Chapter 50: Scrapping With Scrap (Rewritten)
Under the radiant glow of the newly discovered Geomarrow vein, the five of them — Sunny, Dan Heng, March, Veliona, and Bronya — stood across from the large automaton, which was winding up it’s massive fist as it prepared to dash forward.
After a few long, tense moments, it rushed at with unnatural speed — it’s large mechanical legs a blur to the non-Awakened eye.
However, the automaton was not the only thing that moved.
An arrow of ice streaked through the air, a chill passing by Sunny as he felt the temperature drop a little. The arrow was bound to strike true, it’s tip pointed directly at the steel torso of the robot.
...And yet, the arrow did not hit it’s target.
The hulking automaton suddenly jabbed it’s hand into the ground, halting it’s assault as the ground gave way for the arm to bury itself within. The joints within it’s arm furled in on itself, pulling the robot along with it as it’s legs rose off the ground.
Sunny couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The large, burly robot that should have no business being agile in any matter... cartwheeled away from the arrow’s flight path.
He snarled, feeling the destructive impulses of the gloomy shadow rise up within him.
...No, maybe he was Gloomy.
The strange nature of his current existence aside, Sunny kept his shadow sense focused on the two shadows he had attached to Dan Heng and Veliona.
Once the robot got back on it’s steel legs, it once again dashed towards them with erratic movements.