Reborn as a Mechanist with a God-Tier System-Chapter 233: War [1]
Inside an ordinary looking data control center of the Freegrid Collective, Leon stood in front of a giant super computer, observing the flow of data traffic rushing through the network of interconnected computers.
BUZZ!
The atmosphere hummed with an energized presence like in a high tension transformer.
Leon stood in front of the massive super computer, while the Doom Rover v0.1 stood just beside him, alert and ready for battle.
Where Leon stood with the super computer was on a balcony.
Below, there were thousands of computers that were all connected to the psionic network and thousands of tech experts sat in front of these computers, operating the massive DDOS attack that just trapped a C Rank NetRunner!
Most of them didn’t realize the true significance of what they were doing, only Leon who was in charge of the entire operation knew.
They were all cogs in the machine of the giant trap that he set for General Sylvari Charr.
Individually, it simply looked like they were actively sending viruses and malicious malware to disrupt the warships of the Federation Army but unknown to them, they were actually playing the most important role in this war.
Apart from the tech experts actively operating the computers, there were also hundreds of engineers in the hardware area.
Having received instructions from the masked engineering leader, they repeatedly serviced the heavy-duty hardware of the data control center as for some reason, they kept on overheating.
The power of an entire city was required to keep a C Rank Ascended trapped, but even this was not guaranteed to last.
The sheer vastness and psionic capacity of General Sylvari Charr’s brain and ADE was straining the network capacity of an entire city!
This was how overpowered C Rank Ascended were.
Despite the fact that he was the one leading this orchestra, Leon couldn’t help but shiver slightly at the prospect of facing this enemy alone.
He was no Ren Nora and he was no NetRunner.
The moment he saw Major Garfield briefly become a puppet of the enemy General, Leon became 100% sure that if he ever encountered the General in battle, he would become a puppet in seconds!
This was the true horror of a C Rank Ascended of the Mindbreaker Specialization, a Neural Tyrant!
Apart from the blueprints and knowledge scrolls that Ren Nora gave him a few days ago, the rebel leader also gave him a lot of theoretical knowledge that massively enhanced his understanding of the abilities of the higher ranks.
C Rank Ascended were true behemoths.
Due to being contained for the past 12 days, General Sylvari Charr no longer seemed as intimidating as regular C Rank Ascended but the more he understood his abilities, the more Leon realized that without Purgatory, the General would be able to wipe out the entire Freegrid Collective singlehandedly in a single day.
This comparison made him remember his first encounter with a C Rank Ascended, he still remembered the Red Dragon that covered the sky above Leviathan Quay.
Leon felt his blood rush to his brain in thrill. ’I wonder when I can also become a C Rank Ascended!’
At the same time, he worried for the ongoing battle. ’Will I be able to keep him contained?’
’What of Ren Nora? Will he be able to complete his C Rank Trial?’
Leon already accepted the crazy difficulty of his Trial long ago, but today, he was forced to appreciate the difficulty of the busted Trial from a whole new angle.
Afterall, he still didn’t forget that the Trial indicated C Rank entities, not entity.
’F*ck!’ He thought. ’Will another C Rank Ascended come?’
’Ren Nora, f*cking complete that Trial fast!’
The uncertainty of the whole situation was grating at his nerves, pushing him to the brink but Leon stayed stoic.
’At worse, I will die here and be forced to retry the Trial’.
His eyes gleamed. ’But I don’t want to fail!’
He looked at the time.
[02:34am]
’F*ck! It’s not yet 4 hours!’ He was anxious.
Drone Control Matrix!
His grayish white ADE flared as he connected to five of the C-5 drones outside as through their eyes, he observed the battle that was gradually spreading from the military base and slowly encompassing the entire city.
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BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The night sky above Iron Reef was illuminated with fiery blossoms as warships and aerial transports dug it out in a crazy battle.
The moment the Federation Army and the rebel army learned that General Sylvari Charr was trapped, all hell broke loose.
In that moment, both sides agreed that the war would end tonight no matter the outcome.
Ren Nora was already challenging the Trial, and now General Sylvari Charr was trapped here. There was literally no motivation pushing the armies to retreat and postpone the outcome of the battle to another day.
