[Thud!]
The all-metal baseball bat sent a robot flying in an instant amid a Sound Explosion.
The sheer force launched it backward like a cannonball, where it self-destructed and knocked down even more robots.
However.
The robots before Bard stretched as far as the eye could see, charging forward in endless waves.
The incoming laser beams were as dense as raindrops.
He could only stand alone before the gates of Neo Heroes Headquarters, stopping them from getting any closer.
Strange.
Hadn't they already captured Fukuchi alive and defeated A, Erimin, and Destro?
And where was Ryumon?
That was indeed what had happened, but another unexpected development had occurred after they sent the message.
Bard and Ryumon had sustained serious injuries before barely managing to deal with those four.
But just after contacting the Hero Association, they encountered Hellfire Snive and Zedats, who had arrived on the scene.
One was the leader of the Otherworld Reincarnation Cult, while the other was one of the world's top capitalists. Both had undergone over ninety percent modification and possessed strength comparable to S-Class heroes.
They had also brought a large number of robots.
Bard and Ryumon could only fight while enduring their exhaustion and injuries.
Before long, despite Ryumon's efforts, he finally collapsed from exhaustion and fell unconscious, filled with unwillingness.
Fukuchi also escaped amid the chaos.
Unable to spare any attention for him, Bard could only muster his fighting spirit and drive Hellfire Snive and Zedats out of the building first, ensuring the battle that followed would not affect Ryumon.
That was how the blood-soaked Metal Bat came to be locked in a desperate battle against two modified humans and an army of robots.
But.
Although he possessed a miraculous constitution that made him braver with every battle, and gave him greater fighting