Chapter 10: Nightmarish battles
18:48 PM (Shanghai Time), Wednesday September the 8th…
"… Unit S3 Zero is engaged. Form of Star - Force Pegasus. Orders: annihilate all life-forms."
"Unit S3 One is engaged. Form of Star - Force Dragon. Orders: Annihilate all life-forms."
"Unit S3 Two is engaged. Form of Star - Force Leo. Orders: Annihilate all life-forms."
"What in the…!"
Rock Man gasped as three enemies looking strikingly similar came out of the capsules and stepped into the platform in a triangle formation.
One of them was his "Star Force Pegasus" form with the only differences being thick ice blue shades and some kind of customized gun built on the right forearm.
"The form I gained when the AM Sage Magic Pegasus granted the "Star-Force" power to me and which I used to defeat Andromeda…!"
"T-this is…!" War Rock sounded baffled.
He looked at the north to spot another enemy looking similar to the "Star Force Pegasus" in general design yet his armor was a mix of shades of green coloring.
Thick green shades hid its eyes as well.
The shoulders were shaped like they were the fingertips of a dragon and some scale-like formations emerged from the left forearm.
The right forearm had a five-fingered metallic claw on it the edges of which were shining with purple lighting.
"T-that has to be the form I would've had if Dragon Sky had granted me his power instead…!" He gasped.
"And the last one has gotta be…!" War Rock muttered.
"Leo Kingdom's form…!"
The third enemy, standing at the right, had a body composed by a mix of orange and red colors.
Thick orange shades covered its eyes as well.
The shoulders had cut marks on them while the right forearm contained a flamethrower connected to a deposit built on the back.
"And this is just Round 1!" Mors teased.
"No way! Then, there are enemies for the OOPArt form and the Noise Change forms?" Rock Man gasped.
"Heh, heh, heh… Don't blame me! Vadous came up with these designs. I merely used a common robot body and slightly tweaked their firmware programming to adjust them to each of their abilities… Well then… Fight like a warrior! Mwah, hah, hah, hah!" He laughed.
"Mors…!" Rock Man hissed.
"Zero Kelvin frigidness!"
"Inferno's flames!"
"Claws of poison!"
"W-whoa!"
The three robots attacked in unison: the Pegasus robot built up energy on the gun and shot a blast of cold condensed ice towards Rock Man while the Leo robot engaged the flamethrower and shoot flames towards Rock Man: the Dragon robot jumped towards Rock Man with the claws drawn.
"Dodge! Subaru!" War Rock rallied.
Rock Man jumped towards the south but the three robots reacted in unison and aimed at Rock Man as he was turning around: the Dragon robot reached him and made some cuts to Rock Man's body before it jumped away: the blast from the Pegasus robot hit him and immediately froze him.
"Guah!"
He got hit by the super-hot attack of the Leo robot and all melted ice on him evaporate immediately: his body then began to burn and he jumped into the water to take the flames out: he suddenly clutched his chest and collapsed into his knees.
"My HP values are falling…! I've got a poison bug on me…! Grah! These are no joke!" He growled.
"Let's counter!" War Rock rallied.
"Something which inflicts a lot of damage… I know! Giga Card: Break Count Bomb! Oi! Try to burn me again, silly imitator!" Rock Man muttered.
He placed the Break Count Bomb on the midst of the platform and jumped atop it to attract the attention of his enemies.
"Zero Kelvin frigidness!"
"Inferno's flames!"
"Claws of poison!"
Rock Man jumped into the air and towards the south just as the Leo robot hit the Break Count Bomb first thus setting it off: the explosion inflicted considerable damage to the three robots: the Dragon robot collapsed on its knees and its body began to shine.
"Self-destruct device: activated."
"What!" Rock Man gasped.
The robot blew up and Rock Man was pushed into the water by the shockwave: the other two robots immediately focused on him and jumped into the water, too.
"Zero Kelvin frigidness!"
"Inferno's flames!"
"Hum… If these guys are copying me… Then… Their HP must cap at 1000 points: like mine…"
"Guess that…"
"I've suffered around 800 HP of damage because this shockwave was worth 300 HP… The Dragon robot suffered 1200 points of damage and these must accumulate 900 HP so I'm close to beating them…! Battle Card, Big Grenade!"
