The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7341

Chapter 7341: About Time

The Dark Apostle was losing.

He was losing badly.

He had already overestimated his capabilities when he challenged the Ixith Goliath head-on, but the fact that the latter improved at a rapid rate made the disparity even worse!

The more he fought, the more he had to go on the defensive.

The nimbler and meaner Ixith Goliath learned too quickly. It not only optimized its attacks and maneuvers, but also grew more familiar with its enemies, which happened to include the largest and most conspicuous Ascended Giant on the battlefield!

The Dark Apostle could do nothing to stop his adversary from figuring him out. He lacked the depth and foundation to catch the Level 8 Goliath by surprise and confound its calculations.

Despite his defensive posture, more and more resonance-empowered attacks struck his Superdimensional Giant Regalia.

The stolen superdimensional halberds made a huge difference in this regard.

Without the use of these unnaturally sharp weapons, it would have taken at least an order of magnitude more blows to inflict so much damage onto the raiment!

Everyone else realized this as well. Currently, the Dark Apostle was the only combatant left on the battlefield that could somewhat hold back the Ixith Goliath.

The Rubarthan junior ace mechs that had been trying to run interference all of this time had lost this qualification as soon as the powerful Goliath acquired its latest set of weapons.

Their transphasic hyper armor systems may have been quite respectable in the previous years, but the rise of superdimensional arms had completely altered the dynamics.

The ace pilots knew that no matter how much they reinforced their machines with their Saint Kingdoms, their ace mechs wouldn’t be able to withstand a fraction of the amount of attacks that the Dark Apostle endured up to this point!

The sudden and rapid advancements in technologies and materials had already left them behind.

Due to this disparity, the ace mechs did not dare to get too close anymore. They shifted to attacking with their ranged armaments, using them to target specific organs and joints.

They focused much of their attacks on the joints that connected to the limbs that integrated the stolen superdimensional halberds!

However, the enemy Goliath had evolved.

Despite its reduction in size, its new form significantly reinforced the joints and limbs. Their exoskeleton had become much thicker. Their overall design sacrificed a bit of flexibility in exchange for a major boost in protection!

This also bought more time for the Goliath’s rapid regeneration to do its work and restore the integrity of the shells.

Combined with the Ixith Goliath’s faster and more responsive maneuvers, it became impossible for the ace mechs to sever the limbs in a short amount of time!

The Dark Apostle could not count on them for assistance.

This increased his sense of urgency and desperation. The dire circumstances stimulated his combat sense and forced him to improve his skills even further than before.

While he felt grateful to experience such improvements, his raiment became increasingly more battered by the minute!

The Ixith Goliath continually slammed the blade of the stolen halberds against the front torso of the Ascended Giant’s raiment.

With every impactful resonance-empowered strike, the superdimensional armor plating accumulated another mark.

Every collision reduced the Dark Apostle’s buffer by another extent.

He and Ves tried their best to figure out a way to break this deadlock, but their options wore thin.

The nature of their current opponent made it far too difficult to find effective counters!

"I cannot keep this up! C’mon, Ves! I know you have a few more tricks up your sleeve. This big bug will surely impale us with our own superdimensional weapons if you continue to fool around!"

"I am not fooling around! I am continuing to channel the withering curse as well as analyze the transformed Ixith Goliath for any weaknesses that we may have overlooked. Before you ask, I haven’t found any glaring holes that we can exploit. This fellow is a much more capable duelist in its latest form. Nothing about this is random or instinctive. Its entire organic form betrays clear signs of intelligent design. The leader or leaders of the mutated voribug race are absolutely not stupid. They may be savage, but their rationality cannot be in doubt anymore."

"What the hell does that mean, Ves?!"

"We are dealing with an enemy race that can and will develop counters against our units in real-time! When you think about it, the properties of the mutated voribug race are intrinsically set up to fight in this manner. There is no silver bullet. A single solution is unlikely to work as well in the future because the enemy can always implement a targeted change or mutation across all of its forces in a short amount of time. The organic nature of all of its units makes it very easy to modify their forms! This is an advantage that races that rely on conventional technology cannot match!"

This was an important insight and one that had massive implications for the Voribug War.

The Rubarhthan Pact had definitely encountered a nightmare opponent.

While the mutated voribugs definitely had their shortcomings, red humanity did not have the means to take advantage of them during these difficult times.

The Dark Apostle gritted his teeth. "I know you have Worclaw energy saved up. I think we might need it to break this alien’s limbs or distract it long enough to disengage."

"Ah, don’t be in a hurry. Worclaw energy is too valuable to be squandered. If we use it all up now, we don’t have any of it left when we truly need the extra power."

"The superdimensional raiment you made for me is already breached half-way! We need to do something quickly or else there will be a big hole in our chest!"

Blinky smirked. "Don’t worry. You have done your job. We have bought enough time for the true bane of the Ixith Goliath to appear. Our job is pretty much done at this point. Against my latest work, this Level 8 Goliath does not stand a chance."

It took a few seconds for the Dark Apostle to connect the dots.

His eyes widened behind his helmet.

"Do you mean...!"

"FALL BACK, GIANT. I CANNOT STAND THE SIGHT OF YOUR FORMULAIC SPEARMANSHIP ANY LONGER. I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO TRULY DUEL WITH A LONG ARM."

A power presence approached from the side and charged straight towards the Ixith Goliath while it was preoccupied with outfighting the Dark Apostle!

Of course, the enemy megavoribug managed to detect the mighty mech’s approach well in advance.

It abruptly withdrew its superdimensional halberds and instead utilized its body to slam into the Ascended Giant and shove his body backwards!

The Dark Apostle did not expect this move. His armored form helplessly flew away from the Goliath.

By the time the giant managed to arrest his involuntary flight, a new machine had already attracted the attention of the only significant Goliath left on the battlefield.

The Riot Mark III had returned in triumph, and it had struck its first blow against the current incarnation of the Ixith Goliath with its charge attack!

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