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00:00I was reborn as a mech. Nothing but an empty shell with no real body. But with my combat instincts,
00:04I've secretly helped the pilot save the world overrun by monsters. I should be hailed as a hero, but now
00:09I'm just a decommissioned mech for rookie training, because during my last battle with monsters, my core was damaged, and
00:14my performance dropped drastically. I thought I'd live out the rest of my days in peace, but my nightmare had
00:18just begun, just because my pilot is a Lady Fury. She never cares about me in training and often overheats
00:23my gun barrels. Mechs don't feel pain. My sink unit is out of date, so to strengthen the link between
00:28us, we must perform a neural link.
00:29And that gives me phantom pain in battle. Ever stranger, every time Jenny establishes a neural link with me, I
00:34can feel a faint hatred from her. As I tried to figure it out, I heard the mechanics talking.
00:39Ares's energy conversion rate keeps dropping. It'll shut down forever after the next training. I was shocked by his words.
00:46What the hell? Shut down forever? As I wonder how to avoid being wrecked by Jenny, I suddenly found my
00:51radar alarm blared. Several red dots are approaching Obsidian Command. Then, a deafening alarm blared across the base.
00:56Warning! Incoming energy strike detected. Please evacuate immediately.
01:01Suddenly, several blue fireballs smashed through the ceiling, heading for people in the control room. Just then, I extended my
01:06arm and pressed the fireball firmly into the wall. Everyone was stunned.
01:09How could Ares move on its own?
01:12Then, hasty footsteps approached.
01:14Report, General. Radar detects that Leviathan has fired unknown energy into the stratosphere. The attack is headed for Aberrance.
01:20Yes. It's all of a sudden. But General issued orders fast.
01:24Everyone, level 1 combat readiness now. Notify Aberrance to shut down all unnecessary energy use. Max out all energy tower
01:31output. Route it all to the shield.
01:33The orders were just given. A trooper burst in, face pale with fear.
01:37General, those orbs are all type 2 beasts and behemoths.
01:40Hearing that, General's face darkened at once. He called back combat mechs from front.
01:44But he was told that Crimson Gale and the Raider still need 30 minutes to return.
01:48It means that they have to hold a line for 30 mins.
01:50Then, splat fire from the base tore the blocks apart in the sky.
01:53Yet, many monsters landed safely and break free.
01:55The size of those type 2 beasts is about 5 meters.
01:58Compared to the 10 meter beasts, even without mechs, ground forces can take them down.
02:02Behemoths are different.
02:03They are fused from a group of special type 2 beasts.
02:05In just a few seconds, they become 30 meter behemoths.
02:08The worst part is that they don't start as fused forms.
02:10Seconds ticked by.
02:11Gunfire outside the hangar never stopped.
02:13In command room, everyone relayed the General's new orders non-stop.
02:17By then, Jenny wore her white battle gear and stand at the controls of Ares armor.
02:21Many thick cables attached to it.
02:22They were doing their best to get the mech in top shape.
02:25Jenny was the only one who could pilot the mech in the base.
02:27And I am also the only mech left in the base.
02:30Suddenly, an inhuman howl echoed outside the hangar.
02:32No type 2 could roar that loud.
02:34In an instant, the huge steel blast door was torn open.
02:37It's a behemoth!
02:38And Jenny asked anxiously about the mech's status.
02:41The mechanics replied,
02:42The power reactor's peak operation is only at 60%.
02:45Heavy cannons are fully loaded.
02:47Mobility joints are functional.
02:49It needs 10 mins of auxiliary charging.
02:51But outside, the behemoth clawed the gap relentlessly, trying to get in.
02:54Jenny ignored the mechanics entirely and activated the neural link.
02:58Let's go, old boy.
02:59Show me how you became a legend back then.
03:01I was speechless.
03:02Can you wait till I finish charging?
03:04But the moment she synced neural link with me, I couldn't move freely anymore.
03:08Especially Jenny really likes to enter overdrive mode manually to boost mech performance hard.
03:12As Ares broke free from the cables, a 30 meter tall behemoth tore the door open completely.
03:17Although it's 20 meters shorter than Ares in terms of strength, this guy is evenly matched with Ares.
03:21But the second we met, Jenny cranked the rocket boosters to the maximum.
03:25Flew up and punched its head at once.
03:26Before it could react, Ares struck its jaw with a second punch.
03:29Struck twice, the behemoth stumbled and crashed backward.
03:32In a flash, giant blades popped from Ares' wrists.
03:35Then Ares leaped high, striking its head with a sharp blade.
03:38But a mechanical warning bled.
03:40Back armor damage by 32%.
03:41The wrist blade slipped a little, failing to cut off its head.
03:44Instead, the Met's back was struck by its three sharp tails.
03:47Before Jenny could react, its tail struck for the second time.
03:50Suddenly, Ares, without receiving Jenny's command, entered overload mode on its own.
03:55At the moment, Jenny felt the mech take control.
03:57Ares twisted its waist and slashed the incoming tails.
04:00The behemoth roared in agony.
04:02Now, Jenny made her move at once.
04:04Ignoring the sharp tail stuck in Ares' back, she fired thrusters in the mounted position
04:07and slashed its head with an arm blade, chopping its head off in an instant.
04:11Then Jenny gritted her teeth and pulled out the sharp tail stuck in the back.
04:14Ares stood up from the behemoth's body.
04:16Sparks bursting from the crack in Ares' back.
04:18This little psycho really wants me dead.
04:20If I hadn't reclaimed control, I'd be scrap metal right now.
04:23Yet Jenny claimed credit to the general.
04:25The general looked anxious, and told her to retreat to the hangar.
04:27Before the general finished, two more newly fused behemoths popped out.
04:31But Jenny had no intention to retreat.
04:33She piloted Ares into a fighting stance.
04:35I froze in disbelief.
04:36You really treat me like a tool.
04:38The back injury cut Ares' mobility speed drastically.
04:40The reactor's temp stayed way too high.
04:42And I can't take control recklessly now, or Ares will explode from core overload.
04:46I was trapped in a dilemma.
04:47A mechanical tone echoed in my ear.
04:49Host's first kill detected.
04:51Evo system activated.
04:52Available Evo points.
04:5320k.
04:54No time to think.
04:55I must figure out now how the Evo system works.
04:58If Jenny drives me into the fray, it will be too late.
05:00Data flooded into my core at once.
05:02I instantly understood.
05:03Every kill Ares makes earns corresponding Evo points.
05:06The higher the monster's level, the more points rewarded.
05:09Points redeem rewards in the Evo store.
05:11The store's main stock are mech upgrades and equipment modules.
05:13It even has unmastered tech by human civilization.
05:16And the behemoth's roar pulled me back.
05:18Jenny had piloted Ares toward the beasts.
05:20Then I used the last sprint seconds to redeem two parts in a hurry.
05:23Upgraded turbo core power.
05:24And AI interactive system.
05:26The first boosts Ares' performance.
05:28The latter lets me talk to Jenny.
05:29Both are vital armor parts.
05:30Costing 16,000 of my Evo points.
05:32The system rang out.
05:34Purchase complete.
05:34Delivery in 10 minutes.
05:36I froze in shock.
05:37There's a delivery time.
05:39I must endure these 10 minutes.
05:41Jenny piloted me into a full sprint.
05:43Swinging blades at its head.
05:44But it was blocked by its sharp claws perfectly.
05:47Its other claw lunged at mech's chest.
05:49Ares also blocked the behemoth's attack.
05:51Fists met.
05:52Neither side yielding.
05:53But the behemoth has a tail.
05:54Ares doesn't.
05:55Its three spiked tails rushed towards Ares' head.
05:58The next second, Ares' head was damaged.
06:00Fortunately, Ares' cockpit is in the chest.
06:03And Jenny took the attack's window.
06:05Directly aiming the cannon at its eye.
06:07Blazing fire erupted from the cannon.
06:09The behemoth screamed in agony.
06:11Then Jenny shouted loudly.
