บท 270: Not-so-friendly locals...
Afton continued to circle around the building until he spotted something strange... A group of what looked like people were huddled around something amongst some blue grass... They numbered around ten people and all wore goggles atop their bald shaved heads, even the females were entirely void of hair.
Some wore just underwear and a t-shirt, while others were wearing thicker clothes, heavy overalls. That wasn't what intrigued Afton the most however, no, that honour belonged to their weaponry. Most held some sort of firearm, but others wielded strange melee weapons.
They looked like axes, but their blades were made from blue light, it looked somewhat holographic, yet he could tell they were very sharp, and most likely very effective against most materials.
Afton had no idea what they were, why there were here, or whether or not they'd be hostile... So, he decided to check one over with his [Living Anatomy] Perk.
[Lobotomite]
Health : 99%
Stamina : 99%
DT : 6
Strength : 7
Perception : 5
Endurance : 7
Charisma : 5
Intelligence : 1
Agility : 7
Luck : 1
Ailments :
[Lobotomite] : Brain has been extracted, rendering the 'skinvelope' as intelligent as a baby... Without a brain. The bodies reflexes and muscle memory are still active however. Sets Intelligence to 1.
[Unfortunate soul] : Fate has decreed that this person will not live a happy life, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Sets Luck to 1.
Afton's surprised upon reading the status, these people were like him. People who'd had their brains extracted by Dala and the Think Tank. He stands from where he'd been hiding and observing them and slowly walks towards them, his hands raised pacifyingly. "Hello!?" he asks, finally catching the groups attention.
The group stop huddling over whatever the object of interest was and slowly stand, allowing Afton to see nine broken chips of some sort. Probably the personality chips belonging to the Sink.
"I come in peace, I too was attacked by the-"
*Bang!Bang!Bang!*
[John Wick Style is in effect]
Afton ducks just in time as the Lobotomites start shooting at him. "What the fuck!" He shouts as he throws himself behind cover, unholstering That Gun and Lucky from his hip. "You better stop firing or I'm going to blow whatever brains you have left into fertiliser!"
Obviously, his threat achieves nothing and they continue to advance on his position. Had Afton still had a regular modern-day moral compass, he'd have tried a lot harder to reason with them... But, as they say, the Wasteland changes you.
A shadow encroaches on his position and Afton can see them getting ready to swing one of those futuristic axes down at him. Before whoever it is gets a chance, Afton springs out of cover, slamming his foot into the handle of the axe to stop its swing and firing a shot into the enemies face.
Their skull explodes under the force of the bullet but Afton doesn't let the body drop just yet. Instead he grabs it across the chest and uses it as a meat-shield while firing at its comrades. Bullets impact the body he was holding up, by he manages to kill five more Lobotomites.
Only four were left now, all of which were charging him with the holo-axe-things. Lucky was now out of ammo, so he holsters it and picks up the axe his meat-shield had dropped earlier.
He fires That Gun at one of the approaching Lobotomites which instantly kills them and blocks another's axe with his own. Headbutting them afterwards and causing them to stumbled backwards from the force of the strike. His 12 Strength made him stronger than any human could ever hope to be, so his headbutt just now had probably fractured the Lobotomites skull.
Still, the three remaining enemies advanced on his position. He raises That Gun to finish them off but is unable to as he hears something behind him.
*BARK!*
Before he's able to turn around to see what it was, he's thrown off of his feet and over the Lobomite's attempting to attack him. The sheer force of whatever had just hit him, making him dizzy momentarily due to the sudden change in his position. If only his [Stonewall] Perk worked outside of melee attacks.
[Grit is in effect]
He uses VATS to stop time and observe what'd just attacked him, his eyes locking onto the new enemy that was behind the three lobotomites... A cyber dog?
Afton was already familiar with Cyberdogs in general, the Brotherhoods database had fairly detailed logs on them. The NCR made good use of them in close-quarter combat, so the Paladins made sure we knew how to fight them. He'd even met one before, the King's dog called Rex, it was friendly and seemed quite strong, not something a regular person would want to fight...
Unfortunately, he'd never read anything in the logs, nor heard anything about them being able to blow people off of their feet. The two approaching Cyberdogs in question had large portions of their anatomy replaced by machinery, their heads having large glass domes on their containing their visible brains.
The domes glowed a dark orange, and drool dripped from their maws as they looked in his direction... Afton stopped VATS and leapt to his feet, quickly firing the remaining four shots in That Gun at the leftmost Cyberdog.
But he's forced to watch his bullet ping off of the dog's brain-dome in mild-horror... Since when could those things deflect bullets! He mentally screams. Before he's able to reload his gun, the Lobotomites charge him, seeming to break out of the daze of seeing him thrown over their heads.
Afton quickly holsters the gun and holds the holo-axe-thing in both hands, his stance correcting itself due to his maxed out Melee Weapons skill. "Come get some you Goggle-wearing freaks!" he shouts, dodging to the side to avoid an axe and then ducking under the next.
