The Rushers, completely lobotomized, charged in human waves against the Vulkan defenses. The turrets fired relentlessly, but ammunition was running dangerously low, and exhaustion among the guards kept growing.
Leyla, desperate, screamed the name of the bot-shinobi.
"LERIUS! Come help us! Abandon your post!"
Lerius, who had sworn under no circumstances to abandon his watch over Aphroa, felt the urgency and panic in Leyla's voice—Leyla, who was usually unshakably calm.
So he burst out of the infirmary and vaulted over the walls at a staggering speed, throwing himself directly into the battlefield.
Unlike his human counterparts, Lerius did not know fatigue. His body had been built entirely to resist time and the elements. He was a true marvel of technology, even for the era in which he had been created. He fully deserved his title as a Relic.
