I am a female swordsman.

Holding a longsword in both hands, Zack's eyes shone with azure light, and he frantically pushed his Mako energy to its limit, spreading countless Mako vein patterns across his body from his eyes! It was with this power beyond human limits that Zack blocked the Titan's seemingly certain strike!

"rise!!"

With a furious roar, Zack's suppressed body seemed to be composed of pure liquid. Visible water vein energy surged and roared from his legs to his waist and back into the longsword, directly knocking away the giant blade in the right hand of the Titan.

However, as a product of Shinra, it's not something that can be easily resolved.

Having just shaken off the giant blade suppressing the Titans, Zack hadn't even had time to adjust his posture when he caught a glimpse of a cold light flashing faintly from the left side of the gleaming silver mech. Deep within the center of this eerie blue light source, a faint red glow was expanding; Zack was familiar with this thing.

This is the preheating glow before the electromagnetic cannon attacks!

Being held at such close range by a Colossus's electromagnetic cannon would send chills down anyone's spine. Zack was no exception; he deeply felt the machine's malice, its cruel and ruthless killing methods, its determination to achieve its goal regardless of the consequences, and its relentless pursuit until death!

"Weak electromagnetic projectile, three-round burst fully charged."

Once the program instructions were confirmed, the Colossus performed a highly difficult maneuver that would be impossible for a human. Its right hand tilted backward in the direction Zack had knocked it away, and using one foot as a fulcrum, it slightly twisted, its foot tearing sparks from the ground. The entire machine half-squatted to adjust its position and brace itself, then raised its electromagnetic cannon and locked onto Zack.

call out!call out!call out!

Three streaks of red light flashed through the air almost simultaneously, instantly filling the space with a strong metallic smell. A thousand meters away in the direction the Colossus was facing, three more violent explosions erupted, sending up clouds of dust. Three seconds later, in the air illuminated by the red and blue light, the traces of the airborne projectiles gradually dissipating could barely be seen.

The multiple scanners on the motionless Colossus were operating at high speed, and Zack, who was within the blast radius, should have been seriously injured and lying on the ground at this moment.

but……

The instant the electromagnetic projectile was launched, Zack vanished from space in a highly illogical manner, as observed by the Colossus. He hasn't reappeared since, leaving the Colossus's AI utterly perplexed. Faced with records exceeding its database, its response is to wait and probe.

'Almost!'

Behind the Titan, Zack seemed to be squeezed out of space as if he were being compressed.

'If it weren't for the Mako energy provided by the company's space physics laboratory, he would definitely be in grave danger just now.' The space density membrane technology allowed Zack, whose entire body was filled with Mako energy, to temporarily experience the differences in space density, successfully walking through the spatial crevices and dodging physical attacks from normal space.

As a result, Zack lost one-tenth of his Mako energy in just a few seconds while walking through the narrow space.

Just as Zack had predicted, the Colossus was unable to counter the Mako energy techniques that had been developed later, and could only stay in place to observe according to the pre-programmed procedure.

'Great opportunity!'

Upon landing, Zack cast multiple layers of concealment spells on himself, his gaze calm and collected. He knew the weakness of the Titans, these Shinra mechanical creations, not in their heads or anywhere else; the Titans' processing core was located in the back of their chest.

That is, the direction that Zack's sword tip is pointing right now!

If this colossus hasn't undergone any major modifications, then Zack's judgment is correct. He's confident that he can end this terrifying machine in the burning, ruined ghost town before it unleashes even more terrifying power.

The disguise ability can evade the Titan's detection for only ten seconds.

It takes at least seven seconds to prepare a large number of techniques that can defeat an enemy in one strike.

This means Zack only has three seconds. He has to complete the entire process of leaping, drawing his sword, and killing in those three seconds. Wasting even half a second could cause the Titan to switch from pursuit to annihilation mode, at which point it could turn around and deliver a lightning-fast punch to Zack, killing him instantly.

Seven seconds to get ready!

Airflow energy, neural signal energy, light energy, body amplification energy, prediction energy. Under the cover of disguise energy, Zack's Mako energy surged rapidly. He released more than a dozen energy spells with various enhancement effects in one go. The rapidly flashing energy spells were wrapped in disguise, colorful as a peacock's magnificent tail feathers.

Time ticked by, and Zack couldn't help but break out in a bead of sweat from nervousness.

Faster! Faster!

