Chapter 96 - The City They Called Chrysanthemum (2/2)
The group walked for about another five minutes before finally stopping at a tall marble white building. This was the second biggest building in the city second only to the massive golden building. This building stood at nearly 5,794' feet. It was almost half the size of the Squad Zero building in Oleander.
It was a beautiful white color lined with snow. It stood tall and had no windows or anything really to speak of save for a metal door.
Sif slowly pulled a golden badge out with the words 'Enforcer' written on it. The metal door opened immediately.
”In every city, that isn't Oleander we have what we call the Marble pillars. They are basically fancy buildings for Enforcers, and Nobles to stay in, if they aren't in their own city.” Dawson stated. ”Behave and don't piss off the Automaton's...”
”The what?” Hero questioned.
”The Automatons... They are highly advanced robotics that listens to the current Emperor. When an Automatons reaches its breaking point and can no longer battle they are sent here to work as butlers. Careful as they are highly susceptible to getting pissed off and while they might not be in 100% shape they are still packed with weapons...”
”Why the hell would they have deadly killer robots be the butlers in places like these?” Ken questioned with wide eyes.
”Well... Let's just say that the current Empress is kind of an asshole and leave it at that...” Dawson muttered out. ”Just be calm and... Try not to spill anything... Last time I was here Jackson slipped and split some tea and we were fighting off those damn robots for hours...”
”I'm starting to think that the Nation Of Red is screwed up...” Ken said slowly.
”That's an understatement.” Sif hissed.
The group of Enforcer entered the building instantly being hit with a wave of heat. All the snow on them evaporated vanishing. The inside of the building was illuminated by a golden light. The inside looked like a scene in every generic Noble mansion. It was massive and filled with several fancy decorations.
Several metallic-looking knights all dressed in butler outfits walked back and forth. They made several loud clicking sounds as they turned to look at the group. Each one of them looked... Well, beat up? They had dents in them, and were missing limbs like arms, legs, fingers? They had holes in them and some had sparks flying out of them.
Others looked better but not by much... They had several pieces of scrap metal sticking out of them and molded into their body.
”Geez... These things do not look safe?” Hero hissed lightly.
One of the Automaton's turned to look at the group. It made a clicking sound. Then its upper half exploded.
”What the hell!”
”Oh yeah sometimes they explode,” Dawson said giving a shrug. ”It's okay. They mostly do it away from people.”
The other Automaton's instantly tackled the more half of the one that blew up and began to rip its lower half into pieces.
”W...What are they doing!” Ken said with wide eyes as she jumped into the arms Of Nick.
”Well... It's dead so too the Automaton's that means it's spare parts.” Nick said casually. ”It is their circle of life.”
Another Automaton walked up to the group as it gave a small bow. A small piece of paper slowly popped out of it as it handed it to Dawson.
Dawson looked it over then looked back up at the group. ”Me, Sif, Nick, Ken, Hero, Sera, and Ren... That's seven of us...” He muttered out. ”Lady Sif what do you want to do?”
Sif gave a small yawn. ”I don't care... Just get three rooms.” She said waving her hand.
Dawson gave a shrug. ”Three rooms. Each room has two beds...”
Wait... Two beds three rooms... Three times two...” Hero muttered out counting on his fingers.
”Six Hero... It's six.”
”Oh... What but there are seven of us?” Hero questioned.
”Not my problem,” Sif said rolling her eyes. ”There will be two groups of two, and one group of three. I choose Nick as my roommate.” She stated. ”If anyone else even tries to partner up with us I'll kill you.”
Ren turned looking at Dawson for a moment. ”I...If you don't mind I'd like to be in the same room as you...”
Dawson froze for a second but gave a nod. ”I guess that just leaves the three recruits all sharing a room.”
”What!” Hero said glancing back at Ken, and Sera. Both girls stared back at him. ”Crap!”
A few minutes later...
Hero stared at the two beds as he glanced back and forth. ”Damn it...”
Ken let out a small laugh as she took one of the beds. Sera quickly took the other. ”Well. Guess you'll have to sleep on the floor. Unless you wanna sha-”
Hero face planted into the ground. ”Alright good night!” He called out.