Chapter 266 - 230: Joining the Battle, Each Showing Their Prowess

’A Void Realm Combat Gang...’

Manon’s brow furrowed, and he tightened his grip on his Shield Tower.

Before the Great Rebellion, creatures from the Demon Void Realm could only descend into the Real Cosmos through Summoning Gates created by a Mage’s sacrificial ritual, and they also required a living being from the Real Cosmos as a host.

Only a very few Demons could descend directly into the Real Cosmos, unaffected by these rules.

And those wretched traitors were like rats in a sewer, hiding away in the Demon Void Realm all day long, never daring to show their faces.

’The times have really changed...’

Manon, who had once served in the Emperor’s Shield for two hundred years, could never have imagined that one day, these traitors who desecrated the Emperor’s majesty would be able to descend into the Real Cosmos so brazenly.

They even dared to launch a boarding action against them!

The cabin pressure vented through the breach in the hull, raging through the compartment like a storm. Paper and debris from the impact shrieked past Manon. Even a single screw, propelled by the terrifying force of the depressurization, possessed the lethal power of a bullet.

A shard of twisted metal slammed into his Shield Tower, making his right hand tremble uncontrollably.

As a ship from the Administrative Region sped overhead, its massive hull casting a shadow that blotted out the star’s light, Reinhardt’s gaze swept over the seven enemies.

One was a Two-star Earth Military Rank, and the other six were Six-star Official Knight Military Rank.

If they were ordinary Imperial Knights or Interstellar Pirates, he wouldn’t even need to lift a finger. Technician Soldier Agate could have killed them all by himself.

But these traitors had been mutated by the power of the Dark Abyss. Their strength couldn’t be judged by the same standards as an Imperial Knight’s.

Whether it was a Great Demon’s Blessing or a Void Divine Artifact, both were sources of immense power.

Reinhardt took down his Black War Axe. Micro-Aikacia Nozzles extended from the joints of his Extraordinary Armament, the Morphic Armor, which encased his Power Armor. A cold voice sounded in their shared Telepathy channel.

’Kill them all.’

The battle ignited in an instant.

As Seventy-Six’s body faded from sight as if sinking into a murky lake, Manon, who had been itching for a fight, received Reinhardt’s order. He released his left hand from the handrail, and his massive body and heavy Shield Tower crashed to the deck!

Then, esoteric golden Runes spread across the surface of his Power Armor in a flash. His legs bent slightly, and with a roar, he launched himself like a cannonball, hurtling toward the boarding Void Knights!

"For the Emperor—!"

Agate was focused on maintaining the ship’s stability and control from the very beginning, and his work deploying the Phase Cube never stopped. Throughout the process, he didn’t even spare a glance for the boarding traitors.

He just stated coldly in the telepathic channel, ’I need to maintain the ship’s stability. I can’t be distracted by combat right now.’

BANG—!

Manon collided with a Six-star Official Knight Military Rank traitor who had mutated to resemble a Slaughter Demon. His heavy Shield Tower, standing over 1.8 meters tall, was like a speeding locomotive. The enemy couldn’t block it at all and was forced to dodge.

Then, two Void Knights let out demonic roars. Their terrifying faces, covered in bone spurs, twisted with ferocity as they swiped with their claws, pouncing on Manon from the left and right!

Now a Seven-star Military Rank with extremely strong Body Techniques, Manon remained an unsung follower of Reinhardt because the Vengeful Angels project was still in its confidential stage.

But in the Old Empire Era, with his strength, he would have undoubtedly been awarded the glorious title of Imperial Arena champion by the Regent Council!

According to the traditions of the Emperor’s Shield, after two hundred years of service, he was destined to become a Battle Group Tutor for the Emperor’s Shield upon his promotion to an Earth Military Rank!

These were merely Six-star Military Rank traitors; they were far from being a threat to him.

At the same time, he also wanted to test out the Power Hammer Agate had equipped on his left arm after he had discarded his Knight’s Broadsword.

After instantly suppressing the Void Knight in front of him, he used his grounded Shield Tower as a pivot. He ducked and swung his fist, dodging the claw attack from his right as the Power Armor on his left arm suddenly erupted with a violent hum!

A roar of high-pressure gas spewed from the pressure-relief vents inside the Power Hammer!

The hammerhead, thirty centimeters in diameter and resembling a smaller version of an industrial power hammer, shot out, driven by the Power Backpack. It carried the force of Manon’s punch, which was augmented by his Knight Power. It shattered the Void Knight’s demonic claws and slammed into its chest.

BOOM—!

A terrifying shockwave of compressed air instantly detonated inside the cabin!

The searing pain of tearing muscles in his shoulder made Manon grunt. ’Damn it!’ he thought. His total weight, including his Power Armor, was nearly a ton, but it wasn’t enough to counteract the Power Hammer’s terrifying recoil. His massive, tower-like body was sent flying backward uncontrollably!

His solid Power Armor shell crashed into the Void Knight to his right. The two of them, now a tangled heap, slammed heavily against the bulkhead of the Punisher.

As for the Void Knight struck by the Power Hammer, a horrific, gaping hole had been torn in its chest. Bone and flesh were gruesomely blasted out through its back!

Matthias’s Extraordinary Armament, the Arc Manufacturing Machine, granted him a level of mobility that was not even inferior to Reinhardt’s.

His body flashed past everyone’s vision like a surge of electricity, and in the space of a single breath, he appeared behind a Void Knight.

The next second.

The Ejected Sword Blade that Agate had installed on his Power Armor had already lopped off the Void Knight’s hideous head.

From the start of the fight to the deaths of three Void Knights, no more than three seconds had passed. But the leader, the Earth Military Rank Void Knight, was completely unfazed by the deaths of his subordinates.

He let out a chilling growl. His eyes, burning like sulfurous suns, were locked onto Reinhardt. His soaring battle lust became a palpable force, surging wildly with his Knight Power.

This Void Knight would never have dreamed that it would encounter an Imperial Knight who had received the blessing of Avernus here...

In that moment.

Its mind, long since corroded by Abyssal Power and driven to madness, had only a single thought: to prove its power in this battle!

It yearned to seize this blessed Supreme Power! It yearned to please the supreme Avernus with Reinhardt’s blood!

"ROAR—!"

As this Earth Military Rank Void Knight let out a deafening, terrifying roar, an intangible fear materialized and spread wildly through everyone’s senses!

The other members of the Vengeance Angel Squad might have been surprised or found this power unfamiliar.

But to Reinhardt, it was all too familiar.

’The power of a Fear Knight...’

’Death Butcher Dortmund.’

Even today, the power and terror of that traitor remained fresh in Reinhardt’s memory.

However, this traitor’s power and thirst for battle were clearly not on the level of a true Fear Knight.

As it took a step forward, swinging its claws and charging at Reinhardt, the unique and powerful pressure of a Destruction Knight descended upon the cabin with a crash.

The next moment.

Reinhardt’s figure had already vanished from its sight.