Chapter 345 - 46: Epoch-making Weapon (4)

Chapter 345: Chapter 46: Epoch-making Weapon (4)

Just one minute later.

The Kobold tribe fell completely silent.

Over three hundred Poison Fang Kobolds, every single one of them, had fallen to the sharp blades of the Rotor Puppets.

It was difficult not to be shaken by such an efficient massacre.

"They’re so powerful!"

Anya couldn’t help but exclaim.

Just three of the puppets had wiped out an entire Monster Tribe, something that traditional Flying Puppets would have great difficulty accomplishing.

Mo Ning smiled. "Based on the test data we just gathered, I’ve discovered two minor flaws in the Rotor Puppets."

Reina stood up. "Let’s go handle the corpses and collect the spoils."

Anya stood up as well.

Mo Ning thought for a moment and said, "It will be too slow with just the two of you. Are there any trustworthy people left in the Battle Banner Legion? Find two people to come help. I’ll pay them accordingly."

The workload for the day was immense. With just the two of them, they would never be able to keep up with the pace of the tests.

Anya and Reina exchanged a glance and began to think about who they could trust.

Before long.

Two new figures, having crossed a distance of several thousand kilometers, appeared at the entrance of the Cabin in the Woods with looks of utter shock.

One of them was Princess Phoebe, hailed as the most beautiful newcomer, and the other was the male newcomer with serial number 005—Potter.

During the second group assessment, when that Golem Demon suddenly attacked the newcomers, this guy had stepped forward without hesitation, repeatedly Casting Witchcraft to cover the others. He had left a deep impression on Mo Ning.

By the sixth group assessment, Potter had chosen to join the Battle Banner Legion.

Only now did Mo Ning truly appreciate the benefits of forming the Battle Banner Legion. It was like having his own reserve pool of talent.

At this moment, Princess Phoebe and Potter looked at the wooden cabin, then at the lush Birch Forest, and only then did they realize that the Strongest among this year’s newcomers had secretly pulled off such an astonishing feat.

「Half an hour later.」

The two newcomers stared at the image displayed on the mirror, their jaws nearly hitting the floor.

In the mirror, three Rotor Puppets were crushing a Violent Dogman tribe with devastating force.

The so-called "Violent Dogmen" were a subspecies of Kobold that emerged during the era of the Second Wizard Empire.

They were larger than Poison Fang Kobolds, and their most distinct feature was an exceptionally large head that made up one-third of their body, granting them an extremely powerful bite.

Violent Dogmen had a unique skill: in battle, they liked to suddenly bite down on an enemy’s weapon and hold on with a death grip, allowing other Violent Dogmen to seize the opportunity to attack.

But in front of the Rotor Puppets, the Violent Dogmen were still no match.

A few Blazing Fireballs and Thundering Balls smashed down, throwing the Violent Dogman tribe into a panic.

The Rotor Puppets seized the opportunity to assassinate the Casters, which was immediately followed by a one-sided slaughter.

This bombing-style attack demonstrated another one of the Rotor Puppets’ tactics.

Ordinary Flying Puppets could also perform this task, but because they couldn’t balance speed and agility, they could only use aerial Throwing, giving the monsters a chance to defend themselves.

The Rotor Puppets, however, charged directly into the midst of the Violent Dogmen, detonating Blazing Fireballs and Thundering Balls among the monsters to maximize the damage.

The Rotor Puppets seized the opportunity to assassinate the Casters, which was immediately followed by a one-sided slaughter.

Although the Violent Dogmen were skilled at latching onto enemy weapons, the Rotor Puppets were so agile that the creatures couldn’t even touch them.

A mere two minutes later.

The ground of the Violent Dogman tribe was littered with corpses.

Princess Phoebe and Potter were so stunned they couldn’t even think.

’What in the world are these Flying Puppets? They’re terrifying!’

"Time to work!"

Reina’s shout snapped the two of them out of their daze.

「An hour later.」

The third experiment began.

The Rotor Puppets demonstrated their "assassin" capabilities, which was an eye-opening experience for Anya and the others.

This time, the victims were a group of Muddy Earth Goblins.

This subspecies of Earth Goblin usually lived on the edges of swamps. They liked to fashion the mud into a sticky material and coat their bodies with it to form armor.

Normally, due to the swamp environment, very few Adventurers were willing to hunt Muddy Earth Goblins.

But the Rotor Puppets ignored the environment.

A gun barrel extended from the nose of each Rotor Puppet, firing potshots at the Muddy Earth Goblins from a distance. They continuously hunted them, firing spiked bullets via their Magic Pattern Groups.

The Earth Goblins organized several counterattacks, but they couldn’t keep up with the Rotor Puppets’ speed at all and could only take a passive beating.

After the Earth Goblin tribe lost a quarter of its population, their order completely collapsed. The surviving Earth Goblins fled their nests, scattering in all directions and escaping into the depths of the swamp.

But only half of the Earth Goblins managed to escape; the rest had their throats slit by sharp blades.

Princess Phoebe suppressed her shock and said with a solemn expression, "The very nature of warfare will be completely changed by the Rotor Puppets."

The Princess had not been part of the Rotor Puppets’ development process, but by observing the live combat tests, she naturally arrived at this momentous conclusion.

Potter nodded gravely. "Yes. In the future, every Apprentice will have to master the ability to control Rotor Puppets. This is a revolutionary weapon."

He pushed up the Witchcraft Glasses on the bridge of his nose, his gaze toward Mo Ning filled with something akin to reverence.

Before this, Potter’s impression of Mo Ning was that he was ’extremely strong, with an outstanding Divination Ability,’ but still within the realm of normalcy.

At this moment, the newcomer finally realized that Mo Ning had already surpassed the level of an Apprentice.

Mo Ning smiled and shook his head. "The Rotor Puppets still have quite a few flaws. They’ll need to be optimized for a while longer."

Princess Phoebe’s alluring red lips parted, but she swallowed the words, ’I think the design is already perfect.’

She understood very well that it was foolish to casually question or refute a true Strong Person; one simply had to obey.

Potter glanced at Mo Ning again and suddenly said something that seemed a bit out of place:

"Legion Commander Mo Ning, I’ve recently noticed some rather troubling signs in the newcomer’s cafeteria."

This piece of information had been weighing on Potter’s mind for some time, and now he was taking this opportunity to voice it.

When Mo Ning heard "newcomer’s cafeteria," his heart skipped a beat.

He instantly recalled that the first time he had discovered something was wrong with the Dark Wizard and mole, Kanda, was when the cafeteria first opened.

At that time, the character analysis model had observed Kanda’s face and analyzed the results as "nervousness and fear."

Even though Kanda was later killed, Mo Ning always had a nagging thought—that Kanda might have tampered with something, somewhere.