Chapter 34
Meanwhile, the Armageddon that was transformed into a rocket flew upward.
For Nate, Mar, and Grey, it is just a diversion. But for Grizzly, who was in the air, it is not.
The Armageddon did not fly without direction. It flew towards Grizzly with a single purpose which was to hit him.
At first, the speed of the Armageddon is not a problem for Grizzly to dodge. However, as it heads toward him, Grizzly's heart skipped a beat while his eyes widened.
"Shit!"
He cursed as he furiously flapped his wings to dodge the flying Armageddon.
Unfortunately for Grizzly, the Armageddon's speed is too fast for him to dodge.
Whoosh!
Bam!
Of course, the bam sound is not a sound of an explosion. Instead, it is the sound of the Armageddon in the form of a rocket hitting Grizzly's wings as Grizzly used his wings to block the Armageddon.
Nate and the three others were caught off guard and were forced to look up.
"What?"
They were stunned for a split second.
Unfortunately for them, no matter how fast a split second was, Smith could take advantage of it and hit them.
The moment when they turned their focus back to Smith, Smith had already sent his attack to them.
He blinked towards Grey using the thrusters on his back with a speed that Nate, Mar, Grey, and Grizzly could not follow.
Bam!
"One-hundred-unit punch."
Smith landed his punch on Grey, which made the latter fly backward. He could take the fifty-unit punch. But he could not take the one-hundred-unit punch. Hence, he was sent backward.
Meanwhile, Smith did not stop there. Instead, he propelled himself upward towards Grizzly, who was hit by Armageddon.
At the moment, the metallic feathers on Grizzly's right wing were crushed by the momentum of the Armageddon, which made him unable to sustain his flight.
However, that is not permanent. It could be seen that the feathers on Grizzly's wings are self-healing and would only take a short while for him to be able to fly again.
Unfortunately, Grizzly did not have the abundance of time since Smith was flying toward him.
The time Smith took when he hit Grey up to when he reached Grizzly is only two seconds.
And in that very brief moment, Nate, Mar, and Grey were left in the dust on the ground.
"Fuck!"
Grizzly's eyes widened as he saw Smith flying towards him. He knew he could not let Smith go near him. Otherwise, he would be a dead man.
His wings were broken, and he was free falling to the ground.
Fortunately, he was able to somehow stabilize himself. However, he is unable to properly fight.
"Shit! This is bad."
Grizzly wanted to give up. However, he knows that he cannot die here. Or rather, he did not have the will to give up.
Hence…
Whoosh!
… he did not hesitate to close his wings and free fall. This way, he could gain an acceleration of 9.8 meters per second.
However, he did not expect to be saved by this mere action. And… indeed.
As Smith saw him free falling. He smirked and followed behind. However, his acceleration is not the same as Grizzly's.
With the thrusters on his back, Smith gained about 15 meters per second acceleration.
The number is not that big, but in a few blinks of an eye, Smith caught up to him.
"I have caught up to you."
Smith pointed at Grizzly. Then, the Armageddon, in the form of a missile, maneuvered itself and flew towards Smith as if it were a dog called by its master.
Clink! Clink! Clink!
Then, with a few clinking sounds, the Armageddon changed into its original form.
The form where it can fire powerful plasma beams. And the same form Smith used to fend off those hunting them along with the Midnight Hunters.
"Die!"
Smith softly muttered.
Among the four of them, Grizzly is the greatest nuisance as well as the most dangerous. Grizzly could be the biggest deciding factor in Smith's loss.
It's not that Smith is afraid of losing. It's just that he cannot afford to do so.
He was already branded as a traitor. If he was captured, Smith is sure he would not have a good ending.
Either he will be dead, or he will die.
Indeed, there will only be one outcome.
Meanwhile, the Armageddon gathered energy as Smith prepared to fire an A-grade plasma beam.
Firing an A-graded plasma beam will not be as fast as when he fired the regular beams of the Armageddon since it requires a lot more energy.
It will take a few seconds to load the energy into the Armageddon.
However, that few seconds would only be approximately 1.2 seconds.
Whoosh!
After 1.2 seconds, the plasma beam was fired. But before the beam could hit Grizzly, Grizzly opened his rather broken metallic wings and glided into the air.
True, he is unable to sustain his flight. But that is not his purpose. Grizzly opened his wing to effectively dodge the plasma beam. And indeed, he dodged it, which made Smith a lugging stock. Fortunately, there is no one to laugh at him.
Meanwhile, as Grizzly opened his wings and dodged the plasma beam, his acceleration abruptly decreased, making Smith catch up to him.
Bam!
As Smith entered close to Grizzly, Grizzly gave out a punch and hit Smith's metallic body.
With that, it could be seen that Grizzly is not called as such for no reason.
The punch that Grizzly delivered made Smith flinch and move his trajectory. But… further than that, there is no damage.
"How can that be?"
Grizzly asked, stunned.
However, he is not the only one with the same question.
Smith, too is asking the same question.
"How can a human possess such strength?"
However, neither of them has the mood answer.
Smith prepared to fire his Armageddon again while grizzly cast his watchful eyes towards Smith.
This time, Smith will be a lot more careful, while on the other hand, Grizzly lost his will to fight. The only thing that he wants is to dodge, defend, and survive.