Astrid stands before the orphanage behind Nytri towering over them, "Are these the people coming with us?" She points them with her thumb, "They look so…..sickly." The orphanage looks at themselves, "There's no disease but you can see they've starved."
The priest scratches the back of his head, "Sorry about that. We did everything we could but it wasn't enough."
"No no no," Astrid speaks waving her hands, "The fact that this many are alive proves you've done well." The priest and caretakers feel better and Astrid continues, "It's not easy looking after so many children. Heh, my mum couldn't take her eyes off us for a second."
Nytri raises a brow and her thoughts, "To think one of the trouble makers will realize this." Then Nytri speaks, "You should take them to the panzer." Then she looks at Zitile, "Zitile, do you have all the merchandise?"
"Yeah," Zitile speaks, "It's all in my storage space and the storage space containers in the boot. I'll get them." She walks to the back of the panzer and opens a compartment. She takes out a rod of some kind with antenna tips.
"Alright, follow me!" Astrid speaks with a smile and leads the orphanage and the people going to Azuria into the panzer.
"Wait!" A noble walks over, "You can't just take our people away!" It's lord Caden. Nytri notices him and her face flinches in frustration but she quickly maintains her composure.
In that moment, time moves to a stop. Nytri moves like a flash to Caden and grabs a hand with pointy claws covered in rocky ARMORED SHELL. Besides the Azurian Calamities, no one is moving not even the wind. Nytri's eyes follows the hand she's holding and gazes at the figure trying to attack Caden. It's a dark figure with red glowing eyes and sharp teeth, the hair spreads as if trying to cover the figure's surrounding. You can see pure killing intent forming weapons and these weapons are inside purple Mist (Nytri) and immobilized.
Nytri smiles at the figure, "Zephyr, relax." Yes, that's Zephyr, Nytri moves his hand away. "It's not worth it, so don't worry about insects who can't even see when you move."
Zephyr calms down, "Alright mu-….Nytri." And he walks back to where he stood before.
"Yeeesh, temper much." Isadora speaks, "You have to learn to ignore stuff like this." Isadora rests her elbow on Zephyr, "Learn to be like me!" she strikes a beautiful smile.
Zephyr squints his mouth looking at Isadora, "I will, when you stop ogling mu- Nytri's storage space."
"Uh…..Touche." Isadora squints her mouth nodding.
Nytri tilts her head looking at Isadora, "Wait, why do you ogle my storage space? There's nothing interesting there. Just rocks and metals I excavated with Ryu and Old Man Seaweed. Some monster food but that's all."
"Well, for now there isn't." Isadora's eyes sparkles, "But I'm patient enough to wait for something interesting." She rubs her hands and a drool slides down her lips, she wipes it away. "Sorry."
Time moves normally and Caden continues speaking, "They are commoners hence properties of Mirthendom."
"Prope-," Nytri tilts her head looking at Caden, "You call people 'properties'?"
'Of course," Caden speaks, "That is what they are. Commoners are….." He continues speaking and Nytri is lost in her thoughts, "Maybe I should've let him die. Zephyr would probably dispose his body before this kingdom found out, if they found out."
Nytri raises her hand, "They're leaving." She looks at the other nobles and soldiers, "If you want to stop them go ahead." She steps aside, "Keep in mind," Her eyes changes to combat mode, "Your blood will be on your heads." The Azurians are about to focus their aura on the people but the shadow spies appear before them.
"That won't be necessary," Shadow leader speaks, "You have the king's permission." He shows the kings seal to the people, they murmur amongst themselves. "Now," Shadow leader speaks, "All of you, return to you posts." The people start to disperse but more stay to watch and try to listen to telepathic conversation going on….so they admire the panzer and people in it.
Isadora is rubbing Kitt's fur and Kitt has been trying to escape, he's been clawing at Isadora but 0 damage. Isadora hasn't even noticed Kitt's resistance, Kitt realizes there're monsters, and there are MONSTERS.
Nytri waves at the people entering the panzer, "Take care you guys. We'll meet again." They wave back at her saying their goodbyes. One boy sat on a cushy couch an instantly fell asleep, he later worked hard on developing intelligent couches…whatever those things are. Pinche and Rhydderch are in the panzer and they seem to be playing a video game, Zephyr enters the panzer and gets invited to play. He decimates the 2. Minerva is at the door looking at Nytri.
Nytri smiles at her and speaks into her mind, "Is everything alright sweety?"
Minerva looks down, "When will we go flying again?"
"We will when I get back." Nytri smiles, "Make sure to get our gear ready."
Minerva smiles brightly, "Yes!" she goes to the driver's cabin and sits on the co-driver seat.
"Hey hey hey hey!" Isadora appears before Nytri excitedly, Kitt jumps on Nytri's shoulder and hisses at Isadora. Isadora waves her hand and a screen appears before her, "Check it out!" she's jumpy, "It's a replica of our ARMORED SHELL skill but as a suit! I'm trying to make a suit out of it. Tell me you're impressed." She has a smug grin.
