Date: Monday, August 17th, 2268
Five days later.
One hour after I had fallen asleep in the comfy extra large bed I shared with my two busty beauties, I found myself needing to wake up because of that foolish, arrogant young master I beat up almost 3 years ago and his family decided to not learn their lesson and make a move on taking over the underground city for themselves. Needing to know exactly how big of a problem my family, friends and I were facing, I used my many eyes I planted across the undercity, i.e. the hundreds and hundreds of cameras and turrets I set up and or infected, to gather intel.
What I saw through their lenses and sensors were swaths of mercenaries, compromised government entities, and thousands of troops, specifically the ones they'd been raising and cultivating throughout the years their family has been accumulating power, marching in the direction of major places of power throughout the underground metropolis.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why we kill off enemies and rip them up by their roots at the very first sign.
Observing the enemy's movement for a few moments longer through my numerous sets of eyes, I began regretting not trusting my gut and taking more ruthless actions years ago as I laid in bed, observing their actions.
If I had been as ruthless as I am now, they wouldn't have had a chance to bite me in the ass, let alone cause a minor inconvenience… Haa, I knew I should've listened to my gut back then and done something more, but it is what it is I suppose... At least they won't be able to accomplish much in the time it'll take me to reach the undercity with our collective families' holding down the fort.
I mean, they've had plenty of time to bolster their forces, cement their power over the years, and are all pretty much mages at this point, with most of them even further along the magic path than I am myself. So they should have little to no difficulty handling things until I arrive. There's even a not so small possibility of my family and the others taking them down all on their own... Nevertheless, I'll make sure not to repeat the same mistake of giving those who show me hostility a chance and be even more ruthless going forward.
Unwilling to let a preventable problem occur once more because of my reluctance to do what was really necessary at the time, I solidified my resolve to become even more ruthless from now on, so I can accomplish my grand goals and keep those who I want to protect safe and out of harm's way. With my resolve reinforced and strengthened even further, I was about to get out of bed when I acquired a new quest out of the blue.
[ Ding! ]
[ New Task Gained ]
| Purging Old Enemies | Objectives: Prevent the Carven family and their allies from accomplishing their goal of becoming the new overlords in charge of Undercity 7 and deal with them however you see fit. Rewards: Perk | Grudge |, 3 Attribute Points, 25 Skill Points, 150,000 Exp.
I was expecting a quest, but the rewards for this one are quite good… My mass level up coming soon is going to be one hell of a power up with all the ready to turn in quests I've been slowly accumulating.
When I was finished swiftly looking over the details, I escaped from Alice's and Rei's hold of me with the assistance of my insanely useful perk | Ghost | and began rapidly throwing my kit on and preparing for battle.
This process would've taken a minute or more before to get everything in order but now it only took minimal time to complete and this was due to all the solid practice I'd been getting in over these last 5 days when I would occasionally join everyone to assist my mechanical forces in their wildlife cleansing efforts. The moment I was done equipping my gear set, I glanced at my two companions and considered whether I should take these two plus Gramps, and the boys as well as the firecracker along on this mission.
I'm sure Alice and Rei would love to come, but I'd rather they get their sleep since we got a big day ahead of us seeing how I want to go and make my move on Fort Kern finally. Though now that I'm thinking of it, the trip to Fort Kern may need to be delayed until tomorrow since that prick and his moronic family decided to start a shitstorm back home at Undercity 7... Well it's whatever, I'll see how much time I got left when I get back and decide then.
Moving from that, I plan on turning that particular outing into something for just Alice, Rei, and I, since I do owe the two an adventure with just the three of us. Meaning gramps, Big Tom, Bob, and Takeshi won't have much to do since the robots finished cleaning up all the wildlife in the territory last night, so their only real option is to continue sitting and hanging around at base or go out and get some hunting done.
I don't really want them venturing around just yet since just about anything can happen in the wasteland after all, so I'd rather hold off on that till I've gotten the whole bunch of them into suits of power armor. I guess I'll just bring them with me for this emergency excursion to tire them out and keep them home.
As for Mary, she's probably going to feel bad if I leave her out of the trip with Alice and Rei, where I intend to get down on one knee and pose the question to that Japanese seductress. Especially after she and the girls have taken to each other as much as they have, so I'll see if I can't get her future sisters to make an exception. I'm sure it won't be too difficult.