"It's over, punks!"
The Big Grenade hit the floor and provoked three continuous explosions which damaged the enemy robots and brought them down into their knees.
"Holy Panel, Barrier 200!"
"Self-destruct mode: activated."
The two remaining robots blew up but Rock Man was unhurt thanks to his combination: he sighed in relief and jumped back atop the platform only to see another three capsules dropping down around the platform: he cursed under his breath.
"Round 2! These are just the first 3 enemies. A total of 10 enemies are waiting to face off against you!" Mors laughed.
"… Unit S3 Three... Form of Thunder Berserk... Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Four… Form of Fire Dinosaur… Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Five… Form of Green Shinobi… Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"Now the OOPArts forms, you mean to say? Is there no end?"
"What the…"
The leftmost robot had grey metallic armor over the chest, shoulders, arms, knees and feet.
Thick yellow shades covered the eyes.
The robot wielded a large sword the blade of which was shaped like a thunderbolt on the left forearm yet the right forearm had a device which looked like a miniature voltage converter system.
It was decorated with some yellowish patterns below the knees, on the front edges of the feet, around the shoulders and running down the sides of the body.
"T-that's the form I would've had if you'd swallowed the "Berserk" OOPArt in the Roppondo Hills Museum instead of the "Dinosaur" OOPArt…!"
"But this ain't everything!"
Rock Man looked north to see a robot which looked very close to his actual "Fire Dinosaur" form .
The shades were colored in an orange thick color instead.
The left forearm was surrounded by a circle of flames and the right forearm had a five-barreled gun which looked capable of attacking with missiles.
"And the last one…! OOPArt "Shinobi"…!"
This robot's appearance was somewhat reminiscent of a ninja.
The face included a mouth-guard while the shades had been painted with thick green color.
It carried a metallic shuriken with green fluorescent spots on the left hand while the right forearm had a built-in katana: two red triangles formed behind the main body.
The colors used were mainly shades of green with some brown on the legs: a belt surrounded the waist.
"100,000 Volts!"
"Hell Missiles!"
"Shuriken Storm!"
"Grah! Gotta dodge!"
The Thunder Berserk robot held the blade upwards and it frizzled with electricity which then became bolts spreading around the area and heading for Rock Man: the Fire Dinosaur robot made the gun rotate to the right each time he shot a small white missile with a red warhead at Rock Man and, lastly, the Green Shinobi robot jumped into the air and began to throw countless shuriken towards Rock Man: its attack dissolved the Barrier 200 and Rock Man gasped as he was the other two incoming attacks heading for him.
"Recovery 300, Recovery 300!"
He healed and then jumped towards the south yet the missiles impacted on him one after the other plus bathing him in an orange gelatinous substance which then caught fire on its own: he fell into the water to try to put the flames out and the electrical bolts hit him thus electrocuting him: he yelled and dropped into his knees to see the Green Shinobi robot aiming the katana at his neck.
"Mishirushi choudai!"
"Like I'll let you cut my neck off! Fire Slash! Break Saber X! Machine Flame X! Take these!"
Rock Man stood up and firstly used the "Fire Slash" to inflict elemental damage to the robot followed by another attack and the "Machine Flame X" Battle Card: the robot dropped into its knees and glowed.
"Self-destruct mode: activated."
The robot self-destroyed and Rock Man stepped into the Holy Panel to cut down the rate of damage caused by it: he then drew the Muramasa Blade and hit the Thunder Berserk robot to inflict damage and quickly jump into the air: the Fire Dinosaur robot's missiles seemed to be about to hit its companion when they deviated and locked on Rock Man, bombarding him with the orange gel and setting him on fire: he dropped into the water but was electrocuted again.
"H-hell…! I'm not getting anywhere and I'm being beaten up the whole time…! Recovery 200, Recovery 150, Recovery 300!"
"These jerks!"
"Now… Wood Slash, Destroy Upper! The end, thunder maniac!"
He healed and jumped back into the air as he drew the "Wood Slash" Battle Card and made a neat cut into the chest of the robot spanning from the NW to the SE and then delivered an uppercut with the "Destroy Upper" Battle Card bringing the machine down.
