Chapter 40
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Chapter 40
The guide stared at him with a look of surprise when he heard Gustav mentioning some of these things with accuracy but decided not to say anything.
[Analysing energy left within Astrobic tank]
Gustav suddenly saw this notification pop up when he stared at a large Greyish-looking tank-like device.
[Energy left: . %]
Gustav stared at the notification with a surprised look.
’Good thing it didn’t activate the other ability this time,’ Gustav sighed internally in relief.
The guide was about to take them to the next location when Gustav called out to him.
"Excuse me, you said there was no energy left within the spacecraft anymore right?" Gustav asked.
"Yes, the spacecraft had become obsolete thousands of years ago after the Slarkovs descended... There’s not a single drop of power left here," The guide said with a look of certainty.
"I think..." Before Gustav could complete his sentence another notification appeared in his line of sight.
[Energy Installment has been activated]
’Oh not again,’
- Dangerous Species
- Dangerous Species
- Dangerous Species
[Energy Installment has been activated]
’Oh no not again,’ Gustav stared at the notification with a wary look.
The guide was about to continue his explanation when the entire engine room suddenly lit up.
The way the lights came up shocked everyone.
The tank-like structure had electric arcs running through its body for a few seconds before a purple glow coated its entire surface.
’What is going on? Didn’t they say it had no power left?’
This was the question in the minds of everyone.
All of a sudden a loud mechanical voice rang in their eardrums.
"DANGEROUS SPECIES ON BOARD!"
"DANGER LEVEL OF THIS SPECIES IS ABOVE THRESHOLD!"
"ANNIHILATION OF DANGEROUS SPECIES SHALL NOW COMMENCE!"
Immediately those words drifted into the ears of everyone, a large cannon-like weapon pulled out from above the ceiling and a red beam of light gathered around the nozzle.
"Everyone get to the exit!" The guide shouted out with a look of panic.
Immediately everyone turned around to run, the cannon shot out the red beam.
Booom!
Gustav who was still trying to stop energy installment activation saw a world of red appear in front of him.
It was insanely faster than he could react to but he subconsciously raised his arms in front of his chest in an ’X’ format to block the beam.
Bang!
It slammed into him with tremendous force causing his body to be catapulted backward by five hundred feet.
"Ugh!" Gustav exclaimed in pain with his body was flying backward in mid-air while the red beam covered his entire being.
Boom!
Gustav’s back slammed into the wall of the engine room causing a two-meter dent similar to the shape of a human to appear within.
Mist circulated from the point of impact making everyone’s vision unclear.
Immediately after that beam was shot out, the engine room darkened again and the cannon lost power.
Gasp!
Everyone stared in the direction where Gustav was blasted to with a look of surprise, confusion, and panic.
Chatter! Chatter! Chatter!
-"Is he dead?"
-"He’s definitely dead!"
-"That wasn’t a simple weapon,"
-"Isn’t the spacecraft more than a thousand years old? How does it still have power?"
Voices of the students within the crowd could be heard.
Now that the engine room had lost power, they weren’t leaving anymore. They were more curious about what happened to Gustav.
They stared at the guide who was currently in front of the dent and was also calling for other personnel to arrive in the engine room as soon as possible.
The students of Echelon Academy already believed that Gustav was already dead. Only Matilda had an expression of intrigue while Yuhiko had her mouth slightly opened in shock.
Everything happened way too fast. Even the guide was unable to stop what had just happened.
The guide was also a mixed-blood but there was no way he’d be able to move freely when more than a hundred students were running out of the engine room in panic.
The mist still covered everywhere so visuality was limited.
The guide reached out his hand towards the dent.
He wanted to try expanding the dent with his physical strength so the inside will be exposed and they would be able to see if Gustav was still alive or not.
"Hmm?" Before the guide’s hand could touch the dent, he felt the walls beside the dent vibrate a little.
