The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

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[Name: Maven Goidemar]

[Race: Mixed-race human]

[Gender: Male]

[Status: Slight radiation remains]

[Energy (Chaos Magic Energy): 629/1764]

[Strength: 43→48 View introduction]

[Agility: 40 → 46 View introduction]

[Physique: 48 (-1) View profile]

[Perception: 43→45 (+1) View introduction]

[Spirit: 48 (+1) View introduction]

Considering that he would have to face the thick-skinned and fleshy Radiant Corpse Beast in the future, he was unable to cut off the hind legs of the Radiated Corpse Beast with one strike last time due to lack of strength. This time, he had more strength.

It is really difficult for existing firearms to cause effective damage to that kind of monster, and it makes no difference whether or not "Firearm Mastery" is improved.

The sword is currently his most powerful means of output, so all ability points increase his sword skills.

[Knife Mastery: 17 + (When using knife weapons, the attack power increases by 32.5%, the physical consumption is -17%, and it is easier to attack the enemy's vital points. The next upgrade requires 2 ability points.)]

There is currently 1 ability point left, so save it first.

The attributes changed so much that Marvin was not in a hurry to go out. Instead, he stayed at the base to exercise and adapt.

Anyway, there are still two days left for the appointment with Robert Vaughn and the others, so there is no rush.

During the training process, he did not use the knife he was most familiar with, but practiced the "Gamas Fighting Technique".

I don’t practice knives because the couscous pattern is too sharp and it’s easy to scratch yourself if you make a mistake. Unexpectedly, this exercise will bring unexpected joy.

[Tip: Unlock an ability and reward ability point +1]

Marvin was stunned, stopped exercising, and opened the [Ability] interface. There was indeed one more item.

[Unarmed combat: 1 + (When fighting in close combat without using any weapons, physical strength consumption -1%.)]

The book "Gemath Combat Technique" was a reward for completing the mission when killing Katakane in Maribo. Although I didn't practice it as hard as the sword, I did practice it for a long time.

Now it has finally been recognized as an ability by the learning machine, and the ability points have been increased a little more, including sword skills of course.

[Knife Mastery: 18 + (When using knife weapons, the attack power is increased by 35%, the physical consumption is -18%, and it is easier to attack the enemy's vital points. The next upgrade requires 2 ability points.)]

…

At noon two days later, the weather was not very good.

The west side of the mountain range was covered with clouds, as if it was going to rain, and the east side of the mountain range was not so good, with dust all over the sky.

The road and railroad tracks run side by side to the north, winding up the northern hillside.

There is a peculiar building on the top of the mountain. On the top of the building is a huge steel hemisphere. The hemisphere is spray-painted with a dark red gear sword LOGO. This is the Atlas Observatory, a pre-war observatory.

Today, the huge cement building is reinforced with scaffolding and steel plates. Infantry bunkers are arranged on the walls. Machine guns are set up at the gate and guards in military uniforms stand.

The former observatory was transformed into a war fortress and is the base of the Appalachian branch of the Brotherhood of Steel.

In the discussion 2 days ago, Marvin got a general understanding of the current situation of the Brotherhood of Steel from Robert.

The Brotherhood of Appalachia seems a bit poor and doesn't seem to have much decent equipment other than power armor.

There are no powerful weapons, no bird helicopters, no tanks, and even supplies are slightly insufficient.

Moreover, neither the Foundation nor the Crater have a good relationship with the Brotherhood of Steel.

It is said that the relationship between the Foundation and the Brotherhood was very good more than a year ago, but later the Brotherhood continued to ask for food and ammunition from the Foundation.

Logically speaking, it is not unacceptable to provide some supplies to friendly military units, but the Brotherhood's demands are getting larger and larger, and the foundation can no longer bear it.

They inquired about the whereabouts of the supplies, hoping to know why and what they were used for, but the Brotherhood refused to answer.