"Self-destruct mode: activated."
"You're the next one! Elec Slash! Stun Knuckle! Sword Fighter X! Long Sword! The end!"
Rock Man quickly attacked the Fire Dinosaur robot as it was reloading missiles and also formed a gash on its body followed by a knuckle to the forehead, the six combined slashes of the "Sword Fighter X" and, finally, a finishing blow in the form of the "Long Sword" Battle Card.
"Self-destruct mode activated."
"Phew. It's over."
"Over? Did you not listen to me, Rock Man?" Mors reminded him with obvious amusement.
"The Noise Forms…!"
"No, no. The "Double Tribe" forms!"
"Huh? "Double Tribe"? Transforming with the OOPArt was named "Tribe On" but…" Rock Man frowned.
"Vadous came up with those, too! Imagine if you'd ended up wielding not one but two OOPArts… You could combine their powers! And this "Double Tribe", Rock Man! Total number of combinations… 9! I'll send them out in three groups of three units. Heh, heh, heh. An endless nightmare: this is what this place is! Struggle and wriggle in vain forever!" He laughed.
"No fair!" He groaned.
"This jerk!"
"… Unit S3 Six. Form of Berserk Shinobi… Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Seven. Form of Berserk Dinosaur… Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unite S3 Eight. Form of Shinobi Dinosaur… Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
The leftmost robot had a clear look as being a combination of the "Berserk" and "Shinobi" forms given the green and slight yellow colorings.
Its shades were colored yellow on the left and green on the right
They were carrying a sword and a shuriken on the back while the right forearm also had the built-in katana.
"T-this is…!"
The northern enemy was colored red and had the missile launcher plus the "Berserk" sword attached to his back.
The shades' coloring followed the same pattern as in the other enemy yet the right side of them was colored orange instead.
"And that one…!"
The rightmost adversary combined the basic layout of the "Shinobi" form with the "Dinosaur" form.
The shades' coloring was green on the left and red on the right.
It included the missile launcher as well plus the shuriken on the rear of the body and the characteristic helmet.
"Bolts of Punishment!"
"Bolts of Devastation!"
"Missiles of Punishment!"
The "Berserk Shinobi" robot drew the "Berserk" sword and made the electricity latch into the katana.
"What?"
They then shot it out as a spiraling mass of electricity: the "Berserk Dinosaur" robot had the missiles be accompanied with electrical fields around them while the "Shinobi Dinosaur" robot shot the missiles which now had a needle attached to their warheads.
"One wood and two flames… Let's go like this! Zetsumetsu Meteor! Death Scythe X!" Rock Man muttered.
He began to bombard the robots with incandescent meteors plus had the "Death Scythe X" spin around their field and add damage to them: Rock Man received the blunt of the three attacks thus getting electrocuted twice and set into fire twice as well: he managed to stand up somehow and held back his exhales of pain.
"Subaru! Hold on!" War Rock rallied.
"Piranha Kiss X! Piranha Kiss X! BoBoBon Bomb X!"
Rock Man had the piranhas attack the two "Flame" robots while the "BoBoBon Bomb X" hit the other robot and blew up thus crippling the robot: the other two robots lingered on and began to reload their missile launchers.
"Now! Snow Ball X! Snow Ball X!"
The "Snow Ball X" Battle Cards summoned snow balls which rolled down the arena and hit the other two robots: they also fell into their knees and the three of them began to shine.
"Invisible!"
They blew up but Rock Man was unhurt and he managed to smile: Mors' chuckle rang out and he gasped.
"What short memory! I said 9 enemies in total! You've only beaten a third of them! Wriggle! Struggle! Agonize! Die!" Mors laughed.
"… Unit S3 Nine. Form of Shinobi Berserk. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Ten. Form of Dinosaur Berserk. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Eleven. Form of Dinosaur Shinobi. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
The western imitator used the "Shinobi" body as basis and built over the "Berserk" armor.
The shades were colored in green and yellow
It included the sword yet keeping the helmet design the same as in the "Shinobi" form and it held the katana on the right hand.
"Not more…!" Rock Man groaned.
The northern foe used the "Dinosaur" form as the starting point and gained the "Berserk" body design.
