The Power of Nine: Scifi LitRPG - Esports - Mecha Battles (Overdrive Book 2) by Ryan Tang

Author:Ryan Tang [Tang, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ryan Tang
Published: 2020-08-19T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

ZANE'S FORMER MECH was modeled after a European knight, but his new boss machine no longer resembled anything human.

The plumed head loomed down on them, jarringly fused with a hulking mishmash of artillery. Sarah's four enormous cannons jutted out from the Mech's back. The Lieutenant's shield had been placed directly in front of Zane's cockpit located just beneath the head. The remaining ten rifles stuck out like enormous needles. Zane's legs had merged entirely into the rough sphere shape built out of his fallen comrades' machines. Every part had been mashed together into an enormous ball. Ten roving arms slid smoothly moved along the sphere's surface. Five carried a spear to deter attackers who got too close. The others simply curled their fingers into fists.

An enormous battery of thrusters flared around the spherical Mech.

Unlike the haphazard combination of artillery and weapons, the rocket engines were carefully spread apart, providing the machine with incredible speed and mobility despite its enormous size.

Emma shook her head.

"Wow. That thing is bigger than the Moby Dick."

The Moby Dick had been Vile's signature machine when she first began playing Overdrive. The enormous whale was nearly incapable of movement. Instead, it won battles by overwhelming its opponents with long-range attacks and impenetrable armor.

The blatantly overpowered machine had been quickly banned from competitive play, but Fortress Missions didn't need to follow the official Overdrive ruleset. The new Mech was larger than their entire base.

If it got too close, it'd squash them like bugs.

Felix raised his rifle and fired, imbuing it with a cast of Thunderbolt.

"Don't worry - its size means that the armor is spread thin. Just think about it."

Even giant Mechs faced trade-offs.

The Moby Dick had excelled in firepower and defensive strength. The machine could hardly move - it was surrounded by countless plates of laminated armor.

Zane's new Mech eschewed defense to focus on firepower and mobility, an unconventional combination for such an enormous machine. No matter how intimidating it looked, Julian and his team had seen its creation process. This wasn't an unofficial cheat like the Grunt's pseudo-Reality Step. The sphere had been created with Souls of the Fallen. Other than Sarah's Artillery unit, his entire army had been comprised of weak defenders. The armor had to be correspondingly inadequate.

Zane tried twisting away from Felix's shot, but his spherical Mech was simply too large. Felix had aimed dead center. Zane's Mech was fast, but without the Reality Step, nobody could have dodged in time.

Julian smiled.

He had a long way to go before he could reach Felix's level of strategic thinking. When Julian saw a giant Mech, he got scared. When Felix saw one, he started thinking about an opportunity.

Unfortunately, Zane's Mech had another ability they had to worry about. The spherical Mech's metal liquefied, and the bolt was deflected straight into the ground. Julian swore. The last time he'd fought through this mission, Zane had used a Kingbreaker class.

But this wasn't the standard First Fortress mission. This was the Minesweeper-induced Challenge mode.

Felix pounded his dashboard with frustration.

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