Chapter 314 Public Test_2
Of course, during the waiting period, Rocky hadn't been idling around; he had the guards clear the entire drill ground, and set up a large number of targets at varying distances, far, middle, and near, for a good testing session later with the Tank Type 1 Armor.
Now that Lord Glan had arrived, Rocky didn't wait any longer; without greeting him, he just nodded from a distance and climbed into the cockpit of the Tank Type 1 Armor!
With the closing of the cockpit, the Tank Type 1 Armor, which had been parked on the drill ground for over half an hour, was started up once again!
"It's moving! Look, it's moving!"
"It's really moving!"
"That's amazing...!"
When the Tank Type 1 Armor started up, the already assembled Guard Corps was stirred and could not help but burst out in exclamations.
As early as when Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 Armor over, the guards were filled with curiosity about this huge machine, not just curious but extremely excited because this was a new type of armor! As soldiers, no one would dislike armor, even if the Tank Type 1 Armor was vastly different from regular armors, the guards were still quite thrilled, and they had grown impatient during the time before Lord Glan's arrival,
So when the Tank Type 1 Armor was truly activated, the long-awaiting guards all stared with wide eyes, focusing intently on the Tank Type 1 Armor.
In fact, not only the guards but also Orton and the others felt the same because this was the first trial of the Tank Type 1 Armor. They naturally wouldn't speak of anything going wrong, but they were quite excited to see what the armor was really like.
As for Lord Glan who had just rushed over, there was no need to mention him; he didn't even fully understand what was happening yet, but his attention was already completely focused on the Tank Type 1 Armor.
In this manner, under everyone's watchful eyes, Rocky began to slowly drive the Tank Type 1 Armor, initially at a very slow pace, but soon he picked up speed and then started to accelerate fully.
"So fast, it's almost catching up with a carriage!"
"Such a large size, yet it can move at this speed, the City Lord is truly a genius!"
"Stop talking! Watch carefully!"
When Rocky picked up the speed, there was another burst of discussion among the Guard Corps, everyone was amazed at how such a large Tank Type 1 Armor could achieve a speed no less than that of a carriage.
While everyone was discussing, Rocky had already driven the Tank Type 1 Armor around the drill ground several times, then he took it towards a line of wooden stakes.
These wooden stakes had been set up in a straight line as he had instructed, with each one about twenty meters apart from the next, and as Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 Armor over, he began to weave swiftly around the stakes.
"So agile..."
"This big guy is really impressive!"
"No kidding, this was designed by the City Lord and several masters; it would be odd if it weren't good!"
As Rocky snaked past all the wooden stakes, the chatter among the guards grew louder, and Orton and the others also glanced at each other, smiling and nodding; it looked like Rocky was right, despite the large size of the Tank Type 1 Armor, it was still agile, and from its current performance, it seemed to have no problem following soldiers into combat.
Even Rocky, who was driving the Tank Type 1 Armor, was pleased with its performance, although he hit two or three stakes during the process, it couldn't be denied that the maneuverability and flexibility of the Tank Type 1 Armor were pretty good, basically meeting his expectations.
So thereafter, he began to reverse the armor, quickly backing up the Tank Type 1 Armor to the center of the drill ground, then spinning in place to aim at a cleared area.
On this targeted cleared area stood targets at three distances, the farthest being beyond two hundred meters, the middle distance was at one hundred meters, and the near distance ranged from fifty to ten meters, filled with various sized sandbags.
Under Rocky's control, the two large cannon barrels carried on the Tank Type 1 Armor's shoulders began to slowly rise, followed by a loud boom, two Magic Energy Bullets were fired! Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire
Moments later, a series of explosions was heard from over two hundred meters away, two bullets landed consecutively, blasting two large pits around the targets on the cleared ground.
After firing those two shots, the Tank Type 1 Armor moved several meters to the side, its chassis angled towards the target while its upper body rotated ninety degrees to face the target directly and fired two more shots with a boom. Following that, Rocky performed the same maneuver to the opposite direction and fired another two shots!
These last two shots finally hit the target, blasting the target two hundred meters away into ashes.
"Good! Hit it!"
"Amazing!"
"Mighty, my lord!"
When Rocky finally hit the target, the guards burst into cheers, and people like Orton nodded in approval.
Having fired three times and hit once, the hit rate was quite impressive, considering Rocky's target was not two meters away, but two hundred meters away. Achieving a one-third hit rate at such a distance was remarkably high, especially since ranged attacks were meant for bombardment, and hitting the general area was sufficient to inflict damage.
"Master Aniye, this armor is..."
While others were nodding repeatedly, Glan approached Aniye and cautiously asked.
He couldn't help himself and had to know what exactly was going on with the armor Rocky was operating!
"Oh, Lord Glan, this armor is a new generation of land combat special armor that Rocky led the design of..."
Facing Glan's insatiable curiosity, Aniye revealed all about the Tank Type 1 Armor without teasing any further.
After hearing Aniye's brief introduction, Glan blinked and took a while to snap back to reality, "Master Aniye, are you saying this armor is specifically meant for combating demons on land?"
"Exactly."
Nodding, Aniye explained while looking towards the Tank Type 1 Armor, "According to Rocky's idea, this armor should be adaptable to three different ranges of combat. What you just witnessed was long-range attack; the power of each of the twin shoulder-mounted Magic Energy Cannons reached 1500 points. Though it might not seem impressive when fired singly, the effect would be significantly amplified if five or ten armors bombed simultaneously."
"So that's how it is... that's how it is..."
Glan nodded blankly and turned his head towards the training ground, looking at the Tank Type 1 Armor driven by Rocky.
Just then, as he turned around, Rocky had the armor target a mid-range target, and the Magic Energy Beam installed at the waist of the armor fired.
Two beams shot out, hitting a target a hundred meters away and immediately causing it to explode. Rocky then continuously fired, quickly blowing up all ten medium-range targets!
"This is the mid-range rapid-fire Magic Energy Beam, each shot has a power of 800 points. Although not extremely powerful, it can fire six shots per minute, and with the aiming system developed by Pelaya, the hit rate is quite good," Aniye explained proactively before Glan could ask.
Meanwhile, Rocky had driven the Tank Type 1 Armor close to the short-range targets and without a word began firing Magic Energy Bullets!
In an instant, countless Magic Energy Bullets, each larger than a fist, were shot out. As both hands of the Tank Type 1 Armor had been completely transformed into rapid-fire Mana Launchers, each with five launchers, a barrage of Magic Energy Bullets was unleashed the moment it began firing, instantly creating a smoky scene around and blowing up one target after another in this intense bombardment!
The barrage lasted for several minutes, and then Rocky stopped firing and drove the Tank Type 1 Armor out of the smoke, slowly moving towards where everyone was.
At this point, both the guards and a stunned Glan thought Rocky had finished his demonstration and even prepared to cheer loudly.
But just then, Monte, Lin Feng, and Sandro, all donned in Void Magic Armor, suddenly took off into the air and immediately activated all weapons systems of their armors, targeting the Tank Type 1 Armor!