9. Tactical retreat
"What's going on?"
In the desert night sky of the Middle East, the Decepticon commander, the powerful warrior who commands the flying team, Starroar, roared in the communication:
"Why did the signal to charge and elegy disappear?"
"Those two weaklings went after the human."
A blue-gray painted F-15 fighter jet spun around in the air, shot out several incendiary missiles, and landed precisely beside the bumblebee trapped in the desert below, and the next moment, the raging flames enveloped the battered bumblebee.
The guy said to his commander:
"Those two fools are always like that, like to pick weak opponents in order to satisfy their pathetic desire for conquest."
"Okay."
The Decepticon commander, who was painted red, was the fastest, and attacked the most fiercely, and suddenly snorted disdainfully:
"I knew they were not enough to do anything, but they were more than to lose. What about the others? ”
"The solar wind, the sandstorm, the slipstream, and the red wings went to chase over the mountains and the woman I hadn't seen before."
Another very noisy voice replied in the newsletter:
"Those two stupid Autobots are no match for us in such a desert terrain, they will be defeated in no time!"
"Good."
Starroar seemed satisfied, and it circled quickly in the air, observing the immobile hornet that had been blasted by the continuous bombardment below, and after confirming that the old opponent was powerless to resist, Starxiao issued a new order:
"Trouble, you and Thunderbolt go back to the base, Sonic and its tape legion are waiting for you there, before I go back, be sure to protect the fire. Then find Magtron... Just find it, don't do anything more. ”
"When I get rid of the bumblebees, I'll go back and join you."
Xingxiao said in a deep voice:
"Then we'll get back to the Shadow as fast as we can."
"Won't we conquer the whole world? Red spider... Uh, I mean, Lord Starroar. ”
A blue-gray painted supersonic aircraft, the Decepticons, whom Xingxiao called "earth-shattering thunder", asked:
"I think this world is quite backward, and there is a complete civilization, and there can be huge conquests here... A conquest that lasts for a long time! I'm starting to like the world... It must feel good to be able to ignite it in the flames of destruction. ”
"yes, yes."
Another noisy guy, an F-15 supersonic fighter in black and white paint, chimed in with a shrill voice:
"The sound of those weak carbon-based beings crying in the flames must be wonderful."
"Do as I say!"
Xingxiao was very dissatisfied with his subordinates' questioning, but he still said in a steady, emotionless tone:
"Tinder is the most important thing, as long as Tinder returns to the Storm Shadow safely, you can deal with this world at will!"
"Whoosh, whoosh"
Seeing that Xingxiao agreed, the two brutal Decepticons let out a verbal laugh, and they spun through the air and flew quickly towards the hidden base in the depths of the desert.
"Huh"
Seeing his subordinates leave, Xingxiao flew towards the ground below, and at the edge of the battlefield that was almost blasted into a melting giant sand pit below, Xingxiao's body began to deform rapidly, and after just a few seconds, a red and blue painted, with X-shaped wings on its back, and blue armor on its arms, looked slender and beautiful, and even called "handsome" robots, with their hands behind their backs, standing in front of the hungry bumblebee.
The robot form of Xingxiao is not as traditional as other Decepticons, and there are not too many sharp embellishments on its body, boxy, and between the edges and corners, there is no doubt that the appearance of this robot has risen a lot.
On both shoulders, it also wears black steel shoulder pads that symbolize the identity of the commander, and its face is the kind of face that hates anthropomorphism, like melon seeds, and does not even see too many mechanical elements.
"Huh"
Xingxiao looked at the bumblebee with scars under his feet and almost a bomb on his waist, and he sneered and said in Cybertron:
"I thought I was going to kill you, bumblebee... I chased you to Earth and pulled out your sounder with my own hands, but I didn't expect you to be so tenacious... But that's fine. ”
"Although it is a pity not to hear your screams, the feeling of being able to kill you again is enough to dispel this damn regret..."
Starroar took a step forward, it raised its foot, stepped on the weak bumblebee's chest, it flicked its hand, and a large-caliber cannon was pressed against the bumblebee's head, and it questioned in a hazy, cold voice:
"What the hell is hidden on this planet? What was the last message Optimus Prime gave you back then? Why do you insist on coming to Earth? Don't fool me with tinder..."
"There must be other secrets hidden between the two of you! Say it! ”
"You..."
Bumblebee is also a tough Cybertron, it used to be a secret agent of the Cybertron moderate, also known as the Bo Pai or the Autobots, and it knows very well that in the current situation, if you don't say that the secret will die, but if you say it, you will die.
"Hugh wants to know!"
It says in that weird, high-pitched audio mix of voices:
"Long live Cybertron!"
"Bang"
Xingxiao's arm moved, and an armor-piercing bullet hit Bumblebee's abdomen, a string of blue sparks jumped, and the instantaneous short circuit of several data processors made Bumblebee's painful body twitch.
A short circuit, or overload, can cause a sense of pain similar to that of a human being injured by a Cybertron, and an elegy thrown by Merlin to the borders of hell can use electricity and magnetic fields to torture their fellow citizens.
Xingxiao is also a master in this.
"You're dead, bumblebee."
Xingxiao said to his captive in that dark voice:
"I'm giving you a choice to suffer less, but now it seems that you're as stubborn as you were when you were on Cybertron, and I wish you could be as righteous as I did when I dig up your memory database and simulated emotion processor."
"I'll dig up all the secrets in your head!"
Xingxiao put away the large-caliber cannon on his arm, and a high-speed oscillating blade ejected from under its hand armor, and it bent down to grab the badly injured bumblebee from the ground, and said:
"Whatever you downcast exiles are hiding on Earth, I'll find it!"
