The Strongest, Defeated

 

Achilles descended to the surface, then crept along the ground toward the stepped terraces of the Polar Control Facility.

「That last attack was dangerous. How is it acceptable that something like that even exists?!」

Even in the Interplanetary War Era, no explosive capable of producing that kind of firepower had existed.

Not because it was impossible—because there had been countless weapons that could generate destructive force more elegantly.

「What are you doing, Alexandros III?! Do not leave the Polar Control Facility! You fool!」

Sabazios shrieked. He seemed terrified that the enemy possessed a means of injuring Achilles—the one called ‘the strongest.’

「Understood!」

Achilles snapped back with only that short reply, then hurried to return to his original position.

It made his guts boil to be called incompetent by that fool—but he crushed it down with grinding teeth.

Because the mistake that had led to Achilles taking damage was Alexandros III’s responsibility.

「For Achilles to end up like this… a