Almost everyone reacted with shock at this explosive outcome!
Many people still hadn't gotten caught up by the fact that the Fey Fianna managed to gain the upper hand in the final stage of the battle.
In a situation where the drone mechs suffered clear elemental disadvantages and was unable to inflict enough burst damage to overcome the fast-charging energy shields for long, a lot of people assumed that the Fey Fianna would suffer a slow and ignoble defeat.
What happened was pretty much the opposite to their expectations!
Whether the decision made by the mech pilots of the Nelerat Mark I had been a mistake or not, from the moment the defensive rifleman mechs crossed the length of the massive arena, they had made themselves vulnerable to a surprise fey rush!
Yes, a fey rush!
No one expected the fey to have the power to physically overpower and push down other mechs.
Such a tactic had never taken place before, at least to the spectators who managed to witness this unique and remarkable occurrence!
The spurs of other drone mechs were normally a lot smaller than the fey, and lacked the thrust power to perform this kind of feat.
This did not apply to the fey, which were not only larger than almost every other spur, but possessed a relatively high thrust-to-weight ratio!
After all, the fey needed to accelerate fast enough to perform agile maneuvers and keep up with frequent changes on the battlefield.
A single fey did not have the strength to overpower a mech, but what about 12 fey?
It didn't matter if these fey were never designed to entrap mechs with their physical forms!
As long as they worked together in unison, they could physically overpower any mech so long as they were not too strong!
It just so happened that the Nelerat Mark I's were neither physically powerful nor possessed a lot of thrust power.
The local gravity of Bortele III also became a hindrance to the defensive rifleman mech.
While the Nelerat Mark I was designed to carry around a lot of excess armor, its mobility clearly took a massive hit when carrying such a great burden.
This was also an important reason why the 4 Nelerat Mark I's built their temporary fortification right away. None of the machines wanted to straighten their flight systems just to deploy their external armor plates at another location.
In any case, as soon as the first Nelerat Mark I succumbed to this surprise tactic, the match had already been decided.
The remaining three Nelerats did not pose enough of a threat to take down the three Fey Fiannas quickly, even if the latter had sent away their feys.
The adaptive modular armor systems of the drone mechs had done their jobs admirably. The mechs may have been losing modular armor plates left and right, but so long as there was a decent supply of them, they could last long enough to protect the absolutely vital weak points!
The results became abundantly clear. The Fey Fiannas completely abandoned their previous combat approach and turned into berserkers that fearlessly charged the defensive rifleman mechs that had little to no ability to defend themselves at close range.
Even though the Nelerat Mark I possessed many good qualities, the realities of second-class mech design meant that Master Kreshnik was unable to make them competent in melee combat with the design budget that he had set. freēwebnovel.com
The audience cheered at the courage shown by the Fey Fiannas. They became amazed at how the fey were able to suppress the Nelerats one by one.
When the Fey Fiannas finally struck down the final Nelerat without losing a single mech or fey, even the most critical observer could not deny that the latest product of the LMC had won a clear and decisive victory!
An unconventional win, but one that did not violate the terms of the challenge match!
Master Aulaus Kreshnik's failed to control his expression for a few seconds. He looked as if he could not accept that his Nelerats had actually lost in such an absurd fashion.
He could accept that his Nelerats would lose by getting outgunned by all of the fey.
He could not accept that his proud rifleman mechs lost by getting pressed onto the ground by a swarm of fey!
Ves looked completely different from his older rival. The grin on his face made it look as if he had just witnessed a well-laid plan coming together.
Master Kreshnik finally turned to Ves with a look that made it clear that he found it hard to accept this unexpected reality.
He never expected that his mechs would make fools of themselves when he issued his challenge!
If he knew that the Fey Fiannas could fight like scoundrels, he would have tried to market his incomplete mech design in a more traditional fashion!
The older man eventually made a wry smile and stretched out his hand. "Good fight. Your mechs have performed... admirably. Your Fey Fiannas deserve this victory."
Ves smiled back as he accepted the gesture and shook hands with the Master Mech Designer.
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