Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 18 The secret to choosing a best friend is whether she can save you from a crisis
The defeated Red Queen Madeleine didn't know who she was asking for help, but the other party responded quickly.
Almost in an instant, a strange beam of light suddenly appeared from outside of time and space, and a mechanical spear like a stream of light, with the power to split mountains and rocks, stabbed from behind and hit Mason's shoulder.
The captain didn't move.
He still held the Phoenix Egg in his hand and let it continue to compete with Madeline for the Phoenix Power, but the nearly invincible Master of the Universe Power Armor made a muffled clicking sound, which made Mason frown.
This certainly doesn't mean that the new guy destroyed the power armor, it's just that the temporarily modified armor has reached its limit.
But it wasn't disappointing.
To be honest, it's surprising enough that it can hold out for so long in the face of the Phoenix Force's bombardment. This fully proves that although Engineer Mason is an abnormal bastard who found himself an AI girlfriend and likes to secretly drink antifreeze, his craftsmanship is really great.
"Click"
At the same time as Madeline's skull was broken again, a tall figure jumped out from the light, and swung a hot-melt blade decorated with Zerg skull skeletons in a fierce manner and chopped it on the back of the power armor.
Sparks flew everywhere but failed to leave a single scratch on the power armor.
Mason turned around and punched out a burst of energy, knocking the latter back. At this moment, he saw the face of the person who came.
She was a tall woman wearing only hunting armor, but her strange body shape and the "long hair" made up of black nerve bundles behind her head exposed her identity.
How could this be a tough female warrior? What is her relationship with Madeline?
etc!
The hunting emblem on her belt...is this an iron queen?
"Stop her!"
Mason called for help, but the current situation did not require his command.
Lord Chao roared into the air and hit the attacker with a fierce knee, causing a sonic boom. The latter seemed to have some kind of magical supernatural power to protect himself. He fought with Chao several times in the air but there was no clear winner.
It seems that although Lord Chao is powerful, magic is still his weakness.
Seeing that they could not defeat the enemy, the supporters simply gave up the head-on battle and activated a special device, which flashed and landed next to Madeline, who had been resurrected but was still tightly clamped by the Main Power Armor of the Universe.
Naturally, she would not get entangled in a thorny matter in order to save people, but her way of saving people was also full of the fierceness and directness of iron-blooded warriors.
The hunting wrist knife popped out cleanly and swiftly, slashing across the neck of the Red Queen who was strangled by Mason. As the flesh and blood were torn apart, the Red Queen held the headless corpse and made another hunting flash, accurately avoiding Mason's double fists and the axe chopped by the Queen of Justice.
His agility is not that of an ordinary person, and his every move is full of toughness and swiftness, just like the deadliest hunter that can be found in the withered parallel world.
The Phoenix fire burned and Madeline was resurrected once again.
But this time she learned her lesson.
He hid behind the tall and strong figure of his ally, raised his hands and distorted reality. He no longer pursued killing but instead adopted a tactic of infinite defense. He withstood the attacks of Mason and the Lords of Justice, and teleported the two of them out of the world without saying a single harsh word.
It was obvious that she was scared by the beating from brother Mason, and perhaps a delay of one sentence would put her back in the awkward family problem segment.
The King of the Seven Seas, awakened by the Black Lantern Ring, rushed forward with a howl, and the Speedster Wally followed closely behind, but was hit by a sticky proton bomb by the latter and kicked back by the Iron Queen.
The dead King of the Seven Seas was not afraid of the explosion. He turned around and was sent out of the atmosphere by Lord Chao's punch. Mason also stepped forward and grabbed the proton bomb on Wally's body with both hands and covered it tightly with his hand armor.
There was a muffled thud.
An explosion that could flatten a city exploded in the captain's palm, hurting no one and only emitting a desolate cloud of black smoke.
And beyond the night sky higher in the sky, a bright flame announced that the Black Lantern King of the Seven Seas had once again died outside the atmosphere, but he soon reappeared in the material world infused with the death power of the Black Lantern Ring.
"Click, click, click"
The magnetic field generated by the movement of the global magnetic poles is exerting force. Magneto's adjutant, who was taken out of the battlefield by his master and has only returned now, is enduring the inspection and axe-chopping of the Queen of Justice with an attitude of heroic death.
He launched his final attack on Mason, all just to cover his commander's safe escape, at the cost of his left arm being chopped off cleanly by the Queen.
The main power armor of the universe still has no damage itself, and it remains intact even after a head-on fight with the power of the phoenix.
This fully demonstrated its invincible defense and deadly force, but its poor durability made it unable to continue fighting in a broken posture.
The flying X-metal component fell at Mason's feet, just like peeling off a turtle shell, causing Mason to slip from invincibility to his normal state again.
"Leave him alive!"
Just as Diana swung her inspection axe to behead Magneto, Mason, who had recovered the Time Stone, jumped over, grabbed her wrist, and said:
"The battle is over. We have won. Let him continue to live. I still have many things to ask him."
