Chapter 520: Under Attack II (1/2)

Chapter 520: Under Attack II

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was this fear that made him lose his confidence as he flew his flying vessel. What would happen in this fast paced battle if the pilot hesitated?

Scared out of his wits, the pilot did not realize that he was flying towards the strange giant that he had been making fun of.

When he noticed, it was already too late.

The passive giant in black armor moved. Zing! A dark red alloy sword shot out of the weapons pack on its back and landed in its hand. The giant did a swipe and a slash, the sword seemingly meeting no resistance, and the bright purple flying vessel crumbled into pieces in the air.

Old Wei and his group members were stunned speechless.

They did not make out exactly what the giant did, but they could see that behind the swipe-and-slash attack was a combat veteran of great experience.

This allowed them to conclude that the giant in black armor was highly threatening.

The playboys had never seen battles like these. They usually spent their time showing off their tricks, but had never seen real combat and spilled blood. Now that their strongest comrade was killed, they panicked. Some of them began to cry.

Duo Ka and his beloved fighter machine headed towards Dual Forest. He heard that people saw a giant in black armor, reaching over 10 meters tall, and wanted to see it for himself.

Duo Ka's fighter was a light blue colored Blue Flounder II. Nicknamed Blue Lightning, it was a fighter vessel that was first designed more than a decade ago. The fish shaped fighter had two fins that arched inwards. Right above the pilot cabin in its main body was a fixed wing that looked like a shark's dorsal fin. This was the iconic structure of the model. The fighter was packed with powerful weapons. It had long range shooting capabilities, and could even fire high explosive grenades.

The model was over 10 years old, and was now in its seventh iteration. Nevertheless, Duo Ka never thought of switching to a new fighter. For more than 10 years, he had used and maintained his fighter. He was probably more familiar with his fighter than with his wife. Curiously, the fighter was like a lucky charm for the man. He had survived against impossible odds time and again with his fighter.

”Duo Ka is here,” Gu Reming was the first to notice his arrival. He quickly passed on the news to his friends.

Old Wei looked around and saw Duo Ka's blue, old model.

Duo Ka enjoyed a high reputation in Yedda, since he was the only Level 6 shooter in the city. For shooters, Level 5 separated the mediocre and the skillful. A shooter would be considered a pro if they reached Level 5. Levels 3 and 4 were not exactly common, but most shooters fell into these two levels. To go one level up from Level 4, however, was a challenge that all shooters will face. The difference between Levels 4 and 5 was more qualitative. A Level 5 shooter can easily win against a few Level 4 shooters. The difference in strength was so apparent, that many shooters found themselves never achieving Level 5, and could only accept the fact with regret.

Going further up the hierarchy, the second challenge was in going from Level 7 to Level 8. This was much harder than the first challenge. With talent and effort, and some luck, a shooter might just cross the gap. Level 8 shooters were considered geniuses, but the legendary Level 10 shooters were even rarer, and mostly from the past.

Yedda's citizens recognized Duo Ka's old, blue model, and quickly made way for him. They were excited at his appearance, for Duo Ka was Yedda's best shooter, and rarely fought in public. There were many Level 4 shooters here who would like to see Duo Ka fight, and hopefully gain some insight from it.

Duo Ka was just in time to see Celest's swipe-and-slash and attack. His face turned serious at that. He recognized the bright purple fighter. The pilot reached Level 5 at a young age, a rare talent. However, it seemed that he would not survive. Duo Ka sighed inside, regretting the loss of a genius.

The giant's skills surprised him. As Yedda's only Level 6 shooter, he could discern more than the average person. He sensed great strength behind the giant's every move.

On the contrary, he was not surprised by the giant's huge figure. The universe was vast and full of mysteries. It was not impossible for a giant to exist.

More surprising was the red longsword and armor. He recognized the material, though he did not know its name. He had seen trace amounts of the element in the darker half of Dual Forest. There were more in sandy areas, but only in bits and pieces. He had heard from an elder that these elements were everywhere in that the inner parts of Darkniss, where they came in a variety of colors. Even the plants in the inner parts of the Darkniss were unusual. The creatures that resided in the inner parts of Darkniss were all mysterious and powerful. The inner parts of Darkniss were places that only shooters who reached Level 8 or above could afford to explore. It was a dangerous and elusive place.

Could this odd giant be from the inner parts of Darkniss?

Duo Ka was shaken by where his thoughts lead. However, the more he thought about it, the more it made sense. The heavy black armor, the dark red sword, and the black weapons pack on its back were all made of materials that could only be found in the inner parts of Darkniss.

If that was the case, how did the giant escape from Darkniss? According to his seniors who had entered Darkniss before, the creatures in there seemed to obey certain rules, having clearly delineated boundaries of activity. This was why none of the creatures from within Darkniss had ever been seen outside.

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Ye Chong did now know that an expert was watching him. He was now on the aggressive. Without their strongest fighter, the rest of the playboy gang was no threat to Ye Chong.

He had already destroyed three aircrafts. Celest was faster and more agile in the sky compared to these fighter aircrafts. The disparity in their strengths was clear.

Duo Ka decided to act. He may not like the playboys much, but he knew their parents, and could not simply watch from the side as they died in the giant's hands.

Aim, fire.

A blue laser beam shot out from the front of Duo Ka's fighter, aimed at the giant's throat.

Ye Chong had been fighting carefully. He had the upper hand in the battle, but he was still surrounded by many other aircrafts which might ambush him at any time. His vigilance saved his life.

Celest did a Thomas's Spin, while the blue laser barely grazed past the mech's cheek.

Ye Chong was surprised, and looked around to see the blue aircraft. The other aircrafts were watching from a distance, but the blue one had inserted itself into the clearing that was his battleground.

Ye Chong stopped attacking the aircrafts. He felt an intense sense of danger emanating from the blue aircraft.

Without hesitation, Ye Chong executed the move he was most familiar with - Non-Orderly Wavy Leap. Celest zigzagged in the air like a weightless spirit, defying all laws of physics with its every twist and turn. No one understood what he was doing.

Five laser beams shot towards the spots where Celest was at almost the same time.