Chapter 102

Shil is usually absent-minded and can't do anything right.

However, she possesses extremely high assassin talent.

When it comes to engaging in killing, they are at their calmest and most decisive.

"Instead of trying to run away, you actually came out on your own? How delightful!"

"There's another little girl here, isn't she coming along?"

Seeing Shil step forward on her own initiative, Zank was incredibly surprised. He had thought they would be like the other women, hiding there to be beheaded by him.

They actually came out on their own initiative...

No, that's not right.

Suddenly, Zank sensed something was wrong with the woman in front of him. Her aura, that chilling killing intent, was definitely not something an ordinary person would possess.

Even so, Zank didn't care much; instead, he became even more excited.

"Interesting."

"Let me see what you're thinking. Huh? How come you're not thinking about anything?"

Zank activated one of the Imperial Arms' abilities—mind-reading—but found that he couldn't figure out what the woman in front of him was thinking; she didn't seem to have any other thoughts at all.

"Zanck the Headhunter..."

Shil truly had no ideas; at this moment, she was almost a completely different person from usual, a natural-born killer.

This is one of the reasons why Nadjeshda sent her to fight Zank with Clara. Compared to the others, Shil, once in battle, completely ignored mind reading and was driven solely by her killing instinct.

Then, the girl picked up the giant scissor-like Imperial Arm with both hands, severing everything in two [Soul-Stirring], and took the initiative to meet Zank as he approached.

Chapter 42 Automaton Soldier Squad

Shil wielded her weapon and slashed at Zank with incredible speed. Her scissor-shaped Imperial Arm could cut through anything in the world.

However, it seems that only the inner blade can achieve this. The tip and outer side of the [Sever All Things] scissors seem to be similar to normal weapons, so neither stabbing nor slashing can achieve the effect of cutting through iron like mud.

The next second, Shil's attack missed completely, as if Zank had anticipated her attack and dodged it in advance.

And seizing the opportunity, he slashed Shil's neck with a knife.

Sensing danger, Shil quickly changed the position of her Imperial Arm, holding it horizontally to her neck, thus blocking the attack.

Because of the high hardness of the Imperial Arms in her hands, she can defend against the vast majority of attacks, even Imperial Arm gunshots and the heavy punches of Living Imperial Arms.

Unfortunately, this Imperial Arms only has these two basic abilities, which are very simple.

In the next few exchanges, even though Shil was completely in killer mode, killing instinctively without any thought or intention, he still managed to kill.

However, Zank always managed to anticipate her attacks and retaliate decisively. After several exchanges, Shil hadn't managed to injure Zank in the slightest; instead, she herself had several wounds.

Fortunately, Clara had given her the Preservation Light Cone, so her clothes were torn in a few places, but her skin was not scratched.

In short, Shil was also completely suppressed by Zank.

Even though Shil felt that her attack seemed to have been seen through, and tried to change her tactics, it still had no effect.

Zank can still anticipate her movements.

"Hahaha, this is the real Imperial Arm! I am the real Imperial Arm user. Even if you have an Imperial Arm, even if you don't care or want it, so what if I can't see what you're thinking?"

"I can still anticipate all your attacks."

Zank grinned wickedly, then intensified his attack, launching an even more brutal assault on Shil.

This Imperial Arm is indeed very powerful, but it also depends on the physical abilities of the user. Fortunately, Zank is also extremely skilled.

Although he cannot compare to the people of the King of Fighters Temple, he is far superior to ordinary people, so he can make good use of the power of this Imperial Arm.

"Sister Shil!"

Seeing Shil's situation, Clara naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.

However, Clara did not ask Mr. Svarog for help, but instead chose other companions.

The next moment, more than a dozen Automaton Soldier appeared out of thin air around her, including war dogs, spiders, grizzly bears, beetles, and even some Automaton Soldier that Clara herself had created, such as Blue Rabbit and Automaton Soldier.

These are all Clara's recent achievements.

"Please, everyone."

Clara retrieved the robots from the system space, immediately waking them up and then asking her mechanical friends for help.

[Instructions received!]

[Power on... Protection... Clara...]

[Target locked.]

Upon hearing Clara's request, the Automaton Soldier all activated their combat modes, locked onto Zank, and charged forward.

The reason she didn't let Mr. Svarog take direct action was that she wanted to see the data on how the Automaton Soldier dealt with the Teigu users.

This will also serve as a reference for the future performance of the Mechanical Legion fighting in large groups.

"Huh? What..."

Zank had just seized the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to Shil when a mechanical eagle grabbed his head.

In this situation, he had no choice but to abandon his attack and block the mechanical eagle's attack.

The next moment, all the other Automaton Soldier surrounded him.

"..."

Zank continued to fight these Mechanical Construct, a surge of anger rising within him, utterly bewildered. Everything was fine just a moment ago; where did these iron lumps come from?!

More importantly, facing the iron lump... his attack methods were greatly reduced.

He prefers beheading humans to these steel monsters.

Even the feel of chopping was very uncomfortable for him; the mechanical metal bodies caused cracks to quickly appear in the short knife in his hand.

