Few opponents managed to stay strong when confronted by the Larkinson Clan's renowned expert mechs.
Even if the Bolvos Rage was a high-tier expert mech, its design and material composition were not that exaggerated.
The upcoming Mars Project was much more extravagant! Its design budget was a lot higher, so much so that the Cross Clan had to forgo a lot of essential investments in order to fund the acquisition of all of the medium and high-grade exotics to realize Professor Benedict's ambitious vision.
While the knowledgeable people in the expeditionary fleet would not be surprised if the completed Mars Project was able to stomp all three Larkinson expert mechs by this time, the older and aging Bolvos Rage should have struggled a lot more.
The reality was different, though!
Despite getting pushed by the Riot and despite getting bombarded by the twin attacks from the Amaranto and the Everchanger, the expert hybrid mech still maintained a dominant posture!
Venerable Joshua and Venerable Orfan both grew more uncomfortable after seeing their efforts achieve so little effect.
They were not holding back that much at this time!
"It's not the expert mech. It's the expert pilot! Look at the readings from the resonance meter. Patriarch Reginald's peak resonance strength has reached 58.6 laveres!"
That was a small step more than his previous best result! Although the jump from 57 to 58.6 laveres looked small, the reality was that the increase in power was significant!
Compared to his weaker self, the current version of Reginald Cross had inched closer to godhood!
The unreasonable strength boost he gained from this small but significant progress became evident in how tenaciously his expert mech resisted all of the attacks.
Aside from the costly penetrating attacks launched by the Amaranto, no other strike had succeeded in damaging its mech frame!
The resonance shield's unbreakable appearance was a direct reflection of Patriarch Reginald's incredibly domineering willpower!
Seeing that neither the Amaranto nor the Everchanger were able to crack the Bolvos Rage's defensive layer anytime soon, Venerable Rosa Orfan realized that it was up to her to make the difference.
She attacked with greater intensity and explicitly sought to exhaust her opponent's resonance shield with repeated resonance-empowered attacks.
"Champion's Momentum!"
Venerable Orfan even resonated with the Pierrotis integrated in the spear of her expert mech. This special resonating material amplified momentum-based attacks, causing the Riot to output significantly more damage as long as it struck with the entire mech moving forward.
While this was effective for a time, the enemy did not remain static.
"Let me increase the heat!" Patriarch Reginald called.
Even as his Bolvos Rage fought back against the Riot, it began to use its various integrated energy weapon modules to fire at the distant Amaranto!
The attacks struck the expert rifleman mech with great power, causing Venerable Stark to experience a lot more difficulties!
Not only was she obliged to divert more power and attention towards her expert mech's defenses, she also had to move her mech around in order to block the enemy's line of sight as much as possible.
Patriarch Reginald did not mind. The ranged attacks that weren't able to hit the Amaranto instead struck the Riot that was doing its best to absorb the hits instead.
"Damnit!" Venerable Orfan cursed. "This fellow hits hard!"
The Bolvos Rage was primarily a ranged mech, after all. Its axe was merely a weapon used to fend off melee opponents.
Now that it was utilizing the majority of its weapon systems, Patriarch Reginald and Bolvos Rage's power consumption had risen by a lot.
This meant that the high-tier expert mech would no longer be able to sustain its resonance shield as long in the face of all of the incoming attacks.
Still, it was worth it as long as the Bolvos Rage succeeded in taking one of the three expert mechs out of the action!
The Riot began to endure a lot of punishment!
Unlike its current opposition, its expert pilot was not an unreasonable existence among her kind.
Venerable Orfan's willpower depleted at a worrying rate as the Riot's resonance shield withstood attack after attack.
Although a part of her wanted to move her Riot aside, her desire to win and prove herself worthy was too great to prompt her to retreat.
She intended to face this threat head-on and last as long as possible!
Surprisingly enough, the Riot was holding up quite well actually. Although its resonance shield wobbled more and more, it always managed to hold strong even when the Bolvos Rage launched a powerful beam attack from its chest projector!
"Hm?" Patriarch Reginald recognized the Riot's resilience as well. "I heard that your expert mech is tougher than it looks. There is truth to these claims."
That did not worry him too much, though. Whether the Riot lasted a minute or two minutes didn't matter. Eventually, it would lose its resonance shield after reaching its limit, and that was the point where the expert mech was 'dead' according to the rules!
Due to all of this pressure, Venerable Orfan was no longer reluctant to employ her newest ability.
"So you want to pick a fight with me? Then let's have a riot! Second Skin!"
She attuned herself to another resonating material of her expert mech. Resonating with BSN-17A caused her expert mech to generate a second energy barrier.
This increased the Riot's ability to resist damage without exposing its frame, but this was not the extent of her move.
Venerable Orfan momentarily removed her awareness from the battle and reached out to a mysterious place where she came into direct contact with the design spirit she had been bonded to for numerous years.
Orfan and Qilanxo both banded together! With the addition of the Riot, the three reached a complex form of cooperation that drew out the best of each!
"Disharmony Barrier!"
The Riot's second resonance barrier began to take a more unstable quality. It shook and wobbled as if it had turned into a rebelling slime.
Even though Venerable Orfan's strain had increased to a massive degree due to the difficulty of disturbing the symphony of a high-tier expert pilot, it was still worthwhile for her to put in all of this effort! freewebnøvel.com
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