Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/Chapter 66: Deciding the Winner

Reed was right again!

The magic array on the Midas ship was strong. It quickly fired many fireballs and shells at the target. Though not very accurate, it still caused trouble in the Earth base. Many buildings were destroyed and some people got hurt. But this didn't last long. The Earth army soon fired back hard!

Countless shells and rockets kept shooting from the Earth base, exploding all over the Gundam like firecrackers.

The battlefield was too messy for the Gundam to move and dodge. It wasn't very nimble to begin with! At first, its magic shield blocked some attacks. But soon the shield couldn't handle so much damage and failed.

The Gundam's big body couldn't take such heavy hits either. After only two or three shells, it was badly damaged. Finally, a rocket explosion turned it into smoking scrap metal.

This crushed the empire army's fighting spirit, which had just begun to rise with the Midas ship.

But it wasn't over. A group of tanks then rushed out from behind the empire army. They sped towards the infantry lines, crashing through the enemy ranks like no one was there!

"Damn it! Don't look down on us. I'll show these iron beasts!" shouted someone who looked like an empire general. He jumped onto a tank and started trying to break it apart with his bare hands!

This guy seemed to be at least level six. He was really strong, probably one of the empire's top fighters. First, he used his weapon to cut off the tank's gun. Then he started attacking the armor!

But he didn't know how thick tank armor is! The empire general kept hitting it hard, but it didn't work well. He only did a bit of damage.

His weapon seemed worn out, so he threw away his broken sword and tried to tear open the armor with his hands!

Wow, now he's trying to break the tank with just his hands? He managed to make a big hole in the tank. Suddenly, gunshots came from inside the hole! The empire general fell to the ground, screaming and holding his face.

It seems the shot hit his eye. Bad luck! Someone that strong usually wouldn't die from one shot. But a shell might be different...

Other tanks quickly aimed at the fallen general. After ten seconds of non-stop shelling, only bloody body parts were left in the deep crater.

"Now... now the empire soldiers must give up, right?" I felt sick seeing such a bloody scene.

I have to admit, the level six general's death was partly bad luck. But his death really scared the empire soldiers. Unlike northern countries like Astralrealm that always fight monsters, the empire doesn't have many strong fighters like him. Almost all of them have high positions and are very important! Now the remaining strong fighters didn't dare to step up, and no one could stop the tanks anymore.

The battle was much worse than I imagined. Countless empire soldiers died trying to reach their goal. Bullets mercilessly killed everyone in their way. Blood turned the ground red around the base. Since the fight started, not one empire soldier had managed to cross the barbed wire and reach the Earth people!

Finally, the back of the army started to lose control. People were getting scared. Even when the commander kept shouting things like "For glory!" and "Protect our land!", it didn't help. I even saw a commander on horseback cut off the head of a soldier who ran away first, to scare others. But people still kept running away.

"Is it all over? They have no fighting spirit left..." Adrian stood with me on the high cliff. We saw everything from start to finish. He couldn't help but sigh deeply.