Athena walked out of the room where she had just been with William, her stride purposeful.
As she walked out of the room with William, she could see the gleam of excitement and happiness in his eyes.
The prospect of having Athena on his ship had lifted his spirit significantly.
As Athena walks with William, she observes no staff or security personnel present.
"Master William," Athena's pleasant voice resonated in William's ears.
As he turned towards her, he could see her eyes with a hint of doubt and a sweet smile on her lips.
Athena: "Master William," it seems our ship lacks the essential personnel for its operation and security. Why don't you activate the puppet legion available? She Questioned.
William didn't understand the implication of activating the puppet present on the ship.
After understanding that William does not know of the puppet legion on the ship, Athena's eyes gleamed with a purpose.
"Master William," she said, her voice carrying a weight of responsibility," our ship lacks the human touch of staff and security personnel. We cannot add human personnel right now. But we can fill the security with the puppets, waiting for their purpose to be fulfilled.
In this harsh world where the strong dictate the rights and rule the weak, we need protectors capable of facing challenges that might come our way.
Willliam looked at her and nodded, expressing he understood.
Now his eyes are wide with curiosity and anticipation." Tell me more, Athena. I want to know everything about these puppets."
With a nod, Athena continued, "There are a total of 10,000 puppets present on this ship.
Athena's voice resonated through the walking corridor to the puppet storage room, "Master, these are the guardians of our ship. Each puppet has been meticulously designed for any task, and they are ready to assist you in various ways.
Athena's eyes glowed brighter as she began to explain, "There are currently 500 diamond-ranked, 1,000 Platinum-ranked, 1,500 Gold-ranked, 2,000 Silver-ranked, 2,500 Bronze-ranked, and 2,500 Black Iron-ranked, available on the ship.
With Athena's explanation, William nodded, expressing his understanding of the details.
With more curiosity and excitement, William asked. "Tell me more about these ranks, Athena.
Watching William get excited for more details, she began to explain with a smile. "The ranks signify the complexity and the power of the puppets. Black iron represents the lowest strength, followed by bronze, silver, gold, platinum, and diamond, the highest power of the puppet present on the ship presented in ascending order."
The remaining ranks represent epic, legendary, transcendence, and demi.
Athena led the way through the ship until they arrived at a colossal, vault-like door.
With a simple touch on the console on the right side.
The door opened, Revealing row upon row of dormant pods, each containing a puppet.
The room was vast, and the soft glow of the puppet's containers illuminated the space like a field of stars.
Both of them watched the scene with amazement for a few seconds.
"Let's awaken the puppets," William said after recovering from the amazement, his voice filled with anticipation."
"But how do we activate them, Athena?"
"We can activate them directly from here," Athena explained. "I will guide you through the process."
"First, let's start with the diamond-rank puppets."
Following Athena's instruction, William initiated the activation sequence for the activation of the puppets.
As he followed Athena's instructions, the room hummed with energy, and a few powerful puppets walked out of the storage pods.
As William Watched with Amazement, more and more dormant puppets started waking up and walking out of the storage pods.
"Master William," Athena started, her voice carrying the weight of their newfound strength, "Our ship might possess unparalleled might, but we can't protect our future staff outside our ship without a formidable army."
She continued, "These puppets are the formidable army contributing to our cause."
After observing that all the puppets in the vault have been successfully activated and are awaiting his orders.
William decided to divide the puppet army into five squads.
Each squad has a hundred diamond-rank, two hundred platinum-rank, three hundred gold-rank, and four hundred silver-rank puppets, totaling a thousand.
Each squad will be named after a simple color, "red, green, yellow, black, and white," with five different colors representing five squads.
After Naming the squads, William assigned " red, green, and yellow squads as the ship's security guards.
While "Black & White" squads will work as a personal army responsible for the security of crew mates outside the ship's surroundings.
The remaining five thousand bronze and black iron are divided into two teams and used for the logistic needs of the ship.
These low-rank combat puppets(black-iron, bronze) ensure the seamless functioning of our ship while allowing our combat forces to focus on their duties."
Done with the task of activating the puppets and exploring the cause of the abnormal usage of energy on the ship, William took Athena's hand and walked out of the storage vault.