Deus Ex Machina

Chapter 8

"Link, how are you going to bring them here?"

Machina asked as he finally finished looking around the ship a few times, it just came out of his mind, Machina came from another world so he have some knowledge about it, but he just couldn't help but think how would Link bring them to life.

Does he need to prepare a vessel like a skeleton or even a dead body or something?

{It was quite simple, you don't have to do anything as I only need to gather mana in the surroundings to create something called mana body, their appearance will be the same as a normal human except that they are not really human, they will also be bound with me, so you don't have to worry about some unruly ones}

Link explained in which Machina somewhat understood, mana body may be a foreign word for him but golems do exist in this world which is also almost the same as mana body though they are very rare.

"How about the other things I told you about?"

Machina asked.

{All done, you said you wanted to make them feel like a game, so I did that, I added quests and sub-quests, quests are divided by 7 ranks, which is from bottom to top F to S rank, their rewards depends on how high the quest they have cleared, I decided to split the rewards into 3 things, first is the when they hunt monsters; the drop rate is decided by the RNG(Random Number Generator) that you have told me about, the drops they will get from monsters are either materials or items.}

{The second is the quest rewards, most of the quest rewards are EXP points and game currency, the more they level up, the more things they could unlock, for example, only when they are above level 150 could they finally use a Mech}

{Third is the bonus and unique rewards, well, bonus rewards are like what it names says, a bonus rewards most of it were experience and some random material, as for the unique rewards, that is the cream of the top rewards for the players and there is a chance for them to get legendary materials or even their personal reward}

{Now for the punishment, you said you wanted to make it realistic as possible so what I did is on their death, they will have to wait for 3 days and also lose some of their experience points if they want to learn how to use the things here, they need to undergo training in which I could take care of my own}

"Materials and items as a reward? where are you going to get these rewards?"

{Hehe, I'm glad you asked, I thought of this myself, so here's what I was going to do, Players do quests and hunt monsters, they do things depending on what they like now, for the quests they do instead of getting 100% of it, I will take 60% of it, for example, when they kill monsters, its body will turn into little bubbles in which they will think as a death animation of monsters but instead, I was actually taking it away from them, then leave some leftover to them, it was the same for quests, I will make them gather materials then if they see a precious material, I will change its description and turn it into a useless item, once they return it to me, I will refine it and turn it into a precious material, also there is the thing when they die they will drop a random item if someone didn't pick it up in 5 minutes, I will take it for myself, hehe aren't I great?}

"You sound like an evil capitalist"

{So what? that is what makes the economy grow!}

"Where did you learn these things from?"

{Internet... there are many useful things there}

" I won't bother asking anymore, anyway, I'm going to continue building my mech, I need some help with some complicated stuff that I can't handle manually"

Machina said as he remembered the very complicated stuff and it needed the help of a machine to do it, but since Link is here might as well let him do it.

{Okay}

And with that, Machina continued making his Mech, if possible he wanted to make it before the players come into this world, in that way, he could show off it to them and may give them the motivation that one day they would be able to build one themselves.

It's a man's romance to build his own Mech.

It was already afternoon when Machina decided to stop, opened his phone, and opened the website that Link had created, and yes, Link had connected his network to the other dimension network which enabled him to browse through their internet.

It has not been long since the notice has been published but Machina could see that about 3 million people had visited the site and also the discussion forum was very lively.

[Clouddude: I have applied! I hope to get chosen! I've already visited 15 shrines asking to have luck! I'm very interested in this VR game!]

[Crosschase: That's some dedication you have there bro, I also applied, their advertisement sounded too good to be true but there is no harm in trying it]

[Castleheart: Only a hundred people for the beta test? that's too few, but that's what made this more interesting, I sincerely hope that I get chosen! I pray the people in charge to choose me!]

[Castleheart123: So it's you!!!! you mother F*cker, you're the reason I have to put 123 in my name! you took everything from me!]

[Castleheart: What? I don't even know who you are]

[Castleheart123: This is war!]

Well, it was certainly lively, as of now, there were about 1.5 million people who have registered and it was still growing every second, Machina was not sure how many are in total when the 2-week deadline ends.

{Oh yeah! I forgot that we need an NPC!}

"An NPC huh... well, that is a problem"

Machina commented, NPC or also known as Non-playable characters, is one of the most important factors in games as they will be the source of quests and some other stuff too.

But Machina could really not make an NPC in his place because it was really not a game but really, but without NPC's the game functions will be different.

