"Damn!"
The Elemental Lord had no choice but to rely on its existing arrangements to withstand this wave of attacks.
As a drone mech, its primary weapons consisted of its spurs. The fire fey was equipped with a small luminar crystal cannon while the earth fey was armed with a compact gauss cannon.
Both weapon systems were most suited to fire against single targets, but that happened to be the least effective way to shoot down all of these lightning birds, especially when they spread out and surrounded the Elemental Lord from multiple directions.
"Activate the azure energy shield!"
The powerful transphasic hyper energy shield came online just in time for dozens of lightning birds to crash right against the newly formed barrier!
Alarms blared inside the cockpit as the large quantity of crashing lightning birds rapidly drained the integrity of this powerful shield.
Ves grew horrified at how quickly these small birds stressed the defenses of the shield.
The lightning rods and other defenses generated by the earth fey were not as effective in diverting the power of these strikes away from the mech frame.
The birds were just too damn nimble and flexible!
By the time the last batch of lightning birds attempted to overload the failing azure energy shield, Jankowski skillfully forced it to shut down at the final moment, thereby preventing the crucial generator from enduring excessive strain.
Though it would definitely take a while for the shield generator to recover from the earlier stresses, it would still be able to do its job somewhat well.
Bzzt! Bzzzt! Bzzzt!
When the final surviving lightning birds struck the Elemental Lord, they targeted multiple different sections, causing vulnerable modules and the rear section to sustain moderate damage.
"Ahh-Ahh-Ahh!"
"Meow-meow-meow!"
Ves and Lucky briefly became subjected to a pulsing lighting massage. The effect was quite different from a single big shock.
Though Ves was able to endure this round of shocks with relative ease, he was not so sure his body would be able to hold out as well if all of those birds successfully managed to strike the Elemental Lord in quick succession!
Major Jankowski grimaced as he studied the condition of his mech. "Most of our systems are still in good condition, but repeated attacks will definitely wear them down. What is worse is that our azure energy shield is down for the time being."
"We cannot stay in one place." Ves concluded. "Previously, the tribulation only struck our mech with an instant lightning bolt with perfect accuracy, so it was useless to move. This time, those lightning birds are not moving nearly as fast, so you should be able to kite them and drag out their approach. This will help us cope with the next attack."
Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!
The thunderstorm had unleashed another wave of lightning birds!
These ones looked a little larger and brighter than the ones that came before. The punishment they could inflict had undoubtedly increased!
The Elemental Lord no longer acted like a target dummy, though. Under the excellent control of Major Jankowski, the mech and its accompanying fey launched into the air and started to move away from Diandi Base.
The mech needed a lot of maneuvering room in order to address this latest crisis!
As the Elemental Lord boosted away, the lightning birds still moved fast enough for them to be able to catch up to the speeding machine.
However, their net movement speed had dropped to such an extent that the Elemental Lord was able to launch a lot of shots at the pursuing energy birds!
The fire fey and the earth fey both shot purple fire beams and transphasic hyper projectiles respectively.
Meanwhile, the main body itself contributed as well by firing hyper laser beams from its relatively slim luminar crystal rifle.
It would have been difficult to kill more than one bird at a time with every attack, but because the movement trajectory of the Elemental Lord forced the lightning birds to compress and narrow their formation, every shot managed to eliminate three to five birds at once!
"Yes! It is working!"
Only a fraction of the birds were left by the time they closed in and collided against the main body of the Elemental Lord.
"Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah!"
"Meow- meow- meow- meow!"