Chương 22: Proving Ability
Immediately, two red dots appeared in the robot's eyes as it directed his gaze to Khan who also moved in the next second.
BANG
A punch tore through the air as Khan lowered his waist, and punched at the robot's head which quickly dodged his head to the side.
Immediately, Khan retracted back his right arm before bending to the side as his left hand blasted outward delivering a solid punch to the robot's stomach.
RIIIP
A minor shockwave rippled where his fist made contact and the robot was immediately lifted its feet smashing into the wall.
BANG
"You have cleared the stage!" The AI voice rang out as he stood upright and turned back to look at Audrey without saying a word.
Audrey's eyes flashed in shock at what happened as he watched an ordinary mortal easily take care of a third-rank stage robot! It was simply impossible and unheard of.
Yet his eyes quickly regained his calm as he hmphed instead.
"Barely worthy enough..." Immediately he inputted some codes into the holographic in front of him as the robot that Khan defeated slowly entered back into the space on the ground and in front of Khan another robot also came out.
"This one is at the fifth star rank stage. Don't die quickly, boy..." Audrey said but Khan only snickered as he got into his fighting position.
Immediately the red dot in its eyes flashed as they both moved instantaneously.
BOOOM
A robotic leg kicked forward towards Khan who took a step to the side dodging the kick before his right hand punched forward with speed.
CLANG
The sound of metallic collision as Khan's hands jerked backward, but he was quick to regain himself, slipping back to his fighting position.
The robot managed to block his punch by covering its face with both arms.
'It's tough...'
BANG
A punch tore through his face instantly but it was only a mirage as Khan's head shifted to the side.
Another punch immediately rippled outward as he took another step to the side, dodging it again.
BANG
BANG
BANG
BANG
Punch rippled forward with increasing momentum as the corner of Audrey's lips shifted slightly upwards.
"If all he can do is dodge, then this fight already has a winner..." The training robots aren't just comparable to human awakeners but actually are pretty much stronger than normal.
A couple of reasons include their body which is iron. Due to that, they have greater defense compared to normal human awakeners. Most importantly, is the programming on them that enables them to adapt to a person's mode of combat.
With that programming, their momentum and hitting power will only increase as time goes by and he was well aware as Khan was dodging around, the robot would soon capture its mode and react effectively to it. Soon, he wouldn't be able to dodge his attack.
Yet, Audrey's eyes slowly furrowed as time went by as he noticed none of the robot's attack worked. Khan effectively dodged every single one of its kicks and punches and soon Audrey's jaws dropped to the ground as his eyes flashed with purple light.
'His dodges, they're never the same. It appears to be in the same pattern but there's a minute change In every one of it...'
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
The air patted as the robot slammed his leg towards Khan's ribs whose eyes flashed, as he jumped up into the air, the kick passing below him.
And mid-air he rotated before slamming his leg downward landing squarely on the robot's head, which was immediately blasted to its knees as Khan skillfully turned and landed gently on the ground.
"You have cleared the stage..." The AI voice once again rang out as Audrey's eyes flashed in shock and Khan gave him another 'plain' look.
"You could have finished the fight in the first ten moves, why were you dodging the whole time..." Audrey said as a smirk appeared on Khan's face.
"Wrong. I could have destroyed it in the first three moves, but my curiosity was piqued and so I wanted to see its capabilities..." Khan said directing his attention away from the fallen robot and instead turning to look at Audrey who had a look of disbelief.
But unknown to him what Khan said was the truth. Khan had a single defect and that is his inability to cultivate. Instead, he improves his strength using his system which mainly implemented Nanobots to grow his strength instead of Mana.
This caused a state of confusion for Khan as he didn't know what stage his level of strength was. But with the robots, he can slowly tune up their strength and when he arrives at a particular level he can't defeat them. Then he'll know his level of strength compared to gene awakeners.
"So is this enough to convince you or should I keep destroying them?" Khan asked as he slowly untied the tie from his hand before knotting it back to his neck.
Honestly, he hated wearing a tie but he had no choice. It was the necessity of business.
"Ok. I'll give you the mission, but only under one condition..." Audrey finally conceded as Khan raised his eyebrow.
"And what is that?"
"There is a group of four other adventurers who also signed up for the Mission. You'll be joining their group?" Audrey said but all he got was a questioning look from the young man.
"The lowest of them is at the D-rank while the highest is at B-rank. I believe you'll be safer with them..." Audrey finally revealed as Khan nodded.
"I agree to the condition..." Khan said, not sparing it much thought.
He could simply abandon the group on arriving in the ruins if they turned out to be a hindrance to his plan. Then he'll simply cut them off.
"Great..." The duo finally exited the training room as Khan watched Audrey get to work, dipping his device into the different device on the table before passing him his card.
"You have successfully been registered for the mission. Don't forget it's two days from now at 8:00 in the morning. The location will be sent to you soon."
"Thank you..." Khan said with a smile as he turned back, his hand reaching for the knob and he unlocked the door, moving out but before he could completely step out of the office.
"So, how did you get those robots?" Khan asked once again.
"I made them myself. How about a deal? If you survive this mission, I'll help build a personal training room just like mine in your future house for free, but if you fail, then..."
"Then what?"
"Then the dead don't bite, do they?" Audrey said with a smirk drawing an even larger smirk from Khan.
"Deal..."
And the door zipped to a close, the sound of footsteps rapidly fading away.