The shades were red and yellow.
It kept the "horns" on the helmet and had the electrical device on the right forearm.
"And that one, too…!" War Rock grumbled.
The last of the new trio used the "Dinosaur" body as origin point while building up the "Shinobi" design over.
The shades were red and green in this one's case.
It didn't alter the helmet and it held a katana on the right forearm.
"And I'm saving up a little surprise if you can beat these 3, too! Heh, heh, heh. You'll hate your "Boss" for not erasing these designs a long time ago and thus allowing me to pick them and build these robots! Hatred!"
"We aren't perfect!" Rock Man shot back.
"Hah! What stubbornness, really! Very well, then! Be gone! Go, Elite Soldiers! Destroy them!"
"Punishing Voltage!"
"Agony Missiles!"
"Burning Blade!"
"I need to increase my Noise Level…!"
"Subaru… By now our Noise Level would be very high yet it doesn't want to rise past 1%... There's something blocking up emissions of Noise and those jerks don't emit Noise, either…" War Rock told him.
"Mors! That's unfair!" He yelled.
"Unfair? A warrior does not rely in a childish transformation which brings upon powers "borrowed" from others! Heh, heh, heh. You fight with your body's own potential!" Mors laughed.
"This guy…! Jeez! Beast Swing X! Dancing Blade X! Heel Wizard X! Noised Wizard X! Be gone already!" Rock Man growled.
He began to counter and ignored the first robot jumping towards him trying to hit him with the electrified katana, the second robot's electrified missiles and the third robot's burning katana: a purple War Rock formed on the field and swung his claws thus hitting all three robots followed by the "Dancing Blade X" crossing the area from the NW to the NE, a grey Heel Wizard hitting them with a whip and, lastly, a black berserk Wizard slashing them with a sword.
"Charge Shot!"
The Charge Shot bounced off the middle robot and damaged the other two thus making them blow up: Rock Man panted and growled something under his breath as he heard three SPLASH sounds ring out around his position once again.
"What now?"
"Heh. Look on!" Mors taunted.
"Che." War Rock grumbled.
"… Unit S3 Twelve. Form of Burai Berserk. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Thirteen. Form of Burai Dinosaur. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"… Unit S3 Fourteen. Form of Burai Shinobi. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"W-what the heck?"
Rock Man looked around as three new enemies surrounded him: their designs were based off the basic form for each OOPArt (Thunder Berserk, Fire Dinosaur and Green Shinobi) yet their coloring became black and their shades purple thus looking like a cross between the OOPArts and Burai's own form.
"Vadous predicted this, too! Were you to find some "Aloofness Fragments" and fuse them together into the "Aloofness Proof" then you'd get these forms which would reflect your "past self" back when you only though about your own self… And if you can beat these, then I'll give out the last surprise before jumping to Round 3…"
"Not so fast, Mors."
"Yeah! Ya forgot us."
"Omega – san, Sigma – san…!"
"Che. Someone got in the way…"
Omega and Sigma suddenly entered the room by breaking the hatch open and faced one opponent each: Mors sounded annoyed at the occurrence, obviously enough.
"Sorry for the delay. The interior became filled with endless spawns of Viruses and it took a while to blow out the blast doors. But here we are now!" Omega apologized.
"Let's go, Rock Man!"
"Roger, sir!"
"Whatever! Fight until you die without protest and are exposed as fake heroes and mere fools!" Mors grumbled.
The three robots drew the old sword Burai had used to employ and jumped towards each fighter while building up energy on each hand which glowed with elemental energy.
"Gotcha, ugly. Plasma Shot! Hrah!"
"Mwah, hah, hah, hah… Demon Rings! Eat this!"
"Alright! Time for some Mega Cards! Cygnus Wing X! Grave Joker X! Spade Magnets X! Charge Shot!"
Omega shot a plasma attack at the chest of the northern robot and then drove his blade into the miniature fusion core inside of it: Sigma used some pale and thin blue rings to paralyze the eastern robots and drive his massive sword through it as well while Rock Man delivered a massive amount of damage using the three Mega Cards and one Charge Shot to blow up the leftmost robot.
"Surprise, surprise…! 1 opponent this time around, guys!"
