Chapter 94: Instructor Hak (1/2)
Chapter 94: Instructor Hak
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Only one mech left. Ye Chong watched the holographic image that Mu transmitted to him, with only one last red dot on it!
Just now, in less than a half minute, Ye Chong had taken advantage of his enemies’ blindness and unfamiliarity with the environment, and managed to ambush and kill six of them! Ambushing through the darkness, Ye Chong’s Harmony of the Winter Aria was like an assassin of the night, deft and cruel! As for the Blue Winter, an archaic looking lance, Ye Chong now wielded it with ease. The eight moves created by Mu through numerous calculations were twofold in the current situation! Ye Chong hit his targets every single time! Black Cove’s most trusted mech armour were as fragile as wafer biscuits before Ye Chong’s Blue Winter!
If Ye Chong was compared to the devil from the lowest level of hell, then Blue Winter would be the devil’s enormous and sinister looking scythe, covered in blood! Blue Winter’s most dangerous part was its tip, and the blades on its two sides were like murder accessories, mostly responsible for tearing apart the opponent’s mech!
According to Mu and Shang, the proportion of Do Kun stone in the tip of Blue Winter was far from ideal, but Ye Chong was still very impressed with the weapon’s might! What would the Blue Winter be like if the proportion was ideal? Ye Chong could not help but look forward to such a time.
With only the last mech left, Ye Chong approached the enemy with caution!
The mech moved with care, its back against the wall. Unless he moved away, an ambush from the back would be impossible.
Ye Chong was left with the option of closing in from the left. To keep himself unnoticed, the Harmony of the Winter Aria’s engines were running at minimum capacity, as the mech silently closed in onto its target.
It’s close! Only twenty meters left! Blue Winter was fifteen meters long. With another ten meters, no, perhaps 8 meters, it would be enough for Blue Winter to tear the enemy apart!
”Right, it’s time!” Ye Chong was about to move when something extraordinary happened!
Ye Chong saw a blinding flash of light. The bright light saturating his holographic screen screamed into his eyes and blinded him!
Ye Chong was shocked! He was not, however, panicking. His right hand, ready with Blue Winter, immediately striked out like lightning. If it were anyone else, their first reaction upon being surprised would be to retreat as quickly as possible. However, Ye Chong understood that the better option would be to defend himself by attacking!
*DING* A metallic ring was heard, and Ye Chong’s Blue Winter was obviously blocked by something.
However, this gave enough time for Ye Chong to step back. Once the lance attacked, Ye Chong’s hands were already moving deftly across the controls.
Harmony of the Winter Aria moved as though according to plan, riding the backward momentum of the attack and retreating swiftly. The opponent was obviously surprised by Ye Chong’s quick reaction!
Ye Chong’s vision had now returned to normal!
The opponent must have used something like a flash grenade, and now the entire workshop was lit up. Flash grenades were, in truth, very rarely used nowadays! It seemed to have become a historical relic, both in terms of its function and usage. With the various types of advanced scanning mechanisms available, mechs could reconstruct images through feedback from the scanning systems, images that were far more detailed than what the human eye could capture. Besides, the effective scanning perimeter of a scanning system in space was far larger than the limits of the human eye!
The most important function of the flash grenade was to provide light for the human eye, but with the advent of improving scanning mechanisms, it was in the awkward position of slowly being replaced.
Ye Chong did not expect his opponent to have something so outdated.
Through the lighting, Ye Chong could not see his opponent’s mech clearly.
The mech was thoroughly black, true to Black Cove’s style. What surprised Ye Chong was the ancient design of the mech, with obvious Samuel style influence, a popular style from a hundred years back!
There was nothing spectacular about this model of mechs. Even Johansson’s mech looked more imposing and menacing. However, Ye Chong dared not underestimate it. Samuel style mechs were also known as battle mechs. Since long range weapons and locking systems were not as impressive as the ones today, these mechs with their ancient duelling attack style were widely popular. However, with the improvements in long range weapons, and a general paradigm shift in mechs, Samuel style mechs eventually declined in numbers.
However, Ye Chong still approved of Samuel style mechs. He had always believed that these mechs were an undying classic, embodying the most fundamental quintessence of battle! The mechs were designed for close range battles, and while they may look plain, a closer inspection of its details in design that would explain its status as a classic!
Samuel style mechs were undeniably the best partner for a pilot skilled in martial arts. However, that was the reason for its declining popularity, since martial arts was also a dying skill!
Black Cove residents were familiar with martial arts, and even Ye Chong learned a few moves from them!