If anything though I was looking forward to opening that vault now that I had roughly gauged Athenas trait pool. I'm not sure if the vault monsters sealed in the vaults were inally from the phey were sealed away on but if that was the case I was curious what sort of monster could have been born on this p. Obviously it would be some sort of mutant but most mutations were hardly noticeable in a member of a species without careful observatio despite this a creature had mao get cssified as a threat by even a race like the Eridians so clearly whatever made this thing like this was no small thing.-

  'Now to figure out how to open the vault without sending arms off to every person within the six gaxies like a dumbass?' I pondered with a frown.

  Finding the vault was easy si ubliowledge where it was located. No the issue was that it was under heavy automated security protocols to keep people from actually messing with it. Those same security measures had LONG been hacked by the various ied parties that wished to study the vault.-

  This meant if I just walked into that pce brazenly I'd tip off a whole hell of a lot of people that I not only went to the vault but was also responsible for opening it. Now I don't mind a bit of adversity but not even I'm fident in surviving the onsught of every jackass with a gun in the six gaxies gunning for my fine self without stop. Just the rumors of a vault to be opened on Pandora is enough for people to throw away their lives by the droves. Not to evearted talking on the repercussions that ACTUALLY opening a vault would cause.-

  For starters I'd immediately get a massive fug bounty py head regardless of the Jakobs interferehere was no way to avoid it when the tents of a vault could be valuable enough to send any of the major corporation skyrocketing ahead of the petition. In the face of such juicy potential profits few would stop at anything to get their hands on them. Sure they'd all try to buy to vault key and the vaults tents off me first. But when that iably failed since I definitely wouldn't hand over my prize so easily it was bounty o'clock.-

  Anyways the big issue with opening the vault that came was reted the previous but ly at the same time. I am of course referring to the absolute shitstorm that the Jakobs will get hit with sihere was no hiding my ties to them. This was going to turn into one of those "guilty by association" type deals for them as everyone will start pressuring the Jakobs to hand over whatever I got from the vault. -

  Thankfully that particur old tree had a thorny bark and believed in shotgun diplomacy. Any pressure put on Jakobs would only result in the old man in charge returning it in kind.

  'Ugh, how annoying.' I thought as I sat leaned against a tree at the bottom of the mountain pnning my move.

  I don't like plicated pns, never have. Too maails hinged on the previous step following through leaves far to mu for something ued to happen that fucks the whole thing up from that point forward. I like generalized pns with plenty of room for improvisation.

  'You know now that I think about it couldn't I just shoot out the power to cut the signals?' I thought sitting up as the idea hit me.

  I wasted no time at all opening my house up and heading to the teleporter room. Ohere I grabbed the amber orb that trolled the whole thing a to take me back to the monastery. While the vault wasn't there it WAS nearby that area. Specifically it was in a cave system a couple miles to the side of the pce. Apparently the Eridians like putting vaults in pces like caves sihis was the third one I knew of in that sort of pce.-

  The one I had no e to was the ohat Ats opened a ways back. Once I arrived at the monastery I put away my house and didn't head for the entrao the caves but rather the tower above it with a bunch of wires and radio dishes on it. "BANG!" four sh out as I shot all four of the ter points of the signal tower that was corroded and clearly ill maintaihis made the whole structure groan as the strain of it's ow pressed down on it.-

  'Now for the finishing touch, a little bstamite for fre.' I thought with a grin as I took out some sticks of the dangerous stuff and lit the fuses before calmly tossing them at each of the fs of the tower.

  I jogged away a good distance before watg the show. "KABOOM! CRASH!" the explosion roared out violently and the tower immediately fell as the force blew out it's already weakened foundation.

