Chapter 1 the last sane one of my kind
A/n: this story was inspired by horizon zero dawn. So think of it like that if you will. I did a lot of research and pulled up transformer weapons, Along with gundam parts, And cybernetic parts as well. Sorry if this is a poor explanation, It's better if I write it down.
Also, This story will be updated only on weekends.
I am also adding in goblin slayer: Year one as it is cannon to the series. But I'll only stop at manga chapter 10 because 11 and 12 haven't been updated yet.
So without further ado, Let this test project begin.
A long time ago, When the stars were much sparser than it is now. The gods in control of light, Order, And destiny. And the gods who managed Darkness, Chaos, And Coincidence. Who was to rule the world?
The gods all agreed to decide the winner not through violence, But rather by rolling of a dice. They tossed it again and again, Until they exhausted themselves and became delirious. After all, The winner of the last round became the loser in the next, Resulting stalemate. Finally, The gods gradually grew weary of playing the dice. So they created a wide variety of existences, And a world for them to inhabit, Just like a board game and it's pieces.
Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Lizardmen, Goblins, Ghouls, Giants, Demons...
They would all step the path of adventure: sometimes with success, And at other times in defeat. They would discover treasures, Gain fortune, And pass away. But they had created one thing together, A race before the many other races came into existence. A race with advanced technology the likes no other race would have seen.
A race where their weapons could transform, A race where they could rebuild themselves over and over again. They could reproduce with any other race, But when it came to their own kind, They preferred to build their own. They were known with no name for their race. Leaving future races to call them whatever they wanted.
But to the gods, They were known as androids.
But the gods never gave their race that name, And stuck with a nameless one instead for their own amusement. This race of advanced human look alike people was prosperous, Peaceful, And unopposed. For they were the first and only race of their time in the beginning.
But that time as the first dominant race...was coming to an end.
-ancient city, Hidden quarters-
Inside a secret room was a large laboratory of parts, weapons, Cyber-brains, And chips. However on an operating table was a boy no more than the age of 19 years old in appearance. His hair was brown and black, His eyes neon faded aqua, And his body was not even complete yet. His creator however was leaning over him as she wiped away some strands of red hair that were in her face.
"You're halfway done" the boy's redhead creator muttered to herself "And once you're done. You and I can one day leave this city, Away from the growing problems...I just need more time with you. I need to install you with as many weapons and chip upgrades as possible. Not to mention, You'll bare my Orphan-Alaya-Beast-system".
However as she was gently moving her hands over her newly made child, The hidden door opened as a man came into the light.
"My lord!" The man told her "You have been summoned! By the-".
"By the high king...our creator and yeah...I get it..." the redhead creator expressed with a mixture of bitterness and sarcasm in her voice. She then changed her attitude when she looked back at her son "I'll be back to finish you latter" she told him before heading off out of her secret room to see her leader. She and her companion that had to fetch her were having a conversation.
"So what's it about this time? More stupid words on how the weak should be dismantled and evolve again?" The redhead creator asked the man. The man just shook his head at her, His face growing ever so pale.
"Worse" he expressed "He plans to start a war, And he's already made an army".
"What?! But what good would an army-".
"He plans to kill those that defy the evolution idea and forcefully take them apart and rebuild them from scratch to become warriors of power to expand his race".
The redhead creator clicked her tongue at the thought, She was going to make sure to question him.
-the high council room-
The two made their way to their leaders humongous castle, A castle fit for a god. Inside we're his council members and the leader himself; Known as the creator king. He was the first of his kind to exist, And he used his own parts to create some of his race. Over time, His race began to do the same and expand. But the creator king wasn't happy with how his race was as he quoted them as "Pacifists to a point".
True they had vast weaponry, Knowledge, And such. But to the creator king, He believed that they needed to expand their evolutionary step, And become powerful unstoppable war machines that could take over the whole world. They all knew that their race would eventually die out one day, Despite them knowing that some of them could live for long periods of time. But that reason to expand their race all across the world and progress in their "True" evolution was all that mattered to him.
He would use other races to expand this crazed ideology, By any means necessary.
He didn't want his people to be known as kind hearted and peaceful, He wanted them to be feared and show no mercy. But he knew that many rebelled the thought of becoming war machines that only knew conquest and destruction, And so, He decided, With his council of course at his side, That war against the ones who were against his idea would be the better choice.
He knew that he could replace his former kind in time, But he wanted to inform the redhead creator about his plan. His city was spilt into two factions: one side was against the creator king. The other side was with him. And on the rebellion side, The redhead creator was their leader. The creator king waited in his throne room as he then saw the redhead creator walk into his presence. The creator king smirked as he then spoke to her.
