Meanwhile, deep beneath the city of Arkham...

"what is going on?"

A girl with brown twin ponytails and a nice figure was sitting in front of the podium, staring anxiously at the screen. Looking at the image of the mechanical giant on the screen, her brown eyes flickered with anxiety and restlessness.

In fact, the mechanical giant that was confronting the crab mecha on the screen at this moment was created by the power behind the girl. As the power that controlled and ruled Arkham City, their clan had been fighting against the Black Sanctuary, and this mechanical giant was created by the girl's grandfather and left to her to fight against the Black Sanctuary and protect the legacy of Arkham City.

However, this demon-slaying sage has never been activated, because to activate the demon-slaying sage, a qualified magician and the best magic book are needed. The girl originally planned to entrust someone else to find the legendary magic book, but before she could act, her subordinates informed her that the demon-slaying sage, which had been in the underground base and had not been activated, suddenly disappeared and appeared on the surface...

So, it's activated?

"Who is it? Who's driving it?"

"I don't know. There was no response at all."

“…Damn it, how could this happen…Wait, what is that?!”

Just as the girl was racking her brains over how to deal with the situation, suddenly, she saw the mechanical giant on the screen change.

From the cracks in the mechanical giant's body, dark liquid that looked like oil gushed out, and along with the gushing liquid, the armor on the mechanical giant's body twisted, broke, and fell off. In the blink of an eye, the mechanical giant that was originally standing on the ground was swallowed up in the dark swamp like a melted wax figure.

“…”

This scene not only stunned the girl, but even the mecha crab on the opposite side seemed unable to react to what was happening. It stared blankly at the rolling dark swamp in front of it, not knowing what to do for a moment.

The next moment, the dark swamp suddenly began to expand, bulging like an inflated balloon, and then exploded with a loud "bang".

Immediately afterwards, a huge, terrifying voice appeared in front of everyone.

"hiss……"

Looking at the image on the screen in front of her, the girl with brown hair and twin ponytails took a breath. The one that appeared in the dark swamp at this moment was completely different from the previous mechanical giant.

Instead, it was a dragon.

The silver-white steel turned into armor, covering its body layer by layer. Its wings, which were a hundred meters long, spread out to the left and right, covered with bird-like feathers. Each feather was as sharp and shining as a huge sword blade.

And at the fold of the wings, there are two strange cylindrical jets, which stand upright downward and emit azure flames.

The dragon's long tail spread out backwards like a silver whip, and its huge, ferocious head was raised high, staring at the crab mecha in front of it as if overlooking all living things. There was even a faint black mist floating out of the gaps in the dragon's "scales", like a black flame, covering the entire dragon in a vague illusory dark mist.

“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!”

At this moment, the crab mecha seemed to sense some kind of threat coming, and it once again aimed at the target in front of it and launched an attack. All the turrets on the mecha opened fire, and several flashes of fire flew directly towards the dragon mecha.

However, facing the attack of the crab mecha, the mechanical dragon just spread its wings, and the next moment, the jets on its wings suddenly emitted bright and dazzling flames, and then the silver-white dragon in the dark shadows soared into the sky like an arrow from a string, and flew into the sky. The attack of the crab mecha naturally fell into the air and hit the open ground.

"Foolish mortal."

The giant mechanical dragon hovering in the air lowered its head and stared at the crab mecha on the ground.

"You crawl ignorantly on the ground, like a blind reptile, wriggling towards endless madness and despair. But I have witnessed the true end of time, which is a blessing you will never understand!"

Along with the dragon's roar, its wings suddenly spread out, and feathers suddenly stood up, aiming at the crab mecha on the ground and spraying out, turning into missiles and flying towards the crab mecha.

Several missiles made of feathers hit the crab mech directly, causing a series of explosions and enveloping the entire crab mech in flames of destruction. Under this fierce bombardment, the crab mech could not withstand such a fierce bombardment, and its shell was instantly blown to pieces. The mechanical claws supporting its huge body were also broken in the bombardment. With a roar like a wail, the crab mech fell to the side and hit the ground heavily.

At the same time, the mechanical dragon swooped down and its entire body stepped on the body of the crab mecha.

"I am the beginning of the end, the shadow that blocks the sun, the death knell of destruction. The meaning of my existence is for this moment. Witness your death and despair, mortal! Twilight Judgment has arrived!!!"

After the words fell, the mechanical dragon raised its head and took a deep breath.

Immediately afterwards, pale flames spurted out from the mouth of the mechanical dragon, enveloping the body of the crab mecha. White columns of fire shot up into the sky, illuminating the city shrouded in darkness.

