Chapter 1112 Back To The Battle
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It only took me to crystalize the remaining Neutonium Electromagnetic Energy and some leftover Demonic Energy to gain the ability to slightly control my Machine Warrior from afar.
It wasn't a perfect control, and it took a lot of my mental energy, but it seemed to have worked on convincing them it was impossible to use it without me.
[WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!]
[Sudden Xenoid Raid in Progress! Sudden Xenoid Raid in Progress!]
[All Pilots please ride your Machine Warriors and prepare for battle.]
[Estimated Time Until Imminent Battle: 93 Seconds]
The warnings came ringing, the next Xenoid Raid was upon us.
And well, it only took a bit of time.
Exactly ten seconds passed.
FLASH!
Suddenly, the door opened, Henriette came looking for me. she looked frustrated, angered. And also gasping for air, she came running here. She looked a bit desperate.
"Missed me? I've been gone for just a night."
I greeted her while sitting on the floor, cross-legged, with a serene expression. I had no hatred against her or anything of the sort, this was a Trial and I was simply taking advantage of situations and adapting to the new problems that arise.
"You bastard… Get on the robot and fight!"
Ah, so that's it.
Of course, I intended to do that from the beginning, thank you for coming here and allowing me to do so.
I stood up, glancing into her silver eyes.
And I whispered into her ears as I passed by her side.
"Yes ma'am."
She was left trembling out of frustration, gritting her teeth.
"D-Dammit!"
As she groaned, I walked towards the floating platform, and with her help, we flew off back where the Machine Warriors were located, at the end of the Mothership, a Spatial Airport, for a lack of a better word.
"Okay, there it is! Use it, you criminal, and you better work well! The Elders said that… if you work well, your sentence time might be reduced greatly."
"Very well," I nodded, climbing the robot. "What about my army of controlled machines?"
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"They're right behind you, can you control them in the machine warrior?" she asked.
"I sure can, leave it to me," I quickly sat down inside, the Machine Warrior greeted me almost as if it were truly happy to see me.
The cable quickly connected to the back of my head, a neural connection was created with the giant mech, as I quickly felt all my senses expand and fuse with the machine.
A perfect combination of man and machine, this technology is incredible. I don't ever remember seeing something like this in my previous life.
Machines did exist, but they were usually piloted by AI of their own, sometimes independent robots that even became bounty hunters, but never something like this…
If I could replicate it using the technology I have available once I'm done with this Trial, in could revolutionize golem technology in Spiritias.
Maybe Alberta and Eric would be interested, and once I'm done with the Elven Continent, I would like to visit the Dwarven Continent one day.
Oh well, right now, I should focus on what's important right now.
Killing aliens.
Once everything was connected, blue neon light lit up the entire machine warrior, reaching my chest.
The crystalized Demonic Neutonium Core within my chest seemed to have created a greater connection with my machine, I felt our power being shared much better.
"Let's do this, my friend."
I patted my machine, as its eyes opened, overflowing with blue electricity.
FLASH!
Without hesitating, I jumped into action, the propulsors flared with blue flames, as my entire machine body flew into the outer space, the beautiful deep darkness, a few nebulas in the distance, and stars greeted me.
Indeed, the battlefield was more beautiful than before. However, the Xenoids were even more this time, my machine easily detected them, calculating an approximation of roughly three hundred and a bit more.
"Three hundred, huh? And what about us? Still less than a hundred…" I laughed. "They're really not even investing into our troops."
As I commented to the rest of the pilots, many recognized my voice, the pilots I had saved seemed happy I had appeared.
"Is that Blake?!"
"You're here!"
"But weren't you in prison?!"
"Looks like only I could do the job well, so they let me come to help all of you, my friends," I said. "Now, shall we work together? Going alone will only be your demise. Stick close to me and my machines. And I'll assure your survival."
"Really?!"
"Thank you!"
"I'm in your care!"
"I'll do anything I can to help too!"
Over thirty pilots gathered around me instantly, although the rest seemed more skeptical.
"Who does he think he is?!"
"You're no general here, bastard."
"We don't need to stick close to a criminal."
"Look how they're all flocking like bees around their queen. I bet they're all going to die."
"Probably… or he'll use them as shields."
I smiled lightly as I saw them fly away, immediately engaging against the Xenoids. Not every pilot sucked, these arrogant bastards weren't too bad, they worked together, caught the Xenoids off-guard and killed a couple already.
Only the novices and untalented ones gathered close to me as they were afraid of death, the more experienced fought on their own or together.
Makes sense, I would probably do the same.
Nonetheless, they're still my fellow pilots. So please, let me show you how you truly fight a dozen Xenoids at once.
"Blake! There are Xenoids coming from above!"
"There's a few from below…!"
"Wait, a swarm is approaching in ten!"
"How many?"
"O-Over fifty!"
"Good enough."
The pilots gasped as they heard me.
"G-Good enough?!"
"What do you mean with that?"
I laughed a bit.
"Calm down! Remain in your positions. Those that are confident on long-ranged combat, stay behind my Tank Machines. Those that are swifter and have better reflexes, stick close to me."
"R-Right!"
"Very well!"
"Got it!"
Different voices echoed through the neurocaller, which connected all neurological signals through the machine network.
"Give me your weapons too."
"Huh? Why?"
"Just give them to me for a moment."
Then, the Xenoids appeared.
"All Snipers, shot!"
And right as they were almost touching us.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
They were bombarded with explosive laser beams, their Placentoid rapidly dissipating, and even their shells began to shatter.
Good.
"Shall we begin the massacre?!"
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