The relationship between the two parties began to deteriorate...and worsened. Eventually, the Brotherhood began to rob, and it developed into an armed conflict.

Meg's group of raiders came later. After forming the crater, the Brotherhood of Steel also went to ask for supplies.

What are those bastards like? How could it be given?

The two sides started fighting immediately.

Now Marvin and the Vault Boys have guessed that it's because of the Scorch Beast.

but why? Wouldn't it be enough to tell the reason and take people to the battlefield to see it? Why go to war with each other?

Marvin didn't quite understand.

The Brotherhood of Steel is very xenophobic, and its soldiers are basically scavengers who are easier to brainwash.

They looked down upon raiders and did not recruit among the Foundation's farmers.

When Brotherhood soldiers perform missions outside, they rarely communicate with outsiders, let alone talk about the mission content at will.

The Brotherhood of Steel believes that, except for themselves, everyone else is a civilian and is not qualified to fight. It is best to farm and scavenge.

Marvin thought about it for several days and had some guesses, but he still needed to see it in person.

…

Outside the gate of the Atlas Observation Station, a total of four people were negotiating with the guards.

In addition to Marvin, there are Robert Vaughn, Anita Garcia and Scout Denis.

The guard contacted the base with a hand-cranked phone, and after receiving a positive reply, he opened the large iron door and let the four people in.

The wide yard was almost filled with tents and machines, noisy yet orderly.

Zhi~zhi...

The mechanic was cutting the steel plate with an angle grinder, sparks flying.

Click, click, bang...

A forklift lowers a stack of heavy ammunition boxes.

Dangdangdang...

A damaged piece of power armor was being knocked loudly.

Under the hemispheric dome building, the Morano knight wearing T60 power armor held his helmet in his left hand and raised his right hand to greet loudly: "Marvin, everyone, welcome to Atlas."

As the only person who knew both parties, Marvin served as the introducer.

After both parties got to know each other, he shut up and became a spectator.

"Let's go in and talk."

Morano pushed open the double iron doors behind him and let the four people in.

After simple registration and inspection, several people walked through the cement passage and entered the main hall.

In front of you is a huge three-story rotunda. Looking up, you can see the three-story fence surrounding the rotunda. In the middle is the astronomical equipment left over from before the war.

Morano led four people directly to an open door on the third floor.

"Paladin, they're here."

"Um."

Morano led four people into the door. This was not a closed office. It was open on the opposite side and you could see the rotunda downstairs.

Paladin Paladin Taggarty is a middle-aged woman with black hair. She wears a straight gray coat and boots. Her waist is straight whether she is standing or sitting.

Perhaps because he keeps a straight face all year round, Taggarty's nasolabial folds around his mouth are very obvious, but they are not ugly. Together with his square chin, he looks very majestic.

She signed the document in front of her and handed it to the clerk next to her.

"That's it, let Tim and the others set off as soon as possible."

"yes!"

After the clerk stood at attention and answered, he turned and left.

The paladin put down his pen, stood up, looked at the four people and said, "Vault 76, I know you."

She looked at Morano again, seriously questioning.

The knight hurriedly walked to Marvin and said, "This is the bounty hunter I told you about. He was the one who injured the Scorch Beast."

Paladin Tageti nodded.

"Are you all going to join the Brotherhood of Steel?"

Marvin didn't say anything, and Robert took a step forward and said, "To be precise, we plan to participate in the battle against the fortress and fight against the Scorched Corpse Beast..."

Taggarty raised his hand to interrupt and said, "I know what you are going to say, rebuild Appalachia. You are promoting this everywhere."

She shook her head and then continued: "To be honest, I'm not optimistic. You guys don't understand what you are facing at all..."

Robert is not a soft persimmon, otherwise he would not be able to lead the strongest team in Vault 76.

