Stefan runs away, determined to end this madness once in for all, and what better way to end a madness other than destroying its core components. Stefan climbs on top of a block of flats and looks around the zone. He spots the government institution he fought the swordsman robot before. The cat suddenly dials Stefan.

"Listen, I don't know what either of you have with each other, but you must work as a team. You're the hope of… Possibly even the galaxy itself. No one knows what this guy can do if he gets full access to my technology and the resources of that world." said the cat.

"I'm tired. I'm going to finish the thing I started. Or on your language, I won't disappoint you that hard." said Stefan.

"Boy, listen, you need to work as a team to minimize damage. This is war, we aren't supposed to fight fair."

"But they do. They actually do. You're the one that is unfair over here. Back when I was swarmed by robots, the moment it appeared, they backed off and allowed us to duel. I was lucky to discover blood flames mode, otherwise it would have won."

"Thanks for reminding me, I was able to decrypt new information about that one robot. It's one of their earliest prototypes. It was specifically designed to maintain peace within this world, but since this society hit the peak of harmony, its usage was removed. It was locked in a separate room of that building, I don't know how it could activate, let alone fight, but it is something special. It might even be a cyborg, we can't know."

"Alright, I'll take care of it… Hey, before you close, I got a question."

"Hm? Sure, go ahead, son."

Stefan hesitates a bit before speaking again.

"If I were on Earth right now, what season would it be?"

The cat is a bit confused by the simplicity of this question.

"Uhm, winter! It's… December. Yeah, it's December."

"December… Thanks."

"Why? Anything funky happens in December?"

"No, I was just curious."

"Mhm, alright. Also, don't be scared of using your sword 24/7. It is constantly repaired by electricity. As long as you have electricity in your body, you have infinite durability for it."

"That's actually useful, I'll remember that."

"Alright. I know I can't stop you, neither can Rares. You're on your own. Good luck." said the cat, before it closed the call.

Stefan looks around the zone and sees several more robots patrolling. He quickly notices a sniper in a building and decides to go get a rifle again. He slides off the building then kicks off, sprinting at full speed once more. The patrol robots see him and instantly rush at him. Stefan takes out his sword and slashes through them with no hardship as he keeps running. The sniper takes aim on Stefan and shoots. Stefan dashes away out of the blast then throws his sword at the robot, piercing its head perfectly. The robot drops the rifle, allowing Stefan to jump and catch it midair. Stefan goes into the apartment and grabs his sword then goes out again. Stefan rushes towards the government building. He reaches a corner then drifts with his left hand. He finally reaches the building and takes no time to jump over the fence and enter it. He sees the disasters him and Rares have caused from their previous fight there. Looking around, he cannot find where the swordsman could be. He decides to scan the zone just in case. But to his surprise, he sees several afterimages of the robot circling him. In an instant, they all lunge at him.

"Jump" said the combat assistant.

"Ah, no, I thought I'll stay in place." said Stefan sarcastically.

He jumps, the afterimages strike each other then disappear. From above, the swordsman appears and swings his sword with a slam. Stefan quickly blocks it and is pushed into the ground. He quickly gets up and backs off. Upon taking a better look at it, Stefan realizes that it hasn't been repaired at all. It has the exact same damage he had when Rares helped him escape. The same menacing blue flames flowing upwards from its death staring sight.

"This won't be too hard, I chipped away his armor." said Stefan to himself.

The robot's sword fuses into its arm then he launches at Stefan. It delivers a quick swing, which is parried by Stefan. It kicks him back then grabs a big piece of concrete from the stairs and throws it at him. Stefan slices it with ease then takes out his rifle and shoots it. The robot tries to parry the blast, but it pierces through it, removing its hand and sword simultaneously. It looks at its arm. Its flames grow bigger from its eyes, then, the hand slowly regenerates back to how it was previously. It cracks its knuckles then its head and starts walking towards him. Stefan is confused due to why it doesn't pick up the sword anymore, but he thinks of it as a huge advantage. He aims the rifle at its head, but right before he could press the trigger, the swordsman vanishes and appears in front of him, delivering one hell of a punch in his face, destroying his headgear and knocking him through the building's wall into the garden. Stefan quickly rebalances himself. The swordsman jumps at him again. Stefan ducks and dodges the strike, then he launches an uppercut together with an electric shockwave, creating direct contact with its jaw and knocking it up a good distance. Stefan tries to look for his rifle, but realizes that he dropped it, but also the fact that he will be running low on electricity soon enough. Stefan looks at the blood energy storage, it was around 50% full. He looks around for any patrol robot, but he sees none. It is the first time he's genuinely sad that there's no robot around here. The swordsman falls onto the roof of the building, but takes no time to grab roof tiles and throw them at Stefan. He blocks them easily with his left arm, not understanding why it would resort to that. The robot visibly grows angrier and decides to throw them faster and stronger. Still, doing little to no damage to Stefan, only making him dirty. Stefan decides to jump over the fence so the tiles will stop hitting him, but once he does so, the attacks stop. The swordsman viciously glares into his soul from the top of the building, not moving even in the slightest inch.

