"FOR A LONG TIME, I THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY SURVIVORS!"
The enormous Space Bug's tone changed. It no longer showed shock and animosity, it instead showed a giddy excitement that chilled the Nak warriors.
"FOR A LONG TIME, I THOUGHT WE WERE CURSED TO LIVE IN THIS DAMAGED STAR SYSTEM AS THE LONE RACE".
"I NEVER EXPECTED INTRUDERS TO COME ONE DAY".
"SO, THE GOD OF MACHINERY ACTUALLY EXISTS".
"HE ACTUALLY ANSWERED MY PRAYERS!" The enormous Space Bug's voice rose up a crescendo to show his excitement.
"I PRAYED EVERYDAY FOR SUBJECTS, SUBJECTS OTHER THAN THOSE FROM MY RACE THAT I CAN RULE AND LORD OVER AS AN EMPEROR".
"THE REIGN OF THE PREVIOUS EMPEROR IS OVER; NOW IS MY TURN".
"TODAY, MY PRAYER IS FINALLY ANSWERED".
"TELL ME, THERE ARE MORE FROM YOUR RACE RIGHT?"
"IS YOUR RACE THE ONLY RACE THAT INVADED?"
The Bug's eyes glowed in a crazy emotional manner; it was an unsettling sight to be seen in a metal creature. "I NEED MORE SUBJECTS!"
"I NEED MORE CREATURES TO WORSHIP ME!"
"I NEED TO BECOME THE NEW EMPEROR OF THE RORONOA STAR SYSTEM!"
"…"
By now, Champion Onana already gave in to despair.
Grade A Supers and Beasts were not entities that could be found in any random corner of the universe. It was already reasonably hard to find Grade B Supers like him, as for those with Grade A strength, they were even rarer.
Coming to this backwater Star System that was destroyed by an ancient war, he never expected to meet an existence that already had Grade A strength.
He was caught off-guard and confused.
He was frustrated. 'H-how?'
'How is this possible?'
"Champion!"
Onana ignored everything as he drowned in his thoughts.
'How can a Grade A Bug be born from these stupid Bug Species?'
'How can a Grade A Bug be born in this backwater Star System?'
'How can an entity stronger than me be born here?'
"Champion!".
At this moment, Onana could no longer hear anything else as he simply drowned in his own self and the disappointment of his defeat.
The moment a Grade A Beast arrived was the moment that he lost this war.
As a Champion of a powerful Galactic State like the Nak State, he had been exposed to a lot of high-level information and experiences. He had witnessed Grade A Supers in action. In fact, his mentor was a Grade A Mechanic.
Apart from acknowledging the ridiculous difficulty to achieve this level of strength, Onana also knew that he stood no chance before these existences.
Any Grade A Super or Beast could annihilate a dozen Onanas effortlessly.
"ONANA!!!"
He finally snapped awake from his thoughts.
"We have lost". General Aztog's voice reverberated in a cold coordinated manner as soon as he was able to get the Champion's attention.
"You are a Champion of our state, your safety is paramount".
"Try your best to escape".
"We will stand our ground till death to defend your retreat".
"…"
Onana paused, something seemed to flip in his brain.
His eyes clouded in confusion as he once again sank in his own thoughts.
'Why did I risk the life of everyone to come here despite the minute possibility that there can be danger that can easily end our lives?'
'It's because of my curiosity'.
Instantly, his subconcious rebuked his own thoughts. 'No!'
'I risked my life and everyone's lives because I am desperate to improve'.
'I am willing to learn and do anything it takes for me to improve, and while doing that, I also want to enjoy life all at the same time'.
He clenched his fists. 'That is my problem'.
Without him knowing, tears already welled in his eyes. 'My whole life, I lived to prove my family wrong, prove that I am not a good for nothing'.
'I was born without talent; my twin brother had all the talent'.
'Delzebub stole all limelight away from my life'.
'My father said my greatest achievement in life was being born in the same womb as my brother'. His nails dug into his palm as blood flowed.
'From the age of 2, I developed the will to prove everyone in my life wrong. I worked harder than anyone else, I never took my safety seriously, I brave dangers that warriors stronger than me don't have the guts to brave'.
'I made countless stupid decisions just to get power, to prove them wrong'.
'In the end, it paid, I became a Champion…, but at what cost?'
He raised his right hand and looked at it. 'I have now become the exact Monster that I hated all my life and I have always wanted to prove wrong'.
He could see the image of his father in it.
'My obsession with improving has become so strong that I ignore other's lives, why? Because they don't have as much talent as me'.
'I doomed them to the same fate that I experienced as a kid'.
'The same fate that my father doomed me too'.
Images filled his head; he could see the image of himself overlapping with that of his stone-faced warrior father.
