good for a day or two. As long as you put it under shade."
After saying that, I leave the base with my trusty Long-Las. However, before I can walk far, Rita grabs my hand and says.
"Good luck out there, My Lord." She hesitated for a second before continuing. "Please return to us safely."
I pat her head with a grin and say.
"Don't worry. I will return."
She nods and lets me go as I walk toward the wall I create. A wave of my hand creates a door for me, and another wave closes it up after I walk through it.
It is time for me to hunt.
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|3rd POV|
"Canto, can you search for tool storage?"
{Of course, Kael. I found one and generated the map for you.}
Kael walks through the tunnel of metal while ensuring nothing is ambushing him. After he seals the vault door and the entrance, the infected start to move. So far, they are not doing anything to the stone wall.
However, Canto heard them planning to move a bomb to blow the wall.
And that is the reason why Kael starts his hunt. He needs to kill them before they can move the bomb. He might as well steal those bombs and use them against the infected. However, the bomb has yet to arrive, and Canto also requests that he let her have access to a physical computer so she can access the other system.
Kael stops on his track and quickly dons his cloak of invisibility. I hug his Long-Las tightly and sit next to a stack of boxes. I watch as twenty infected walk out the door.
'Canto? Are they coming from the blind spots?'
{Yes. I don't know what's inside the room.}
He watches as all of them are wearing armor, and one is wearing full armor covering the entire body. This one is holding a massive hammer pulsing with green energy that reeks of foul smells.
He knows that he cannot quickly kill them all. There are only two ways to kill them quickly. The first uses explosives, and the second is from far away. He doesn't have an explosive. That means he can only kill them from far away.
After going silent for a few minutes, Kael starts to move. He walks to the door where the group is coming from and presses his hand on it. Canto immediately starts her work and opens the door for him.
As the door opens up, he immediately searches for enemies and finds two. Without hesitation, he pressed the trigger and killed the first one before taking out his lasgun from the inventory to kill the second one.
He looks around the room and notices it is a computer room filled with computers and things that let Canto do her work.
Without hesitation, Kael put his hands on one of them and let Canto do the work.
Canto enters the cyberspace of the computer and starts to expand her influence. However, as she digs deeper into the system, something is blocking her attempt. It is not a firewall, but rather someone directly blocking her.
"How dare you modify the Holy work of the Omnisiaah, Heretek?! Begone, Heretek!"
If Canto can frown, she will frown and sneer at the attempt of the person trying to block her. The person attempting to block her is not as advanced as they thought they were. Instead of covering all the holes with small and precise walls, they create a giant, thick wall to block her attack.
Sadly for them, Canto can be sneaky. Instead of using brute force, she decides to work around the new wall in front of her and manages to find a small channel for her to enter. When she enters, she quickly creates a safe haven and creates a firewall of her own.
"This?! You dare to use a Virus to control the Machine Spirit?! Heretek!"
Canto can see and feel the person behind the voice attempting to block her. Sadly, she is already deep inside the system and has built a powerful firewall to block the person attempting to take over the system.
However, something happened that made Canto panic.
"Deploying Purity Purge Hymn… Burn, Heretek! Hear the shining truth of the Machine Spirit!"
Canto can see a swarm of viruses rushing toward her newly built firewall and devouring it. She knows that she cannot defend against the incoming swarm and decides to retreat and return to the fortress she has built.
Kael can feel Canto's distress and says.
"Canto, what's happening?"
{I don't know, Kael. Someone called me Heretek and started to spread viruses in the system and purge anything. The entire system in this section will go down in a matter of hours. That includes the energy generator. Soon, this entire sector will plunge into darkness. They are attempting to block me from spreading deeper into the system.}
"Heretek? Damn. That means the Mechanicus knows about you. At least they think of you as a Heretek instead of Silica Animus or Artificial Intelligence."
{But, I am an AI.}
"I know. At least they think you are a Heretek. If they know you are an AI, they will send something bigger here or worse, declare Exterminatus on this planet and destroy it."
Kael shakes his head and prepares to leave. However, before he can take one step outside, a notification appears in front of him.
|Congratulations on getting the attention of Adeptus Mechanicus! You receive 1 Gold Ticket!|
|Congratulations on getting the attention of the Imperial Inquisitor! You receive 1 Gold Ticket!|
|Congratulations on getting the attention of the Rogue Trader! You receive 1 Gold Ticket!
|Congratulations on getting the attention of the entirety of the Mourning Star! You receive 1 Diamond Ticket!|
Kael looks at the notifications in front of him and curses.
"Balls!"
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