Chapter 121: From Despair, Hope (1/2)
Chapter 121: From Despair, Hope
"I'll allow it," said Seismic as he watched the rock formations shudder and break apart At first, the for sized upturned rock spikes were falling one by one
The Locus was…slowing down as it approached the pace
The defenders stopped firing in confusion, though they ai heavily at their backs
The Locus walked straight through the rock of the final rock for sized rock collapsed all around it
When the Locus eed out of the rubble and the dust clouds settled down, that hen it became fully visible
Just shy of a hundred meters away from the defensive line
The Locus did not look that ly skinny It was strikingly hus and four lanky arms Where the crabmen, fishmen, and mermen were bipedal, they were not in any sense of the word humanoid
Their features were distinctively monstrous Inhuman It was impossible to ever mistake them as a man
But the Locus - if one did not look at it too closely, it ht have been possible to mistake it was someone inside unique power armor
One pair of the Locus's arered hands while another pair ended in shrier than its hands Its body was covered in seght iridescent rainbow color
The color gradient of the shell constantly fluctuated in h the doreen and blue
A shrimp-like tail swished and swayed behind it Soaps and seaht shell Its head was covered in layers of shell that looked al, surprisingly hu rainbow-colored eyes were visible
Twin antennae poked out of its head in long and thin, translucent blue strands that crackled with electrical charge
The Locus walked forwards; its head cocked curiously as it observed the humans
"Take it down!" came a cry from behind Seismic, and the defensive line fired all they had
A storainst the Locus, coh-speed lead collisions S it
"Stop!" said Seisood seconds of this bombardment
The smoke settled, and the Locus was there It hunkered doith its arms thrust out in front of it like a scared child, but it wascrater decorated with fire sprawled out all around it, but the actual dae done to it was pitiful
There were a few scratches in its shell - that was it
"Throw me there," said Mel
"What?" said Seisy, so I need you to throw me I'll cut it down and end this once and for all," said Mel "Or do you have anything against a vigilante taking your kill?"
All Seismic said was, "Good luck"
Fro Likely driven by soeance She had talk and attitude in her, and that was so a little too old to deal with
Instead, Seishly by the shoulder and punted her like a baseball Mel at first ragdolled out froained direction in the air, spinning in a co in flashes of gold
When Mel was directly above the Locus, she directed force behind herself and shot doards the Locus, fueling this descent with thrusters froreaves
The Locus looked up at her and blinked wonderingly, not at all bothering to defend itself
Mel slashed down at the creature's head The Locus just stared up at her with cocked and curious head Her blade glowed gold as it reached down to the Locus's neck Using her force direction ability, she could continuously rotate energy around her blade at insanely high speeds capable of slicing at theany durability
This exceeded the sharpness of even the highest end of Vibroblades on the h this creature's shell was, if it did not dodge, it was done for
The Locus's antennae twitched at the very last millisecond, when the blade nearly touched it, and it y bolts, and it moved so quickly that it looked almost like it had just teleported
Mel found herself stabbing into the ground
"Y-you…," said the Locus as it's eyes landed on her golden blade
Mel's eyes widened in sheer surprise
The Locus had…spoken?
It was impossible for a variant to ever speak The only time it ever happened ith parasite type variants that hijacked the brains of humans
But this variant talked, there was noit
"You killed mother" The Locus's human eyes narrowed into sinister, monstrous hatred
Mel's poas a rare ory power that had two parts to it The first allowed her to control the direction of energy around her body The second allowed her mind to make exceptional levels of calculations specialized to fine tune this energy control
Mel could thus react to the Locus's attack, but her body was far too slow to keep up with it
The Locus reached out and grabbed Mel's sword arm wrist and her head It lifted her up in the air with the ease of lifting up a feather The Locus glared at Mel as it tightened the grip on its hands, exerting i force onto her wrist and upper half of her head
Golden shi+mmers rapidly flickered fro force she was diverting away from herself
"You don't die…?" The Locus cocked its head and stared at Mel for a few seconds "Then, go away"
With that, the Locus threw Mel away, bolts of energy arcing with its movements The power of its throas such that Mel was sent soaring away over the walls thes down in her descent
"Stand back!" said Seis the heroes and policeether, and his bracers clicked as they readied to channel his powers "I'ive et in my way
But do not try to step in - all of you will be dead weights in a fight of this scale"