Chapter 347
It happened in an instant .
Karman had not even let his guard down .
And yet…
“You must pay for your crime of tarnishing this gift from Lord Rimuru . ”
By the time the chilly voice reached him, Beretta, who should have been held down by the five Powered Suits, had disappeared .
“What!?”
He frantically searched the area with his sensors, but Beretta was nowhere…no, he was there .
“…!!”
There was a scream and then one of his comrades fell .
It was hard to believe this was happening .
And in the next instant, Karman had to rethink everything .
The air seemed to twist as Beretta appeared .
In front of him, another of his–
“Jogg! Behind you!!”
“–Huh?”
Karman’s scream did not reach him .
Beretta moved faster than the speed of sound itself as his thin arms pierced and shredded the Powered Suit .
Numerous tentacles pulled Jogg out, and the empty Powered Suit crumbled to the ground .
What had happened to the first man?
He now understood .
“Im-impossible…”
“What the…he got two of us in a second…”
The two others whispered to each other . Karman felt the same .
However, unlike his men, who were merely shocked, Karman was thinking of a way out of this .
(How did he move like that just now? It was as if space had moved–could it be space teleportation!?)
Moving that fast should cause shock waves .
However, no such thing had occurred .
He had moved faster than sound without affecting the atmosphere–Karman had never heard of such a thing, not even as a rumor .
So then–it couldn’t have been movement, but teleportation .
And his thinking was close to the truth .
Beretta’s Ultimate Gift, ‘Deus Ex Machina’s’ ‘Space Manipulation,’ allowed him to change his own position .
It was limited to an area that he could see, but it was the same thing as teleportation .
“What?! Sto-stop!!”
A third man was caught by Beretta now .
Karman saw this and moved .
“Damn it . Don’t underestimate me!!”
He had readied his Neutron Launcher after the second man had fallen, and he now fired it without hesitation .
It was possible that he would hit his own men, but he had decided that it was a sacrifice he was willing to make in order to take down the monster that was Beretta .
The neutron beam turned into a missile that shot towards Beretta at the speed of light .
The effect would be the transfer of an immense amount of kinetic energy as a reaction of colliding with the target, turning the target into hot plasma .
–Or it should have .
“Wh-what the… IMPOOSSSIBBLEEE!!”
A phenomenon that was so unreal was occurring before Karman’s very eyes .
The neutron beam had changed course right before hitting Beretta and disappeared into the ceiling .
In Karman’s machine-assisted vision, he could see the afterglow of the neutron beam as it reacted with the atomic nucleus in the atmosphere and turned into plasma before disappearing into the ceiling .
There was enough information to assure him that this was no observation error .
Beretta was still standing there .
However, he wasn’t idle .
Crunch, Crack, Snap–the eerie sounds erupted as the tips of Beretta’s tentacles worked to destroy the Powered Suit it had removed .
This process seemed like a display of Beretta’s fury, and Karman could not help but feel a sense of dread .
“Wha-what…did you just do?”
He could no longer stand the sight, and so he asked the question .
He didn’t even expect an answer, but it came surprisingly quickly .
“It is simple . I determined the nature of the attack and I dealt with it accordingly . I suppose it is a weapon that gathers together particles and unleashes it at a tremendous speed . A frightful thing, however…”
Said Beretta, before continuing .
It seemed simple enough to alter the angle of space and send the beam off-course .
Because as long as the particles did not react to the atomic nucleus of the target, it was not a threat .
“Yo-you are saying you understood it after the first attack? But, how are you unharmed!? I saw you get hit…”
“Unharmed? You ruined the mask that Lord Rimuru gave to me . And you say ‘unharmed’!! And not only that, but this face that should be hidden…”
Beretta looked like he was trying to control his anger .
While the hole in his stomach seemed like it should have been the bigger problem, he was more preoccupied with the mask he held in his hands .
Beretta was terribly warped and this was making it harder for Karman to think clearly .
However, just then, the last of Karman’s men who had been waiting for such an opportunity, attacked Beretta from behind .
The hands of the Powered Suits had a number of barrels on them . And now one of them unleashed a rainbow of light .
It was thermal plasma .
It came from a thermonuclear reactor and was launched as a weapon .
“I did it!!”
He screamed . And the incredible heat assaulted Beretta—and yet, not a single hair from his beautiful silver locks was burnt .
Beretta stood completely unhurt amidst the assault of the colorful plasma .
It was a mystical sight . So much so that Karman stared at him in a state of awe .
And then–
Beretta chuckled softly .
The only reason Beretta had taken damage the first time the Neutron Launcher was used, was because it was an unknown attack .
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