He quickly slashes the axe at one of the Lobotomite's extended arms, the axe easily cutting it clean off. As if he were wielding a lightsaber. He grabs the dropped axe and backs away with both weapons ready.
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บท 271: Beast Brawl
Afton glances between the two healthy lobotomites, the one missing an arm, and the two cyberdogs glaring at him behind the lobotomites. He didn't really know if they'd continue shooting sonic blasts at him or simply charge his position... He wasn't exactly looking forward to seeing how painful their enhanced bites would feel.
The lobotomite whose arm he'd cut off seemed to be in a lot of pain, but wasn't losing all that much blood. He wasn't lying when he'd said these weapons were like lightsabers. Their wound had been cauterized by his simple slash...
The lobotomite in question seemed to shrug off the pain however, picking up another dropped holo-axe-thing with the remaining arm and charging him, the other two seemingly allowing them to test the waters.
Afton dodged backwards to avoid the wild slash and chops down in anticipation of the next, freeing the lobotomite of their other hand. Not wasting any time, he uses his other axe and slashes the lobotomite at the waist, cutting them completely in half...
He didn't even have time to be surprised at the sheer power of these weapons as he was forced to throw himself to the side axe two more shockwaves shot by the cyberdogs pass his position. Once he was out of his roll the two other lobotomites were already upon him.
Afton blocked one attack by locking the axe handles together, and was forth to do the same for the next attack. His arms were restrained while trying to hold back the attacks of both lobotomites, if he didn't have 13 Strength right now the enemy would be overpowering him.
While he's preparing to throw them off of him he's stuck in the side by a punch, one of the lobotomite's taking the opportunity to attack around the axe. In response, Afton slams his foot down on their knee, breaking it inwards in a spectacularly disgusting fashion.
Just as he was about to take advantage of the now crippled enemy, he notices the cyberdogs running towards him. "HAARRRGH!" he cries as he forces the enemies back wit hall his strength, throwing them off of their feet from the sheer force of it.
Immediately afterwards he turns towards the cyberdogs that were slowly circling him as if they were wolves and he was prey... They were definitely smarter than your average dog, or average cyberdog for that matter.
He holds both axes in a ready stance as he slowly turns to face them, idling noting that the dogs were separating and beginning to flank him. He glances towards where the lobotomites were and notes that the still healthy one was getting to their feet-
The cyberdog, either noticing his attention being elsewhere or just losing their patience finally snarl and charge him. Afton had expected this and prepares to slam his axes into the dog and hopefully cut them in two.
But before the dog is in range it stops back quickly backs away again... His eyes widen when he realises what it's plan is-
*BARK!*
Again, he's thrown through the air, wildly spinning as if he'd been hit by a sportscar. He doesn't lose concentration though, even if he was feeling slightly nauseous. He concentrates on the cyberdog as he flies over it, prepared to slash at it when he hits the ground.
*SLAM!*
"OOF!" he lands with a groan, and can already hear the cyberdogs paws pattering across the stone. He waits for couple more moments before swinging an axe in its position, feeling a small amount of resistance as he hears a pained yelp.
Turning towards it, he spots the attacking cyberdog that'd had half of its body cut off at an angle. He wastes no time and slashes an axe past its head, putting it out of its misery as he looks towards the remaining cyberdog and lobotomite.
Seeing them somewhat apprehensive about approaching him, he lets the axes clatter to the ground and drops to his knee while pulling his Anti-Material rifle off of his back. Seeing this the enemy breaks into a sprint towards him, but they are unable to stop him from firing a couple of shots.
*BAAANG!!*
A 50. calibre bullet tears through the brain dome of the remaining cyberdog, passing through its head, and continuing into its torso, causing so much damage that even a necromancer wouldn't attempt to bring it back.
Quickly, he pulls the bolt and prepares another shot, aiming it directly at the chest of the approaching lobotomite...
*BAANG!!*
The sheer force of the bullet throws them backwards, a huge hole forming where their heart used to be. They fall lifelessly to the ground, their heart, spine, and most of their lungs having been unceremoniously removed.
Afton grins as he discharges the empty 50. cal shell via the bolt, afterwards slinging the weapon back over his shoulder to be ready for further use in future if he needed it. He gets to his feet and draws Lucky and starts reloading it, opening the wheel and sliding .357 rounds into their respective housing.
He walks over to the crippled lobotomite who was still for some reason, trying to crawl towards him. He points the gun at their head and executes them without any fanfare, granting the blue grass more sustenance via whatever fluids leak into the earth.
Now with the enemies dead, Afton is able to take a look at the futuristic axes the enemy had been wielding... He picks one up and slowly examines it, only now noticing a hidden button on the side. He presses it and causes the blue holo-blade to cut out, leaving just a metal handle... Raising a brow, he uses his inventory to get the proper stats of the weapon.
[Proton axe]
Strength req : 5
DMG : 50
Crit dmg : 25
Crit mult : x1
AP : 22
Weight : 8
Value : 6000
Special : +50 damage against robots outside Big MT, +20 damage against Big MT robots and power armour.
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