NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 1267: Maybe It Is Indeed Necessary
-----
"Emilia! You're back! And the items you used seem to work wonderfully!"
Hermes greeted Emilia, who flew to his side after she managed to spread the pink gas everywhere, healing every pilot affected from their brainwashing back to normal.
"Yeah! We managed to secure three, but Blake had sent many more… Though, I have no idea how long the gas will last!"
"Blake, do you know where he is?"
"The last thing I saw was that he disappeared after he confronted the giant Xenoid… And the same thing kind of happened to me too."
"What?!"
"When I was rushing to secure those lamp-like objects, I was suddenly caught between the small army of some sort of Titan Xenoid."
"So that's what happened?"
"Yes, it could talk and was incredibly smart at that! It didn't really have a name, but I am fairly sure it called itself the son of Psychomind."
"Psychomind… that's the Xenoid Blake's fighting!"
"Yes, I'm afraid he's fighting the real threat here… The one I fought must've been much weaker than the father, but it held incredible powers, nonetheless. Using these powers, it designed some kind of fake space made of psychic energy, and it trapped me inside with other pilots."
"So that's what happened! The pilots seem fine for now, thankfully. You did well, Emilia! I'm honestly surprised."
"Me too! The ability Blake granted to me was powerful… But I'm worried, that strange space made of psychic energy is not something normal at all, or something we've ever fought before."
"It sounds unreal the more you talk about it…"
"It was strange, and it took everything I had to break out of it… Not only do they trap you inside and you are confined within a small space, but the one that creates this domain also becomes strong themselves…"
"And yet you… beat that thing?"
"Yeah, I owe it all to the ability Blake gave to me and well, this robot… it changed into this form after the ability activated. I don't know if it'll revert back to normal or not though."
"It's better if you remain like that, the Xenoids are still plenty of them… We must hold off until Blake comes back."
"You're right…!"
Emilia and Hermes quickly faced the approaching swarm of Xenoids, after realizing that they couldn't get to the humans through long-distance attacks because of the clouds dissipating them, the only thing left was to fight them head-on.
And they were hundreds of them still alive, with a couple Titans hovering behind the large swarms, glaring at the group of human pilots from afar with their many, gigantic eyes.
And yet, at the same time, the two pilots were shocked, as a giant made of black bones began rushing through the Xenoids, tearing them to shreds one after another.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
"T-That's…! Who is that?!" Emilia asked in disbelief.
"T-That's Patrick… After he used the ability Blake gave to him he became that thing… I don't know if that's his robot or his body," Hermes said. "I'm honestly afraid to even ask him… He's singlehandedly stopping the Xenoids!"
"But won't he run out of fuel eventually?! He can't be so reckless!" Emilia said.
"I tried to stop him, trust me, I really tried," Hermes said. "But he simply won't listen to anything we say… Whatever is going on with him, he has probably lost his mind."
"I guess he's helping but… I'm worried!" Emilia muttered.
"I don't think you've got the time to be worrying about him, girl," Bestellen's voice echoed inside the robot. "Look over there, the whole party's here now."
Suddenly, the Titan Xenoids began moving even faster than before towards the pilots, their massive hands rushing down to destroy many at the same time.
"Right, we can't waste our time talking!"
She rushed towards there, using the draconic mechanical wings' propulsors and reaching it in an instant, swinging the metallic claws and stopping the attack!
CLAAASH!
As she did, the Titan Xenoid squinted its many eyes, as Emilia noticed electromagnetic energies rushing out of the gigantic hand!
ZAAAP!
They hit her directly, as her robot was pushed away by a huge explosion.
BOOOM!
"Ugh…!"
However, despite that, her robot was fine, having become incredibly tough after its transformation, even some of the electromagnetic energies were absorbed, powering it up.
"Hahaha! Thanks for the meal idiot! Girl, charge at full force! We're fighting that giant and defeating it!"
"W-What?! But isn't it too big?!"
"Doesn't matter! I am the White Dragon! I have never cowered before a challenge! Go!"
FLASH!
The mechanical dragon clashed against the Xenoid Titan, swinging its claws and unleashing spheres of silver flames, bombarding the massive monster.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Xenoid Titan groaned, swinging its arms back before firing lasers, which Emilia evaded, the two clashed, as explosions and shockwaves were released.
"Emilia is doing her best…" Hermes muttered, glancing from afar. "But I can't leave my position now, I must protect the pilots… But I need more power, I really do."
He quickly remembered the Ability that Blake had granted to him, which he had been avoiding after seeing his friends transforming into strange forms.
Patrick had lost his sense of self, and he could only hope for Blake to solve the problem regarding him…
And Emilia had become incredibly powerful as well, but her robot now had immense energy consumption, so she had to absorb the energy of other pilots to even function after a couple of minutes.
"Do I really do it? But… Maybe it's not necessary for now- Ah!"
However, perhaps it was destiny, but he was quickly forced to take an important decision, as another Titan Xenoid appeared from below their group, this one was bizarre in shape.
Another irregular had emerged, it wasn't brainy though, but immensely muscular, with four muscular arms, and giant claws.
It was covered with bony armor, and it had crimson eyes.
And it could speak telepathically as well!
"YOU, THE ONES THAT KILLED AGONITIAS, MY FATHER, WILL SUFFER MY WRATH!"
Just like Psychomind had a son, Agonitias did too.
"Ah, dammit! Why do bad things keep happening?!"
Hermes gritted his teeth, activating the ability without hesitating.
FLAAASH!
-----