Chương 21: New Problems

Night Shadow's arm transformed upon his command and the liquid from the floor disappeared. Night Shadow felt some of the missing part of his arm being refilled and he smiled.

'At least that went well'

With renewed determination, Night Shadow stood up with all his strength when he was hit from behind. Night Shadow fell to the ground on his "stomach" as he saw a familiar person coming from behind him. Night Shadow looked at the person and it was the king.

The king was in a disheveled figure with his clothes in tatters and his silver hair in an untidy manner and looked nothing more than a beggar. Compared to the justice aura the king was radiating before, the evil and sinister aura was much more suited for him.

The "king" was also breathing heavily but was still standing with a blood-covered spear in his left hand. Night Shadow looked around and saw another spear laying a few spaces in front of him. Night Shadow tried lifting himself up but found his body back on the ground with a foot on his back. Night Shadow tried lifting himself up once more but couldn't anymore.

The "king", with heavy breath, said, "Night Shadow...you gave...me so...much...trouble and now...I...am going...to pay it back"

Night Shadow looked at the king and said nothing. The king moved towards Night Shadow's right side and put his hands and pushed with all his power. Night Shadow felt some force from his side but, as expected, Night Shadow didn't even bulge and the "king" became even more tired. The "king" became too tired and sat down right beside Night Shadow.

Night Shadow asked, "What...do you w...want from me?"

The "king" looked at Night Shadow with a victorious smile and said, "All...I...want is...your...core...and...to stop...you f...from taking...the shard..."

The "king" said this and smiled evilly. Night Shadow was surprised to hear that but became a bit annoyed. If there was one thing Night Shadow had to do, he will do it. But Night Shadow had a question and what better time to ask.

"Why...do you...want my core?"

The "king" looked at Night Shadow as if he was stupid.

"For the money...of course...where...do you t...think...I got...all this...position and...my wealth...from?"

Night Shadow thought about it for sometime before becoming angry. When the Cybertronians saved the Aerilians from extinction, they also left some transformers with them in case some race attacks the Aerilian. When this "king" was given the king position, he probably killed them and took their cores. Night Shadow was furious and asked another question.

"Where...did you...sell the...cores...?"

The "king" looked at Night Shadow and replied...

"I sold...the cor...cores at...the Alliance...Hub"

When Night Shadow heard the answer, he immediately memorized the place where the cores were sold. Night Shadow smiled evilly when he thought of visiting that place. Night Shadow looked at the "king" and became angry. Although he was not familiar with the bots who were killed by the king, their race was the same as Night Shadow. Suddenly, Night Shadow got a lot of strength and stood up with almost no effort.

With this power, he looked at the king with anger and converted his left arm like a sword, and chopped the king's head. The look on the king's face was full of shock as the king's head rolled and the body fell on the back. Night Shadow was surprised at the power he got but did not waste any time thinking about it and started using his full speed to run towards the shard. The distance between the shard and Night Shadow decreased and when Night Shadow was just an arm's length away, he tripped and fell down. The last thing he heard before his vision blackened was the sound of a ding in his head.

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After a long time, Night Shadow's eyes opened slowly, and looked around as he tried to take in the scene in front of him. He was currently in an ice cube and was floating in...space? Night Shadow tried to move but he couldn't.

'Of course '

Night Shadow transferred the heat from inside his body to outside and started melting the ice surrounding him. It took him a whole 5 minutes before the job was done and he was free. He told the system to show the messages he didn't see before and looked at the messages with interest.

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[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a piece of the Allspark(2/75)]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for gaining the title - Destroyer of Planets]

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Night Shadow did not know what "Title" meant and asked the system about it. The system only replied by showing...

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[Name: Night Shadow

Level: 110(12,750/947,900)

Race: Carbon-based(Human)

Points: 60,502,600

Attributes: STR 1,425, DEX 1,440, INT 1,350, LUCK 790, SPD 1,435

Stat Points: 9690

Skill: Shoot lvl 102(602/1020), Deconstruction lvl 50(1150/1200), Absorption lvl 50(1150/1200), Basic Machinery, Basic Circuitry,...

Transformation: Human, Black Demon Jet, Dragon Beast

Storage: Vision sensors, Core Hyphaetalia, Core Drake, metallic crates,...

Wheel of Fortune: 0

Titles: Destroyer of Planets

Time until war: 11 years 24 days 2 hours]

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Night Shadow was surprised. He never expected to reach level 100+ so easily but after looking at the XP needed for the next level, he could only sigh. He had some questions and started asking the system.

'System, what does the title do?'

[Nothing, host]

Night Shadow found the answer quite stupid but continued asking the questions nonetheless.

'System, how did I earn this title?'

