Lumen began to equip the power armor. But due to its no protection plating except the supporting interior skeleton, the 'Power Armor' looked more like a poorly made exoskeleton, and it was but wasn't useless.
With nothing more than a bare skeleton covering her body, Lumen reached toward apparatuses behind her arms and back of the armor and pulled out thick conduits about the size of her thumb.
Following her instinct, Lumen controlled her arms using her muscle.
*Click*
"HOLY SHIT!!" Exlamed people behind her as they saw her whole arm disassembled, showing its unknown mechanisms and interior along with a hidden launcher that was missing its ammo around her forearm.
Calmly Lumen connected conduits into an exposed mechanism and reloaded a hidden launcher with slug ammo. Then with the same command, her arm reassembled back into standard form except for its exposed conduits between her arm and armor.
After checking the connection, Lumen took the power shield & mace and connected it to the armor with a thick line on another side. This was the purpose of naked power armor, acting as a conductor between her core and prototype weapons.
As the transhuman, Lumen has access to all kinds of things that could only appear in sci-fi films, including her mini-map with all the required information.
"Please, follow behind me towards the escape point."
After giving a smile, Lumen led them out of the room. But instance, after just taking two steps out of the room-
Followed by the sound of guns shot, bursts of bullets flew towards her.
It was a soft and muffled-sounding explosion.
A bullet deaccelerated and lost its momentum immediately as it hit her skin. Leaving behind a slight ripple as if one gently placed its finger, the shells dropped to the floor.
And then Lumen raised her tower shield towards dozens more bullets flying towards her. With a crisp metallic sound, the bullet ricocheted off her tower shield.
As bullets continued to rain down upon her shield, creating a sound akin to a rooftop under a hail storm, Lumen held her shield steady and quickly checked the people standing behind her. Thankfully, she and her shield were large enough to cover them.
"Stick close to me. I will start to move."
Nonchalantly, Lumen raised her head behind her shield while moving. She scanned the entire corridor using her powerful compound eyes disguised as normal eyes, highlighting the enemy forces through the various bullets, sparks, and walls. The Bandernashes continue to fire their weapons as long as the life signature flickers in front of their sensors.
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Following the protocol, the moment the target entered the specific range, Bandersnachers began to move one by one to dispatch the target in melee. But the instant it arrived in front of the target--
Something with a blue hue smashed against the side of his head. Everything was decided in an instant.
It was a wet- and blubbery-sounding explosion.
The mace released its accumulated energy as it hit its skull. A massive amount of kinetic force exploded, scattering everywhere, reducing whatever was left of its brain into goo, forcing out from every hole—putting an end to their madness.
And then another two tried to cut and rip apart the shield, but one of them immediately smashed away in the same manner, while one tried to rip off the shield. It only ended up stuck in its position as it is impossible to take off from the arm of something they merely an imitation. Lumen moved her shield along with Bandersnatch, smashing against its wall, then pushed the button. Shield released all of its accumulated energy to the immobile target.
It was something that can only be described as overkill. It was a brutal but efficient way to dispatch foes like Bandersnatch. Absorbing something far beyond the limits of its special skin. All of its organs burst out from it all its holes and dropped dead before its long muscular arms gave out one last twitch like the antenna of squished bug.
Leaving behind an empty husk of a body, Lumen continued her stride while counting her every step.
*7,8,9,10,*
Lumen has never been a god-like player. She was just someone who liked to play. Just Out Of Reach was a challenging game where people could fail at the tutorial stage, especially at the max difficulty. And she knows that very well because she is one of those who decided to go look up idiot-proof walkthroughs online after failing at the tutorial stage many times over.
*11,12,13,14,15!*
Lumen immediately placed her mace on the holster, aimed her right arm at her left, and activated the launcher. A barrel about the size of an adult wrist extended out from her arm and shot a slug round similar to a railgun with one fluid motion.
Followed by the sound of a loud crack. Eight bodies waiting to ambush her dropped on the floor with a large hole about the size of a fist. No matter how much superhuman they are, they will drop dead when their whole heart and spine vaporize into dust.
Letting out a sign of relief inside her mind Lumen continued her escort. Like moving cover, Lumen continues to cover five targets from harm using her shield and size while eliminating any Bandersnatch blocking her way before reaching the evacuation point.
> [Guard main room for five minutes after evacuation.(2/2)
> Reward: Positive trait from a random pool of 3]
With the appearance of the mission screen, Lumen knew the first part was done. Then she felt something touching her elbow and saw one of the more muscular men of the group standing there.
"What the heck? Jaesang!" It seems even his own teammates got surprised by his sudden action.
"What is it ?" Lumen asked, as it was the first time she saw an escort target wanting to interact with her.
"It may be sound rude *Cough*" it seems the man was having trouble speaking as Lumen saw the man trying to talk about something but failing at it.
"Let me get it straight. Can I hug you and fondle those bazookas just one time ?"
"What the fuck? This madman really said it!!!" Lumen felt no disgust or repulse after hearing such a request. But for some reason seeing a hint of red on the man's cheek and his awkwardness. She felt amused and found the man cute in an animal kind of way.
So without any further ado, Lumen gently placed her weapon on the ground and sat. From her sitting position, she raised her arms.
"Isn't it fine?" with a gentle smile, she invited Jaesang into her embrace.