“…”

Looking at the crab mecha and the giant mechanical dragon being engulfed by flames, the brown-haired girl turned pale and her clenched fists trembled slightly. After a moment, she suddenly stood up.

"Prepare the helicopter immediately! I want to go to the scene!!!"

At the same time, in the cockpit of the mechanical dragon, Fang Zheng let go of Frostmourne in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, it turns out that it's stronger to not be a human being."

While Fang Zheng was speaking, Al suddenly jumped up, jumped in front of him, and stared at him in surprise.

"Wait, how did you do that? You actually modified the Ghost Machine? Who are you? The kind of power you possess... is not a power that a magus can possess at all!!"

Staring at Fang Zheng, El was even trembling at this moment. At first, she thought that he only had the qualities of a magician, but after making a contract with Fang Zheng, El found that something was wrong - the darkness in the depths of this man's soul was extremely huge, like an endless sea. Not only that, she could also feel a very familiar breath from his soul, and he could actually use his own power to transform the Ghost Machine God... This is not an ordinary robot! It's a god! Although it's a man-made god, it's still a god!

Thinking of this, Al looked at Fang Zheng with some surprise.

"Could it be... that you are the descendant of the ancient god?"

"I am who I am, sparkling and cool."

Fang Zheng spread his hands and shrugged.

"Is it meaningful for us to pursue this issue? Of course, I have to thank you, Al. If I hadn't made a contract with you, I would never have thought that I could use this power in reality... But now is not the time to talk about this, let's get out of here quickly... Do you have any way to put this thing away?"

"Well..."

However, what Fang Zheng did not expect was that when facing his question, Al suddenly showed an embarrassed expression. At this moment, suddenly, a searchlight came over, and Fang Zheng looked carefully, only to see a helicopter hovering not far in front of the dragon, shining its light over.

"Driver of the Ghost Machine God, come out immediately, I have something to tell you!!"

Hearing the other party's aggressive tone, Fang Zheng knew that the situation was not good.

And that is exactly the case.

"…So, that Ghost Machine God is yours?"

Looking at the brown-haired girl with twin ponytails in front of him who was standing with her hands on her hips angrily, Fang Zheng helplessly reached out his hand to press his forehead, then he looked at Al beside him.

"You summoned someone else's things to use for yourself?"

"What does it matter?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Al turned his head.

"Besides, I was just trying it out. After all, we do need to fight, and this mechanical god has no operator."

"So you're just offering flowers to Buddha, right?"

Facing Al's answer, Fang Zheng was speechless. The reason why he modified this mecha at first was that he thought it belonged to Al. After all, in general mecha animations, it is a basic operation for the heroine to bring a mecha to the hero.

But you stole someone else's things and gave them to me...that's a bit hard to justify.

"I'm so sorry, this..."

Fang Zheng looked at the brown-haired girl, who raised her eyebrows.

"Badao, my name is Badao Liuli."

“…”

This name is really domineering.

"Okay, Miss Badao Liuli, I'm sorry, I didn't know this robot was yours."

"It doesn't matter. After all, it was created to protect the city."

Tyrannical Liuli shook his head and pointed at the mechanical dragon in front of him.

"So, is there any way to change it back?"

“…I really don’t have that.”

After all, Fang Zheng really didn't know that this thing actually belonged to someone else, so he naturally changed it completely from beginning to end.

"Nothing at all?"

"There is no way."

In fact, not only could it not be changed back, but even this mechanical dragon could only be driven by Fang Zheng himself. He felt like a car owner who happily modified his car and changed the stickers, but the police came and said it was a stolen car...

If I had known it was a stolen car, I wouldn't have gone through so much trouble.

"Well, Miss Domineering Liuli, I'll just be frank."

Fang Zheng decided to start speaking frankly.

"I'm very sorry, but I can't return this mechanical dragon to you. As you can see, I made a lot of modifications to it and even injected my magic power into it. In fact, it's useless for me to return it to you now because only I can drive it."

“…”

Badao Liuli didn't say anything, but just raised her brows, clenched her fists and stared at Fang Zheng.

"But this is your property after all, and I won't take it for nothing, so...can we discuss it and make a deal or something? At least, I won't take it for nothing."

Fang Zheng couldn't let go of this thing. This mechanical dragon could allow Fang Zheng to use the power of the ancient gods in the real world, and Fang Zheng himself also possessed the spiritual aura of the ancient gods, which meant that with the help of this mechanical dragon, he could use the power of gods comparable to his original form. Fang Zheng certainly wasn't going to let go of such a good thing. So now he could only hope to reach an agreement with the other party.

After all, as a paladin, stealing things is too immoral.

However, confiscation is still allowed.