The Mech Touch

Chapter 6666 Willpower Mirage

Commander Melkor Larkinson waited as the scattered mechs of the Larkinson Army withdrew from their forward positions and arrived at the rallying point that he had set. Dozens of mechs trickled in over the course of half an hour. He expected around a thousand mechs to arrive by the time he was ready to commence his plan.

This was not a large amount of mechs compared to all of the small craft that had been committed in this star system alone.

Melkor along with many other mech pilots had become more and more accustomed to fighting battles involving tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of mechs.

The native aliens fielded even more phasefighters so long as they were able to transport them all to the frontlines!

All of these battles tested Melkor in ways he had never been challenged. He had to maintain a clear head, pay attention to the strategic disposition of both the defenders and the attackers, predict the next actions of the enemy forces and figure out what he and his Avatars could do to attain a better outcome.

The battles were exhilarating and terrifying. Even quasi-first-class mechs such as his customized and upgraded Larkinson Edition of the Fey Fianna turned into nothing more than slightly better cannon fodder!

There were many times where he felt that he felt so utterly small and weak on the battlefield that his presence or absence ultimately wouldn't make a difference.

There were plenty of other Larkinsons that could do so much more to influence the course of a major battle.

There were the expert pilots and ace pilots who could defeat powerful enemy champions or wipe out hundreds of weaker units with their high-ranking mechs alone! There were much more brilliant mech commanders who could inspire greater courage and duty among their men, or possessed excellent tactical acumen that enabled them to defeat enemy forces that were thrice or quadruple the number of mechs under their command!

There were also visionaries like Ves whose works and ideas changed red humanity for the better without needing to step foot on the battlefield!

Melkor was none of those Larkinsons.