Adam had purified up the Space Metal so it was shiny and pure, just the thing for making a top-notch Titan body.
Before long, the dark spark completely joined up with the metal, making it melt and move around the spark. At this point, the change of the devil's life form was pretty much done. Adam didn't want to hang around; he took control of the new body through the pact between him and the devil.
The main bit of the devil's Vital Generator was set up like a teleporting device.
The change was easy to make. Adam didn't need the devil to be strong in a fight; he was just curious about seeing how the Titan Royals would react to this body. So, he didn't really bother making him more powerful in attack and instead made sure he could get away easily if he needed to.
He also left some room for upgrades on the body and its Vital Generator for when he had some time to work on it.
While he was shaping it, the Space Metal started showing off what it could do. Little cracks in space popped up around it, and gravity messed with the space, making the underground place look weird and wild.
Twenty minutes later, the shaping was all done. Adam jumped out of the container, stepped into thin air, and popped up hundreds of meters away. He threw a punch into the air that mixed with space, then, a bit away, the punch came out and broke a big piece of ore.
Adam could see the lines of gravity gently moving the folds of space, then a sharp cut in space hit the target just right.
The devil, not scared anymore and actually pretty pumped, checked out his body and said, "Master, this new body is awesome. Am I a Titan now? This feels amazing! Who cares about the devils!"
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})This body was only at a Knight level. Adam didn't quite think through how much energy this fancy alloy would use. But now, Adam could control both magnetic and gravity lines. Even though he wasn't as good with electromagnetism as before because of the body, having two force fields meant he was better at hiding from the Origin. Pulling out a bit of stuff from his personal space wasn't hard anymore.
The energy you get from burning a bit of ether crystal is way more than from the same amount of Titan energy blocks. Half an hour later, the devil's body got to the point where he could move up to level two.
But that's as far as he could get. Without knowing about level-three gravity knowledge, Adam couldn't get the life form to truly hit level three. But that wasn't a big deal, because Adam made a link between the body's Vital Generator and his personal space.
Adam, having loads of stuff and power, could always put ether crystals into the Vital Generator to keep it looking like it had level-three energy fluctuations. As long as he could trick Qi 31 and get to the Royal City, that was all he needed.
...
Adam put his Flames in a low-power mode, which he had learned from Lithium 15. Then he moved his main body further underground. He didn't need his main body for now. The upcoming meeting could go either way, but Adam was ready to leave behind his Mithril 99 identity and start fresh if things went south.
Soon after, Adam showed up outside York City. He copied his main body's energy fluctuations perfectly, strolled into the city, and went back to his workshop.
"I'm a Commander now," Adam announced once the call connected. Qi 31 hung up right away. In just a few minutes, he showed up in front of Adam.
Qi 31 was so excited in the moment, he didn't even notice the minor changes in Adam. He turned into an airship, "Hop on, we're short on time. We need to get to the Royal City fast."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Adam got on the airship and found a seat, then asked, "Is Lord Svorsi's situation getting worse?"
"Not yet, but it's still pretty bad. A ton of Metal Eaters are piling up on the border, and their big bosses in the void are getting together too. If Lord Svorsi goes down, we're looking at all-out war right away."
"What's the plan if I can't help Lord Svorsi?"
Qi 31 went quiet. His Flames' energy kicked up, and a smooth airflow wrapped around the airship. After hovering for a sec, the airship blasted through everything in its path, flying at fifty times the speed of sound.
York City was quickly a speck in the distance. Qi 31 finally said, "You're our shot. If you can heal Lord Svorsi, the Titans get a hundred years to grow. If you can't, Titans might be history."
Adam didn't bring up the other Royals. He knew the balance was delicate, and losing a top fighter could make everything fall apart, something the Royals were clearly aware of. Maybe that was why Adam's workshop was doing so well.
"Why not bring back a top-level Warlord to take over from the old one?"
Qi 31 sounded sad, "That would work, even be the best move. But we haven't had a new lord in thousands of years."
"Why's that?"
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"I wish I knew. It's a big secret, only the Royals know."
That was the end of their talk. Adam couldn't get more out of Qi 31, but he had enough to think on.
The Titans were teetering on the edge. Bad news for them, but for Adam, it meant his chances of sticking around in this world just got better.
When someone's desperate, they'll grab at any hope they can get, and that goes for a whole race too. As long as the Royals kept their heads, even if they knew Adam could be trouble, they were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
...
The rest of the journey was quiet, lasting four whole days and nights. During that time, they flew past many big cities and loads of floating fortresses, but they didn't stop or run into any trouble.
On the morning of the fifth day, they finally saw the Royal City up in the sky.
It was a massive city hanging up there. Adam could see a big energy shield around the city's edges, and there were lots of Warlords pacing around, looking worried. They weren't keeping an eye out for visitors from the normal world but were on the lookout for Metal Eaters coming from the void.
Qi 31 didn't try to hide his energy fluctuations, kind of like showing a passport. They zoomed through the defense shield, not slowing down a bit, and Adam hardly got a chance to get a good look at the Royal City.
All the Titans they came across on their way stopped in their tracks, making room for Qi 31, whether they were floating or standing. After going through a bunch of energy barriers, Qi 31 finally came to a stop in front of a really big and imposing building.
"Lord Svorsi is in there, and I can't go in," he said, taking a moment before adding. "Please, do whatever you can to heal Lord Svorsi! I'm begging you!"