  'That'll fuck up any signals going out from me busting up the power on the security forces, now for the actually dangerous part.' I thought with a serious expression as I headed for the entrao the caves that held the vault.-

  I sprinted away from this area and towards the cave entrance as there was no doubt people on the way here to iigate what the shit just happened. It only took me about ten mio see the entrance covered in vines aal gates that looked barely funal. To the side of the rock area was a geor that had a obvious cable running from it to the gates. "BANG!" I fired a shht into the geor that let off a burst of electrical energy but broke down moments ter. -

  The rocks ched under my feet as I dashed into the gapping maw of the cave after the now unpates fell open. It was dark but I expected as much given the fact I had just taken out the power that would have been lighting the pce up. Toggling my thermal sense on I could vaguely make out my surroundings in the dark based on the shape and colors I saw. "BANG x3!" thanks to this I fired off three shots to take out the still hot and active robotitries.-

  I carefully made my way deeper in the cave relying on my thermal seo keep me from running into a wall. Any robots or seurrets I came across got deep sixed aually I got past the guarded part and to the actual Eridian ruins that thankfully glowed e so I could see again. In standard Eridian fashion there was many exposed stoructures and weird humanoid shadows that had glowing blue energy flowing through them with no disable source. I saw signs of fights long past here as I walked that showed me why I hadn't found any Seraphs, they were all killed.-

  I shook my head i seeing this "What a waste, could've at least used them as free guards." I muttered as I walked through this deathly silent pce.

  I thought it rather funny how there was signs pointing the way straight to the vault. Like if you don't want ao e down here why make signs for it? Deg to chalk it up to the weirdhat I've e tnize as on in this reality I moved on. About two hours of walking at a downward aer and the cave widened out into a huge cavernous chamber with massive statues holding spears and a familiar looking broken stone ar the distahat had a stoal in front of it.-

  "Grab your pop dies alemen, it's showtime!" I said with a eager grin as I dashed over to the pedestal.

  Removing the pole-like key from my iory I slotted it into the hole oop of the pedestal and made some distance as the thing sank below the ground. The pieces of the broken archway began to rise and slot themselves into pce through some mysterious fortil a plete archway was formed.-

  "VWOOSH!" the familiar bck-purple portal maed iend a rge red carapaced limb extended out of it. Behind that leg came another and ahen a clig ioid head and body.

  {TITHONUS, Hungry, thinks you smell like ba!}

  "Now there's an introdu I get behind! Bring it bitch!" I yelled with a wide grin as I drew my gun.

  Tithonus was a six legged bug with the body of a beetle, tail of a scorpion and the size of a semitruck. The whole body was deep red in color and had eight beady bck eyes staring at me from it's head.

  "SKKKKRREEEEEE!" the thing made this ungodfully noise before spitting a stream of dark green liquid at me that sizzled the moment it hit the ground after I dodged to the size.

  'Acid huh? That be a slight pain in the ass if it leaves enough pools behind.' I thought seeing this.

  I raised my gun and squeezed the trigger three times as fast as I could while aiming for those eyes. "TINK! TINK! TINK!" I frowned a little when I saw the big bug block my shots with it's tail without slowing down at all on it's charge towards me.

  'Not as stupid as that big ape it seems, good. It's no fun if it's one sided.' I thought excitedly as I sprinted away with the bug hot on my trail.

  I dipped behind a statue and the ground shook as the bug charged right into the stohing full speed.

  "SKKKRRREEEEEEE!" the bug sounded pissed.

  I took advantage of it's disorientation from the impact to circle around the bst the bug iween the joints of it's tail to cripple it.-

  I failed to totally cripple that tail but I certainly caused serious damage as the bug leapt backwards like a reverse grasshopper. It hissed in pain as well as dripped green blood from it's wounds. The tail also y limply against it's back to be protected from further damage as the bug eyed me with an intense desire to kill.

  I reloaded my gun with a casual shake and grinned madly "I know that's not the best you got so e on bitch, show me ut you in this vault!" I taunted and the bug was more than happy to oblige me.

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  Alexander Drake

  Lifeforce: 503,578

  Ied Traits: [Gun expertise-Unon grade], [Clever mind-Unon grade]X3,[Enhanced senses-Rare grade], [Omega body-Rare grade]x4,[Superior bones-Rare grade],[Armored hide-Rare grade], [Fire resistanon grade], [Beion-Unon grade], [Corrosioanon grade], [Energy proje-Epic grade]x2, [Superior vitality-Epic grade],[Fme breath-Unon grade],[Mineion-Rare grade][Iron stomaon grade], [Disease resistance-Epic grade],[Amphibious lungs-Unon grade], [Thermal sensing-Unon grade], [Water resistanon grade],[Active camoufge-Epic grade]

  Stored traits: [Amphibious lungs], [Water resistance],[Quick thinking], [Energy reservoir], [Effit lungs-Rare grade]x4