When Lin Muci stepped out of that fated mech, no one dared to underestimate her anymore.
The girl stood there quietly, her features as delicate as distant green mountains. Those who had previously found her unremarkable.
Now, looking at her, they perceived a distinctly different flavor.
This girl…
Though her appearance was plain, upon closer inspection, one found her quite captivating.
Indeed, she was no ordinary person.
Yet, someone nearby offered a sour remark.
"What is this, she only borrowed the power of a divine mech! Fate is, after all, a divine mech; it must be extremely potent. Without this mech, what is she? Just a wild chicken dreaming of becoming a phoenix!"
"If I had Fate, I could take on three opponents at once!"
The speaker's tone was filled with resentment, but someone else couldn't help but retort.
"But you say that if you had Fate, you could take on three at once. The crux of the matter is, don't you simply not have the mech called Fate?"
"Isn't that so?"
Hearing this, the one who had just boasted was instantly choked for words.
Lin Muci then walked into the crowd and said.
"You lost."
"You previously said I couldn't control this mech. Now, facts speak louder than words. You are no match for me. Should you not apologize to me?"
Her eyes were clear as she gazed at those opposite her. Li Jin, Li Yin, and Li Tie, the three brothers, wore extremely displeased expressions. They snorted, clearly angered but unwilling to openly confront her due to their pride, their cheeks contorted with rage.
Lin Muci slowly nodded and turned to walk away, but the three brothers called out to her.
"Wait!"
"You…"
Lin Muci turned her head, looking at the three brothers who were still unconvinced. She raised an eyebrow and asked.
"What else do you have to say?"
The three brothers' faces turned ashen.
"You... you're just going to leave with your damned mech?"
"We are your seniors. On the training ground, you showed us no respect. Furthermore, our Li family is considered a prominent clan in the central planet. Our uncle is a member of the council!"
"How dare you do this, even stomping on my eldest brother's mech. You have humiliated us so... it's simply... simply too much!"
Lin Muci pondered for a moment, then said earnestly.
"So, in your eyes, this is considered too much?"
She smiled and said.
"Is a council member that remarkable?"
The three Li brothers immediately puffed out their chests.
"Of course! We will also enter the military and the council in the future!"
Lin Muci shrugged, finding the three brothers truly simple-minded, and incurably so.
This was because she could already see Yang Lanyan and Alteus Xiu approaching. Not only that, but Yang Lanyan and Alteus Xiu's expressions were far from pleasant.
As Yang Lanyan and Alteus Xiu walked over, both wore expressions of icy indifference.
The three brothers thought they had found their backing.
This was... Yang Lanyan, the Executive Officer of the Council.
And Alteus Xiu, the Nine-Star General of the Military!
What powerful figures they were.
The eyes of the three brothers immediately lit up with excitement.
Their elders also held positions in the council and the military.
After all, the Li family was a major clan on the central planet.
Out of respect, with these two great figures arriving, they would surely support them!
However, what the three brothers never expected was that Yang Lanyan and Alteus Xiu exchanged a glance and, without hesitation, directly stood beside the new female student.
"What are you doing?"
"Are you bullying new students just because you're senior year students?"
"This is utter nonsense! It's complete folly!"
The three brothers' eyes widened, finding it unbelievable!
Alteus Xiu, with his even more fiery temper, gave a cold laugh and took a step forward, pointing at the three brothers and roaring powerfully.
"You are finished!"
"Our military will not accept shameless individuals like you who bully classmates while at school. Without any sense of shame, allowing people like you into the military would be a disgrace to our central planet's armed forces. You will never set foot in the military!"
As his words roared out, the faces of the three brothers turned pale. Li Jin stepped forward, his voice losing its assertiveness. After all, they knew that Alteus Xiu was a Nine-Star General in the military!
His words were enough to completely destroy their future.
"How could this... how could this happen?"
"We..."
"We didn't bully her, I swear to heaven. We truly didn't bully her. We were just having a friendly sparring session with a fellow student..."
Li Yin also hastily explained.
"Yes, we were just having a friendly exchange with this junior schoolmate, wanting to teach her how to properly use a mech."
"Our Li family has always had a good relationship with the military..."
"Esteemed General, you must understand the facts. We did not bully this junior schoolmate, did we? Junior schoolmate, quickly tell the General that we didn't bully you..."
Lin Muci chuckled. With the facts laid bare, it would be a disservice to them not to add fuel to the fire.
Without any hesitation, she said.
"They just wanted to suppress me, say I didn't deserve my mech, and take it away."
"Hmm, if this mech wasn't so compatible with me, perhaps I would have been beaten to within an inch of my life by these three senior schoolmates working together."
Yang Lanyan's expression grew even more grim.
If they hadn't arrived in time...
If she had truly been harmed by these three scoundrels, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Yang Lanyan's face was cold, his aura almost exploding outwards. He said icily.
"You won't be entering the council either!"
The military refused the Li brothers.
Even the council rejected them.
And the reason was that they had challenged the new junior schoolmate... The three brothers could barely stand, but they still wanted to struggle one last time, muttering.
"We really didn't..."
As they continued to struggle, a man walked over from a distance. He glanced at Yang Lanyan and Alteus Xiu, chuckled, and said.
"Your actions are too hesitant and indecisive."
"These three fellows are shameless, bullying their classmates, and utterly despicable. Such people are a disgrace to the central planet. I suggest the Mech Academy directly exile them to the alien beast planet for fifty years without return."
"This way, they won't harbor resentment and retaliate within the academy later."
"As for their families, their lax supervision and failure to properly guide their descendants, a small punishment: send them directly to the battlefield to redeem themselves."
His words shocked everyone present. They didn't know who this person was, to speak with such authority.
But upon looking closer, they realized it was the man who had been at the academy entrance earlier... sparring with Alteus Xiu's mech.
He looked so powerful.
His face was extraordinarily handsome, yet bore an arrogant expression of disdain for everything.
Yang Lanyan remained silent for a moment, but had to admit that Ling Kuang's suggestion was the best!
Otherwise, he would also worry about the little female beast being retaliated against within the academy.
He still had council duties to attend to and couldn't constantly monitor the academy to protect the little female beast, just as in this instance. If Ling Kuang hadn't protected her, there might have been a major incident.
If the little female beast were injured.
He would truly regret it immensely!
He was unaware that Lin Muci controlled the power of Fate, which allowed her to easily defeat the three Li brothers.
He believed that Ling Kuang, hidden above the training ground, had intervened to help Lin Muci defeat the three Li brothers.
However, the considerations Ling Kuang had made were indeed reasonable; one should act with such thoroughness.
Therefore, Yang Lanyan nodded, approving his words.
"Let it be as you say."
"Expel these three brothers from the academy!"
"Henceforth, anyone who brazenly bullies new students within the academy will be severely punished!"