Chapter 1385: Balance Broken
"What is going on!?"
The First Legion Commander, Reinhardt of the Spear of the Holy Emperor, and the Third Legion Commander, Feto of the Shield of the Order, found the situation before them impossible to understand.
A Mechanical Life that clearly appeared to be only at the level of an Elite Knight had actually killed a Mythical Body in a single strike.
Although the Mask Artisan had been in a relatively weakened state while fleeing, it was still a Mythical Body. Only an attack that reached the Rule Layer could kill it completely.
Even stranger was this:
The Mechanical Life and the Mask Artisan had been allies. Why were they killing each other?
As the two stood shocked, the oil-leaking machine turned its head toward them.
"Non-Otherworldly London resident detected. Mythical level. Threat level relatively high! Immediate elimination!"
Feeling the red light emitted by the Mechanical Eye, both Holy Knights felt as though they stood at death's edge.
Reinhardt gritted his teeth and poured every bit of energy he could muster into the Spiral Spear.
Crackle, crackle—golden holy light surged around the spearhead like lightning serpents.
He took a broad step forward and assumed an extremely standard throwing stance, one capable of unleashing maximum force.
Perhaps the approaching death had stimulated him, drawing out all his potential.
For an instant, Reinhardt even felt as though he were holding the Spear of Longinus that had killed Jesus. Waves of red light spread across the Spiral Spear's surface, and several lines of Forbidden Holy Script even appeared.
"Die!"
"Threat level exceeds estimated value. Activating annihilation mode."
"Domain Expansion."
Buzz... An invisible domain spread out from the Mechanical Life. Faint green Program Code could be seen flowing across the ground.
From the outside, nothing seemed to change.
Yet in