03 - Still In The Egg, Drugs Injected!
Chapter 03 - Still In The Egg, Drugs Injected!
Written By Dr Armstrong
~[Amon POV]~
Amon took a glance at the holographic image of himself, it truly was just a ball with wings...How was he even supposed to breathe? That's right, he didn't even have a mouth or nose.
And yeah, breathing shouldn't be necessary with the Ether Body talent, but still!
'This should be because I'm still underdeveloped...' While it was understandable for his body to lack breathing organs, he didn't even have any parts designed to interact with the outside world...
Beside his Lantern Form was a parenthesis that noted his "Preform" status, this pretty much meant that he was just a glorified Angel fetus.
Amon clicked on the Create button, which then redirected him to a new panel.
The Custom Made Archangel System was much less artistically-based than its demonic counterpart. Amon had never been particularly good at drawing, so he was immensely grateful for this.
Instead of having to draw his creations, he simply needed to describe them hard enough and the System will then generate an accurate image according to the description.
AI art, basically.
'A function within the System itself that displays the amount of time necessary to reach the next stage of growth, hatching being the next stage.' The Angel described to the System.
If he was just going hatch a few days from now, then it was simply better to just wait.
A copy of his Status panel appeared in front of him, though there was a new display below his Form.
[00000]
'What...? Is this...The countdown?' It indeed was the countdown, but it used seconds as the time measurement.
'Allow me to change the measure of time with anything, days will be the default setting.' He further described.
The copied Status panel blurred before flickering back, this time with an improved countdown.
[0]
'Furthermore, add smaller denominations of time measurement so that decimal points are not required. The smallest denomination will be hours unless specified.' He commanded the System.
[0 Days, 0 Hours]
'Save.' He pressed the save button.
「Create a [Growth Countdown] with 2 Karma Points?」
'Yes.' It was rather cheap, though this was understandable since it was just a function of the System that displayed information about him.
The Angel then opened his Status panel and looked for the countdown.
[7 Years, 7 Months, 7 Days, 7 Hours]
'7 and a half years!? I-I can't wait that long!!!' It was quite a ridiculous amount of time to incubate an egg, he'll die from solitude before then!
Amon pondered for a solution, perhaps he could beautify himself to expedite the incubation...? Maybe, he could just hatch prematurely, or maybe...
That's it! The solution to every imaginable problem...Drugs!
Particularly, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, otherwise known as Steroids.
In the original Custom Made Demon King, Roy had injected himself with a perfected version of the T Virus. After this, he experienced rapid growth and actually managed to reach adulthood in an instant...
Of course, this might just be because of the T Virus itself or perhaps because of his unique Demon biology...But this was the only option for the poor Angel!
He could indeed make the T Virus, however, with the amount of Karma Points he currently held, the Virus would likely possess some side effects...The same side effects showcased in Resident Evil.
Maybe he could make the Super Soldier Serum but after some thinking, he threw out that idea.
The Super Soldier Serum wasn't truly a "Serum" so to say, it was multiple processes that centred around the Serum. Steve Roger hadn't just gained his powers from taking in drugs, he had to step inside that machine from the first movie.
Yeah, he could make it so that the process wasn't required with the System, but the cost of such a thing far outweighed his current wealth...
So with the Tyrant Virus and Super Soldier Serum not being valid choices, he decided on another type of Drug.
「Create [Extremis Enhancile] with 98 Karma Points?」
Of course, this was a modified version of the Extremis Virus. The real thing was but a glorified ticking time bomb that was bound to explode in his face, there was also a very low chance it would actually work instead of just killing him.
So he added the words "No negative effects" and "Heightened positive effects" into the description to modify the Virus.
'Create it, System.' He said before a strange golden liquid manifested inside his egg.
The liquid rapidly expanded across through the egg as it fused with the Angel's yolk, the Virus being assimilated into his very biology.
His yolk became diluted in colour, adopting a bright shade of gold. The yolk was then sucked into the core of the egg; the Angel himself.
'Eugh...' It was a truly bizarre sensation, like getting sucked off by a multi-dimensional eldritch Octopus.
An overwhelming heat enveloped the Angel's insides, it was as if he had just swallowed a bucket of burning charcoal.
The scent of burnt toast combined with the aroma of spoiled milk filled his underdeveloped senses.
'Gragh...!' Amon could feel his skin literally being torn off and consumed back to his body, his form expanded and rapidly grew as fine tendrils of gold sprouted from his being.
The domineering gold overwhelmed the aboriginal blue of his body, diluting the colour into a strange mixture of gold and blue...Though all of the blue was eventually converted into bright gold, turning him into a sort of winged miniature star.
His body ripped itself apart as numerous eyeballs emerged all over his body, lacking symmetry in their positioning.
The front portion of his body split open in a diagonal fashion, creating a sort of jaw as a valley of silver thorns became teeth.
The pain finally subsided as the Angel regained a spark of clarity...
'God...I should have added "Painless" in the description...' Amon complained as he opened his Status. His new body surprised the Angel, although the change was expected, his improved body looked rather strange...
Like a Biblically Accurate Angel...
———[STATUS]———
True Name: Amon Olfar Aziz Dier Adonis... Kalki Exandriel.
Race: Angel
Origin: Undefined
Form: Burning Lantern
Growth Countdown: 7 Hours
Hierarchy: Spark
Attribute: Holy Light
—Stats:
Strength: 32
Speed: 37
Magic Energy: 16
Activity: 51
—Loaded Materials
[Extremis Virus]
—Skills
[Radioactivity] • [Extremis Reinforcement]
—Talents:
[Soul Peer] • [Angel's Heart] • [Judge, Jury, Executioner] • [Ether Body]
—
Karma Points: 0
Evaluation: For an Angel to take performance-enhancing drugs...Surprisingly, it's quite common.
——[END]——
'Huh, even Angels take drugs...' It was quite a funny thing, he realized.
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"I seem to have a thing with writing MCs who do crazy shit before their births." -Remark
Stones = A kiss from Ryan Gossling.