Chapter 227: First War of the Coxcomb (2/2)

”What a pity Number 7 was. At least the beam was not at our boat, or we would have joined the milky way now. Now that you have mentioned it, I do find that electromagnetism firing similar to the MPA’s.”

”Indeed. But this is much bigger I must say,” the experienced one from their team added.

”So which side does this warship belong? And they actually have better technology than the MPA?”

”Who knows… as much as you can see, there are always a hermit hidden somewhere in this world.”

Despite the comments, the Coxcomb was being tormented in actuality, as the foe clearly demonstrated a more experienced warship-piloting than Shang. Moreover, the body of the Coxcomb was huge, the movement was slow. Utilizing those weaknesses, they launched their attacks in tiny waves to seize the control of the Coxcomb.

The leader of the ship seemingly had yet to realize how foolish his command was, for he could have destroyed the entire boat if he ordered his men to make a one-time fire instead.

Both parties were unable to do anything to each other.

The beams continuously showered upon the Coxcomb, but the Coxcomb managed to make necessary turning.

One nice flip by the Coxcomb.

The men were greeted by the 19 charged electromagnetic cannons from the other side, the living glow was a discoloring horror to the crew.

”Evade!!!” Roared the leader, ”Evade!!!” His voice was wavering, his eyes were soulless.

Zzzzzzzzt!

Of course, they did not make it. It was too late for them to make an evasion, as 19 blue beams landed right upon their ship. It was obviously not their day, as one beam actually gave a gentle touch at their battery.

”Fuc-”

The war field was once again blinded by the explosion. The black gold armor was torn helplessly into debris, being scattered over the corners of the space.

A fireworks, bloomed like a brilliant flower.

Ye Chong was relieved. It was surely a mental trial for him to bear with the helplessness in a battle that he could not be directly involved with. He hated the feeling of not able to take the control of his fate.

”Ye, your final blow!” Shang’s voice was expressionless as it lost its usual joking tone, sounded bloodthirsty and inhumane.

?

I wonder… if Shang was like this in the past? That was the strange thought appearing in Ye Chong’s head.

”Okay.” He took a deep breath and grabbed the inner focus. Probably he had been in many hand-to-hand combats, he realized that he could get into the status fairly quick, since in the past, he would have needed to take a few more cycles of aspiration in order to get the sense.

To be honest, the war between warships had imprinted in his head, being all straightforward and direct, black and white, dead or alive. And there he was, once being worried that he would be short of batteries as the battle went on and on. The fight between warships was merely a matter of a few turns. The additional batteries, the energy was not that important and could be said as even a kind of unnecessary burden since it made the ship more likely to explode on beam contacts. But, similarly, the foes, the Black Coves seemed to be inexperienced as well, which eventually gave Ye Chong and Shang a chance to survive.

And finally, Ye Chong was ready for his next move. The mech-combats, the battle known as the bread and butter of his tale, they were exciting.

The screen projected over hundreds of red spots, which were so horrifying to Ye Chong in the past, that he might just press the ”Eject” button and blast away instead. But now, with Coxcomb and Shang, he believed, he could see the next breaking dawn.

And then he realized, the benefits of having a warship for a mech.

Han Jia sank into the space silently. There was no need to open the gate. The openings torn by the beams were already the gates themselves. Ye Chong flew out from one of them. The things were floating around, as the air ventilation had been disrupted, the oxygen had leaked, forming various vacuum areas on the ship.

Being a skeleton mech itself, Han Jia sure was amazing at its speed and stealthiness. Those were the trick to every victory.

The destruction of two war units were enraging to the remaining Black Covers who departed from their ships just now. ”We shall avenge!” They already lost their mates, and a way home to rest their transports. They no longer had the turn back option. And when one, being unable to turn back, would have a stronger, more irrational bravery.

The dark mechs accelerated, their momentum intensified, as they charged towards that hefty looking warship! They were highly experienced and they knew the fragility of the armor of the Coxcomb. Their attacks shall not be stopped! As soon as they approached their foe, they would retrieve victory. The electromagnetic cannons might be a threat to the ship, but not enough as a threat to the mobile mechs.

The warship remained immobile, while the half-devastated body seemed to give off an unbeatable sense.

Don’t tell me… there was not even one pilot inside such a big ship…

The pilots were confused and suddenly a crash was felt. Something small hit them?

Should be one of the specks from the explosion… One pilot thought, since the screen did not project anything, the detection system did not go wailing.

”Assassination. Careful. Photon Mode, now!” A deep voice of a male rang inside his helmet. Goosebumps crawled over his shaking hands… Wasn’t that Lord Thorn?

Assassination? A skip on his heart beat, as he moved his hands over the control panel to make a change… Honk! Beep! The alarm wailed inside the mech.

It kept wailing. And he was wondering why. But there was something on the shell of his mech, a pool of purplish fluid engulfing the surface, in the hideous sizzles one could imagine.

The glowing shell of Cosmic Flare became distorted, melted like a splat of mud. ”The Liquid of Shang”, Ye Chong’s latest invention, a liquid that nothing could stop, even the black gold alloys.

Sssssssss…sssssssS… The thin armor eventually could not withstand the pressure in the cabin. Boom. The armor ruptured, forming a dense opening like the hornet’s nest. The air squeezed out of the pores and was pulling the diameters larger and larger.

Cough, cough… The pilot realized he was having some breathing difficulties…

Huh?! And he saw the giant opening, his eyes were huge, filled with disbelief. He frantically reached over the panel, he was trying to speak, yet the pressure squeezed his eyeballs, blood overflowed his expression.

And that... was how he used to look.