Waking up from the sound of the closure of the cave, Frank quickly walked over to the new box and began to eat. Stimulation of muscles with nanobiobots consumed a large amount of energy and also needed matter to repair damaged muscle tissue. He needed to eat, and his captors must increase his portions, so physical activity must begin. Thanks to scrappy data obtained from the remains of the nanobiobots of the scouts sent for the first time, he learned that they do not constantly monitor him,only occasionally check what he was doing.
With a little bit of martial arts data, and filtering out the non-practical stuff from the movies, he started training. In reality, all this was of little use, but it perfectly suited the time killing, and a clear increase in the demand for food. Of course, he did not use particularly high-quality techniques for capturing and killing, so as not to frighten off the kidnappers, placing more emphasis on techniques that increase stability and flexibility.
A slight feeling of shame appeared in the depths of his soul. He is the man who laughs at all athletes and gymnasts. From the position of a person who understands perfectly the consequences for the body from these actions, he is forced to do them. Although thanks to his research, he eliminated most of the negative consequences, and received only advantages. His mind began to completely immerse himself in the sequence of techniques, and he realized not a small psychological benefit from physical exertion, it perfectly neutralized stress, he was no longer worried that his kidnappers, that the kidnappers were not people, and his future was most likely gloomy. Having completely used up his stamina, he collapsed on the bed without any thoughts and fell asleep, awaiting news from his “scouts”.
BLAC did not appear, and was in a passive mode, leaving only the functions of sensors at risk, and was engaged in regulating muscle formation, and protecting internal organs from inept exercise.
Therefore, the changes in the mental state of the wearer passed him by, and he also missed the fact that part of the radiation from the illuminating tapes began to be quickly absorbed by the body. Since the effect of radiation was not obvious, and it was to a certain extent everywhere, the Bio-Logical-Analyst-Calculator could not notice that the body began to store this radiation and form a certain field around it.
He watched only physical changes in the body, and could not immediately begin to take into account the unknown. But this did not go unnoticed for the kidnappers, literally right after Frank fell asleep, one of them came in with a shocked expression on his face, he took out several sheets with exercises from his bosom, and put them on the table, carefully peering at their prisoner. A second came behind him and replaced the box with food, placing a small bottle with a cloudy, but slightly luminous liquid on top of it. He wanted to go to the prisoner and check, but the first one stopped him, and shaking his head they left the cell together.
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In a dark cave, a boy struggled in the heat, a slave who came after him, ran to the Master, informing him of what had happened. Returning with a small cup, the slave applied the ointment to the boy’s forehead, neck, and wrists. The convulsions stopped, but the boy continued to sleep with a painful expression on his face.
In a dream, the boy could not take his eyes off three areas, which with a slight sparkling became two, having reached the places they needed, one was located right in a small garden with medicinal plants. The boy saw some of them in the books of the Master, all of them were too expensive for the Master, and he could only occasionally buy one or 2 sheets for experiments, but there was a whole garden here. The second was located near the waste pit, where unsuccessful products and other garbage were thrown. Looking in the direction where the third was moving, it was a multi-section aquarium with various low-level monsters. The boy only heard that advanced alchemists could use their parts to create medicines.
The reason why the third failed is because even these weak monsters have certain properties and powers that create protection around them, and they unconsciously repelled the attack of something. The boy really wanted to understand what it was. What he does not see, but knows about what it is, what kind of warlock magic that is able to escape the supervision of the warriors who have access to such high quality ingredients. What it was all about was of little interest to him, the wars could be trained, or used to contain the warlock, but they missed that something.
Looking carefully downward, he began to see, very small particles that began to form a small nest, from the particles that they took with them from the box, then they began to collect different particles around. The boy felt a lot of discomfort, but he struggled to understand and see as much as possible. He saw how very small creatures created a small unevenness in the stone and began to hide the nest, in it, inside the nest from the particles brought in, other very small creatures began to appear, they began to fill the room, gaining access to a larger number of particles.