A new capsule dropped into the water and joined the others which had accumulated there: a figure jumped out in and landed in the midst of the field: everyone gasped.
"Vadous didn't have enough with two OOPArts… What if you actually held or were able to resonate with the other two…? This would be the result in his imagination! Tribe King!"
"Tribe… King!"
"…Unit S3 Fifteen… Form of Tribe King... Orders: annihilate all life-forms…!"
The "Tribe King" combined the three forms yet the main body seemed to be that of the "Berserk" form.
The shades were a mix of red, green and yellow.
The left and right arms were designed as being part of the "Shinobi" and "Dinosaur" forms: the left forearm had the "Berserk" sword on it and the right forearm the infamous missile launcher.
The left shoulder had a shuriken on it and the right one had claws emerging from it
"Kaiser Delta Breaker!"
The "Tribe King" robot drew a blue empty triangle with the "Berserk" sword and drew each OOPArt symbol on each vortex: a tri-colored stream of energy in the form of pyramidal prism shot out and hit all three combatants yet they quickly recovered.
"Plasma Shot!"
"Demon Laser!"
"Wing Blade~!"
Omega melted the first layer of the chest armor, Sigma shot two red laser beams from his eyes which set the ground on fire and the copy of Acid Ace rammed into the robot: Omega then drove his sword into its core and blew it up.
"Hmpf. So you've made it until Round 3… 13 opponents! I'll send two groups of 5, a lone opponent, and one of 2 opponents. Round 3, Group 1! Go!"
Five capsules landed in the water and five opponents came out of it: Rock Man gasped and so did Omega and Sigma.
"Unit S3 Sixteen… Form of Libra Noise. Orders: destroy all life-forms."
"Unit S3 Seventeen… Form of Corvus Noise. Orders: destroy all life-forms."
"Unit S3 Eighteen… Form of Cancer Noise. Orders: destroy all life-forms."
"Unit S3 Nineteen… Form of Gemini Noise. Orders: destroy all life-forms."
"Unit S3 Twenty… Form of Ophiucus Noise. Orders: destroy all life-forms."
"T-those are…! The Noise Change forms I currently have! I've used all of them plenty of times ever since the Meteor G Incident and when I fought Sirius inside of the Black Hole…!" Rock Man gasped.
"Heh! At least something we can tackle!"
"Hmmm… So the other group has gotta be… Another variant of Noise Change forms which you haven't ever used…" Omega guessed.
"This is starting to look dangerous." Sigma grumbled.
"Meteor Light Barrage!"
"Atomic Blazer!"
"Dynamic Wave!"
"Thunderbolt Blade!"
"Elemental Cyclone!"
"Rock Man! Take this device: it has several extra Folders on it which I've made up on the way here. You can switch between each one yet I couldn't override the normal restrictions of only 3 equal cards, 5 Mega Cards and 1 Giga Card!" Omega told him as he tossed him what looked like a Hunter – VG carcass.
"Thank you, sir!"
Rock Man attached it to his Hunter – VG and it glowed with a golden light as the symbol for "Omega" colored pale blue formed over it: he grinned and shielded himself to endure the bombardment of the robots: he focused his attention on the Ophiucus Noise one with green shades.
"Ox Fire X! Apollon Flame X! Burn up!"
Both attacks crippled the robot and Rock Man faced the Cancer Noise Robot (it had blue shades) next as it was seemingly reloading energy.
"Not so fast. Gemini Spark X! Spade Magnets X! Charge Shot! Go down already! You persistent enemies!
The combination overwhelmed this robot and blew it up as well while Rock Man spotted how Sigma beat down the Corvus Noise robot (red shades) using his mere fists to bend his armor and damage internal components: Omega was cutting the Libra Noise robot (brown shades) into pieces and the Gemini Noise robot (yellow shades) tried to attack Rock Man.
"Take this! Club Strong X! Wood +30! Grass Stage! Jungle Storm!"
The powerful tie-in combos were more than what the robot could handle and it blew up along with the other two (all of their Hunter – VGs were redesigned to not look like War Rock): Mors sounded resigned by now.
