"G-General Kalani?" Overawed by the commanding entrance, he did not know what to say for a moment.
This robot had the same triangular electronic sensors as other T-series tactical robots, but its head was more three-dimensional and its body more upright. Its black outer armor was adorned with elaborate gold patterns, giving it an extraordinary air.
It stood amid the surrounding robots with its hands behind its back, flanked by four IG-100 guard droids wielding electrostaffs. That display alone inspired a fear so profound that one hardly dared look directly at it.
It was difficult to imagine such presence coming from a robot. The last time Sanji Rush had felt such an aura from one had been when he watched General Grievous from afar at a meeting on Raxus Prime. That oppressive feeling had nearly suffocated him.
But who was General Grievous? The Supreme Military Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems!!
And now, another robot called General Kalani had appeared, carrying the same kind of presence?
Most importantly, that feeling—the deliberate yet seemingly casual posture and positioning—those details were absolutely not something a robot acting solely according to programming could achieve.
Could this robot actually be a sentient being?
As Sanji Rush wavered in shock and uncertainty, General Kalani had already approached. Step by step, it walked before the throne, looked down at Rush seated upon it, and spoke in a deep, steady electronic voice. "I am General Kalani. By Count Dooku's order, I have come to replace your incompetent command. Now, report the situation."
"Watch your words!! You are speaking to the King of Onderon!!" a stern-looking middle-aged man in his fifties shouted from the side.
He was General Akhenaten Tandin, the Supreme Military Commander of the Onderon system.
In fact, General Tandin had served the previous king,