Wasteland Conqueror

Chapter 43: Breakthrough

Curious as to what sort of perk I unlocked, I suddenly interrupted her. "Hold up a second, Alice. I just got a new perk."

Alice, understanding the importance of the situation, paused mid sentence while I pulled up my system to see what I got and for what reason. Gramps, also hearing what I said from afar, got up and headed over here to find out what the latest perk was.

| Herculean Strength | Requirements 11 Strength: You've surpassed the human limitations for strength, thus your physical abilities have improved significantly. First off, your carry weight is now in line with the amount of force you can exert, so for every point of strength you have will now grant you 100 carry weight instead of 50. Besides your carrying capacity improving, you now have access to an item box of sorts based on said carry weight and both your melee as well as your unarmed damage are increased from 5% per point of strength to 10%. Last but not least, your carry weight is increased by 350.

Sweet, I'll be able to carry a hell of a lot more weight and exert a ton more power when striking with my fists and attacking with melee weapons. On top of that, I've gotten an item box too. I can already think of a shitload of uses for such an ability, for example using it to bring a small arsenal of weapons with me wherever I go so I'll be prepared for any situation I may face. It'll also be incredibly useful for moving and dumping all of those molemen corpses.

Quickly discerning how useful this perk will be for not just me but anyone traveling with me, I opened up my mouth and began spilling the deets. "Alright, so the perk I just got is a major game changer. It not only boosts how much I can carry by over 100% and how much damage I can deal in melee combat it also gives me an ability called an item box, which will allow me to store as much stuff as I want as long as it doesn't exceed my carry weight."

"That is a game changer. You could use that new ability of yours to carry tons of weapons and ammo, thereby solving that ammo issue you've been having." Alice commented.

"Right, that was the first thought that came to mind when I saw that ability."

"But alongside using it to bring along a literal arsenal, you could also use it to move mass amounts of material all on your own when you eventually get enough carry weight."

"Very true, but in the meantime, I can use it to move those stinking molemen corpses and bring turrets and other defenses into the cave system. With that said, I think it's time I brought up what we're going to do now, now that the moleman king is dead."

"Mm, what do you have in mind, kid?"

"I was thinking, since their leader is dead, what is stopping the rest of them from fleeing the cave system besides all the other threats that exist out in the wasteland?"

"Not much." Both Alice and gramps replied in unison.

"Exactly, so the plan tomorrow is to go into the caves again and collapse the multiple exits that lead into the wasteland. This will stop them from escaping and possibly reestablishing themselves and causing more trouble in the future. Aside from that, it will prevent any more mutants or other creatures from having any way of getting into the undercity besides the official undercity entrance."

Looking to the both of them to see if they had anything to say, gramps piped up first. "This is your operation, Dom, and I have no issue with your idea, so we'll go with what you came up with."

"So after you close off every one of their exits, it will be time for me to get my armor?" Alice asked, hinting that she wanted to get involved in the action instead of being left behind in the foundry.

"That's the current plan, so if all goes according to plan, we'll be making your armor the day after tomorrow and departing for the cave the following day."