"Seriously, my much-awaited holiday is ruined again…"
"Those idiots at the association, can't they even handle an Ancient Lizard that just overslept?"
Tatsumaki pouted, her emerald eyes fixed on the colossal figure below, resembling a moving mountain.
She didn't descend; instead, she floated in mid-air, as if supported by an invisible force.
At the same time, the ground forces received clear instructions.
Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh—!
Hundreds of tactical missiles, trailing flames, launched from hidden positions, accurately striking the Ancient King's head.
Boom! RUMBLE RUMBLE!!
The explosion's fire briefly engulfed it.
But when the smoke cleared, the Ancient King hadn't even flinched.
It turned its head, slightly puzzled, towards the direction the rockets came from, as if its thoughts had been disturbed by an annoying fly.
"Heh... the toys of insects."
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
More rockets followed, exploding in bursts of fireworks on its body.
Tactical missiles, armor-piercing rounds... various rapidly deployable munitions from humanity's arsenal, now like a grand welcoming fireworks display, only left a few scorched marks on its scales, which had endured countless ages.
"Futile struggle."
The Ancient King's voice carried a hint of mockery.
"Very well."
"Let you ants understand the meaning of disparity in despair."
It actually changed direction and began to stride towards the desolate plain.
For it, crushing ants was enough.
As for which group of ants to crush first?
There was no difference!
It even enjoyed seeing what tricks these more lively "little ants" could pull.
Above the desolate plain, the wind whistled mournfully.
The Ancient King, like a walking mountain, stepped into this area.
Suddenly, it seemed to discover something, raising its head to look at the almost negligible green speck floating in the sky—
that tiny, almost negligible green speck.
"What a strange aura…"
"Interesting."
The Ancient King actually sensed an unusual "weight" from that petite figure.
"You, are you the 'strongest' among humans in this era?"
Tatsumaki had no interest in wasting words with a giant Ancient "Lizard."
She lightly pointed her slender finger forward.
"So much nonsense."
"Hurry up and lie down, continue your billion-year slumber."
Buzz—!
In an instant, terrifying psychokinesis erupted with Tatsumaki at its center!
"Hehe, foolish insect, then come and try it!!"
The Ancient King's abyssal maw slowly opened, pulsating with destructive energy waves.
It locked onto the tiny green figure in mid-air.
It intended to use the majesty accumulated over billions of years to properly "educate" this disrespectful descendant.
To tell her what it meant for a "King to be inviolable"!
Ding ding ding ding ding ding—
A clear, continuous electronic ringing suddenly sounded.
The sound came from Tatsumaki, who was suspended in mid-air. Her dark green curly hair gently fluttered in the psychokinetic field, and the impatience on her delicate little face instantly intensified.
Her dark green curly hair gently fluttered in the psychokinetic field, and the impatience on her delicate little face instantly intensified.
She reached out and pulled out the latest model of flip phone from the non-existent pocket of her black slit dress.
Without even looking at the caller ID, she flicked her thumb, opened the phone, answered, and directly put it to her ear:
"Hello, who is it?"
"Sitch? It's you again? What is it? I'm fighting a monster right now!"
Her voice, filled with intense annoyance at being disturbed, was rapid-fire:
"Wait a moment, give me a few minutes, I'll deal with this noisy big lizard right away, then call you back... What?"
Tatsumaki's brows furrowed sharply, a flicker of surprise in her emerald eyes, quickly replaced by even greater irritation:
"Eh? Why are you suddenly telling me to go back?!"
"Didn't you guys say an Ancient Giant Lizard had awakened, and it was extremely urgent, which is why you dragged me from the shopping center?"
"I even rushed over without buying the Moo-Moo Growth Milk!"
"Now you're urging me to go back?"
Listening to the urgent explanation on the other end of the phone, her small face gradually tightened, and her voice rose several octaves, filled with disbelief:
"Ha?! What did you say? The Earth is going to end?"
"Something a million times more troublesome than this big lizard is coming?!"
"…"
"I don't care about you guys!!"
Tatsumaki practically screamed, stomping her foot in the air out of anger, though she hit nothing:
"When did it become your turn to tell me, Tatsumaki, how to do things?!"
"What about the promised vacation? Missions one after another, and the bonus hasn't even been paid!"
"Now I'm working overtime to fight a monster, and halfway through, you tell me to go back!"
"Are you Hero Association treating me like a cow to be used?!"
She was unleashing a torrent of complaints into the phone, completely ignoring the Dragon-level Monster below.
Ancient King: "...?"
Its massive body stiffened, not entirely due to anger.
It was more from an absurd and utter speechlessness.
"Big lizard...?"
The Ancient King's deep, resonant voice rumbled like grinding tectonic plates, making the air vibrate:
"Listen well, tiny creature! I am the Ancient King!"
"I am the leader of the dinosaurs who once ruled this planet, a perfect being standing at the pinnacle of biological evolution!!"
"How dare you…"
"Hey! You're too loud!!!"
Tatsumaki abruptly pulled the phone away from her ear, glaring down below.
Her voice, amplified by psychokinesis, was sharper and more piercing than the Ancient King's roar:
"Don't you know manners?"
"Can't you see I'm on a very important call?"
"Be quiet!"
"I'll deal with you after I finish my call!"
Ancient King: "…"
The flames in its Burning Dragon Eyes paused for a moment.
Manners?
This human... was talking about manners with it?
In billions of years, whether facing meteorites or powerful enemies, when had it ever received such treatment?
Being treated as background scenery, and then being accused of "bad manners"?
It was the Ancient King!
It was a "World-Ending Catastrophe" here to destroy human civilization and re-establish ancient order!
But strangely, perhaps Tatsumaki's righteous, almost barbaric, attitude was too natural.
Or perhaps the invisible pressure emanating from her tiny body indeed made it instinctively feel a trace of apprehension.
This king, who had just awakened and intended to restore the glory of the ancient race, paused its massive head slightly, and the roar brewing in its dragon throat got stuck.
It actually... really stopped roaring, staring with its huge Dragon Eyes, dumbfounded, at the little figure talking on the phone in the air.
The Ancient King wanted to see what this little squirt, who spoke with such arrogance, was up to.
The scene became somewhat bizarre for a moment.
On the desolate plain, on one side was the mountain-like Ancient Beast, suppressing its anger, dutifully "standing at attention."
On the other side was the petite, green-haired loli, floating in the air, throwing a tantrum into her phone, complaining about too much work, delayed bonuses, and ruined holidays.
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