Reborn as a Mechanist with a God-Tier System-Chapter 318 - 1 minute [1]

Overclock Mind!

’1 minute...’

The moment Colonel Alphonse activated this ability, he began counting.

Due to the nature of their abilities, one of the main advantages of a high-ranking D Rank NetRunner most especially those of the Mindbreaker Specialization is their high intelligence.

With it and combined with the nature of their abilities, they were able to plot insidious strategies to trap their opponents, debilitate them with their abilities, and gradually wear them till death.

Due to the high WIL and INT of most NetRunners compared to their opponents, they outsmarted their opponents 9 times out of 10.

But not this time, Mechanists were well-documented to have more INT stat than even NetRunners.

But unlike NetRunners, Mechanists don’t have the ability to temporarily double their thinking ability and from the beginning of this duel, this was one element that Colonel Alphonse had at the back of his mind as his trump card.

For the first few minutes of the duel, he was sounding his opponent out to understand his abilities and his combat style.

This was why the moment he finally activated Overclock Mind, he went loose as he began a countdown of 1 minute till he would finally defeat Leon.

His countdown only lasted 8 seconds before it happened.

Click!

The deck of the Zerphyr-7 Stealth Reconnaissance UAV opened again and this time from inside came out a war machine that was far bigger than all the others... the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame!

The moment the deck of the Stealth aircraft opened again, Colonel Alphonse looked up in time to see the sleek war machine.

It was 4.5 meters tall, it was an entire meter taller than the tallest Tank Class Doom Rover.

For a millisecond or two, Colonel Alphonse didn’t move as he stared at the new war machine falling from the sky.

Though he couldn’t point a finger on it, his instincts told him that something was different about this war machine. ’What is it?’

And before he could react...

THUD!

The Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame landed.

It landed just beside the formation of Tank Class Doom Rover v0.2s.

Click!

Immediately, Leon unequipped the VX-09 Emberfist gauntlets that he was yet to use in this battle and moved, charging towards the Titan Frame.

As he charged towards it, a door instantly opened on the back of the war machine, waiting for him to jump inside.

Seeing the door open from the side, Colonel Alphonse’s eyes widened. ’It’s a mech suit?’

His heart skipped a beat. ’I need to stop him...!’

Neural Projection!

He hopped into the psionic network, charging into range immediately as he bashed Leon with another Psionic Assault, but this time...

BUZZ!

The mind assault was repelled by a thin shimmering gray ADE force field that appeared around the machine, Leon already entered inside! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Then, the humanoid head of the massive machine moved a bit and 2 burning red flames flickered to life in the place of its eyes.

Inside the mech suit, Leon felt like he was inside a mobile fortress.

Despite the fact that he already entered the mech suit before, this was his first time entering it in the midst of an intense battle and it was different as Davis projected multiple data telemetry in his head.

DING!

[Enemy Position: ...]

[Distance to Enemy: ...]

[Most optimal weapon at this range: ...]

[Other weapon options: ...]

[Suggested attack plan: ...]

There were over dozens of data telemetry being sent by the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame as they all burrowed into his head in real-time, but Leon was not overwhelmed as with his high INT, he filtered through all of it within seconds and reacted.

Outside the mech suit, time seemed to slow down for the Colonel as he watched with wide eyes just in time to see the shoulders of the war machine move.

This was when he finally noticed that Artillery Cannons were mounted on both shoulders of the machine.

Both Artillery Cannons moved and aimed at him, then...

KABOOMMMMM!

Neural Projection!

Colonel Alphonse dodged.

He dodged, but he didn’t escape as the devastating salvo of high explosive fragmentation shells ignited the air in his wake.

Though the appearance of the mech suit rattled him a bit, he did not cower as instead of escaping, he went on the offensive, trying to hop into the neural node of the mech suit itself!

But that was when he hit a block for the very first time in his life!

BAM!

Trying to hop into the neural node of the mech suit, Colonel Alphonse felt like he ran head-first and slammed into a cyber-wall as the impact of collision left him feeling dizzy.

He was stunned. ’I can’t invade it?!’

Stunned, he couldn’t react to escape from this range immediately, and that was when he saw the mech suit move for the first time as the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame pulled out its Retractable Plasma Blade!

One step from the heavy mech suit made the arena floor quake.

This was not just any retractable Plasma Blade, this was a Great Sword with an active plasma reactor of its own!

The moment the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame pulled out the massive blade, the air warped around its edge as the blade elongated on the grasp of the war machine, and with it, it swung at the NetRunner!

WHOOSH!

"...!"

In that moment, for the first time this battle, Colonel Alphonse felt his life flash before his eyes!

This was something that could threaten his life!

Even those who were watching in the VIP booths felt their hearts jump up in anxiety, but despite the speed that the sword was cutting out, as a veteran, Colonel Alphonse was still able to react.

Neural Projection!

He moved like a ghost.

But he couldn’t dodge completely as the Plasma Blade cut a part of him even after becoming a psionic ghost, dealing damage to him.

Colonel Alphonse groaned in pain, but he managed to escape.

Not for long though as the mech suit reacted.

Bang... bang... bang...

From the upper back of the mech suit, multi-target micro-missile swarms erupted like a storm as a few shot towards the Colonel while the rest shot towards the smartphones that were hovering and floating in the arena through anti-gravity engines, acting as neural nodes for the NetRunner.

This was not all.

From the shoulders of the mech suit, rotary machine guns with a smart tracking system emerged as they tracked the rapidly moving NetRunner.

Tututututututututu...!

Hundreds of bullets were unleashed from the muzzle of the rotary machine guns as they trailed in the air, tracking the NetRunner at rapid speeds even as he hopped left, right, up and down through the psionic network.

The arena turned into a world of neon green and grey.

And still from the upper back of the Bulwark MK.II Titan Frame, concealed compartments opened as they launched more drones into the air- sword drones, Vita7 Magnesium Nanites, and even the Mosquito i7 pac 3060!

Leon was going all out.

Still, that was not all as from the front of the mech suit, an EMP Projector came out of the chest area.

BZZZZZT!

A devastating EMP blast was unleashed.

Colonel Alphonse’s psionic ghost form flickered unsteadily as his face grimaced in pain.

And at the same time, the multiple Skimisher Class and Tank Class Doom Rover v0.2s in the battlefield reacted, moving under the collective will of their master as they charged at different areas of the arena while unleashing hell.

Command Link Network!

All hell broke loose.

KABOOM!