2026-04-27 12:50:39"Two minutes?" Valerius broke into a cold sweat. "Edna said this was just a Class-2 security protocol! That's a Class-4 monster!"
"Maybe Edna wanted to see if you could tame a monster, Young Master!" Pip shouted from behind a protective rock. "Are we still going ahead? The light is starting to flash yellow!"
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CHAPTER 64: MACHINE SOUL
"Ten minutes," Valerius muttered hoarsely. "It only took ten minutes for this entire plan to be destroyed into scrap. Bastian is right. I only bring destruction to this place."In the corner of the room, the remains of the drill machine that exploded earlier were still sparking small fires, as if mocking their efforts.Valerius sat leaning against an empty ammunition box, staring at his palms that were black covered in soot and scraped from the futile hard work."Subject's emotional analysis: Pessimism level has reached the critical threshold," Grimbolt's voice was heard beside him.The Sentinel stepped closer, the sound of his metal friction now sounding smoother thanks to the Titanium-X, but still felt heavy."Valerius," he called. "Regret is an unproductive computational process in a combat situation."Valerius looked up, staring at Grimbolt's yellow eyes shining calmly in the midst of the darkness."You do not understand, Grimbolt. You are a machine. You only follow orders," Valer
CHAPTER 63: PROJECT LEGION
"This is project legion," said Grimbolt.The roaring sound of lathes and sparks from plasma welding tools filled the air of Edna's stuffy workshop. Under the shadows of the cave ceiling vibrating from the explosions outside, a madness was taking place.Project Legion, as Grimbolt called it, was no longer just a theory. Hundreds of Servant-04 series service robots that were previously stiff and rusted were now lined up like corpses waiting to be resurrected."Valerius! Stop staring at that cable and connect it to the steam converter!" shouted Edna, her voice almost drowned out by the roar of the compressor. "We are not assembling children's toys! These are makeshift killing machines!"Valerius flinched, his oil-stained hands immediately grabbed a large copper cable and pressed it into the rear socket of a loader robot unit."I am trying, Edna!" he said, "but this robot's chassis is already very thin, the weld won't stick!"Edna stopped her activity for a moment. Her hand reached for so
CHAPTER 62: NOWHERE TO RUN
Wiuu... wiuuu....The vibration from the explosion at the front gate spread through the walls of the Rust Hole cave, dropping dust and rust flakes onto Edna's workbench. The sound of the long-howling emergency siren created a suffocating atmosphere of panic.In the middle of the hall, the crowd of citizens began running around carrying whatever belongings they had. While the rebels tried to form a barricade to fight Vexxos."Bastian! We have to activate the evacuation protocol to the Sector Eight tunnel!" shouted Jaxel as he ran in, his face black covered in soot. "The front gate won't hold! Their destroyer units are starting to punch holes in our steel plates!"Bastian slammed the table with his large fist. His eyes glared fiercely at Jaxel."Evacuation?" he said. "If we run now, we will be trapped in the narrow tunnels like rats waiting to be roasted! We have to bring the medical equipment and the steam generators!""That's impossible, Bastian!" Edna replied sharply. The mechanical
CHAPTER 61: CONFESSION
"Jaxel! Move all civilians to Sector Six! Reinforce the gates with the steel plates from the tanker trucks!" Bastian roared.He turned to Valerius, who was still standing frozen beside Grimbolt. "And you, Prince... come with me. Now."The smoke from the exploded reconnaissance drone still lingered in the air of the Rust Hole's hall, leaving a sharp smell of ozone and deep anxiety.The atmosphere, which had been full of victorious cheers, had now turned into a tense military scramble. Bastian shouted instructions, his voice booming over the sound of hammers striking iron barricades.Valerius followed Bastian into a small room behind the main stage. The room was filled with old maps and bottles containing a pungent yellow liquid.Bastian poured the liquid into two rough metal cups and handed one to Valerius."Drink. It's synthetic apple cider," Bastian said, hi
CHAPTER 60: BARTHOLOMEW'S HAMMER
"That... that is structurally impossible," muttered the Vexxos Commander, his eyes staring blankly at the shattered twenty-inch-thick steel barrels. "Those barrels were designed to withstand the pressure of internal explosions! How could human muscle strength possibly—"
CHAPTER 59: THE IRON-CLAD
"Go ahead, shoot," Valerius challenged, even though his heart was pounding so hard he felt it might burst. "Shoot this truck. Twenty thousand liters of steam fuel will explode and we'll all be ash in a second. Did Vexxos train you to be a useless martyr?"The commander fell silent. He looked at the tanker truck beneath Valerius, then at his Praetorians, who were still struggling to see through the iron dust.The tension in the canyon was so thick that the sound of water dripping from a leaking pipe sounded like an explosion."Valerius, thermal readings on the Iron-Clad tank indicate power charging in the cannon's heating system," Grimbolt reported urgently. "He is preparing to attack.""Don't move, Commander!" Valerius shouted again. "Think about your men! They have families in Sector Alpha! Do you want them to die just to defend a few barrels of fuel?""Vexxos does not know the word surrender," the Commander said coldly. "We know orders. And my order is to secure this cargo by any me
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