He retorted without hesitation: "You are wrong! If it was 3 months ago, you might be right, but now... the radiant zombies and mad ghouls don't count, the death claws, the Grafton monster , Super Mutant Behemoth, Mire Crab Queen... We have killed a lot of these monsters and saved hundreds of people. We have also seen the Scorch Beast, and we know what we are facing. "

"Oh? Not bad..." the Paladin asked, "Then what are you doing here?"

"I just said that we should fight against the Radiation Corpse Beast, which is the source of the Radiation Corpse Virus. We have found a vaccine for the Radiation Corpse Virus, but we will never be able to end this disaster unless we kill the source."

"Young man, you are right." Taggarty nodded, "We are doing this now."

The topic finally got on the right track. Robert breathed a sigh of relief, but said, "I don't believe it."

However, Paladin Tagti did not act according to the script. She spread her hands and said, "Why do you need to believe it? What difference does it make whether you believe it or not?"

Robert didn't know how to answer it for a while...

Anita immediately picked up the topic: "Your Majesty Paladin, even if what you said is true, you are just defending. Am I right?"

Taggarty immediately lowered his face and retorted forcefully: "This is not something civilians should care about."

Anita didn't give her any face and continued to expose the scars.

"There's no way you can rework it."

She pointed outside and said mockingly:

"There are so many soldiers, weapons and power armor here. If you could attack, you would have sent them out long ago..."

"Ahem..." Marvin quickly interrupted, and he would be kicked out if he said a few more words.

"Sorry to interrupt." He operated Pip-Boy, took out the bag and threw it on the ground, revealing the severed limbs of the Scorched Corpse Beast inside.

This thing was useless, blood was enough for analysis, so he took it back.

Then, he took out the Mothman's head and showed it to everyone while holding it in his hand. He said: "The hind legs and ears of the Radiant Corpse Beast, and this is a more mysterious monster, the Mothman-Revenge." ”

"Look, we really can't be considered civilians. The four of us, and the other team members who didn't come, are no worse than your soldiers."

Before the paladin could speak, Marvin continued: "How about this? Shooting, combat, power armor, reconnaissance, you can choose any subject and compare it? If you lose, allow us to join; if we lose... I’ll help you fight against the Radiant Corpse Beast for free.”

"Pfft..." Morano couldn't hold it back.

"Hahahaha..." The Paladin also laughed.

…

The Paladin agreed to Marvin's bet. In fact, he just wanted to see Marvin's fighting power. After all, even Morano had never seen it with his own eyes.

There are four bets in total, including marksmanship, combat, reconnaissance and power armor control.

The four items were divided between Anita, Marvin, Denis and Robert Vaughn.

Brotherhood of Steel had 4 losses and 1 draw.

Anita is very talented in shooting. She was one point short of a perfect score on the fixed target, hit all the moving targets, and her shooting time broke the fraternity record.

Denis was very good at hiding, until he returned with the stolen "documents" and everyone in the target camp discovered it.

Robert's power armor was quite impressive, but due to the characteristics of the power armor itself, this game was barely a tie.

Marvin only used 30% of his strength, knocking down three soldiers first and then three knights without armor.

He uses Gemas fighting technique.

Although unarmed combat is only level 1, it can't withstand attribute crushing.

Based on his experience during the fight, Marvin judged that the strength attributes of the knights were between 12 and 18, and their agility was between 7 and 10. Not really good.

Coupled with the soldiers' clumsy Western boxing techniques, he actually fought with ease. Note①

…

3 losses and 1 draw, which can even be said to be a loss in all four games.

Paladin Tageti was a bit embarrassed, and the two sides almost started to quarrel again.

Marvin patted Anita on the shoulder to stop her from continuing, and then changed the subject.

"Paladin Tageti, you have been resisting the Scorch Beast for a long time. Then why did the people of Appalachia never know? Because you didn't tell them?"

"Why tell them?" Taggarty said matter-of-factly, "People just need to pay taxes and be protected. What's the difference whether they know or not?"

