Advent of the Divine Mechanic

Chapter 4: So the world is ending next week? Not bad I guess.

After escaping from Germaine's office of passive seduction Dante was finally able to breathe normally. Any longer and he wasn't sure if he could still maintain his sanity.

Making his way out of the administrative block,he headed to one of the many mini parks and found a bench in a secluded corner before sitting down.

“Phew! I'm so tired!”

Recalling how much of a rollercoaster his first hour had been Dante couldn't help but feel tired. Luckily all that was over now and finally he had time to go through his interface for the first time.

“Hey system,pull up the interface will ya?”

Immediately the familiar black translucent screen with golden runes appeared in front of him.

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Champion: Dante Ackerman

Race : Human(base variant,evolvable)

Level:Not available

Class: Divine Mechanic(Currently a scrap engineer)

Gear points:20

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[Attributes]

STR:8

AGI:9

INT:15

END:10

DEX:14

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[TALENTS]

>>Photographic blueprint memory(basic)<<

Description:

Capture the essence of blueprints in one glance.

Status:unavailable

>>Jerry Rig Mastery(basic)<<

Description:

Enables rapid, low-resource construction and repair by optimizing scrap material usage and adaptive design under critical conditions.

Status: unavailable

>>Fast Fingers<<

Description:

A mechanics fingers are one of his most important assets! Finger your creations and let them moan in joy. +15% bonus to finger dexterity.

Status: unavailable

>>Gear sense(basic)<<

Description:

A great mechanic they say has to know his gears! Grants host perfect grasp of the equipment being crafted,plus a 25% attribute bonus when crafting equipment!

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[SKILLS]

Mechanical berserker

Description: An increase in total energy capacity of equipment ranging from 5%-15%

Duration:five minutes

Cool down:three minutes

Infinity slash

Description:

+5% increase in strength when using bladed weapons.

Sniping resonance

Description:

When activated,grants user a sure kill when target is within weapon range and a 75 %accuracy when less than half a kilometer away.

Cool down:Two minutes

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[BLUEPRINTS]

None.

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[INVENTORY]

Open/close

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[MISSIONS]

Expand/collapse

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[Gears of fortune]

Crank.

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Remarks:

[Champion is currently a total weakling. You are advised to work hard,accumulate gear points and level yourself up before the apocalypse.Good luck! Note most system functions will only become available when the apocalypse descends.]

Scanning through the system interface there was only one thing on Dante's mind.

I'm gonna rule the world!

Cough…okay maybe ruling the world would be too exaggerated but damn it sure was jawdropping. While most of the functions were frozen he could already imagine how overpowered they were. It was like he was carrying a whole ass 911 emergency line capable of responding to any situation.

Overall this was just too overpowered!

His only beef was with the weird naming and description convention the system followed. Like what the hell was the meaning of “finger your creations till they moaned with joy”?

And also the title in his class,currently a scrap engineer, felt like it was trying to mock him. Unfortunately,his skin was too thick and this level of insult couldn't do him a thing!

“Hey system, what's the use of gear points?”

He had seen this earlier when he completed the previous mission hence his curiosity.

[Gear points are an in-system currency that allows you to purchase items from the shop,upgrade your level and use certain functions like the crafting suite and a host of other system functions.]

Listening to the system's explanation an excited glint flashed in Dante's mind. If he wasn't mistaken these gear points were EXP but countless times better. The only thing was how to get them,with the various uses they had it was probably going to be difficult to get.

‘’How can I get gear points then.’’

Remembering the points awarded to him they felt too little,surely he couldn't depend on those little rewards right?

[Kill]

“Huh?”

[Every mutated beast or zombie you kill with a weapon you crafted will give you a certain amount of gear points. Crafting and learning new knowledge would also give gear points,while completing missions are also a way.]

