Inside of a space ship, a ship that something a human never seen before, with a dark and ominous appearance
There's an alien from a Neuronz species, a species with appearance like a humanoid octopus, this species was a very well known with their intelligence across dimensions, capable having a psychic powers and a telephatic mind.
But this one was rather unique, this alien has a feature with a sharp gaze around his eyes unlike the other Neuronz, he also having 6 arms and superior intelligence among its peer making him very capable of doing multi task operation. Just like now even when he's doing it all alone.
"€¥^$°`÷~×¥"
*piip *piip* piip*
This particular alien was known as Nero, an alien who gained a certain level of notoriety across the dimensions, especially among the advanced civilization.
He bears a famous name, one that has become synonymous with intelligent and secrecy.
Some said he's a shadow, some even said he's a void that appeared outta of nowhere and then vanished without a trace.
Nero The V.
Nero The N.
Today, luck didn't seem to be on his side. The numerous enemies he had encountered had not only damage the space ship hull, but also targeted the core itself.
The intense battles fought within the space storms had taken their toll on the core. The damage has finally done it's job.
With no other option in sight, Nero was forced to initiate an emergency landing somewhere safe. Somewhere he could take refugees, somewhere he could hide safely from his enemies.
"¥¢√π¢€÷¥π÷"
Nero, after searching various candidates in this dimension, Nero finally decide to take refugees in a planet called Tharnia. A home planet with homo-sapien and some gargantuan class entity.
*Druuuuuu
Despite the turbulent he felt inside the ship, Nero show a relaxed expressions while working tirelessly to save his ship from its critical condition. His nonchalant attitude toward the crisis was a habit he developed over time.
This isn't his first such situation, nor was it the worst one he had encountered.
He know that adversity was a constant thing he experiences beforehand, it felt like the threat itself was a companion in his existence.
! Warning! ! Warning!
The lights and warning signs continued to flash him, reporting multiple damages throughout the ship.
The auto-regeneration system powered by nanotechnology was struggling to keep up with the constant damage it accumulates overtimes. The intensity of the battle within the space storm had finally taken its toll, pushing the ship to its limits.
As the critical condition worsened, Nero's focus shifted from the damaged systems to the planet in front of him.
The blue and green colour of the planet could be seen from the distance, it's clear that this planet was a host of vegetation and a vast of oceans.
*DRUUUUUUU
As the ship entered the planet atmosphere, the ship began to trembled and shook violently. It was evident that the ship was unable to withstand any further strain, and an emergency landing seemed unavoidable.
Apparently the shock control system was also damaged from the previous encounter, making the ship frame groaned and creaked intensely as it struggles against the intense force of the atmosphere.
Despite the turbulance, Nero the alien stillb remained composed and focused as he brew a tea while making minute adjustment to keep the spacecraft stabilized as much as possible.
After a while of turbulance, the alien pilot gaze fell upon the large city in the distance, its castle and surrounding buildings giving a distinctly medieval appearance. It was clear that this world was home to a species of humans living in a middle age era.
The ship continued its descent towards the outskirts of the city, the alien taking note of its architecture and the various inhabitants moving about within its walls.
Realizing he need some cover, the alien body began an astonishing transformation in response to its surroundings. The once extraterrestrial features began to shift and morph, adapting to resemble those of a human being.
From its skin tone to its facial structure, the change was amazing and grotesque at the same time making someone who saw this process would doubted his eyes.
Not long after that, the alien was now disguising itself as one of the local inhabitants, resembling a handsome man with a black hair with a feature of blue eyes.
"£¢€¥^¥¢>>.. Here it comes.. "
The ship start to crashed into the ground with a thunderous roar, creating a massive crater in its path.
The impact was so strong that it shook the entire nearby surroundings, causing the ground to tremble and debris to scatter in all directions.
Within 40km radius, the sound of the metal crunching could also be heard and the sound of metal scraping against the earth was also echoed through the area, especially within the city.
The scene was pretty chaotic, the once dense Forrest some of it had been transformed into a desolate landscape, the intense heat generate by the impact of the spaceship had caused the trees to catch fire, leaving them charred and burned to a crisp.
"What a landing" Nero said while looking to his surroundings.
Nero, who haved survive the landing slowly stood up from his seat in the cockpit.
"Well let's check the outside"
With a weary sigh, he cautiosly stepped out of the ship, it's look like the air was thick with smoke and dust from the impact, and the ground beneath his feet felt uneven and kinda unstable.
Despite the inconvenience, he maintains his indifferent expression while trying his best to analysis what damage had been done to the ship.
