<h4>Chapter 3477: Savage Mech</h4>
The Quint locked its considerably powerful presence onto the nearby enemy champion mech!
The Gzy expert candidate was confused. Even though he already figured out that the enemy mechmander was also an expert candidate, that didn''t mean that people like them could do everything!
While it was easier for expert candidates to branch out and learn the fundamentals of other piloting specialties, the Gzy expert candidate excelled in meleebat. His attacks shouldn''t have been blocked so easily by what was clearly supposed to be ranged mech!
Still, the more he observed the Quint, the more he became afraid that the situation might spin out of control. For the sake of the Gzy Family, he could only set aside his doubts and do his best toplete his mission!
Although the surrounding Avatar mechs wanted to skewer the enemy light mech with positron beams, Commander Case instructed them to back away.
"Leave this opponent to me! If you interfere in this match, he will just avoid me and tear you apart instead. Keep focusing on the other Gzy mechs and dismantle as many of their missile and cannon-bearing mechs as possible!"
Commander Case was aware that this might not be the most rationalmand decision that she could make at this time, but the Quintpelled her to face this challenger by themselves.
It was strange. Case wasn''t an avid duelist like her brother Imon, yet the Quint insisted on dueling the enemy light mech!
"Do you really want to do this here?!"
WE MUST PROVE OUR STRENGTH. THIS CHALLENGER SHALL BE OUR WHETSTONE.
Though Case could still override her living mech''s demands if she insisted on it, a part of her was actually eager to fight this impromptu duel.
In any case, the Gzy Battalion''s gambit had already failed for the most part. Even if the enemy champion mech managed to defeat the Quint, it couldn''t reverse the current trend by itself.
The enemy light mech did not sit still. The Gzy expert candidate realized that his side would only grow weaker over time. He needed to achieve a quick result in order to have any hopes of salvaging a victory!
The Gzy light mech did notunch a frontal assault this time. The swift machine instead sought to circle around and attack the Quint''s more vulnerable nk or rear.
Despite the enemy expert candidate''s quick maneuvers, the Quint easily kept up and turned around to constantly orient its front towards the enemy threat!
Seeing that the Quint was not about to expose its vulnerable rear to its daggers, the enemy light mech stopped wasting time on this maneuver game.
"If I can''t outmaneuver you, I''ll outfight you more directly!"
The enemy expert candidate didn''t believe that this ranged mech specialist with a ranged mech could fend off a light skirmisher!
The two mechs instantly shed and exchanged blows!
Although the Gzy light mech was clearly faster and piloted by a more skilled mech pilot in meleebat, the Quint was still able to block or evade the iing attacks.
While Commander Case wasn''t able to find any opportunities tounch a counterattack, it was already sufficient for her to fend off the enemy attacker!
What made her life considerably easier was the Quint was originally a Bright Warrior mech. This meant that all of its performance parameters were rtively bnced and even. Though the Bright Warrior model did not possess any distinct strengths, it didn''t possess any major shorings either.
Only a bnced design was able to adopt multiple roles! Depending on the configuration, a Bright Warrior could wear any coat and fight in different ways.
What was also important to note was that the Quint was not a regr Bright Warrior mech. It had received multiple upgrades throughout its lifetime that elevated its base performance by a considerable margin.
All this allowed the Quint to fend off the enemy light mech despite deploying in a rifleman mech configuration for this battle!
Theck of progress not only frustrated the Gzy expert candidate, but also shamed him! Light skirmishers were supposed to ughter rifleman mechs at close range!
"This Larkinson expert candidate is clearly not a melee specialist." He observed. "Her swordsmanship is too basic. Yet the performance of her mech is just good enough to keep up with my attacks. As long as she focuses on defense, I can''t prate through her defenses!
While the Gzy expert candidate struggled to defeat the Larkinsonmander and expert candidate, his otherrades were losing mechs left and right.
The Larkinson Battalion''s somewhat effective counterattack achieved good results. As the missileer and cannoneer mechs hidden inside the smoke cloud kept getting taken out, the Gzy Battalion''s attack volleys continued to weaken.
When the Gzys only had less than a 100 offensive mechs left, they lost all chances of defeating the enemy!
Not only were they running low on ammunition and supplies, they also had to fend off the Transcendent Punishers that had managed to weather much of the storm.
The Avatar knight mechs had performed their jobs admirably and blocked a lot of damage. Even if they had reached their limits, the Transcendent Punishers themselves weren''t pushovers. They were designed to hold their own in artillery duels.
Their mobility might be terrible, but their thick armor and huge frames allowed them to withstand a heavy amount of punishment and keep going!
In the end, the Gzy expert candidate became aware that it was impossible for his efforts to reverse the Gzy Battalion''s defeat.
Expert candidate or not, there was only so much he could do to resist all of the opposition!
The Avatar ranged mechs could have nailed his light skirmisher after a bit of effort. Instead, they focused their firepower on the remaining Gzy ranged mechs instead, thereby guaranteeing their victory.
Once the Larkinson ranged mechs directed their weapons back on the Gzy light mech, its end was certain!
"I can only try to win back some honor by taking down this Larkinson expert candidate! Masterwork mech or not, you''re going down!"