The Imperial All-Seeing Eyes "Observer" possesses five abilities: Hole Vision, Far Vision, X-ray Vision, Future Vision, and Illusion Vision.

They can respectively see into people's hearts, observe the distance, penetrate blindness, see the future, and cast illusions.

At this moment, mind reading, clairvoyance, and illusions become completely ineffective when dealing with these mechanical creatures.

After all, the Automaton Soldier are unaffected by his illusions.

"Why?"

Shil was also stunned for a moment. Looking at the Mechanical Construct that had taken over her task and was ganging up on Zank, she regained her dazed look and touched her head.

"Zank's Teigu is too troublesome, but my robot friend happens to be immune to some of his abilities." Clara walked slowly to Shil's side and explained the situation to her.

"Oh."

Shil nodded, noticing that Zank, whom she had struggled to handle earlier, was now just as flustered as she had been.

He was being attacked by more than a dozen Mechanical Construct; he couldn't keep up, he simply couldn't.

Even if you could see it, his body couldn't keep up.

These robots have no sense of righteousness whatsoever.

Finally, Zank couldn't take it anymore and used the power of his Imperial Arm to try to escape. He didn't want to fight these metal lumps; it was not only unpleasant but also very frustrating.

However, just as he was desperately trying to break free from the encirclement of the Mechanical Construct, the prepared Shil appeared in front of him. Under the blinding white light of the Imperial Arm, Zank didn't even have time to observe. In the instant he subconsciously closed his eyes... the giant scissors slashed down at him.

Pfft!

With the sound of blood gushing out.

Zanck the Headhunter, but Shil then beheaded him with a single blow!

Zank's head rolled several meters on the ground, and even now his eyes were wide open.

Looking at his headless corpse, he still had a pleased expression.

It was so pleasurable. It wasn't just the act of beheading others that brought him pleasure; it turned out that being beheaded himself was also incredibly pleasurable.

Then he completely lost consciousness...

"Sorry."

After successfully beheading Zank, Shil instinctively apologized to him. Regardless of who the enemy was, she always did this after killing someone—it was a habitual reaction.

At this moment, the Automaton Soldier War Dog received the command, walked up to Zank's head, picked up the Imperial Arm from his head, and returned to Clara's side.

The target was defeated, and the Imperial Arm was successfully retrieved.

However, looking at the bloody Imperial Arms in the war hound's mouth, Clara couldn't bring herself to pick it up. She decided to wait until she got back, clean it, and then study it.

Now that the operation is over, it's time to go back.

"Sister Shil, let's go back."

Clara glanced at Shil, who was still looking down and seemingly lost in thought, and offered a reminder.

"Oh, okay."

"It's over. I can finally go back to sleep."

Shil snapped out of his daze upon hearing this, rubbed his eyes, and realized it was quite late.

Just as Clara was preparing to put all the extra Automaton Soldier into hibernation mode, put them into the system space, and then return together, an unexpected incident occurred.

"Wait, stop..."

"Stop right there, all of you!"

"Woof woof woof!!"

Just then, a girl's voice rang out, accompanied by the sound of a dog barking.

Clara and Shil stopped in their tracks upon hearing the voice and instinctively looked in the direction it came from. They then saw a girl in a school uniform with a high ponytail leading a strange little dog towards them.

Looking at the scene before her, especially the combination of a person and a dog, Clara felt a sense of familiarity.

The girl wore a bright silver and black-and-white armor uniform, seemingly a type of Security Forces. She had a delicate, pretty face, a playful high ponytail, and a very unfriendly mutated white dog.

A name popped into Clara's mind.

Seryu Ubiquitas

He belongs to the Imperial Capital Security Force and is the apprentice of the garrison captain, "Ouka the Demon".

A very cute-looking rebel named Night Raid who idolizes his own so-called "justice" and considers himself to be one. He harbors extreme hatred for "evil" because his parents and master were killed, but his heart is actually twisted.

He possesses the biological Teigu "Kibi: Hundred-Handed Giant".

More importantly, in the original story, Shil was killed by her, and Chelsea's body was eaten by her dog after her death.

That is, the little white dog she was walking.

Although it looks small in normal times, it is actually an extremely terrifying Imperial Arm.

"Tell me, who are you? What happened here?"

Seryu ran over with her white dog, Little Bee, her gaze falling on the decapitated corpse of Zank, then noticing the mechanical creatures around Clara. She immediately began to question him seriously.

Some time ago, her most respected master Ouka, was killed at night. Later, she learned that it was Night Raid and she took this matter very seriously.

The recent Zanck the Headhunter has caused quite a stir again.

From a young age, she was taught to be the embodiment of justice, and naturally, she couldn't allow such things to continue. Therefore, for the past few nights, she had been searching for Zank and the assassins of the Night Raid.

But they gained nothing.

Today was supposed to be the same; she was all set to go home, but unexpectedly, she actually discovered something.

She sized up the two girls in front of her; both the Teigu in Shil's hand and the robot beside Clara indicated that they were not ordinary people.

"Huh? What's going on here?"

Shil didn't know how to answer Seryu's question, completely unprepared for the appearance of the Security Forces at this moment.

Clara was also quite helpless, as it just so happened that this happened at this time.