The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5490

Chapter 5490 In Memoriam

Now that the Giant Stone Eater had completely gotten rid of its heavy protective stone armor, the mutated beast exposed its naked body for the first time in a long time.

Surprisingly enough, the Giant Stone Eater did not appear to be as bulky and massive as it did before.

The stone armor added so much bulk that it gave off the suggestion that the real creature was built like a tank, but that was not quite the case.

The mechs of the Larkinson hunting team learned this lesson first-hand as they played a dangerous game with the enraged beast.

Watch out! It can sprint and leap short distances a lot better than our mechs!

It was like fighting against a giant, fat crocodile. The mutated beast was unable to beat any of the mechs in a race, but its relatively flexible body was able to produce short but powerful bursts that left very little time for its opponents to react!

No one had any doubts about the bite force of this vaguely reptilian creature that resembled a komodo dragon with too many legs.

Whenever the beast was not attempting to crunch through the metal alloys of the Larkinson mechs, it scooped up the rock and dirt below its feet to fuel its organic rock shark rifles that remained in working condition even to this point!

If the Monster Slayers and their mech pilots confronted the current beast in its current condition, then Captain Gheri and the rest of her team would have been able to evade the attacks and dismantle its attack methods with relative ease.

However, all of the rock shrapnel and rock shards battering against their mech frames for several long minutes inflicted so much accumulated damage that none of the machines were in good condition anymore!

When Ves observed the exterior of the mechs and studied their transmitted telemetry, he understood that their overall condition had dropped by at least 20 percent.

The battered Monster Slayers moved slower and attacked with less force and momentum.

Their mech pilots no longer possessed the confidence to perform advanced and risky maneuvers, causing them to pose less of a threat to the Giant Stone Eater.

However, the Swordmaidens all experienced a lot of pressure to finish off their prey quickly. The more they procrastinated, the more their battered mech frames accumulated even more damage!

"We need to eliminate those organic rifles first!"

"Don't forget about the surviving catapult arm. We can gain a lot more maneuvering space if we can stop the monster from launching explosive rocks."

Instances like these truly tested the skill and teamwork of a hunting team. With the melee mechs continuing to lose their armor integrity at a worrisome rate, the mech pilots all had to possess strong belief in themselves as well as their comrades to vanquish over their powerful prey.

The tension rose considerably as the damaged mechs did their best to coordinate their maneuvers and strike at the beast's head and limbs from multiple angles at the same time!

Though the Giant Stone Eater looked as if it had lost all of its protection now that it had shed its cumbersome stone armor, the reality was that its flesh and bones had become even tougher and sturdier than before!

Much of the earth energy that the Giant Stone Eater previously used to maintain and reinforce its thick exterior protection had now been redirected towards its actual body!

Its muscles grew stronger. Its flesh became thicker and harder to penetrate. Its bones became insanely tough. Even the creature's internal organs became less susceptible to damage!

This dampened the enthusiasm of the Living Sentinel pilots who commanded the Crystal Lords.

Though their attacks still managed to cut through the resilient flesh with greater ease than the previous stone armor, they were making much less progress than they wished.

Ves frowned as he analyzed the state of the current fight.

Both sides still retained a considerable degree of combat power. A few of the mechs were close to getting crippled while the Giant Stone Eater still had enough flesh to withstand a lot more attacks.

The Huntmaster and the Crystal Lords were doing their best to concentrate their damage and penetrate the limbs of the monster, but their attack power simply wasn't good enough against a beast that excelled at defense.

The only mechs that could deal significant damage against the mutated beast were the Monster Slayers!

Just as their names suggested, their performance stood out as they constantly threatened the monster with their powerful greatswords.

Though their attack frequency was not high, each heavy chop or thrust always managed to part a lot more flesh than any other attack!

"Keep the beast's attention off our Monster Slayers." Captain Gheri urged.

"lam trying, ma'am, but the beast no longer thinks my Huntmaster is worthwhile for it to attack."

"Then poke your spear at something important!"

The Huntmaster was unable to replicate the lethality of the Monster Slayer due to the inability to produce a form of false resonance.

The beast only paid attention to swordsman mechs that fought on the same level of a quasi-expert mech!

BOOOM!

A powerful explosive rock shattered close to another Monster Slayer, causing it to endure numerous damaging rock shrapnel that caused it to falter for an instant.

"My mech's movements are starting to glitch out. It can't take much longer!"

"Retreat, sister." Captain Gheri instantly commanded. "We can finish off this earth beast ourselves."

"Understood. I am on my way out. Good luck, sister."

The Swordmaidens would have fought a lot less freely if they had to worry about one of their own getting downed. It was better for the more seriously damaged mech to walk away in good order while it was still an option.

Nonetheless, the absence of an important offensive machine increased the pressure to the remaining mechs even more.

The only good news was that the Monster Slayers and the Crystal Lords successfully managed to trash most of the rock shard rifles by this time!

It took a decent amount of time and more than a few close shaves, but the creature was able to exert a lot of ranged pressure than before.

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