Typical thinking mode of Western soldiers, these Westerners will never understand the phrase "from the people, to the people".

Marvin had considered this two days ago.

In subsequent contacts with the shelter and the Brotherhood, he had to continue to increase his weight.

Not only must you show force, but you can also show some intelligence appropriately.

Marvin said: "The people pay taxes, the government collects taxes and manages them, and the army uses tax money to arm, train, and fight. Everyone divides labor and cooperates, am I right?"

Taggarty looked deeply at the white-haired young man, nodded and said: "It seems that you are not just a bounty hunter. You are right, that's it."

Marvin spread his hands: "So in your current operating system, where is the government?"

Taggarty pointed at the desk: "Here it is."

"The government will tell the people what the law is, why taxes are collected, where the taxes go, and what the people should do." Marvin pointed to her desk and asked, "What has this government done?"

Taggarty was speechless.

"Government affairs have never been the responsibility of soldiers, nor should they be. You don't even collect taxes. You fight bravely, but you don't tell others. When you see that the foundation has supplies, you come to ask for them. This is what you said Collect taxes? I don’t know anything, why should I pay you taxes?”

He didn't wait for the other party to answer and continued: "Paladin Tagti, if you are an ordinary farmer, you have worked hard for several months and finally harvested 100 bags of potatoes.

Suddenly, some guys with guns and uniforms burst into your home and said, "We helped you fight off the looters, so you have to give us 50 bags of potatoes."

But you have been living peacefully these past few months and have not even seen a single robber. What will you do? Give it to them? "

Marvin crossed his arms, shook his head and came to a conclusion.

"You don't call it collecting taxes, you call it collecting protection fees."

As soon as Taggarty heard the word "protection money," he became angry.

"Shit, how dare you say that?..."

Marvin spread his hands and asked, "Then tell me what's the difference?"

"I..." Paladin Tageti opened his mouth, wanting to refute but unable to refute.

Marvin's words were completely incompatible with the education she had received in the fraternity, but they made sense.

Finally she sat down impatiently and waved her hands.

Knight Morano nodded, led four people downstairs, and arranged a tent.

"We need to discuss it and then get back to you." After saying that, he looked at Marvin inexplicably, opened the door curtain and walked out of the tent.

"Wow." Denis asked, hopping, "Marvin, how do you know this?"

Thanks for compulsory education? Or thanks to the ideological and political class? Note②

Marvin shrugged and replied: "The Geidema family has a long history, and I have had many books to read since I was a child."

Denis rolled his eyes and asked wildly: "Has anyone in your family ever been in politics?"

Marvin's mouth twitched: "You can say that."

I can’t answer directly, my father is a king, right?

Anita had been curious for a long time, and then she said, "You are indeed well educated, even better than those in the shelter."

"This is all the work of my ancestors, and it won't make my life better in the wasteland." Marvin patted the scabbard hanging on his waist, "Only swords and guns will do."

Robert nodded in agreement: "You're right, those things are really useless right now."

…

The next day, it was Knight Morano who took them upstairs to meet Paladin Tagti.

There were not so many chairs in the office, and Taggarty also stood up. She looked at Marvin and said, "You are right, our approach is too tough. I will tell people what disasters they are suffering from and how we can protect them." Is that enough? "

Marvin asked: "Are you just talking?"

"What else?"

"Why should people believe what you say? If you say there are robbers, at least show him the body of the robber? When I do business, I have to take the target's head to settle the bill."

"But the Radiant Corpse Beast is very big. You should have seen it before, right?" Taggarty asked: "How to transport it?"

Marvin was helpless. If the mountain doesn't come, I'll do it. If I can, I'll do it. These guys are so stupid.

"Can we let them rebel against the fortress? Wouldn't it be clear if they participate in a battle?"

"No." The Paladin flatly refused, "Civilians are not allowed to participate in war."

