Martial God Reborn As A Robot

CHAPTER 03

The preliminary test was where the robot would be made to go through some basic tests to see if it had any aptitude for anything like fighting, or analyzing and what not.

Because every robot had a person’s soul stored in it, its aptitude would vary depending on that person’s experience in the past life.

Only after taking this test, a robot would be given the final grade, which would decide if it would be worth nurturing or not.

If it were to get the pass grade, then the robot’s master could spend their time training the robot by teaching them martial arts or magic or anything possible.

For instance, there were families who specifically trained robots that could dance in the clubs, serve in the restaurants, or be escorts to important figures and so on.

Owning a capable robot would naturally elevate its master’s name.

Naturally, Sasha wished that Tucker would pass the preliminary test.

It had seven rounds.

The first round was the Combat Instinct Test.

Tucker was injected with a serum before he entered a specific room.

It was a sterile arena filled with holographic attackers armored with nanobots that adapted in real time. These holographic robots were all staring at Tucker.

Sasha was watching it on the screen from outside the room. “Last as long as you can Tucker,” she said.

Her voice reached Tucker’s ears.

At the same time, Tuckdore felt that his command over the machine body slightly increased. He could barely move his fingers now.

“I am starting to control this body a little now,” Tuckdore thought. “It’s not due to my power. It must be because of the potion they injected me with. Interesting. This world seems to have a deep understanding of the concept of souls. Even with this little control…”

Tuckdore grinned, and his grin was reflected through Tucker.

The holographic images charged him, throwing punches and sword slashes at the same time.

Sasha was startled. “Dodge, Tucker!” She shouted.

Tuckdore waved his arm, and a surge of electricity cut through the holographic images and destroyed them all.

There was silence.

The examiner’s mouth stayed open. What just happened?

Sasha’s expression also froze.

The main purpose of the Combat Instinct Test was not to measure a robot’s skill level but to see how long it could survive.

However, forget about survival, Tucker was able to destroy the holographic opponents.

“What did he do?” Sasha asked the examiner.

The examiner was seeing the data on the screen floating above his wrist gadget. “The nanobots are all destroyed due to overheating. The holographic equipment is fried, too.” He looked at Sasha. “Did you install your robot with any martial art technique?”

“What? Those things cost a fortune. My family isn’t that well off,” Sasha said.

“Then there’s only one explanation,” the examiner said. “It must have used the electric energy in its body to attack the holograms. The soul that’s inside your robot is well-versed with some kind of martial arts.”

Sasha’s eyes lit up. “R-Really?”

“Yeah,” the examiner smiled. “There were some cases where X-grade robots performed well. You are lucky. Your robot can fight if you can upgrade it well.”

“Yay!” Sasha jumped in delight. She ran into the testing room and hugged Tucker from behind. “You didn’t disappoint me, Tucker!”

Nearly half the G-grade robots would fail their first attempt in the first round of the preliminary test.

But Tucker was able to pass it, so Sasha was quite happy.

“it’s  dangerous, ma’am,” the examiner rushed into the room. “The serum’s effects are yet to wear off. We don’t know how the robot would react.”

Sasha let go of Tucker and moved back.

Tuckdore turned around and stared at Sasha, then the examiner who looked a bit nervous and was ready to attack if necessary.

“Start the next round,” Tuckdore said.