Chapter 497

Chapter 497: The Fangs of the Dragon Knight

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“My God!”

Mr. Legoff, who carefully descended from upstairs, let out a heart-wrenching scream as his flashlight beam illuminated the magical knight armor that had mysteriously vanished from the central display of the store.

In the next moment, he saw that full suit of knight armor had somehow appeared at the store entrance.

“My precious treasure! Ah, ah, a thief, oh no…”

He cried out again as the armored knight turned, two bright lights flashing beneath the visor, resembling a ghost. The magical knight armor seemed to come to life as it kicked off the ground, forcefully crashing through the store door, bursting out with a loud crash.

That armor was a custom display, designed for visual impact and defensive qualities. Though it also used ergonomic principles, allowing for movement in the joints, it was not meant for human use.

The reason was straightforward; even including the Giant Sword, the heavy armor weighed nearly six hundred kilograms!

Let alone wearing it, just one part could crush a person easily. Full-body armor would likely pin someone to the ground on the spot.

Crash!

Mr. Legoff’s LED flashlight fell to the ground as the store door shattered, and he didn’t even notice that a large hole had opened up in one side of the wall.

“It’s the owner! Be quiet!”

Abik spoke to the surviving bodyguards. After two waves of attackers, they had lost nearly one-third of their team. If these bodyguards were not seasoned veterans from Afghanistan, they might have panicked long ago.

Though fear was evident on their faces, they remained composed. Abik held his standard issue Italian Beretta 92F handgun from the Dragoon Corporation’s security team.

The gun still had bullets. Unlike rookies on the battlefield, they did not recklessly waste their ammunition. Compared to local toughs still scraping by in other parts of Afghanistan, the Dragoon bodyguards appreciated their current job. They received the best training, equipment, and living conditions, making it worthwhile to serve such a boss.

During the mission, they showed the bravest fearlessness, and with the Islamic doctrine’s disdain for traitors, both Abik and Sally held immense trust in the bodyguards.

They hid behind a stack of knight shields taller than infantry shields. To be honest, the shop’s owner was not one of those counterfeit sellers and imitators. Many items displayed in the shop were not just genuine but also high-quality.

The materials were sturdy, and the customized racks were designed to support heavy weights, stacking shields might offer some protection against the firepower.

When they burst into the shop, they were genuinely surprised for a second or two. Lin Mo, however, discarded his pistol and walked towards the most eye-catching full suit of knight armor displayed on the central pedestal.

Whether fighter jets or firearms, the warfare equipment that suited Lin Mo best was still knightly armaments. Although not as practical in design as those honed through experience in another world, he did not hesitate to don the armor. This was the real battlefield that belonged to him.

With suitable gear, Lin Mo was unafraid of fierce barrages in close-quarters combat between cold weapons and guns.

Beneath the lowered visor, just like when using the Dragon General tactical helmet, Lin Mo softly whispered an incantation, directly unleashing the Light Mirror Technique to enhance his field of vision.

In an instant, the all-metal knight armor transformed into digital close-combat gear.

The gold giant dragon’s electromagnetic storm had destroyed the nearby city’s power supply, leaving the store in darkness. Yet the knight’s visor’s eyes glowed even more brightly, thanks to the light from the technique, making it seem like they were shining.

This sight startled the store owner, who had been upstairs handling emails and came down to check on the situation.

“Communication restoration is complete! Give it more power, and we’ll finish them soon!”

“Damn debris, there’s another wave ahead!”

“Activate infrared scanning and life detection devices to see where these little rats have escaped to.”

“On the right, in the third store, let the combat mechanical soldiers go in first; the boss wants to confirm the bodies.”

“No problem, let ‘Poseidon’ blow up both sides of the stores with cloud explosions to cut off their escape routes.”

“Quickly! The French policemen are on their way.”

“Don’t be afraid, Team Two, take out those annoying policemen.”

After a chaotic burst of the electromagnetic pulse, the attackers outside finally regained communication with each other.

The gold coins were likely the biggest gain from the electromagnetic pulse storm attack, as it had destroyed the signal jamming devices set up by the first wave of attackers.

Although that device had a significant impact on other equipment, when used against its creator, its defenses were lacking; the overload resulted in a burned circuit system.

