“In case you serve us, why would you stop us from leaving?”

Although he was not sure why he was recognized as an ally, Edward didn’t ask about it straight and requested as a substitute about one thing else. “Since we’re friends, it’s our personal freedom to resolve whether or not we keep or go!”

“That’s as a result of Undertaking Tinder has been activated after I’ve not obtained new orders from outdoors over 100 years. At current, I’m making an attempt my greatest to herald any surviving excessive elves and their allies till the Synchronized Mind Nation (SIN) is destroyed.”

Even because it spoke, Iron Commandment’s tone grew to become stiff. “Please comply with the process and my directions to take refuge.”

“What if we refuse?” Princess Leah requested unhappily, frowning.

“Then I may solely subdue you with power. Calm down, even when your limbs need to be dismembered, the medical services right here in Metal Earth would make sure you keep alive.”

At these phrases, Iron Commandment’s human sentiment appeared to vaporize away. Suddenly, the air between the get together of Gamers and the teapot automatons turned to a standoff.

Nonetheless, though they have been being cautious of the teapots on the floor, the Gamers nonetheless may spare their consideration to talk on the boards.

(Leah: Edward, how do you know that factor gained’t allow us to go?) Whereas everybody had roughly sensed that one thing was uncommon after arriving on Metal Earth, it was not solely Edward alone who had a hunch that their enemy was watching them. That being mentioned, Edward was the one one who decided that their adversary wouldn’t allow them to depart.

In spite of everything, in line with the experiences they’d over the previous few flooring, their foes ought to be cautious towards permitting them to go ahead moderately than stopping them to depart.

(Edward: It was only a feeling. Now we have to both go to the subsequent stratum or return to the final stratum to power our foe to disclose itself, however from the way it allowed us to maneuver round freely, elevating a ruckus wouldn’t work.]

(Edward: And since we don’t understand how we’re speculated to go to the subsequent flooring, there is just one selection. And because it didn’t understand how we arrive right here, we may trick it by pretending to return up.)

Like every query with solely two decisions, it was good to choose the proper reply, though there wouldn’t be something main even when one received the flawed reply—apart from Edward failing in showing-off.

(Joe: Properly, what ought to we do now, Edward?]

(Edward: Combat first, discuss later.]

Joe instantly grew to become focused-like what number of different believers gave up on pondering after skilled the comfort of being Gamers, as a substitute of cracking some code and thriller, Joe most popular combating straight together with his heavy fists!

“Resistance is futile. Please take refuge accordingly…”

“Refuge this!”

Earlier than Iron Commandment completed, Joe swung his Large’s Toe. The greatsword which was now embedded with a number of runes was rather more highly effective than earlier than, and never solely did it break one teapot with one swing, the shockwave from the blow knocked the opposite teapots off stability.

Nevertheless, though they have been attacked preemptively they usually started to arrange a flustered counterattack, the identify over the teapots’ heads have been nonetheless yellow, remaining impartial moderately than turning into an enemy.

“Halo of Braveness!” Leah cried, stabbing her flagpole into the laborious steel floor under earlier than drawing her whip sword to lash out on the teapot.

Whereas the Bleeding impact of the whip sword didn’t work towards automatons, the heightened injury meant she was attacking to nice impact.

On the similar time, Gou Dan took cowl behind Jessica, breaking one teapot with every arrow, even claiming two kills with one arrow sometimes.

Jessica herself was therapeutic and casting safety on her teammates, and though she was not dealing injury, she grew to become a shifting, human-form machine of buffs like Princess Leah, turning into a core a part of her staff as nicely.

Naturally, the one dealing essentially the most injury within the get together was Edward, who was driving his hearth dragon.

As probably the most highly effective abilities the Participant had on the present part, the black hearth dragon would simply soften the unknown metals which the teapot was made out of. It solely streaked over their head to burn most of them into wax, rendering them motionless though they clearly had half of their HP left.

Nonetheless, the Gamers’ overwhelming benefit didn’t imply that the teapot automatons have been very weak.

Whereas most mass-produced teapots have been round stage 20, a few of the extra elegant ones was over stage 30.

That being mentioned, the ability Edward’s group unleashed in breaking these teapots was equal to one of many particular activity forces of main religions, such because the Temple of Glory.

On the similar time, though Jessica continued to heal the group, Edward and the others would keep watch over their HP ranges, ingesting colas to revive themselves on occasion. Nonetheless, as their preliminary benefit slowly light, their common HP steadily fell beneath the protection zone. And that as a result of the teapots have been solely specializing in their limbs.

It appeared that, simply as Iron Commandment had talked about, it was intent on not killing Edward and the others, that it could break their limbs and maintain them captives.

As such, it was regrettable that it didn’t know that it couldn’t break the particular state enforced by the Guidelines of the Sport (comparable to divine powers are resistant towards Rule in attacking or being attacked, and could be efficient even towards anti-magic weapons), retaining the Gamers’ limbs from being dismembered.“Why? Your limbs are unbreakable, regardless of your feeble look…” Iron Commandment was due to this fact left extraordinarily confused, with Joe instantly summoning his spirit acquainted to smash the display it spoke from with a single punch. “Did you suppose we’d inform you?!”

Even so, as if it was this whole stratum given kind, Iron Commandment was exhibiting up on the graceful mirrorlike partitions of close by buildings in addition to the screens. It could persistently query how the Gamers have been defying logic, leaving the Gamers each irritated and fatigued as extra teapot automatons confirmed up.

Ultimately, Gou Dan didn’t cease one specific automaton’s assault out of a second of carelessness, and was stabbed by way of the arm with its razor-sharp toes. His HP bar empty, he fell to the bottom similar to that-with Jessica’s resurrection but to return off cooldown, the group may solely watch as he turned to sparks of sunshine and disappeared.

“Why would he die? The automatons clearly didn’t hit him within the vitals, and he was not bleeding profusely…”

The Iron Commandment couldn’t assist being puzzled at why Gou Dan would die.

Nonetheless, it clearly possessed excellent intelligence. Quickly, it realized that the Gamers would die after struggling a certain quantity of harm, and that they might die regardless of the shortage of a deadly wound.

Due to this fact, it instantly modified the fight model of the teapots.

“Change of technique wanted… automaton quantity nine-five-two-seven is dispatched for dwell seize of visitor…”