Demon King... or Demon Queen? [C127]

The Demon King, hearing the three Met-3 frowned in anger, "Who said to call me Demon King? I am the Demon Queen!"

One of the Met-3 replied, "Error: The title Demon Queen doesn't exist. Replaced with the title: Demon King, the ruler of the demons."

Resisting her urge to destroy the three Met-3, she commanded, "From now on, call me Demon Queen!"

Registering the command, Met-3 replied, "Command failed. Only existing title: Demon King."

Gritting her teeth, she waved her hand, "Create a new title called Demon Queen!"

Analyzing the title, Met-3 replied once again, "Creating new title: Demon Queen... creation failed. Replaced with the title: Demon King, the ruler of the demons."

Sighing, she eventually gave up, "Whatever… hear my command, you will fight him." Pointing toward Shu Himo, she consoled herself with the fact that she may see an interesting fight.

Immediately, the three Met-3 stared at Shu Himo and began analyzing him.

Aura Azusa, Shu Himo and Phylia were dumbfounded, she was the Demon King? What was she doing here? Does she control the Met-3? And why was she arguing with them?

Calming down from his stupor, Shu Himo slowly walked toward the three Met-3, and smirked, "This is the second round, Met-3!"

Hearing him, the Demon King was surprised, did he already fought a Met-3 before? 'Maybe he is from that academy… whatever, I don't care about it.'

Completed the analysis, the three Met-3 declared, "Enemy Threat Level: Unknown. Race: Beast Race, Wolf-Man. Elimination Priority: Primary."

Hearing his declaration, Shu Himo frowned, 'Just because I concealed the quality of my cultivation technique, it's not going to say anything special?'

[What does the User even expect from it?]

Ignoring the system, Shu Himo took out the scythe, staring toward the three Met-3… however, his eyes suddenly sparkled, 'They are all deemed as worthy opponents?'

Seeing the scythe, the Demon King was slightly surprised, it was quite rare seeing someone able to use cursed weapons. However, Shu Himo's next phrase completely dumbfounded her, "Could you please summon more Met-3 to fight?"

She could not believe it, she was wondering if he could resist against three… and he suddenly asked for more before fighting?

Pondering for a moment, she estimated that losing additional Met-3 may cause a problem in the near future, so she shook her head in refusal. They were also a bit pricey to build after all.

Shu Himo was disappointed, it looked like she would not call additional ones. But even just three were better than nothing, making Shu Himo lightly smile in delight.

Seeing the scythe the Met-3 immediately analyzed it, "Detected threatening sharp weapon. Searching solution... changing the attack pattern. Reinforcing the armor, activation hyper-shoes..."

Suddenly, from their mechanical legs, three rods appeared from the calves, possessing a hole in their tips, appearing as propulsion rods. Meanwhile, every part of their body appeared to lightly change, becoming slightly darker. Finally, from the rods came out a blue flame, and the three Met-3 abruptly vanished, dashing toward Shu Himo.

Seeing the attack Shu Himo smirked, seems like he was underestimated. Taking the handle with both hands, he pointed the sharp tip of the scythe slightly toward the right of the closest Mt-3. At that moment, he released a terrifying pressure everywhere, incomparable to when he assumed the same stance years ago.

The Demon King feeling the pressure raised her eyebrow in surprise, maybe this fight could really be an interesting spectacle.

The first Met-3 suddenly appeared in front of Shu Himo, sending a punch toward him. As if answering its attack, Shu Himo started moving his scythe slowly toward the left, meeting the punch with the scythe's sharp tip. Unexpectedly, when the punch and the scythe met, instead of a collision or a cut, it appeared as if the scythe was guiding the punch, deviating it toward the ground.

*PUM*

While hearing the sound of the ground smashed by the punch, Shu Himo calmly rotated his scythe once, stepping toward Met-3 and slashed toward it.

*Frr*

Before it could react, Met-3 was sliced in half, terminating abruptly its functioning.

The Demon King was shocked, she did not expect a Dantian Core Formation of the 7th string to destroy in a single hit a Met-3.

Meanwhile, both Aura Azusa and Phylia had nonchalance expressions on their face, they clearly expected that result... to engage in a close fight against Shu Himo, wasn't that just courting death?

The other two Met-3 seeing the death of their comrade swiftly analyzed the situation and stopped abruptly, backing off to take distance from Shu Himo, "Detected abnormal strength in close combat, strength valued as: Freak. Searching solution… changing the attack pattern. Astral Cannon."

From their mechanical hands, a small tube appeared, ready to shoot.

Shu Himo, seeing their reaction smirked, "You want to run from me now? But that speed… is nowhere enough!" Using a stacked [Hopper_x4], he vanished from his spot… and reappeared in front of a Met-3!

Grinning, Shu Himo slashed with his scythe toward Met-3… but feeling a sudden invisible force from Met-3, he was stunned for a moment and stopped his attack, 'What was that?'

Recognizing what happened, the Demon King smirked, 'While you defeated the first one easily, it was because the Met-3 didn't have time to activate its biggest strength…'

Suddenly, the remaining two Met-3 declared, "Threat considered too powerful. Consuming energy to strengthen the unit… remaining energy: 93%. Time until the energy will be depleted… 24 seconds. Initiating the extermination of the primary threat."

At that moment, their eyes weren't red anymore, presenting an oppressive purple instead.