Volume 6: Mecha Contest Chapter 318: First Battle Victory
"Two hundred meters! Only the last two hundred meters are left! The 'Porcupine' contestant is no longer retreating! He turned off the air cushion and nailed the body to the ground with anchors!" Alex shouted loudly, "It seems that he is going to give it his all!"
There were still a hundred meters left. All the openable covers on the Hercules FA type had been opened, and the two cluster laser cannons mounted on its arms had been fully charged. A dangerous white light flashed deep in the muzzle.
"Fire all!" the pilot in the cockpit growled, pressing the red buttons on both sides of the joystick with both hands at the same time. In just half a second, all the weapons on Hercules fired at the same time. The dense barrage of bullets and the dazzling beams of light as thick as bowls immediately enveloped the Valkyrie that rushed forward. He himself, pushed by the huge recoil, slid back several meters. The severely deformed anchor even plowed several deep grooves on the ground...
"boom!!!"
The smoke and flames produced by the explosion instantly enveloped the two machines, but the next second, a black, white and orange machine broke through the smoke and went behind the opponent!
"Front-on bombardment is useless against Valkyrie," Layton said proudly. "With the Nov6 energy shield and the retractable physical shield inside the arm armor, it's impossible to damage my modified machine with that little firepower!"
As they were talking, Valkyrie had already stuck to the back of Hercules, and the high-power blower set up in the venue to simulate the strong wind in the wilderness had already blown away the rising smoke and dust, allowing the two machines to reappear in the audience's field of vision.
“Da da da da… Boom boom boom!!”
Under the close-range strafing of the 12.7mm machine gun on Valkyrie's wrist, the reactive armor on Hercules kept exploding. From Ke Lan's and the others' perspective, it was as if a string of hundreds of firecrackers were hung on the mecha...
(Anti-argument note: Generally speaking, a 12.7mm caliber machine gun cannot trigger reactive armor. However, because this is a competition, the power of all weapons has been weakened, and the triggering threshold of reactive armor has also been reduced accordingly. In addition, it is almost zero-distance intensive shooting, so it will be detonated.)
It was only at this time that Hercules' pilot reacted and opened the energy shield, but Valkyrie had already drawn out the combat dagger and stabbed it hard into Hercules' back!
Energy shields can neutralize attacks from beams or particle weapons, and can also weaken the damage of artillery shells and missiles by melting, vaporizing or prematurely detonating. However, when facing a solid sword weighing more than 150 kilograms, Hercules' shield will be useless... Unless it is a battleship-level energy shield, it can directly vaporize Valkyrie's combat dagger before it pierces the shield.
Seeing this, Chi Hanfeng instantly jumped up from his seat and shouted to the other Valentina on the communicator: "Didn't I tell you not to attack the cockpit? Do you want to be eliminated in the first game?!"
"I didn't kill him. I adjusted the angle of the stab and avoided the cockpit." Valentina replied in the communication channel.
"Have you considered the issue of energy shields? Even if you didn't stab him to death, the temperature of the blade would be enough to heat the cockpit into an oven! Even if the cockpit of the new frame has good insulation performance, you can't play it like this! It's better to be safe than sorry—"
"But as long as he still has a breath left, I won't be breaking the rules, right?" Valentina's tone was very calm, as if she had just picked up a piece of waste paper from the ground and thrown it into the trash can, instead of stabbing a heavy mecha through with a dagger. "I must ensure that the opponent completely loses the ability to fight back."
Hercules stopped moving and the energy shield disappeared. Valkyrie pulled out the dagger that was burned red by the energy shield and kicked Hercules to the ground. At the same time, the whistle announcing the winner sounded in the stadium, and the fire brigade and medical emergency team rushed in with their equipment.
Hercules' pilot "Porcupine" did not die, although he almost became a roasted suckling pig, but fortunately Valentina drew out the dagger in time, and the cooling system inside the body quickly cooled down the cockpit, which saved his life... With the current medical level of the Ark, it will not take a few months for him to be able to prepare for the next mecha competition in full swing - provided that the club has not terminated his contract with him.
"It was a very exciting execution! Although this is only the first game of this tournament, I feel that the confrontation just over ten seconds ago can already reserve a spot in the top ten shots of this tournament! Personally, I really like Valentina's fighting style. It's straightforward! Clean! One-shot kill! I'm already looking forward to the next fight!" Alex said loudly into the microphone.
In the Valkyrie's cockpit, Valentina leaned her head against the seat and closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep, but her hands never let go of the joysticks on both sides. Her mechanical prostheses moved slightly rhythmically, and the joints that had just been lubricated made a slight and smooth friction sound.
In fact, at the moment when she inserted the dagger into Hercules' body, she had the intention to kill him - she was once a soldier, a war machine built specifically for killing. She got on the mecha to deprive the enemy of his life, not to participate in such a ridiculous competition.
But she is no longer a soldier. Her military status and the number of the Strangler Squadron have been erased, just like she erased the badge on her shoulder... The only motivation that drives her to live is probably the hatred hidden deep in her heart...
Although she had taken a double dose of painkillers before the game, her old injuries were still aching. She knew her physical condition very well. She knew that medication alone would not last long... How long could she live? A year? Maybe... half a year?
But before she dies, she must find that person... If the military court cannot make a judgment, then she will judge that person's crime!
Valentina opened her eyes, and the halftime break was just over. The second player from the Angres Club entered the arena in his mecha.
The "Hercules" in the first game was different. The opponent in the second game was actually a mecha specialized for close combat. In addition to the two 25mm Gatling cannons on his shoulders, his main weapon was an oversized chainsword. The teeth made entirely of Nino alloy reflected a dangerous black reflection - let alone a mecha, even the hull of a battleship could probably be cut open by this chainsword.
