The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3889

Chapter 3889 Poking Fish

As the battle between the human-alien coalition and angry Phaser fish-whales continued to unfold, the battle lines began to get more blurred.

The situation around the ranged mechs and fish-whales was the most optimistic. The Phaser fish-whales didn't have enough good solutions to counter or contain the ranged units that could persistently fire at them from any range.

The forward mechs and Evolvers had to brave a lot more risks. The majority of Phasers were still clumped together and provided constant support to each other!

Defeating this main group of Phaser fish-whales was key to tipping the battle in the favor of the coalition!

"The Phasers are putting up a tough fight."

The Everchanger took up a position closer to the front of the battlefield. Venerable Joshua was not in a hurry to intervene at this time. He was incredibly aware that his actions directly affected the survival of the patriarch of the Larkinson Clan!

If possible, Joshua didn't want to go into the thick of battle with such an enormous burden looming behind his shoulder, but the Phasers might not allow him to get away with taking potshots at distant enemies with the Everchanger's Vitalus rifle.

"Don't be in a hurry to go in. Our troops are managing well enough on our own." Ves told the expert pilot. "We need your expert mech to act as a reserve in case these Phasers unveil an unpleasant surprise."

Ves also thought it was better to get a greater overview of the two sides before committing one of his strongest assets into battle. None of them possessed a good understanding of the Phaser fish-whales.

Before meeting them into battle, Ves thought that the Phasers were much simpler and more uniform.

This was because Ves and the rest of the expeditionary forces only had a limited amount of information at their disposal. The scouting data provided by Venerable Tusa back then gave the impression that the fish-whales of the Phase Kingdom were all ordinary.

It was only now that they learned that they had underestimated the strength and diversity of the Phasers.

Their ordinary members might not be so exceptional, but the elites that had hidden underneath all of the water pools of the Lake Continent were different!

Their bodies were larger. They absorbed more phasewater. They trained their phasewater abilities to a great degree of mastery. Their coordination and teamwork was not inferior to that of a well-trained military mech troop.

These were the main troops that the Phase King dealt with other powerful and tough opponents. They were the backbone of the Phase Kingdom and had demolished many attackers that had attempted to take over the Lake Continent.

Their battle effectiveness was quite formidable! If the Evolvers only relied on themselves to fight these powerful phasewater wizards, the fight would definitely skew in the favor of the Phasers.

Task Force Fisherman wouldn't fare any better either. There were too few mechs and many of them weren't in the right configurations to counter these alien threats.

Fortunately, neither the humans nor the Evolvers were fighting against the Phasers by themselves today.

"Let the Evolvers take the lead!" Commander Melkor reiterated to his Avatars. "The bodies of the Evolver fish-whales are much bigger and tougher than our mechs. Even if they get attacked, they can handle the punishment. What we need to do is to take advantage of the distraction that they can provide and hit the preoccupied Phasers from the flanks!"

Commander Sendra of the Swordmaidens issued similar instructions.

"Our swords can cut through the bodies of the Phasers, but if we go up first, the enemy fish-whales will definitely smack our mechs with their tails or bite them in half. Let the big fat Evolvers take the brunt of the blows. We'll play the part of the patient hunters that strike only when we see a good opportunity."

Every human commander recognized that their mechs weren't suited to take on the body attacks of fish-whales head-on.

Their power was too great.

Only defensive space knights with sturdy shields and even sturdier construction could tank the blows of the elite Phasers, but it just so happened that Task Force Fisherman was lacking in these mechs. They were deemed too slow to take part in an operation that required a lot of mobility!

Considering the current situation, everyone recognized that it was the right decision to have the Evolver fish-whales play the role of defensive knights in this instance!

No one spoke anything about how it was dishonorable to allow their allies to take the brunt of the damage while their mechs picked off their targets at favorable angles.

The fish-whales were only temporary allies by circumstance. Although there were plenty of humans who had come to respect the friendly and dependable Evolvers, they were ultimately alien beasts.

From the perspective of humanity, indigenonous alien populations were not on the same level. So what if the expeditionary forces exploited the Evolver fish-whales? It was better to risk their lives than the lives of precious human mech pilots!

Due to this deliberate approach, the various mech units did not lose too many mechs at first.

Bright Warriors and Second Swords circled around but kept their distance until they spotted the elite Phasers getting locked into battle against their Evolver counterparts.

The melee-oriented Evolver fish-whales were quite deadly when they were able to get close to their opponents, but the elite Phaser fish-whales weren't necessarily helpless in this range!

Contrary to their initial impressions as wizards, the elite Phasers were able to enhance their battle performance by utilizing their phasewater abilities in a different fashion.

From summoning small spatial tears to covering their bodies with form-fitting spatial barriers, the Phaser fish-whales proved to be quite adept in beating up the Evolvers at closer ranges!

This was where the mech pilots of Task Force Fisherman attempted to make the difference.

Despite being a newlywed who had just tied the knot with the only expert pilot of the Glory Seekers, Commander Sendra of the Swordmaidens had no intention of shirking this battle! _{freewebnσvel.cѳm}

Sure, her new hubby Brutus vehemently tried to convince her to pull out of the Purgatory Campaign, but Sendra was a Swordmaiden, not a Sentinel!

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