06:12Go to hell.
06:13Ares forced its blades forward.
06:15Stabbing blades into its chest.
06:16Before the behemoth fell.
06:18Ares put the sword in front.
06:19And activated a sword skill.
06:21Hypermagnetic annihilation slash.
06:23A blade flash slashed the behemoth.
06:25And its head was also easily cut off.
06:27But the fight wasn't over.
06:28Another behemoth also rushed in front of Ares.
06:30They were close at hand.
06:31Ares had no space to dodge.
06:33It could only able to block with dual blades.
06:35The full-sept behemoth rammed its head into Ares.
06:38Then Jenny felt her body as if it had been hit by a speeding car.
06:41Warning.
06:42Warning.
06:42Armor armor 47% damaged.
06:44Waist armor 83% damaged.
06:46Rocket thrusters offline.
06:48Not even I expected my 8,000 ton body could be knocked airborne.
06:51Severe mech damage detected.
06:53Evacuate via escape pod at once.
06:54But Jenny gripped the control seat tight and struggled to stand up.
06:58She'd never flee the battlefield.
06:59She'd die in the mech if needed.
07:01Ares was battered and broken.
07:02And the behemoth roared at Ares nearby.
07:04Preparing for a second charge.
07:05This is what I feared the most.
07:07The best chance to win is mid-range elimination of the behemoth.
07:10But Ares lacked mid-range attack capabilities.
07:12At that moment, I stared at the nearby monster corpse.
07:15The behemoth launched a fierce charge at once.
07:17Jenny took a deep breath.
07:18She tried to dodge to see if she could avoid it.
07:20And slash its head while dodging.
07:21But she knew this plan was nearly impossible.
07:23With the distance closing fast, in the cockpit, the sound Jenny least wanted to hear rang out.
07:27Warning, sync rate down to 27%.
07:30Exit the mech immediately.
07:32Jenny had heard it in training over 10 times.
07:34Every time, Ares would shut down all functions forcibly and enter safe mode.
07:38No matter how Jenny tried, Ares wouldn't move an inch.
07:40This is why she couldn't fight.
07:41Come on, old boy!
07:43She never expected this training malfunction would happen again now.
07:46Jenny slammed the control panel madly.
07:47However, Ares moved.
07:49But not in the way she wanted.
07:50An invisible force held Jenny.
07:52She was held hostage by the mech again.
07:54Ares turned its body.
07:55Charged for the behemoth corpse at its side.
07:58Grabbed one of its spiked tails and sliced it off.
08:00Ares gripped the tail tight in its right hand and channeled all power to its arm and smashed
08:04it toward the behemoth.
08:05The thick tail cut through the air fast, piercing the beast's skull clean through.
08:09After taking down the behemoth, I dragged my body forward toward the hangar.
08:13My body was near total collapse.
08:14If I don't get upgraded at once, I'll be scrapping two hours.
08:17Meanwhile, in the cockpit, Jenny stared at the control panel.
08:20Seeing the red mech status readout and felt a tightness in her throat.
08:23As they reached the hangar door, the ocean behind them erupted in an unheard of disturbance.
08:28Warning!
08:28Unknown fluctuation detected.
08:30Energy level 4.
08:32The system voices from Jenny's communication device.
08:34General Martin roared.
08:36Jenny Hill, I order you to evacuate the mech now.
08:38An unknown level 4 beast we've never seen is fusing.
08:41Silence fell.
08:42Jenny snapped.
08:42No way!
08:43If anyone else said this, perhaps Jenny might not have resisted.
08:46But General Martin's orders stung her ears so badly.
08:49This is an order.
08:50Jenny severed all links to command room.
08:52She knew only she and Aris could stop the beast.
08:54Her aim for becoming an ace was to protect those with no way to fight back, even if it
08:58costs her life.
08:59Dozens of type 2 beasts were fusing yet this wasn't the same as...
09:02Like normal behemoths.
09:03Fusing in seconds as if shielding itself from disturbance.
09:06Around it, several new behemoths also emerged.
09:08I watched the 3-minute delivery timer ticking.
09:11I forced a wry grin.
09:12Warning!
09:13Neural link disconnected.
09:14I opened the cockpit at once and pulled Jenny out of the pilot seat.
09:17Jenny didn't realize what happened.
09:19When she came to her senses, I'd set her in the vacant hangar.
09:22It's impossible.
09:23Inside the command room, everyone saw this incredible scene.
09:25General Martin looked at Aris' giant sunset silhouette, falling silent.
09:29I walked step by step toward the coast.
09:31Memories etched deep in Aris' core kept flashing before my eyes.
09:34I saw cities crushed by monsters.
09:36Millions died in a single night.
09:37I saw mechs fight with monsters.
09:39Some pilots stayed there forever.
09:40What's the meaning of making mechs?
09:42In a daze, I seemed to hear the question from Aris.
09:44Suddenly, several huge cooling tanks fell off my mech frame.
09:47Clear glass fouled by steam already.
09:49Warning!
09:49Reactor overrated maximum.
09:51Mech frame is dissolving.
09:52I could feel my alloy plating twisting with high temps.
09:55Unrestrained reactor is about to explode.
09:57But behind me was a crumbling city.
09:59A precarious defense line.
10:00And millions who need protection.
10:02Fight until the very last moment.
10:04Not sure if it's Aris' idea or my own idea.
10:06But we are one at this moment.
10:08I picked up my pace.
10:09Though the battered body's burning fiercely, I can still feel the surging energy raging in
10:14my frame.
10:14The battlefield is a mech's only destiny.
10:17I burst forward at full speed.
10:18Blazing heat surges along metal crevices, flowing through the frame.
10:22In this very moment, Aris seemed to be back a decade.
10:25Bring it on, beasts.
10:26Show me what you've got.
10:27I recklessly charged at the fusion entity.
10:29When seven behemoths stood in my way, I shot my blades out at once.
10:33Stabbed into its tough skull and punched its face into pulp right after.
10:37But the system warned me meanwhile.
10:38Wrist armor damage by 31%.
10:40Then six thick spiked tails lunged at me.
10:43Piercing directly toward my chest.
10:44I spread my arms at once and grabbed two of the spiked tails tight.
10:47The other four sank into my armor.
10:49But I didn't fall.
10:50Instead, I used my overdrive power with my hands and the searing heat on my frame to forcefully
10:54ripped the tails apart, then lashed out with both arms, cutting the four tails with my all-blade
10:58slash.
10:59Warning.
10:59Chest armor damage by 67%.
11:01But I didn't care about it anymore.
11:03Me and Aris are one at this moment.
11:05I'll fight until the last second.
11:07As I yanked the tails out of my armor, the two tailless behemoths flew into a violent rage,
11:11charging at me at the same time.
11:13As I tried to dodge to the side, the system warned again.
11:17Reactor has collapsed.
11:18Frame to dissolve in 5 min 43 seconds.
11:21Though surging power burns me to the brink,
11:23I've never felt this light before.
11:24As two behemoths are about to hit me, I chose to face them head on.
11:28The next second, my blade walked by heat slashed across their necks, leaving two dozens of meters
11:32gashes.
11:33Then I tumbled down to the floor.
11:34My scarce remaining defensive armor fell off in this massive impact, including the two wounded
11:38in the back.
11:39A total of six behemoths boxed me in front and back, but I felt no fear.
11:43Instead, I charged at the two nearest behemoths.
11:45Now, I feel human flesh on me once more.
11:47Their claws haven't touched me yet.
11:48Their heads were seized by burning steel giant hands.
11:51As I channel power to both arms, my ten fingers dig into the beast's flesh, slamming their
11:55heads together hard.
11:56I turn around at once in a flash, and use my blade to slash the behemoth trying to ambush
12:00me, chopping its head off clean.
12:01But the blade stuck in its skull forever.
12:03Warning!
12:04Left arm's blade was destroyed.
12:06Yet right then, remaining three behemoths charged at me together.
12:09Though I guarded my waist with my hands, I was still grievously wounded.
