"Yes! Lord Machine Demon! Locating your coordinates. The command will take effect in five seconds. We'll Warp a Hunter squad to you immediately!"
A reply quickly came through the communicator, followed by a rapid clatter of controls.
Clearly, they had realized it too.
Their vice president, Machine Demon, had evidently encountered an urgent crisis on this outing!
"Notify Area 41 immediately! Unseal every Hunter in the area! Emergency orders! The Warp device has been activated. Proceed to the designated assembly point at once!"
Inside the Demon Association.
Servants in black robes and tricorn hats issued orders in rapid succession, their eyes grim.
Hiss, hiss-
Throughout Area 41, viscous fluid drained from container after container. The Hunters sealed inside were activated one after another, receiving their orders instantly as red lights flashed urgently in their eyes with a series of beeps.
Within mere minutes, a densely packed force of Hunters had assembled.
"Hunter forces assembled... Void Fold-Jump Device activating... target coordinates confirmed..."
"Deployment authorization... highest clearance... deployment requested by: Machine Demon..."
"Deploying..."
Bzzzt-
As the cold synthesized voice echoed throughout the factory, enormous machinery began to rumble.
The very next instant, dazzling blue light enveloped every assembled Hunter.
Their bodies immediately turned ethereal.
"Void fold-jump activated-emergency transit in progress-"
"Engage-"
In an instant, every Hunter vanished from the Demon Association's Area 41.
Meanwhile.
In the wilderness outside Wandering Soul Alley, Lynn lowered the communicator in his hand and flashed a pearly-white grin at Machine Demon as he fled in the distance.
Every mechanical component on the terrified Machine Demon's body began flashing and beeping.
That bastard...
That bastard had thrown all human decency away!!
"Don't come here! None of you come here!! That wasn't me talking to you just now!!"
He roared, but it was already too late.
He immediately felt