Chapter 502
Chapter 502 First Battle of Another World
The arrival of the strange squad of magical machines naturally didn’t avoid Billis’ eye bugs.
After quickly clearing up the underground cave, Greem, Billis, and Mary returned to the surface. They silently hid in the bushes for an ambush.
It was obvious that this squad of magical machines that had tracked them here were the so-called ‘elites’ of the Goblin Empire. Given that the planar war was going to happen regardless, it was best to figure out the strength of the enemy before the real thing started.
That was why Greem and his party hadn’t chosen to retreat. Instead, they set up an ambush and quietly waited for the peculiar team of machines to arrive.
The fact that the Goblin Empire had managed to obtain the ruling position of this plane proved that they had their own exceptional talents. The goblins themselves were weak and frail. They were nothing in the eyes of the three adepts. If that was the case, then what gave the goblins power had to be the magical combat machines that very much resembled metallic golems.
Even if it was only to gather some necessary data, this fight was an unavoidable and inevitable one!
After an entire night’s worth of rest, Mary’s strength hadn’t returned to its peak level, but her fundamental ability to fight was no longer affected. On the other hand, while Greem was enduring an even more tremendous planar suppression due to his identity as a Second Grade fire adept, the Chip’s assistance hastened the speed at which he deciphered the planar laws. Consequently, Greem also possessed some ability to engage in combat.
Five hundred points of energy defense. Even a Second Grade fire adept like himself would require three all-out attacks to get past the shield. An agility-type adept like Mary would then probably need seven to eight continuous attacks to get through.
Greem was slightly shocked. He instantly sent the numbers that he had calculated to Mary and Billis.
Now that they had tested the opponent’s defense, it was time to check their offense.
Greem strode forward. He only needed to grab and toss with a single hand to send a powerful Magma Fireball flying towards the magical machines. All these fireballs dealt damage above two hundred points, and it placed enormous psychological pressure on the squad of machines.
To ensure the accuracy of the test, Greem did not utilize his Lava Shields. Instead, he used the purer Fire Shields. The ferocious and savage fire elementium gathered to form several Fire Shields. They orbited Greem’s body at high speed, helping him block all attacks that came his way.
The storm of metal bullets crashed against the Fire Shield, where they were melted into liquid metal by the streams of fire before completely vaporizing in small explosions of flame.
Greem continued to advance. Crackling sounds proceeded to ring out from the three Fire Shields that spun around him. These pure-flame shields constantly trembled as crimson cracks started to appear on their bright red surfaces.
Fifteen to twenty-five points!
Greem estimated the strength of the metal bullet attacks. He quickly provided an assessment to this attack.
The good news was that the opponent’s barrage was entirely physical damage. There was no elementium damage attached to them. The bad news was the frequency of the enemy’s attacks. Assaults like these of the beginner-apprentice level could still cause moderate disturbance to an adept when stacked in this manner.
The thirteen magical machines surrounded Greem, maintaining a distance of twenty to thirty meters between them and the adept. They barraged Greem and drowned him in a deluge of metal and fire.
The opponent’s strange fire shields had mostly destroyed the relentless stream of bullets. The shots that missed their marks had hit the ancient trees around them instead. Even these old, massive trees couldn’t hold on for more than two seconds before being riddled with holes and collapsing to the ground.
Their unique observation lenses allowed the goblin mechanics that were hiding inside their machines to watch on with excitement as they beat down upon the human adept, who had been rendered incapable of fighting back. No; the opponent could still retaliate. It was those Magma Fireballs with shockingly high energy signatures.
However, fireball counterattacks such as these were no problem for the elite magical machine squad. They either blocked them with their barrage of bullets or dodged them and avoided the landing point of the fireball. At any rate, this evil adept was now surrounded and didn’t seem to be as terrifying as rumored!
Just as the members of the squad started to relax, Greem finally lashed out with all his strength. He believed he had performed all the necessary tests he required.
Two Lava Shields forged from burning magma and pure fire quickly gathered in front of Greem, replacing the battered Fire Shields.
With these two Lava Shields that possessed excellent physical protection, Greem’s previously shaky defense was now rock solid. Greem raised his right hand high into the air as a Scarlet Firestorm with a massive radius enveloped the area. All the magical machines were dragged into the Firestorm.
The wild elementium flames turned into hundreds and thousands of randomly rampaging flame streams. They wreaked havoc upon the land and also quickly obscured the vision of the mechanics.
“All of you, be careful. Reposition yourselves as fast as you can.” The captain of the squad, Tigule, had plenty of experienced. He sensed something wrong about the situation and immediately shouted to warn his team members.
But it was too late!