Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1782 - 541 Current Stalemate in the East Wilderness_2

Chapter 1782: Chapter 541 Current Stalemate in the East Wilderness_2

Leonard Churchill said with certainty: "Hmm, regarding the tactical arrangement, I do have a few suggestions... That ’Poison Scythe’ Zorass, I’ve heard of him before in the Southern Continent, a venomous sub-dragon descendant. His physical body is weak, and as long as our resistance to poison is sufficient, his tricks are not too threatening. The most troublesome thing for the Mechanical Legion is that he can fly. If we can pin him down, killing him should be no problem..."

He knew the enemy’s origin as well as the parameters of the Hunting God Armor, so the judgments he made were basically without much error.

However, as soon as he spoke, not only was Catherine Carter startled, but the several strategists by her side also had a baffled look: What?

It was understandable that he had detailed intelligence since Leonard Churchill had just returned from the Southern Continent.

But what was with that calm and confident tone?

You must know that it’s only been a few years since the East Wilderness had come in contact with card masters of the Sixth Tier and higher realms, and the Eighth Rank is already a sky-high expert. A card master of that tier, their spells could easily corrode High Tier Mechanical Battle Armor.

How could it sound so easy from his mouth, as if he could just kill them?

The strategists felt it was inappropriate to speak up, but they looked at him with a bit of a strange expression.

Due to their close relationship, Catherine Carter wouldn’t beat around the bush, saying bluntly: "You... I feel like you don’t take Eighth Order Card Masters seriously at all?"

She was very familiar with Leonard Churchill’s character; he would never boast without certainty.

With such a statement, it implied true confidence.

Catherine Carter was well aware that Leonard Churchill’s [JOKER] Sequence always possessed combat power surpassing big ranks, and she had personally witnessed his exaggerated feat of killing a Seventh Rank at the Sixth Tier before.

But the Eighth Rank already belongs to the domain of top-level card masters, and each big tier represents a massive gap.

According to the intelligence currently obtained by the Alliance Army, a Seventh-Order Card Master typically only possesses one-tenth the combat power of an Eighth Rank, and the disparity at the level of laws is even more like day and night.

She thought, even if Leonard Churchill was stronger, he wouldn’t look down upon the Eighth Rank.

Could it be because of the Princess of Augustus, and Great Priest Smith?

Catherine Carter said this while also glancing at Camilla and Tracy Garcia, who had been silent by Leonard Churchill’s side the whole way.

Although she couldn’t sense their aura, she could see that both of them must be very strong.

However, before she could indulge in her wild conjectures, she suddenly heard a secret voice message coming into her ears: "I’ve reached Eighth Tier."

"Ah?"

Catherine Carter was firstly stunned, thinking she might have heard wrong.

Eighth Tier?

Wasn’t it Seventh Tier?

But almost immediately, a look of dazzled joy appeared on her beautiful face.

Leonard Churchill turned his head to look at her, making eye contact, and smiled faintly.

In the instant their eyes met, Catherine Carter realized it was not a hallucination, but the truth.

This man had reached the Eighth Tier...

Even with her current composure, she couldn’t help but take a sharp breath, a tumult of shock and awe rising in her heart.

No wonder Leonard Churchill could afford to disregard Eighth Order card masters; he had already reached a height that seemed unreachable.

Filled with shock and delight, Catherine Carter forcibly suppressed the surprise in her eyes, her lips slightly lifted in joy as she murmured to herself: "You... always manage to bring big surprises every time we meet..."

....

As they were talking, before they could delve into details, their field of vision suddenly cleared up.

A brightly lit machinery camp came into sight.

This was a camp located right beside the Underground Dark River, whose myriad spidering channels provided the best escape routes.

There were probably two or three thousand people in the camp.

Mechanical Shields and various steel frames built a simple yet sturdy defensive fortification, and the huge steam boilers provided a continuous supply of energy to the camp.

Hundreds of large-caliber Magic Energy Cannons stood on high ground, and various high-tech detection devices, like awakened hounds, automatically aimed, all uniform, toward Leonard Churchill and his group that had just returned to the camp.

After recognizing the identities of the newcomers, the Magic Energy Cannons then re-entered a dormant state.

The most eye-catching thing in the camp was the seven or eight hundred sets of neatly arranged Mechanical Battle Armor.

The Mechanical Legion required a large number of logistical personnel, and most of the people in the camp were Mechanics responsible for the maintenance and repair of battle armor.

Some Mechanical Battle Armor had been damaged in previous battles. At this moment, the Mechanics quickly sent them to the repair shop for the first time, replacing parts and repairing damage.

Upon seeing the formidable array of Mechanical Battle Armor in front of them, all three members of Leonard Churchill’s group brightened up.

In front of them seemed to be a glimpse into the future of warfare.

War, in essence, is a battle of attrition, be it people or resources - all are expendables.

Card masters are like trees in the forest, the larger they grow, the longer it takes for them to mature. Losing a High Tier card master would require many years to train another, along with one-in-a-million resources.

But the loss of a set of Mechanical Battle Armor can be replaced by a brand-new one coming off the assembly line in just a few days; even if just damaged, it can be quickly repaired to rejoin the battle.

Furthermore, most Mechanical Battle Armor do not require high qualifications from the controlling Mechanics; Second-order Card Masters are enough to operate them competently.

In a war of attrition, traditional card masters in equal numbers simply cannot outlast Mechanics.

The seven or eight hundred sets of Mechanical Battle Armor could deplete several times, even tens of times the number of enemies.

This was just one of the Alliance Army’s temporary command centers. Summing it up across the entire Allied Forces, the number of Mechanical Battle Armor would multiply several times over.

Catherine Carter saw the surprise of the three and explained: "It’s also thanks to the support from the New World Machinery City; otherwise, it would have taken our Alliance Army several more years to have this number of battle armors. What we lack most now is time..."

Leonard Churchill and his companions nodded in acknowledgment.

They saw not only the power of steam machinery but also the Steel Will for survival amidst the harsh conditions displayed by the Alliance Army.

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