When Tai finished eating, he swung by the bathroom and headed straight to the armory to prepare himself. He still had around an hour but putting on the armor was a bit time-consuming task, especially when doing it alone.
He stepped into the arena first, wearing his battle attire with pudao in hand. He had to wait a few minutes, but not that long, for his opponent to appear.
At first, I thought it was a fucking robot, but with a bit of observation, I figured it was a living creature, but heavily modified by mechanical parts. It was quite large overall, reaching more than three meters, with a set of six crab-like metal legs. Three on each side. The torso, connected to this moving platform, was also armored. Covered by thick plates. The head was covered by a helmet with two pipes connecting it to a device on the creature's back.
It was something completely different from what I saw on the goliath-alien back.
