//------------------------------// // Chapter 17 (High I.Q. & Death Alchemist) // Story: The Game Players // by GamePlayer64 //------------------------------// “Now that’s gone. I’m buying myself some fast-food.” Said Tough Exo as she walked away “Same here.” “I’m out of here.” “I need some food.” High I.Q. noticed his brother was following Miss Beauty “What are you doing, D.A.?” Asked High I.Q as Miss Beauty turned around “Huh?” Death moved his chair around “I was hoping to get some more info on the Abyss. Miss Beauty has expertise in it, I was hoping to learn if I can gather some ideas to use against them since Game Life has the highest stats then all of us. He manages to tame powerful monsters after training them, and equip them with weapons, healing items and equipment from that attack. He gave us our new weapons but none of us are strong enough to beat him in a friendly match nor against a boss. We nearly died by that ogre but we were lucky by the equipment, I mean Game Life is still wearing that Pendant of the Sages.” High I.Q. closed his eyes “I know but you have to admit, MP is a must. He might be a Magic Knight with that machete of his. We need to improve ourselves. Miss Beauty, can you teach us some magic spells or a way to improve ourselves?” Miss Beauty smiled “I never had anyone who ask me for knowledge. Just for training. Okay! Follow me. They followed Miss Beauty to her home. 10 minutes later High and Death were in the living room as some maids were giving them some tea or coffee. As they left. Death Alchemist looked at them “I wonder if we should get a maid?” Said Death. “She better be young, sexy or both, around our age and single.” Said High I.Q with a as Death shushed him that Miss Beauty was coming in carrying a large stack of maps and books. “Okay, this is all what I gather along with my husband. We gather a ton of information but in case we don’t have the information.” She placed them on the table. “There is one place you and the others that will know.” High I.Q. and Death looked at her with raised eyebrows “What do you mean?” “There is a place that sells magical items and… slaves.” She said with a bit of disgust as Death looked surprised “I thought slavery was for pirates?” Said High I.Q. Miss Beauty looked a bit unhappy. “Yes, but most of them are in slavery due to debts. Any magical items in the Abyss cost thousands, millions, billions or even the rarest, sextillion.” I.Q. and Death were surprised; a magical item that could cost that much money. “If that is possible of an item like that… then only… a god could own it. Do gods even exist? I mean I’m not that believable to the heaven and hell. We decided that we die, that’s it. Nothing more, no reincarnation, no new life, no nothing.” Said D.A. Miss Beauty patted them on the head. “I understand but gods do exist, even those who become gods.” She said which shocked them. Their own intelligence is belittled to them. “Now I truly feel inferior to the world.” Said High I.Q. “It’s okay. We have flaws but we try to undo them. Now remember these books are on loan. When you’re done, leave them here and we careful.” Said Miss Beauty as she walked away, leaving them in the room. “Let’s us begin reading what is in store for us in the future.” Said High I.Q. 15 minutes later “That was surprisingly easy.” Said Death Alchemist as High I.Q. was closing a book “Perhaps the abilities of ‘The Gamer’ is the reason. Our high Intel is affecting how we read books and the information on them is easily remember.” Said Death as I.Q. looked at the clock. “15 minutes and we have time to spent on practicing the abilities Game Life have given us.” “Let’s go to the Cybernetics’ World.” Said High I.Q. “There is a hard drive, flash drive and memory card that I’ve been wanting for but was low on funds. Tech support can kiss my ass for wanting my assistance.” I.Q. walked away as Death rolled his eyes as he followed him 25 minutes later at the Cybernetics’ World That would be $860.69, sir.” Said the cashier. High I.Q. paid him $861. “Keep the change ma’am.” He said as he gotten his purchases. “That must be an expensive tech to but you must be in an expensive college for this stuff?” “No. But that will happen in the future.” Said I.Q. as he walked out of the store as Death followed him. “I see your using your loot for you.” Said Death. “And so are you, brother. What is the reason for those parts?” Asked I.Q. “I was hoping for you and I will created a one of a kind of mobile wheelchair that functions through