Clang—
As if some restriction had been lifted, the metal armor began crashing down in sheets. Texas and the Blacksteel International operators scattered out of the way.
Boom—
The heavy shell shattered the exhibition center's floor tiles, sending broken ceramic and marble flying. Everyone's eyes twitched. So the monster's armor had been this heavy.
The Blacksteel International operators stared in shock and uncertainty at the "girl" nearby as she sheathed her sword, all of them drawing sharp breaths.
How had she cut through armor that thick with a single slash?
Just then, the Cerberus—no, it should be called a two-headed hound now—moved.
Freed of its heavy metal shell, the monster raised its heads high, then opened both mouths and roared at once.
Roar—
This roar differed from the earlier ones. As the sound waves spread, everyone was struck by unbearable pain.
Bai Ye, farther from the monster, frowned. The piercing sound waves were like fingernails scraping across a blackboard, making even his eardrums ache.
"Cover your ears!"
The Blacksteel International squad captain shouted. Their communications devices had been disrupted, so they could only communicate this way.
Aside from the operators whose eardrums had ruptured under the sound waves and begun bleeding, everyone else covered their ears.
About half a minute later, the monster stopped roaring.
The operators closest to the two-headed hound had already fallen unconscious. It was a terrifying sonic attack, practically a spell-like ability, similar to the second-circle divine spell [Sound Burst].
Ignoring those operators who had temporarily lost their combat ability, the monster locked onto Bai Ye with its remaining two heads.
Four pairs of scarlet mechanical eyes fixed themselves on Bai Ye. With a roar, the monster charged at the boy standing nearby.
"Watch out!"
Astesia, standing to Bai Ye's right, had just recovered from the