The Federation Army could not abandon their General behind meaning they would have to fight to the death.
And the rebel army wouldn’t succumb and let them find their General either without a fight, meaning they were also ready to fight to the death.
Tonight’s battle was do or die!
There was no in-between.
And as warships caused AOE destruction in the sky in a dogged dogfight between both armies, not far from where General Sylvari Charr was trapped, the D Rank Lieutenants of both armies had their last stand.
Just like the weaker soldiers, their subordinates, both sides already realized that tonight, there was no retreating.
No retreat, no surrender.
It was fight or die.
It was kill or be killed.
BZZZZZZZZ!
Dense ADE rose into the sky like rolling tsunamis as all the D Rank Ascended went all out except Major Garfield who was still recovering from the debilitating effect of having his mind subjugated.
He would not be able to fight for some time and even if he recovered enough to join the battle, he would not be able to fight at his best anymore.
At best, he would only be able to recover 30% of his full combat power.
Being subjugated and turned into a puppet by a Neural Tyrant was not a flesh wound, this was an attack that damaged the soul.
His soul was scarred and would need months if not years to recover.
When Major Garfield was subjugated, he felt like a slave inside his own body.
He retained his perception, he could see and understand everything that was happening but he no longer had free will.
The will of the General override his own will completely! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
In those few minutes, he felt like a passenger inside his own body. The horror of that moment lived rent free in his head.
Even if he somehow fully recovered his combat power, he won’t be able to fight effectively simply because the PTSD of that moment was stuck to him for life.
It was trauma that he would never be able to forget.
He still shivered despite it already being more than a minute since General Sylvari Charr was trapped.
He looked at the distant Federation General with a horrified look on his face, not quiet believing that this terrifying enemy really fell into a trap.
’How did General Ren Nora devise the plan to trap him?’ His fear made him feel even more genuine awe for the leader of the rebel army.
As for his comrades, the moment they saved him, they let him recover alone as without hesitation they pounced on the 3 D Rank Ascended of the Federation Army who remained the biggest threats in this battle.
No words were exchanged, there was no stare down, the 7 D Rank Ascended simply choose their opponent and went into battle!
Major Mendez choose his opponent first, he choose the D Rank Federation Lieutenant who was also a D Rank Cyber Gladiator of the Exo Knight Specialization.
It was a battle of Exo Fighters!
Knight Exosuit- Legendary Knight of Chaos!
BZZZ!
Major Mendez’s massive 5 meter tall Exosuit came back to life.
Wielding a massive Warhammer and a Tower Shield, encased inside the Exosuit, Major Mendez charged towards the enemy like a Spartan soldier.
The moment Major Mendez made his move and reactivated his Knight Exosuit, the Federation Cyber Gladiator responded band for band with the exact same ability but with a different Exosuit.
Knight Exosuit- Sir Lancelot!
BZZZ!
Amid an eruption of violent purple ADE, rising into the sky like a tsunami, a 3 meter tall Exosuit that was built like a human in Knight’s armor appeared, encasing the D Rank Cyber Gladiator.
This Knight had a full Knight’s gear- from a thick helmet to a chainmail, breastplate, pauldrons, spiked gauntlets, and a massive Great Sword.
This Knight Exosuit was significantly smaller than Major Mendez’s Knight Exosuit, but in comparison to the massive Knight that looked as inviolable as a Spartan Knight, this Knight Exosuit looked as sharp as a sword.
And as Major Mendez charged forward in his Exosuit, this Exosuit- Sir Lancelot also took a step forward while raising his Great Sword up.
BUZZZ!
Thick swirls of ADE instantly converged around the blade of the sharp Great Sword, making it seem like it could cut the whole world!
The air around it twisted from the effect of the sharp cutting energy, then the Cyber Gladiator inside the Exosuit slashed.
The Exosuit slashed with the Great Sword!
KABOOMMMMMMMMM!
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[I think I’m feeling better now, but I’ll still rest and watch myself till Monday. Normal upload will resume on Monday, thank you all for the patience!]
