Cain seized the moment when the Reflection was staggered by a heavy sniper round and let his weapon scrape across the thermal blade. He felt the thermal blade cut through his breastplate, its heat reaching him through the lining beneath his armor.
But the risk paid off. Cain successfully drove the sacred sword into the Reflection's shoulder. The force field on the sacred sword shredded layer after layer of iridium alloy armor, severing one of the Reflection's arms.
The Reflection did not seem to be in any pain. He backhanded Commissar Cain away with his ion cannon, then fired a rapid series of ion blasts at where he landed.
"Ah..." A sharp pain throbbed through Commissar Cain's chest. He felt as if his bones were about to crack.
Cain hit the ground and rolled swiftly, evading the attacks. He did not know whether he could pull it off, but if he wanted to live, he had to try.
The sizzling sound of ion weapons striking reached him, yet Cain saw no molten holes from ion impacts near him. Instead, a massive shadow loomed over him.
Cain looked up and saw Tech-Priest Delia standing before him, holding a Reflection warrior's head in her hand.
"Whew... Thank you so much."
"If you are willing to undergo augmentation, I could give you some enhancements."
Commissar Cain looked Delia over as she was now, then politely declined.
"I think I'm quite fine as I am."
Delia chuckled, then began slaughtering with the weapons formed from the mechanical beasts on her body.
What a bunch of weirdos... That was the only thought in Cain's mind. Looking back on his past days, he had been dragged into every sort of brawl between monsters, and he had always been the unlucky bastard stuck at the center of