Chapter 1385: Start Your Engines
'Ugh...my head...why does my formula come with so many migraines?'
<Because you never got around to focus on any exercise that strengthen the endurance of your brain.>
=You really should spend some time reading philosophical books. They do wonders in training the mind in coping with boredom.=
'Yeah, sure. I'll take that under—HOLY SHIT, YOU GUYS ARE BACK!'
<Yeah we are!>
=It's been awhile, milord. I will not lie, it was rather...stress inducing seeing how you act without us providing advice and guidance.=
<Aren't those synonyms?^
=Pretty sure they're not.=
'Whatever, I'm just glad you two are back. Wait, I guess this means I broke through to whatever the Shaper equivalent is to an Aether Lord?'
=Yes, now you just need to give your [Astra] a shape and you can go and kick that knock-off's teeth into his skull.=
<Don't forget your personal [Taboo], too!>
'Ah, right... I'm built weird.'
<Not as weird as your new Kaijin, though. You didn't even have to breakdown the [Probe of a Distant Homeworld].>
'Oh?'
=Take a look.=
'Oh right, I didn't even use a normal [Core] for...hold up...am I surrounded by a giant fortress garage? What the fuck?'
<=Trust us when we says it's thematically appropriate.=>
'I...okay, fuck it.
...Time to party...
[Warning! Warning! Attempts to interrupt the kaijin creation process will be met with violent retaliation. Cease your attacks if you wish to live. Cease your attacks if you wish to live.]
[What the hell is stupid thing's problem?!]
[Why the hell is thing so tough?!]
[Don't know, don't care, blow it up already!]
"That's what happens when he creates Kaijin?!" Maggie and Taurna shouted at Lythero and Antonio with surprise and alarm.
^Gonna be honest, this is the first time I've seen it in action as well.^
When Zhen Liu activated his Kaijin creation ability, both Dante's Kaijin and Zhen Liu's native allies assumed that the process would be somewhat similar to how Dante does it.
In essence, they figured that the man needed to be left more less uninterrupted while he channeled [Chaos] through a [Core] into a beast. Well, in Zhen Liu's case, maybe just objects.
As such, they were all left completely off guard and surprised as all hell when a giant construct made of pure [Chaos] manifested out of nowhere the moment Zhen Liu started creating his own kaijin to even the odds.
Granted, it wasn't like any construct any of them had seen before.
[Warning! Warning! Aggressive action detection. Retaliatory action has been approved.]
The construct in question resembled a strange mechanical giant with an oddily shaped body that was covered in cannons.
If there were Otherlanders from a certain blue planet present, they would've recognized the construct as being a type of carrier machine from a certain long running franchise multi-colored heroes...that occasionally fought in giant machines that would combine.
Anyways, the moment this construct appeared, Dante and his kaijin found themselves banging their heads against an indestructible wall.
Not only was this strange construct able to resist basically every single attack they were throwing at it, but it would even fire back at them three times the force.
When the construct first appeared, one of Dante's lesser kaijin had attempted to rush it in a show of honor and glory, only to get his ass obliterated for their troubles.
Granted, this moment of death wasn't enough to deter the others from still trying to destroy this construct and the man responsible for its creation.
Well, not enough to deter the Kaijin at least.
Dante, for reasons nobody but he understood, was simply hovering over the battlefield and watching with unmasked curiosity. More specifically, he was analyzing the giant construct that had just appeared before his eyes.
^Interesting...^
[Ugh!] Slavina grunted in annoyance as she . [How are we supposed to crack such a tough fucking shell?! It's seriously hurting my confidence!]
[Can't sink it, can't blast it, and we can't even smash it,] Gumba grumbled. [We're supposed to inflict despair onto others, not experience it ourselves!]
[Who said anything about despair? I'ma absolutely fucking furious right now!] Obsidious corrected.
[Hold on...I think I have an idea,] Delictum hissed while scratching his chin with one of his claws.
To confirm is theory and idea, Delictum first threw a feather arrow directly at the [Chaos] construct.
As expected, the arrow simply bounced off of the construct before disintegrating back into [Chaos] and aether.
