After Earth Fell: I Became Humanity's Strongest Mecha Soldier

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[MULTIPLE SOUL FRAGMENTS DETECTED.]

[BEGINNING EXTRACTION...]

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What was extraction?

The interface kept blinking the message.

K huffed and swung his short sword dusting the blood off it.

The mass had begun shrinking, melting like butter.

"Fuck, I need a bath."

He looked towards the water body behind him.

The fishes wouldn’t mind a bloody and naked visitor, right?

The water sloshed around him, turning silver as he washed himself, the sword’s butt kept poking at him as he held onto it not wanting to be caught off guard like earlier.

There should be a way to store it and have it back right?

[yes, there is.]

The write up winked into his vision.

"How?"

[simply hold up the item you wish to store]

K held the short sword and a three boxes appeared beneath it. The first one read ’Would you like to store this item[Short Sword]?’

The other two read ’Yes’ and ’No’ respectively.

Yes.

The sword vibrated in his palm before disappearing into tiny golden cubic fragments.

"How do I get it back?"

[summon your inventory and pick your item of choice]

"How do I do that?"

When he had first gotten the system, he barely had the time to learn its basics but Moe seemed like the perfect time to. Considering it seemed to be the only way pointing to his way out... maybe.

[think of it and it will appear]

He hummed, continued washing and did as the system had suggested.

Inventory.

The interface from before appeared but this time showing his inventory.

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[INVENTORY]

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[01] U’Kan Ring ×9

Description:

Rings belonging to the deceased Vashki, U’Kan Luituka.

Their original owner has been terminated.

Residual spiritual energy detected.

WARNING:

Foreign biological composition detected.

Potential applications:

[craft]

[absorb]

[analyze]

[02] Short Sword x1

Description:

A short sword born of the rings of a mighty Vashki warrior.

(Slash as you please with it...they probably wouldn’t mind.)

[attributes]

Damage: +27

Durability: 120

Weight: Moderate

[skill(s)]

[01] Ring Resonance

Releases a 14m radius burst of shockwave capable of temporarily stunning enemy entities.

Cooldown: 120s

Storage: 10/50

Level up to unlock more space.

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"Huh, it does work."

He waved the interface off and continued washing.

By the time he was done and had made sure he was sparkling clean, he returned back to the fully dissolved mass.

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[EXTRACTION COMPLETE]

[soul fragments obtained x18]

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"What are soul fragments now?"

[soul fragments are tokens you can use to purchase items in store.]

"There’s a store?"

[yes]

"How do I access that?"

[think of it and it will appear]

Store.

[Store is currently unavailable.

Reach Level 5 to unlock.]

[pfft.]

His eye twitched but he suppressed the irritation swelling in his chest.

He had more important things to deal with.

Like finding something to wear.

Yes having air down there was important but he wasn’t sure about having this much air.

If the system had its store unlocked early, he could have probably gotten some clothes.

"Tch."

He kicked the sand and began heading towards the forest. It wouldn’t hurt to explore the forest for a bit.

Maybe he’d find something useful.

The dense forestry opened to a massive clearing.

Groanings came from the surroundings and K quickly dodged.

They sounded like multiple Unascendeds and he wasn’t ready to face them. Not after the nearly exhausting fight he just had.

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[multiple Unascendeds detected]

Step within a Unascended’s detection radius to engage one.

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K groaned and dropped to his knees, crawling away from the sound.

If that one from the beach has detected him from a distance that far then these ones would find it easy to locate him.

Speaking of which, what were these Unascendeds?

What was this place?

Why were they here and why was he here?"

[Unascendeds are Vashki entity’s who had their rings taken from them before their death. They are Vashkis who have been denied entry to the place above the stars.]

He knew they were Vashkis from their looks and build but why did they look like that?

All fused and conjoined.

[Deterioration.]

"Deterioration?"

"M... mommy."

K cursed under his breathe and pressed his back against the prickling bush behind him, switching to a sitting position.

"Shit."

He turned.

And nearly yelled.

Inches from his face stared a Unascended... or was it?

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[Aware Unascended detected]

You have come across a lucid Unascended. Would you like to converse with it?

[Yes] / [No]

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He could speak to it?

Yes.

The Unascended twitched and tilted its head at him.

"You do not belong here."

"Yet here I am."

The creature twitched once more and stood upright.

Unlike the other Unascendeds that had multiple bodies fused together this one had just three.

It walked on a pair of legs while three bodies joined at it’s torso.

"You do not look like one of us yet you speak our song... what are you?"

He was pretty sure he was speaking English, what did it mean by ’speaking their song’?

"How come you’re not like those mindless ones that tried to kill me?"

"I was sent here alongside my friends... brothers? I do not remember but I have not been for very long. The others have deteriorated... and now they hunt to sustain themselves."

"They grow hungry?"

"No, they just enjoy chasing ’prey’. It whiles away time."

"Do you hunt?"

"Not yet. A few more years and I’ll join them... look."

It pointed to its neck where a little porcelain face was starting to grow.

"It’s a baby Miwa... most likely born of a slaved Miwa. It will mature and add to my body."

"Is there no way to stop it?"

"No... not one we know of."

It sounded cruel.

Watching yourself grow into a mindless monster over time.

Watching the inevitable happen.

It was like a second death.

"Will I end up like you?"

"I do not know of that."

"..."

"What are you?"

"Human. I’m a human being, a soldier from planet Meredith born of planet Earth."

"You should hold on to that, lest you forget your purpose."

The Unascended’s body twitched and the two bodies attached to it groaned and came to life. They reached for K from where they were rooted.

"Do not mind them, they won’t harm you. As long as I do not lose my sanity."

"How do I get out of here?"

"You don’t."

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