Pretty much ready to set out, I had my robots inform the boys that we had a major situation on our hands and to gather downstairs as soon as they threw on their loadouts. Reaching the loading bay in minutes myself, I had to sit around waiting for a short while before they began showing up in the loading area as my mechanical constructs got ready for putting down a coup.
The instant everyone arrived, my grandpa didn't play around and immediately got to wringing the details out of me. "What's going on, kid, that you needed to gather us with such urgency in the middle of the night?"
"We don't have time for a lot of questions, guys, but one of the major powers in the city is attempting to overthrow the current undercity government."
"Who?" The old man asked?
"You remember that moron that I beat up almost 3 years back?"
"Ohh, I know the one, so the Carven family has finally made their move, huh? I was wondering when they were going to grow some balls and try something."
"They sure have, and with quite a few troops to boot too, from what I've been able to gather."
"Alright, so when are we going to move out, bro?" Big Tom asked, eager to experience a real bloody fight this time.
"We'll race out of here the second the robots have gathered." I told the squad before they went and got settled into one of the multiple Wolverines we would be taking with us.
It took several minutes for my forces to assemble and once they had; I stowed dozens of them into my inventory, told gramps and boys I was going to go ahead on my chopper at my fastest possible speed and update them on what was going on at the undercity.
"Okay, we'll see you there, kid. Don't kill 'em all before we arrive."
"I'll try to leave some for you guys, but no promises."
The moment the conversation came to an end, I gave my bike some gas and left through one of the many open loading bays, that had recently been refitted/upgraded with heavily armored MN-7 Super Alloy doors, an advanced and extremely durable alloy I developed in my long preparatory phase in Undercity 7. I then drove in the direction of the perimeter defensive wall that had grown to a towering height of 50 feet at a thickness of 10 feet.
There are very few that will ever reach this wall, let alone get past the monstrous MN-7 Super Alloy gate I had made specifically for it. I also highly doubt any enemies will ever see the interior of this place, that had all its doors replaced with ones of the same incredibly strong material as my exterior ones, but I feel a lot more secure having them in place than not. So even though it's kind of a waste of resources, I still think it's worth it simply based on the assurance aspect.
Blowing past the MN-7 Super Alloy gate that had quickly receded into the ground below, I took off into the darkness, heading northward whilst kicking up plenty of dust and debry that found its way onto the sun-bleached roads. The minute I got on route, I began quickly accelerating till I was topped out on what these crappy roads could handle without disintegrating further.
It's going to be one hell of a massive undertaking to replace all the infrastructure that has fallen apart since nuclear Armageddon.
Throwing those thoughts to the back of my mind, I manipulated the surrounding wind elemental particles with my immense magic power that was well beyond what any mage of the initiate realm should be capable of and formed a wind barrier with the same effect as a windshield and called up mom to inform her that I was on my way since my dad was probably more than preoccupied with the chaos that was erupting and quickly spreading throughout the undercity like wildfire.
"It's nice of you to call, sweety, how's it going?" My mother, Jane, answered in her usual bubbly, upbeat tone of voice, not surprised at all to see my call at this time of night.
"I'm sure better than you all right now."
"Aha, yeah, about that. We could really use some assistance back here, if you don't mind."
"Already on it. Just let everyone know that I'm bringing reinforcements and will be there shortly."
"Okay, I can't wait to see you, sweety." She said last, with not a hint of worry detectable in her voice.
Determined to get to the undercity as fast as possible, I redoubled my efforts and continued hurtling across the Nevada desert under the starlit sky that possessed many more visible stars thanks to there being nearly no light pollution.
[ Creatures Killed & EXP Gained ]
Assassin Flies (16) Exp 40,040 - Desert Wolves (41) Exp 55,965 - Giant Jumping Spiders (3) Exp 8,190 - Gila Monsters (66) Exp 45,045 - Jackals (167) Exp 98,781 - Jumpers (72) Exp 58,968 - Man Eaters (101) Exp 211,393 - Mongrels (9) Exp 15,152 - Roadrunners (85) Exp 54,145 - Rock Scorpions (144) Exp 196,560 - Sand Fleas (524) Exp 23,842 - Sand Flies (333) Exp 30,303 - Sandpills (2,323) Exp 528,483 - Wild Dogs (553) Exp 251,615 - Total Exp 1,618,482
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