Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 772 Dissolving the Symbiotic Contract!

[The Big Guy], the most powerful machine underground, once stormed the church in Upper Rhine and thwarted the Candlelight Vigil's plans.

The Vatican naturally viewed it as an enemy and was extremely hostile.

The priests turned their guns and fired at it relentlessly. The bullets from the steam rifles could pierce through the heavy armor of the banshee, but when they landed on the "big guy," they were like a tickle.

Nini was lifted up by a machine controlled by the Untouchables, and she looked up at Una in the distance.

Una rushed too far forward, and even with the [Big Guy] taking the brunt of the fire, the Untouchables couldn't save her.

Having just attacked Jules, he was nearly drained of his life force due to Nini's symbiotic contract.

Several priests surrounded her, but did not immediately kill her.

Nini frowned.

The two clearly have a symbiotic contract, and killing Una would be equivalent to killing oneself, so why not do it?

The Vatican doesn't know about the symbiotic pact? But Jules clearly seems very familiar with the banshee.
broken!

Nini's heart skipped a beat. If the Holy See knew about the symbiotic contract, yet still kept Una under control.
Right now, the only banshees here are Una and Nini. If you kill Una, Nini will die too.

If you go to war with Castel, and the other banshees are all on the battlefield, Candlelight will pull Una out, and you can directly empty all the banshees' life pools by attacking her!
The symbiotic contract allows banshees to share a life pool and prevents them from being easily killed, but it also has a side effect—if one banshee is captured, the rest of the banshees must be killed along with her!
No, it's not just the Banshee. Hughes is also in the symbiotic contract!
Nini's pupils dilated instantly, and she immediately shouted through the mental link: "Break the contract, quick!"

A contract can be unilaterally terminated, but the price is death.

If the Vatican truly understands the Banshee so well, they must have used methods to make Una lose consciousness and prevent her from breaking the contract on her own. She may only have this brief chance!
Una realized this as well, and gritted her teeth to forcibly terminate the contract, but suddenly she froze.

Nini felt a chill run down her spine, fearing that the church had already used methods to control Una's consciousness.

But the next moment, Una lashed out with her snake tail, sending the surrounding priests flying. She sprang up from the ground and unleashed a furious barrage of dragon breath cannon fire in all directions!
Caught off guard, the Vatican officials were actually caught off guard by her sudden outburst!

Nini was stunned for a moment, then felt her body recovering rapidly, with an immense life force surging through the symbiotic contract!

"This is."

"Nini, reinforcements have arrived!"

"The Fourth and Eleventh Advance Platoons are here to provide support. This is Captain Ash. Nini, report the situation immediately."

Ash's calm voice came through the mind link, and even though Nini knew she was on the battlefield, she subconsciously felt relieved and was so excited that she almost burst into tears.

More than a dozen banshees joined the symbiotic contract at the same time, instantly raising the life pool. Nini and Una, who had just been seriously injured and on the verge of death, were now only slightly injured.

Monica: "Nini, I'm back with people!"

"Jules personally led the Papacy's forces up here from above. They're using steam rifles; their firepower is immense. Even the Banshee Armor can't withstand it. Please come to our aid immediately!"

Ash and the others had only just joined the symbiotic pact and were still quite far from here—even though they moved extremely fast in the underground river, it would still take them a while to get here.

"You and Una are seriously injured?"

"Yes, Jules used some kind of weapon; its power was outrageous. Even when Una fired six dragon breath cannons simultaneously, she couldn't harm him at all!"

"Besides that, the Vatican also conjured a huge shield in the air; the principle behind it is unknown. Their choir is also here, but their purpose is unclear."

Ash paused for a moment before asking again, "How are the Untouchables?"

"I'm making contact with them smoothly, and we're fighting side-by-side now." "Understood, hold on, we'll be there soon."

Nini took a deep breath and raised her head.

Persistence? Not necessarily.

The priests, whose formation had been disrupted by Una's attack, quickly retreated and regrouped.

They didn't fire again at Nini, not because they let them go, but because...
"[Big guy], smash!"

With Frey's shout, the massive steel arm clenched its fist and slammed down from above with unstoppable force!

boom!
The underground space was not enough, but the steel arm smashed through the rock wall and carried the falling rocks as it pressed down on the Papacy's troops!

"Switch to overload mode!" a high-ranking priest screamed.

The priests simultaneously flipped the switches on their steam rifles, causing the steam pressure gauge to rise to a dangerous red, and the entire steam rifle began to tremble slightly.

Together they aimed their steam rifles at the mechanical arm overhead and pulled the trigger!

boom! ! !
This time, the steam rifle fired not bullets, but a violent shockwave.

The steel arm that had just been slamming down was blasted back by a volley of fire from the priests' steam rifles!
"what!"

"How can it be!?"

"That's a giant! Nobody can withstand it!"

The Untouchables were momentarily flustered, but Nini kept her eyes fixed on the steam rifles in the hands of the priests.

The pressure gauges on the steam rifles hissed ominously, and the pressure relief valves spewed steam wildly into the surroundings. The priests put on heavy masks—this was mercury steam!

Nini squinted and saw that the gauges had turned completely black, indicating that the shooting just now had not been without consequences.

"Their steam rifles are no longer usable, Frey, keep the attack going!"

Nini shouted, "I've used these steam rifles before. After activating the overload mode, they need a long time to cool down!"

Without these steam rifles, the priesthood would no longer be a threat!
The Empire's firearms alone cannot break through the Banshee Armor's defenses!
Nini quickly grabbed her Gatling gun, changed the ammunition belt, and prepared to fire.

She had already started cranking the handlebars, but then suddenly turned around to look behind her, her face full of joy:
One by one, harbinger ghouls emerged from the darkness, their bodies still glistening with water droplets, having just come up from the river and rushed to the battlefield without stopping.

At the very front was Ash, whose body was much taller than the other banshees, making her extremely conspicuous.

Her banshee armor was also designed separately; the ferocious armor resembled a demon god emerging from hell, making people's hearts tremble at the sight of it.

Ash has arrived.

Nini smiled, but her hands didn't stop moving. She loaded the ammunition belt, cranked the handle, and the heavy machine gun roared.

On the opposite side of the battlefield, Jules watched silently, his mechanical face expressionless.

"Choir, begin the sacred hymn."

(End of this chapter)