Wasteland Conqueror

Arriving at the Genesis Foundry relatively quickly, we proceeded inside, where I spent the next hour showing them all of what I've prepared up to this point. Which eased and significantly reduced whatever worries and concerns they had about that grand goal of mine.

"This is obviously not enough to accomplish what I wish to currently, but I still have almost seven years left to prepare. I'm sure you can imagine how much my robot army and arsenal will have grown too by then when my production capabilities continue to expand with every day that passes."

"It will certainly be impressive, sweety, but what do you plan to do when you depart for the wasteland?" Mom asked whilst my father was still in the midst of imagining the force I would have at the age of 18.

"I have it all planned out already. The first step I'll take is I'll travel to the Cyberdynamics Robotics Facility located southeast of here, take it over from its robot inhabitants, and fix it up, to upgrade my robot manufacturing capabilities massively. Once that's done I'll..."

From there I went on to explain in detail to both of them what I've already told gramps some time ago.

"Looks like you've got it all figured out, son. Let us know if you need anything. We're always here for you."

"Mm, he does, doesn't he. But if you ever encounter any sort of danger that you even have the smallest amount of doubt of handling, I want you to promise me you'll prioritize your safety above all else."

"I have no plans of throwing my life away, so I'll promise I'll make sure to prioritize my safety." I replied.

"The kid has already faced a moleman nest in the depths of the mine tunnel. So he'll be more than ready to face whatever the wasteland can throw at him right now, not to mention when he's an adult."

"HE DID WHAT, DOM-" Mom said, immediately getting upset at the danger I've already faced.

Here we go again, haa.

Calming her down, mom wrapped me in a hug for a few moments before letting me go, and as soon as she did, I decided to bring up the subject of whether to inform several more people of my secrets. "Now that you two have been made aware, should we tell grandpa Henry and grandma and Alice's family?"

"I don't think they'll show all that of a negative response. Alice's father David certainly won't since he was quite the ambitious fellow in his youth, so he'll more than understand. Her mother Aura, on the other hand, will be more concerned with her daughter's safety, but I'm sure you have something figured out for that already, son."

"I do, multiple things, in fact."

"I think things will be fine, Dom, when you explain to them your plans in detail and they see the extensive preparations you've already made." Alice added.

"... Let's tell them tomorrow. Mom, dad, can you gather everyone?"

"Sure, what time are you thinking of?" Mom responded.

"Let's do 9:00 AM. We can have breakfast together before we start."

With that settled, we speedily returned home and, after spending a few hours chilling, we turned in for the night.

...

The next day, everyone gathered, including Bella and Alice's grandparents, Ronald Ed Steele and Evelynn Scarlet Steele. I don't know what my parents said to gather everyone, but they were all looking at me with curious gazes, Bella being the sole exception. Unwilling to bring up the topic of today's gathering just yet, we sat down and had a scrumptious breakfast to get everyone in a good mood. Over the meal, the bunch of us made small talk and once everything was eaten, all the eyes within the room focused in on me.

"Since we're done eating, I guess it's time we've gotten down to business."

Seeing no one say anything, I continued and began the process of revealing my abilities, one after another. The minute I was done, I saw I left all those who were uninformed in a state of shock and awe, so I waited for them to come back to the real world. When they did, I began telling them about my dream and as a result a few of them got upset expectably, though mainly the women. Besides them, the men of our families seemed plenty happy with my ambition to reclaim the wasteland.

Following that, I had to spend the next 10 minutes calming the women down and right as that was resolved; we made our way to my property to show them what I've prepared up to now. Reaching our destination in record via two separate vehicles since one alone wasn't large enough to transport our group, we exited the vehicles and entered the facility. The next couple of hours were spent with me showing off and answering every little question they could possibly come up with.

"Now that everyone has seen what I've accomplished thus far, I'm sure your confidence in me accomplishing my goal one day has increased at least a bit."

"How could it not have." Alice's and Bella's father, David, the undercity's governor, said happily.

"You've done good, kid. I can't wait to see the heights you'll reach in the future, haha." Alice's grandpa Ronald said while patting my right shoulder joyously.

