Both nodded to me like this was nothing, and I was glad because I was mostly buffing, mostly. Diamond would eat Kret, and im sure Kyrina had her defense if she could have passengers. For her, I was different; she was the MAS in this situation.
"Ok, let's... I don't know what to call it; I wasn't given any catchy lines, hehe,"
"Let's become the impossible!" Kyrina cheered as she began to expand and change.
I followed suit and started my changing process, letting Diamond take over until we were both about five meters tall, towering over the cat the were half our size. I reached down a metal hand with the palm up and then raised it back up to Diamond's chest once Kret had hoped on. Kyrina was a giant version of herself that kneeled and put out her hands to make steps for Tarclaw to climb up inside.
Diamond open and created a spot on the wall that was covered in Acura-Gel. When Kret got in, I directed him to the area behind me, there was a bit of room inside of Diamond, but it was still a tight squeeze for him to get by. Once Kret stood against the wall, the gel moved around him and wrapped him up.
Kret seemed fine at first, but once the gel started to wrap around him. The claws came out, but they caused no effect as the gel moved around to seal him in place.
"What is this stuff?! What are you doing to me, man?"
"Calm yourself; it's Acura-Gel. It will hold you in place when we start doing crazy things. Kret, Do you get sick easily?"
"Crazy Things?! I have the strongest stomach of all my brothers!"
"I hope so; hold onto that pride, Kret! I'm switching over to radio now, so just sit back and enjoy the ride."
I closed my eyes and felt the connection to Diamond strong; he was ready to go and drew a massive Katana from his back, our back. The link made us whole and allowed me to control all the functions available with his help.
/Alta, can you track the best possible route for us? Kyrina, how is it with Tarclaw? All settled in?
//Confirmed, Tarclaw is glued in place, and we are ready to test how well he can handle the rollercoaster, hehe! -Kyrina.
//Confirmed, best possible route mapped, estimated escape time 5 minutes. ERROR, additional passenger not under gravity restrictions, must adjust time... Total estimated time is eighteen minutes
Wow, it was supposed to take two to four hours to complete this, but Diamond was disappointed that we couldn't finish in five minutes or less. I felt bad for the sand snakes a bit, they expected to be at the top of the food chain, but I was about to change that view. Maybe I didn't need to bring Kret and Tarclaw, but I like them, and I think they had their hearts in the right place, but we would see.
I was sync now and no longer standing in the mounting rig that held my flesh in place inside Diamond. We were Diamond now, and I had the Katana in my hands and could feel my body light up and fill with crackling energy begging to be released. I turned to Kyrina, and she held her dual tiger claw daggers, ready to sprint forward; others had already started to move now.
"Let's become the impossible!"
Chapter 125: Suspicious
Around fifty red dots were surrounding us, the white knights closing in.
//Those are The King's imperial knights; let us out! -Kret.
/Alright, Kyrina, let Tarclaw and then to me and get in!
//But.. -Kyrina
/No but, with me, now!
I willed the Acura-Gel to let go of Kret, and he flew out as Diamond's chest opened, sailing through the air. Kret hit the sand on all fours and started to tear into the knights like paper dolls. I could see Tarclaw join the fray alongside Kret while I tracked Kyrina's shifting form get closer on the map.
Before she got close enough, I willed Diamond to alter the inside, making the harness fit two. I would need her inside the sphere that kept the gravity stable when I started to move fast. I turned, going down on mone knee as Kyrina's shrinking tiger form flew at Diamond's opened chest cavity.
I step forward and caught her naked body; I could feel the clothes materializing between us as I kissed her quickly. I held her and stepped back into the harness while Diamond strapped us in and closed his chest. Kyrina's back was pressed into my chest when we were finally secured, and she wiggled her bottom into me teasingly, of all times.
Suddenly I was standing before rushing knights, and the cats were overwhelmed.
//ACTIVATING PLAIN SIGHT STRIKE, ENGAGE SHIFTING ASSASSIN
Time slowed for us; consciousness and coordination turned up to eleven as I disappeared. The blade in my hand was just pure steel, but I moved so fast, even with the slow time, most would not die until my sword passed through the last knight. Time snapped back, and the sand storm was now blood mist around us as the bodies exploded like a sped-up clock hand in a ring around where I stood now. I had left five near Kret and Tarclaw, and they dispatched them with no trouble, but they were now both covered in blood.
"WHAT ARE YOU?!" Kret yelled up at me.
I had no answer for that, I wasn't really sure myself, but Tarclaw saved me by wacking Kret on the back of the head.
"THANKS FOR THE RIDE SO FAR, BUT WE WILL RUN FROM HERE. YOU ARE ALL TO CRAZY IN THOSE SUITS, BUT WE WILL CATCH UP LATER; FOR NOW, WE WILL SLOW THE REST. GO WIN THIS THING LIKE YOU SAID!" Tarclaw yelled up.
