184: Chapter 184 The Eagle King utterly crushes Lancelot? This is what you call a dimensional reduction attack!
On the way to the Narita Mountains, Kallen was driving, Yu Feng was in the passenger seat, and Euphemia was obediently huddled in the back seat.
"Do you really think this few people can take down two thousand Imperial mechs?"
Kallen's grip on the steering wheel was tight, her tone full of distrust.
Yu Feng had an unlit cigarette dangling from his mouth: "Just wait and see."
Lelouch sat on the other side of the back seat, staring at the tactical map on his laptop screen without looking up: "Cornelia's troops have entered the valley. The vanguard is the Third Armored Division, with at least three hundred mechs."
"That's enough." Yu Feng yawned.
Kallen glared at him through the rearview mirror, feeling that this man was simply arrogant beyond measure.
The convoy stopped on a ridge five kilometers from the valley.
Yu Feng got out of the car and walked to the edge of the cliff to look down.
The main peak of the Narita Mountains was shrouded in thick fog, but through the mist, one could see the dense lights of the Imperial mechs in the valley, like a glowing giant python writhing.
"Let's begin." Lelouch opened the communication channel. The Black Knights' ambush was already in place.
Kallen jumped into the guren mk-ii, started the engine, and the radiation wave device on its back began to charge, emitting a low hum.
"Now." Lelouch ordered.
The guren mk-ii leaped from the ridge, its right-arm radiation wave cannon aimed at a preset weak point on the side of the mountain, and fired with a roar!
The searing beam of radiation energy did not shoot at the Imperial mechs, but instead drilled fiercely into the mountain wall!
The entire mountain trembled violently. A dull, thunderous roar came from deep underground.
That was the chain reaction triggered by the underground water veins being instantly vaporized by the super-high-temperature energy.
The next moment, the main peak of the Narita Mountains began to collapse.
It wasn't a slow landslide, but the entire mountain side being kicked open as if by a giant, carrying millions of tons of mud, rocks, and broken trees, transforming into a terrifying tsunami of mudslides, pouring down toward the Imperial army at the bottom of the valley!
"Warning! Landslide!" "Evade! Evade quickly!" The Imperial army's communication channels exploded in chaos.
Three hundred vanguard mechs attempted to retreat, but the speed of the mudslide far exceeded their movement limits.
The few mechs at the very front didn't even have time to turn around before they were swallowed by the yellowish-brown torrent, not even leaving a splash.
Lelouch stood on top of the command vehicle, watching the real-time footage on the screen, a curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"Kallen, continue."
The guren mk-ii maneuvered along the edge of the mudslide, its radiation wave cannon firing continuous shots, precisely bombarding other key support points on the mountain.
Every shot further expanded the scale of the landslide. The entire Narita Mountains were trembling.
In just three minutes, over seventy percent of the Imperial Third Armored Division's mechs were buried alive. The remaining remnants retreated in panic, and their formation completely collapsed.
Cornelia's exclusive command mech, the "Sandray," was trapped in the center of the mud swamp, its four mechanical legs deeply embedded in the sludge, and the power system emitted overload alarms.
"Surrender." Lelouch's voice spread throughout the valley via the public channel, "You have no way out."
Cornelia did not answer. The Black Knights' ground troops took the opportunity to launch a general offensive, and dozens of hijacked Black Knights mechs flanked from the sides.
Everything was going according to the script. Lelouch closed the communication, exhaling a long breath. "It's over." He said in a low voice.
Yu Feng leaned against the car door, watching the chaotic battlefield in the valley, saying nothing. Just then, a sharp piercing sound came from the sky.
Everyone looked up. A white meteor dove vertically from above the clouds, its speed so fast it left afterimages.
The meteor's target was the trapped Sandray command mech. "What is that?!" Kallen widened her eyes.
Lelouch's expression changed drastically: "Lancelot!"
The meteor smashed into the edge of the mud swamp, exploding with mud everywhere. As the smoke cleared, a pure white mech knelt on one knee, its back turned to The Black Knights' encirclement.
Seventh-generation mech, Lancelot. The Empire's strongest prototype unit.
Inside the cockpit, Suzaku Kururugi gripped the control stick tightly, veins bulging on his forehead. He didn't say any nonsense, just slammed the thrusters forward.
