Chapter 9. Journey to the Oscar Orcus laboratory.
A couple of minutes later they went out of the chamber that Yue has been lock up for 300 years and for the first time Yue felt free.
As they made camp just outside of it Benjamin cooked down the Monster scorpion they killed together and Ben feast on it gaining new magical powers as well used it's skin to make another weapon he called; Schlagen; A magnetically accelerated version of an
anti-materiel rifle. It had a 3 meter-long barrel and is 10 times stronger than his handguns, but it lacks a magazine that can only be fired once before having to reload. Ben is physically resilient and accurate enough to hip fire the weapon with just one hand despite the massive stopping power. In the manga it possesses a rectangular barrel that makes it bear a greater resemblance to a railgun, while in the anime it has a more conventional looking barrel which makes it resemble a gauss rifle more.
"I think Vampires of this world has all died out in the war three hundred years ago." Ben stated as he was cutting the main flesh of the monster scorpion they killed an hour ago and started cooking it.
"Huh? Three Hundred?" Yue asked in disbelief that it was that long had she'd been locked up in the labyrinth.
"Does that mean you're somewhere around 300 years old?" Ben stupidly asked Yue's age as he turns around he was given a glare.
"Benny, you do know that it's rude asking about woman's age right?" Yue scolded him, making look embarrassed.
"Eh, he he he sorry." Ben said as he turned away embarrassed and went back to his work to avoid more awkwardness. "So, were all vampires like you?" He asked to change the topic.
"No, I'm a special case." Yue admitted. "I couldn't age due to my regeneration abilities."
'I see so she really is like Wolverine in his instant healing factor.' Ben thought as he really thinks that ability indeed might come in handy in the future if he were meant to fight off the gods in this universe. "How interesting, so it's the hallmark magic of Immortality huh?" He asked and Yue nodded.
"Yes." She nodded.
Ben went back up to glance at the skin of the scorpion they killed and somehow thought how thick it was making it almost indestructible.
"By the way, do you know where we are or at least a way back to the surface?" Ben asked but Yue shook her head.
"Sadly no, But I remember that this labyrinth was built by a maverick." Yue told and the word Maverick caught Ben's attention.
"Maverick?" Ben asked.
"They are the rebels who tried to defy the heavens in the age of gods." Yue told him.
"They rebel against the gods?" Ben asked in shock that some people would go fight against their own "Gods." Ben now really that they are either stupid or brave if that's the case.
"Yes, Legends says that they tried to end the world but their plan failed and built labyrinths as they're last bastions of exile."
"And that includes this, The Great Orcus Labyrinth?" Ben asked for confirmation.
"Yes, I heard that the mavericks live in the deepest part of this labyrinth." Yue told Ben as she put her right hand on her chin.
"The deepest part of the abyss?" Ben thought this must be their only way out of this place is by going further below.
"We might find a path to the surface there." Yue told Ben as if reading his mind.
"I see, Mages from the age of gods could've built a teleportation circle there or something that might help us get out of here." Ben analyzed for the moment before he took out his status plate and scanned the shell of the scorpion monster. "Huh? Shtar ore, a mineral with a unique affinity for mana?" Ben suddenly realised it might be the reason that it was able to deflect his mana bullets. "The more mana it absorbs the harder it gets." Ben put down his stats and held the shell in his hands. "No wonder the shell was too hard even with the help of my plumber blaster couldn't penetrate it."
A few minutes later Ben had started working on the shells and build piercing bullets and then a slab of stones laying next to them as drawings of the said sniper rifle was being designed and later own Ben had build his third weapon which is a magnetically accelerated version of an anti-materiel rifle. It had a 3 meter-long barrel and is 10 times stronger than his handguns, but it lacks a magazine that can only be fired once before having to reload. Ben is physically resilient and accurate enough to hip fire the weapon with just one hand despite the massive stopping power. In the manga it possesses a rectangular barrel that makes it bear a greater resemblance to a railgun, while in the anime it has a more conventional looking barrel which makes it resemble a gauss rifle more.
Yue looked curious and approached him from behind and asked what he was making. "What are you building?" Ben looked at her and explained.
"It's an anti-materiel rifle, railgun version." Ben told her.
"Rail….?" Yeu asked not knowing what he was saying.
"Remember my Glock 20 Donner?" Yue nodded at this. "This Gun is the bigger version of it with special bullets." Ben explained as he started reloading the rifle. "Not only that, I also scrapped some parts from my remaining Plumber blaster to build this but now I also have the perfect mat to raise Donner's firepower." Ben inspect his new rifle. "Okay, all done. I think I'll call you. Schlagen." Ben didn't notice that Yue was admiring his enthusiasm of being a gunsmith.