12:13Warning!
12:13Waist armor was damaged.
12:15Left arm armor 81% damage.
12:17Muscle sink unit not reacting.
12:19Restarting connection.
12:20I realized that my upper and lower frame were barely holding together.
12:23My left arm had only a bare metal frame.
12:24But I'm no mere electronic system.
12:26I am a conscious soul.
12:27As long as Ares's reactor still runs, I can still command this steel frame.
12:31All at once I gripped that behemoth's skull firmly and smashed my knee into it hard.
12:34With nearly melted red-hot metal, its jaw became a bloody mess out like...
12:38Warning!
12:38Chest armor was damaged.
12:39Several spiked tails pierced my back.
12:41One of them even drilled into my malfunctioning reactor.
12:44In a split second, that tail was inside the raging reactor, and melted.
12:47My right arm's blade has also melted by two-three.
12:50It can only withstand one more strike.
12:52Not yet.
12:52The next second, I suddenly tightly gripped a spiked tail piercing me.
12:55Pulling it further out of my chest, I can sense the strength inside me fading rapidly.
12:59It's the sign that the reactor is about to die.
13:01I let out a silent roar right after.
13:03I grabbed the tail's spiked tightly, stabbing it into a behemoth's skull.
13:07Ignoring all the damage on me,
13:08I grabbed the last behemoth by the neck with my arms.
13:11I gripped its maxilla and jaw.
13:13The behemoth used its claws and tiered the metal components on my body.
13:16Yet it couldn't break the hold around its skull.
13:19Not a single bit.
13:20Die!
13:20I wrenched it hard.
13:21And the behemoth's head was right in half.
13:23Meanwhile, it sapped the reactor's final energy.
13:26Seven behemoths had all fallen before Ares.
13:28Only that growing fusion beast remained.
13:30Systems warnings had long died out due to power failure.
13:33The glimmer inside the reactor was fading out.
13:35In my blurry vision, the new fusion beast was about to hatch.
13:39It was a beast 20 meter taller than me.
13:41If it hatches successfully, we'll all be over.
13:43Though I wanted to stop it, my mech was already falling apart.
13:46The reactor had shut down.
13:48Right now, I moved on with the last of my burning energy.
13:50Lady Fury Jenny knelt in the mech bay,
13:53watching Ares walk step by step toward the beast with teary eyes.
13:56Fight till the very last moment.
13:57But Ares' blades ultimately stopped in front of the beast.
14:00No longer move.
14:01He used up his last shred of energy.
14:03Ares stood like a stone statue now, forever frozen in that moment.
14:07Just then, a soldier reported.
14:08Sir, an unidentified object is penetrating the atmosphere and landing near the mech bay.
14:13General Martin masked all his emotions at once and turned his gaze to the monitor.
14:17After a deafening sonic boom across the sky, a huge black abyss cube crashed on the ground.
14:21Detect any vital and energy signatures?
14:23No.
14:24Then keep an eye on the new behemoth first.
14:26General made an immediate call and allocated half the offshore firepower for an attack on the fusion beast.
14:31But Ares?
14:32Forget Ares.
14:33General knew that doing this would hit Ares.
14:35But he had no other choice.
14:36Suddenly, not far away, two towering figures were closing in on the behemoth from the sea.
14:41It's Crimson Gale and the Raider.
14:43Nine fission missiles launched from Crimson Gale's chest and struck the behemoth head on.
14:47After a cloud of thick smoke, the behemoth dragged its broken right foreling and let out a roar at the
14:52two mechs.
14:52Its enormous size shocked everyone in the command room.
14:55It abruptly halted its incubation process to withstand the missile strike.
14:58Seeing this, General ordered Crimson Gale and the Raider to close in on it at full speed and launch an
15:03attack.
15:04In just fifteen seconds, Crimson Gale surged forward like a comet at the behemoth.
15:08Then, Steve Perez, pilot of Crimson Gale, chuckled.
15:10Adam!
15:11This immature new breed need not be your concern.
15:13In an instant, Crimson Gale was right in front of the behemoth and threw a punch straight at its head.
15:18The behemoth retreated instantly, knocked the inoperable Ares into the sea.
15:22A massive fissure had formed on its face.
15:24I haven't unleashed my full power yet.
15:26Crimson Gale's giant fist started to transform, revealing its electricity-wrapped turbo transmission.
15:31Fifth gear charge, a birthday gift for you.
15:33In the cockpit, Steve Perez launched a powerful hook punch.
15:36The Crimson Fist, with erupting current, slammed straight into the behemoth's head, sending the beast flying off instantly.
15:42Just then, the raider advanced at full speed and finally arrived beside Crimson Gale.
15:47Both of them stared at where the behemoths fell.
15:49Adam, you're late.
15:50The raider didn't respond.
15:52It advanced to reach the fallen behemoth's side and halted out of the ocean.
15:56Then the raider's pilot, Adam Johnson, finally spoke.
15:59Vital signs are indeed non-existent.
16:01The general ordered at once.
16:02Inform all ground troops to cease all fire.
16:05Proceed to the nearest underground shelter and wait for instructions.
16:07Leave only Crimson Gale to eliminate all Type II beasts inside the walls.
16:11The raider shall salvage Ares and the mysterious object from the sky first before rejoining the battle.
16:16Soon, Crimson Gale's arm transformed into a rapid-fire E-cannon, slaying heaps of Type II beasts.
16:22Meanwhile, the blue fire rain faded slowly.
16:24No more monsters will spawn now.
16:26Half an hour later, battle ended in Obsidian's Mech Bay.
16:29Except those doing post-battle repairs, the rest of the people gathered here.
16:33Ares' frame was put here with a mysterious cube.
16:35Except for a few scientists surrounding the black cube, the rest of the crowd stood before the frame of Ares.
16:41Jenny lay alone by Ares' cockpit, looking dejected.
16:44Generals moved his gaze away from Ares and walked toward arguing crowd.
16:48Well, what's the result?
16:49A material we've never seen.
16:51Its craft precision surpasses all I know.
16:53Then General Martin said,
16:54Can we contact the space station and confirm its origin?
16:57It fell from the sky after all.
16:58We already asked.
17:00They said it was from Edentown.
17:01Heard this, he fell into thought.
17:03He knew the Aetheris League sent it up to the Forbidden Orbit as an attest unmanned Space City two months
17:08ago.
17:08But the Vanguard League and Aetheris are mortal foes.
17:11Thus General Martin had no clue if this was a helping hand or a malicious blow.
17:15But then, a researcher said,
17:16I think this cube isn't made by a human.
17:18His words make the Mech Bay fell into a deathly silence.
17:22It's not that no one believes him.
17:23It's that the only race mankind's aware of is the beasts rising from the ocean.
17:27Everyone's gaze at the Abyss Cube turned eerie.
17:30As if this black cylinder was a world-destroying Pandora's box.
17:33Then Jenny, who'd stayed silent, broke the silence.
17:36You've studied a broken pillow for this long?
17:38Why not think about repairing Ares?
17:40No one understood her suffering lately during all this time.
17:43If Ares could have done this ten years ago, she wouldn't have used it vengefully.
17:46Yet no one replied to her.
17:48Jenny's emotions spoiled over.
17:50You dragged Ares back and left it here.
17:52But a scientist explained,
17:53Miss Jenny the Cube has higher priority than Ares.
17:56Jenny flew into a rage.
17:57Everyone here owes their life to Ares.
17:59But just then, a voice of dissent emerged.
18:02My life and my brother's life weren't owed to Ares.
18:05It was Steve Perez who spoke.
18:06Don't think everyone indulges you, little psycho.
18:09Now isn't the time for its funeral ceremony.
18:11General Martin shouted,
18:13Quiet, Jenny!
18:14Go back to your dorm and rest,
18:15Jenny shouted back.
18:16You have no right to say that.
18:17How dare you face Ares, if back then?
18:20Yet halfway through, Jenny suddenly choked up.