Next, Delictum fired off an arrow towards a random member of the trapped rebel army.
Despite everything that had been going on, the rebels had yet to be freed from the sticky prison and were basically forced to be a captive audience to a conflict that grown well beyond the initial conflict into some kind of battle between monsters.
The feather arrows flew straight, and was just about to splatter the brains of some random slave, when it was suddenly based out of the air by the giant construct.
[I knew it!] Delictum screech. [That damn thing is protecting these worthless slaves too!]
[Okay, and? How are we supposed to make use of that information?] Oizys asked.
[Oh, I get it,] Obsidious acknowledged while manifesting a ,[Taboo] in the form of a multi-pod rocket launcher.
[We just need to stress the absolute shit out of this stupid construct and kill him when he overextends!]
[Oh!]
[Brilliant!]
[Exactly, rat king,] Delictum nodded with vigor. [So fire away!]
Obsidious didn't need permission, but he still unleashed a hellish volley of rockets that rained down on the head of the rebels.
At this moment, they expected the construct to freak out and fire off as many shots as possible to detonate as many rockets as possible before any casualties took place. During the ensuing mayhem and expected collateral casualties, they would then swoop in and find a weak spot to exploit and kill the enemy Kaijin Lord.
However, the Demon Knights forgot to take into account one little variable.
[Attention! Attention! Kaijin Creation Process has been completed. I repeat, Kaijin Creation has been completed. Please clear the exit ports. Please clear the exit ports.]
The possibility that the new kaijin were finished being made before they had a chance to enact their stupid plans.
[Unloading Gallop Brother 01: Stallion of the Deep]
The front of the giant construct suddenly transformed into a giant set of doors with a "01" painted on the front before opening and unleashing a powerful aura that was reminiscent of the deep sea.
From above, this moment was ignored as Dante's Kaijin were busy unleashing a missile volley that they were certain was going to bring immense suffering and pain to the people beneath their feet.
As for the people below, they were absolutely fucking flabbergasted.
"What the fuck?"
Because they saw, barreling towards them, rushing out of the gate while floating above the ground like a hovercraft was an armored puppet that vaguely resembled a man with a seahorse-like head.
No, not an armored puppet.
A cyborg Kaijin!
[Enemy volley detected. Activating anti-air defensive flak cannons, now!]
As the cyborg kaijin rushed forward, several missile ports began popping out around his shoulders and torso, revealing several significantly smaller rockets in comparison to the ones being fired down upon him. However, if one were to observe them with the same senses they would measure [Chaos], they would notice that these rockets were significantly denser and more refined than whatever sorry excuse for a payload that Obsidious was attempting to use.
[Geyser Volley, fire!]
At his command, dozens upon dozens of rockets were released from his shoulder pods, each about the size of a fish, but with even more [Chaos] packed in them in comparison to Obsidious's shitty missiles.
It was after this volley was released, that the Demon Knights finally realized something was off.
[What the fuck?!]
[Who the hell is that guy?!]
[Pfft! Whatever! He's still going to get blown to—]
Once these smaller rockets reached the same height as Obsidious's larger ones, the former proceeded to explode into flak shrapnel that tore the rockets into shreds.
They didn't even get a chance to explode, as the shrapnel pieces transformed into bubbles that captured the fragments and contained the explosions.
Shortly after getting enveloped in bubbles, they all popped into nothingness.
[What the fuck?]
Needless to say, Obsidious was shocked and dumbstruck at his attack being rendered harmless in an instant.
[Is that all you got? I was expecting more from such instigators of pain and suffering!]
The cyborg seahorse kaijin stood tall and folded his arms after rendering the attack useless, radiating an oddly heroic aura that seemed to comfort the mortals in his immediate area.
No, to be more precise, they felt like they were filled with [Determination].
Insulted by his appearance, the Demon Knights made their displeasure known.
[Just who the hell do you think you are, seahorse bastard?!]
At this question, the cyborg kaijin simply snickered.
[I'll introduce myself soon, but I think my brothers would like to make themselves known first.]