Nytri's eyes open wide, "I am. Not only are you converting a skill into an inorganic object, you're even imprinting the effects and features on it. It's nano particle motion isn't up to the real deal though, but what material are you using for this?"
Isadora points at the collar of the suit, "It has a responsive collar that creates a helmet."
"What are you using as materials to make it?" Nytri asks.
Isadora points at the wrists, "I've even included a miniature space to store items, it's as big as a big box. You can keep your books, potions, food and even clothes inside but you have this suit so why buy clothes ever again!"
Nytri looks into Isadora's eyes, "Isa, what are you using to make this?"
Isadora looks away speaking lowly, "Your constructs." Nytri facepalms, "Urgh." Isadora is flustered, "They were just roaming about anyway, I was putting them to good use. Beside, construct's made from your EP are purified and their dual cores are amplified to the peak. They're the perfect materials to be used."
"They're meant to protect Azuria." Nytri speaks with an exasperated tone.
"Protection?" Isadora asks, "How is anyone going to survive attacking us?"
"It's not to prevent attacks," Nytri speaks, "It's to prevent the bugs we can't detect who would try sneaking into Azuria. Our levels and ranks are pretty high so a Champion can literally stroll into the streets and no one will notice. You can't even detect gods even when they used a sneak attack on you."
"Oh mum!" Isadora's frustrated, "You worry too much. Even if a spy enters Azuria, all our data and information is in the Nexusphere. You can't tell me an intruder can get there. Unless your INFORMATION MAGIC is level 6 you won't even notice a DATA WORLD connecting everyone."
Nytri sighs, Zitile walks over and smiles wryly. "Paxius notices your constructs decreasing, so he started monster taming. We've already got S rank and Mythical rank monsters as pets, only a madman will infiltrate Azuria."
"Yeah yeah yeah," Isadora shows another screen to Nytri, "It's a defense construct the Xenos are making. It copies the target's level and skills and fights back. We even tried it against a primordial devil and it worked. It's the perfect defense for Azuria."
Nytri looks at Isadora, "Wait, what's this about a primordial devil?"
Zitile rubs her chin, "Oh right, some devils came to investigate Azuria because of what happened in the Divine realm. Fortinine (49) caught them, she thought they were lunch so we brought some of them back." Nytri nods her head in thought, "That's Fortinine (49) alright."
"Yeah," Isadora speaks, "We took some of them to R&D and Zephyr took the rest to a daycare or whatever that place it. Anyway, they came back and they're very Patriotic for Azuria. I asked Zephyr to show me what he did but he refuses to share. So Stingy!" She says the last part so Zephyr hears from the panzer and he replies, "Bite me!"
Isadora huffs and pulls her sleeves back about to charge into the panzer, Nytri grabs her clothes at her butt and Isadora walks but doesn't move. Nytri pulls Isadora and she falls before her, "No rough housing." She nags at Isadora, she pouts and stops trying to literally 'Bite' Zephyr.
Nytri looks at Zitile, "I guess it's alright. Azuria's issue is detecting those below level 200, so if you've got that covered then I guess there's no problem." She gives Isadora a thumbs up, "Good work, Isa. Have you got a name for the suit?"
Isadora stands up, "I was thinking maybe Intelli suit but it doesn't have the needed kick to it."
Nytri looks at the sky, "How about Pseudo Shell."
"Hmmm….," Isadora speaks, "That's actually good. Pseudo Shell! I'll go back and complete it, I'll bring it over for you to test it later." She turns to leave but Nytri grabs her hand.
"Isa." Nytri speaks and Isadora turns to look at Nytri replying, "What." Nytri looks deep into her eyes, "When you get home, tell everyone to rest." Then Nytri's voice distorts, "Or, I'll ground you all."
Isadora feels a chill down her spine, she salutes nervously. "YES MOTHER MA'AM SIR! I'll relay it to them!" Isadora marches to the panzer.
Nytri smiles speaking normally, "Good. Have a safe trip back!" She waves at the panzer as it drives off. Minerva waves back at Nytri from the driver's cabin as it makes a 180 turn.
Zitile is shivering beside Nytri, "Y…Y…You're not gonna ground me now, are you?"
"What? Nooo!" Nytri speaks, "Let's head to the house and start the store. Let me know if you need anything and I'll try to get it." Nytri starts walking back to the mansion.
Zitile sighs in relief, "Sure thing." Zitile follows Nytri, a part of the crowd follows the trio to their house and Zitile uses this chance to market the store before it's even opens. Zitile works deep in the night arranging the store and stocking up, Nytri passes behind Zitile with a club. A few minutes later, Zitile is sleeping soundly on her bed and Nytri is tucking her in with a smile.
Kitt is in the sparing grounds and he seems to be training.
[AU: INFO
- Azuria Isolation Storage rods(AIS rods): A storage device produced by Azuria in the form of a rod with antenna. It's storage capacity is 2 times a warehouse, it opens a miniature portal that can support life. Some of the researches considered using it to transport soldiers but no one wanted to be isolated for so long.
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