Three days into the hellish trainings he experienced, he learnt everything needed to be learnt, the truth of the academy!
The A-M-X.
Code name: The Willow's Ground.
Hidden in under the vast mountains which covers the headquarters of IPac, it's location remains a secret, only known to the selected few, the gifted Lieutenants in charge of training the awakeners.
While being awakeners, they were trained to manifest their Talents properly, to use it fluently and exercise control over their mana.
But that was nothing but a cover, the true reason why the Willow's Ground existed was to create assasins, disposable assasins for IPac.
Entities bred to be hard core killers.
While in the Willow's Ground, every cadet and sergeants were known as Subjects, tools to be used and disposed once they hold no use to the superiors.
With each subject having a number which represents them!
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" Subject 406, come in "
A voice commanded, the metallic door leading into a hall opened up, slowly emerging into the room, dressed in a prisoner's uniform, his arms were chained together, his movements were being hindered by the giant metallic rock.
Weighing a ton, he dragged it along with him.
His movements came to a halt, his gaze were fixed on the figured cladded in white robes, with their eyes covered in googles, and their fingers covered in white gloves.
There were six Scientists present in the room.
Their eyes were fixed on him, Riley stepped on a stone, having his body scanned for nearly five minutes, his data appeared on the projector.
Riley scanned the vicinity, noticing the horrendous experiments done by this scientists, different shapes of monsters were sealed in liquid tubes.
They were either dead or in an unconcious state, near death to be precise.
He remained calm, not trying to freak out, he mastered the art of calmness at an early stage, he stared at the projector which displayed the results of his scanning process.
It displayed his necessary informations.
{Name: Riley}
{Alias: the United States Armed force}
{Current rank: Sergeant}
{Age: 18}
{Level: 15}
{Mana Output: 20%}
{Talents: Unrecorded}
{Class: Ruler}
" A Ruler Class? what exactly is that? this is my first time hearing such a class, aside that, apart from the fact we couldn't download or record his Talents, his stats is quite good "
The first Scientist spoke out, slowly careesing his chin.
" Level 15 and an Output of 20 percent is quite impressive, nearly impossible to get hands on, there are those whose level are high but mana output is low, this kid has the basics " The second Scientist uttered.
" Lets check his physical stat! " The third Scientist spoke out.
One of the Scientists clicked a blue button on the table beside him, the screen changed, with the physical stat of Riley displayed on the screen before them.
{Strength: 20}
{Speed: 19}
{Vitality: 16}
{Agility: 18}
{Intellect: 25}
" Quite astonishing, we have the perfect tool for the job, his strength and his speed are near evenly matched, his vitality and agility are quite high as well and not to talk about his intelligence " the fourth scientist spoke out.
" Yh, It's the highest recorded "
" We don't need to think this through, this kid would make the perfect assasin " the fifth Scientist said, their gaze drifted towards Riley.
He had a confused look plastered on his face, he turned his gaze.
" Hmmmm, is there any problem? " Riley asked.
" No, Subject 406, those chains which binds you were created from the deep core of the Savira Mountains, a rare metal known as the Zuranium.....can you break free from the chains? " The sixth Scientist questioned.
" Ummm, what if I could? what would happen to me? " Riley asked.
" I'm certain the few days you spent in the Willow's Ground should tell you everything about our works, the awakeners are mere tools to us, whether they die or live doesn't matter to us, as long as they satisfy us "
" We are the Technicians "
" We are the ones who will determine your fate, whether you are a useful tool to the IPac or whether you should be disposed of, a worthless Subject " the first of the six Scientists spoke out.
" So what you're saying if I refused then I might die right? " Riley asked.
" Yes it's a possibility, it's understandable if you cannot break free from the Zuranium Metal binding you, but if you could do such a feat, then we might consider giving you a special privilege "
The First Scientist answered.
" Special privilege huh? I don't really need one, what I want to do is keep living, that's all " Riley said, he increased the pressure, breaking through the shackles which bounded his hands.
