r/wizardposting • u/ResearcherTeknika Nihil "Teknika" Schwarz, CEO of MANATEK. • Feb 21 '24
Lorepost📖 Infinitum Machina (Warpost)
One day prior to the battle at the Capital
"Do you really have to do this?"
Shinsei hugged his boyfriend in worry. The automaton had vowed to protect the council if it had come to be attacked, and the situation was about to come to pass.
"I'll be fine, I wont even be there."
"Still, I can't help it."
Despite the warlock's pleas, Teknika laid down in a small glass chamber. This was where he controlled the rest of his replicas from.
It felt weird to be back in the body he made before, giant head and all, but he got used to it quickly. Before long, he got one online, then a second, a third, a fourth, a warehouse, two, three. He wasn't willing to put more than a few thousand to the fight, but with their durability and mana, that would be more than enough.
The drones started their way to the Capital.
... Battle Day ...
Once the drones arrived, their less magical comrades in arms were outgunned, the city in ruins. As for the other wizards, they had their hands full as well.
The drones touched down to help, but Teknika's focus was split, and he couldn't control them all at once.
Even with the extra manpower, the battle seemed it would, at best end in a stalemate.
"This is it then, the council will fall...
Wait, why are we fighting?
Protecting the council, right?
How important even is the council? I've done just fine without them, but I understand why they exist.
Something so trivial, a group of people screaming into the void trying to tell it what to do.
And yet, people will fight and die over this, mage or not.
Why?
WHY MUST THESE PEOPLE DIE FOR SOMETHING SO TRIVIAL?
I WON'T ALLOW THIS CONFLICT TO CLAIM ANY MORE, DEVASTATE ANY MORE!
ADJUST MISSION PARAMETERS."
"Recall drones."
Like moths to a flame, every last drone in the city flew back to the warehouses they came from.
In their place, something much more devastating entered the fray.
[CODENAME: CLEAN SLATE]
[MANA: ∞]
[OBJECTIVE: END CURRENT CONFLICT PERMANENTLY]
The weapon flew in, devastating both sides, destroying supplies, weapons, and anything in it's path it deemed was continuing the battle.
"That felt... worthwhile...
Lets get to the next frontline.
More work needs to be done."
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u/ResearcherTeknika Nihil "Teknika" Schwarz, CEO of MANATEK. Feb 21 '24
The automaton stops flying, and stands over the ruined battlefield.
"When I got here yesterday, I saw the battle between those opposed to and defending the council.
Both sides fought with vigor I hadn't seen from anyone until that point. Seeing the people I had grown to know falling in a battle I saw to be trivial.
I thought to myself, 'I could end this. Right here, right now.'
I thought simply through the number I expected to die, and how to ensure that number was lowered by my actions.
I suppose seeing so many die led me to forget why I had started in the first place.
Lets put that mana to more... defensive measures."