To his surprise, a face pushed itself out of the hole followed by shoulders, torso, and the rest of the human body.
"You...? Are you alright?" The guide was surprised to see Gustav come out of the hole unscathed.
The upper part of his uniform was burnt to a crisp exposing his well-toned chest and abs.
"I’m alright," Gustav said while nodding.
Internally he sighed, ’There’s no point in pretending that I’m not since regeneration is automatic,’
Gasp!
The students were in shock after seeing Gustav come out of the hole without a single scratch except for his partly burnt uniform.
The students of Echelon Academy were even more shocked seeing this.
They questioned how possible this was in their minds but the only answer they came up with was, ’impossible!’
They felt it was impossible yet it happened right before their very eyes leaving them in confusion. Maltida on the other hand wasn’t surprised. She had a look of awe but her expression did not have a single shred of surprise almost like she was expecting this.
"Look at that body, he must be a powerful mixed-blood," someone from the crowd of students voiced out.
Obviously, this person wasn’t a student of Echelon Academy and it happened to be a female.
These words made the other girls stare at Gustav with a look of interest. Some of the girls had their eyes focused on Gustav’s body and face. ’He’s hot,’ This was the thought on some of their minds especially after seeing the way he looked so uncaring even after taking that hit.
"How are you unharmed?" The guide asked.
This was also the same question on everyone’s mind.
"It wasn’t as powerful as it was supposed to be I guess... It’s been thousands of years so it’s normal for its weapons to be weak," Gustav explained.
The guard felt this explanation was very plausible but what didn’t make sense to him was the fact that he sensed a lot of power in that attack earlier.
According to what he sensed, the power it radiated should be more than what kids of Gustav age would be able to handle.
He stared at Gustav with a look of suspicion.
"Are you sure you’re alright?" He asked again.
"I’m fine... It was no more than a scratch because of how weak it was. It only carried a moving force, not a destructive one," Gustav said once again.
The students from Echelon Academy now had looks of understanding.
They knew it would be impossible for trash to survive such an attack if it wasn’t weak.
On the surface, this was an explanation that made them feel relieved but deep down they felt that it didn’t add up because even a hit like that no matter how weak was supposed to put a weakling like Gustav in a hospital.
Only the students from other schools totally believed since they had no idea that Gustav was referred to as trash.
The other personnels arrived and everything was explained to them.
They were also shocked and started inspecting the place while the students were guided out of the spacecraft.
Gustav took clothes from his storage device and changed his outfit in a secluded part of the spacecraft.
This was how their tour of the spacecraft ended.
- The Ancient Market
- The Ancient Market
- The Ancient Market
The students were taken to another part of the city after this.
Gustav was now the topic of the day. The students within the bus kept talking about how he took the beam.
They believed it was weak just as he explained but to them it was a marvelous feat.
He captured a lot of attention with what happened earlier.
He didn’t want to attract this much attention towards himself but what happened within the spacecraft was very much unexpected.
No one knew that such an ancient spacecraft actually still had power.
’If not for defense, regeneration, and energy installment, I wouldn’t have survived that,’ Gustav recalled the power of the beam as the bus took them to another location.
’But I also think that the security system was activated in the first place because of energy installment,’ Gustav came to this conclusion because, the security system didn’t power on until after energy installment activated without his permission.
Gustav recalled the entire process again.
When the beam slammed into him several notifications popped up.
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[Absorbing Energy Into Hidden Gravitational Space]
[Gravitational Space Filled]
[Excess Energy Is Being Transferred]
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He figured that this was the reason the rest of the power in the beam was only enough to inflict injuries on him instead of death.
His entire arm was burnt after he slammed into the wall but it was able to heal up quickly.
His defense also played a very important role.
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[Host Attributes]
-Name: Gustav
-Level:
-Class: ?
