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Not to mention how Sanyue will accept the information here, Kong and Haiya also need to digest it.
This fucking chaotic feeling...how should I put it, it feels like a pain that almost suffocates me.
Bronya did not ask for Sora's opinion this time. She moved to a position parallel to Seele, bent down, and asked with an attitude that had the authority of an adult but would not scare a child: "Clara, is that so? Child, can you represent Swarovski's attitude? As long as he lifts the blockade and removes the restrictions on the entrance and exit of the core road, we can resolve it peacefully."
She tapped her chest gently, and the grandeur of her chest, which was three times larger than Xi'er's, calmed Clara down a lot: "I am the acting Great Guardian - the success rate of the conservation plan I am implementing is higher than that of Swarovski's established plan."
As if to increase her persuasiveness, she pulled up another purely decorative brooch on her chest that had no electronic function and showed it to Clara.
"The blockade of the upper and lower areas will end. Even if there is no core passage, we will help the lower residents to overcome the difficulties from other places. If you have a way to contact him, please tell him our sincerity. In the name of the Great Guardian, I thank him for his contribution to protecting the lower level, but now he doesn't need to continue to worry about this."
"…Eh, yeah, is that so? The blockade of the upper and lower areas is about to end??"
Clara smiled immediately after hearing this, but the previous "premise" caused an uproar among everyone.
Including Iron Guard.
Although they quickly stopped their exclamations out of discipline, there was something more than admiration in their eyes when they looked at Bronya's back.
Just as Bronya had prepared herself before saying these words, she straightened her body again, allowing the people behind her to see clearly that these were a pair of shoulders that could bear the entire weight of Beloberg.
Although she was more slender than the men, no one would question her - because the mere act of launching such a rebellion proved her courage and strength.
The Iron Guards admire the strong, and Dihuo is no exception.
"Thank you, Kong, and thank you, Xi'er. You gave me the courage to take this step."
She knew that calling herself an opposition party was too conservative, and legally she was naturally weaker than her mother.
But no matter what, she had to lead these people who relied on her instructions out and let them see the light - not just the blue sky outside the snow and fog, but also the universe that the nameless guest promised them, where humans once descended like gods.
The people of Beloberg are not just children of the City of Preservation - they are all descendants of the "Comet".
"I, I understand. I have asked Mr. Swarovski to come here and talk to everyone!"
Clara was almost crying with excitement.
After a brief moment of surprise and confusion, Kong also suppressed his "regret" that was overflowing with words.
It doesn’t matter. I can find another opportunity to get Haiya’s pass... no, passport, but the important thing is that Banya’s self-adjustment was so quick.
That self-destructive performance killed the game. Even if she started the Iron Guard recruitment ceremony right now, no one would think there was anything wrong.
"Huh, this could cost you your life..." Seele was impressed by Bronya's courage and admired her very much: "Although what you did before was similar."
In the public channel, Bronya whispered: "We don't have enough time and opportunity to persuade the ministers and guards of the upper echelons to side with me, and to make the residents underground trust the words of the Iron Guards' recruitment... the title of agent is not enough."
"…When my mother was still conscious, maybe she had anticipated that I would make this decision. I have a feeling that it was my mother who allowed me to go this far."
"Mr. Schwaro!"
Bronya's self-destruction seemed to be a bit too powerful, and it blew up Swarovski, who had been reluctant to show up.
The nominal boss of the mechanical settlement landed in front of the mechanical group, half-knelt on the ground, and looked at the de facto "boss" of the settlement. After confirming that her clothes were still neat and her snow-white soles were still spotlessly protected by the force field, he stood up and turned to Bronya and Natasha.
A very oppressive humanoid robot.
He was wearing an animal-skin coat, and the parts of his body looked a bit like a wolf, but the red mechanical single eye that seemed to be able to shoot directly into the depths of a person's soul still weakened the symbol of his humanity to the point that no one dared to further analyze it.
Kong had thought that Swarovski would be a machine-like brain in a vat or a Gestalt phantom with integrated thinking, otherwise he would not be able to control these mechas running around on the ground like bugs.
But in his opinion, this guy who seemed very mighty from the perspective of the Beloberg people was a bit ordinary... Of course, he was still handsome, but it was because of his handsomeness that he lacked "surprises".
"... Natasha, the leader of the Underworld, and Bronya Rand, the deputy Grand Guardian, have their identities confirmed... If you plan to restore the upper and lower network, then Beloberg will have an additional 5% chance of survival."
