Having realized that he was ineffective against the goblin machine gunners, Gege Wu immediately narrowed his targets. He ignored the enemy's other units and used the remaining wraiths to focus entirely on the enemy goblin drivers.
Compared to operating a heavy machine gun, controlling a Ripper mecha was undoubtedly far more complicated.
Gege Wu believed that even if the enemy had prepared backup pilots for the mechas, there could not be very many of them.
But this time, he had misjudged the situation.
The goblin race was naturally somewhat cowardly, but to put it nicely, cowardice was caution.
This meant that whenever they took action, they were bound to make thorough preparations.
Not to mention that this operation was of vital importance, tied to the survival of the Goblin Kingdom itself, and led personally by the Goblin General.
The two exploration forces sent out earlier had also been equipped with Ripper mechas.
With both exploration forces missing, could the Goblin General really have failed to consider the possibility that the enemy would target their Ripper mechas?
Of course he had considered it!
As for the mechas, there was indeed nothing they could do about the production cycle and costs.
But within the Goblin Kingdom, mecha pilots were still trained in batches.
This time, he had brought out every mecha pilot the kingdom could spare. It was a true all-or-nothing gamble.
Watching the number of wraiths he had sent out dwindle as they were detonated by Soul Explosion, Gege Wu gradually lost confidence.
Damn it, hasn't the main force arrived yet?
In fact, less than thirty minutes had passed since the battle between the two sides officially erupted.
However, after steadying their formation, the goblin forces combined with the combat power of the Ripper mechas were truly ferocious. Under the frenzied