"I take it that you were informed?" The creator king spoke.
"I was!" The redhead creator spat from her voice "You plan to start a war against us?! Your own kind?!". The creator king just smirked at her. "Oh don't feel so bad" he told her "Once I kill you, I can analyze your data for my future race. As well as use anything else that you might have hidden away for my use".
The redhead creator just gave the king a hard glare, She wasn't about to lose a soon to be war against a madman.
"Not before I place a cosmic rust shell into your cyber-brain!" The redhead creator threatened "I'll make sure that you won't win!".
Both the creator king and his council members all began to laugh at her so called threat. "How cute, She's trying to sound threatening" one of the council members spoke. Another council member spoke up "You do realize that we have over 80% of our races support in this? You only have 30% against us, How can you even threaten us when you barely have the muscle to back you up?".
The redhead creator sighed as she then crossed her arms in front of her flat chest, Something she had to downgrade because it was originally too big, She then just tapped her foot in frustration. "I'll find a way to win! Mark my words! I'll find a way to stop this damn feud and this upcoming war! You can mark my words on that!". And with that, She left. As soon as she left the castle the others conversed with one another.
"It seems your creation is determined to defeat you, My lord" another council member told his king. The creator king just shrugged as he then placed his hand on his chin, He didn't worry about her threat in the slightest. He only worried about his goal that clouded his cyber-brain. He also had a secret motive for his council once they won the war, But he would act upon it later. For now, Only the current soon to be war was more important.
-3 weeks latter-
The redhead creator was in her usual hidden room like before, She was doing the finishing touches to her now fully completed son. Her child was beautiful in her eyes, She placed her hand on his cheek as she gently rubbed it. "You'll need a name soon..." she told herself as she then looked at the cable wire that was attached to his head, Loading the last of data into his mind. The system that she shared with him; The Orphan-Alaya-Beast-System was slowly being installed into him.
It was a slow process, And it was only at 28% of completion. This made the child's creator a little impatient as she wanted it to finish so that she could be with her newly created son. He was outfitted with many weapons, And offensive and support data upgrade chips. Now all he needed was the system to complete itself into him.
"I can't wait for you to awaken so that we can-".
Her speech was interrupted when the same man came into her room in a panic. "The war is starting! The king has started the war! We lost two of our good soldiers!". This quickly made the redhead creator turn her head in shock.
"What!" She yelled as she looked at her son "But my son's data hasn't completed itself! He's not ready!".
"I'm sorry, But you need to help us out. We're losing our people fast!". The redhead creator tightened her fist as she then grabbed her nearby shield as it then transformed into it's gun form as she cocked it. She then turned back to her child who was still receiving his data. She sighed as she then pushed a button that was at the end of the table as it then transformed into a stasis capsule. She placed her hand on the capsule, "This will keep you hidden and safe until I return. This will also complete your data while I'm gone" the redhead creator told her son as she smiled at him "I love you".
She and her companion then left the room as the floor then opened up and hid her child away under the metal floorboards. She promised to come back alive to her child, As well as win the war against her creator.
-4 months latter-
The ancient city was in absolute ruins, Fires broke out, Buildings were destroyed, And many dead robotic bodies scattered around the ground. The war was in the creator kings favor, And the only one remaining was none other than the redhead creator. She limped back to her hidden room, Her right arm missing, And her left arm almost broken. She had her cosmic rust gun on her back as she then fell onto the metal floor. She knew that she was about to die, And she wouldn't have time to see her child in the world. That made her upset, But she forced herself to crawl to the hidden part in the floor, The pain in her body be dammed. She crawled over to the hidden floor part as she was about to unlock it, She then heard the sounds of footsteps behind her.
"Shit...they snuffed me out...*sighs* it doesn't matter. He can take my hidden things, Weapons, And chips to fuel his own damn race! But I'll be dammed if that bastered touches my son!".
She then heard the door break down as the creator king and his newly formed people barged into the hidden room, The king walked in as his units saw the vast amounts of hidden treasures among them. The king smiled, He struck gold with this find. "Perfect..." he smiled with glee "With this, I can make my army even better, But first...". He then saw her as he then made his way over to her badly bruised cybernetic body as he then held his signature weapon; His primax blade. He then ruthlessly stabbed the girl in her back multiple times, Smiling as he did so. He then held her up and quickly sliced off her head.
"Hehe, You'll make a fine new toy for me to customize" he mocked her lifeless head as he then snapped his fingers "Get the rest of this stuff, We have much to do!". His army did as their king commanded as they grabbed all of the data chips, Weapons, And Parts. However they forgot about one important thing...