The Technicians were stunned to see the Zuranium Metal chains torn apart, broken without care.
Riley gently careesed his wrists.
" That wasn't difficult to do, since you have everything about me recorded already, I don't think there's anything you would have me do right? " Riley asked, the Technicians remained still, no words were spoken.
" Yes, you can go " the First Technician finally found his voice.
" Thank you "
Riley spoke out, he turned his body, making his way out of the hall, he walked out of the room, with the gaze of the Technicians fixed on him, they watched him leave.....the metallic door closed up.
" Just as I thought, that child..... there's something wrong about him "
The voice of the Third Technician erupted, his eyes glowed brightly, slowly taking off his googles, the runes imprinted on the walls of the hall flickered.
" He broke that Zuranium Metal which bounded him with ease, that's an impossible feat, those chains, those shackles was designed to restrict the movements and actions of the Awakeners "
" No Awakeners has broken free from those chains until now, I suggested that as a joke because I believed it would never work "
" But to think he was able to accomplish such " the first Technician uttered.
Clang.
The metallic doors leading into the hall opened up, Commander Tory walked in with his hands behind his back, cladded in his military uniform, a smirk escaped his lips.
His movements came to a halt, staring directly at the eyes of the Technicians.
" I believe you have met with the last Subject right? I'm sure you have looked into his stats alrwady, has it been decided already? what his role truly will be? " Commander Tory questioned.
" That child mustn't be given a single role " the first Technician answered.
The eyes of Commander Tory squinted.
" And why is that? " He questioned.
" While his stats are abnormal, that child did the impossible, he broke the Zuranium Metal which bounded him, he is an anomaly and we may lose control of the other cadets if words of this gets to their ears "
" That child must be eliminated " The second Technician explained.
" What a suprise, to think there's an Awakeners capable of doing such, I understand your words, our Subjects must remain under our control, we are creating an army of Meta Humans, once the project is complete "
" IPac will be the strongest agency " Commander Tory declared.
" If a mere ant may bite me in the future, It's best to squash it now while it's still early, that child stays alive for now, on the day of his first mission "
" I'll make sure he stays dead! "
" Keeping that aside, it seems it's going well...the experiment that is " Commander Tory uttered.
A smile escaped his lips.
Gently raising his head, his gaze tilted.... his eyes were fixed on the Subjects sealed in tubes, floating in green like substance, their noses were all covered with masks, connected to the oxygen tubes.
" Ah yes "
" With the fusion of mana directly into the human genes, it's nearly complete, soon, we will be the first who spread this discovery to the world "
" A chance for humanity to experience evolution "
One of the tubes glowed brightly, a crack appeared on the glass of the tube, it expanded within seconds, swiftly exploding with the liquid substance bursting out freely.
A loud shriek echoed.
The student trapped in the tube collasped on the ground, the sounds of its bones reshaping became louder, fangs and claws sprouted out, her skin darkened.
Her eyes glowed dark blue.
Two wings sprouted of her back, barring her fangs....she charged against Commander Tory without hesitation, she covered the distance between them.
Directing her venomous claws against him.
Her claws were blocked by the mana barrier casted within seconds, Commander Tory remained unfazed, his eyes weren't even on the monster, with a snap of his fingers.
Mana spears were unleashed from the ground, the spears impaled the monster but it broke freely, creating distance between them as it bled.
" It created distance huh? quite an intelligent creature.....I guess it's understandable since it was a former human but against me, something like this is useless " Commander Tory uttered.
His eyes flickered.
\?? Talent Is active/
All it took was a few seconds, the entirety of her body was supressed, it exploded, with its bloods covering a vast amount of space, but it was blocked by the mana barrier of the Commander.
A loud sigh escaped the lips of a Technician.
" Another failure huh? " The Technician voiced out.
" Just because a failure existed doesn't mean the operation is ruined, you should take your time with the project, and clean up this body.....It reeks "
Commander Tory commanded, making his way out of the room.