Bab 45: Chapter: 45
Chapter: 45
[You have completed your mission! You have leveled up! You have received the reward: Perfected Extremis Formula! The Perfected formula is a combination of the super-soldier serum and AIM's Extremis formula.]
Nice! I could either take the formula myself or save it for someone else. I was considering the latter because I didn't exactly need the formula. With Gamer's Body and Twilight Healing, I could already heal from any injury, and the boost to strength wasn't anything groundbreaking for me. If I gave this to someone like Natasha, though, she'd be a force to be reckoned with.
[Congratulations! Angelic Mastery has reached level 3! Light Manipulation has reached level 4! You now have access to Angelic Teleportation and can survive in a vacuum environment indefinitely. Light Magic now costs even less MP to cast!]
That would be incredibly useful for me in the future! Especially for when I'd start venturing out into space! Light Magic being even cheaper was also a big powerup. I was hoping Lightshields cost a lot less now. They were what really drained my MP the most. It made sense though, considering an average Lightshield was basically the size of 25 to 30 Lightspears lined up together.
I checked my current stats to see where I was sitting. One thing I'd figured out was that I grew an extra pair of wings whenever my total MP doubled. For example, I started with 100 MP, but as soon as it hit 200, I became a four-winged Fallen. At 400 MP, I gained another pair of wings. From that, I deduced that at 800 MP, I would gain another pair.
[Name: Layla of the Fallen]
[Title: Angel of Hope]
[Level: 5]
[HP: 3100]
[MP: 560]
[Vigor: 110]
[Strength: 20]
[Intelligence: 56]
[Luck: 20]
[Skills: Observe 1, Angelic Mastery 3, Acting 2, Light Manipulation 4, HP→MP Conversion]
[Perks: Never Tell Me the Odds, Mana Siphoner]
[Drawbacks: Sin of Lust]
[Available Free Stat Points: 10]
Even if I dumped my 10 free stat points into Intelligence, I'd still be only at 660, which was a ways off. Ever since figuring out that Strength also included things like agility and speed, I'd decided not to neglect that stat either. The Winter Soldier's strength stat was at least at 40. He was almost twice as fast as me. I decided to split my free stat points between the two, bringing Strength up to 25 and Intelligence up to 61.
'Hey, System. How exactly do I go about using angelic teleportation?' I asked in my head. The advantage of Angelic Teleportation over the sling ring was that, like apparating, it was instantaneous and could be used mid-combat. Even the best masters of the mystic arts still required a few seconds of concentration to use their sling rings. Doctor Strange had sort of used them in his fights, but it was borderline gimmicky and really only worked because of the plot.
[You simply think about where you want to go and will yourself there. Keep in mind, the further the distance, the more MP will be required. If you use all your MP, you will draw on your HP due to your HP→MP Conversion skill. Don't teleport too far and accidentally give yourself a game over.]
I chuckled at the system's warning. I'd be sure to practice my jumps and make sure to figure out the distance to MP ratio.
"Hey, Layla. You done spacing out over there? What do you want to do with these guys?" Tony asked me as he pointed to the downed Winter Soldier and Aldrich Killian. Everyone else was either dead or had run off. "Also, just so you know... a whole bunch of police are coming to storm this building." Iron Man's faceplate lifted up to reveal Tony's face. He looked a bit worried.
"What's the problem with that?" I asked.
"We kind of just had a full-on battle that involved the deaths of multiple war veterans." Tony explained. "It's not going to be a good publicity look for us. We killed US war heroes… on US soil. Even if they were joining Hydra they hadn't joined yet. The police are absolutely going to try and take us into custody and throw the book at us. Well mostly me actually. You–they'll probably have no idea how to deal with." Tony explained to me. "They might use this as an excuse to try and take my suit from me though." He looked a bit worried.
"Well, shit..." I said. I had forgotten about this point in time. We were still technically in the middle of Iron Man 2 timewise. The US government was trying to take his suit so they could weaponize it. The only reason they didn't in the movies was because their lead man, Justin Hammer, harbored a terrorist that ended up siccing a bunch of murder bots on New York City. Now that Whiplash was dead, Tony wouldn't be able to beat him and 'save the day.'
"Can't we just call SHIELD to tell the police to back off?" I asked.
"SHIELD's kind of in the dog house in the US right now. They've lost a lot of their sway after Alexander Pierce ended up being a confirmed traitor. You know the guy was friends with Peggy Carter and my old man for decades... I never actually knew what SHIELD was, but I still saw the man from time to time at upper echelon social galas." Tony trailed off with a grimace. I wondered if Tony would ever make the connection that Pierce was probably the one to off his parents? It's possible Pierce even tried to subtly have Howard Stark join Hydra and was turned down. That would have led to Howard being 'silenced.'
