"f.u.c.k! VBIED!!"Following his training to the letter Dax opened up the distance as fast as he could while s.h.i.+elding his head in an attempt to increase his chances to survive the blast. As the energy signature peaked the copse closest to Dax started glowing red as it detonated. The relatively small blast generated an electromagnetic pulse which traveled towards Dax at the speed of light, beating the qitons reaction speed and knocking out his ICI unit along with the rest of Dax"s cybernetic implants.
CRITICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE DETECTED, RUNNING EMERGENCY DIAGNOSTICS… COMPLETE, PRINTING COMPONENT STATUS:
ICI V 20,5 "OMEGA": OFFLINE, CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, REBOOT UNABLE.
EYE OF ARGOS: OFFLINE, CRITICAL COMPONENT FAILURE.
LAZARUS DEEP STORAGE: OFFLINE, CRITICAL COMPONENT FAILURE.
MAIN LINK 4: OFFLINE, CRITICAL COMPONENT FAILURE, EMERGENCY PURGE COMPLETE.
PRIMARY LIFE SUPPORT: OFFLINE, CRITICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE.
SECONDARY LIFE SUPPORT: OFFLINE, REBOOTING… REBOOT COMPLETE, COMENCE REVIVAL.. REVIVAL COMPLETE, AUXILIARY SYSTEMS ONLINE.
SYSTEMS ONLINE, DOWNTIME: 9 SECONDS.
With his cybernetic life support systems rebooted Dax once more became able to move, quickly shaking off the horrible feedback pain that came with using any cybernetics without a functioning ICI unit to filter out the false feedback as he examined the surroundings.
"f.u.c.king h.e.l.l.."
Dax found himself lying a few meters from the point of detonation and immediately scanned his surroundings. The blast appeared to have primary been to generate an electromagnetic pulse, so the actual explosive blast had been relatively mild, still it had done more than enough to have been extremely effective.
(ICI is knocked out… So is coms, I"m moving blind.)
"Still alive? Interesting.."
"!!!"
Having been disoriented by the explosion and EMP Dax noticed it too late. Without warning a spear pierced Dax"s chest near his left shoulder, his qiton physiology and armored skin offering no resistance as he was pinned to the floor.
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Being pinned to the floor and having his rotator cuff tendons mostly served Dax lost the use of his remaining arm, but being the go getter he was Dax used his core and legs to twist his body, forcefully ripping the spear out of the ground and freeing him as he manually tasked still operating gray matter in his bloodstream to get his arm back into working condition. Ripping out the spear with the aid of his teeth Dax flung it back at the figure that had attacked him with it as he opened the range and tried to flee.
"Ara~ Are you not surprisingly energetic? Just like a c.o.c.kroach."
The spear however never found its target however as runic formations all over it lit up and made it stop in mid air before reaching the winged figure that appeared to be doing something to the copse that had not blown up.
"Wait for a moment, I think you want to see this."
With a wave of her hand the a.s.sailant summoned multiple golden crystals which flew out, seeking Dax as they had a mind of their own.
(f.u.c.k!?)
Still affected by the EMP blast Dax couldn"t move the way he wanted as he now suffered the full effect of the curse he had been affected with as ICI could no longer suppress it. Still he managed to avoid most of the crystal spears, but a few of them found their target, proving consequently that the armored skin he was so proud of had not resistance against offensive spells form an archangel.
"Relax there. We won"t kill you, not yet."
With a large smile on her face the 3 winged archangel Melisha looked at Dax that was writhing on the ground having lost the use of his legs for a second, before she went back to the task at hand. Forming a complex spell formation with ease the fallen black winged angel poured out a ma.s.sive amount of mana that she channeled into the copse that had not exploded.
"Fresh corpses are perfect for hiding spell formations inside, and with a little possession magic they make really good infiltrators."
Having finished her incantation Melisha took out a runic inscribed monster core and plunged her hand into the copse as she activated a complex and powerful spell which tore a hole in s.p.a.cetime, creating a short range stable Einstein rosen bridge from which the rest of her forces entered. Doing the 30 some seconds the gate was open about 50 combatants rushed through and quickly filled up the ruined lecture hall and did weapon checks as one of them walked up to Dax.
"It"s been a while."
The combatants were all elvers, expect for the archangel that had brought them to the academy of course. They were equipped with what Dax judged to be fully automatic rifles deprived from the Rex-Alpha 357 Hybrid which had been salvaged from a sphere he had not reached in time, just like all other firearms on the planet.
"Hey Eva, how"s your arm? Also it seems you elvers didn"t learn that using my toys have dire consequences, do I really need to nuke your little hippy forest community for you to get the message?"
Seeing the blonde elver"s face flare in anger Dax showed a faint smile while waiting for her to get just a tiny bit closer.
"Stick to the plan!"
But ultimately Dax didn"t get the chance to disarm the elver and execute most of her goons with a salvaged weapon, as he was pinned to the floor once again with countless golden crystals that pierced his limbs. Seeing that Eva appeared to calm down and walked up right next to Dax, before couching down as she spoke in a low volume to him.
"Even after what you did I am thankful that you healed Amy. Stay down, calm and stop resisting, then you"ll be treated humanely."
"No thank you. You better kill me right now, then kill my second in command and everyone else I have recruited before wiping out ICI completely. Otherwise here"s what"s going to happen: After I stomp out this little insurgency as I have done countless others you and any of your buddies I don"t immediately execute will spend the rest of their life inside a dark box too small to stand up or lay down in, eating through a tube and living covered in their own s.h.i.+t!"