Chapter 401: Battle against General Sylvari Charr! [1]

BZZZ!

A swarm of drones launched into the sky!

Of them, there were 25 C-5 drones and more than 100 Vita7 Magnesium Nanites and Mosquito pac 3060s.

Together, they formed a swarm of bloodthirsty machines in the sky.

Drone Control Matrix!

Leon’s grayish white ADE flared around his body as he took direct control of all 25 C-5 drones, pushing the Mechanist ability to it’s absolute limit at D Rank.

By controlling all 25 C-5 drones directly, Leon suddenly found himself seeing from 25 different perspectives apart from his normal eyes.

All 25 C-5 drones were spread around the General, giving Leon a perfect 360 degree view of the General at 4k.

He saw everything.

As for the swarm of Vita7 Magnesium Nanites and Mosquito pac 3060s, he didn’t bother about directly controlling them. With Drone Control Matrix already at its limit, he simply relinquished control to Davis.

Davis already proved its computational ability and reactive intelligence numerous times, and today, Leon gave his advanced A.I the trust to directly participate and support him in battle.

The moment the swarm of drones launched into the sky, General Sylvari Charr’s eyes narrowed as he tracked them with his gray eyes.

But suddenly, 25 of them disappeared!

The C-5 drones became invisible; the General’s eyes narrowed into slits.

In the brief moment when the Federation General paused to pay attention to the swarm of drones that suddenly filled the sky, the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame accelerated towards Leon like a rocket.

He spread his arms just as a compartment of the mech suit opened, leading directly to the cockpit, then it engulfed Leon in its embrace completely.

CLANK...!

The mech suit closed up.

General Sylvari was finally forced to avert his gaze from the drones as he paid attention to the war machine standing in front of him, towering at a staggering height of 4.5 meters.

As a 10 feet tall Synth, this war machine was more than twice his size, dwarfing him completely and towering above him.

His gray eyes gleamed.

And that was still not all as...

Thud... thud... thud...

35 Doom Rover v0.2s charged out of the hole that was burned through the ground by the Sentry-IV Autocannon Drone!

There was not just one type of them, there were multiple Doom Rover Classes, each one with a different role.

Command Link Network!

BZZZ!

Grayish white ADE erupted from within the mech suit in a torrent, engulfing the mech suit completely even as tendrils of them spread to 20 of the active Doom Rover v0.2s that charged out of the hole.

Leon took direct control of 20 Doom Rover v0.2s, and suddenly, just like the 25 invisible C-5 drones in the sky gave him 25 different new perspectives, the 20 Doom Rovers that he controlled now felt like 20 extensions of his limbs.

Since becoming a D Rank Ascended, this was the first time that Leon was truly pushing all his abilities to the limits.

With him now in control of 25 C-5 drones that served as his eyes and 20 Doom Rover v0.2s that served as extensions of his limbs and his body, Leon no longer felt human.

He felt alien.

He felt like a monster that had 25 different pairs of eyes and 20 different limbs and bodies.

At first, it felt disorienting when he pushed all his abilities to the limit but Leon adapted within less than a second. Afterall, this was a scenario that he’d been training and pushing himself towards for weeks.

And just like that, from General Sylvari Charr hunting a sole Mechanist, the Federation General suddenly found himself surrounded by a literal army of machines led by a Warmachine Specialist.

With his sword on his right hand, the General looked around as his gray eyes scanned every single machine that was now in this wasteland around him.

His eyes ignited with neon green and he snorted.

Bzzz!

A tendril of neon green ADE suddenly spread, extending towards the long sword in his grip that previously looked like a tachi.

The tendril of neon green ADE bloomed the moment it touched the sword’s blade edge, engulfing the gray blade of the sword completely, and then the sword transformed.

The gray blade of the sword suddenly started burning hot, turning red and violet like the heart of a furnace.

That was not all.

Like malleable molten steel, the now red burning blade of the sword elongated, turning into a massive Odachi.

And then from red and violet, the blade of the massive Odachi began burning with incandescent white brilliance, illuminating the surrounding with violent bright light.

General Sylvari Charr extended his left hand and grabbed the hilt of the Odachi with both hands, and then he pierced the mech suit where he knew his target was with a piercing glare.

He smirked. "You think this is going to save you from me?"

"You think a bunch of machines are going to stop me?"

He laughed. "Oh, you underestimate me". 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"You look down on me brat, and I’m going to make you pay for your insolence. I’ll cut off your tongue and feed it to the dogs!"

At this moment, General Sylvari Charr speaking looked like some generic eastern drama villain, but in reality it was not even 5 seconds yet since Leon’s machines dug their way out of the ground.

And then, he moved.

BLINK!

The General disappeared!

...

Even with immunity to mental damage and manipulation now, even with all his war machines out and with him going all out, Leon knew that surviving a battle against General Sylvari Charr was going to take everything out of him.

But still, still he didn’t expect it to be so one-sided.

BLINK!

General Sylvari Charr moved like lightning and thunder, closing the distance separating him from the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame almost instantaneously as he raised his plasma Odachi and cut down with a force that could split mountains.

The air in front of the mech suit vibrated, warping and twisting like snakes!

But despite the crazy speed of the C Rank Ascended, synchronized with the mech suit’s interface, Leon was not just relying on himself anymore but the massive computing power that Davis worked with.

Due to the sudden change in the cadence of the battle, Leon’s normal brain couldn’t keep up with the General’s initial speed the moment he moved, but Davis was able to keep up with it.

This was why the moment the General moved, Davis commanded one of the Melee Class Doom Rover v0.2s to also move to intercept.

That specific Doom Rover was deliberately made to stand close to the mech suit for exactly a scenario like this.

As for the control aspect; while Leon controlled 20 of the Doom Rovers directly, he gave control of the others to Davis.

By overloading the energy stored in its ADE Condenser Cell, the Melee Class Doom Rover was able to keep up with the General’s speed for a moment and that moment was all it needed.

The Melee Class Doom Rover pulled out its Great Sword to stand against the General, but what happened next was something Leon would never forget...

KABOOM!

General Sylvari’s flaming Odachi cut through the Great Sword of the Melee Class Doom Rover like a hot knife through butter, then through its heavily armored frame, dissecting the expensive War Machine in two!

But with that interference, Leon got an opportunity to react to the General’s lunge as his grayish white ADE erupted like an avalanche.

Enhance!

BZZZZ!

As his grayish white ADE curled around the mech suit like a serpent, the Bulwark MK unsheathed its Retractable Plasma Blade which also ignited with incandescent radiance, turning into the second beacon of light in this battlefield.

Riding on the solid structural musculature of the Bulwark MK.II Titan, Leon remembered the combat lessons that were taught to him in a dream and thought.

Responding to his thoughts, the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame moved, changed its stance and oriented the massive Plasma Blade for a perfect block, and then...

KABOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Reality fractured!