"We'll just have to sneak out of here then," I said. 'This is where I really could use a stealth skill...' I thought with some expectation.
[I can't just give you a skill unless you're doing something involving it. If you want a stealth skill, go try and steal some things without getting caught.]
'Fine.' I supposed it couldn't be that convenient.
"Yeah. I guess we could try and sneak out of here. I can have Jarvis delete all the security footage." Tony suggested. "I can actually hear the sirens now though. We better leave fast." Tony was correct, the police sirens did sound close. And it sounded like there were a lot of them. There were a whole lot of explosions coming from this building a few minutes ago to be fair…
I had an idea. I pulled out my sling ring and hoped that with my intelligence now over 60, I could get that damn thing to work. "I'm going to try opening a portal a few blocks away from here," I explained. "I don't know how long I'll be able to hold it open for you, so run through with the soldier and Aldrich. I'll follow after."
Tony nodded and slung the two of them over his shoulders. I started going through the circular hand motions that had failed me numerous times in training. Thankfully though, they weren't failing me now. The portal was forming slowly and shakily, but it was forming. It took about 20 seconds, but I eventually made it large enough for him to pass through.
"Go now!" I shouted, and Tony bolted through with the pair. I jumped through the portal right after him. A split second later, the shaky thing collapsed. "Whoo! Teleportation! That's what I'm talking about!" I cheered out loud. We exited in a back alley a few blocks away from AIM's headquarters. I could still hear the sirens in the distance, but we were well out of their current police cordon perimeter.
Tony just gave me a deadpan look. "You're gonna have to work on that. You were barely able to open a portal a few blocks away and were supposed to be going to other planets at some point."
I pouted in response. "Now that I've gotten it to work in the first place, it shouldn't take long before I can start opening portals all over the world. Just you wait; pretty soon I'll have this ability mastered."
Tony nodded. "I'll hold you to it then. Happy is on his way with the limo. I'll throw the two Nazis in the trunk and make our inconspicuous getaway. I already have Jarvis establishing an alibi for us as we speak."
A few minutes later, Happy showed up with the limo. I healed the Winter Soldier up a bit before we tossed him in the back with Aldrich. I didn't want him dying from the final stab I hit him with. He was completely out of stamina to heal it.
"All right then," Tony said as he and I hopped in. "Next stop... huh? Where should we go?" He turned and asked me.
I took a second to ponder. "I guess we can head to the Sanctum. The Sorceress Supreme should be able to help the Winter Soldier break Hydra's mind control."
"The Winter Soldier is under mind control?" Tony asked.
"Yep, allow me to introduce you to Sergeant Bucky Barnes." I exclaimed and laughed at Tony's shocked look. As we drove to Bleeker Street I started explaining Bucky and Steve's story to Tony. I tried to make it as compelling and tragic as possible. In the event that Tony ever found out Bucky killed his parent's, maybe he'd hesitate and not immediately try to get revenge on the man. Was I being a bit manipulative here with my friend? Yes, but I knew if I didn't do this we'd end up in Civil War which was the last thing any of us needed.
[Acting has Leveled up to 3!]
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Bab 46: Chapter: 46
Chapter: 46
It had been a week since the crazy excursion to AIM. I hadn't heard much from anyone since. Tony and SHIELD had gone radio silent. To be honest, that was perfectly fine by me. I could let them deal with the remnants of that fiasco. I had more important things to do myself. Mainly, I was finally in the process of finally getting my own place! Even if it was a bit slow going…
"So what do you think about this abode? Isn't it just…grand?" My realtor asked me hesitantly as she spread her arms wide and gestured all around the apartment. It was large, I'd give her that at least. It also looked like it was infested with fleas and may have been a meth lab at one point as well. This was definitely another no from me though. I was starting to lose faith in the competency of my realtor. She was clearly fresh out of whatever made-up little college realtors went to because she was doing a terrible job. She was cute though, which is mainly why I picked her.
[You trusted your horniness and it backfired on you.]
The system had hit the nail on the head. 'Pretty much yeah.'
"Listen, um…" Crap, I forgot her name. I'd been too busy staring at her ass as she took me from one shitty apartment to the next. I couldn't help it though. There were literally dozens of experienced realtors in New York I could have gone with, but I let my horniness choose for me and it picked the dumb hot blond. Now I was paying for it as she kept taking me to all these should-be-condemned apartments that had absolutely none of the specifications I'd given her.
"Karen, my name is Karen." she answered enthusiastically. "And is this not what you're looking for again?" She asked with a pout. As she asked that, a cockroach crawled out of the nearby floorboard and scurried between her feet. She glanced at it for a moment before turning back to me like that didn't just happen. "It may have a small bug problem, but that's easily remedied."
