35 Don’t Anger the Fatty (1/2)
As the imperial soldiers were anxiously regrouping due to the sudden explosions, someone suddenly shouted amidst the chaos, “Enemy attack! Enemy attack!” Before he was able to finish what he was saying, the shots from the energy cannons and the missiles from Battle Mechas had arrived at this group of people. These Imperial soldiers who were not under the protection of Battle Mechas were just like rice crop being reaped—they began falling onto the ground from the fierce cannon barrage as their limbs and their fresh blood flew in all directions as the shockwaves from the explosions reached an extremely high level, causing the place to rain blood.
Within seconds of losing their spirit, the group of people began running in all directions. Facing such assault of cannon barrages, the human body was truly weak. The scene of a bloodbath had caused many people to decide to escape immediately, savoring every single second they had in running away from the hell that was reaping everyone’s lives. There had even been a few who were so shocked that they stood rooted on the spot in a daze, looking around at the others who fled in all directions. They were not even aware of the bloody rain that fell on their faces. In this group, there had been a soldier younger than the age of 20 standing there as thin blood flowed down from his young and tender face that had an expression full of terror; he stood there trembling. Amongst those escaping soldiers, there had been some who called his name, yet this young soldier stood there in a daze as if he did not recognize any single one of them. As the one who was calling his name went over to pull him away, a missile fell directly on this young soldier. After a resounding boom, what was left behind within the smoke was just flesh and blood falling like hail.
The several Imperial Battle Mechas amidst the group had turned into the primary target of the Federation’s firepower. Since the start of the battle, not a minute had passed and three [Cerberus] and two [Divine Mecha 22s] had already been destroyed from the concentrated fire from the energy cannons. What was left was only a [Cerberus] and three [Divine Mecha 22s], which went to look for cover from the barrage of missiles. They could only depend on the mecha’s manoeuvrability to dodge the incoming missiles, thus it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed.
Tian Xing Jian brought with him five disguised [Devil Tigers]. They had almost stopped for a moment to watch the show. At the moment when Fatty was about to relax, his sixth sense sent him a warning. Looking over with rapt attention, he saw two human-style Battle Mechas emitting signs of danger walking out slowly amongst the wildfire that rushed to the sky.
This was the first time Tian Xing Jian saw such an Imperial Battle Mecha within his enriching experiences of 22 escapes. There were two continuous tracks underneath its two thick mechanical legs. It was eight meters tall and had a very thick external armor, which put on display its strong defensive capabilities. Beside its head, there were two enormous energy cannons that were malevolently striking, and above its broad shoulders were several small hole. It had two extraordinary long mechanical arms placed in line with its mechanical legs. This Battle Mecha seemed to be just like a big gorilla. There was even a three meters long alloy-made blade wielded in its mechanical hand. The glowing blue light on this blade showed that it was an expensive ion-blade.
The alloy-made ion-blade was a weapon that was the embodiment of the idea of sharpness. As long as the ion-blade was able to make contact with the enemy, unless the Battle Mecha used an extremely hard alloy for its thick outer armor along with an additional layer of thick armor, then the ion-blade would easily be able to cut them apart just like a beancurd. Energy shields were completely useless against such energy weapons.
Tian Xing Jian activated the scanning ability of his [Logic], trying his best to do something to increase the success rate of their operation. He had already seen signs of the Myth Legion symbol on those mecha. They were the Fiend Gods of the Myth Legion. Cold sweat started forming on his forehead. If he could not analyze the structure of these two Battle Mechas in the shortest period of time, the consequences would be dire. He would not have thought that such monsters would appear from within the base. Tian Xing Jian regretted not placing more bombs within to get rid of these two Battle Mechas at the same time. He knew what these two Battle Mechas represented, as Rashid had sent some information regarding the Myth Legion to him. Within the information, there was a small passage introducing him to this sort of mecha:
[King Kong], the human model single-operated Battle Mecha was exclusively used by the Myth Legion. Its model and weight were classified to be between that of a medium-sized Battle Mecha and a heavy-sized Battle Mecha. The newest model was manufactured using an extraordinary hard alloy, and it had tremendous speed, powerful strength, and tyrannical offensive ability. No other Federation Battle Mecha was as tyrannical as this mecha in terms of close-combat abilities, and its long-range attacks were comparable to heavy-sized Battle Mechas.