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"Wait… the only thing I ever needed to do is not enter the building? Now that's a lame robot." said Stefan in his mind.

As a test to prank it, he slices through the fence and tears it wide open, then gently taps the soil. The robot instantly grabs another tile and throws it at his foot. Stefan quickly pulls it back, dodging it. Stefan lets out a stupid chuckle before doing it again. He gently taps the soil past the fence, another tile is thrown by the robot and he pulls back his foot again, chuckling harder. The cat suddenly dials Stefan.

"Hey, son, is everything alright? Your emotional levels keep spiking in random directions." said the cat with a glitchy tone.

"Yeah, I'm good, just messing around with this robot a little bit. It's funny."

"Boy, stop fooling around."

"Don't worry, it won't attack me out of the zone of the building."

"It has limited combat range? That's amazing! I'll send you a generator and a weapon right away!" said the cat before closing the call.

A few seconds pass, a portal suddenly opens and out of it jumps a long rifle and an electricity generator. The rifle is plugged to the generator. Stefan puts his left hand on the generator, after a brief moment he's fully charged, then he grabs the rifle and aims it at the robot, which still stands still, waiting for his next move. Stefan pulls the trigger, a giant blast of electricity is shot from the rifle which causes great recoil and knockback for Stefan. The swordsman somehow dodges the blast, and it hits the ceiling of the building, completely obliterating a part of it. The robot places himself in the same spot. Stefan is annoyed, he plugs in the rifle once more, aims it, then shoots it. The robot dodges once more, the blast hits in the same direction, but this time, it blows up a room. The robot places himself once more. Stefan gets up again, plugs the rifle once more, aims, then shoots. The swordsman dodges again, the blast hits further in the specific room, and an explosion occurs which wipes out the entire house and pushes Stefan back together with the generator and the rifle. After a few seconds the blast clears and stops pushing him away. A great blue fire is casted upon the wreckage of what used to be a government institution. Stefan hears heavy stomps approaching towards him. The swordsman. Was still. Alive. Stefan gets goosebumps and is truly scared for the first time in his life. The cat calls him again.

"Son! What happe-"

"Get me out of here! I can't kill this thing! Get me out of here! I don't wanna fight anymore! Get me out of here!" said Stefan on the verge of tears.

At this point, the cat has had enough of his bullshit.

"You dragged yourself into this. You are solely responsible for this. You were the stubborn piece of shit. Deal with it. If you can't defeat a robot with the many enhancements I've given you, you'll be nothing but deadweight." said the cat before closing the call.

Stefan wipes a tear, then stands up with a worried expression.

"Maybe he's right… I'm pathetic… Maybe I should stop crying and even grow up…" said Stefan in his mind.

The robot eventually reached Stefan. They both stand straight in front of each other. The robot is half a head taller than Stefan.

"Rmgneady?" asked the robot.

Stefan takes no time anymore and launches a punch with his left hand downwards, hitting its jaw. The robot is staggered for a moment, then it punches Stefan as well with its left arm. Stefan is knocked back as well. The robot tries to kick Stefan, but he dodges swiftly then punches the robot in the head again, this time with his right arm. The robot is pushed back a little, a small amount of steel is chipped away from its face. Stefan looks at his blood energy storage, it was around 90% full. The robot decides to rush into Stefan. They both clash into each other, pushing their hands against each other. The robot looks at Stefan, dead in the eyes, but so does Stefan. The concrete beneath them starts to crumble slightly. Stefan starts growling slightly. Stefan starts feeling weaker out of nowhere. The robot starts winning the brawl. Stefan starts sliding back, almost reaching the block of flats. Stefan grows angrier and frowns harder. His arm starts generating a revving up noise. The robot breaks the clash, then tries to quickly punch Stefan into the ground, but Stefan finally activates blood flames mode, and punches it in the head twice as fast. The robot recovers himself then rushes for a punch once more. Stefan rushes as well and they both punch each other's fist, creating a loud boom. Neither of them give up yet, they continue punching into each other's fists, eventually turning into an unstoppable barrage. After a few seconds of sharing punches, Stefan lands a harder punch, and shoots a blue flame burst, knocking back the robot and partially setting it on fire. Stefan rushes for a final time. He puts his hand onto his fist, then viciously knocks the robot into the ground. After that, he stomps its head ferociously, each stomp harder than the previous one. The ground tearing apart into crumbles, and the pebbles around it bouncing at every stomp. It doesn't last long until its head gets flattened beyond recognition, and its body fully shuts down. Stefan's blood flames mode deactivates. He gets his foot off its head, then scans its body. This time, he was able to harvest all the information from it, but it was coded.

"He better like this. Otherwise I will be the disappointed one." said Stefan in his mind.

He went over to the electricity generator, allowed his body to regenerate energy, went over to the ruins of the government building and scanned it, finding out his sword's location. After putting back his sword, he grabbed the rifle given by the cat, punched the generator with his right arm, which resulted in opening a portal. He looks one more time at the mayhem he caused with the robot, then he returns to the workshop.