"Benny, I have been trying to ask this earlier, What are you doing down here?" Yue asked, catching Ben off guard.
"Huh?" Ben said.
"How can you use mana directly? And how can you eat monsters?"
"What?"
"Are you really human?" Yue added.
"Okay just wait for the moment!" Ben exclaimed embarrassed at how close Yue was to his face. "Alright, I'll tell you. Now where to begin?"
Ben and Yue started their journey below this labyrinth.
"{One day, The god Ehit Summoned me and my classmates in this world, they asked us to save; humanity of this world from the demons. How stupid.}"
Ben made it far below where they are as he kept telling her his story.
"{Just then I revealed myself as a secret agent from our home world as part of my job in dealing with the extraterrestrial abduction situation which happened to us.}" Ben helped out Yue on slippery steps as they went further down this labyrinth. "{After my reveal some of my classmates had begun distrusting me for keeping such a big secret which was ordered by my superiors, however despite the combat skills I have shown, I was given an individual class of being a synergist, which was useless in combat and because of that I was called incompetent and worthless due to me not able to cast magic properly despite me being a skilled fighter, I came here with the royal knights to explore the labyrinth and there we fought behemoth which were I reveal my true strength in combat fighting unnatural creatures but just as I fight the monster a classmate turn on me and there I found myself at the bottom of the abyss and I nearly died if it weren't for this suit I'm wearing and if it weren't for my survival training skills in this type of situation by the academy I became an agent a monster would of eaten my arm. But that's where I decided to live on no matter what it takes and rely both of my fighting skills and fully used my transmute to survive and I begun killing and eat monsters.}" Ben narrated by explaining his story to Yue.
A few hours later they took camp as Yue listened to Ben's story. Yue started crying which Ben himself noticed and looked worried.
"Why are you crying?" Ben asked.
"*Sniffed* You suffered so much and it's breaking my heart." Then sniffed and son Ben smiled at her.
"Nah, don't be, I don't care about my classmates anymore or want revenge. Besides, they aren't really my classmates to begin with, they are just part of my mission as a plumber to cover my true identity while I'm in Japan." Ben suddenly frowned at that as he remembered all the bounty roaming around Tokyo Japan. "The most important thing is to develop the tools I need to survive and find my way back home and finish my mission." Yue stops crying for the moment and glance at Ben whose eyes are in pure determination.
"Go home?" Yue asked him.
"Yeah, a lot has changed but I still wanted to go home and continue my mission to prevent a much larger catastrophe back home." Yue suddenly looks sad at this.
"I see, I don't have a home anymore so I have nowhere to go." She told Ben who looked at her in sympathy.
Ben suddenly remembers her words the first time they met.
( Flashback )
"I don't care about my old name or anything to do with my past to remember it, give me one."
( End of Flashback )
Ben watched for the moment and decided to take her with him. 'Oh man.' He thought however the thought of him being with Yue brought a smile to his face. "Well in that case, want to come along?" He asked, catching her off guard.
"Huh?" Yue looked at him shocked and happy.
"I mean do you want to come home with me back to my homeland?" Ben asked. "It's a world without magic or so I thought, it's a lot different from this one and it might be difficult for however I can vouch for you as a new Plumber recruit once we get back." He told her. "Of course if you only wanted to, though."
"Really can I come with you?" Yue asked Ben with hopeful eyes.
( Back to the palace )
The whole Hero's party had begun their training especially with Noint who trained both Shizuku and Kaori San personally.
(At Haleigh Kingdom)
Noint was sitting at the edge of her bed, and she was looking down at the floor with her idea of her parents appearing again in front of her. Her hands were reaching out because she wanted to be held by them again, yet her father's words came inside her mind again.
"Natalya, you should never allow anybody to use you because you are our person. Besides, you have every right to choose what kind of life you want to live." Her father told her before his eyes closed as Noint's real name is Natalya, but she chooses not to use it anymore since God Erit gave her the title Noint the Silent Disciple.
"Natalya, you will meet someone who will make your heart skip a beat, but you should try to make them yours because someday that person will become important to you." Noint's mother's words always brought her boundless joy and an understanding of how to always watch out for the right person.
The floor was getting wet again because Noint was crying again, but this time, Natalya showed her real self since she had found the right person Hajime Nagumo. However, he was gone from her life, but she hoped that Benjamin was still alive because she refused to let his memories stay away from her mind or thoughts.
