The AEP unit shoved her aside and tanked some bullets for her. He then smirked before letting the bullets harmlessly drop from his nanite body. He was putting on a big show to get in their heads. Even though they were clearly low level humans, guns did hurt. As a level 65 mini boss, it only took a sliver of his HP. While they were all stunned, he pressed his hands together. The crackling of electricity could be heard as he pulled them back and he got in a ready stance. Slowly moving his hands apart, I saw a ball of blue electric energy. It was the size of a baseball. When he thrust it towards the people who shot him, it immediately electrocuted the man it hit to death. He was yet another charred corpse on the ground. That stunned the others for a second before they began shooting again. They did not want to be the next ones to die. The armor plating appeared to halve the damage as he charged another electric ball. It was only half the size, but it was still enough to kill the second target. By this time, he was able to run straight for one. He grabbed that man's throat and snapped his neck.
Brutal was the only word to describe that execution. There were still 3 more assailants in the alley. Watching the AEP unit jump, flip and dodge all attacks with ease made it seem like it was an action movie. He ripped the heart of one of the men out of his chest and crushed it while the man was still standing. He died on the spot in agony with a look of abject horror on his face. The final enemy blasted him with his sawn off double barreled shotgun. The blast did knock him back on his ass. "Take that you fucker!" the gunman yelled in triumph. It was certainly a feat to be able to stagger a mini boss as a low level NPC. I could give him that much. He saw the young woman and aimed at her. "Don't think I forgot about you bitch!" he screamed as he loaded more shells in the gun. Before she could be shot to hell, the AEP unit leapt in the way with his armor plating engaged. The cyborg had taken the hit for her. It was a marvel that a Conqueror would care about the safety of a human. This one was protecting her with his full body. He charged another ball of energy. This time was a bowling ball.
Paul went down the alley without saying anything to either of us. Brett and I looked at each other. Brett just shrugged his shoulders at me. We followed after Paul. When we were on them, the AEP unit glared at us. "You have some nerve coming over to me after what you did to 07-007. He warned us all about you. I'll kill you before you pull out that toy of yours." he growled. That was an understandably aggressive stance to take to us just approaching him. Then again, he was just ambushed. The young woman took a bold step in front of him. I was not expecting that. "I'm not letting anything happen to you, Fivey." The AEP unit frowned. "I do appreciate your words, but I will not let a human protect me. I will fight alone." he said. This AEP unit was clearly no stranger to combat. He took down all of those goons by himself. Regardless if you were a master of martial arts, a veteran soldier or a total novice at fighting, it simply was not possible to defeat us in combat. We had Devil powers on our side. That was a major asset. Lucky for them, we were not going to fight right away. We would win it.
