Those who Obey

Syn was doing swimmingly.

I'd say the enemy was doing good too, if he was... clearly he didn't have experience fighting turrets, so much in fact I was left with time to start production on my special metal. It was pretty fun watching them fight, bullets sliced away by the quick... rouge? Rouge... yeah whatever, the bullets fired away by Syn who fused with other turrets were cut apart by the Rouge midair, negating the damage... for the most part at least. The Rouge was taking moderate damage, his armor was... mid grade I think? Not enough to protect against the bits and pieces that come off from a bullet being sliced.

It's weird, every swordsman... or to be frank, all 3 blade users all managed to block, parry, or ricochet bullets. There is no way that their reaction times are that good, it might just be a skill... but even so, the bullets seem to be wearing down the blade in minimal values. However, it wasn't one sided. The Rouge sliced at Syn many times over, little damage being done in singular cuts... but there were many cuts, he was fast. Not to say it would matter though, Syn can shrug off most damage dealt... being made of metal after all.

After about an hour of them fighting, I managed to get an entire batch of the special metal ready with Scarab's help. In conjunction with my previous batches of metal, this should be enough to create a few items... likely, I'll be using Harpy feather based metal to get that storm effect... and together with blood and blossom metal, I'll make a pair of Boots... and a few things for my allies.

The Harpy Feathers seemed to irradiate mana... in fact, it was so obvious that even Scarab could sense it.

>>> This seems to be very volatile! The Mana inside is enough to power... nearly a level 2 spell per feather? It might be possible to extract such Mana and use it to create the special metal! <<<

- " Very true, Scarab. Wanna try? "

" EXCUSE ME?!?!? "

- " What seems to be the matter? "

" WE ARE IN A FIGHT, AREN'T WE? "

- " That's a little dull, why would I want to fight you? I have things to do, and beyond that your having way too much trouble with just my turret. If anything, you should be glad I'm putting you off. "

* Bang *

Syn fired at the man without hesitation.

- " See? It would be much easier to just pay attention to your current opponent. "

No response, beyond that... no action at all, well... Syn's shot did knock him to the ground. He didn't die there and likely is monologuing to himself or whatever... but I'm still busy, time to test extraction from the Harpy Feathers. Frankly, the Mana gathered from each feather was small... yet it was already about halfway dense enough to convert to metal. It was a luxury I gladly accepted.

Scarab and I began processing the thick mana into bars, it was harder to control over all but I'd assume the overall result will be a grand improvement from using the feathers to create material plates. And I will get some result involving the unique storm magic. Variants on magic seem to be stronger overall then their original form, and beyond that... it looks more badass pulling out some never before seen magic. ( That's if nobody else has gained it through some sort of quest )

>>> Wow! This Metal sure is special! A lot stronger then the version using Blood Magic, do you mind if I take just a little bit for research? <<<

- " Feel free, we got 6 batches worth of feathers so you can get a feather all to yourself Scarab. "

" Are... you still... ignoring me? "

- " Quite down, I'm busy. "

" Your Crafting method, I've heard it was above unique. But... we cracked it. "

- " Oh, do tell. What did you find out exactly, and how? "

" Its... mana crystals... you place them inside the weapons. "

- " Anything else? "

" Your bluffing... there is more? "

- " I could be bluffing, or dead serious. Either you get more knowledge of my crafts or you drive yourselves crazy trying to figure out why my stuff is so much stronger. "

" Your... crafting right now? Right? "

- " Yeah. No peaking. "

" It doesn't matter... I have no clue what your doing. "

- " I wouldn't expect a rouge to understand Engineer craft. "

" Thats... not engineering. "

- " Oh yeah? Prove it. "

" You don't have a wrench. "

- " Why would I need a wrench fo- Wait! You sly bastard, your trying to waste my time aren't you!"

" Why would I do that? "

- " Nevermind, Syn... finish him off. "

}{}{ That would be a little difficult. }{}{

- " Why? "

}{}{ Well, he beat the other turrets. }{}{

Rats... well... he is injured after all, to be honest I wasn't paying attention at all... he is still fused with the turrets, but each one seems variably damaged. Did he target the turrets specifically? What happened to the different turret types, one should slow him.. and one is a nuke right?

>>> I recommend a hearty battle, creator! <<<

- " Thanks, Scarab. "

* Thunk *

" Lech-! Alright, healed up... ready? "

- " You are a rouge, or some variant at least. You shouldn't be asking if I'm ready, rather you should be already at- "

* Clank! *

Against my rifle, a small throwing dagger bounced off harmlessly... it irritated my rifle, and as such I stopped making dialogue... and of course, prepared to fight.

Properly this time.