"But...you..."
Swarovski's red eyes swept across the entire train group, but only landed on Sora.
"You...Legion...Destruction...Outsider, you are a serious threat variable-"
214. Death will not find you when you are ready
In the mechanical voice that seemed to freeze one's soul, Swarlow revealed two pieces of information.
One - he could see the traces of blessing on Kong. Although he didn't know what means were used, there was no doubt that Kong and the bastards of the Antimatter Corps who were destroyed and spread out to cause trouble were the same in his eyes.
Two - unfortunately, he had fought in the shocking battle that almost turned the Yalilo-VI into cosmic dust. He had only one way, and only one way, to deal with the believers of destruction.
"Annihilation mode activated. Clara, get behind me."
"Eh?? This, big brother?"
Without even giving Bronya and Natasha time to react, Swarovski stretched out his mechanical arm that could easily kill a cow, and fired a red laser towards the air.
This was already an action that took into consideration the possibility of harming innocent people. Under the shawl-like coat, the missile launch nest firmly locked onto the biological signal of the sky, but did not fire immediately, for fear that the blast wave would involve Clara and the Great Guardian Agent.
With alarm bells ringing in his heart, Kong dodged his attack by moving sideways. From the time the robot locked onto him, to the time the yellow mark turned red, to the time the entire map was covered with red spots, it took only 0.5 seconds. He only dodged by instinct and was completely unprepared for this crazy identification of friend or foe.
When he turned around, he was already blocked by Asuna and Karin on his left and right. In front of him, Bronya, Natasha, and Seele all lined up to block all possible gunshots that could hit him, so that Swarovski's next attack would have to penetrate the chests of at least five people in front of him before he could reach Sora's position.
"What are you doing? He is the unknown guest!! He is Beloberg's VIP!" Bronya's shouting suddenly rose more than three degrees, becoming a little sharp.
Although she was confused by Swarovski's word "Legion", in any case, trying to assassinate their guests and consultants in front of the leaders of two violent organizations was tantamount to an undeclared war, and it would be a fight to the death.
At that moment, all the Iron Guards and Earth Fire aimed their weapons at the robot. If he made even one unfriendly preparatory move or opening attack, he would be shot into a sieve.
"Wait, Swarovski - I don't know how you can distinguish between me and the enemy, but I am not a lackey of the Legion. I was blessed by destruction but have never done anything beneficial to His faith. Don't treat me like those scumbags. This misunderstanding is a bit too big."
Although Sora really wanted to launch an excessive defensive counterattack against this stupid Iron Shell who had attacked him the moment they had a disagreement and had some signs of being out of control, he still tilted his rifle to the side and hurriedly called a halt to Haiya and Eula who were already planning their ultimate move on the public channel.
If these two of them were to kill Swarovski directly, he would be worse than a believer of destruction even if he was not one.
Although he was confused, a little annoyed, and a little bewildered, Sora was still able to handle emergencies. He quickly posted all of his "life stories" like pouring out beans. It was estimated that even the content of the marriage announcement on the website was not as detailed as he was.
"Look carefully, carefully - I not only have the blessing of destruction, but also wisdom, pioneering, and a little bit... uh, joy. I come here without any intention of practicing the will of destruction. It doesn't matter if you let me call destruction a jerk to my face."
"Stay away from Clara—"
But Kong's explanation didn't seem to make Swarovski intend to re-analyze the composition of his power. Or maybe as a surviving mecha of that war, there were only a few types of destiny power that he could recognize. Apart from the one for preservation, there was only the one for destruction. The destructive energy in Kong's body was so strong that... he had to put aside discussions with the Great Guardian's agent, a human with such a high priority, and had to transfer Clara immediately.
"Run away, Clara, it's the Legion - they're still active."
After saying this, the mechas that were originally surrounding Clara and Swarovski all had red lights in their eyes and rushed towards Kong, surrounding all the people around him in almost an instant.
"Mr. Swarovski——But, but that big brother looks like an ordinary person!"
The little girl tends to speak based on first impressions, and there is indeed no evil in Kong, so it is not possible to generate any hostility based on emotional judgment alone.
"Did something go wrong?"
"Cover retreat. No. 83272, release smoke screen, one round of rapid fire."
Without answering Clara's question that was so "innocent" that it was unreadable, after reading the number with a voice that was slightly more undulating than the inorganic voice of an ordinary machine, Svaro's missile launchers hidden in his shoulders, back and joints released more than a dozen small smoke bombs. The smoke seemed to have a blinding and tear-gas effect, which made Oleg, who was under pressure and ready to support Kong, stop moving forward.