Two French police cars sped down the road alongside the Seine River, blaring their sirens loudly.

“My God! What is that?”

“Mech, how could it be here now!”

“Quickly report, we need support!”

Two combat-powered armors, each about three stories tall, came into view for the French policemen, who gasped in shock. The massive missile pods, long slender barrels, and various unknown equipment clearly represented terrifying war machinery.

“This is Group 7669, we have detected an alien invasion, requesting support…”

One French policeman, unable to explain the unknown machine body he saw, attributed it to aliens. Just as he was about to call the command center again, a series of explosions engulfed him and his car.

One of the powered armors turned, flames bursting around it, as several small missiles with white trails locked onto the unsuspecting police car, resulting in yet another massacre.

In the complex urban terrain, the bipedal stepping system of the combat-powered armor could deliver far greater firepower than a tank.

In just one wave of attack, the two police cars were buried in flames. As the smoke began to clear, the two Porsche police vehicles were left utterly destroyed, completely unrecognizable, with severed limbs and charred remains scattered everywhere, leaving no survivors.

“Watch out, something is coming out from inside.”

The second wave of attackers, lurking quietly, easily dismissed the French policemen who had come to investigate. They had just completed the cloud explosion lockdown on the neighboring stores when they saw the front door of the target shop suddenly explode into countless fragments, as if hit by C4 explosives.

The figure that emerged from the wreckage startled everyone.

The fierce and sharp-looking armor nearly doubled the size of a human. Intermixed gold and silver materials formed an intricate combination of exaggeratedly curved plates, covering the entire body, and the helmet completely concealed the wearer’s appearance, with a massive sword like a door slab slung on the back.

It looked like a holy knight from another world, filled with a magical aura, strong and inviolable.

“That’s it, that’s it! There’s no mistake, it’s our target. The enemy has this habit—quickly take him down!”

The drivers in the two Poseidon combat-powered armors quickly confirmed their attack target after analyzing it with scanning devices and battlefield commanders.

Clearly, the enemy had done their homework before acting, having researched Lin Mo’s habits and preferences thoroughly.

As a giant sword, taller than a person, fell into Lin Mo’s hands, Mr. Legoff, the owner of the knight armor, was right; it was not designed for human use. Without special skills, it was impossible to pull the giant sword from its mounting.

However, for a Dragon Knight already accustomed to wearing such heavy knight armor in another world, it was no problem at all. The designer of the armor had considered practicality, and Lin Mo drew the sword effortlessly.

Reacting quickly, the track-mounted robots aimed their Six-Barreled Gatling Machine Guns at him. Lin Mo kicked off the ground, causing large spiderweb-like cracks to form, as he propelled himself toward the enemy at an astonishing speed, clad in the several hundred kilograms of knight armor.

With a knight’s shield in one hand and the giant sword in the other, Lin Mo felt as though he had returned to battle the scum of the Texi Empire, and a fierce battle spirit ignited within him.

The Battle Energy surged within him. For the first time, Lin Mo revealed the fangs of the Dragon Knight, displaying the strongest single-soldier stance ever seen in this world.

What good were high-tech weapons? What about battle mechs? When faced with overwhelming strength, they were hardly stronger than eggs.

The six-barreled Gatling machine guns of the three track-mounted robots locked onto Lin Mo, who was charging at an incredible speed, almost breaking world records.

The dark red trajectory of the 7.62mm shells formed three beams of light merging together, repeatedly striking the knight armor, creating countless ricocheting sparks, yet they could not stop Lin Mo’s advance.

The gold giant dragon Gold Coin shimmered beside Lin Mo, merging without hesitation into the magical knight armor, transforming it into a truly fitting magical knight armor.

The metallic barrage proved ineffective.

Apart from the distracting ricochets, more than half of the bullets turned into added gold coins.

The American military’s “Swords” battle mech was still undergoing development at ARDEC (Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center) in partnership with Foster-Miller and had yet to be formally adopted. If deployed on the battlefield, it would undoubtedly be a deadly war weapon, and it did fulfill its design concept in this urban combat scenario.

However, the enemy they faced today was beyond the consideration of its designers.