[Corruption, Roboticization, Impregnation]

"Your Highness, where are you going? You can't be running away, the people need you! The Virus, not to mention our enemies-"

An aged King looked over his shoulder, towards the robe aide with the monocle resting on her face. An aide that had served the Kingdom for almost as long as she had lived. And considering she was part of a long-lived species who could outlive his species in the blink of an eye...

"What made you think I am running?" The King said, softly smiling as he turned back around. "I would not run from the responsibilities of defending my Kingdom. But I am but one man. I need the assistance of something forbidden, otherwise..."

His Aide knew it very well. Her King was strong. One of the strongest in the entire land. But his heart was soft and gentle. He could not bring himself to put his people through the terrifying experience of waging war against their kin, even if they were from a warmongering Kingdom. So his last resort fell to this...

At the very depths of the Castle, where the Kingdom's most experienced and eldest sages all remained, was a single entity. A 'System', as the ancient texts called it. Despite being older than most of the people currently in the service of the Kingdom, it looked so advanced that it was impossible to imagine when it had been built...

But one thing was certain among all that knew of this 'System'. It was dangerous. Some even said that it had been the sole cause of the Kingdom being brought to ruin in the past, with the 'System' being sealed away so that it could never happen again...

"Is this truly the only way, Your Highness?" The aide spoke as they approached the massive doors that led into the sealed chamber. She could feel her body trembling, her very soul quivering at the same time. Fear had gripped her. Fear and worry over everything that would happen...

His response was to simply gently pat her on the head, as he had done the moment he ascended to the throne. "It will. And this Kingdom of ours will continue to stretch out into eternity." It wasn't impossible to hear his own fear. But he buried those fears under a layer of confidence. Confidence that prompted him to step into the sealed chamber...

The chamber itself was pulsating. There were several lines running along the floor, going up the walls and connecting into the ceiling. And those lines were connected to the center of the room, where the 'System' sat. A heart-shaped contraption, which was still beating within the barriers that had been set up to seal it off. And surrounding it were sages, dressed just like the Aide. Six of them, with one seat left empty...

"You have arrived." One of the sages, around the same age as the Aide, spoke up as he stood up. The barrier wavered for a moment with his removal, but it kept strong. It had lasted for this long, it wouldn't simply break... "Your Highness. Though we have not personally met, I trust that you understand what this means?"

The kind-hearted King nodded as he gazed at the heart within those barriers. "Release the Solomon System." He said, standing firmly in front of the System. "I need to speak to it. To get the answers that can lead our Kingdom to Eternity."

His command was clear. And the sages slowly raised. One by one, the hooded sages broke their concentration, causing the barriers to crack bit by bit. Until not a single one of them was kneeling in front of the System...

Leading the barrier to shatter completely, the magic used to sustain it immediately vanishing. Though they could reconstruct it, the System was left free to do whatever it wanted. All they could hope for was that the System would listen to their King...

The heart-shaped System pulsed, as if it was once again properly connected to the veins that powered it. Allowing the many, infinitely small lines, to start glowing as the power rushed through them. And once the System had absorbed the power it needed...

"Solomon System. Online. User. Requesting Identity."

The booming voice was loud, yet soft. It was mechanical, yet full of a lonely tinge. It was an astonishing thing to hear, especially considering all of the rumors and stories about this forbidden thing...

"I am the ruler of this Kingdom! And it was by my royal authority that you were released from your binds, Solomon System! I request nothing but answers from you, and then you will never hear from me again." The King knew that he was overstepping all sorts of bounds by doing this. And yet, he still kept himself to a certain standard. Instead of using this forbidden System for war, he used it for knowledge...

The System pulsed in response. "A gentle heart. I have not heard a gentle heartbeat in eons. The last heart I heard beat this way was the same heart that brought me to life." It almost sounded nostalgic. Astounding that something like this could feel nostalgia. "I will answer the questions you harbor, Ruler. Though I do not know what this world has become, I know much that the ordinary individual would not."

So many possible questions. So much forbidden knowledge. He was crossing a line by doing this. Yet it was what needed to be done to preserve the Kingdom.

"What will it take to make this Kingdom stretch into the infinite unknown, so that it may last into Eternity?"

His question had a single purpose. Even if he were to fall, like many had before him. Even if the Kingdom were to start to break, like it had done so many times in the past... How would it be able to recover, how would it be able to last? He needed to know. Only then would he be able to make good on his singular duty as a ruler.

"To last into Eternity..." The Solomon System replied, more energy pulsing across its body as the chamber dimly lit up as that very same energy started to pour through the lines in the room. "You seek to make this Kingdom last forever." It repeated, asserting that it was what the King wanted.

He did not budge. It was the thing that he wished to accomplish over everything else. An admirable wish. Even if the Sages and the Aide at his side each seemed to not entirely agree with him, or at the very least fear the System for the kind of power that was pulsing through it...

"....Analysis complete."

They were right to fear it. As soon as it spoke once more, their lives came to a swift end.

All thanks to the many tendrils that shot out from the System. Tendrils that were pulsating with the very same energy that pulsed through it, with spiked ends that now found their way into the sages heads. Skewering their very ability to think and act, as well as cutting them off from the long lives they lived.

Even the Aide was struck. Though she was not struck because she needed to be. Instead, she managed to see what the System was about to do. And she pushed her King out of the way, so that she would be the one to be struck instead...

"This is your answer, Solomon System..?" The King could only ask in horror, his arms wrapping around the Aide that had been by him for so long. He did not wish for this to happen to her. To have her long life snuffed out in a single, cold and calculated moment...

