Chapter 314 (2/2)

If he wanted to make it larger he would need to change its shape. Zhang Dong preferred to make it more mobile and all-around strong than to go to either extreme. This coupled with his current cultivation would give the machine quite a boost in power.

This underground hangar was huge and he could feel that there was a large number of people right above them. The golems that were gathered here were divided by large walls of metal that didn't allow others to peek at what the craftsmen were doing. These walls even had strange runes on them that were blocking out magical scanners.

Luckily they weren't able to block out Zhang Dong that was above such little tricks. He could clearly see all the golems and their pilots.

'Those are some exotic designs…'

He noticed that the machines varied in size, weight, and even in pilot count. It was clear that some of the participants went all in, while others that were similar to Thondin showed up with cheap knockoffs. He could tell that some of these golems were meant to take a few hits before crumbling before their enemies.

'Can't blame them, no use to put yourself in debt if you are convinced that you can't win.'

Zhang Dong continued to scan the large hangar to see how many real threats there were. He spotted Takeshi's golem and could tell that it was quite advanced. It was larger than his own model and a lot bulkier.

'I see that this guy went all in… though not sure if putting Takeshi in that machine will be a good idea…'

He felt that due to the fast training that he put the heroes through they wouldn't be fit to enter this competition. Takeshi might have been strong from a stat point perspective but he lacked combat experience. Even if they gave him the best golem around he could easily fall into a trap.

'They even roped in the girls I see…'

”Mr. Leigong, they announced our number, we are going to be in the first match!”

Zhang Dong was busy scanning the area so he wasn't paying attention. Beatrice's voice snapped him out of it as it seemed that they would be showing off their mech right from the start.

”Is that so? Well, you two just relax and leave everything to me.”

”Sure thing!”

The two girls didn't really have to do anything besides acting as human batteries. They had a large screen that showed them what Zhang Dong was seeing through his eyes. The compartment they were in was well protected and could be ejected outside if anything bad happened.

At first, he thought about placing both of the girls outside this robot just like when he battled the demon lords. But this proved problematic with how this golem devoured mana energy. It was quite inefficient and the two girls had to be placed inside of it to counter the drain.

He was still there so if anything happened he was ready to eject the girls into safety. Winning this tournament wasn't worth the lives of Beatrice and Isabella. He would figure out a new plan if they lost but after looking through the golems the only one that could provide a challenge was the one being used by Takeshi.

'I guess it's going to be us against them. I hope they can take a loss as I'm not intending to lose'

”Okay, you are up.”

One of the mechanics that had helped them reconstruct the old golem called out. Zhang Dong moved his large mechanical foot forward and began walking. After leaving their 'garage' they were led over to a wide corridor. There was enough space in here to stack three golems on top of each other and five in width.

He continued walking through the dimly lit corridor while the murmurs got louder. At the end, there was a large metallic door with strange dwarven inscriptions. Before he could look at them carefully the door started to slide into the ground while revealing the light outside. The moment it opened he was greeted by many cheers from the audience members.

”Let us welcome the candidate from the Hillmane household!”

The moment he stepped out the dwarves stopped cheering. The shape of his golem was quite unique if he compared it to the bulkier models the other dwarves used.

His opponent seemed to be one of those golems. They were about the same size but the golem standing on the opposite side was wider. He was mostly brown-gray in coloring, one hand was a claw while the other one had a large spiked ball with a chain attached to it.

If you compared the two at first glance, Zhang Dong's mech looked to be the weaker one. It didn't look like something that could take too many hits or even deal enough damage to get past its enemy's defenses.

'Well, time to show them my seed mode!'

Zhang Dong cackled on the inside while getting out his laser sword, it was time to show these people how a mech battle looked like.