"Has Raven been found?" Seth asked.
Flavio helps Echo clean the dining table. Seth watched them from his chair while eating the dessert.
They forbid Seth to help them.
"Of course. Raven's been waiting for you. Are you satisfied with the food, Sir? You want something before we go to see Raven?"
Seth giggled and finished his drink. "Yes. It's delicious. Thank you in advance, Flavio. You guys are like professional chefs. Is there anyone else in the mansion? I mean - just the four of us?"
Flavio nodded stiffly. "Yes. The rest is just smart furniture. In this mansion, there are only four of us. All your needs and stuff automatically, Sir. Whatever you want. Everything is available. Just say the word, Sir."
Seth's eyes darted out the window. "Can I take a walk, Flavio? Where are we exactly?"
"Okay. I'll take you later. We're still on earth, Sir. Not far away from the capital of Oakenvale State, but this place is a remote territory. Not visible on a normal map. Not everyone can access it; this place is out of the radar. Code-name: Secret-Base, Sir."
"Woah. I can't believe all this, Flavio. I'm speechless."
"Good. Your satisfaction is my job. Come, Sir, come with me. I'll take you to Raven." Flavio put his dirty apron in the dump. Echo. Finish everything and clean up every kitchen corner.
"See you later, Echo," Seth said goodbye. Finish the dessert.
Echo nods. He waved his hand stiffly. "See you later, sir."
Flavio flies using jet energy thrust from his tiny wings. Seth followed him from behind. Seth's eyes wandered throughout the mansion's rooms connected to the south building.
He entered a hall with silver walls, and the lighting here looked dark.
No windows or doors.
The hallway extends to the back, separated from the rest of the room.
Seth found an iron door at the other end without any buttons.
"Raven? I brought Mr. Seth to see you." Flavio said. His robotic voice echoed in front of the shiny chrome-colored iron door.
[ Hello, Seth. Are you comfortable? Flavio served you well? ]
"Yeah, thanks for everything, and this is so cool," Seth replied genuinely. His head turned backward with an exploring look.
The hallway is cold, quiet, and tightly closed.
[ Good. Whatever you want. You can call Flavio. ]
[ Puuusssssssssshhh!!!! ]
The iron door was wide open. A sharp smell of iron pierced Seth's pointed nose, and behind it was nothing but darkness.
Seth frowned – he hesitated to look inside.
Flavio opens one hand to give way to Seth. He put on his graphic smile. "Please come in, Sir. I can only get you here. I'll wait until you get out."
"You're not joining me?"
"It's a restricted area. Raven wants to meet you – alone."
Seth took a deep breath. He felt his shoulders tighten. Seth did not understand why his heart was beating so fast and chaotic. Hard, he swallowed his saliva.
This chaotic feeling turns into anxiety. Seth still has doubts about all this.
Flavio looks respectful to Raven. That's evident from his behavior.
"Come in, Sir. Don't hesitate. Raven just wanted to talk to you." Flavio waved his hand.
[ HUD intelligence system online_ ]
[ Zwuuuuunggg! ]
Something gigantic activated.
Seth was startled by the spectrum of blinding white light. He grinned to cover his eyes. The light dimming replaces by the presence of a giant flat screen whose top reaches the ceiling.
The super-large flat screen is active-it shows a series of fast-running matrix coding.
Seth was stunned for quite some time. "Oh, my god. What the hell is this?!"
[
IronLAN Func Terminal A5_ ]He is standing in the middle of the largest and most sophisticated server room ever seen. Seth felt numb on his tongue while his eyes were perfectly rounded.
He's in respiratory arrest after collapsing from a heart attack.
Both legs were in shock and out of balance. Seth seemed to jump into another seemingly strange Network World.
The place struck Seth's eyes − its beauty exceeded a sexy woman's body.
"Bloody hell."
The room was huge, airtight, and icy. This cooling system is specialized for specific servers. Seth knows how it works. One glass room on the left contains dozens of rows of server shelves emitting constant blue light.
Those lights look admirable.
Every wall is full of coded status boards and detailed live data.
Abstract codes of various colors.
Seth saw a tremendous table stretching before his eyes with hundreds of sophisticated control key knobs that emitted different light of colors. On the table, mounted a dozen flat-screen reintegrate monitors.
"Damn me!" Seth swears involuntarily. He took a few steps forward to approach the tremendous lighted table.
All these computing servers full of controlled with an electrical touchscreen system.
Seth took a deep breath. He couldn't believe what he saw until he reached the table with his fingers.
"Jeez, this is real," Seth muttered. Felt his fingertips as cold as ice.
All those sophisticated flat screens show a series of Matrix codes that scroll fast. The Matrix code disappeared - an elegantly swirling network replaced intelligence technology circle charts.
[ Welcome home, Seth. ]
Raven's voice echoing in the room made Seth jolt up and surprised nervously.
Seth puckered at his own wrenching heart. "Raven? Is that you? You scared me! Where are you? What is this place?"
