The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3242

Chapter 3242: Peekaboo

The Amaranto and the Gauss Baron were both powerful expert mechs in their own right. It was not easy to determine which one was superior.

Any direct comparison became a lot more complicated because comparing the two was similar to comparing apples and oranges.

The Amaranto only possessed a single gun while the Gauss Baron boasted eight powerful cannons. The former was able to maneuver somewhat comfortably in space while the Gauss Baron was locked in a large and incredibly resilient bunker.

The Amaranto's lack of bulk meant that it did not possess enough armor to endure too many powerful attacks. The Gauss Baron was so thick and heavy that it could easily withstand a sustained bombardment even if its resonance shield had been exhausted!

The differences in firepower and defensive capabilities immediately determined which of the two expert mechs gained the upper hand.

"I won't let you harm my brothers!" Venerable Leiva Hinder shouted as the female dwarf focused all of her concentration on anticipating her opponents moves.

From the moment the Amaranto popped out from behind the Graveyard, her cannons had already barked out a full salvo at least a second ago! The dwarven expert pilot's ability to read and anticipate her opponent's movements was excellent.

The profligate way in which the Gauss Baron unloaded its firepower onto the Amaranto made Venerable Stark's life extremely uncomfortable for a moment.

Although she was able to snap off a shot at her targets at least half of the time, there were too many instances where she had to abort her attack.

If she didn't pull her Amaranto back in time, the fragile expert mech would either suffer a direct hit or get affected by the catastrophic damage dealt to the Graveyard's exterior.

Either way, Venerable Stark knew that she couldn't afford to get hit!

Further back in the fleet, Venerable Jannzi saw all of this taking place with obvious frustration on her face. If her Shield of Samar had been upgraded to an expert mech, then she would not have hesitated to serve as the Amaranto's shield.

"If only my mech was strong enough…"

She was not a reckless expert pilot and knew her machine's capabilities well enough to know that it would be outmatched in this fight. The Shield of Samar may incorporate a lot of Unending alloy in its tower shield and frontal structure, but the lack of reinforcement granted by true resonance was a fatal weakness!

The powerful gauss projectiles unleashed by the Gauss Baron might not be able to penetrate Shield of Samar's defenses, but every powerful impact would transfer a lot of kinetic energy that Unending alloy was unable to dampen completely. The more fragile and breakable internal parts of her space knight would definitely shake until they fell apart.

This problem was especially concerning if the Shield of Samar had to resist continuous resonance-empowered attacks. Previous testing had showed that attacks that expert pilots had enhanced with their own will possessed damaging properties that weren't simple to explain. Any projectile that was empowered in this manner had a much greater chance of dealing internal damage even if they failed to penetrate strong armor.

This was one of the reasons why expert mechs were sometimes able to leapfrog classes and defeat superior mechs that boasted much more resilient armor systems!

Venerable Jannzi sighed. "I shouldn't think about ideas beyond my reach. I can still do plenty for my clan!"

She briefly directed her attention to the ranks of Living Sentinel mechs that had yet to enter battle. The Bright Warrior mechs all exuded the same glow that caused every Larkinson mech pilot to feel the need to defend their clansmen against the murderous dwarves.

Though Jannzi felt rather sad that the Larkinson Clan was once more embroiled into a needless, avoidable battle that was bound to harvest the lives of lots of clansmen, this was not the time for her to entertain thoughts about recriminating Ves.

"Look alive, Sentinels!" Her Shield of Samar raised its sword. "In about ten minutes, the approaching dwarven fleet will come close enough for the rest of us to do our part. No matter what happens, do not falter! Hold the line as much as possible and do not let a single capital ship fall!"

The Sentinels all became encouraged by her presence and words! Even if she wasn't piloting a genuine expert mech, her identity as a powerful expert pilot still did wonders in strengthening the spines of her fellow mech pilots.

The Quint floated right next to the Shield of Samar. Legion Commander Casella Ingvar appreciated Jannzi's help.

"Thank you for that, Venerable. My men will soon be hard hit by the enemy troops. It will become a lot harder to keep their confidence levels high once the true battle commences."

"No problem, commander. Your Living Sentinels have always suffered the brunt of the casualties in these major battles. I won't let your men suffer like that again."

She considered the disproportionate losses suffered by the Sentinels as one of her many failings. Although she wasn't able to do much in a battle of this scale, she was determined to do everything in her power to prevent these brave and decent soldiers from bearing the brunt of the damage once again.

While the other mech legions were preparing for the next phase of the battle, the fight between the Amaranto and the Gauss Baron continued to intensify.

The Graveyard, which was supposed to be able to withstand a lot of damage, was starting to look increasingly more ragged as the Gauss Baron continued to fire its cannons without any regard of its consumption. Whether it was ammunition, energy or heat, none of these limitations concerned Venerable Leiva a lot.

Only her willpower and mental state were serious constraints to her. She had stopped empowering her attacks with resonance in order to be more economical, but even without this the attacks unleashed by her expert mech's cannons were still considerably more powerful than anything launched by a Land Cracker!

"If I can't hit your mech directly, then I'll just tear apart your ships!"

The dwarven expert pilot kept suppressing the Amaranto but at the same time diverted more firepower on the damaged sections of the Graveyard. Even if the defensive capital ship constantly turned in order to prevent the Gauss Baron and other artillery mechs from concentrating their damage, her overall hull had already incurred considerable damage.

As long as this continued for a time, a hull breach would eventually take place!

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