Noint gets up onto her feet, and she takes the necklace out to reveal itself to be one of Lord Ehit's symbols. Then, she unclips it from her neck, meaning she has abandoned her life as Noint the Silent Disciple. She went over to her bedroom balcony, with her eyes becoming clearer and more emotional as she looked at the bright blue moon inside the midnight blue skies. "I will have to try and find Ben with his friends because I can feel something else is about to happen here soon." Noint was telling herself with a firm voice, and she took her angel wings out from her backside to fly towards where Kaori, Shizuku were.
(At East Side of Heiligh Kingdom)
Daisuke was talking to himself more, but there was a dark shadowy figure as he spoke more towards it, "Your plan is in motion, but you should not be in a rush to move things along since we are not ready to make our move towards the humans yet." The voice was sinister and quiet as Daisuke showed a sinister smile because nobody will stop him from getting Kaori and Shizuku as his 'girls.'
"So, what is our next step for our masterful plan?" Daisuke asks the shadowy figure with a gentle voice because he is ready to make a move on the human side of the world with his lips forming a sinister smile. He was ready to take the plan to the next stage.
( Somewhere in Tortus )
On the lower Depths of the western sea.
An immense object with brown in color with orange egg-like constructs all around, used to accent the body and some used as portholes. Shape-wise, it resembles an Earth taser, with two long extended pieces constantly generating orange electricity between them. Its back-end features a propulsion system that resembles wires holding a ball of red energy. The ship has visible turrets and antennae.
Inside the main control room was a healing chamber tank as a figure in front of it vowing.
"The ship is nearly at full power m'lord thanks to the mana we have converted from the magical artifacts given to us by Ehit Sama and the demons, they also reported of the possibility of one of the offworld visitors from our home universe that one of them might obtained the power of the Omnitrix."
Looking at the healing tank a grasping voice was heard from the inside.
"So the rumors are true Azmuth of the Galvan and Magistra and founder of the plumbers had finally built the power I seek in the past. Excellent work psyphon soon the multiverse no, the whole Omniverse will be mine to control." A sinister laughter was heard echoing from the ship.
(In Orcus Labyrinth)
Benjamin and Yue continue forward to find a different path inside of the labyrinth, which Yue was learning more about Ben. They walked through the labyrinth when He and Yue first saw a white T-Rex stomping down on the beautiful dark pink flowers with dark yellow liquid dripping from his foot. Ben notices something is not right since the flowers might be poison or a booby trap for the enemies.
Benjamin turned his head and picked Yue inside of his arm again as he was running away from them because other white T-Rexes were coming toward the other white T-Rex that was destroying the flowers.
"Not cool!" Ben screams at the top of his lungs in a firm voice, and his expression shows serious anger surrounding how the White Demon T-Rexes were chasing after him, and Yue, with the pink flowers on top of their heads, was swinging right then left trying to capture them.
"You better hurry, Benny." Yue was telling him with a thrilling voice, and she did not mind being close to Ben like this, but she wanted to get closer to him as a partner.
Ben could feel Yue's 38D cup breasts pressed against his chest, which her furry jacket was blocking the view, and her light pink nipples were touching his chest. He was fighting against the urge to take the furry jacket from Yue's body, yet Ben focused on the task at hand in front of them.
Yue was going to tease him with her body, yet it seemed like he was focused on saving them from White Demon T-Rexes first. She giggled slightly, which Ben could only watch as she whispered inside of his ear, "Aren't you enjoying the view or touch of it." She was teasing him with a tender voice, and she would push her breasts onto him again. However, Ben throws Yue into the air and then points two of his guns to shoot the four White Demon T-Rexes with his two 'Donner,' then he catches Yue inside his arm again. She had an angry expression on herself.
"Don't ever throw me into the air again." Yue was telling Ben with a firm voice, and her expression was serious because she dislikes being treated like a ragdoll.
"Oh, okay… I promise not to do that again." He told her gently because he was slightly scared of Yue's fierce expression and voice. After all, she wanted to kick his ass if he did something like that again.
Ben turns his head to see White Demon T-Rexes with flowers beginning to race. Benjamin was carrying Yue inside his right left arm as he held her body comfortably with his right, but he was not trying to hurt her. "This is so not fucking cool!" He was screaming at the top of his lungs as more White Demon T-Rexes were chasing after Ben and Yue trying to capture them for their 'master.' He slid into the small formation of the hole to hide away from the White Demon T-Rexes with his right-hand summons rocks to seal them to hide their presences away from the enemies.