18:22General said nothing.
18:23He just stared solemnly at Jenny, who was distraught.
18:26Just then, a wrinkled middle-aged man walked up to Ares.
18:29Kid, Ares is no longer worthy of repair.
18:31He's Tim.
18:32Ares had maintenance tech.
18:34From the moment Ares was commissioned,
18:35he's fought alongside it everywhere,
18:37mending its damage.
18:38A decade has passed.
18:39He knows it isn't what it used to be.
18:41The funds for Ares' restoration would be better spent on a new bank.
18:44But Jenny stubbornly refused to agree.
18:46Finally, General spoke up after a long silence.
18:49Does the base still have spare parts for Ares?
18:51Tim chuckled and said,
18:52We have one set left.
18:53But they are all outdated.
18:55Then get them out and fit them on Ares.
18:57If we're short on any parts, make a list and send it to me.
19:00General's words stunned everyone present.
19:02For the tight-budgeted obsidian command, it was a total waste.
19:05But General Martin said firmly,
19:06We need a hero.
19:07Everyone quickly agreed to fix Ares.
19:09But now, they turned their attention back on the Abyss Cube.
19:12As the scientists were about to report it,
19:15Jenny interrupted them.
19:16This thing is related to Ares.
19:18Then Jenny held out her hand.
19:19In her palm, she held a broken support column from Ares.
19:22Are you crazy?
19:22Steve just couldn't stand her absurd claim.
19:25There's no Ares carved on this cube.
19:27Which I have your thoughts link to Ares.
19:29But Jenny wasn't lying.
19:31When she picked up this broken support pillar,
19:33her palm felt a weak magnet-like pull.
19:35The pull came from the Abyss Cube.
19:37Jenny ignored Steve,
19:38and walked straight to two meters from the cube.
19:40During this entire time,
19:41the pillar in her hand became more unstable.
19:43The moment Jenny let go,
19:44the broken pillar acted like a magnet,
19:46flying straight toward the cube.
19:48The next second,
19:49the cube suddenly glowed blue.
19:50The gapless enigmatic material began separating into two halves.
19:53Then it shattered into countless dust-sized geometric pieces,
19:56rushing straight into Ares' hollow chest.
19:58Instantly,
19:59a massive black orb materialized in Ares' chest gap,
20:02connecting the orb to Ares' remains.
20:04It happened in under 10 seconds.
20:05Then,
20:06Tim let out a sudden gasp.
20:07Isn't this the shape of a reactor?
20:09Seeing this,
20:10General's expression turned grave.
20:11Tim,
20:12pause the maintenance plan.
20:13If this reactor is something parasitic on Ares,
20:15the outcome will be catastrophic.
20:17Tim looked anxious upon hearing this.
20:19What should we do then?
20:20First,
20:20try hoisting Ares up and see if we can separate the reactor.
20:23If it works,
20:24move Ares away from this thing.
20:25Then start repair immediately.
20:27Don't give it any chance.
20:29Yes sir.
20:29Yes sir.
20:30Tim stood at attention and saluted General Martin.
20:32Right after,
20:33General Martin turned to Jenny.
20:35A powerful aura emanated from him.
20:37Disobeying orders,
20:38consider the effect.
20:39Jenny met the General's stare with no fear.
20:41I accept all punishments,
20:43yet I do not regret my decision.
20:44General Martin then shook his head.
20:46You think you saved everyone,
20:48but that's not an excuse.
20:49It's stubborn,
20:50not resolved.
20:51It's reckless,
20:52not brave.
20:53Obeying orders is a soldier's duty,
20:55and you clearly haven't knew that yet.
20:57Jenny stared at him with resentment,
20:58and replied word by word.
21:00You are a born soldier.
21:02I am not.
21:03When Jenny said those words,
21:04a flash of fleeting sorrow crossed his eyes.
21:07Jenny,
21:07I'm revoking your A status temporarily.
21:10You'll spend a week in the brig thinking it over.
21:12If your attitude's still the same then,
21:14your name will be removed from Obsidian Command's roster.
21:17Do you understand?
21:18Jenny answered,
21:19Understood.
21:20After that,
21:21everyone was dismissed.
21:22But just as General was about to leave,
21:24a small delicate hand abruptly grasped him.
21:27I only have one request.
21:28Jenny hung her head,
21:29with her long white hair covering her eyes.
21:32General Martin closed his eyes and slowly said,
21:34What is it?
21:35Promise me,
21:36you must fix Aries.
21:38I promise.
21:39But they didn't know that they would bring devastating damage to Aries.
21:42The scientists soon decided to use Crimson Gale's thermal sword to cut into Aries' chest.
21:46At the researcher's command,
21:48the blazing sword slowly stabbed toward the reactor of Aries.
21:51But to everyone's surprise,
21:52when they are contact,
21:53not a single sound was made,
21:54not even a spark.
21:55Seeing this,
21:56Steve immediately increased the power output immediately.
21:59Crimson Gale instantly used both of its hands.
22:01The armor on its arms began to transform,
22:03revealing the hidden electro boost energy vents at the elbow joints,
22:06and the golden sword suddenly turned orange.
22:08The sword's temperature was even comparable to a mech's reactor during overload.
22:13No, stop.
22:14Inside the control room,
22:15Dr. Christopher took off his glasses.
22:17Though Crimson Gale had cranked the power to max within safety limits,
22:20the thermal sword still couldn't pierce the black casing even a little bit.
22:23This is just a waste of time.
22:24Besides Dr. Christopher,
22:25a blonde woman with blue eyes sighed too.
22:27Crimson Gale moved the sword away from the reactor's casing.
22:30Just then,
22:31Crimson Gale's pilot,
22:32the scientists suddenly decided to thermally cut Aries' armor plating.
22:36They even said that it won't destroy Aries.
22:38They just suspected how far the alien matter had spread inside Aries' frame.
22:42Steve Perez's eyes were fixed on the holographic panel in front of him.
22:46It shows the scanner's analysis data of Aries.
22:48The results showed that the artificial alloy in Aries had dropped sharply.
22:52This meant the black reactor's fusion had gone deep.
22:54After getting approval,
22:55the gale lifted the sword with both hands again.
22:57But it was aimed slightly above the reactor,
22:59which in human terms,
23:00it's the heart.
23:01This time,
23:02the sword stabbed into the armor.
23:04Mr. Perez immediately smiled.
23:05But just as he was about to say something,
23:07the smile froze on his face.
23:08The depth the sword could pierce was a mere 50 semetos.
23:11He pulled the sword out at once,
23:13and stabbed Aries' shoulder and waist.
23:15But the results weren't much different.
23:1780 semetos and 85 semetos respectively.
23:19Mr. Perez let out a bitter laugh.
23:21Looks like we're a little late.
23:23If it's not that psycho who used this broken pillar to mess with the alien cube.
23:27We wouldn't be in this mess.
23:29But just then,
23:29Dr. Christopher said,
23:31contact General Martin,
23:32execute plan B,
23:33ignite the reactor,
23:34study Aries' body directly.
23:3610 minutes later,
23:37General brought his men to the control room,
23:38and explained to the doctor that Aries was an old and custom mech.
23:41Its design was immature back then.
23:43We must manually connect the system,
23:45and start nuclear reactor with electric ignition.
23:47With that,
23:48dozens of cables were connected to Aries' remains.
23:50Once everything was ready,
23:51they pulled the ignition lever directly.
23:53Dull cables glowed white instantly,
23:55sending surging electric current to Aries' remains nonstop.
23:58Mechanical whirring gradually started.
24:00The black reactor started heating up.
24:01Aries' chest turbine slowly spun.
24:03Ignition complete.
24:04Reactor power was rising.
24:06The power numbers on the room screen increased.
24:08Just as everyone thought it went well,
24:09the system suddenly warned.
24:11Unknown program intrusion detected.
24:13Emergency shutdown activated.
24:15The doctor immediately shouted,
24:16Cut the connection to Aries now!