-Exp: , / ,
-Hp: /
-Energy: /
{Attributes}
»Strength:
»Perception:
»Mental Fortitude:
»Agility:
»Speed:
»Bravery:
»Intelligence:
»Charm:
»Defence:
{Attributes points: }
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He didn’t feel as much pain as he felt he was supposed to even though he felt much danger from the beam when it was shot out.
He could have tried dodging the beam but he was trying to control energy installment because it gives off obvious signs that it was absorbing energy just like what happened in the bus. Due to this, he stood in the same position.
’It called me a dangerous Species... What does that even mean?’ Gustav wondered before staring at the panel again.
He noticed something when checking the attributes panel for the second time.
’What’s with the energy stats?’
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-Energy: /
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Gustav was surprised to see the impossible figure in front of the energy stats.
He recalled that he received a notification earlier about the excess energy being transferred somewhere.
’It looks like the excess energy was transferred to the system... This is... How is it so much?’ Gustav was surprised by this.
’The energy left inside the astrobic tank was . % of its original and yet it was able to give this amount of energy to both the system and my hidden gravitational space,’ Gustav couldn’t imagine just how much energy the astrobic tank would have contained a hundred percent. He felt hundred percent might be too overwhelming to think of since . % could do this much.
’What do I do with all this excess energy and how long can it be retained?’ Gustav was wondering when another notification popped up in his line of sight.
[Host has Acquired enough energy for a system upgrade]
[System will be upgraded two days from now]
[Countdown: day/ hrs/ mins/ secs]
Gustav squinted his eyes in surprise.
’The system can be upgraded?’
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Two hours later the group Gustav was placed in had visited about three other places that were also seen as historical places.
One was a museum and the second was a government technology corporation within the city.
During their journeys, lots of students from other schools had initiated a conversation with Gustav and tried to get close to him but as usual, he wasn’t interested in any of them.
He only exchanged conversation with a few of them. Matilda kept sticking by his side during this journey even though he tried to shake her off she would find a way to stay beside him.
She was being rather persistent and Gustav was starting to compare her with a certain girl except for the fact that the other girl didn’t have an ulterior motive.
Right now they were headed to a place called the ancient market.
Just like the name suggested, it was a market but not the usual modern-day markets.
Everything sold within that market was relics of the past.
The bus arrived in front of the market which was crowded and they got down.
The ancient market was the only place for buying and selling within the city that was truly like markets of ancient times.
Gustav could see rows and columns of stalls constructed neatly around the place.
The teachers told them to follow behind as they visited stalls one at a time.
The market was so vast that Gustav felt some students would get lost here without a guide.
The teachers also told them that they could decide to buy something if they wished.
They would go from stalls to stalls observing ancient antiques. Some students who wanted to show off their wealth would decide to buy some things that they didn’t need.
After a while, the teachers noticed that the students were practically causing a roadblock as they went from one stall to another so they decided to split up.
There were only two teachers that followed so they wanted to split the group in half but Gustav raised his arm to give a suggestion.
"Fifty students moving with one teacher is still a crowd so I think dividing the group into a quarter would be better," Gustav said.
"We only need to get a map of the market so two students who can read maps can lead the other two groups. We can decide on where to meet after an hour has gone by," He said concluded his explanation with this.
The teachers felt it made sense and agreed to his suggestion.
They wanted him to be one of the leaders but Gustav turned it down.
His reason for suggesting something like this in the first place was he wanted to get the chance to disengage from the group and wander on his own around the market.
- Mask Stall
- Mask Stall
- Mask Stall
After the teacher agreed to Gustav’s suggestion a female student from Cheryl high and a male from Echelon Academy were picked to lead the other two teams.
They were given a digital map of the market in form of a bracelet.
The four groups separated into four different directions after that.
Gustav was placed in the group with the female lead.
Gustav followed them as they walked towards the Southwest of the ancient market.
They had decided that in one hour, they would be meeting back here.
The streets within the market were pretty much crowded since people came here a lot.
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