Facing the Queen of Justice in combat mode and interfering with her battle was a very dangerous move, but this time the Queen did not show her teeth to Mason again, but quickly calmed down.
Perhaps it was because Mason had just demonstrated his toughness and strength, perhaps it was because his child was still in Mason's hands, or perhaps it was because his sincerity had been delivered, which made the relationship between the two sides truly begin to move towards a healthy state.
Anyway, the Queen of Justice with red eyes looked at her lieutenant Magneto who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed waiting to die. She spat a mouthful of bloody saliva, leaned the battle axe in her hand, and said:
"Okay, I'll give you some face in the name of today's great victory."
The queen laughed heroically, bent down to pick up Lao Wan's helmet and held it in her arms as a trophy. As soon as Mason turned around, Harley and Quinn rushed over and hugged him from the left and right.
Not as loud and noisy as before.
The two crazy girls were really scared. Just now, they almost lost their sweetheart.
Mason stroked his girlfriends' hair, sensing their silent worry and looking up into the distance, and nodded to Ciri, who was standing under a tree in the dark, looking into the distance, wearing only pajamas and a robe.
The hunter nodded as well.
When their eyes met, everything was said without words.
She let out a long breath, turned around, and left the place with a streak of silver light.
As long as it's safe, we can talk about the rest later. Mason was not calm at this moment. The scene of the moment when he was hit by the Phoenix Judgment kept flashing back in his mind, making him unable to help but think more.
Soon, the question that Mephisto raised when he first met him came to Mason's mind and gave him some enlightenment.
The old devil had already given him a hint that the so-called standard of transcendence is that it is unique among all realms and is no longer bound by any past or future.
Existence is eternal.
Mason obviously hasn't reached that stage yet, and is still far from it in every aspect, but without any alien space-time entity, he has indeed become the only one in the worlds.
Perhaps he is therefore endowed with some kind of mysterious symbolism.
"It seems that I am really a miracle of some magnitude..."
The captain looked up at the sky which had calmed down.
He reached out and hugged Harley and Quinn tightly in his arms. Tonight had been too exciting and he urgently needed to rest.
However, the Red Queen Madeleine, who was killed at least thirteen times tonight, what is her "good sister" doing now?
…
"Shua"
The embarrassed Madeline was carried by the rescuers she called for, and crossed the sea of stars under the traction of the sonic boom channel and finally landed in the cabin of an alien spaceship with a very strange shape.
There is no one here, only an automatically running navigation device and a whole display wall filled with various "trophies".
It is covered with skulls of various kinds.
From the skeletons and spines of normal humanoid creatures to the heads and claws of abnormal Zerg life, as well as some special things from different worlds.
Including but not limited to blood-stained magic books, broken vibranium battle suits, the Hulk's fist and hand bones, and even a complete adamantium skeleton, which are obviously "gifts" from Wolf.
The other wall next to it is filled with weapons, including retro cold weapons and future-tech hot weapons, and there are even two authentic FAK guns placed in a prominent position.
Finally, there is a mechanical storage cabinet for armor, which houses three women's armors of completely different styles.
One set is the most classic Iron Blood Hunter light armor, which is covered with traces of countless battles. It has been completely destroyed and is placed here only for commemorative purposes.
But the other two sets are very special.
The dark green Queen Hunter battle suit, made with some advanced black technology, is heavy and fierce. The chest armor is embellished with the skull of an extraordinary dragon, and the shoulder guards are shaped like the bone crown of the Alien Queen. The various high-energy weapons it is equipped with allow the user to easily accomplish the task of planetary annihilation.
The third set of heavy armor was stored in a can, which looked very much like the symbiote suit, but this unique set was strangely white, as fierce and weird as its owner.
The above things have mixed styles and don’t match at all, but they have one thing in common.
They were all collected by the owner of this spaceship single-handedly over the past countless years. Whether it is the bones or the weapons, they are a profound interpretation of personal bravery and a supreme tribute to the hunting tradition.
The weak Madeleine was placed in a treatment device in the control cabin by the tall and strong figure. He roughly pulled out the biological tube connected to the respirator and buckled it on the Red Queen's face. He then grabbed a silver syringe with his hideous, scaly hands, installed it on a pillow, and stabbed it into Madeleine's wrist.
The whole set of movements was smooth and neat, and in just a few minutes the Red Queen's pale face regained its color.
The tall hunter finally felt relieved after seeing his "best friend" regained her energy.
She mumbled something in an alien language that sounded like a roar, and reached out to take off the full-coverage crimson iron-blooded hunting helmet that covered her head, revealing the white skull underneath and the biological nerve bundles that connected to the back of her head like dreadlocks. She sat in front of the biological cabin, panting, and trying to calm herself down from her anger over failure.
"Thanks to you this time."
Madeline regained some energy. Wearing a mask, she panted and said to the Iron-Blooded Queen who was resting beside her:
"I couldn't think of anyone who could save me except you..."