Just a second before all the Mako energy spells were about to be formed, the Colossus, which had been standing there blankly, seemed to sense the movement behind it. It crouched down, holding the electromagnetic cannon, and silently prepared to stand up.

We can't wait any longer!!

With a decisiveness beyond that of ordinary people, Zack decided to move ahead of schedule. As soon as he moved, the Mako energy emanating from his body broke through all disguises. In the burst of hazy, intense light, Zack was like a god descending to earth, dazzling and invincible. He charged forward with his beloved longsword in hand!

Aiming for the core of the Colossus!

At such close range, every millisecond can determine the outcome. If a human were suddenly attacked from behind in this situation, they would be caught off guard, but the colossus, being a mechanical creation, did not hesitate or panic like a living being. Instead, it immediately handed over the solution to the program.

"Target threat level increased, pursuit procedure aborted, annihilation procedure initiated. ...Silver Wave Blade effectiveness denied, electromagnetic cannon effectiveness denied, activate internally armed Lance of Longinus to kill the enemy. Glory to Shinra! Lord Yomi's glory endures!"

The inverted triangular black crystal on the forehead of the Titan, which was still facing away from Zack, instantly turned into a pale color mixed with red!

Its entire head snapped 180 degrees behind it!

It's now the ninth second!

The illusory beam of light that had materialized from the crystal on his forehead locked onto Zack, who resembled a magnificent phoenix in flight!

Chapter 82 Putting Them in a Deadly Situation

Perhaps it's just a breath, or perhaps it's even shorter.

When Zack saw the Titan's head twisted 180 degrees to face him, a profound sense of foreboding washed over him. But the die was cast; even if a fiery inferno lay ahead, Zack would thrust his sword forward! On the battlefield, where bayonets clashed, it was a battle of sheer willpower; whoever retreated would die!

The Holy Lance of Longinus!

Condensation, shaping, pre-launch...

That crimson-white hue, deeper than blood, burst forth with an indescribable brilliance for a mere second on the inlaid crystal, which was overloaded to the point of near melting.

From Zack's perspective, who was facing the enemy head-on, it looked as if the silver-white machine had instantly transformed into a cross covered in light!

If gods really exist in this world.

So, the Colossus, at this very moment, annihilated in the light, transforming into a cross that judges everything, is the epitome of a true god descending to earth! That illusory yet solid cross of light surged, and even before it was fully activated, it already produced a terrifying scene of all matter collapsing and turning to ashes under the intense light!!

"Meteor Strike!!!"

Like a shooting star, Zack's sword touched the silver surface of the Titan's body. The instant the sword tip made contact, an intense heat surged from the blade, melting the incredibly hard coating on the silver surface and relentlessly destroying it from within! And it was at this very moment that the inverted triangular crystal on the Titan's head completely retracted, and the Holy Lance was fired!

Beep!

The cross-shaped beam lance shot out mercilessly, the intense energy gathering with an extremely sharp sound, like a file frantically grinding against a skull! The unparalleled power swept through space, and the earth within a hundred miles of the Colossus instantly cracked apart, with countless fragments shooting wildly in all directions!

Bathed in a dazzling red and white death light, the Titans resembled gods who controlled life and death, carrying out the most cruel judgment of natural disaster.

The holy lance, fired at a downward angle, instantly melted the entire landmass and penetrated nearly twenty kilometers into the earth! The intense penetrating rays possessed the property of disintegrating all matter; from the microscopic structure of human DNA to the macroscopic stability of the atmosphere, everything could be completely destroyed in this terrifying ray burst!

This colossus, now completely freed from its confinement, finally unleashed its terrifying combat power.

And Zack...

In the instant the shrill energy beam obscured everything, he felt his own existence slowly disappearing. Even though the ray burst didn't directly hit him, Zack could still clearly sense his soul fading away. This terrifying attack was no longer a simple physical attack, but rather involved the mysterious realm of the soul.

An ordinary person might have simply vanished into the light.

However, as a first-class warrior of Shinra, and even more so as to be personally taught by the top-ranking first-class warrior Angel, it's impossible for Zack not to have a few trump cards up his sleeve.

Zack made a crazy decision: to crush all the Mako Stones on his body.

Regardless of absorption or digestion, the sheer volume of Mako energy that erupted in that instant, rivaling a ray burst, managed to deflect the devastating Lance of Longinus by a mere fraction of its mass and sheer quantity. That slight deviation bought Zack a brief but deadly passage!