I nodded to them with Diamond's head and then turned to the swirling vortex ahead. Alta had already tracked the course, and I started to run at it, the stabilizing systems activating. Kyrina's soft voice came over the speaker as I approached the edge.
//It was hard to follow, even watching it first hand with my reactions turned up. I know im not human, but only so much of that is your MAS. Whatever you are, that supercharge Tama gave you changed you to something you were once or always was
I leaped into the maelstrom but stayed near the edge, falling down. I was through the swirling sand and the falling beside the massive sand cyclone, instantly. I let myself fall more as the twister tried to pull me in closer. A beep from my map made me dig my heels into the air, slowing my descent and then pushing on a plate made of air to leap to the edge I wanted to get to, and landed with ease.
Inside the tunnel, the air slowed, and I started to run forward fast. There were monsters and traps, but we were moving too fast for any of it to matter. Suddenly I was leaping into the open air, but I caught myself and stood on a shelf made of air.
Below us was a cavern filled with insect monsters of all shapes and sizes. Centipedes, Glass mantis, slugs, Castects, and many others I couldn't name all waited for me to drop into them. They all looked starving staring up at us, waiting for their chance, but this was not going to be a good day for them.
/Ready to get out and play now?
In response, Kyrina rammed her ass into my crotch. The impact made my eyes cross, and the feeling of eating a brick sank in. Okay, I guess that was a no; I had Diamond's hand on his knees while I breathed through the shook of the ball tap. I would make her pay on the trip home!
I leaned forward and unsynced for a brief second to locate her earlobe and bit down on it gently, but enough to make her gasp and push into me as I re-synced. I let Diamond tip off the invisible platform we were standing on, and I started to run down through the air, treating it like a flat surface.
As we reached the bottom, I brought out my sword and started running on an arc. The suit turned me to be level with the ground now, and I ran for the advancing monsters. I grabbed the blade tight in our hands and poured Dynam into the sword, but then something happened.
I started to change as we fought and I started to feel a third presence as one of Kyrina tooth daggers took shape in my hand, and more armor started to cover Diamond. The change all happened while I cut into monsters leaving showers of gore, green ichor, and red blood spraying everywhere. They seemed endless, but no matter how many came, the three of us cut through them as one unit.
Suddenly the cave was silent; nothing moved, all the blood and ichor was disappearing along with the bodies. Dungeon, but it made sense that this place would be like
that; it was a dungeon race instead of a crawl. Would this be all the cave offered as a challenge?
Even before, as we were, we could have done this easily. So, there had to be more, but Alexander was less than three-hundred meters away from us, according to our map. There was even an entrance; all that was missing was a sign that said enter here.
/What do you think?
//Suspicious -Kyrina.
/Okay, let's go.
//But I just said it was suspicious! -Kyrina.
/Would you like to go sightseeing before we head to the boss room?
Chapter 126: Blink, You Disappeared
//DIAMOND PLATING ACTIVATED
//MONSTROSITY DETECTED, ACTIVATING GRAVITY DYNAM, REVERSING
//SHIFTING ASSASSIN ACTIVATED
Alta recommended we take the far right to the west, and the snakes were on us immediately. I cause an explosion in the sand every time I detected movements, making craters as my reverse grav blade blew the snakes apart. We traveled on a south-west angle and then took a sharp right, and then continued down the corridor marked.
The snakes were starting to appear less, leaving us for easier prey. We turned right and followed the next path to the east and then turned south to turn back west immediately. The twisting paths were annoying, but they were easy enough to move through with the map's help.
After that, we made three right, four lefts, two rights, two lefts, two rights, walk some, two more rights, two lefts, three rights, two lefts, and about fifty-five more turns, and we had reached the end. I was so glad to get out of this place, but when we got to the last part of the area, a large group was trying to fight a massive five-headed Sand Hyrda.
/Uck, that thing is in the way to get out, what do, wait... What is going on?
//Are you okay? -Kyrina.
//MONSTROSITY DETECTED, ACTIVATING AIR DASH AND PLAIN SIGHT STRIKE, ENGAGE SHIFTING ASSASSIN
Suddenly all the color drain, and everything was in black and white, time slowing as target locations appeared on the Hydra. A path activated as I dashed forward and disappeared, something happened with the suit to cause it, but I left into the air. Everything moved so slow as I ran through the air and then slid into the first two head, severing them both in an explosion of sand.
I stamped and changed directions in mid-air dragging through the last three heads, kicking down to shot myself up into the air, above the regenerating heads.
//GRAVITY DYNAM, MAXIMUM ENGAGE
The massive katana dropped down like a rock, ripping me down with it. I smashed down and through until I was at the ground.
//GRAVITY DYNAM, MAXIMUM REVERSE
The Hydra exploded, and everything came back to average speed. I placed my sword on my back and looked up to see everyone staring at me in awe. Ya, Ya, stare away; I did the work for you, so leave me alone now, okay? I wanted to say it but decided to use the breath to see how Kyrina was doing.
/How's it going? What are you waiting for?