[It's High-Performance Montefalco Computing Server. ]
"I don't get it. Why don't you go outside and keep talking through the server?"
Wait a minute –
Seth froze for a long enough time while gazing at the giant flat screen in front of his eyes in eerie silence.
Seth's eyes wander with horror to every corner of the room inhabited by elegantly scrolling databases of sophisticated systems. All network lines move fast in the form of numbers, charts, graphs, and linear lines.
[ Digital Cyberspace Parallax Connection_ ]
[ Raw Database Coding_ ]
Seth gasped and just realized something. Suddenly he had difficulty breathing.
Shit! It's like a piece of rock squeezing the chest cavity.
"Wait for a minute-Raven-you are the system? So you've been − I mean, I thought you were - a human being, but –"Seth paused arduously to continue. He shocks with enormous eyes. "No way, this is impossible. So, you're not human?! You're the system?! You controlled the whole system?!!"
[ Yes. I already told you. I'm an integrated system, and I'm everywhere, Seth. ]
"Oh, my god - this can't be happening. I mean, how can you do all that crazy stuff? You're just a system, Raven! Not human beings? You − but your abilities are so terrible!"
Seth couldn't move. He confuses himself and swears uncertainly. Seeing all the sophisticated running systems around it moved elegantly.
Seth remembers the Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Jet fighters that run themselves through autopilot control.
Raven - the genius intelligence system and controlling all?
It's horrible - more terrifying than being trapped inside a haunted house.
Its moving screen shows all the activities of the human world. With all statistics, figures, charts, graphs, and so on.
[ Cyberspace_ ]
[ Artificial Intelligence Smart Oakenvale State Control HUD Interface_ ]
[ Oakenvale State 4D Model_ ]
[ Big Data Analyzing Digital Raw_ ]
[ Coding Monitor Screen_ ]
[ BX Section. Processing. Transporting G8_ ]
Seth watched as the giant bright data screen in front of him worked. 4D coded Data with the image of Supervisors who oversee the course of all life in the human world. Raven even gave a live broadcast of the activities of Castor Black, Diego Anderson, Draco Cyrus, Cadon Laken, and Millie Graham.
Seth's mind was burning with rage as the live image zoomed in and out of the screen quickly, in detail, and accurately.
This time the live image shows Castor Black and Millie Graham on the road together - going for expensive fashion items, and Millie seems to be enjoying it. She took all the cool brand stuff. Castor pulled out a debit card-he could buy everything Millie wanted.
They're fuckin jerk traitors!
Seth was never capably satisfied with his -ex's wish until the woman had the heart to turn to betray him.
"Oh, my god. What are you doing, Raven? Why do you have all this? That's why you know all about me. Because you have a whole database-"
Seth looked at the intelligence screen with an obsessive look and a crooked smile as evil as the devil.
***
[ I have my own satellite watcher built-in system, Seth. It works every time. That's why I have all the human databases around the world. I saw everything. I know everything. Nothing escapes me. Including when I was watching you. ] Raven showed Seth all the pictures and footage of what happened at Covcaid.Corp. A sad glimpse into Seth's life. In the apartment with his daily activities, income counts, expenses, and medical records. Castor Black and his three stupid-looking followers attacked him. Even sweet moments with Millie Graham. Bullshit!! That traitorous deserved death in the worst way! "Come on! You don't have to show all that, Raven. That's so embarrassing. Delete it forever, please. I don't want to look back anymore. Do you have something good for me? I won't think twice." Seth chuckled to curse his exhaustion, "bullshit! Enough to be a weak and oppressed person that does not work at Oakenvale State!" [ I was impressed. You learn quickly and accept reality. That's good,
[ Power system_ ] [NAV_PORT_06//CP_ ] [ PROV.745/PDQ_ ] [ It's not that easy, Seth. President Benjamin Hayes was a clean leader. He was not involved with the covert operations in the Broken Lands. Well, it's just that he deliberately closed his eyes and ears. The thing is, there are few people to trust in Oakenvale State. The parliamentary ranks are also adept at maintaining the image behind the crimes they commit. This international issue does not generate profits for the state – they will not want to bother fighting for the human rights of others. The legal system in Oakenvale State is Mercantile. Haven't you felt it yourself? Did they ever hear your voice when you needed their help the most? Just because you don't have the money to pay them. No one stands to defend you when you are at the bottom of the caste. ] Seth chuckled. Throw away his sight. To this day, he still feels disappointed about it. "Yeah, it's true, anyway." Of course, he felt it when Castor Black treated him li