"Die!!!"

Zack roared silently, his voice completely drowned out by the roar of energy. His muscles bulged as he thrust his longsword deep into the core of the Titan.

squeak! ! !

The Holy Lance of Longinus unleashed its destructive power for only a second, flickering like a faulty light bulb. The inverted triangular crystal on its forehead quickly dimmed, and the intermittently emitted rays plummeted in destructive power to an almost harmless level.

As the light faded, the giant's head was almost pushed off its head by a powerful force, presenting a creepy, distorted, upward-looking posture.

The silver mech, kneeling on the ground, showed signs of melting all over its body. Clearly, firing the Lance of Longinus at such close range was too much for the Colossus's own structure to withstand. And this was already happening in just a second; any longer and the Colossus would likely have disintegrated.

Squeak!

Finally, with a mournful cry reminiscent of a human, the magical light emanating from the Colossus's body vanished. Its core was severely damaged; the internal micro-circuit was likely almost entirely destroyed. Even if the Colossus had more terrifying, yet-to-be-revealed, features to stand on, it was all in vain.

"call……"

Hanging from the back of the machine, Zack gripped the sword hilt with both hands, letting out a huge sigh of relief as he survived the ordeal.

He instinctively looked down at the ground, where the area affected by the Lance of Longinus had completely melted into a fluid state, with clumps of blackish-red liquid emitting a foul stench. The gash that had cut deep into the earth, seemingly an unfathomable depth, was like a gateway to an abyss.

Looking around, the surrounding area for miles had become a hellish scene.

Zack felt a chill run down his spine. What was the deal with the Shinra creation hidden in this ghost town? This powerful Colossus was on a completely different level from the mass-produced Colossus that Shinra was currently using.

If I had to point out the difference...

It's like a tree whose main trunk suddenly splits at some point, with one branch pointing in one direction and the other in another. Although they still share the same origin and you can still see traces of the past, their focus is completely different now.

Although Zack's brain is relatively simple, after being in Shinra for so long and being influenced by the researchers, he was able to discern some clues about this machine.

………………

The earth-shattering battle that erupted within the ghost town attracted the attention of countless people, and the strange beings living there fled underground. They knew that such a terrifying spectacle would surely unleash the silvery-white demons, and perhaps even more terrifying things would be drawn out.

If Shinra's defenses were so easily breached, the Shinra laboratories in this city would have been divided up long ago.

On the other side, when Cisner arrived at the battlefield late on his motorcycle, he was so shocked by the hellish scene that he could not calm down for a long time.

She saw Zack, that hothead, dragging a silver-white machine away from the area of ​​the fluid lava.

Model: [Giant Warrior]

As a member of the investigation department, she immediately recognized the prototype and firing strategy of the silver machine. Because of this, she saw more information than Zack.

"There must be a Shinra researcher in Z City who is proficient in multiple disciplines!"

Chapter 83 Teaching You a Lesson

"There are very obvious signs of human modification, and it's not just made of metal... There's a tendency towards activated metal, like biological flesh... Hiss! Damn it, this thing is alive!!"

Sisne tried to examine the Colossus, painstakingly peeling back its swollen metal surface, which was burned by the extreme heat, and saw layers of metal and biological tissue mixed together inside.

This really scared her!

In the original Shinra series, the Colossus was simply a metal construct, but this one is a hybrid of machine and life, and might even have a secondary brain inside it.

"Alive?" Exhausted, Zack was resting against the Titan's calf when he heard Sisne's slightly shocked voice. His first reaction was to grab his sword.

He's still alive!?

Recalling the terrifying scene of this colossus cleaving the earth in two and turning a hundred miles around into a molten lava field when it went berserk, Zack felt a chill run down his spine. If the machine wasn't completely dead, he'd have to finish it off with two more sword strikes, only to have it jump up again and deliver two light-speed punches to himself.

"Making a fuss, boy. What's so strange about living organisms?" Cissne glanced at Zack with disdain; she was naturally a cut above him in terms of intelligence. "Bio-mechanical weapons are a research direction for several major projects within the company. However, that development was only recently established, but something similar has appeared in this ghost town abandoned by the company. What do you think that means?"

How would I know?

"If you knew, you wouldn't be a muscle-bound gorilla."

Cisner teased her sweetheart with a hint of malice, clearly pleased that she could appear intelligent in front of Zack.