Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1875 - 568: Big Surprise!

Chapter 1875: Chapter 568: Big Surprise!

A few days later.

Red Agate Plain in the west of York County.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

"..."

The sound of rumbling thunder echoed across the plain, continuous and unending.

At the end of the plain, visible to the naked eye, a torrent of steel surged forward.

The steam boilers chugged loudly, with hundreds of tall chimneys puffing out white steam.

Upon closer inspection, they were dozens of large and small mechanical fortresses.

The mining industry in the East Wilderness was very developed, so many movable machinery cities were built.

These steam-powered machinery cities were the private property of the lords, serving as movable cities on the wilderness, and also as reclamation tools.

During wartime, with a bit of modification, they turned into well-equipped war fortresses.

A few mechanical cities pieced together could form a large city in any region, capable of both attack and defense.

The mechanical city in front of them was several tens of meters high, with walls made of rugged steel plates and huge rivets, painted on the rusted outer walls was the fortress number and the emblem of King Orlan’s eagle.

The sides of the fortress were filled with various weapons, steam siege hammers, mountain-breaking rams, giant city capture forks...

The most astounding was the giant barrels of the super-caliber city-borne artillery.

Each mechanical city was fitted with countless long and short cannons, like the spikes on a hedgehog’s back, turning the mechanical city into a formidable monster of destruction.

Below their enormous bodies were multiple pairs of giant wheels, tracks, and mechanical legs, making a dull and piercing metallic friction sound as they moved forward.

They were slowly rolling across the land, heading towards the eastern battlefield.

Wherever they passed, the tracks and wheels left deep grooves several meters deep on the plain.

This was a heavy army composed of mobile mechanical cities, one of the million-strong army assembled by the Orlan Royal Court.

The equipment did not seem elite, but what others didn’t know was that this was one of Orlan’s most important logistics corps.

...

And as this steel torrent moved slowly, on a small distant hill, over a hundred fully armed mechanical warriors were already lying in ambush.

The air was thick with a killing atmosphere.

These were elites from New World Machinery City, their firearms already loaded, ready for the ambush to begin.

Leading them were Leonard Churchill and Seven Brown.

Through the binoculars, Leonard Churchill saw the number "66" mechanical city among the steel torrent, signaling to Seven Brown beside him, and said: "That ’AL-66’ mechanical city is the one supplying the energy module to the Orlan Royal Court according to intelligence..."

If not for the information from the "Emperor’s Shadow" earlier, he wouldn’t have thought that such an unremarkable second-tier corps would be one of Orlan’s most crucial logistics teams.

Seven Brown nodded, saying: "Hmm! If the enemy is only showing their visible forces, it wouldn’t be too difficult to retreat safely."

Although they had an absolute numerical advantage compared to the distant enemy, the strengths of mechanical cities lay in sieging and capturing positions.

New World had over twenty Hunting God Armors and a Titan, their combat power was not to be underestimated.

If it came to a real fight, those cumbersome mechanical cities posed limited threats to small raiding units.

She said, with a decisive glint in her eyes, adding: "Then I’ll have everyone prepare to move."

They had observed for a long time and had not found anything special about this mechanical fortress corps, so there was no reason not to try.

Seven Brown knew that the risks of action were significant.

But if they could bet correctly, the energy core issue of the Titan would be resolved.

This would also bring huge benefits to the future battle situation!

So even knowing the great risk, it was worth a gamble.

Upon hearing this, Leonard Churchill thought for a moment, reminding: "Be careful. If you encounter an ambush, try to retreat in time."

They had already discussed countless details before, so there was no need to say more.

"Hmm."

Seven Brown nodded seriously, understanding what Leonard Churchill meant.

Once the ambush began, they would face two scenarios.

One was that the enemy was unprepared, they would complete the plan smoothly, and whether they got nothing or seized something, they could retreat safely;

The second was that the enemy knew their information might be leaked, using it as bait, and had already set up a trap, leading them into an encirclement as soon as they arrived.

If it was the second scenario, more than half of the New World’s hundred elites might be lost here.

The risk of annihilation was nearly fifty percent.

Even with Leonard Churchill’s calculations, it was unsure which scenario it would be.

He had already observed for a long time, whether from the demeanor of the personnel inside the mechanical battle fortresses, the deployment, the movement of people... nothing seemed unusual.

In all perspectives, it looked like Orlan Royal Court was unprepared.

If unsure, they could only try and see.

Leonard Churchill could not show himself easily, as that was the only way to handle unexpected situations.

The New World Mechanics had to go and test the waters.

As the team captain, Seven Brown had to go personally.

Now, both sides were aware of each other’s decapitation capabilities.

So no one dared to act recklessly.

On the Orlan Royal Court side, almost all top combat power was gathered around King Arthur.

The main forces of both sides had not yet clashed; however, small skirmishes on the front line were frequent.

But no top-level card master had shown up in any frontline skirmishes yet.

This was also why Leonard Churchill thought it was worth a try.

The secret bases of the Orlan Royal Court were not limited to the "No. 66 mechanical city" in front of them; there were many others.

And among the enemies, the top-level combat power that could threaten Leonard Churchill was limited and couldn’t cover all areas.

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