The information related to this Battle Mecha was so simple, yet just these few words of information were collated from the sacrifice of dozens of warrior-class pioneers and two [Fury Fires]. Even though these Battle Mechas were not all destroyed by the [King Kong], during that battle, the [King Kong] was one of the prime reasons for their defeat. A Myth Legion company that did not have all of its manpower could completely thrash a full battalion of Federation special forces as long as they had a [King Kong] with them.
[King Kong] was actually not indestructible. The reason why it was frightening had been solely due to the operators controlling it—they were handpicked out of the Myth Legion. Only those with the best Battle Mecha controlling techniques and the most battle experience would be chosen. A section that was riding on solely [Devil Tiger] had been enough to shock Tian Xing Jian through their controlling techniques. If that’s the case, the degree of the operators controlling the [King Kong] would be truly unimaginable.
[Devil Tiger] was a beast and [King Kong] was a demon.
Tian Xing Jian truly wanted to shout out “retreat”, yet if they lost their current advantage and waited until the enemies regrouped before using the ruined base to proceed in their defense, then Tian Xing Jian and the rest would be doomed. This group of escapees, who would be escaping from this location at 10 am, would not be able to smoothly board the transport ships. Furthermore, even if they escaped now, the question of whether they could escape from those two [King Kongs] remained unknown. Retreating in an unsafe situation would lead to them dying one by one from the pursuing soldiers. During his time in the special forces training, committing such a mistake that would lead to dire consequences was something that was taught again and again.
“I can’t escape even if I want to. I can’t defeat them even if I try. What should I do now?” Fatty wanted to hug someone and cry out his heart. He put in so much effort, and at the point of success, these two gorillas appeared.
Right now, the only team that he could make use of was [Logic] and the five [Devil Tigers] that were still in stealth mode and had yet to enter battle.
“Damn! Let fate decide whether I live or die. With the electromagnetic attack by the [Antenna], the sneak attacks by the [Devil Tigers], and the firepower of [Fury Fire], this father will take on one of them and hold on for a few minutes. By then, we should be able to get rid of the other! Let’s take this gamble!” His heart gave himself a boost of confidence as the gangster temperament of Tian Xing Jian arose once he was frightened to its limit; Maybe it was because he had not seen the power of [King Kong] with his own eyes or maybe the desire he had towards success was huge since they were so close to it, but his mentality started splitting into two again. In his mouth, Fatty was just chanting about how he would be risking everything, and that life or death would be determined by the heavens. He immediately crafted a new battle plan.
The remaining [Cerberus] had been destroyed by the sudden concentrated fire. Thus, other than the [King Kongs], the only other possible factor that could change the outcome of the battle was the other three [Divine mecha 22s], which had to be exterminated before anything else. One was damaged and one lost its movement capability, leaving only one left struggling amidst the fierce barrage of cannon fire.
Myth Legion’s [King Kongs], No. 079 and No. 051, moved calmly at a relaxed pace. One of the reasons why they were not anxious was solely because these soldiers from the Myth Legion did not care much about their own lives and neither did they care about the lives of their comrades from the Myth Legion. As for the second reason, it was because the distance between them and the Federation Battle Mechas was quite far. They could not prematurely reveal the advantage of speed the [King Kong] had. Only when they were closer would they proceed with a sudden assault — this was a tactic which had been well-tested in previous battles.
What made the [King Kongs] resentful was that those cunning Federation Battle Mechas had known what they had planned to do. They suddenly moved backwards as a group, seemingly showing that they were some rabbits being preyed on. While they were retreating, they were still firing at them; however, their aim while moving had been so poor that only when the targets — the [King Kongs] — became ten times bigger would they be able to suppress them.
Right before the two [King Kongs] ended their act and were about to charge forward, a broken-looking Federation [Beast Mk.III] Battle Mecha had seemingly taken the wrong path and came out from the forest on the right. Behind it was five Myth Legion [Devil Tigers] chasing after him, causing the two [King Kongs] to be excited for a moment. Hey, such a broken-looking Battle Mecha actually dropped from the air into the enemy rear lines! It seemed that the Federation was a spent force.
