Monarch Knight, Rebirth

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Li Qinwu did not yet know what the Big Gretchinism he had created to drive a wedge between the Gretchins and Orks would become in the future. At that moment, he had already awakened from the bed in his Hideout.

Holding the Black Needle, he hesitated over whether to inject himself with it. But thinking of his string of failures gave him something like PTSD.

As he hesitated, his personal terminal rang, and Tech-Priest Busi's voice entered his ears.

"Good news, sir. Your two Knight Mechs have been repaired. Would you like to come take a look?"

Li Qinwu's eyes lit up. He had just learned from the Gretchins that Three Hands was building a giant mech, and he had been worrying about having nothing capable of opposing it. Now his Knight Mechs were repaired!

He immediately sorted out his gear, put on a set of Standard Power Armor, boarded a Shuttle, and flew toward the Titan Temple.

The Shuttle flew straight to the fitting workshop. Li Qinwu jumped down from it and followed Tech-Priest Busi into a factory hall.

At the very center of the hall stood a Knight Mech fifteen meters tall—the King-class Knight Li Qinwu had captured on Glory Star!

The Monarch Knight Mech was the largest and most robust type among Knight Mechs. Standing there, it resembled a small mobile fortress.

This Monarch Knight had previously been severely damaged, nearly scrapped. Li Qinwu had even burned it once, leaving its paintwork charred black. It had looked utterly miserable.

But now, it had been repaired to pristine condition, its entire body covered in thick, sturdy Adamantium armor.

And at Li Qinwu's request, the Monarch Knight Mech's paintwork had been changed to gold.

Black longswords, Imperial Aquilas, the