Lackey's Seducing Survival Odyssey

Chapter 1769: A weapon that should be used easily!

Meanwhile, back in the Armoury Sector, among countless reinforced warehouses, one particular empty storage facility had become the stage for a deadly standoff.

Ten Unit-Class mech-suits stood in a perfect circle, maintaining equal distance from one another as if executing a carefully rehearsed military formation. Every machine had its weapon raised, humming with compressed energy as crimson targeting lasers converged toward the lone figure standing at the centre.

Surrounded from every direction was another mech-suit.

In both of its mechanical hands rested a pair of jagged crescent-shaped weapons unlike anything the Unit-Class pilots had ever encountered.

Their ivory blades curved inward and outward like twin eclipses, and dozens of intricate grooves, hollow channels, and rotating mechanisms were carved into their unusual design, giving them an appearance that was both elegant and unsettling.

Inside the suit, warning alarms flashed across Young Aether’s visor without pause.

[WARNING! RIGHT WRIST ACTUATOR FAILURE]

[Joint Stabilisation Reduced to 61%]

[Mobility Efficiency Degraded]

The damage had been caused moments earlier when he instinctively caught and flipped the weapon from the destroyed mech-suit. The sudden movement had forced his already strained wrist actuator beyond its operational limit, reducing the responsiveness of his dominant arm.

Young Aether merely glanced at the notifications before dismissing them from his display.

His mechanical fingers slowly tightened around the circular slotted ring built into the centre of the strange weapon. The instant his grip settled into place, the entire crescent blade emitted a faint metallic vibration, followed by a low mechanical hiss as hidden mechanisms awakened deep inside its frame.

A faint violet light seeped through the intricate gaps carved along its edge.

Then it stopped.

A warning immediately appeared across his visor.

[WARNING: UNREGISTERED WEAPON DETECTED]

[INCOMPATIBLE MECH-SUIT SIGNATURE]

[WEAPON ACTIVATION FAILED]

Young Aether quietly stared at the notification before lowering his gaze toward the weapon in his hand. The faint violet glow slowly faded away, and the tiny mechanical movements ceased as if the weapon had rejected him.

“…Right.”

He finally remembered why it felt incomplete.

Every high-grade weapon required synchronisation with its designated mech-suit before its internal systems could fully activate.

“So this isn’t even its real for-“

^Incoming.^

RIN’s calm voice interrupted his thoughts.

Almost instinctively, Young Aether raised his head.

The combat display immediately highlighted ten separate threat indicators.

Crimson targeting lasers had already locked onto every vital section of his mech-suit.

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!

All ten Unit-Class mech-suits opened fire simultaneously.

Brilliant red particle beams tore through the warehouse.

Aether reacted purely on instinct.

His mech kicked violently off the metallic floor, using its remaining mobility to propel itself sideways. The first energy beam barely grazed his shoulder armour, tearing away part of the outer plating as sparks erupted across the warehouse.

The second beam raced directly toward his chest before he could reposition himself.

Without consciously thinking…

He raised one of the crescent weapons.

CLANG!

A sharp metallic impact echoed throughout the warehouse.

Instead of shattering beneath the overwhelming force of the particle beam, the strange weapon redirected it.

The energy blast slid across the curved edge before being reflected upward at an entirely different angle.

Aether blinked inside his suit.

“…It deflected the shot?”

The enemies reached the same conclusion almost instantly.

The moment they realised ranged attacks could be redirected, their tactical formation immediately changed.

Three Unit-Class mech-suits accelerated forward at the same time, abandoning long-range combat altogether.

As they charged across the warehouse floor, their rifles transformed through a rapid sequence of mechanical clicks and hydraulic hisses.

Armour panels shifted.

Weapon frames rotated.

Internal components folded and expanded into completely different configurations.

Within seconds, one rifle had transformed into a massive combat axe whose edge glowed with compressed plasma.

Another extended into a mono-molecular spear capable of piercing reinforced alloy with ease, while the third mech discarded ranged combat entirely and drew a pair of crimson energy knives from hidden compartments beneath its forearms.