[The piece of Allspark, that the host had taken recently, was the source of life for that race...When the host took it, the source of life vanished, and the planets started crumbling...Due to destroying many planets, the host earned the title]

Suddenly, Night Shadow had a bad feeling about something but he couldn't tell what. Night Shadow all around him and saw nothing on the radar, so he ignored the feeling and asked the last question.

'System, if I had killed the race, wouldn't I have earned a lot of XP? Where has the remaining XP gone'

[Replying to the host...We have it]

Night Shadow was confused when he felt a sudden change of tone in the system's answer. The voice was of a male and a female combined that made it sound evil and powerful. That was the last thing Night Shadow heard before pain invaded him.

The pain was very extreme and was something Night Shadow had never felt before as he twitched in space due to the pain. Night Shadow tried enduring the pain but he was failing to do so. Night Shadow couldn't understand how could feel pain but it was not the time to think about it. Ice was freezing on his body and he simply could not do anything. He was helpless. He hated this control over him. He hated the helpless feeling that he facing right now but was tortured by the pain.

The pain continued for a long time before coming to a stop. Night Shadow had already "passed" out due to pain and was just floating in space towards nowhere. The purple light in his eyes was gone and he looked like a dead robot. His body seemed to be camouflaged with the surroundings while his body was being covered with ice.

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After a long time...

On a planet filled with waste, inside one of the mountains of garbage, was an unmoving black-colored, 32 feet robot. Its eyes suddenly shone purple as it looked around. The robot tried to move but it couldn't move, no matter how much effort was put. That robot was none other than Night Shadow.

He just woke from his "sleep" and was trying to figure out where he was until he realized he couldn't move. He put more effort but he wouldn't even budge. Night Shadow calmed down and thought about the last thing he remembers. He could recall the pain he felt before he shut down.

Night Shadow looked inside his body and found the problem. Everything inside his body was frozen and his body temperature was rising albeit slowly. Night Shadow couldn't do anything but wait for the temperature to rise before melting the ice in his body. While waiting, Night Shadow thought about where he was. He had already switched on his night vision and could only see a lot of waste things around him.

Night Shadow seemed to remember something and asked, 'System, are you there?'

[Yes, host]

Night Shadow gave a sigh of relief but became alert at the same moment. Although he had a feeling there was nothing wrong with the system, there was no harm in being careful. So Night Shadow thought of questions and started asking.

'System, where am I?'

[The host is currently on Planet G-4X1]

Night Shadow did not know which planet this was but did not stop asking questions.

'System, what was that voice, and how long was I out?'

[That was the "Glitch", a bug that steals XP from system users...The host was in the shutdown mode for 10 years]

Night Shadow's eyes widened when he heard the system's answer.

'10 years?! What the hell!! And there are other system users?!'

[The host is correct]

Night Shadow's "mind" exploded while trying to digest the shocking information the system just told. He never imagined that there were other people who had systems like him. Night Shadow told the system to show the messages he had missed and there was only 1 sentence which was enough to blow his mind.

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[The Allspark is now missing]

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Night Shadow fell in a daze but was pulled out of it when he heard something approach his location.

Whooooo~

Night Shadow heard the air being blown as the thing approached his location. Night Shadow also saw that his temperature was almost back to normal and he immediately started melting his frozen body. Night Shadow switched on his radar and saw a small dot coming towards him. He started melting the ice in hopes of defending if the thing attacks him.

He started from his right hand to his left hand, left leg, right leg, and finally his body. It took him a few seconds to do this before the small dot on the radar just went past his location. Night Shadow moved his fingers and never felt so happy in his life. Night Shadow tried standing but he was covered by lots and lots of garbage. So, got an idea and waited for the right moment.

When the thing was far enough, Night Shadow punched the garbage around him and the garbage flew at the impact. Night Shadow kept punching, again and again, to clear the path and was finally out in a minute or so.

When he came out all he saw was a grey sky and garbage all around him. The mountains of garbage were so tall, Night Shadow couldn't even see the ends of it. It was a dull place and the grey sky only made the surrounding duller. There were no stars so Night Shadow could only use the night vision to see.

He also saw a path that had tire markings on it. It meant that the path led to someplace and Night Shadow wanted to know more about where he is. Night Shadow looked around and found what he wanted.

It was a car. The car looked old and dusty and most of it was broken but that was the only car that Night Shadow could see. Night Shadow didn't care and told the system to scan it. It took a moment and the car transformation was added. Night Shadow told the system to transform him into a car.

Within a moment or two, on the same spot stood a beautiful and sleek black-colored car that would make even Bugattis look ugly. It was a sports car that looked like it came from the future. Night Shadow was happy with the car and roared the engine.

Vroom!!

The noise created by the engine echoed in the distance. And without further ado, Night Shadow switched on the headlights of the car and started moving with the path not realizing that he was being followed.