Entering through a large set of arched doors the thin creature carries Rio into a large room.
"Let me go!" Rio shouts in his mind activating his influence.
The creature releases his grasp to Rio's satisfaction.
That feeling doesn't last long as another creature picks him up and continues the journey through the castle.
"Aw come on!"
Rio attempts one more time to use his influence but as soon as he does, the previous creature snaps out of the trance and resumes the cycle.
He eventually decides that it would be better for him to just summon one of his servants.
He attempts to pull one of them into his reserves when an unfortunate message appears in his mind.
"Reserve failed. Servant is outside of your range"
"..."
"you have got to be joking. Why would you give me a limit? Aren't I supposed to be the strongest!"
"Don't take that tone with me. You should be grateful. There are not many entities as great as I that can grant you a new life. You got yourself in this mess. Don't try to drag me down with you. In fact."
"New mission from Alberoth: Escape Jeremy's Castle."
[Reward: New ability]
"How's that for power, huh!"
Rio is momentarily excited about the prospect of a new mission before thinking about how petty Alberoth was.
Rio eventually makes his way to a throne room.
Looking up he can see a young child.
He looked about 8-10 years of age and was wearing a set of tattered clothes.
The young boy looks towards Rio with a wide grin.
"Don't just stand there, bring him to me!"
The creatures pause for a moment before carrying out Jeremy's order.
Rio is placed into the arms of the boy as he begins to pet the top of his head.
Rio would have torn the kid to shreds if he could but his current body lacked the power to do so.
Instead he quickly activated domination and waited for the process to complete.
"This is so degrading."
Jeremy plays with Rio for a while longer as the domination takes hold.
After only 2 minutes the process was complete.
[Domination successful]
"Would you like to name your new servant"
"Yeah yeah, just call him Jeremy. Now let me go!"
Jeremy releases his hold on Rio and stands up.
Stretching out his body Rio commands Jeremy to have his minions release his servants.
"Bring me those Prisoners now!" he shouts loudly to the creatures in the room.
The creatures look towards one another and stop moving for a few seconds.
"Didn't you hear me! Bring me those pris-"
Before he could finish his sentence One of the larger creatures picks him up and throws him to the ground.
"N-no More K-King!"
"What." Rio jumps at the sudden outburst from the creature.
He had assumed that they were completely under the boys control but that no longer seems to be the case.
The creature picks up the boy by his throat and carries him off.
Seeing his only option for escape being carried away, Rio chases after them.
He follows them down multiple sets of stairs.
The further down the messier everything becomes. The wood down below has begun to rot and patches of mold can be seen throughout.
Eventually the boy is thrown into a small cell. Unlike the rest of the area, the wood used as bars is well preserved and doesn't have an ounce of rot.
There are about 10 different cells within the room.
Looking around, Rio spots both Zack and Vector in separate cells across from one another.
Jeremy is thrown into one of the cells by the creature as it lets out a disturbing sound.
"D-draw!"
Jeremy doesn't respond to the command and remains still.
The creature becomes noticeably agitated and begins hitting the bars.
"DRAW!"
Feeling that things might get out of hand if this carries on, Rio orders Jeremy to follow the creature's instructions.
After receiving the order, Jeremy pulls out a stick of chalk and begins doodling on the floor of the cell.
After a minute of drawing he steps back as a figure similar to the other creatures rises from the ground. turning to the side the new creature steps out of the cell.
"I get it now. That boy must be the only one capable of creating these creatures. If things are how I think they are, this might just work out in my favor."
The two creatures began speaking in an unknown language for a bit, turning to the boy every now and then.
The smaller one nods its head and walks over to the entrance and stares into the room of cells while the bigger one leaves the room.
Watching the door close behind them, Rio activates his influence and sends a suggestion to the remaining chalk creature. "You don't need to report on the happenings of this room. just ignore everything and take a break." Upon receiving the suggestion, the creature sits down and flattens itself onto the ground. "Good, now I just need to get us out of here." Activating his reserves, Rio pulls everyone into the void and re-summons them outside of their cells. Before Rio can even think, Zack scoops him up and hugs him with thankful eyes. Rio is surprised for a moment at the sudden gratitude. He had always assumed that his servants would simply lack all emotion. Looking towards the other two, he notices Jeremy pouting by himself while Vector stares at the two of them while shaking his head. "Well, that's a bit interesting. Deciding to test his new discovery later Rio puts his mind to more important matters. He begins thinking of a way to handle all of the creatures inside the ca
Rio stops pacing and turns towards Vector. He looks towards his side holster, noticing the handgun. He knew that the gun was ineffective on the creatures and even if it was, It would be far too difficult to land a shot on their thin outlines. Rio was instead interested in another property of the gun. If he could tamper with the weapon a bit he knew he could force the gun to explode. It wouldn't be big but it should suffice against the creature in front of them. Rio has Vector take the gun out of the holster and draw the hammer back. He then places the barrel on the ground and begins slamming it repeatedly against the ground. The creature is still battling Zack and has stopped paying attention to anyone else, ignoring the sounds coming from its rear. In the span of a few seconds, the barrel is completely bent and shattered. Rio pulls it from the ground and begins inspecting it. "This is perfect. Now we just need to add a bit more oomph, don't you think?" Rio asked, looking to
It's been a number of days since Rio had been taken into the van. He wast sure exactly how long it had been as the only time he could see outside was the few times that he was provided food. During this time he became more accustomed to his new ability. Whenever he had the energy, he would practise resonating with Vector and Zack. Resonating with Vector gave him more knowledge on guns than he ever wished to know. It was almost as if Vector was some kind of gun nut. Although it also proved useful as his mind was also full of combat strategy and tips. Resonating with Zack was even more interesting as his benefits were less instructive. He didn't have the knowledge that Vector had but he more than made up for this in his physiology. Resonating with Zack allowed Rio to manipulate his body similar to Zack. he could liquefy portions of his body at will along with being able to manipulate his now liquefied body. Rio was going to try resonating with Jeremy but quickly decided against
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"HQ to Team 3, As you've proven that you are unable to contain The anomaly that escaped from Montana, we have decided to send in a specialist. He will be taking over your team from now on. We have given him the best equipment possible to aid him in his mission. Be sure to follow any and all orders from him until that anomaly is secured. His code name is Site-Bomb. Good luck team. HQ out""As you've all heard, I'll be your new commanding officer. I am going to have to ask you all to do your jobs exactly how I say them. Failure to comply with my orders may result in your immediate termination. Now I know it took me a little bit longer to get here than what you were expecting. But that was because I was doing something that I would have expected your team to do.As you are probably aware, there has been a large amount of disappearances around this town recently. Are any of you aware of the similarities between these disappearances? Well let me tell you. All of the victims of these disapp
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The Creature roared as it stared down at Rio.Its voice was like thunder and echoed throughout the whole building.It's appearance was something of a nightmare. Its body was a pale white, with long sharp nails and a tail that stretched behind it. It had four arms, each ending in a hand, and its feet ended in black talons as well. Each of its limbs took on the form of a different animal, and it seemed to shift every few seconds. At one moment, Rio would be looking at a bird-like arm, then he would be seeing the back end of a dog, and next thing he knew, Rio would be looking at two legs that resembled a horse.Rio stood in awe at the creature before him, and tried his best to not show any signs of fear or hesitation, which proved to be difficult since he was staring directly into the creature's ever changing eyes."Emergency Mission from Alberoth: Escape!"Rio began to think about how to get away from the beast but time was not a liberty that he would be granted.With a blood curdling s