24:18Right now, inside Obsidian Command,
24:21the alarm nearly ruptured their eardrums.
24:22At the doctor's order,
24:23the staff tried to cut the power,
24:25but the cables connected to Aries
24:26seemed to come alive,
24:27and clunged tight to the ports.
24:29Even the dripped breaker billowed smoke.
24:30It was no use.
24:31Unable to sever.
24:32Energy's back flowing.
24:34The console's gonna blow.
24:35The operator's scream drowned in the crackle of current.
24:37Then, sparks burst from the dash everywhere.
24:40The entire lab plunged into flickering chaos.
24:42As people panicked and tried to evacuate,
24:44Aries, which had hung its head like a corpse,
24:46suddenly let out a low, bell-like hum.
24:48Inside the mech,
24:49I regained consciousness from the chaotic state.
24:51Damn it!
24:52That was one hell of a deep sleep.
24:53I tried to move my limbs,
24:54only to find that familiar heaviness was gone.
24:57Replaced by an unprecedented surge of power,
24:59it felt like my blood was replaced by magma.
25:01Detected you are in near-death state.
25:03Initiate a BIS reactor for reconstruction.
25:05Holographic AI interface system fully loaded.
25:08Assimilation rate at 100%.
25:10Hearing the system voice,
25:11I froze instantly.
25:12These are components I spent 16k EVO points on,
25:14so the so-called delivery was just crashing into me out of nowhere.
25:17This isn't a delivery,
25:18it's an aerial bomb.
25:19I didn't finish complaining.
25:21A surge of violent energy shattered the mech's limits instantly.
25:23General Martin and Steve stared in horror.
25:25The inky black orb on Aries' chest cracked to reveal a crimson crevice,
25:29like a demon opening its single eye.
25:30With a loud sound,
25:31dozens of high-voltage cables on the frame snapped instantly,
25:34writhing like headless vipers.
25:36Free from restraints,
25:37I slowly raised my metal skeleton left arm.
25:39The melted armor,
25:39under black light,
25:40began self-repairing visibly.
25:42Tim, it's moving.
25:43Aries is alive.
25:43Tim was stunned by that,
25:45with tears rolling in his eyes.
25:46But others reacted differently,
25:48full alert.
25:48It might be parasitized by aliens.
25:50General shouted loudly.
25:52The guards raised heavy cannons at me instantly.
25:54Crimson Gale activated its engines outright.
25:56Steve's voice blared over the comms.
25:58I told you this antique was a disaster.
26:00Watch me tear it apart.
26:01Staring at the dark gun barrels and the primed crimson gale,
26:03I let out a helpless sigh,
26:06attacked by teammates right after waking up.
26:08But feeling the abyss reactor inside me running wildly,
26:10a cold smirk crept onto my face.
26:12Now I'm no longer bullyable scrap.
26:15The Mac Bay air felt frozen.
26:16Only alarms wailed shrilly.
26:18Steve's Crimson Gale roared with engines,
26:20charging at me like a mad bull.
26:22Over the comms,
26:22his violent voice exploded.
26:24An antique should know its place.
26:26If it can't be fixed,
26:27just turn into useless junk quietly.
26:28If it's in the past,
26:30facing this new third gen armor,
26:31I might have avoided its edge.
26:33But right now,
26:34through my new optical sensors,
26:35Crimson Gale's proud turbo boost fists
26:37moved like slow motion footage.
26:38I didn't dodge or evade,
26:40didn't even take a defensive stance.
26:41I lifted my left hand of metal skeleton,
26:43opening my palm wide.
26:45A dull boom shook the entire Mac Bay.
26:47Crimson Gale's fist,
26:48that can smash type 2 beast's skulls,
26:50was caught firmly in my palm.
26:51A massive shock wave spread outward,
26:53blowing away scattered debris and parts.
26:55But my thin frame didn't budge.
26:57Even the concrete beneath me didn't show a single crack.
26:59How is this possible?
27:00Steve's tone dripped with panic.
27:02He pulled the joystick madly,
27:03trying to pull his arm.
27:04With little force,
27:05black hydraulic tubes bulged like muscles.
27:07His vaunted alloy hydraulic system
27:08screeched under the pressure at once.
27:10Sparks flew.
27:11I bowed my head,
27:12and the deep purple glowed in my eyes.
27:13The synthetic AI voice sounded icy and stern.
27:16Ares,
27:16is this your power?
27:17Too slow.
27:18The next second,
27:19I flipped my wrist,
27:20used terrifying torque from my frame,
27:21and hurling the thousand ton mech out like a toy doll.
27:24Crimson Gale arced clumsily through air,
27:26slamming hard into the blast wall
27:27and kicking up a cloud of dust.
27:29General Martin,
27:30it's out of control.
27:31Fire!
27:32It's a parasitic monster!
27:34General's face turned livid.
27:35He waved his hand.
27:37Dozens of ready automatic turrets locked onto my core instantly.
27:40At this critical moment,
27:41a military jeep raced into the circle.
27:43The tires screeched against the ground.
27:44It stopped in front of me.
27:46Jenny jumped out,
27:46and spurred arms to block the gun barrels.
27:48Hold your fire!
27:49He is Ares!
27:50Before General give the order to yank Jenny away by force,
27:53the base suddenly shook violently,
27:55like a magnitude 10 earthquake hit.
27:58All defense systems are non-operational.
28:00High energy detected below sea level.
28:02It's a level 5 beast.
28:03The ocean exploded.
28:04A water spout shot straight into the sky.
28:06A black beast breached the outer defense line.
28:09It's fast that radar only detects afterimages.
28:11The sight was already at the base's throat.
28:12It's an unseen assassin type level 5 beast.
28:15It had no bulky armor.
28:16Its frame is planned in streamlined black scales.
28:18Its arms were high frequency vibroblades.
28:20The base's artillery is ineffective against it.
28:22It weaved through the fire barrage with ease.
28:24Every dodge left a turret silent and dead.
28:26It's like a cold-blooded assassin,
28:28with a clear target.
28:29Straight for the command!
28:30Damn it!
28:31Crimson Gale's heavily damaged?
28:33Unable to initiate,
28:34Steve fought to restart the mech in the rubble.
28:36Only screeching static answered him.
28:38General stared at the reaper.
28:39The beast's within 500 meters of the command tower.
28:41He glanced at Jenny.
28:42Jenny, I'm giving you one last chance.
28:44If he goes rogue,
28:45I will kill you myself.
28:47Jenny wasted no words.
28:48She turned around and raced to me.
28:50As my cockpit door slid open slowly,
28:52she leaped up and jumped in.
28:53But the second she sat in the pilot seat,
28:55she froze completely.
28:56The tedious metal controls and vintage gauges vanished.
28:58Instead, it's a floating holographic control interface.
29:01With vein-like blue neural data streams,
29:03it felt like an alien ship's cockpit.
29:05Welcome back.
29:06My modified tone rang inside,
29:08carrying long-lost warmth.
29:10Hold on tight.
29:11Kid,
29:11the moment neural link activated
29:13has no more nerve-wrenching pain.
29:15I felt her rapid heartbeat clearly,
29:16and she feel the long-suppressed anger in my core.
29:19Our minds blended as one.
29:20No longer separate.
29:21Sink rate 100%,
29:23200%.
29:23The number kept skyrocketing,
29:25and finally stopped at 400%.
29:26Aries,
29:27abyss overdrive activated.
29:28I took a heavy step forward.
29:29The ground cracked.
29:30The broken alloy sword in my hand
29:32restructured instantly in thick black light.
29:34Metal molecules rearranged.
29:35It become a terrifying Reaper scythe,
29:37oozing destruction,
29:38with scarlet patterns flowing on it.
29:40That assassin beast seemed to sense some deadly danger.
29:42It ceased its advance,
29:43turning to flee.
29:44A black figure streaked by,
29:46like a lightning bolt tearing through the sky.
29:48No one saw what happened.
29:49All they saw was the beast's body still mid-air
29:51frozen in a running stance
29:52while its head slowly tumbled to the ground.
