The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5489

Chapter 5489 Peak State

Mutated beasts usually had no concept of honor.

Honor was a civilized construct. It restrained the conduct of many beings and helped to maintain order in society.

Exobeasts arguably had rudimentary societies of their own. They all abided by a set of rules that ensured they did not hunt their own species to extinction.

That said, they could still be as cunning, cruel and dishonorable towards other species!

Traps, surprise attacks and more all served to increase their chances of survival and prevent themselves from sliding down the food chain.

The mutated beasts that had transcended their original species and evolved into unique existences no longer had to rely on these dirty methods to maintain their place at the top of their food chains.

However, old habits died hard. A powerful beast like the Giant Stone Eater spent most of its life as a weaker exobeast that constantly struggled to survive in the arid region that compromised the Sorora #390 Hunting Ground.

It had relied upon the advantage of surprise to prey on many hostile exobeasts that had the power to defeat it in a direct confrontation!

At this time, the fight took a drastic turn when the Giant Stone Eater's cunning move had disabled one of the Monster Slayers!

Even though this mech model was supposed to fast and nimble enough to evade most clumsy attacks launched by powerful beasts, Ketis had designed it in a time where the Age of Mechs was still in its heyday.

Back then, exobeasts used to be a lot weaker. Even the rare mutated beasts that evolved from their more common brethren only grew moderately stronger before they hit a ceiling.

These creatures rarely possessed large and powerful attacks that could sweep entire areas. The consumption was simply too great for them at the time.

All of that changed since the Age of Dawn commenced. Gaining access to Messier 87's exotic radiation liberated many mutated beasts. They were able to unscrupulously develop more powerful means of attack without being bothered by their past constraints!

The Monster Slayer that had entered this new age without a comprehensive upgrade to its model was not entirely equipped to handle these changes.

Its relatively weak armor that had been softened up beforehand finally succumbed when struck by multiple heavy chunks of stone!

As soon as the mech of one of the Swordmaidens lost its footing and fell to the ground, the entire hunting team scrambled into action!

"Grenades!"

The Huntmaster had depleted its stash of grenades during the initial probing phase, but it had replenished its stock after the Monster Slayers had entered the fight.

Now, the spearman mech quickly moved to distract and occupy the Giant Stone Eater by tossing its grenades as fast as it could pull them off its bandolier!

The Flagrant Vandal pilot did not toss them at the Giant Stone Eater at random. He had made sure to toss them all into the exposed section of its body that had become exposed once the rock armor at this section exploded into pieces.

The powerful acid formula that was meant to dissolve hardy stone was almost just as effective when applied to the flesh of the mutated beast.

The creature had already inflicted a lot of pain on itself by pulling off this self-destructive move.

Now, the upper layers of its bruised and battered flesh started to dissolve as acid grenade after acid grenade constantly struck this section.

It was not enough!

"This is only a flesh wound for this giant beast!"

The Giant Stone Eater was able to bear the pain and damage by relying on its heavy body and the defensive enhancement of earth energy.

Its more vulnerable organs and body parts were not so easy to damage. No matter how much the mechs beat up the monster, the Giant Stone Eater still retained a lot of combat power so long as none of the attacks penetrated past its exterior layers.

"Go all out, sisters!" Captain Gheri commanded as her Monster Slayer sprinted towards the earth monstrosity. "The Giant Stone Eater has probably exhausted itself. We need to hit it while it is still recovering from its last move."

Her analysis happened to be correct. The Giant Stone Eater exposed a clear gap in its defenses, but otherwise looked as strong as usual.

Only Ves and the living mechs could sense that the mutated beast had fallen into a recovery state.

Its ability to command earth energy remained almost the same as before, but it had to channel much of it to fortify its defenses and regenerate its fleshy wounds.

This caused the beast to lack the energy to fuel all of its attacks!

The catapult arms became more sluggish and formed their explosive payloads at a slower rate.

The rock shard rifles became feebler and fired at a considerably slower rate.

The Swordmaidens smelled blood. They did not hesitate and approached the Giant Stone Eater with fury threatening to overtake their rationality!

Although the female mech pilots were not as clear-headed as before, each of these trained and experienced veterans had mastered the art of skirting the edge to push themselves into their peak combat state!

It was only then that they were able to pull off their strongest moves!

For example, the Monster Slayer piloted by Captain Gheri started to channel more metal energy into the blade of its greatsword.

The energies were not spread evenly. Under the conscious will and direction of Captain Gheri and her mech, the energies started to compress and accumulate at the tip until it glowed with an incredible degree of sharpness!

Propelled by the twin desires to hurt the Giant Stone Eater while also drawing its attention away from the downed swordsman mech, the legs of Captain Gheri's machine pushed off the ground with greater force, enabling it to reach the side of the monster first!

"Sword of Lydia!"

Propelled by the belief and respect towards the founder of the Swordmaidens, Captain Gheri's willpower urged her mech to thrust its sharp greatsword forward!

Just as the mech did so, the concentrated metal energies burst out of the tip like a cannon and briefly produced a manifestation of a much longer sword before thrusting into the body of the Giant Stone Eater!

An earthquake erupted in the crater from the moment this extraordinary sword attack punched deep into the flesh of the Giant Stone Eater!

The Monster Slayers continued to stab, chop and slice at the Giant Stone Eater. _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}

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