Her son was underneath them.
-many years later-
Many years had passed after the war of the first race, The creator king was victorious in the war. And so he began his dream of his races new evolution. He used his former creations hidden items to create new powerful machines. His former Human looking kind were remodeled into mass-produced pantheon looking machines. He also created animal like-beasts as well by the thousands, This also gave way to different types: kidnappers, Hunters, Assassins, Heavy armors, Commanders, Mages, Berserkers, And his favorite: the omega knights.
Each creation had a different purpose in their programing, And they followed it without question. Then again, How could they question their leader when he stabbed them in the back by making his own soldiers and council members into pantheon-like killing machines as well. His creations did have the tendency to become wonderers if their main programing objective was corrupted, But that was fine with the creator king. He wanted his race to expand and take over the world after all.
However as many years passed away, The new races came into light. At first, They didn't know what the nameless race was, Or what their purpose was either. But to the nameless race, They couldn't explain who they were, They were only born to kill and or capture to make new cold-hearted machines. This created a major problem for the other races, And in the current day, They have been deemed a major threat upon all races.
It was also during the birth of the new races that a name was finally given to the no longer nameless race of strange machines:
Elves called them shells.
Dwarves called them iron ghosts.
Lizardmen called them metal demons.
But to humans, They gave them the name that stuck with them for the rest of time: Husks.
Many adventurers have tried to hunt down the husks, But the result was always the same: a bloodbath and a major loss in rookie or veteran adventurers. It was at the point that the capital had then declared that husks as platinum ranked monsters. The hardest type of monsters to kill because of their advanced weapons and abilities.
Their were four ways to kill a husk:
Number one: bring a party of over 300 units.
Number two: try to kill a husk with their own advanced weapons.
Number three: use as much magic against them as possible.
Number four: be aggressive against them.
However as many adventurers followed these four rules like a code. These rules never guaranteed a 100% victory for people. For even with these four rules, Even the platinum adventurers met unruly fates at the hands of the husks.
Not only that, But since they were the hardest to kill, Many people didn't know their weaknesses, Nor did they take the time to study them that well for the monster guide. And as for using their weapons against them, That was basically a joke. Their weapons were hard to understand to even a veteran, And nobody too the time to figure them out. Resulting in many accidents or deaths. Thus, The weapons that were collected from some ruins from a few husk areas were now collecting dust in shops, Untouched.
Going alone to face the husks was 100% stupid and considered suicide. People also considered the areas of the husks "Forbidden ground". And many people had just avoided the husks altogether, But even trying to avoid them was also difficult thanks to their advanced tracking. In some record books, Only 3 husks in history have been killed, But they have been known to have the highest body count even to this day.
And each day was only getting worse as they kept expanding all around the world.
-small village area-
Meanwhile a small farming village not too far from the main road to the capital city was doing daily harvesting. It was a cosy little village with a good amount of people in it, They lacked in weapons sadly, Only using what they had to defend themselves. But it was better than being totally defenseless.
As some people were in the village, A few of them were outside of the area looking for either extra things to bring home or to get water from the lake that was in the forest behind them. However three girls were doing the latter.
"Come on sis! If we hurry we can make it back!" One of the young girls in her teens called out to her sisters. She had black long hair and was the youngest of the three. The second middle sister who was also in her teens, She had short reddish orange hair as she tried to catch up to her younger sister, The last one was older, And looked to be in her twenties, As her orange hair wrapped in a ponytail was blowing in the wind. Her large chest bouncing a bit with each step, She was caring the two empty buckets as she smiled at her younger and middle sisters.
The older sister had to look out for them both, Since their parents died long ago. They had their villagers to help them for support, But she tried her best to keep her family both safe and financially stable.
"We're coming, Just calm down okay" the older sister called back to the youngest one. The older sister always loved seeing her two siblings happy, However they kept playfully teasing her that she should find a suitable husband down the road. She shrugged at the idea of finding someone, All that mattered to her were them. They made it to the lake that was thankfully within walking distance, As the older sister then gave her younger and middle sister the buckets to fill with water. "Let's make sure to get as much as we can, Okay?" The older sister told them.
"Okay!" The younger and middle sister agreed as they took their time getting the water, As the older sister kept on the lookout. The older sister was the bravest of the three, And would gladly use a weapon if the situation called for it. However as she was on the lookout, She then saw something in the distance reflecting a bit of light.
"Hm? What's that?" She wondered as she then glanced back at her sisters. She saw them gently getting the water into the buckets, She figured that she would take a little peek at what her eyes were fixed on out of curiosity. "Girls" the older sister spoke up making them both stop to look at her "I'm going to take a look at something real quick".