"The hull was damaged, the wings kinda wreck, the core was leaking, the stabilizer is burned, the anti-gravity CPU overheating. Overall the damage was about 92%, just a little bit more of damage could made this ship to blown away"
"By the way how many days it takes for the nanobots regeneration to completely repair it? "
"What!? A whole 1.095 days!? "
"Yeah.. I get it, that's made sense, after all my ships was made from rare minerals"
"For now let's turn on the camouflage system"
*Click
"Here we go.. The ship now look like a stone, wait.. It's completely like a malachite I guess? "
Suddenly.
"Whoah.. It's kinda hot around here"
There's a presence of 3 people who had emerged from the shadows behind the trees. The fact that they had managed to walk up on him undetected was making him a little bit wary and dumbfounded.
Nero stood there, his mind racing as he tried to make sense of the unexpected situation. The fact that three unknown individuals had effortlessly walk up on him from the shadows behind the trees was both alarming and disconcerting. Especially when he has an advanced technology to detect the living effortlessly, his technology was so advanced that it could detect a single rat from miles away and they managed to escaped that.
Nero's muscles tensed, his senses is on high alert as he cautiously observed the mysterious figures. His expression remained neutral, but a hint of wariness lurked in his eyes.
"Who are you?" Nero asked.
"No.. It's should be us asking that, who are you? Do you not recognize us? "
Nero's face remained indifferent as he met the gazes of these three strangers. He took a moment to examine them more closely, trying to invade their thought with his psychic powers.
"I'm afraid I don't recognize you," Nero replied coolly, without any shred of doubts.
"Well theres always a first time of everything, we're in the capital and you doesnt recognize us?" Said one of them with a masculine appearance.
"I don't care... Care to introduced yourself?"
Hearing this the hero party seems a little bit astonished with the way Nero answered it.
"Well it's fine, let me introduce ourselves.. My name is Seighard Trix the Hero, this one who has bulky muscle all over his body is Gordon Derlway, and this little girl is Sharnia the Saint"
Nero listened intently as Seighard introduced himself and his companions. He noted the muscular figure is Gordon and the innocent visage of Sharnia, taking in their names and titles.
"A Hero, a Saint, and a bulky one," Nero muttered silently to himself.
"Oiiii Seighard! Don't introduce me like that! I'm Gordon the Titan"
Gordon shout a loud protest, he can't accept on how Seighard had just introduced him.
"I'm the Titan, not just 'the bulky one,'" he grumbled, folding his massive arms across his chest.
Hearing this Nero trying to invade their mind with his psychic powers, he was trying to probe their minds searching for any hint of deception or lies in their words.
Meanwhile, Gordon and Seighard exchanged glances and slurs, not suspecting anything suspicious as they carried on their conversation with Nero. They seemed unaware of the mental invasion happening right under their noses.
"W-wait... I know this man, he's the blacksmith at the 7 Thor Smithy" Sharnia the Saint said while tilting her head.
Sharnia's sudden exclamation caught everyone's attention. She pointed a small finger at Nero, her voice filled with recognition without any doubt.
"Yeah! I know who he is! At first I don't remember because he's so different, how do say it? Uumm... He's kinda a little bit normal I guess?" she declared, making Gordon and Sieghard turn their gazes towards her.
Nero raised an eyebrow, his expression remain unchanged. "Oh? You know me?" he asked, genuinely surprised by the little saint's words.
"Whats the difference Shar?" Sieghard ask while putting a serious expressions.
Sieghard cautious nature shone through in his expression, the man who standing in front of him could be his enemies.
After all, no normal person should be able to withstand the intense heat of this place, and yet the man standing before them seemed unfazed. It added to Seighard's suspicions, fueling his wariness.
He remained on guard, his gaze fixed upon the man, silently assessing him for any signs of deceit or ill intent.
(A mimic? Or something else? )
(Either way, if he's a monster I'm gonna cut him down within second)
Knowing this, Nero who has reading his mind all along couldnt help to trying to show his calm and a little bit friendly attitude toward the hero party.
"Umm.. I think when I met him before, he was kinda drunk I guess? People told me he's not the type of person who cares about anything except people around him?"
"To be honest.. I'm not so sure, what kinda person he is.."
"Well we don't have time for that anyway, thanks Shar.. Let's just take that stone away, I don't see any malice, magic, or anything could threaten us from him anyway. If he did there's should be a sign but Durandal was showing none after all.. "
"Do you have a problem if we take the stone blacksmith?"
"No.. You couldnt do it anyway"
"What do you mean?"
