If Shinji Ikari and Ritsuko Akagi had been on the surface of Tokyo-3 at that moment, they would have seen an enormous spider-like creature striding into the city center on its long legs.
The fortress city, packed with firepower, lay deathly silent. Only the fighter jets from Fuchu Base fired missiles from high above, but their hits produced nothing more than a few sparks on the giant creature.
Rain Angel
This was Matarael, the Tenth Angel the Elders called the Rain Angel. It resembled a gigantic spider, its single body shaped like an upside-down turtle shell.
Matarael was far larger than an EVA. Even with its four long, rigid, spike-like legs bent to support it on the ground, it stood over four hundred meters tall. Its body bore nine patterns resembling human eyes.
The red spherical organ characteristic of Angels was nowhere to be seen on its exterior. Clearly, its core was internal.
The blue eye beneath Matarael's body was the most expressive of all. With eyebrows and eyelashes, it might have been quite beautiful, but orange-yellow liquid was seeping from its socket.
It looked somewhat like LCL, but it was certainly no vibrant water of life. The metal ground of Tokyo-3 corroded in an instant.
The big eye
"Attack method confirmed-directed spray of highly concentrated acid!" The voice of a surface watch officer came through the terminal, distinctly urgent.
"It took only five minutes to dissolve three armor layers. The fourth! The fifth! It's breaking through faster. At this rate, it'll penetrate all twenty-four defensive layers in twenty minutes."
"This is bad." Misato Katsuragi and her three assistants all knew the situation was critical. Even Asuka and Rei Ayanami, who had been standing by farther away, turned toward the command station.
Gendo Ikari adjusted his sunglasses. "Fuyutsuki, I'll leave