Up within the bridge of Outer Heaven, Yggdra was oddly silent while Frigga was clenching her hand as if claws would sprout from her fingers. Both didn't need an analyst to tell them what they were looking at; after all, they were the ones to discover how to make AT Field generators in the first place for the Valkyrian military. Both leaders were impressed yet highly agitated by the actions of Esdeath. Building a new HAVEN mech was one thing, but replicating Tier 0 shielding technology for personal use without informing either of them was a serious breach of insubordination and security. There was no way she could have acquired the materials for it within the Valkyrian military since access required approval by both Yggdra and Frigga, which meant that she used certain channels outside the Valkyrian Kingdom.
Both leaders will definitely be having a stern conversation with Esdeath after this little campaign is over with. AT Field generators ARE STRICTLY regulated amongst the highest primals of the military but Esdeath was only given access to small scale AT field powered by her suit's power core to provide absolute protection for her feelers. She was NOT one of those given an entire generator simply due to the fact that she was plenty powerful without one and had never expressed an interest in them either.
"That woman is so endearingly infuriating," Frigga admitted with clenched jaw. "She will not be unpunished for such a daring maneuver."
Yggdra was quick to reply with "We'll remind her of her place in the food pyramid if I have anything to say about it. I will have Naru cared by KOS-MOS until I finish with her. We have been far too lenient towards her given her primal status over Cocytus. It would not do to let her believe she is above the security of the Valkyrian people."
T-ELOS decided to speak up, bringing to attention another point that was unneeded to the two leaders. "Esdeath doesn't come off as a foolish type. She has to know that you would find out about her AT generators were she to bring them out in this battle. It is impossible for her to remain ignorant of the seriousness of such a breach in regulation. What would her true reason behind this be?"
Yggdra and Frigga had thought of that and had formed a few theories but none too concrete enough. While Esdeath was a blood whoring sociopath, she was a brilliant mind as well. They had no doubt she knew exactly the mess she would be making with this act.
Esdeath stood confidently with her arms crossed under her bosom's armor as she looked around her despite barely being able to see anything due to the density of ripples spreading across the spherical shield, much less the equal amount of small explosions due to the anti-matter annihilating the matter of all the enemy firepower.
"Grand Primal Commander Hrist to Prime Luvos Primal Esdeath, I know a modified AT generator when I see one. Considering your rapport, I'm assuming the Queen and Under-Supreme Primal didn't approve of it. Since we're in the middle of a battle, I'm leaving your fate up to the Queen. She'll want to see you after this is all over. Leviathan Command out. "
Esdeath only expressed her opinion with a small "tch" but didn't seem worried or angry. "Understood, Grand Primal Commander. I'll accept their punishment, however, they'll want to see what this modified AT generator can do before deciding my punishment. Let's see if my breakthrough can change their initial opinions when I show a creativity to rival Frigga's. Esdeath out."
She disabled her communication uplink to the ship to not be bothered by Hrist's response. With a flick of her arms to the side, the AT wings straightened out and began rotating around her body to blinding speeds. The AT sphere around her rotated with the wings and with a flourish of her arms, Esdeath caused the AT field to spread outwards a hundred meters. The effect was everything touched by the shield being annihilated within a second, causing a massive explosion of energy that knocked everything further away except TATSUMI who changed into its mech form.
A perfect half spherical crater was in the ground underneath Esdeath due to the ground being annihilated as well but she remained hovering in the air as the AT generator wings returned back to her side.
Closing her eyes to focus, she could just make out the area Oggaluz was in—about four hundred meters to her North. She could also feel a mass of psycho energy heading her way; that must be alot of Orks.
She looked down towards TATSUMI who was crushing any Orks that weren't dead yet injured from her "Assault Field". "Baby, we're going to be having a lot of company soon so be ready for a big battle. Don't let their numbers confuse you as the vibrations from their automatic gunfire may upset your optical systems, so be sure to fall back on your alternative detection systems, such as Heat Vision, Echolocation, and Olfactory. You ready?"
The mech gave a cheerful wave with one blade while the other was pinning a quickly disintegrating Ork to some rubble. "Yes, Mother. ADMM missiles are halfway depleted, so I'll rely mainly on the gravitic railguns and melee. What about the Sky Razers?"
On cue, the 300 air mobile soldiers began splitting up into squads and engaging in enemies around Esdeath's area. "They know their mission. Focus on yours, Son, because here they come."