29:54One hit kill,
29:55clean and quick,
29:55not a single messy move.
29:57I retracted the scythe,
29:58then turned slowly,
29:59facing the command room.
30:00Under everyone's terrified gaze,
30:02I didn't go berserk.
30:02I didn't lose control.
30:04Instead,
30:04I knelt slowly,
30:05cut the power to the weapon system,
30:06and bowed my head as a sign of submission,
30:08or rather,
30:08cooperation.
30:09After that shattering battle,
30:11I didn't get full freedom.
30:12The base brass still feared my existence.
30:14I'm placed in a custom-built isolated repair bay.
30:17They didn't dare take me apart lightly,
30:18but seal off the area tight as a drum,
30:20even put up a high-voltage fence.
30:21Having nothing else to do,
30:23I began to calm down
30:24and study the system inside me.
30:25After days of diagnostics and analysis,
30:27I finally understood
30:28that the black cube
30:29isn't just some simple alien part.
30:31It's the top secret from the Aetherius League,
30:33the core of the Eden Initiative.
30:34It isn't a reactor that provides energy,
30:36but a massive database
30:37and a miniature arsenal.
30:38Detected you killed a level 5 beast,
30:40a huge pile of EVO points credited.
30:43New store feature unlocked.
30:44Army.
30:45The system's alert rang in my mind.
30:46I looked at the description,
30:47and I was shocked.
30:48But this feature can make me use core frequency
30:51to control those soulless low-tier mechs,
30:52and even give them basic tactical orders,
30:54turning them into my puppet soldiers.
30:56This meant I'm no longer fighting alone.
30:58How are you feeling today, Aris?
31:00When I'm studying the system,
31:01Jenny walked in with a bag of oil and tools.
31:03She's the only one allowed to get close to me.
31:05She uses it as the excuse to come daily.
31:07Even though I don't actually need this,
31:09other than being bored,
31:10everything is fine.
31:10The internet here is slow.
31:11I can't even download a movie.
31:13I replied casually.
31:14Jenny was drinking water.
31:15Hearing my lazy complaint,
31:17she spit it all out with a puff,
31:18staring at my eyes wide-eyed.
31:20You, you can talk like a human now.
31:21I have always been human.
31:22I just got a cooler body.
31:23I blinked and made a gesture like a shrug.
31:25Since then, her gaze toward me shifted.
31:27She didn't view me as cold battle machine,
31:29but the flesh and blood who fought with her.
31:31We spent a short warm period in the cold neck bay,
31:33but peaceful days didn't last long.
31:34A week later, on the early morning,
31:36the radar blared a shrill alarm.
31:38Several sci-fi-style silver airships
31:39tore through clouds
31:40and landed slowly on the base's pad.
31:42It was the League's delegation.
31:43These elites living on forbidden orbit
31:44had finally came.
31:45The leading man wore a white suit.
31:47His hair combed neatly.
31:48With that signature arrogant expression,
31:50he didn't even glance at fully armed soldiers
31:51and walked straight to the General.
31:53General, under Atheris League Law 73,
31:55the Fallen Cube belongs to our League.
31:56Hand it over.
31:57Don't force us.
31:58That's our mech, Ares.
31:59The hero of the base.
32:00Not some sample.
32:00General Martin stood tall
32:01and refused coldly.
32:03Hero?
32:03Just a rogue program carrier.
32:04He scoffed with contempt
32:05and clapped his hands.
32:07As he moved,
32:07the belly hatch of the airship
32:08behind him opened slowly.
32:10A sacred yet oppressive aura
32:11engulfed the entire area.
32:12A pure white,
32:13legless mech floated slowly from it.
32:15It had six pairs of glowing wings on its back
32:17with a featureless smooth mask on its face.
32:19Atheris League Enforcer Mech,
32:20codename Seraph.
32:21If you don't comply,
32:23we'll declare Obsidian Commander traitor.
32:24He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses.
32:26His tone oozed blatant threat.
32:28Sir, we'll cut off all your energy supplies
32:29and use orbital cannons
32:31to erase here from the map.
32:32Trapped in the mech bay,
32:33I watched coldly via cameras.
32:35The system suddenly popped up
32:36a red quest box.
32:37Time-limited quest.
32:38Refuse recovery.
32:39Teach the intruders a lesson.
32:40Reward.
32:40Advanced module.
32:41Yem disruption camouflage.
32:43Want to take me back?
32:44Shouldn't you ask my sword first?
32:46Negotiations collapsed.
32:47The man in white lost patience.
32:48Or rather,
32:49he never planned a peaceful resolution.
32:50He waved his hand.
32:51The hovering Seraph attacked in a flash.
32:53Its wings shuddered
32:54and several laser beams
32:55and cut the base's energy defense dome.
32:57Effortless as slicing butter,
32:58Steve Perez shout,
32:59Stop!
32:59This is our territory.
33:00A roar rang out.
33:02Steve Perez piloted
33:02the newly repaired Crimson Gale,
33:04not even repainted yet,
33:05and charged forward.
33:06He had a prejudice to me.
33:07But facing enemies,
33:08this warrior still chose to step up.
33:10But against Seraph,
33:11the pinnacle of tech,
33:12Earth-made Crimson Gale
33:12was like a clumsy caveman.
33:14The fur didn't even move an inch.
33:15It just spread its two wings.
33:17A pale blue energy shield
33:18bounced all the missiles
33:19fired by Crimson Gale.
33:20Then Seraph raised its right hand.
33:21A casual beam cannon blast
33:22peered through Crimson Gale's shoulder,
33:24pinning it to the ground.
33:25It is so weak.
33:27This primitive tech is a joke.
33:28The envoy shook its head,
33:29oozing with sarcasm.
33:30A black lightning,
33:31accompanied by a roar,
33:32smashed through the thick
33:33Mech Bay door.
33:34Amid the flying dust,
33:35I wielded the Reaper Scythe,
33:37like an Ashura risen from hell,
33:38and stepped in the battlefield.
33:39This is a clash of brute force
33:41and grace.
33:41It's the old era's will
33:42clashing with the new age's tech.
33:44Seraph tried to use its mobility
33:45to keep its distance,
33:46and kite me with long-range beams,
33:48but I activated the reactor's
33:49absorption ability.
33:50The black armor on my frame
33:51acted like a black hole.
33:53All the beams hitting me
33:54were absorbed outright,
33:55converting into my raging power.
33:56Envoy!
33:57What?
33:57The energy was absorbed?
33:58It's impossible.
33:59The envoy was shocked.
34:01He dropped his wine glass.
34:02I pushed forward at max fluster
34:03mid-gunfire,
34:04sprinted to Seraph instantly,
34:05and grabbed its slender waist.
34:07The scythe in my hand slashed down
34:08with a whistling wind
34:09and a shrill metal tearing sound.
34:11Seraph's vaunted energy barrier
34:12was torn apart by me.
34:14I tore off two of its holy wings.
34:15It's like a kite with a broken string,
34:17trembled under me.
34:18It couldn't maintain
34:19its arrogant stance.
34:20Although we won this battle,
34:21and dealt a blow to the league's pride,
34:23we utterly provoked this giant power.
34:24The threats from the fleeing envoy
34:26were no joke.
34:27General Martin,
34:28let's go.
34:28Orbital strike could come anytime.
34:30This position is lost.
34:31Jenny shouted anxiously over comms.
34:33General looked at the chaos,
34:34the devastated base,
34:35the place he guarded half his life.
34:36He closed his eyes and sighed,
34:38finally made up his mind.
34:39Pass on my order.
34:40Full of actuation.
34:41Bring all supplies and mechs.
34:42Target,
34:43number 13 underground facility.
34:44The road wasn't smooth.
34:46Etherus' drone squadron chased
34:47relentlessly like bugs,
34:49poising to direct orbital bombardment.
34:50If this goes on,
34:51we'll all be sitting ducks.
