Kronos Achievements

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Kronos was a man of wealth, pride and power. He owned hundreds of firms and industries in the 20th century and was respected by his peers and many people around the world. His family? They were a dignified, wealthy and noble family. They were known to be the most influential family around and have been the most influential for thousands of years. Kronos of course, was expected to be nothing less than the person he is now.

Kronos knew this, very well in fact. However, he was never quite pleased with his achievements. He wanted more. More power. More money. More… respect.

He spent 10 years working and working. Working to gain what he wanted and needed. He couldn’t care less about the pleas made by his family about his health. He was practically driven to the point of insanity. His greed for money and power rose to unimaginable lengths. However, his goals were not humanly possible. He
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He knew he was going to retire in a couple of years and he couldn’t risk the project taking a year to finish.

Immediately, Kronos directed orders to the staff working on the Island to work with more haste. He dismissed their outlooks about the orders and threatened them for disobeying him.

In 2 months work was done on the island. Instead of creating a device that could enhance his ability, they produced a 2ml crystal blue fluid, which would be injected into Kronus. However, due to Kronus’ demands to accelerate the work the fluid would cause his life span to deteriorate. As well as that, other serious side affects may occur. But Kronus of course, wouldn’t give it a second thought; his greed for money and power swayed him away from other thoughts.

After taking his fluid, Kronos immediately noticed the changes occurring in his body; he felt more stronger, intellectual, charismatic, etc. But, as much as these attributes positively affected him, it took a large toll on his health and

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