Chapter 612: Aberration, Die!!!!

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Hearing these words, Taibelos immediately swung his arms, causing the chainsaw claw's chain to spin at extreme speed.

Zi! Pa! zi!!

Blue electric arcs flickered between the blade edges.

"I will hold the rear; the rest continue retreating—this is an order."

Having said that, Taibelos turned and stopped, alone facing millions of undead troops, as well as the mysterious 'old man' who hid his tracks.

Hearing this, the brothers, though unwilling, had no choice but to continue activating their anti-gravity function and swiftly retreat toward the opening above.

"Oh?"

It seemed that seeing the Man-eating Shark Battalion Commander willingly go to his death made the 'old man' observing from the shadows feel somewhat surprised.

"It seems you are worthy opponents; in that case, I too will not resort to underhanded tactics."

Taibelos did not respond, but his stern face beneath the helmet grew even graver as he observed the situation through the screen.

Because the information conveyed by those two short sentences was extensive; one point was that the 'old man' had already learned the Empire's official language, Chinese.

At the same time, the 'old man' could, according to his own era, say 'wu', 'ru', and even phrases like 'underhanded tactics'.

Although the Human Empire also possessed similar language-deciphering technology, Chinese placed among all universes the Empire has contacted remains a T0-level language system, after all, a single 'mei' can have both 'mei' and 'mo' usages, let alone countless idioms.

Not long after the 'old man' finished speaking of worthiness, Taibelos saw the undead army before him suddenly halt, making the already gloomy great tomb even more silent.

"Come out." Taibelos looked left and right, his metallic voice low: "Have the guts to face me, you..."

"Don't be arrogant or rash at your young age." Taibelos's words had not yet faded when the 'old man' interrupted him; most notably, a metallic arm rested on the Terminator's left shoulder plate.

Immediately after, the owner of that arm—a metal skeleton nearly six meters tall—passed by Taibelos's right side from behind and continued lecturing:

"If you don't understand courtesy and respect, it will only highlight how baseless your Empire is."

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Taibelos froze, evidently not expecting the opponent to arrive silently behind him, let alone easily evade the Terminator's detection.

But in an instant, Taibelos set aside his surprise, explosively twisting and slashing with all his might, determined to cut that pretentious metal skeleton into mincemeat.

Just as the arcing, lightning-charged chainsaw blade had not yet reached the target, Taibelos saw the opponent already 'disassembling' at extreme speed...

No, it should be said that he completed a teleport at extreme speed.

As for describing it as 'disassembling', it was because, in Taibelos's view, the metal skeleton seemed to turn into tiny green particles and vanish completely.

Yet the helmet's screen also gave another piece of information: the thickness of the metal skeleton had changed.

Thereafter, Taibelos analyzed that the opponent achieved instant teleportation using technology different from that of the Human Empire.

Fortunately, as a veteran of a hundred battles and a battalion commander renowned both inside and outside the Empire, Taibelos was not fazed by missing his mark; he immediately stabilized his stance, released pulse scans and motion tracking, and employed every means possible to capture the opponent's trail.

But these could at most help him lock onto high-tier units like the Royal Guard and Triple-legged Scorpions; the metal old man simply vanished as if out of thin air.

Or perhaps the opponent was right beside him?

Was he repeating his old trick?

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Considering this possibility, Taibelos hesitated not, swinging both claws in a powerful slash behind him.

Yet behind him remained empty.

"Pa~! Pa!" metallic applause echoed from above.

Hearing the sound, Taibelos looked up and saw the metal old man hovering directly above him.

Even though it was a metal skull, making its expression unreadable, Taibelos could still sense that the opponent harbored a sense of amusement.

At this moment, he also fully saw just what kind of being the opponent was.

Overall, its appearance closely resembled that of the Royal Guard, but by zooming in with the helmet's monitor, one could see exquisite patterns carved into its metal skeleton.

These patterns also had a breathing-light effect, rhythmically emitting a faint green glow; the shoulder plates and skin looked splendid, not to mention the opponent wore an alternative crown that could encase the head and ears.

All of this indicated that the metal old man was likely one of the tomb's administrators, or perhaps even its master.

Just as Taibelos was about to ignore the old man's taunts, preparing to activate anti-gravity and rear thrusters to continue the aerial battle, the opponent spoke again:

"Faced with a dead-end situation, you still try to find a way out—truly… interesting. If you had encountered another overlord, you would surely be made a collector's item; alas, having met me, I guarantee your death will be painless."

Speaking, a flash of green particles appeared in the opponent's right hand, then instantly 'condensed' into a metal scepter.

It seemed the metal old man was preparing to deliver a fatal blow.

Boom!

But a violent jolt suddenly struck, dispelling the metal old man's attack intent and successfully keeping it higher above the ground, as if seeking the source of the tremor.

Seeing the opponent's attention diverted, Taibelos naturally...

Withdraw!

His recklessness was no mistake, nor was his willingness to sacrifice himself as rearguard; yet now that he had a chance to escape alive, why not withdraw?

Otherwise, he would merely be delivering his head to the enemy, for the disparity in power displayed between the two sides showed his outcome to be a dead end.

Moreover, before communications with the outside were cut, Taibelos had received from Leon the latest news that two newly born OriginalBodies had already reached Caron Tower, and perhaps the recent tremor was produced by them.

Since reinforcements had arrived, he naturally should first withdraw, complete preparations, then lead the entire Man-eating Shark force back to fight again.

Soon, Taibelos's figure disappeared from sight.

Meanwhile, the metal old man rose ever higher, holding his scepter on guard, his emerald eyes fixed firmly on the metallic dome above.

Boom…!

Boom… boom boom!

The tremors grew increasingly intense.

Immediately after, accompanied by a loud boom "Boom!!!", the metal dome that should have had positional protection was nonetheless smashed through by brute force.

Sunlight also streamed inward through the massive hole punched by the hammer, finally giving the deathly still tomb a hint of life.

And entering the tomb together with the sunlight was an OriginalBody clad in an exclusive dark-green powered armor, standing over four meters tall and wielding a massive hammer—

Wokan

"Die, alien!!!!"

And at this moment, Wokan completely changed his gentle and steady demeanor, shouting angrily, still raising the massive hammer, using the thruster on the back of his powered armor, he charged straight at the metallic old man.

(End of chapter)