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"Rob, don't sleep! Now is your way out!"“The Stranger calls for Warcraft, we call for Warcraft!” The amazingly strong and clear voice of the blind priest easily interrupted both the muttering of the novices and even the hum of the wormhole. - Wake up!— The Stranger is calling. The hall immediately became crowded from the feeling of some irresistible force, similar to the one that crushed me to the ground under the gaze of the bone dragon. Psychic attack? - Wake up. I muttered.We are a slave, we have no name. We have always waited for the return of the one who will give us strength and purpose, arm us with knowledge and lead us forward, burn cities and build our temples on their ruins. We are a slave, we have no history.Somewhere I have already heard this."Rob, then everything is behind you," whispered in consciousness again."Vessel of the Void and Unbreakable Bonds. Did you know from the beginning?!""Of course I did, you bastard! Do you think you just got those abilities just
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Yes, mere trifles, like Roza, who destroyed the department, and Edik, who has been collecting himself piecemeal for a month now. And the second one is fine - he himself was at risk, but what about the girl? Unclear.Shrugging my shoulders, I dived into the underground passage leading to the subway and half an hour later I was at home.Home Sweet Home. Boxes with protein bars, batteries with mineral water and a comfortable chair, where you can lie down to sleep if necessary. Nothing fancy, perfect place for a loner like me.Actually, I'm going to sleep now.— Run DP4, direct connection!And I dived into an unprecedentedly real and alive, in comparison with the previous episode, the world of "Far Search"!"Commander," Frost reported. - The squad is fully equipped with weapons and protection! Some fighters wished to keep their more familiar gunpowder weapons, I allowed it, since they are not embarrassed by the extra heaviness.- Accepted. How are things with psi-defense?- Built into the
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I sighed and ordered:- Open it.Antey was the first to run into the test, carefully clutching the printer to his chest, other fighters followed him.Thirty seconds.Enough to activate the emergency flooding system, attach explosives with a timer to the control panel and installation ring, and, escaping from the rising water, jump!And immediately dive, roll away from the offensive grenade that flopped into my place!— Conquista, damn it. How did they find us so quickly!“These are back with protection!” Faye screamed. They all seem to be like this now!“Nothing, you won’t take us so easily!” Antaeus?“Twenty seconds to reload!”Here is the main difference and minus in all other respects of a wonderful weapon. Extremely low rate of fire.I looked around the building we were in. Or rather, ruins. Once there was a school or some kind of house of creativity, but time and war did not spare him. The ceilings, riddled with bullets and burns from weapons like Manyuni, held only miraculously,
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- What is it?— Exo-skaf! - Antaeus answered, knocking down the lock with a blow of an armored fist. - Armor like a tank, servos and heat dissipation systems that almost double Manyuni's rate of fire!“So, super-protection?”- Yes! That is, no. It will not protect against psi, and if they take control of me, you will have a very sour.— He, Froze, look at our friend's armor? We don't need a juggernaut in the rear.Let's see, Commander. Fros nodded. “But first, let’s mend the wounded.” What are our resources?- In excess of carbon, iron and aluminum. Fay said. - For the initial deployment of the base is enough, but for something more serious you already need to look.- Will you stand on the unloading of drawings?“If you promise me a shower and a piece of meat for dinner.”— There is stew in the refrigerator. Antey responded, examining the new thing with loving eyes.- It will do. I'll start with the hospital, perhaps. Faye nodded to us and disappeared from above. Soon, a thoughtful bu
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Only now did I pay attention to what was happening around, to shapeless piles of meat, blood flowing in rivers on the paving stones ...And folded in half in a fit of nausea. I hadn’t eaten anything yet since morning, and the surgical operation cleared what was of the younger gods, so I had to vomit bile - bitter, sour, which made it even worse.“Wow, what a sissy,” Ware grinned dismissively, pulling himself into my chest. Also a blood mage. How are you going to reach the heights of mastery if you are sick of flesh and blood?“I… Kh… I'm not going to achieve anything. I would like Foma. — The flimsy man went.Warcraft clapped his hands, and a wave ran in our direction from the open ocean. Unusual, too tight, too fast. She looked at us and saw!- What is it?- Where?- Wave.- Cleaner.The water reached the very pier and, ignoring all the laws of physics, climbed up the piles, along the walls, with a contented rumbling, pounced on the scraps of meat, acting quickly and with pleasure.
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What a touching family. You are so protective of each other, so protective. Real heroes, right? - The fingers on the necks closed even tighter. “But you both went to watch how the Inquisition burned and hanged sorcerers, including those who were innocently slandered. They stood and clapped their hands, didn't they? Yes?Warcraft stood and bored looked at how the priest and his daughter were suffocating. - I'll ask again - where are Khaang and Foma? Priest, if you are such a hero, have pity on your daughter. She's out of breath, and in two minutes she'll be irrevocably dead."I'll tell you everything, sorcerer!" The priest couldn't resist. Just don't hurt her.- I'm listening to! And don't you dare lie to me. — I released the priest to the floor. - Speak.- Let her go. he asked, rubbing his neck with a clearly visible red mark of his fingers. - I'll tell you everything."The sooner you tell her, the sooner she'll start breathing again."- Okay, I'll tell you everything! - He hurried.
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Hello, Rob, hello! Eduard Semyonovich recovered enough to receive guests on his territory. Bauer smiled politely from the screen. “He was talking about some kind of gentleman's set, without which you'd better not come.- Do not come? But what about work?- Work? Oh yeah. The interlocutor was not surprised. “Work is always very important. You'd better arrive on time so as not to upset your boss.— Chief?- Yes. I'm sure he'll be furious if you miss a day today. The personnel officer's left eyelid drooped so fast that I barely had time to catch his movement. - Perhaps he will even issue a reprimand to you with entry in the work book. All the best, Rob.Bauer passed out, leaving me sitting on the bed with my mouth open in surprise. For the first time since our acquaintance, this irreproachable gentleman in all respects allowed himself a brief digression from the rules. He winked at me, yes.However, it is clear why. Immediately for two reasons. And the most important of them, of course,
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- This is the period of the beginning of the war, right?- Exactly. People began to fence themselves off from each other not only for social reasons, but also because of the danger of catching an infection. As a result, the first batch of teledildonics and feedback gloves sold like hot cakes. That is, the official releases spoke, of course, about all sorts of noble goals, such as remote surgical operations and the like, but everyone understood everything. The third synthetic generation brought the picture to almost photorealism, and the electronic Japanese girl is always beautiful, affectionate and positive - not like some.— That is, the third generation was not about games?Why? About games including. But you yourself must understand that the number of single young men has increased in the world, who were frightened by the very idea of going out in public and declaring their heterosexuality, and no one canceled hormones. So virtual girls have become a great way out.“It's a road t