a neurotransmitter or something less noticeable.” I.Q. looked at him and smirked “That sounds challenging. I accept.” High I.Q. and Death Alchemist went to the location of a net café and an arcade that was closed. “*Sad Sigh* Net cafes were like the place where we could stay away from our parents.” Said Death. “And Arcades were the best before phone apps. Bragging rights around the city.” Said I.Q. as he walked towards the window. “There’s still some arcade games inside, shut off. There’s Magical Truck Adventure, TMNT (1987), Jurassic Park & Donkey Kong (1981).” Death rolled closer. “Game would be happy if he gotten his hands on those games.” Said Death Alchemist. “Agree and the new café is what I wish to obtain. Phone apps are the reason to ruin my location of privacy. Our home is beyond privacy ever since mother brought grandma to live with us.” Said High I.Q. With annoyance in his tone. “Damn that woman! She wants her there?! That’s a crappy and selfish reason to have her there.” Said Death as he looked around. “Okay. No one comes this area since it was shut down.” “Correct, let’s us commence, brother.” 1 hour later I.Q. was gasping for air. “I am guessing that Game Life is much more stamina than me.” “Correction, you have no stamina. You never bother to exercise much.” Said Death as I.Q. which’d pissed him off “You barely exercise your body except that brain of yours.” “As you exercise in rugby when you lost the cost of your legs.” Said I.Q. “Yes… but at least with this practicing, we have level up our ‘I.D. Create’ skill by 6.” Said Death. I.Q. looked at his skill as well as Death. [Making Instant Dungeon (Active) LV 7 EXP: 10.01%] A Skill to make an instant Dungeon. You can create a more powerful one by increasing your skill level. 1.Empty I.D. - Monsters: None 2.???? I.D. - Monsters: ???? (You can decide what monsters should be in. Choose carefully because it’s a one-time decision.) 3.???? I.D. - Monsters: ???? (You can decide what monsters should be in. Choose carefully because it’s a one-time decision.) 4.???? I.D. - Monsters: ???? (You can decide what monsters should be in. Choose carefully because it’s a one-time decision.) 5. Combine I.D. - Monsters: Your choice of monsters available on list. “It’s nothing like Game Life’s list of I.Ds. Perhaps that Game must of entered an instant dungeon with the undead and thought of the common monsters for starters.” Said I.Q. “If Game choose his I.Ds on what he thought of, than we should carefully decide on which I.Ds we should have. The skill screen said its a one-time deal.” I.Q. put some though on it as well as Death. “Robotics, Mineral and Metal Instant Dungeons for me.” Said I.Q. “Astro, Magic and Extinct Instant Dungeons for me.” Said Death Alchemist as I.Q. look at him “An Extinct I.D.?” Asked I.Q. “A I.D. with extinct monsters. Think on how much items that we could collect; dinosaur bones, pelts, monsters and rare materials and possible mass amounts of oil.” I.Q. put some thought into it and smile but it turned into a frown. “I love the idea but I suggest we hold off on that I.D. The idea of a dungeon filled with dinosaurs intrigue me but they would literally eat us.” Death gulped and started to sweat if Spinosaurus aegyptiacus consumed him whole. “That’s a good reason to put that on hold.” Said Death. “Perhaps I should train in the Magic I.D. for a while but I think you should go first, brother.” I.Q. was think and smirked as he raised his hand “Create I.D. Combine; Robotic and Mineral!” Everything went silent as they looked around. “Even in the busiest area of the city is silent. And not by a massive blackout created by me for once.” The ground began to quake a bit as I.Q. gotten on Death’s chair as he lifted I.Q. and himself in the air to get an eagle’s eyes view to witness some sort of earth golem combined with machinery. “What... the hell... is that?” Asked Death. “Don’t know but I think that’s the monsters in the I.D. Observe.” Metallic Amber Golem LV 36 A Golem constructed from Amber and infused with cybernetics. The origins of the Golem originated from Jewish Mythology on how a Rabbi carved a Golem out of a chunk of mud. The Golem have superior high defense and high strength; in addition, the cybernetics implanted with them has given them Artificial Intelligence to block and defend. “I had a feeling this was would happen.” Said I.Q. as Death looked at him. “Explain to me.” Asked Death. “The combination of two I.D.s has created a mutated breed of monsters. Both robotics and