Chapter 160: The Time for Coronation Has Come, Thus Inspiring All Things
Rias and the others watched the anomalous figures before them with ashen faces.
Apart from the one in the center who called himself the Second of Rahu's Seven Luminaries, the Moon King Hazyirus, the other four generals he had created had already thrown back their robes.
They were neither human, angel, devils, nor fallen angel, nor did they belong to any other mythological system known to them.
Just as the Moon King Hazyirus had said, his master was the lord of mechanical lifeforms, so the created beings were all mechanical, yet unlike the various mechanical designs seen in human sci-fi movies.
They resembled the terrifying alien monsters from human sci-fi films, with the difference that while movie monsters were still carbon-based lifeforms, these were alien silicon-based lifeforms constructed from machinery.
Among these five individuals, four were created by one entity. The weakest exuded a pressure slightly stronger than that of Tsubaki, a high-class devil, implying the other three were likely at the Satan level.
Their creator clearly surpassed the Satan level, leaving only the Chief God level.
And there were seven Chief God-level beings in total, with yet another creator above them. What level could that be?
Perhaps on par with the Dragon God?
Maybe she was overthinking it. After all, she couldn't sense any fluctuations of magical power, spiritual energy, demonic aura, or other energy systems from this world emanating from them. Judging their level solely based on the pressure they exerted might be inaccurate.
Perhaps it was all just an illusion.
However, the mechanical lifeform that exerted the least pressure raised its hand, revealing a hole in its palm. Light gathered within—a clear sign of an impending attack.
Without hesitation, Rias launched a magical bullet imbued with destructive force, striking first.
"BOOM—!!!"
The explosion's light, flames, and dust not only engulfed that mechanical lifeform but also swept over the others nearby.
Faced with her attack, they seemed not to have reacted—no, it wasn't that they hadn't reacted, but that they completely ignored it.
This behavior made Rias's heart sink.
In the next instant, she urgently deployed a powerful barrier in front of her using magical power.
Almost simultaneously, a beam of light blew away the dust and struck her barrier.
For a moment, the barrier nearly shattered, but by releasing a massive amount of magical power, she barely managed to hold it together.
But it was only barely.
The opponent's beam didn't stop; it continued to laser forth, steadily increasing in power, causing Rias's expression to grow increasingly grim.
Now, she couldn't dispel the barrier. The moment she did, the beam would hit her without giving her a chance to dodge.
At this point, just resisting the beam was taking all her effort; she couldn't spare even a sliver of power for anything else.
And the weakest one opposite her clearly wasn't taking it seriously, casting a mocking gaze her way, which made Rias's heart grow even heavier.
This meant the opponent truly possessed power on par with a high-class devil.
Suddenly, the other party raised its other hand—no, that wasn't a hand. It had no palm, just a cannon barrel that flashed toward them. A massive energy projectile came crashing down.
Crack! Shatter!
The sound of shattering glass—Tsubaki's Sacred Gear, the Mirror Alice, which had immediately blocked the front, was destroyed.
Thus, the effect of the Sacred Gear was an enhanced rebound.
"Boom—!"
A destructive force roughly ten times more powerful than Rias's magic bullet exploded on the opponent's side.
The beam ray aimed at Rias also vanished due to this counterattack.
"Heh, this is truly interesting. You actually managed to hurt me."
As these amused words rang out, the dust and flames were blown away once more, revealing the group again, all unharmed.
Well, the mechanical lifeform that had been struck by the rebound was somewhat disheveled, but it didn't seem to have suffered significant damage.
At this point, Rias and the others' hearts truly sank to the bottom.
The weakest one really possessed power comparable to high-ranking devils!
And the other three of the Four Generals were likely at the level of Satans.
As for the one who created them, the Lord...
Forget about the level of a Chief God; they couldn't even defeat a Satan. What was worse, this high-ranking mechanical lifeform seemed capable of matching all of them.
Correction: all of them except for that guy.
Looking at his expression, he no longer had his usual composure and calm, but he wasn't overly serious either—just slightly furrowing his brows.
"Your target is me, right?"
Renji, noticing the mechanical beings, suddenly asked this.
"Correct. We came here to capture you."
These words stunned everyone, including the one who asked.
"Why?"
The one who asked—Renji—was somewhat confused.
Had he been exposed?
No, if he had been exposed, the other party's reaction shouldn't be like this.
"This? Why, Lord Hazyirus?"
This member of the Four Generals seemed a bit slow-witted, answering whatever was asked.
In fact, not only was this general confused, but the other three were also puzzled by this matter.
They didn't understand why Evil God Melbazoa, Lord of Mechanical Lifeforms, had suddenly ordered an investigation into this King Solomon.
Initially, their goal was to investigate what kind of existence this world's so-called King Solomon was and confirm whether he was truly dead.
The investigation results confirmed that he was indeed dead, and they were preparing to take the corpse away when they were discovered, so they settled for taking the ten rings instead.
Subsequent reports, however, claimed that King Solomon's corpse had disappeared.
After further investigation, they followed some traces to this town, and this time, Lord Hazyirus personally led the team, risking exposure to infiltrate directly.
Then, based on what they had just heard from the nun, they realized that the man might be the resurrected King Solomon.
So why would a mere human like this attract the special attention of Evil God Melbazoa?
The Four Generals were deeply perplexed.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't!"
Hazyirus coldly retorted, making the Four Generals shrink their necks and drop the topic.
Of course, Hazyirus knew why they needed to capture this person—it was simply to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.
However, based on the current information, this worry seemed somewhat unnecessary.
Still, the fact that this guy had been resurrected required further investigation.
Was the other party truly resurrected in this era, or did this world also possess a special system capable of summoning humans from history?
"Not answering? Fine, then you can disappear too."
Hmph, Hazyirus snorted coldly. Who did this guy think he was? How dare he speak in such a tone?
"The time for coronation has come, thus I shall enlighten all phenomena."
What was that? An incantation?
Wait, it sounded familiar!
Suddenly, the world distorted violently!