Chapter 951: Sentinel Prime, Fallen!
The Decepticons and Autobots in the city had been leaving each other alone, yet this ferocious mechanical warrior that charged out of the portal dared to attack Sentinel Prime.
This was also the reason Optimus Prime doubted his identity!
As a former high-ranking Commander of the Autobot faction and later an Autobot Leader, although he did not have much experience fighting the Quintessons, he had consulted quite a bit of information regarding the Quintessa Civilization in the libraries and museums of Iacon in the past.
Comparing his suspicions with the information he had researched in his memory, Optimus Prime immediately had a guess in his heart.
Facing his furious strike, the currently damaged Sentinel Prime, even if he exhausted all his strength, had to retreat a step and a half before he could barely stand firm again.
Looking at the blade gradually closing in on him, this former Leader of the Autobots grew increasingly grim.
"You don't understand... you will never understand..."
Exhausting all his strength, he used his Shield to violently knock Optimus Prime away; that face, which should have been full of majesty, was now filled with ferocity.
"Cybertron has already been destroyed by the Decepticons into a dead land; it was originally my territory, and everyone hoped I could change all of this... and this expectation was too heavy... so heavy that I had to think of every possible way to find the correct path to save it..."
Optimus Prime would no longer yield to any of his sophistry; exerting force through his feet, he swung his Heavy Sword once more, hacking toward Sentinel Prime.
Although the Matrix of Leadership was still shattered, ever since he obtained it, Optimus Prime's body had also been Enhanced by the Matrix of Leadership for a long time.
His true combat power had actually long since surpassed Sentinel Prime, reaching the legendary Prime level.
Even the combat experience he had previously lacked had been somewhat supplemented during his battle with his former teacher.
In the battle just now, Sentinel Prime had been careless and had an arm cut off by Optimus Prime, and his habitual long blade had also been knocked far away by him.
Having lost an arm and his habitual weapon, he could now only barely block with his Shield when facing Optimus Prime.
Optimus Prime would absolutely not give him another chance to summon the Cosmic Rust Gun to use; that was too dangerous.
"The correct path?"
Optimus Prime once again used his strength to force Sentinel Prime back several steps, pressing forward to engage in close combat, constantly using the Heavy Sword in his hand to leave wound after wound on his body, "Is your so-called correct path to betray the Autobots and betray our civilization?"
"The Quintessons are a group of greedy plunderers; they are even more evil and more insane than the Decepticons..."
"Your so-called correct path will only lead us from one quagmire of war into another, deeper one..."
Optimus Prime exerted force suddenly, and the power that erupted from the Heavy Sword in an instant actually severed the Shield that Sentinel Prime had been using to block his attacks for so long.
How could he miss such a good opportunity? He quickly retracted and delivered another slash, rapidly leaving a diagonal wound on Sentinel Prime's chest.
Crackling sparks of electricity constantly flickered on that wound.
Sentinel Prime, who had fallen to the ground, looked down at his chest in disbelief.
Only at this moment did he finally begin to feel fear.
Optimus Prime sighed and held back, not taking his life.
"... Teacher, you still have a chance to turn back. Shut down those teleportation devices; we have already ruined Cybertron, we cannot ruin this planet that does not belong to us anymore!"
He looked up at the azure circular hole above his head, from which warriors from the Quintessa Civilization were constantly pouring out.
The rulers of the Quintessa Civilization—the Quintessons—were even more evil and terrifying existences than the high-ranking members of the Decepticon Legion.
The armies they cultivated and created were all slaves who possessed no reason whatsoever and were simultaneously fearless of death.
This was also the reason why the first mechanical warrior to rush out immediately opened fire on Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime, whom it saw first.
At this moment, there were more and more Quintesson soldiers in Cairo.
The Autobots and Decepticon clone warriors in the city were all fighting them.
In the ancient city of Cairo, there were broken walls and ruins everywhere; the outsiders from Cybertron and Quintessa were using this ancient city on Earth as a battlefield, crazily destroying this ancient city with a history of several thousand years.
A trace of sorrow flashed in Optimus Prime's eyes; he and the Autobots had to bear great responsibility for the destruction of Cairo.
After all, the culprit who caused all of this was his former mentor—Sentinel Prime.
However, although Optimus Prime had now figured out that he had been schemed against by this former mentor and had even been nearly killed,
the kindness of the past still made him try to make one last effort.
Just as he said, if Sentinel Prime were willing to turn back, he and the Autobots would re-accept this former Leader and together repay the humans of the country beneath their feet for the losses they had caused.
Unfortunately...
A ruthless leader does not need pity!
An emperor needs it even less!
Watching those Quintesson soldiers who were constantly teleporting out from the circular hole and immediately fighting with the Autobots and Decepticons, Sentinel Prime slowly stood up from the ground.
He suddenly raised his head, looked at the circular hole in the sky, and then shouted loudly: "Your Majesty the Queen... I know you can see everything here. I, Sentinel Prime, King of Cybertron, have opened the door to the new world as agreed... everything you want is here; now, it is time for you to fulfill your promise!"
Optimus Prime silently gripped the weapon in his hand, while keeping a lookout for the circular hole in the sky, fearing that some terrifying big guy might suddenly emerge from the other side of the teleportation channel.
At the same time, the last bit of fantasy he had for his former mentor in his heart was also completely extinguished.
For the sake of a fantasy that he did not know could be realized, he sold out his own race and civilization to seek cooperation with the evil colonizers who had once colonized Cybertron—the Quintessons.
Such a Leader is not worth having!
High in the sky, the azure light around the circular hole began to gradually dim; that was a sign that the energy in the Energy Pillars providing it with power was about to be exhausted.
It was obvious that to maintain a teleportation device of this scale, relying solely on the few hundred Energy Pillars from the Autobots and the Decepticon Legion would undoubtedly not last for long.
Sentinel Prime looked up at the sky, his face full of madness and panic; he did not receive any answer, so he unwillingly roared loudly again.
"Your Majesty the Queen, I have opened the portal to Earth as agreed... now, it is time for you to fulfill your promise!"
"Zzzzt!"
The expression on Sentinel Prime's face froze; sensing the life force within his body fading rapidly, he looked down at his chest in disbelief.
A Heavy Sword that he was very familiar with had now pierced through his chest, stabbing directly through his Spark, penetrating from his back to his front.
"Goodbye, teacher!"
A familiar voice rang out behind him.
As Optimus Prime violently withdrew the Heavy Sword, Sentinel Prime weakly tried to reach his only remaining hand toward the sky, but it soon fell heavily to the ground.
"... You... deceived... me..."
At the very last moment of his life, he murmured these words, convulsed, and no longer had any breath of life.
And in the very last moment before falling into eternal darkness, Sentinel Prime faintly sensed a female voice, colder and more arrogant than his own, ringing out within his mind.
"Well done, I have obtained the coordinates of the sealing ground... As for you, descendant of the Primes, go and sleep forever alongside your ancestors..."
"Remember, never believe that Quintessa will abide by her lies..."
End of Chapter