I looked at Kyrina, but something else caught my nose; oh no! I dropped the connection partially to turn back to see a small robot cleaning puke from the floor. Kret was plastered with puked on the fur of his face. I had thought he was the best, right?
//Is Kret okay? -Kyrina.
/Kret? He through up and passed out, but he is breathing fine; why are you so concerned about him?
//You must not have noticed that you broke the sound barrier four times; I'm surprised Kret is alive after that
/Was I that fast?
//To say the fight lasted five seconds would be an overstatement. Blink, you disappeared, blink, then then the Hydra lost two head, blink, lost three more, blink, the thing exploded, and you were all that was left -Kyrina.
Now that Diamond and I had fully synced, he must be able to speed up my consciousness and coordination. Now my reaction time was almost as good as a computer, and it felt good. I didn't have time to waste on this planet or this game set we were playing in. The faster this race was done, the sooner I could get to Xeno, then to my real goal, Greg.
/Can you change with Tarclaw?
In response, Kyrina came running over and shifted as she ran. Her body fell forward and transformed into her black and red tiger form. I could hear both Kret, who was awake again, and Tarclaw cheering at Kyrina's transformation as she raced to me.
I grabbed the mane of Kyrina massive tiger form, and she bolted out of the city into the storm. I could feel something similar to pulling duct tape off your skin as the tattoo that held the time disappeared. I had unsynced briefly to check on Kret and what the feeling was on my wrist and noticed the temporary tattoo was gone.
Once outside the city walls, the storm enveloped us, but we could see blinking lights ahead.
/Follow the lights and move fast. If we can keep ahead of everyone, then there is less of a chance of us running into man-made problems on the way
//Tarclaw says in about one thousand meters, there is a canyon we must be being led to, but it had a perpetual twister inside of it. The tunnel leads down way farther than the lower level we will have to get to -Kyrina.
I could see that same info on my map, but I was a bit confused, so I disconnected and willed my mounting harness to turn around to Kret and shut off my mic.
"How does Tarclaw know where we are going?"
"Alexander is always in the same place, and the exit to the city is always the same. So, there really aren't that many places for you to travel to, and we have run most of them on foot. Besides having my insides ejected from me, this has been the best race yet!"
That made sense, there would only be so many paths that could be used, but the traps could change if The God used more than the sand elementals. I switched to the mic to onboard so Kret and Tarclaw could communicate with us. I asked them about the traps, but their answer was what I had expected, the traps would be of the sand variety, that wasn't the most helpful info, but it did confirm about Alexander using more than just sand elemental.
Suddenly, red dots started to appear around us about five-hundred meters from the whirlpool. The MAS that appeared were medium-class style units, similar to Diamond's standard form, but they were all gold and white. Each held white lances with gold tips; the suits they wore looked like they had hanging cloth, great.
Chapter 127: Welcome Back, Captain
Kyrina had somehow fused with me, and now I had a black and red dagger in each hand, putting away the katana. Forearm shields shaped like gems stuck a meter past my hands, which held the daggers in a reverse grip. We advanced past the dissolving piles of bodies we had just come through, heading to the cave up ahead.
Suddenly an object came hurtle towards us on the map, and it was big.
*BOOM*
The sand in front of us exploded as a massive object crashed into it, forcing us to jump back. Diamond sent me a warning, and I dodged to the left as an enormous white and gold spear on some kind braided metallic cord attached to it. I cut the next five lines without Dynam as they came at me, and the dust finally cleared.
The massive mech was the size of the Glacial Dragoon or bigger as it stood up. Over fifteen meters tall, what the hell was this? Who was this asshole? But in the next moment, The King of Prime answered my question over his speakers, and I should have known it would be this vindictive prick.
"So, the little Universal Watch intruder will be the first to be crushed by my might!"
/Oh-no Babe, what will we ever do?
//Can you take this more seriously? That's The King! -Kyrina.
/Fine, Diamond and Alta, you know what I want! Firing on all cylinders, let's go!"
//ACTIVATING KINETIC DYNAM CHARGE
The Kinetic force started to build as we bent our knees, and I looked up at The massive skyscraper version of the knights we just fought with the cats.
//HUGE MAS DETECTED, ACTIVATING GRAVITY DYNAM, MAXIMUM REVERSING
//SHIFTING ASSASSIN ACTIVATED
//VITAL STRIKE ACTIVATED
//ACTIVATING K
INETIC DYNAM RELEASE
A blur of messages went by in my display as I felt time slow down and my reactions becoming instantaneous. I felt the Dynam push down, and the ground started to crack as I began to flex. Shooting straight up and shattering the ground I jump up from, I flew up the front and just above the massive mech's head, kicking the air to land on its head.
"Where did you go?"
//DE-ACTIVATING GRAVITY DYNAM, MAXIMUM REVERSING
//ACTIVATING STARFIRE DYNAM, ENGAGE HEAT LANCE
Both Daggers started to glow white-hot, and I sunk them into the top of the massive MAS head. I spun in a circle, cutting a hole, and fell into the head.
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