Vol.1 The Remnant of Fire (2)
The Mount Kenya region of the northern volcanic belt of the Great Rift Valley
The once beautiful national park has been transformed into a lifeless, scorched earth, where the cracked hard ground is littered with animal carcasses carbonized by the heat and tree trunks that have also been blackened by the scorching air, and the boiling magma beneath the surface spills through the cracks of the cobwebs, and the heat evaporates upwards along the side walls to heat the air, distorting the whole area in the suffocating heat.
"Boom~"
A burst of magma rushed to the ground and spewed into the air hundreds of meters into clusters of flames, dripping to the ground and cooling into a lump of hard rock, and the tall trees that were completely dehydrated were constantly cracking and breaking under the ravages of the rain of flames.
A graceful figure as it marched through the scorching hell paused, and two gigantic lava beasts followed it rose to their feet, shielding the diminutive figure beneath them.
The two giant beasts that made a defensive posture were about seven meters tall, with a triangular face of a ceratosaurus, a narrow head covered with cracks that extended to the whole body, and a mouthful of staggered sharp teeth under the dull eyes that only a top-level fierce beast possessed; The sturdy body is more than ten meters long, supported by four thick limbs, and is covered with hard and unusual armor, and through the gaps in the black-brown exoskeleton, red light can be seen flowing inside.
The two behemoths were ready to get close to the incoming magma, and immediately stretched out their arms and waved back and forth to sweep away all the incoming foreign objects. It wasn't until the leyline's jets stopped that the creatures protected by the two behemoths took another step of their own.
What is surprising is that this seemingly noble creature is no different from a human in all aspects except for its fiery red complexion!
The rambler who is still at ease in the harsh environment is Arunado, one of the right-hand men of the demon lord Behenmont, who is tasked with presiding over the war against humanity along with two other lords.
"Stop him! Stop him! Don't let him run!" (Demon Language)
A chaotic noise came faintly from directly ahead, and it was getting closer and closer.
A disguiser mech flees head-on under the purse of a horde of bad demons and imps. Finding that the road ahead was blocked, the pretender mech stopped for half a second and then turned around to break through in the other direction.
Arunado reached out and pointed forward at the Pretender Mech, and the two guards behind him immediately split up and pursued the fleeing humans.
Ever since they descended on the throne and repelled the human fleet, humanity has been cautious about their sudden appearance in this world, in addition to shrinking all their armed forces further to avoid direct conflict with them, they have also sent a large number of reconnaissance forces like the Pretender to observe and evaluate them from the air and the ground, wanting to know their details more clearly, and there are often reconnaissance mechs that can withstand the harsh environment to peep in this area.
Coincidentally, Arunado, who has only recently come into contact with humans, is also full of interest, so he will make an exception for his guards to capture it. Those lava behemoths were high-level mutants born in the Holy Flame just like themselves, a few ranks higher than those flame guards who could only be imprisoned in lava pools, and there was no problem at all in catching an ordinary mecha warrior.
The lava behemoth chasing the pretender mecha took five or six meters in a big stride, and with the huge advantage of its body, the lava behemoth quickly approached the pretender mecha.
The fleeing disguiser mech sensed the approach of the lava behemoth and turned around and fired a shuttle of bullets from the electromagnetic rifle in his hand.
"Ding Ding Ding ~"
The flying EM rifle bullet accurately hit the lava troll's running leg, and was knocked off by the armor one by one after bursting a few sparks.
Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the impostor threw away the empty electromagnetic rifle and concentrated on escaping instead of making useless resistance.
After a "buzzing" sound, the running disguiser mecha activated the stealth system loaded on its body, and the mecha immediately dissolved itself into the current environment, and the lava troll that was chasing the pretender mech instantly lost its target.
Seeing that the prey was about to arrive but suddenly disappeared, the lava beast that felt that he was being teased suddenly became furious!
"Roar~"
The raging flames erupted hundreds of squares in front of it with its roar, and a humanoid flame that was out of place in its surroundings revealed the location of the impostor.
The lava beast, which didn't want to make a difference, immediately pounced forward, and its mountain-like body shot out at incredible speed, pressing the special flame under the soles of its feet.
"Bang!"
The violent impact damaged the body of the pretender, and the invisibility was lifted.
"What a rude fellow!"
Arunado, armed with an electromagnetic rifle in one hand, stepped gracefully from behind and slapped the lava behemoth with the other, which retracted the soles of its feet.
The pretender mecha that fell to the ground lay motionless in place, the armor where it was stepped on by the lava monster had been shattered, and the entire body was seriously deformed, so I don't know if the pilot inside is still okay.
"You're not going to die, are you?"
Don't let yourself be busy! Arunado frowned and flipped the Pretender mech.
The bright silver body, the appropriate proportions, the cumbersome and ingenious manufacturing process, even if it is slightly deformed, exudes an intoxicating industrial beauty.