"I was having fun yet… All good things come to an end. Like on the Demoniac Day… But I rather not think of that…" He muttered like he'd forgotten the mike was still on.
"Guess it's a trauma of the guy." Omega muttered.
"Group 2… Meet the new-gen Noise Changes!"
"Unit S3 Twenty – One. Form of Cygnus Noise. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"Unit S3 Twenty – Two. Form of Ox Noise. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"Unit S3 Twenty – Three. Form of Virgo Noise. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"Unit S3 Twenty – Four. Form of Crown Noise. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"Unit S3 Twenty – Five. Form of Wolf Noise. Orders: annihilate all life-forms…"
"Whoa!"
The Cygnus Noise robot used white and sky blue colors on the boots and body armor while including two wings.
The upper part of the helmet was reminiscent of Cygnus Wing's own design: the shades were colored sky blue.
"Next goes…" Omega muttered.
The Ox Noise used a tint of red which looked like dried blood and included Ox's horns on both sides of the head.
The shades were colored in the same color as the body.
It also had some dots on the shoulders a yellowish/orange piece of armor below the neck and in the middle of the chest:
"Third place is for…" Sigma grinned.
The Virgo Noise used a white metallic shade of coloring with two navy blue lines spanning the width of the shoulders.
The helmet included a gray metallic piece over it: the white color was used in the shades.
"Fourth one's an electrical maniac!" War Rock joked.
Crown Noise used lush green coloring but the helmet's upper part was orange in coloring.
It included a slightly brighter piece spanning the middle of the helmet and the shades' color of choice was lush green.
"Last one…!" Rock Man muttered.
Lastly, Wolf Noise used another shade of green which looked closer to blue than green itself.
The shades used the same coloring as the rest of the body did.
The shape of Wolf Forest's claws was visible on the shoulders and on the helmet's design.
"Meteor Light Barrage!"
"Atomic Blazer!"
"Dynamic Wave!"
"Thunderbolt Blade!"
"Elemental Cyclone!"
"Here we go again! Rock Man! You can shift Battle Cards which you've used with new ones!" Omega told him.
"Wow! Thank you, sir! You, Ox Fire imitator! Eat this! Queen Virgo X! Charge Shot!"
Queen Virgo summoned the "Hydro Dragon" and the multiple hits followed by the Charge Shot made smithereens of the Ox Noise robot so Rock Man focused on the Crown Noise robot in the next place once he received the Thunderbolt Blade attack.
"Ophiucus Queen X! Poison Storm!"
Ophiucus Queen used her "Quick Serpent" attack to stain the field with Poison Panels and Rock Man then drained them to hit the robot 10 times with the special weapon: the robot was turned into scrap and he began to smile.
"Recovery 300, Recovery 200, Recovery 150! Next one! Show up!"
The Cygnus Noise robot challenged Rock Man since the Wolf Noise robot was having trouble with Omega and the Virgo Noise form was struggling to attack Sigma.
"Mwah, hah, hah, hah! Demon Rings! Demon Knuckles!"
"Heh, heh, heh. I'm Cincinnati's butcher! Run for your defunct and extinct steam locomotives!"
"I fail to see the point of that." Mors muttered as if he'd yet again forgotten to switch off the speakers.
"Huff… Sheesh. He's not the only one. Moon Disaster X! Burai X! Phantom Black X! Vanish!" Rock Man muttered before announcing his attacks.
Moon Disaster spun to the left three times and shot "Moon Cutters" before spinning right once: Burai delivered four consecutive hits to the enemy and Phantom Black's "Phantom Claw" gripped the robot to then crush it.
"We're done over here." Omega grinned.
"Come at full power!" Sigma taunted.
"Group 3… Go!"
A single robot came out of the capsule and Rock Man gasped upon spotting its design.
"Burai Noise…! The Noise I ended up unlocking when battling Tabuu, the "Nomad Emissary"…!"
"Unit S3 Twenty – Six. Form of Burai Noise. Orders: annihilate all life-forms."
The only changes from the Burai Noise were thick purple shades and the old "Burai Sword" instead of the modern "Laplace Blade" yet the robot delivered four consecutive hits to Rock Man: Omega jumped to the front instead and he suddenly drove the blade into the space mid-way across the chest and formed a circle before ripping the armor protecting the core and attaching something to it: he then kicked the robot into the water.
