The power of Mortals has its limits—though there are many Wyvern and Orca on Terra, they all proudly call themselves Mortals.
As employees of Rhine Lab, most researchers, including those at the Director level, who have studied biology, share this view.
While there are differences in strength between races—ten Liberi Operators like Silence might not be able to arm wrestle and defeat one Wyvern like Saria—the physical capabilities of a single race often have an upper limit.
A person's body is, after all, made of flesh; they will die if killed.
If not for Originium Arts manipulating the enamel composed of calcium compounds, and the Directorate-General Guard's specialized charged suits and reinforced riot shields, Saria would not dare face etched bullets.
Setting aside the augmentation of the body by enhanced Originium Arts, even Vouivre / Wyvern, Dragon Clan, and Sarkaz have their physical limits; no matter how strong they are, their unique bone and muscle structures would not be able to support it.
With the advancement of modern technology, Ursus Shieldguard's sturdy alloy armor, Kazimierz Knights' Spell-infused tempered plate armor, Victoria's steam-powered armor, Columbia's Directorate-General Guard's charged suits provided by Rhine Lab... these excellent protections have replaced humanity's pursuit of physical limits.
And if one doesn't wear armor, not to mention enchanted blades made of refined Ore, even being stabbed by a wooden spear with Originium tied to it by a Sargon primitive tribe would almost certainly result in oripathy.
Therefore, even when facing a Wyvern like Saria, these researchers at Rhine Lab, while admiring her, would never feel overly envious.
After all, compared to physical strength, Mortals, regardless of race, all have equally developed brains, and this is the most just gift heaven has bestowed upon Mortals.
There are no Olympic Games in this world, and in a civilized society like Columbia, what use is such great strength besides moving bricks and underground boxing?—Saria often crushes habits because she can't control her strength, and her daily life also has many troubles.
Even the strongest body cannot withstand a volley from a revolving gun; no matter how great a Vouivre / Wyvern's strength, it is impossible to tear apart high-strength armor of armored vehicle caliber with bare hands, and it is not so enviable.
However—just as the people of Rhine Lab have never truly witnessed the power of a god, there is still much unknown in the world.
Even the Director confidently believed that her preparations were sufficient to trap Saria and Goki; she did not know that, besides this Hunter, there existed a group of god-hunting individuals within Aegir.
And there was a young Hunter... who was the most reckless among them.
Screech!—
Accompanied by a piercing metallic scraping sound, the inwardly dented metal security wall was directly torn open from both sides by a pair of fair, tender small hands, as easily as tearing a piece of toilet paper, causing the high-strength metal to curl outwards.
The whistling wind outside the window, the pattering rain, and the rumbling thunder from far to near instantly poured into the room.
To the stunned amazement of all the Rhine Lab personnel, a fair, delicate little face thus squeezed in through the forcibly torn-open gap.
Beside her, Researcher Mayer's boss, the Director of the Engineering Department, a Feline female responsible for designing protective devices for Rhine Lab's main building structure, immediately widened her eyes in disbelief, frozen in place.
"This, this... how can you still be considered a Mortal?!"
What followed was countless ardent and curious gazes cast upon Skadi, which startled Skadi.
And upon seeing that familiar figure, Skadi, who was a little "shy," immediately broke into a brilliant smile.
Here is Skadi!
"Goki, we've come for you! Wow, so many people—who do you want me to beat up? Dead or alive? How much damage?"
Looking at the unusually spacious room and the dozens of people packed inside, Skadi's small face immediately showed an eager expression.
Although Skadi initially found this "civilized society" quite novel, after a few days, she realized that Goki always had to go to work and get off work on time and couldn't accompany her all day, so she started to find it a bit boring.
Even though it was vacation time, the Abyssal Hunter's hunting desire kept her from being idle—she hadn't fought in a long time.
"Ha... didn't I give you an ID card so you could take the elevator directly up from downstairs? I was even planning to show you off from the front door."
Goki, with an awkward expression, retracted his hand that was pointing towards the hallway; he had always assumed Skadi would enter through the main door.
It proved that he had thought Skadi was too obedient.
"I thought it was a waste of time! It's so much closer to climb up from outside; I just jumped right up—if Second Captain were here, it would definitely be even faster!"
Goki was awkward, but Skadi was not; she simply exerted a little force, and to everyone's astonishment, tore a large hole in the alloy wall and leaped directly into the room.
She was wearing her Abyssal Hunter uniform, holding a large wooden plank in her hand, and after jumping into the room, she immediately crushed and discarded the sawdust from outside, slinging her beloved mechanical sword over her shoulder.
However, the next second, Skadi's smile froze on her face.
He saw that Goki's arm was tightly wrapped by a soft, fiery red tail, and behind his broad shoulders, two petite Liberi Young Misses were perched, and there was even a small Sarkaz yawning, seemingly about to awaken from slumber.
Because Goki always told Skadi and the others about the people and events he encountered at work, the clever Skadi quickly recognized who these people in front of her were.
The rigorous and stubborn Saria, the somewhat fierce Silence, Ptilopsis who liked to space out even without oripathy, and the innocent and adorable Ifrit... No, disregard the preceding adjectives for now, why were all these people leaning on Goki?!
"Too close, too close, too close!—You people are so strange, aren't we going to fight? Why are you so close? When we act as a group, we always stay far apart from each other."
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