The pure white MPU stood silently in the air, overlooking everything on the ground. The ferocious birds below retreated silently, then turned and sped away. "Stop!" Hydra raised its cannon, and a powerful jet of energy erupted from the muzzle once more. The lead ferocious bird swooped down to dodge, but one was still directly hit, instantly turning into a fireball. The ferocious birds scattered into two groups, one heading north and the other flying towards the signal station. "Just as I thought!" Barbatos took out his beam rifle from his backpack, about to fire, but was interrupted by the pure white MPU. "Son of man, you are worthy to be called righteous; do not let your hands be stained with blood." "But..." The ferocious bird pressed closer. "I don't care about righteousness anymore! Attack!" Barbatos rushed forward, severing one of the birds' arms with a single strike. He then swung his sword straight at the bird's waist, but it was blocked. "Mr. Herman!" Brillthunder suddenly leaped from the city wall, piercing the ferocious bird he was fighting with a single sword strike. "Where's the other one?!" Only the pure white MPU and Brillthunder in the air remained. "Where?" Barbatos looked around, searching for the remaining ferocious birds. "Hydra has already chased them north…did they escape?" "Yes, they escaped north. It's a pity I couldn't catch up and fight them," Anta said casually to Huang Lei. "Your name is Herman, right?" "Hmm? Me?" Barbatos turned around, looking at the pure white MPU. "We have orders to carry out, but you can say your name. We are called Gabriel. Goodbye." Gabriel's pure white figure disappeared into the air.
The tides of the great era have long since receded, and we once again embark on the path of conquest, only to disturb Hydra. Its nine eyes surveyed the surroundings, as if carrying some meaning. I felt uneasy. The remaining three ferocious birds circled in the air. Wendigo shells fell like lightning, each one narrowly missing the birds by mere centimeters. Instead, the charging calamities fell one after another, devoured by the chimera's tentacles, becoming raw materials for new calamities. Three, two… Hydra began its countdown. "Zero." Smaller calamities swarmed in. The birds were silently swallowed by countless calamities. The CPC reaction emitted a mournful wail like a death knell, its dying howl, as the Blalipse silently devoured the ferocious birds. "Battle over. Wreckage being recovered."
At this moment, Barbatos stood quietly in the hangar, the armor on his left leg and his cell phone revealing the bridge-like steel and blackened bones. "You're ruthless, daring to inject yourself with Pangnilin. Injecting this stuff without the antidote was suicide…" He patted Karl's shoulder heavily. "I'm much better now… Mr. Herman, you can't do this again. You're lucky to have survived. You were injected with Pangnilin… that's life-threatening… I'll confiscate any potentially dangerous drugs," Kolossova warned him. "Well, thank you, my head still hurts a bit." He sat on the floor and rubbed his face. "Here, have some of this, maybe it'll make you feel better." Sesse shoved a steel cylinder into Karl's hand. The bottle emitted a sweet floral scent, mixed with the aroma of tea. "Cross Orchid?" "Yes… my parents gave it to me…" "Oleg! What happened to Barbatos's leg?!" He opened his mouth! "It's just about the armor plating and the explosion reaction, why ask so many questions?" "Herman! Aurora is looking for you!" the captain called from afar. "Yes—I'm coming right away!" He took a sip of water and ran towards the conference room.
"Sigh… it's always the same after every sortie…" Watching him run further and further away, her sigh carried a hint of dissatisfaction and disappointment. "How can an iron tree bloom..." "Alright, alright... Anta, go to the side first..." Kolossova pushed Anta aside. Also, in the conference room, "Mr. Hermanf... we meet again." Her voice was dry and hoarse, with a slight tremor. "You," she said, "let's begin..." She stood up, took a blueprint from the cabinet behind her, and placed it on the table. "This is..." "Silver Flame..." "What kind of fireworks?" "Fireworks, the part that Barbatos is missing, isn't that it?" He thought for a moment. "We've found the location... but I'm afraid you'll have to go and retrieve it for the brothers at the site..." "And... we, but before that, we estimate everyone at the site will have to go to Blue Hole." "It's related to my sister, isn't it?" "Yes..." "The Calamity has learned to use the Blalipse as a weapon. We don't know what they'll do next, but we can only continue fighting..."
Amidst the swirling snow and wind, an MPU rose from the thick snow. "The ferocious bird has failed as expected. The Candle Dragon still had to call upon us humans to fight!" Grayscale's armor was revealed. The armor cracked, bursting forth with a dazzling white light. A scorching wind, carrying crimson particles, churned out, melting snow turned into steam, and flames erupted from the nozzles. It soared into the sky. Meanwhile, in the underwater factory, calamities were being born one after another. Machines were taking shape on the production line, only to surface again at the end. One of the enormous machines was already taking shape. Above the water, Aurorath stood atop a cliff. Unlike before, Aurorath's arms were longer and thicker, his hands larger and sharper, and he had also grown a tail. "Hoo-ha...hoo...ha...Hel...Herman! Ah! Let me go! Let me go!" Aurorath took a step forward, his claw-like feet tearing through the ground, soaring into the sky before crashing back down. "Mio." "Father?" "You only need to focus on the battle…for our plan, for our evolution…crush my enemies, prove your worth…Mio." "Yes! I will do my utmost!"
Karl stood before Barbatos, raising a short, curved sword. He slightly drew the blade, its cold gleam reflecting Barbatos's face—colder than his original appearance. "Kakov…the dead should return to dust." In his eyes, he saw both his master and his enemy. But can death truly end everything?
Sesser stood in the doorway, watching him, his eyes seemingly filled with worry. "Mr. Anta!" "What is it?" "Could you give these medicines to Mr. Herman? Including the anti-G and anti-hallucination drugs."