The Dimensional Traveler (FanFicDimension Neptunia) Vol.2
Chapter 1. Green Heart
"From all the times it had to happen now…" CPU Green Heart sighed, closing her eyes for a moment. Even though she would rather currently be elsewhere, as a goddess, she had her duties to perform no matter what.
Green Heart cared a lot about her people and when she learnt about this tragedy, she immediately rushed to solve the issue. Considering what was going on, she knew that only a goddess could handle it, so despite slowly raising in Leanbox festive mood, she headed out straight to the belonging to a company called Trinity factory, which had been overrun by produced by them robots. To her, it was still a mystery why the machines rebelled against its creators, however, saving endangered lives of trapped inside workers was a priority number one. The rest would surely reveal itself on the way.
The goddess lowered herself to the level of surrounding the complex walls. Although they weren't exactly the highest point of the facility, she could still take a good look around. Trinity was one of the most prominent companies of her nation, so it was no big wonder that even though it wasn't their main quarter, grounds of this factory were still rather spacious.
Trinity wasn't only researching and developing robots of military use, but also, those for civilians, starting from simple kitchen ones, even to robotic maids. "There are so many of them…" Green Heart carefully scanned through the area. It seemed that most of the targets were special unmanned military units - Stratos. "Just when did they produce all of these?" According to the delivered to the Basilicom report, they should have been still being tested, so the number of working units wasn't making much sense. It was way too risky to create the entire line without being sure of the final adjustments. Green Heart made a mental note to pursue the matter later.
If hundreds of these Stratoses were to leave the factory and roam into inhabited neighborhood, it would result in a disaster. The goddess was afraid of even imagining the outcome, so for that reason, she made up her mind and decided to stop them right here, at all cost. But how? She might have been a CPU, however, even she had very low chances against this many alone. "Maybe I should call others for help?" She wondered, waging her options. Doing so would take too long, thus worrying about working here people and those who could be harmed in future, Green Heart rejected this idea. Besides, she was certain they had their hands full with their own problems…
Therefore, she could depend only on herself to defeat those machines. "Alright, I should probe them first." The goddess of Leanbox prepared her spear and entered a battle stance. She was getting ready for a quick sortie to test how the enemy would react, however, at that moment she noticed a dark figure falling down from the roof of the main building.
For a second, CPU Green Heart froze. "That couldn't be a person, could it?" Did somebody lose their hope and decided to end it this way? There was no way… There should be at least 50 employees trapped there, so others wouldn't let their colleague commit suicide, would they? But unquestionably, that had to be a human being. Green Heart was aware of the fact she wouldn't make it in time to catch them. Even though the building was a skyscraper with 15 floors, the distance between it and her location was far too great, not to mention the reaction time. At this point, all what Green Heart could do was to be an idle spectator, watching how the figure dropped into the sea of Stratoses…
"What?!" The goddess opened her mouth in disbelief. She didn't expect to see what happened afterwards and was dumbfounded by the sudden shockwave, which knocked all of the robots into the air. In an instant, half of the Stratoses were already destroyed, even before their sensors could properly activate. Apparently, this seemingly suicidal jump turned out to be an ambush from the least predictable direction. And how was this person still alive? Were they really human? Green Heart might have been a goddess, but even she was hardly able to follow movements of such speed. She could only see a dim black trail which cut through each of the enemies one after another.
In such style, before remains of the fallen Stratoses dropped on the ground, three fourth of them were already defeated. "Incredible…" Though she was caught a bit off guard, she couldn't help but to feel impressed. Whoever they were, their strength was on the whole new level, far exceeding the power of goddesses. Eventually, the figure landed in the middle of the courtyard and stopped, allowing Green Heart to take a quick look on their back. They wore a humbly decorated with a reminding multiple letter 'V' pattern dark cape, which hood was making it harder to determine their gender. Because of the angle, there wasn't much else she could notice besides a sword in their right hand. However, why did they stop like that? There were still more of the active Stratoses and it was impossible they didn't know that as well. Then, the person raised their hand and flicked their fingers.
The air around them erupted and an explosion finished off the remaining machines. At this point, Green Heart wasn't surprised in the slightest to see them use magic. Given the overall performance it felt only natural. "Just who are they?" When the surrounding cleared, they were still in the same spot. "Should I engage them?" She pondered, feeling an uncontrollable urge to talk to this mysterious warrior. But at that moment, they turned halfway in her direction, revealing a covering the whole face white beak mask with dark elements.
Their gazes met. For a second Green Heart forgot to breathe as she noticed something strange in their eyes although she couldn't name what. She was clueless about how to act and blankly stared until they fixed their glove, sending a clear sign – the show was over. "Please, wait!" Green Heart desperately called out when the masked vigilante dashed off towards one of the buildings and climbed its roof, eventually disappearing on the other side of the structure. The goddess of Leanbox decided to follow, however, by the time she made it there, they were nowhere to be found. Only six green roses remained, placed in a shape of V.