Reboot: Mechanic

As the grueling battle continued, with Shi Tian and the rest gaining the upper hand, everyone thought it was going to be over with one final blow.

Except, that was not the case.

With its weakening and deafening roar, the evolved Gilaso variant suddenly unleashed some sort of energy wave. 

Theobold and the soldiers were dumbfounded by the sudden attack. They quickly created a force shield to defend themselves, only to end up futile.

The energy wave proved formidable, causing Theobold to suffer internal injury as he was propelled backward. 

As for the soldiers, some of them crashed into a nearby terrain, coughing up blood whereas some of them were bleeding through their ears and nose. 

The other people who were assisting on the sideline were injured as well by the sudden energy wave.

Mary and Shi Tian were a bit better off, with the Iron Sentinel tanking most of the energy wave damage. 

Meanwhile, the evolved Gilaso variant didn't seem to be satisfied with the result and attempted to unleash another energy wave, prompting Shi Tian to quickly fire the mounted turret at its head. 

Weakened thoroughly, the evolved Gilaso variant was unable to dodge the shot despite seeing it happening. 

Finally, with a final, powerful blast to its head, the creature let out a deafening death cry and collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief when the evolved Gilaso variant had fallen.

"Are you alright, Mary?" Turning his attention to her, Shi Tian asked in concern. His body was somewhat affected by the energy wave, but not by much. It had only caused him to feel discomfort, but Mary's condition showed otherwise.

Her face was pale and there was some bleeding on her nose. 

Coughing for a few moments, Mary nodded her head. 

"Yeah, I'm fine." She smiled bitterly. "That damn evolved creature surely has a great trump card up its sleeve at the final end." 

"Mhmm, luckily Commander Theobold had given us the mounted turret that could produce energy blasts. Otherwise, with just normal bullets, the evolved Gilaso variant would remain unaffected." Shi Tian exclaimed. 

"Yeah… energy blast. Just the cost of it is already giving me heartache." Mary found no joy in winning once she realized just how much money they had burned to fire those rounds of energy blasts.

Each energy blast was produced with the processed Source Crystal, so it was pretty obvious how expensive it was to fire them. 

"It's not your money anyway, Mary." Shi Tian consoled her. 

"The energy blast was given by Commander Theobold, and since we were forced to use it quite early on to assist him. We can simply ask him to compensate us." He added, reminding her that it wasn't their money spent, but Theobold's money. 

Mary clasped her hands in joy. "You're right, Nathan. This money is spent by Commander Theobold and not us. Heh, to think I was worried for naught." 

"Don't forget that we have assisted in the battle as well along with your swift instruction. So instead of losing money, we are gaining money because of our contribution." Shi Tian smiled briefly and said calmly. 

Based on his calculation, their contribution this time was astounding so it was clear the rewards would be quite juicy.

"Oh Nathan… I would kiss you right now but I'm just going to give you a hug for your swift thinking." Mary laughed heartily, giving Shi Tian a hug before rushing out of the Iron Sentinel, her actions seemingly crystal clear.

She was definitely rushing ahead now to ask Theobold for their rewards.

And sure enough, glancing through the screen, Shi Tian saw Mary meeting up with Theobold.

However, he suddenly squinted his eyes when the Iron Sentinel detected more personnel from afar.

Using the sound enhancer, Shi Tian quickly informed Mary and Theobold about it. He had no choice but to feel wary of these people who suddenly arrived at perfect timing.

Theobold was currently injured along with his soldiers, so if these groups of people were hostile, then the outcome would turn drastic. 

Even though most people here had a similar goal of suppressing the monster wave, there were always some who wished for chaos.

"Tsk, who dares stop me from earning money?" Mary clicked her tongue in annoyance, her eyes glancing at a far distance, seemingly trying to detect who the new arriving personnel were. 

Sometime later, eight to ten military vehicles had subsequently parked by the camping site, prompting everyone to be alarmed by their appearance.

"What an unexpected surprise…" Theobold muttered softly when he recognized the banner of all those military vehicles.

They were all from the Five Families' military teams– something he never expected to see in the wilderness. 

"Indeed, it seems like Gearits City had imposed quite the pressure on them, prompting them to finally get out of their safe house." Mary snickered coldly. 

She had also seemingly recognized the banner and was quite dissatisfied with their interruption. 

A few seconds later, a man clad in a fancy military uniform, armed with many weapons, got out of the vehicle and laughed as if the world revolved around him. 

"Hahaha, Theobold, my brother. What happened to you? Blood is everywhere." The man addressed Theobold's name directly, not an ounce of respect could be heard from his tone.

"Blood is merely second nature for military people, but I doubt you would understand it when you're always hiding in your dog house, Egg Benedict." Theobold sneered and retorted.

"My name is Benedict, not Egg Benedict!" The man, known as Benedict, was enraged when Theobold kept making fun of his name as a dish. 

Meanwhile, Mary was unable to help herself as she laughed merrily, clearly not expecting a solemn person like Theobold to be able to crack jokes so efficiently.

"Hahaha, Egg Benedict… now I'm craving for some to eat," Mary exclaimed. She didn't even care whether or not Benedict was staring at her intensely for making fun of him.

"You'll remember this, Theobold!" Benedict raised his finger and pointed at Theobold, giving him a fierce gaze. 

"I sure will remember to eat an Egg Benedict for brunch," Theobold replied gently.