[Activating Annihilation Mode]
"Holy motherf—!"
My words caught halfway between panic and disbelief as the golem's body began to move again with a heavy, mechanical click… click… click.
[Laser firing preparation complete.]
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me…"
The golem's stance shifted, its torso locking into place as if it had just finished charging some terrifying weapon.
[Fire.]
Every nerve in my body screamed move!
I threw myself to the ground.
ZEEENG—KWAAANG!!!
The beam tore through the air above me, so hot it felt like it was searing the back of my neck. The moment I turned my head, the wall behind me exploded—stone, dust, and molten debris scattering like fireworks.
My heart pounded in my ears.
That wasn't an attack I could block.
That wasn't something I could survive head-on.
If I hadn't ducked at that exact second, I'd be nothing more than a smoking crater right now.
Instant death.
That was the only way to describe it.
[Laser firing preparation complete.]
