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(BUS)Chapter 103: Manipulation strat
🕑 Added 2025-07-02 14:59:39 +0000 UTCI ignored the unconscious fellow and simply turned on the shower before leaving him to get cleaned up as he shot awake sputtering from the water.
"So how'd it go?" Mordy asked curiously as I sat on a chair and propped up my feet on the table.
"Swimmingly really, you all are in for quite the shock when he finally gets out of the bathroom. On an entirely unrelated note I got an extra [Flame breath] trait for you Brick, as promised." I said with a grin.
"Gimme that!" he said eagerly as he practically yanked my ass out of my chair by my hand.
"Chill dude it's not that fucking simple remember? We need to wait for that guy to get out of the bathroom first otherwise you'll make a big ass mess." I said slightly exasperated as I settled back down into my chair.
Brick deflated at this though as he really didn't want to wait but my powers, my rules so too fucking bad. Love the guy really I do but sometimes he's like a particularly over zealous dog, unintentionally harmful. While this time there was no harm that didn't mean it would always be the case.-
About fifteen minutes later the former midget now hulking brute crawls out of the bathroom awkwardly making me realize something I sort of overlooked. See he was not like me who was an adult more or less stuffed into a childs body and thus not that disoriented when my powers made my body the same size as an adults. No he was an adult fucking midget and that meant he had no damn idea how to use a normal sized persons limbs, much less an omega bodies.-
"You're right, that IS shocking." Lil teased me with a laugh.
I groaned in embarrassment at this blunder and got up before walking over to the guy and hoisting him to his feet by the back of his jacket. His legs shook as he tried to stand but simply couldn't get his footing. -
"Lock your knees straight so I can at least stand you up against a wall." I said firmly and the guy straightened his legs which was something he at least knew how to do thankfully. "Good now lets start with your arms since those should work the most similar to how you are used to." I said and got to work reacquainting the guy with his body.
It wasn't particularly hard for his upper body as I simply had him move parts of it in a specific but simple manner until he got used to how his arms and torso felt to move. Next up was his legs that was more troublesome as the length and shape of his musculature was very different than how it was when he was a midget and I needed much more effort to get him used to his legs again. -
Finally though after what felt like hours of embarrassing effort the fucker could at least walk even if shakily.
"All that's left is for you to keep practicing until moving feels normal again." I said as I took my seat again with a sigh.
"Glory to the great God Demon!" he yelled with a deep rumbling voice that made my friends flinch slightly.
I waved off the fanaticism though and told the guy to leave already since he had the power he asked for and merely needed to master it.
"I thought you'd at least give him armor or something too." Lil said with a confused expression after the guy walked out of the portal shakily.
"Nah, he's ... an investment you could say. If my gamble pays off and he starts gathering a following for me then I might give him some toys to keep him loyal but for now it can go pear shaped at any moment. A few traits and lifeforce is nothing to me as I can always get them back with some time and effort but tech? That's something that's a lot harder to retrieve once lost. Besides this can be considered a test of worthiness for him. If even with my gift he can't succeed then clearly he isn't worth investing further in." I explained without hesitation.
"Why do you even want a following with bandits anyways, aren't they kinda unreliable?" Mordy asked curiously.
"Depends on what you want them to do. If you want to create order and safety then absolutely unreliable, but war or chaos? You couldn't ask for better people for a single simple reason, numbers. There of billions of bandits across the borderlands, human wreckage from the corporate wars. Broken beyond repair but not without their uses. In this case I plan to slowly devour every bandit clan on Pandora into my followers to forcibly seize the planet for myself." I say seriously.
"Why would you ever want this place!?" lil asked incredulously.
"Pandora is special for some reason. Sirens are drawn to it, the Eridians left countless ruins and relics behind here and mysteries I want to understand the why of. I want to know what exactly makes this hunk of wretched rock so gods damned fucking important. To do that in relative peace I need the bandits occupied and most importantly not trying to kill me constantly." I explained casually.
"That's a dangerous plan. If you succeed what will happen to the normal people here?" Roland asked seriously.
"Can't say honestly. Maybe nothing, maybe good stuff, maybe bad stuff. Too many things that can go one way or the other to predict the outcome before it actually happens." I said with a shrug.
I didn't really care one way or the other frankly so long as I got what I wanted in the end. Even if the bandits were to kill all these people it wouldn't really make much difference since they might have done it even if they weren't part of the following.
"Can you even control the bandits to begin with?" Lil asked and I chuckled.
"Nope. This isn't about control but manipulation. They can continue acting however they have been so long as they don't get in my way." I said casually.
"Seems like a lot of work just to get them to leave you alone." Mordy said doubtful.
"This is actually the best plan for it as the others are more likely to get me hunted by everyone in the six galaxies if exposed." I said with a shrug.
"Can't be THAT bad right?" Lil asked skeptically.
"Well the first plan was to engineer a planet wide pathogen designed to kill humans exclusively. Naturally I'd have a cure ready for those that needed it but not exactly an idea that would be accepted once unleashed. The second idea I had was simply to poison the atmosphere killing everything on the planet. Naturally I also thought about glassing the place but scrapped that idea since it would ruin the Eridian ruins too." I said casually like I wasn't talking about unleashing apocalyptical level events.
"Damn it! Why would you even consider something like that!?" Roland demanded in horror.
"Did you not hear me? There are BILLIONS of bandits across the borderlands and like fucking ninety percent of Pandora's human population is bandit. Do you have any fucking idea how hard it would be to kill them normally? It would take AGES!" I said annoyed at the question.
"I mean he DOES have a point there but that still seems like going too far to me." Mordy said and I nodded in agreement.
"Hence the manipulation, the most gentle of the plans." I said helplessly.
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Alexander Drake
Lifeforce:416,474
Integrated Traits: [Gun mastery-Rare grade]X3, [Clever mind-Rare grade],[Enhanced senses-Epic grade]X2, [Demi-supreme body-Legendary grade], [Supreme armored hide-Epic grade]X2, [Energy projection-Legendary grade], [Superior vitality-Epic grade]X2,[Lesser dragon breath-Epic grade],[Regeneration-Epic grade]X2, [Disease resistance-Epic grade],[Amphibious lungs-Uncommon grade], [Thermal sensing-Uncommon grade], [Water resistance-Common grade],[Active camouflage-Epic grade], [Eridian engineering expertise-Mythical grade], [Efficient lungs-Rare grade]x2, [Fire resistance-Epic grade]X3, [Elemental body(fire)-Legendary grade], [Shock resistance-Epic grade]X4, [Energetic sustenance(shock)-Epic grade]X2, [Radiation resistance-Epic grade]X3, [Energetic sustenance(radiation)-Epic grade]X2, [Biometallic bones-Epic grade],[Elemental body(shock)-Rare grade]X3,[Quick thinking-Rare grade], [Minor spatial awareness-Epic grade], [Buzzaxe expertise-Uncommon grade], [Siren(Phaselock)(Altered)-Mythical grade], [Pugilist expertise-Uncommon grade], [Adrenal rush-Rare grade], [Mechanical engineering expertise-Rare grade]X3, [Gunsmithing expertise(degrading)-Common grade]X3, [Elemental body(Corrosive)-Rare grade], [Corrosion resistance-Rare grade], [Mechanical Savant-Epic grade],
Stored traits: [Flame breath-Uncommon Grade]
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Christian Jeffress
Thanks for the very fun and enjoyable chapter. Hope you’re doing well.