"Right… Karen. I told you what I was looking for in an apartment. You know… a high-rise with lots of square footage that overlooked the city. I told you money was no option as well," I explained. And where had she taken me currently? We were in some flea-ridden damp hideaway in the middle of a neighborhood where people don't go outside at night. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if her car was being broken into right now because she parked it right out front.
She bit her lip and had a sad look on her face. "I'm sorry, I just started at my agency, and they only give me access to the crummier listings! It's either this place or Wilson Fisk's old penthouse! And I don't think you'd want to live there! He was a major criminal after all." She explained.
Wilson Fisk? The Kingpin!? The penthouse of a man who ran a criminal empire sounded pretty good to me! It must be absolutely decked out with all kinds of amazing things. "Why didn't you start with that!?" I exclaimed. "Let's go there right now!" I said excitedly as I grabbed her and dragged her out of this dump and back towards her car.
"Wah…" I didn't give her time to protest as I wanted out of this insect ridden building asap. When exited the run down building, to my not-surprise, her car was currently being broken into.
"Hey, get away from my car, you hooligans, before I call the police!" Karen shouted at four teens that were surrounding her car. One of them carrying a portable tire jack. Wow, they were really planning on stealing her tires in broad daylight. The four of them startled at being caught. They started to run away when they heard the word 'police' at least.
"Fuck you, Karen! Stay out of our neighborhood!" One of the teens yelled out as they all ran away. That was extremely rude and yet pretty much what I'd expected from this neighborhood.
"How did they know my name?" She turned to me and asked.
"I think they were just calling you a Karen in general…" I said and she pouted.
…
"Whoa, this place is awesome! You should have taken us here first," I exclaimed as I looked over the Kingpin's old penthouse. It really did have everything. It was three floors totaling over 10k square feet. The lowest floor had an actual indoor pool and a full gym. The middle floor had every kind of entertainment room you could think of, including a small movie theater and a bowling alley. The top floor was the residential with a bunch of large bedrooms and a high-rise view that overlooked all of the city. It was definitely the height of luxury. The rent was also 20k a month… but I had that million from Tony that should last me a while. It's not like I'd ever be hurting for money as a Gamer anyway.
"I'm glad you like it…" Karen said with a strained smile. "...are you sure you want this place, though? It belonged to Mr. Fisk. He's been in prison for a year now, but I heard he was getting out soon. He might want his home back and will be displeased if someone took it from him." She explained to me. I feel like there was more info there that she wasn't sharing, but I honestly didn't care. Wilson Fisk had the best penthouse in the city and soon it would be all mine! No way I was giving it up! I'd like to see him try and take it back.
"Yes, I'm absolutely sure. Where do I sign, and when can I move in?" I asked her.
"Well okay then." Her frown turned to a smile as she reached into her bag and pulled out the source of all the world's evil…paperwork.
Karen and I spent the next few hours going over the dreaded paperwork and my name was put on the lease. This place was awesome, and I wanted to emulate Tony and buy this whole building outright one day soon. But for that, I'd first need quite a bit more money. On the upside, I was able to move into my new place today. I'd finally be done with constant hotel hopping. I could finally have my own place away from all the prying eyes…
I'm pretty sure multiple government agencies had bugged every single hotel room I had stayed in the past few days. I'd also noticed myself being tailed by the 'men in black' every time I'd gone out and explored the city this week. I definitely was not existing incognito. I could understand where they were coming from. I was a Biblical Angel with a pretty high body count just meandering my way around the human world as if that was perfectly normal. My existence probably terrified all the government big wigs.
That didn't stop people on the streets from occasionally swarming me for autographs and photos though. I'd actually taken to wearing large sunglasses and big hats to try and hide myself when I went outside at this point. I needed to learn some illusion magic. The only people I could think of that were any good at that were Loki and Frigga though. I wouldn't even be able to get to Asgard until Thor officially started.
"Okay, and with this all completed, you are all set," Karen said as she finished organizing all the completed paperwork and handed me a set of keys. "Here are your keys; it was a pleasure helping you find your home, Miss Layla. Would you mind if I listed you as one of my clients on my profile? It would really help my career if people knew I was the realtor of such a big celebrity…"
I told her it was fine and thanked her again as she left. Once she was gone, I went all around and admired 'MY' penthouse. I giggled at the thought of such a luxurious place all to myself
"Now then…" I muttered out loud. "I wonder if good ol' Wilson Fisk kept any secret safes full of money or jewels anywhere in this place?" Although it was possible the police found them all when they raided it and took him into custody a year ago.
[Quest Started! -This is Mine Now!- →Discover Wilson Fisk's secret safe that is hidden somewhere in his old penthouse! What treasures could be inside?]
[Reward: ??? and ???]
"Now that's what I'm talking about. Treasure Hunt!"
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