Maybe it was the sight of the two [King Kongs] on the other side that caused the escaping, broken-looking Battle Mecha’s movement to become sluggish as it hesitated, but behind him, the five [Devil Tigers] were increasing their speed as they got closer to him. While panicking, this Battle Mecha decided to take a detour around the [King Kongs] outside the region 50 meters away from it.
[King Kong] No. 079 did not hesitate. With a few steps, it immediately went to obstruct the path of that broken-looking Battle Mecha. It seemed as if the operator was in despair as he maniacally moved its mechanical arms as it howled in agony before jumping onto the [King Kong] as if he was a small child using the tortoise fist, causing [King Kong] No. 079 to laugh until his stomach started to cramp.
With the ion-blade in hand, No. 079 was prepared to use the Mountain Cleaving Slash on the sugarcane-like broken Battle Mecha to cut it into two; this was the [King Kong]’s favourite way of killing people. That destructive and violent force that could seemingly consume everything could make anyone afraid.
But, when the broken-looking Battle Mecha was about 10 meters away from the [King Kong], it finally fell down from the assault of the quickly pursuing [Devil Tigers]. They were just like hungry wolves as they clawed on the back of this [Beast Mk.III], gouging out a few holes. The electronic circuit within the mecha had become distorted with sparks, and fires began to form; it was truly a pitiful sight. After twitching a few times, it became totally paralyzed on the floor, unmoving.
Seeing his plaything get stolen away, [King Kong] No. 079 felt resentful as he cursed in his heart, “This group of wolf cubs!” However, since their communication had been interfered with, he could not greet these [Devil Tigers]. Thinking about it, it did not matter much. After all, there were still a group of Federation Battle Mechas firing at them as if they did not know that doomsday had already arrived.
The two [King Kongs] signalled for the [Devil Tigers] to join them as they prepared to use the specialty of Myth Legion—speed—to charge into the formation of Federation Battle Mechas. With the addition of the five [Devil Tigers], those two [King Kongs] had confidence to ensure that not a single Federation Battle Mecha would be able to escape.
The Federation Battle Mechas, who thought they had reached a safe distance, formed themselves in a defensive formation as their firepower became more accurate and concentrated. With a wave of hands, [King Kong] No. 051 released the signal for them to start their assault. His [King Kong] started speeding up as the two continuous tracks underneath the thick mechanical legs turned at full speed, a speed that did not match its external appearances. This was the newest fusion done by the Empire, which merged the continuous tracks into the human model Battle Mecha’s mechanical legs; it was stable and fast. Within the blink of an eye, [King Kong] No. 051 had covered a distance of more than 100 meters. In his eyes, the group of Federation Battle Mechas had panicked so much that the threat of firepower on him could be ignored completely.
What No. 051 did not notice was that this group of Federation Battle Mechas had enacted their plan and simultaneously transferred all the firepower onto No. 079, causing it to not move for a few seconds.
And those following the No. 051, whom he subconsciously thought were all the Myth Legion Battle Mechas, were only the five [Devil Tigers].
[King Kong] No. 079 was extremely angry. That group of Federation house flies had unexpectedly intercepted his movement. Even the strongest of defenses could not withstand this concentrated firepower for too long. Looking at the five [Devil Tigers] and No. 051 rushing forward, he had to instead evade the incoming cannon fire.
The god of faking death, Tian Xing Jian, suddenly moved. Even though the scan done by his Battle Mecha was only 85% completed, this was the only chance he had. The Federation Battle Mecha’s firepower could only give him this very short window of opportunity. Lying down on the ground like a dead dog, the broken-looking Battle Mecha that was full of sparks stealthily came from 10 meters southeast of [King Kong] and suddenly charged forward with the Assistance Propulsion System. Just like a missile that flew close to the ground, the slightly more than ten meters distance from the Battle Mecha was just like something in front of its eyes. [King Kong] No. 079 only felt something flashing by his body before a broken mechanical arm tightly gripped the mechanical arm that was wielding the blade.