Many sparked and burned, but gradually they changed and already quietly penetrated the aquarium with the monsters, collecting particles from them. The number of nests increased rapidly. When the wars came to fill a new box with food, the boy realized that they were feeding the warlock food for cultivation. Perhaps they are not only keeping it locked up, but also restoring it? The boy saw how they created the elixir, which he saw once in early childhood. Captain of the guards of the colony where he lived was rewarded when he protected the guest from the attempts of the adults to rise. Many people who took care of him died that day, only children under 10 years old were spared, and all the women were taken away from the colony.
It was a very high-ranking potion, which he later heard increased the susceptibility to the perception of the forces of nature that the warriors cultivated. Is the warlock cursed? Injured? Crippled? They don’t understand what will happen to them when they strengthen him? He is already producing an army that you cannot see. The boy was at a loss, ecstasy, epiphany. He felt more and more discomfort, but he could not, did not want to miss any details.
The boy noticed how some small creatures were trying to penetrate the warriors through breathing, eyes, ears, they did not burn out, but suddenly they just stopped moving and fell, others were taken to the nest, and they flew out and began to penetrate those. The boy felt a terrible chill, from the realization that having penetrated into the warriors, they began to multiply, adapt and slowly manipulate these warriors
They did not take control of them, but when they made a decision, sometimes in the head one of the little creatures created a spark, and the warrior changed his mind. And gradually the number of small creatures became more and more, gradually creating chains in the heads of the warriors. Gradually creating conditions for complete control over them. When the boy’s chills became almost unbearable, he felt relaxation, as if something had begun to block his perception, and made him more stupid. But he continued to follow all the same. He saw the main warrior, the strongest, small particles could not even approach him, and he began to doubt, noticing something from watching his colleagues. But he did not fully understand the situation, and when he lay down to rest, suddenly a needle dug into his head, collected by small creatures that prepared a trap. Due to his new feeling, the boy could not fully understand how it happened, and the dream became dimmer. The main warrior was paralyzed, and suddenly many new warriors rushed into their premises. They began to fight with the first, who were already under the control of the warlock, as they tried to take him out. Meanwhile, small particles reshaped the brain, as if it is called the brain, of the main warrior, making him a warlock puppet.
Endless horror gripped the boy, realizing that the garden and the aquarium, like the waste pit, were already empty, and the little creatures were already dismantling everything that was in the premises into components. The warriors under the control of the warlock did not die even after receiving heavy damage, like the undead from the legends of nightmares. The severed hand suddenly made a dash, having carried out a sweep for the newly arrived warrior, the knife bites into his throat, and now he stands up like a new warrior serving the warlock. The warlock was opposed by a huge number of opponents, but when they died they became his allies, dismantling everything that could no longer be used by him, he created various devices with the help of small creatures that gave out a huge amount of energy, compensating for the endless flow of his small creatures.
The boy woke up. He smelled unpleasant odors and burning sensations on his forehead, neck and wrists. It is an ointment that was used to prevent slaves from getting cultivation, and to prevent warriors from breaking through at inconvenient times. Why would he, who is not capable of cultivation at all, need this ointment. He became both a slave and a test subject of the master, for the reason that his constitution endlessly absorbs energy, without any result.
Looking around, the boy found that after this dream, he began to see and understand much more than what was around. About the nature of the stones in the cave, and why many slaves sleeping on old straw start to get sick. The harm of cold, and heat, why you need to breathe. A lot of knowledge began to be taken for granted, despite the fact that not only did he not study, many even those who studied did not know this. Could this ongoing lucid dream be a Warlock legacy? And having examined it to the end, he will be able to take revenge on all these guards, and the Master. One thought of revenge against the Master caused a strong burning sensation between the eyes, the seal of the slave, the seal of property did not allow the thought of a threat to the master. But the effect of the ointments dulled the punishment and the boy lay down on the straw, breathing heavily, trying not to think about revenge and desires, but rather trying to figure out what to do next.
