855 Turning Point 1 (2/2)
Garen's pupils shrunk in that instant as the Willpower surrounding him was dispersed while a stronger Willpower overwhelmed him. However, he was fast enough to evade the speed of the incoming Machete's afterimage as the afterimage hit onto his right leg.
Clank!!
The afterimage cut off the Black Mech's leg, and after piercing through its leg, it slammed into the wall just beside Clint's Mech. Its force was so strong that the wall sunk in, leaving behind a deep indentation.
This made Clint, who was completely worn out, started sweating all over his body.
”This is the infamous Reflect?!” Red Moon was able to understand the ability's theory clearly. As a fellow Mech, even he couldn't help but squeal at such a unique ability.
”The Dimensional Reflection Technique. I can't believe it has been made possible on a non-Inherited Mech… What kind of…” Red Moon didn't know what word he should use to describe the genius who had invented this ability.
”We should leave as soon as possible… while these two crazies are fighting to their deaths…” Clint who was placed in a series of shock was so mentally exhausted that even his words felt weak.
As Red Moon was about to speak up, he suddenly felt a new wave of energy from the battlefield.
”Fuck me! A Level Four!! A Level Four's signal!!”
”What Level Four?” Clint asked weakly.
”That Blackboard's Captain had an unexpected breakthrough during this deathmatch and he is now a Level Four elite!” Red Moon had the urge to spew vulgarities out of his mouth. Upon closer observation, ”We're good. He's using a training method called the Crouched Eagle Talon that is easy to advance further. I've heard of this training method before, where its increment for each level up isn't huge and can only be considered a below average training method. It's only advantage is that it's easy to level up.”
”Does the training method play such a big role?” Clint could barely hold the Mech up as he started walking away slowly from the battlefield.
”It plays a very big role. A Top Inherited training method, such as the Nine Mega Cannon's one level up can allow you to reach a Mech Level of Three. Every Mech is categorized into its standard Level by its worst condition to the limits that can be theoretically achieved. The categorization would be fixed to the standard and this is the most crucial information that needs to be published the moment a Mech has been announced.” Red Moon explained quickly. ”On the other hand, the difference in training methods will show itself by using a Mech of the same Level. You're Nine Mega Cannon is currently Level One, which increases your strength by about three levels. On the other hand where your opponent uses a typical training method, its typical level up would increase its strength by one level or slightly more. In comparison, there would be a two-level difference in each level up, a four-level difference in two level up, and if you level up three times, the difference would be six levels apart. The further you level up, the more drastic the difference. This is just based on simple calculation without any change in factors. Realistically speaking, the Top Inherited training method would improve in all aspects instead of just one.”
Red Moon was very wary of the condition of the battle.
”That Captain operating the Mech should be using the Crouched Eagle Talon. Hence a level Four increment would equal to a Level Four power, which was used on the Mech's arm to instantly increase its power. This gives a huge boost in hardening its arm, which is his training method's effect.”
”What about that Red-White guy?”
”He should be using a slightly better training method. Judging from the looks of it, it should be an above-average tier. With one level up, it is able to increase its speed and duration of the power source by one level. This is also the reason why even though his Mech is eighty to ninety percent damaged, he could still chase him for a long period of time. If it were a typical Mech, it'd been no longer operational a long time ago,” Red Moon stared at it closely. ”The Red-White is a Level five pilot, so his increment, by right, should be at Level five as well. However, with the pilot seriously injured, the Mech is unable to perform at its full potential. Since he has exhausted his Willpower as well, his current Level is at most Level Four. In addition to all of these, his opponent's melee combat skill is extraordinarily good to the point where he can predict his moves and attack or defend in advance, resulting in the current stalemate situation…”
”Be careful!!” he started shouting.
Clint paused instantly and a thud could be heard as a huge stone slammed into the wall in front of him like a cannon, indenting the wall by a considerable amount of depth. It was a stone that had been sent flying from the battle behind.
He was so shocked that cold sweat leaked from his body profusely. With his Mech's current condition, this huge boulder would've taken away his puny life if not for Red Moon's Protection Field.
”Alright, let's keep moving,” Red Moon ordered.
Clint turned his head back to look at the battlefield.
Two Mechs, one black and the other white, were entangled together as waves of powerful Energy Field and cool air spread out, distorting the environment and air in the surrounding. It was so great that even light waves were started to distort faintly and he could only see two Mech silhouettes fighting against each other.
Both Garen and Red-White were fighting to their deaths.
Although Garen's fighting instincts were very overwhelming, the opponent was stronger with his short bursts of Level five Willpower. In combination with the difference in Levels between their Mechs, he could only match the opponent's strength even though he had used his potential points to attain the power of a Level Four.
It was especially true towards the reflective technique which he couldn't understand, as he'd finally experienced the trouble in dealing with these White Light Mechs firsthand. He truly was an elite that could avoid being caught within Blackboard Region for such a long time.
However, even though his opponent was strong and had a powerful Level five Willpower Reflection technique, he was able to see through his opponent's intention with his Ten Thousand True Technique Battle Skills so that he could defend himself beforehand while attacking his weak points. He was able to fight toe to toe with him even though the opponent's Mech was stronger than his in every aspect.
The Hellfrost Peacock Technique was barely able to cancel out the opponent's Level five Willpower's Deceleration Force Field as both Mechs' reaction speeds were lowered down to an observable level. However as the Cold Chaos's level was slightly lower, he was slowly being restrained by the opponent's Energy Field.
Garen could feel that the strain towards the Mech and his body was stronger over time.
As he had a very strong body, he wasn't really affected by it, but it was not the case for his Mech as it was a standard Level Three model of the Academy. In addition to this, his Mech was far inferior as compared to the Level five Mech and the strain was worse with the interference of the Energy Field, to the point where moving had started to prove difficult. The chances of him winning were fluctuating up and down.
The person inside the Red-White Mech was worse off as the strange cry of a child kept echoing in his ears. No matter how much he tried to filter out the noise, it kept disrupting his thoughts and mentality. It was so annoying to the point where he started to feel uncomfortable and his consciousness started turning muddled.
Deep down inside him, he had an urge to release all of the stress that was welling up inside him.
However, he controlled himself from doing so as he knew very well that if he were to act impulsively and go all out without caution in this deathmatch between two Level Four's, he would be, without a doubt, the one that would be instantly killed!
However, the more he tried to control himself, the stronger his urge became.
He started to feel annoyed as he couldn't find his opponent's weakness even after fighting with him for so long, as he seemed to be extremely experienced in melee combat. It was as if he was a veteran that had just come out from a dead volcano. He had even used a few techniques in order to trick his opponent, but the opponent seemed to see through his intention in an instant and countered him. Even his most confident Duplicate Chain had been seen through, and he had no choice but to fight against him without any tricks.