Chapter 403: Battle against General Sylvari Charr! [3]

CRACK!

The ground quaked and cracked open as General Sylvari took one heavy step with his left leg for leverage, then he raised his great plasma Odachi and swung at the Sentry-IV Autocannon Drone at point-blank range.

’Eh?’

For a moment, Leon was stunned as he didn’t expect this.

But despite this, having adapted to the harrowing violence and intensity of this battle already, in a state of absolute battle clarity, he was able to react as he gave an order to the Gun Drone.

BZZZ!

Both the R9 energy shield and the Aegis-V Modulator energy shield came to life at the same time, engulfing the Gun Drone completely in a protective barrier.

But against the harrowing might of a C Rank Ascended’s swing, it could only delay the inevitable.

But by delaying the inevitable, the Sentry-IV Autocannon Drone was able to react even if just barely.

The Countermeasure Launchers of the Gun Drone came to life instantly, firing small but effective defensive charges of smoke screen, radar chaff, and thermal decoys into the air to block the General’s sight and lock.

At the exact same time, the Emergency Evasion Thrusters of the Sentry-IV Autocannon Drone came to life.

WHOOSH!

With the forceful boost from the short burst thrusters that were embedded in strategic spots around the Gun Drone, it suddenly turned into a mini rocket as propelled with speed and force, it moved and evaded just in time for the tip of the great plasma Odachi to finally cut down fully.

KABOOOMMMMM!

General Sylvari Charr’s swing with his great plasma Odachi was so strong that having missed its initial target, it cut into the ground and like a hot knife through butter, it cut a deep crater into the ground with zero resistance!

The ground trembled as the harrowing might of that sword swing resulted in a mini earthquake.

But the Gun Drone survived and that was all Leon needed.

’ATTACK!’ He growled in his mind as all the Melee and Skirmisher Class Doom Rover v0.2s moved under his control, charging like extensions of his body as they surrounded the General.

At the same time, the Tank Class Doom Rovers unleashed hell from range at the General to slow him down but General Sylvari Charr didn’t stop.

With a bestial snarl on his mechanical face, his short spiky gray hair standing like daggers and his eyes fixated on the escaping Gun Drone, his neon green ADE erupted again and he went in pursuit.

Neural Projection!

Unlike against Colonel Alphonse when the NS-99 "Blackout" Signal Dampener negated his ability to invade or manipulate Leon’s machines completely from inside, against the General, it was just a partial resistance.

General Sylvari could not hop directly into the neural node of the retreating Gun Drone, but he could use it as an anchor to teleport just beside it.

And he did just that.

The moment the General stepped out of the psionic realm through the node, the air screamed as his great plasma Odachi cut down with harrowing might.

BOOM!

This time, the Gun Drone could not dodge as the General cut the entire right side of the massive drone, separating it from the rest of the machine!

The Gun Drone’s fast reaction was what saved it from being cut directly in the middle which would have doomed it, but still...

Seeing this, Leon became desperate as he aimed with the primary weapons of the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame and unleashed hell at the General.

All the offensive weapons of the mech suit from the Shoulder-Mounted Artillery Cannons to the Modular Missile Pod Arrays and the Forearm Rail Cannons, Leon used them all to unleash hell at the General.

Bzzz... bzzz... bzzz...

But General Sylvari Charr moved like a ghost, blinking in and out of the psionic realm as he dodged all the attacks with inhumane efficiency while keeping close distance to the retreating Gun Drone.

And finally, Leon’s luck ran out as with one harrowing swing of the great plasma Odachi, all the resistance ended.

The great plasma Odachi cut through reality before splitting the Gun Drone in twain in a single devastating attack!

The Gun Drone shuddered in mid-air and then collapsed in a pile of scraps.

From the beginning of the first sword swing till now, less than 15 seconds had passed!

But the result of this sacrifice to destroy the Gun Drone was that General Sylvari Charr ended up being tightly surrounded by more than a dozen Melee Class and Skirmisher Class Doom Rover v0.2s at close range.

They all struck and a ferocious melee started!

The world shuddered in the wake of the ferocious melee, but it was not the Synth’s gray metallic body that ended up being cut apart, instead it was the sleek gray and black bodies of the Doom Rovers as the General diced them apart.

It was while this happened that Leon’s ADE erupted again like a tsunami.

Warmachine Ability: Warforge!

BZZZ!

In the heart of the ferocious melee as the General diced the machines apart was when a new machine suddenly weaved itself out of raw ADE in mid-air, a gigantic 8 meter tall factory drone.

CLANG!

It landed on the battlefield with a loud sound, entrenching itself just beside the damaged and destroyed Gun Drone.

The factory drone instantly became the tallest and most prominent machine in this battlefield.

It was square-shaped, designed to look like a medieval machinery temple.

The moment the factory drone emerged, grayish white robots scurried from inside as together, they towed and moved the damaged Sentry-IV Autocannon Drone closer to the factory and instantly, repairs started on the destroyed Gun Drone mid-battle!

Within the sea of Melee and Skirmisher Class Doom Rovers where he was buried fighting with Leon’s Enhance sustaining and empowering the war machines, General Sylvari saw the factory drone and instantly his eyes constricted further.

He already pinpointed his next target.

For a few seconds, he stayed buried inside the tide of Doom Rovers and then neon green ADE violently surged into the sky as...

KABOOMMMM!

With a violent swing of his sword, the General threw multiple Doom Rovers into the air, heavily damaging them nd suddenly free, he turned and charged towards the factory drone.

Seeing this, Leon’s eyes gleamed inside his mech suit.

The General barely took 3 steps toward the factory drone when he stepped on something. Mid-run, he looked down just in time for the new iteration of Leon’s jury-rigged bomb to detonate.

BOOM!

At the last moment, the General’s energy shield protected him, keeping him unscathed but he now paused, looking around the battlefield with a dark look on his face.

His gray eyes gleamed in annoyance.

Seeing the look on his mechanical face, Leon knew the thoughts that was in his head. ’If there’s 1 bomb, what is the probability of there being more bombs?’

General Sylvari Charr hesitated.

Seeing this, Leon’s eyes gleamed.

This was exactly what he wanted. He could never defeat a C Rank Ascended, but if he could stall him and last long enough, he may survive.

General Sylvari Charr only hesitated for a brief moment before with a grim look on his face, he moved and just as he stepped on another bomb, before it could detonate, his body became engulfed in neon green ADE.

Neural Projection!

He disappeared!