"That stone.. Only chose the people who worthy of it, and couldnt be move unless for the people who being choosen. "
Nero having just said that, observe silently on how they were reacting towards his claim. That stone, was his space ship that was in camouflage mode, no one in entire planet could do something about his ship, left alone to lift it.
Seighard hearing of what Nero just said couldnt help to be intrigued by the stone properties, he decide to get a closer look.
"I'm a hero.. If what you just said was true, then probably I could touch this stone.. "
Seighard pondered for a moment. He was the hero in the party, the one who was sworn to protect the people. If this stone was truly meant for those of noble intentions, then he, as a hero, should have the privilege to touch it, shouldn't he?
As he reached out his arm, he felt a sense of uneasiness. Like there was something amiss, but to his riddles the stone remained unmoving, not giving any indication that he was the chosen one.
He walk very slowly toward the stone and touched it.
But to everyone's surprises, nothing happened. He had expected a reaction, a sign that he had been chosen by the stone, but the stone didn't do anything.
Gordon, who watching from behind just smirking. "It didn't do anything?" He spoke up.
"No it doesn't.. What does it mean? Hey blacksmith.. Are you making fun of me? "
Nero, standing silently as things unfolded, couldn't help but feel a flicker of amusement at Seighard's situation.
"Well, the stone has its own ways of choosing,"
"Just because you touched it doesn't mean you were chosen. It doesn't work that way."
"And the thing I said, was 'move' not touching it."
Seighard who realized the discrepancy. He had only touched the stone, not 'moving' it in any way making him felt a little foolish now.
"..... "
Gordon, who watched from behind couldnt help to burst of laughting "he said 'move,' not touch. You didn't move the stone dummy hero.."
"For the mother of Irissia let me do this, it's my job to do the hard labor isn't? You get back there and crying on the corner"
Gordon said while readying himself to lift the stone.
As Gordon prepared to lift the stone, Nero's thoughts raced. He had a plan in his mind, a calculated move to eliminate their party. The moment Gordon attempted to lift the stone, he would activate the gravity device, crushing the strong man Gordon to death.
The others, still unaware of Nero's intentions, continued to watch with trust in Gordon.
(I'm an alien, and I couldn't let people strong like them do something to my ship, I'm not an evil being, it just that I couldn't let my self exposed, I'm sorry) Nero thought to himself
The thought of his spaceship being at the mercy of the party made Nero's blood run cold. He was an alien, a being from a distant world, and he couldn't allow the Hero party to take any actions that could harm his ship.
Nero knew he had to take drastic measures, but he was no evil being. He simply wanted to protect his spaceship.
(I'm sorry)
Gordon hug the huge stone with his hands trying to lift it with a determined look in his eyes, Gordon who enveloped the enormous stone in a tight embrace start to using all his strength he had.
He grunted and screaming against the weight, his muscles are showing their triumph as his veins start to pop like crazy.
To the everyone surprises, the strong man, the man who called the Hero Titan managed to lift the 10-ton camouflage ship with ease.
"Now! 10x times gravity! "
With an eerie calm in his expression, Nero activated the gravity control device. The ship's gravity suddenly increased by 10 times, causing a palpable shift in the surrounding air.
Gordon who was holding the stone couldn't help to be surprised, as he tried to hold on as long as he could.
"What the hell!?"
"Somehow!! It's trying to Crush me!!"
(What just happened!? How does he survive that!? He should be dead isnt!?)
"20x TIMES GRAVITY! "
"WOAAAHH!! IT'S BECOME HEAVIER!! I WON'T LOOOSSEE MOAAR GIVE ME MOREE!!"
"50x TIMES!"
"AGAIN!? IT'S BECOME MUCH HEAVIIEEER!! MOAAR!"
(WHAT IN SEVEN HELL IS THIS!? 100x TIMES!!!!!!)
"MOREE!!!!!!!!!!! POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
(DIEE YOU FOOLL!!! 300x TIMEEESS!!)
"POWEEERRR!!!!! "
(WHAT THE HEELLKKK!?)
Seeing this Nero couldn't help to Feel astonished when he saw this spectacle right In front his eyes. It's the first time he saw a human this strong, and it's also the first time he felt so humiliated!
(1000X TIMES!)
As the ground beneath Gordon became a sea of destruction, the gravity seemingly increased to the unthinkable levels. It felt as if his entire body had been pulverized, yet miraculously, he could still force himself to stand.
The once solid earth now resembled a battered cracked landscape, a result of the increased gravity!
"POOOWWWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! "
(WHAT THE F*CK!!!!???)
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