"Boom."
The robot exploded and Mors began to sound increasingly frustrated given his mumbling.
"Last… Descend!"
"Unit S3 Twenty – Seven. Form of Finalize Black Ace. Orders: annihilate all life-forms."
"Unite S3 Twenty – Eight. Form of Finalize Red Joker. Orders: annihilate all life-forms."
"R-Red Joker…! Another Finalize form…!"
"True! This was the prototype "Joker Program" which the Satella Police began to develop using Grave Joker as basis but was then abandoned when he defected and they came up with the "Ace Program" which was basically a slightly modified version of the earlier prototype. So? Does it look grand?" Mors explained before asking.
The "Red Joker" form used crimson red as its main coloring.
The helmet had a crimson red color with two yellow diamond-like pieces on the middle of each further edge and black pieces on the closer edge.
A piece with an inner grayish edge and a partial outer black edge which had the overall form of the Alphabet "U" letter merged with the forehead. A black diamond with an orange-like sphere set on a cavity which had been cut on the middle of it showed up from inside the large forehead piece, too.
Lastly, a golden inverted triangle had been drawn upon the center of the forehead as a prominent symbol: the robot's shades had been colored crimson red.
The armor around the chest had two bolts' tops which seemed to connect the three pieces of it: the lines running down the sides of the robot's body became yellow and two crimson red pieces of armor formed close to the start of the hips: the armor around the neck was metallic grey in color, too.
The forearms were encompassed within crimson red cones with yellow edges around the wrists: metallic armor covered the rest of the wrist area as well and black/grey pieces came out from the forearms' armor.
The shoulders contained two massive pieces of armor which looked like both halves of the Alphabet "V" letter.
Two discs having an external black edge, an inner thin yellowish edge and a red dome built on the core were set on the upper ends of the shoulder-mounted-pieces: yellowish energy emanated from them and made them look powerful and imposing.
The legs' armor started at around the knees and its main color was crimson red yet the frontal part was a mix of yellow edge outer, blackish inner edge and two grayish triangles.
The side armor included a piece which had another color resembling metallic red: the armor around the ankles had two bolts connecting the pieces and the feet were protected by grayish/blackish metallic armor.
The Black Ace robot was identical in design to the normal Black Ace form except for the redesigned Hunter – VG and the black thick shades.
"Red Joker: Super Armor and Status Guard! Isn't that a good combination of abilities?" Mors teased.
"Holy Panel, Barrier 200!" The three of them exclaimed in unison.
"Black End Galaxy!"
"Red Gaia Eraser!"
Both attacks swept the ground: the effects of the BEG were nullified by the Barrier 200 while the RGE's power was cut in half by the Holy Panels.
"Let's go! Plasma Shot! Upwards Strike!"
"Demon Rings! Demon Laser!"
"Libra Balance X! Wolf Forest X! Crown Thunder X!"
Omega and Sigma focused on the BA robot while Rock Man formed Libra Balance and shot two projectiles of opposing elements at the RJ robot: Wolf Forest shot a swing forward and then delivered an upper: Crown Thunder made several thunderbolts rain down in "X" pattern.
"Self-destruct mode: activated."
Both robots blew up: they heard someone walking "above" them and Mors dropped down in the middle of the arena while having the "Ultimate Orb" on his hands.
"Warp! Targets: Sigma, Omega! Location: WAXA Japan Branch!"
The "warp" effect formed under the feet of Sigma and Omega and they were warped: Mors looked up with an almost psychotic look to his face.
"Heh! Rock Man. No – one will get in the way. Showdown!"
"Wait! Does that mean that…?" Rock Man gasped.
"Ultimate Orb! Awaken the last ability hidden in your programming! The ability I programmed…! Which will allow me to become above a mere mortal! Now activate! Aukanios metaos Gigas kaia jazee! In the name of the almighty King Gigas! Denpa – Henkan! On Air!"
The orb began to shine and turned into a spheroid of purple light: it hovered and attached to Mors' chest: energy began to build up around his body and surround it: he laughed as Rock Man used his right arm to shield.
W-what's going to happen…?