The two young sisters were curious about this.
"What is it, Big sister?" The middle sister asked her.
"Is it a monster?" The younger sister asked in a bit of a nervous tone of her voice.
The older sister then replied to their curious questions, "It's just a reflection of something in the light. I just want to check it out" she told them. She then made her way to the refection that the light gave off. She was careful not to make herself get detected by any monsters or worse, Husks. The older sister quickly but carefully made her way to the object that reflected in the light. She had reached her destination, But soon realized where she was.
She realized that she was in a ruined area of the husks, And she knew damn well that all husk areas are forbidden ground, Least you suffer an instant death by the cold machines. But even though she was in a nest of a husk, Her curiosity overpowered her fear. That's when she found the source of what the light was reflecting off; A stasis capsule with a boy inside. The older sister gasped as she then gently ran over to it.
"A boy!" She said to herself "He's...trapped in this glass cocoon! How do I get this opened?" She pondered. She then looked all over the capsule trying to find a way to open it so she could free the captive inside of it. However she got her wish when she saw what appeared to be a switch on the bottom of the capsule. "I think this might open it, I hope?". She then slowly pressed the switch, As it then suddenly made the capsule then transform into the table, Making the older sister watch with fear as she looked around. Was it a trap? Did she set off something for the husks to find her? She carefully listened around for anything, But heard only the wind and birds.
That's when she looked back at the boy on the table until a voice then spoke:
[loading...]
[systems normal, Data Loading complete. Project orphan zero complete]
The older sister didn't understand this in the slightest, But that quickly faded when she then then walked up to the boy. She then carefully placed a hand on his cheek, Slowly moving it across. However this seemed to make the captive awaken from his long old slumber, As he then opened his eyes.
"Hmm...Ahh..." The boy muttered out of his lips as he then started to lean up and stretch his arms. "Mmmm...ahhhh! *sighs*". The boy blinked as he looked at his surroundings, He only saw a damaged ruin area of metal that was covered in nature, His eyes then soon looked at his hands, Then his feet, And lastly, At the woman who had awoken him.
The older sister just blinked, She and the boy just stared at each other for a bit. One was curious as to who she was, While the other was curious as to how he got in that glass container. It took awhile for the older sister to find her voice again. "Are...are you okay?" She asked him.
The boy just tilted his head at her.
"O...kay...?" He responded with confusion until he looked back at his surroundings again. "Where...where am I?". The older sister just looked at him for a few minutes until she carefully took action and got closer to him. She had to glance away a bit because he was in fact fully naked and that was a bit of a distraction for her ever growing blush. But she brushed it aside as she then placed her hand above his.
"You, You don't know how you got here?" The older sister asked him. Her answer was a shake of the head from his end, "No..." the boy told her "Do you know where I am at?". The older sister was about to tell him until her siblings made themselves known.
"Sister! Are you okay?".
The two then looked behind themselves to see the older sisters young and middle sister making their way over to them, They had gotten worried and left their buckets behind at the lake to go and check up on their sibling. The older sister responded to them. "I'm fine" she said "I just found this boy here in a husk cocoon".
The younger and middle sister then both looked at the person that was before them, They just looked for a bit until the younger sister spoke to the older one. "You...found him in a husk cocoon? What was he doing in it?" She questioned. The middle sister however was next to the boy, Carefully looking him up and down, She took a liking to him rather quickly, Despite just meeting him. "Oh big sister! Can we take him back to the village with us? Please?" The middle sister pleaded with her. The older and younger sister looked at each other then back at their middle sister. The older sister actually had plans to take him back to the village, Why leave someone out to die after just meeting them. The older sister then complied.
"Okay..." she said "Let's take him back to the village. I think once we get there we can discuss on how you got trapped in that cocoon". The boy nodded as the older sister then proceeded to help him to his feet as the middle sister tried to help out as well.
"No, I have him. You both have to get the buckets next to the lake" the older sister protested. The younger sister agreed to her orders, As the middle sister wanted to argue and help her. But she just looked at her older sister for a bit before going back to her younger sister. Leaving the older sister with the boy.
"I'll help you back to our house" she told him "We can then find out what to do then". The boy nodded as the four of them then headed back to the village.
A/n: hmm...damn that introduction was not good. I'm trying to go for a more Horizon: Zero Dawn approach to this story. Man! That introduction was terrible, Hopefully I look over my notes to change things around. Anyway, As I said before. This is only going to be updated on the weekends, However I might update it tomorrow after work. I feel like it needs something else added to it.
Anyway, Latter.