Arunado soon forgot his original purpose, and was fascinated by the impostor's body over and over again.
"It's amazing! Just a few links without any energy fluctuations allowed a pile of metal to exert incredible power. ”
Eventually, Arunado simply stuck to the Pretender Mech, melting into a flowing pile of red liquid that slowly seeped into the mech's interior through the cracks in the armor.
After a few moments, the damaged parts of the mech began to be repaired, and the deformed parts of the mecha due to the violent impact returned to their normal state.
"Squeak~~~"
The cockpit of the mech popped open, and the unprotected human pilot blistered and popped around in the scorching air, and the unconscious pilot made some ** of unknown meaning.
The pretender mech, which had turned red, had a look of disgust on his well-defined face, and he used his two fingers to clamp on the pilot's combat suit and threw him to the ground. The human driver who came into contact with the lava was instantly ignited and eventually burned into a cloud of black coal.
"It's hard to understand your disgusting hobbies, and I really don't understand what we need to know about those inferior creatures and rudimentary tools!"
A majestic voice came from above, seemingly mocking Arunado.
"I never talk to idiots about anything other than fighting"
Arunado gave the other a hard fight back and closed the hatch as if nothing had happened.
With a loud bang, a horned giant leapt in front of Arunado from a peak, and the blood-red scythe-like weapon in his hand was pointed at Arunado in the midst of the flying stone chips:
"Shapeshifter, do you want to fight?"
"Pavel, don't think that you are a relative of Lord Berhenmont and you are a superior demon, you are too far behind Lord Behenmont! If you're in such a hurry to get back to the Juggernag, I don't mind giving you a ride. ”
Not to be outdone, Arunado drew his electromagnetic rifle and aimed it at the long-horned demon who came to make trouble, and the dazzling red light circulated at the muzzle of the gun, which meant to start if he didn't agree with each other.
"Behenmont is a winged and I am a longhorn! I've told you 10,000 times, bastard!"
The thunderous Bowel's horned demon roared, but in the face of Arunado's threat, he also carefully positioned his weapon across his chest, the disguiser mech strengthened by it was not as weak as it was in human hands!
Seeing that the conflict was about to erupt, another superior stepped into their midst
"Behenmont has brought us here to plot the conquest of humanity, not for you to duel. Are you really ready to carry the boundless wrath of Behenmont? ”
The guy was completely hidden in the shadows, and most people could only see a dark mist.
"Mogras, you can see too, Arunado doesn't want to work with me at all!"
"Yes, I saw it. Arunado, although you are very favored by Behenmont, you better keep due respect to us old-timers!"
"Huh~"
Arunado let out a disdainful taunt and walked away.
The shadow that floated in the air shook a few times, but it didn't strike, and Mograth knew that it would be extremely unwise to clash with Arunado now. As a Shadow Lord who was born at almost the same time as Berhenmont, it is impossible for him to regard the cunning guy of Behenmont as an idol or leader like the new generation, and the only one who can convince him is the Supreme Supreme. And Behenmont knows this very well, so every time there is a conflict between them, Behenmont will take sides with Aruna Dona.
"Damn! That Arunado doesn't even take us seriously!"
Pavel was still resentful of what had just happened.
"Don't care, friend. Just let that arrogant guy go and break his head and bleed. I've heard that the humans beat up a bunch of guys, including Chi Xiao! Blogor even shattered the Soul Stone. ”
"So powerful?"
"I don't have any exaggeration"
"Then why did Behenmont only send us to attack the humans and not deal with them personally?"
"One of the most important reasons for this is that Behenmont has to guard the throne. This is not our world, where the source of our great power is suppressed by other forces, and it is not the energy that can be replenished by our depleted power. Whoever holds the throne that connects the two worlds will have the capital to dominate this world, such an important thing, of course, can only be relieved if you do it yourself! Another reason......"
Speaking of this, Mogras asked Pavel rhetorically:
"Pavel, you've been in this world for a long time, what do you think of your opponent?"
"Uh~"
Pavel looked up and thought about this abrupt question for a long time, and finally said with some hesitation:
"Judging from the current situation of several contact battles, human beings' understanding and use of energy are very shallow, and they are far from being our opponents."
"But this opponent who seems to be weak has thwarted all the Supreme's plans!"
Mograth's voice was full of incredulity, and it could not imagine how the humans had defeated their common leader, the almost invincible Supreme Supreme!
Finding that Pavel was still waiting for his answer to be announced, Mograth continued:
"That's the problem! The greatest purpose of the Behenmont sending us here is to contain and investigate, and it is very concerned about the means by which humanity has sent our Supreme back to the place of slumber and forced it into a deep sleep!"
In fact, including Arunado, they who were sent to the front were just cannon fodder for Behenmont to test each other!