Machina sighed thinking about this.

"Maybe I could ask Granny and Grandpa for help"

Even though they are old, they were actually both young for people in this world, he didn't know why but he is going to ask about why they turn themselves to old people, anyway, Granny May and Grandpa Jack are the most suitable NPC Machina could think of.

Grandpa Jack is a very talented individual, he is not only an outstanding and powerful mage, he had also mastered different jobs such as Alchemy, Blacksmith, and other things, he is also the one who had taught Machina on creating a mech from the scratch.

He is the most suitable for side job quests, then there is a granny may, she may seem to be a weak old lady, but she was a powerful individual who could wield all weapons in a great mastery, no, she had already mastered them, she could also use a Mech but she refrained from doing so, Machina didn't know Granny May's past but at least she treated him like her own son.

Then there was also that cat... and the dog...

"Hmm, now that I think about it, it should be time that Renzo should come back," Machina thought as he remembered the dog who loved to go out every month, it was a very strange dog since it doesn't act like one.

Well, that is for another time, Machina left the ship and continued making his mech with the help of Link, he was much smarter than A.I and he could also do things much accurately.

In the blink of an eye, it was already nighttime, and Machina decided to end it for the day, looking at the scattered parts on the ground, Machina decided to organize it for a while before going back home.

The streets are not that dark in the Junk City, in the past Machina and Grandpa Jack installed some lampposts on the streets that they created to brighten up the place, in this way, the Junk City would look a little better.

"Hmm, since it's my land, should I also start developing it?"

Machina asked as he looked around, as he said last time, Junk City is fairly big, even though almost all of it were junk, but even with that, Machina can confidently say that Junk City is much larger than even empires and kingdoms.

{You should develop it, with the help of the players I bring, it will be much easier, just give them a quest and they will also gladly do it, you might also find someone who is obsessed with cleanliness}

"obsessed with cleanliness huh? that kind of person does exist, though they are very rare"

Machina nodded in agreement, but anyway.

He arrived back at the house and met Grandpa Jack outside who was about to go out.

"Oh, Machina, come in, I was about to go to you, come I already finished cooking, let's eat together, and lets also talk about that"

Grandpa Jack said with a warm smile, I nodded and entered inside, sitting on the chair reserved for me, we started eating peacefully.

"Grandma, Grandpa, I would like to ask you two something"

Machina asked.

"Hmm, what is it? tell us" Grandma May asked without hesitation, she was very eager for Machina to ask for their help, since this kid had never asked for help, only teach me, which meant that he wanted to do everything himself.

It's not that they don't like it, Machina is a very hard-working child, he knew his responsibilities and had never created trouble for them, he acted very maturely, but for them, they wanted for Machina to enjoy his childhood, enjoy his youth since they knew the feeling and what will happen when he grows old.

They wanted to spoil Machina, that was an instinct of a grandmother, they are more mellow to their grandson than their own children, so Grandma May was very glad that Machina was asking for their help.

"It's actually like this, when I went out a few days ago, I discovered this thing called World Core, do you know anything of it?"

Machina asked as he looked at the two, Grandpa Jack and Grandma May seemed to freeze a little bit before they continued eating as if what they heard was nothing.

"World Cores huh... well, I do know a little of it"

Grandpa Jack seemed to go back to the past, Grandma May also smiled a little bit probably feeling nostalgia by looking at their expression.

"Can you tell me about it?"

"Why are you asking? you probably know about it right?"

Grandpa Jack smiled as if he had seen through Machina.

"Yes"

Machina replied honestly since they knew about the world core then he won't have to worry about what he will have to reveal.

"So what do you want to ask us?"

Granny May asked with a smile.

"Actually, I had some plans, let me tell you..."

Machina started telling Granny May and Grandpa Jack about his plans, and how he would develop the junk land, they listened attentively and didn't call his plans childish,  they even asked about some things which helped Machina to revise a little of his plans, he also told them about Link in which they didn't react much, but they were very interested in his ability/.

After a while, he finished explaining, and both of them seemed to think about it.

"I am fine with it, at least this place will be lively"

Grandma May immediately accepted.

"I am fine with it too since your Granny accepted, maybe, I could also find some disciples since you rejected me *Sigh"

Grandpa Jack sighed as he remembered when he decided to teach everything he knew to Machina since he was very easy to teach and talented, but Machina was very obsessed with Mechs that he didn't have time to learn the other things, but he was happy that Machina pursued what he wanted.

What drives a dedicated person was his obsession.