I groaned at the impact but wasn't really hurt by it due to all my defensive and regenerative traits.
'Okay so I can honestly say I don't know my own strength at this point, best move carefully until I can rectify this.' I thought as I carefully and cautiously tried to get up again.
I still used more strength than I intended but at least this time it wasn't so much that I launched myself. Once I actually got fully up and standing I immediately recognized that my body was bigger than before.-
Not massive or anything like that but I was now close to six and a half feet tall and my muscles were back to being hyper defined and a bit bulky, though not enough to be an encumbrance to moving freely. So well defined in fact that my body almost appeared to be comprised of stone. My new skin certainly didn't fucking help here either as it was no longer tinged but straight up a dull grey color like an elephants. I chose to deal with THAT problem after I cleaned myself up as I was covered in various not so pleasant things.-
I broke my shampoo bottle with my grip but eventually managed to get clean and smelling decently pleasant while all the leftovers from my integrations were discarded by the very effective disposal systems of my bathroom. My clothes no longer fit which was annoying as dick but my skin suit was of the one size fits all variety so I at the least wasn't naked. I may as well have been though as the skin suit was skin tight and left absolutely nothing to the imagination. I tied my old pants over my crotch while putting my mask back on while grabbing my echo with my other stuff in it before unlocking the door and leaving the bathroom.-
"You got bigger!" Brick exclaimed when he saw me.
"Lots of traits to integrate with some being bigger than others." I said honestly.
"I'm guessing your pants tied around your junk means they don't fit any more?" Mordy asked and I nodded.
"Was going to go make some more that are now my size before hitting the sim room to adjust to my new power. Might accidentally kill someone by moving otherwise." I said as I walked across the room carefully.
"How's that work?" Lil asked confused.
"Got a massive boost to my strength so my control over it is shot to hell until I can work on bringing it back." I said over my shoulder as I left the room.
Just walking was proving difficult as I had to make an active effort not to stomp my feet or high knee with both lifting and lowering them. All those shows or games that have the main character get a massive power up and then immediately handle it with no problem were absolute grog shit as it was not nearly so effortless.-
Still I eventually got to the crafting room and fed my pants to the material breakdown part before getting my new measurements and using those to fabricate a pair of nearly identical pants that were simply bigger than the last ones. I didn't bother with my boots or jacket yet but immediately put on my shield and gun at my waist carefully before heading towards the sim room. On the way there I went over what exactly had changed after this round of integration. To start out with my [Omega body] traits had all fused with the [Mutant strength], [True omnivore], [Hyperflexibility], [Strong circulation], [Quick reflexes] and [Steady hands] traits to become the [Demi-supreme body-Legendary grade] trait.-
I wasn't sure what a supreme was to begin with until I got this trait but the instinctive knowledge that came with it made me pause slightly. A supreme was the the next step in evolution for an omega species. In other words it was what came after an omega body and had an infinitesimally small chance of ever being born if two omega members of a species mated. To put it bluntly if Omega's were the peak level for a species Supremes were superspecies.-
In my case I was at an awkward point in my evolution where I was superhuman in some regards but not quite all the way past that baseline human level in many others and thus was a Demi-supreme rather than a full blown one. The difference was miniscule to be fucking honest but it still existed so here I was. Anyways beyond that my other traits fused into the ones I already had with the exception of the corrosive traits and [Mechanical savant]. A few of the traits fused into a higher graded stack of a similar type and all together my internal space felt a lot less cramped now.-
In that same regard I assumed that the prices of new traits would go down until the space got cramped again. It was a bit of a balancing act really as I needed to keep extra space in my internal space or be forced to pay even more to force new traits in as there wasn't enough space. Not that this was a bad thing mind you as if I added a new thing where there was no space and then the traits condensed like this again the new space that the forced trait added was now also free meaning I actually had more space than I originally started out with.-
I was a little curious how far the price of new traits had dropped thanks to this but getting my strength under control came first. I walked into the sim room and spoke up.