A hundred and fifty meters away from them, the cries of WAAAGH! echoed like the cheers of fans in a packed stadium. Hundreds of Orklings and dozens of Nobs began piling into their view from a small wall of debris made by the shockwave of her Assault Field. Many were of the ordinary variety, clad in rags of clothes with a club or a combi weapon. Then there were those covered in armor made from slabs of metal welded together. These were more commonly armed with a pair of metal blades or axes. The most noticeable for the eight foot tall Nobs who were the "nobles" of Ork society. They were bigger than the average Ork due to their dozens or hundreds of years of constant battling either themselves or the many xeno species prevalent in this galactic slug fest. They were either armed with large clubs or rocket launchers.
All of them were craving the coming challenge like a drug and to be honest, Esdeath was as well.
"Come, you green sacks of garbage. Show me that lust for war your species is so famous for!" she yelled in challenge and was answered in kind as hundreds of weapons opened fire on her. Her body seemed to fade a little, like she was halfway transparent as the rounds slammed into and through her body with no resistance. It was then as if time was trying to catch up with her as her shade "moved" to the closest Ork where it was already removed from its arms. Esdeath was there with her hands holding its jaws open. With an easy pull, she ripped its lower jaw clean from its body, dirtying her arm with the fluids that erupted out. Without a care for that, she let go of the jaw and used the same hand to stab clean through its brain.
Her palm flattened out to create an AT field that destroyed a few dozen rounds before her body faded again, this time appearing within the ranks of those who just shot at her. With a spin of her body, a chakram of ice flew out from her body and sliced them all apart into multiple segments in a wide circle motion before returning to her hand. She spun again and threw it several dozen meters to eviscerate a Nob that was aiming a rocket launcher at her. With a snap of her fingers, the chakram exploded into a cluster of spikes pointing in all directions, ripping the body to pieces to resemble a bloody mess.
An Ork ran from behind to club her but the weapon went through her body like the bullets did before. Two hands stabbed through it back and out its chest before they spread apart, ripping the Ork in half down the middle. Esdeath was composed yet the shrinking of her pupils showed her lust growing. With a thought, dozens of ice spears formed from the Ork's blood and shot out, impaling several Orklings who found themselves freezing if they weren't dead.
A trio of rockets screamed through the air and impacted with Esdeath. When the smoke cleared, the AT field was in front of her with neither showing signs of damage. Esdeath formed a halberd of ice and charged in a burst of speed that broke the sound barrier. A trail of blood erupted like geysers from dozens of Orks spaced around as she carved a path of cold death with her power and skill.
Making her way to the three Nobs, she threw her halberd with a speed that created a gust in its wake. The Nob on the left was impaled in the gut and the force threw him back and pinned him to the ground. Esdeath appeared right between the remaining two and her body began utilizing 5% of her true power. Time seemed to slow down for all things except her as she formed an ice saber. With several swipes of the sword, she had carved bone-deep gouges through all of the middle Nob's joints. Walking around him as if on a casual stroll, she inspected his larger body and made a few more cuts here and there like a fashionista making changes to an outfit. All cuts were done with surgical precision that would have robot surgeons jealous.
Ducking underneath the slow moving arm, she walked back in front of him, dragging her sword through his hip and up around front to his center chest. With another curved carving, she grabbed the flesh within the cut and ripped it clean off the skeleton, tearing muscles and nerves. Esdeath stopped her work to take a deep look into the Ork's eyes as it registered the pain. The slow change from angry to pain almost made her want to clench her legs together.
"Now that is what I want to see in your species' eyes whenever they see me, Ork." She affectionately petted the Ork's cheek that was stretching wide at a snail's pace by its incoming yell of pain. "It's too bad I can't play with you as long as I want. Good bye, dear pet." With a small huff and blow, an icy breath flew right into the Ork's nostrils and slowly began to freeze everything up to the cranium.
With a casual gait, she marched over to the remaining Nob and weaved around the incoming bullets. There were only two right now and a third igniting in the chamber. She grabbed the barrel of the bazooka's gun attachment and wrenched and bent it til the muzzle was pointing at the Ork's head.
"You shouldn't play with guns. You'll shoot your eye out."
The bullet came out and went up through the Ork's lower jaw. With a hammer fist, Esdeath smashed the Ork's head like a grape and she ran out to kill the next group, re-constricting her power back to base level. Time sped up for her as the rest of the world caught up. The first Ork exploded as the halberd did inside him, the second fell to the ground in a screaming mess that soon ended as its brain froze, and the third Ork simply fell flat on its front.