Loli's Roar

Does anyone know what could be more terrifying than being carried on the shoulder of a Superwoman running at 210 kilometers per hour for three hours?

Then let me tell you: it was when that Superwoman raised her speed to 300 kilometers per hour.

Lin Xue and I were both amazed that we had actually survived. At first, I thought I would suffocate to death in winds of 300 kilometers per hour, but reality proved that humanity's survival instincts could always unleash miraculous strength—though Lin Xue and I were both suffering from fairly severe oxygen deprivation.

We were dizzy, sore all over, and every joint and muscle in our bodies felt as stiff as if they had been filled with cement. Even the slightest movement made us grimace in pain. After facing 300-kilometer-per-hour winds for three hours, every strand of our hair stood straight backward, while the fat and muscles on our faces had been seriously displaced, piling up around our ears in rippling folds. We looked at each other, then were both startled by the stranger in front of us...

"Y-your... sister... is amazing..." Lin Xue stammered.

"...It's good to be alive..."

I just couldn't understand it. Why was Pandora, who normally cared so much about my safety, so careless at a time like this? Didn't she realize that, as a Carbon-Based Lifeform, her big brother couldn't be compared to a Shilin Apostle? Or had Pandora simply decided this was some kind of fun game?

Thinking about the interests of that strange loli with hidden violent tendencies, that really was possible...

After resting on the ground for about ten minutes, Lin Xue and I finally struggled to our feet and began observing our surroundings.

We had reached the edge of the forest. Ahead lay a deep valley, from which explosions and roars constantly echoed. Pandora, now in combat mode, was quietly watching the valley below.

Lin Xue and I shuffled over to Pandora with zombie-like steps and looked down as well.

The moment we saw it, Lin Xue and I both sucked in a breath.

Magical beasts. The entire valley was filled with every kind of magical beast! They formed a dense black mass like a surging black tide. Although I couldn't name any of them, their enormous size and the colorful spells they kept unleashing, complete with light and sound effects, made it obvious that any one of them would be a disaster on Earth no less terrifying than Godzilla. In the midst of that vast horde of magical beasts, around fifty Shilin Warriors were surrounded. Most of their bodies had transformed into massive weapons, making them look like humanoid tanks. The disparity was like a small boat that could capsize at any moment amid towering floodwaters. Although the Shilin Warriors who had become Humanoid Weapons possessed terrifying offensive power and formidable defenses, against the overwhelming numbers of magical beasts, their defeat was only a matter of time. I could even imagine the moment their energy ran out, when hungry magical beasts would swallow them whole—and even the scene afterward, when the beasts got diarrhea... Ahem, I was overthinking it.

Although it was the first time either of us had seen such a scene, Lin Xue, who had known absolutely nothing about it before, was clearly even more shocked than I was. She stared dumbfounded at the fifty futuristic soldiers desperately fighting the magical beast army. Only after a long while did she come back to her senses, look at me as if I were a monster, and blurt out, "Are you really an emperor?"

I nodded.

"You're not planning to conquer Earth, are you?"

Pandora's eyes flashed as she listened in—what the hell were you getting excited about, you little war maniac?!

To keep Lin Xue, whose thoughts were already running wild, from throwing me onto humanity's opposing side, I hurriedly tried to distract her. Turning to Pandora, I said, "Pandora, do you have a plan? There are so many magical beasts. They won't be easy to deal with..."

Pandora nodded lightly and replied, "Can handle them."

...Was a Shilin General's combat power really that absurd?

It wasn't just me. Lin Xue also looked utterly unconvinced. But Pandora said nothing more. Instead, she pressed a hand beside her ear. With a "zzzt," the green visor on her face retracted.

Under Lin Xue's and my puzzled gazes, Pandora crossed her hands over her chest and slowly bent down. At the same time, waves of sizzling sounds, like flowing electricity, came from inside her body, proving that Pandora was working to compress her immense energy.

Why did that pose look so much like powering up in a fighting game?

After nearly ten seconds, Pandora seemed to have finally finished powering up... Ahem, charging. She suddenly straightened, swiftly rose about half a meter off the ground, and at the same time, small jet nozzles extended from every joint of her silver-white armor, spewing fierce, high-temperature flames. The heat was so intense that Lin Xue and I had to retreat several steps before we could barely endure it.

Pandora floated in the air and took a deep breath. Immediately, three circular patterns over ten meters across, radiating dazzling red light, appeared in the air about a meter in front of her, arranged in a triangular formation. Their complex structures inevitably reminded me of the magic circles in fantasy novels.

With Pandora's piercing scream, the three enormous red energy arrays flared with blinding light. The next second, dark-red beams surged from the arrays and shot toward the magical beast horde below, accompanied by a deep, chilling hum...

In the dazzling light, Lin Xue and I involuntarily closed our eyes. All we could hear was thunderous roaring and the miserable howls of magical beasts being slaughtered in droves.

That single strike directly wiped out one-third of the magical beast horde, along with the complete collapse of more than half the valley.

Only then did I understand why Pandora had risen into the air and activated her small jet engines—the recoil from such a powerful energy discharge had to be terrifying. If she had unleashed it while standing on the ground, the earth beneath our feet would probably have completely collapsed by now.

Lin Xue's trembling voice came from beside me. "Chen Jun, you really won't attack humanity, right?"

I was practically crying. "Miss Lin, I really am human..."

Pandora's attack had produced an extremely obvious effect. After taking such a devastating blow, the magical beasts immediately fell into disarray. No matter how intelligent they were, they were still beasts. Faced with an overwhelmingly powerful enemy they could not resist, they instantly lost their will to fight. The hastily assembled magical beast army began a total rout. Since more than half the valley had collapsed, the thousands upon thousands of magical beasts could only flee in one direction. Countless beasts were trampled to death or injured in the process. Fortunately, those fifty or so Shilin Warriors had risen into the air beforehand. Otherwise, our rescue effort would have turned into murder by proxy...

Pandora, who had rendered great service, quietly walked over to my side. Numerous heat vents had opened in her silver-white armor, blowing out hot air with a whooshing sound—this girl really was an energy guzzler.

I curiously touched Pandora's hair—scalding hot!

"Pandora, what was that move just now? Its power was way too ridiculous, wasn't it?" Looking at the valley, which resembled the aftermath of the apocalypse, I couldn't help clicking my tongue.

Pandora raised a sign she had somehow produced from nowhere. Two large words were written on it: "Helium Flash."

After that scream just now, the girl could no longer speak.

Helium Flash? I thought it was called Loli's Roar...

After the magical beast horde finally vanished from our sight amid clouds of dust, the fifty Shilin Warriors who had narrowly escaped death came over to us.