Chapter 988 Chapter 988 Battle Against the Colossal Robot
With Miguel leading the charge, the dozen members of the expedition squad that were still in good condition to fight shot towards the colossal robot as it broke through its own stronghold.
Marcus was trailing right behind Miguel and felt his strength and confidence soaring. Not only did Miguel's unique skill give everyone a boast to their stats, but Marcus felt that it was improving his determination.
'I need to make sure to keep my word. I won't let even a single bullet graze him.'
In front of them the colossal robot had noticed their group heading for it and leveled its thousands of guns at them.
A swarm of bullets flew towards the members of the expedition squad and made the path in front of them appear to be covered in a black haze due to how many bullets were coming their way.
"Shield of the Just."
"Guardian Aroura."
At the same time both Marcus and Mrazivy activated their defensive unique skills in order to protect everyone.
From Marcus a thin translucent protective film spread out in front of him and created a barrier. Then a colorful band of dancing lights burst out from Mrazivy's body and engulfed the squad.
When the bullets hit the Guardian Aroura, they quickly began to freeze over with ice and lost most of their momentum and energy.
After that, the little power that remained in each bullet was far from enough to put a scratch on Marcus' Shield of the Just and bounced off harmlessly.
Its bullets, proving ineffective the colossal robot prepared to launch a salvor of powerful rockets to blow them away.
Yet, by the time it was ready to fire the force of expedition squad members had arrived at its feet and began their attack.
At the front of the assault Miguel was the first to unleash an attack.
The gleaming aura around him condensed into his amethros sword and with a wide swing he carved into the robot's leg.
His attack cut away and smashed the thick metal armor and only stopped when it had cleaved through around a third of the leg.
The colossal robot lurched forwards from the attack and nearly lost its balance as one of its legs took critical damage.
Of course, the assault did not end with only Miguel's attack, Mrazivy and Cassius stuck out with their blades as well and continued to cause massive damage to the colossal robot's right leg.
Their strategy was to quickly cripple the robot's mobility and run around it to prevent it from targeting them with all of its weapons.
Right before they could completely destroy its leg though, the colossal robot gave up on trying to shoot them or blow them up, and simply brought one of its massive fists down on top of them.
With one look Marcus could tell that this attack was packing a great deal of force behind it and would surely squad them if they did not move.
However, if they got out of the way, they would fail to destroy its leg and the robot would have more room to maneuver its guns and rocket launchers better and blast them with all it had.
'Why am I always having to pull stunts like this.' Marcus thought as he jumped and intercepted the colossal robot's first.
This close he could not rely on magic due to the robot's disruption field, so he put all of his heart and soul into Shield of the Just and hoped it would be enough.
When the fist impacted, Marcus felt a rush of energy jolt through him and he nearly faltered.
But with gritted teeth and a resolved expression, he held out and pushed back against the colossal robot's punch.
Cracks soon began to web their way through his Shield of the Just and Marcus could feel his momentum giving out.
He held off for as long as he could, but he reached his limits and the protective barrier created by his unique skill shattered.
At the same moment there was a bright flash from below and the colossal robot lost its balance. Causing the fist about to impact Marcus to change trajectory just before hitting him.
Two violent rumbles roared out as the colossal robot and its right leg both smashed into the ground.
Thanks to Marcus holding off the colossal robot's attack, the strike force had managed to accomplish their first goal in this attack.
Unfortunately, Marcus found himself falling towards the ground with no way to maneuver.
Over a hundred a hundred rockets were flying right towards him in retaliation and with Shield of the Just having been broken and his magic and mana-based skills weakened by the colossal robot's disruption field he had no way to block the rockets.
'Keeping my race a secret isn't worth getting blown up.' Marcus thought after weighing his options for a very short moment. He had seen the power behind these rockets and knew he wouldn't come out unscathed if he simply tanked them.
Instead, he blinked out of existence and reverted to his ghost form. Becoming invisible and intangible.
The powerful rockets flew right through him and kept going until they disappeared into the fog and exploded in the distance where they were not seen or heard.
Then just before Marcus reached the ground, he became material again and safety landed without any issue.
'Looks like just about everyone saw my disappearing act.' Marcus thought, noticing the numerous curious stares directed his way.
Nevertheless, they were in the middle of a battle with a formidable enemy. Everyone held their questions for Marcus and focused on destroying the colossal robot.
It may have been crippled now that it had lost a leg, but most of its armaments were still perfectly operational and it was analyzing the data it had gathered on its attackers and forming a new plan of attack. It was not going to be destroyed easily, as Marcus and the others were soon about to find out.
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