34:52I glanced at the system panel
34:54and redeemed the mission reward I just got.
34:56EM disruption camouflage.
34:57An invisible wave spread out from me as the center,
35:00covering the entire massive convoy
35:01on the enemy's radar and thermal scans.
35:03Our convoy vanished as if into thin air,
35:05completely gone in the wilderness.
35:07Late at night,
35:08the convoy rested in the hidden valley.
35:09I sat alone by the cliff,
35:11staring at the fake starry sky above.
35:12That was the light emitted from Etherus League.
35:15Jenny climbed onto my frame
35:16and sat on my shoulder,
35:17with her legs dangling.
35:18Who are you?
35:19She asked softly,
35:20no more doubt in her voice,
35:21only a desire for confirmation.
35:22Your fighting style and the way you talk
35:24are just like him.
35:25I fell silent and finally spoke.
35:27Do you remember the first Goliath war?
35:29The pilot who sent that damn nuke into the
35:30wormhole and never came back.
35:32Jenny's body trembled violently.
35:34Tears streamed down her face.
35:35Her voice shaked.
35:36You are my brother's closest comrade,
35:38Will Scott.
35:38It's me,
35:39I said softly.
35:40The glow of my eyes softened.
35:41That night,
35:42Jenny hugged my cold metal head
35:43and cried like a child.
35:44Humans are in internal conflict.
35:46Yet the beasts were active.
35:47They seemed to sense the division of humans
35:49and evolved more targeted abilities.
35:51When we arrived at the dark underground,
35:53frontline intel came in.
35:54A new type 4 storm beast disappeared.
35:56They don't rely on physical attacks,
35:58but can emit ultra high power EMPs.
36:00The Aetheris's mech forces,
36:01pursuing us previously,
36:03all electronic components were insinerated
36:04when they met storm beasts.
36:05It turned into costly debris,
36:07easily shredded by the beasts.
36:09Damn it!
36:10All electronic devices have failed.
36:11Radar,
36:12fire control,
36:13even the lighting systems.
36:14Generals stared at the dark screens
36:16and struck the console in despair.
36:17I stood up in the darkness,
36:19emitting a faint purple glow.
36:20My Abyss Reactor is a semi-biological design.
36:22It's immune to EMPs of this level.
36:24I pivoted to the base's reserve warehouse,
36:26where more than a dozen old mechs
36:27from decades ago,
36:28antiques driven by hydraulics and fuel,
36:30it is the start of the mech era.
36:32Ori's systems can't connect directly,
36:33but my combat skillet remains.
36:35I used the army's ability,
36:37not with E-signals,
36:38but with a frequency like brainwaves.
36:40I forcibly linked these long-dormant old-timers,
36:42and a weird scene unfolded.
36:44One futuristic Ares glowing with black light
36:46was followed by a group of stiff-moving old mechs
36:48with deafening engine roars.
36:49They wielded chainsaws,
36:50pipes and piledrivers.
36:51On this battlefield where high-tech failed,
36:53they fought them in the most primitive
36:54and brutal hand-to-hand combat.
36:56Oil mixed with the beast's blue blood.
36:58In the lulls between battles,
36:59I wasn't idle.
37:01Using systems' computing powers
37:02and the wreckage of the captured seraph as a springboard,
37:04I silently hacked into the Etherus' top database.
37:07As firewalls were breached one by one,
37:09the truth revealed made me sick.
37:10It even sent chills down my spine.
37:12It turned out beasts that massacred humans
37:14were not unknown alien invasion at all.
37:16But the failed products of their Eden initiative,
37:18these new humans,
37:20who think they're gods,
37:21complained about the Earth's environment,
37:22tried to create a biological weapon
37:24to clean humans and old ecosystems
37:25to make room for their return to Earth
37:27and build a new world.
37:28And the abyss reactor inside me
37:30is exactly what they've been craving,
37:31and the only successful reactor core.
37:33I'm the perfect key to their plan,
37:35and their biggest mistake.
37:36They're not saviors.
37:37They are butchers.
37:38Our demons.
37:39I projected secret files
37:41on the command center's big screen.
37:42The data stream showed beast breeding tanks
37:44and horrors of human experiments.
37:46General Martin stared at them,
37:47his face turning pale,
37:48trembling all over.
37:49He subtly drew his gun
37:50and slammed on the table,
37:51smashing the wooden corner to pieces.
37:53These bastards.
37:54We spilt our blood to protect human
37:56while they treat us like bugs from sky.
37:58We can't let the truth be buried.
37:59Flames of vengeance burned in General's eyes.
38:02We need to reveal this truth
38:03and expose their true colors.
38:05But the Aetherius League detected my intrusion.
38:07This time, they held nothing back,
38:09not even caring about the leak loss.
38:10They directly sensed an entire Kale army,
38:12blocking the exit of our underground base.
38:14The battle went intense right from the start.
38:16Missiles and beings bombarded the fragile bunker.
38:18To cover the data transmission,
38:20I am the front.
38:20An anti-matter shell exploded.
38:22My hydraulic rod snapped from the intense impact.
38:24Stay back.
38:25I got this.
38:26Tim, the gray-haired mechanic,
38:27grabbed his toolbox and charged into the hail of bullets.
38:30Get back, Tim.
38:30It's too dangerous.
38:31I roared, trying to shield him with my body,
38:33but he didn't listen.
38:34His oil-stained hands welded and replaced parts.
38:37Just as he was about to finish,
38:38a grenade pierced his chest.
38:40Tim lay in a pool of blood,
38:41still clutching the wrench that's with him for years.
38:43Unfocused, but he still stared at my leg.
38:45Ares, leg, fixed, lead.
38:47Staring at Tim's cooling body
38:48and those motionless rough hands,
38:50I felt a string of reason in my mind snapped abruptly.
38:52Warning!
38:53Emotional threshold exceeded.
38:55Overdrive activated.
38:56You all must die!
38:57I roared at the sky,
38:58the sound shattering the glass.
38:59The frame's surface sprouted scarlet crystal spikes.
39:02The once-black mech turned into a blood-soaked Asura.
39:05I even threw away my sword and charged like a beast,
39:07tearing apart kale with my hands, one by one.
39:10Oil and parts flew everywhere.
39:11Under my rampage, the encirclement broke open a gap.
39:14I escorted the vehicle with the truth data,
39:16stumbling to break out.
39:17But there are too many enemies.
39:18Reinforcements kept pouring in.
39:19You guys go.
39:20I'll cover the rear.
39:21Steve Perez's voice came over the comms.
39:23He piloted that battered crimson gale,
39:25with an arm missing,
39:26blocking the canyon entrance.
39:27Steve, are you crazy?
39:29That's a dead trap.
39:30I've been pissed off at these space snobs for ages.
39:33Today's the perfect day to beat them.
39:35Steve's voice carried a hint of ease.
39:37Arise, I was wrong about you before.
39:39Goodbye, comrade.
39:40Steve let out one final laugh,
39:41then resolutely detonated the unstable nuclear reactor.
39:44A massive mushroom cloud rose at the canyon.
39:47The collapsing rock blocked the park,
39:49burying a young hero.
39:50And on this very day,
39:51the truths successfully uploaded to the globe.
39:53The League's scandal blew up the news.
39:56Armies and people around the world erupted in a wave of resistance.
39:59The Aetherius League's rule crumbled.
40:00But we haven't had time to celebrate.
40:02A despairing voice came from the sea station.
40:04System detected the awakening of a super life.
40:07It's the mother,
40:07the legendary Leviathan.
40:09It was a moving mountain range.
40:10With a low growl as old as time,
40:12Leviathan slowly rose from the deep sea.
40:14It was over 300 meters long.
40:16Just a simple surfacing can trigger a global super tsunami.
40:18Postal cities submerged instantly.
40:20Aetherius League,
40:21for the situation and for themselves,
40:23deployed their ultimate weapon,
40:24Sky Citadel Olympus.
40:25A giant fortress floating in clouds,
40:27with catastrophic firepower.