Azure flames erupted from behind the Lancelot, and the mech launched with acceleration that defied the laws of physics, instantly charging into The Black Knights' mech group!
The high-frequency vibration blade traced an arc, and two Black Knights mechs that couldn't react in time were neatly severed at the waist.
"Fire! Concentrate fire!" Kallen roared.
A dozen mechs raised their guns and fired simultaneously, the barrage engulfing the Lancelot. But the Lancelot's high mobility was far beyond imagination.
It weaved and dodged through the barrage, every change of direction precise to the centimeter, while the micro-missile pods on its back fired continuously, precisely destroying every enemy mech attempting to target it.
In less than thirty seconds, a huge gap was torn in The Black Knights' outermost defense line. The Lancelot didn't linger, heading straight for the Sandray mech. Its goal was clear—to rescue the trapped Cornelia.
"Stop it!" Lelouch roared into the communicator. But The Black Knights' mechs simply couldn't keep up with the Lancelot's speed.
Kallen's guren mk-ii attempted to intercept, but was hit in the right shoulder joint by a precise shot from the Lancelot, paralyzing the entire arm and forcing the interruption of the radiation wave cannon's charging.
"Damn it!" Kallen slammed the control stick.
Suzaku drove the Lancelot to the front of the Sandray mech, swung the high-frequency vibration blade, and severed the mudslide debris tangled around the mech's legs.
He was just about to reach out to grab the Sandray and drag it out of the mud swamp. A figure stood in front of him.
Yu Feng had his hands in his pockets, standing on the edge of the mud swamp, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Inside the Lancelot's cockpit, Suzaku's pupils contracted. The radar showed no heat source signal for this person, as if he had appeared out of thin air.
"Move aside." Suzaku opened the public channel, his voice cold and hard, "I don't want to hurt innocent people."
Yu Feng took the cigarette out and flicked the ash against a rock. "And you dare call this piece of junk invincible?"
His voice was soft, but it clearly reached the Lancelot's cockpit, and the ears of everyone still on the communication channel.
Suzaku's anger was instantly ignited: "What did you say?!"
Yu Feng ignored him, instead looking up at the sky. "Come out." He thought to himself.
The Infinite Portable Space opened a crack. A hawk's cry that shattered the heavens came from the crack!
The violent sound wave, carrying a visible shockwave, cracked the rock walls on both sides of the valley.
The Black Knights' mechs retreated one after another, and the Imperial remnants were even more shaken, their cockpit alarms blaring from the hawk's cry.
Immediately after, a behemoth squeezed out of the crack. Its wingspan was dozens of meters.
Its entire body was covered in purple-black feathers, with crackling electric light flowing across their surface.
Its scarlet pupils were like two burning blood-colored stars, locking firmly onto the white mech below.
Tier 6 Purple-Black Thunderstorm Giant Eagle King. A top-tier predator from The Wasteland's high-dimensional map.
As soon as it appeared, the air pressure in the entire Narita Mountains area began to fluctuate violently. The air became thick, and purple lightning wove through the clouds, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
"Th-this... what is this monster?!" Kallen's voice was trembling.
Lelouch stared fixedly at the giant eagle, not even noticing his laptop slipping from his hands.
Suzaku's breathing paused for a moment. The Lancelot's radar was blaring crazily, indicating the target's energy level exceeded the system's recognition range. This was not a creature that should exist in this world!
The Giant Eagle King gave him no time to think. It let out a sharp, long cry, flapped its wings violently, and its body turned into a purple-black bolt of lightning, diving down toward the Lancelot!
The speed was so fast the air was torn apart, leaving a long vacuum trail. "Evade!" Suzaku desperately pushed the control stick.
The thrusters on the back of the Lancelot erupted at full power, and the mech ejected sideways. But the Giant Eagle King was faster, its huge talons clamping fiercely onto the mech's energy shield before it could complete its evasion!
Crack—a crisp shattering sound. The Lancelot's composite energy shield, which claimed to be able to withstand live ammunition, cracked like glass with spiderweb-like fissures under the Giant Eagle King's talons.
"Shield failure 30%!" Red lights flashed wildly inside the cockpit. Suzaku's pupils constricted. How could this be?!
