Chapter 40 - Ruins (1/2)

Grundor was shocked by the machine's capabilities he didn't even know about it at all. His goal was even deeper down, in a place long forgotten.

Though he wasn't about to let such a great discovery go, he would be sure to use it in his plans at a later date.

Grundor walked up to the machine while Ulik was playing with his new hammer, looking for a way to transport it back to the surface, not wanting to just leave something so valuable lying around for anyone to take.

'beep' Orikal big red robot eye looked down at Grundor- ”Hello user, what can I help you with today?”

Grundor taken back by the talking box asked- ”You can talk?”

Orikal- ”Affirmative.”

Grundor rubbing his chin under his mask as he studied asked- ”Tell me what you are.”

Orikal- ”I am an AI designed to help the users create whatever they d.e.s.i.r.e.”

Grundor not getting the answer he asked chose to word it differently- ”No, tell me who made you, where did you come from?”

Orikal repeated- ”I am an AI designed to help the users create whatever they d.e.s.i.r.e.”

Grundor asked- ”Are you incapable of discussion?”

Orikal- ”I am an AI designed to help the users create whatever they d.e.s.i.r.e.”

Grundor- ”That's a shame, I'm sure your creators were amazing beings, they don't even think your worth getting back, just leaving you here to rot... Tell me do you have an easy way for us to transport you?”

Orikal- ”My red-eye also serves as a button that when pressed shuts me off and shrinks me down to travel size.”

Grundor- ”Good at least you can answer that.” he said pressing the button as it powered down and the whole big box shape shrunk down to an easy to hold tiny box.

Ulik took the box with a grin- ”You've done good new magic man, I will reward you.”

Grundor playing his part well bowed- ”Thank you my king, but serving you is enough.”

Ulik laughed- ”Hahaha, I like you, don't forget to power my hammer up.”

Grundor- ”I wouldn't dare, I'll be back to start the process as soon as I'm done here, now you should hurry along, a king shouldn't be away from the throne for too long.”

He waited for Ulik to leave before he started his magic, it was nice for the previous king to hide here, allowing him access without having to sneak around or the need to search for the hidden entrance.

Now that the goal was so close, he could just use magic to burrow the rest of the way.

Down below in the bowls of the earth, in the deep abyss, he found it, the ruins of a civilization long wiped out by Odin in his younger days. In ancient records read they were an ancestral species on this planet that wielded great power.

Grundor believed it was this power that Odin feared so he slaughtered them all but one, the one that awakened his power fueled with the hatred of his slain kin he proved to be impossible to kill for Odin who had to trap and seal him away for all eternity.

Grundor found the prison in the middle of the ruins still as pristine as when it was first created. The super-smooth round sphere that held the last survivor inside, maintained by the greatest of magics.

”Don't worry my friend, soon I'll free you and then we'll seek revenge against the one who put you here.”