"DDDIIIEEE!!"
The axe mech came with a loud sound, both in pain and anger!
Despite having already lost one arm, its thrusters roared to life, propelling the machine across the warehouse. Hydraulic pistons compressed beneath its legs before releasing with explosive force.
It abandoned the axe entirely and drove its remaining fist forward, servomotors screaming as kinetic boosters amplified the punch.
Young Aether didn't meet it with the blades.
Not yet.
Instead, he twisted his wrist, gripping only the slotted ring like a pair of reinforced brass knuckles.
THOOOM!!
Metal collided with metal.
The impact released a circular shockwave that rippled across the area, scattering dust and loose debris in every direction.
The mech's armoured fist didn't merely crack.
It imploded.
The metal compressed inward before erupting into countless fragments, as though an invisible hydraulic press had crushed it far beyond its structural limits.
