A huge force instantly propelled the lancer mech forward! If not for the fact that Gregory already performed these maneuvers thousands of times in his career, he might have lost control over his mech, causing it to veer off course or collapse into the floor.
Though Gregory did not expect his mech to blast off with so much force, he instantly adjusted his mentality and sought to steer his mech in the right direction.
His machine already held and braced its lance in anticipation of driving its extremely tough length right through the armored layers of the Dominant.
Though Gregory recognized that his opponent was extremely tough, he still invested his confidence in his own skills. His training took over as he rid himself of irrelevant thoughts and focused on the few variables that mattered.
“My only goal is to drive my lance through your armor!”
A lancer mech pilot must never have any doubts during a charge!
A lancer mech pilot must never let the tip of its lance waver!
A lancer mech pilot must never slow down!
The distance between the two mechs narrowed rapidly!
While the Pontifical Lance sought to build up as much momentum as possible, the Dominant made a different response.
Hestinia Claes possessed two decades worth of piloting experience and did not panic in the face of a potentially-devastating charge.
It was extremely intimidating for any mech pilot to become the target of a charging lancer mech. Depending on the mech she piloted, Hestinia knew there were only a few correct ways to respond to this acute threat.
As a knight mech, the Dominant’s most obvious response was to rely on its formidable defenses and mitigate the incoming attack as much as possible. This was not really a good solution, and mech pilots only resorted to it when they had no other choice.
The Dominant was not an average knight mech, though. It was partially a hybrid mech and also possessed a lot more mobility than other comparable machines.
Hestinia grinned inside the cockpit. “I’m sorry, Gregory, but you’ve messed with the wrong mech!”
She only had a short interval of time to make her move due to the Pontifical Lance’s extremely fast approach. Upon hearing the starting signal, she raised the Dominant in the air, its own powerful flight system allowing it to blast off from the floor in an instant.
Meeting a charge in the air was always better than doing so on the ground. There was an extra direction for her mech to evade the incoming attack.
Of course, the Dominant also lost its footing as a response, which made it more difficult for it to push itself in another direction.
Hestinia thought it was fine. As an aerial mech, the Dominant’s flight capabilities were considerably powerful.
As the distance between the two mechs rapidly shrunk to nothing, both mech pilots made their final moves in a split second!
The Dominant abruptly evaded the incoming spear by flying up and to its left!
Though it could have moved away faster if it dropped altitude and let gravity help it out, Hestinia bet that her chosen direction would help shake off her opponent’s prediction!
The only complication she experienced was when the enemy mech somehow caused her to feel a disturbance as it came close. Though the mental interruption briefly threw her off, she was too well-trained to allow this kind of distraction to halt her current moves.
Just as Hestinia thought that her mech would be able to evade the incoming charge attack entirely, the lance that was growing larger in the Dominant’s sensors continued to stay on track to impale its target!
“What?!”
It turned out that the Pontifical Lance had actually adjusted its lance and flight course in the same direction before the Dominant even shifted its course!
Hestinia only had enough time to briefly adjust the angle of her knight mech’s shield before the Pontifical Lance struck its thunderous blow!