"I'm sure it will be something I just don't know if we'll live long enough for us old folk to see the day my grandson accomplishes his dream." My grandpa Henry added.

"You're very right, but nonetheless, I'll be happy, regardless, even if I'm no longer here."

"Actually, you guys will live to see the day."

"Hmm, why is that? We know your abilities are incredible, Dom, but nothing you've shown us so far can beat the continuous degradation of time."

"Well, that's not really true. I was just holding off on the details regarding one of my new abilities for this exact moment." I said before lifting and presenting my hand forward while using a level one spark spell, the same one I used the previous day. But instead of using the lightning element particles I had used yesterday from the surrounding environment, I used a small portion of the all element particles from my mana core. Which in turn changed the color of the lightning from its normal blueish white to black.

Holding the chaotic black lightning in the palm of my hand, I continued. "This may sound ridiculous, but this isn't an ability granted by the system. This is, in fact, the work of magic, the kind of stuff you may have heard about in legends. And with this magic, you can extend your lifespan by advancing in the mage realms."

Leaving just about the whole group stunned, I went on to explain in detail the entire system of magic I knew of, as well as a whole assortment of miscellaneous information regarding its innumerable facets. I then went on to tell them they needed to keep what I'm telling them a secret from others, for obvious reasons.

After getting them to give me their word that they would not disclose anything regarding magic to anyone besides the people present, I began the process of teaching them my All Element Core Technique and integrating an all element core into each of their mana cores. It took several hours to get everyone set up and up to speed. However, once we did, I could literally feel the excitement radiating off each and every one of them, especially the older generation who were nearing ever closer to the end of their lifespans.

I know this technique of mine is extremely powerful from all the information I've been granted by magic skill, so it could bring a whole host of problems if it fell into the hands of others. Despite those issues, I'd much rather not let age take our family members from us, hence it's better to just let them learn my magical cultivation method even though it comes with a bunch of risks, such as my future enemies getting ahold of my technique.

Although the chances of that occurring while I'm down here in Undercity 7 is basically nil. However, once I'm out and about on the surface, I'll have to come up with various protection methods to prevent it from disseminating as soon as possible. I have a few ideas in mind, but I won't be able to do anything about it until I get established at the Cyberdynamics Robotics Facility and begin pursuing magic.

Those negatives aside, having all the old timers around is a huge asset in and of itself. Having them around would increase the amount of people I trust and can fall back on, and since I'll be founding and building a nation in the future, I'm going to need a good number of people I trust to man certain positions. I'm not sure all of them will want to, but I know more than a few of them will love to like gramps, for instance. The old guy yearns for the past where he led what was basically a mercenary band, so he would for sure take the role of a general or military commander if I ever asked for his help.

Not too worried about my magic cultivation getting out for several years, I regained their attention and proceeded to the next part. "Alright, now that everyone is now a 1st level mage initiate, let me give you guys the rest of the information I've accumulated."

Handing them each an encrypted datapad, I began again. "Each of these pads has a bunch of information regarding magic, so you'll be able to learn and explore on your own."

"Wouldn't it be better for you to teach us instead of us exploring this new magical field all on our own?" Alice's mother Aura questioned.

"Sure, if I was going to be pursuing this field like the rest of you right now, but I'm not going to be doing that until I get set up in the wasteland. Hence, in actuality, you guys will be better off learning amongst yourselves. That said, if you encounter anything you are unsure of, make sure to consult with everyone here and if that isn't enough, I may be able to help." I answered.

"Also, make sure you type in this password every week or the datapad will wipe itself."

"Why'd you set that up, big brother?" Bella asked.

"To ensure that the information doesn't go beyond the people here in case anything were to happen to the datapad or us."

With that handled, everyone started investigating their datapads and talking amongst themselves, occasionally asking me a question regarding something they were interested in. I let this go on for an hour before I decided to bring up my car situation to get that resolved and the instant I did, Alice's and Bella's dad David said he would handle getting me a license by no later than the end of the day.

Looks like I'll be able to drive again, sweet.

...

Later on that day, our large group disbanded with mom, dad, Alice and I going home first and then later to a dealership dad had a good relationship with where I picked out an armored up SUV for myself that would be my main mode of transportation going forward.

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