40:29But before Leviathan,
40:30humans seemed tiny.
40:31Leviathan raised its head,
40:32and opened its abyssal mouth.
40:33A azure atomic beam erupted,
40:35shooting straight to the sky.
40:36The sky tore apart that moment.
40:38The giant sky city like paper.
40:39The shield shattered instantly.
40:41The hull disintegrated in flames,
40:42turning into fireballs,
40:43and crashed into the sea.
40:44Despair,
40:45like dark heavy clouds,
40:46engulfed all human civilization.
40:48All resistance seemed utterly meaningless,
40:50facing with absolute power.
40:51After Aetherius League fell,
40:53remaining factions put aside all prejudices and rifts,
40:55and formed the United Earth Front.
40:57And I,
40:58once scorned scrap,
40:59has now become humanity's last hope.
41:00The soul spiritual pillar.
41:02System,
41:02redeem all evil points,
41:03including spare life support power.
41:05I'm on the giant mod platform,
41:06with a calm tone.
41:07Post confirmation.
41:08It'll consume all reserves,
41:10and it's irreversible.
41:11Failure means total host demise.
41:14Confirmed.
41:14For this moment,
41:15I've waited too long.
41:16Countless nanobots flood into my frame.
41:18Mechanical arms wave wildly on the platform.
41:20My size surges in blinding light.
41:22From 20 meter to 80 meter tall,
41:24my frame was covered in dark gold heavy armor.
41:26Rear thrusters mutate into six giant energy wings,
41:28holding a physical magma glowing energy battle axe.
41:30Ultimate war god Ares arrives on judgment day.
41:33Sky darkens,
41:33crushing the earth.
41:34Thousands of human mechs,
41:35including repaired old ones,
41:37captured Aetherius mechs,
41:38and even hastily modified mechs,
41:39all gathered at the final coastal defense.
41:41Endless dark beast toward her head,
41:42and the godlike Leviathan.
41:43Jenny sat in my cockpit,
41:44though I now have consciousness,
41:46and actually don't need a pilot.
41:47I knew she needed to be here,
41:48and I needed her by my side.
41:49She is my anchor,
41:50the proof of my humanity.
41:52I took the lead,
41:52turning into a golden meteor,
41:54and charged into the roiling dark tide.
41:56Battle rages from sea surface to seabed.
41:58Seawater died red with blood.
41:59Mech wreckage and corpses are everywhere.
42:01Water pressure made every allied mech groan.
42:03Their armor twists and deforms.
42:05Only my mythic frame moves freely.
42:07Leviathan is not just gigantic,
42:08but also strong.
42:09It has undefendable mental attack ability.
42:11Its countless compound eyes glow eerily.
42:13It constantly emits brainwave blasts,
42:15trying to destroy Jenny's brain outright.
42:16Jenny screams in agony in cockpit.
42:18She clutched her head.
42:19Blood oozes.
42:20Pilot's life signs plummeting.
42:22Praying cortex near breakdown.
42:23Sever the link.
42:24I looked at Jenny.
42:26My core aches fiercely.
42:27I ordered the system to sever our pain in neural link,
42:30and transfer all mental blasts to me.
42:32Now.
42:33Warning.
42:33It'll burn host's consciousness core.
42:35Do it.
42:36That's an order.
42:37In an instant, Jenny faints,
42:39slumping over the pilot seat,
42:40and I felt as if my soul was pierced
42:42by billions of red-hot needles.
42:44My vision blurred.
42:46Data streams turned garbled,
42:47but I grit my teeth and withstood the shockwave.
42:50I was like a rabid doll.
42:51A, a crazed war god.
42:52I clung to Leviathan for dear life,
42:54swinging my giant axe,
42:55and cut its massive tentacles one by one.
42:57Its blue blood blackened the deep sea.
42:59During its roar,
42:59I dived into its huge maze-like body.
43:02There, I saw its core.
43:03It was a giant, beating, heart-like thing,
43:05connected to a glowing purple vortex.
43:07That's an interdimensional portal.
43:08If we don't destroy this core,
43:10beasts will keep pouring in from that world,
43:11endlessly spawning.
43:14Host's soul is being assimilated.
43:16If you don't evacuate now,
43:17you will vanish forever,
43:18which is irreversible.
43:20The system's red warning flashed fantastically.
43:22I glanced at that core,
43:23then at unconscious Jenny.
43:25I'd already made up my mind.
43:26What's going on?
43:27Where are we?
43:27Under my wake-up program,
43:29Jenny slowly woke up,
43:30staring weakly the fleshy red inner walls.
43:32We're in its stomach.
43:33The core is up ahead.
43:34Kid, I'm gonna plant the bomb.
43:35Get ready.
43:36I lied.
43:37My tone was super casual.
43:38Okay, let's go together.
43:39Jenny struggled to stand up.
43:41Not this time.
43:41My voice turned gentle.
43:42You're too tired.
43:43It's time to rest.
43:44What do you mean?
43:45Jenny had a bad feeling.
43:46Ejection program locked on C.
43:48Activate.
43:49No, Ares.
43:51What are you doing?
43:52Jenny shouted in terror,
43:53and keep slamming the door.
43:54I stared at her tear-street face,
43:56as if to carve the moment forever.
43:58Survive.
43:59See the new world for me.
44:00The cockpit ejected,
44:02turning into a life capsule,
44:03carrying Jenny toward the surface.
44:05I watched her leave,
44:06then turned to look at that beating core,
44:08opened my arms,
44:09and held it tightly.
44:10Remove abyss reactor limits.
44:11Matt's power overload.
44:12Let's go to hell together.
44:13At the deepest seabed,
44:15a light brighter than the sun erupted.
44:16Seawater evaporated instantly.
44:18Seabed ground melted.
44:19The explosion's energy even
44:21altered the area's geological structure.
44:23Seawater evaporated within 100 miles.
44:25Shockwave destroyed Leviathan
44:26and the extraplanar portal.
44:27Monsters are gone.
44:28The Theorist League is gone too.
44:29Survivors emerged from the ruins,
44:31looking at the long-lost sun,
44:33weeping with joy.
44:34The world finally got true peace.
44:36Three years later,
44:37rebuilt Coastal City Square
44:38stands the 100-meter Ari statue.
44:40It's built with public donations,
44:42honoring the world-saving mech warrior,
44:44and Jenny has retired.
44:45She refused all high-paying offers
44:46and become a mech instructor,
44:48guiding new pilots to connect with armor.
44:50Though many people pursued her,
44:51Jenny remained single.
44:52Every year on this day,
44:53she'd come to this stretch of sea
44:55and toss a bunch of flowers into the sea,
44:57staring blankly at the shimmering sea.
44:58The breeze ruffled her hair.
45:00Everyone said you're dead.
45:01Aries,
45:02Jenny murmured softly,
45:03with sorrowful in her eyes.
45:05But I always feel you're still here,
45:06just being with me differently.
45:08Just then,
45:09the old military con device on her wrist
45:11that hadn't worked in three years
45:12suddenly flashed a red light.
45:13A static-filled yet familiar mechanical voice
45:15came through the tides of time.
45:17Kid,
45:18this seawater's kinda cold.
45:19Jenny froze completely.
45:20The sunglasses slipped,
45:21tears gushed out like a broken dam.
45:23In the final moment of that big explosion,
45:25my consciousness didn't fully vanish,
45:27but followed the connected global network
45:28uploaded to the cloud at the last second.
45:30Now I am everywhere.
45:32I'm the world's digital wraith,
45:34and her eternal guardian ghost.
45:35On the base's screen in the distance,
45:37the news broadcast suddenly flickered,
45:39and popped up a silly pixel meme.
45:41It's a funny face I drew just for her.
45:43Jenny laughed through her tears watching it.
45:45She wiped her tears,
45:46gazed up at the azure sky,
45:47and softly said,
45:48Welcome back, Aries.
45:49Welcome back.
46:19Welcome back.
46:19Welcome back.
46:20Welcome back.
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