"There were no abnormalities on surveillance. Shura's energy was only 5% remaining. Confirm entering combat readiness?"
"Confirmed. After all... it's Solomon."
"If you encountered an enemy, alone and by yourself, what would you do?" In the long alleyway, Mu Fan walked through the shadows, his footsteps utterly silent.
"Calculating the optimal course, of course I'd use the strongest method and end it in one blow," Black said matter-of-factly.
"So, what if the other side uses high-damage weapons?"
"Understood."
Black felt both emotional and gratified. It had witnessed every transformation Mu Fan had undergone, from youthful inexperience to maturity and then seasoned composure.
Humans truly were the species with the greatest evolutionary potential in this universe.
As Black reflected, it faithfully carried out the command to perfection.
Five kilometers outside the town, a five-meter-square black passage opened in the lift deck atop an unremarkable Cargo Ship.
A black mecha standing silently appeared in the depths of that pitch-black passage. Fine cracks covered its entire body, making it resemble a warrior returned from countless battles.
When the blazing sunlight reached deep into the dark opening, the mecha slowly raised its head toward the sky, and a dim red glow lit in its eyes.
Its tattered cape fluttered gently, revealing the long blade clasped in one hand.
To shatter the stars and fight for its master was its greatest glory.
Creak, creak.
On the far side of two streets away, several burly mercenaries radiating cold-blooded menace were moving swiftly.
Five hundred meters behind the Gold Digger Bar, in a cellar that had remained sealed year-round, yellow earth suddenly churned and scattered down to both sides.
A massive underground vault was instantly exposed.
Inside an ordinary residence nearby, Jude, dressed in a floral shirt, actually stepped out.
More than a dozen burly men followed