Chapter 392: Job Well Done
"A job well done, Aster," Mathieu said softly. "You’ve successfully neutralized the main target."
"...But you killed him, didn’t you?" Rael asked, wary. "Wasn’t our mission supposed to be to insert the mana crystal Frederick had brought into the strongest mecha?"
Mathieu smiled. "What do you think I did when I gripped its head? I had the crystal in my right hand, and while crushing its head, I embedded the crystal inside it. Everything went according to plan. You don’t have to worry."
Despite the reassurance, Rael felt like this guy was even more dangerous than before.
"Was that time reversal?" Rael asked the obvious.
"Who knows?" Mathieu replied dryly and took a few steps toward Rael, stopping right in front of him. "I am who I am because of my abilities. But I’ve recently been given the opportunity to climb higher, only if I rack up sufficient achievements."
Rael’s brows furrowed slightly.
Climb higher? He’s getting a promotion, but to which rank? Rael thought, narrowing his eyes. Could he be Jashin’s replacement?
Mathieu clicked his tongue. "I knew Lorealis in the past. He was one of the more promising humans. I put him in charge so he could fix the problem brewing between humans and robots. In the end, he turned against the Blazing Sun faction, and even those he cared about."
He turned his head to the side, then pointed at one of those miniature red-haired dolls.
"That right there is a human, or rather, it was. When everything took a turn for the worse, Lorealis separated the souls of humans and stuffed them inside hollow immortal shells. As for the robots, he kept upgrading them by using the smartest humans on this planet, and of course, he also used the fallen Blazing Sun soldiers for their battle techniques."
Hearing that, Rael narrowed his eyes.