C74: Sealed Skills. Breaking the Rules.
Alright, we're back. It's been a 'month'. I had a nice break, got some chapters done in the meantime which means I'm less pressured with the next chapter but keeping my schedule consistent like how I did before is still important unless I want to fall behind again.
6/2/26
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With Magical creator reached, I then proceed forward and use another 10.5m to evolve that skill into Life creator which then immediately was sealed away by the system as from the tiny tidbit that I could understand. I can make life, false life sure, but it is life.
[Host does not meet requirements to utilize Life Creator. For Hosts own good, the skill has been sealed but all subskills that function as an upgrade to Magical creator will still be provided]
Reading the message and the flow of knowledge into my head. I make sense of what this all means. It's essentially Humunculi like full metal alchemist where I use magic formulas to create anything I want instantly through imprints on the ground or anvil. With the snap of my fingers…just like the anime. At least for some people that did heinous shit or Roy Mustang since he has the alchemy mark on his gloves.
Though the real interesting part is the fact that my skill got sealed. That means that while I can still create some busted as fuck shit. It's limited in flow due to the fact that I'm missing a few skills that provide my creations their own comprehensive sentience. Yet I can still make golems and issue commands to them that allow them to follow orders.
So I do what any sensible pervert would do. I make a golem….but sexy.
Out of pure spite, I try to replicate 2b because of course I would. There was just one problem. One is I don't have human skin to properly give my new golem which I had made with tons of metal from hundreds of weapons that I had scrapped and reforged into her image. The second was the lack of programming.
The programming was the bigger issue here as I could just find a beast and skin it. Of course after getting rid of all the hair first. The alternative to this would be to return to the nightmare and continue what other mad hunters do there and skin other hunters and beasts.
As I'm pretty sure, that would in fact make me totally mad, I choose to avoid this option.
So it's back to the drawing board until I realize that I could actually buy a fake clone of myself, which I did, proceeded to 'skin' myself and then used magic to make that same skin, prettier and softer. Then I placed that on the robot before further using magic to reshape the skin so it didn't look like me anymore.
And presto, 2B is ready. Except she isn't. I need to give her her programming.
"Please don't be C#, id much prefer C++, it's what I learned first…..what the fuck. Full voice activation only. Fuck, where is my paper. I need to write this shit down so I don't randomly stutter and then have to redo hundreds of lines of 'code'." I mutter under my breath with sheer annoyance.
As for why I need hundreds of lines of code. It's because I am….cheating the system. It doesnt want me to create life. Then im gonna fuck it up and do it anyways. But the actual logic im using it's hundreds of conditional statement which in the previously mentioned codes, are IF, while, when and For statements. Through this arrangement, I slowly work to create the personality of the Original 2B though as a blank slate. I would still have to teach her how to wield weapons and hunt but at least she would have the basics down as described by my newfound memories that I got from Ludwig.
[Greatsword mastery level 18 inherited from Ludwig The Beastly Sword Saint.]
[Long sword mastery level 15 inherited from Ludwig The Beastly Sword Saint.]
[Nox-hunter Physique leveled up due to accumulated experience. Level 4->level 5]
From Ludwig, I mostly got a bunch of information on a variety of weapons as well as miscellaneous information which leveled up my knowledge skill which was still set to level 3 up until now. It's now level 6 and still nothing seems different. As for my physique, That was as a result of the old ass skill Lesser Energy flow which had still been chugging away at my stamina this entire time to upgrade my body. It finally did its job.
One thing I did notice was that any information that Ludwig had about my identity was somehow censored out. So I still don't know my name.
Throughout this entire time in the Dream. The Doll has been giving me some very strange looks, though it turned to supposed understanding once I described that I'm making a battle automata to help me hunt beasts. She did not judge me for the fact that I somehow had a clone of myself nor that I made the robot with a cute face, relatively nice breasts and thick ass with even thicker thighs. At least, I hope she doesnt look at me weird anymore.
I made sure to burn my clone to ash as its lidless eyes were very creepy even if they didn't move. Thankfully there was no sudden eye movement as it was burned to ash. I even stored the ashes away just in case which doubly confirmed that it was it's ashes and not magically replaced at the last moment by whatever is supporting the dream plane.
I continue my work with my golem for what seems like days as I write and rewrite the 'code' for her…it. The more I work on this, the more I regret my actions as any sexual attraction fades away due to the knowledge of how I created her. So reworked her once more, took out all the actual sex stuff and just made her pretty before finally submitting the code to her…ever. Single. Word.
An entire 1913 words to set her up. With a snap of my fingers, I used bolt/Lightning to awaken her core which was a heavily modified bolt engine like for the Tontritus but this one I made sure was self activating to ensure constant flow. I had to make it super tiny but also durable as I wasn't sure how much she would get injured. Removing the sex stuff also ensured that I had enough space for it all.
Magic baby. Runic encryptions rock. Oh yea, the runes came as part of the whole Magical Creator pack but it got a huge augment from Life creator, though that is also where the whole seal comes in as it locked away a few key runes that I needed to grant proper hassless life. Maybe amongst it all was the Polymorphy rune which would have simplified the creation process completely and not killing my boner completely.
Her eyes shimmer on as the teal blue eyes showcase the sense of light of consciousness. Her fingers clench and unclench as she undergoes a 'diagnostics check' to understand her body now. With the bit of code I had set up and using wind magic to quietly talk to her. I 'help' her get sorted out and finally give her her mission.
