fynovel Chapter 438: Terror's Awakening VI
Chapter 438: Terror's Awakening VI
Chapter 438: Terror's Awakening VI
Amon didn't even pause to look at him, the new arrival.
Instead, he lightly punched the air, instantly shattering the Thumper and tearing it into tiny scrap pieces while crumbling the wall behind it.
Perhaps this would appease this AI-whatever it was.
But when he looked back... he met the expected.
Nothing had changed.
The hologram was still there. Floating, unphased, untouched.
The destruction and slaughter he caused hadn't mattered, not one bit.
Now... there was nothing more he could do.
Amon had dealt with many things in his life, but engaging directly with an entity like this?
That would be beyond foolish, especially when it was in such an unpredictable state.
He wasn't about to make that mistake.
The principal didn't waste time standing idle, though.
His eyes shifted to Lyra, sending a silent command through his gaze.
'Intervene.'
They had only crossed paths seconds ago, but he had already identified her.
She was Emir's right-hand woman. His AI, an extension of his will. A secret that only he and the Four Elite Heads were privy to. Of course, her own family wasn't accounted for in that statistic.
Regardless, Lyra didn't need to be told.
She was already on the move, not surprised that he knew of her.
In their world, secrets were currency, and Amon was rich with them.
Whatever the family heads knew, he knew ten days earlier.
Their source for that information was unknown, but it wasn't something difficult to piece together for those who understood the world's undercurrents.
The Elite, particularly Moonscribe and Blackwood, had connections with the goons of the goons of the Order-one knowingly, the other unknowingly.
Naturally, they had gotten their intel from them.
Gold Leaf and Ebonfyre, the more legal of the four, had likely bought it from the Praying Lady for one or two heavy wallets filled with Valora.
It was an obvious attempt at intimidation and she didn't fall for it.
Lyra felt its anger pulsing through, a constant, unrelenting force that sought to push her out. But she held her ground, refusing to back down.
"Stop!"
She roared, her voice echoing in the white void.
"I'm not your enemy!"
After a few seconds, which was many times when experienced in this space, the AI's form slowly shifted, becoming more defined.
It took on its previous look, resembling a vaguely humanoid shape.
Its eyes—if they could be called that-glowed with a bright cold light as it focused on her.
"You are all enemies. Stealing from my ruin as you like."
His voice boomed, a deep, mechanical sound that was more robotic than human.
"You have tampered with my systems, threatened my existence. For that, you must be eliminated."
Lyra smiled, acting like a friendly warranty salesman.
"I understand why you're angry. But this wasn't done by us. We didn't come here to destroy you. We came to stop those who would use you for their own gain and we did... only too late." His form wavered as if considering her words, but the anger didn't dissipate.
"You cannot undo what has been done. The damage is irreversible. My systems barely work, none of my constructs follow my instructions! ONLY MY INTERNAL NETWORK REMAINS! I HAVE NOTHING LEFT!"
"...Maybe not."
Lyra replied, her voice calm, quite unlike his.
"But we can still prevent further harm. Awakening the Behemoth will help no one, it will only guarantee mutual destruction. You gain nothing from it. Instead, we can help you, but you
need to let us."
There was a long pause-a very long, almost defeating one.
They remained staring at each other throughout.
Lyra could feel the AI's scrutiny as if it was weighing her every word, every thought.
Its decision was a big one, monumental, determining its fate for the rest of time.
Usually, such life-altering choices were out of the question for beings as logical as it, favoring gradual change over sudden shifts...
But now, time was a luxury it didn't have.
There was no room for hesitation.
It had to decide and she had to convince it-there was no other way out.