Metal Crab Rising

The Strange Friendship

Guide:

" " - Character talking

' ' - Character thinking

<" "> - MC chatting using alternative means.

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The Nikke, more commonly known as a Misillis Mass Produced Nikke - Model 08 stared at the unknown rapture which was walking towards her with all its 6 legs, an unusual sight.

You don't even have any weapons other than your pincers that were powerful enough to smack her bullet right back at her at twice the force.

You did have two vulcans near your head, but you didn't use them that much.

No amount of charged bullets can deal a significant amount of damage to you since you will either smack the bullet away ot just take it all while preventing its core from being damaged.

It's blue color was even more unusual because all the raptures she saw were either just dull silver or white and black colored for the more mechanical ones, or black and fleshy red for the grosser ones.

So, what about its rank?

Was it an Elite Class, or a Centurion Class? Centurions were massive, like Tyrants, so it is an Elite class for her.

As you approached her, she immediately gave up once she could only hear the clicking of her weapon, and sighed.

She was pushed over by the scared humans who blamed her for a single failure.

"Ah, so it's over. Just a week in, and my service is done. Well, go on and kill me then."

A sigh was let out of her mouth, and she closed her eyes, accepting the fate.

Only....

It didn't happen.

Seconds passed, and then a minute.

Until she decided to open her eyes, and stare at the singular, yellow eye from the blue rapture.

"...?"

"What? If you were dead I would've eaten you! Eh, whatever." You spoke, however, like in the previous chapter only strange sounds similar to a bird's cooing can only be heard from you.

"I'm hallucinating...." The Nikke said, as she raised her hand to touch your body, then feeling a strange, skin-like feeling on your carapace.

But before she could think of describing the carapace, you suddenly carried her on your back by shoving her with your claw, not forgetting to take her rifle with your pincer.

"Huh?! Hey!"

This time, she became surprised because you acted strange. Were you carrying her to your nest?

You do have a nest.

You just wander around the city much more often than staying in that "nest", wondering if you should to get stronger to safely go to other areas.

Taking the Nikke with you was simply out of pity, and a slight desire to have someone with you.

Hm, maybe becoming an Elite should allow you to command a pack of raptures?