"Assist the nameless hunter, a human against the plague that has spread throughout an ancient human city by the name of Yharnam." The 'emotionless' voice in her 'head' gives her her directive.
"Understood" she voices out as she puts on her one piece suit which lies beside her. The messengers even tried to help a bit by lifting up the edges of it so she could grab it easier. She looks at them weirdly but it's not imperative to her directive yet.
Once dressed, she comes towards me, She places her hand over the majority of her chest, hovering just above the heart. "Yorha model, 2B at your service. Glory to Mankind" She addresses me and I just nod as I'm not sure how I should respond here.
"Hmm." I simply state in return before explaining. "While you were updating. I took the liberty of upgrading your equipment. Your virtuous Contract and Virtuous Treaty are ready and able to fight."
"I see" She states in a firm but emotionless tone as she ties up her eyes, though I had made sure to place runic engravings related to my own skill of wind sensing to ensure she could still see without her eyes.
The same was true of her weapons which had been enhanced with the magical version of her force slash as a wind blade.
"Did my Pod make it here too?" She questions as she sheathes the weapons on her back like I do as my Magic Creator skillset helped me learn that little tidbit. I nod before pointing at her, or rather at her weapons.
"They should be stronger than they were before. Originally I made them lighter and stronger but. Unfortunately, your support pod could not come here in one piece, so I had integrated it into your weapons as well." I lie as easily as I breathe.
"It should have the ability to watch your back as well as fire projectiles over your shoulder. I was able to split it between your weapons so you would have two companions rather than just one. They may talk to each other once in a while so don't pay that any mind.
"The damages had affected its memory bank as well as its personality matrix. Treat it as if making a new companion who will fight by your side. Be wary though, I took the liberty of introducing a human element into their settings, treat their words with a grain of salt lest you be misled." I introduce the weapon spirits as a split consciousness of her original pod. Naturally I couldn't be sure of their personality when I ingrained them into these weapons. Ill be able to understand more from trial and error as I put them into my own weapons during the enchanting process.
For now, I spend the next half an hour introducing her to the dream, Yharnam, the beasts that roam as well as answering her many questions which had been a disguise for me to 'update' her personality. Then there were the messengers which she seems to share a high affinity with as they sprout out and create temporary lanterns for her and just her. I don't know how that works but I think it might be due to her innocence but I can't be sure since they don't talk to me…much, at least no proper words. Regardless, I warn her of the official locations and to be careful of mental corruption.
For now, I set her loose in Central Yharnam, I warn her about the hole near the burned down clinic as it leads to a poisonous swamp with still hundreds of snakes around and I'm not sure her robotic form would be immune to poison like a pokemon game.
Yea I cleared out most of the human enemies but there are still the dogs on the way to the sewer pit with crows, pigs and the washed up undead creatures whose name I keep forgetting since they only show up a whole 2 times in the whole world.
Overall, it had been a productive day. I leveled up my mind skill and could defend against my own variation of mental corruption. I then upgraded my crafting skill and made an full on robot with human skin which I will not be fucking at all.
Though of course the system has something to say about my new creation. A title and two achievements. Well, one and a half achievements.
[For finding a glitch in the system. The host has been rewarded. Curious George has leveled up. Rank 5- 50% but mirror Man +5% of total stats retained out of bounds.]
[Sealed or Unsealed? (Achievement): Breaking the rules is fun, especially when it comes at the systems expense. We acknowledge that it isn't fair to the host to seal away something the host has worked hard on to level up and evolve but rules are the rules. Reward-Skill: Sealed state]
[Sealed state (skill) : skill owner may temporarily seal away a skill to whatever level and how long they wish. When unsealed, the sealed levels will return with a 1.5x boost to the skills level for however long they were sealed. This can be applied to multiple skills at the same time.]
"Permission to bust?" I say with full seriousness as I immediately apply this to everything. Not for the sake of actually nerfing myself but I'm not busy right now so I can just unseal it later once I actually start fighting anything again. There are also a few things I want to test. But first, there is the actual new title.
[Cheater (title): A reward provided after reaching rank 5 with Curious George. Having the ability to abuse the system to this level showcases a strange persistence in not following the rules. Active: 2x damage boost to all sources (giving and receiving), double all resources gained. Passive- +5% more xp to all skills regardless of self understood xp system.]
"I was originally going to talk about how im such a good boy in both my lifetimes. So it's actually the system's fault for making the current me the nugget man. Besides, is the system mocking me for my assumption of how I have to follow the racial and physique status in leveling my skills. I mean, it works so I haven't had a reason to think otherwise. So it is trying to throw me off on a loop."
"I refuse. And sides, it seems to come down to this."
"It's the system's fault for bringing me to this specific night of the hunt. It's the system's fault for combining the memory of these two hunters. It's the system's fault for making me retarded. It's the system's fault for liking men. It's the system's fault for serving a gay elder god. It's the system's fault for cheating me in the first place. It's the systems fault for turning me from an introvert into an extrovert. It's the system's fault for giving me these skills that make me do heinous shit."
"What I mean by all this, 'it's not my fault'. " I spread my hands out, palms up beside my waist with a ever present smile on my face.
[Due to faulty mental state. Nugget Man has evolved into Im Retarded and I know It. active: Gain double insight from all sources (stacks with passive). Insight can not go below 400. Passive: +10 insight to all gained insight. Insight multiplier based on current insight held. 1x for 0-100, 2x for 101-200. 3x for 201-300, 4x for 301-400, 5x for 401-500….]
I lift my spread hands up to my shoulders before shrugging. "Fair enough"
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