Ramiris didn’t mean to do it, but her natural personality was only making Kristoph more angry .
“You arrogant rats . You called yourselves Veldora and Ramiris, I believe… Yes, Jegyll said something about that in her report . Some secret weapon that Michelle fought with . Unfortunately, it seems that Michelle held back and now you have a false sense of confidence . You think you are a god in this small world, but I am here to give you a taste of reality . ”
As a fighter and Hero .
Kristoph saw Veldora as an enemy .
An enemy he did not have to hold back when fighting .
“Kahahaha! You think you can beat me? How amusing!”
“I don’t think this guy is going to quit . Get him, master!”
Veldora laughed in reply . Ramiris was leaving it all to him .
There was no need for Ramiris to act reserved when their victory was assured .
And Veldora didn’t need any encouragement .
“Hehehe . This reminds me of those days when I trained with Zegion . You have some good points as well . Your martial arts make sense, not that they would be effective on me . ”
As Kristoph looked on in shock, Veldora continued to be as calm as was possible .
“You’ll regret your boasts in hell!!”
With those words said, Kristoph himself turned into a speeding bullet of light .
Veldora still stood there, confident .
He would crush the insolence out of him .
The afterglow remained like an illusion, confusing the senses of the enemy .
Through leaving energy behind, you could disable their heat sensors .
As you were moving faster than the speed of sound, measuring the sound waves was pointless .
And like that, a most deadly attack was created at an incredible speed .
“Maximum Impact!!”
The body of a Bionoid could change shape at will and also regenerate when damaged . One of only three Star Systems that existed in this world was installed in him . This man, who was the greatest of fighters .
General Kristoph, the strongest of the Machinery Four .
His fists had never seen defeat in the battlefield before, and they now thrust into Veldora…
…And .
All of the kinetic energy bounced off into his fist .
The result .
Kristoph’s right arm blew off at the shoulder .
“…What!?”
He couldn’t help but move away from Veldora in shock .
All the while, he could hear Ramiris and Veldora talking .
“I knew it! Master, it’s just as I thought . This guy isn’t too different from Zaza and Karman in terms of energy . So that Michelle woman must have been special!”
“That’s true . I wasn’t able to see it with Appraisal . But this guy’s energy flow is easily read . It seems like it really will be best if we cooperate with her after all . ”
“Yes, yes . And then we can install that engine in Beretta!”
“What? What exactly are you trying to do with him?”
“Why not! Then Beretta can have a major power up!”
In spite of Kristoph being there as an enemy, the two seemed to have forgotten about him completely .
(This is ridiculous . Can they really not see me!?)
His brain felt like it was burning . A rage was welling up deep within him .
He had never felt so much emotion since he had been reborn as a Bionoid .
He was a being who stayed calm no matter what the situation . A pawn to be moved at Fudora’s command…That was how Kristoph had seen himself .
However, it seemed that he was mistaken .
(So the warrior within me has not died…)
He had never felt happy about being worshipped as a Hero .
He just wanted to live up to the expectations of his friend, Almsbine . That was his only wish .
He remembered that now .
Kristoph looked at his dismembered arm and then looked back at Veldora .
Now, his heart had calmed completely .
“What did you do? My fist should have had you . It had an Ether Ring Barrier around it!”
He said slowly . At the same time, he tried to regenerate his right arm .
He was a new Bionoid, and the features of his body obeyed his will spectacularly .
In the blink of an eye, his arm was restored .
“—Still, I appear to have underestimated you . Forgive my insolence . I was convinced that there was no substance that could withstand my strength . But I suppose it is not so much a feature of your body, but a type of art?”
Kristoph swallowed back the anger and admitted that Veldora was powerful .
The fist that destroyed everything had been blocked–the answer to this, could only be that Veldora was a master who had acquired skills that were not a part of Machinery Arts . That was what Kristoph determined .
And so he tried to talk to Veldora in order to receive a hint as to what it could be .
The strongest attacks were based on ultimate defense .
And Kristoph had attacked safely . He hadn’t been reckless . And yet, the result had been the loss of his right arm .
It was no wonder that he was shocked .
However, he had still not given up winning .
He pretended to talk, all the while, he ran the Star System at full power .
“Oh, you can tell? ‘Flexibility trumps strength’! To put it simply, it is the secret of martial arts . ”
Veldora answered proudly .
Of course, it was all lies .
The reason that Kristoph’s attack hadn’t worked, was because Veldora was a spiritual life form .
It was simply a matter of energy density that caused Kristoph’s attack to be pushed back .
Veldora hadn’t even defended himself .
It had nothing to do with ‘flexibility trumps strength . ’
If anything, it should be, ‘strength trumps flexibility . ’
Kristoph was the strongest man in this world .
The reason for his defeat, was that he was fighting against someone from another world who seemed to move by completely different rules .
It was a fight that Kristoph had no way of winning in the first place .
However, Kristoph was not able to accept the reality .
His ideas of the world got in the way, and he could not see any other possibility .
How could it be true that Veldora hadn’t used any form of defense…
Kristoph had been the strongest being in this world .