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"What was that sound?"
The dozen or so Players following more than ten meters behind Lee Stein also heard the strange noise.
They had been secretly delighted, debating whether to open fire first to mooch points or look for chances to finish off enemies, but now they shuddered and stopped in their tracks.
The sound came from above their heads!
They instinctively looked up, their mouths silently falling open into O-shapes.
It was a massive metal case that Lee Stein had brought with him. They had seen it earlier.
But now, countless seams had opened across the metal case. All kinds of intricately constructed components separated, flying up and down as they rapidly assembled, combined, and transformed.
A head, a chest, two arms, and... gun barrels, gun barrels, gun barrels, gun barrels...
Countless gun barrels of varying lengths pointed in every direction!
At every moment, they proclaimed to everyone that this was a savage instrument of slaughter.
"My God! What the hell is that?"
"This is way too over-the-top!"
"Is Lee Stein trying to blow up all of New York?"
"Oh my God! Holy shit!"
It was not just these Players who were terrified. Even the fleeing civilians had stopped dead in their tracks, too frightened to move.
There were simply too many gun barrels. Not only did the robot itself have them, but many floated around it as well. Centered on this upper-body-only robot, gun barrels covered nearly every direction. No matter what angle one looked at the half-bodied robot from, it felt as though gun barrels were aimed directly at them.
The Hammer Steel Soldiers had not specifically targeted them yet, so being struck by bullets or artillery fire had only been a matter of accidental collateral damage. But if this robot opened fire, everyone present would