"Good morning, sir. It's a sunny day! I hope you're ready for practice today?" Flavio greets Friendly from the dinner table. His voice was loud this morning. "And, welcome to join us. I'm glad to hear from Raven that you accepted this project. I'm sure you'll make it later, Sir." Echo put down the last plate containing a stack of pancakes. "Please sit down, Sir. Enjoy your breakfast." Seth giggled fantastically. "Morning, Flavio. Hei, Echo. Wow, lots of good food here. Thank you, Flavio, for your sincerity. I just have to try not to get killed on the battlefield, right? I think I can do it. I don't have a background as a soldier." Flavio guffawed stiffly. "You are a good joke, Sir. Take it easy. Raven will turn you into a super soldier, Sir." "Bon Appetit to you guys," Seth said. He was eating his morning meal. How grateful he was, sleeping in a super comfortable place and getting up early to serve a delicious breakfast. Can his life be better than this? Although this Mansion sti
One month later. [ Welcome, Seth C. Vonstein_ ] [ Stage Two Training_ ] [ Combat Skill Enhancement_ ] [ 52 days training: 68% completed_ ] [ Focus, Seth. You should be able to use all that equipment. Ready to face anything, if necessary, execute your target using the tip of a pencil once. ] Tranggggg!!! [Terminus Frontier is a training robot. They will help you to improve your fighting skills in addition to your battle skills. ] Tranngggg!!! Tranggggg!!! "I'm trying!" Seth responded, half-exasperated. Seth dodged the attacks of Terminus Frontier, who came in unison to attack him from all directions. He grasped the two blades of the Vero Schyte sword that emitted a crimson-black-colored light. The maneuver is fast. Seth rolls to get up and cuts off both of the robots' legs until an explosion knocks out a line of Terminus Frontier crowding his steps. Every parry, slash, and swing of swords clashed with each other released dramatic sparks of crimson black that dazzled
Ting! Pussssssshhhhhh! [ Welcome, Seth C. Vonstein_ ] [ Bunker Guardian Valkyrie Station_ ] [ Stage Three Training_ ] [ Sabotage Skill_ ] [ 53 days training: 82% completed_ ] "Bloody hell! It's like a space station." Seth is confronted by a giant, state-of-the-art bunker station as the elevator doors open. That place is enormous. One control cabin on the primary side. A variety of War commander equipment filled the bunker. Jet planes that help Seth escape when chased by the Codex soldiers, drones, helicopters, tanks, anti-tank vehicles, heavy military weapons, bomb launchers, mortars, etc. There are giant steel chains that bind the entire propulsion panel. "You have your own plane?" Seth asked pensively. "It's a craze. I don't know what to say, Raven." [ These are your training aids. You should be able to use it. This is what you will face on the battlefield. As a trained elite assassin, you must also be able to stop all of their support combat vehicles. There is
"Ugh, shit," Seth muttered and snorted bitterly. [ This is your last Test, Seth. If you make it to the top. It means you're ready for battle. ] "Seriously?! No security or anything? It took me a while to think. You really want to kill me, don't you? In such an extreme way?" [ You are so wrong. We prepared you, Seth. You have to be able to survive on any terrain. That's the purpose of the training or the Test you took yesterday. Didn't you feel the change yourself? All this is needed on the battlefield. You hunt and search alone. You have to be able to handle any situation. ] "Yeah, I know," Seth replied as he shrugged. He clenched his two stiff hands. The wind is blowing hard. Seth must be able to balance himself so as not to fall. If he fell, he'd be dead. Calm Down, Seth. You can do this. You must be able to pass this final Test! Convince yourself. The legs and hands were twitching due to being there for too long without any backrest. Seth paused momentarily to catch his
Zwwwuuuuuung! "I'm coming." Seth greets Raven in the server room. The iron door was wide open; this place was familiar to him. It was the same as the first time Seth came to him. Cold as ice. The room lighting immediately lit up as Seth approached the main desk. Something is different; this time, there is a storage room in another corner that looks like an armory or−? Seth was curious. Wanted to approach the place, but Raven had already given the order. Seth discouraged, had to hold back after the critical talk was over later. He will visit the site. I am trying to remember yesterday. Fast installation? [ Sit down. You have to pay attention, study, and listen carefully. All the data are related to your first assignment on the battlefield. Considering your training is very satisfying. It's time to drop you at the designated location. ] "Yeah. I'm ready for that. Finally, you trust me this time?" Seth said, half sarcastic. [ Don't make it personal, Seth. Look, we've developed
[ Welcome, Hunter. ] [ Coverty District. Atlas-87. Sun, 21 Dec 40XX_. 12.46 AM_ ] [ Coordinate: -7°.15’789” S.121°.4’674” E_ ] [ Wind : 12m/s to Southwest 86°_ ] [ Terminal Func//Index//A4_ ] [Distance on target: 2500m_ ] [ Target mission: Marek Rockefeller. Solomon Jones. Alika Kaprov_ ] "Yep. I got the coolest place. Yeah, this is gonna be great. I can imagine my victory." [ It's too soon to celebrate victory, Hunter. It is only said to win if they have been executed. ] "Come on, entertaining me a little doesn't cost you anything, does it?" Seth staked out an automated telescope; he rotated the scope calibration to get the best visual and detail. Seth marks his enemies one by one using a temperature detector. He sat among the rows of dense Pines. The suit can camouflage with the surrounding environment. At the top of this highest cliff, only rocks, grass, or branches are frozen as far as the eye can see. The temperature is below freezing. Great place to execute. Anyone w