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Chương 23: Who Is Ripping Off Who?
"Huuu..." Khan weaved a sigh of relief after moving far enough from the office.
Getting signed up and also signing up for the mission. It was all stressful but he pulled through in the end. And that was a rare case as just confirmation might take an entire week, but he got it in less than 24 hours and even secured a mission at the same time.
"Now..." Khan's eyes flashed as he brought out the map from his pockets, his gaze roaming around it before keeping it back and moving towards the lower floor.
With the Mission now secured, it was time for him to prepare himself too...
-- -- --
"And how much is this?" Khan asked pointing towards a rifle in a glass case.
"Oh, that is the M11 Assault Rifle. It is a rare grade weapon able to burn through 9th grade Abyssal creatures with ease and even trouble some Meteor rank stage beasts..." The voice of the old man rang out as Khan looked at the dark rifle, his eyes furrowed before shining with bright light.
'This is the real deal...' Yet his eyes held no emotion as he brought out another piece of equipment. A golden-colored Katana, with the design of a fanged demon on its entire length.
"And this?"
"That is the Oni Kitsuni. A light katana at the rare grade weapon. Capable of slicing through iron if properly wielded..."
"Hmm, not bad"
"What about this? They're cute too right..." Khan said bringing out another glass where a pair of daggers could be seen, their edge creating a sharp light that refracted on Khan's face.
"Those are low-level rare-grade weapons. Light as a feather yet cut through flesh like butter.
"Nice. I'll be taking these too" Khan said as he brought out 10 other equipment...
"Hmm, 10 button-sized exploding grenades!? The old man asked as Khan gave a nod.
"So how much is all of this?" He suddenly asked causing the old man's poor jaws to almost fall to the ground.
Normally, adventurers regularly come to his Tech shop to access tools necessary for their mission but rarely do they buy. The majority of the time, they just ask and then leave.
The old man was already used to the job, giving the adventure the information about the tools that the majority of the time can only dream of, but never did he truly consider the young man would talk of buying everything he mentioned and judging from his expression, it seems he was pretty serious too.
'Hmm, the rich one isn't it...' The foggy thought plans to formulate quickly in his foxy brain.
"Well, with one look I can tell you're really in need of the weapons for a very important job that'll be coming soon. And also you know what they say, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy a second from Yama. So you definitely have..."
"Hey, old man. Get it all out already..." Khan said, his brows scrunched up in impatient.
"Perhaps your mission is closer than I think. Well, the katana is 2,000 star coins. The daggers are 1500 star coins. The rifle is 4,000 star coins and each of the exploding grenades is 100 star coins each making the entire ten 1000 star coins. That makes a total of 10,000 star coins. Cheap right?" The old man asked with a gentlemanly smile but a thunderous snort rang out in the room.
"It seems you truly have gotten old, old foggy. 2000 and 1500, and 4000, and 1000 star coins make 10,000?" Khan snorted coldly in disdain.
"Oh, forgive me young one. This one is just getting old. My mistake, it is just 8500.." The old man said with an apologetic smile.
'Seems like he has something in that small skull of his...'
"So how much is the discount?" Khan asked ignoring the old man. He was just too familiar with this situation.
"Well, of course, money is nothing compared to life. Still, it is an essential tool to live. Therefore, I'll be merciful and reduce your burden. How about just 8000 star coins? You have to know our Abyssal Core Guild only sells the best Hunting tools in all of EC..."
"And I'm also sure you know who the head of the Abyssal Core Guild is, don't you..." Khan asked with eyes furrowed as he stood tall, raising his voice a few octaves higher.
"Um..of course I do. If it's not the revered Sir Atherston..." The old man replied but got shut as a hand slammed down on the table, almost causing his heart to leap out of his chest.
As Khan moved back his hand, the old man picked up the card dropped on his table...
"I'm guessing you know who that signature belongs to right?" Khan asked as the old man looked at the card, his eyes widening in shock.
"This mission is directed by the Base Head himself. And you want to rip me off, one of the adventurers on the next mission that might as well change the course of the entire human race.
It seems you've finally found another job in the wilds haven't you.." Khan said swiping away the card from the man's hands as he brought out a handkerchief and cleaned the place that he touched before carefully hiding it in his pocket.
The old man finally gave the young man in front of him a good look as his eyes flashed in horror and sweat dripped down the back of his neck.
'It seems I've underestimated who he is..."
"Hahahahaha. Forgive me. I never knew you were sent on such an important mission by the Base Head himself! Forgive me, how about we agree on 4000 star coins..."
Slowly, Khan opened the suitcase in his hands as he brought out three notes placing it in front of the old man...
"Hey, I said 4000 star coins..." The old man grumbled.
"3000 star coins and Sir Atherston won't know I was here..." Khan said winking at the man who clenched his teeth tightly.
"Tch, FINE..." The old man screamed out splashing spittle on Khan's face whose satisfied smirk only widened even more as he packed all the goods in a black-coloured suitcase.
And immediately he patted his butt as he turned back immediately...
"It was nice doing business with you. Honestly, you're such a good old man. I look forward to our next business..." Khan said with a sadistic smile as he walked out, an even more sadistic grin on his face.
"I wish you SUCCESS on your mission..." The old man said gnashing his teeth in anger as black smoke rose out of his head.
"Even wishing me success. What a big heart..." Khan's voice rang out in the place slowly fading away.
"Tch, damn kid..."
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