MARVEL: GAMER PATH - CHAPTER 5 (Patreon)

A week after they shoved Emily with me, my training begun, and for months I was forced to do things I didn’t want to do, killing people, torturing innocents, and so, the worst part was that if I disobeyed nothing would happen to me, but to Emily, a girl I barely knew yet felt like my responsibility to save from this nightmare we were sharing.

Though unbeknownst to them, I was getting stronger by the day, for the missions they would force on me, would turn into quests and those quests would subsequently give me power, the power I needed to break free from this conundrum.

“Hi,” Emily waved at me, hidden in the blankets of my bed, as I entered the room after one of the missions Hydra had sent me to do.

“Hi,” I waved back, pulling out a small bag of Doritos I had bought during the mission, putting them on the bed, one of the few liberties Romania had given me.

Like one of those boxes that have a cat that steals a coin, Emily snatched the doritos under her fort, “Thanks…”

“It’s nothing,” I smiled, taking a seat on the floor, because the only furniture in my cell was the bed Emily was occupying. By the way, sleeping on the floor is awful.

“I’m scared of them…” Emily muttered.

“It’s okay, as long as I obey, you will be okay.” What a bitter sentiment, the freedom of one, the life of another.

“Well,” I chuckled, as I pushed myself up back to my feet, “I have to go and train, in the meantime... “ I smiled, pulling a coloring book from my backpack, another gift I had bought her, “Play with this,”

Once again, she snatched the coloring book, and thanked me, with a barely audible sound.

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After five hours at Gym, I went to the library, where I was researching how to operate Emily, so that I could take the bomb Hydra had put in her out of her, a personal quest, something I had started out of my own accord, with no real need for any reward.

Funny enough, when I took this decision, a new quest was created. [Quest: Save Emily] The quest like the one to escape Hydra was a high risk, high reward quest, meaning failure would result on the death of Emily.

“You really have taken interest in the human body, Mr. Walker,” Just what I needed, the bitch that holds my leash, Romania.

“Before you kidnapped me, I wanted to be a doctor,” I lied, well, not really, before I woke up here, I did wanted to be a doctor, now that dream feels small, “And, well, we both know that dream is rather impossible to reach now, so I am happy with reading and you know…”

“How is young Emily doing?” Romania inquired with an infuriating smile.

“Good, a bit scared of me, but nothing bad, I mean, I have followed all of your orders without a question, that alone should explain why she’s still in one piece,” I replied, putting the book on human anatomy I was reading down.

“Yes, yes, my loyal loyal dog,” Romania smiled, pleased with my answers.

“I aim to please,” I smiled, fantasizing about the many ways I would make her suffer after I regained my freedom.

“Talking about pleasing,” Romania said, taking a seat in front of me, “We have yet to discover your mutant ability, and we need to run a few experiments to see what power you have.”

I looked at her, and pondered about a plausible lie, “I already have an idea of what my power is… I just can’t focus, not like my father used to.”

“Your father, interesting, you never spoke of your family… not even during torture,” Romania smiled, giving me a gesture with her hand to continue.

“We can shoot energy from our hands, at least my father and mother did, not so sure about me, I would have to practice,” This would give me the chance to practice my mana skills, and trick them into thinking my mutant ability was only that.

“Hmm, energy manipulation I suppose, interesting.” Romania clapped her hands in excitement, “Get to it, if by the end of the month you have no results… Well, you know what will happen.”

“Yes,” I nodded.

“Good,” Romania smiled, “Bye~”

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During the month I was given to train my possible mutant ability, I faked struggling with it, just showing some results by the end of the month, as to avoid them thinking I was hiding my abilities from there, creating two skills. [Mana Bolt] and [Mana Arrow]

[Mana Bolt - Active - LV 5 = Focusing your energy, you fire a bolt of pure mana at your enemies. Costs 50 mana. Damage based on INT and level of skill. Damage = INT * skill level = 135 * 5 = 675]

[Mana Arrow - Active - LV 9 = Focusing your energy, you fire an arrow of pure mana at your enemies. Costs 200 mana. Damage based on INT and level of skill * 1.5. Damage = INT * skill level = (135 * 9) * 2  = 1823]

[STATS

Name = Alex Walker

Occupation = The Gamer

Sub Occupation = Hydra Agent

Level = 23

EXP = 13875/25170

HP = 7000/7000

MP = 13500/13500

STR = 108

VIT = 70

DEF = 65

DEX= 115

INT = 135

CHA = 34

WIS = 75

WILL = 80

PER = 36

LUK = 29

STAT POINTS = 220

MONEY: 14500$

]

With those two skills, I was able to one shot normal humans, and their power was enough to convince Hydra I was giving my best, the best part being, they would never know how power those two skill were, for I was using the weak versions, you see, I am able to use the skills on their weaker version, and I would keep those two skills always below of what they could actually do.

