...thanks a LOT Aqua!

"Woohoo!" Aqua cheered, celebrating already. "Mission accomplished! We beat the Destroyer! Let's go back into the bar and drink ourselves stupid!"

"You IDIOT! You had to open your mouth and let out an ominous cliche, didn't you!?" Kazuma roared, grabbing Aqua by her collar and shaking her as she protested... All while studiously ignoring the imaginary "hypocrite" kanji over his head. "You do NOT tempt fate like that!"

"Oh come on Kazuma!" Aqua whined, managing to get out of his grip. "Look at that thing! It's kaput now! I can spout cliches all day long, what's the worst that could happen!? See? It's quiet! No way in hell it's gonna be able to do anything anymore! With that kind of bounty and my part in this battle, I'm one payment collection away from a luxurious retirement!"

Suddenly, the Destroyer started to rumble, and all the color drained from her face... While Kazuma's got red with rage as a bunch of other people also glared daggers at her. "...so..." Kazuma growled ominously, grabbing Aqua's collar again. "No way in hell it can do anything else huh? Can spout cliches all day long, was it? Oh, how about what's the worst that could happen, eh!? You didn't just tempt fate, you fucking imbecile... You strutted straight up to it, slapped it in the face, and told it to have a go if it thought it was hard enough, and just for good measure, challenged its manhood!!!"

"I'm sorry!" Aqua sobbed as the Destroyer continued to rumble ominously.

"THIS VEHICLE HAS CEASED MOVING!" rang out from the machine. "HEAT AND KINETIC ENERGY VENTING NO LONGER POSSIBLE. DANGER LEVEL RISING! ALL HANDS, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY! REPEAT, THIS VEHICLE..."

"That... Doesn't sound good," Dust sweat dropped.

"Look what you've done!" Kazuma shouted, shaking Aqua, who continued to tearfully apologize.

"What'd going to happen now Kazuma?" Cremea asked a bit fearfully as she approached.

"... usually, with this sort of thing... The robot explodes," Kazuma sweat dropped nervously as they stared at the machine as it continued to play the danger message on loop. It didn't look like there was much they could do... Evacuating might be their only option... Even though Kazuma was loathe to leave his mansion and the succubus shop to blow up... Damn it, just when things were going great for him! Was there nothing they could do?