The power of destiny in him was very weak, and he was basically unable to rely on that invisible blessing to resist the corrosion of chemical agents - the same was true for other earth fires.
However, some miners wearing masks and the Iron Guards, although they couldn't see clearly, still withstood the beating from the mechas. They charged towards Bronya, who was wielding a bayonet, and Seele, whose sickle had turned into a shape almost like a moon.
The battle continued in a way that no one had imagined.
What they thought would be a battle to regain mining rights and human rights from robots has turned into a battle to protect a guest who has been slandered - or may not be slandered.
And in order to protect this golden retriever, the leaders and cadres of the coalition forces filled it in without hesitation or questioning.
The soldiers may not be clear about what the believers of destruction mean, and some may not even hear clearly what Swarlow muttered, but this act of planting the seeds of doubt, even if it was only unintentional and overly vigilant, also caused a huge amount of trouble to the train crew.
"What kind of nonsense is that guy talking about? Who is the Legion? We are too late to make enemies with the Legion!!"
Sanyueqi slid to avoid a suicidal headbutt from a beetle and loudly appealed for Kong's grievances.
Obviously it was Kong who was slandered, but she was the one who was about to lose her little pearl. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became and the more she wanted to take action. She pulled out a handful of six-phase ice arrows from the roots of her legs, and inserted them into the gaps in the shells of those mechas like sharp rapiers, not forgetting to twist them a few times to fully break the circuits inside.
Xi'er's afterimage also passed by her, cursing continuously -
"This is the worst excuse I've heard this year!! The Antimatter Legion? If those things that were frozen hundreds of years ago come back, would they have to resort to trickery to get close to us?"
Reasonable voices were in the majority, and those who had fought alongside Sora, both men and women, supported him.
They were unwilling to believe that Sora had gone to such great lengths to act as an undercover agent and trick the eldest daughter of the City Builders into coming down to reestablish relations, just to set off a big firework for Beloberg - especially Bronya herself who firmly believed that Sora was misunderstood. If he wanted to set off a big firework, the "monster" dressed as a maid behind him would have done it long ago - no mechanical core would work.
Of course, it may also be related to Swarlow's continued inhumanity... although he is not a human being in the first place.
"March, this is indeed a misunderstanding - but I have no choice but to convince the locals that we have no bad intentions."
Having experienced several injustices and misunderstandings, Kongmian's anger turned into numbness. He picked up a big axe from the void and, together with Eula's wildly dancing big sword, scraped and blew away the smoke.
"It's too troublesome to explain... I can only use even more violence to convince people that we are not those lunatics from the Antimatter Corps."
It's easy to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. As a time traveler, Kong doesn't want to be the unlucky guy who gets ruined endlessly while refuting a rumor.
There are two options. One is to discredit the person who spread the rumor.
The other option is not suitable for ordinary people, but Kong, as an "old monster", can use it.
That is to prove that there is no need to work as hard as the rumors say - if you want to do bad things, just do it, as easy as eating and drinking water.
……
"It's almost time."
In the Lakairam-class Gunakuli, a brigadier general held a clipboard and floated in the vacuum with his son - staring intently at the huge humanoid creature covered with a dust sheet in front of them.
In this hangar, apart from them and a mechanic who had already set up all the parameters, the other battleship sailors and MS pilots who should have been busy did not show up.
In tacit understanding, they all avoided this place and waited for the final few seconds of countdown somewhere else.
"...You suddenly called me over under the pretext of militia training, and brought me to see this Gustav... What was that for? Can you tell me now?"
"…Hathavi, do you think the dead can be resurrected?"
Brigadier General Noah did not answer his son's question immediately, but asked him a question in return.
"Dad...when did you become superstitious?"
Even through his helmet, Brad could feel his son's hair curling up like question marks.
But the strange thing was that in his helpless tone, which seemed like he had heard that Laozi believed in the immortal, there was also a hint of strange vigilance.
Brad wondered if Hathaway was worried that he would recruit him into the army, so he was nervous. But his consideration was simple, he wanted his son to witness his decision to fall.
But it can also be said that it was the most selfish and stupid decision he had ever made in all his years of service in the Federal Army.
"... Let's not talk about that. I just want you to witness me taking this mobile suit away."
“Uh, sorry, Dad, I didn’t hear you clearly…can you say it again?”