Warfare Augmented Intelligent Frame Unit

Chapter 146 - Save the Best for the Last

Chapter 146 - Save the Best for the Last

After the smoke slowly drifted away, the monstrous silhouette of the gigantic Cthulhu Cosmic Beast was gone, leaving behind nothing but scars on the alien terrain. Two enormous craters gaped in the ground, their edges still glowing faintly from the intense heat of the Uranium Blades' impact. Beside them stretched a deep, canal-like trench carved into the soil, the result of the Particle Cannon's devastating beam.

Now that I could see the full scene clearly, the shapes of the craters formed something absurd—a crude resemblance to a gigantic phallus. The realization almost made me laugh. Of all the things we could have done upon arriving on this planet, reshaping its surface into something so vulgar felt bizarrely inappropriate.

"Cosmic Beast neutralized," Agent Feena declared in a calm, authoritative tone. "Good work, girls."

"Is he truly gone...?" Fei murmured, her Frame Unit descending beside us with a low metallic hum.

"I'm certain he is. Not a single trace of his filthy cells could have survived the atomic-level blast. I would say Agent Feena reduced him to the very last atom," Myrrh said, her voice dripping with smug confidence.

A cold shiver crawled down my spine. Something about this silence felt wrong.

"Hey, don't jinx us again," I muttered under my breath.

Suddenly, the radio on my belt emitted a sharp beep, followed by an urgent voice crackling through the static.

"On your guard! Cosmic Beast rematerialization imminent!" Agent Steve warned.

Without warning, a streak of crimson lightning erupted from deep within the planet's surface, shooting skyward like the sudden bloom of a colossal tree in a sped-up timelapse. Its jagged branches twisted and forked through the sky, and from its heart, reality itself began to tear apart. The crimson lightning wove into a writhing trunk, and at its center, a gaping rift formed, its edges bending and distorting the air around it.

From within that rift, a massive, clawed hand emerged, scaled and ridged like an ancient dragon's talon, its grip curling hungrily into the open air. Moments later, the monstrous head of an octopus-like titan forced its way through, its slick skin glistening under alien light. Two enormous, blood-red eyes glared down upon us, burning with unrestrained fury.

Then came its voice. It was not sound in the air, but a shattering cry in our minds, reverberating inside our skulls.

"YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME! I... AM... INVINCIBLE!"

The Cthulhu Cosmic Beast rose in full, towering three hundred meters into the alien sky. Its form looked untouched by the carnage we had just dealt—it was not merely healed; it was an entirely new body, freshly conjured from the void.

We all instinctively covered our ears, though it did little to block the telepathic assault. This was the first time any of us had faced a Cosmic Beast that spoke in a human tongue. Normally, they sputtered incoherent sounds, as if spamming a keyboard at random.

"What the hell!?" one of the SENPAI WAIFUs cried. "Is this guy really immortal?"

"All WAIFUs, Formation C! Engage the enemy and hold your positions! Keep your distance!" Agent Feena's voice cut sharply through the chaos.

"Roger!" the WAIFUs replied in unison, activating their leg and backpack thrusters to leap backward into defensive positions. They took cover behind jagged, spire-like rocks jutting from the alien terrain.

"Beam Rifle, Tower Shield, Equip!" the support units called out, triggering their WEEB Systems. In an instant, their WAIFU partners were armed with sleek, high-powered rifles and towering energy shields, the gear locking into place with a satisfying mechanical hiss.