"Gurgle Gurgle"
The queen waved her hand without even turning her head, expressing in alien language that it was no big deal.
After all, the two of them were friends and besties who had known each other for a long time, and Madeline had helped her before. Although she was a noble iron-blooded warrior and the supreme hunting queen, she had only fallen into a deadly trap and was left with only her last breath.
But she could fight back in that situation without needing help.
Of course, how she later used the power of Madeleine and the Conqueror to ascend the throne of Queen and quickly complete the centralization of the iron-blooded civilization in this dark and chaotic era is another story.
They are not just ordinary best friends, but also an alliance of interests.
Madeline was of course well aware that although her best friend looked scary, she was actually a very stubborn but also arrogant person.
The Queen checked her friend's health and confirmed that Madeline had recovered. She rolled her eyes and asked:
"Gulu? Gulu Gulu Gulu? (How did you get yourself into such an embarrassing state? How could the powerful Red Queen be beaten to become as weak as a crying little girl?)"
There was a hint of sarcasm and ridicule in these words, but the Red Queen didn't care.
These serious, iron-blooded warriors live a very ascetic life.
Throughout their lives, they were only interested in two things: fighting and glory. The fact that an iron-blooded queen could take the initiative to joke with them already meant that their relationship was indeed good.
She has few friends.
The monster-like lady in front of me is one of them. Being able to rescue her in the situation just now also shows that the friendship between the two is indeed life-threatening.
There is no need to hide your embarrassment in front of such a friend.
Madeline breathed in the strange-smelling Predator biorepair gas and said in a hoarse voice:
"I made a stupid mistake. I underestimated him. It was like trying to crush a bug with full confidence, but in the end I found myself challenging a dragon."
"Gulu Gulu Gulu! (I have made similar mistakes, but you escaped alive. You still have a chance for revenge!)"
The Queen sat down beside her friend, leaning on her sword, patted her shoulder in an iron-blooded manner, and said something comforting in a careless manner.
But Madeline gave a wry smile.
She felt miserable as she felt that there were less than two-thirds of the phoenix fragments left in her body. Mason's wild phoenix had an appetite as big as its courage.
This time I really lost both the wife and the army.
However, the Red Queen knew that she could not show such a discouraged expression in front of the Iron-Blooded Queen, otherwise she would be disgusted. These hunters are straightforward, and once they think you are a coward, all previous friendships will disappear.
Moreover, the Conquerors of the First Sequence and the Conquerors of the Eighth Sequence where the Iron-Blooded Warriors are located are in a cooperative relationship, and the union of the two sides is based on strength.
Once the Iron Queen finds out that she is not as powerful as before, this cooperation will probably be over.
Madeline knew that although her best friend was arrogant, she did put the interests of the tribe first.
So the Red Queen rolled her eyes and decided to adopt the traditional tactics of the Fox, preparing to use Mason's victory to cover up her own failure and cleverly combine the two.
She sighed and said:
"Alas, my brother is indeed as brave and wise as the legend says. I wanted to persuade him to join our plan, but he obviously has his own plans."
"Gulu? Gulu? Gulu? (The person who defeated you is your brother? Is he your biological brother? Aren't you a clone?)"
The queen opened her mouth in surprise, fully proving that gossip is the nature of all female creatures.
She stared at the Red Queen with her cold and sharp eyes, while Madeline popped out her Project X identity card and whispered to her about the relationship between Mason and herself without reservation.
Finally, she stood up and leaned on the Queen's strong shoulders, saying:
“Yes, that’s my family, a member of our big family. Although there are some ideological differences between him and me, he has acknowledged my existence.
He also told me that he would take action in this attack.
So my advice is that we should not act rashly during this period, my friend.
You have also seen my brother's charisma and the power he possesses. The Phoenix Force is no match for him, and he is recruiting troops in that lord's world.
if……
I mean, if he can really do something, maybe at that time, your people and my people will have other choices besides giving it a try and seizing power.
I know you worship the strong.
You once thought I was a strong man so you were willing to make friends with me. Now my dear brother has proved that he is better and more outstanding than me, so we should both choose our allies rationally in the hope of a more glorious victory, right ? "
"Gurgle."
The Queen nodded.
She understood this simple truth, and she carefully concealed her contempt for Madeline because of her defeat. But then, the Queen lowered her voice and asked:
"Gulu? Gulu Gulu. (Will your awesome brother be involved in our next mission? After all, it's against mutants, and he's one of them.)"
"He doesn't know yet, and I don't intend to let him know now. The best cards should be saved for last."
The Red Queen leaned in the arms of her best friend.
She reached out and stroked the Queen's black nerve bundle decorated with bones, narrowed her eyes and whispered:
“But maybe we should reveal some information to him at some point. Although I hate Utopia, if we can use this opportunity to repair our ‘brother-sister relationship’, it’s not impossible to give those guys a way out.
Although, they have hurt us deeply...
But in the name of the future, the unpleasant past can be forgotten.”
