Chapter 1717 - Inside (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As the massive carrier-type Gorgon Lord appeared in the skies above the forest, every soldier shook visibly.

A almost perceptible malice and destructive aura swept through the entire forest, as a low howl thundered from a metallic monster, and just by looking at the foe inside the thunder clouds, Charlemagne and his guards were overwhelmed by a sense of despair, a despair of facing something that was impossible to fight against.

This was not due to the lack of resolve and courage, but the monster in the sky was clearly something beyond their capabilities.

And the moment Hao Ren saw the Gorgon Lord spat out a air-to-surface missile he realized something all too clearly.

THIS IS TOO DIFFERENT FROM THIS WORLD’S SETTING!

“Rheia, deploy shields!” Hao Ren reflexively summoned an anti-air missile from his pocket and launched it towards the Gorgon Lord, and yelled at Rheia at the same time. The latter too had realized that the mortal soldiers could never survive in this hellish battlefield, she immediately created a hemispherical protective field, and covering Charlemagne, his sister and their guards within it.

The Gorgon Lord in the air let out a few mechanical roars as a blood-red crack opened in its front as a few blazing missiles shot out from the crack, following another air-to-surface missile from the tail against the enemies on the ground.

Graeme’s eye lit up in white lightning at that very moment as he placed his light saber by his side, while his left hand pointed towards the oncoming missiles with a savage yell, “DEFLECTION FIELD!”

A formless energy field formed before him as the incoming missiles were all deflected away mid flight as two flew towards the forest in the distance, with two mushroom clouds formed after a powerful explosion, while the rest of the missiles inevitably landed near the group, and thankfully for Rheia’s divine barrier, the explosion and resulting shock wave of the missiles did not affect everyone within the barrier’s protection.

The anti-air missile that Hao Ren had launched crashed against the Gorgon Lord after a short burst of speed as a massive fireball exploded near the metallic monster’s head, but what followed were mere ripples of an energy shield.

The fact that this monster had shields did not surprise Hao Ren, as even the L’Haronnean skyships had barriers, it was the fact the shield could so easily block a graviton missile was surprising, and that led Hao Ren to immediately adjust the target’s threat level up by a few notches.

But just as the alloy ‘manta ray’ in the sky deployed another series of weapon launch bays, and blasted out many more missiles and heavy aerial bombs, another roar thundered from the other side of the dense forest.

Everyone could not help but turn to the source of the sound, and saw a second Gorgon Lord rising from the forest with smoke and superheated clouds around it, it had the shape of a gigantic insect and many floating bits surrounded it. And within its bloated body were many ‘muscles’ that criss-crossed all over the body, and like the first Gorgon Lord, it was made all out of metal, but still had the structural trait of a biological being.

This was the Gorgon Lord that Graeme and his comrades had encountered earlier.

“Watch out! His laser beam is very powerful!”

Graeme yelled out to warn the others, but just as his voice trailed off, the Gorgon Lord with a torrent of bits around it let out a droning roar, as its entire body lit up, and the bits around it followed. Following that, hundreds of laser beam ripped through the air, as the barrage shrieked towards where Hao Ren and the rest were standing.

But Rheia’s shield easily blocked all the attacks, and did not even waver under the barrage.

Graeme look in shock at the expressionless Rheia, finally realizing the ‘young lady’s’ unusual powers.

The two Gorgon Lords in the air seemed to have been enraged as they let out an even louder roar as dozens of cracks opened up in each of their abdomens, as a surge of bizarre splits blasted out from the crevices and charged towards the stubborn ‘humans’ on the ground.

Graeme let out a battle cry as his light saber glowed a few notches brighter, and following that the knight was covered by a blurry shadow as he courageously charged towards the swarm of splits, and be it metallic insects or metallic beasts, all were cleaved into two with every strike, while the incoming lasers and missiles simply passed through him as if his body was ethereal.

But he clearly could not maintain this sort of godlike-form for eternity, and the Gorgon Lords, acting as a carrier were the real threat, and if they are not destroyed, even the Broken Blades would be worn out no matter how powerful he was, and clearly this was how his comrades had fallen.

“Aih, I thought I wouldn’t be busy,” Rheia sighed when she saw the situation was going south of the original plan and stepped forward to take things into her own hands, but before she acted Hao Ren called out to her, “Rheia, you take on the one with the floating bits, leave the rest to us. Try to leave it intact!”

“I know, I know.” Rheia waved dismissively as she mumbled as she went, “Even if I’m just a shadow here I’m still very strong alright, I don’t need you to mollycoddle me. Oh right, Charlemagne and Awenna, stay with your men under my barrier, with your body, you’d die the moment you step outside…”