She took a step forward.
Her bare feet landed silently.
Inside the laboratory, the originally fierce battle came to a sudden halt at this moment.
The Titan Tyrant, which had been fighting the man for a long time, saw its massive body freeze in place. Its pupil-less eye sockets stared toward the door—the direction where the door had originally been.
It saw the twisted door panel and felt the violent, irrational blast of wind.
Then, it saw that petite figure.
Lilith glanced indifferently at the Titan Tyrant standing directly in front of her, currently in a daze.
That look was like looking at a pile of trash blocking the way.
"Don't block the way."
She spoke, her voice childish and cold, without a hint of emotion.
As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her right hand and gave a casual wave.
The movement was as effortless as brushing dust off her shoulder.
However, the moment that tiny palm made contact with the Titan Tyrant's massive body—
"Bang!!!!!!"
That Guard-level Alien, weighing dozens of tons, which had fought Brandy fiercely for a long time and remained vigorous despite taking hundreds or thousands of punches, was hit like a massive cannonball!
Its massive body flew through the air and slammed hard into the alloy wall behind it!
"Boom—!!!"
The entire wall caved in with massive spiderweb-like cracks. The Titan Tyrant's huge body was deeply embedded within it, its limbs hanging limply. Dark red acidic blood seeped from the gaps in its Exoskeleton, dripping onto the floor with a sizzling sound.
Then, it slid down.
Like a pile of mud, it collapsed at the base of the wall, motionless.
Only its chest rose and fell very weakly, proving it was still alive—but only just.
The man's pupils contracted violently at that instant.
How long had he been fighting this Titan Tyrant?
Ten minutes?
Fifteen minutes?
He had used his full strength, every punch landing solidly, yet he had only barely managed to suppress it until now, far from being able to kill it.
Yet this barefoot little girl in front of him had disabled that monster with just a casual wave...
SSS-rank.
Slaughtering Path.
These two terms flashed through his mind like lightning.
He himself possessed dual SS-Level Talent and belonged to the top tier even among SS-Rank Hunter.
He was confident he could fight anyone of the same rank and dared to call himself the number one person below the SSS-rank!
But at this moment, facing this Silver-haired Loli who was barefoot, only reached his lower abdomen, and looked harmless.
For the first time, he realized so clearly.
Between the SS-rank and the SSS-rank, there existed an insurmountable chasm.
It wasn't a difference in quantity; it was a qualitative crushing.
"Brandy! The time has come!"
Just then, a slightly excited voice came from the internal passage.
A grey-haired old man walked out quickly, his eyes shining brightly!
He had clearly heard the loud noise outside but hadn't witnessed the horror of that strike with his own eyes.
His attention was entirely focused on the excitement of his masterpiece being nearly complete.
"Use the interface in your mind to awaken the Deep Sea Empress!"
The old man's voice was high-pitched, carrying an irrepressible ecstasy.
"The first Hunter comparable to an SSS-rank Hive Lord will be officially born today! Britain will have its second SSS-rank!"
Brandy: "..."
I say, big brother, can you please look at the situation on the scene before speaking?
Also, a Hive Lord can't beat Corpse Slaughter, let alone when the opponent is a real SSS-rank, right in front of us.
But he didn't have time to stop him.
The old man had already seen the missing door, the wreckage of the door panel embedded in the wall, the Titan Tyrant slumped like mud in the corner, and—
Standing in the middle of the ruins, barefoot, the Silver-haired Loli was nonchalantly looking down and patting the dust off her feet.
The old man's voice stopped abruptly.
He froze.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Then, he suddenly laughed.
There was no fear in that smile, no retreat, only a kind of near-maniacal excitement.
He knew what Brandy was afraid of, but now, they had nothing to fear!
"Don't worry, the Deep Sea Empress has fused with the queen bee placa parasite and concentrated T-virus, plus the powerful physiques of the Alien Queen and Mosasaurus. Its very existence is comparable to a Corpse Slaughter Hunter!"
"A powerful physique! An endless swarm! Perfect control! Brandy, you will become Britain's second SSS-Rank Hunter! Even facing a real SSS-rank Corpse Slaughter, you might not lack the strength to fight!"
Brandy: "..."
Brother, I know you're excited, but please don't be excited yet!
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found he had no idea what to say.
Is it really okay for you to reveal all our trump cards right in front of her?
Lilith finally raised her head.
She glanced at the old man, whose face was flushed with excitement, then at Brandy, whose face was written with 'can you please shut up', and a very faint curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"What you are talking about..."
She spoke, her childish voice echoing in the empty laboratory.
...should be that Alien Queen you modified in the deepest part of the underground, right?"
"It is indeed surprising. Its strength is also very high; even my subordinate Fenrir cannot compare to it in terms of threat alone."
Her tone was flat, as if she didn't take this so-called Alien Queen seriously at all.
"Among SS-Rank Hunter, there shouldn't be anyone capable of subduing it."
Lilith paused, her crimson eyes scanning the two of them, her gaze finally landing on Brandy's face.
"Actually, I'm also curious to know..."
"When it wakes up, will it listen to you, or..."
"Listen to me."
As the words fell, the entire laboratory fell into a brief, deathly silence.
Brandy's gaze suddenly froze.
He didn't understand the full meaning of those words, but at that moment, an inexplicable chill surged up from his spine.
Listen to her? Why listen to her?
The control authority of the Alien Queen had clearly been transferred to his neural interface through the queen bee placa parasite.
That was the absolute control power the old man had implanted deep in his mind after exhausting his efforts to crack the Doctor's System. Theoretically, as long as the Deep Sea Empress awakened, it should completely obey his will.
But why did a surge of unease well up inside him!
Brandy took a deep breath.
He knew that if he didn't awaken the Deep Sea Empress now, there was no way he and the old man could escape from this terrifying little girl in front of them.
And once awakened.
With the powerful physique of the Mosasaurus Alien Queen, its natural dominion over all Dinosaur Aliens, and its terrifying combat power comparable to a Corpse Slaughter SSS-rank...
It might not be impossible to thoroughly stall the situation.
Thinking of this, Brandy's gaze gradually became firm.
"Since that's the case..."
He stared at Lilith, enunciating every word.
"Then I shall—"
"Grant your wish."
The moment the words fell, he slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness reaching deep, triggering the neural interface connected to the queen bee placa parasite in his mind.
The awakening command was issued.