"Boom!!!"
The sea beneath her feet and the clouds in the sky were swept clean in a circle by that city-destroying strike. Even the ocean surface was forced downward, tearing apart the creatures hidden in the deep sea along with it.
"Splash..." Only after a long while did the sea surface close again.
"Ha... ha... ha..."
Her wings hung dimly behind her back as the Fourth Herrscher swept her gaze across the surroundings, searching for that nightmare-like colossal shadow.
Nothing.
The area was completely empty. Did that mean she had destroyed it?
She should have done that from the beginning...
"Bang!" Cold alloy pressed against her skin.
A familiar, immense force came from her shoulder. This time, she could not resist at all. Her wings and arms were...
Forcibly torn off.
Lin sat in the cockpit, silently watching the Fourth Herrscher fall toward the sea.
The battle was over.
Traitor
Lin stepped out of the cockpit and jumped onto the Titan's upturned palms.
The waves were still churning viciously. Lin looked up at the blazing sun revealed by the dispersed clouds, then lowered his head to look at the armless Fourth Herrscher lying on the Titan's arm.
Delta had not lied to Lin. He had indeed strengthened the Titan's arm output.
Originally, the Fourth Herrscher should have been torn in half outright. But this time, the Herrscher's body was strong enough to cripple the Titan from the waist down with one punch, so he could only tear her joints apart.
Of course, Lin had never intended to kill her outright.
The Fourth Herrscher differed greatly from the first three Herrschers. Both the way she had been born and her increased humanity had given Lin many suspicions.
"Click."
Lin drew his pistol, chambered a round, and walked up to the Fourth