The Martial Unity

The Reverend of Reckoning’s eyes widened with a stunned expression as he spotted several mechanical humanoid entities emerging from within the ships. Their bodies were forged from metal and other sturdy substances from top to bottom.

And yet, unlike MECHAs, they were human-sized; far too small to actually fit a person inside them.

The humanoid metal entities emerged from the ships with great numbers and great variety in their size and function, albeit still featuring many of the same model unlike the technological paradigms of the tekvores.

With a single glance, the Martial Artists who were on the very edge of mounting an attack could tell that these mechanical entities were lifeless.

And yet, they acted with intelligence.

They surged smoothly from within the ships, relying on various propulsion technologies to smoothly fly over with a non-aggressive acceleration.

The mechanical entities coordinated with perfection as they flew forward from the distant ships, drawing closer and closer to the Martial Masters and Martial Sages gathered at the very forefront who were all but ready to blast them out of the sky.

In fact, if not for the fact that the Emperor of Harmony had hammered into the heads of the Reverend of Reckoning and other Martial Sages that an attempt at peace, if made, should be given a chance before initiating violence and hostility, he would have long attacked.

VMMM

The mechanical humanoid robots slowed down as they approached the gathered Martial Artists.

The Reverend of Reckoning gestured to his fellow Martial Sages and Martial Masters to hold as the robots emerged before them, studying them with their senses.

The robots came together as they collectively projected a three-dimensional hologram of a man.

A short, small half-man with a long beard.

A dwarf.

A crown rested upon his head, curiously fashioned from iron and steel as opposed to gold and silver, as he gazed at the Reverend of Reckoning at eye level; his projection several feet off the air.

The dwarf regarded the Reverend of Reckoning with an imperial gaze, sizing the Martial Artist quickly as the two sides studied each other.

The dwarf opened his mouth, attempting dialogue.

“⟟ ⏃⋔ ⟒⋔⌿⟒⍀⍜⍀ ⌇⟒⍀⋔⟒⋏⏁⟟ ⍜⎎ ⏁⊑⟒ ⍀⍜⊬⏃⌰ ⎅⍙⏃⍀⎐⟒⋏ ⟒⋔⌿⟟⍀⟒. ⍜⎍⍀ ☌⍀⟒⏃⏁ ⋏⏃⏁⟟⍜⋏ ⌇⟒⟒☍⌇ ⏁⍜ ⋔⟟⋏⟒ ⏁⊑⟒ ⟒⌖⍜⏁⟟☊ ⋔⏃⏁⏁⟒⍀ ⟟⋏ ⏁⊑⟟⌇ ⍀⟒☌⟟⍜⋏. ⍙⟒ ⎅⍜⋏’⏁ ⌇⟒⟒☍ ☊⍜⋏⎎⌰⟟☊⏁, ⏚⎍⏁ ⍙⟟⌰⌰ ⎎⟟☌⊑⏁ ⏃⋏⊬⏚⍜⎅⊬ ⍙⊑⍜ ☌⟒⏁⌇ ⟟⋏ ⍜⎍⍀ ⍙⏃⊬.”

The Reverend of Reckoning frowned at the little man’s words as the Martial Artists exchanged confused glances.

The projection of the dwarf raised its hand, projecting a black and white map of the North of the Panama Continent where they were, zooming in on a bright spot shining like a star.

The Reverend of Reckoning’s expression grew grave as he understood what he was looking at.

It was the same map that the Emperor of Harmony had shown him of the Primordial Seed reservoirs that the Namgung Dynasty owned.

The dwarf pointed at the shining spot on the map, which was the Primordial Seed reservoirs, asking before featuring another image, an animation of sorts, that displayed simplistic humanoid figures and technological machines digging and extracting resources from beneath the ground.

The Martial Artists, especially those of the Namgung Dynasty bristled with anger as they understood what it was trying to communicate with them.

They wanted to mine the primordial seed reservoirs.

It was the sole reason that they had come this far into the Panama Continent.

They didn’t need to even think about what their answer to such a demand was going to be.

RUMBLE

The world shook as menacing bloodlust emerged from the Namgung Patriarch bore heavy on the very fabric of heaven and earth. The very idea of a foreign power from the true world mining the primordial seed that belonged to the Namgung Dynasty was extraordinarily infuriating.

The sheer ferocity and intensity of the hostility that the Namgung Dynasty Martial Artists expressed at the dwarf king’s message made their response to them very clear.

The dwarf king closed his eyes, shaking his head lightly.

“☍⟟⌰⌰ ⏁⊑⟒⋔ ⏃⌰⌰ ⏃⋏⎅ ☌⟒⏁ ⏁⍜ ⍙⍜⍀☍.”

The projection disappeared.

VMMM…

The lifeless robots returned to their ships.

The Martial Artists raised an eyebrow with confusion.

But nothing shocked them as much as what unfolded immediately after.

RUMBLE…

The ships began changing.

Plates shifted.

Components moved about.

The very hull of the ship divided into multiple different components as the ship began transforming its structure on a very fundamental level.

It began turning into a more… humanoid shape.

Limbs began emerging from a cluster of metallic component plates shifting across the entirety of the warping machine.

A humanoid head emerged atop it all as the transformation began slowing down, stabilizing into a completely different kind of existence.

RUMBLE!!!

The Martial Artists watched with gaping mouths as the entirety of the ships turned into massive humanoid entities with a head featuring a transparent cavity within which rested a single person connected to a large neural interface.

A pilot.

Each of them was short and stout, just like the dwarf king who had addressed them.

It was a race of short, small people who seemed too weak to do anything with their bodies, but were capable of creating with their own hands mighty artifacts with the power to fight their enemies.

RUMBLE!!!!!!

The world shook as the intricate giant mechs brimmed with a truly unfathomable amount of power, as the dwarves piloting them directed them towards those who sought to impede their mining operations.

The Reverend of Reckoning gritted his teeth.

“ATTACK!”

“ATTACK!!!”

The Martial Sages and Martial Masters shined with power as their Realms of power blazed with life. Their Martial Embodiments emerged in a tapestry of power that painted itself across the entirety of heaven and earth.

They surged forth with great speed and power, unleashing a maelstrom of attacks one after another upon the half a dozen massive humanoid constructs. The mega mechs, on the other hand, unfurled a great onslaught of weapon systems of extraordinary power, unleashing them upon the Martial Sages who sought to attack them, threatening to destroy them where they stood.

BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM!!!!!

The battle erupted with great power as both sides fought violently. Each mega mech was so powerful that not even three Martial Sages were anywhere near enough to hold them back, forcing a whopping five Martial Sages to take on a single construct, directing it and its attacks away from the Namgung Dynasty as the battle unfolded with immediate high-intensity exchanges.

RUMBLE!!!!

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