Defeating the Quint became an obsession to the man. He fought harder and made more aggressive moves.
The light skirmisher continually exchanged blows against the ranged mech with a sword, but the Quint had yet to suffer any serious damage!
Although Commander Case wasfortable with this result, her living mech wasn''t content with this result. It did not want to rely on others to defeat this little fly!
ATTACK.
Under the urging of the Quint, Commander Case waspelled to fight more aggressively. Though the Quint began to show openings that the Gzy champion mech took advantage of, the damage was still tolerable.
What was important was that the Quint finally posed an actual threat to its opposition!
Though Commander Case was nowhere close as the Swordmaidens in meleebat, she had be increasingly more proficient in employing her basic sword techniques.
The constant threat exerted by the Gzy mech pilot pressured Case into polishing her swordsmanship on the spot. Together with the support provided by her mech, she became increasingly more adept at blocking the enemy attacks.
"Is this… Venerable Joshua''s swordsmanship?"
She saw shadows of Joshua''s swordmanship back when he was piloting the Quint.
"No. That''s not all. There''s also a hint of my brother in this style!"
The Quint was actually instructing her in thebat skills of its past mech pilots!
The form of guidance was quite mysterious. The living mech wasn''t verbally teaching her these moves, nor did it upload all of the skills straight into her mind. Instead, it conveyed skill temtes through the man-machine connection that she could easily absorb if she wanted to. Though not every skill temte conformed to her style and ability, there was still plenty of material that she saw fit to absorb.
Her performance visibly improved over time. The Quint and Case deepened their bond as they both struggled to defeat this light mech under adverse conditions.
Eventually, the crucial difference came when the Gzy expert candidate decided to make an all-out attack!
"I can''t keep getting entangled by this ranged mech when its mech pilot is constantly improving in front of my nose!"
With that thought, the Gzy light mech forcibly surged forward and sought to damage the Quint''s arms!
As long as the ranged mech''s rtively fragile limbs were taken out, the Larkinson masterwork mech should no longer be able to block any further dagger strikes!
The n was good, but the Quint responded quickly.
As the two daggers surged forward, the Quint blocked one of the daggers with its sword and allowed the other one to strike the arm!
Despite suffering significant damage to its limb, the Quint grew bloodthirsty. Its dense and heavy glow spiked as the masterwork mech kicked the enemy light mech!
Although the blow did not deal serious damage to the Gzy light mech, the force of the blow stillunched away.
While the Gzy light skirmisher quickly managed to stabilize its flight, the Quint holstered its sword and epted the luminar crystal rifle that a nearby Avatar mech tossed into its direction!
"It''s over." Commander Case grinned as she reveled in the moment.
The prepared rifle quickly unleashed several different positron beams that urately hit the Gzy champion mech''s arms!
Under ordinary circumstances, the enemy light mech would have been able to avoid the attacks by performing evasive maneuvers.
However, the light mech happened to be rtively stationary at this time! It needed at least a second to build up sufficient speed to evade the iing attacks, but Case and the Quint did not let that happen!
Although the positron beams weren''t able to sever the light mech''s limbs outright, they still dealt enough damage for the Gzy mech to lose a lot of strength in the affected limbs.
It was unable to attack as smoothly as before!
As the Gzy light mech closed in to make a final desperation attack, the Quint didn''t bother to swap weapons again.
It used the body of its luminar crystal rifle as an improvised staff and easily blocked the slower and weaker dagger strikes!
As the Gzy light skirmisher failed to ovee its opponent''s guard, the Quint abruptly batted aside an iing dagger.
The masterwork mech subsequently jabbed the butt of its rifle against one of the light skirmisher''s damaged limb!
The forceful strike disrupted the affected arm to such an extent that it had actually lost its grip of its dagger!
Case and the Quint quickly repeated the same move before the increasingly lessposed Gzy expert candidate could adjust.
Left without any sharp weapons, the light skirmisher no longer posed much of a threat to the Larkinsons!
Case grinned as she indulged in her living mech''s desires.
The Quint first fired a couple of precise shots at the retreating light skirmisher''s flight system.
The Gzy expert candidate knew that he had to pick up another set of weapons from the battlefield in order to rescue his chances in this mech duel!
The damage to the light mech''s flight system spoiled his ns. After losing a considerable amount of speed, the Quint soon caught up and reached out to grab the light skirmisher''s frame!
"What are you doing?!"
The Quint proceeded to abuse the helpless light mech! It repeatedly punched, kicked and wrestled against the light mech in one of the most brutal and absurd disys of savagery in the G-Aena League!
[Is that ranged mech… beating up a melee mech?]
[It''s a light skirmisher. It is an entire weight ss lighter than the Larkinson masterwork rifleman mech.]
[Even if that''s true, a ranged mech simply shouldn''t be allowed to beat a light skirmisher at its own game!]
The Quint did not let up on the assault until the arena finally engaged the safety system. A powerful energy shield emerged that prevented the brutal mech from endangering the life of the enemy expert candidate.
At this time, the Quint had finally sated its battle lust!
[The Larkinson Battalion… has won!]