Marvin, Anita, and Robert took turns to speak, presenting facts and reasoning, but Paladin Taggerty insisted on not agreeing.

In the end, Marvin could only take out his backup plan and proposed to modify a truck to transport the corpses of the scorched beasts for a tour in several settlements in Appalachia.

The Brotherhood of Steel knew about cars, and Taggerty agreed to the plan.

But because the war was tight and the Brotherhood also needed people to be stationed in other places, there were not many people who could follow the car to tour and persuade residents.

Robert immediately responded: "We have people, you just send two people to follow."

The Paladin asked: "What's the benefit for you?"

"What's good for Appalachia is good for us."

This is indeed a good idea, Taggerty nodded: "I'll think about it."

Although she said she was considering it, she obviously agreed.

Robert asked about something more important.

"Then can we participate in the battle against the fortress? After all, only by experiencing it personally can we know what we will face in the future."

Taggerty nodded: "I have considered it. You have no military experience. The Brotherhood of Steel cannot send untrained civilians to the battlefield...

However, you can take the recruit assessment first. If you pass the assessment, you will be the Brotherhood's recruits, and the recruits can be allowed to go to the battlefield."

Robert asked.

"Do you mean that everyone who wants to go must pass the assessment?"

"It seems that not only you few want to join... Yes, if you have other people who want to join, they must also take the assessment first."

"No problem."

Robert is not disgusted with the army at all, and for the boys in the shelter, having an additional Brotherhood soldier identity has more advantages than disadvantages.

Then he asked, "Where should we go to take the assessment? Here?"

The Paladin did not answer, and Knight Morano next to him said, "Not here, follow me first."

After that, he saluted the Paladin and left the office first...

After returning to the tent of the four people, Morano said, "The recruit training camp and recruit assessment are in Camp McClintock."

Dennis immediately raised his hand: "I know where it is."

Camp McClintock is not far from the town of Sutton where the supervisor is located, and this place is also on Marvin's map.

Seeing that everyone knew the location of the camp, Morano nodded, put a piece of paper on the table, and said in an imperative tone: "This is your certificate. Give it to the camp leader for assessment, and then come back to me with the assessment results. Any other questions?"

"No." Robert Vaughn responded standing at attention, really like a recruit.

"Okay, disband."

...

After leaving the Atlas Observatory, the four people went their separate ways.

The boys in the shelter are going back to the White Spring Resort to discuss who will join the Brotherhood of Steel, while Marvin plans to go to the crater.

His car-building plan is progressing smoothly, and Tal is doing his best.

Meg and Roxy are also very cooperative, and have posted a lot of bounties to collect parts.

Marvin accompanied the engineer for a long time, and after leaving 2,000 bottle caps as a reserve fund, he returned to the underground base to rest.

Camp McClintock is located on the top of the mountain in the south of Sutton Town. Before the war, it was a complete infantry camp with complete training facilities. It is currently used as a training camp for recruits by the Brotherhood of Steel.

The assessment is divided into four items.

1. Fixed target and moving target shooting;

2. Tactical shooting, which is to shoot at human-shaped targets that suddenly appear in complex simulated terrain;

3. Simulated field obstacle running within the specified time limit;

4. Fully armed and loaded cross-country hiking.

A total of 12 people in Vaughn's team participated in the recruit assessment. They are all the main combatants in the team, so they will naturally not be stumped by a recruit assessment.

All members had excellent results, and some even passed with full marks.

Marvin did not take the assessment, and he would not join the Brotherhood of Steel.

After the assessment, the 12 recruits went to the Atlas Fortress again, which was considered as formal joining.

Robert called Marvin along, and his last speech on the functions of the government and the army not only impressed everyone, but also successfully avoided a breakdown in the talks.

That was why Robert dragged him along again to avoid any more trouble.