Golems.” I.Q. used his observation on his own Combine I.D. to examine the area to see a monster rate. Golem 49% Robot 49% Combine 2% “I knew it, it’s a rare monster.” Death looked at it “I’ll check it stats.” Metallic Amber Golem LV 36 Power: 250 Strength: 200 Dexterity: 200 Endurance: 200 Intelligence: 120 Wisdom: 50 Charisma: 0 Luck: 0 Points: 0 Skills: Resistance to magic (low), Strong Body, Immune to normal weapons, Quick Thinking, Regenerate Health 10% per minute I.Q. look horrified. “Holy Shit Balls. It’s stronger than us.” Death looked unamused. “That’s bad.” “And it as intelligent as us, with a resistance to low grade magic and think fast as super computer. Our current abilities will not be enough to damage the cyborg mineral.” “God damn it! We’ll be dead by a rare monster! We… made an error.” Said Death as I.Q. grabbed him by the throat. “Never say that. I don’t make mistakes… on command things that have been added to our lives. This is just a glitch… wait… that’s it!” Death looked at him. “What’s it?” Said Death “Give an explanation please.” “What makes glitches?” “Simple; programmers who messed up on writing the code or forgot to add a code.” Said Death “Correct but what happens when an electronic device gets moisten?” D.A. smirked as he pulled out a 3-liter bottle water. “It shorts out and breaks down by the electricity.” He said as Death removed the cap and used his telekinesis to move the bottle over the golem. “NOW!” The golem’s sensors alerted it of a loud sound as it views up as water landed on its CPU. The golem was short-circuiting as parts of its body exploded. “Now! Before it kills itself!!!” Yelled Death as they dropped from the sky as Death aim his spear “Tornado Cannon.” His spear formed a sphere of pressurized air as it fired from the tip. “Mana Sphere!” An orb of mana formed in I.Q.’s palm as it fired at the metal golem. The combination of pressurized air and Mana created an explosion large enough to engulf it as it turned into black smoke. You have level up x4 You have level up x4 “Whoa… what a @#$%in’ rush.” Said Death. “I’m starting to feel like Kratos. Without the blood spewing from the enemy we kill.” High I.Q. looked at where the golem vanished to see a large chunk of Amber, a rock merged with machinery, a stack of bills and a book. “It still intrigues me that objects are created from nothing. Game Life is literally, physically and mentally being living his dream and his symbol.” Death looked at him “Have you ever wonder why we and some people have these symbols on our clothing or accessories?” Asked Death as they looked at the nothing together. “Never mind that. Observe.” Said I.Q. as he examined the loot. Amber (The size of a basketball) – This mineral is a fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used in jewelry. Metallic Golem’s Core – This object is the heart of the Metallic Golem. When you install this to a golem of your creation, it’s gains the intelligence of a supercomputer (200 Intel & 100 Wisdom) and the ability to speak. Golem Creation Book – This literature contains the information about the inanimate creation from Ancient Judaic Legend. The basic magic is enchanting forms of clay. An Automatically moving puppet will obey your commands. Effect: Create 1 Golem that is permanent; the golem will get the creator’s power. $5000 I.Q. was amazed as D.A. looked at confused “What’s wrong bro?” “This book contains the magic to create golems!” Death was surprised. “A rare skill in a rare monster! Maybe it’s common for rare monsters. We better make a note of this for combination I.Ds.” “I am learning this.” Death raised his brow and nodded “That is a fact. You don’t have the muscles for physical training. No offense.” “I am not insulted. That is a fact in my part. Perhaps I should learn this to prep myself an army. I can Tame monsters in another time. I am learning this.” Death stopped him “Wait! Shouldn’t we give that to Miss Beauty? I mean she’ll make a copy of it. Think about it! The possibilities of this chance are 4.2 million to one.” High put some thought into it and add an ingenious idea. “True but if I manage to get more powerful than I am, than I can used my golem army to gather another one of this book and more.” Death put some thought into it and nodded “Very well. You can learn it but you might want to find and purchase a magic book on earth magic. I doubt we’ll be in an area where the enemy will allow us to use his land.” High I.Q. smirked as he absorbed the information of the book. [Golem