Ben and Yue were close to one another as they found themselves inside the tight cave, where they were trying to catch their air. The same feeling again as Ben looks down to see Yue's round and big breasts were touching him again onto his chest area. He couldn't decide to take the first step with Yue because he did not know if he could trust her once they got out of this labyrinth since he saved her life, yet she returned the favor by saving his life from dangers
'Why am I feeling like this?' Benjamin begins to question himself with a soft voice and his head towards her as light blue crystals lighten to reveal where a tight cave would only have room for them. Yue looks up to see Ben, and her expression shows itself as comfortable then, she begins to lean in about to kiss him on the lips for the first time.
"It's okay… You can trust me." Yue said to him with a tender voice, and her eyes were bright red with emotions as Ben could not help himself but began to lean closer to touch Yue's lips with his own.
The rocks were destroyed by the White Demon T-Rexes' mighty dark blue flame blast. To uncover them, Ben takes Yue with both arms again to jump away from being crushed by the multiple rocks coming crashing down inside of the hole which they were hiding inside the hole.
As both were rushing towards the labyrinth to find a large hole with many flowers surrounding the entrance as Ben said. "I believe we found the source of the flowers." His voice is firm, and his expression is smooth because it seems that he has found the source of their problems. After getting inside the cave then places his hand on the entrance to stop the White Demon T-Rexes from entering the cave. His head turns to see many light green balls around the area, then begins to walk forward, trying to figure out what they are?
Ben and Yue see the light green ball glow brightly, then turn into light blue and make the memories of Ben. The first memory was him being a small kid who went on a summer road trip with both his cousin and Grandpa. Present Ben was curious about why he saw these memories in front of him, and his head turned to see Yue was curious about the new world.
"Is this where you were born or from?" Asked Yue, her voice and expression were soft and curious about the answer from Ben.
"Yup, this was a memory of mine that summer with both my cousin and grandfather." Ben told Yue.
As they explored Ben's youthful memory Yue then saw something she wouldn't believe in her own eyes. It was three years ago before he moved to Japan for his mission.
He was having a normal life as a Highschool student in California Bellwood High until one day after his watch getting stolen by some guy at night as he was about to go home he was being attacked by someone and this one happens to be another him until he was corned into an alley before he was rescued by some kind of flying creature that looks like a humanoid pterodactyl.
The whole thing breaks loose as a war comes to place between both good versions and bad versions of Benjamin along with Ben Prime.
Yue gasp as every single Ben Tennyson god disintegrated by a massive shockwave release by the evil warlord that she thought in her world has parishes just then the aftermath of the memory of how her Ben uses the magical watch on his wrist that helps him transform defeated the monster warlord in front of him and then return everyone back to life by reversing time and stop the monster warlord for good.
"You mean to tell me you went through all that and yet see yourself as a true hero and stop that evil monster warlord from Destroying all of reality?" Yue asked as she hugged his arm in comfort, embarrassing him a bit as he could feel her breasts through his arm.
"Ugh, yeah but I'm not alone though." Ben told her, chuckling in embarrassment.
"Hmm, I know but Ben I have one question: how did you and other versions of you from different dimensions are able to transform into monsters?" Yue asked and Ben knew that this was coming.
"*Sighing deeply* Oh alright fine I'll tell you, Me and the others were able to transform into aliens with this." Ben shows her the Omnitrix. "Back in my home world, the Omnitrix represents the symbol of the lives of all species. Say, what do you think of the things that I transform into?"
"Bizarre? Or somewhat monstrous."
Once in a while, Ben wears a genuine smile.
"Yeah, all those bizarre and monstrous forms are not actually monsters. They are like… uh, humans with different shapes and sizes from normal humans."
She cups her chin, her eyes looking away at nothing.
"Like beastmen and demons?"
"Yeah something we called them aliens from my world. And they aren't evil. Well, some of them are. But no one is born evil. Just… the way they live affects them and shapes their lives."
As they continued talking they both found out how similar they are to each other.
"But why would those people just betray you like you did nothing wrong?" Yue asked him with a firm voice, and her expression was furious towards Ben's so-called classmates as he turned his head away from her to figure out the same answer that haunted his mind.
"It was because I was only seen as a liability and nothing more I or that after I revealed myself as a secret agent for the government they began to distrust me." Ben told her with an emotionless and honest voice that his expression could not be seen because he was turned around for Yue. He wanted nothing more inside of his other life, and he did not care about how his so-called friends were cruel to him the first time he went to Japan yet Ben kept moving on by telling himself that everything would be alright since he was strong like his father and had kindness like his mother and he was living in the morals of his Grandfather.