Although Paladin Paladin Taggerty was a little sorry that Marvin did not join the Brotherhood, he did not force it.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

For Paladin Taggerty, for a leader who leads a powerful armed force, Marvin is just a bounty hunter with a little knowledge, and there is no need to pay special attention to him.

Especially after seeing the assessment results of the boys in the shelter, she cared even less.

Because of their special identities and special reasons for joining, these 12 recruits were separately organized into an independent team, still led by Robert Vaughn.

Robert was therefore awarded the rank of corporal, while the others were the lowest-ranking privates.

This was one of the reasons why Marvin was unwilling to join. He couldn't stand standing at attention and saluting his superiors for no reason.

He didn't even salute the king, so what was an officer?

In addition, he would probably have to live in a military camp to resist the fortress this time.

He had too many secrets, and living in a military camp would not keep them secret.

In addition, they also discussed the plan to transport the corpses of the scorched beasts for a tour.

The route, time, and escort personnel of the exhibition were all agreed upon, but the trucks for transportation were a problem.

Marvin wanted to get involved, maybe he could get some parts and speed up his car-building plan.

As a result, the Brotherhood of Steel refused very strongly, and they planned to find a way on their own.

…

The Fortress of Resistance is located in the southeast corner of Savage Ridge. To the east is the "Cranberry Swamp" that people are afraid of, and to the south is the Appalachian region.

The road to the Fortress of Resistance is very long. The section to the south to White Spring is relatively good, with a ready-made road, but the terrain of the latter section to the east is very bad.

It took 13 people 4 days to get there.

Because the subsequent teamwork is required, Marvin also followed along the way, which can be regarded as a march and combat drill.

Along the way, no matter whether it is a monster, a super mutant or a predator gang, no one is left alive and they are all killed.

Robert and the boys in the shelter were quite decisive and ruthless.

Through this battle, other people also recognized Marvin's strength, and the cooperation between the two sides became more and more tacit.

...

This chapter is a bit long, mainly for plot transition, so it is not divided into two chapters.

Note ①: The Fallout series of games appeared too early. Fallout 1 was in 1995. It was not until the second decade of the 21st century that the West gradually accepted the beauty of martial arts, sambo, jujitsu and other fighting techniques under the influence of Hollywood's new action movies.

From Bruce Lee and Jet Li to Jackie Chan and the Yuen Clan, after decades of hard work, the West truly accepted "Chinese Kung Fu". The term Kung Fu (kongfu) originated from Bruce Lee.

It is also because of this that Westerners began to pay attention to various fighting techniques that they used to look down on. Sambo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, karate, taekwondo, Muay Thai and other East Asian and South American fighting techniques have appeared in the public eye.

And because of the increasing development of the Internet, military fighting techniques such as Krav Maga have gradually been understood by the world.

In the previous 200 years, due to the muskets and cannons of the Western powers, all ancient civilizations were considered backward and ignorant by them, including these ancient fighting techniques.

At that time, Western boxing was the strongest, and fighting techniques were all fancy moves. This was deeply rooted in people's minds. This was very obvious in Hollywood movies at that time, and the view that Chinese martial arts could not be used in actual combat also emerged at that time.

Alas, weak countries not only have no diplomacy, but even their cultural heritage will be denied, and they can't fight back.

Damn, Chinese martial arts were explored by our ancestors on the battlefield for thousands of years, how could they not be used in actual combat? It's just that we lost our heritage.

Back to the point, the background setting of the Fallout series of games is that the world took a turn during World War II, which is different from the real world, so the close combat of the Brotherhood of Steel soldiers is still at the very clumsy Western boxing stage.

Note ②: The "happy education" advocated by the public intellectuals in the early years of the United States and the West is like this, including the American public education that is about to collapse. Most people in the West don't understand how a government or a country actually works.

We have been using the policy of keeping the people ignorant for thousands of years, but we have completely abandoned it now. However, it is regarded as a guiding principle by the public intellectuals in the West, which is simply ridiculous.