Ubermensch – Chapter 140

Chapter 140

The moment Mason boarded, the Soldier began to fly away at high speed, creating distance.

Their specs were equal. No, the Champion’s were superior.

The Soldier’s biggest advantage was its remaining energy. Its ammunition. It planned to engage in a firefight from a distance.

Even though the Champion’s specs were better, the difference wasn’t overwhelming.

However, Mason shouted.

“Release the limiter!”

“Do it!”

<...Limiter released.>

Simultaneously, the Champion’s boosters roared. Its speed doubled instantly. Naturally, the distance between it and the Soldier closed in an instant.

“Ugh…!”

The price was the pressure from the gravitational acceleration. Mason’s body was being crushed at this very moment, being restored thanks to his smart cells.

The Soldier hastily opened fire.

“Don’t!”

Mason cut it off.

“We’ll lose if we waste energy like that! Don’t use the barrier!”

“It’s fine! It’s only been a few years since I started fighting by controlling my own body…”

At that moment, Mason performed a right-angle flight, defying inertia. It was a ‘gravity turn,’ a maneuver that distorted gravity to negate inertia and reaccelerate to strike the opponent.

A sudden flight that went beyond the AI’s predicted range of motion. A gravity turn.

The Soldier’s shots only hit empty air.

“But I’ve got over twenty years of experience playing with Soldiers!”

Crack!

Due to the aftereffects of reacceleration, Mason’s neck broke, and his internal organs were shaken. Unable to withstand the pressure, Mason’s eyes became bloodshot, and tears of blood streamed down his face.

Mason was also risking his life.

But the reward was sweet.

The Soldier and the Champion closed in.

“No. Don’t use it!”

The monomolecular cutter could cut through any material.

The problem was that the cut was so clean that an opponent with regenerative abilities could easily regenerate.

To destroy a cutting-edge weapon like the Soldier, a more brutal, more violent weapon was needed.

Something like… the earth!

“Push it! Serious God!”

Thud!

The Champion’s left hand grabbed the Soldier’s head.

“I’m going to drive it into the ground like this!”

The Champion’s boosters roared to their limit.

Rumble!

The Soldier’s back was ground against the earth.

At the same time, Mason clenched the Champion’s right fist.

“Turbo Piston Punch!”

The Champion’s right fist transformed into a sledgehammer.

Mason plunged the Champion’s right fist into the Soldier’s abdomen and activated the piston.

Rat-a-tat-tat!

The Soldier’s back and abdomen were repeatedly crushed and regenerated.

The Soldier struggled to break free, but the Champion had the upper hand in specs from the start. And now, its limiter was released.

“You’re a toy. The Destroyer’s toy!”

And Mason was the person who knew the Soldier best in the world.

“Your situational judgment is… too slow!”

It was a difference in speed. The speed of decision-making!

No matter how fast Mason’s reflexes and neural transmission speed were, they couldn’t be faster than an AI.

But Mason knew the Soldier’s AI well.

He knew how the AI would react to each situation.

If you could see one step ahead of your opponent, it was practically precognition.

In this high-speed battle, there was no time to come up with new moves. Ultimately, the Soldier’s every action was predicted and met with a one-sided beating.

“Enemy energy remaining?!”

“Good!”

That was the moment.

Whirr.

The light in the Soldier’s eyes vanished, and all its boosters fired simultaneously.

It was a kind of air brake.

Thud!

“Ugh!”

The Champion was thrown back by the unexpected impact.

Freed from the Champion, the Soldier regained altitude.

At the same time, the Soldier’s movements changed.

The Soldier’s linear movements started incorporating human-like feints, and its speed increased noticeably.

“The AI doesn’t have the authority to release the limiter. Only the pilot can release the limiter…”

At that moment, a chill ran down Mason’s spine.

“…The Destroyer!”

It seemed the Destroyer himself had begun to control the Soldier remotely.

Mason gritted his teeth.

“Fine. Let’s do this!”

The Soldier also drew its chain blade, seemingly intending to engage in close combat. A chain blade was a long electric saw that, unlike the monomolecular cutter, widened the wound area.

‘Shooting is pointless. It’ll dodge, just like I did.’

Mason also deactivated the Turbo Fist and drew his chain blade.

Mason was the best Soldier pilot of the future. It stood to reason the Destroyer would be the same.

The next moment.

The Soldier ascended.

‘What’s it doing?’

Mason was puzzled. In a typical aerial battle, higher altitude was advantageous. It was easier to gain acceleration.

But for the Soldier and the Champion, both equipped with gravity control technology, altitude-based acceleration wasn’t necessary.

‘Then why did it gain altitude?’

There was a purpose beyond combat.

‘And if there’s a purpose beyond combat…’

In that instant, Mason was horrified.

“The people!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Piercing through the clouds, a barrage of destructive energy rained down.

The trajectory wasn’t aimed at Mason’s Champion, but at the people on the surface of Mars.

Mason shouted urgently.

“Intercept!”

“Just do it!”

The Serious God fired at the projectiles. The plasma bullets and divine power bullets cancelled each other out, clearing the barrage.

And in that gap, the Soldier swooped down from the sky.

A trajectory aimed at Mason, with Mars positioned behind him.

‘Let’s see you dodge this.’

Even from the trajectory alone, he could feel the malicious mockery.

‘If you want to see them slaughtered.’

Mason gritted his teeth and flew to meet the Soldier head-on.

“Do it anyway!”

The Soldier and the Champion. No, the Destroyer and Mason flew towards each other.

“Waaaaah!”

The Champion’s chain blade aimed for the Soldier’s head. The Soldier’s chain blade aimed for the Champion’s cockpit in its chest.

Mutual destruction. No, a victory for the Destroyer.

Because the Soldier had no pilot.

Screech!

The two chain blades began to grind against each other’s bodies.

At that moment, Mason activated the boosters.

Towards the ground!

“I know!”

Mason braced for the impact, gritting his teeth.

“I’m doing this on purpose!”

Crash!

Ignoring the impact of crashing into the earth, the Soldier and the Champion continued to grind against each other, clinging to one another.

“To the people!”

As Mason smiled triumphantly,

“Direct hit!”

“Blood Sword Fills the Sky!”

The President and Seo Yeonhee’s ultimate moves struck the Soldier’s back.

Unlike a high-speed aerial battle, if they were stationary on the ground like this, even the Murim warriors could join the fight.

“…!”

Realizing this, the Soldier tried to activate its boosters and ascend, but the Champion pressed down, activating its own boosters to negate the energy.

Countless ultimate moves struck the Soldier, and its energy began to dwindle.

The Soldier’s wounds stopped healing. Its nanites were running out.

In the end, the Destroyer had to admit defeat.