Chapter 317: Even a Husky Can Be a Wolf King
[Dogmatic Sorcerer (Pilot): Incomplete protagonist template, based on "Iolier Ailette," one of the original dual protagonists from "Super Robot Wars." Originally a member of the Guardian Demon Cult of Elvas, another world composed of magic and order, with the title "Sorcerer of Iolite." He can fight using a large magical automaton called "Jergard" with the assistance of rebellious magical creatures.
When you choose to load the "Dogmatic Sorcerer (Pilot)" template—
You will simultaneously obtain the template-exclusive item "Heart of Jergard."
You will simultaneously obtain the template-exclusive skills 『Sorcerer's Dogma』, 『Mental Command』, and 『Extra Action』.
Loading and unloading this character template both have a 60-minute cooldown.
[Additional comment: The Sorcerer of Cordierite is even cuter~]
As the template finished loading, a mechanical-looking magical item, resembling a combination of a magic circle and a quartz watch, appeared in Cheng Tian's inventory.
This loading did not bring the humanoid giant bird-like magical vehicle, but it did bring its most core and most suitable vehicle component for a spellcaster.
[Heart of Jergard: Template item, vehicle component. Equipment requirement: Vehicle has a component slot.
The core component of the automaton "Jergard." By equipping it on a vehicle, the pilot's spellcasting ability can be perfectly extended to the vehicle.
When a vehicle is equipped with the Heart of Jergard and personally piloted by you—
Most of your spell effects and scale will be proportionally enlarged according to the current vehicle's volume, and this spell effect will be applicable to both sci-fi and magic-side dungeon worldviews. Spell consumption will still be borne by you and maintain its original data consumption.
Healing and curse spells cannot affect the vehicle's body but can affect the pilot/mech pilot.
When necessary, your MP can be consumed instead of vehicle fuel.
The Heart of Jergard can be used alone or stacked on any vehicle component.
[Additional comment: Would Old Man Wayne envy you throwing magic while driving the Batmobile?]
...Perhaps?
Cheng Tian wasn't entirely sure about that, but judging by how Batman would use the power of every Justice League member to forge the Hellbat Armor, he shouldn't be the type to completely reject supernatural forces.
Cheng Tian was slightly regretful that Jergard couldn't be loaded along with it, but he quickly let it go.
Although the world of Armored Warriors was a high-tech world where humanoid mobile weapons were rampant and shuttles could travel freely between planets and space, once it came to the level of war, it was essentially still modern warfare.
After the Earth Federation and the Laia Principality were forced to simultaneously ban their respective weapons of mass destruction, it was once again the mech pilots who were responsible for fighting and dying on the battlefield.
At this point, a super-large mech, 26.3 meters tall, appearing in a worldview where mechs were generally around 5 meters tall, would undoubtedly cause various ulterior motives, not only from the opposing Earth Federation but even from their own rebel forces.
"Magic mech..."
As he muttered, Cheng Tian's mind conjured images of the various mech models owned by the current rebel forces, considering which one would be most suitable for spellcasting.
Soon, the car carried Cheng Tian into the entrance of an underground facility that looked quite dilapidated from the outside.
In a present day where the environment was largely polluted and desertified, most of the people on Planet Laia could only live underground, including the rebels who brazenly occupied Gaul.
From its appearance, this should have been a military facility originally set up by the Laia Principality within its capital, but now it was completely occupied by the rebels. Dozens of rebel mechs of various models were neatly lined up, and some rebel soldiers could be seen bustling about, either transporting or preparing.
Just from this arrangement of mechs, it was clear that the rebels were definitely true soldiers, not some wild mercenaries, but the scene before Cheng Tian gave him an indescribable sense of incongruity.
This was the capital of the Laia Principality, yet the number of mechs and soldiers present was too sparse.
If there weren't other bases still in existence, then it was highly likely that the plan had already begun, and the soldiers left in Gaul, including Cheng Tian, were probably bait thrown out to ensure the plan's smooth execution.
Cheng Tian subtly activated his Ten Commandments Radar to scan the surroundings and found that although there seemed to be many bustling soldiers, at least half of them were no longer on the Ten Commandments Radar's detection.
Yes, that's right, although they are called aliens, Laians and Earthlings can actually intermarry and have mixed-blood children!
The Blood Armor Squad had a mixed-blood descendant of an Earthling and a Laian, the pilot of the Fodi, a girl named "Sarah White" who had just turned 20.
At the same time, Reitana, the Laian included in the squad as an "Eternal Goodwill Ambassador"—a role that seemed unusually comical in the current situation—had an Earthling wife and two children... The mere fact that Laians had no reproductive isolation with Earthlings was enough to bring them within Cheng Tian's Ten Commandments detection range.
But the current situation, with half the soldiers outside the detection range, was enough to indicate one thing.
That is, they all underwent severe mechanical modification, with the extent of modification reaching at least 50%. Compared to humans, they were actually closer to robots.
Even without the sunfire mask's blessing, Cheng Tian, whose mental attribute had already reached its current peak, scanned recklessly without arousing any alarm from the soldiers present.
At the pilot's signal, Cheng Tian jumped out of the car, stirring up some dust, and almost simultaneously, three other identical jeeps arriving from different directions also dropped off three other "people."
Just from their appearance, they all stood out from the surrounding people, and including Cheng Tian, the few of them also noticed each other's presence.
"Players!"
This was the thought that simultaneously popped into the minds of the four people present.
A heavily mechanically modified person, with only their face retaining human features, but with long red hair reaching their waist, making it hard to tell if they were male or female.
A modified wolf...dog-person? with heavily mechanically modified arms, a furry upper body, but with a husky head.
A curvaceous figure, but with a Predator's iconic dreadlock mask covering her face, a suspected female Predator.
Finally, there was Cheng Tian, also not revealing his true face, wearing the sunfire mask.
And as the four looked at each other, none speaking first, a man nearly two meters tall, with the typical light blue skin of a Laian, whose body modifications or attire included a muscle-enhancing exoskeleton, walked towards them. With a height of over two meters, taller than even the husky, he looked down at Cheng Tian and the others and spoke.
"I am Captain Azrael, leader of the Laia Revolutionary Army."
"Before I assign your missions, I need to test your mech piloting skills. Follow me."
Without waiting for the players to reply, Azrael turned and strode away.