'NO!'
The image shattered.
'I am not my father!'
'I will not doom everyone I'm better than to death!'
'They also deserve a chance to struggle and show what they've got'.
'Everybody is special, they have their own talent, I will believe in it and respect it, everybody deserves a chance to live'.
'My hesitation to use master's gift before shows how far I've fallen'.
'But not again…, I am not my father".
"I am me".
"I am Onana!'
"Special Mechanic Ability: Overload!"
"Arghh…!!!" Onana roared as he overloaded every single systems of his upgraded mechanic suit, pushing it to its limits as he attacked.
Not just that, he activated his mechanic suit's new trump card.
"Special Berserker Ability: Liberation- Berserk!"
~BERSERKER~
[Warning! You have entered the Berserk State!]
Bzzz!
Onana's neural interface was stimulated as his neural connection to his mechanic suit increased to an unprecedented level. Powered by his strong emotions, he even broke his peak resonance limit with his mech suit.
Every single weapon of this mechanic suit hovered around him as he took control over them and unleashed deadly attacks towards the Space Bug.
Then he roared. "General Aztog, this is my order!"
"This is a direct order from me!"
"You disobey, you disobey Section 12 of the Nak Navy Law and you're sentenced to death, you must obey!"
"Lead the remaining 3 Battleships safely out of Planet Titania".
"I have a means to stall this Bug".
"But Champion…"
"THIS IS AN ORDER!" Onana roared.
General Aztog no longer hesitated.
In his military training days, it was already ingrained in his subconscious, in the thick of battle, tension could affect emotions and a lot of things but something a soldier should always do was listen to his superior.
General Aztog acknowledged the order, then he also addressed his subordinates. "Do not look back, overload the engines and accelerate".
"Let's escape this Planet".
"Prepare the FTL drives ahead of time for Warp Travel".
"Yes, General!"
"BOW BEFORE ME!" The Grade A Space Bug continued asking like an Emperor.
"ACKNOWLEDGE ME AS YOUR LORD".
"I WILL BE THE EMPEROR OF THE NEW RORONOA STAR SYSTEM. IT IS EITHER YOU SUBMIT TO ME PEACEFULLY NOW OR I FORCE YOU TO SUBMIT".
"IT IS YOUR CHOICE, CHOOSE WISELY".
While the Space Bug watched, all remaining 3 Spaceships suddenly accelerated. For a few seconds, it was stunned.
When it finally understood what was happening, it was incensed.
"UNGRATEFUL ALIENS!"
Its powerful tail launched up again like a venomous Viper.
BOOM…!!!
Before it hit though, having made up his mind, Onana accelerated downwards towards the tail.
"I'm sorry master, I promised I would not use it but I have no choice".
He said his prayers before he touched the luxurious necklace that was on his neck, he crushed one of the 3 beads in its middle.
BZZZ!
A powerful energy fluctuation suddenly burst out.
This was an energy that also exceeded the Grade B realm.
"…!" The Space Bug was shocked and caught off-guard.
Behind Onana, the silhouette of a Senior Nak Warrior appeared. As the 3 Spaceships escaped, they caught glimpse of this silhouette.
"Admiral Zhao!"
The projection of the Admiral spread his hands out and a shield generator was activated. This shield generator defended against the lethal tail attack, buying enough time for the Spaceships to finally escape the Planet's gravity.
The Grade A Space Bug was annoyed and angered.
"@$%^&*!" It roared in its crazy alien tongue again.
Onana didn't stop there, he was no longer intimidated by the Space Bug.
"I am paying a significant price for this, but I promise you will pay more in due time". He gritted his teeth as he brought out a token and crushed it.
Another silhouette of the Nak Admiral appeared. This time, he was on a gigantic mechanical suit and on his hand was a cannon launcher.
He pulled the trigger.
BOOM!
The Space Bug was forced into defending for the first time as it recognized the threat of this attack. While it defended, Onana escaped.
Before he could escape Planet Titania's gravity though, the tail elongated upwards again. This time, Berserker's sensors didn't notice it on time due to the speed of the attack, the tail hit.
A large chunk of the gigantic mechanic suit was obliterated.
The friction set the rest part on fire.
~BERSERKER~
[Critical Damage Detected!]
The lights of the mech suit's interface became wobbly.
Onana gritted his teeth. "Activate internal freezing!"
"Activate Warp Travel!"
Draining a significant power from it's power reactor, Berserker made use of it's remaining energy to power both power-hungry modules. First, the internals of the mech froze, freezing Onana in it in the process.
After that, the Mech took the risk despite its damage and jumped into warp travel, barely dodging the follow-up attack from the angry Space Bug.
"#$%^&!!!"
Its angry roar echoed through the Planet.
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