The Giant Eagle King gave him no time to react. After the first strike, it folded its wings and slammed its massive body against the Lancelot's chest.
The three-hundred-ton mech was sent flying backward, plowing a long gully through the mudslide.
The Giant Eagle King flapped its wings and caught up, its talons clamping down again, this time directly onto the Lancelot's shoulder armor.
The armor, crafted from the Empire's highest technological crystallization, groaned under the talons, the metal being forcibly torn apart, revealing the internal frame and cables.
"Power system damaged! Right arm unresponsive!" Suzaku gritted his teeth.
He controlled the Lancelot to raise the particle blade with its remaining left arm, hacking fiercely at the Giant Eagle King's abdomen. The blade struck the purple-black feathers, sparking a series of flashes. The feathers didn't move an inch.
"What?!" Suzaku exclaimed in shock.
The Giant Eagle King seemed to be enraged. It suddenly lowered its head, its huge beak pecking fiercely at the Lancelot's cockpit shell! Bang!
The entire mech was pecked into sinking downward, the cockpit shell dented and deformed, and Suzaku inside was shaken to the point of bleeding from his seven orifices.
Immediately after, the Giant Eagle King grabbed the Lancelot's legs with both talons, lifted it violently, and then, like throwing a toy, smashed it fiercely into the ground! Boom!
The valley floor was smashed into a giant crater twenty meters in diameter. The Lancelot was half-buried in the mud, its chest armor completely shattered, and its limb joints twisted.
The Giant Eagle King didn't stop. It stepped on the Lancelot's chest, its talons pecking at the mech's cockpit shell again and again. With each strike, the shell dented a bit more, and the cracks expanded a circle.
Suzaku was already dazed and losing consciousness. He used his last bit of strength to press the emergency ejection button. The cockpit cover exploded, the ejection seat carried him shooting into the sky, fleeing in a sorry state toward the back of the Imperial army.
The Giant Eagle King raised its head, its scarlet pupils tracking that small black shadow. It opened its beak, purple lightning brewing deep in its throat.
"Come back." Yu Feng said. The Giant Eagle King immediately closed its mouth, reined in the lightning, and obediently flew back to Yu Feng's side, rubbing its huge head against Yu Feng's arm like a puppy trying to please its master.
The entire valley was deathly silent. The members of The Black Knights stared blankly at this scene, watching that white mech they had gone to such great lengths to deal with, torn apart like a toy by a monster that had descended from the sky.
The Imperial remnants completely collapsed. Cornelia sat in the already paralyzed Sandray mech, looking through the shattered observation window at the man standing next to the Giant Eagle King. Her lips were trembling.
What kind of power was that? What kind of existence was he?
Lelouch jumped down from the command vehicle and walked quickly toward Yu Feng, his face filled with irrepressible fanaticism. "Yu Feng, I..."
Yu Feng waved his hand, interrupting him: "Clean up the battlefield. Drag away the usable mechs for repairs, and dismantle the ones that can't be fixed for parts." "Yes!" Lelouch immediately turned to make arrangements.
Kallen dragged the injured guren mk-ii over, looking at the Giant Eagle King that was taller than the mountain, and swallowed hard. "You... how on earth did you..."
Yu Feng didn't answer her, instead walking to the Giant Eagle King's feet and patting its claw. "Well done." The Giant Eagle King let out a low cry in response.
Euphemia ran down from the car, trotted to Yu Feng's side, and looked up at the Giant Eagle King, her purple eyes full of little stars. "So amazing!" She grabbed Yu Feng's sleeve, "Husband, it's so obedient!"
Yu Feng ruffled her pink hair: "Want to ride it?" Euphemia nodded vigorously.
Yu Feng hugged her and leaped onto the Giant Eagle King's back. The Giant Eagle King flapped its wings and ascended into the sky, circling the valley once. The wind howled.
The members of The Black Knights looked up one after another, watching that figure sitting on the Giant Eagle King's back. The setting sun gilded his silhouette, making him look like an indescribable god.
Lelouch stood in the mud, looking up at the sky. He clenched his fists. An existence beyond all reason, beyond all the rules of this world. Following such a person, what was revenge?
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