“I am very happy with this development, Mr. Walker,” Romania smiled, “Now, take the day off, have some bonding time with your daughter.”

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[6 MONTHS LATER]

During these six months, a lot of things had changed, for one, I had gained Emily’s trust, she no longer saw me as a threat to her safety, but as her safe haven, two, I was already stronger than anyone around me, at least in the hydra base that I was currently in, and three, I was almost ready to escape, all I needed was to complete my medical knowledge to operate her, according to the scans I ran with my newest skill, [Mana Scan] I was able to see where the bomb inside Emily was located, the bomb was small, and it was attached to her heart, like a peacemaker.

If the bomb were to be in any other part, I would simply use [Aport - Active - LV 4 = It allows the users to take small objects toward them from a distance [4 meters]. Cannot be used for objects that cannot be grasped using one hand.] But considering I had no idea what would happen to her heart should I use [Aport] I decided against it.

But not to worry, my medical skills thanks to my Gamer power were very good, and I was almost ready to operate on her. You see, to learn the procedure to fix her situation, I needed three things, 120 INT, 90 WIS, and 80 PER. Something, I managed to acquire during these six months leveling under Hydra.

[STATS

Name = Alex Walker

Occupation = The Gamer

Sub Occupation = Hydra Agent

Level = 33

EXP = 13875/25170

HP = 8000/8000

MP = 14500/14500

STR = 118

VIT = 80

DEF = 65

DEX= 125

INT = 145

CHA = 54

WIS = 110

WILL = 90

PER = 80

LUK = 39

STAT POINTS = 300

MONEY: 24500$

]

My stats were on point, and so were my skills, skills I had hoarded for this occasion.

[ SKILL LIST

Physical Endurance - Passive - LV 60 = Increases the body's durability, allowing for less damage taken. 60% decrease in damage taken by attacks.

Doctor/ Cardiothoracic surgeon - Passive/Active - LV 55 = You are a medical doctor who specializes in surgical procedures of the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest.

Hand to Hand Combat Specialist - Passive/Active - LV 42 = You are a master in mixed martials arts, you know how to hit, and you know how to kill with your bare hand! = 42% damage increase in hand to hand combat.

Mana Bolt - Active - LV 20 = Focusing your energy, you fire a bolt of pure mana at your enemies. Costs 200 mana. Damage based on INT and level of skill. Damage = INT * skill level = 145 * 20 = 2900

Mana Arrow - Active - LV 19 = Focusing your energy, you fire an arrow of pure mana at your enemies. Costs 380 mana. Damage based on INT and level of skill * 1.5. Damage = INT * skill level = (145 * 19) * 2  = 4132.5

Sooth Pain - Active - LV 17 = Using your HP and MP as sources of balance, you eliminate the sensation of pain in you or your target by a 17%, if you are higher level than the target you are using this, then you can add 3% per level ahead of the target to this, if the target is higher level than you, then the percentage remains the same. You lose HP and MP while this is active.

Mana Scan - Active - LV 11 = Focusing your energy, you scan your surroundings, or someone in particular getting information about something specific. This only works, if you know what you are looking for. It needs physical contact if you are scanning a person.

Mana Heal  - Active - LV 5 = Focusing your energy, you transform a part of your mana into health, healing you or a target of your selection for a fixed amount. 1000 MP = 250 HP

Aport - Active - LV 4 = It allows the users to take small objects toward them from a distance [4 meters]. Cannot be used for objects that cannot be grasped using one hand.

] 

With all of this, I was ready to fuck Hydra, what I needed was a distraction, and unfortunately for them, I had acquired such thing during my last mission, an EMP bomb that I had stolen from Stark Industries, a small little thing that would shut down their systems for a long while, giving me the time I needed to operated on Emily. Then, without the bomb, I would bust out of here, killing all those bastards.

“And… done…” I declared with a smile, finally the last book I needed to read to have all the knowledge to complete the operation was complete. Before this book, the chances of her surviving were 51%, but now they went up to 72%.

Oh yeah, I was able to see my percentage of possible success in things like that, like medicine, cooking, and stuff like that, the higher the level of my skills were for those blocks, the higher the chance of succeeding in those blocks, like with cooking, my cooking was LV 12, good enough for simple food, but not chef like food, you get the gist of it. 

With a sigh, I walked back to my cell, opening the door to find my adopted daughter playing with her toys. Hearing the door, she turned around and smiled.

“You’re back!!!” Emily giggled, tackling me into a hug. To think a few months ago, she was too scared to look me in the eye.

“I am,” I nodded. Knocking her unconscious with a quick chop to her neck. “Time to escape this hell.”