“Okay…”

Nodding in understanding,Dante felt a hint of excitement coursing through him. In his last life those in the apocalypse who wished to grow stronger had to kill zombies and consume their energy crystals in order to level up which wasn't easy as most of those things rarely had an energy core making it harder for the weak to progress since only those with strength could even dream of getting one. He was part of those weaklings before and it had even been the cause for his death.

Thinking up to this point he subconsciously clenched his fists before unclenching them again.

‘’All that is in the past now.’’

Now that he had the system all he had to do was fight and simply collect points. There was no way he would ever allow himself to be trampled upon again again ever!

“Focus,focus…now back to business.”

Calming down,he quickly turned his attention back to the missions panel before expanding the list,he had some unfinished business.

[Ding! Mission initiated!]

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Mission title: Dimensional researcher!

[Accept/Decline]

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Quest synopsis:

You've agreed to help Germaine Handoff in her research in order to prove to her family that she was right and could be as useful as her twin sister.Help her achieve enough results to convince them before the apocalypse begins.

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Rewards:

One E-class blueprint,knowledge potion and Milestone research title. 1000 Black Gear points,+25 Handoff family favourability,+30 Germaine favourability.

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Penalty for failure:

None.

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Conditions for failure:

Failure to help Germaine Handoff achieve her goals.

“Not bad..accept.”

Nodding at the interface Dante thought to himself as he glanced at the rewards. This mission was triggered when Germaine offered him the research position which was also why he had not hesitated to accept her offer.

He couldn't check it then but now that he had time he found it extremely suitable. Another thing was the rewards,just the thousand gear points were enough to make it worth it especially now that he knew how difficult this invaluable currency was to get.

The research title or whatever the system had called it was also valuable as Dante faintly remembered that scientists and highly skilled individuals were valued in the apocalypse,while he wasn't much of an intellectual then,he had the system now,who knows the title might just come in handy.

“The favourability points too….if am not mistaken the Handoff family should be one of the top families in the capital,this should come in handy in the future.”

While he planned to stay solo most of the time he wouldn't toss out the possibility of collaborations in the future.

“Now to the elephant in the room!”

Scrolling to the bottom of the mission page he saw a line of golden runes. Each rune felt vast and imperceptible yet also everpresent. With an expression of solemnity he wasn't even aware of he clicked on the panel.

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QUEST

[LAST BASTION OF HOPE!]

Status:Frozen.

Time left:263:34:47

And that was all. Nothing more nothing less,this particular mission was the same mission that he saw the moment he first heard the system's voice.

Actually it shouldn't be called a mission as it was clearly written there that it was a quest meaning that it would probably last longer.Unfortunately it was now frozen with no information so to speak except for the timer.

“Hey system,what's up with this quest?"

[Host's level is too low,higher authorization required!]

“Hmm…that's peculiar.” For a while he was surprised. This was the first time the system had told him his authorization wasn't enough on a subject. It usually told him to wait till the apocalypse descended.

However,that didn't dampen his interest in the quest rather it increased!

Furthermore,remembering what the system had first said when he had first awakened it,something along the lines of being betrayed by fate and some other things he couldn't remember he was further convinced that this quest was the reason he had even gotten the system in the first place.

Right then the system's cold voice broke his thoughts, a hint of solemnity in its usually nonchalant tone.

[ What you should know is that you've been chosen for a purpose that's greater than any other.The very fate of the universe lies on your shoulders. The only thing I can tell you is that when that timer reaches zero the apocalypse would officially start.]

Hearing the system he could more or less confirm that his thoughts were true, it really had something to do with him receiving the system.Doing a quick calculation in his head he found that he had about eleven days to prepare,just over a week!

Sighing,he thought to himself.

“With great power comes great responsibility they say right? More like great troubles to me,I haven't even rested my butt and I'm about to relive the apocalypse again,sigh…”

Shrugging he pushed those thoughts out of his mind as he stood up.

“Say it's been a while since I last ate a proper meal.”

Looking at the time it was just right on the lunch break.

He was really interested in seeing what the rewards he had received were like but he pushed that aside for now.

Saving the world could wait,he had to save his stomach first!