"Poof"
The high-speed oscillating blade stabbed into the bumblebee's chest with precision and cruelty like a hot meal knife cut into butter, and in the midst of Starroar's cruel laughter, the bumblebee's left arm was ripped off entirely, and the sensors on the left arm were still working, causing the oil-stained arm to twitch on the ground, as if a human had been cut off.
Xingxiao was about to continue torturing his old friend, but just as it swung the second knife, the multi-band sensor it was equipped with suddenly detected a wave of energy appearing behind it, and the cunning Decepticon turned its head sharply, the high-frequency vibrating knife on its arm was withdrawn, and between the five fingers closed, the entire arm turned into a rapidly rotating energy cannon launchport.
Just like Merlin's previous Cybertron weapon module's sniper mode, a dangerous, sun-like energy gathered in front of Starroar's arm under the pull of the high-speed spinning internal engine, and Merlin, who appeared in the night, waved his wand at the same time.
The next moment, the power of magic and technology exploded at the same time.
"Bang"
Starroar's 7-meter-tall body was hit by a cloud of magical energy, and this shattering spell slammed into its neck with precision, blasting the armor on Starroar's neck into a depression, and the heavy blow power contained in the shattering spell also made it take several steps back.
On the other hand, Merlin, he was standing where he appeared, and Xingxiao's energy shot was completely absorbed by the Kabai ring on Merlin's left little finger, and the energy attack of this powerful Decepticon was really sharp, just one blow made the Kabai ring full of energy.
"It's miserable..."
Merlin glanced at the bumblebee that was carried in Xingxiao's hand, his expression became a little more indifferent, and he saw that the red-painted big man in front of him opened the weapon slot on his body, Merlin's left hand was pressed on the Shadow Blade Whip on his waist, and the next moment, he disappeared strangely into Xingxiao's multi-band radar lock as if he had never appeared.
The real "disappear".
It's not optical refraction, it's not energy occlusion, it's real disappearance.
"This human... And this energy, what's going on? ”
Starroar ran its radar detector with all its might, but found nothing, and the bumblebee that was caught by it also rattled and laughed in pain, and it was half-dead, and said to Starroar:
"Run, run, poor red spider, your nightmare is coming... You stand on his earth, but you know nothing about him... He's going to kill you, he's going to tear you down, he's going to use your hood as a collector's item... Haha, you've messed with someone you shouldn't be messing with. ”
"Shut up!"
Starroar's tone became gloomy, Cybertrons are extremely high-end technological products, and their existence is no different from magic in the eyes of humans, but the problem is that they also have no understanding of unfamiliar magic.
In the history of the Cybertrons, there has never been such a thing as magic, not even legends.
Lifeforms are always fearful and wary of things they don't understand, even the Cybertrons are no exception.
After Merlin disappeared and became undetectable, the ominous feeling in Starroar's heart grew stronger, and its body began to deform rapidly, as if it was intending to leave the place.
"Are you looking for me?"
Merlin's figure suddenly appeared on Xingxiao's side, and as a result, Xingxiao's arms, the Decepticon commander sneered, and the spiked missile that had been secretly prepared for a long time flew out suddenly, completely submerging Merlin's figure in less than a second.
However, that was only an illusion.
The real Merlin silently reached out from the shadows and pressed it against the back of Xingxiao's cold head, and the energy stored in the Kabai ring was released at once, as if Xingxiao himself shot himself in the head.
"Bang"
In the midst of the loud bang, the red-and-white Decepticon commander clutched his ray-pierced head and howled in pain, an energy attack that could destroy a building, only to make a hole in its head...
But for Cybertrons, a hole in their head is not a fatal injury.
"Stay in there, someone will take care of you."
Merlin appeared at Bumblebee's side, and with great speed he pulled out any door, and cast several levitation spells on Bumblebee's shattered body, sending it into the Mystery House.
After doing all this, Merlin glanced back at the roaring Starroar, he frowned, looked at this guy, and after Icarus had gathered information about this powerful Decepticon, Merlin left the battlefield in a flash.
"If the Decepticons' powerful warriors had such attack and defense... That's a bit of a problem. ”
A moment later, Xingxiao covered the wound on the top of his head and looked at the quiet desert in front of him with one eye, the vicious commander clenched his fists, and the shame of being attacked by a human did not affect its thinking.
A moment later, Starroar said in the communicator:
"Thunderstorming, upside down, I'm Xingxiao, I've changed my mind! Perhaps, as you said, conquering this world is a good choice. ”
"Contact the shockwave, get it to speed up to the solar system, and... Free Zack! Hehe, that beast will love this desert... Let it kill as much as it wants. ”
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On the other side, when Merlin arrived at the evacuation site in the southern part of the desert, Flying Mountain and Alcy were already waiting for him there.
Along with the two scarred Cybertambo warriors was a young man in a straw hat, and beside them, there was a large pile of burning metal wreckage.
Seeing Merlin emerge from the darkness, Clarke, wearing a straw hat, took the initiative to greet him, and the young man raised his fist and said to Merlin:
"These metal giants are very powerful..."
"Hmm... It's really amazing. ”
Merlin glanced at the pile of wreckage, and said:
"You killed one?"
"Barely killed with the help of your friends, they can fly."
Clark shrugged, and he said to Merlin:
"I can't jump as fast as they do, and they're so resistant to beating me that I have to do everything I can to hurt them a bit."
"But you killed it with your bare hands."
Merlin Says:
"That's already a great thing."
"I think there are a lot of them."
Clark looked at the burning desert in the distance, he reached out and pressed his straw hat, and said:
"What are you going to do with them?"
"Neither of us is good at dealing with these mechanical creatures..."
Merlin said to Clark:
"I'll have to go back to the base first, I'll have to find a professional."