"Well, you are more than just a liability to me… You are my hero, and I do not care if it is just us against the world. I will stay at your side, and I will always be the one to tell you that everything is going to be good again… If you do not leave me alone." Yue told him with her voice, it is comfortable for Ben to hear those words because he wanted someone to tell him those words and turned around to see Yue was smiling at him with a bright smile.
Ben went over to Yue, and he hugged her with both of his arms. She was blushing brightly because Ben had never hugged her before until now. She placed her hands around him to stroke his hair comfortably and smooth with her hands as she promised to keep him close to her heart and never allow anybody else to hurt her Ben again.
( Note: this part doesn't belongs to me I just rewrote it on my version credit belongs to the writer of Alvin D-Rod go check out Arifureta Rise of the Irregular Hero besides this book is just a test run. )
The Test of Strength and Feelings was not easy to compare for anybody to realize what the other person went through as Ben and Yue returned to the labyrinth. He sees a Demon Flower Priestess who was the one who sent them through the memory lane of Ben.
Letting go of Yue Ben unrolled his sleeve and shows the Omnitrix and ready to transform.
"Nothing stands in our way!" Ben exclaimed as he pressed the dial and scrolled the playlist and transformed into……..
"-Terraspin!-"
Terraspin is a green, turtle-like alien with large flipper-like arms, and stumpy legs. The tips of his arms also have three holes each, which can extend finger-like claws to use as fingers.
The version of Terraspin in this is from ultimate alien who had eight holes in his shell and a circular body shape.
Ben turns into an "O" then Into a "T" shape like a giant motor fan and started spinning as gust of wind started to appear out of the Geochelone Aerio who's species is immune to Mana as the surrounding spheres of green mana dispelled around them and throw the demoness Flower Priestess.
"-No Poison Ivy knocked off could ever beat us, especially if I'm someone who's immune to Mana in this form!-" Ben exclaimed with a tired voice.
"He became immune to Mana just by turning into that monster?!" Gasp Yue in awe as The Flower Priestess were slammed into the wall as it snarled in pain.
Ben changed back to human and then pointed his donner Glock 20 and aimed at the Flower Priestess and fired several bullets
The Demon Flower Priestess made a giant wall of flowers to protect itself from the three bullets that Ben shot from his 'Donner,' yet it was not ready to see the wall of flowers getting explosions inside it. He sent another bullet to destroy one of its arms as he was going to take a shot, but the creature took Yue hostage, meaning it would use her as a shield or pawn. He was pointing his handgun to get a good angle to destroy the creature, but it was hiding away from Ben's handgun. His expression is fierce because it seems that the Demon Flower Priestess will not allow anybody to destroy her kingdom inside the labyrinth.
Yue placed her hands in front of her and shot light blasts toward Ben as he was sent away from the area. He dragged his boots onto the ground with his right hand and dropped his handgun onto the ground. The creature used Yue to gather energy to put Benjamin down for good, the blast of light as Yue became worried that the blast would hit him. However, something happened that surprised herself and the creature as Ben was shown as green light of aura again surrounding him like before.
Ben's eyes were glowing with bright emeralds, and his aura was bright Green with purple energy showing itself around Benjamin. Yue could not believe it because Ben had the same energy as The Omni God and the Demon Lord, but the question was what would do with this unique power. Ben begins to race towards Demon Flower Priestess as it grows another good arm, then sends a sharp vine of trying to take Ben down. Still, he dodges the attacks by jumping towards the left side of his position, and then his right foot kicks his 'Donner' into the air. He races towards the Demon Flower Priestess, and the other vine goes for Ben, but he ducks underneath the attack to dodge it.
"Ben, take the shot and just do it!" Yue was telling him with a firm voice, and she was going to trust him inside of his abilities to shoot the bullet in the right place.
Ben's left hand caught his 'Donner' and shot the bullet, which only passed through Yue's right side of her hair. As the bullet only passed, her hair hit the creature's growth arm again, releasing Yue. Then turned around to see the slide Stop lever of Ben's handgun was automatically reloaded then he fired another bullet to destroy the creature. The same energy of Green and Purple Light was disappearing from both Yue and Ben as she could not believe the incredible powers surrounding Ben were gone. Yet, her thoughts brought more questions about what that unique but strange power that Ben had inside himself.
And now Ben and Yue moved on to get to the last location of the Maverick's lair.