The fourth match featured one of Ves’ most iconic mechs.
The Valkyrie Redeemer had captured the imagination of many people in the Komodo Star Sector. Even foreigners who paid attention to foreign affairs envied the Hexers for being able to make use of a mech with so many capabilities.
The mech had already played a starring role in the Komodo War. Many female Hexer mech pilots dreamed of piloting the spear-wielding machine in combat. Those that did always felt blessed as their minds directly came in touch with the presence of the Superior Mother.
Not a single unit that deployed Valkyrie Redeemers suffered from morale problems!
In fact, the commanders frequently had to rein in their subordinates because they had grown too enthused with charging their mechs forward.
The Valkyrie Redeemer and its variants always performanced at their best when on the attack!
Aside from the Hex Army, the Golden Skull Alliance also adopted the same mech model.
Both the Glory Seekers and the Penitent Sisters used the Valkyrie mechs to good effect during the last battle. The Penitent Sisters together with Venerable Joshua even used this mech to pull of the most extraordinary feat of the Battle of Reckoning.
Now, the Valkryie Redeemer made another appearance outside of the raging battlefields of the Komodo War.
The moment this mech showed in the dueling ring, many women became captivated by the feminine mech. The Valkyrie Redeemer exuded a sense of feminine strength that felt strangely empowering to those who identified with its gender.
Many female mech pilots felt the irrational urge to pilot it in battle!
"So this is the highly-regarded Valkyrie Redeemer." A visiting mech designer spoke. "I can see why it has managed to conquer the hearts of those bigoted women. A mech like this appeals to some of their greatest d.e.s.i.r.es and aspirations. Mr. Larkinson is an excellent marketer."
Indeed, a lot of people regretted that the LMC didn’t sell the Valkyrie Redeemer to the public. Not even stealing or copying helped. Its anti-theft systems were so good that any non-Hexer would have a very hard time interfacing with a living mech that was unwilling!
Yet that was what made the current sight so odd to those who were familiar with the remarkable mech model.
For the first time, the Valkyrie Redeemer was being piloted by a mech pilot who wasn’t a Hexer or a Larkinson.
Not only that, but the mech pilot in question was very obviously a man instead of woman!
"Hehehe. If you think that this little trick can fool me, then think again." Ves grinned.
The mech pilot selected to fight with the Valkyrie Redeemer was a Lifer mech pilot called Carter Day. Compared to the military mech pilots of the last two matches, Carter appeared to be a bit.. underwhelming.
He was just an average employee of a local security company. Since Prosperous Hill VI was so strictly regulated, the security companies based in Veoline didn’t get to do much. Only a couple of mechs were allowed to escort or guard certain facilities at a time so there wasn’t much work available.
The lack of mechs also meant that there were remarkably few mech-related incidents. Carter Day could count on one hand how many times he fought an actual battle throughout his 20 year career!
A male mech pilot who pursued a steady job and didn’t have much actual battle experience should have been a poor fit with the Valkyrie Redeemer.
However, as the battle commenced, Carter had little difficulty with adjusting to the quirks of his new mech and quickly began to utilize it in a proficient manner!
His battle experience might be lacking, but his basic skills were highly-polished. He was still a second-class mech pilot, and that counted for something. By practicing and keeping up his skills over a long period of time, his fundamentals were pretty solid.
At the start of the battle, the Valkyrie Redeemer performed a little too rigidly. It was as if the mech was fighting while covered in rust. Yet as Carter began to ease into the peculiarities of the mech, he slowly became more fluid in controlling the famed mech.
He even learned how to utilize one of its distinctive features! When the third eye of the Valkyrie Redeemer came to life, it shone a beam of light straight onto the opposing biomech!
The moment the beam struck the mech designed by Dr. Navarro, its flight hitched for a moment.
The infamous glow of the Valkyrie Redeemer had reached out several hundred meters in order to pin the mech pilot of the opposing mech with an unsettling sensation of doom!
Even though this glow was not as debilitating as the glow of the Ferocious Piranha at close range, it definitely unbalanced the target!
This caused the current match to play out similarly to the last one.
There were differences, though.
Mobility-wise, the Frokyn was roughly just as fast and agile as the Valkyrie Redeemer. Its defenses may be a little worse due to its inherent organic properties.
This was why the mech was able to hit back hard even when it was trying to maintain its distance. Mireilla may not be a stellar mech pilot either, but she was a lot better at marksmanship than wielding axes.
As long as the Frokyn remained distant, the focused glow of the Valkyrie Redeemer couldn’t do more than plague her with illusions!
"I won’t fold!" She gritted her teeth.
Though she admiringly maintained her courage despite constantly being subjected to the sensation of being stared at by a monstrous presence, her performance definitely suffered.
As the two mechs chaotically danced in the air, many of the Frokyn’s shots went wide. While its positron rifle was capable of inflicting serious damage, it took a lot of time to achieve a result if only a handful of beams was able to strike the Valkyrie Redeemer for more than an instant!
In fact, the beams that did train on the Valkyrie Redeemer were usually blocked by its hexagonal shield.
This was different. She was pretty sure that Pilot Day was a male mech pilot, and not an exceptional one at that. Yet this man didn’t even have to exert a lot of effort to be able to pilot the Valkyrie Redeemer fluently! freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
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