Chapter 133: The Connector (2/2)

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WHAT!?"

The Connector's voice grew frole instant

"What are those things? And…and are those variants fighting against the fishhts? They look straight out of a game! And what's that black suys have disabled the storm on your end? Wait, wait, wait, I don't understand any of this!"

"You don't have to," said Seismic His tone was serious Curt He did not ever say any more than what he needed to "All you need to do is what I say I' with an ally that can control those variants

Have your Bugs stand down"

"What? An ally?" The drone turned to see Aldrich It projected out a scanning beam that washed over his foruy isn't in the WWA (Worldwide Alter) database! No, scratch that, I can't even get a proper read on hi - he's obviously concealing his powers As per Panopticon Procedural 44A, I can't authorize-,"

"Are we really going to be debating procedure?" said Seismic "Do you have that much time and that many lives to waste?"

"…" A pause froo ahead and authorize your request, but the thing is, now that I'h the different between the ones he controls and the fishnature like the kind you'd expect to see from Variants under Alter control"

"Then you'd better go ahead and keep an eye on your drones, shouldn't you? To make sure they don't hit your allies?" said Aldrich in a warning voice

"…" The Connector sighed again Though her face was not visible, just the tiredness in her voice and her sighsquite the sleepless night "Okay, yeah, I can do that

I'll just reen aura thing That ht?"

"We can handle those I appreciate the cooperation," said Aldrich

"Then I' to close this channel You better explain all this in your report, Seismic," said the Connector has her voice cut off with a crackle

The drone projecting her voice turned its eye back to its usual red color before it fleay, back to the battlefield

"Now then, it's about time we head back to what's important," said Aldrich as he stared towards the battle site

"Yes," said Seismic simply

"Land us down there," said Aldrich as he stared at Crab's giant corpse Though by now, Crab had receded from its peak size of ten meters all the way do to five Atop Crab's back was Valera as she waved her hands towards Aldrich happily

Crow shot doards in a swooping arc, and at the botto atop Crab's corpse

"Master! You're safe!" said Valera as she bowed to Aldrich

"Of course, I am," said Aldrich "Oh, and I was about to say this before these bots rudely cuteto me just how capable you are"

Valera squirmed in happiness under her brutal armor of red and spiked blackforces, but I feel like I have the hang of it"

"As long as it involves fighting, it seems like you have a talent for it," said Aldrich "How's the rest of the fight going? I ione, the rest of this variant army should have no chance"

"Indeed These round they had covered at the start of this night is gone No, they are now on the very cusp of defeat," said Valera as she motioned around her

Aldrich's undead forces were fully pushi+ng back the variants now, especially with the Panopticon's Bugs swar the nuion and the variant arunfire, iant blows, explosions, toxic gas, acid, and countless other manner of attacks, the variants had no chance, not with their leaders killed

"I must say, these 'mechs' are quite capable Worth the annoyance that they initially were then they dawned upon this site of our battle," said Valera "But I worry about that one The strong one It is yet alive, no?"

"It is," said Aldrich "And we need to start preparing for it For now-," Aldrich nature still ree orb of white tracked in Aldrich's vision by Volantis's keen energy sensing "We clean up the variants as 's first-,"

Aldrich knelt down and put a hand on Crab's cracked, dulled, lifeless shell… "Serve"