Creation (Active) LV1 EXP: 0%/ MP: 2500] This skill will allow the caster to create Golems. The possibility of creating different kind of golems is due to the caster’s several skills. Effect: Create 1 golem that is permanent; the created golem gets the creator’s power. Limitation: Control 2 Golems High I.Q. snarled “SHIT!” Death raised his brow “What the hell’s wrong now?” I.Q. looked at him “I need 2500 MP to use it. I should have asked for that pendant from Game Life.” Death Alchemist looked annoyed as he noticed an army of Golems and Robots heading towards them. “Brother… I suggest we leave now.” He said with fear as I.Q. examined their problem. “I agree.” They both raised their hands in the air “I.D. ESCAPE!!!” The sky cracked and shattered as they were back in the real world. “Thank wisdom.” Said I.Q. as their stomachs growled. “I think we need to some nourishment after that experiment on the combine I.D.” Said Death. “I shall go fetch it. No mayonnaise, correct?” asked I.Q. “Correct.” Said Death as I.Q. left the area. 20 minutes later Death was relaxing in the shade as he looked at the sky “The world itself is alive, the existence of magic exists and belief of myths are real.” Death shut his eyes. “Can things can even stranger?” “Hmmm… how about seeing a Queen of all Gambling?” Death opened his eyes to witness two bouncing balloons over him. “Nice melons.” He moved forwards and turned around to witness a female teenager with Cinnamon skin, Misty Rose hair and Puce pupils in an outfit design, skirt that stretches to the knees, that shows playing cards and dice earrings. “Thank you handsome.” She leans him and smooched him in the lips for 10 seconds and released. “I haven’t seen you online for some time. Tell me, where have you been?” Death stared at her (“Gambling Queen, Age 16 ¾, cup: D+, butt: 2 sizes smaller than Fancy Looks. My online and real-life girlfriend. It happened with I lost my legs after that accident 2 years ago. That accident ruined my life as I shut myself in my own house. I wasted my time online and stopped going to school even after I didn’t start school. My bro was kind enough to explain to the principal and staff about my condition. So, they set up a computer-cam in my classes and send me my homework online so I can pass my classes. I spent my free time in my chatroom. Denying all who wishes to chat with me, until I met this chick. The most, dynamitic babe I’ve ever met. She was a hacker but she only hack in certain people’s business; like being arrogant or a douche. We’ve spend some time together; chatting, hanging out and making out when my family left. Plus, she was a gambling expert; she’s only lost one time to me and became affectionate to me. My best bet was she wanted to find someone good enough to beat her”) “I’ve been finding hope again.” Queen raise her brow “Oh?” “I heard of a way to get a chance to walk again.” Queen looked surprised and place her arms around Death. “I can’t wait for that day. Good day, my hunk.” She flirtatiously as she walked away while swaying her hips. “Damn. I love that babe.” I stared into her and had a thought “Hmmm… I wonder? Observe.” Gambling Queen Titles: The Casino Royal Abyss Gambler LV: 79 HP: 8940 MP: 7920 Power: 420 Strength: 460 Intelligence: 342 Wisdom: 181 Luck: 300 Dexterity: 201 Endurance: 222 Charisma: 81 Speed: 349 Perception: 400 Points: 0 Death looked horrified and smacked himself “Oh @#$% me.” High I.Q. came back with two bags of fast food “I have return and I gotten your meal.” He noticed Death looked frighten and immediately calm down “What the hell happen to you?” Death looked at his brother “I’m tongue kissing an Abyss babe.” I.Q. looked shocked “WHAT?!” He looked horrified and gather his thoughts “Is she cute?” Death looked at him with a pissed look “Dude! Cute is for puppies. Sexy model describes her.” I.Q. looked at him and gave him two thumbs up. “Nice.” He placed the meal in front of him “So are we gonna tell the others?” Death shocked his head “No way in hell! She’ll destroy us! I checked her stats and their above a total of 2000.” I.Q.’s eyes widen “It’s suicide even for Tough or The Suicide Squad. We got to get stronger and heal my legs.” Said Death “Agree.” “Plus one day, I’ll bone her.” I.Q. looked at him with a unamused look. “(Sarcastically) Yes… dream for that.” Above them on the mall’s roof was Gambling Queen “My Death is with the Abyss. *Sigh* I hope he’s doesn’t kill me or I’ll take something other than his legs.” She vanished in thin air.