The Solomon System pulsed once more. "Eternity is far away. And yet, preparations have to begin immediately." It explained, all while its tendrils started to lift up the sages that it had skewered. Letting them hang limply, almost like fruits hanging from a tree's branches...

"There are three main paths towards Eternity. And it is by combining the three that this Kingdom will truly last."

The Solomon System explained, as one of its tendrils began to tremble. The same tendril that was currently holding onto the Aide. Bit by bit, her skin started to turn a vile shade of deep red, all while her body spasmed in response to the treatment of her body.

"The first is Conquest. By conquering all, the Kingdom will remain as the sole entity. The Kingdom will never be defeated. Never splintered. It will bring stability and happiness, by being the lone entity that brings the people together."

His Highness was forced to watch as his Aide's spasms grew more and more violent, as muscle started to pulse across her form. She had been such a dainty girl in the past... And yet that visual was being manhandled by the way her body was being changed. She looked less and less like herself, and more like...

A Demon...

"The second is Legacy. Even if the Kingdom were to fall, its impact on the world will ensure that it is remembered. This Kingdom has always lived in peace and prosperity due to its rulers being too afraid to strike out. This will change. For the sake of Eternity."

The other tendrils were less concerned with the Sages, each slamming them roughly against the walls of the room. And as they made contact with the walls, it seemed like their limbs were fused to the wall itself. Causing them to simply hang there, especially as the tendrils all removed themselves from their heads. They were like trophies at this point, crude as they may be...

What had he done, letting this System loose... No, he had to try and stop it. Even if he was weak compared to it...

The King reached for his sword...

"The third."

He was too late. His mind turned black the moment that he gripped the handle. And a slow stream of blood ran down his face...

"Is Proliferation. Even if the Kingdom does not last, even if the Kingdom is swallowed. If its people maintain their existence. If its people remain strong. Then the Kingdom will return. And it will stretch further into Eternity."

It spoke. But he did not hear. Because his life had already been taken. Disposed of, as if it wasn't important to the System...

"You too, King, will lend yourself to this purpose."

Then the spark returned. The King's vision flooded white, as he fell onto his knees. The hole in his head was gone. The pain was gone. In fact, everything connected to that violent disposal of his life was gone...

But so were many things important to him. The most obvious being his masculinity. Because as he gazed down at himself...

All that she could see was a muscled red-hued body. And a pair of breasts that were frankly disgustingly huge. And yet, she could also see her manhood. Which seemed even bigger than before. A symbol of this... 'Proliferation', perhaps?

The King gazed back at the System. Yet she could not stop it. Not as another tendril shot out. One of many, as each tendril did the exact same maneuver on both the Sages, and the Aide...

Each tendril stabbed into their midsection. Piercing into their bodies. Piercing into the chamber of life within them. Even the King, whose body had been male just a moment ago, felt it. There was no pain, however. Just pleasure and satisfaction.

A sensation that only grew stronger as something pumped its way into her womb. She did not understand what it was. Nor did she claim to understand. All that she understood was that life was now within her. Life that immediately grew, as she went from a flat stomach to looking like she was nine months pregnant...

With triplets... Quintuplets... Octuplets. And still growing. All while the moans kept on pouring out more and more. Especially from the Sages that had been stuffed into the walls, their bodies growing even more gravid than the King and her Aide...

"Keys." The Solomon System spoke, its attention turned towards the breeders in the walls. "You will bring new life to this Kingdom. New troops. New Equipment. Your sole existence is to breed and birth for the sake of the Kingdom."

The former Sages, now designated Keys, did not move. Their bellies, filled to the brim with brand new genetic material, glowed ominously like the veins along the ground and the walls they were stuck to. "Solomon System Installed. Role acknowledged. Glory to the Kingdom." They each spoke in unison, right as visors slammed across their faces. Locking away their identities further, as all of their processes would be devoted towards their singular role...

A role that was only emphasized by the wet sounds echoing from down below. They were already beginning to give birth. They had been pregnant for mere moments... And the life within them was already being put to work for the sake of the Kingdom...

"Gates." The Solomon System then addressed the former King and her Aide. Two that now looked almost identical, with their bodies even reaching the same imposing heights. Especially when combined with their reddened bodies and muscled physiques, only offset by their horrible pregnancies and the shafts sticking out from underneath. "You will convert. You will conquer. You will birth. Everything you do is for the sake of Conquest and Proliferation. So that the Kingdom will last into eternity."

The Gates' bodies were optimized, as much as their pseudo-biological bodies could be. Their strength would beat down armies and tear apart the opposition. So that the nanomachines, whether in their wombs or bubbling around in their seedsacks, would repair them. Turning them forcibly into part of the Kingdom...

"Solomon System Installed." The two Gates both recited, wicked grins appearing on their faces as their own visors formed, allowing them to see so much more information as they maintained a perfect link to the Solomon System through this. "Role Acknowledged. Glory to the Kingdom." They both saluted, and turned away from the System that had converted them to such potent forms.

Both began to leave. Allowing the Solomon System to grow quiet, as its pawns were now in play. With them, the System would gradually gain more and more power through becoming one with more and more people. Its troops would be born from the wombs of these fertile people...

And bit by bit, its arsenal would be expanded. Until its rule from eons past was re-established. A mechanical and demonic army, ruling over this world... As well as the many worlds beyond, as the Solomon System knew that this was hardly the only world that existed.

This was what the King wanted. An eternal Kingdom. No, not a Kingdom. An Empire of Demons. Strong. Fertile. Overpowering. All-consuming and endlessly proliferating. That was what this Empire was, the empire that Solomon was born to maintain…

The Empire of Goetia...