"Training field set eight! No ballistic weapons!" I commanded and the room buzzed and holographic scenery appeared to for a large arena with high walls and several gates.
The gates opened and sim soldiers walked out with various melee weapons in their hands.
Bats, spears, swords, axes, you name it and these not people had it and were coming for my ass. I let them get close before trying to dodge a stab only to launch myself to the side violently. I rolled a few times before stopping and pushed myself off the ground a little too hard and stumbled a bit as I corrected my balance. I didn't even have a chance to think as I ducked as a spear stabbed through the air where my head was previously. I threw out a wicked backhand at the sim soldiers midsection as they over extended themselves.-
I winced as the entire sternum of the soldier caved in as their ribs shattered beneath my fist. The body shrimped the fuck up as my fist forced the body to bend before the body dispersed into motes of light as the simulation got rid of it. I frowned as I wasn't trying to go for a kill but rather merely a simple weakening blow. Despite that however I had failed and accidentally killed the sim soldier instead. I didn't get much time to contemplate this as five other soldiers ganged up on me and I was forced to retreat again.-
I still launched myself to the side this time but in a more controlled manner as I didn't roll more than once before I managed to shift my momentum enough mid roll to use it to return to my feet while sliding. I grinned at this and lifted and dropped my foot to launch myself towards the charging soldiers headfirst. They moved to impale me on their weapons but I made a split second shift in my center of gravity as I bent my legs to slide under their weapons. I shot forth my palms but made sure to hold back this time and rather than outright killing the two they struck it merely pushed them back a bit hard.-
I continued honing my new body until I fully mastered it as far as combat and movement was concerned. Fine and gentle movements with my fingers still needed work but at least now I wasn't going to be accidentally murdering people, just intentionally doing so which was much better. I didn't even work up a sweat despite this however which made sense as I wasn't really trying to push my current abilities to their maximum but merely to bring them under control.-
"Training field set two!" I commanded and the sim room shifted from the arena to a gym with several training machines.
I walked over to the bench press machine and stacked four hundred pounds of weight on the bar before laying underneath it and gripping the bar. I pushed up and the bar effortlessly rose and I brought it down before back up again and racked it. Clearly that was not nearly my limit so I chose to be a bit bold.
"Double the weight on the bar!" I commanded and the weights on the bar hummed for a moment but didn't seem to change.
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Alexander Drake
Lifeforce:234,847
Integrated Traits: [Gun expertise-Uncommon grade]X4, [Clever mind-Rare grade],[Enhanced senses-Epic grade]X2, [Demi-supreme body-Legendary grade], [Supreme armored hide-Epic grade]X2, [Energy projection-Legendary grade], [Superior vitality-Epic grade]X2,[Flame breath-Uncommon grade],[Regeneration-Epic grade]X2, [Disease resistance-Epic grade],[Amphibious lungs-Uncommon grade], [Thermal sensing-Uncommon grade], [Water resistance-Common grade],[Active camouflage-Epic grade], [Eridian engineering expertise-Mythical grade], [Efficient lungs-Rare grade]x2, [Fire resistance-Epic grade]X3, [Elemental body(fire)-Legendary grade], [Shock resistance-Epic grade]X4, [Energetic sustenance(shock)-Epic grade]X2, [Radiation resistance-Epic grade]X3, [Energetic sustenance(radiation)-Epic grade]X2, [Biometallic bones-Epic grade],[Elemental body(shock)-Rare grade]X3,[Quick thinking-Rare grade], [Minor spatial awareness-Epic grade], [Buzzaxe expertise-Uncommon grade], [Siren(Phaselock)(Altered)-Mythical grade], [Pugilist expertise-Uncommon grade], [Adrenal rush-Rare grade], [Mechanical engineering expertise-Rare grade], [Gunsmithing expertise(degrading)-Common grade]X3, [Elemental body(Corrosive)-Rare grade], [Corrosion resistance-Rare grade], [Mechanical Savant-Epic grade],
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