Inside the Firmament Hall, the piercing alarms abruptly fell silent.
Rama-Tut's expression turned livid. The brief dead silence caused by the central control system going offline seemed to freeze even the air.
Then he suddenly waved his hand, pulling open a light screen as he issued an order. "Activate the backup core, now!!"
"Second control core activating..."
Deep within the temple, a long-dormant sealed chamber lit up with a roar. A spherical control device identical to the previous one began connecting to the temple system.
This was Rama-Tut's backup control core, intended as an emergency countermeasure should the original main system become paralyzed.
As the backup core began operating, the chaotic energy flows and defense systems throughout the temple gradually settled. Everything seemed to have returned to the Pharaoh's control.
Yet just as Rama-Tut let out half a breath of relief, an even sharper alarm suddenly blared!
"Warning. Unknown intrusion detected..."
"Threat level: unknown..."
"Type: unknown..."
"Conducting further analysis..."
Data on the light screen flickered wildly, the crimson glow representing the source of the intrusion reflected in the Pharaoh's pupils.
"Damn it..."
Rama-Tut growled, then abruptly turned to look at the troublesome ants before him. His face was filled with fury. These ants were delaying him!
There was no time to keep wasting here!
Cyclops Scott, Black Panther T'Challa, and Panther God Buster were tangled up with Marcus alongside Nurr. Nearby, the cane possessed by Aurora was still trembling endlessly in midair, seemingly maintaining a psychic link with somewhere far away in the central control room.
"Not bad fighting spirit, Nurr!"
Marcus knocked aside Nurr's punch and said coldly, "But it isn't enough, nowhere near enough! You're still too weak!"
"Boom!"
Before his words had even faded, Marcus swung a backhanded punch, slamming Nurr solidly into the ground. The hard